cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
miniments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniment
os clitoridis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ossa clitoridis
form: os clitoris
Etymology: From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoridis (“of the clitoris”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The baubellum.
ossa clitoridis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of os clitoridis
discoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From disco- + -blastic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a form of egg cleavage where only a small disc separates from the rest of the egg, associated with osseous fishes.
os clitoris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ossa clitoris
Etymology: From Latin os (“bone”) + clitoris (“of the clitoris”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Alternative form of os clitoridis (based on differences in declension of the New Latin word clitoris)
pissasphalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisasphaltum
form: pisasphalt
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pissasphaltus, from Ancient Greek πισσάσφαλτος (pissásphaltos), from πίσσα (píssa, “pitch”) + ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos, “asphalt”).
Senses: examples: text: These minerals are intimately incorporated with all asphaltum, pissasphalt and petroleum. […] The impregnated sand, A to B, has a nearly horizontal lamination, but is contorted in places by the ascent of the pissasphalt.
ref: 1893, Scientific American: Supplement, volume XXXVI, Petroleum and Asphalt in California, page 14739:
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A soft, black, tarry bitumen, intermediate between petroleum and asphalt.
ossa clitoris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of os clitoris
pisasphalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pissasphalt.
staphylokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staphylokinase
guhr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡʊə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From German Guhr, older spelling of Gur.
Senses: examples: text: Guhr. This is a loose, earthy deposite from water, and may be siliceous
ref: 1822, Parker Cleaveland, An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, etc.:
glosses: A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ochre.
Related terms: kieselguhr
pretentative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + tentative: compare Latin praetentare to try beforehand.
Senses: examples: text: c. 1620, Henry Wotton, a letter
This is but an exploratory, and pretentative purpose between us
glosses: Fitted for trial beforehand; experimental.
peltidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peltidia
Etymology: From Latin pelta (“shield”) + -idium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A prodorsal shield in chelicerates
Synonyms: schizopeltid
Derived terms: mesopeltidium
metapeltidium
propeltidium
peltidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peltidium
schizopeltid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizopeltids
Etymology: Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “split”) + Latin pelta (“shield”)
Senses: glosses: A peltidium.
schizopeltids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizopeltid
worldwisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English *worldwisdom, (found only as worldes wisdom (literally “world's wisdom”)), from Old English woruldwīsdōm (“worldly wisdom, science”), equivalent to world + wisdom.
Senses: examples: text: In the Wessex labourer of today, who ploughs the field, walks the lonely heath, sits in his village inn and talks the Old Worldwisdom, he sees the same man who was there a hundred, five hundred, a thousand years ago.
ref: 1996, R. G. Cox, Thomas Hardy: the critical heritage:
text: Ælfric's words in these lives and his apologetic remarks on youngsters having to earn 'worldwisdom' are powerfully reminiscent of Augpstine's De doctrina Christiana: […]
ref: 2006, Aelfric (Abbot of Eynsham.), Gabriella Corona, Saint Amphilochius (Bishop of Iconium), Ælfric's Life of Saint Basil the Great: background and context
text: After a few months, I come again to the record & it seems a mere bit of glistening tin or tinsel, and no such worldwisdom.
ref: 2011, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William H. Gilman, Charles Johnson, Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson:
glosses: Wisdom, knowledge, or understanding about the world; experience; philosophy.
Related terms: worldwise
superpartient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin superpartiens, from super (“over”) + partiens, the past participle of partire (“to divide”).
Senses: examples: text: [W]e proceed to a Superpartient Reaſon, which is when the Antecedent exceeds the Conſequent by ſome Aliquot Parts more than one, whence the Name: […] Thus 9 is ſaid to be in a Superpartient Reaſon to 7, because 9 exceeds 7 by two 7th Parts.
ref: 1734, Isaac Barrow, “Lecture XIX. Of the Species and Differences of Geometrical Reason.”, in John Kirkby, transl., The Usefulness of Mathematical Learning Explained and Demonstrated: Being Mathematical Lectures Read in the Publick Schools at the University of Cambridge. […], London: […] Stephen Austen, […], →OCLC, page 362:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Being or relating to a ratio where the larger value exceeds the smaller by more than one unit, as in 3 to 5.
synclinoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synclinorium
synclinorium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synclinoriums
form: synclinoria
Etymology: Ancient Greek to lay together + mountain.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large syncline with superimposed smaller folds.
gullions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gullion
demi-rilievo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From demi- + Italian rilievo.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Half relief; sculpture in relief, whose figures project from the background by one half their full roundness.
pappiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pappiform
form: most pappiform
Senses: examples: a pappiform calyx
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling the pappus of composite plants.
adherencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adherency
adherency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adherencies
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaerentia.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
glosses: A following; a group of adherents.
examples: text: ’twere happier if we would so far confute the text, that coming our selves from the dead, we would renounce communion with all Deaths adherencies […]
ref: 1665 November 8, Richard Allestree, “Sermon XI. Christ-Church in Oxford […]”, in Eighteen Sermons, Whereof Fifteen Preached before the King. The Rest upon Publick Occasions, published 1669, page 198:
glosses: That which adheres.
curanderoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curandero
wait-and-see
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This speculation causes a wait-and-see attitude in the marketplace[…]
ref: 2002, Thomas P. Reilly, Value-added selling, page 28:
text: a wait-and-see policy on the president
ref: 2011, James Moltz, The Politics of Space Security, page 146:
glosses: Tending to observe events before coming to a decision.
Moabitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moabitish
form: most Moabitish
Etymology: From Moabite + -ish.
Senses: examples: Ruth, the Moabitish maiden
glosses: Of or relating to the Moabites; Moabitic.
subhastation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subhastations
Etymology: Borrowed from German Subhastation or French subhastation, from Latin subhastātiō, from sub hastā (literally “under the spear”). Compare Spanish subasta (“auction”).
Senses: examples: text: One of the best parts of their Law is the way of Selling Estates, which is likewise practised in Switzerland, and is called Subhastation, from the Roman Custom of selling Sub hasta.
ref: [1713, Gilbert Burnet, A Description of Geneva:
text: In the class of privileges [of clergy] belongs the benefit of competence, in consequence of which, in matters of debts and subhastation, the clerical person must be left the means of living according to his station.
ref: 1879, John McClintock, James Strong, “Privilege”, in Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature, volume 8:
text: The evils of credit also press heavily on those ignorant peasants who fall into the hands of usurers and land sharks. By giving credit ad infinitum and exacting unusually high interest on their loans, and other sharp and shrewd manipulations, these vampires very frequently, after having sucked the very life-blood out of their poor victims, put their feet upon their necks, and by subhastation drive them from their home.
ref: 1884 June, Wolfgang Schoenle, “Credit and Trade Systems in Germany”, in United States consular reports: Reports from the consuls of the United States on the commerce, manufactures, etc., of their consular districts, number 42, page 245:
text: If the debtor fails to meet his obligations to his mortgage creditors, then the latter can have the immovable estate of the debtor under mortgage sold through the court at public auction (by subhastation).
ref: 1889, Frederick Raine, “Mortgages in Foreign Countries”, in US House of Representatives Reports from the Consuls of the United States, volume 31, pages 455-456:
glosses: A public sale or auction required by law, especially one in Germany or neighbouring territories.
subhastations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subhastation
Moabitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moabitic
form: most Moabitic
Etymology: From Moabite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Moabites.
Synonyms: Moabitish
prorhinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + rhinal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
bedswerver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedswervers
Etymology: From bed + swerver.
Senses: examples: text: [S]hee’s / A Bed‑swaruer, euen as bad as those / That Vulgars giue bold’st Titles […].
ref: c. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Winters Tale”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], lines 704-5, 709-10:
text: Before she said aught a word I knew that she was a bedswerver, aiming to sweep out from her hubby's cot into mine […].
ref: 2011, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 134:
glosses: Someone who commits adultery; an unfaithful spouse.
bedswervers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedswerver
disembarkment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disembarkments
Etymology: From disembark + -ment.
Senses: glosses: disembarkation
Derived terms: disembarkment syndrome
disembarkments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disembarkment
parumbilical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + umbilical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near, or connected to the navel (predominantly referring the small veins which, in human beings, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen).
Derived terms: parumbilical vein
contemper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: contempers
form: contempering
form: contempered
form: contempered
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin contemperō, from con- + temperō (“to temper”). Compare contemperate.
Senses: examples: text: Though earth hath engroſſed the name yet water hath proved the ſmarteſt grave; which in forty dayes ſwallowed almoſt mankinde, and the living creation ; Fiſhes not wholly eſcaping, except the Salt Ocean were handſomely contempered by a mixture of the freſh Element.
ref: 1658, Thomas Browne, “Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall. […]. Chapter I”, in Hydriotaphia, Urne-buriall, […] Together with The Garden of Cyrus, […], London: […] Hen[ry] Brome […], →OCLC, page 1:
text: The antidotes […] have at leaſt allayed its bitterneſs, and contempered its malignity.
ref: 1751 September 4 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 150. Saturday, August 24. 1751.”, in The Rambler, volume VI, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1751, →OCLC, page 140:
glosses: To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate or soften.
Related terms: contemperation
contemperature
temper
contempered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of contemper
contempering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of contemper
contempers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of contemper
choriambi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choriambus
choriambus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriambuses
form: choriambi
Etymology: From Latin choriambus, from Ancient Greek. Equivalent to choreus + iambus.
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
synonyms: choriamb
glosses: A metrical foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the others short; a choreus, or trochee, united with an iambus.
Derived terms: choriambic
choriambuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choriambus
perfumatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perfumatory
form: most perfumatory
Etymology: From French parfumatoire.
Senses: examples: text: A perfumatory or incense altar
ref: 1646, Edward Leigh, Critica Sacra:
glosses: Of, relating to, or emitting perfume.
perfumatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfumatories
Etymology: From French parfumatoire.
Senses: glosses: A factory that produces perfume.
compagination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compaginations
Etymology: Latin compaginatio.
Senses: examples: text: For this is that which the apostler calls 'the body of sin,' a compagination of many parts and members
ref: 1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium:
glosses: The union of parts; the putting together.
Related terms: compaginate
compaginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compagination
deglutinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɡluːtɪneɪt/
Forms: form: deglutinates
form: deglutinating
form: deglutinated
form: deglutinated
Etymology: First attested in 1609; borrowed from Latin dēglūtinātus, perfect passive participle of dēglūtinō (“to unglue”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- + glūtinō (“to glue”), from gluten (“glue”) + -ō.
Senses: glosses: To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unites; to unglue.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To remove or extract gluten from.
deglutinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deglutinate
deglutinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deglutinate
deglutinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deglutinate
carnalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carnalisms
Etymology: From carnal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism.
carnalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carnalism
sensualisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensualism
diathermanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The term diathermanism has been invented to express the In order to ascertain the mean daily range
ref: 1850, The Practical Mechanic's Journal:
glosses: The doctrine or phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat.
Related terms: diathermanous
elenchize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: elenchizes
form: elenchizing
form: elenchized
form: elenchized
Etymology: From elenchus + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Or syllogize, elenchize
ref: 1629 (first performance), B[en] Jonson, The New Inne. Or, The Light Heart. […], London: […] Thomas Harper, for Thomas Alchorne, […], published 1631, →OCLC, (please specify the page), (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To dispute.
glosses: To argue by elenchus, leading one's opponent to the desired conclusion by agreement with a series of logical steps.
elenchized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of elenchize
elenchizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of elenchize
elenchizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elenchize
pictoriality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pictorialities
Etymology: From pictorial + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being pictorial.
archierey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian архиере́й (arxijeréj), from Ancient Greek.
Senses: examples: text: the eparchial archiereys, under whose authority the schools
ref: 1802, Charles François Philibert Masson, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Petersburg:
topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops.
lanifice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanifices
Etymology: From Latin lanificium: compare Old French lanifice.
Senses: examples: text: The moth breedeth upon cloth and other lanifices; especially if they be laid up dankish and wet.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: If the lanifice (woollen manufacture) of Mende at least staggered into the closing years of the ancien regime, it only did so in a purely nominal sense.
ref: 1974, Olwen H. Hufton, The poor of eighteenth-century France, 1750-1789:
glosses: Anything made of wool.
Related terms: lanific
lanifices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanifice
Indian rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian rhinoceros
form: Indian rhinoceroses
form: Indian rhinocerotes
Senses: glosses: A rhinoceros of species Rhinoceros unicornis, in the family Rhinocerotidae.
Synonyms: sense: species
word: greater one-horned rhinoceros
sense: species
word: Asian one-horned rhinoceros
sense: species
word: Rhinoceros indicus
Sumatran rhinoceros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sumatran rhinoceros
form: Sumatran rhinoceroses
Senses: glosses: A rhinoceros of species Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (family Rhinocerotidae).
earthman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthmen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Earthman.
earywig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earywigs
Senses: glosses: earwig
earthwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthwomen
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Earthwoman.
easy meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Something easily done or obtained.
glosses: Someone easily seduced, fooled, victimized, etc.
Related terms: easy mark
easy target
easy prey
easy-peasy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: easy-peasier
form: easier-peasier
form: easy-peasiest
form: easiest-peasiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of easy peasy.
ebonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ebonises
form: ebonising
form: ebonised
form: ebonised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ebonize.
edible frog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edible frogs
Senses: glosses: A member of a hybrid species of frog, Pelophylax kl. esculentus, a hybrid of the pool frog (Pelophylax lessonae) and the Central Asian marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus).
glosses: Lithobates clamitans, a North American frog.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see edible, frog.
Related terms: Chinese edible frog
hybridogenesis
sapu
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɑpuː/
Forms: form: sapus
form: sapuing
form: sapued
form: sapued
Etymology: From Malay sapu.
Senses: examples: text: I liked to sapu everything.
ref: 2004 June 6, “Beancurd made me fat”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 31:
glosses: to eat up
glosses: to steal
egg bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg breads
Senses: glosses: Synonym of eggy bread.
synonyms: word: eggy bread
glosses: A type of quick bread made with cornmeal, eggs, milk, and sometimes rice, somewhat similar to cornbread.
glosses: A bread made with eggs, such as challah or brioche.
egg slice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: egg slices
Senses: glosses: A type of spatula used for removing fried eggs from a pan.
Related terms: egg slicer
either-or
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: either/or
Senses: glosses: Describing a situation in which there are only two choices.
glosses: Describing a situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible.
either-or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: either-ors
form: either/or
Senses: examples: text: “There’s a misperception out there that if some women are succeeding, that if many women are succeeding, it’s at the detriment of men,” he said. “When we support women, as men, it’s a good thing. The more women that succeed, there’s benefits to families, benefits to the economy, and benefits to our country. It’s not an either/or.”
ref: 2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2023:
text: Using existing housing better and building new homes are not either/ors but complementary. Doing both will mean a faster (and greener) solution.
ref: 2024 May 13, Becky Tunstall and others, “Letter: Underused housing — why it’s part of the solution too”, in Financial Times, archived from the original on 13 May 2024:
glosses: A situation in which there is a choice between two different plans of action, but both together are not possible.
prenexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prenex
bloodwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodworts
Etymology: From blood + wort. Compare German Blutwurz, Swedish blodrot, both “tormentil”.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.
Any of species Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot).
glosses: Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.
Any of species Rumex sanguineus (bloody dock, wood dock, bloody-veined dock).
glosses: Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.
Any of family Haemodoraceae, flowering plants some of whose roots contain a red dye.
examples: text: Bloodwort is bitter, aromatic, stimulant, and tonic. It is useful in arresting bleeding.
ref: 1993, H K Bakhru, Herbs that Heal, page 185:
glosses: Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.
Sanguinary, common yarrow, Achillea millefolium.
glosses: Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.
Various species in the genus Sanguisorba, burnet.
glosses: Any of various plants used or formerly used to staunch bleeding.
Capsella bursa-pastoris, shepherd's purse.
bloodworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodwort
middle game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle games
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of middlegame.
Middx
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of Middlesex taking all the letters of the first syllable and the final letter of the second syllable.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Middlesex.
glosses: University of Middlesex, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.
raw_tags: after a qualification
metamorphous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + -morphous.
Senses: glosses: metamorphic
Gram-positive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: gram-positive
Etymology: From Gram (“a surname”) + positive, after Danish bacteriologist Hans Christian Gram, who invented the Gram staining method.
Senses: examples: text: Generally, ionophore antibiotics are highly effective against Gram-positive bacteria but exhibit little or no activity against Gram-negative bacteria (Chen and Wolin, 1979; Watanabe et al., 1981).
ref: 1997, T. G. Nagaraja, C. J. Newbold, C. J. Van Nevel, D. I. Demeyer, “13: Manipulation of ruminal fermentation”, in P. N. Hobson, C. S. Stewart, editors, The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem, 2nd edition, page 545:
text: Note that L.^([Listeria]) monocytogenes is one of the few Gram-positive bacteria against which vancomycin is not effective — hence the need for ampicillin.
ref: 2007, Alan R. Hauser, Antibiotic Basics for Clinicians: Choosing the Right Antibacterial Agent, page 201:
text: The majority of Gram-positive (82%) and Gram-negative (64%) genera carry either ribosomal protection genes alone or in combination with efflux/enzymatic genes as illustrated in Table 7.2.
ref: 2011, Patricia L. Keen, Mark H. M. M. Montforts, Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment, page 108:
topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall.
raw_tags: of a bacterium
Coordinate terms: Gram-negative
Related terms: Gram staining
Gram's method
mill about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mills about
form: milling about
form: milled about
form: milled about
Senses: glosses: To move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.
raw_tags: of a group of people
Synonyms: mill around
Gram-negative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gram-negative.
tipcat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tipcats
form: tip-cat
Etymology: From tip + cat.
Senses: examples: text: In the middle of a game at tipcat, he paused, and stood staring wildly upward with his stick in his hand.
ref: 1838, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Lays of Ancient Rome:
glosses: An old game in which a small piece of wood pointed at both ends is tipped, or struck with a stick or bat, to make it travel through the air as far as possible.
synonyms: cat
glosses: The wooden piece used in this game.
Related terms: catstick
gilli-danda
tipcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tipcat
role player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: role players
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of roleplayer.
examples: text: The Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat because their team had solid role players like J.J. Barea and Shawn Marion.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player who is not one of the best players on the team, but still makes a meaningful contribution.
parianware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Parian + -ware.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Parian (type of porcelain)
synonyms: word: Parian
extra: type of porcelain
Parian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈpɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Parians
Etymology: From Paros + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Paros.
synonyms: parianware
Parian marble
glosses: A ceramic ware, a kind of bisque porcelain, supposed to resemble the fine-textured white marble of Paros.
Parian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛə.ɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˈpɛ.ɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Parian
form: most Parian
Etymology: From Paros + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The girl was without a tinge of colour, but very fair; the soft white of the Parian marble strongly contrasted with hair of the most ebon black...
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 13:
glosses: Of or relating to the Greek island of Paros; (specifically), designating a type if fine white marble for which the island was renowned in antiquity.
examples: text: Her eyes were wide open. There were morsels of liquid moonlight between their parian lids.
ref: 1973, Elizabeth Mavor, A Green Equinox, Virago, published 2023, page 115:
glosses: Designating or resembling a type of fine white porcelain resembling Parian marble.
Derived terms: Parian cement
Parians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Parian
role players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of role player
foliomort
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The exterior Cortex is of a Foliomort Colour. The next under that a whitiſh brown. Then a Foliomort again.
ref: 1729, J[ohn] Woodward, “Pebles, Flints, Agats, and Stones Related to Them”, in An Attempt towards a Natural History of the Fossils of England; […], tome I, London: […] F[rancis] Fayram, […]; J[ohn] Senex, […]; and J. Osborn and T[homas] Longman, […], →OCLC, part I (Of the Fossils that are Real and Natural: […]), page 48:
text: […] if either broad-clover, or hop clover grass be sown on white-land, or be out of proof by the poverty of the ground, and you let them run but to a full-grown leaf, it will be of a foliomort colour, and speckled with black specks, which is a blight occasioned by the weakness of the ground […]
ref: 1757, Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of feuillemorte.
Saint-Simonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sænsɪˈmoʊniənɪzəm/
Forms: form: Saint-Simonism
Etymology: From Saint-Simon + -ian + -ism.
Inspired by the ideas of Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon (1760–1825).
Senses: glosses: A 19th-century French political and social movement of the first half of the 19th century, based on a perception that industrialization and scientific discovery would have profound changes on society.
wikipedia: Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon
Saint-Simonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌseɪntˌsaɪˈməʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-.sɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌseɪntˌsaɪˈmoʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /-.sɪˈ-/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Saint-Simonians
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Saint-Simonianism.
Saint-Simonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saint-Simonian
maud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mauds
Senses: glosses: A grey plaid once worn by shepherds in Scotland and Northumbria.
mauds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maud
skeletology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skeleto- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: osteology; The branch of anatomy that deals with the skeleton.
angariation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angariations
Etymology: From Latin angariatio, from Latin angaria (“service to a lord, villenage”), from Ancient Greek (a Persian word) for a courier for carrying royal dispatches.
Senses: glosses: coercion
angariations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angariation
causeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cause + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: a causeful moan
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: Having a cause
macrochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chemistry on relatively large amounts of substances, as opposed to microchemistry
Related terms: macrochemical
modiolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more modiolar
form: most modiolar
Etymology: From Latin modiolus, diminutive of modius (“the Roman corn measure”).
Senses: examples: text: modiolar cypricardia
glosses: Shaped like a bushel measure
examples: text: modiolar artery
text: modiolar defect
text: modiolar vein
text: modiolar wall
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to the modiolus
Derived terms: midmodiolar
perimodiolar
transmodiolar
freerun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freeruns
Etymology: From free + run.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Parkour.
freerun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freeruns
form: freerunning
form: freeran
form: freerun
Etymology: From free + run.
Senses: glosses: To engage in parkour.
Related terms: free runner
plurifarious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌplʊɹɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/
ipa: /ˌplʊɹɪˈfɛɹi.əs/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.əs
Forms: form: more plurifarious
form: most plurifarious
Etymology: From Latin plurifarius, from plus, pluris (“many”). Compare English bifarious.
Senses: glosses: Of many kinds or types; multifarious.
strumous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From struma + -ous.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: scrofulous
Tractarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tractarian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The principles of the Tractarians.
sertularians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sertularian
subrector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subrectors
Etymology: From sub- + rector.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An assistant rector.
Derived terms: subrectorship
subrectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subrector
Bernardine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bernardine
form: most Bernardine
Etymology: From Bernard + -ine.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks.
glosses: Of or pertaining to other religious orders known as the Bernadines, such as the Bernadines of the Precious Blood
Bernardine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bernardines
Etymology: From Bernard + -ine.
Senses: synonyms: Cistercian
glosses: A Cistercian monk.
glosses: A member of various other religious orders known as the Bernardines
Bernardines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bernardine
errabund
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹəbʌnd/
Forms: form: more errabund
form: most errabund
Etymology: Latin errabundus.
Senses: examples: text: [Y]ou, with your errabund guesses, veering to all points of the literary compass, amused the many-humoured yet single-minded Pantagruelist, [...]
ref: 1835, Robert Southey, “Interchapter XIII. A Peep from behind the Curtain.”, in The Doctor, &c., volume III, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, →OCLC, page 345:
glosses: Erratic, prone to error.
hoaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hoakier
form: hoakiest
form: hokey
form: hokie
form: hoky
Etymology: Probably influenced by the spelling of hoax.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hokey: phony, as if a hoax; noticeably contrived.
glosses: Alternative spelling of hokey: corny; ridiculously sentimental.
evitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evitations
Etymology: Latin evitatio.
Senses: examples: text: It is certain that in all bodies there is an appetite of union , and evitation of solution of continuity
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “III. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: An avoidance.
evitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evitation
shunnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shunning
trochilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊˈkɪlɪk/
rhymes: -ɪlɪk
Etymology: See trochilics.
Senses: examples: text: trochilic engine
text: I am advertised that there is one, which by Art Trochilick, will draw all English Surnames of the best Families out of the pit of Poetry
ref: 1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to rotary motion or to wheels
ahuehuete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ahuehuetes
Etymology: From Spanish ahuehuete.
Senses: glosses: A Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum)
imprompt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more imprompt
form: most imprompt
Etymology: From Latin imprōmptus. By surface analysis, im- + prompt.
Senses: glosses: Not prompt; delayed.
examples: text: Nothing, I think, in nature, can be supposed more terrible, than such a Rencounter,--so imprompt! so ill prepared to stand the shock of it as Dr. Slop was!
ref: 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
glosses: Not ready.
ahuehuetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ahuehuete
melissate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melissates
Etymology: From melissic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of melissic acid.
Synonyms: triacontanate
melissates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melissate
melissic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek a bee, honey.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of triacontanoic acid.
synonyms: word: triacontanoic acid
Derived terms: melene
melissate
melissene
melissyl
melissylene
don't be a fool, wrap your tool
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: There are consequences to not wearing a condom on one's penis.
Related terms: no glove, no love
jocoque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jocoqui
Etymology: From Spanish jocoque.
Senses: glosses: A dairy product based on fermented milk, typical of Mexican cuisine; strained yogurt.
parkouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: 2006, Royal Canadian Geographical Society, Canadian geographic: Volume 126, Issues 1-6, link
They also fit in some activities, participating in a shoreline cleanup in Victoria and bungee jumping, dirtsurfing and parkouring (a type of urban acrobatics) in Edmonton.
text: ...parkouring through a HDB estate.
ref: 2007 Sep, GameAxis Unwired, page 88:
text: 2008, PC gamer: Volume 15, link
Wandering the irradiated wastelands of Fallout 3 has a slimming effect, and parkouring about in Prince of Persia or Mirror's Edge tones your calves, we're told.
glosses: present participle and gerund of parkour
iodines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodine
iodines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iodine
parkoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: They had parkoured seven roofs, clambered down a mango tree, and crossed over the bridge in the back of a donkey cart, unnoticed even by the driver.
ref: 2010, Stephen Davies, Hacking Timbuktu, link:
text: Ty watched him weave into the heavy traffic and followed in Zane‟s path for half a block, but then he did what only a man on foot could do and parkoured his ass over someone‟s fence and into the alleyway between two buildings.
ref: 2011, Madeleine Urban, Abigail Roux, Divide & Conquer, page 37
text: Even as I said that, my heartbeat raced faster, my stomach parkoured around my middle.
ref: 2012, Richard Labonté, Best Gay Romance, page 5:
glosses: simple past and past participle of parkour
tejolotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tejolote
Busanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Busan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Busan, South Korea.
Busanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Busanians
Etymology: From Busan + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Busan, South Korea.
Busanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Busanian
Zhou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jō
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊ/
homophone: Jo
homophone: joe
homophone: Joe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: Chou
form: Chow
form: Tchou
form: Chau
form: Jou
form: Jhou
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周 (Zhōu). Doublet of Chau.
Senses: glosses: A people of ancient China.
Zhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: jō
ipa: /d͡ʒəʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒoʊ/
homophone: Jo
homophone: joe
homophone: Joe
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: Chou
form: Chow
form: Tchou
form: Chau
form: Jou
form: Jhou
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 周 (Zhōu). Doublet of Chau.
Senses: glosses: Various regions of ancient China occupied by this people, including the Fen and Wei valleys
examples: text: The history of the water sport, which began to gain international fame in the 1970s, dates back to 278 BC, when Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and official, committed suicide on the Miluo River in Hunan Province in protest of the court’s alliances and betrayals during the Zhou dynasty.
ref: 2023 November 6, “Prince William takes part in dragon boat race in Singapore”, in EFE, sourced from Singapore, (EFE), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2023:
glosses: A dynasty of rulers over this people, who conquered the Shang kingdom and nominally ruled China until their conquest by Qin in the 3rd century BC
glosses: The realm of this dynasty, surrounding the Yellow River
glosses: The era of Chinese history during which this dynasty ruled
glosses: The valley of the Luo and Yi Rivers during the Eastern Zhou dynasty
glosses: The short-lived dynasty declared by Wu Zetian during the Tang
glosses: A surname. of Chinese origin.
Synonyms: word: imperial realm
Hyponyms: word: Western Zhou
english: era
translation: era
word: Eastern Zhou
alt: Luo–Yi valley
word: Eastern Zhou
ultrabook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrabooks
Etymology: From ultra- + book; see notebook computer.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A very lightweight and thin portable computer the areal size of a notebook computer or subnotebook.
Related terms: notebook computer
subnotebook
ultraportable computer
netbook
tablet computer
ultrabooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrabook
mecates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mecate
fourgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfoʊɹd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: fourgies
Etymology: Blend of four + orgy
Senses: examples: text: I've heard you've had a fourgie with the Stern Brothers.
ref: 1997, Bruce LaBruce, Bruce LaBruce: ride, queer, ride!, link:
text: Homoeroticism glistened across the screen: nude rugby scrums, gorgeous gym queens crunching their abs in the gym and sailors in Gaveston's bed engaged in some sort of threesome or fourgie.
ref: 2009, Niall Richardson, The queer cinema of Derek Jarman: critical and cultural readings, link:
glosses: An act of group sex between four people; a foursome.
Synonyms: foursome
ménage à quatre
Related terms: fiveway
group sex
ménage à trois
threeway
Mexicanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexicanisms
Etymology: From Mexican + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Mexican Spanish or Mexican English.
glosses: Mexican patriotism.
cuarteto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cuarteto (“quartet”), because the early dance-hall numbers were invariably four-piece bands (violin, piano, accordion, bass). Doublet of quartet.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An upbeat genre of music from Argentina, descended from Italian and Spanish dance ensembles.
fourgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourgie
Cubanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cubanisms
Etymology: From Cuban + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Cuban Spanish or English
glosses: Cuban patriotism
glosses: A character trait or manner typical of Cubans.
Colombianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Colombianisms
Etymology: From Colombian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Colombian Spanish or English
glosses: Colombian patriotism
glosses: A character trait or manner typical of Colombians.
Asturianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asturianisms
Etymology: From Asturian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to the Asturian language, or Asturian Spanish.
glosses: Asturian patriotism.
Ecuadorianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ecuadorianisms
Etymology: From Ecuadorian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to Ecuadorian Spanish or English
Dominicanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dominicanisms
Etymology: From Dominican + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to the Spanish of the Dominican Republic
glosses: Dominican patriotism
hit it up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits it up
form: hitting it up
form: hit it up
form: hit it up
Senses: glosses: To develop an amicable relationship (with), especially in a sudden manner during an initial encounter.
Synonyms: hit it off
nod through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nods through
form: nodding through
form: nodded through
form: nodded through
Senses: examples: text: […]burgeoning royal expenditure had been negligently nodded through by a complacent government and a compliant parliament at a time of renewed austerity and unemployment.
ref: September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: to listen to, endure, or accept something, nodding in agreement without making comment.
stomp off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stomps off
form: stomping off
form: stomped off
form: stomped off
Senses: glosses: To depart in an angry mood.
stomp on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stomps on
form: stomping on
form: stomped on
form: stomped on
Senses: glosses: to severely defeat.
glosses: to severely mistreat
slacken off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slackens off
form: slackening off
form: slackened off
form: slackened off
Senses: glosses: To slacken or lessen; to become less intense.
glosses: To do (something) less intensely.
ginger up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gingers up
form: gingering up
form: gingered up
form: gingered up
Senses: glosses: To make something more interesting, fun, lively, etc.