cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
telemarket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telemarkets
form: telemarketing
form: telemarketed
form: telemarketed
Etymology: From tele- + market.
Senses: examples: text: If people hate to receive telephone sales calls, why should you telemarket?
ref: 2002, Niels H. Nielsen, Princeton Management Consultants guide to your new job:
text: I tried canvassing for a paint company, and failed. I telemarketed for another business, and failed. I had no people skills.
ref: 2003, Jim Penman, What will they franchise next?: the story of Jim's Group:
text: In addition, nearly every company that telemarkets is subject to the FCC's telemarketing rules, which were expanded in July 2003...
ref: 2004, Jody R. Westby, International guide to privacy:
glosses: To engage in telemarketing (unsolicited telephone calls to potential customers).
telemarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of telemarket
telemarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of telemarket
nondivisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + divisional.
Senses: glosses: Not divisional.
inflammated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inflammated
form: most inflammated
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from inflammation.
Senses: glosses: Inflamed.
inflammed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of inflamed.
Derived terms: neuroinflammed
nonreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + reactivity.
Senses: glosses: Lack of reactivity; the quality of being nonreactive.
intracytosolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cytosolic.
Senses: glosses: Within a cytosol
spannerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spanner + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without the use of a spanner.
spannings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spanning
lactolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the hydrolysis of lactose (typically by a galactosidase)
nontactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tactical.
Senses: glosses: Not tactical.
nonapple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonapples
Etymology: From non- + apple.
Senses: glosses: That which is not an apple.
nonapples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonapple
noncytosol
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cytosol.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a cytosol.
noncycling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cycling.
Senses: glosses: That does not cycle.
lymphoepithelioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoepitheliomas
form: lymphoepitheliomata
Etymology: From lympho- + epithelioma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cancer of the epithelium and lymphoid tissue of the nasopharynx
mandibulectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandibulectomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: excision of the mandible
Derived terms: hemimandibulectomy
metallopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallopeptidases
Etymology: From metallo- + peptidase.
Senses: glosses: metalloproteinase
monophosphatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophosphatases
Etymology: From mono- + phosphatase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phosphatase that dephosphorylates a monophosphate
multipotential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multipotentials
Etymology: From multi- + potential.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: multipotentiality
multipotency
glosses: The differentiation potential of a multipotent cell.
Derived terms: multipotentiality
lathi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌˈtiː/
Forms: form: lathis
form: lattee
form: latti
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi लाठी (lāṭhī).
Senses: examples: text: The iron-bound bamboo staves, known as lâtees, with which most disputes among rival zemindars were traditionally settled.
ref: 1973, JG Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur:
text: A phalanx of policemen armed with lathis faced a mob of mill workers squatting on the road.
ref: 2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 131:
text: Nearby, held back by a line of lathi-carrying peons, stood the farmers whose vessels were being weighed […].
ref: 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 94:
glosses: A heavy stick or club, usually used by policemen.
examples: text: Lathi shares its basic principles with other martial arts.
glosses: A martial art based on stick fighting originally practiced in India.
Derived terms: lathicharge
lathis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lathi
numerolinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From numero- + linguistic.
Senses: examples: text: more seriously, the means of verifying spiritual encounters and their identities is covered in texts like _Book Four: Liber ABBA_, in which the entity is provided with a challenge, visionary phenomena are subjected to numerolinguistic analysis, and correspondences that extend beyond what may be expected by chance may be found in abundance.
ref: 1999, 333, “Guardian Angels, Psychospiritual Development”, in talk.religion.newage (Usenet):
glosses: Of or pertaining to numbers and language.
monophosphatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophosphatase
nontransactional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + transactional.
Senses: glosses: Not transactional.
takes place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take place
taking place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take place
took place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take place
taken place
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take place
nonembedded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + embedded.
Senses: glosses: Not embedded.
quotest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: quote + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of quote
quoteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of quote
nematicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nematicon
tarictic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the bird's call.
Senses: glosses: Applied to the hornbills of the genus Penelopides.
nondemocratically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nondemocratic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nondemocratic manner.
pfx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of prefix.
Related terms: sfx
Medusalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Medusalike
form: most Medusalike
Etymology: From Medusa + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the mythical Medusa.
viperlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more viperlike
form: most viperlike
Etymology: From viper + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a viper.
adderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adderlike
form: most adderlike
Etymology: From adder + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an adder (snake).
bedroomlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bedroomlike
form: most bedroomlike
Etymology: From bedroom + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bedroom.
prisonerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prisonerlike
form: most prisonerlike
Etymology: From prisoner + -like.
Senses: examples: text: As is revealed in her dream, she needs to be saved from the repressed, prisonerlike existence she endures at the top of the pillar...
ref: 1982, Harry Gilbert Carlson, Strindberg and the poetry of myth:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a prisoner.
mythless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myth + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a mythless society
glosses: Without myths.
Derived terms: mythlessness
Strindbergian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Strindbergian
form: most Strindbergian
Etymology: From Strindberg + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In the 1950s the play was prized, above all, as a social document: an eloquent testament of alienated youth. Later it came to be seen as a Strindbergian study of a marriage steeped in love and hate.
ref: 2015 March 30, Michael Billington, “Look Back in Anger: how John Osborne liberated theatrical language”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Johan August Strindberg (1849–1912), Swedish playwright and novelist, or his works.
pariahlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pariahlike
form: most pariahlike
Etymology: From pariah + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pariah.
flaxlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flaxlike
form: most flaxlike
Etymology: From flax + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of flax.
Turkestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɜː(ɹ)kɪˈstɑːn/
ipa: /ˌtɜɹkɪˈstæn/
ipa: /ˈtɜɹkɪˌstæn/
Forms: form: Turkistan
Etymology: From Persian ترکستان (torkestân), from Middle Persian twlkstʾn' (Turkestān), from twlk' (Turk) + -stʾn' (-estān).
Senses: examples: text: Men, women, and children were p'a-hsia (squatting, as a camel squats), to use the Gobi caravan phrase, without a tent among them, but sheltered by big rocks. A little fire was being jealously fed from the small store of fuel they had brought on their pack animals, and they gave us tea. They were gravely merry and pressed on us the courtesy of the good folk of Turkestan. Old men stroked their beards and youths waited on us and women fluttered about the rim of the circle to get a glimpse of the khanum, my wife.
ref: 1930, Owen Lattimore, “Suget and Karakoram”, in High Tartary, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, →OCLC, page 344:
glosses: The regions of Central Asia lying between Siberia to the north; Tibet (Xizang) and Xinjiang, China, modern-day Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran to the south; the Gobi Desert to the east; and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Derived terms: Chinese Turkestan
Eastern Turkestan
Turkestani
East Turkestan Republic
Related terms: word: Kazakhstan
word: Kyrgyzstan
word: Turkmenistan
word: Tajikistan
word: Uzbekistan
alt: Xizang
word: Tibet
word: Xinjiang
Turkistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kazakh Түркістан (Türkıstan).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Turkestan.
glosses: A region of Kazakhstan.
glosses: A city, the regional capital of Turkistan, Kazakhstan.
Derived terms: Chinese Turkistan
East Turkistan
varnishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more varnishlike
form: most varnishlike
Etymology: From varnish + -like.
Senses: examples: a varnishlike odour
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of varnish.
varnishings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varnishing
varnishless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From varnish + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without varnish; unvarnished.
resinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From resin + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without resin.
resipiscences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resipiscence
quarter horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter horse
gelatinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gelatinelike
form: most gelatinelike
Etymology: From gelatine + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of gelatine.
gelatinizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelatinization
gelatinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelatinisations
Etymology: From gelatin + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
Palauans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Palauan
multispanning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + spanning.
Senses: glosses: That spans multiple gaps
myeloablative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myeloablative
form: most myeloablative
Etymology: From myelo- + ablative.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing myeloablation
Derived terms: immunomyeloablative
nonmyeloablative
submyeloablative
myeloablation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From myelo- + ablation.
Senses: glosses: Severe myelosuppression
Derived terms: immunomyeloablation
submyeloablation
multipotentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multipotential
myoendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + endothelial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the myoendothelium
metallopeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metallopeptidase
mandibulectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandibulectomy
lymphoepitheliomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoepithelioma
lymphoepitheliomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lymphoepithelioma
nonmandibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪbjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From non- + mandibular.
Senses: glosses: Not mandibular.
myoendothelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoendothelia
Etymology: From myo- + endothelium.
Senses: glosses: The endothelial cells of the myocardium
Borgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Borgian
form: most Borgian
Etymology: From Borgia + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the House of Borgia, a Valencian-Italian noble family who became prominent during the Renaissance.
myoprecursors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myoprecursor
myoprecursor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoprecursors
Etymology: From myo- + precursor.
Senses: glosses: Any tissue that develops into muscle
myoseverin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A purine derivative that binds microtubules and is an inhibitor of angiogenesis
myotubularin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myotubularins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phosphatase that dephosphorylates phosphatidylinositols
nephrectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nephrectomize
nephrectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subject to a nephrectomy
Derived terms: unnephrectomized
nephrectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nephrectomizes
form: nephrectomizing
form: nephrectomized
form: nephrectomized
form: nephrectomise
Etymology: From nephrectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To perform nephrectomy (upon)
Derived terms: heminephrectomize
uninephrectomize
executioneress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executioneresses
Etymology: From executioner + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Twelve umbrellas, covering as many Bo-fetiche priestesses, followed by two brass shields, a large drum, two large scimitar-shaped blades, fretted as usual, and having skulls on the hilts, eighteen Bo Kpo in red avo, six executioneresses in leopard cloths of yellow with black spots, silver horns and bracelets; a number of black affairs like Highlanders’ targets, and five flags.
ref: 1874, J. A[lfred] Skertchly, “The So-Sin Custom—(continued)”, in Dahomey as It Is: Being a Narrative of Eight Months’ Residence in That Country, […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], page 267:
glosses: A female executioner.
omegasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omegasomes
Etymology: From omega + -some, from the similarity in shape to the letter omega.
Senses: glosses: A cup-shaped protrusion from the endoplasmic reticulum that serves as a platform for autophagosome biogenesis in mammalian cells.
phosphoalanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phospho- + alanine.
Senses: glosses: An N-phosphoryl derivative of alanine that inhibits proteinases
premedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From premedicate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premedicate
premedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + medicated.
Senses: glosses: medicated in advance
radioimmunoconjugates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioimmunoconjugate
radioimmunoconjugate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radioimmunoconjugates
Etymology: From radio- + immunoconjugate.
Senses: glosses: An immunoconjugate that contains a radionuclide
redifferentiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redifferentiates
form: redifferentiating
form: redifferentiated
form: redifferentiated
Etymology: From re- + differentiate.
Senses: glosses: To differentiate again
retrotranscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + transcription.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of reverse transcription.
synonyms: word: reverse transcription
Related terms: retrotranscriptase
submicromolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more submicromolar
form: most submicromolar
Etymology: From sub- + micromolar.
Senses: glosses: Less than micromolar
sulfonylhydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfonylhydrazones
Etymology: From sulfonyl + hydrazone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any N-sulfonyl derivative of a hydrazone
translesional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + lesional.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Across a DNA lesion
translesionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From translesional + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a translesional manner
trophectoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trophectoderms
Etymology: From tropho- + ectoderm.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to Na+, K+-ATPase (see above), the Na+-independent GLUT2 glucose cotransporter is localized on trophectoderm basolateral membranes (Aghayan et al., 1992).
ref: 1998, Tom P. Fleming, Elizabeth Butler, Jane Collins, Bhav Sheth, Arthur E. Wild, “Cell Polarity and Mouse Early Development”, in James R. Bartles, E. Edward Bittar, editors, Cell Polarity, JAI Press, page 79:
text: The embryo is mostly derived from the descendants of the inner cell mass, whereas the external cells, the trophoblasts or trophectoderm, produce no embryonic structures (Gardner 1983; Hogan et al. 1994).
ref: 1998, T. J. Soos, M. Park, H. Kiyokawa, A. Koff, “Regulation of the cell cycle by CDK inhibitors”, in Michele Pagano, editor, Cell Cycle Control: Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation, Springer, page 125:
text: In some cases, the fusion of the trophectoderms of two early embryos by the interaction of their cells inside the same zona pellucida can explain the fact that the two embryos share certain extraembryonic tissues.
ref: 2011, Natalia López-Moratalla, Maria Cerezo, “7: The Self-construction of a Living Organism”, in George Terzis, Robert Arp, editors, Information and Living Systems: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives, The MIT Press, page 199:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The ectoderm from which the trophoblast develops.
tumorogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tumorogeneses
Etymology: From tumor + -o- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: carcinogenesis
tyrosyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.ɹə.sɪl/
Forms: form: tyrosyls
Etymology: From tyrosine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from tyrosine.
ventrodorsal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From ventro- + dorsal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: dorsoventral
redifferentiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redifferentiation
redifferentiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redifferentiate
redifferentiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redifferentiate
redifferentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redifferentiate
tiltorama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiltoramas
Etymology: From panorama, replacing pan with tilt.
Senses: glosses: An unbroken vertical view of a scene or tall object; a vertical panorama.
biopower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + power, calque of French biopouvoir, coined by Michel Foucault.
Senses: examples: text: The third type of power, biopower, emerges from the eighteenth century onward, and is directed toward populations rather than individual bodies.
ref: 2015, Joe Painter, “Power”, in John Agnew, Virginie Mamadouh, Anna J. Secor, Joanne Sharp, editors, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Political Geography, Chichester, England: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 147:
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The sum of the various techniques used by modern nation-states to control not individual subjects but their entire populations, as contrasted with traditional modes of power based on the threat of death from a sovereign.
glosses: Bioenergy.
Related terms: biopolitics
necropower
felinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felinity
polytonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polytonic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being polytonic.
bioprinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioprinters
Etymology: From bio- + printer.
Senses: glosses: A device that performs bioprinting.
bioprinters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioprinter
kruft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cruft.
bioprocessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioprocessors
Etymology: From bio- + processor.
Senses: glosses: A miniaturized bioreactor capable of culturing mammalian, insect and microbial cells.
bioprocessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioprocessor
Zorkian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Zorkian
form: most Zorkian
Etymology: From Zork + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: I won't say anything else about the Zorkian characters or combat for fear of detracting from each exhilarating discovery.
ref: 1982, Popular Computing, volume 2:
text: Your character doesn't understand any of the Zorkian languages in which the book's jokes are written and must have them translated by others.
ref: 1994, Peter Spear, Return to Zork:
text: Restless patrons are calling for the standard Zorkian conclusory fanfare!
ref: 1997, Rick Barba, Michael Knight, Rod Harten, CD-ROM Classics:
topics: video-games
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Zork series of early computer games (originating in the 1970s), works of interactive fiction set in a sprawling underground labyrinth.
Related terms: zorkmid
timescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timescape
noncausatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From noncausative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a noncausative manner.
GSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Employees at GSA tell WIRED that Coristine has appeared on calls where workers were made to go over code they had written and justify their jobs.
ref: 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of General Services Administration.
GSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: GSAs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of general sales agreement, a contact between an airline and a travel company to provide customer service in a region where the airline does not have an office.
glosses: Initialism of general sales agent, the travel company having such an agreement.
examples: text: Cristina says these cases, and her own incestuous relationship, were caused by a condition known as Genetic Sexual Attraction or GSA.
ref: 2018 November 26, Emma Parry, “Woman who fell in love with her brother tells how she’s on a mission to legalise INCEST […] ”, in The Sun:
qualifier: incest
glosses: Initialism of genetic sexual attraction.
glosses: Initialism of gay-straight alliance: a student-run society for discussion of issues relating to sexual orientation.
glosses: Initialism of genders and sexualities alliance.
cittern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtən/
ipa: /ˈsɪtəɹn/
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)n
Forms: form: citterns
form: cither
form: cithern
form: cithren
form: zittern
Etymology: Blend of cither + gittern.
Senses: examples: text: This discourse took us much time, till it was time to go to bed; but we being merry, we bade my Lady goodnight, and intended to have gone to the Post-house to drink, and hear a pretty girl play of the cittern (and indeed we should have lain there, but by a mistake we did not), but it was late, and we could not hear her, and the guard came to examine what we were; so we returned to our Inn and to bed, the page and I in one bed, and the two captains in another, all in one chamber, where we had very good mirth with our most abominable lodging.
ref: 1661 January 17, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys: January 1661:
text: 1911, Cittern, article in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition,
The cittern consisted of a pear-shaped body similar to that of the lute but with a flat back and sound-board joined by ribs. The neck was provided with a fretted fingerboard; the head was curved and surmounted by a grotesque head of a woman or of an animal.
text: The advent of the Spanish guitar in England led to the wane in the popularity of the cittern, also known at that time in contradistinction as the English or wire-strung guitar, although the two instruments differed in many particulars.
ref: 1911, “Guitar”, in Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition:
text: Antwerp was world-famous for its harpsichords, but it was also a centre, in the 16th century, where citterns, lutes, viols and later violins were constructed with skill.
ref: 2000, Musical Instruments Museum, Visitor's Guide, page 93:
glosses: A stringed instrument (chordophone), played with a plectrum (a pick), and most commonly possessing four wire strings and chromatic frets, which is a precursor to the modern day guitar.
Hyponyms: ceterone
Derived terms: cittern-head
citternist
citola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citolas
Senses: glosses: cittern
citterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cittern
roundnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundness
roundlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roundlet
roundishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more roundishly
form: most roundishly
Etymology: From roundish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a roundish manner.
roundishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From roundish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being roundish.
anagogically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anagogically
form: most anagogically
Etymology: From anagogical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, anagoge.
nonrevisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + revisionist.
Senses: glosses: Not revisionist.
nonrevisionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrevisionists
Etymology: From non- + revisionist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a revisionist.
nonrevisionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrevisionist
nonappearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + appearing.
Senses: glosses: Not appearing.
uralite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uralites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dark green variety of hornblende or actinolite.
oarfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oarfishes
form: oarfish
Etymology: From oar + fish.
Senses: examples: text: For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.
ref: 2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: doomsday fish
glosses: A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
Derived terms: giant oarfish
Related terms: king of herrings
paddlefish
hierocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierocrats
Etymology: From hiero- + -crat.
Senses: glosses: A ruler in a hierocracy (government by priests).
glosses: A supporter of hierocracy (any sense).
moschatel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmɒskəˈtɛl/
Forms: form: moschatels
Etymology: From French moscatelline, from Low Latin moschatellina, from muscus (“musk”).
Senses: glosses: A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.
Synonyms: sense: Adoxa moschatellina
word: five-faced bishop
sense: Adoxa moschatellina
word: hollowroot
sense: Adoxa moschatellina
word: muskroot
sense: Adoxa moschatellina
word: townhall clock
sense: Adoxa moschatellina
word: tuberous crowfoot
nonette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonettes
Senses: examples: text: When I told her my name, her face became animated, and she anxiously inquired whether I was the composer of the nonette, the theme of which she sang to me. As I smiling replied yes, with an outburst of French vivacity she threw her arms around my neck, and exclaimed: “Oh how delighted my husband well be, car il est fou de votre Nonetto !”
ref: 1865, Louis Spohr’s Autobiography: Translated from the German, Longman et al. (publishers), page 70
text: He composed also a quartette for strings, a nonette, a symphony, and songs.
ref: 1890, "David, Félicien", in Chamber’s Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge, New Edition, Volume 3, William & Robert Chambers (publishers), page 698
text: We have now a nonette somewhat suggestive of Mozart, and the whole piece closes with this ensemble thoroughly well developed.
ref: 1893 March, “Verdi’s New Opera” (review of Falstaff), in Dexter Smith (editor), the Musical Record, number 374, page 2
glosses: Alternative form of nonet.
nonetti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonetto
dispace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dɪsˈpeɪs/
Forms: form: dispaces
form: dispacing
form: dispaced
form: dispaced
Senses: examples: text: The Oke, whose acornes were our foode, before
Thus wise long time he did himselfe dispace
That Ceres seede of mortall men were knowne
ref: 1591, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Virgil's Gnat”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. […], London: […] William Ponsonbie, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To wander, to roam, move about.
diapase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəpeɪz/
/ˈdaɪəpeɪs/
Forms: form: diapases
Senses: examples: text: And twixt them both a quadrate was the base,
Proportiond equally by seven and nine;
Nine was the circle sett in heavens place:
All which compacted made a goodly Diapase
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: diapason
surprisal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sə(ɹ)ˈpɹaɪzəl/
Forms: form: surprisals
Etymology: From surprise + -al.
(information measure): Defined by Myron Tribus in the 1961 book Thermostatics and Thermodynamics.
Senses: examples: text: Their chiefe attempts are by Stratagems, trecheries, or surprisals.
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 146:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A surprise attack or ambush; a sudden or unexpected assault.
examples: text: How to secure the lady from surprisal
ref: 1646 (indicated as 1645), John Milton, “Comus”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], →OCLC:
text: Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal.
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Consideration of our Latter End”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: A sudden coming-upon someone or something unexpectedly or unawares.
glosses: A surprising event or occurrence.
glosses: The feeling caused by being surprised; surprise, shock, amazement.
glosses: An information measure as equal in bits (binary digits) to the base-2 log of 1 over the probability, with the result that the number of choices equals 2ⁿ where n is the number of bits.
surprisals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surprisal
pseudo-Riemannian manifolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudo-Riemannian manifold
edible dormice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of edible dormouse
fat dormice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat dormouse
Seven Sleepers' Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the legend of the Seven Sleepers.
Senses: glosses: June 27 in Germany (Siebenschläfertag), a day whose weather is supposed to determine the average weather of the next seven weeks.
glosses: July 27 in Finland and Scandinavia, known as the National Sleepy Head Day in Finland
comminatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more comminatory
form: most comminatory
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to commination.
draincock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draincocks
form: drain cock
Etymology: From drain + cock.
Senses: examples: text: His chief trouble was stray sheep, and he scared most of them off with the draincocks and whistle.
ref: 1949 Novermber and December, K. Longbottom, “By Goods Train to Gweedore”, in Railway Magazine, page 356:
glosses: A tap or valve used to draw off water (or other liquid) from the lowest part of a tank, boiler, etc.
echinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echinoids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea.
echinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Resembling a sea urchin.
enprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enprints
Etymology: From enlarged print.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A moderately enlarged print made from a relatively small (e.g. 35 mm) negative
escoveitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escovitch
Senses: glosses: escabeche
regressively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more regressively
form: most regressively
Etymology: From regressive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a regressive manner
gambado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/
Forms: form: gambados
form: gambadoes
Etymology: From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of protective leather gaiters on a saddle.
examples: text: His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps.
ref: 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
glosses: gamashes; spatterdashes.
glosses: A gambade (leaping movement).
gambado
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæmˈbeɪ.dəʊ/
Forms: form: gambados
form: gambadoing
form: gambadoed
form: gambadoed
Etymology: From Italian or Spanish gamba (“leg”). See gambol.
Senses: glosses: To perform a gambade (leaping movement).
gapeworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gapeworms
Etymology: From gape + worm.
Senses: synonyms: Y worm
glosses: A parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachea), that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
iguanid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iguanids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any lizard of the family Iguanidae.
floribundas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floribunda
stanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stanol
draincocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draincock
jointress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪntɹɪs/
Forms: form: jointresses
Etymology: From jointer + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen,
 Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State,
 Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy,
 With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye,
 With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage,
 In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole
 Taken to Wife […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 153, column 2, lines 8–14:
glosses: A widow who has a jointure; a dowager.
hydroxyguanosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydroxy- + guanosine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A nucleoside that is an oxidative derivative of guanosine, used as a biomarker of oxidative stress.
enprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enprint
echinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echinoid
gapeworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gapeworm
mildish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪldɪʃ/
rhymes: -aɪldɪʃ
Etymology: From mild + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat mild
tropicamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊˈpɪk.ə.mʌɪd/
ipa: /tɹəˈpɪk.əˌmaɪd/
Etymology: From tropic acid + amide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A short-acting anticholinergic drug, used to produce dilatation of the pupil and cycloplegia during examination of the eye.
epoxygenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epoxygenases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that produces hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs) and epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs) from arachidonic acid, causing effects such as cell proliferation and decrease in cyclooxygenase activity.
epoxygenases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epoxygenase
multigravida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multigravidas
form: multigravidae
Senses: examples: text: If all is well, a multigravida can often push the head out in seconds, but you donʼt want it that way.
ref: 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 13:
glosses: A pregnant woman who has had at least two previous pregnancies.
smilax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmaɪ.læks/
Forms: form: smilaxes
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Smilax. Further from Latin smīlax f and Ancient Greek σμῖλαξ f (smîlax).
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Smilax genus of greenbriers.
smilaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smilax
nichrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nichrome.
smilelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smilelike
form: most smilelike
Etymology: From smile + -like.
Senses: examples: text: There is a smilelike strip of paint on the nose of each PSA plane. Indeed, the plane and the flight attendant advertise each other.
ref: 1985, Arlie Russell Hochschild, The managed heart: commercialization of human feeling:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a smile.
undoubtingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more undoubtingly
form: most undoubtingly
Etymology: From undoubting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 1659, John Pearson, An Exposition of the Creed, London: J. Williams, 6th edition, 1692, Article VIII, p. 316,
But were there nothing, which is already said, demonstrated, there is enough written in the Word of God to assure us of the Deity of the Holy Ghost, to make us undoubtingly believe that the Spirit of God is God.
text: Poor Mr. Orme! I am sorry he is not well. It is cruel in you, Lucy, at this time, to say (so undoubtingly) that his illness is owing to his love of me.
ref: 1753, Samuel Richardson, The History of Sir Charles Grandison, London: Harrison & Co., published 1785, Volume 4, Letter 14, p. 525:
text: […] she relied so undoubtingly on Sir John’s description of the house, as to feel no curiosity to examine it herself till she entered it as her own.
ref: 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 5, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
text: There is a class of persons (happily not quite so numerous as formerly) who think it enough if a person assents undoubtingly to what they think true, though he has no knowledge whatever of the grounds of the opinion, and could not make a tenable defence of it against the most superficial objections.
ref: 1859, John Stuart Mill, “[Dedication]”, in On Liberty, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], →OCLC, page 2:
glosses: Without doubting.
obelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obelias
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀβελία (obelía, “a round cake”).
Senses: examples: text: All the polyps and branches of obelias are supported and protected by a thin, transparent, horny covering which is made by the outer layer of cells. About each polyp the horny covering is in the shape of a goblet or cup.
ref: 1970, Marie M. Jenkins, Animals Without Parents, page 55:
text: Fragile but menacing, obelias are colonies ranging from one to eight inches in length which grow on seaweeds, rocks, and piles. The medusa, only one stage in the obelia’s life cycle, has anywhere from eight to 24 tentacles,[…].
ref: 1975, Jacques Cousteau, The Ocean World of Jacques Cousteau: The Act of Life, page 42:
text: […]some [hydroids], like obelias, live in stalked colonies[…].
ref: 1999, Martin Walters, Jinny Johnson, The World of Animals, published 2011, page 31:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of various colonial marine hydroids of the genus Obelia.
neuroembryologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroembryologists
Etymology: From neuro- + embryologist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist who works in the field of neuroembryology.
neuroembryologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroembryologist
peripatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peripatuses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any onychophoran of the genus Peripatus
douchiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From douchy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Don’t mind his douchiness; being a Breton, he’s probably just huffy at the idea he might be the third best mage in this room.
ref: 2012, Kazerad, ==>, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), March 18 2012
glosses: The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
praiseful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more praiseful
form: most praiseful
Etymology: From praise + -ful.
Senses: glosses: praiseworthy
examples: text: Whether you embrace or reject on his behalf the label “science-fiction writer” will indicate whether you regard it as praiseful or damning, but no one reading Ballard could doubt the tidal gravity of his intellect or the stark visionary consistency of the motifs that earned him that rarest of literary awards, an adjective: Ballardian.
ref: 2009 September 13, Jonathan Lethem, “Poet of Desolate Landscapes”, in New York Times:
glosses: full of praise for others
Derived terms: praisefully
praisefulness
unpraiseful
prettyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pretty + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: [A]nd then the nervously grinning girl behind, plump, prettyish, dumb, and then the greetings.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 570:
glosses: Somewhat pretty.
objectionableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From objectionable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being objectionable.
Synonyms: objectionability
objectionability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objectionabilities
Etymology: From objectionable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being objectionable.
Synonyms: objectionableness
objectivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of objectivation
primulaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Primulaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Characteristic of the primrose and other plants of the family Primulaceae.
prothalamium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prothalamiums
form: prothalamia
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prothalamion.
kinsperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinspersons
form: kinspeople
Etymology: From kin + -s- + person.
Senses: glosses: A kinsman or kinswoman.
kinspersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinsperson
kinspeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinsperson
peripatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peripatus
septoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septorias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: A fungus of the genus Septoria that causes numerous leaf spot diseases on crops.
praisefully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more praisefully
form: most praisefully
Etymology: From praiseful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Levant Herald is too fond of speaking praisefully of Americans to be popular with the Sultan, who does not relish our sympathy with the Cretans...
ref: 1869, Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad:
glosses: In a praiseful manner.
stockfeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockfeeds
Etymology: From stock + feed.
Senses: glosses: feed for livestock
magnesiumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnesiumlike
form: most magnesiumlike
Etymology: From magnesium + -like.
Senses: examples: text: We sat in the car for about ten minutes watching that strange magnesiumlike glow. It did not budge.
ref: 1977, Margaret Sachs, Ernest T. Jahn, Celestial passengers: UFO's and space travel:
text: Sometimes star-cluster shells would pop out or real bright magnesiumlike stuff would come spewing out on the ground and burn white hot for fifteen or twenty minutes.
ref: 2005, William L. Smallwood, Warthog: Flying the A-10 in the Gulf War:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of magnesium.