cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ampholytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ampholytic
form: most ampholytic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: amphoteric
raw_tags: of an electrolyte
Derived terms: polyampholytic
Related terms: ampholyte
ampholyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampholytes
Etymology: Blend of amphoteric + electrolyte, coined by Australian physiologist and biochemist Thorburn Brailsford Robertson in 1906.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amphoteric electrolyte
Related terms: ampholytic
polyampholyte
bioanalyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioanalyzers
form: bioanalyser
Etymology: From bio- + analyzer.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various devices used to analyze the nucleic acids, proteins, sugars etc. of a biological sample
counterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterions
Etymology: From counter- + ion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ion of opposite charge to another in a solution or other electrochemical system
Synonyms: gegenion
Derived terms: counterionic
Related terms: coion
counteranion
countercation
counterionise
counteranion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counteranions
Etymology: From counter- + anion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A negatively charged counterion
Related terms: countercation
countercation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercations
Etymology: From counter- + cation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A positively charged ion (cation) that forms an ionic bond with an anion.
Related terms: counteranion
halatopolymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halatopolymers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ionic polymer formed by the reaction of a linear polymer containing carboxylic (or similar) end-groups with divalent metal cations
Related terms: halato-telechelic polymer
halato-telechelic polymer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halato-telechelic polymers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer having repeat units that have stable ionizable end-groups such as carboxylate (anion) or quaternary ammonium (cation)
Related terms: halatopolymer
telechelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more telechelic
form: most telechelic
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing any polymer that has functional groups as its end-groups.
Derived terms: halato-telechelic polymer
heterotelechelic
homotelechelic
telechelic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telechelics
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer that has functional groups as its end-groups.
three-time loser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-time losers
Etymology: Believed to be from losing three legal cases in a row.
Senses: glosses: A person who has been sentenced to prison for a third time, especially for a major crime.
examples: text: He'll never make anything of himself. He's just a three-time loser.
coordinate_terms: two-time loser
glosses: Someone with bad luck or poor skills, and who consistently loses.
Related terms: two-time
ionene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionenes
Etymology: From ion + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer having ionic groups as part of the main chain
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic hydrocarbon 4,4,7-trimethyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-naphthalene
microanalyzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microanalyzers
Etymology: From micro- + analyzer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many devices that are either very small analyzers, that can analyze very small samples, or can detect very small amounts of substance in a sample
microdevice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdevices
Etymology: From micro- + device.
Senses: glosses: Any very small device manufactured using microfabrication.
Related terms: macrodevice
microfabrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + fabrication.
Senses: glosses: The technology used to fabricate components on a micrometer-sized scale; especially such components built on silicon wafers
microfabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microfabricate
microfabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: fabricated using microfabrication
microfabricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microfabricates
form: microfabricating
form: microfabricated
form: microfabricated
Etymology: From micro- + fabricate.
Senses: glosses: To fabricate using microfabrication.
microelectrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microelectrodes
Etymology: From micro- + electrode.
Senses: glosses: A very small, fine electrode, most often used to study the electrical behaviour of biological cells or tissues.
micromachining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromachinings
Etymology: From micro- + machining.
Senses: glosses: microfabrication
microsphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microspheres
Etymology: From micro- + -sphere.
Senses: glosses: Any sphere whose size is measured in micrometres
microtechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtechnologies
Etymology: From micro- + technology.
Senses: glosses: Any of several technologies concerned with material or devices whose size is measured in micrometres
Derived terms: microtechnological
microtechnologically
multiconstituent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + constituent.
Senses: qualifier: materials
glosses: Made up of multiple constituents.
nanochip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanochips
Etymology: From nano- + chip.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale integrated circuit.
nonsystematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-systematic
Etymology: From non- + systematic.
Senses: glosses: Not systematic.
polyampholyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyampholytes
Etymology: From poly- + ampholyte.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ampholytic polymer
Related terms: polyampholytic
polyaniline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyanilines
Etymology: From poly- + aniline.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An electrically conducting polymer of aniline
polybetaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polybetaines
Etymology: From poly- + betaine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyampholyte whose repeat unit is derived from betaine
polysalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysalts
Etymology: From poly- + salt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyelectrolyte.
polythiophene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polythiophenes
Etymology: From poly- + thiophene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymer of thiophene that will conduct electricity under certain conditions
teichoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teichoic acids
Etymology: teichoic + acid
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several polymers of glycerol or ribitol, linked via phosphodiester bonds, that are found in the cell walls of many bacteria
teichoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos, “wall”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the teichoic acids or their derivatives
acetolactate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetolactates
Etymology: From acetolactic + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of acetolactic acid
Derived terms: acetolactate synthase
acetolactic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetolactic acids
Etymology: From aceto- + lactic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acetylated derivative of lactic acid 2-acetoxy-propanoic acid
Related terms: acetolactate
acropetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρον (ákron, “the top”) + Latin petō, petere (“fall, rush out”) + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
Derived terms: acropetally
set the pace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sets the pace
form: setting the pace
form: set the pace
form: set the pace
Senses: glosses: To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race.
examples: text: In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
glosses: To establish a common goal by example.
Related terms: set the tone
aglycon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aglycons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aglycone.
amitrole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortened form of the chemical name.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that is used as a nonselective systemic triazole herbicide on nonfood croplands
nonselective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-selective
Etymology: From non- + selective.
Senses: glosses: Not selective
apoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apoplasts
Etymology: From apo- + -plast.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ
Derived terms: apoplastic
Related terms: symplast
tonoplast
amphibology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /amfɪˈbɒlədʒi/
Forms: form: amphibologies
form: amphibologie
Etymology: From French amphibologie, from late Latin amphibologia, earlier amphibolia, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιβολία (amphibolía, “ambiguity”).
Senses: examples: text: In Athens men learn'd […] to resolve a sophisticall argument, and to confound the imposture and amphibologie of words, captiously enterlaced together […]
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: [T]he fallacie of Æquivocation and Amphibologie, […] conclude from the ambiguity of ſome vvord, or the ambiguous ſintaxis of many put together.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of the Nearer and More Immediate Causes of Popular Errours, both in the Wiser, and Common Sort, Misapprehension, Fallacy, or False Distinction, Credulity, Supinity, Adherence unto Antiquitie, Tradition, and Authoritie”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 13:
glosses: Amphiboly.
put the blame on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts the blame on
form: putting the blame on
form: put the blame on
form: put the blame on
Senses: examples: text: I put the blame on the last president.
glosses: To blame a particular named person.
with difficulty
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪð ˈdɪfɪkʊlti/
ipa: /wɪð ˈdɪfɪkʌlti/
steepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːpi/
rhymes: -iːpi
Forms: form: steepier
form: steepiest
form: steepie
Etymology: From steep + -y.
Senses: examples: text: it was such a steepie downe-fall, and by meere strength hewen out of the maine rocke [...]
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: Huge Trunks of Trees, fell'd from the ſteepy Crown / Of the bare Mountains, rowl with Ruin down.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 370, lines 267–268:
glosses: Steep.
steepie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steepy.
countertransference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaʊntətɹansˈfəːɹəns/
Forms: form: countertransferences
form: counter-transference
Etymology: From counter- + transference, a calque of German Gegenübertragung.
Senses: examples: text: ‘She had a very unusual, difficult childhood. I guess, what with her history and all, she brings out these fatherly feelings of countertransference in me.’
ref: 2005, Meg Wolitzer, The Position, Vintage, published 2012, page 94:
text: In my meeting with Dahlia, I found myself having a private countertransference thought which I certainly did not articulate to her.
ref: 2007, Brett Kahr, Sex and the Psyche, Penguin, published 2008, page 295:
qualifier: psychotherapy
glosses: The transference of a therapist's own unconscious feelings to their patient; unconscious or instinctive emotion felt towards the patient.
Derived terms: countertransferent
countertransferential
newspapering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of newspaper
newspapered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of newspaper
grizzly bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grizzly bear
foreshow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/
ipa: /fɔəˈʃəʊ/
Forms: form: foreshows
form: foreshowing
form: foreshowed
form: foreshown
form: foreshew
Etymology: From Middle English foreschewen, from Old English forescēawian (“to foreshow, foresee; preordain, decree, appoint; provide, furnish with”), equivalent to fore- + show. Cognate with Dutch voorschouwen, German vorschauen.
Senses: examples: text: Amid his senses' giddy wheel, / Did he not desperate impulse feel, / Headlong to plunge himself below, / And meet the worst his fears foreshow?— […]
ref: 1810, Walter Scott, “Canto II. The Island.”, in The Lady of the Lake; […], Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for John Ballantyne and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and William Miller, →OCLC, stanza XXXI, pages 85–86:
text: What could the soothsayer foreshow that we knew not before? The future is written in the past; and if we prophesy, it is with eyes that look behind.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 314:
glosses: To show in advance; to foretell, predict.
examples: text: But if the rays break forth out of the middle, or dispersed, and its exterior body, or the out parts of it, be covered with clouds, it foreshows great tempests both of wind and rain.
ref: 1841, Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu, The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England:
glosses: To foreshadow or prefigure.
Derived terms: foreshower
foreshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/
ipa: /fɔəˈʃəʊ/
ipa: /ˈfɔːʃəʊ/
ipa: /ˈfɔəʃəʊ/
ipa: /fɔːˈʃəʊ/
ipa: /fɔəˈʃəʊ/
Forms: form: foreshows
Etymology: From fore- + show.
Senses: examples: text: The fore-shew of their inclination whilest they are young is so uncertaine […] that it is very hard, (yea for the wisest) to ground any certaine judgement […].
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.139
glosses: A manifestation in advance; a prior indication.
ideophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ideophobias
Etymology: From ideo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An inordinate fear of ideas, especially new ones, or of reasoning.
airdock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airdocks
Etymology: From air + dock.
Senses: glosses: A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
ideo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Representing a combining form of Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa, “form, semblance”).
Senses: glosses: Idea, image.
aircrewman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aircrewmen
Etymology: From aircrew + -man.
Senses: glosses: A member of a military aircrew.
bugboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bugboys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bug boy.
electuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electuaries
Etymology: From Middle English electuarie, eletuarie, electuary, from Latin electuarium, from Ancient Greek ἐκλείκτον (ekleíkton, “medicine which is licked away”), from ἐκλείχω (ekleíkhō, “I lick up”), from ἐκ (ek, “out, from”) + λείχω (leíkhō, “I lick”). Doublet of lekvar.
Senses: examples: text: ℞. the three kinds of Saunders, and Diarrhodon Abbatis, ana. ℈. j. the bone of the Harts heart one in number, Sugar roſate tabulate, of white Sugar diſſolued in Roſe water as much as ſufficeth, make an Electuarie, gild it with leaues of pure gold in weight, ℥. ß.
ref: 1624, Philip Barrough [i.e., Philip Barrow], “Of Electuaries, and Conserues: of Lozenges, and Manus Christi”, in The Method of Physick, Contaning^([sic]) the Cavses, Signes, and Cvres of Inward Diseases in Mans Body, from the Head to the Foote. Whereunto is Added, The Forme and Rule of Making Remedies and Medicines, which Our Physitions Commonly Vse at this Day, with the Proportion, Quantity, and Names of Each Medicine, 6th edition, book VII, London: Imprinted by Richard Field, dwelling in great Woodstreete, →OCLC, page 402:
text: In the desperate search for amatory satisfactions, the most monstrous ingredients have throughout the ages, been sought and compounded into electuaries and pastilles, philtres and ointments.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 14:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
endometritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛndoʊˌmiˈtɹaɪtɪs/
ipa: /ˌɛndoʊˌmitɹiˈaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: endometritides
Etymology: From endometr(i)(um) + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
hypernyms: metritis
<
metropathy
<
inflammation
<
condition
coordinate_terms: myometritis
glosses: Inflammation of the endometrium.
Related terms: endometriosis
epistler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epistlers
Etymology: From epistle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: their incorporation would have, probably, quite served to justify the Epistler both in his own eyes and in those of his public.
ref: 1875, Matthew Arnold, God and the Bible:
glosses: A writer of an epistle.
examples: text: These be my gospellers,
These be my pystyllers,
These be my querysters
To helpe me to synge,
My hawkes to mattens rynge!
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 120–124:
glosses: The ecclesiastic who reads the epistle at the communion service.
gastroesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gastro-œsophageal
Etymology: From gastro- + esophageal.
Senses: examples: text: Other children turn out to have medical problems and may be feeling discomfort when they eat — anything from gastroesophageal reflux to celiac disease to food allergy.
ref: 2018 June 4, Perri Klass, M.D., “When New Means No: Picky Eating as a Normal Toddler Phase”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Of or relating to the stomach and to the esophagus.
Derived terms: gastroesophageal reflux
old sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old sports
Senses: examples: text: "Why not let her alone, old sport?" remarked Gatsby. "You're the one that wanted to come to town."
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 7, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: A term of endearment used to a friend.
general knowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛnɹəl ˈnɒlɪdʒ/
ipa: /ˈdʒɛnəɹəl ˈnɑlɪdʒ/
Senses: glosses: The wide body of information that a person acquires from education and from life, much of which may be trivial.
Related terms: general education
good offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: good office
Etymology: To clarify the intended sense of office (“kindness, service”) and to distinguish from antonyms such as ill offices.
Senses: examples: text: Marshall’s concern over Russia was to prove itself not without foundation. The Russians were already exploring areas along the Amur River, and only seven years after Marshall’s warning, Russia acquired an important tract of land between the Ussuri and the sea (including the city of Hai-ts’an-wei^([sic – meaning Hai-shen-wei]), later changed to Vladivostok) as a reward for her good offices during the Anglo-French Chinese war of 1858-60.
ref: 1964, Tong Tekong, “The Marshall Mission and Its Failure”, in United States Diplomacy in China, 1844-60, Seattle: University of Washington Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 130–131:
glosses: The beneficial services and acts of a third party, particularly mediation between two parties in a dispute.
Synonyms: office
kindness
service
elegancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elegancies
Etymology: From elegance + -y or elegant + -cy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of elegance.
examples: "Your Elegancy ..." ().
glosses: A mock title.
Derived terms: inelegancy
elegit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elegits
Etymology: From Latin ēlēgit (“he has chosen”).
Senses: glosses: A judicial writ ordering seizure of a debtor's property.
kcal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kcals
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of kilocalorie.
eleusine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eleusines
Senses: glosses: A tropical grass (Eleusine coracana, finger millet) similar to millet, grown as a food crop and also used for weaving.
snap up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snaps up
form: snapping up
form: snapped up
form: snapped up
Senses: examples: text: I dashed into the mall; bought a gift; raced to the card store, snapped up a two-fer gift-bag special and was back in my car in 26 minutes. I could medal in power shopping.
ref: 2004 October 29, Carol McAlice Currie, “Unposted laws make downtown seem unwelcoming”, in Statesman Journal, volume 152, number 214, Salem, OR, page 1C:
text: Spanish businesses have spent nearly $60 billion snapping up British firms, culminating in the recent purchase of Scottish Power by Iberdrola, a Spanish utility.
ref: 2007 May 3, “Conquistadors on the beach”, in The Economist, →ISSN:
glosses: To buy or acquire quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.
examples: text: [H]e saw Jonathan a horse-back, and, asking him how he did, Jonathan d—d him, and bid him not trouble him with impertinent questions; therefore the tradesman desired to know the reason why Jonathan snapped him up in that rude angry manner, when he had spoken to him so civilly.
ref: 1840, Henry Fielding, The History of the Life of Jonathan Wild, the Great, page xlviii:
text: 'Sir, I know what to do,' retorted Mrs Pipchin, 'and of course shall do it. Susan Nipper,' snapping her up particularly short, 'a month's warning from this hour.'
'Oh indeed!' cried Susan, loftily.
'Yes,' returned Mrs Pipchin, 'and don't smile at me, you minx, or I'll know the reason why! Go along with you this minute!'
ref: 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: To snap at (a person); to speak harshly to.
Related terms: snap it up
eleusines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eleusine
atrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈætrəziːn/
Forms: form: atrazines
Senses: examples: text: A study Kennedy discussed on multiple podcast episodes exposed male African clawed frogs to atrazine in a lab, castrating 75% of the male frogs and turning one in 10 males into females.
ref: 2023 July 13, Abby Turner and Andrew Kaczynski, “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeatedly suggested that chemicals in water are impacting sexuality of children”, in CNN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A triazine herbicide that inhibits photosynthesis.
avermectin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: avermectins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of macrocyclic lactones, produced by Streptomyces bacteria, that are used medically to kill parasites
Related terms: abamectin
ivermectin
doramectin
selamectin
in short supply
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But that would require imagination - something in short supply in the Treasury.
ref: 2021 November 3, Christian Wolmar, “A lot of words... but very little in the way of action”, in RAIL, number 943, page 45:
text: The first half was attritional, too congested for England’s liking. Tuchel has talked about bringing Premier League levels of intensity but that was in short supply.
ref: 2025 March 24, David Hytner, “Reece James bends it like Beckham to help England break down Latvia”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Scarce, or difficult to find, or purchase.
Synonyms: deficient
infrequent
poor
rare
scant
scanty
scarce
scarcity
thin
thin on the ground
uncommon
wanting
azafenidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azafenidins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The triazolone herbicide 2-(2,4-dichloro-5-prop-2-ynyloxyphenyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyridin-3(2H)-one used against annual and perennial weeds.
thin on the ground
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thinner on the ground
form: thinnest on the ground
Senses: examples: text: She explains: "Customers are sadly thin on the ground, but my community and charity work are very much still part of me. [...]."
ref: 2020 November 18, “Stop & Examine”, in Rail, page 71:
synonyms: word: few and far between
word: deficient
word: in short supply
word: wanting#Adjective
word: lacking#Adjective
word: uncommon
word: ;
word: rare
word: dearthy
word: few and far between
word: geason
word: infrequent
word: in short supply
word: rare
word: raresome
word: scant
word: scantling
word: scarce
word: selcouth
word: seld
word: seldom
word: selly
word: superrare
word: uncommon
word: unfrequent
antonyms: thick on the ground
common
widespread
abundant
;
ubiquitous
glosses: Scarce; difficult to find.
raw_tags: of something useful or desirable
Bennington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Benningtons
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.
Senses: head_nr: 1
qualifier: antiques
glosses: A distinctive type of glazed ceramic marble, usually blue or brown.
Bennington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Bennington, Vermont, headquarters of the Bennington Marble Company.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Bear Lake County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Edwards County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Marshall County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pleasant Township, Switzerland County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Ottawa County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Shiawassee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Mower County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Douglas County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Wyoming County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
Two townships in Ohio, in Licking County and Morrow County.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bryan County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and census-designated place therein, in Vermont, and one of the two shire towns of Bennington County. Named after Benning Wentworth.
glosses: A community in Zorra township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Bennington County
triazolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triazolones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A heterocyclic ketone containing three nitrogen atoms, one double bond and a carbonyl group
basipetal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From basi- + -petal.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That develops, matures or opens from the apex towards the base in sequence
Derived terms: basipetally
bug boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bug boys
Etymology: From the "bug" (asterisk) used to denote their weight allowance.
Senses: glosses: An apprentice jockey.
orangeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orangery
glosses: plural of orangerie
bioabsorption
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + absorption.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: biosorption
glosses: The process whereby substances are absorbed by the tissues and organs of organisms
biocontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocontrols
Etymology: From bio- + control.
Senses: examples: text: This included work on 3 species of Psyttalia and on Tetrastichus giffardii by S. Mohamed. Identifications were provided for biocontrol programs on olive fly, and we made several attempts to collect more olive fly parasitoids in Kenya.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), United States Department of Agriculture, AFRICAN TEPHRITIDAE: INVASIVE SPECIES THREATENING U.S. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PRODUCTS:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
biocontrol
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biocontrols
form: biocontrolling
form: biocontrolled
form: biocontrolled
Etymology: From bio- + control.
Senses: glosses: To exercise such control
biometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biometers
Etymology: From bio- + -meter.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A device that is used to detect the presence of life by detecting and measuring minute amounts of evolved carbon dioxide.
backwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.wɒʃ/
ipa: /ˈbæk.wɑʃ/
rhymes: -ækwɒʃ
Forms: form: backwashes
Etymology: From back + wash.
Senses: examples: text: I looked back to a ferry passing the Statue of Liberty now, its backwash a curving line upon the bay.
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 166:
text: They pitched the dragon
over the cliff-top, let tide's flow
and backwash take the treasure-minder.
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 98:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
glosses: The similar flow of air from an aircraft engine.
glosses: The result or consequence of an event; an aftermath.
glosses: The saliva, spit or food particles that have flowed back into a drink after someone has drunk from it.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The situation where economic growth in one area harms other areas by attracting people and business away from those areas.
topics: education
glosses: washback
backwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæk.wɒʃ/
ipa: /ˈbæk.wɑʃ/
rhymes: -ækwɒʃ
Forms: form: backwashes
form: backwashing
form: backwashed
form: backwashed
Etymology: From back + wash.
Senses: glosses: To operate a water filter in the reverse direction in order to clean it.
glosses: To affect with backwash.
glosses: To clean the oil from wool after combing.
Derived terms: backwash ileitis
spectrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spectrally
form: most spectrally
Etymology: From spectral + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one’s very heart, - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 215:
glosses: In a spectral manner; like a ghost.
glosses: In terms of a spectrum.
gort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: When you've bin a-bed fur weeks, gort rhoometics crool,
ref: 1898, Barry Pain, The Curick:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of got
craterlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of craterlet
spondulick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spondulicks
Senses: glosses: singular of spondulicks
longeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of longe
longe line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longe lines
form: lunge line
Senses: glosses: A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 meters or longer in length, attached to the bridle, longeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control while longeing.
longeing cavesson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longeing cavessons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lungeing cavesson.
twelve-ounce curls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 12-ounce curls
Etymology: From the size of common beer containers (bottles and cans) in the United States: twelve ounces + curls, a weightlifting exercise.
Senses: examples: text: He sat on the couch all weekend eating chips and doing twelve-ounce curls.
glosses: Drinking beer.
student body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: student bodies
Senses: examples: text: The student body held its annual all-school meeting to discuss prom night.
text: The stated mission of the Jon Grissom Academy, commissioned in 2176, is to "serve a student population demonstrating excellence and passion for math, science, and the liberal arts." Its entirely human student body ranges in age from the early teens to the mid-twenties.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Grissom Academy:
glosses: All the students (pupils) enrolled at an educational institution.
examples: text: student body left
text: student body right
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field.
Related terms: pupil
organization
constituent
cavesson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæv.ə.sən/
/ˈkæv.ɪ.sən/
Forms: form: cavessons
form: caveson
Etymology: From French caveçon, from Italian cavezzone, capezzone, augmentative of cavezza, probably from Latin caput (“head”), although derivation from Germanic has also been suggested; compare Old English cæfl (“bit, muzzle”).
Senses: glosses: A part of a horse's bridle that consists of a headstall with a noseband. When a martingale is used, it is attached to the horse's head at the cavesson.
Derived terms: longeing cavesson
lungeing cavesson
bromoxynil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A herbicide, 3,5-dibromo-4-hydroxybenzonitrile, used with cereals.
carboxylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxylases
Etymology: From carboxyl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
Derived terms: dicarboxylase
holocarboxylase
phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase
transcarboxylase
chlorimuron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The herbicide 2-(4-chloro-6-methoxypyrimidin-2-ylcarbamoylsulfamoyl)benzoic acid.
clomazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The herbicide 2-[(2-chlorophenyl)methyl]-4,4-dimethyl-3-isoxazolidinone
clopyralid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Because clopyralid is persistent and does not break down during the composting process, grass clippings and other green waste that have been treated with the chemical can contaminate entire compostings, the suit contends.
ref: 2002, Product Safety & Liability Reporter, volume 30, page 1098:
glosses: The selective herbicide 3,6-dichloro-2-pyridinecarboxylic acid used to control thistles and clover etc.
cosolvent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosolvents
Etymology: From co- + solvent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A second solvent added in small quantities to enhance the solvent power of the primary solvent.
cuticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From cuticula + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the cuticle.
Derived terms: cuticularized
endocuticular
epicuticular
exocuticular
intercuticular
intracuticular
noncuticular
pericuticular
precuticular
procuticular
subcuticular
transcuticular
cutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutins
Etymology: From cut(is) + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The structure of the enzyme looked very similar to one evolved by many bacteria to break down cutin, a natural polymer used as a protective coating by plants.
ref: 2018 April 16, Damian Carrington, The Guardian:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
Derived terms: cutinase
cutinise
cutinite
cutinization
cutinize
Related terms: cutan
cyclodiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclodienes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of chlorinated polycyclic insecticides derived from cyclopentadiene
Related terms: aldrin
chlordane
dieldrin
endrin
endosulfan
cypermethrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pyrethroid insecticide and acaricide.
Derived terms: alphacypermethrin
pyrethroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrethroids
Etymology: From pyrethrin + -oid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several synthetic insecticides having a structure based on pyrethrin.
deconjugation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒndʒəˈɡeɪʃən/
Forms: form: deconjugations
Etymology: From de- + conjugation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction that disrupts a system of conjugated double bonds leading to loss of conjugation
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The disruption of conjugated bacterial cells
Derived terms: photodeconjugation
Related terms: deconjugate
deltamethrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A pyrethroid insecticide.
desaturase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsætʃəɹeɪz/
ipa: /diːˈsætjəɹeɪz/
Forms: form: desaturases
Etymology: From desaturate + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.
diazinon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazinons
Senses: examples: text: " Diazinon is an insecticide and acaricide with stomach poison and contact activity. It has a wide range of pest-control applications and has long residual effects."
glosses: An organophosphorus insecticide used to control fleas etc.
interess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interesses
form: interessing
form: interessed
form: interessed
Senses: glosses: interest
interesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interess
interessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interess
interessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] he made not the company expect long before he thus addressed himself to Eleutherius, as to the Person least interessed in the dispute.
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 17:
glosses: simple past and past participle of interess
glosses: Misspelling of interested.
complimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more complimental
form: most complimental
form: complemental
form: complementall
Etymology: From compliment (noun) + -al. Piecewise doublet of complemental.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Solmes is a coarſe man, he is not delicate enough for your niceneſs, becauſe I ſuppoſe he dreſſes not like a fop and a coxcomb, and becauſe he lays not himſelf out in complimental nonſenſe, the poiſon of female minds.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII. Mr. Antony Harlowe, to Miss Clarissa Harlowe.”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC, page 218:
glosses: Complimentary.
Derived terms: complimentally
complementall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I vvill make a complementall aſſault vpon him for my buſineſſe ſeeth's.
ref: c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Famous Historie of Troylus and Cresseid. […] (First Quarto), London: […] G[eorge] Eld for R[ichard] Bonian and H[enry] Walley, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], signature [E4], recto:
text: I have no skill in ceremonious letters which have no other ſubſtance, but a faire contexture of complementall phraſes and curteous wordes.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, “A consideration vpon Cicero”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 126:
text: For if the Saxon, (our mother tongue) did complaine; as iuſtly (I doubt) in this point may the Daughter: Languages, for the moſt part in tearmes of Art and Erudition, retayning their originall pouertie, and rather growing rich and abundant, in complementall phraſes and ſuch froth.
ref: 1624, Henry Wotton, “The Preface”, in The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
text: [T]hough his Civility dressed it up in complementall Expressions […]
ref: 1661, Robert Boyle, “Physiological Considerations Touching the Experiments Wont to be Employed to Evince either the IV Peripatetick Elements, or the III Chymical Principls of Mixt Bodies. Part of the First Dialogue.”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC, page 17:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of complimental.
R.E.M.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of REM.
subitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Monkeys and other animals can compute the exact number of a small set of objects at a glance without explicitly counting. The ability is called subitization.
ref: 2008 April 22, Christine Kenneally, “When Language Can Hold the Answer”, in The New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The process of, or act of, glancing at a group of a few objects and knowing how many there are without actually counting.
bend one's elbow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bends one's elbow
form: bending one's elbow
form: bent one's elbow
form: bent one's elbow
form: bend the elbow
Etymology: Suggesting the motion of an arm raising a glass to drink.
Senses: examples: text: One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he starts bending his elbow or ties one on. When he is really "plastered," El Caucho looks grim, but he isn't really nasty.
ref: 2002, Jacques Stephen Alexis, In the Flicker of an Eyelid, page 32:
glosses: To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.
shoulder-to-shoulder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In close proximity; side-by-side.
glosses: Whilst closely cooperating.
Related terms: elbow to elbow
newsmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsmongers
Etymology: From news + monger.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, rumormonger, scandalmonger; gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
glosses: A news junkie; a gossip.
examples: text: "Wait. I heard you have a story."
"News travels faster'n a herd of young cow ponies. Reckon you'd be the local newsmonger."
Charlie remained unfazed. "In the flesh. This ol' nose can smell a headline a mile away."
ref: 2018, Linda Broday, The Cowboy Who Came Calling:
glosses: A newshound; a journalist.
Derived terms: newsmongery
Related terms: english: and its derivatives
translation: and its derivatives
word: monger
word: newsboy
word: newsstand
definitioneering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of definition + engineering or from definition + -eer + -ing
Senses: examples: text: Are we entitled to so define, or is Hook bogged down in a form of "persuasive definitioneering"?
ref: 1968 (1972?), "Definitioneering: An Article-review of Sidney Hook's Academic Freedom," The Philosophy Forum, supplement 11, nos. 1-2 (Summer 1972): S77-S95
text: ...danger is that we may become bogged down in 'definitioneering'; that is, we may become advocates of special definitions that are arbitrarily stipulated.
ref: 1973, Paul Kurtz, The Humanist Alternative: Some Definitions of Humanism, Prometheus Books, page 177:
text: Makkonen argues that the rationale of the rights concerned should always be taken as a point of departure, rather than an attempt at a priori 'definitioneering'.
ref: 2001, Catherine Brölmann, "T. Makkonen, Identity, Difference and Otherness. The Concepts of People, Indigenous People and Minority in International Law," International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, ISSN 1385-4879, 2001, vol. 8; issue 1, pg. 93
text: "...when you try to define it it becomes a surreal puddle of definitioneering," said drummer Brandon Weaver.
ref: 2006 December 29, John Wenzel, “We make the music we want to make”, in Denver Post:
glosses: The act of creating, usually by making up, definitions.
adhockery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adhockeries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
ad hockery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad hockeries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
ad-hockery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-hockeries
Senses: examples: text: Models should reflect the real world, and COVID-19 is a big part of the real world in 2020. Given the choice between mild ad-hockery and ignoring COVID-19 entirely, I think mild ad-hockery is better.
ref: 2020, FiveThirtyEight:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
adhocery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adhoceries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ad hocery.
ad hocism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ædˈhɒkɪzəm/
Forms: form: ad hocisms
form: ad-hocism
Etymology: From ad hoc + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
topics: architecture
glosses: An eclectic style in which various separately designed elements are combined.
Synonyms: sense: improvised reasoning
word: ad hocery
ad-hocism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-hocisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ad hocism.