cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
spirochetolysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Adherence sometimes failed to occur in the presence of powerful spirochetolysins.
ref: 1963, Frank J. Dixon, J.H. Humphrey, “Immune adherence”, in Advances in Immunology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 141:
glosses: plural of spirochetolysin
UME
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UMEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unusual mortality event.
anticountry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + country.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Opposed to country music
spirochetolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈlɪtɪk/
Etymology: From spirochetolysis + -ic or spirochete + -o- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Lysing spirochetes.
Synonyms: spirocheticidal
Coordinate terms: alt: spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal
word: spirochetostatic
spirochetostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈstætɪk/
Forms: form: more spirochetostatic
form: most spirochetostatic
Etymology: From spirochete + -static (with -o-).
Senses: examples: text: As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.
ref: 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Inhibiting (curbing) spirochetal populations although not destroying them.
Coordinate terms: alt: spirochetostatic is to spirocheticidal as bacteriostatic is to bacteriocidal
word: spirocheticidal
word: spirochetocidal
word: spirochetolytic
spirochetocidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌspaɪroʊˌkitəˈsaɪdəl/
Forms: form: more spirochetocidal
form: most spirochetocidal
Etymology: From spirochete + -cidal (with -o-).
Senses: examples: text: As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.
ref: 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:
glosses: Alternative form of spirocheticidal.
salping-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of salpingo- before a vowel.
Houyhnhnm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /huˈɪn.əm/
ipa: /ˈhwɪn.əm/
Forms: form: Houyhnhnms
Etymology: Coined by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver's Travels as a humorous, onomatopoeic play on the sound made by horses.
Senses: examples: text: I retain in my Mind the Lectures and Example of my noble Maſter and the other illuſtrious Houyhnhnms of whom I had ſo long the Honour to be an humble Hearer.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author’s Veracity. His Design in Publishing this Work. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms), pages 340–341:
text: "The Squire says you know a good deal about horses, so I suppose you understand the Houyhnhnm language? I'm learning it, and it is very nice," laughed Miss Celia, as Chevalita gave a little whinny and snuffled her nose into Ben's pocket.
ref: 1878, Louisa May Alcott, chapter 7, in Under the Lilacs:
text: ”The moment he called me his ‘gentle and reasonable Houyhnhnm,’” an archivist notes, “I should have known that the man was deranged.”
ref: 1995 February 19, Marilyn Stasio, “What to Read: Crime”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Mar 2021:
text: Certainly the philosopher was not a pessimistic luncheon companion. He […] loped off in the direction of the London Library, leaving me with an impression of twinkling eyes, laughter lines (he whinnies like a donnish Houyhnhnm), and a sensibility genuinely focused on what will happen in the next five minutes - or five years - albeit one steeped in knowledge of the past.
ref: 2014 January 28, Will Self, “John Gray: Forget everything you know”, in Independent, retrieved 03 Mar 2021:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: One of a fictional race of exceptionally civilized creatures, who look exactly like horses, inhabiting the same land as the brutish Yahoos.
wikipedia: Gulliver's Travels
calciphile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calciphiles
Etymology: From calci- + -phile.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any calciphilous plant
Synonyms: calciphyte
calciphiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calciphile
defructosylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: defructosylates
form: defructosylating
form: defructosylated
form: defructosylated
Etymology: From de- + fructosylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To remove a fructosyl group (from)
defructosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defructosylate
defructosylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: From which a fructosyl group has been removed
endcapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of endcap
hormonomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hormone + -omics.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The study of hormonomes
hormonome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hormonomes
Etymology: From hormone + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: All the hormones in an organism
Related terms: hormonomics
lignoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignoids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polymeric terpenoids present in woody plants
lignoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lignoid
moupinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phenolic amide (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-N-[2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]prop-2-enamide
Hsi-shuang-pan-na
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 西雙版納 /西双版纳 (Xīshuāngbǎnnà) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsi¹-shuang¹-pan³-na⁴.
Senses: examples: text: The Thai proper are related to the Shans of Burma, the Siamese of Thailand and the Lao of Indochina. The Chinese segment of the Thai ethnic group is settled in Yünnan Province, where it numbers 580,000. It constitutes the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Autonomous Chou in the southern part of the province and shares the Tehung Autonomous Chou in the west with the Chingpo (Kachin). The Thai of the Hsi-shuang-pan-na Chou speak the Lü dialect, those of the Tehung Chou are more closely related to the Shans of northern Burma.
ref: 1956, Theodore Shabad, China's Changing Map: A Political and Economic Geography of The Chinese People's Republic, Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:
text: In their announcement the Chinese Communists stated that "at the inaugural ceremony the Chairman and council members pledged that they would learn from the Han Chinese and the example of the Han Chinese cadres to guide the Thai people to help other national minorities to implement area autonomy, make concerted efforts to smash the sabotage activities of the American imperialists and special agents of Chiang Kai-shek's bandit gang and struggle to strengthen national defense of the fatherland and construct a new Hsi-shuang-pan-na [Sibsongpanna] area under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman Mao Tse-tung and the Central People's Government."²²
ref: 1958, Russell H. Fifield, The Diplomacy of Southeast Asia: 1945-1958, New York: Harper & Brothers, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 263:
text: In Hsi-shuang-pan-na T‘ai Autonomous Region of Yunnan Province, near the Burmese border, there are countless small monasteries generally composed of a Buddha hall, monks’ quarters, and one or two pagodas all enclosed by a wall and decorated in the regional Sino-Burmese style.
ref: 1993, “TEMPLE: Buddhist Temple Compounds”, in The Encyclopedia of Religion, volume 13, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 377:
glosses: Alternative form of Xishuangbanna.
postapnea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + apnea.
Senses: glosses: Following apnea
preapnea
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + apnea.
Senses: glosses: Prior to apnea
verrucosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɛɹəˈkəʊzɪn/
Forms: form: verrucosins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of diterpenoids present in the skin of the sea slugs of genus Doris.
verrucosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verrucosin
Ghazi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ghazis
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic غَازِي (ḡāzī, “hero, champion, conqueror”). This surname is mostly found in Iraq.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Hench
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Henches
Etymology: Possibly a variant of Hinch.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
LCI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LCIs
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of landing craft, infantry.
Henches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hench
Ghazis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ghazi
Burbidge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Burbidges
Etymology: Variant of Burbage.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Burbidges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Burbidge
Hollandses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hollands
Casebeers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Casebeer
Dashnaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dashnaws
Etymology: Americanized spelling of Canadian French Dagenais.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Cruzperez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cruzperezes
Etymology: Compound of Cruz + Perez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Cruzperezes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cruzperez
Dashnaws
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dashnaw
Duba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dubas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Duba.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Ellenbecker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ellenbeckers
Etymology: Americanized form of German Ellenbecher.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ellenbeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ellenbecker
Elkhatib
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Elkhatibs
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic الخطيب. This surname is mostly found in Egypt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Dutka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dutkas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Dutka and Ukrainian Дутка (Dutka).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dutkas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutka
Elkhatibs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Elkhatib
Cajuste
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cajustes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Cajuste. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
cowpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowpads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cowpat.
Buday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Budays
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian, Slovak Buday and Belarusian Будай (Budaj).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Budays
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Buday
Cajustes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cajuste
Cuddington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cuddingtons
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Cuda + -ing (“belonging to”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7311).
glosses: A placename:
A village and civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5971).
glosses: A placename:
The site of a former settlement in Surrey, England, which was superseded by Ewell to the west
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Zenobius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zenobia
Etymology: From Latin Zēnobius, from Ancient Greek Ζηνόβιος (Zēnóbios).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Related terms: Zenobios
Tashkurgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur تاشقۇرغان (tashqurghan).
Senses: examples: text: We halted for two days at Tashkurgan, to make arrangements for our journey onwards to Wakhan. The winter was unusually late and severe, and we were warned to expect considerable difficulty on the way over the Little Pamir from deep snow and intensely cold winds.
ref: 1876, T. E. Gordon, The Roof of the World: Being the Narrative of a Journey over the High Plateau of Tibet to the Russian Frontier and the Oxus Sources on Pamir, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, page 119:
text: At this point Deasy and I parted company, he proceeding to the Raskam daria, where he proposed to do some surveying en route to Yarkand, while I proceeded towards Tashkurgan, the principal settlement in Sarikol, where the Munshi Slier Mahomed Sher, whom the Indian Government have appointed to look after the Kashgar post and to assist British subjects generally, received me most hospitably. There are a hundred Chinese mounted troops stationed at the old fort at Tashkurgan.
ref: 1900, Ralph P. Cobbold, Innermost Asia: Travel & Sport in the Pamirs, London: William Heinemann, page 50:
text: We stayed in the little house of the aksakal, an Indian who had been resident in Tashkurgan for thirty years. According to him, the Turki soldiers who garrisoned the region were robbers. The people preferred their Chinese predecessors.
ref: 1937, Ella K. Maillart, Forbidden Journey: From Peking to Kashmir, William Heinemann Ltd, →OCLC, page 274:
text: Karakul Lake (Xinjiang): On the highway between Kashgar and Tashkurgan lies a pristine lake at an altitude of nearly 4,000m (13,120 ft.), surrounded by stark, jagged mountains. Come here for some peace and quiet and a change of scenery from the dusty Uighur towns along the Silk Road.
ref: 2012, Simon Foster, Candice Lee, Jen Lin-Liu, Beth Reiber, Tini Tran, Lee Wing-sze, Christopher D. Winnan, Frommer's China (Frommer's), 5th edition, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 4:
text: Over the course of a leisurely three-day expedition from Kashgar to Tashkurgan in late summer, our vehicle was forced to navigate at least a half-dozen recent landslides that helped explain why the word Karakoram, which means “black rock” in Turkish, strikes fear into the hearts of local travelers.
ref: 2013 November 15, Andrew Jacobs, “Taking the High Road”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2013, Travel:
glosses: Alternative form of Taxkorgan.
mistap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstæp/
ipa: /mɪsˈtæp/
Forms: form: mistaps
Etymology: From mis- + tap.
Senses: examples: text: If the controls are crammed together, mistaps may happen.
text: Sorry for down voting, I'm on phone currently and it was a mistap
ref: 2015 November 18, “Can a 525w PSU run a gtx 750ti?”, in Tom's Hardware Forum:
coordinate_terms: misclick
glosses: A tap on a touch screen device that is misplaced or otherwise accidental.
mistap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstæp/
ipa: /mɪsˈtæp/
Forms: form: mistaps
form: mistapping
form: mistapped
form: mistapped
Etymology: From mis- + tap.
Senses: examples: text: Some buttons are too close in this app, you will often mistap.
coordinate_terms: misclick
glosses: To make an accidental tap on a touch screen.
examples: text: While the simplicity of the app's UI is great, it's just a nightmare to navigate. Tiny buttons to change cards, not intuitive at all. Oh!... and then, there is an ad stripe, perfectly placed at the bottom of the screen, so it's easily mistapped whenever you feel like closing the app. Great potential, abysmal execution.
ref: 2018 November 26, Google Play:
glosses: To tap (a control on a touch screen) by mistake.
Chineham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area and civil parish in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6555).
grab one's ankles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grabs one's ankles
form: grabbing one's ankles
form: grabbed one's ankles
form: grabbed one's ankles
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Collier makes it absolutely clear that any reluctance on my part to participate in any part of this plan will result in the immediate termination of my employment at University—a black mark beyond black marks. My surgical career would be over. What else can I do but bend over, grab my ankles, and take it?
ref: 2014, Kelly Parsons, Doing Harm: A Novel, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
text: “Over the years, there've been four campaigns, letter writing and lobbying the secretary of the Navy and so on, to get a ship named after his grandfather, and two to have the charges against his father reversed. The general himself isn't connected to any of them, because that would be unseemly—you're supposed to grab your ankles and take it like a man—but if you dig a little deeper, you find they were all started by guys Koenig went to prep school with.
ref: 2009, David DeBatto, Pete Nelson, CI: Dark Target: An Army Counterintelligence Novel, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: “No, I don't watch football.” “Is your TV broke, or are you some kind of Communist ? I mean, I know they bent over, grabbed their ankles, and took it from FedEx when they moved to Maryland, but come on — it's the Redskins.
ref: 2007, Jon Konrath, Air in the Paragraph Line #12, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: to submit
Related terms: bend over
rebussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebus
rebussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebus
McGrady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McGradys
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Bhrádaigh (“son of Brádach”), a personal name probably derived from a word meaning "proud". Compare Irish bród (“pride”) and bródach (“favourite, pet; boyo”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States.
Lockington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9947).
glosses: A village in Lockington-Hemington parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK4628).
glosses: A village in Shelby County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Lockington-Hemington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England.
Rizzolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rizzolos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Rizzolo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
scintillites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scintillite
scintillite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scintillites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A glistening speleothem consisting of quartz crystals.
ephedroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephedroid
forrards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: representing dialect pronunciation
glosses: Forwards.
forrads
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: representing dialect pronunciation
glosses: Forwards.
forrads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Plural of forrad.
ephedroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephedroids
Etymology: From ephedra + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A member of the order of Ephedrales.
Hemington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Lockington-Hemington parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK4528).
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Hemington, Luddington and Thurning Parish Council) in East Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England (OS grid ref TL0985).
glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Hemington, Hardington and Foxcote Parish Council) in Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7253).
poddar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poddars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of podar.
poddars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poddar
Linton-on-Ouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4960).
Jukes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jukeses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nu Zillund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /n(j)uː zɪlənd/
Etymology: Pronunciation of an unstressed "New Zealand" in a New Zealand accent, as heard by foreigners.
Senses: glosses: New Zealand.
examples: text: "Nu Zillund" is the real language of love, a global poll has found.
ref: 2019 April 29, “New Zealanders have the world's sexiest accent, study says”, in Stuff:
glosses: New Zealand English.
Himyar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic حِمْيَر (ḥimyar), from Old South Arabian 𐩢𐩣𐩺𐩧 (ḥmyr).
Senses: glosses: An ancient kingdom based in modern Yemen.
Derived terms: Himyarite
Himyaritic
scotchtape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Applied to a sheet of cardboard, the net result is the equivalent of a large sheet of scotchtape, against which the container can be placed, obviating the danger of slippage or movement inside the packing.
ref: 1945, American Management Association, Making the Most of Packaging Material, numbers 13-15, page 38:
text: And the scotchtape of enduring relationship seals your lips.
ref: 1993, Kusuma Aṃsala, Sheltering Shadows, page 53:
text: He is known to go out on a stage before a thousand people (who have paid hardearned cash for tickets) and, sticking the words of a song with scotchtape to the microphone, sing them for the first time in his life.
ref: 2013, Ronald D. Cohen, James Capaldi, The Pete Seeger Reader:
text: Its wing was broken and we made a sling with toothpicks and scotchtape and when it was better we both took it to the backyard and opened the shoebox and let it go.
ref: 2014, David Lovett, Return 2 Terror: With Love, page 265:
glosses: Adhesive tape, sometimes figuratively.
scotchtape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scotchtapes
form: scotchtaping
form: scotchtaped
form: scotchtaped
Senses: examples: text: A memo prohibiting memos from being scotchtaped to walls is scotchtaped to the wall.
ref: 1977, George S. T. Chu, The Kidney Patient: A Socio-medical Study, page 6:
text: I surreptiously scotchtape a piece of fuzz swiped from the office aspirin bottle to the seat of my pants.
ref: 1985, Carol Morris, Ironing Scott's Zen Suit, page 67:
text: He ended up scotchtaping the words inside a drawer for her to read.
ref: 1987, Iowa English Bulletin, volumes 35-39, page 82:
glosses: To apply scotchtape.
Capel St Mary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM0938).
Damavand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian دماوند (damâvand).
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Shirvan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chirvan
form: Sharvan
form: Sharwan
form: Shervan
form: Sherwan
form: Shirwan
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian شِرْوَان (širwān).
Senses: glosses: A historical region of the eastern Caucasus, historically Persian and now in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
glosses: A surname from Persian.
Derived terms: Shirvani
subsubseries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subsubseries
Etymology: From sub- + subseries.
Senses: glosses: A subseries of a subseries.
bug in one's bonnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugs in one's bonnet
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bee in one's bonnet.
synonyms: word: bee in one's bonnet
subfonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfonds
Etymology: From sub- + fonds.
Senses: glosses: A fonds (collection of records) forming part of a larger fonds.
cocaptaincy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocaptaincies
Etymology: From co- + captaincy.
Senses: glosses: joint captaincy
cocaptaincies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocaptaincy
ornatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ornative
epicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being epic.
pseudoscientism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoscientisms
Senses: glosses: A pseudoscientific approach or attitude.
pseudoscientisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoscientism
ultratherm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultratherms
Etymology: Trade name, from ultra- + therm.
Senses: glosses: A shortwave diathermy machine.
sandaliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: shaped like a sandal or slipper.
unlanguid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlanguid
form: most unlanguid
Etymology: From un- + languid.
Senses: glosses: Not languid.
unliberalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unliberalized
form: most unliberalized
Etymology: From un- + liberalized.
Senses: glosses: Not liberalized.
unlandmarked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + landmarked.
Senses: glosses: Without landmarks.
unlampooned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lampooned.
Senses: glosses: Not lampooned.
unlocomotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlocomotive
form: most unlocomotive
Etymology: From un- + locomotive.
Senses: glosses: Not inclined to move around.
unlugubrious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlugubrious
form: most unlugubrious
Etymology: From un- + lugubrious.
Senses: glosses: Not lugubrious.
unluminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unluminous
form: most unluminous
Etymology: From un- + luminous.
Senses: glosses: Not luminous.
unludicrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unludicrous
form: most unludicrous
Etymology: From un- + ludicrous.
Senses: coordinate_terms: nonsilly
unridiculous
glosses: Not ludicrous.
unmaddened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + maddened.
Senses: glosses: Not maddened.
unmalevolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmalevolent
form: most unmalevolent
Etymology: From un- + malevolent.
Senses: glosses: Not malevolent.
unmanufacturable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + manufacturable.
Senses: glosses: Not manufacturable.
unmasticated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + masticated.
Senses: glosses: Not masticated.
unmartial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmartial
form: most unmartial
Etymology: From un- + martial.
Senses: glosses: Not martial.
unmendacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmendacious
form: most unmendacious
Etymology: From un- + mendacious.
Senses: glosses: Not mendacious.
unmilitant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmilitant
form: most unmilitant
Etymology: From un- + militant.
Senses: glosses: Not militant.
unmiserly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmiserly
form: most unmiserly
Etymology: From un- + miserly.
Senses: glosses: Not miserly.
Synonyms: non-miserly
Derived terms: unmiserliness
unmoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmoist
form: most unmoist
Etymology: From un- + moist.
Senses: glosses: Not moist.
unmutualized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mutualized.
Senses: glosses: Not mutualized.
unobdurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unobdurate
form: most unobdurate
Etymology: From un- + obdurate.
Senses: glosses: Not obdurate.
unopportune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unopportune
form: most unopportune
Etymology: From un- + opportune.
Senses: glosses: Not opportune.
unoxidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + oxidated.
Senses: glosses: Not oxidated.
unoxygenized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + oxygenized.
Senses: glosses: Not oxygenized.
unoxidizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + oxidizable.
Senses: glosses: Not oxidizable.
upwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upwheels
form: upwheeling
form: upwheeled
form: upwheeled
Etymology: From up- + wheel.
Senses: examples: text: Like a loud trump of war, breaks forth thy song, / O Milton, where angelic hosts upwheel / To battle; or like deep-voiced organ peal / Filling with awe the mute adoring throng.
ref: 1886, John Lancaster Spalding, The Poet's Praise, page 78:
glosses: To wheel upward.
upwheeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upwheel
upwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upwheel
upwheeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upwheel
upwrench
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upwrenches
form: upwrenching
form: upwrenched
form: upwrenched
Etymology: From up- + wrench.
Senses: glosses: To wrench upward; to tear up or uproot.
upwrenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upwrench
upwrenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upwrench
upwrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upwrench
Nanling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: nänʹlǐngʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 南陵 (Nánlíng).
Senses: examples: text: According to The Paper, a news website, Mr. Liu was arrested early Friday at his home in Nanling County in the eastern province of Anhui.
ref: 2017 August 17, Amy Qin, “Chinese Novelist Is Arrested in 4 Murders From 2 Decades Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2017, Asia Pacific:
text: The outbreak killed 80 of 459 hogs on a farm in Nanling county in Wuhu city, with the remaining 379 culled, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said on Thursday. The farm is 350 km (217 miles) directly west of Shanghai.
ref: 2018 August 30, Elias Glenn, Josephine Mason, “China reports fifth case of African swine fever”, in Mark Potter, Richard Pullin, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2024, World:
glosses: A county of Wuhu, Anhui, China.
Nanling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: nänʹlǐngʹ
Forms: form: Nan Ling
Etymology: From Mandarin 南嶺 /南岭 (Nánlǐng).
Senses: glosses: Nan Mountains; Nanling Mountains
urachovesical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the urachus and the urinary bladder.
uramile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of uramil.
uramilic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uramil or its older form uramile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound with chemical formula C₁₆N₅H₁₀O₁₅, derived from uramil.
Uranicentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Revolving around the planet Uranus; appearing as viewed from Uranus.
uranometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of uranometric.
Yongding
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɔŋ.dɪŋ/
enpr: yo͝ongʹdǐngʹ
Forms: form: Yung-ting
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永定 (Yǒngdìng).
Senses: examples: text: Revolutionary committees at all levels in Yungting County, Fukien Province, have mobilized the masses to develop the small-scale coal mining indusry^([sic – meaning industry]).
ref: [1971 March 11 [1971 March 6], “Fukien Coal Mines”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 48, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Foochow Fukien Provincial, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: East Region, page C 10:
text: It was never easy to get in or out of Chen Dong, in the rugged and mountainous southwestern corner of Yongding County in Fujian Province, near the border with Guangdong Province. For most of the 20th century, there were no paved roads in the area, so walking to the nearest town could take days.
ref: 2003 August 17, David W. Chen, “A China Odyssey Sheds Light on a Murky Past, and Hints at the Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2011, World:
text: Communal packed-earth buildings in China date back 6,000 years, but tulou took the style to a whole new level both in scale and sophistication. In 2008, Unesco recognised their importance and gave 46 buildings a World Heritage listing. Three clusters of tulou – Hongkeng, Gaobei and Chuxi – in Yongding district, near the border with Guangdong, account for 21 of them. However, the Lin elders tell me the listing has done little to help them, and tulou in various states of disrepair dot the countryside.
ref: 2017 October 17, “Inside Fujian’s Unesco-listed Hakka roundhouses: their history, architecture and why heritage status is mixed blessing”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2017, Travel & Leisure:
glosses: A district of Longyan, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
examples: text: A government official in the Yongding district in Zhangjiajie, which oversees the suburban Xixiping neighbourhood, confirmed the blast but declined to give further details.
ref: 2008 July 2, Shipeng Guo, Benjamin Kang Lim, “China man blows up govt office and injures 12”, in Ben Tan, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2023, World News:
glosses: A district of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Hokkien
word: Engteng
usurpatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more usurpatively
form: most usurpatively
Etymology: From usurpative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a usurpative manner.
usurpership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From usurper + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role or status of usurper.
usurpment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: usurpments
Etymology: From usurp + -ment.
Senses: glosses: usurpation
usurpments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usurpment
usurpors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of usurpor
patchbays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patchbay
abdominoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abdominoscopes
Etymology: From abdomino- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abdominoscope
aboriginary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aboriginary
form: most aboriginary
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of aboriginal.
Absyrtus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈsɜː.təs/
ipa: /æbˈsɝ.təs/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təs
Forms: form: Apsyrtus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἄψυρτος (Ápsurtos).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Colchian prince, the son of Aeëtes.
Apsyrtus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Absyrtus.
acetylizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of acetylize
acetylizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of acetylize
acetylized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acetylize
acetylizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acetylize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be acetylized.
Hadramautian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hadhramautian.
Hadramautian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hadramautians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hadhramautian.
Hadramautians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hadramautian
Hadhramautian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɔːʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɔʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɑʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɔːʃən
Forms: form: Hadramautian
Etymology: From Hadhramaut + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Hadhramaut.
Hadhramautian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɔːʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɔʃ(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌhɑ.drəˈmɑʃ(ə)n/
rhymes: -ɔːʃən
Forms: form: Hadhramautians
form: Hadramautian
Etymology: From Hadhramaut + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A Hadhramauti.
Hadhramautians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hadhramautian
habronemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to habronema nematodes.
habutae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of habotai.
habutai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of habotai.
habutaye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of habotai.
hairweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant dodder.
hailweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hail + weed.
Senses: glosses: The plant dodder.
halakist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halakists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halakhist.
halakhistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more halakhistic
form: most halakhistic
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the halakhists.
halakists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halakist
Limbus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Limbu
halibuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halibuters
form: halibutter
Etymology: From halibut + -er.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: A fishing boat used for catching halibut.
halibutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halibutters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of halibuter.
halibutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halibutter
halibuters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halibuter
handliner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handliners
Etymology: From handline + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who fishes using a handline.
handliners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handliner
halmalille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The tree Berrya cordifolia.
Trincomalee wood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The wood of the tree Berrya cordifolia.
halliblash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: A great blaze, or something that dazzles.
haloesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haloesque
form: most haloesque
Etymology: From halo + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a halo.
hamartiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamartiologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies hamartiology.
hamartiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamartiologist
hamingjas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hamingja
Hamiltonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hamiltonian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the fiscal policies advocated by Alexander Hamilton.
hammeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hammeringly
form: most hammeringly
Etymology: From hammering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to hammer; with a pounding sound or action.
hammerwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hammer + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: […] a handful of almonds; and the ladies having no other way to eat them, one of them saucily snatched off her shoe, and cracked them hammerwise with the heel.
ref: 1886, William Dean Howells, Their Silver Wedding Journey, page 315:
glosses: In the manner of a hammer.
handcraftman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handcraftmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of handicraftsman.
handcraftmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handcraftman
Handelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Handelian
form: most Handelian
Etymology: From Handel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to George Frideric Handel (1685–1759), German-born Baroque composer.
handsomish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more handsomish
form: most handsomish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of handsomeish.
handsomeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more handsomeish
form: most handsomeish
form: handsomish
Etymology: From handsome + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat handsome.
hangingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hanging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to hang.
haptotropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From haptotropic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a haptotropic manner.
sallowfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sallowfaced
form: most sallowfaced
Etymology: From sallow + faced.
Senses: examples: text: Sallowfaced and hardworking men with gnarled hands and thin waists.
ref: 2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 12, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 77:
glosses: Having a sallow face.
Harlemese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Harlem + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The urban dialect of American English spoken in Harlem, Manhattan, USA.
harkas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harka
facehoof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facehoofs
Etymology: From face + hoof, by analogy with facepalm.
Senses: qualifier: My Little Pony fandom slang
glosses: A facepalm.
facehoof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: facehoofs
form: facehoofing
form: facehoofed
form: facehoofed
Etymology: From face + hoof, by analogy with facepalm.
Senses: qualifier: My Little Pony fandom slang
glosses: to facepalm.
haremism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From harem + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of keeping a harem.
harmonicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From harmonical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being harmonical.
harmproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harmproof
form: most harmproof
Etymology: From harm + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to harm.
harrowingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From harrowing + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being harrowing.
harquebusade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harquebusades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arquebusade (“the shot of an arquebus”).
harquebusades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harquebusade
harshish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harshish
form: most harshish
Etymology: From harsh + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat harsh.
unharrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unharrowing
form: most unharrowing
Etymology: From un- + harrowing.
Senses: glosses: Not harrowing.
hatchetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hatchetlike
form: most hatchetlike
Etymology: From hatchet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hatchet.
Billinghurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Billinghursts
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in General San Martín Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Related terms: Billingshurst
vilwa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvɪlwə/
Forms: form: vilwas
form: bilwa
Etymology: From Sanskrit बिल्व (bilva), विल्व (vilva) or descendant terms in modern Indian languages.
Senses: glosses: The bael tree.
haustellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haustellate.
Havaiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Hawaiki.
Raiatea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The second-largest of the Society Islands, after Tahiti, in French Polynesia.
Hawiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hawiyas
form: Hawiya
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hawiye.
Hawiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hawiya
hazardful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hazardful
form: most hazardful
Etymology: From hazard + -ful.
Senses: glosses: Full of hazard; dangerous; risky.
headbander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headbanders
Etymology: From headband + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person or machine that fits the headband to the spine of a book.
headbanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headbander
healthsomeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From healthsome + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being healthsome.
heartease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hearteases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of heartsease (“wild pansy”).
hearteases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heartease
heartsette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hearts + -ette.
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: An early variant of the game of hearts, having a set of cards called the widow that must be taken by the player winning the first trick.
Klaberjass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A certain trick-taking card game in which the jack and nine of trumps earn the highest scores.
heatheriness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From heathery + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being heathery.
hedonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hedonical
form: most hedonical
Senses: glosses: hedonic