cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Concordia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈkɔ(ɹ).di.ə/
Etymology: From Latin concordia (“concord”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess of harmony and concord. She is the Roman equivalent to Harmonia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Cloud County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Meade County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Bolivar County, Mississippi.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Lafayette County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood in north-east Portland, Oregon, named after Concordia University,
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nueces County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Former name of Walburg, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An area on Saint John, United States Virgin Islands.
glosses: A town on Saint Martin, part of a Caribbean island that belongs to France.
glosses: A city and municipality in Sinaloa, Mexico.
glosses: A municipality in Olancho department, Honduras.
glosses: A town and municipality in Antioquia department, Colombia.
glosses: A town and municipality in Magdalena department, Colombia.
glosses: A department and city in Entre Ríos province, Argentina.
glosses: A town in the Northern Cape province, South Africa.
glosses: A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: 58 Concordia, a main belt asteroid.
Derived terms: Concordia Parish
Melete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛlɪti/
Etymology: From Latin Melete, from Ancient Greek Μελέτη (Melétē).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Muse of meditation, one of the three original Boeotian muses.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 56 Melete, a main belt asteroid.
cinnamein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: benzyl cinnamate
cimicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Cimex + -osis
Senses: glosses: The medical condition of having been bitten by bedbugs.
spermalege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermaleges
Senses: glosses: A special-purpose organ found in bedbugs that appears to have evolved to mitigate the effects of traumatic insemination. It has two embryologically distinct parts: the ectospermalege and mesospermalege.
Synonyms: organ of Berlese
spermaleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermalege
ectospermalege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectospermaleges
Etymology: From ecto- + spermalege.
Senses: glosses: Part of the spermalege, derived from the ectoderm and consisting of a groove in the right-handed posterior margin of the fifth sclerite, overlying a pleural membrane. In order to access the female's haemocoel during traumatic insemination, male bedbugs insert their needle-like penis into the groove and pierce the pleural membrane.
mesospermalege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesospermaleges
Etymology: From meso- + spermalege.
Senses: glosses: Part of the spermalege, derived from the mesoderm; it is a membrane-bound sac attached to the wall of the haemocoel, directly beneath the groove of the ectospermalege.
ectospermaleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectospermalege
mesospermaleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesospermalege
masked hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masked hunters
Senses: glosses: An insect of species Reduvius personatus, of the assassin bug family, whose nymph camouflages itself with dust.
masked hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masked hunter
chrysazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chrysazin.
cochairman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochairmen
form: co-chairman
Etymology: From co- + chairman.
Senses: glosses: A joint chairman.
cochairmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochairman
cochairperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochairpersons
form: cochairpeople
Etymology: From co- + chairperson.
Senses: glosses: A joint chairperson.
cochairwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochairwomen
Etymology: From co- + chairwoman.
Senses: glosses: A joint chairwoman.
cochairpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochairperson
cochairpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochairperson
cochairwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochairwoman
chylomicronemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chylomicron + -emia.
Senses: synonyms: word: hyperchylomicronemia
english: synonymous with the 'excess' sense
translation: synonymous with the 'excess' sense
glosses: The presence of chylomicrons in the blood (which is nearly always true to some degree); (usually) an excess of them.
chronaxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronaxias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chronaxie.
chronaxias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronaxia
prahm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prahms
form: praam
form: pram
Etymology: Dutch praam and German Prahm, from Czech prám. Compare Polish prom.
Senses: examples: text: The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.
ref: 1944, Miles Burton, The Three Corpse Trick, chapter 5:
glosses: A flat-bottomed boat.
chronospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronospecies
Etymology: From chrono- + species.
Senses: glosses: A group of one or more species derived from a sequential development pattern which involves continual and uniform changes from an extinct ancestral form on an evolutionary scale.
palaeosubspecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeosubspecies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleosubspecies.
palaeospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeospecies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleospecies.
prahms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prahm
citrullinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of citrullinemia.
citrullinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From citrulline + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The normal presence of citrulline in the blood.
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: medical genetics
glosses: A disorder of the urea cycle that causes ammonia and other toxic substances to accumulate in the blood.
Related terms: hypercitrullinemia
hypocitrullinemia
citrullinuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From citrulline + -uria.
Senses: glosses: citrullinemia (with regard to the same toxic substances accumulating in urine)
cladosporiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chromoblastomycosis
clawhand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From claw + hand.
Senses: glosses: ectrodactyly of the hand
macroclitoris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroclitorides
Etymology: From macro- + clitoris.
Senses: glosses: An abnormally enlarged clitoris.
Related terms: clitoromegaly
bottom growth
macroclitorides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroclitoris
clitoridal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: […] the formerly active sadistic clitoridal libido of the girl evolves into full vaginality by passive and masochistic regression […]
ref: 1982, Alan Dundes, Cinderella, a Casebook:
glosses: Relating to the clitoris.
clitoromegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clitoro- + -megaly.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: clitoral hypertrophy
bottom growth
glosses: The abnormal enlargement of the clitoris
Related terms: macroclitoris
clitorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clitoris + -ism.
Senses: glosses: lesbianism
clitoroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clitoroplasties
Etymology: From clitoro- + -plasty.
Senses: glosses: The surgical creation of a clitoris, to repair female genital mutilation or as part of sex reassignment surgery.
clitoroplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clitoroplasty
fucktonne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucktonnes
Etymology: From fuck + tonne.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuckton.
fucktonnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fucktonne
climatotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From climate + -o- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: The relocation of a patient to a different climate so as to aid recovery from or management of a condition.
clinodactyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clino- + dactyly.
Senses: glosses: A bend or curvature of the little fingers toward the adjacent fourth fingers.
oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + digit + -o- + esophago- + duodenal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the eyes, digits, esophagus, and duodenum; applied to Feingold syndrome.
Feingold syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Murray Feingold, an American physician who first described the syndrome in 1975.
Senses: glosses: A rare hereditary disorder marked by various combinations of microcephaly, limb malformations, esophageal and duodenal atresias, and sometimes learning disability or mental retardation.
Related terms: oculodigitoesophagoduodenal
clorgyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clorgiline.
Silver-Russell syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SRS
Etymology: Named after Henry Silver and Alexander Russell.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: Russell-Silver dwarfism
Russell-Silver syndrome
Silver-Russell dwarfism
glosses: A rare congenital growth disorder, a form of dwarfism, sometimes treatable.
Russell-Silver syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Silver-Russell syndrome
nonmenopausal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + menopausal.
Senses: glosses: Not menopausal.
cochlearium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒkliˈɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌkɑkliˈɛɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌkoʊ.kliˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: cochlearia
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
cochlearia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochlearium
clostripain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clostripains
Etymology: It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.
Related terms: clostridiopeptidase
coccydynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coccyx + -dynia.
Senses: examples: text: A five-year prospective trial involving 120 patients was undertaken to investigate the aetiology and treatment of coccydynia.
ref: 1991, “Coccydynia. Aetiology and treatment”, in The Bone & Joint Journal:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: coccyalgia
coccygalgia
coccygodynia
glosses: Pain in the coccyx or its area.
Related terms: proctalgia
coccygodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coccydynia.
synonyms: word: coccydynia
rawking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rawk
rawked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rawk
cobalt chelatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + hydrogenobyrinic acid a,c-diamide + Co²⁺ + H₂O ⇌ ADP + phosphate + cob(II)yrinic acid a,c-diamide + H⁺.
Synonyms: cobaltochelatase
boneheadedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more boneheadedly
form: most boneheadedly
Etymology: From boneheaded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a boneheaded manner; with stubborn foolishness.
cobaltochelatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobaltochelatase
chelatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chelatase
discreditings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discrediting
coitophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coit(us) + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of coitus, or sexual intercourse.
colpocleisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From colpo- (“vagina”) + -cleisis (“occlusion”) from Ancient Greek κλεῖσις (kleîsis) from κλείω (kleíō).
Senses: glosses: The surgical closure of the vagina, used to treat prolapse.
discreditability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Quality of being discreditable.
discreditableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From discreditable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being discreditable.
coloenteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From colo- + enteritis.
Senses: glosses: enterocolitis
cojoba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cojobas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cohoba.
cojobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cojoba
cohoba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cohobas
form: cojoba
Senses: glosses: A traditional Taino ceremony in which the ground seeds of the cojóbana tree were inhaled in a special pipe, producing a psychedelic effect.
examples: text: The native of some South American tribes use this drug as an aphrodisiac in the form of a snuff called cohoba.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 51:
glosses: A hallucinogenic drug derived from ground seeds of trees of the genus Anadenanthera.
cohobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohoba
colpotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colpotomies
Etymology: From colpo- + -tomy.
Senses: synonyms: vaginotomy
glosses: Surgical creation of a hole through a vaginal wall.
Related terms: hematocolpos
hydrocolpos
hymenotomy
colpotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colpotomy
colporrhaphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colporrhaphy
conization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conizations
Etymology: From cone + -ization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The excision of a cone-shaped sample of tissue from the mucous membrane of the cervix.
Derived terms: cervical conization
conizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conization
polespear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polespears
Etymology: From pole + spear.
Senses: glosses: An underwater tool used in spearfishing, consisting of a pole, a spear tip, and a rubber loop.
polespears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polespear
Hawaiian sling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hawaiian slings
Senses: glosses: A device used in spearfishing, operating much like a bow and arrow on land, but with its energy stored in rubber tubing rather than a shaft.
comedocarcinoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comedocarcinomas
form: comedocarcinomata
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A kind of early-stage breast cancer which demonstrates central necrosis.
comedocarcinomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comedocarcinoma
comedocarcinomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comedocarcinoma
Nysa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
glosses: A city in Opole Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A river in Poland.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A mythical land in Greek Mythology.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 44 Nysa, a main belt asteroid.
Synonyms: topics: location
sense: 2 and 3
word: Neisse
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: 44 Nysa
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
word: ㊹
condylomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condyloma
conglutinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conglutinins
Senses: glosses: A particular collectin protein.
conglutinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conglutinin
copremesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From copro- + emesis.
Senses: glosses: stercoraceous vomiting
coprostanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coprostanol
coremium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coremia
Senses: glosses: synnema
Derived terms: coremioid
coremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coremium
coracobrachialis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coraco- + brachialis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The smallest of the three muscles that attach to the coracoid process of the scapula.
disreputations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disreputation
autodigest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autodigests
form: autodigesting
form: autodigested
form: autodigested
Etymology: From auto- + digest.
Senses: glosses: To carry out autodigestion.
autodigests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autodigest
autodigesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autodigest
autodigested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autodigest
corneosclera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corneo- + sclera.
Senses: glosses: The sclera and cornea of the eye.
coracoclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From coraco- + clavicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the clavicle and the coracoid process of the scapula; applied to a ligament that connects them.
corynebacteriophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corynebacteriophages
Senses: glosses: A DNA-containing bacteriophage specific for corynebacteria.
corynebacteriophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corynebacteriophage
costoclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From costo- + clavicular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ribs and clavicle; applied to a ligament that connects the cartilage of the first rib with the costal tuberosity on the undersurface of the clavicle.
subclavius
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈkleɪ.vi.əs/
rhymes: -eɪviəs
Forms: form: subclavii
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin subclavius, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (suffix to form an adjective).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle which (in humans) originates from the first costal cartilage and inserts on to the undersurface of the clavicle, acting to elevate the first rib or fix the clavicle.
subclavii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subclavius
coproporphyria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coproporphyrias
Etymology: From copro- + porphyria.
Senses: glosses: A form of porphyria caused by a deficiency of the enzyme coproporphyrinogen oxidase.
costochondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From costo- + chondral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to ribs and cartilage.
corticotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corticotrophic
form: most corticotrophic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of corticotropic.
costocervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑ.stoʊˈsɝ.vək.əl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl
rhymes: -aɪkəl
Etymology: From costo- + cervical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the ribs and the neck.
Derived terms: costocervical trunk
corticoliberin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Corticotropin-releasing hormone
Related terms: liberate
cortexone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: deoxycorticosterone
coprolagnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From copro- + -lagnia.
Senses: glosses: coprophilia
Related terms: urolagnia
swear jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swear jars
Senses: examples: text: What's that?
That's a Swear Jar, every time someone swears you put a quarter in it.
ref: 2007, Bud Light: Swear Jar:
glosses: A jar into which somebody who utters a profanity is obliged to drop some money, used to encourage people to stop swearing.
craterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craterizations
Etymology: From crater + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of craters.
glosses: An old medical procedure in which a hole was drilled into the head to remove a foreign mass.
craterizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craterization
craniotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniotomes
Etymology: From cranio- + -tome.
Senses: glosses: A surgical instrument used in craniotomy to remove part of the skull.
craniotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craniotome
creatininase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creatininases
Etymology: From creatinine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amidohydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of creatinine to creatine, which can then be metabolised to urea and sarcosine by creatinase.
creatininases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creatininase
cricoarytenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹʌɪ.kəʊ.a.ɹɪˈtiː.nɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˌæɹ.əˈtiˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.əˈɹɪt.n̩ˌɔɪd/
Forms: form: cricoarytaenoid
form: crico-arytænoid
form: cricoarytenoideus
Etymology: From crico- + arytenoid, or borrowed from New Latin cricoarytaenoīdēs.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the cricoid and arytenoid cartilages.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the cricoarytenoid muscle.
cricoarytenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹʌɪ.kəʊ.a.ɹɪˈtiː.nɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˌæɹ.əˈtiˌnɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.əˈɹɪt.n̩ˌɔɪd/
Forms: form: cricoarytenoids
form: cricoarytaenoid
form: crico-arytænoid
form: cricoarytenoideus
Etymology: From crico- + arytenoid, or borrowed from New Latin cricoarytaenoīdēs.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of cricoarytenoid muscle.
cricoarytenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cricoarytenoid
craniotabes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɹeɪ.ni.əʊˈteɪ.biːz/
Etymology: From cranio- + tabes.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Elsässer applies the terms "soft occiput, or craniotabes," to the particular phase of this affection as he observed it, because it attacked the cranial bones, and especially the occipital bone, producing in these changes precisely analogous to those which rickets occasions in other parts of the skeleton.
ref: 1852 October 24, E. J. Beylard, “On Rachitis, Fragility of the Bones, and Osteomalacia”, in The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 431:
text: The greater number of cases of acquired rickets develop in the first half year (often in the first three months), with softness of the occiput which Elsässer has well defined as craniotabes.
ref: 1910, Abraham Jacobi, Diseases of Children, page 251:
text: Palpate the scalp firmly above and behind the ears to detect craniotabes, a softening of the outer table of the skull.
ref: 2003, Henry M. Seidel, Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination, page 266:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The medical finding of a softening or thinning of the skull.
cranioplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cranioplasties
Etymology: From cranio- + -plasty.
Senses: glosses: surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull
cranioplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cranioplasty
craniocleidodysostosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cleidocranial dysostosis
counterimmunoelectrophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + immunoelectrophoretic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to counterimmunoelectrophoresis.
counterimmunoelectrophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + immunoelectrophoresis.
Senses: synonyms: counterelectrophoresis
glosses: A laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, similar to immunodiffusion, but with the addition of an applied electrical field across the diffusion medium, usually an agar or polyacrylamide gel.
bun fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bun fights
form: bunfight
form: bun-fight
Etymology: From bun + fight.
Senses: examples: text: "Our interest in the thing is all lackadaisical, a kind of bun-fight of pet notions. There's no real steam."
ref: 1915, John Galsworthy, chapter 25, in The Freelands:
text: [O]ne of the big new hits on the Web is a silly, two-minute satire of the current Republican-Democrat bun fight, starring President Bush and Senator John Kerry as animated cutout figures.
ref: 2004 July 26, “A Duet That Straddles the Political Divide”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Aug 2014:
text: The debate over public service funding turned into a bun fight, says the communications minister.
ref: 2008 November 24, Jane Martinson, “'We've had enough thinktankery'”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 21 Aug 2014:
text: “Nigerian politics is one big bun-fight over oil money,” says Antony Goldman, a consultant.
ref: 2011 May 26, Steve Lohr, “Nigeria's prospects: A man and a morass”, in Economist, retrieved 21 Aug 2014:
glosses: A debate or disagreement, usually with several parties involved, often political in nature.
examples: text: ... a party - afternoon bunfight, you know. A lot of young men in long frock-coats glued to the door-posts, so limp, poor things, and all the women drinking tea by themselves and longing for the young men.
ref: 1892, Campbell McKellar, “Judy on Society”, in A Jersey Witch, page 87:
text: [T]he cineastes […] will descend on that shabby little seaside town in the south of France for the 50th Cannes bun fight.
ref: 1997 February 20, Geoffrey Macnab, “Film Review: Africannes...”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 21 Aug 2014:
text: "Most people don't bother to go to those big ‘bun fight’ receptions anymore," said the spouse of an administration official.
ref: 2002 August 17, Elizabeth Becker, James Dao, “A Washington Must: Embassies With Élan”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Aug 2014:
glosses: A formal tea party or other social gathering, especially one at which food is served.
Related terms: grog-fight
tea fight
bun-fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bun-fights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bun fight.
Rika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
restopub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restopubs
Etymology: Blend of restaurant + pub
Senses: glosses: Synonym of restobar.
synonyms: word: restobar
Related terms: gastropub
pub
public house
restaurant
resto
restobar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restobars
Etymology: Blend of restaurant + bar
Senses: qualifier: some other countries
glosses: an establishment resembling both a bar and a restaurant.
Synonyms: restopub
Related terms: bar
restaurant
resto
Yoshika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Yumeko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Yukako
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
put-together
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more put-together
form: most put-together
form: put together
form: puttogether
Etymology: From put together.
Senses: glosses: That has been put together; assembled, makeshift.
put-together
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put together
form: puttogether
Etymology: From put together.
Senses: examples: text: I kept thinkin' that this here woman knew a sight more about raisin' cattle that the entire put together of our county.
ref: 2007, Wayne Lamson, A Man's Job To Do, page 87:
text: ‘Wouldn't want to compromise your cred, I'm weeks overdue at the colorist, this whole puttogether here ran me under a hundred bucks at Filene's Basement—’
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 13:
glosses: Something that has been put together; the whole assembled group of something, an improvised grouping or composite.
congenital disorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congenital disorders
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A birth defect.
arbitrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin arbitrīx. By surface analysis, arbiter + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: Thalèa was daughter of Vulcan; and Ætna, on the other hand, was an arbitrix between litigating parties, and pronounced judgement when Vulcan and Ceres disputed for the land of Sicily.
ref: 1826, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, volume III, page 216:
text: Neither do I write to insult your misfortunes in this that I, so injured by you, am now the arbitrix of your fate almost as certainly as fate herself — and you know if you have deserved much moderation from me.
ref: 1844, Emma Robinson, Whitefriars, Third edition, volume I, page 32:
text: Maxine began to wonder…might Horst actually have a preference for women named after inexpensive cigars, was there perhaps a Philippa “Philly” Blunt stashed in London he's playing FTSE with, some alluring Asian arbitrix named Roi-Tan in a cheongsam and one of those little haircuts…
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 22:
glosses: A female arbiter, an arbitress.
running on empty
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run on empty
shaygetz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shegetz.
fresser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fressers
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פֿרעסער (freser).
Senses: examples: text: ‘She is quite the fresser.’
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 33:
glosses: A glutton.
officescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officescapes
Etymology: From office + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: ‘But in the hands of space-mad facilities planners, the idea was perverted to justify an officescape that resembled the Chicago stockyards.’
ref: 2008, Regina Fazio Maruca, The Way We Work: An Encyclopedia of Business Culture, volume I, page 88:
text: She finds the door wide open and the place empty, another failed dotcom joining the officescape of the time – tarnished metallic surfaces, shaggy gray soundproofing, Steelcase screens and Herman Miller workpods – already beginning to decompose, littered, dust gathering…
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 43:
glosses: The landscape within an office; a landscape of offices.
gwineter
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: ‘Ef you gwineter kill me, Brer B’ar, kyar me ter dat big flat rock out dar on de aidge er de mill-pon’, whar I kin see my fambly, en atter I see um, den you kin take you axe en sqush me.’
ref: 1886, Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings/Mr. Bear catches Old Mr. Bull-Frog:
text: "DAH, now, Huck, what I tell you?--what I tell you up dah on Jackson islan'? I TOLE you I got a hairy breas', en what's de sign un it; en I TOLE you I ben rich wunst, en gwineter to be rich AGIN; en it's come true; en heah she is! DAH, now! doan' talk to ME--signs is SIGNS, mine I tell you; en I knowed jis' 's well 'at I 'uz gwineter be rich agin as I's a-stannin' heah dis minute!"
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Chapter XLIII”, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Contraction of going to
Related terms: gwine
figurings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of figuring
sabered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of saber
sabering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of saber
Related terms: sabrage
winemerchant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winemerchants
form: wine merchant
Etymology: From wine + merchant.
Senses: synonyms: vintner
glosses: Someone who sells wine.
skeined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skein
drunked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: I pumped him bucket water and he drunked. Then another bucket and another and another.
ref: 1946, Louis Adamic, Common Ground, volume 6, number 3, page 18:
glosses: simple past and past participle of drink
Related terms: drunked up
drunked up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drunked up
form: most drunked up
Senses: glosses: drunk
generaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of general
generalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of general
generaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of general
generalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of general
overspills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overspill
overspills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overspill
overspilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overspill
overspilt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overspill
bobby soxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobby soxers
form: bobby-soxer
form: bobbysoxer
Etymology: From the bobby socks that they wore; bobby sox + -er.
Senses: examples: text: From my mother I’d learned that “nice” people should always frequent “nice” places, but here was Maria, certifiably nice, who relished the diner, twirled on the metal stool like a bobby-soxer, and punched out tunes on the jukebox.
ref: 1988, Edmund White, chapter 1, in The Beautiful Room Is Empty, New York: Vintage International, published 1994:
text: After having played both Judy Graves and Corliss Archer, Shirley Temple finally cemented her latter-day reputation as Hollywood's ultimate bobby-soxer when she starred in the only film to use the term in its title: The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947).
ref: 2006, Ilana Nash, American Sweethearts: Teenage Girls in Twentieth-century Popular Culture, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 165:
coordinate_terms: teenybopper
glosses: In the 1940s, a young woman or teenage girl who was a zealous fan of traditional pop, especially of Frank Sinatra.
skylining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skyline
skylined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skyline
quellingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quellingly
form: most quellingly
Etymology: From quelling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a quelling manner
dangdest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: darnedest
indeterminacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indeterminacy
maribou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maribous
Senses: examples: text: […] were feeding not only giraffes, but several herds of the larger antelopes, among whom stalked, with measured pace, a large number of secretary birds, Kaffir and white storks, maribous, the charming crested cranes, and innumerable egrets.
ref: 1896, Parker Gillmore, Leaves from a Sportsman's Diary, page 256:
text: Tips of maribou feathers are used whole for the wings of streamer flies.
ref: 1987, Helen Shaw, Fly-Tying, →ISBN, page 254:
text: Birdlife at the park is prolic – around 375 species in total – which include eagle, hornbill, black-crowned crane, maribous, pelican, duck, goose, ostrich, heron, stork and guineafowl.
ref: 2011, Ben West, Cameroon, →ISBN, page 231:
glosses: Alternative spelling of marabou.
gingerroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gingerroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ginger root.
gingerroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gingerroot
phantasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fantəzˈmatɪk/
Forms: form: more phantasmatic
form: most phantasmatic
Etymology: From Late Latin phantasmaticus.
Senses: examples: text: The recourse to the unconscious as a source of subversion makes sense, it seems, only if the paternal law is understood as a rigid and universal determinism which makes of ‘identity’ a fixed and phantasmatic affair.
ref: 1990, Judith Butler, Gender Trouble, Taylor & Francis, published 2002, page 85:
glosses: Phantasmal, incorporeal.
sunblind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunblinds
form: sun blind
Etymology: From sun + blind.
Senses: examples: text: The view, of course, is wonderful - provided you are one of the lucky ones with a seat; a sunblind is draped over the tops of the windows, which are not very deep, so that standing occupants of the saloon have to bend double if they want to see anything more than the permanent way.
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 142:
glosses: A blind used to protect against the sun.
sunblinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunblind
proofsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proofsheets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of proof sheet.
proofsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proofsheet
proof sheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proof sheets
form: proofsheet
Senses: examples: text: Across his face were the proof-sheets of his first, small, delicate-looking volume…A small page, the type black and still odorous!
ref: 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not… (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 12:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A page of proofed text; a sheet used to make corrections, emendations, etc. before being printed for use.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A contact print.
creped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: wrinkled; having crinkly wrinkles.
Derived terms: uncreped
creped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crepe
creping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crepe
prayse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prayses
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of praise.
prayse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prayses
form: praysing
form: praysed
form: praysed
Senses: examples: text: O ye starres of heauē, blesse ye the Lord: prayse him, and magnifye hym for euer.
Oh you stars of heaven, may the Lord bless you: praise him, and magnify him for ever.
ref: 1549, Prayer-Book of Edward VI
glosses: Obsolete spelling of praise.
risibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of risibility
pitterpatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitterpatters
Senses: examples: text: I'm currently listening to the pitterpatter of peoples'^([sic]) fingers on keys in the compu lab, and some people arguing with the guys who dole out the printing passes.
ref: 1998, "Jean "The Fist" Ross", “Re: what are you listening to?”, in alt.punk (Usenet):
text: 'You hear that?' Gordon was saying. 'That distant pitterpatter, like tapdancing angels? That's rain, that is. My rain. My fault. You know why it's my fault?'
ref: 2009, Tom Holt, Nothing But Blue Skies:
text: And how absurd was it that, despite all that had transpired in the last half hour, her heart raced in pitterpatters because Mr. William Q. White had actually started a conversation with her?
ref: 2010, Carole Mortimer, Jane Porter, Catherine George, Mills & Boon Christmas Trio Bundle #1:
glosses: Alternative form of pitter-patter.
gimballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gimbal
gimballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gimbal
gimbaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gimbal
gimbaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gimbal
wusser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: worse.
thinkes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think
thinkst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinkest
form: think'st
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of think
deepspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deep space.
linseywoolsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linseywoolseys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of linsey-woolsey.
linseywoolseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linseywoolsey
kinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinge
glosses: genitive of king
lumberroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lumberrooms
Etymology: From lumber + room.
Senses: glosses: A room in which lumber is stored
lumberrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumberroom
roysterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roysterers
Etymology: From royster + -er.
Senses: examples: text: When his father saw him he fumed terribly, cursing like a pagan, and asking whether his son were a roysterer fit for the gallows as well as a fool fit for a cassock. On hearing which complaint the son very humbly and contritely said
'It is not my fault but the contact with the things of the Church that makes me gambol and frisk, just as the Devil they say is a good enough fellow left to himself and is only moderately heated, yet when you put him into holy water all the world is witness how he hisses and boils.'
ref: 1902, Hilaire Belloc, The Path To Rome:
text: But it was not the sight of her body, nor yet was it the body of Hugo Baskerville lying near her, which raised the hair upon the heads of these three daredevil roysterers, but it was that, standing over Hugo, and plucking at his throat, there stood a foul thing, a great, black beast, shaped like a hound, yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested upon.'
ref: 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskerville's:
glosses: Someone who revels, a partier
Synonyms: merrymaker
roysterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roysterer
splittingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more splittingly
form: most splittingly
Etymology: From splitting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a splitting way, very severely
Related terms: ear-splittingly
hair-splittingly
side-splittingly
side-splittingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more side-splittingly
form: most side-splittingly
Etymology: From side-splitting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a side-splitting way, extremely funnily
ear-splittingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ear-splittingly
form: most ear-splittingly
Etymology: From ear-splitting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an ear-splitting way; extremely loudly.
knicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of knick
knicking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of knick
skeert
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skeert
form: most skeert
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of scared.
dresscoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dresscoats
Etymology: From dress + coat.
Senses: glosses: A type of garment that could be considered both a dress and a coat.
dresscoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dresscoat
wonnerful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wonnerful
form: most wonnerful
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
vonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vonderful
form: most vonderful
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wonderful.
vizored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of visored.
plumcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplʌmkeɪk/
enpr: plŭmʹkāk
Forms: form: plumcakes
form: plum cake
Etymology: From plum + cake.
Senses: examples: text: Ellen's mamma was going out to pay a visit, but she left the children a large piece of rich plumcake to divide between them, that they might play at making feasts.
ref: 1833, Parley's Magazine, volume 1, page 23:
text: She decided to buy some plumcake but Downes's plumcake had not enough almond icing on top of it so she went over to a shop in Henry Street.
ref: 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Clay”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 124:
text: He was barely 100 m up and directly below him a merchant was displaying some lovely fresh plumcakes. The display was naturally not improved by the sand.
ref: 1979, New Scientist, volume 84, numbers 1186–1187, page 26:
glosses: A cake made either with dried fruit (such as grapes, currants, raisins or prunes) or with fresh fruit.
plumcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumcake
undertaste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undertastes
Etymology: From under- + taste.
Senses: examples: text: The mousse was excellent, but it had a chalky undertaste that reminded Rosemary of blackboards and grade school.
ref: 1967, Ira Levin, Rosemary's Baby:
glosses: An underlying taste.
Synonyms: subflavour
underflavour
undertastes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undertaste