cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ribopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribopyranosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from ribopyranose
L1s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L1
threofuranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threofuranosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from threofuranose
xylofuranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylofuranosides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from xylofuranose.
xylopyranoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylopyranosides
Etymology: From xylopyranose + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside derived from xylopyranose.
lyxopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyxopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of lyxose
Derived terms: lyxopyranoside
rhamnopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhamnopyranoses
Etymology: From rhamno- + pyranose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of rhamnose
ribofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribofuranoses
Etymology: From ribo- + furanose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of ribose
ribopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribopyranoses
Etymology: From ribo- + pyranose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of ribose
sorbopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorbopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of sorbose
talopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: talopyranoses
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of talose
Related terms: talofuranose
ulopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ulopyranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of a ulose
xylopyranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylopyranoses
Etymology: From xylo- + pyranose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pyranose form of xylose.
ynofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ynofuranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of an ynose
threofuranose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threofuranoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The furanose form of threose
threose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːəʊz/
Forms: form: threoses
Etymology: From thre- + -ose, formed by changing the letters from the much earlier discovered isomer erythrose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldotetrose (2S,3R)-2,3,4-trihydroxybutanal
Derived terms: threose nucleic acid
maltotetraose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maltotetraoses
Etymology: From malto- + tetra- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A maltooligosaccharide consisting of four glucose units
Related terms: maltotetraosyl
maltotriose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maltotrioses
Etymology: From malto- + triose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A maltooligosaccharide consisting of three glucose units
Derived terms: isomaltotriose
mangiferin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The glycoside 2-β-D-glucopyranosyl-1,3,6,7-tetrahydroxyxanthen-9-one that has some use as an antioxidant. It is a glucoside of norathyriol.
Derived terms: isomangiferin
nilgau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nilgaus
form: nilgau
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nilgai.
mannonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannonates
Etymology: From mannonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of mannonic acid.
cargoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cargo
glosses: plural of cargoe
cargoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cargoes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of cargo.
arrow worm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrow worms
Etymology: From arrow + worm.
Senses: examples: text: Arrow worms and their ilk may even have driven much of the early Cambrian diversification, as animals tried every trick to avoid getting eaten.
ref: 2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: A predatory marine worm of the phylum Chaetognatha.
Synonyms: chaetognath
pervader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pervaders
Etymology: From pervade + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The perennial pervaders of the nose and throat are likely to be house dust and many molds.
ref: 1986 June 22, New York Times, page 22 col.4:
glosses: That which pervades.
salmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of salmine.
hyawa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪəwə/
Forms: form: hyawas
form: hiawa
form: hayawa
Etymology: From Macushi haijawa.
Senses: glosses: Protium heptaphyllum, one of many species known as incense tree.
glosses: The aromatic gum of this tree.
Synonyms: sense: Protium heptaphyllum
word: bastard cedar
sense: Protium heptaphyllum
word: tacamahaca
sense: Protium heptaphyllum
word: conima
Hyponyms: sense: gum
word: elemi
naïves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naïve
hillier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Emerald City was soon left far behind. As they advanced the ground became rougher and hillier, for there were no farms nor houses in this country of the West, and the ground was untilled.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
glosses: comparative form of hilly: more hilly
hilliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hilly: most hilly
handicapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handicap
handicapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handicappings
Senses: examples: text: Much of this prejudice, indeed, persists; for instance, in the heavy handicappings with which insurance companies saddle their West Indian policies, […]
ref: 1868, The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, page 238:
glosses: The imposition of a handicap.
publiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of publique
horseshoeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of horseshoe
horseshoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of horseshoe
against the clock
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In a time-restricted manner, to meet a deadline, hurriedly, timed.
Synonyms: against time
Derived terms: race against the clock
misogynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misogyne
moches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moche
plastiques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plastique
ordinaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinaire
semblables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semblable
aerogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerogrammes
Etymology: From aero- + -gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aerogram.
visibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Within North America, however, Canadian visibles (including Canadian grain in the United States) were smaller only than those of 1933, while United States visibles were the lowest in six years.
ref: 1934, Stanford University, Wheat Studies of the Food Research Institute, volume 11, page 23:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Goods in storage or transport and available for sale or purchase.
shoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The MALT test assumes: an assault and battery with the bare hands, feet (shoed or unshoed), or other animate part of an expert martial artist’s body, when used skillfully to inflict injury, is a malicious attack.
ref: 1983, Carl Brown, Todd Henschell, American Law and the Trained Fighter, Ohara Publications, →ISBN:
text: Isn’t it your job to make sure she is always shoed?
ref: 1990, Emilia Pardo Bazán, translated by Paul O’Prey and Lucia Graves, The House of Ulloa, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
text: In fact, many people commented during shooting that he could have released an entire version of the story solely on the foot shots that he had of all the actors—shoed, unshoed.
ref: 2004 April 16, Miki Turner, quoting Uma Thurman, “A role to die for”, in RedEye, page 32, column 4:
glosses: Alternative form of shod (“wearing shoes”).
Derived terms: unshoed
shoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoe
précieuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: précieuses
Etymology: From French précieuse.
Senses: examples: text: I like Marion Moore in a certain way. […] But she is too much of a precieuse for my adulation.
ref: 1920, Hart Crane, letter, 14 April
glosses: Someone (especially a woman) who affects refinement and delicacy; a fastidious or pretentious woman.
Related terms: preciosity
précieuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of précieuse
transparents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transparent
air pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air pistols
Senses: synonyms: pellet gun
hypernyms: air gun
coordinate_terms: air rifle
BB gun
glosses: A pistol that propels a pellet or other projectile by using compressed gas, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.
Related terms: airsoft
pellet gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pellet guns
Senses: glosses: A small gun that propels a pellet by using a compressed spring, rather than an explosion of gunpowder or other means.
examples: Near-synonyms: air gun, air rifle, BB gun
coordinate_terms: shotgun
firearm
glosses: A low-power air pistol.
radioactives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radioactive
obtuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of obtuse
optant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optants
Etymology: From opt + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: According to one authority, nearly 40,000 of the Sleswick Danes had become 'optants'—that is, had taken the 'option' of Danish nationality—or had emigrated, by the end of 1880.
ref: 1914, W. R. Prior, Oxford Pamphlets: North Sleswick under Prussian Rule, London: Oxford University Press, page 9:
glosses: A person who lives in a region undergoing a change of sovereignty and thus may choose between retaining their old citizenship or opting for the citizenship of the new sovereignty.
glosses: A person who opts into, out of, or for something.
bite someone's head off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites someone's head off
form: biting someone's head off
form: bit someone's head off
form: bitten someone's head off
Senses: glosses: To severely berate someone.
Synonyms: snap someone's head off
take someone's head off
end of the line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ends of the line
form: ends of the lines
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes she took the cable car to the end of the line, then walked to the Presidio.
ref: 1898, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, chapter 26, in The Californians:
glosses: The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
examples: text: Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid / And gave his life to save that bunch-a kids / And there at that crossroads, was the end of the line / For Big Joe and Phantom 309
ref: 1967, Tommy Faile, “Phantom 309”, performed by Red Sovine:
text: Gyanendra's 269-year-old Shah dynasty has reached the end of the line.
ref: 2008 April 5, AP/Matthew Rosenberg, “Nepal Prepares for End of Monarchy”, in Time:
synonyms: end of the road
glosses: The final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, lineage, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
Related terms: endling
flip one's lid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flips one's lid
form: flipping one's lid
form: flipped one's lid
form: flipped one's lid
form: flip the lid
Etymology: Originally an Americanism; from the analogy of a boiling pot explosively popping off its lid due to built-up internal pressure.
Senses: examples: text: Wait, you'll see. Three hours on a night like this is enough to make you flip your lid.
ref: 1948, Norman Mailer, The Naked and the Dead, New York; Toronto: Rinehart & Company, page 113:
text: Drag him out your window / Dragging out the dead / Singing "I miss you" / Snakes and ladders / Flip the lid
ref: 2003, Radiohead, “A Wolf at the Door”, in Hail to the Thief, performed by Thom Yorke:
text: His parents flipped their lids when the two lovebugs got hitched. Jonnie couldn't stand the fact that her beautiful young son, gone so long over seas, had now tangled up with an older woman, and even worse, an older divorced woman […]
ref: 2009, Dee Kassabian, My Four Fathers and Other Short Stories, page 45:
synonyms: flip out
flip one's wig
blow one's top
blow a gasket
glosses: To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.
Related terms: put a lid on
age distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: age distributions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The number of people in stated age ranges.
Synonyms: age structure
age profile
mannosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amino sugar derived from mannose
Derived terms: acetylmannosamine
thought shower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thought showers
Etymology: Coined in the early 2000s, supposedly as a more sensitive substitute for brainstorming, on the grounds that the latter could be insensitive to people with cerebral disorders like epilepsy.
Senses: examples: text: The lesson could start with a ‘thought shower’ session considering the arguments for and against getting involved as an individual when pupils witness a crime such as robbery and assault.
ref: 2004 August 31, Alan Combes, Meeting SEN in the Curriculum: Citzenship, David Fulton Publishers, →ISBN, →OL, page 60:
text: The thought shower process often releases a great deal of creativity and it is surprising how often a suggestion, which previously would have been discounted immediately as impossible, leads to some action when it is considered in this way.
ref: 2007 March 27, Hazel L. Reid with Alison J. Fielding, Providing Support to Young People: A Guide to Interviewing in Helping Relationships, page 93:
text: What they say gets written down as a ‘thought shower’ of statements or ideas.
ref: 2007 April 19, Rosemary Feasey, Primary Science for Teaching Assistants, Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 41:
glosses: Synonym of brainstorming.
synonyms: word: brainstorming
melibiose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melibioses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide consisting of glucose and galactose residues
Derived terms: melibiase
entituled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: These are therefore in pursuance of the Act, entituled “An Act to promote the Progreſs of useful Arts” […]
ref: 1790, George Washington, Patent letter X000001
text: 1714, Bp George Bull, Some Important Points of Primitive Chriſtianity Maintained and Defended (2nd ed.), volume III, discourse IV: “The Conſubſtantiality Coeternity the Son of God with God the Father, Aſſerted; or ſome few Animadverſions on a Treatiſe of Mr. Gilbert Clerke, entituled Anteniceniſmus, ſo far as the ſaid Author pretends to anſwer Dr. George Bull's Defenſe of the Nicene Faith, &c.”, page 915
glosses: simple past and past participle of entitule
agrobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrobiologists
Etymology: From agrobiology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies bacteria and other organisms in soil for the purpose of growing crops or feeding animals.
glosses: One who studies the nutrition or breeding of animals or crops.
Related terms: agrobiologic
agrobiological
agrobiologically
agrobiology
methanesulfonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanesulfonates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of methanesulfonic acid; a mesylate
mesylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesylates
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of mesilate.
Derived terms: mesylated
mesylation
nelfinavir mesylate
methanesulfonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanesulfonic acids
Etymology: From methane + sulfonic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest organic sulfonic acid CH₃SO₂OH
monocarboxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + carboxylic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group
air ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air tickets
Senses: synonyms: airline ticket
flight ticket
plane ticket
glosses: A document issued at time of payment for an airfare, entitling the holder to travel.
mutarotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutarotations
Etymology: From muta- + rotation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A dynamic change in the rotation of polarized light as it passes through a fresh solution of some sugars as an equilibrium mixture of anomers is formed
neoglycoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoglycoproteins
Etymology: From neo- + glycoprotein.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any synthetic or modified glycoprotein
nystose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nystoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide consisting of three fructose and one glucose residues
octanose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octanoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monosaccharide having the configuration of an eight-membered ring.
octitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sugar alcohol having eight carbon atoms
orientating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orientate
Synonyms: orienting
orientating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That changes an orientation.
oxetose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxetoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monosaccharide having a configuration with a four-membered ring
oxirose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxiroses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monosaccharide having a configuration with a three-membered ring
paratose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The deoxy sugar 3,6-dideoxy-D-ribo-hexose
heartthrobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heartthrob
horticulturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horticulturist
Barcoo rot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A reference to the Barcoo river in Queensland.
Senses: examples: text: The infection does not spread from one to another among the troops, and barcoo rot affects men living in solitude.
ref: 1917, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Journal of tropical Medicine And Hygiene, volumes 20-21, page 228:
text: Colonel CJ Martin gives some observations on " barcoo rot." This is a very loosely applied term. The original "barcoo rot," as experienced by the older bushmen, was scurvy pure and simple.
ref: 1917, letter, British Medical Journal, volume 1917, page 468:
text: Add Barcoo rot to the torment and it was little wonder some boys came down with fever. Barcoo rot is a dreaded infection in the Barcoo and Thomson watersheds and it spreads voraciously in the humid summer months.
ref: 2009, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, page 225:
glosses: An ulcerous skin condition, apparently endemic to tropical or desert climates.
Synonyms: desert sores
veldt sore
leaning board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaning boards
Senses: glosses: An item of furniture like a flat bench, but positioned at a vertical diagonal, and often with attached arm-rests. Popularized in the early era of Hollywood film, where they allowed actresses in elaborate costumes to rest without becoming disheveled.
Lydian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈlɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -ɪdiən
Forms: form: Lydians
Etymology: From Lydia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of ancient Lydia.
Lydian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈlɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -ɪdiən
Etymology: From Lydia + -an.
Senses: glosses: An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
Lydian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪ.dɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈlɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -ɪdiən
Etymology: From Lydia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Lydia, or its people, language or culture.
examples: text: And all the while sweet Musicke did diuide
 Her looser notes with Lydian harmony […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Designating a mode of ancient Greek music, reputed to be light and effeminate.
Derived terms: hypolydian
Hypomixolydian
Mixolydian
lexiphanicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexiphanicisms
Etymology: From Lucian's Lexiphanes, from lexiphanic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The student's lexiphanicism is an obvious attempt to appear smart but really only serves to make him look pompous.
glosses: The use of pretentious words or language.
lexiphanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lexiphanic
form: most lexiphanic
Etymology: From Lexiphanes + -ic, after a character in the works of Lucian.
Senses: glosses: Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.
Synonyms: magniloquent
Derived terms: lexiphanically
Related terms: lexiphanicism
isagogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more isagogic
form: most isagogic
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: introductory
Synonyms: isagogical
Related terms: isagogically
graveolent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more graveolent
form: most graveolent
Senses: glosses: That has a rank smell
Related terms: graveolence
spectro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From spectrum.
Senses: glosses: optical spectra.
silique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlɪk/
Forms: form: siliques
form: siliqua
Etymology: From French silique, from Latin siliqua (“a pod or husk, a very small weight or measure”). Doublet of siliqua.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A long dry fruit (seed capsule), length more than twice the width, typical to cruciferous plants and consisting of two fused carpels that separate when ripe.
Related terms: siliquose
siliquous
siliqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siliquas
form: siliquae
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of silique.
glosses: A weight of four grains; a carat.
siliquae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siliqua
alligator clip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alligator clips
Etymology: From its resemblance to an alligator's jaws.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: word: alligator clamp
word: crocodile clip
glosses: A spring-loaded metal clip, usually attached to a wire and used to create a temporary electrical connection.
Related terms: bulldog clip
silicula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə
Forms: form: siliculas
form: siliculae
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of silicle.
silicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicules
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of silicle.
silicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicles
form: silicula
form: silicule
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A short silique, such as the seed capsule (fruit) of shepherd's purse.
Related terms: siliculose
frigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡə/
Forms: form: friggers
Etymology: From frig + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who leaps or moves about; a clown.
examples: text: Great Bolloxinians frigger beats allarmes, / By unctious poyson in her Cunt infus’d.
ref: 1684, John Rochester (attributed), Sodom
text: There once was a cannibal nigger / Who ate up his enemy's frigger; / His dozens of wives / Had the time of their lives; / He grew bigger and bigger and BIGGER.
ref: 1927, Hart Crane, letter, Jan–Feb
glosses: The penis.
glosses: Someone who frigs; a masturbator.
glosses: A disagreeable or objectionable person.
glosses: A stereotypical rural Australian, typically wearing plain denim jeans, singlets and cowboy hat.
Synonyms: sense: rural Australian
word: hick
sense: rural Australian
word: bumpkin
Related terms: bogan
frigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɪɡə/
Forms: form: friggers
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: topics: arts
crafts
glassblowing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: An object made by a glassmaker (or, later, other craftsmen), as an ornament, a testing sample, or a test of skill.
flitterjigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: This word has its origins in the 19th-century English spoken in county Donegal in the northwest of Ireland, where the local people are believed to possess the largest lexicon of both English and Gaelic in Ireland.
Senses: glosses: An item of clothing that is in tatters or ribbons.
duranguense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish el pasito duranguense, from Durango, a state in northwestern Mexico.
Senses: examples: text: The two-stage festival's lineup reads like a who's who of norteño, duranguense and banda sinaloense acts, including Los Tigres del Norte, Banda el Recodo, Conjunto Primavera, Los Tucanes de Tijuana and K-Paz de la Sierra.
ref: 2010 April 17, Ayala Ben-Yehuda, “Field of Dreams: Vive Grupero Festival Snares Regional Mexican Artists For Free”, in Billboard, volume 122, number 15, page 8:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Mexican music related to banda and norteño, emerged in the 2000s.
cockswain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cockswains
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coxswain.
odd job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odd jobs
Senses: examples: text: They believe that when a partnership works as well as theirs has, you shouldn't analyze it too much. Success came in the midforties when Paramount hired them for the musical equivalent of odd jobs.
ref: 2003, Sam Staggs, Close-up on Sunset Boulevard, →ISBN:
text: On the other hand, if the decedent wanted to be a veterinarian but had never worked full time, worked odd jobs, had an English degree, and had worked as a receptionist at the veterinarian's office, it might be different.
ref: 2005, Frank J. Landy, Employment Discrimination Litigation, →ISBN:
text: Most of the usual things that average people sought seem to come his way anyway, for example, money when he needed it, where he'd take an odd job until he earned enough to get by for a while and then he'd hit the road again.
ref: 2010, S. D Murdoch, Into the Field, →ISBN:
glosses: Temporary employment.
examples: text: I like doing odd jobs around the house.
text: He moved all over the States, without a cent, picking up any odd job he could get.
ref: 1910, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in The Intrusion of Jimmy:
text: For the next two weeks I bided my time, sleeping at night on an army-issue metal cot in a small, bare room separate from the other men; working during the day at whatever odd job the duty officer saw fit to hand out.
ref: 2009, Malcolm Stevens, Evan's War, →ISBN, page 205:
text: It was the day before they were due to arrive in Kansas City that Billy earned a hand-out from a restaurant keeper in a small town by doing some odd jobs for the man.
ref: 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
glosses: Task of an incidental, unspecialized nature.
Derived terms: odd-jobber
odd-job man
odd job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: odd jobs
form: odd jobbing
form: odd jobbed
form: odd jobbed
Senses: examples: text: "I hope, sir," pleaded the abashed Mr. Cruncher, "that a gentleman like yourself wot I've had the honour of odd jobbing till I'm grey at it, would think twice about harming of me, even if it wos so—I don't say it is, but even if it wos."
ref: 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities:
text: The Kettles recommended Peter Moses, a little, old, apple-cheeked man who "odd jobbed" and claimed to be the most patriotic man in the "Yewnited States of America.
ref: 1988, Zita Dresner, Redressing the balance, →ISBN, page 295:
text: Now, as I adjust to my first-ever nine-to-five office job (an experience not unlike culture shock, after years of “odd jobbing” to pay the rent), I find myself still answering calls to cater a wedding, henna tattoo adolescent girls at a bat mitzvah, or be a beer promo girl for a night.
ref: 2012, Abigail R. Gehring, Odd Jobs: How to Have Fun and Make Money in a Bad Economy, →ISBN:
text: They all odd jobbed in and around London, some were looking after children in Norway and other places or jobbed in restaurants, shops.
ref: 2017, Evelyn Guevara Lohmann, Spies-C.I.A-Lies-Terrorist-Che Guevara, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of odd-job.
Bhattacharya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhattacharyas
form: Bhattacharjee
form: Bhattacharyya
Etymology: Borrowed from Bengali ভট্টাচার্য (bhoṭṭacarjo).
Senses: examples: text: The complaint was filed Wednesday in a Massachusetts court by the American Public Health Association, the United Auto Workers, which also represents research scientists, and several scholars against the US Department of Health and Human Services, the National Institutes of Health, NIH Director Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
ref: 2025 April 2, Jen Christensen, “Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Bengali.
Swiss roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swiss rolls
Etymology: Unclear. The cake is believed to have originated not in Switzerland, but elsewhere in Central Europe.
Senses: glosses: A type of sponge cake rolled up into a cylinder, typically but not exclusively with jam or chocolate filling.
Synonyms: jelly roll
log
Related terms: nut roll
chinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of quinine.
thousand and one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Gregory L. Peck (2010), Exercise for the Mind, Body and Soul: Pathway to a Better Life, →ISBN, page 11: “There are always a thousand and one reasons not to do something. But there are also always a thousand and one reasons to do something, particularly exercise.”
glosses: Alternative form of thousand one (US form)
pentaacetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaacetates
Etymology: From penta- + acetate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound, but especially a derivative of a sugar, that has five acetate groups
Derived terms: arabitol pentaacetate
arbutin pentaacetate
diethylenetriamine pentaacetate
galactose pentaacetate
glucose pentaacetate
pentasaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentasaccharides
Etymology: From penta- + saccharide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligosaccharide having five sugar residues
Derived terms: sialylpentasaccharide
pentitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentitols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any sugar alcohol having five carbon atoms
pentonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentonates
Etymology: From pentonic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a pentonic acid.
pentonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentonic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aldonic acid having five carbon atoms
Derived terms: pentonate
phenylhydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylhydrazones
Etymology: From phenyl + hydrazone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrazone derivative of benzaldehyde; it is used in the analysis of sugars.
Derived terms: chlorophenylhydrazone
small white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: small whites
Senses: glosses: A small, white butterfly Pieris rapae, of the family Pieridae, that damages Brassica rapa crops in temperate regions worldwide.
Synonyms: small cabbage white
phenylosazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenylosazones
Etymology: From phenyl + osazone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any osazone derived from phenylhydrazine and a sugar
phosphinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphinites
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organophosphorus compound of general formula P(OR)R₂
sipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Forms: form: sipes
Etymology: From Old English sipian, related to seep.
* around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 ,
: "Seo eore hit helt & be sumum dæle swil, & for am sype heo bi eleht."
Senses: glosses: Slit in a tire to drain away surface water and improve traction.
glosses: A drain.
sipe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪp/
rhymes: -aɪp
Forms: form: sipes
form: siping
form: siped
form: siped
Etymology: From Old English sipian, related to seep.
* around 888 AD, K Aelfred, translation of Boethius, Chapter 33, para.5 ,
: "Seo eore hit helt & be sumum dæle swil, & for am sype heo bi eleht."
Senses: glosses: To cut grooves in tires.
glosses: To drain, to filter through peat or reeds; to seep.
polyuronide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyuronides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide consisting of uronic acid residues, with or without other monosaccharides.
pregnanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregnanediols
Etymology: From pregnane + diol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A steroid formed by the metabolism of progesterone; it is excreted in the urine of pregnant women.
primeverose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide, consisting of xylose and glucose residues, that occurs as plant glycosides
Derived terms: primeveroside
propanoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From propane + -oic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to propanoic acid or its derivatives; propionic
pseudouridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudouridines
Etymology: From pseudo- + uridine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An isomer of uridine, 5-ribosyluracil, associated with RNA
Derived terms: pseudouridinylation
release notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Documents distributed with a release of a software product, indicating changes, workarounds, etc.
psicose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psicoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The monosaccharide (3R,4R,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one that is an epimer of fructose
pyranoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyranose + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having the structure of a pyranose
radicofunctional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing the name of an organic compound that has two parts, the first describing the alkyl, aryl or derived group, and the second describing the functional group: e.g. methyl alcohol.
Derived terms: radicofunctional name
raffinose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raffinoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: gossypose
glosses: A trisaccharide, composed of galactose, glucose and fructose, that is widely distributed in many plants.
rhamnitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The deoxy sugar alcohol 1-deoxy-mannitol
Related terms: rhamnose
ribitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.
ref: 1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sugar alcohol (2R,3s,4S)-pentane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol formed by the reduction of ribose
Synonyms: adonitol
Derived terms: iminoribitol
ribityl
rutinose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rutin + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide, consisting of rhamnose and glucose, derived from rutin.
Hypernyms: disaccharide
rutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Ruta + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavonoid, found in many plants, that is a glycoside of quercetin and rutinose.
quercetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwɜː(ɹ).sɪt.ɪn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪtɪn
Forms: form: quercetins
Etymology: translingual Quercus (“genus of oak”)
Senses: examples: text: Quercetin has gained the attention of the supplement industry, and is now widely promoted as a natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant magic bullet.
ref: 2003, David Hoffmann, Medical Herbalism: The Science and Practice of Herbal Medicine, page 104:
text: The one daily supplement that often reduces allergic symptoms across the board is the phytonutrient quercetin, a chemical compound known as a bioflavonoid and found in plants.
ref: 2005, James Braly, Patrick Holford, Hidden Food Allergies, page 101:
text: In plasma, quercetin mostly exists as glucuronated, sulfated, and/or methylated quercetin conjugates.
ref: 2014, Masuko Kobori, “14: Dietary Quercetin and other Polyphenols: Attenuation of Obesity”, in Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy, Sherma Zibadi, editors, Polyphenols in Human Health and Disease, volume 1, page 168:
text: One study, for example, found that eating a diet rich in quercetin, found in green tea, broccoli and red wine, might help protect against lung cancer, especially in heavy smokers.
ref: 2015 August 1, Marta Zaraska, “Bitter truth”, in New Scientist, number 3032, page 27:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A flavonol found in many fruits, vegetables, leaves and grains.
Hypernyms: flavonol
Derived terms: benzylquercetin
isoquercetin
quercetamide
quercetinase
flavonol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flavonols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several flavonoids that have a 3-hydroxyflavone backbone.
Hyponyms: quercetin
Derived terms: isoflavonol
phytoflavonol
prenylflavonol
pyranoflavonol
sophoraflavonoloside
saccharose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saccharoses
Etymology: From saccharo- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sugar, especially sucrose
Derived terms: monosaccharose
nitrosaccharose
polysaccharose
haa
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese はあ (hā).
Senses: topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A sigh.
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: The sound of heavy breathing when sexually aroused.
semisystematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + systematic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a name, part of which is systematic and part of which is trivial
semisystematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From semisystematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a semisystematic manner.
septanose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septanoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any monosaccharide having a configuration containing a seven-membered ring
sinigrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the species name Sinapis nigra + -in.
Senses: examples: text: When these larvae are transferred to an artificial diet lacking sinigrin, they refuse to eat and, in fact prefer to die rather than accept food lacking what has become an essential attractant.
ref: 1993, J. B. Harborne, Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, 4th edition, page 139:
text: He also found that pea leaf powder treated with sinigrin gave no significantly different feeding response when compared with the effect of introducing normal leaf powder into the diet.
ref: 2012, John Feltwell, Large White Butterfly: the biology, biochemistry and physiology of Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus), page 129:
text: In black mustard plants, individuals producing higher levels of the phytochemical sinigrin, a compound that reduces fungal densities in the soil, are good competitors against other species that rely on soil fungi for nutrient acquisition.
ref: 2013, “III.15: Adaptation to the Biotic Environment”, in David A. Baum, Douglas J. Futuyma, Hopi E. Hoekstra, Richard E. Lenski, Allen J. Moore, Cahterine L. Peichel, Dolph Schluter, Michael C. Whitlock, editors, The Princeton Guide to Evolution, page 302:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosinolate glycoside found in many brassicas and related plants which is toxic in large quantities and responsible for the pungent bite of horseradish and hot mustard.
Related terms: sinalbin
sorbose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorboses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketohexose (3S,4R,5S)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexan-2-one used in the production of ascorbic acid
stereocentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereocentres
form: stereocenter
Etymology: From stereo- + centre.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: chiral centre
glosses: Any atom in a molecule such that the interchange of two of its substituent groups leads to the formation of a stereoisomer.
stereocenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereocenters
Etymology: From stereo- + center.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stereocentre.
stereochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stereochemically
form: most stereochemically
Etymology: From stereochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stereochemical manner
glosses: Regarding stereochemistry
stereodescriptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereodescriptors
Etymology: From stereo- + descriptor.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A prefix, typically R and S or E and Z, used to specify the configuration (absolute or relative) or conformation of a molecule