cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
enterogastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entero- + gastric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the stomach and the small intestine
Derived terms: enterogastric reflex
enterogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entero- + -genous.
Senses: glosses: That originates in the intestines
enterograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterographs
Senses: glosses: An instrument used in enterography
enteromegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteromegalies
Etymology: From entero- + -megaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abnormal enlargement of the intestines
enteropexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteropexies
Etymology: From entero- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: fixation of part of the intestine to the abdominal wall
enteroptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to enteroptosis
make friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes friendly
form: making friendly
form: made friendly
form: made friendly
Senses: examples: text: What surprised me most, though, was the way the gals hung round for free tickets. ¶ They didn’t make any bones of it, but come up and made friendly with me the easiest I ever experienced. It was so sorter onusual that it took me quite a spell to git used to their sociable ways.
ref: 1887, William Timothy Call, Josh Hayseed in New York, New York: Exceslsior, page 78:
text: “Here you have the word friendly,” the teacher said, pointing to another red-pencil wound. “You said, ‘dog and cat can not make friendly.’ We do not used that word in that way.”
ref: 1970, Joanne Greenberg, chapter 10, in In the Sign, New York: Avon, published 1972, page 120:
text: She told them, the first time they came up to her to make friendly, that Blossom made her want to throw up.
ref: 1996, Cynthia Voigt, chapter 2, in Bad Girls, New York: Scholastic, page 49:
text: He tried to make friendly with some black guys who were new to the neighborhood but got limp handshakes and ice-cool eyes in return.
ref: 2004, George Pelecanos, Hard Revolution, Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, Part 1, Chapter Eleven:
text: Over many decades, Australian audiences have seen Kerri-Anne Kennerley do just about everything from making friendly with Hollywood superstars to doing the Macarena with the treasurer […]
ref: 2016 April 11, Neil McMahon, “Kerri-Anne Kennerley bares all for Mike Willesee on Sunday Night”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: To act in a friendly or conciliatory way.
enterosorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterosorptions
Etymology: From entero- + sorption.
Senses: glosses: The adsorption of (typically toxic) substances from the intestines by a sorbent (such as activated charcoal)
enterospasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterospasms
Etymology: From entero- + spasm.
Senses: glosses: intestinal colic
enterostenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enterostenoses
Etymology: From entero- + stenosis.
Senses: glosses: An abnormal narrowing of the intestine
enterostomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to enterostomy
enterovaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
-ædʒɪnəl
Etymology: From entero- + vaginal.
Senses: examples: text: enterovaginal fistula
text: Fistulas and sinus tracts are hallmarks of Crohn’s disease, affecting approximately 20–40% of patients [7]. The morphology and anatomic sites of fistulas are protean: enteroenteric, enterocolic, colocolic, enterovesical, enterovaginal, enterocutaneous, anorectal, duodenopancreatic, gastrocolic, colobronchial, and enterospinal [48–54].
ref: 1996 July, Richard M. Gore, Emil J. Balthazar, Gary G. Ghahremani, Frank H. Miller, “CT Features of Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease”, in American Journal of Roentgenology, volume 167, number 1, →DOI, page 9:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the intestine and the vagina, usually in the context of a fistula between the two.
contrey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contries
Senses: examples: text: ...to the good seruice of the Quenes Maiestie and your contrey to all our benefites...
ref: 1570, Margaret Ascham, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster, foreword:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of country.
straunger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straungers
Senses: examples: text: The number of them ſhould be repleniſhed with their neighbours and ſtraungers in like manner, which ſhould be very well brought vp, and be able men beſides to ſerue the common wealth:[…]
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of stranger.
water vascular system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water vascular systems
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The hydraulic system found in the bodies of all echinoderms, which allows for a continuous flow of water through canals to the tube feet, and performs a range of body functions.
aquiferous system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquiferous systems
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The system of connected water channels that is unique to sponges (Porifera).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The hydrostatic skeleton of certain marine gastropods.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The water vascular system of echinoderms.
monozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
antonyms: polyzoic
glosses: Of a tapeworm, having a single proglottid.
gauzoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gauzomas
Etymology: From gauze + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A foreign-body granuloma as a consequence of retained surgical gauze in the body.
muslinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muslinomas
Etymology: From muslin + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Muslin-induced foreign-body granuloma, as an inadvertent complication of surgery.
synto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of syntocinon.
optochiasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: tuberculous optochiasmatic arachnoiditis
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the optic chiasm.
normointensity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Normal intensity on imaging.
underperfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underperfused
form: most underperfused
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: underventilated
glosses: Synonym of hypoperfused.
synonyms: word: hypoperfused
osteochondromatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteochondromatoses
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Proliferation of osteochondromata, benign tumours containing both bone and cartilage and affecting mostly the extremities of the long bones
Related terms: osteochondromatous
microlissencephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlissencephalies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Microcephaly occurring in conjunction with lissencephaly.
musculodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musculodystrophys
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Muscular dystrophy.
in the process
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The oils and gases generated in the process are burnt and the resulting stream is brought back into contact with the feedstock inside the reactor.
ref: 1997, H. J. Manuel, W. Dierkes, Recycling of Rubber, →ISBN, page 24:
text: Individuals who engage in these activities do not enjoy making animals suffer; however, they understand that animals will be hurt in the process.
ref: 2003, Karel Kurst-Swanger, Jacqueline L. Petcosky, Violence in the Home: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, →ISBN, page 148:
text: It took place inside the stadium, and in front of the watching millions, as Liam Roberts launched an adrenal, wildly dangerous flying challenge into the head of Jean-Philippe Mateta with five minutes gone. In the process, Roberts killed his own continued participation in the game, plus a large portion of the BBC live broadcast, and could conceivably have done the same to Mateta.
ref: 2025 January 3, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian:
glosses: As a side effect or byproduct.
Related terms: in the process of
enthesopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to enthesopathy
entocone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entocones
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: The mesolingual cusp of an upper molar tooth
entosarc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endosarc.
synonyms: word: endosarc
entozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an entozoon.
entypy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of the amnion, in certain mammals, by invagination of the embryonic knob into the yolk sac
enzygotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From en- + zygotic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That develops from a single zygote that divides at an early stage of development
Derived terms: enzygotic twin
eosinophillic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eosinophilic.
eosinotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eosin + -tactic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to eosinotaxis
eosinotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eosin + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
immunology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The movement of eosinophils towards or from a stimulus
Related terms: eosinotactic
Johnston County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Smithfield. Named after Gabriel Johnston.
glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Tishomingo. Named after Douglas H. Johnston.
Edgefield County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The origin of the name is unclear.
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Edgefield.
ependymoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ependymoblasts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An embryonic ependymal cell
Derived terms: ependymoblastoma
ependymoblastic
ependymoblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ependymoblastomas
Etymology: From ependymoblast + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A glial neoplasm that resembles ependymoblasts
eperlan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eperlans
Senses: glosses: A European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus)
eperythrozoonosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Eperythrozoon + -osis
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: infection with hemophilic mycoplasmas of the genus Eperythrozoon.
Edgefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0934).
glosses: A village in Red River Parish, Louisiana, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. Derived from the surname Edge.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States.
Derived terms: Edgefield County
epibulbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + bulbar.
Senses: glosses: Upon an eyeball
Derived terms: epibulbar dermoid
clonal selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clonal selections
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many clones of itself for antibody production.
Related terms: clonal expansion
chemotaxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemotaxins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that stimulates chemotaxis.
hydroxyphenylacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydroxy- + phenylacetic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of a phenylacetic group
Derived terms: hydroxyphenylacetic acid
hypercarbic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercarbic
form: most hypercarbic
Senses: glosses: Relating to hypercarbia
otomastoiditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oto- + mastoiditis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the mastoid air cells
panfungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + fungal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or effective against most forms of fungus
word chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: word chains
Senses: glosses: A word game in which players come up with words that begin with the letter or letters that the previous word ended with.
phenyllactic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The 3-phenyl derivative of lactic acid
Derived terms: phenyllactate
pseudobase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudobases
form: pseudo base
Etymology: From pseudo- + base.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that is readily converted into an isomeric form that is basic
pseudobases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudobase
caveatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Here, by clarifying and caveatting assumptions, and revealing hidden assumption, we reduce the number of worlds in which the prediction is valid. This means that the prediction puts fewer constraints on our expectations. In counterpart, of course, the caveatted prediction is likely to be true.
ref: 2015, Stuart Armstrong, Kaj Sotala, “How We’re Predicting AI – or Failing to”, in Jan Romportl, Eva Zakova, Jozef Kelemen, editors, Beyond Artificial Intelligence: The Disappearing Human–Machine Divide (Topics in Intelligent Engineering and Informatics; 9), Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 19:
glosses: present participle and gerund of caveat (alternative spelling of caveating).
caveatted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: With the facts that may thus be brought distinctly before the public, it may soon become generally understood whether Professor [Royal Earl] House's Letter Printing telegraph (the only American telegraph patented in Great Britain and other European kingdoms as well as in the United States) is any infringement of Prof. [Samuel] Morse's patent, or of anything which Prof. Morse has a right to claim; and it will also be seen whether the telegraph system caveatted in the United States Patent office by Col. Charles B. Moss, of Virginia, under claim for a patent, (in the same way that Prof. Morse caveatted his "vital" "principle" as late as 1845–6) is or is not at least as original and effective as any telegraph that makes arbitrary signs like the dots and lines first used by [Carl August von] Steinheil and by Davey^([sic – meaning Edward Davy]) in 1837 and 1838, and afterwards combined by Prof. Morse in his first patent of 1840.
ref: 1847 October 16, “Magnetic Telegraph”, in American Railroad Journal and General Advertiser for Railroads, Canals, Steamboats, Machinery and Mines, volume III, number 42 (Second Quarto Series; volume XX, number 591 overall), Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by D. K. Minor, editor and proprietor, No. 105 Chestnut Street, →OCLC, page 659, column 2:
text: The Emperor smiled more than a half smile. / "I am not sure," he said, "that any harm was done, anyhow." / "What!" cried Brinnaria. "You excuse me? You defend me?" / "Softly! Softly!" the Emperor caveatted, raising his hand. "I do not acquit you nor exonerate you. But I do make allowances.[…]"
ref: 1918, Edward Lucas White, “Conference”, in The Unwilling Vestal: A Tale of Rome under the Cæsars, New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Company, 681 Fifth Avenue, →OCLC, page 121:
text: Here, by clarifying and caveatting assumptions, and revealing hidden assumption, we reduce the number of worlds in which the prediction is valid. This means that the prediction puts fewer constraints on our expectations. In counterpart, of course, the caveatted prediction is likely to be true.
ref: 2015, Stuart Armstrong, Kaj Sotala, “How We’re Predicting AI – or Failing to”, in Jan Romportl, Eva Zakova, Jozef Kelemen, editors, Beyond Artificial Intelligence: The Disappearing Human–Machine Divide (Topics in Intelligent Engineering and Informatics; 9), Cham, Switzerland: Springer, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 19:
glosses: simple past and past participle of caveat (alternative spelling of caveated).
Smithfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɪθfiːld/
Senses: glosses: An area in central London, Greater London, England, best known for its meat market (postal district EC1, OS grid ref TQ3181)
glosses: A former inner city area in central Birmingham, England.
glosses: A village in City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY4465).
glosses: A suburb of western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: An inner city area of Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.
glosses: A town in the Free State province, South Africa.
glosses: A settlement in the Saramacca District, Suriname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Fulton County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city in Henry County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Somerset County, Maine.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Gosper County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Madison County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town, the county seat of Johnston County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Jefferson County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Providence County, Rhode Island.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A former town in Tarrant County, Texas, now part of North Richland Hills.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cache County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in the Isle of Wight County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small town in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smithfield Township.
glosses: A settlement in Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
Derived terms: Smithfield bargain
Smithfield ham
Smithfield stone
biotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotherapists
Etymology: From biotherapy + -ist.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Someone who practices biotherapy; someone who specializes in biotherapy.
biotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotherapist
Tishomingo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both places were named after Chief Tishomingo.
Senses: glosses: A small town in Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Johnston County, Oklahoma, United States.
Derived terms: Tishomingo County
Palmerston North
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, better known as Lord Palmerston.
Senses: glosses: A city in Manawatu district, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand.
wikipedia: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
Wellington County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛl.ɪŋ.tən ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after British military officer Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769 - 1852).
Senses: glosses: A county in southwestern Ontario, Canada. County seat: Guelph.
wikipedia: Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
multitalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multitalents
Etymology: From multi- + talent.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being multitalented.
glosses: A multitalented person or thing.
multitalents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multitalent
glosses: Multiple talents.
culdo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From cul-de-sac of Douglas.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the rectouterine pouch (Douglas' pouch).
Derived terms: culdocentesis
culdolaparoscopy
culdoplasty
culdoscope
culdoscopy
culdotomy
Related terms: sense: not to be confused with
word: colpo-
microslippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microslippages
Etymology: From micro- + slippage.
Senses: glosses: A very small slippage.
microslippages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microslippage
microslice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microslices
Etymology: From micro- + slice.
Senses: glosses: An extremely small slice
microslice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microslices
form: microslicing
form: microsliced
form: microsliced
Etymology: From micro- + slice.
Senses: glosses: To slice very finely
microslices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microslice
Waitaki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A local government district in South Canterbury, and North Otago, New Zealand.
glosses: A major river in the Canterbury and Otago regions, in the South Island of New Zealand.
LLETZ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of large loop excision of the transformation zone.
pseudogestational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + gestational.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of a sac, caused by an intrauterine buildup of fluid that has an appearance mimicking that of a gestational sac.
North Norfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From north + Norfolk.
Senses: glosses: A local government district of Norfolk, England, created in 1974, with its headquarters in Cromer.
glosses: A rural municipality in south-central Manitoba, Canada; in full, the Municipality of North Norfolk.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
A∴A∴
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: AA
form: A. A.
Senses: examples: text: Aside from OTO, the most influential Thelemic organization historically is A∴A∴. Unlike OTO, A∴A∴ work is traditionally solitary. Therefore, it is common for Thelemites to combine A∴A∴ affiliation with membership in a fraternal[…]
ref: 2019 October 14, Manon Hedenborg White, The Eloquent Blood: The Goddess Babalon and the Construction of Femininities in Western Esotericism, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:
text: The symbols, rites, and initiatory degrees of the A∴A∴ order closely mimicked those of the Golden Dawn, but blended into the magic mix was Thelema, a religion invented by Crowley.
ref: 2021 July 20, Richard Zenith, Pessoa: A Biography, Liveright Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
occult
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Thelemic spiritual organization founded in 1907 by British occultists Aleister Crowley and George Cecil Jones.
Caesar's Palace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Caesar's Palaces
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An obstetrics hospital with an excessively high rate of Caesarean sections.
Red River Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Red River of the South
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. Its parish seat is in Coushatta.
wikipedia: Red River of the South
Related terms: Red River County
AAI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Airports Authority of India.
box file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: box files
Senses: glosses: A lightweight flattish cuboidal container with a hinged lid, suitable for storing a stack of papers.
box files
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box file
smudge cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smudge cell
bass-bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bass-bars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bass bar.
mud-scow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud-scows
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mud scow.
Gosper County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John J. Gosper.
Senses: glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Elwood.
wikipedia: John J. Gosper
make head against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes head against
form: making head against
form: made head against
form: made head against
Senses: examples: text: Three times hath Henry Bolingbroke made head / Against my power; thrice from the banks of Wye / And sandy-bottom'd Severn have I sent him / Bootless home and weather-beaten back.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: The next, whose Fate drew on, was Sir James Desmond, who, on the Fourth of August in the above mentioned Year, having made an Inroad upon Muskerry, and taken a great Booty from Sir Cormac Mac Teige, Sheriff of Cork; the said Sheriff making Head against him, recover’d the Booty, wounded Sir James mortally, and took him Prisoner.
ref: 1740, William Oldys, The Life of Sir Walter Ralegh, London, page 28:
text: When I tried to put some heart into him, telling him he had four big guns—you know the brass six-pounders you left here last year—and that I would get powder, and that, perhaps, together we could make head against Lakamba, he simply howled at me.
ref: 1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter II, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part III, page 181:
glosses: To attack or take up arms against (someone).
examples: text: 1600, Thomas Walkington (attributed), An Exposition of the Two First Verses of the Sixt Chapter to the Hebrewes in Forme of a Dialogue, London: Thomas Man, Sermon 26, p. 348,
Such is then this gallaunt and holie confidence of the spouse to braue her enemies, in whose person the Apostle speaking, wee see […] how hee beareth downe euerie high thing which presumeth to make head against God […]
text: […] if Children were early instructed, Knowledge would insensibly insinuate it self before their Years had arm’d them with Obstinacy enough to make Head against it.
ref: 1715, Richard Bulstrode, “Of Religion”, in Miscellaneous Essays, London: Jonas Browne, page 307:
text: [I]f he began to brood over their miseries instead of trying to make head against them there could be little doubt that such a state of mind would powerfully assist the influence of the pestilent climate.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter XXIII, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
text: There was strength enough, he could see, in that small frame to make head against any suffering; a will that would be more than a match for all the swords that fate might stab her with.
ref: 1962, Aldous Huxley, chapter 15, in Island, London: Chatto & Windus, page 280:
glosses: To resist, oppose.
mud scow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mud scows
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A flat barge used for transporting mud from a dredger
placentophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: feeding on the placenta
placentophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: feeding on the placenta
placento-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: placenta
Coordinate terms: alt: amnion
word: amnio-
alt: chorion
word: chorio-
Tishomingo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tishomingo, chief of the Chickasaw nation.
Senses: glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Iuka.
wikipedia: Chickasaw
Tishomingo (Chickasaw leader)
nomikai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nomikai
Etymology: From Japanese 飲み会.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese drinking party for coworkers, often held in a restaurant.
Iuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /aɪˈjuːkə/
Etymology: All are apparently named after the Chickasaw chief Iuka. Alternatively the Kansas town was named after the Battle of Iuka.
Senses: glosses: A village in Marion County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A small city in Pratt County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Livingston County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Tishomingo County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Tyler County, West Virginia, United States.
backpedalings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backpedaling
Manawatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maori manawa + tu.
Senses: glosses: A territorial authority of Manawatū-Whanganui, North Island, New Zealand.
glosses: A river in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, which flows into the Tasman Sea.
Derived terms: Manawatu-Wanganui
Pratt County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Caleb S. Pratt.
Senses: glosses: One of 105 counties in Kansas, United States. County seat: Pratt.
wikipedia: Caleb S. Pratt
Retz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Retzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Retz.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Banana Pancake Circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Banana Pancake Circuit
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Banana Pancake Trail.
synonyms: word: Banana Pancake Trail
osteitis deformans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteitis (“inflammation of bone”) + Latin dēfōrmāns (“deforming”). Named so because the disease was wrongly thought to be an inflammation of bones.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Paget's disease of bone.
FUs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FU
nojirimycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nojirimycin
redeletes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redelete
puppihood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From puppy + -hood.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of puppyhood.
lantern berry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lantern berries
Etymology: From lantern + berry.
Senses: glosses: A perennial plant (Luzuriaga parviflora) from New Zealand
glosses: Synonym of Chinese lantern.
synonyms: word: Chinese lantern
Fokien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: THE Lakes of the Chineſes are like their Mountains, full of Rarities. There is a Lake in the Province Fokien, which converteth Iron into Copper ; the water veing very green, we preſume it is full of Nitros ſpirits, and ſo diſcoloured with Coperas, which operates in the converſion of this metal.
Another Lake called Chung in the Province of Fokien, hath a greater wonder ; for they report, that in a fair Houſe there erected, as often as rain or a tempeſt is approaching, there is a ſound heard like the ringing of a Bell.
ref: 1669, Athanasius Kircher, Antiquities of China, London: John Macock, page 85:
text: Of SHANGHAY-HYEN.
Shanghay is the name of a City in CHINA, ſituated in Lat. 31° 15'N, it is under the juriſdiction of Song Kyang-fu ; Duhalde mentions it Vol. I. P. 75 ;* the courſe by ſea to Shanghay is to the Northward and Eaſtward of Chuſan ; the Mouth of the River that leads to Shanghay is about 20 miles to the Southward of the Iſland Tſongming. Shanghay is about 60 miles from Suchew : Junks from Fokien continually trade to Shanghay ; as the Shanghay Junks do to Japan.
ref: 1750s, Frederick Pigou, “Remarks concerning Amoy and Shanghay-hyen.”, in Oriental Repertory, volume II, published 1808, →OCLC, page 324:
text: After ten years as a missionary in Luzon, he was sent to Fokien Province in China as a companion to Fr. Francis Diaz.
ref: 2005 [1980], John J. Delaney, “Capillas, Bl. Francis”, in Dictionary of Saints, 2nd edition, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 125:
text: In Fokien province there were a deal of hostelries by the roadside and when we reached the Bohea Mountains, which ran like a spine across the north of the region, we knew that we were over halfway.
ref: 2009, Sara Sheridan, The Secret Mandarin, Avon, →ISBN, page 248:
glosses: Alternative form of Fujian.
Derived terms: Strait of Fokien
vtbl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vtbls
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of vtable.
vtbls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vtbl
-lie
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of -ly.
happy-go-luckiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of happy-go-lucky: most happy-go-lucky
happy-go-luckier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of happy-go-lucky: more happy-go-lucky
Auchencrow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Scottish Borders council area.
in doubt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more in doubt
form: most in doubt
Senses: examples: text: The future of the company is in doubt now that the founder has died.
text: Next year's tournament is even more in doubt since the virus outbreak.
text: If in doubt, don't.
glosses: uncertain, unclear, unsure
Derived terms: when in doubt, do nowt
make the passes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the passes
form: making the passes
form: made the passes
form: made the passes
Senses: examples: text: […] he did not stop to think, but hastened to make the ‘passes’ as the technical phrase styles certain unmeaning motions of the hands and arms.
ref: 1837, anonymous author, Means Without Living, Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co., pages 37–38:
text: Every man and woman, it appears, may magnetize; but the number susceptible of the magnetic influence is much more limited. Every one may make the “passes;” but some mysterious or unexplained condition is necessary in order to imbibe the mysterious fluid. One patient will go into magnetic sleep in a minute or two; another will resist for hours […]
ref: 1838 July, “Animal Magnetism”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 5, number 55, page 460:
text: 1901, Henry Abbey, “Veera” in Phaëthon, with three other stories in verse and a prose contention, Kingston, NY: Styles & Kiersted, p. 62,
Her story done, the maiden begg’d of me
To set out for my kingdom, with the dawn.
“Not yet,” said I, “not yet,” and then I made
The passes with my hands and fix’d my will
To sway her will, till, with a questioning glance,
She fell into a calm, Mesmeric sleep.
text: At six, Dr Andrew came to the Raja’s room and, after a little cheerful talk, began to make the passes. In a few minutes the patient was in deep trance.
ref: 1962, Aldous Huxley, chapter 8, in Island, London: Chatto & Windus, page 126:
glosses: To perform a hypnotic technique involving running the hands over the head and body of the subject.
Related terms: make a pass
scheme theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scheme, theory.
examples: text: This book develops Grothendieck's scheme theory as a method for studying algebraic geometry.[…]In the preface of EGA [ Éléments de géométrie algébrique ], Grothendieck even claimed that a knowledge of classical algebraic geometry may hinder the reader from studying scheme theory.
ref: 1997, Kenji Ueno, translated by Goro Kato, Algebraic Geometry 1: From Algebraic Varieties to Schemes, American Mathematical Society, page x:
text: There is another approach dealing with more ring theoretical objects, i.e. starting from a nice class of algebras, called schematic algebras, it is possible to define a space, a Zariski topology, points, lines etc..., cf. [VOW1], [AZ], [ATV]. then it becomes possible to develop a scheme theory, completely extending the theory of schemes in classical algebraic geometry.
ref: 1999, Freddy Van Oystaeyen, “A Deformation of Projective Schemes”, in Freddy Van Oystaeyen, editor, Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Marcel Dekker, page 295:
text: The main point of scheme theory is to consider C as a covariant functor R#92;mapstoC(R) from the category #92;textit#123;B-ALG#125; (also written as #92;textit#123;ALG#125;#95;#123;#47;#92;mathfrak#123;B
ref: 2004, Haruzo Hida, p-Adic Automorphic Forms on Shimura Varieties, Springer, page 68:
topics: algebraic-geometry
geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of mathematics that concerns schemes (locally ringed spaces admitting coverings by open sets, each isomorphic to the spectrum of some commutative ring).
examples: text: With these ideas of scheme theory, perturbation, and abstraction, it becomes possible to see how metacognition might be interpreted in constructivist terms.
ref: 1998, Douglas J. Hacker, Metacognition in Educational Theory and Practice, page 78:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A theory of group decision-making which explains group decisions as the result of a decision scheme on the initial distribution of attitudes in the group.
portabilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From portable + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something portable.
fair is fair
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fair's fair.
make a run for it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪt
Forms: form: makes a run for it
form: making a run for it
form: made a run for it
form: made a run for it
form: have a run for it
Senses: examples: text: An explosion! All’s over—I have nothing to do but to make a run for it.
ref: 1824, George Soane, Pride Shall Have a Fall: A Comedy, London: Hurst, Robinson & Co., act 4, scene 2, page 79:
text: [W]e got ourselves at once in marching order, and began to slip from rock to rock one after the other, now crawling flat on our bellies in the shade, now making a run for it, heart in mouth.
ref: 1886 May 1 – July 31, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Flight in the Heather: The Rocks”, in Kidnapped, being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751: […], London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 1886, →OCLC, page 198:
text: Nannie Slagg, terrified at this suggestion, raised her little bony hands to her mouth and raised her shoulders to her ears. Then she gave one frightened look down the passage and was about to make a run for it [...]
ref: 1946, Mervyn Peake, “Prunesquallor’s Knee-Cap”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode:
glosses: To attempt to escape; to flee; to run away.
examples: text: [...] he began to go over in his mind the many occasions on which he had heard that toll coming faintly down the breeze, and had to pack his rod in a hurry and make a run for it, to get in before the gates were shut.
ref: 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown’s School Days, Part 2, Chapter 6:
text: 1964, John Nathan (translator), A Personal Matter by Kenzaburō Ōe, New York: Grove Press, 1969, Chapter 5, p. 83,
In the depths of his body, Bird felt the beginning of an irrepressible and certain crisis. … Could he make it in time if he charged in that direction? But how much better to ride the crisis out without having to make a run for it.
glosses: To run so as to avoid being late.
Synonyms: sense: attempt to escape
word: make a break for it
epicondylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + condylic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to an epicondyle
glosses: Above a condyle
epidermization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epidermizations
Senses: glosses: The formation of the epidermis from underlying cells
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: skin grafting
chorio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of chorioamnionitis.
overdivergence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: over-divergence
Etymology: From over- + divergence.
Senses: examples: text: An awareness began to grow that an overdivergence of disciplines had taken place, and that botany had lost its sense of unity.
ref: 2007, Christina Matta, The science of small things: the botanical context of German bacteriology, 1830-1920:
antonyms: underdivergence
glosses: A divergence to an excessive degree.
rollographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rollography
epidermotropism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epidermo- + -tropism.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: migration (typically of T cells) towards the epidermis
Related terms: epidermotropic
epididymovasostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epididymovasostomies
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from epididymo- + vaso- + -ostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Anastomosis of the vas deferens to the epididymis.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
epidurography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epidurographies
Senses: examples: text: The findings of 110 consecutive epidurographies from the acute pain service of the Department of Anaesthesiology of the University Hospital of Kiel, Germany, were analysed.
ref: 1993 August 1, H Wulf, “Radiologic position control of epidural catheters (epidurography). An instrument of quality assurance for regional analgesia”, in Der Anaesthesist, volume 42, number 8, English abstract, page 536:
glosses: Radiography of the epidural space after injection of a radiopaque medium.
digisexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From digisexual + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Sexual attraction to sexbots or other technologically-enhanced sexual situations.
epifascial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epi- + fascial.
Senses: glosses: On the surface of a fascia (especially the fascia lata)
digisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪ.dʒiˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌdɪ.dʒiˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Forms: form: digisexuals
Etymology: From digi- + -sexual.
Senses: examples: text: No Thanks. I'm a digisexual now.
ref: 2013, Scott Adams, Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice": A Dilbert Book, →ISBN, page 67:
text: “The more we studied the emergence of what we call ‘second wave’ digisexual technologies ... the more we realized that digisexuals are going to emerge as a real community, and they are going to face resistance from the start,” McArthur says.
ref: 2017 November 29, “Future 'Digisexuals' Will Face Discrimination for Fucking Robots, Professors Warn”, in Broadly:
text: As these technologies advance, their adoption will grow, and many people may come to identify themselves as “digisexuals”–people whose primary sexual identity comes through the use of technology.
ref: 2017, Neil McArthur, Markie L.C. Twist, “The rise of digisexuality: Therapeutic challenges and possibilities”, in Sexual and Relationship Therapy:
glosses: A person who is sexually attracted to robots or other technologically-mediated forms of sexuality.
Derived terms: digisexuality
Related terms: fictosexual
epiglottidectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epiglottidectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of (part of) the epiglottis
epiglycanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mucin-type glycoprotein on the surface of a carcinoma cell
epignathus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare teratoma of the mouth
epihyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪɔɪd
Etymology: From epi- + hyoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the hyoid bone
epikeratoprosthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epikeratoprostheses
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A type of contact lens used to replace the epithelium of the cornea
epilatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of depilatory.
synonyms: word: depilatory
epilemma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of endoneurium.
synonyms: word: endoneurium
Derived terms: epilemmal
Persepolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Persepolitan
form: most Persepolitan
Etymology: From Persepolis.
Senses: examples: text: Persepolitan tablets
text: the Persepolitan Stairway
glosses: Of or pertaining to Persepolis.
Persepolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Persepolitans
Etymology: From Persepolis.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Persepolis.
epiloia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪ.ə
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of tuberous sclerosis.
synonyms: word: tuberous sclerosis
epimenorrhagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + menorrhagia.
Senses: glosses: prolonged, excessive menstruation
epimenorrhoea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epimenorrhea.
epimenorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From epi- + menorrhea.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Abnormally frequent menstruation
epimyoepithelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: epithelial and myoepithelial
epimysiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epimysiotomies
Etymology: From epi- + mysiotomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision of a muscle within its sheath
epinosic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: unhealthy
Derived terms: epinosic gain
Beaver County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipal district in central Alberta, Canada, with its offices in Ryley.
glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Beaver. Named after beaver dams on the Beaver River.
glosses: One of 67 counties in Pennsylvania, United States. County seat: Beaver. Named after the local Beaver River.
glosses: One of 29 counties in Utah, United States. County seat: Beaver. Named for the presence of beavers in the area.
endbutton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endbuttons
form: end button
form: end-button
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
glosses: In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
Synonyms: button
endpin
endbuttons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endbutton
end button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end buttons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of endbutton.
end-button
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-buttons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of endbutton.