cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
photogeomorphology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + geomorphology.
Senses: glosses: The use of aerial photography to interpret geologic features
Synonyms: photogeology
photoglow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoglows
Etymology: From photo- + glow.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A photoglow tube
photoglow tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoglow tubes
Senses: glosses: A phototube in which an electric current flows when a certain illumination is reached; used as a relay
phototube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototubes
Etymology: From photo- + tube.
Senses: glosses: A gas-filled electron tube that has a photosensitive cathode.
photogoniometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photogoniometers
Etymology: From photo- + goniometer.
Senses: glosses: A goniometer, used in X-ray diffraction, that detects the X-rays using a photocell.
Derived terms: spectrophotogoniometer
Related terms: photogoniometric
photogoniometry
photogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photograms
Etymology: From photo- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A photograph made without using a camera; normally by placing an object in contact with photosensitive paper and exposing it to light
Derived terms: microphotogram
stereophotogram
photogravure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photogravures
Etymology: From photo- + gravure.
Senses: glosses: An intaglio process for printing photographic reproductions in newspapers and books.
glosses: A print so made.
Synonyms: rotogravure
photogravure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photogravures
form: photogravuring
form: photogravured
form: photogravured
Etymology: From photo- + gravure.
Senses: glosses: To print by this process.
photoheliograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoheliographs
Etymology: From photo- + heliograph.
Senses: glosses: A heliograph, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun.
photohomolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + homolysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A homolysis reaction initiated by light
homolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homolyses
Etymology: From homo- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances
glosses: The lysis of blood cells by homolysin
Derived terms: word: homolytic
word: photohomolysis
photoinhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoinhibitions
Etymology: From photo- + inhibition.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The inhibition of photosynthesis caused by protein damage due to high levels of light (especially ultraviolet)
Related terms: photoinhibitive
photoinitiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + initiated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: initiated by light or other electromagnetic radiation
raw_tags: of a chemical reaction
Derived terms: photoinitiated polymerization
photoinitiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoinitiators
Etymology: From photo- + initiator.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that initiates a chemical reaction by the absorption of a photon to form an excited state.
photointerpretation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photointerpretations
Etymology: From photo- + interpretation.
Senses: glosses: photographic interpretation
photographic interpretation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photographic interpretations
Senses: glosses: The identification, description and measurement of objects in photographs, especially in aerial photographs, for geologic, cartographic or military purposes
photoisolator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoisolators
Etymology: From photo- + isolator.
Senses: glosses: An optoisolator
photoisomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoisomers
Etymology: From photo- + isomer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer formed via photoexcitation.
Derived terms: photoisomerization
photoexcitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoexcitations
Etymology: From photo- + excitation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of an excited state by the absorption of a photon.
Related terms: photoionization
photoisomerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoisomerizations
Etymology: From photo- + isomerization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of isomers via photoexcitation
photojournalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊ̯.təʊ̯ˈd͡ʒɜːn(ə)lɪzəm/
ipa: /ˌfoʊ̯.toʊ̯ˈd͡ʒɝn(ə)lɪzəm/
Etymology: From photo- + journalism.
Senses: glosses: A form of journalism in which a story is told primarily through photographs and other images.
Related terms: photojournal
photojournalist
photojournalistic
photomagazine
photojournalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photojournalists
Etymology: From photo- + journalist.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s a way of feeling alive, even when everything around you is falling apart,” Vasilkan, a skateboarder from Odesa, told French photojournalist Robin Tutenges.
ref: 2024 July 27, Kyle Almond, “Ukrainian skateboarders take back their streets”, in CNN:
glosses: A journalist who uses photojournalism.
Derived terms: photojournalistic
Related terms: List of photojournalists
photojournalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + journalistic or photojournalist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to photojournalism or photojournalists.
begrutten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more begrutten
form: most begrutten
Etymology: From Scots begrutten, past participle of begrete (“to beweep”), equivalent be- + greet (“to weep”).
Senses: glosses: Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
chock full
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌtʃɒk ˈfʊl/
Forms: form: more chock full
form: most chock full
form: chocked full
form: chockful
form: chock-full
form: chockfull
form: chokeful
form: choke full
form: choke-full
form: chokefull
form: chuck-full
form: chuck full
Etymology: From Middle English chokkeful (“crammed full”) c. 1400, possibly from choke (“cheek”), equivalent to cheek + full. Or it may be from Old French choquier (“collide, crash, hit”), similar to shock. The later form chock-a-block full is due to association with chock, used in carpentry and shipbuilding.
Senses: examples: text: That article is chock-full of errors.
text: The pages of the diary are chock full of fascinating reports of medical incidents of all sorts.
ref: 1741, George E. Nitzsche, The General Magazine and Historical Chronicle, University of Pennsylvania. General Alumni Society, pages 251
text: “Chock full o' science,” said the radiant Captain, “as ever he was![…]”
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 565:
text: The story is chock full, not only of excellent science, but woven through it there is also that very rare element, love and romance.
ref: 1928 August, E. E. Smith, “The Skylark of Space”, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, Preface:
glosses: Containing the maximum amount possible, flush on all sides, jam-packed, crammed.
Derived terms: chock load
Related terms: chock-a-block
chock-a-block full
chock-full
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chock-full
form: most chock-full
Senses: examples: text: His patientʼs blood was chock-full of white blood cells.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 13:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chock full.
acrolein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækɹəliːn/
ipa: /əˈkɹəʊliɪn/
ipa: /ˈækɹəˌlin/
ipa: /əˈkɹoʊliɪn/
Forms: form: acroleins
Etymology: From Latin acer (“sharp”) + oleō (“smell”, verb).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
Synonyms: acrylaldehyde
propenal
Derived terms: acrolein cyanohydrin
acrolein dimer
acrolein test
acryl
disacryl
metacrolein
thioacrolein
mair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛə/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mar
form: mare
form: mer
form: meer
form: mere
form: major
Etymology: From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
Senses: glosses: more
mair
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛə/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mar
form: mare
form: mer
form: meer
form: mere
form: major
Etymology: From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
Senses: glosses: more
mair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛə/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: mairs
form: mar
form: mare
form: mer
form: meer
form: mere
form: major
Etymology: From Middle English mair, mare, from Old English māra (“more”), from Proto-Germanic *maizô. More at more.
Senses: glosses: One of various former royal officials in the Kingdom of Scotland.
Synonyms: mayor
Hyponyms: mair of fee
Windian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Windians
form: WIndian
form: Winjun
Etymology: Blend of west + Indian; may also be used as a blend of white + Indian
Senses: examples: text: Every knowledgeable cricketing WIndian knows to expect the best and the worst from WI at any time and place."
ref: 1993: P. Armorer, [news:///rec.sport.cricket rec.sport.cricket], [news:///1993Apr30.161747.9580@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu <1993Apr30.161747.9580@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>]
glosses: A West Indian; a person from the West Indies
glosses: one who claims that they have Native American or Indian heritage and therefore believes that they are eligible for affirmative action benefits
glosses: one who acts like they are Native American or Indian
glosses: a person of mixed white and Indian descent
Windian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: WIndian
form: Winjun
Etymology: Blend of west + Indian; may also be used as a blend of white + Indian
Senses: examples: 2002: "That spirit is not unique to the West Indies, I'm sure, but the Windian expression of it is, as we see with all the characters at Windian grounds out to have a party and enjoy a good "lime". And the Windian character off the field has its reflection on the field as well, which is why Dravid was safe on that occasion, and the appeal was stifled, even though technically he could have been out." — Sidney Thomas, [news:///rec.sport.cricket rec.sport.cricket], [news:///3CD819BC.636A6235@verizon.net <3CD819BC.636A6235@verizon.net>]
glosses: West Indian; of or relating to the West Indies
glosses: Of or relating to Windians
Hawick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔɪk/
rhymes: -ɔɪk
Senses: glosses: A town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, historically in Roxburghshire (OS grid ref NT5015).
Related terms: word: Teri
emend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: emends
form: emending
form: emended
form: emended
Etymology: From Middle English emenden, from Latin ēmendō (“I free from fault”), from ex- (“out”) + mendum (“fault, blemish”). Doublet of amend.
Senses: examples: text: Sixteen of these Letters, which were written at the suggestion of the Editor of the “St. James’s Gazette,” appeared in that journal, from which they are now reprinted, by the Editor’s kind permission. They have been somewhat emended, and a few additions have been made.
ref: 1886, Andrew Lang, “Preface”, in Letters to Dead Authors:
text: “For art—” Miss Glyde eagerly interjected.¶ “For art and literature,” Mrs. Ballinger emended.
ref: 1911, Edith Wharton, Xingu:
glosses: To correct and revise (text or a document).
Derived terms: emendable
emendation
emender
unemended
Related terms: amend
analytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analyte
propenal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propenals
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound acrolein.
psychopharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psycho- + pharmacology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The branch of pharmacology which pertains to the psychoactive aspects of drugs.
Derived terms: psychopharmacologic
psychopharmacological
psychopharmacologically
psychopharmacologist
photoallergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoallergies
Etymology: From photo- + allergy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An allergy that is activated by light.
photoallergies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoallergy
photojunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photojunctions
Etymology: From photo- + junction.
Senses: glosses: A nuclear battery in which a phosphor is irradiated by a radioactive material; a silicon junction converts the emitted light into electricity.
photokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photokineses
Etymology: From photo- + -kinesis.
Senses: glosses: Any movement that is in response to light.
topics: literature
media
parapsychology
pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to mentally manipulate light.
photolithograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photolithographs
Etymology: From photo- + lithograph.
Senses: glosses: A lithograph made by photolithography.
photolithograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photolithographs
form: photolithographing
form: photolithographed
form: photolithographed
Etymology: From photo- + lithograph.
Senses: glosses: To produce (a picture or copy) by the process of photolithography.
Related terms: photolithographer
photolithographic
photolithography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- (“light, photography”) + lithography.
Senses: examples: text: The appearance of the book is as unattractive as its subject-matter. It has been reproduced from typescript by photolithography, as many theses are in these days of expensive printing; but the copy photographed has been carelessly typed on a machine with a defective spacing-mechanism and a number of damaged characters; to make matters worse, the typist has failed to keep the type clean.
ref: 1965, A. J. Bliss, “Die Reception des a-nasalis romanischer Lehnwörter im Mittelenglischen und seine Weiterentwicklung in Standard u. Dialekten by Ursula Schmidt. Heidelberg, 1963. xliii + 313 pp.”, in Medium Ævum, volume 34, number 2, Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literature, →DOI, page 174:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A lithographic procedure in which printing plates are made using a photographic process.
glosses: An optical exposure process used in the manufacture of integrated circuits.
Hyponyms: papyrotype
papyrotint
papyrography
Related terms: photolithograph
corbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corbie
glosses: plural of corby
photolithographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photolithographers
Etymology: From photo- + lithographer.
Senses: glosses: a person who practices photolithography
photoluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoluminescences
Etymology: From photo- + luminescence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: luminescence following the absorption of a photon.
Hypernyms: luminescence
Hyponyms: topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: fluorescence
topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: phosphorescence
topics: physics
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: radiophotoluminescence
Derived terms: magnetophotoluminescence
microphotoluminescence
radiophotoluminescence
Related terms: photoluminescent
dargs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of darg
photoluminescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Forms: form: more photoluminescent
form: most photoluminescent
Etymology: From photo- + luminescent.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting photoluminescence
Derived terms: radiophotoluminescent
go fly a kite
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: A guy came to my door selling some weird coupon subscription. I told him to go fly a kite.
synonyms: go tell your mother she wants you
glosses: To go away; get lost; leave.
photolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φωτ- (phōt-), root of φῶς (phôs, “light”) + λύσις (lúsis, “decomposition”). By surface analysis, photo- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chemical reaction in which a compound is decomposed after absorbing a photon
Hyponyms: photodissociation
Derived terms: biophotolysis
microphotolysis
Related terms: photolyase
photolyte
photolytic
photolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photolytic
form: most photolytic
Etymology: From photo- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to photolysis
Derived terms: photolytically
photolyase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photolyases
Etymology: From photo- + lyase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that repairs DNA that has been damaged by light.
photomacrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From photo- + macrography.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The photography of small objects, at close range, using a macro lens.
macro lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macro lenses
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A lens that allows a camera to focus at very close range to photograph small objects.
Synonyms: close-up lens
photomagnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photomagnetic
form: most photomagnetic
Etymology: From photo- + magnetic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of, or relating to the effect of light on the magnetic susceptibility of some materials, especially to the paramagnetism exhibited by some phosphorescent materials
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of, or relating to the photodisintegration that results from the magnetic component of light
Related terms: photomagnet
photomagnetoelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + magnetoelectric.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: of, or relating to the generation of an electric current by an illuminated semiconductor in a magnetic field
tollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tollie
photomap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomaps
Etymology: From photo- + map.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: a map made by the superimposition of aerial photographs onto grid lines, contours and other normal map features
Derived terms: topophotomap
photomap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photomaps
form: photomapping
form: photomapped
form: photomapped
Etymology: From photo- + map.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: to produce such a map (from a photograph or existing map)
superimposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superimpositions
form: super-imposition
Etymology: From super- + imposition.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: (superimposable image) diapositive
synonyms: superposition#Noun
supraposition#Noun
superposition
glosses: The process, or the result of superimposing.
The placing of one image on top of another, especially placing a photograph over some other graphic; an image thus placed.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: superposition#Noun
supraposition#Noun
glosses: The process, or the result of superimposing.
The building of ontological categories of a higher level on top of categories of a lower level.
Derived terms: superimpositional
Related terms: superimpose
superinformation
photomask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomasks
Etymology: From photo- + mask.
Senses: glosses: A transparent quartz block marked with many high-resolution images; a series of them are used in the photolithography of integrated circuits, one for each layer.
photomechanochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + mechanochemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The photochemical conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy, especially that of polymers
faders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fader
mithers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mither
mithers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mither
moders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of moder
photometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈfoʊtoʊˌmitɚ/
ipa: /fəˈtɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌmiːtə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: photometers
Etymology: From photo- + -meter.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of several instruments used to measure various aspects of the intensity of light.
Hyponyms: colorimetric photometer
distribution photometer
electronic photometer
flame photometer
flicker photometer
grease spot photometer
holophotometer
infrared photometer
integrating-sphere photometer
Joly photometer
Kepler photometer
light-distribution photometer
photoelectric photometer
photoemissive tube photometer
shadow photometer
spectrophotometer
sphere photometer
telephotometer
ultraviolet photometer
visual photometer
wax-block photometer
wedge photometer
Derived terms: astrophotometer
bathyphotometer
biophotometer
fluorophotometer
goniophotometer
microphotometer
nanophotometer
photopolarimeter
spectrophotometer
sunphotometer
telephotometer
Related terms: photometric
photometry
photometer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈtɑmɪtɚ/
ipa: /ˈfoʊtoʊˌmitɚ/
ipa: /fəˈtɒmɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈfəʊtəʊˌmiːtə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
rhymes: -iːtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: photometers
form: photometering
form: photometered
form: photometered
Etymology: From photo- + -meter.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: To measure some aspect of light (from a star) using a photometer.
partans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partan
photometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fō'tə-mĕt'rĭk
ipa: /ˌfoʊ.təˈmɛt.ɹɪk/
Etymology: From photo- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to photometry or to photometers.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Adjusting position with respect to light.
raw_tags: of leaves
Derived terms: aphotometric
astrophotometric
biophotometric
cytophotometric
electrophotometric
fluorophotometric
microphotometric
panphotometric
photometrically
spectrophotometric
sunphotometric
photometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photometries
Etymology: From photo- + -metry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of various aspects of light, especially its intensity.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The measurement of the intensity and spectrum of light from stars.
Derived terms: astrophotometry
biophotometry
flame photometry
fluorophotometry
immunophotometry
light-scattering photometry
microphotometry
nanophotometry
photometrist
spectrophotometry
sunphotometry
thermophotometry
Related terms: photometer
gTLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gTLDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of generic top-level domain.
generic top-level domain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generic top-level domains
Senses: examples: .com, .gov and .edu are all generic top-level domains.
glosses: Any of the top-level domains assigned by the IANA based on type of organization.
Synonyms: gTLD
photomicrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomicrographs
Etymology: From photo- + micrograph.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
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coordinate_terms: electron micrograph
glosses: A photograph taken using a microscope.
Derived terms: photomicrography
ultraphotomicrograph
Related terms: microphotograph
photomicrograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photomicrographs
form: photomicrographing
form: photomicrographed
form: photomicrographed
Etymology: From photo- + micrograph.
Senses: glosses: To photograph through a microscope.
photomicrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From photo- + micrography.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Photography using a microscope.
Derived terms: cinephotomicrography
Related terms: photomicrograph
photomontage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomontages
Etymology: From photo- + montage.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A composite image combining two or more photographs.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: The art of constructing such images.
photomosaic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomosaics
Etymology: From photo + mosaic.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A composite image made of individual photographs, normally of the same shape and size, placed together in order to show a panoramic view etc.
Derived terms: orthophotomosaic
photomultiplier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomultipliers
Etymology: From photo- + multiplier.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device, normally in the form of a tube, that uses a photocathode to convert photons into photoelectrons which are then amplified.
Derived terms: photomultiplier cell
photomultiplier counter
photomultiplier tube
German Democratic Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the German Democratic Republic
form: GDR
Etymology: Calque of German Deutsche Demokratische Republik.
Senses: examples: text: Developments were markedly different in the Soviet zone, but ultimately ended in perhaps an even grimmer dead end: that of SED leader Walter Ulbricht’s thoroughly Stalinized German Democratic Republic (GDR).
ref: 2017 May 24, Loren Balhorn, “The Lost History of Antifa”, in Jacobin Magazine:
glosses: Official name of East Germany (from 1947 through reunification in 1990): a former country in Central Europe.
Related terms: DDR
reunification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reunifications
Etymology: From re- + unification.
Senses: examples: text: Many of Spenser's readers today find the cleavings and reunifications of Redcrosse and Una presenting a psychodrama of mental fragmentation […]
ref: 2010, Greg Kucich, Keats, Shelley, and Romantic Spenserianism, page 273:
glosses: The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country.
Derived terms: family reunification
reunificationism
reunificationist
Related terms: reunified
reunify
breakout character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breakout characters
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
literature
media
publishing
television
glosses: A character who becomes the most popular, talked about, and imitated, helping to establish the narrative's popularity.
photomural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: photomurals
Etymology: From photo- + mural.
Senses: examples: text: That's what money's for. For automatic kitchens, extension, phones, giant freeze chests, colour TV, for inlaid tiles, for imported paintings, palm trees, oceans, for photo-mural wallpaper in the hallway, the bathroom, even the closets.
ref: 1966, Burt Blechman, Stations, published 1969, page 31:
glosses: A large photograph (or series of photographs) used as a wall decoration.
photonegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photonegative
form: most photonegative
Etymology: From photo- + negative.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: having a negative phototropic or phototactic response; repelled by light
photopositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photopositive
form: most photopositive
Etymology: From photo- + positive.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: having a positive phototropic or phototactic response; attracted by light
phototactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phototactic
form: most phototactic
Senses: glosses: of or relating to phototaxis
Derived terms: phototactically
phototaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototaxes
Etymology: From photo- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The movement of an organism either towards or away from a source of light
Synonyms: phototaxy
Derived terms: gyrophototaxis
negative phototaxis
positive phototaxis
Related terms: phototactic
photonephelometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photonephelometers
Etymology: From photo- + nephelometer.
Senses: glosses: A nephelometer that uses a photocell to measure the intensity of transmitted light.
nephelometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephelometers
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”) + -meter.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: An instrument for measuring various aspects of the suspended particles in a fluid; especially in a colloid.
Derived terms: immunonephelometer
photonephelometer
photoneutrino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoneutrinos
Etymology: From photo- + neutrino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A neutrino that is produced (along with an antineutrino) when a high-energy photon collides with an electron
photoneutron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoneutrons
Etymology: From photo- + neutron.
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A free neutron produced by a photonuclear reaction
photonuclear reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photonuclear reactions
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Any nuclear reaction involving a photon and another subatomic particle
photonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + nuclear.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or relating to any nuclear reaction involving a photon.
Derived terms: photonuclear reaction
leastaways
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: She was a bright and industrious student, smarter than many of her classmates, leastaways.
glosses: Anyway; at least; regardless. Indicates support or degree of a previous statement.
Related terms: anyway
anyhow
at any rate
put to the test
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts to the test
form: putting to the test
form: put to the test
form: put to the test
Senses: examples: text: He got a new bicycle yesterday, so I expect that today he will want to take it out riding and put it to the test.
text: They were put to the test when Mbappe put PSG ahead against the run of play but City then struck the perfect balance between chasing the game and keeping the door locked at the back.
ref: 2021 November 24, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 - 1 Paris Saint Germain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To test (something or someone); to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.
Related terms: put one through one's paces
criticality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪtɪˌkælɪti/
ipa: /ˈkɹɪtəˌkæləti/
Forms: form: criticalities
Etymology: From critical + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: They weren't aware of the criticality of the situation.
glosses: The state of being critical.
topics: education
glosses: A disposition for purposeful thinking and acting guided by criteria that are considered to be contextually appropriate and that are expected to result in positive outcomes related to the purpose.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The point at which a nuclear chain reaction becomes self-sustaining.
Hyponyms: delayed criticality
prompt criticality
Derived terms: criticality accident
criticality matrix
dry criticality
hypercriticality
multicriticality
recriticality
subcriticality
supercriticality
tetracriticality
wet criticality
Related terms: criticalness
windjammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windjammers
Etymology: From wind + jammer? The nautical senses were originally used contemptuously by sailors on steam vessels.
Senses: glosses: One who plays a wind instrument, especially a bugler in the army.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sailing ship; especially a large, iron-hulled, square-rigged ship with three or more masts.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A member of the crew of a ship of this kind.
glosses: A windbag, a loquacious person.
glosses: A weatherproof jacket (windcheater).
Related terms: windjamming
chain letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chain letters
Senses: glosses: A letter that can be mailed successively to different recipients, with each recipient ostensibly (but sometimes sarcastically) being instructed in the body of the letter to mail the letter to another person or persons.
Related terms: chain mail
spam
dirt cheap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dirt cheap
form: most dirt cheap
form: dirt-cheap
Senses: examples: text: Plus there were so many people wanting to move to the countryside that the little places which were dirt cheap suddenly became not dirt cheap.
ref: 2023, Flossie Caerwynt, Migration, Community and Identity:
glosses: Very cheap; easily affordable.
dirt cheap
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dirt cheap
form: most dirt cheap
form: dirt-cheap
Senses: examples: text: Dirty deeds and they're done dirt cheap.
ref: 1976, AC/DC, “Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap”:
glosses: Very cheaply; at an easily affordable price.
chain letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chain letter
mailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪld/
ipa: [meɪɫd]
rhymes: -eɪld
Etymology: From mail (“send by post”).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mail
mailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪld/
ipa: [meɪɫd]
rhymes: -eɪld
Forms: form: more mailed
form: most mailed
Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: [I]n the niches, instead of the effigies of mailed warriors, stood stuffed-out dresses, such as are worn by the fashionables of the day.
ref: 1843, Charles Knight, London, volumes 5-6, page 38:
glosses: Armoured in, protected by, or made of mail.
examples: text: […] from blossom of lime to perfumed bloom of acacia — darts the humming-bird, his coat of mailed feathers glowing like a gem.
ref: 1888, Frederick Albion Ober, A Boy's Adventures in the West Indies, page 169:
glosses: Resembling the scales of armor.
Derived terms: mailed catfish
mailed fist
unmailed
mailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /meɪld/
ipa: [meɪɫd]
rhymes: -eɪld
Etymology: From Middle English mayled; equivalent to mail (“chainmail; spot on a bird's feather”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mail
Related terms: mail
Haïti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Haïti.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Haiti.
Extremadura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkstɹəməˈdʊəɹə/
Etymology: Believed to derive from Latin Extrēma Dūriī, alluding to the fact that the province is located beyond the Douro river.
Senses: glosses: An autonomous community in western Spain. Capital: Mérida.
Derived terms: Extremaduran
Related terms: extremidad
revile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈvaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: reviles
form: reviling
form: reviled
form: reviled
Etymology: From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Senses: examples: text: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Peter 2:23:
text: And did not she herself revile me there?
ref: c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
text: He turned and quivered like a child, this worthless man that I reviled. And at his anguish, I just smiled a grin of mastery.
ref: 2011, Felix Hagan, “Vengeance On My Mind”, in Dawn Breaks, the Monster Wakes...:
glosses: To attack (someone) with abusive language.
Synonyms: defame
revile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈvaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Etymology: From Middle English revilen, from re + Old French aviler (“to make vile or cheap, disprize, disesteem”), from a- (“to”) + vil (“vile, cheap”); see vile.
Senses: examples: text: The gracious Judge, without revile, replied.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: reproach; reviling
order of operations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orders of operations
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The sequence in which the various operations in a mathematical expression are to be evaluated.
Related terms: precedence rule
bag valve mask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bag valve masks
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A bag used to resuscitate a patient by supplying air or oxygen directly to the trachea and into the lungs.
Synonyms: word: BVM
word: ambu bag
word: ambubag
english: Ambu; trademark genericization of the initial manufacturer
translation: Ambu; trademark genericization of the initial manufacturer
word: Ambu bag
english: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
translation: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
word: artificial manual breathing unit
english: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
translation: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
word: AMBU
english: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
translation: genericization of the trademark Artificial Manual Breathing Unit
word: ambu
word: Ambu resuscitator
word: ambu resuscitator
word: manual resuscitator
word: self-inflating bag
word: bag
Coordinate terms: alt: to use a BVM
word: to bag
english: the action of using a BVM
translation: the action of using a BVM
word: bagging
english: intermittent positive pressure breathing
translation: intermittent positive pressure breathing
word: IPPB
word: respirator
word: ventilator
english: positive pressure ventilation
translation: positive pressure ventilation
word: PPV
english: intermittent positive pressure ventilation
translation: intermittent positive pressure ventilation
word: IPPV
english: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
translation: noninvasive positive pressure ventilation
word: NPPV
english: non-invasive ventilation
translation: non-invasive ventilation
word: NIV
Derived terms: word: BVM
photonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to photons or to photonics
Derived terms: astrophotonic
biophotonic
biphotonic
magnetophotonic
metallophotonic
monophotonic
multiphotonic
nanophotonic
neurophotonic
nonphotonic
photonically
photonic band-gap material
photonic computing
photonic crystal
photonic force microscope
photonic logic
photonic sensor
photooxidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photooxidations
Etymology: From photo- + oxidation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The loss of an electron from a photoexcited species.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of something with oxygen in the presence of light.
Related terms: photooxygenation
photoreduction
photooxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + oxygenation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxygenation reaction that takes place in the presence of light.
Related terms: photooxidation
photoexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photoexcite
photoexcited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: (of an atom, molecule or ion) excited due to photoexcitation
outbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtbaʊnd/
Etymology: From out- + bound.
Senses: glosses: Leaving or departing; traveling away from; outward bound.
Derived terms: outbounds
outbound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaʊtbaʊnd/
Forms: form: outbounds
Etymology: From out- + bound.
Senses: qualifier: logistics
glosses: An outbound shipment.
nepotist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nepotists
Senses: glosses: One who engages in nepotism.
agelessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ageless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ageless manner.
agelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ageless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being ageless.
aggravatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aggravatingly
form: most aggravatingly
Etymology: From aggravating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an aggravating manner.
Related terms: aggravate
aggravatedly
aggressiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡrɛsɪvnɪs/
Forms: form: aggressivenesses
Etymology: From aggressive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It was a randy aggressiveness he had enjoyed because he had not used or needed it before.
ref: 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 29:
synonyms: aggression
aggressivity
glosses: The state or quality of being aggressive.
examples: text: The aggressiveness of various sulfate salts towards concrete is partly related to solubility.
glosses: The propensity of a soil or water to dissolve metal or cement structures.
glosses: The result or product of being aggressive.
Derived terms: hyperaggressiveness
nonaggressiveness
passive-aggressiveness
agilely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl.li/
/ˈæd͡ʒ.əl.li/
/ˈæd͡ʒ.ə.li/
Forms: form: more agilely
form: most agilely
Etymology: From agile + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an agile manner; with agility.
agleam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡliːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Etymology: From a- + gleam.
Senses: examples: text: She was on her knees with her arms round Andrew's neck before he could prevent her. Her eyes were tearfully agleam, as, audibly reckless, she sobbed[.]
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159:
text: [Magazine staffer about his political team:] Pencils at the ready, keen brains agleam behind intelligent horn rims, these experts spread out to ravel the loose ends of White-Housing, web-spinning spiders for [the presidential candidate].
ref: 1960 May 28, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 149:
text: It was a dark Saturday night last month on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, where Saturday nights can get very dark, but Sabrina Brier, in a rhinestone necklace and strapless plaid pantsuit, was agleam onstage at a basement comedy club called Caveat warming up the crowd.
ref: 2023 March 14, Alexandra Jacobs, “Your Annoying Roommate Is Slaying on TikTok”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Glowing with subdued light.
aglitter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈɡlɪtɚ/
rhymes: -ɪtɚ
Etymology: From a- + glitter.
Senses: examples: text: The grass must have been growing during the night, for it is tickling our bare ankles; and sure of all coolness, none so refreshing to the frame as that which follows one’s foot-prints on meadow aglitter with morning dews.
ref: 1832 July, John Wilson, “Christopher at the Lakes”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 32, number 196, page 121:
text: a light buggy, all aglitter from point to point of its natty furnishings, drew up at our gate
ref: 1912, Mary Austin, chapter 4, in A Woman of Genius, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page, page 38:
text: […] by now his black eyes were aglitter with stars.
ref: 1968, Samuel R. Delany, chapter 1, in Nova, New York: Vintage, published 2002, page 14:
text: The blacksmith was long gone, his ironwork aglitter like a gate to heaven.
ref: 2008, Toni Morrison, A Mercy, New York: Knopf, page 89:
glosses: Glittering.
agonizingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈæɡ.ə.naɪ.zɪŋ.li/
Forms: form: more agonizingly
form: most agonizingly
form: agonisingly
Etymology: From agonizing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The hour I waited for the pain medication to take effect dragged on agonizingly.
text: Friday afternoons always seem to be agonizingly prolonged.
text: Leisurely the long hours ticked into nothingness, yet there was no sound from him. Would he go in the night, as he did before from Stein's, without a word? Ursula's heart quickened agonizingly, though she lay still, tingling with the thought.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 261:
glosses: In an agonizing manner; in a way that causes agony.
agriculturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæɡɹɪˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəlɪst/
Forms: form: agriculturalists
Etymology: From agricultural + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: agriculturist
glosses: A farmer; one involved with agrarian business.
glosses: An expert in agriculture who advises farmers.
Derived terms: preagriculturalist
tarantulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarantula
heller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heller. Doublet of halier.
Senses: glosses: A German coin equivalent to half a pfennig, later used widely as a small coin in Central Europe and the German Empire.
glosses: A subdivision of the Czech, Slovakian and Czechoslovakian koruna. 100 hellers make up one koruna.
heller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellers
Etymology: 1890–95, Americanism; short for hell-raiser.
Senses: glosses: A noisy, rowdy, troublesome person; a hellion.
governs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: ...It regulates and governs the Passions of the Mind, and brings them into due moderation and frame...
ref: 1696, William Stephens, An Account of the Growth of Deism in England, page 17:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of govern
jink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪŋk/
Forms: form: jinks
Etymology: Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century. Compare unnasalised dialectal jick (“to avoid with a sudden jerk of the body, elude”).
Senses: glosses: A quick evasive turn.
glosses: A jack or knucklebone used in the game of jinks (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks).
Derived terms: high jinks
jinky