cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
phoronid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phoronids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: horseshoe worm
glosses: Any hermaphroditic wormlike marine animal of the phylum Phoronida.
phylogenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phylo- + genomic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phylogenomics
Derived terms: mitophylogenomic
phylogenomically
Related terms: pharmacophylogenomic
phylogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phylo- + genomics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The science that studies the relationship of the function of genes to their evolution.
Derived terms: mitophylogenomics
pharmacophylogenomics
retrophylogenomics
Related terms: phylogenetics
phylome
precatalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + catalytic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the changes (in structure etc.) that happen to enzymes before their catalytic function becomes possible.
rechallenge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechallenges
form: rechallenging
form: rechallenged
form: rechallenged
Etymology: From re- + challenge.
Senses: glosses: To challenge again.
glosses: To challenge in return.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: To try a therapeutic pharmaceutical drug, suspected allergen, or medical treatment on a patient a second or subsequent time, to see if the suspected effects of the treatment occur again. This is typically performed to confirm allergic or adverse reactions to allergens or medications, but may also be used to confirm beneficial treatments or to retry a probable beneficial treatment which did not appear to be effective previously.
rechallenge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rechallenges
Etymology: From re- + challenge.
Senses: glosses: A challenge made in return.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The event of rechallenging as above.
ribonucleoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribonucleoproteins
Etymology: From ribo- + nucleoprotein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nucleoprotein that contains RNA.
Derived terms: antiribonucleoprotein
microribonucleoprotein
small nuclear ribonucleoprotein
nucleoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleoproteins
Etymology: From nucleo- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any complex of a nucleic acid and a protein
Derived terms: antinucleoprotein
nucleophosphoprotein
nucleoproteinaceous
ribonucleoprotein
bunny chows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunny chow
road agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road agents
form: road-agent
Senses: examples: text: The highway robber—road-agent, he is quaintly called—is still busy in these parts.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 1, in The Silverado Squatters:
glosses: A criminal who accosts travelers and robs them.
glosses: A travelling salesman.
Synonyms: sense: robber of travelers
word: highwayman
road-agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road-agents
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of road agent.
reprobated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reprobate
reprobating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprobate
ratooning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ratoon
ratooned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ratoon
rouncies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouncy
Hdt.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Herodotus.
Euroclydon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊˈɹɒklɪdən/
Etymology: From Hellenistic Ancient Greek εὐροκλύδων (euroklúdōn), from εὖρος (eûros, “east wind”) + κλύδων (klúdōn, “wave”).
Senses: examples: text: It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. Euroclydon, nevertheless, is a mighty pleasant zephyr to any one in-doors, with his feet on the hob quietly toasting for bed.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: A stormy northeasterly wind mentioned in the Bible (Acts 27:14); any rough wind or storm.
nuptial act
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuptial acts
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Vaginal intercourse between a married couple.
brainwashings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brainwashing (alternative spelling of brain-washings).
brain-washings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brain-washing
benefitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of benefited.
smart-allecky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more smart-allecky
form: most smart-allecky
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of smart-alecky.
aport
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Etymology: From a- + port.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: on the left side of the boat
Related terms: astarboard
glycosinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosinolates
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.
FSF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: F4F
coordinate_terms: FSM
MSF
MSM
glosses: Initialism of female seeking female or femme seeking femme.
raw_tags: in personal ads or Internet slang
FSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: organisation
glosses: Initialism of Free Software Foundation.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Fótbóltssamband Føroya (Faroe Islands Football Association)
glucosinolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosinolates
Senses: examples: text: Glucosinolates are a group of plant thioglucosides found principally among members of the Cruciferae.
ref: 1991, Alan J. Duncan, “Chapter 6: Glucosinolates”, in J. P. Felix D'Mello, C. M. Duffus, John H. Duffus, editors, Toxic Substances in Crop Plants, page 126:
text: Intakes of indoles or their parental glucosinolates, may have beneficial health effects as well as toxicological effects.
ref: 1999, Lars Ove Dragsted, Naturally Occurring Antitumourigens, page 41:
text: Sulphur availability has a larger effect on the content of glucosinolates, sulphur containing secondary metabolites, in both the vegetation and the seed of oilseed rape plant.
ref: 2003, K. C. Walker, E. J. Booth, “Sulphur Nutrition and Oilseed Quality”, in Y.P. Abrol, A. Ahmad, editors, Sulphur in Plants, page 323:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosinolate in which the sugar component is glucose.
Synonyms: glucosinate
Derived terms: desulfoglucosinolate
Related terms: glucose
glycosinolate
glucosinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosinates
Senses: glosses: glucosinolate
goliardic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Goliardic
Etymology: From Goliard + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Minstrels and goliardic clerics - priests, monks and university students who dropped out, travelled all over Europe and composed loose or satirical works - had been and continued to be the creators of fabliaux and interludes.
ref: 1982, Piero Boitani, “English Medieval Narrative in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries”, in Joan Krakover Hall, transl., [1980, La narrativa del Medioevo inglese], published 1986, page 28:
text: Many poems in the collection known as Carmina Burana, are believed to be of goliardic origin.
ref: 1999, Norman F. Cantor, The Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, page 198:
text: For the Carmina Burana, see the introductory essay on goliardic poetry (i.e., the recreational poetry of medieval clerics) in Edward Blodgett and Arthur Swanson's translation, The Love Songs of the Carmina Burana (1987).
ref: 2004, Anne L. Klinck, Anthology of Ancient and Medieval Woman's Song, page 89:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Goliards, wandering medieval students who earned money by singing and reciting poetry.
examples: text: This basic structure was used as long as the medieval Latin lyric flourished; the goliardic poems of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries still retain it.
ref: 1961, Phillip Damon, Modes of Analogy in Ancient and Medieval Verse, page 304:
text: The concept of goliardic poetry rests on a series of stylistic traits and the identification of the corpus with the figure of the wandering goliard.
ref: 1999, Miriam Cabré, Footnote: Cerverí de Girona and His Poetic Traditions, page 53:
text: References to rape occur in a variety of literary genres, whether we think of the Indian princess in the goliardic epic Herzog Ernst[…].
ref: 2011, Albrecht Classen, Sexual Violence and Rape in the Middle Ages: A Critical Discourse in Premodern German and European Literature, page 83:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a form of medieval lyric poetry that typically celebrated licentiousness and drinking.
Related terms: goliardery
gorgonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gorgonizes
form: gorgonizing
form: gorgonized
form: gorgonized
Etymology: From gorgon + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To stupefy, paralyze or petrify.
goura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gouras
Etymology: From one or more of the languages of New Guinea. The oldest use in the scientific literature, as a French word, may be a plate caption "La Goura de la nouvelle Guinée" in Pierre Sonnerat's Voyage a la Nouvelle Guinée. The spelling Goüra also appears in the 19th century.
Senses: glosses: Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea
wikipedia: Pierre Sonnerat
grampa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grampas
Etymology: Alteration of grandpa.
Senses: glosses: grandfather
flower head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower heads
form: flowerhead
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A compact cluster of florets having the appearance of a single flower (as in the daisy family).
connate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈneɪt/
ipa: /kɒˈneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɒneɪt/
ipa: /kəˈneɪt/
ipa: /kɑˈneɪt/
ipa: /ˈkɑneɪt/
rhymes: -ɒneɪt
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: more connate
form: most connate
Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Latin connātus, perfect active participle of connāscor (“to be born together (with)”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from con- + nāscor. Doublet of cognate.
Senses: synonyms: word: akin
word: cognate
word: akin
word: cognate
word: connate
word: kindred
glosses: Of the same or a similar nature; proceeding from the same stock or root.
synonyms: word: connate
word: connatural
word: congenital
word: congenite
word: genetous
word: inborn
word: inbred
word: indigenous
word: ingenite
word: innate
word: native
word: natural
word: to the manner born
word: unlearned
word: unlearnt
glosses: Inborn.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: adnate
glosses: United with other organs of the same kind (for example sepals connate with sepals, petals connate with petals, or stamens with stamens).
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Trapped within a rock at the time of its formation (especially of water or petroleum).
Derived terms: connately
connate-perfoliate
semiconnate
Related terms: cognate
innate
renate
carnose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)nəʊz/
/ˈkɑː(ɹ)nəʊs/
Forms: form: more carnose
form: most carnose
Senses: examples: text: The Muſcle whereby he [the hedgehog] is enabled to draw himſelf thus together, and gather up his whole Body like a Ball, the Pariſian Academiſts deſcribe to be a diſtinct Carnoſe Muſcle, extended from the Oſſa innominata to the Ear and Noſe, running along the Back-bone, without being faſtned thereto.
ref: 1701, John Ray, The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of the Creation, […], 3rd edition, London: […] Sam[uel] Smith, and Benj[amin] Walford, […], →OCLC, part II, pages 343–344:
glosses: Carnous, fleshy.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: of a fleshy consistency; applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.
Derived terms: carnosity
myristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹɪstɪk/
/maɪˈɹɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more myristic
form: most myristic
Etymology: From Italian myristico, from Late Latin myristicus (“fragrant”); the form Myristica first used by Linnaeus as a genus name for the nutmeg tree. From Byzantine Greek μυριστικός (muristikós, “fragrant”), from Ancient Greek μυρίζειν (murízein, “to anoint”), from μύρον (múron, “unguent, perfume”). Compare myronic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to nutmeg.
Derived terms: methal
myristic acid
myristicin
myristicol
myristoleic
myristone
idli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idlis
Etymology: From Tamil இட்லி (iṭli), Kannada ಇಡ್ಲಿ (iḍli).
Senses: examples: text: “My aunty will probably send you a million idlis, too, once I tell her you ate all of mine.”
ref: 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 414:
glosses: A South Asian cake made from rice and lentils, whose ground mixture is fermented and steamed in a mold.
Otherworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Otherworlds
Etymology: From other + world.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: The other realms of existence beyond the world of mankind, especially the realms of the dead or the fairy folk.
depucelate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depucelates
form: depucelating
form: depucelated
form: depucelated
Etymology: From French dépuceler.
Senses: glosses: To take (someone's) virginity.
pucelage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpjuːsəlɑːʒ/
ipa: /ˈpjuːsəlɪdʒ/
Forms: form: pucelages
Etymology: From Middle French pucelage, from pucelle.
Senses: glosses: Virginity.
Related terms: depucelage
saw wood
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saws wood
form: sawing wood
form: sawed wood
form: sawed wood
form: sawn wood
Senses: examples: text: Monsignor Charles Kekumano, 78, was snoring loudly in his bed. Every so often, he would stop sawing wood—and break into the delightfully mischievous grin that made him so famous.
ref: 1998 January 23, Diane Chang, “Monsignor Kekumano is now in heaven”, in Honolulu Star-Bulletin:
text: "You keep all of Mouse Lodge awake sawing wood every night. You're a fine one to complain about someone else snoring."
ref: 2009, Elizabeth Haydon, The Dragon's Lair, →ISBN, page 125:
glosses: To snore loudly.
Synonyms: saw logs
Bisset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bissets
Etymology: Variant of Bissett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Christmas is coming
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Used as a reminder or warning regarding an impending deadline.
pwnage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pwnages
Etymology: From pwn + -age.
Senses: examples: text: "OMDFDG LOOK AT THIS PWNAGE SCORE!!"
ref: 2001 September 22, Kix, “Re: lo all”, in uk.games.computer.counterstrike (Usenet), retrieved 23 Sep 2016, message-ID <T08r7.11495$cZ6.1186220@news1.cableinet.net>:
glosses: Ownage; the act of pwning.
omohyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ.məʊˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.moʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɔɪd
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to omo- + hyoid. Doublet of omohyoideus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the shoulder and the hyoid bone.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: omohyoidean
glosses: Of or relating to the omohyoid muscle.
Derived terms: jugulo-omohyoid
omohyoid muscle
supraomohyoid
Related terms: omohyoidean
omohyoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊ.məʊˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/
ipa: /ˌoʊ.moʊˈhaɪˌɔɪd/
rhymes: -aɪɔɪd
Forms: form: omohyoids
Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to omo- + hyoid. Doublet of omohyoideus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ellipsis of omohyoid muscle.
phytogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: phytogeographies
Etymology: From phyto- + geography.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The science that studies the geographical distribution of plants; geobotany
Derived terms: palaeophytogeography
rainbow bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the rainbow bridge
Senses: examples: 1993 The Rites of Odin, Ed Fitch, Llewellyn, →ISBN, page 273.
O High Ones of the Rainbow Bridge, Thou hast heard that which is my need And my desire.
1998 Heartland, Volume 1, Issue 3 (Heathen Journal), I Believe, Joanne Fletcher - Holloway.
With nature I give and feel her pain, In Freyja's arms I'm at peace again, And in all I've heard, And in all I've read, My life is anew, like the eagle that flew, Across the Rainbow Bridge, Myself to myself, I give to you.
2004 The Book of Seithr, Runic John, Capall Bann Publishing, →ISBN, page 82.
Asgard stands perched on the highest branches of the tree, where it is reached by crossing Bifrost, the rainbow bridge.
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: The road between the realm of the gods and the realm of men in Heathenry which appears in the form of a rainbow; Bifrost.
examples: text: Two of my three dogs have crossed the rainbow bridge.
text: I'm so sorry your little Typo is gone. Surely she knew how much she was loved and she will wait for you at the Rainbow Bridge.
ref: 2005 September 23, jacquie, kylie & gilbert, “Typo (0/1)”, in alt.pets.ferrets (Usenet):
text: On social media, users share their emotions, positive and negative, when, for example, cats celebrate their birthdays or adoptaversaries, or when cats are ill or ‘have crossed the rainbow bridge’.
ref: 2023, Edith Podhovnik, “Cats and Their Digital Spaces”, in “The Cativerse”, in Purrieties of Language: How We Talk about Cats Online, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: A metaphorical bridge crossed at death, usually in reference to pets.
Related terms: Asgard
Midgard
phytogeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phytogeographical
form: most phytogeographical
Etymology: From phyto- + geographical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to phytogeography.
Synonyms: geobotanic
Derived terms: palaeophytogeographical
phytogeographically
YHJBT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of YHBT: you have just been trolled.
synonyms: word: YHBT
extra: you have just been trolled
crenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crenic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of poorly characterized acids found in humus
Related terms: humic acid
Redbeard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Kenning of red + beard.
Senses: examples: text: Redbeard!
ref: 1989, Eldred Thorsson, A Book of Troth, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 146:
text: The radiant goddess, wise in womans wisdom, foresaw a future as secure as the oak pillars of redbeards hall, and knew true hearts gladness as the sacred vows were made.
ref: 1999, Thunder, issue 10, How Sif Got Her Golden Hair (Thorskegga Thorn)
text: Thor, Redbeard, strong-armed wielder of Mjolnir, guardian of mankind, we make you welcome.
ref: 2012, Hester Butler-Ehle, Hearth and Field: A Heathen Prayer Book, page 180:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: sagas and Germanic paganism
glosses: The god Thor.
Related terms: Heathenry
kenning
hutia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hutias
form: utia
Etymology: From Spanish jutía.
Senses: synonyms: hog-rat
glosses: Any of the medium-sized rodents of the subfamily Capromyinae, which inhabit the Caribbean islands.
Derived terms: giant hutia
Kioto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Rare spelling of Kyoto.
duramen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /djʊˈreɪmɛn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dūrāmen.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: heartwood
Glock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The handgun is named after Austrian engineer Gaston Glock (1929–2023).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Glock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Glocks
Etymology: The handgun is named after Austrian engineer Gaston Glock (1929–2023).
Senses: examples: text: Grab ya Glocks when you see Tupac, call the cops when you see Tupac
ref: 1996, “Hit 'em Up”, performed by Tupac Shakur:
text: Feel these hot rocks, fellas, put you in a dry spot, fellas / In a pine box with nine shots from my Glock, fellas
ref: 2001, “Ether”, in Stillmatic, performed by Nas:
text: Alex blinked her eyes open and looked up at the face of a bald man wearing pajamas. In his right hand was a pump shotgun, in his left her Glock 23.
ref: 2007, Greg Iles, True Evil, Simon and Schuster, page 279:
glosses: A handgun made by the Glock company.
Derived terms: Glock switch
well said
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: hypernyms: well put
glosses: A comment expressing approval; an accolade; "that was spoken well" (clearly or eloquently.)
Related terms: well done
well spotted
kamut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kamut
Etymology: Taken from kamut, a transcription found in E. A. Wallis Budge's dictionary (where it was translated as "wheat") of Egyptian kꜣmwtt (“ear of barley”), in hieroglyphic form:
k-A-m-w-t:t-M2:Z2-!
Senses: examples: text: If you hear the name Kamut get excited. It's wheat. Yes, there are thousands of wheats, all members of the triticum family, but Kamut is different. It's 4,000 years old.
ref: 1999, Steve Meyerowitz, Sprouts, the Miracle Food: The Complete Guide to Sprouting, Sproutman Publications, →ISBN, page 75:
hypernyms: Khorasan wheat
wheat
glosses: A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.
wikipedia: E. A. Wallis Budge
dispossesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dispossess
dispossessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dispossess
dispossession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪspəˈzɛʃn̩/
Forms: form: dispossessions
Etymology: From dis- + possession.
Senses: examples: text: At times, the assimilationist paradigm has facilitated the physical dispossession of Native lands and the suppression or eradication of Native institutions, culture, and identity by the political branches of the federal government.
ref: 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 267:
glosses: The act of dispossessing someone of something.
examples: text: There had been a series of such dispossessions since the beginning of Elizabeth's reign involving many clergy, particularly those of vehement Protestant sympathies.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 462:
glosses: The casting out of an evil spirit that has possessed someone; exorcism.
dispossessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispossession
decimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decimal
decimals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decimal
dowagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowager
delimiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlɪmɪtə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: delimiters
Etymology: From delimit + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A comma-delimited file has commas as the delimiter, separating each field of the file.
glosses: That which delimits, that separates.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A unique character or series of characters that indicates the beginning or end of a specific statement, string or function body set.
Derived terms: delimiterless
delimiters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delimiter
dredgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dredger
phylloxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phylloxanthins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: xanthophyll.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellow pigment obtained by degradation of chlorophyll.
Related terms: phyllocyanin
phylloxanthins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylloxanthin
aett
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aettir
form: aetts
form: ætt
Etymology: From Old Norse ætt.
Senses: examples: text: 1984 Fortune -Telling By Runes, David & Julia Line, The Aquarian Press, →ISBN page 15.
Known as aettir, these basic divisions were sometimes named after Norse deities: Freya's eight, Hagal's eight and Tiu's eight.
text: 1993 The Elements of The Runes, Bernard King, Element, →ISBN, page 110.
When we examined runic divination, we related, in passing, the phases of the moon to the three ættir of the Common Germanic Futhark.
text: The runic futhark is usually divided into three aetts.
ref: 1998, The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 36:
text: Each aett is named after the rune that begins it, which may be regarded as the patriarch of the family it heads. This trine of families was so important that it survived the increase of the runes in England and the decrease in their number […]
ref: 2009, Donald Tyson, Runic Astrology: Chart Interpretation Through the Runes, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:
text: Each Aett contains certain runes that cover similar concepts. For example each has a rune for light, as in Kanauz the torch, Sowelo the sun, and Dagaz the day. The light becomes greater in power as we progress through the Aettir.
ref: 2016, Kim Farnell, Runes, Plain & Simple: The Only Book You'll Ever Need, Hampton Roads Publishing, →ISBN, page 38:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: A division of the runic alphabet containing eight runes.
supe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sup/
Forms: form: supes
form: sup
form: super
Etymology: Clipping of super.
Senses: examples: text: John Wilkes would go south to Richmond, to join Ford's stock company at the old Marshall Theatre for the 1858–59 season. More work as a supe awaited “J. B. Wilkes,” but his wages this time would be better than in Philadelphia: $440 for the season, the same as his older brother earned in a week.
ref: 2010, Nora Titone, My Thoughts Be Bloody:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
synonyms: sup
glosses: Clipping of supernumerary (“an extra or walk-on”).
synonyms: super
glosses: Abbreviation of superintendent.
synonyms: super
glosses: Abbreviation of supervisor.
synonyms: sup
qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: Clipping of supervision.
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
synonyms: sup
super
glosses: Clipping of superhero.
Related terms: supe up
COL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Colima: a state of Mexico.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States.
COL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: COLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cost of living.
nanny goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanny goats
form: nanny-goat
form: nannygoat
Senses: examples: text: And later, at an opportune moment, when Franny was pretending to sample a cup of chicken broth, Mrs. Glass had climbed up on the window seats with the agility of a mountain nanny goat and stripped all three of the sash windows of their heavy damask curtains.
ref: 1957, J. D. Salinger, “Zooey”, in Franny and Zooey, published 1961:
glosses: A female goat.
Synonyms: nanny
she-goat
Derived terms: get someone's nanny-goat
narrow mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narrow mindednesss
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of narrow-mindedness.
mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindednesses
Etymology: From minded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being minded in a particular way (as in narrow-mindedness, absent-mindedness).
Related terms: able-mindedness
bloody-mindedness
book-mindedness
broad-mindedness
civic-mindedness
closed-mindedness
close-mindedness
double-mindedness
ego-mindedness
even-mindedness
eye-mindedness
fair-mindedness
feeble-mindedness
good-mindedness
high-mindedness
liberal-mindedness
light-mindedness
like-mindedness
little-mindedness
long-mindedness
low-mindedness
narrow mindedness
noble-mindedness
open-mindedness
right-mindedness
simple-mindedness
single-mindedness
sloppy-mindedness
small-mindedness
soft-mindedness
strong-mindedness
tender-mindedness
tough-mindedness
twi-mindedness
weak-mindedness
wrong-mindedness
bind-rune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bind-runes
form: bindrune
Etymology: From bind + rune.
Senses: examples: text: two or more runes as a single character, called a bind-rune.
ref: 1988, Dr James Peterson, The Enchanted Alphabet:
text: Bind-rune. A combination of two or more Runes superimposed on one another to make a single shape or pattern.
ref: 1996, Kenneth Meadows, Rune Power, Element, →ISBN, page 246:
text: One way in which runes can be used very powerfully is to combine several into what is known as a sigil or bindrune.
ref: 1998, The Norse Tradition: A beginner's guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bind rune.
fenks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The refuse whale blubber, used as a manure, and in the manufacture of Prussian blue.
nebulosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebulosities
Etymology: From Latin nebulōsitās.
Senses: examples: text: With higher powers the field does not appear to be sufficiently large to allow of each streak of nebulosity being compared with the surrounding parts where the nebulosity is not quite so bright.
ref: 1868, Lord Oxmantown, An account of the observations on the great nebula in Orion:
text: If one conceives by analogy all the stars formed in this manner, one can imagine their anterior state of nebulosity itself preceded by other stars in which the nebulous matter was more and more diffuse, the nucleus being less and less luminous and dense.
ref: 2007, Stephen Hawking, God Created The Integers: The Mathematical Breakthroughs that Changed History:
topics: astronomy
climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The characteristic of being nebulous; cloudiness (measured in octas).
Related terms: nebulous
nebular
nebula
pawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
Forms: form: pawks
form: pauk
Etymology: See Puck
Senses: examples: text: So blyth was he , and fou ' of pawks; -- But yet he's dead!
ref: 1749, An Elegy on the Late Mass John T-, Minister of the Gospel at M--, page 16:
text: and a laird May find a beggar sae prepar'd, Wi pawks and wiles, whar pith is wantin, As soon will mak him rue his tauntin.
ref: 1768, William Wilkie, Fables, page 118:
text: I guess, that yours has no the art To win about a husband's heart, Nor kens the gate wi' saftening sound, And pawks, to bring ilk project round.
ref: 1811, Hector Macneill, Bygane Times, and Late Come Changes:
glosses: A wile
Derived terms: pawkery
pawky
pawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːk/
rhymes: -ɔːk
Forms: form: pawks
Etymology: Unknown
Senses: glosses: A small lobster
heliophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heliophilous
form: most heliophilous
Etymology: From helio- + -philous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: heliophilic
antonyms: heliophobic
coordinate_terms: heliotropic
paraheliotropic
sciaphilous
glosses: That needs, or tolerates, a high level of direct sunlight.
Related terms: heliocentric
heliocentrism
heliophile
heliophilia
heliophobe
heliophobia
heliotrope
heliotropism
paraheliotropism
heliophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heliophiles
Etymology: From helio- + -phile.
Senses: antonyms: heliophobe
glosses: Any organism that is attracted to sunlight or thrives in it.
antonyms: heliophobe
heliophobe
glosses: Any organism that is attracted to sunlight or thrives in it.
A person who enjoys sunshine and sunny weather.
synonyms: sun worshipper
Related terms: heliocentric
heliocentrism
heliophilia
heliophilic
heliophilous
heliophobia
heliophobic
heliotrope
heliotropic
heliotropism
paraheliotropic
paraheliotropism
natural philosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Those who have treated of natural philoſophy, may be nearly reduced to three claſſes.
ref: 1729, Roger Cotes, “The Preface of Mr. Roger Cotes, to the Second Edition of this Work, so far as It Relates to the Inventions and Discoveries herein Contained”, in Isaac Newton, translated by Andrew Motte, The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. […] , volume I, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC:
text: Next to Mathematics, the study of natural philosophy tends to have anti-aphrodisiac effects.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 163:
text: The discipline which is the ancestor of modern specializations like astronomy, biology, physics and chemistry was then called natural philosophy.
ref: 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 772:
glosses: The objective study of nature in the widest sense; science or the protoscience that led to it; (later especially) physics.
Kampucheans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kampuchean
entomophily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛntəˈmɒfəliː/
Etymology: From entomo- + -phily.
Senses: examples: text: Petaly is apparently correlated with entomophily, and apetaly with anemophily.
ref: 1899, John Merle Coulter, M. S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Botanical Gazette (volume 28, page 281)
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
antonyms: petaly
glosses: pollination by insects
Derived terms: entomophilic
entomophilous
entomophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more entomophilic
form: most entomophilic
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or pollinated by entomophily
nature reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nature reserves
Senses: examples: text: The whole area is a network of nature reserves among estuaries and marshes, and a paradise for a moocher like me.
ref: 1980, Robert Dougall, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 378:
glosses: An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
Synonyms: bioreserve
nature preserve
natural reserve
reservation
natural preserve
wildlife reserve
wildlife sanctuary
protected area
nature preserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nature preserves
Senses: glosses: An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
Synonyms: nature reserve
natural reserve
reservation
natural preserve
wildlife reserve
wildlife sanctuary
protected area
epicalyx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicalyxes
form: epicalyces
Etymology: From epi- + calyx.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of bracts resembling a calyx
natural reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural reserves
Senses: glosses: An area of land managed to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
Synonyms: nature preserve
nature reserve
reservation
natural preserve
wildlife reserve
wildlife sanctuary
natural preserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natural preserves
Senses: glosses: An area of land that is managed in order to conserve wildlife or plant habitat or other natural features.
Synonyms: nature preserve
natural reserve
reservation
nature reserve
wildlife reserve
wildlife sanctuary
wildlife reserve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildlife reserve rfd kept long ago
form: wildlife reserves
Senses: glosses: An area of land managed to conserve wildlife habitat.
Synonyms: nature preserve
natural reserve
reservation
natural preserve
nature reserve
wildlife sanctuary
epicarp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epicarps
Etymology: epi- + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”); epi- + -carp.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Exocarp.
Accad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Akkad.
wildlife sanctuary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildlife sanctuaries
Senses: glosses: An area of land that is managed in order to conserve wildlife (usually animals).
Synonyms: nature preserve
natural reserve
reservation
natural preserve
wildlife reserve
nature reserve
calyculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɪkjələs/
rhymes: -ɪkjələs
Forms: form: calyculi
form: caliculus
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any cup-shaped structure.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: calycule
glosses: A group of bracts resembling an outer calyx.
caliculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caliculi
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of calyculus.
Minoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Minoan
calicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calicles
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any cup-shaped depression.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A calyculus.
dialectician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃən/
Forms: form: dialecticians
form: dialecticiane
form: dialectisiane
form: dialectitian
Etymology: From French dialecticien (“one skillful in dialectic”), from Latin dialecticus (“dialectic”) + French -ien (“-ian”) from Latin -ianus (“-ian”). Equivalent to dialectic + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone skilled in dialectics: someone able to arrive at logical conclusions through reasoned argument.
glosses: Someone skilled in dialectical idealism: someone able to arrive at historical conclusions through consideration of contradictions.
glosses: Someone skilled in dialectical materialism: someone able to arrive at socio-political conclusions through consideration of class differences.
Hypernyms: sense: one skilled at dialectic reasoning
word: logician
sense: one skilled at dialectic reasoning
word: reasoner
sense: one skilled at dialectic reasoning
word: debater
sense: one skilled in dialectical idealism
word: Hegelian
sense: one skilled in dialectical materialism
word: Marxist
sense: one skilled in dialectical materialism
word: Communist
dialectician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʌɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪəlɛkˈtɪʃən/
Forms: form: dialecticians
form: dialecticiane
form: dialectisiane
form: dialectitian
Etymology: From dialectic (“dialectical”) + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone knowledgeable about dialects.
Synonyms: dialectologist
Hypernyms: linguist
dialecticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dialectician
hypolymnion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypolymnions
Senses: glosses: The bottom layer of a liquid body, usually used in reference to a reservoir or similar body.
epilimnion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epilimnions
form: epilimnia
Etymology: From epi- + -limnion.
Senses: glosses: The surface layer of a liquid body, used in reference to a reservoir or body of water
Related terms: epilimnetic
epilimnic
acquists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquist
metalymnion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metalimnion.
acrospires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrospire
acrospires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of acrospire
dismissals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dismissal
disgorges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disgorge
disgorging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disgorge
disgorging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disgorgings
Senses: examples: text: Noisome disgorgings of surfeits and drunkennesses.
ref: 1651 (indicated as 1652), Joseph Hall, “The Invisible World Discovered to Spiritual Eyes, and Reduced to Useful Meditation. […]”, in Josiah Pratt, editor, The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D. […], volume VI (Devotional Works), London: […] C[harles] Whittingham, […]; for Williams and Smith, […], published 1808, →OCLC:
text: Two and often three disgorgings and recorkings are needed before it is safe to send out for sale.
ref: 1869, William Joseph Flagg, Three Seasons in European Vineyards, page 108:
glosses: The act of something being disgorged.
disgorgement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈɡɔː(ɹ)dʒmənt/
Forms: form: disgorgements
Etymology: From disgorge + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: All mentioned celebrities except for Soulja Boy and Austin Mahone agreed to pay a total of over $400,000 in disgorgement, interest and penalties to settle the charges, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings.
ref: 2023 March 23, Maya Yang, “SEC charges celebrities including Lindsay Lohan over cryptocurrency endorsements”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: An act of disgorging (giving something up involuntarily).
Coordinate terms: clawback
malus
disgorgements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disgorgement
dickered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dicker
dispatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dispatchings
Senses: glosses: The sending of somebody or something to a destination for a purpose.
examples: text: The three liturgically recognized stages in life are sometimes referred to as “hatching, matching and dispatching.
ref: 2008, John F. Nash, Christianity: the One, the Many, volume 2, page 308:
glosses: burial
dispatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dispatch
desponders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desponder
disburses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disburse
disbursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disburse
deodoriser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deodorisers
Etymology: From deodorise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deodorizer.
deodorisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deodoriser
disentangling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disentangle
disentangling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disentanglings
Senses: glosses: A disentanglement.
affrontive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈfɹʌntɪv/
Forms: form: more affrontive
form: most affrontive
Etymology: From affront + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Their behaviour to him, when they could not help seeing him, was very cold and disobliging; but as yet not directly affrontive.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], chapter 4, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume I, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: Tending to affront or offend.
Synonyms: offensive
abusive
Derived terms: affrontively
affrontiveness
disentangled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disentangle
rel
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: Since M#95;0 and M#95;1 are cobordant rel boundary and f#95;0,f#95;1 are n-connected, the number #92;delta#58;#61;#92;frac12(#92;mathrm#123;rk#125;H#95;nM#95;0-#92;mathrm#123;rk#125;H#95;nM#95;1) is a nonnnegative integer.
ref: 1994, N[ikita] Netsvetaev, “Diffeomorphism Criteria for Simply Connected Even-Dimensional Manifolds”, in Oleg Viro, editor, Topology of Manifolds and Varieties (Advances in Soviet Mathematics [series] 18), American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, page 237:
text: The following notations are in common use: H#58;f#92;simeqg (rel A) means that H is a homotopy rel A from f to g....
ref: 1997, Paul Selick, Introduction to Homotopy Theory (Fields Institute Monographs), American Mathematical Society, →ISBN, page 15:
text: Then in n#92;gen', there is a map h#58;Z#92;toZ' such that h#124;A#61;g and gf#92;simeqf'h rel A, so the diagram above is commutative up to homotopy rel A.
ref: 2002, Allen Hatcher, Algebraic Topology, Cambridge, →ISBN, page 355:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of relative to.
aftershaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftershafts
Etymology: From after- + shaft.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
Synonyms: hypoptilum
hypotile
aftershafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftershaft
depressants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of depressant
hypoptilum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoptila
Etymology: From New Latin hypoptilum, from hypo- + Ancient Greek πτίλον (ptílon, “soft feathers, down”).
Senses: examples: text: This secondary feather is known as the aftershaft or hypoptilum, and its presence or absence constitutes the most important structural difference in the feathers of existing birds.
ref: 1924 October 30, W. DeW. Miller, “Variations in the structure of the aftershaft and their taxonomic value”, in American Museum Novitates, number 140:
text: The feathers in some ratites are unusual as they are less reduced than is the norm in birds—each feather has, in addition to the main feather, a large “after-shaft” or hypoptilum.
ref: 2016, Michael Heads, Biogeography and Evolution in New Zealand:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: An aftershaft.
hypoptila
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoptilum
shapeshifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shapeshift
shapeshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shapeshift
shapeshifting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shapeshiftings
Senses: examples: text: We have to prepare ourselves, make shapeshiftings in consciousness to get there. Then we are the Grail as the prepared, receptive space waiting for the Christ Light.
ref: 2011, Richard Leviton, Hierophantic Landscapes, page 388:
glosses: A change in shape; a transformation.
Related terms: shapeshifter
shapeshifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shapeshift