cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
photochemopreventive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + chemopreventive.
Senses: glosses: That prevents photochemical damage to the body (by means of a dietary supplement)
photointerconvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + interconvertible.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: photochemically interconvertible
phyllomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyllomorphs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A leaf that has undergone phyllody
topics: art
arts
glosses: A stylised representation of a leaf
phyllomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllomorph
physioabsorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of physisorption.
picoprojector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picoprojectors
Etymology: From pico- + projector.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pico projector.
pico projector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pico projectors
Senses: glosses: A handheld projector designed to project an image from a smartphone etc onto a wall
picopump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picopumps
Etymology: From pico- + pump.
Senses: glosses: A very small pump that is used with microinjections
pinocarvone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The bicyclic monoterpenoid ketone 6,6-dimethyl-2-methylidenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-3-one.
Related terms: pinocarveol
GAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: GANs
Senses: examples: text: The GAN we look at in the next exercise is a vanilla GAN with convolution.
ref: 2020, Micheal Lanham, Practical AI on the Google Cloud Platform, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 248:
qualifier: machine learning
glosses: Acronym of generative adversarial network.
examples: text: During that week of squall in March of that year Hem would talk till dawn about which son of a bitch who could spell cat was going to write the G.A.N.
ref: 1973, Philip Roth, The Great American Novel, Random House, published 2010, →ISBN, page 38:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Initialism of Great American Novel.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Acronym of giant axonal neuropathy.
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: Initialism of good article nomination.
Luoning
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Loning
form: Lo-ning
Etymology: From Mandarin 洛寧 /洛宁 (Luòníng).
Senses: examples: text: This ganoderma mushroom weighs 4.3 kg and has a diameter of 94 cm, 163.com said.
Artist Sun Guofeng saw the mushroom at a farmer’s home in Luoning county in Henan province when he was searching for tree roots to carve.
ref: 2016 February 5, Alice Yan, “What a whopper! - Chinese artist finds mushroom big as an umbrella at remote farm”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2016, China:
text: JiajiaGroup Co Ltd
* Says it signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with people's government of Luoning County, regarding eco-agriculture industrialization related poverty reduction product
ref: 2017 November 20, “JiajiaGroup signs strategic cooperation framework agreement with people's government of Luoning County”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Jan 2025:
glosses: A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
plagiolophodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describing teeth characteristic of herbivores of the genus Plagiolophus
plesiopithecid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plesiopithecids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct primate of the family Plesiopithecidae
plesiopithecids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plesiopithecid
pneumopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumopexys
Etymology: From pneumo- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: fixation of layers of the lung tissue
pneumoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pneumoproteins
Etymology: From pneumo- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein typically found in the fluid of the lungs
pneumoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumoprotein
postemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of posttemporal.
postlaminar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + laminar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: posterior to the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
postmetacristid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + metacristid.
Senses: glosses: posterior to a metacristid
postmetacristid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postmetacristids
Etymology: From post- + metacristid.
Senses: glosses: Such a tooth
postprotocristid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + protocristid.
Senses: glosses: posterior to a protocristid
postprotocristid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postprotocristids
Etymology: From post- + protocristid.
Senses: glosses: Such a tooth
preauditory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːdɪtəɹi
Etymology: From pre- + auditory.
Senses: glosses: In front of the auditory region of the brain
Home Circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Home Circuit
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The southeastern circuit of assize, including the Home Counties (except Middlesex) and Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk.
preculminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + culminate.
Senses: glosses: In front of a culmen
premetacristid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + metacristid.
Senses: glosses: In front of a metacristid
premetacristid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premetacristids
Etymology: From pre- + metacristid.
Senses: glosses: Such a tooth
preparietal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + parietal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of a parietal region
preterminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + terminated.
Senses: glosses: terminated prior to some other operation
Related terms: pretermination
recusance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recusances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recusancy.
recusances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recusance
take cold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes cold
form: taking cold
form: took cold
form: taken cold
Senses: glosses: To catch a cold.
procancerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + cancerous.
Senses: glosses: That promotes the growth of a cancer
Synonyms: promalignant
Related terms: precancerous
protocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + cellular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to a protocell
pseudoceramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoceramines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of brominated derivatives of spermines present in sponges of the genus Pseudoceratina
pseudoceramines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoceramine
nod out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nods out
form: nodding out
form: nodded out
form: nodded out
Senses: examples: text: (London calling) And I don’t wanna shout;
But while we were talking, I saw you nodding out.
ref: 1979 December 14, The Clash, “London Calling”, in London Calling:
text: The chair had no arms to prop me up, so when I nodded out I'd slump sideways in the chair.
ref: 2009, Mackenzie Phillips, High On Arrival, page 260:
text: I nodded out while waiting for the bleach to take and woke up an hour or so later with most of my hair fried, leaving a tuft at the front stuck up just enough to prevent anyone from seeing just how short it really was.
ref: 2014, Billy Idol, Dancing with Myself, page 178:
glosses: To become drowsy and fall asleep; nod off.
pseudodentition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + dentition.
Senses: glosses: The set of pseudoteeth of an animal
pseudotooth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoteeth
Etymology: From pseudo- + tooth.
Senses: glosses: An excrescence of bone, in some primitive birds, that resembles a tooth
Related terms: pseudodentition
pseudodeficient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪʃənt
Forms: form: more pseudodeficient
form: most pseudodeficient
Etymology: From pseudo- + deficient.
Senses: glosses: Apparently deficient; having a pseudodeficiency.
pseudolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudolysins
Etymology: From pseudo- + lysin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A peptidase enzyme that has the characteristics of a lysin
pseudodepressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudodepression
pseudodepressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + depressed.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting pseudodepression.
pseudoteeth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudotooth
pseudodental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From pseudo- + dental.
Senses: glosses: Apparently, but not actually, dental.
glosses: Relating to pseudoteeth.
pseudomultiplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudomultiplication
pseudodivision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudodivisions
Etymology: From pseudo- + division.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several methods of division that employ addition and shifting of digits.
pseudodivisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudodivision
pseudoremainder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoremainders
Etymology: From pseudo- + remainder.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A value in pseudodivision more or less corresponding to the remainder in normal division.
pseudoquotient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoquotients
Etymology: From pseudo- + quotient.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A value in pseudodivision more or less corresponding to the quotient in normal division.
pseudoremainders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoremainder
pseudoquotients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoquotient
pseudobisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + bisexual.
Senses: examples: text: Flowers unisexual or pseudobisexual.
ref: 1951, Botanical Survey of South Africa, Memoir (issue 25, page 52)
text: Consequently, these nominally “bisexual” transsexuals can more accurately be thought of as pseudobisexual (Blanchard, 1989b, p. 622).
ref: 2012, Anne A. Lawrence, Men Trapped in Men's Bodies: Narratives of Autogynephilic Transsexualism:
glosses: Apparently, but not actually, bisexual.
double-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more double-eyed
form: most double-eyed
Senses: glosses: Having a deceitful countenance.
scaithless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scaithless
form: most scaithless
Senses: glosses: scatheless; unharmed
cold pig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cold pigs
Senses: examples: text: Pedestres tossed off the clothes and jumped out of bed as if they had dealt him a "cold pig:" — he bounced between them all to the other side of the room, and hastily thrust himself into that which was offered to him.
ref: 1836, Pedestres (pseud.), Sir Clavileno Woodenpeg (knight of Snowdon, pseud.), A pedestrian tour of thirteen hundred and forty-seven miles through Wales and England (page 270)
glosses: The act of throwing cold water over a sleeping individual to wake them.
cold pig
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cold pigs
form: cold pigging
form: cold pigged
form: cold pigged
Senses: glosses: To throw cold water all over a sleeping individual's bed and body to wake them.
cold pigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cold pig
cold pigs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cold pig
gubernators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gubernator
pushbroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushbrooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of push broom.
Derived terms: pushbroom scanner
pyrrolidonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from pyrrolidone
quimioluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of chemioluminescence.
aminoalkylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoalkylation
aminoalkylindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoalkylindole
aminoalkynyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoalkynyl
aminoalkynylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoalkynylation
aminoarylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoarylation
aminoazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoazole
aminobenzamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobenzamide
aminobenzimidazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobenzimidazole
aminobenzoyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobenzoyl
aminobenzyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobenzyl
aminobutyryls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminobutyryl
ironsands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironsand
aminocarboxylics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminocarboxylic
aminocyclohexitols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminocyclohexitol
aminoethanoics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoethanoic
iron sands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron sand
aminoglutarics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoglutaric
aminoisobutanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoisobutanol
aminooxadiazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminooxadiazole
aminooxygenations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminooxygenation
forbidden degree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forbidden degrees
Senses: glosses: Any of the degrees of consanguinity and affinity within which people are not permitted to marry.
forbidden degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forbidden degree
aminooxyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminooxyl
aminopalladations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopalladation
aminopolysaccharides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopolysaccharide
aminopropionics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopropionic
aminopyrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminopyran
aminosilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminosilane
aminosuccinics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminosuccinic
aminotetrazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminotetrazole
aminoribosyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoribosyl
aminotoluenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminotoluene
aminotranspeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminotranspeptidase
aminyliums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminylium
amirspasalaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amirspasalari
AMLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AML
ammodytoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ammodytoxin
amnioceles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amniocele
amniodrainages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amniodrainage
amnioexchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amnioexchange
amoebacides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amoebacide
amphidinolactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphidinolactone
amphiporids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphiporid
radiochemoresistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From radio- + chemoresistance.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chemoradioresistance.
synonyms: word: chemoradioresistance
Related terms: radiochemoresistant
radiochemoresistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + chemoresistant.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chemoradioresistant.
synonyms: word: chemoradioresistant
Related terms: radiochemoresistance
realimentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realimentations
Etymology: From re- + alimentation.
Senses: glosses: alimentation after a period of fasting
recleavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + cleavable.
Senses: glosses: Able to be recleaved
refixate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refixates
form: refixating
form: refixated
form: refixated
Etymology: From re- + fixate.
Senses: glosses: To fixate again
Related terms: refixation
reprotoxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprotoxicants
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any reprotoxic material
Related terms: reprotoxicity
reprotoxicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprotoxicant
resequester
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resequesters
form: resequestering
form: resequestered
form: resequestered
Etymology: From re- + sequester.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To sequester again (following desequestration)
Related terms: resequestration
air drain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air drains
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: An ample space left at the foot of foundation walls for the sake of dryness.
air drains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air drain
peridiolum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peridiola
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An inner peridium inside of which the hymenium is formed.
Related terms: peridiole
peridiolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the peridiolum.
glosses: Relating to the peridiole.
peridiola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peridiolum
retroglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From retro- + glandular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind a gland
rhamphothecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a rhamphotheca
fogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fograms
Senses: glosses: A fogey; a person with old-fashioned views.
roseoflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound, 8-dimethylamino-8-demethyl-D-riboflavin, related to riboflavin
fograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fogram
fogrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fogrums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fogram.
fogrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fogrum
knife-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knife-boys
Senses: glosses: A boy employed to clean knives.
knife-boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knife-boy
knife-and-fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A trencherman; a person who eats heartily.
ruboxistaurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A bisindolylmaleimide that inhibits protein kinase
telluretted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tellureted.
roentgenizdat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian рентгенизда́т (rentgenizdát).
Senses: glosses: Improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray film, used to smuggle prohibited music into the Soviet Union.
stilyaga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stilyagas
form: stilyagi
form: stiliag
form: stiliaga
form: stilyag
Etymology: From Russian стиля́га (stiljága).
Senses: glosses: A member of a youth counterculture from the late 1940s until the early 1960s in the Soviet Union, who followed Western music and fashion.
stilyagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stilyaga
stilyagas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stilyaga
fartsovka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian фарцовка (farcovka).
Senses: glosses: In the Soviet Union, the illegal trade of acquiring desirable consumer goods and currency from foreigners.
Related terms: fartsovshchik
fartsovshchik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fartsovshchiks
Etymology: From Russian фарцо́вщик (farcóvščik).
Senses: examples: text: Locate a potential fartsovshchik – anyone under forty with a modicum of dress sense. […] Express yourself in a pronounced American accent: no black marketeer worth his salt wants to encumber himself with slumping pounds sterling.
ref: 1986, Marc Polonsky, Russell Taylor, USSR, From an Original Idea by Karl Marx, Faber and Faber, →ISBN:
glosses: A person involved in the illegal trade of fartsovka.
fartsovshchiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fartsovshchik
magnitizdat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Russian магнитизда́т (magnitizdát).
Senses: glosses: The unofficial copying and distribution of audio tape recordings in the Soviet Union that were not available commercially.
shuttle trade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
glosses: The process of travelling in and out of a country, especially the Soviet Union, in order to obtain goods on the outside to sell on the inside.
Related terms: shuttle trader
shuttle trading
bag people
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Russian мешочники (mešočniki), from the large sacks they often carried.
Senses: glosses: Small-scale peddlers or traders operating in the wake of economic and political collapse, often having been displaced from the cities into the countryside.
wringing wet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: .
text: […] they stridde ouer me, and slapped their buttockes vpon my face, and all bepissed me, till I was wringing wet:
ref: 1566, Apuleius, chapter 5, in William Adlington, transl., The Golden Ass, London: Henry Wykes:
text: 1621, John Ashmore (translator), Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished, Ad Pirrham, Book 1, Ode 5, p. ,
I hung to th’ Sea god, after strange beseeches,
My doublet wringing wet, and cod-piec’t breeches.
text: The weather being fine and clear, we seized this opportunity to search for the leak, and, knowing it to be forwards, we moved the sails from the fore sail-room, and found them wringing wet;
ref: 1785, John Rickman, Journal of Captain Cook’s Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean, London: E. Newbery, Part 2, p. 319:
text: It is almost impossible to sleep on the floor, because the damp soaks up from below. I was shown mattresses which were still wringing wet at eleven in the morning.
ref: 1937, George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier, London: Victor Gollancz, Part 1, Chapter 4, pp. 62-63:
synonyms: dripping wet
soaking wet
sopping wet
glosses: So wet that water can be wrung out; very wet.
safety stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety stops
Senses: glosses: A mechanism for preventing accidents in machinery.
topics: diving
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
underwater-diving
glosses: A diver's pause at a certain depth when ascending, to prevent decompression sickness.
safety stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety stop
roaring drunk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Very drunk and boisterous.
bit bucketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bit bucket
bit bucketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bit bucket
colorcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorcasts
form: colourcast
Etymology: From color + cast.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An undesirable tint of color affecting another color in a photograph, due to an incorrect balance.
colorcast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colorcasts
form: colorcasting
form: colorcast
form: colorcast
form: colorcasted
form: colorcasted
form: colourcast
Etymology: From color + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: glosses: To broadcast television in color.
colorcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorcast
colorcasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colorcast
colorcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colorcast
colorcasted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colorcast
cloth-eared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklɒθˈɪəd/
ipa: /ˌklɔθˈɪ(ə)ɹd/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)d
Forms: form: more cloth-eared
form: most cloth-eared
Etymology: From the fact that ears made of cloth (for example, belonging to a stuffed toy) cannot hear.
Senses: synonyms: deaf
hard of hearing
glosses: Not hearing clearly.
synonyms: inattentive
antonyms: attentive
glosses: Failing to pay attention.
Related terms: cloth-ears
cock a deaf 'un
tin ear
pass the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: passes the bar
form: passing the bar
form: passed the bar
form: passed the bar
Senses: examples: text: This matter has passed the bar.
topics: law
glosses: To be formally referred for trial from a lower court to a higher one.
examples: text: My cousin just passed the bar.
topics: law
glosses: To achieve a successful outcome on the bar examination: to pass the test (make the grade) to become a licensed lawyer.
examples: text: His truck can pass anything but a gas station, and he can barely pass the bar on his way to report to his probation officer.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pass, the, bar.
stink trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stink traps
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
plumbing
glosses: Synonym of stench trap.
synonyms: word: stench trap
stink traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stink trap
cloth-ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloth-ears
Senses: glosses: A person who cannot hear clearly or who fails to pay attention to what is said. Its origin is in the wool and cotton mills of Northern England where the noise of the machinery and build-up of cotton dust made it difficult to hear people speaking. The earliest example in print is
Related terms: cloth-eared
Kuleshov effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kuleshov effects
Etymology: Demonstrated by Soviet film-maker Lev Kuleshov in the 1910s and 1920s.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A mental phenomenon by which viewers derive more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation.
Kuleshov effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kuleshov effect
autonormalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + normalization.
Senses: glosses: automatic normalization
hemicontusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + contusion.
Senses: glosses: unilateral contusion
Related terms: hemicontusive
animatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the condition of being animate or alive.
oozlum bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oozlum birds
Senses: topics: arts
folklore
history
human-sciences
literature
media
publishing
sciences
glosses: A fictional bird said to fly backwards or in circles.
oozlum birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oozlum bird
BPB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BPBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of bromophenol blue.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of BIOS parameter block.
BPBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BPB
pyrovidicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrovidicons
Etymology: From pyro- + vidicon.
Senses: glosses: A pyroelectric vidicon.
pyrovidicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrovidicon
thrust diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thrust diamonds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shock diamond.
synonyms: word: shock diamond
Mach diamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mach diamonds
Etymology: Named after Ernst Mach.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shock diamond.
synonyms: word: shock diamond
wikipedia: Ernst Mach
thrust diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrust diamond
Mach diamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mach diamond
TOW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TOWs
Senses: examples: text: The American-made TOW antitank missiles began arriving in the region in 2013, through a covert program run by the United States, Saudi Arabia and other allies to help certain C.I.A.-vetted insurgent groups battle the Syrian government.
ref: 2015 October 12, Anne Barnard, Karam Shoumali, “U.S. Weaponry Is Turning Syria Into Proxy War With Russia”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided: a kind of antitank missile.
Synonyms: TOW missile
TOW
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: TOW the Prom Video
translation: The One with the Prom Video
english: The One with the Prom Video
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text: Yay! It's coming out this Friday! Staring Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller (played the Rachel's boyfriend in TOW The Screamer), Hank Azaria (David) and Debra Messing...3 Friends people. Looks funny.
ref: 2004 January 12, Adele, “Along Came Polly”, in alt.tv.friends (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of The One with ... or The One Where ...: used to refer to episodes of the American television sitcom Friends.
TOWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TOW
thelitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θηλή (thēlḗ, “nipple”) + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Thelitis. - Inflammation of the nipple (thelitis) is not uncommon in nursing women, and originates in small cracks or fissures caused by the irritation of the mechanical act of sucking and the macerating action of the milk and saliva.
ref: 1911, John George Adami, The Principles of Pathology: Systemic pathology, page 933:
text: Thelitis, inflammation of the nipple, is common in nursing women when they are at all uncleanly, since the act of sucking favors the production of small wounds. The inflammation of the mamma following thelitis is usually catarrhal, […]
ref: 1915, Alfred Stengel, A Text-book of Pathology, page 830:
text: As even mild grades of thelitis are painful, […] Diphtheritic Thelitis. — Diphtheria of the nipple and areola has occurred […]
ref: 1917, John Blair Deaver, Joseph McFarland, Leon Herman, The Breast: Its Anomalies, Its Diseases, and Their Treatment, pages 674 and 677:
text: In spite of the frequent milking the swelling of the lower parts of the udder and the teats did not subside; instead, it developed into acute mammitis and thelitis.
ref: 1935, The Philippine Journal of Animal Industry, volumes 1-2, page 171:
text: Bovine nodular thelitis is a granulomatous dermatitis […]
ref: 2014, Didier Pin et al., “Mycobacterium species related to M. leprae and M. lepromatosis from Cows with Bovine Nodular Thelitis”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, page 2111:
text: Thelitis or inflammation of the tissues of the teat wall leading to gangrene is a common complication of gangrenous mastitis […] Inflammation of the wall of the teat (thelitis) is a nonspecific lesion usually associated with traumatic injury to the […]
ref: 2016, Peter D. Constable, Kenneth W Hinchcliff, Stanley H. Done, Walter Gruenberg, Veterinary Medicine - E-BOOK: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1986:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the nipple or teat.
stinking rich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of filthy rich.
synonyms: word: filthy rich
roller organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller organs
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A barrel organ.
roller organs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller organ
electroaerodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + aerodynamic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to electroaerodynamics.
electroaerodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + aerodynamics.
Senses: glosses: electrohydrodynamics involving air or another gas as the fluid
electrohydrodynamically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: By means of electrohydrodynamics.
flicker fixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flicker fixers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: scan doubler
glosses: A piece of computer hardware that deinterlaces an output video signal, resulting in a less flickery display on some systems.
flicker fixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flicker fixer
lensoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lensoid
form: most lensoid
Etymology: From lens + -oid.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: lensoidal
lensoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lensoids
Etymology: From lens + -oid.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lensoidal feature.
lensoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lensoid
metadoleritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metadoleritic
form: most metadoleritic
Etymology: From metadolerite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of the nature of metadolerite.
metadolerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metadolerite
pinboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Material used to make pinboards.
glosses: The practice of maintaining a collection of items on a pinboard.
stakebed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stakebeds
Etymology: From stake + bed.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A kind of flatbed truck equipped with sockets to hold stakes so as to enclose the loaded goods.
stakebeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stakebed
Mullins effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mullins effects
Etymology: Named after rubber scientist Leonard Mullins.
Senses: glosses: A particular aspect of the mechanical response in filled rubbers, in which the stress-strain curve depends on the maximum loading previously encountered.
Payne effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Payne effects
Etymology: Named after the British rubber scientist A. R. Payne, who studied the effect.
Senses: glosses: A particular aspect of the mechanical response of rubber, observed under cyclic loading conditions with small strain amplitudes, and manifested as a dependence of the viscoelastic storage modulus on the amplitude of the applied strain.
Payne effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Payne effect
Ogden-Roxburgh model
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Ogden-Roxburgh model
Etymology: Named after R. W. Ogden and D. G. Roxburgh.
Senses: glosses: An approach which extends hyperelastic material models to allow for the Mullins effect.
syntheticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From synthetic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The principles of synthesis; a synthetic system.
autosyntheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autosynthesis
samsonfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samsonfish
form: samsonfishes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of samson fish.
samson fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samson fish
form: samson fishes
Senses: glosses: An Australian kingfish (Seriola hippos)
saurichthyiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saurichthyiforms
Senses: glosses: Any extinct fish of the order Saurichthyiformes
saurichthyiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saurichthyiform
saxatilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disintegrin present in the venom of the snake Gloydius saxatilis
sebecosuchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sebecosuchids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sebecosuchian.
sebecosuchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sebecosuchid
coach-office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coach-offices
Senses: glosses: An office for booking the transportation of passengers or parcels by stagecoach.
coach-offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coach-office
tam-tammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tam-tam
tam-tamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tam-tam
stall-reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stall-readers
Etymology: From stall + reader.
Senses: glosses: A person who would stand and read books at a bookstall without buying them.
stall-readers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stall-reader
razor paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor pastes
Senses: synonyms: razor cream
glosses: A paste for spreading on a razor strop to render it sharp.
razor pastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razor paste
Lord High Steward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lord High Stewards
Senses: glosses: The first of the Great Officers of State in England, nominally ranking above the Lord Chancellor. The office has generally remained vacant since 1421 and is now primarily ceremonial and filled only for a coronation.
Lord High Stewards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lord High Steward
longirostrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more longirostrate
form: most longirostrate
Senses: glosses: Long-billed; longirostral.
embowment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embowments
Etymology: From embow + -ment.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A bent or curved section.
embowments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embowment
stuporing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stupor
unvisioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vision + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Madly through veiled mysteries he ran, / With voice of howling and unvisioned eye; […]
ref: 1816, James Hogg, Mador of the Moor:
glosses: Blind; unseeing.
examples: text: True song the heavens themselves reiterate / Above those peaks where Nature on her throne / Calls and impels the poet to his fate, / To conquer worlds unvisioned and unknown.
ref: 1890, Thomas Gordon Hake, New Day Sonnets:
glosses: Not seen or imagined; never visualized.
subcaptaincy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcaptaincies
Etymology: From sub- + captaincy.
Senses: glosses: The rank or status of subcaptain.
subcaptaincies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcaptaincy
subcaption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcaptions
Etymology: From sub- + caption.
Senses: glosses: A caption that is subordinate to another caption.
subcaption
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subcaptions
form: subcaptioning
form: subcaptioned
form: subcaptioned
Etymology: From sub- + caption.
Senses: examples: text: If a user clicks on the yes button, a new message box appears on screen, captioned "System Properties" and subcaptioned "Performance."
ref: 1998, West's Federal Supplement, volume 995, page 737:
glosses: To provide with a subordinate caption.
subcaptain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcaptains
Etymology: From sub- + captain.
Senses: glosses: A subordinate captain.
Related terms: subcaptaincy
subcaptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcaption
subcaptions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subcaption
subcaptioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subcaption
subcaptioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subcaption
subcaptains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcaptain
nasalance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪzələns/
Etymology: From nasal + -ance.
Senses: examples: text: In such instances, the nasalance will typically rise as the speaking context becomes less demanding or as the talker tires.
ref: 1989, Kenneth R. Bzoch, Communicative Disorders Related to Cleft Lip and Palate, page 255:
glosses: A measure of nasality, defined as the percentage of acoustic energy that is nasal.
outshape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outshapes
form: outshaping
form: outshaped
form: outshaped
form: outshapen
Etymology: From out- + shape.
Senses: glosses: To give external form to.
outshaped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outshape
outshapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outshape
outshaping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outshape
O&O
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of owned and operated.
chastushki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chastushka
talk story
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talk stories
Etymology: Hawaiian pidgin.
Senses: glosses: a chat at which the participants exchange stories
talk story
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talk stories
form: talk storying
form: talk storied
form: talk storied
Etymology: Hawaiian pidgin.
Senses: glosses: to chat by exchanging stories
growbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of growbag
challengeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more challengeless
form: most challengeless
Etymology: From challenge + -less.
Senses: examples: text: There are a variety of forms of adjustment workers may make to “objectively” challengeless work (that is, work which most observers—and especially college professors—report as challengeless).
ref: 1974, MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW JANUARY, page 57:
text: Well educated, relatively secure in their jobs, and interested in doing their own things, these workers resist accepting the boring, challengeless jobs that their elders saw as inevitable.
ref: 1981, Leonard R. Sayles, George Strauss, Managing human resources, page 458:
text: Challengeless bureaucratic jobs inhibit the normal development of the human personality, thus leading to poor mental health, apathy, and even the delusion that one prefers highly structured work.
ref: 1986, Clark Kerr, Paul D. Staudohar, Industrial relations in a new age, page 79:
glosses: Not challenging.
examples: text: Forgive my voidance of the letter, thou To whom I am in deepest spirit known, Of challengeless uncalculating vow;.
ref: 1881, Biographical and Miscellaneous Sonnets, page 3:
text: There is increasing evidence that the informal procedures, contrary to the original expectations, may themselves constitute a further obstacle to effective treatment of the delinquent to the extent that they engender in the child a sense of injustice provoked by seemingly all-powerful and challengeless exercise of authority by judges and probation officers.
ref: 1972, Millard L. Midonick, Douglas J. Besharov, Children, parents, and the courts, page 170:
text: O powerful and illustrious one, you who are the beginning of all the topics, you who are indestructible and challengeless, you who are the foremost of Purushas, you who are the highest of the high.
ref: 2001, Om Nath Bimali, Ishvar Chandra, Manmatha Nath Dutt, Mahābhārata, page 75:
glosses: Unchallenged.
challengeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more challengeless
form: most challengeless
Etymology: From challenge + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Then challengeless they passed the gate, Macdonald's broadsword on the door Made noise, the rookery rose in air, Came hurried steps across the floor, And voices whispered from the stair "
ref: 1890, Hardwicke Drummond Rawnsley, Poems, Ballads, and Bucolics, page 150:
text: Challengeless, she said and did nothing.
ref: 2000, Paullina Simons, The Bronze Horseman, →ISBN:
glosses: Without giving or receiving a challenge.
swarmiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of swarmy: most swarmy
swarmier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of swarmy: more swarmy
schwis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schwi
reciprocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocalizations
Etymology: From reciprocal + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on where reciprocalization applies (syntax vs. lexicon), the relevant reciprocal verbs are claimed to exhibit specific properties, in particular: (i) syntactic reciprocals are fully productive whereas lexical reciprocals have only limited productivity; […]
ref: 2008, Ekkehard König, Volker Gast, Reciprocals and Reflexives: Theoretical and Typological Explorations:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of reciprocalizing.
reciprocalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reciprocalizes
form: reciprocalizing
form: reciprocalized
form: reciprocalized
Etymology: From reciprocal + -ize.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: To make reciprocal.
reciprocalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reciprocalizers
Etymology: From reciprocalize + -er.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That which makes something reciprocal.
reflexivizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflexivizers
Etymology: From reflexivize + -er.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: That which makes something reflexive.