cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ostpolitik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Ostpolitik.
Senses: examples: text: One of the paradoxes of Ostpolitik, as practiced by Brandt and his successors, was that by transferring large sums of hard currency into East Germany and showering the GDR with recognition, attention, and support, West German officials unintentionally foreclosed any chance of internal change, including reform of Eastern Germany’s polluted, antiquated industrial economy.
ref: 2005, Tony Judt, “The Power of the Powerless”, in Postwar: A history of Europe since 1945, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
text: Since Ostpolitik, the normalisation of relations between then West Germany and the east, policy has been predicated upon Russia being a status quo power, not an imperialist one.
ref: 2022 February 28, Daniel Boffey, “Ukraine conflict leads EU to rid itself of Russian sacred cows”, in The Guardian, Guardian Media Group, retrieved 28 Feb 2022:
glosses: The policies of West Germany under Chancellor Willy Brandt, seeking rapprochement with East Germany and the Soviet Union.
pear cider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pear ciders
Etymology: From pear + cider.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of perry, especially the commercial product made from imported pear juice
synonyms: word: perry
extra: especially the commercial product made from imported pear juice
glosses: an apple-based alcoholic cider infused with pear or artificial pear flavour
meizothrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meizothrombins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μείζων (meízōn, “greatet”) + thrombin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular intermediate in thrombin metabolism.
Coordinate terms: prothrombin
prethrombin
thrombin
ice perry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice perries
Etymology: From ice + perry. Coined in analogy to icewine and ice cider.
Senses: glosses: An alcoholic beverage created by fermenting the liquid obtained by crushing frozen pears.
Hypernyms: perry
Related terms: sparkling perry
ice perries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice perry
neonazism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neonazisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neo-Nazism.
ecodistrict
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecodistricts
form: eco-district
Etymology: From eco- + district.
Senses: glosses: An urban area designed to be ecofriendly
monjitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monjita
Zuism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Sumerian word 𒍪 zu, "knowledge", with the suffix -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Zuism is defined as an international religious movement which intends to represent all the groups professing Sumerian-Mesopotamian religions.
ref: 2019, Chris Allaun, Upperworld: Shamanism and Magick of the Celestial Realms, Mandrake of Oxford, →ISBN:
text: Here is the recovery and incorporation of wisdom from the Ancient Near East into a modern tradition of Babylonian Neopaganism known for over a decade as Mardukite Zuism.
ref: 2020, Joshua Free, Anunnaki Bible: New Standard Zuist Edition, Joshua Free, →ISBN:
text: ...Zuism, an officially recognized religion in Iceland that, according to Hagstofa Íslands, grew from having no members in 2014 to having 3,087 members in 2016.
ref: 2021, Clayton Fordahl, Berglind Ragnarsdóttir, “When the Gods Fall: Varieties of Post-Secularization in a Small, Secularized State”, in Politics and Religion, volume 14, number 2, Cambridge University Press, →DOI, pages 362–387:
glosses: Sumerian and Semitic Neopaganism; modern revival of the Mesopotamian and Canaanite religions.
Related terms: Zuist
Zuist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Officials of Iceland's Zuist congregation say they want to see the country's church tax and religious register abolished.
ref: 2016, Debbie Nevins, Iceland: Third Edition, page 83:
glosses: Relating to Zuism.
sparkling perry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparkling perries
Etymology: From sparkling + perry.
Senses: glosses: A champagne-style carbonated version of perry (pear cider).
Synonyms: sparkling pear cider
Hypernyms: perry
Related terms: ice perry
showfloors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of showfloor
musclemanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muscleman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: the state or condition of a muscleman
expletive deleted
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expletives deleted
Etymology: Attested since at least the 1930s, but popularized in the U.S. after the Watergate scandal, during which transcripts of conversations were published with profanity replaced by “[EXPLETIVE DELETED]”.
Senses: examples: text: His most graphic threat was should I ever commit such a grave violation of his privacy, he would "rip your (string of expletives deleted) head off and (expletives deleted meaning "to defecate") down your (string of expletives deleted) neck."
ref: 2000, John W. Myers, The Crossland Shootout, Adventures of a Photojournalists, page 64:
text: Because you sold him out just to have a martyr, you expletive deleted.
ref: 2013, J. David Markham, Mike Resnick, History Revisited: The Great Battles, Eminent Historians Take on the Great Works of Alternative History, . BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: An all-purpose profanity.
expletive deleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Attested since at least the 1930s, but popularized in the U.S. after the Watergate scandal, during which transcripts of conversations were published with profanity replaced by “[EXPLETIVE DELETED]”.
Senses: examples: text: You are paid a lot of money; kindly do some expletive-deleted work.
ref: 2003, Toby Miller, “What It Is and What It Isn’t: Cultural Studies Meets Graduate Student Labor”, in Austin Sarat, Jonathan Simon, editors, Cultural Analysis, Cultural Studies, and the Law: Moving Beyond Legal Realism, Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: An all-purpose profanity.
expletive deleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Attested since at least the 1930s, but popularized in the U.S. after the Watergate scandal, during which transcripts of conversations were published with profanity replaced by “[EXPLETIVE DELETED]”.
Senses: examples: text: I’d like to expletive deleted you.
Oh, expletive, that’s what I’d like to do.
ref: 1993, Steve Allen, Make ’em laugh, Prometheus Books, page 293:
glosses: To have sex with.
Synonyms: discuss Uganda
get into someone's pants
someone's etchings
copulate
copulate with
adding machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adding machine
trutis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truti
domestic sciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of household arts.
synonyms: word: household arts
domestic science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domestic sciences
Senses: glosses: singular of domestic sciences
alactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + lactic.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: of a short-duration anaerobic activity that does not produce lactic acid
social lubricant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social lubricants
Etymology: By a metaphor in which facilitating human social interaction is portrayed as lubricating machinery (e.g., oiling the gears, greasing the wheels); in this regard, compare also lubrication payment.
Senses: examples: text: Beer's qualities as a “social lubricant” should play an important role in the debate on the harms of alcohol, according to the boss of Heineken.
ref: 2025 October 25, Madeleine Speed, “Heineken stirs debate on health with toast to beer's role as a social lubricant”, in FT Weekend, page 1:
glosses: A food, beverage, drug or activity that helps people feel more comfortable in social occasions.
Related terms: icebreaker
dune coons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dune coon
gerontocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gerontocentric
form: most gerontocentric
Etymology: From geronto- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Centered around old people.
gerontocratical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gerontocratical
form: most gerontocratical
Etymology: From gerontocrat + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Gerontocratic.
gerontocratically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gerontocratically
form: most gerontocratically
Etymology: From gerontocratic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a gerontocratic way.
gerontolatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geronto- + -latry.
Senses: examples: text: Gerontolatry, an inevitable development of the many movements afoot to make the world safe for the old folks, has had a fine fling this goodwill season, and old folks' engagement-books, to say nothing of the old folks, have been full to bursting.
ref: 1957, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, Punch, Volume 232, page 49:
text: Because Russian literature is an integral part of European literature, it shares the latter's prejudices and displays a full spectrum of those commonplaces involving old age that are so familiar in the West; certainly there is none of the gerontolatry that is a notable feature of Far Eastern, especially Chinese, culture.
ref: 1989, Perceptions of Aging in Literature: A Cross-cultural Study, page 87:
text: In which senses was Spartan society gerontocratic and gerontocentric? What were the roots and the symbols and what was the extent of gerontocracy and gerontolatry at Sparta?
ref: 1991, Ephraim David, Old Age in Sparta, page 1:
glosses: Worship of old people.
semi truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi trucks
form: semitruck
form: semi-truck
Etymology: From semi + truck.
Senses: glosses: An 18-wheeler.
BMXing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From BMX + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The sport of BMX.
BMXing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From BMX + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle of BMX
deformabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deformability
howarditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more howarditic
form: most howarditic
Etymology: From howardite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing or relating to the mineral howardite.
eucritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eucritic
form: most eucritic
Etymology: From eucrite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Containing or relating to the mineral eucrite.
Joret line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: First identified by Charles Joret and published in 1883.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An isogloss used in the linguistics of the langues d'oïl. Dialects north of the line have preserved Vulgar Latin /k/ and /ɡ/ before /a/; dialects south of the line have palatalized /k/ and /ɡ/ before /a/.
reconstructibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Based on the representation of WPGs, an effective algorithm for determining the new reconstructibility of BCNs is designed with the help of the theories of finite automata and formal languages.
ref: 2015, Kuize Zhang, Lijun Zhang, Rong Su, “A weighted pair graph representation for reconstructibility of Boolean control networks”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being reconstructible.
nonobtuse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + obtuse.
Senses: examples: text: It is nonobtuse if none its dihedral angles is obtuse, and acute if additionally none of them is right.
ref: 2015, Jan Brandts, Apo Cihangir, “Enumeration and investigation of acute 0/1-simplices modulo the action of the hyperoctahedral group”, in arXiv:
glosses: Not obtuse.
unadvise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unadvises
form: unadvising
form: unadvised
form: unadvised
Etymology: From un- + advise.
Senses: examples: text: The result of the advise method is an advise object called objAdviseTextbox1 that you can use later if you need to unadvise for the event.
ref: 1998, Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Programmer's Guide, page 309:
text: The code required for advising or unadvising is equally straightforward: […]
ref: 2003, Juval Löwy, Programming .NET Components, page 116:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To instruct the system to cease providing internal notifications of some kind.
unadvising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unadvise
unadvises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unadvise
Miyoko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese みよこ (Miyoko).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
midget cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛl
Forms: form: midget cells
Etymology: So called because of the small size of their dendritic trees and cell bodies.
Senses: glosses: A kind of retinal ganglion cell that originates in the ganglion cell layer of the retina, and projects to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate nucleus.
midget cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midget cell
purple Jesus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A punch-like alcoholic drink made with grape juice.
Dusner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dusnir
Etymology: From the name of Dusner Village in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
Senses: glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language used in West Papua, Indonesia.
glosses: The village of Dusner, Papua, Indonesia.
angelicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: angelicizes
form: angelicizing
form: angelicized
form: angelicized
Etymology: From angelic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make or treat as angelic.
angelicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ...She moves from being an angelicized, silent, lyric donna to being an angelicized romance lady.
ref: 2018, Elena Lombardi, Imagining the Woman Reader in the Age of Dante, page 128:
glosses: simple past and past participle of angelicize
angelicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of angelicize
angelicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of angelicize
bosom friends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosom friend
grab ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grabass.
grab-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grabass.
pear wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pear wines
Etymology: From pear + wine.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of perry.
synonyms: word: perry
glosses: a grape-based wine infused with pear or artificial pear flavour
murder weapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: murder weapons
Senses: glosses: A weapon used to commit a murder.
pacaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacayas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pacay.
belouga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belougas
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of beluga.
Bayburt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Turkish Bayburt.
Senses: glosses: A province in northeastern Turkey.
glosses: A district of Bayburt Province, Turkey.
glosses: A municipality, the capital city of Bayburt district and Bayburt Province, Turkey.
one-dollar men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-dollar man
neb-nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neb-noses
form: nebby-nose
form: neb-snoot
Etymology: From neb + nose.
Senses: glosses: The kind of person who is always poking into people's affairs.
glosses: An inquisitive person.
benzidinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: From benzidine + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or derived from benzidine
sit-upons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sit-upon
examples: text: But I should advise you, old fellow, to get your sit-upons seated with wash-leather,—just like the eleventh hussars do with their cherry-coloured pants.
ref: 1860, Cuthbert Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, volumes 1-3, page 89:
glosses: Trousers.
sit upons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sit upon
Senses: glosses: plural of sit upon
Palestine soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palestine soups
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A soup made with Jerusalem artichokes.
Palestine soups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palestine soup
snicklefritz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snicklefritzes
form: schnickelfritz
form: schnicklefritz
form: snickelfritz
Etymology: From German or Pennsylvania German, related to German Schnickschnack (“chatter”) (see schnacken, *schnicken) + -el + Fritz (a nickname derived from Friedrich), thus probably originally denoting someone chatty or impulsive.
Senses: examples: text: "Them snicklefritzes sponge on their mamas and daddies long after they leave the nest." […] "Let's see what that snicklefritz will do when he sees this," he said.
ref: 1972, Harold Keith, The bluejay boarders, →ISBN, pages 102 and 192:
text: "Hello, snicklefritz," Dr. Nelson said as he let down the crib rail. "That's some shiner you've got there." With slow and gentle movements he proceeded to peer into Danny's eyes.
ref: 1997, Jane Toombs, Nobody's Baby, →ISBN, page 153:
text: “But that doesn't mean—” “Besides, you could use a father for little snicklefritz there.”
ref: 2011, Karen Templeton, Marriage, Interrupted, →ISBN:
glosses: A child, especially a mischievous one; especially as a nickname or term of endearment, or exasperation. Alternative letter-case form of Snicklefritz.
examples: text: We're high on skunk Barcelona snicklefritz and Lucky Strikes, and we speak loud English and laugh a lot.
ref: 2012, G.B. Absher, A Mid-Summer's Daydream, →ISBN, page 230:
text: They're probably responsible enough not to combine the two, and I bet Prius owners smoke that Snicklefritz I heard about in Pineapple Express while Tesla owners get that good Afghan Kush people are killing over.
ref: 2013 August 5, Travis Okulski, “Tesla Fans Love Weed More Than Prius Fans Love Weed”, in Jalopnik:
text: The “snicklefritz,” as Sewell called it, that ends up at the bottom of the bag could be sold as a retro-branded product — something that Sewell thinks could appeal to boomers.
ref: 2014 August 17, “As they work out kinks, pot growers strive to meet demand”, in The Seattle Times:
glosses: A random strain of marijuana that has low potency.
musakhan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Arabic مُسَخَّن (musaḵḵan, “that is heated”).
Senses: glosses: A Palestinian dish of roast chicken baked with onions, pine nuts, and seasonings, served over tabun bread.
myopathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + patho- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: Taken together, this work demonstrates the critical role of PGC-1α in myopathogenesis.
ref: 2015 December 9, “Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Resists Denervation-Induced Skeletal Muscle Atrophy by Activating PGC-1α and Integrating Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Complexes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The development of myopathy.
cervicocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cervico- + cephalic.
Senses: examples: text: The ostrich neck was delivered to us decapitated and severed from the rest of the body, thus any anterior (i.e., cervicocephalic) or posterior (i.e., cervicothoracic) air sac diverticula were not present, resulting in incomplete and partially damaged air sacs and their diverticula on the anteriormost and posteriormost ends of the neck.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Osteological and Soft-Tissue Evidence for Pneumatization in the Cervical Column of the Ostrich ( Struthio camelus ) and Observations on the Vertebral Columns of Non-Volant, Semi-Volant and Semi-Aquatic Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the neck and head.
hypertestosteronemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertestosteronaemia
Etymology: From hyper- + testosterone + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: No correlation was found between plasma total testosterone and CMRglu in the PCOS group but considering our small sample size, we could not adequately assess a potential effect of hypertestosteronaemia on brain glucose uptake in this group.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Regional Brain Glucose Hypometabolism in Young Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Possible Link to Mild Insulin Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of excess testosterone in the bloodstream.
Related terms: hypertestosteronemic
hyperoestrogenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperoestrogenisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperestrogenism.
Related terms: hyperoestrogenic
hyperoestrogenisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperoestrogenism
periskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + skeletal.
Senses: examples: text: Starting at approximately one month of age and continuing for the next two years, the scleral ossicles of SF elongate via unilateral periskeletal ossification and fuse to form a continuous bony ring that eventually covers 90% or more of the circumference of the eye, while the sclera of CF remain cartilaginous, stop growing, and eventually form a cyst around the degenerating eye.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Complex Evolutionary and Genetic Patterns Characterize the Loss of Scleral Ossification in the Blind Cavefish Astyanax mexicanus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the skeleton.
pericryptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + cryptal.
Senses: examples: text: Microdissection was performed using the Leica LMD 6000 microdissector, to obtain the whole crypts, including pericryptal areas, for each sample.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Celiac Disease Histopathology Recapitulates Hedgehog Downregulation, Consistent with Wound Healing Processes Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the crypts (small pits or cavities in the body).
microdissector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdissectors
Etymology: From micro- + dissector.
Senses: glosses: A machine used for microdissection.
microdissectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdissector
scatterhoard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scatterhoards
form: scatterhoarding
form: scatterhoarded
form: scatterhoarded
Etymology: From scatter + hoard.
Senses: examples: text: The situation is more complex for rodents, which eat some seeds but scatterhoard others in conditions that may aid germination and establishment.
ref: 2015, Stephen H. Jenkins, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology, page 210:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To hoard food in multiple caches in different locations.
Related terms: larderhoard
scatterhoarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scatterhoard
larderhoard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: larderhoards
form: larderhoarding
form: larderhoarded
form: larderhoarded
Etymology: From larder + hoard.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To hoard food in a small number of relatively large caches, often defended.
Related terms: larderhoarder
scatterhoard
scatterhoards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scatterhoard
scatterhoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scatterhoard
larderhoarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of larderhoard
larderhoards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of larderhoard
larderhoarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of larderhoard
cacheability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cache + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cacheable.
subirrigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subirrigations
Etymology: From sub- + irrigation.
Senses: examples: text: Subirrigation is used in growing field crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and sugar cane in areas with high water tables, such as Florida, and in commercial greenhouse operations.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A method of irrigation where water is delivered to the plant rootzone from below the soil surface and absorbed upwards. The excess water may be collected for reuse.
Related terms: subirrigate
subirrigations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subirrigation
subirrigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subirrigates
form: subirrigating
form: subirrigated
form: subirrigated
Etymology: From sub- + irrigate.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To irrigate from below, using the subirrigation technique.
subirrigated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subirrigate
subirrigates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subirrigate
subirrigating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subirrigate
subtransverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)s
Etymology: From sub- + transverse.
Senses: examples: text: Although it does not have a patent contact with the larger portion of the rostrum, the plane of the anterior breakage is subtransverse, and we suspect it would have articulated within 5–25 cm of a gap with the larger portion (Fig 11).
ref: 2015 December 10, “Albicetus oxymycterus, a New Generic Name and Redescription of a Basal Physeteroid (Mammalia, Cetacea) from the Miocene of California, and the Evolution of Body Size in Sperm Whales”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Almost or imperfectly transverse.
oralmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oral + -most.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located furthest in the oral direction.
isoclasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoclass
miniclusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicluster
crescentiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crescentiform
form: most crescentiform
Etymology: From crescent + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: The inferior intercavernous sinus (IIS), which was located at the anterior-inferior edge of the junction of the anterior and posterior pituitary gland, was mostly presented as a crescentiform or oval shape (Fig 2).
ref: 2015 December 11, “Vascular Complications of Intercavernous Sinuses during Transsphenoidal Surgery: An Anatomical Analysis Based on Autopsy and Magnetic Resonance Venography”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having a crescent shape.
endoillumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + illumination.
Senses: examples: text: Eyes undergoing vitrectomy are normally exposed to light by endoillumination, illumination by the operating microscope, and chandelier lighting.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Assessment of Macular Function during Vitrectomy: New Approach Using Intraoperative Focal Macular Electroretinograms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The illumination of a surgical operation from inside the body, by means of a surgical tool providing light.
Related terms: endoilluminator
endoilluminator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoilluminators
Etymology: From endo- + illuminator.
Senses: glosses: A surgical tool that provides light for endoillumination.
endoilluminators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoilluminator
carpet sweeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet sweepers
Senses: glosses: A mechanical (not electric) device for cleaning carpets by means of a rotating brush.
carpet sweepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpet sweeper
intrabacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + bacterial.
Senses: glosses: Within a bacterium.
monoastral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + astral.
Senses: examples: text: Failure of Eg5 function leads to cell cycle arrest in mitosis with monoastral microtubule arrays.
ref: 2015 December 11, “A Potent Chemotherapeutic Strategy with Eg5 Inhibitor against Gemcitabine Resistant Bladder Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having or relating to a single aster.
multifloral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + floral.
Senses: examples: text: Experimental bees were fed 500 μL of 30% sucrose control solution and a 6 mg lump of multifloral pollen (Koppert Biological Systems, Howell, Michigan) for two days.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Possible Synergistic Effects of Thymol and Nicotine against Crithidia bombi Parasitism in Bumble Bees”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
noncitrullinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + citrullinated.
Senses: examples: text: No notable antibody reactivity was found to the noncitrullinated control peptides.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Contribution of Peptide Backbone to Anti-Citrullinated Peptide Antibody Reactivity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not citrullinated.
paracoccin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Paracoccidioides + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lectin found in Paracoccidioides brasiliensis.
perfusivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From perfusive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being perfusive.
polyfloral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + floral.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one (variety of) flower.
Synonyms: multifloral
polyspecificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyspecificities
Etymology: From poly- + specificity.
Senses: examples: text: Cross-reactivity or polyspecificity of antibodies detected in DENV-infected patients were not only related to the recognition of different virus serotypes, but also to host proteins, including platelets, endothelial cells and plasminogen.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Dengue Virus Directly Stimulates Polyclonal B Cell Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being polyspecific.
polyspecificities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyspecificity
predomestication
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + domestication.
Senses: examples: text: Similar observations exist for other species such as the genus Leucaena in which human-mediated sympatry in Mesoamerican “backyard gardens” of previously separated wild taxa, prolonged predomestication cultivation followed by spontaneous hybridization led to the emergence of different domesticated species.
ref: 2015 December 11, “An Integrated Hypothesis on the Domestication of Bactris gasipaes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Before domestication.
presensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + sensitization.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, because sensitization may be dependent on presensitization IgG levels, and offsprings’ presensitization IgG levels were highly variable, the conclusions might have been different if only offspring with high IgG1 levels would have been taken into account.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Role of Maternal Dietary Peanut Exposure in Development of Food Allergy and Oral Tolerance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Before sensitization
presensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presensitizations
Etymology: From pre- + sensitization.
Senses: glosses: sensitization prior to some other operation
Related terms: presensitize
rehomogenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehomogenizes
form: rehomogenizing
form: rehomogenized
form: rehomogenized
Etymology: From re- + homogenize.
Senses: glosses: To homogenize again.
Related terms: rehomogenization
rehomogenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rehomogenizations
Etymology: From re- + homogenization.
Senses: glosses: homogenization again
rehomogenizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehomogenize
rehomogenizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehomogenize
rehomogenizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehomogenization
rehomogenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehomogenize
streptococcosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streptococcoses
Etymology: From Streptococcus + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: None of the flocks showed symptoms of an acute or chronic streptococcosis.
ref: 2015 December 11, “Organic Turkey Flocks: A Reservoir of Streptococcus gallolyticus subspecies gallolyticus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: streptococcal infection
streptococcoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streptococcosis
superfolder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfolders
Etymology: From super- + folder.
Senses: examples: text: The software project should be organized around a superfolder, the file that contains the title screen, the names of the developers and other important data, a table of contents and, if needed, an instruction page. All other folders should contain subject content and activities for the user.
ref: 1995, Gertrude W. Abramson, Learning with LinkWay: Tutorial & Applications, page 10:
text: You can view the content of each subfolder in the same way—that is, by clicking the + symbols of the corresponding book and all superfolders of that folder. The Index window shows an alphabetically sorted sequence of each.
ref: 2005, Dusan Petkovic, Microsoft SQL Server 2005: A Beginner's Guide, page 24:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A superdirectory.
superfolders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfolder
superdirectory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdirectories
Etymology: From super- + directory.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A directory that contains other directories.
Synonyms: superfolder
superdirectories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superdirectory
zolantidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the brain-penetrating Hrh2 antagonist zolantidine had no effect on light-induced phase shift as shown for hamsters, or the lengths or distributions of NREM, REM and wakefulness states as shown on rats.
ref: 2015 December 11, “On the Role of Histamine Receptors in the Regulation of Circadian Rhythms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A brain-penetrating histamine H2 receptor antagonist derived from benzthiazole.
multivincular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + vincular.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to more than one vinculum.
Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials
Etymology: Introduced by David Kazhdan and George Lusztig in 1979.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: representation theory
glosses: A member P_(y,w)(q) of a certain family of integral polynomials that are indexed by pairs of elements y, w of a Coxeter group W, which can in particular be the Weyl group of a Lie group.
Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kazhdan-Lusztig polynomial
homeomorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From homeomorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a homeomorphic manner.
nonblockingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonblocking + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In decentralized supervisory control, several local control agents (supervisors) cooperate to achieve a common goal expressed by a safety specification and/or nonblockingness.
ref: 2015, Jan Komenda, Tomáš Masopust, “On the Computation of Controllable and Coobservable Sublanguages in Decentralized Supervisory Control”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being nonblocking.
quasiconformality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + conformality.
Senses: examples: text: As an application of our methods we deduce a result due to Tyson on the geometric quasiconformality of quasisymmetric maps between compact, Ahlfors Q-regular metric spaces.
ref: 2015, Jeff Lindquist, “Weak capacity and modulus comparability in Ahlfors regular metric spaces”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being quasiconformal.
relabelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relabeling
relabellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relabelling
starlikeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From starlike + -ness.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being starlike.
subpolynomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + polynomial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Growing at a lesser rate than polynomial.
unsupervisedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unsupervised + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Example results illustrate interesting relationships between the width of the first layer and the inferred network structure, and demonstrate that the GBN [Gamma Belief Network] can add more layers to improve its performance in both unsupervisedly extracting features and predicting heldout data.
ref: 2015, Mingyuan Zhou, Yulai Cong, Bo Chen, “Gamma Belief Networks”, in arXiv:
glosses: Without supervision.
swanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swang
unslim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unslim
form: most unslim
Etymology: From un- + slim.
Senses: examples: text: In this unslim volume I have endeavored to cover the large and growing field of AI in some detail […]
ref: 1991, Derek Partridge, A New Guide to Artificial Intelligence, page xvii:
glosses: Not slim.
guyser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guysers
Etymology: From guyse + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guiser.
guysers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guyser
drossels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drossel
tipteerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipteerers
Senses: qualifier: Sussex
glosses: A Christmas mummer.
tipteerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tipteerer
soulers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of souler
gamakas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamaka
gamaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamakas
form: gamaka
Etymology: From Sanskrit गमक (gamaka).
Senses: glosses: An ornamentation in Indian classical music.
unmistakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmistakingly
form: most unmistakingly
Etymology: From unmistaking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The writing was unmistakingly that of Liza Mary—the sentiment as unmistakingly that of Violet Rose. For a moment Miss Car'line twisted the note between fingers which no longer trembled.
ref: 1912, The Painter and Decorator, volume 26, page 79:
text: And in the canto this mind will be characterised very thoroughly: a sense of ambiguity and duality will run throughout it, unobtrusively but unmistakingly underlining the essence of Dante's poetic vision of Guido.
ref: 1981, Kenelm Foster, Patrick Boyde, Cambridge Readings in Dante's Comedy, page 52:
glosses: Without any mistake or misunderstanding; unmistakably.
myosatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myosatellites
Etymology: From myo- + satellite.
Senses: glosses: A kind of small mononuclear multipotent cell with virtually no cytoplasm, found in mature muscle. It is a precursor to skeletal muscle cells.
myosatellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myosatellite
gadjet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gadjets
Senses: examples: text: The American is always out to conquer fresh fields of commerce, and so their famous “Gaztite” rings and many other comic gadjets find their way out here and to other countries as well.
ref: 1923, The Pastoral Review, volume 33, number 2, page 602:
text: The American Museum Expedition to the Congo in their report devote several pages to Basil, his habits, internal arrangements and various gadjets.
ref: 1934, The Uganda Journal, volumes 1-3, page 73:
glosses: Dated form of gadget.
gadjets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gadjet
multirotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multirotor
multicopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multicopters
Senses: glosses: A rotorcraft propelled by multiple rotors.
Synonyms: multirotor
Hyponyms: tricopter
quadcopter
quadrocopter
multicopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multicopter
tricopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricopters
Senses: glosses: A rotorcraft propelled by three rotors.
bicopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicopters
Senses: glosses: A rotorcraft propelled by two rotors.
tricopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricopter
bicopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicopter
polish a turd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polishes a turd
form: polishing a turd
form: polished a turd
form: polished a turd
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: put lipstick on a pig
text: Demaso, trying hard to scrub a wall behind one of the toilets, started complaining how dirty the walls in the entire bathroom were. Tripp also chimed in that they were polishing a turd and that what the bathroom needed was a fresh coat of paint.
ref: 2006, Michael Fak, Portions of a Life: Recollections and Reflections, page 197:
glosses: To work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task; to try to perfect what is inherently bad.
Related terms: you can't polish a turd
polishes a turd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of polish a turd
polishing a turd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polish a turd
polished a turd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polish a turd
macrolactonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrolactonization
biwiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bi- + wiring.
Senses: glosses: The situation where each loudspeaker has two pairs of connectors and two cables are run from the same amplifier output to the speaker cabinet, claimed by some audiophiles to improve the sound quality.
Related terms: biwired
biwired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + wired.
Senses: glosses: Of audio equipment: set up using biwiring.
Date Line
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of International Date Line.
synonyms: word: International Date Line
like merry hell
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But basically the classical musicians kept their eyes glued to their parts and played like merry hell, and the drummer kept his eyes glued on the conductor drummed like merry hell whenever he was cued—but there was no emotional unity […]
ref: 2003, Maxwell Steer, Music and Mysticism: Parts 3 and 4, page 11:
text: They saw us and ran for it like merry hell, trying to get there and plunder it before we could raise the alarm.
ref: 2015, Jonathan Peace, The Bloodstone Of Cerillion, page 51:
glosses: With great vigour.
postpreview
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + preview.
Senses: examples: text: At a postpreview notes session last week, Mr. Schumacher sat surrounded by cast members in a semicircle, like a shepherd and his flock.
ref: 2015 November 15, Melena Ryzik, “Joel Schumacher, Directing ‘Neighborhood 3,’ Gets an Education”, in New York Times:
glosses: After a preview.
photoconceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + conceptual.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a form of conceptual art that uses photographs.
Derived terms: photoconceptualism
photoconceptualist
photoconceptualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + conceptualism.
Senses: glosses: The photoconceptual approach to art.
photoconceptualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoconceptualists
Etymology: From photoconceptual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who produces photoconceptual artworks.
photoconceptualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoconceptualist
ball alleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball alley
detheocratize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detheocratizes
form: detheocratizing
form: detheocratized
form: detheocratized
Etymology: From de- + theocratize.
Senses: glosses: To make less theocratic.
big shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big show
detheocratization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of detheocratizing.
s.a.w.w.
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: An initialism formed from Arabic صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّم (ṣallā llāhu ʕalayhi wasallam).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: peace be upon him
Synonyms: PBUH
SAW
detheocratizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detheocratize
detheocratizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detheocratize
detheocratized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detheocratize
snicklefritzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snicklefritz
popstream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of pop + mainstream
Senses: examples: text: Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.
ref: 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420:
text: Genuine remixers of sound and traditions, and typically estranged from the cultural popstream, each of these cultural brokers maintained vast collections of fresh material enabled by networks of exchange […]
ref: 2013, Simone Krüger, Ruxandra Trandafoiu, The Globalization of Musics in Transit:
glosses: The musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.
macroindentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroindentations
Etymology: From macro- + indentation.
Senses: glosses: A macroscale indentation, used in testing the physical properties of a material.
microindentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microindentations
Etymology: From micro- + indentation.
Senses: glosses: A microscale indentation, used in testing the physical properties of a material.
macroindentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroindentation
microindentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microindentation