cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ephebophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephebophiles
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age), gerontophiles (lovers of the aged) and pedophiles (lovers of small boys). The two latter are not as conspicuous as the two former, which compromise 45 per cent of the whole. The corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult women), grasphiles (lovers of old women), and korophiles (lovers of undeveloped girls).
ref: 1914, State Hospital Bulletin, volume 7, pages 351-352:
text: The hebephile sees the female adolescent as having adult development but vulnerability. There may also be a sense of safety from rejection because the hebephile may have had actual or perceived poor sexual performance with adult partners. The ephebophile is even more likely to reflect the emphasis on youth in society; in this case, the gay culture's emphasis on youthful appearance.
ref: 1989 Intervention Strategies for Sexual Abuse page 94 (and also page 97 of Tough Customers: Counseling Unwilling Clients)
text: The term ephebophilia seems to have been coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in his Wesen der Liebe (1906), where he applied to sexually mature youths from puberty up to the age of 20; in his 1914 magnum opus, Die Homosexualitat des Mannes und des Weibes, Hirschfeld specified the range of love objects as from "the beginning to the completion of maturity, so approximately ages 14-21." The German research estimated that 45 of all homosexuals were ephebophiles. For women, he used the term "parthenophiles."
ref: 2016, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, page 361:
glosses: A person who exhibits ephebophilia.
Related terms: hebephile
pillbug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pillbugs
Etymology: From pill + bug.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pill bug.
dentelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentelles
Etymology: Borrowed from French dentelle.
Senses: topics: arts
bookbinding
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An ornamental tooling like lace.
Refugee Regatta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Refugee Regattas
Etymology: From refugee + regatta (“boat race”), referring to the fact that the influxes tend to be seasonal, occurring normally during the cooler months.
Senses: examples: text: 1983, Redgum, Caught In The Act, song, on the album Caught in the Act,
Get an Esky, fill it full of cans, get your dope, go down to the beach, roll a big spliff about that long sit on the beach at sunset, have a few cans, and watch what they call up in Darwin the Refugee Regatta.
text: We grew up in a household where every Asian was a Gook. Dad served in Vietnam. We went to school with Dagos, boat loads of Slopes arrived in Darwin in the "Refugee Regatta", and when I was in Malaysia the locals were known to us as Bongos, or Rock Apes.
ref: 2011 April 9, Government Shill #2, “A Vietnam veteran phone 2UE today upset”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
qualifier: Darwin
glosses: An influx of illegal immigrants or refugees attempting to enter the country by sea; an influx of boat people.
if the mountain won't come to Muhammad
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: if the mountain won't come to Mohammed
form: if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain
form: as the mountain could not wait upon Mahomet, Mahomet would go to the mountain
Etymology: An ellipsis (anapodoton) of the apocryphal phrase "if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, then Muhammad must go to the mountain," coined in a story by Francis Bacon (1561–1626)
Details
The earliest appearance of the phrase is from Chapter 12 of the Essays of Francis Bacon, published in 1625:
Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers, for the observers of his law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him, again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
It was published in John Ray's 1670 book of English proverbs, The more complete reading of the essay makes it clear that Sir Francis Bacon meant the example to be disparaging, as he refers to “…mountebanks for the natural body, so are there mountebanks for the politic body…" in the context of his discussion “of boldness”, or what might be described in modern, political terms as brazening out a scandal or failure.
Although the phrase is widely associated with Muhammad, the 6th-century prophet of Islam who lived in Arabia, there is no written or oral tradition tracing it back to him. There is, however, a phrase in Turkish—dağ sana gelmezse, sen dağa gideceksin… (“if the mountain won't come to you, you must go to the mountain”)—that has no reference to Muhammad. (An alternative version can be found on the Turkish Wiktionary.) It is known as one of the atasözleri, or "common sayings", which exist in modern Turkish but are thought to have much older origins.
Senses: examples: text: It was obvious that, if Opec was going to survive much longer, it had to be taken seriously by the world’s major oil companies. So Yamani decided, if the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, Opec had somehow to impose its presence on the oil companies.
ref: 1988, Jeffrey Robinson, “The Birth of Opec and the Rise of Yamani”, in Yamani: The Inside Story (Biography/History), New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, published 1989, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:
glosses: If something one wishes to be done cannot be commanded to be done, one must find another way to achieve one's goal.
wikipedia: Essays (Francis Bacon)
Francis Bacon
John Ray
Muhammad
the proof of the pudding is in the eating
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: the proof is in the eating
form: the proof is in the pudding
form: proof of the pudding
Etymology: This proverb dates back at least to the 14th century as "Jt is ywrite that euery thing Hymself sheweth in the tastyng", and William Camden stated it in 1605 in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine as "All the proofe of a pudding, is in the eating", per Rogers' Dictionary of Cliche and the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.
A 1682 translation of Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux Le Lutrin (written between 1672 and 1674) renders it "The proof of th' pudding's seen i' the eating."
The current phrasing is generally attributed to the 1701 translation by Peter Anthony Motteux of a proverb Miguel de Cervantes used in Don Quixote (1615), al freír de los huevos lo verá (“you will see it when you fry the eggs”).
The shorter form the proof is in the pudding, which is found in an 1867 issue of the British Farmer's Magazine, and came into common use in the United States in the 1950s, is becoming increasingly common, despite missing the point of the original meaning.
Senses: examples: text: I know you didn't think it was a very good product, but just look at the fantastic sales figures. That's the proof of the pudding.
text: This is an armchair criticism, and the proof of the pudding will be in the eating.
ref: 1951 April, Stirling Everard, “A Matter of Pedigree”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 274:
text: CHAPTER XXI
Meeting at Geneva
The proof of the pudding is in the eating.
-Traditional aphorism
ref: 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 503:
text: It begs the question: will this be a costly mistake? I think not, but the proof of the pudding is in a RAIL train test - so armed with stopwatch, measuring tape and notepad, it was time to head north to track one down and test it!
ref: 2019 October 23, Pip Dunn, “The next king of Scotland”, in RAIL, page 50:
text: “We welcome the law [Anti-Corruption Bill], but the proof of the pudding will be in the eating,” said Sankhitha Gunaratne, deputy executive director of Transparency International Sri Lanka (TISL).
ref: 2023 July 20, “Sri Lanka passes anti-corruption bill as part of IMF bailout plan”, in Al Jazeera:
glosses: One can only claim that something is a success after it has been tried out or used.
wikipedia: Don Quixote
Michael Quinion
Miguel de Cervantes
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Peter Anthony Motteux
William Camden
locks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lock up
locking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lock up
locked up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lock up
locked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Imprisoned, incarcerated.
making ends meet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make ends meet. To be able to spend within one's means.
megalocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From megalo- + -cardia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having an enlarged heart.
Ultonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ʌlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Ultonian
form: most Ultonian
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Ultōnia (“Ulster”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Ultonian Heberians followed the Example, and elected the famous Rudruid King of Ireland, after a Defection of the ſupreme Dignity for two hundred and twenty Years in the Ollam-Fodlian Family. […] The Building of Eamania, and the Eſtabliſhment of the Ultonian Oeconomy by Kimbaoth, cloſe this Period.
ref: 1766, C[harles] O’Conor, Dissertations on the History of Ireland. […], Dublin: […] G[eorge] Faulkner […], →OCLC, pages 50 (Of the Political Government of the Antient Scots) and 158 (Chronology of the Antient Scots):
text: Pity dawn’d on savage faces, when for love of captive Crunn, / Macha, in the ransom-races, girt her gravid loins, to run / ’Gainst the fleet Ultonian horses; […]
ref: 1864 November (indicated as 1865), Samuel Ferguson, “The Tain-Quest”, in Lays of the Western Gael, and Other Poems, London: Bell and Daldy, […], →OCLC, page 23:
text: The origin of the clan of Degaid is obscure; one story makes it Ultonian, and the other Erimonian.
ref: 1880, R[ichard] Ba[gwell], “Ireland”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica […] , Ninth edition, Volume XIII, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 245, column 2:
text: Centuries earlier than that it was a marked feature in Gaelic literature. Yet in the Irish romances, whether Ultonian or Ossianic, the element which has since been considered the most essential motive in a romantic tale is almost entirely lacking. This is the element of love, or rather of woman-worship.
ref: 1911, T[homas] W[illiam] Rolleston, “Gaelic and Continental Romance”, in Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, London: George G[odfrey] Harrap & Company […], →OCLC, chapter VIII (Myths and Tales of the Cymry), page 345:
text: As we write, Mr [Bill] Clinton is visiting Ireland, whose Ultonian Province is at present enjoying a welcome period of comparative peace after almost 30 years of bloodshed and turmoil, fomented by Fenian dissidents, which the North Americans, to say the least, have done little enough to condemn or discourage.
ref: 1995 December 3, Peter Simple, quoting The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald [fictitious; Michael Wharton pseudonymously], “Way of the World: What the Papers Say”, in The Sunday Telegraph, number 1,799, London, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30, column 7:
text: “SON OF SUALTIM,” written by Jason Eberhardt and directed by Ben Tevelow. Looselyl^([sic]) based on Lady Gregory’s re-telling of the Ultonian myths.
ref: 2000 November 30, “Calendar: Thursday 30”, in The Recorder, 209th year, number 286, Greenfield, Mass., →OCLC, Arts & Entertainment section, page 4, column 1:
glosses: Of, relating to, or characteristic of Ulster.
Ultonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ʌlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Ultonians
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Ultōnia (“Ulster”) + -an.
Senses: examples: text: If the Scots failed to subdue the south thoroughly, they succeeded in crushing the Ultonians, and driving them ultimately into the southeastern corner of the province.
ref: 1880, R[ichard] Ba[gwell], “Ireland”, in The Encyclopædia Britannica […] , Ninth edition, Volume XIII, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, page 246, column 1:
text: One day Crundchu prepared himself to go to a great fair or assembly of the Ultonians, where there would be feasting and horse-racing, tournaments and music, and merrymaking of all kinds.
ref: 1911, T[homas] W[illiam] Rolleston, “The Curse of Macha”, in Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race, London: George G[odfrey] Harrap & Company […], →OCLC, chapter V (Tales of the Ultonian Cycle), page 178:
text: Mac an Ultaig / Son of an Ultonian or Ulsterman / Originally founded in Donegal, the name later took root in Mayo.
ref: 1992 summer, “McNulty”, in Plaza Clock Tower (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), volume 16, number 3, St. Louis, Mo., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ulster.
dijon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdiː(d)ʒɒn/
ipa: /ˈdiːʒoʊ/
Etymology: French.
Senses: examples: text: This is one of those dishes where you need to find a place in each bite for every flavour – intense jus, raw honey, dijon, blue cheese […].
ref: 2009 January 24, Corey Mintz, “Lunching well at Forte bistro and lounge”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Dijon mustard, a prepared mustard containing white wine in place of vinegar
glosses: A dark yellow
negatron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛɡ.əˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈnɛɡ.əˌtɹɑn/
Forms: form: negatrons
Etymology: Attributed to Carl D. Anderson. By surface analysis, nega- + -tron.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of electron.
synonyms: word: electron
arrestins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrestin
arrestin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrestins
Etymology: From arrest + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells.
Derived terms: antiarrestin
arylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any bivalent radical produced by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the benzene ring of an aromatic compound
Derived terms: cycloarylene
baroclinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Describing an atmospheric system in which the isobars are at an angle to the isopycnals or isotherms, in which the density of the air depends upon the pressure and the temperature.
Derived terms: baroclinically
baroclinicity
Related terms: baroclinity
barocliny
thermoclinic
bicuculline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicucullines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors; it is used in the study of epilepsy
Derived terms: bicucullinic
biomodulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomodulator
biomodulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomodulators
Etymology: From bio- + modulator.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any material that modifies a biological response
Related terms: biomodulation
biomodulatory
biostratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + stratigraphy.
Senses: examples: text: It is these ordinary animals that have helped science cope with the problems of Deep Time […] and it is astonishing that the biostratigraphy based on them doesn’t merit a mention.
ref: 2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13:
topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
Derived terms: biostratigrapher
bisimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisimides
Etymology: From bis- + imide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two imide groups.
bithiophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bithiophenes
Etymology: From bi- + thiophene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric forms of a compound containing two thiophene rings joined to each other.
blasticidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasticidins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of antibiotics used to select transformed cells in genetic engineering
blockable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɒkəbəl/
rhymes: -ɒkəbəl
Forms: form: more blockable
form: most blockable
Etymology: From block + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be blocked.
examples: text: a blockable offense
glosses: Worthy of blocking.
Derived terms: blockability
unblockable
boine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boine
form: most boine
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the boas
boine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boines
Senses: glosses: Such a snake
boines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boine
caenophidian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caenophidians
Etymology: Caenophidia + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any snake of the superfamily Colubroidea
Related terms: Caenophidia
calcareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcarean
calcarean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcareans
Etymology: From translingual Calcarea + -an.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sponge, of the class Calcarea, that has a skeleton composed of calcium carbonate spicules.
moser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈmoʊsəɹ/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈmoʊseəɹ/
ipa: /moʊˈseəɹ/
Forms: form: mosers
form: moserim
form: mosrim
form: moiser
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מוֹסֵר (mosér)
Senses: glosses: An informer or grass; one who tells on another.
ginger nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginger nuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gingernut.
calpastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calpastatins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein (with a corresponding gene of the same name) that is an endogenous calpain inhibitor
at full throttle
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Since noon she's been working at full throttle on the calculations.
glosses: As fast as physically possible.
calpeptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A cell-permeable calpain inhibitor, benzoyloxycarbonyldipeptidyl aldehyde
carbochol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A slowly-hydrolyzed cholinergic agonist that acts at both muscarinic and nicotinic receptors
CatSper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CatSpers
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cation channels specific to sperm
centremost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centre + -most.
Senses: glosses: superlative form of central: most central; closest to the centre.
cisternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cistern + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to cisterns or cisternae
Derived terms: cisternal maturation model
cisternal puncture
extracisternal
intercisternal
intracisternal
multicisternal
tubulocisternal
claystone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: claystones
Etymology: From clay + stone.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
glosses: One of the concretionary nodules in alluvial deposits.
crocodyliforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crocodyliform
crocodyliform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crocodyliforms
Etymology: Crocodylia + -iform
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any reptile of the order Crocodylia; the crocodiles, alligators etc.
katywampus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more katywampus
form: most katywampus
form: catywampus
Senses: examples: text: After a day at the beach, her hair was katywampus.
glosses: In disarray; jumbled or disordered.
appliquer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ɚ/
Forms: form: appliquers
Etymology: From applique + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who appliques.
cicatrisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cicatrisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cicatrization.
insister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insisters
Etymology: From insist + -er.
Senses: examples: text: one of the most fanatical insisters upon the dogma
ref: 1955, Joseph Wood Krutch, The Voice of the Desert:
glosses: One who insists.
full throttle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full throttles
form: full-throttle
Senses: examples: text: there was no further sign of any Nazi planes, Perry banked southward and went roaring home to Base on full throttles
ref: 1943, Johnston Carroll, “Wings of the North”, in Leo Margulies, editor, Flying Wildcats, page 127:
text: its regs and serirs over which Land Rovers can race with full throttles and little chance of meeting any obstacle larger than a fist-sized stone.
ref: 1975, John Innes Clarke, An Advanced Geography of Africa, page 43:
text: Under full throttle, your car is just on the border of maximum traction
ref: 2003, Bob Bondurant with John Blakemore, Bob Bondurant on High Performance Driving, page 85:
antonyms: idle#Noun
idling#Noun
glosses: A maximum setting on an engine or motor control: especially, the totally open position of a valve for air intake, but also any corresponding maximum setting.
examples: text: I'm in the full throttles of an embrace and this is wonderful.
ref: 1999, David M. Jacobs, The Threat: Revealing the Secret Alien Agenda, page 228:
text: In the third week Dr. Gale shifted into full throttle back pedal.
ref: 2003, Jennifer Hendricks with Gordon Hendricks, Slim to None: A Journey Through the Wasteland of Anorexia Treatment, page 176:
text: The full-throttle growth was still in place, as it had been as long as I could remember.
ref: 2008, Otis L Graham, Jr., Immigration Reform and America's Unchosen Future, page 193:
synonyms: top gear
overdrive
antonyms: low gear
glosses: A maximum level of speed, effort, or risk.
Synonyms: full bore
balls to the wall
balls-out
pedal to the metal
Derived terms: at full throttle
Related terms: step on it
full throttle
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more full throttle
form: most full throttle
form: full-throttle
Senses: examples: text: The other, the Christina Covey, there was another that never knowed the harbour, why, she come in full throttle
ref: 1988, Murray A. Pura with Loren Wilkinson, Mizzly Fitch: The Light, the Sea, the Storm, page 14:
text: Virtually all exercise authorities recommend some kind of warm-up period in each session before you go full throttle
ref: 1996, Steven Jonas, The Essential Triathlete:
text: If Nonna had seen them, she would do the same as Dad, but I looked back to see her focused full throttle on whatever it was George was saying.
ref: 2006, Dorothea Benton Frank, Full of Grace, page 212:
glosses: All out; at maximum speed, effort, or risk.
Synonyms: full bore
full tilt boogie
aberrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæb.əˌɹeɪd.ɪv/
Forms: form: more aberrative
form: most aberrative
Senses: examples: text: A large aberrative oscillation has been observed in the financial markets.
text: The longer-term trend was down; however, yesterday there was an aberrative rise in the market.
glosses: Having deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant or expected course or trajectory.
mobiliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobilisers
Etymology: From mobilise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mobilizer.
musiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musique
dishonesties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Publishers Weekly has praised the new book as capturing “both the genuine intimacies and serial dishonesties of young love”; salon.com said that the series “keeps getting funnier and more incisive” and that “some members of his cast don’t have to do much more than show up to get laughs.”
ref: 2009 February 6, George Gene Gustines, “Scott Pilgrim Heads South, Bringing His Creator”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of dishonesty
illusionistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more illusionistic
form: most illusionistic
Etymology: From illusionist + -ic or illusion + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Many have illusionistic carved stone frames, which make them seem like windows to the outdoors.
ref: 2009 February 6, Ken Johnson, “Young Wizard of the Canvas Who Left the Masters Speechless”, in New York Times:
glosses: Tending to create an illusion.
Derived terms: illusionistically
megabuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megabucks
form: mega-buck
Etymology: Back-formation from megabucks.
Senses: examples: text: the owner of a large hosiery factory believed that 100000 dozen pairs of nylon hose worth about one megabuck were disappearing from his plant every year.
ref: 1991, Walter Theodore Federer, Statistics and Society: Data Collection and Interpretation, page 98:
text: The plan includes a $500,000 cap on compensation for senior officials and new restrictions on other kinds of megabuck payouts, like severance pay.
ref: 2009 February 6, James Barron, “Proposal of a $500,000 Salary Cap Raises the Question: What to Do?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A million dollars.
mega-buck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-bucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of megabuck.
crystallin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crystallins
Etymology: From crystal + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A globulin found in the lens of the eye.
cyanated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyanated
form: most cyanated
Senses: glosses: Modified by the addition of one or more cyanide groups
Related terms: cyanation
cytoprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyto- + protection.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The process by which various compounds protect cells from damage
Derived terms: cardiocytoprotection
Related terms: cytoprotective
cytoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cytoprotective
form: most cytoprotective
Etymology: From cyto- + protective.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That provides cytoprotection
Derived terms: cardiocytoprotective
cytoprotectively
cytoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytoprotectives
Etymology: From cyto- + protective.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any agent that provides cytoprotection
demosponge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demosponges
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δῆμος (dêmos, “common people”) + sponge, a partial calque of translingual Demospongiae.
Senses: examples: text: We know that at least some living calcified demosponges grow extremely slowly (0.2 mm/year Willems and Hartman 1985) and, since individuals can grow up to 1 m in diameter, are also very old (up to 5000 years).
ref: 1991, R. Wood, “Non-Spicular Biomineralization in Calcified Demosponges”, in Joachim Reitner, Helmut Keupp, editors, Fossil and Recent Sponges, Springer,, page 338:
text: Demosponges have siliceous spicules and a network of fibrous protein, spongir, that is similar to collagen. The demosponges are the source of natural household sponges, which are made by soaking dead sponges in shallow water until all the cellular material has decayed, leaving the spongin network behind.
ref: 2011, Naomi E. Balaban, James E. Bobick, editors, The Handy Science Answer Book, 4th edition, Visible Ink Press, page 466:
text: Demosponges, the class to which the barrel sponge belongs, are the oldest still existing multicellular animals for which there are unambiguous traces in the Cryogenian, or ‘snowball Earth’, period of the late Proterozic.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 36:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A sponge of the class Demospongiae, having skeletons made of spongin fibers.
demosponges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demosponge
desmethylsteranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desmethylsterane
desmethylsterane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desmethylsteranes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of hydrocarbons (4-methyl-24-alkyl-steranes) derived from sterane and associated with the generation of petroleum.
sterane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steranes
Senses: examples: text: At right, values in parentheses represent a measure of relative signal intensity for the steranes in acquired MRM chromatograms (though absolute abundances are determined from individual peak areas) and the numbers beneath are the masses (in daltons) of the ion transitions (molecular weight fragment ion) used in MRM GC-MS in each case.
ref: 2009 February 5, Gordon D. Love et al., “Fossil steroids record the appearance of Demospongiae during the Cryogenian period”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7230, →DOI, pages 718–721:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic hydrocarbon related to the steroids
detritral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more detritral
form: most detritral
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of detrital.
dicarboximide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪkɑː(ɹ)ˈbɒksɪmaɪd/
Forms: form: dicarboximides
Senses: glosses: dicarboxamide
dicarboxamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dicarboxamides
Etymology: From di- + carboxamide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having two carboxamide groups
glosses: Any of a family of fungicides having this structure
dichlorobenzene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorobenzenes
Etymology: From di- + chloro- + benzene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric derivatives of benzene in which two hydrogen atoms have been replaced by chlorine; they are used as solvents and in organic synthesis.
Derived terms: paradichlorobenzene
dimerizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimerizer
dimerizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimerizers
Etymology: From dimerize + -er.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that facilitates the formation of a dimer.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Such a compound involved in the transcription of nucleic acid.
cellules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellule
institutionwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From institution + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout an institution.
relativistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more relativistically
form: most relativistically
Etymology: From relativistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a relativistic way.
permutohedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permutohedra
form: permutahedron
Etymology: From permute + -o- + -hedron.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polytope with n-1 dimensions that is embedded in an n-dimensional space, its vertices formed by permuting the coordinates of the vector (1, 2, 3, ..., n).
permutohedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permutohedron
associahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: associahedra
Etymology: (associativity rule), associate + -hedron
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A convex polytope in which each vertex corresponds to a way of correctly inserting opening and closing parentheses in a word of n letters and the edges correspond to a single application of the associativity rule.
associahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of associahedron
associateship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: associateships
Etymology: From associate + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or period of being an associate.
associateships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of associateship
flood-gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flood-gates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of floodgate.
flood-gates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flood-gate (alternative spelling of floodgates).
cancellous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cancellus (“lattice”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
raw_tags: of bone
Synonyms: trabecular
Derived terms: corticocancellous
despeckle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈspɛkəɫ]
Forms: form: despeckles
form: despeckling
form: despeckled
form: despeckled
Etymology: From de- + speckle.
Senses: examples: text: The scanned document was more legible after despeckling.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove speckles from.
Derived terms: despeckler
despeckles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despeckle
despeckling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of despeckle
despeckled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of despeckle
holomorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From holomorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a holomorphic way.
horocycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horocycles
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A curve in hyperbolic geometry whose normals all converge asymptotically.
wikipedia: Poincaré disk
horocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horocycle
horoball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horoballs
Etymology: Coined by William Thurston (1946-2012), American mathematician. See horosphere and ball.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A horosphere together with the space above it.
horoballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horoball
GDGD
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡdˈɡd/
ipa: /ˈɡʊdˈɡʊd/
Senses: glosses: Good, good.
mating season
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mating seasons
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The time of the year during which members of a certain species of animal tend to mate.
Related terms: rutting season
buzzings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌzɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzing
mating seasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mating season
hyperdeveloped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperdeveloped
form: most hyperdeveloped
Etymology: From hyper- + developed.
Senses: examples: text: All the hyperdeveloped nations suffered equally from this slump.
ref: 1985, Brian M Stableford, David Langford, The Third Millennium:
text: What the extreme brain theory fails to consider, however, are the adverse consequences of a hyperdeveloped capacity for empathy...
ref: 2006, Dante Cicchetti, Donald J Cohen, Developmental Psychopathology:
antonyms: underdeveloped
glosses: Developed to a very high degree.
Related terms: development
matrimonially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From matrimonial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a matrimonial way.
nandrolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnan.dɹə.ləʊn/
ipa: /ˈnæn.dɹəˌloʊn/
Forms: form: nandrolones
Etymology: From n(or)- + andro(sten)olone.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic anabolic steroid C₁₈H₂₆O₂ derived from testosterone that is used in the form of its ester derivatives medically especially to treat anemia associated with kidney disease and illicitly (as by athletes and bodybuilders) to increase muscle mass.
nandrolones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nandrolone
medium rare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: particularly meats
glosses: Cooked somewhat lightly, so the meat is no longer red, but is not brown (in the case of beef); cooked to a degree between rare and medium.
raw_tags: of cooking
pigtailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pig-tailed
Etymology: From pigtail + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: It was really fine, the first part in Australia, the two last in China, the latter particularly good, the burning of the English factories in Canton quite life-like, the Chinese buildings well portrayed, and those fellows, those rat-eating, chop-sticky, pig-tailed Chinamen, have an idea or two about living.
ref: 1901, Gail Hamilton, edited by H. Augusta Dodge, Gail Hamilton's Life in Letters, Boston: Lee and Shepard, page 179:
text: Old pigtailed seamen would tell of horseshoes found in the meat casks; of curious barkings and neighings heard in the slaughter-houses; and of negroes who disappeared near the victualling yards, to be seen no more.
ref: 1905, John Masefield, Sea Life in Nelson's Time:
glosses: Having a pigtail.
superhumans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhuman
tamperproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tamperproof
form: most tamperproof
Etymology: From tamper + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to tampering.
Synonyms: sense: resistant to tampering
word: tamper-resistant
tamperproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tamperproofs
form: tamperproofing
form: tamperproofed
form: tamperproofed
Etymology: From tamper + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make resistant to tampering.
hypergraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypergraphs
Etymology: From hyper- + graph.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices.
Derived terms: multihypergraph
subhypergraph
hypergraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypergraph
kleptoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kleptoparasites
Etymology: From klepto- + parasite.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An animal that engages in kleptoparasitism.
kleptoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kleptoparasites
form: kleptoparasiting
form: kleptoparasited
form: kleptoparasited
Etymology: From klepto- + parasite.
Senses: glosses: To engage in kleptoparasitism.
kleptoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kleptoparasite
kleptoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kleptoparasite
kleptoparasitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklɛptəʊˈpæɹəsɪtɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ˌklɛptoʊˈpɛɹəsɪˌtɪzəm/
ipa: /-ˌsaɪ-/
Forms: form: cleptoparasitism
Etymology: From klepto- (prefix meaning ‘stealing, theft’) + parasitism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
hypernyms: parasitism
coordinate_terms: brood parasitism
glosses: The parasitic theft of captured prey, nest material, etc., from animals of the same or another species.
Related terms: kleptoparasite
kleptoparasitic
kleptoparasitize
kleptopredation
cleptoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleptoparasites
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kleptoparasite.
cleptoparasitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of kleptoparasitism.
cleptoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleptoparasite
cleptoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kleptoparasitic.
Derived terms: cleptoparasitically
kleptoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kleptoparasitic
form: most kleptoparasitic
Etymology: From klepto- + parasitic.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to kleptoparasitism.
Derived terms: kleptoparasitically
cleptoparasitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cleptoparasitic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kleptoparasitically.
kleptoparasitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From kleptoparasitic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a kleptoparasitic way.
anilox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Former trade name, from aniline.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A method used to provide a measured amount of ink to a flexo printing plate, involving a hard cylinder whose surface is covered in tiny cells that capture the ink.
foldability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foldabilities
Etymology: From fold + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being foldable.
Derived terms: refoldability
foldabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foldability
humidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of humidity
hydropyrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydropyrolyses
Etymology: From hydro- + pyrolysis.
Senses: glosses: Hydrogen pyrolysis: the thermal decomposition which takes place when organic compounds are heated to high temperatures in the presence of hydrogen. In some case, water may be used as the hydrogen source.
hydropyrolyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydropyrolysis
icosahedrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From icosahedral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an icosahedral way.
immunocytochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From immunocytochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an immunocytochemical way.
interdomain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + domain.
Senses: glosses: Between domains
interdomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interdomains
Etymology: From inter- + domain.
Senses: glosses: A region between domains
perma-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Clipping of permanent.
Senses: glosses: permanent
ionomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ionophore produced by the bacterium Streptomyces conglobatus, used in research relating to calcium in the body.
kerogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kerogen
magnetoresistances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetoresistance
reënable
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reënables
form: reënabling
form: reënabled
form: reënabled
Etymology: From re- + enable with a diaeresis applied.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of re-enable.
mindbending
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mindbending
form: most mindbending
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mind-bending.
modernizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of modernization
reënabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reënable
reënabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reënable
poliovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polioviruses
Etymology: From polio + virus, the first element shortened from poliomyelitis.
Senses: examples: text: By now Jameson, a victim of polio, was confined to a wheelchair; most likely he'd contracted the poliovirus from an East German defector whom he interrogated in 1955.
ref: 2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 299:
glosses: A human enterovirus of the Picornaviridae family that causes poliomyelitis.
Derived terms: antipoliovirus
nonpoliovirus
poliovirion
polioviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poliovirus
reënables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reënable
Platonic solids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Platonic solid
regioregularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regioregularities
Etymology: From regio- + regularity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being regioregular.
regioregularities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regioregularity
stultifyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stultifyingly
form: most stultifyingly
Etymology: From stultifying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stultifying manner.
unshifted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shifted.
Senses: glosses: Not shifted.
unstimulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stimulated.
Senses: glosses: Not stimulated.
undoped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + doped.
Senses: glosses: Not doped.
unstrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstrained
form: most unstrained
Etymology: From un- + strained.
Senses: examples: an unstrained family relationship
glosses: Not strained or tense.
examples: unstrained milk
glosses: Not having been forced through a strainer.
unstretched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stretched.
Senses: glosses: Not stretched.
antirealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antirealists
Etymology: From anti- + realist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who rejects realism.
antirealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + realist.
Senses: examples: text: Even in relatively realistic settings such as a kitchen […] every detail is painstakingly rendered in antirealist fashion, from the pots and pans hanging from the wall that appear to be fashioned from foil to the sliced tomatoes made of construction paper.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 86:
glosses: That rejects realism.
antirealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antirealist
fallaciousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fallacious + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being fallacious.
illusorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more illusorily
form: most illusorily
Etymology: From illusory + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an illusory fashion.
indissociable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indissociable
form: most indissociable
Etymology: From in- + dissociable.
Senses: glosses: Not dissociable.
Related terms: indissociability
indissociably
interdefinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + definable.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Able to be defined in terms of each other.
Derived terms: interdefinably
interdefinability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interdefinabilities
Etymology: From inter- + definability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being interdefinable.
interdefinabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interdefinability