cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dead melt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead melts
Senses: examples: text: This would give it a "dead melt" and improve the quality considerably at a very small cost.
ref: 1911, Proceedings of the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania:
text: However, the short heat time of the dead melt process partially offsets this disadvantage, and it is generally conceded that such a heat will not contain as much gas as a well oxidized heat which is then held for a prolonged period at a high temperature of superheat under reducing conditions.
ref: 1951, The Australasian Engineer, page 46:
text: In the manufacture of acid steels the advisability of a dead melt has already been stressed, and the bath should be free from any signs of bubbling if it has been achieved.
ref: 1966, John D. Sharp, Elements of steelmaking practice, page 117:
glosses: Alternative form of deadmelt.
dead melts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead melt
dead melts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dead melt
dead melting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dead melt
dead melted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dead melt
past exonerative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by political scientist William Schneider.
Senses: examples: text: When deniability is impossible, dissociation is the way, and the past exonerative allows the actor to separate himself from the act.
ref: 1991, The New York Times Magazine:
text: The President expressed himself in what might be called the past exonerative, a verb tense politicians use when they're in trouble.
ref: 1997, National Journal:
text: Now the past exonerative and other slippery passive usages are rampant (or should that be, are being run rampantly?) throughout the press.
ref: 2018, Doug Bandow, Two Steps Ahead of the Thought Police, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: The notional past tense of non-apology apologies like "mistakes were made", in which a speaker uses the passive voice (and past tense) and careful wording to avoid imputing intent or blame for a failure.
calycoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calycoid
form: most calycoid
Etymology: From calyx + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a calyx.
medullary ray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medullary rays
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: any of the bands of cells in various trees extending across the wood from the pith to the bark
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: the middle part of a cortical lobule in the kidney
medullary rays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medullary ray
penniferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Etymology: From Latin penna (“feather”) + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: pennigerous
glosses: Bearing feathers or quills.
calpas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calpa
middlemans
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of middleman
middlemanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of middleman
middlemanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of middleman
phylacterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phylacterical
form: most phylacterical
Etymology: From phylactery + -ical.
Senses: glosses: phylacteric
somnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somnetic
form: most somnetic
Senses: examples: text: Before I could get him a somnetic inducer, he was out cold on the floor.
ref: 2008, Terri Osborne, That Sleep of Death: Slings and Arrows #4:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Pertaining to sleep.
lightland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Lichtland, itself intended as a rough calque of Egyptian Ax-x*t:N18 (ꜣḫt), on the assumption that it relates to Ax-x:H_SPACE (ꜣḫ, “to be(come) splendid, radiant, glorious”). Apparently first used in English by Miriam Lichtheim (3 May 1914 – 27 March 2004).
Senses: examples: text: Appearing on his father’s throne,
Like Re when he rises in lightland,
He places light above the darkness,
He lights the shade with his plumes.
ref: 1976, Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature, volume II: The New Kingdom, page 83:
text: When you have dawned in eastern lightland, / You fill every land with your beauty.
ref: 2004, Thomas F. X. Noble, Western Civilization to 1500: The Continuing Experiment, page 28:
text: The Coffin Texts liturgy begins with spell 30:
“A cry goes out from the mouth of the great ones, the lords of the rḫy.t,
a plaintive cry sounds in the mouth of the veiled ones
at the thunderclap of the gods in Light-land,
when they see the terror on their faces,
the like of which they have never seen before,
when they see Osiris N.,
how he fares in peace on the roads of the West
in his form of a divine ancestral spirit,
after he has equipped himself with all the power of spirits,
when the great ones at the head of Light-land said to him: […]”
And yet the chiefs of Light-land, that is, of the liminal area between sky, earth, and the netherworld, where the sun rises and sets, greet the newcomer as son of the “beautiful West” […]
ref: 2007, Jan Assmann, Death and Salvation in Ancient Egypt, page 151:
text: They were intended to assist Unas on his journey to the afterlife and ensure that he would dwell in ‘lightland for all eternity’.
ref: 2014, Martin Meredith, The Fortunes of Africa: A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor:
topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Akhet (the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets)
synonyms: word: Akhet
extra: the region in the sky in which the sun tarries just before it rises or after it sets
wikipedia: Miriam Lichtheim
permabear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permabears
Etymology: From perma- + bear.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An investor who consistently acts in the expectation that the value of stocks and shares will fall regardless of market conditions.
permabears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permabear
cringiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cringey-ness
form: cringeyness
Etymology: From cringey /cringy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cringey.
yoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: yoots
form: yout
form: yout'
Senses: examples: text: A popular Hollywood movie that year was My Cousin Vinny, starring Joe Pesci as a New York lawyer who goes to a backwater Alabama town to defend a relative accused of murder. Vinny, who speaks with a strong Brooklyn accent, pronounces “two youths” as “two yoots.” The line got big laughs. Starting in training camp, assistant coach Cap Raeder would refer to Zhitnik and Sydor as those “two yoots,” which never failed to loosen up the room.
ref: 2018 October 23, Damien Cox, The Last Good Year: Seven Games That Ended an Era, Toronto: Viking Canada, →ISBN, page 141:
text: Took me almost 40 years to realise I'd inadvertently photographed an example of Jean-Michel Basquiat's and Al Diaz's SAMO© collaboration... while I was taking a shot of T&V, the yoots hanging out on the steps next door insisted I photograph them too.
ref: 2025 March 29, John Maher, mastodon.me.uk:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of youth.
ponderosa pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponderosa pines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ponderosa; (Pinus ponderosa).
synonyms: word: ponderosa
extra: Pinus ponderosa
cæsaropapism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of caesaropapism.
unsadness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: infirmity, unsteadiness, weakness
Related terms: unsad
unsadden
unsadly
Serbo-Communism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Serbo-communism
form: Serbocommunism
Etymology: From Serbo- + communism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Yugoslavian socialism when viewed as a Serb political ideology.
fruit smoothie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fruit smoothies
Senses: glosses: A drink made from liquidized fruit.
opposite angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opposite angle
Maslowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maslow + -ism, named after Abraham Maslow (1908-1970), American psychologist.
Senses: glosses: A model describing the main human physiological needs, including personal hygiene, dressing, feeding oneself, voluntary urinary and bowel control, ambulation, sleeping, copulation, homeostasis and shelter.
wikipedia: Abraham Maslow
microcounselling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of microcounseling.
microskill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microskills
Etymology: From micro- + skill.
Senses: glosses: Any minor individual skill used within an area of practice.
microskills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microskill
fair-weather fan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fair-weather fans
form: fair weather fan
Etymology: From fair-weather + fan, drawing an analogy between good weather and trouble-free times.
Senses: examples: text: But, hey, don't get me wrong. I'm not one of those big-mouth, fair-weather fans who sings "Hail to the Redskins" when they're winning and "To Hell With the Redskins" when they're not.
ref: 2001 October 19, Don Oldenburg, “We’ll Always Have Riggins: Tips for the Suffering Redskins Fan”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025:
text: We certainly have our share of loyal fans, but an even greater share of fair-weather fans. We’re a busy city, and this may be part of the reason for the apathy. But Boston and New York are pretty busy, too, and while I’m sure they have their fair-weather fans, they also have some of the oldest and most storied sports franchises in America and their fan bases are among the most loyal in the country.
ref: 2011 January 14, Paul Johnson, “Falcons Have an Identity. It’s Called Winning.”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Jul 2025:
text: This last point speaks to a certain ignobility in bandwagon fandom, no doubt. But this is counterbalanced by the fact that fair-weather fans provide a necessary reserve of energy precisely when it’s needed most.
ref: 2015 October 16, David Sax, “Confessions of a Bandwagon Fan”, in The New Yorker, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2020:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are performing well.
microcounseling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcounselling
Etymology: From micro- + counseling.
Senses: glosses: The teaching and evaluation of individual microskills used in counseling.
Related terms: microteaching
microtraining
phosphotase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of phosphatase.
photobiontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of photobionic.
glosses: Misspelling of photobiotic.
glosses: Misspelling of protobiontic.
protobiontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + -biontic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to protobionts
photoregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoregulates
form: photoregulating
form: photoregulated
form: photoregulated
Etymology: From photo- + regulate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To regulate photochemically
Related terms: photoregulation
photoregulator
photoregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoregulate
phytovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytoviruses
Etymology: From phyto- + virus.
Senses: examples: text: Although RNA phytoviruses have been shown to recombine in the field, the proportion of recombinants generated during a single-host infection does not seem to reach the levels of their DNA counterparts, probably because cell co-infection by different genotypes is often limited.
ref: 2016, Mark Denison, Virus Evolution, page 81:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant virus.
phytoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytovirus
phytoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + viral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to plant viruses.
pinnipedimorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinnipedimorphs
Senses: glosses: Any seal of the clade Pinnipedimorpha
pinnipedimorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pinnipedimorph
pintocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pinocytosis.
pneumonocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to pneumonocytes
polydypsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of polydipsic.
postinfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + infusion.
Senses: glosses: Following infusion using a catheter
Derived terms: postinfusion phlebitis
preepisternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-episternal
Etymology: From pre- + episternal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a preepisternum
preepisternum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preepisternums
form: preepisterna
form: pre-episternum
Etymology: From pre- + episternum.
Senses: glosses: The anterior part of an episternum
Related terms: preepisternal
prefractionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fractionated.
Senses: glosses: fractionated prior to some other process
poopyhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpuːp.iˌhɛd/
Forms: form: poopyheads
Etymology: Compound of poopy + head.
Senses: glosses: A term of abuse.
Related terms: poohead
poophead
poopoohead
poopyheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poopyhead
presomatomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + somatomotor.
Senses: examples: text: Specifically, for the CN subjects, the left aIns showed significantly positive connectivity with the bilateral operculum, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC), inferior frontal gyrus (IFG), presomatomotor area (preSMA), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), inferior parietal cortex (IPC), caudate, putamen, thalamus, and hippocampus.
ref: 2012 October 15, Chunming Xie, Feng Bai, Hui Yu, Yongmei Shi, Yonggui Yuan, Gang Chen, Wenjun Li, Guangyu Chen, Zhijun Zhang, Shi-Jiang Li, “Abnormal insula functional network is associated with episodic memory decline in amnestic mild cognitive impairment”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 63, number 1:
text: Abbreviation: RAVLT DR, Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test delayed recall; LPreSMA, left presomatomotor area; LMFG, left middle frontal gyrus; LPcu, left precuneus; LLG, left lingual gyrus; RPreSMA, right presomatomotor area;
ref: 2013 February 12, Joseph S. Goveas, Chunming Xie, Gang Chen, Wenjun Li, B. Douglas Ward, Malgorzata B. Franczak, Jennifer L. Jones, Piero G. Antuono, Shi-Jiang Li, “Functional Network Endophenotypes Unravel the Effects of Apolipoprotein E Epsilon 4 in Middle-Aged Adults”, in PLOS ONE:
text: For the ECC, activation was found in the regions of the pre-somatomotor cortex and supplementary motor area, inferior and middle frontal cortex;
ref: 2013 October 25, Cuiping Yuan, Zhiqiang Zhang, Zhengge Wang, Wei Li, Guanghui Chen, Georg Northoff, Guangming Lu, “Impaired self-referential processing in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: A functional MRI study”, in Neuroscience Letters:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: anterior to the somatomotor area of the brain
prestimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + stimulatory.
Senses: glosses: Prior to stimulation
profibrogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of profibrogenic.
protopore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protopores
Etymology: From proto- + pore.
Senses: glosses: A structure in a cell membrane that develops into an ion channel pore
protopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protopore
provasculogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + vasculogenic.
Senses: glosses: That promotes vasculogenesis
provasopressin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + vasopressin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of copeptin.
synonyms: word: copeptin
Derived terms: preprovasopressin
armour-piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Alternative form of armor-piercing.
pupillograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pupillographs
Senses: glosses: An instrument used in pupillography
Related terms: pupillogram
pupillographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pupillograph
purinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of purinergic.
pygoscelid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygoscelids
Senses: glosses: Any penguin of the genus Pygoscelis.
pygoscelids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygoscelid
pyrogenically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pyrogenically
form: most pyrogenically
Etymology: From pyrogenic + -ally.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In a pyrogenic manner.
Related terms: apyrogen
apyrogenetic
apyrogenic
apyrogenically
apyrogenicity
apyrogenous
nonpyrogen
nonpyrogenic
nonpyrogenicity
nonpyrogenous
pyrogen
pyrogenesis
pyrogenetic
pyrogenic
pyrogenicity
pyrogenous
queenlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From queenless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being queenless
raw_tags: of a beehive
rabdomyosarcoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rhabdomyosarcoma.
radionuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a radionuclide
radiosurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From radio- + surgically.
Senses: glosses: In a radiosurgical manner
radiosynthesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radiosynthesizes
form: radiosynthesizing
form: radiosynthesized
form: radiosynthesized
Etymology: From radio- + synthesize.
Senses: glosses: To synthesize via radiosynthesis
Related terms: radiosynthesizer
radiosynthesized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of radiosynthesize
rediluted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + diluted.
Senses: glosses: diluted again
resective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to resection
reservosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a reservosome
reticulocytemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reticulocytemias
Etymology: From reticulocyte + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of reticulocytes in the blood
retrotympanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ænɪk
Etymology: From retro- + tympanic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the tympanum
revesiculation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + vesiculation.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent vesiculation
rhizomicrobiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizomicrobiomes
Etymology: From rhizo- + microbiome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microbiome associated with the roots of a plant
rhizomicrobiomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizomicrobiome
riborepressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: riborepressors
Etymology: From ribo- + repressor.
Senses: glosses: A section of RNA that represses a biochemical function
riborepressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of riborepressor
sabellimorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabellimorphs
Senses: glosses: Any tubeworm having the form of Sabellida
sabellimorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabellimorph
sanigerone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An orthoquinone present in the roots of Salvia lanigera
saurornitholestine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saurornitholestines
Senses: glosses: Any dinosaur of the subfamily Saurornitholestinae
saurornitholestines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saurornitholestine
sauvatide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sauvatides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amidated myotropic decapeptide in the skin secretion of Phyllomedusa sauvagei
sauvatides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sauvatide
savannization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: savannizations
Etymology: From savanna + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: In Africa, the “savannization” process started very early.
ref: 1995, Danilo J. Anton, Diversity Globalization, and the Ways of Nature:
text: Increasing soil temperature and the reduction of the ecosystem's capacity to retain carbon could eventually force the Amazon through a gradual process of savannization.
ref: 2011, Mark Bush, Tropical Rainforest Responses to Climatic Change:
glosses: Conversion to savanna (typically of forest as a result of fire).
scurrinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scurrinids
Senses: glosses: Any grasshopper of the subtribe Scurrina
scurrinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scurrinid
sedentarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedentarians
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Sedentaria
glosses: Any person who has a sedentary lifestyle
sedentarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sedentarian
selenocystamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seleno- + cystamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The derivative of cystamine in which both sulfur atoms have been replaced by those of selenium
sephacryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sephacryls
Senses: glosses: A polyacrylamide stationary phase (molecular sieve) used in size-exclusion chromatography
size-exclusion chromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of chromatography in which compounds are separated according to their physical size
sheathotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheathotomies
Etymology: From sheath + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: incision into the sheath of a vessel
sheathotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheathotomy
sialylglycoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialylglycoproteins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sialoglycoprotein.
sialylglycoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialylglycoprotein
sialyllactoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialyllactosides
Senses: glosses: A glycoside of sialyllactose
sialyllactosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sialyllactoside
sonotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sono- + -tactic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sonotaxis
sonotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sono- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: movement to or from a source of sound
Related terms: sonotactic
spectrospatial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spectro- + spatial.
Senses: glosses: Having both spectral and spatial components
Fresnel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fresnels
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, notably held by Augustin-Jean Fresnel.
Derived terms: Fresnel coefficient
Fresnel equation
Fresnel lamp
Fresnel lantern
Fresnel lens
Fresnel number
Fresnel reflection
Fresnel rhomb
Fresnel spot
Fresnel zone plate
Huygens-Fresnel principle
spiroadamantane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiroadamantanes
Etymology: From spiro- + adamantane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any spiro compound derived from adamantane
sporozoitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of sporozoites
subconstraint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subconstraints
Etymology: From sub- + constraint.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A subsidiary constraint
subconstraints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subconstraint
subinsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + insular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath an insula of the brain
buffoonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈfuːn.ɪk/
Forms: form: more buffoonic
form: most buffoonic
Etymology: From buffoon + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His consistently buffoonic behavior makes him unserious.
text: The joker is a buffoonic playing card.
glosses: related to buffoons or jesters
cymol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cymols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: cymene
branching process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branching processes
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: A stochastic process which typically models reproduction of objects, with the assumption that the reproductions of individual particles are mutually independent.
end-feel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end-feels
form: end feel
form: endfeel
Senses: examples: text: In essence this means having an awareness of what the normal range of movement and end-feel is for that joint.
ref: 2006, Leon Chaitow, Ken Crenshaw -, Muscle Energy Techniques, →ISBN, page 200:
text: There may be a range of end-feels within the 'elastic' group, but all are indicative of normal tissue tension, such as the 'leathery' end-feel of passive pronation and supination of the forearm, or the even tighter 'rubbery' end-feel of ankle plantarflexion and wrist flexion where the reistance to the movement is in part provided by the tendons spanning the joint.
ref: 2010, Elaine Atkins, Jill Kerr, Emily Goodlad, A Practical Approach to Orthopaedic Medicine, →ISBN, page 19:
text: The quality of the resistance from R1 to R2, the elastic zone, is then assessed as well as the end-feel to the movement.
ref: 2013, Elly Hengeveld, Kevin Banks, Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation, →ISBN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The quality of resistance that occurs when a joint is at the end of its range of movement.
end-feels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of end-feel
end feel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end feels
Senses: examples: text: The best technique for establishing the cause of restriction is assessing the end feel; the results may even suggest a diagnosis.
ref: 1998, Alon Marcus, Musculoskeletal Disorders, →ISBN:
text: The type of end feel depends on the anatomic structure of the joint tested.
ref: 2008, Kenneth A. Olson, Manual Physical Therapy of the Spine, →ISBN, page 50:
text: Pain with pathological end feels is common.
ref: 2008, David J. Magee, Orthopedic Physical Assessment, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of end-feel.
end feels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of end feel
endfeel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endfeels
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, the evaluation of the endfeel is of equally great importance.
ref: 1988, Werner Schneider, Wolfgang G. Gilliar, Ph. E. Greenman, Manual medicine--therapy, →ISBN, page 15:
text: During the active-assisted examination of spinal regions, the therapist gains no more than an impression of the quality of endfeel thoughout the whole chain of joints in the region.
ref: 2010, Aad van der El, Orthopaedic Manual Therapy Diagnosis: Spine and Temporomandibular Joints, →ISBN, page 129:
text: At the point where the passive stretching of a joint ends, the endfeel should be assessed.
ref: 2016, Dennis Purcell, Minor Injuries: A Clinical Guide, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: Alternative form of end-feel.
endfeels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endfeel
Khyber Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Urdu درہ خیبر (dara xaibar).
Senses: examples: text: Bab-e-Khyber is the name of the fortified arch, inaugurated with great pomp in 1963 by Pakistan's former military ruler Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan, that today bridges the road entrance to the Khyber Pass.
ref: 2006 June 22, Dr Jules Stewart, The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda, The History Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A mountain pass connecting Pakistan and Afghanistan of great strategic and historical importance.
Khyber Pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of Urdu درہ خیبر (dara xaibar).
Senses: examples: text: You can stuff your rules, your insane ravings, your shouting, and your stupid "theory" right up your Khyber Pass. See a psychiatrist.
ref: 1999 December 27, Androcles, “Re: An Open Letter to George Hammond:”, in sci.physics.relativity (Usenet):
synonyms: word: khyber
word: 'tocks
word: arse
word: arse cheeks
word: ass
word: ass cheeks
word: back
word: backside
word: batty
word: behind
word: blessed assurance
word: booty
word: botty
word: bottom
word: bum
word: bum cheeks
word: buns
word: butt
word: butt cheeks
word: buttocks
word: caboose
word: cheeks
word: derriere
word: fanny
word: fourth point of contact
word: gluteus maximus
word: glutes
word: gooseberry-grinder
word: gyatt
raw_tags: used jokingly by generation alpha preteens
word: heinie
word: hiney
word: hinderlin
word: hurdies
word: jacksie
word: keester
word: keister
word: moon
word: moneymaker
word: nates
word: nether cheeks
word: patootie
word: peach
word: posterior
word: rear
word: rear end
word: rump
word: seat
word: sit upon
word: tail
word: toches
word: tush
word: tushie
glosses: The arse.
Derived terms: khyber
Related terms: Bab-e-Khyber
Khyber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Urdu خیبر (khaibar).
Senses: glosses: The area around the Khyber Pass in Pakistan.
Derived terms: Bab-e-Khyber
Khyber knife
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pass
fine toothcomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misunderstanding of fine-tooth(ed) comb.
Derived terms: toothcomb
Chuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chud
Chudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chude
winkered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From winker + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: They are mounting him for the mule race will be run upon the sands. That’s the playboy on the winkered mule.
ref: 1907, John Millington Synge, “The Playboy of the Western World”, in Dublin and London, Maunsel, published 1911, Act III, pp. 93-94:
glosses: Wearing winkers or blinders. (of a horse or other domesticated animal)
Synonyms: blindered
blinkered
extra-time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who was the first England player to force a save out of the West German goalkeeper in the first period of extra-time in the 1966 World Cup final?
ref: 2011, Adam Pearson, The England Quiz Book, →ISBN, page 1990:
text: The match would go to extra-time.
ref: 2014, Tom Oldfield, Arsene Wenger - The Unauthorised Biography of Le Professeur, →ISBN:
text: The game started to slow toward the end of extra-time and I can honestly say those were the first moments when my thoughts started to wander to the prospect of a penalty shoot-out.
ref: 2015, Packie Bonner, The Last Line: My Autobiography, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of extra time.
big finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big fingers
Senses: glosses: The middle finger.
glosses: The thumb.
pale into insignificance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pales into insignificance
form: paling into insignificance
form: paled into insignificance
form: paled into insignificance
Senses: synonyms: pale in comparison
glosses: To seem insignificant by comparison to something much more important.
gnome-napping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnome-nappings
form: gnomenapping
Etymology: Blend of gnome + kidnapping.
Senses: examples: text: There has always been plenty of gnome-napping in Adelaide, but there were no ransom notes for our dog, and it didn't turn up in any obvious places such as on the university lawns.
ref: 1997, John Griffin, Back Yard: A Gardening Life, →ISBN, page 20:
text: Mayor Rosenbaum: Considering the seriousness of the situation—hehe, not to mention my impending reelection campaign—I'm setting up a task force to deal with the gnome-nappings. Officer Halcroft will get right on it.
ref: 1999, Mona the Vampire, "There's No Place Like Gnome" (season 1, episode 4b)
text: The front's activities are similar to "gnome-nappings" in Australia that David Hult detailed in 1988 and Jan Brunvand described again in 1989.
ref: 2003, Jeannie B. Thomas, Naked Barbies, Warrior Joes, and Other Forms of Visible Gender, →ISBN:
text: There is a clandestine international conspiracy behind these gnome-nappings, similar in scope and complexity to those organized to perform crop circle hoaxes and stage UFO sightings.
ref: 2004, Marcus Mennes, Gnome & Garden: A Gnovelty Kit, →ISBN, page 44:
text: In recent years the craze of “gnome- napping”. has been gathering pace.
ref: 2011 March 7, Julie Carpenter, “Gnome is where the heart is”, in The Express:
text: They also, in view of the fact that Inspector Tait had just rung in to report that Annabel Yardley knew nothing about any gnome-napping expeditions by her weekend guests, put another question-mark against the gnome.
ref: 2012, Sheila Radley, Fate Worse Than Death, →ISBN:
text: The gnome-napping continued unsolved for over a month, until one day, they were discovered in the soccer fields, lined up for a kickoff against a team of pink plastic flamingoes.
ref: 2015, Beverly Allen, For Whom the Bluebell Tolls, →ISBN:
glosses: A prank in which one steals a garden gnome and then either leaves it posed in a public place or photographs it in front of tourist locations.
gnome-nappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnome-napping
gnomenapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gnomenappings
Senses: examples: text: gnomenappings created some fun stories and resulting online commentary during the past week.
ref: 2005 June 10, Kim Spencer, “Gnomenapping stories bring large response from readers”, in The Tribune (Greely, Colorado):
text: The garden gnome spoofs the prank of “gnomenapping,” in which garden gnome statues are kidnapped and photographed at tourist sites.
ref: 2013, Alison Plus, A+ Guide to Short Answer Essays, page 16:
text: From gnomenappings to photos with Willie Mays, to Bryce Harper's pool-selfie aesthetics, the Nationals had a busy month off the field.
ref: 2016 August 8, Will Kubzansky, “Wire Taps: Joe Ross explains setback; Ben Revere uses football skills for catch; Bryce Harper diagnosed with stiff neck”, in Federal Baseball:
glosses: Alternative form of gnome-napping.
gnomenappings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gnomenapping
eye-winker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye-winkers
Senses: examples: text: She never said nothin’ for a minute; she flushed all up as red as a rose, and I see her little fingers was shakin’, and her eye-winkers shiny and wet […]
ref: 1858, Rose Terry Cooke, “Eben Jackson”, in Somebody’s Neighbors, Boston: James R. Osgood, published 1881, page 8:
text: One ear was sot back on his [the cat’s] neck, ’n’ his tail was stove up, ’n’ his eye-winkers was swinged^([sic – meaning singed]) off, ’n’ he was all blacked up with powder an’ smoke, an’ all sloppy with mud ’n’ slush f’m one end to the other.
ref: 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 442:
text: The oxen that drew his sled were sleek, well-fed beasts, the pride of Zeph’s heart, and as the red sunlight darted across the snowy hills their breath steamed up, a very luminous cloud of vapor, which in a few moments congealed in sparkling frost lines on their patient eye-winkers and every little projecting hair around their great noses.
ref: 1878, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Election Day in Poganuc”, in Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives, New York, N.Y.: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, →OCLC, page 94:
text: Shore I’d stood there—stock-still—an’ never moved an eye-winker.
ref: 1920 January, Zane Grey, chapter XX, in The Man of the Forest […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 287:
text: John saw a whale and let the boys up out of their caulked cabin to have a look at him. He was a sixty-footer. He sailed along with them companionable as could be. Freddie could count the eye-winkers, he said, by his little dark eyes.
ref: 1939, Robert P. T. Coffin, chapter 17, in Captain Abby and Captain John, New York: Macmillan, page 296:
glosses: An eyelash.
eye-winkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eye-winker
free-feed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: free-feeds
form: free-feeding
form: free-fed
form: free-fed
form: freefeed
Senses: examples: text: Don't free-feed your poodle while you're housetraining.
ref: 2004, The Everything Poodle Book, →ISBN:
glosses: To allow (an animal or person) to eat whenever they choose, rather than on a fixed schedule.
examples: text: Your dog free-feeds, meaning he eats whenever he wants.
ref: 2014, Kari Neumeyer, Bark and Lunge: Saving My Dog from Training Mistakes:
glosses: To eat whenever one chooses, rather than on a fixed schedule.
free-feeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of free-feed
free-feeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of free-feed
free-fed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of free-feed
freefeed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freefeeds
form: freefeeding
form: freefed
form: freefed
Senses: examples: text: Other mothers become so impressed with the desirability of meeting the infant's requests that they carry freefeeding to an extreme, interpreting every signal of discomfort as hunger, and filling the infant's mouth with food nearly every time it is opened.
ref: 1952, Texas Reports on Biology and Medicine, page 135:
text: Freefeeding (when food is available any time) and leisurely meals encourage picky eating.
ref: 1995, Julie Cairns, The Golden Retriever: An Owner's Guide to a Happy Healthy Pet:
text: By devising creative ways to freefeed the otters, the animal care staff played a key role in enriching the animals' lives.
ref: 2001, Soundings: Newsletter of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association, Volumes 26-27:
glosses: Alternative form of free-feed.
freefeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freefeed
freefeeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freefeed
freefed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freefeed
vervine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vervain.
japishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From japish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being japish.
japish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more japish
form: most japish
Etymology: From jape + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Full of japes; jesting.
Derived terms: japishly
japishness
homekill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From home + kill.
Senses: glosses: The slaughter of one's own animals on one's own property.
Derived terms: home-killed
machboos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Gulf Arabic مچبوس (mačbūs), from Arabic مَكْبُوس (makbūs).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kabsa.
synonyms: word: kabsa
kabsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kabsah
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَبْسَة (kabsa).
Senses: synonyms: machboos
glosses: An Arabian mixed rice dish that originates from Yemen.
kabsah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kabsa.
corruptocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: corruptocracies
Etymology: From corrupt + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: synonyms: kleptarchy
kleptocracy
glosses: A state ruled by a corrupt government.
Related terms: corruption
cronyism
kakistocracy
peculation
corruptocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corruptocracy
caddymasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caddymaster
amphisbenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphisbenic
form: most amphisbenic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amphisbaenic.
amphisbaenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amphisbaenic
form: most amphisbaenic
Etymology: From amphisbaena + -ic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Relating to an amphisbaena.
narrow cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrow cloths
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Cloth, especially woolen, of less than 54 inches in width.
narrow cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narrow cloth
couleur de rose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French couleur de rose (literally “rose-coloured”).
Senses: examples: text: […] lo! my enchantress appeared at the head of the room, and without her constant attendant, Lord Ryecourt, to whom I had an unutterable aversion. In an instant the mists vanished, and every thing appeared couleur de rose.
ref: 1823, Mammon in London; or, The spy of the day, page 199:
text: Everything seemed couleur de rose. I had a flat in the Champs Elysées, and I really think that those days were among the happiest that I ever spent: certainly they were among the most inconsequent.
ref: 1925, Nellie Melba, Melodies and Memories, page 87:
glosses: Favourable; ideal.
Related terms: rose-colored glasses
Siddharta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Siddhartha.
histrionise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: histrionises
form: histrionising
form: histrionised
form: histrionised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of histrionize.
histrionised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of histrionise
histrionises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of histrionise
histrionising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of histrionise
Isodicon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰσοδικόν (eisodikón, “an entrance”).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: In the Greek Orthodox Church, a troparion or short anthem sung while the Gospel is being carried through the church.
overflow meeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overflow meetings
Senses: glosses: A supplementary meeting of those unable to find room in the main meeting.
overflow meetings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overflow meeting
nose-led
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Ruled and befooled completely.
annin tofu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 杏仁豆腐 (annin dōfu).
Senses: glosses: A soft, jellied dessert made of apricot kernel milk, eaten in Chinese and Japanese cuisine.
Synonyms: almond tofu
submetropolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + metropolitan.
Senses: glosses: Smaller, or less important than a metropolis
almond tofu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Annin tofu.
subnatant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + natant.
Senses: glosses: Beneath a floating layer of solid or of a less-dense liquid.
subproportional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + proportional.
Senses: glosses: Less than proportional
Derived terms: subproportionality
subtegula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtegulae
Etymology: From sub- + tegula.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An elongate sclerite at the base of a tegula
emancipatio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Roman ritual that gave a son his own legal authority, free from the paterfamilias.
sulfinosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sulfinamide derivative 2-amino-9-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]purine-6-sulfinamide that is a purine nucleoside analog
sulfiredoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfiredoxin
superdormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + dormancy.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being superdormant
superlectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superlectins
Etymology: From super- + lectin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A member of a superfamily of related lectins
superlectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlectin
suprafimbrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + fimbrial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above or over a fimbria
supraosseous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + osseous.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above or over a bony material
tanicyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tanycyte.
teguminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tegumental.
synonyms: word: tegumental
teleiochrysalid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleiochrysalids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teleiochrysalis.
teleiochrysalids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleiochrysalid
teleiochrysalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleiochrysalises
form: teleiochrysalides
Etymology: From teleio- + chrysalis.
Senses: glosses: A third-stage nymph enclosed in the integument of the preceding nymphal stage
telephonometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tele- + phonometric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the measurement of sound transmitted telephonically.
Related terms: telephonometry
telextender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telextenders
Etymology: From tele- + extender.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An optical amplifier, used especially in amateur astronomy to magnify an image.
telocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telocytes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of interstitial stem cell
telocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telocyte