cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Cowden syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described in 1963 by Lloyd and Dennis, who named it from the patient's surname.
Senses: synonyms: Cowden's disease
glosses: A rare inherited disorder characterized by multiple hamartomas and an increased risk of certain cancers.
Virchow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Virchowian
Virchow-Robin space
Virchow's angle
Virchow's cell
Virchow's disease
Virchow-Seckel syndrome
Virchow's gland
Virchow's law
Virchow's line
Virchow's metamorphosis
Virchow's node
Virchow's psammoma
Virchow's triad
lipogranulomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Farber disease
Related terms: Farber's lipogranulomatosis
lipogranuloma
lipogranulomatous
Farber disease
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for Sidney Farber.
Senses: glosses: A very rare lysosomal storage disease marked by a deficiency in ceramidase that causes an accumulation of lipids, leading to abnormalities in the joints, liver, throat, tissues, and central nervous system.
wikipedia: Sidney Farber
liotrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪ.əˌtɹɪks/
Etymology: Alteration of blend of liothyronine + levothyroxine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic mixture of levothyroxine and liothyronine, used to replenish thyroid hormones.
lipoblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoblastomas
form: lipoblastomata
Etymology: From lipo- + blastoma.
Senses: glosses: A type of subcutaneous benign fatty tumor.
lipoblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoblastoma
lipoblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoblastoma
lipoedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lipedema.
lipedema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoedema
form: lipœdema
form: lipoœdema
form: lipooedema
Etymology: lipo- + edema
Senses: glosses: A chronic disorder of adipose tissue, generally affecting the legs.
Related terms: lymphedema
fore-save
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fore-saves
form: fore-saving
form: fore-saved
form: fore-saved
Senses: examples: text: […] a purpose in which God foreknew what He was about, fore-ordained the soul, the race, unto salvation, and fore-saved and justified it before our day, and indeed before the day of Time.
ref: 1907, Peter Taylor Forsyth, Positive Preaching and Modern Mind, page 140:
text: I pleaded with him and tried to smooth the thing over and told them that I thought he was just fore-saving these things in case it did arise, but the rest of us just don't say anything about a wage-cut, because we're not going to accept one and [...]
ref: 1937, Proceedings of the Constitutional Convention of the International Woodworkers of America:
text: Allotment on hire-purchase basis would also instil a habit of fore-saving and set in deflationary tendencies in the economy.
ref: 1984, Jagmohan, The Challenge of Our Cities, page 30:
glosses: Alternative form of foresave.
cuttingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cutting + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being cutting.
Italian wedding soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian wedding soups
form: Italian Wedding Soup
form: Italian Wedding soup
Senses: examples: text: I would like a bowl of Italian wedding soup from the diner. Takeout, not dine-in. It's the special today.
ref: 2012, Lauren Nichols, At Any Cost, →ISBN, page 21:
text: This classic Italian wedding soup is the perfect weeknight meal for any home. You will absolutely love how the flavors come together.
ref: 2014, Martha Stone, The Italian Slow Cooker: Convenience and Delicious Meals, page 1:
glosses: Synonym of wedding soup.
synonyms: word: wedding soup
wedding soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wedding soups
Etymology: A mistranslated calque of Italian minestra maritata (“married soup”), which refers to the “marriage” of the vegetables and the meat.
Senses: examples: text: You have probably heard of wedding soup, an Italian-American favorite that gets its name not because it is served at weddings, but because it is a marriage of meat (in the form of tiny meatballs) and vegetables […]
ref: 2013, Ellie Krieger, Weeknight Wonders: Delicious Healthy Dishes in 30 Minutes, →ISBN:
text: This was his second helping and he'd already eaten three slices of bread, a salad, and a cup of wedding soup.
ref: 2014, Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: Fall, →ISBN:
text: [The] shopper creates a version of wedding soup and incorporates beans into the mix to allow for extra protein.
ref: 2013, Kristen Homan, Money in the Kitchen, →ISBN:
synonyms: Italian wedding soup
glosses: An Italian-American soup consisting of green vegetables and meat in a chicken-based broth.
Italian Wedding Soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian Wedding Soups
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Italian wedding soup.
Italian Wedding soup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian Wedding soups
Senses: examples: text: [T]his is our southern interpretation of Italian Wedding soup, a combination of hearty ingredients that marry together happily.
ref: 2011, John Besh, My Family Table: A Passionate Plea for Home Cooking, page 93:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Italian wedding soup.
parametricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pæɹəˈmɛtɹɪsɪzm̩/
Etymology: From parametric + -ism, coined in 2008 by Patrik Schumacher.
Senses: examples: text: The question of Parametricism's “hegemony” has been a subject of lively debate among architects, who disagree over whether its design language—which is based on the scripting of variable stems though digital algorithms—may be considered a style whose signature aspects would be an undulating topographical field composed of modular geometric elements, or whether the digital modelling capacities that Parametricism relies on should remain tools for designing a more materially based and responsive form of architecture.
ref: 2013, David Joselit, After Art, →ISBN, page 24:
text: According to the functional heuristics of parametricism, the functions of spaces are conceived in terms of dynamic patterns of social interactions/communications, i.e. as parametrically variable, dynamic event scenarios, rather than static schedules of accommodation that list functional stereotypes. See Patrik Schumacher, The Autopoiesis of Architecture […]
ref: 2014, Paradigms in Computing: Making, Machines, and Models, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: An avant-garde, computer-aided style of architecture and urban planning in which (the functions of) spaces are considered parametrically variable (dynamic) rather than static.
Related terms: parametricity
parametrization
parametrize
anataxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌanəˈtaksɪs/
ipa: /ˌænəˈtæksəs/
Etymology: From ana- (“again”) + taxis (“arrangment of parts”), by analogy with syntaxis. There appears to be no relation to Ancient Greek ἀνάταξις (anátaxis, “financial estimate, assessment”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers
fall aboard of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls aboard of
form: falling aboard of
form: fell aboard of
form: fallen aboard of
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To strike (the side of another ship).
Synonyms: fall foul of
sangivamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces.
Maradiya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maradiyas
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi मरडीया (marḍīyā). This surname is predominantly found in Maharashtra.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Marathi.
channelised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of channelise
channelises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of channelise
channelising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of channelise
nominate contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nominate contracts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a contract distinguished by a particular name, such as sale, insurance, or lease.
Synonyms: specific contract
specific contract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specific contracts
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Synonym of nominate contract.
synonyms: word: nominate contract
Folsom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Folsoms
Etymology: Variant of Foulsham.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Perry County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Randolph County, Alabama, United States.
examples: text: Folsom, another well-known institution, opened in 1880. Between 1880 and 1933, when a facility for women was opened in Tehachapi, there was not a single new prison constructed. In 1952, the California Institution for Women opened and Tehachapi became a new prison for men. In all, between 1852 and 1955, nine prisons were constructed in California.
ref: 2003, Angela Y. Davis, chapter 1, in Are Prisons Obsolete?, archived from the original on 19 May 2023, page 12:
text: In November 2024, Kiley won reelection in the district where Folsom is located by about 11 points, though Trumps' victory was closer to 3 points, according to data compiled by analyst Drew Savicki and cited by the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia.
ref: 2025 April 16, Andrew Stanton, “Bernie Sanders Rally Crowd Size Tops 30K in District Trump Won Three Times”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A city in Sacramento County, California, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bartow County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A village in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Callaway County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A borough of Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A village in Union County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Highland County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Custer County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A former unincorporated community in Potter County, Texas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Wisconsin, United States.
Derived terms: Folsomite
Willards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Maryland.
fourth gender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fourth genders
form: fourth-gender
Senses: topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize four or more genders, which is neither cis male nor cis female; often, such societies consider trans men to constitute a third gender and trans women to constitute a fourth gender, or vice versa.
Related terms: third gender
glutard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glutards
Etymology: From gluten + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: Self-proclaimed “glutards” will skip the burrito and opt for a lettuce bowl with chicken or steak, black beans, fresh salsa and guacamole.
ref: 2012 September 25, Alexis Sachdev, “Main Campus boasts select options for alternative diets”, in The Temple News, volume 91, number 5, Temple University, page 15:
text: For those of you with glutards in the flat, substitute the wheat flour for a GF [gluten-free] flour and all of you can enjoy.
ref: 2014 May 5, “Moussaka”, in Critic, number 10, University of Otago, page 38:
text: A glutard's mouth would water just looking at pictures of sweets they could actually eat.
ref: 2015, Ivy Davis, "'Glutards' rejoice at Liberated Bakery", The Advocate (Mt. Hood Community College), Volume 50, Issue 18, 20 February 2015, page 4
glosses: A person with a form of gluten intolerance, such as celiac disease.
Related terms: lactard
glutards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glutard
debutard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debutards
Etymology: From debutante + -tard.
Senses: examples: text: I thought this stuck-up debutard lived in Jolly Olde.
ref: 2008, Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty, & Joss Whedon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: No Future for You, Dark Horse Books, →ISBN:
text: The “scions,” “children of,” the “debutards,” the boys who worked at art galleries their parents owned, the girls who worked at Christie's and Sotheby's while awaiting their spread in a fashion monthly.
ref: 2009, Gigi Levangie Grazer, Queen Takes King, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 207:
text: WE LOVE A DEBUTARD WEDDING...as much as anyone else. Probably more than most. We love the spectacle of New York's richest and dumbest making the tie that binds.
ref: 2010, Maureen Johnson, Scarlett Fever, Point, →ISBN:
glosses: A young, wealthy person (especially a girl or woman) lacking in intelligence or common sense.
debutards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debutard
false face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false faces
Senses: glosses: A mask.
transsexually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transsexual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a transsexual manner.
transfeminine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /trænzˈfɛm.ən.ɪn/
Etymology: From trans- + feminine.
Senses: examples: text: […] the same masculinity at the heart of the military’s pervasive homophobia, tolerance of sexual assault, and transmisogynistic practice of court-martialing transfeminine soldiers for “cross-dressing.”
ref: 2011, "An open letter to the organizers of TEDxMiddlebury", The Middlebury Campus (Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont), Volume 110, Issue 8, 10 November 2011, page 11
text: Born as a physical male, she now identifies as transfeminine, or pangender.
ref: 2012, Alessandra Robertson, "Trans Stories", Sex and the Steel City (The Silhouette special edition), page 14
text: [...individuals for whom] “man” or “woman” may not accurately reflect identity but are nonetheless on the transmasculine or transfeminine spectrum. We also acknowledge the limitations of language in reflecting agender clients who do not identify as masculine or feminine ...
ref: 2017, Michael R. Kauth, Jillian C. Shipherd, Adult Transgender Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Training Mental Health Professionals, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Hormonal and surgical options, [...] for transgender women and transfeminine spectrum persons, 99-111
ref: 2017, Lynne Carroll, Lauren Mizock, Clinical Issues and Affirmative Treatment with Transgender Clients, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, index:
glosses: Pertaining to people who were assigned male but whose gender identities are feminine.
Coordinate terms: transmasculine
Related terms: transfemininity
trans woman
male-to-female
MTF
formycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formycins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A C-nucleoside, (2S,3R,4S,5R)-2-(7-amino-2H-pyrazolo[4,3-d]pyrimidin-3-yl)-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-3,4-diol, that inhibits the E. coli enzyme purine nucleoside phosphorylase
C-nucleoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C-nucleosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nucleoside that has a direct C-C bond between the carbohydrate and the heterocycle
toyocamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ? + -mycin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A nucleoside-type antibiotic, 4-aminopyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile 7-(β-D-ribofuranoside), analogue of adenosine, isolated from a species of Streptomyces
tubercidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tubercidins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic adenosine analog, 7-deazaadenosine, having antiviral, antitrypanosomal, and antifungal functions
apophatisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apophatism
mins.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of min.
hrs.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hr.
alienia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of asplenia.
synonyms: word: asplenia
Trappe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Possibly named in reference to wolf traps, or possibly after a Trappist monastery.
Senses: glosses: A town in Maryland.
glosses: A borough of Pennsylvania.
Secretary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named by Lord Baltimore after his secretary.
Senses: glosses: A town in Maryland.
weather maps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather map
weather charts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather chart
aggrevate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of aggravate.
Early Tripuri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient form of the language Kokborok.
aguna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agunas
form: agunot
form: agunoth
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agunah.
e-strategy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-strategies
Etymology: From e- + strategy.
Senses: glosses: A strategy (as in business or government) based on the use of computer technology.
e-strategies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-strategy
dark sector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dark sectors
Etymology: From dark + sector. From being named after dark matter and dark energy, and being portion (sector) of a whole (universe).
Senses: topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The unknown portion of the Universe outside standard physics, including dark matter and dark energy.
topics: astronomy
astrophysics
cosmology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The unknown portion of the Universe outside standard physics, including dark matter and dark energy.
The fraction of the universe that is dark matter and dark energy.
Derived terms: light sector
Related terms: dark energy
dark light
dark matter
aquafarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aqua- + farming.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: aquaculture
aquafarmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquafarmers
Etymology: From aqua- + farmer.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: aquaculturist
aquafarmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquafarmer
aquafarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquafarms
Etymology: From aqua- + farm.
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A facility where aquaculture is carried out.
aquafarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aquafarm
HELOCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HELOC
Leventhal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
e-strategic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From e- + strategic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to e-strategy.
e-strategist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-strategists
Etymology: From e- + strategist or e-strategy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who develops e-strategy.
e-strategists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-strategist
Donath-Landsteiner syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Donath-Landsteiner syndromes
Etymology: Named after the Austrian internists Julius Donath (1870–1950) and Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943), who described it in 1904.
Senses: glosses: paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disease of humans characterized by sudden hemoglobinuria, typically after exposure to cold temperatures.
Synonyms: Donath-Landsteiner syndrome
PCH
lyze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lyzes
form: lyzing
form: lyzed
form: lyzed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lyse.
Derived terms: autolyze
lyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lyze
lyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lyze
lyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lyze
lygodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lygodiums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
lygodiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lygodium
lysergol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid of the ergoline family, found in some fungi and in the morning glory family of plants.
lysogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lyso- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lysogenesis.
re-embraces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-embrace
seaweed dermatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cutaneous condition characterized by inflammation of the skin caused by marine cyanobacteria, specifically Lyngbya majuscula.
reembraces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reembrace
reembraced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reembrace
nontuberculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tuberculate.
Senses: glosses: Not tuberculate.
untuberculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tuberculate.
Senses: glosses: Not tuberculate.
reembracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reembrace
unbranching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + branching.
Senses: glosses: That does not branch.
re-embracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of re-embrace
Dogger Bank itch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cutaneous condition characterized by an eczematous dermatitis caused by exposure to the sea chervil Alcyonidium diaphanum.
re-embraced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of re-embrace
lymphoscintigraphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lymphoscintigraphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of lymphoscintigraphy.
lymphoscintigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lymphoscintigraphy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphoscintigraphy.
Derived terms: lymphoscintigraphically
lymphoscintigram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoscintigrams
Senses: glosses: The diagnostic image produced by lymphoscintigraphy.
lymphoscintigrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoscintigram
lymphoscintigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoscintigraphies
Etymology: From lympho- + scintigraphy.
Senses: glosses: scintigraphy of the lymph nodes
Derived terms: lymphoscintigraphic
lymphoscintigraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoscintigraphy
lymphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lympho- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of the lymphatic system.
Derived terms: lymphological
lymphologist
lymphological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lymphology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphology.
Derived terms: lymphologically
lymphologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lymphological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of lymphology.
lymphologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphologists
Etymology: From lymphology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies lymphology.
lymphologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphologist
cerebrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cerebrate
cerebrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cerebrate
lymphocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoceles
Etymology: From lympho- + -cele.
Senses: glosses: A collection of lymphatic fluid within the body, not bordered by epithelial lining; often a complication after pelvic surgery.
Derived terms: adenolymphocele
semigloom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + gloom.
Senses: examples: text: The room was in semigloom, for Scarlett had pulled down the shades to shut out the heat and brightness.
ref: 1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, 1944, →OCLC, part IV, page 367:
glosses: Partial gloom or darkness.
lymphangion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphangions
form: lymphangia
Etymology: From lymph- + Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “vessel”).
Senses: glosses: The functional unit of a lymph vessel, lying between two semilunar valves.
lymphangia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangion
lymphangiosarcoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphangiosarcomas
form: lymphangiosarcomata
Etymology: From lymph- + angio- + sarcoma.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A rare malignant tumor that occurs in long-standing cases of primary or secondary lymphedema.
lymphangiosarcomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangiosarcoma
lymphangiosarcomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangiosarcoma
lymphedematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphedema.
lymphoedematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lymphedematous.
sea chervil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alcyonidium diaphanum, a bryozoan found in the North Atlantic ocean.
merkingdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merkingdom
lymphangiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphangiograms
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by lymphangiography.
lymphangiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphangiogram
lymphangiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphangiography.
Derived terms: lymphangiographically
lymphangiographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lymphangiographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, lymphangiography.
lymphogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphograms
Etymology: From lympho- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
lymphograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphogram
lymphographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lymphographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, lymphography.
lymphographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lymphography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lymphography.
Derived terms: lymphographically
lymphangiectasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lymphangiectasia.
luteovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luteoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name, from Latin luteus (“yellow”), referring to the symptomatic yellowing of an infected plant.
Senses: glosses: A virus of the Luteoviridae family that mainly infects plants via aphid vectors.
Related terms: luteoviral
luteoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luteovirus
luteoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the luteoviruses.
lycoctonine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual lycoctonum + -ine, because found in Aconitum lycoctonum.
Senses: glosses: A plant alkaloid that is a precursor to the ABC ring system of taxoids.
Derived terms: anthranoyllycoctonine
methyllycoctonine
ghost call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost calls
Etymology: From ghost + call.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: A telephone call for which, when the recipient of the call answers, there is no one on the other end.
Synonyms: phantom abandoned call
phantom call
lycoperdonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lycoperdon + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A respiratory disease caused by the inhalation of spores from mature puffballs.
ghost calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost call
mermaidish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mermaidish
form: most mermaidish
Etymology: From mermaid + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She was dressed in something slippery looking, mermaidish.
ref: 2006, Tim Rundquist, Otter Tail Review, page 74:
text: Then something snagged her gaze and she turned her eyes to the far side of the pool. A mermaidish tail submerged as soon as she had seen it.
ref: 2014, Lael Silver, Foolish Kings:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mermaid.
lumbrokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumbrokinases
Etymology: Blend of Lumbricus + kinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A collective name for various fibrinolytic enzymes present in various earthworms, especially Lumbricus bimastus and Lumbricus rubellus.
lupinidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the genus name Lupinus.
Senses: glosses: sparteine
lumbarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumbarizations
Etymology: From lumbar + -ization.
Senses: glosses: A spinal anomaly in which the first and second segments of the sacrum do not fuse, and consequently the lumbar spine appears to have six vertebrae or segments, not five, while the sacrum appears to have only four.
lumbarizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumbarization
etruscomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: lucimycin
lucensomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: lucimycin
OOAKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OOAK
maned rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maned rats
Senses: glosses: Lophiomys imhausi, a nocturnal, long-haired and bushy-tailed East African rodent that superficially resembles a porcupine.
Synonyms: crested rat
crested rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crested rats
Senses: glosses: maned rat
lucigenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin lux (“light”) -gen + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic compound, bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate, that exhibits a bluish-green fluorescence.
beigey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪʒi/
Forms: form: beigier
form: beigiest
form: beigy
Etymology: From beige + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Opaque peachy pinks and beigey oranges, originally represented in abundance on garments and skin, remain only as traces.
ref: 2001, Mary Coker Joslin, Carolyn J. Watson, The Egerton Genesis, page 194:
text: […] Sarah stood in the bathroom at Flair, carefully applying a new beigey-pink Chanel lipstick that Paige swore looked good on everyone from albinos to Africans.
ref: 2008, Emily Listfield, Waiting to Surface, page 232:
glosses: Somewhat beige in colour.
Lombard effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lombard effects
Etymology: Discovered in 1909 by Étienne Lombard, French otolaryngologist.
Senses: glosses: The involuntary tendency of speakers to increase their vocal effort when speaking in the presence of noise.
Synonyms: Lombard reflex
Klebs-Löffler bacillus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Klebs-Löffler bacilli
Etymology: Discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834–1912) and Friedrich Löffler (1852–1915).
Senses: glosses: Corynebacterium diphtheriae, the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria.
wikipedia: Edwin Klebs
Friedrich Löffler
Klebs-Löffler bacilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Klebs-Löffler bacillus
livedo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdəʊ
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin livedo.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of skin discoloration.
Derived terms: livedoid
livedo reticularis
livedo racemosa
livedoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more livedoid
form: most livedoid
Etymology: From livedo + -oid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of livedo.
lobomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lobo + mycosis, after its discoverer, Brazilian dermatologist Jorge Lobo.
Senses: glosses: A blastomycosis of the skin caused by Lacazia loboi (formerly Loboa loboi).
Synonyms: Amazonian blastomycosis
blastomycoid granuloma
Jorge Lobo's disease
keloidal blastomycosis
lacaziosis
Lobo's disease
miraip
piraip
lacaziosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lacazia + -osis.
Senses: glosses: lobomycosis
Llandeilo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hlænˈdaɪləʊ/
ipa: [ɬanˈdəɪloː]
Forms: form: Llandilo
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN6322).
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The middle subdivision of the British Ordovician rocks.
spotted skunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spotted skunks
Senses: glosses: Any animal of the genus Spilogale, native to North and Central America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Spilogale putorius
word: eastern spotted skunk
taxonomic: Spilogale spp.
word: little spotted skunk
taxonomic: Spilogale pygmaea
word: pygmy spotted skunk
taxonomic: Spilogale angustifrons
word: southern spotted skunk
taxonomic: Spilogale gracilis
word: western spotted skunk
physiobiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From physio- + biological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to physiobiology.
spotted skunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spotted skunk
cha-chings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cha-ching
cha-chings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cha-ching
hog-nosed skunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog-nosed skunks
Senses: glosses: Any animal of the genus Conepatus, found from southwester US through South America.
hog-nosed skunks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hog-nosed skunk
there's life in the old dog yet
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: It wasn’t quite Sacheen Littlefeather, but a rolling tide of firebrand speeches showed there’s life in the Hollywood dog yet.
ref: 2015 February 23, “Oscars 2015: 10 things we learned”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: A person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.
Related terms: there's many a good tune played on an old fiddle
you can't teach an old dog new tricks
a creaking door hangs longest
stone baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone babies
Senses: glosses: Lithopedion.
stone babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone baby
lithopaedion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithopaedia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lithopedion.
lithopaedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithopaedion
lithokelyphopedion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithokelyphopedia
Senses: glosses: A lithopedion in which both fetus and sac are calcified.
lithokelyphopedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithokelyphopedion
nonlumbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lumbar.
Senses: glosses: Not lumbar.
unblued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blued.
Senses: examples: text: During the course of washing and bleaching, the fabric should be rendered as white as a blank, unblued piece of fabric […]
ref: 1921, Canadian Laundry and Dry Cleaning Journal, volumes 1-2, page 102:
glosses: Not blued.
gyneconome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gyneconomes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γῠναικονόμος (gŭnaikonómos); compare gyneco-, nome.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:gyneconome.
glosses: An Ancient Athenian civil servant whose job was to apply sumptuary laws and ensure adult women behaved morally.
luteinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: luteinises
form: luteinising
form: luteinised
form: luteinised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of luteinize.
luteinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of luteinise
luteinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of luteinise
e-leadership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + leadership or e-leader + -ship.
Senses: glosses: leadership of a team that uses, or communicates through, computer technology
e-leader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-leaders
Etymology: From e- + leader.
Senses: glosses: The leader of a team that uses, or communicates through, computer technology.
Related terms: e-leadership
e-leaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-leader
intravehicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-vehicular
Etymology: From intra- + vehicular.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Within a vehicle.
Derived terms: intravehicular activity
intravehicular activity suit
IVA
IVA suit
Related terms: extravehicular
Gould's razor shell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gould's razor shells
Etymology: After Augustus Addison Gould.
Senses: glosses: A species of bivalve mollusc, Solen strictus, living along the coasts of Japan, China, Taiwan, and South Korea.
wikipedia: Augustus Addison Gould
Itanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ītănʹĭk
ipa: /aɪˈtæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: Blend of Itanium + Titanic, suggesting commercial failure, in reference to the sunken ship Titanic.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The Intel Itanium processor.
parahypnotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + hypnotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to parahypnosis.
Asatruan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asatruans
Etymology: From Asatru + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Asatruans, who take their name from an Icelandic term meaning "those true to the Gods," are a northern California–based religious group who trace their pre-Christian ancestry to Scandinavian and Germanic tribes of northern Europe. The Asatruans sued to stop the United States government from repatriating the bones to the Indian claimants.
ref: 2000, David Hurst Thomas, Skull Wars: Kennewick Man, Archaeology, and the Battle for Native American Identity, Basic Books, →ISBN, page xxiv:
text: Religious or spiritual beliefs may have a particularly strong influence on medical decisions made by patients whose religious beliefs are not traditional. Consider the refusal of blood products by Jehovah's Witnesses, the forgoing of medical care by Christian Scientists, or the avoidance of psychiatric care by Scientologists. Likewise, a study of 458 "neo-pagans" (Wiccans, Druids, Asatruans) reported that 73 percent had religious or spiritual beliefs that would influence their medical decisions.
ref: 2013, Harold G. Koenig, Spirituality in Patient Care, 3rd edition, Templeton Foundation Press, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Most neopagan groupings I met did not openly proclaim racial exclusivity the way the Asatruans did.
ref: 2022, Annika Björnsdotter Teppo, Afrikaners and the Boundaries of Faith in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Routledge, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: Asatruist
Asatruans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asatruan
hijaber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hijabers
Etymology: From hijab + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In 2007, after graduating with a degree in political science from the University of Indonesia, she was working for a market research company when her boss told her, “You are a hijaber, but you need to present yourself in a good way.”
ref: 2018, Saadia Zahidi, Fifty Million Rising:
text: In 2014 Anniesa Hasibuan, who was not a hijaber until then, reinvented herself as a busana muslim designer, opening a luxurious store in Jakarta Kemang in 2015 and posting images of her extravagant lifestyle on social media, […]
ref: 2019, Alessandra Lopez y Royo, Contemporary Indonesian Fashion: Through the Looking Glass, page 59:
glosses: One who wears a hijab.
nerdery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nerd + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: 'Stamps were made for computers,' he told me, 'because they look beautiful when scanned and enlarged, it's so easy to catalogue and trade them, and the nerdery of stamps and the early nerdery of computers were made for each other. […]
ref: 2009, Simon Garfield, The Error World: An Affair with Stamps:
text: I've occasionally dreamed ideas for types of music. One was called "reality" score and it involved the use of samples. Every sound was sampled from a momentous historical recording-the snare drum was a recording of the shot that killed President Kennedy, and so on. I still think this could be great, but I don't have the necessary persistence and nerdery to actually get it done.
ref: 2011 July, David Mitchell, quoting Brian Eno, “A Conversation with Brian Eno”, in The Believer, McSweeney's, →ISSN:
glosses: Nerdish behaviour or attitudes.
Synonyms: geekery
hybrid war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hybrid wars
Etymology: Neologism derived from hybrid warfare; usage increased during the 2014-present Russo-Ukrainian War.
Senses: examples: text: “Russia has been conducting an undeclared and hybrid war against the West for a very long time,” the Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavsky, told a European security conference hosted by the International Institute of Strategic Studies this month in Prague.
ref: 2025 September 13, Lara Jakes, quoting Jan Lipavsky, “As Sabotage in Europe Mounts, So Do Calls to Retaliate Against Russia”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A war that comprises the use of conventional and nonconventional means (disinformation campaigns, cyberattacks, etc.) by at least one side, which officially denies involvement.
wikipedia: Russo-Ukrainian War
algaesthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From algo- + -aesthesis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of algesthesis.
cenesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsiːnɪsˈθiːzɪə/
ipa: /ˌsinɪsˈθiʒə/
ipa: /ˌsinɪsˈθiʒiə/
ipa: /ˌsɛnɪsˈθiʒə/
Forms: form: coenesthesia
form: cœnæsthesia
Etymology: From cen- + -esthesia.
Senses: glosses: coenesthesis
Derived terms: acenesthesia
cenesthesiopathy
Related terms: cenesthesic
coenesthetic
cenesthopathy
cenesthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cen- + -esthesis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coenesthesis.
TRL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TRLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of technology readiness level, an indicator of technology maturity developed at NASA.
TRL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: White America, Erica loves my shit / I go to TRL, look how many hugs I get
ref: 2002, “White America”, performed by Eminem:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of Total Request Live, an American television program that premiered on MTV.
coenaesthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coen- + -aesthesis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coenesthesis.
ligatured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ligature + -ed.
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Joined in a ligature.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Ligated or tied.
Derived terms: unligatured
Garawa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Garrwa
form: Karawa
form: Karrwa
Senses: glosses: An aboriginal group in northern Australia.
Garawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garrwa
form: Karawa
form: Karrwa
Senses: glosses: A Garawan Australian Aboriginal language spoken in Borroloola in the Northern Territory.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Garawa terms
Garrwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Garawa.
Karrwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Garawa.
Hurlock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Maryland.
bald cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bald caps
Senses: glosses: A wig-like cap simulating the appearance of a bald or partially bald head, worn primarily by actors and clowns.
Synonyms: bald wig
merfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merfriends
Etymology: From mer- + friend.
Senses: examples: text: “I told you that you are the best merfriend ever. Let's go sit with her and make her feel at home.”
ref: 2012, Debbie Dadey, Trouble at Trident Academy, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Helen asked Eleni, “Would you like to join me and my merfriends on an adventure?”
ref: 2014, Despina Karfis, The Magical Pool, Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 7:
text: “I love singing, and I'm pretty good says my, umm, merfriend, if that's even a word.”
ref: 2015, Jillian Verbicky, The Tail of an Angel, Xlibris, →ISBN:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A friend who is a merperson.
merfriends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merfriend
merkid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: merkids
Etymology: From mer- + kid.
Senses: examples: text: Here's hoping they get married and spend their days swimming in the sun, merkids in tow.
ref: 2009, "Q&A with Aimee Friedman", in Aimee Friedman, Ocean of Secrets, Scholastic Children's Books (2012), unnumbered page
text: Humpback whales were huge. All they had to do to swallow a mermaid was open their gigantic mouths wide. She was the smallest merkid in their class.
ref: 2012, Debbie Dadey, Whale of a Tale, Aladdin, →ISBN, pages 16–17:
text: Every merkid in the entire gymnasium seemed to be holding their breaths.
ref: 2015, Janet Gurtler, Cora's Decision, Stone Arch Books, →ISBN, page 30:
topics: fantasy
glosses: A young merperson.
Synonyms: merchild
Hyponyms: merbaby
merteen
merkids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merkid
heteropoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + -poietic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to heteropoiesis.
water organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water organ
cat bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cat bear
bear cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bear cat