cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
multifield
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifield
form: most multifield
form: multi-field
Etymology: From multi- + field.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple fields (in any context)
multiwavelength
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-wavelength
Etymology: From multi- + wavelength.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
nonhydrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-hydrodynamic
Etymology: From non- + hydrodynamic.
Senses: glosses: Not hydrodynamic.
non-hydrodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonhydrodynamic.
multi-wavelength
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multiwavelength.
outcouple
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outcouples
form: outcoupling
form: outcoupled
form: outcoupled
Etymology: From out- + couple.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To remove the coupling between two interacting beams of laser light
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To let laser light escape from its confining cavity
postshock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-shock
Etymology: From post- + shock.
Senses: glosses: Following a shock
premelted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premelt
premelted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone premelting.
glosses: Melted in advance of another process.
occultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ŏkûlʹto͝oərəl
ipa: /ɒˈkʌltjʊəɹəl/
ipa: /əˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/
Etymology: Blend of occult + cultural or from occulture + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Temple Press is amongst the leading publishers and distributors of a wide range of radical and occultural material.
ref: 1992, Small Press Group of Britain, Yearbook, page 195:
text: Common occultural lingo includes many references to energy.
ref: 2004, Nathaniel Harris, Witcha: A Book of Cunning, page 163:
qualifier: imprecisely
glosses: Of or pertaining to the occult; occultic.
examples: text: If there is some truth both to the argument concerning the significance of popular music and also to the argument concerning the emergence and significance of occulture in the West, then one would expect popular music, at certain points, to reflect occultural commitment and to be implicated in the process of sacralization.
ref: 2005, Christopher Hugh Partridge, The Re-Enchantment of the West, volume 1, page 147:
text: The increasing pervasiveness of this occultural milieu across society suggests that it is beginning to displace institutional Christianity as the dominant religious culture.
ref: 2007, Gordon Lynch, The New Spirituality: An Introduction to Progressive Belief in the Twenty-first Century, page 111:
qualifier: properly
glosses: Of or pertaining to occulture.
roton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotons
Etymology: From rotation + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The quantum of rotation in a superfluid
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: an elementary excitation or quasiparticle in a superfluid
solenoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Forms: form: more solenoidal
form: most solenoidal
Etymology: From solenoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a solenoid
qualifier: vector calculus
glosses: Describing a vector field having no divergence anywhere
Synonyms: divergenceless
upscattered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more upscattered
form: most upscattered
Etymology: From up- + scattered.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Subject to upscattering
upscattering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upscatterings
Etymology: From up- + scattering.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The increase in wavelength of radiation scattered by an electron
Synonyms: Compton scattering
catbath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catbaths
form: cat bath
form: cat-bath
Etymology: From cat + bath.
Senses: examples: text: After a while, I wondered where Iggy had gotten to. I found him in the empty tub, taking a cat bath, his leg luxuriously up in the air being scrubbed tongue clean. I guess he wanted a “real” bath where mommy takes hers.
ref: 2004, Dana Kramer-Rolls, The Way of the Cat, →ISBN:
text: She slept. And dreamed, pleasantly. She was a cat. Not a repulsive scroungy cat like Jenny's, but an elegant Abyssinian. She was curled up with another cat, getting a cat-bath.
ref: 2011, L. J. Smith, The Forbidden Game, →ISBN:
glosses: A session of grooming, in which a cat cleans its own fur or that of another cat using its tongue.
examples: text: He hitched himself over to the jug at once, and hefting it as lightly as if it were a wine cup, drank a long, long draught. Then he wet a corner of his sleeve, and cleaned the grime and blood-clot and cobweb off his face and hands as best he could. He spent some while at this, and the girl watched. When he was done he looked better, but his catbath had revealed the scars on one side of his face: old scars long healed, whitish on his dark skin, four parallel ridges from eye to jawbone, as if from the scraping talons of a huge claw.
ref: 1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan, →ISBN:
text: "Doesn't matter. You take a cat-bath and change your panties. We've got a date with ten o'clock Mass."
ref: 2006, Jo-Ann Mapson, The Owl & Moon Café, →ISBN:
text: After showering if the line was not too long, or a catbath, I changed into clothes I would wear the next day and set out in sandals, free from backpack and poles to find a bar or restaurant where I could sit at a table alone for some time and write before dinner.
ref: 2012, Mary O'Hara Wyman, Grandma's on the Camino: Reflections on a 48-Day Walking Pilgrimage to Santiago, →ISBN:
glosses: A quick wash by wiping or dabbing the skin, especially of one's face.
examples: text: ‘Cat bath, hmm, I wonder what that is?’ I said, trying to imagine what it involved.
ref: 2007, Moammar Emak, Jakarta Undercover II, →ISBN:
text: The sex worker, called ‘Angel’, scored 7/10 for her all-over ‘catbath’; 8/10 for the ‘bareback barrel blow job’ (BBBJ), and 8/10 for her ‘fuck job’ (FJ), which took place with a condom.
ref: 2012, Lenore Lyons, Michele Ford, Men and Masculinities in Southeast Asia, →ISBN:
text: […] but His Hardness wants that damned, hellified, diabolical catbath and foot massage you do.
ref: 2014, Nancy Hartwell Enonchong, Harem Slave, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: A form of foreplay, chiefly in Southeast Asian sex work, in which one participant licks the other all over their body.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cat, bath.
Fluther
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
listserver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪstˌsɚvɚ/
Forms: form: listservers
form: list server
form: list-server
Etymology: From list + server.
Senses: examples: text: EndNote also has a well-established discussion group on a listserver maintained by the company.
ref: 1998 July 3, Brian Shmaefsky, “Software: Order at the End”, in Science, volume 281, number 5373, →DOI:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A server that distributes messages to members of an e-mail list.
Related terms: listserv
listservers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of listserver
nidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪdəl
Etymology: From Latin nidus (“nest”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nests.
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Of the uterus, exhibiting thickening before implantation of an ovum.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a nidus.
Derived terms: extranidal
internidal
intranidal
nidality
Related terms: nidation
svelt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more svelt
form: most svelt
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of svelte.
acetimeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetimeter
Chaim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Haim
form: Hayim
Etymology: From Hebrew חַיִּים (“life”).
Senses: examples: text: I’m distantly related to the truly great writer, Chaim Potok, which for a magazine editor seems like a good thing.
ref: 2014 August 20, Mark Potok, “What’s in a Name?”, in Southern Poverty Law Center:
text: Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
ref: 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Shloime
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʃlɔɪmə/
Etymology: From Yiddish שלמה (Shloyme).
Senses: glosses: A male given name of Ashkenazi Jewish usage, variant of Shlomo or Solomon (and sometimes used as a diminutive of these).
Shimshon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְשׁוֹן. Doublet of Samson.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
aptery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Complete absence of wings.
Related terms: apterous
mudrās
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudrā
tilt barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tilt barrier
kamānchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamāncha
kamānches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kamānche
seasonableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seasonable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being seasonable.
Synonyms: sense: occurring at an appropriate or suitable time
word: seasonability
word: timeliness
throw in the bark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws in the bark
form: throwing in the bark
form: threw in the bark
form: thrown in the bark
Etymology: From the fact that the bark of the cinchona tree is used to make the medicine quinine.
Senses: examples: text: The physician dined that day at Mr Allworthy's; and having after dinner visited his patient, he returned to the company, and told them, that he had now the satisfaction to say, with assurance, that his patient was out of all danger: that he had brought his fever to a perfect intermission, and doubted not by throwing in the bark to prevent its return.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter IX, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V:
text: In intermitting fevers of an obſtinate nature, I have found it necessary to throw in the bark much faſter.
ref: 1790, William Buchan, Domestic medicine: or, A treatise on the prevention and cure of diseases, 11th edition, page 151:
text: An emetic was prescribed, a perspiration broke out, and I now, with an air of confidence, began to throw in the bark, quite sanguine in my expectations of soon checking this formidable disease.
ref: 1864 (Nov 5), E. Hare, "The treatment of malarious fever", The Medical Times and Gazette, Volume 2, page 487
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To administer quinine.
throwing in the bark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of throw in the bark
double-team
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double-teams
form: double-teaming
form: double-teamed
form: double-teamed
form: double team
Senses: examples: text: On any given night, Pivotman Macauley was good for at least 18 points a game. But because L.I.U. double-teamed him (he had two men guarding him), he didn't bother to shoot much.
ref: 1949 January 24, “Stop St. Louis!”, in Time:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In sports involving offensive and defensive teams, to use two defensive players to guard against the movements of a single offensive player.
examples: text: Obama . . . accused the Clintons of double-teaming him on the campaign trail. "I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes," he said.
ref: 2008 January 21, Kathy Kiely, “Clinton, Obama step up attacks at South Carolina debate”, in USA Today, retrieved 06 Jan 2009:
text: Movie buffs will love this costume from Beetlejuice. And even if you don't have someone to double team this look with, each costume can easily slay on its own.
ref: 2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: To deal with or handle a task or individual person by using a team of two people.
examples: 2015, Double Lucky. Jackie Collins. 2015.
He and M.J. had double-teamed her—with her consent—on a drunken prom night.
glosses: To double penetrate someone.
raw_tags: of two people
examples: text: one day they double-teamed her into a closet and threatened to lock her in if she didn't show them her privates.
ref: 2012, Eleanor Choukas Anderson, Out of Her Shadow, page 557:
glosses: To gang up on someone, as a group of two.
Coordinate terms: triple-team
double team
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double teams
form: double teaming
form: double teamed
form: double teamed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of double-team.
Wise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /waɪz/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A township in Isabella County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Warren County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A town, the county seat of Wise County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Wise County
Wise Creek
hemostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiːməˈsteɪsɪs/
ipa: /hiːˈmɒstəsɪs/
Forms: form: hemostases
form: haemostasis
form: hæmostasis
Etymology: From hemo- + stasis. From Ancient Greek αἱμόστασις (haimóstasis, “styptic drug”).
Senses: examples: text: A complete hemostasis is achieved with a minimal risk of injury to the trachea when using level 3 with the blunt side of the active blade.
ref: 2005, W. Feil, Ultrasonic energy for cutting, coagulating, and dissecting, page 158:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The process of keeping blood inside a damaged vessel to stop bleeding.
Derived terms: electrohemostasis
Related terms: word: hemoclip
word: hemodynamics
word: hemostat
word: hemostatic
tono-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”).
Senses: examples: tonography, myotonometer, hypotonia
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Tonus: muscle tone, or tension in an organ.
examples: tonogenesis, tonomorpheme, tonomorphology
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to tone in linguistics.
examples: tonoscope, tonotopic, tonotopy
glosses: Acoustic pitch or musical tone.
examples: tonofibril, tonoplast
glosses: Tension, tense, or stretched.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from pitch
word: tonophant
sense: terms derived from pitch
word: tonoscope
sense: terms derived from pitch
word: tonotopic
sense: terms derived from pitch
word: tonotopy
sense: terms derived from tension
word: tonofibril
sense: terms derived from tension
word: tonofibrillar
sense: terms derived from tension
word: tonofilament
sense: terms derived from tension
word: tonoplast
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonoexodus
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonogenesis
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonogenetic
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonological
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonologist
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonomorpheme
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonomorphological
sense: terms derived from toneme
word: tonomorphology
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: hypertonia
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: hypotonia
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: myotonometer
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonogram
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonograph
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonographic
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonography
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonometer
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonometry
sense: terms derived from tonus
word: tonotaxis
Führers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Führer
jökulhlaups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jökulhlaup
béarnaise sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of béarnaise sauce
béarnaises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of béarnaise
béchamels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of béchamel
break the seal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breaks the seal
form: breaking the seal
form: broke the seal
form: broken the seal
Etymology: From a supposed increased need to urinate after the first urination following ingestion of alcohol.
Senses: glosses: To urinate, particularly for the first time after drinking alcohol.
Synonyms: urinate
béchamel sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of béchamel sauce
béguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of béguin
cépages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cépage
dictatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dictatrix
diamantés
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diamanté
topo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόπος (tópos, “place”).
Senses: glosses: place, area or region
idées fixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idée fixe
retransplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retransplants
form: retransplanting
form: retransplanted
form: retransplanted
Etymology: From re- + transplant.
Senses: examples: text: Bone marrow cells from mice transplanted 4 to 6 weeks before with human cord blood CD34 cells in panels a and b were retransplanted […] into secondary 2 -microglobulin knockout NOD/SCID mice.
ref: 1999 February 5, Amnon Peled et al., “Dependence of Human Stem Cell Engraftment and Repopulation of NOD/SCID Mice on CXCR4”, in Science, volume 283, number 5403, →DOI, pages 845–848:
glosses: To transplant (something) again
examples: text: About 20 percent of patients need to be retransplanted.
ref: 1990 October 5, Brenda Wilhelmson, “The Wait”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: To perform organ transplantation again
Derived terms: retransplantation
retransplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retransplants
Etymology: From re- + transplant.
Senses: glosses: An instance of transplanting something again.
maizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If these maizes were two boys, not improbably the one would be caned for failing to respond to treatment so efficacious in the case of the other.
ref: 1919, Various, Cambridge Essays on Education:
text: By crossing the wild and cultivated maizes, researchers created resistant varieties, saving thousands of farmers from ruin.
ref: 1997 August 22, Charles Mann, “BOTANY: Cashing in on Seed Banks' Novel Genes”, in Science, volume 277, number 5329, →DOI:
text: The first maize and one of the hybrid maizes are made jointly by Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a subsidiary of DuPont, and Mycogen Seeds, a unit of Dow AgroSciences, which is owned by Dow Chemical .
ref: 2007 October 25, Reuters, “Approval for 4 Modified Crops”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of maize
hemostases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemostasis
haemostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemostases
Etymology: From haemo- + -stasis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hemostasis.
Related terms: haemostatic
haemostases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hiːˈmɒstəsiːz/
Senses: glosses: plural of haemostasis
sportively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sportively
form: most sportively
Etymology: From sportive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps to treat the matter lightly and sportively would be the course most likely to encourage her to explain it.
ref: 1880, Percy Greg, Across the Zodiac:
text: "Then you got time, ain't you, to buy a girl a glass o'--" She stopped and winked sportively.
ref: 1912, James Brendan Connolly, Wide Courses:
text: At Zanies last May she sportively bickered with the vocal crowd.
ref: 2006 October 13, Ryan Hubbard, “Chelsea Handler”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: In a sportive way
Related terms: sportiveness
épopées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of épopée
hung the moon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang the moon
latitudinarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /lædɪtuːdəˈnɛɹi.ənɪzəm/
Forms: form: latitudinarianisms
Etymology: From latitudinarian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: It is for want of sufficiently investigating and allowing for this moral and political latitudinarianism of our enemies, that we are apt to be too precipitate in censuring the conduct of the war; and, in our estimation of what has been done, we pay too little regard to the principles by which we have been directed.
ref: 1797, An English Lady, A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795,:
text: Meanwhile, however, refugee Flemings and Brabantines had sought an asylum in the city, and being, as usual, of the strictest sect of the Calvinists were shocked at the latitudinarianism which prevailed.
ref: 1867, John Lothrop Motley, History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete:
text: Indolence and timidity have united to popularise among us a flaccid latitudinarianism, which thinks itself a benign tolerance for the opinions of others.
ref: 1908, John Morley, On Compromise:
glosses: Tolerance of other people's views, particularly in religious context.
examples: text: The implication is that latitudinarianism permits ascription of de re belief too freely, and that the more robust classical conception of de re attitudes is needed to accommodate the explanatory func- tion of belief.
ref: 1982, Lynne Rudder Baker, “De Re Belief in Action”, in Philosophical Review:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The latitudinarian position, that de re attitudes are merely a special case of de dicto attitudes
transpadane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Transpadan
form: Transpadane
Etymology: From Latin Trānspadānus.
Senses: glosses: On the opposite side of the river Po, usually relative to Rome; hence, the northern side.
valley girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valley girl
Mss.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ms.
Mss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪzəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of Ms
Mses.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ms.
leyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leylines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ley line.
nonthermonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + thermonuclear.
Senses: glosses: Not thermonuclear.
nonelectrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + electrochemical.
Senses: glosses: Not electrochemical.
Miz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪz/
homophone: miz
homophone: mizz
homophone: Ms
rhymes: -ɪz
Forms: form: mizz
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Mizoram: a state of India.
Miz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪz/
homophone: miz
homophone: mizz
homophone: Ms
rhymes: -ɪz
Forms: form: Mizzes
form: mizz
Senses: examples: text: When he got there, Miz Meadows asked him where was Brer Fox
ref: 1988, Julius Lester, More tales of Uncle Remus: further adventures of Brer Rabbit, his friends, enemies, and others, →ISBN, page 13:
text: Once upon a time, when dogs barked in rhyme, there was Miz Hattie. Miz Hattie lived all alone in the piney woods.
ref: 1995, Virginia Hamilton, “Miz Hattie Gets Some Company”, in Her stories: African American folktales, fairy tales, and true tales, →ISBN, Her Animal Tales, page 15:
text: Miz Rowe knew, of course, that Flary was at home, and knew that she was making a hand along with the old man and the boys.
ref: 2000, Janice Holt Giles, Hill Man, →ISBN, page 159:
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of Ms..
Mizzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Miz
nonbiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biometric.
Senses: glosses: Not biometric.
antihole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiholes
Etymology: From anti- + hole.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Clipping of graph antihole.
graph antihole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graph antiholes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The complement of a graph hole
graph hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graph holes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A cycle, in a graph, that has no cycle chord
Synonyms: chordless cycle
cycle chord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle chords
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A chord of a graph cycle, one of whose endpoints is not a vertex.
edge set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edge sets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of all the edges of a graph
vowel quantity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vowel quantities
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A vowel’s duration of articulation; its length.
Hildebrand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪldəbɹænd/
Forms: form: Hildebran
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hildebrand (Proto-Germanic *Hildibrandaz).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Hildebrand solubility parameter
Burkhard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bernhardt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bernhardts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bernhardt.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Bernhardt-Roth syndrome
Bernhart
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bernharts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bernhart.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Xenia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈziːniə/
Forms: form: Ksenia
form: Kseniya
form: Xeniya
Etymology: From the assumed name of a fifth-century saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Latin Xenia, from Ancient Greek ξενία (xenía, “hospitable”). Doublet of Oksana.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek of mainly historical use in English.
glosses: A village in Illinois.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kansas.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Greene County, Ohio.
Related terms: Oksana
Xena
Naubinway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Anishinaabe language, nawbin, "to look or gaze in wonderment".
Senses: glosses: A town in Michigan.
bass viols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bass viol
DIPMeIn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Di-isopropylmethylindium, Di-isopropylmethylindium or DIPMeIn (US Patent 6,680,397) is developed as the next generation "liquid indium" MOCVD source to improve on the limitations of solid and solution TMI.
guasas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guasa
leatherworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leather + working.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of articles from leather.
Synonyms: leatherwork
Related terms: leatherworker
musketo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musketos
form: musketoes
Senses: examples: text: This is the great chain which links us all, this is the picture which every province exhibits, Nova Scotia excepted. There the crown has done all; either there were no people who had genius, or it was not much attended to: the consequence is, that the province is very thinly inhabited indeed; the power of the crown in conjunction with the musketos has prevented men from settling there. Yet some parts of it flourished once, and it contained a mild harmless set of people. But for the fault of a few leaders, the whole were banished. The greatest political error the crown ever committed in America, was to cut off men from a country which wanted nothing but men!
ref: 1782, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur, Letters from an American Farmer, page 53:
glosses: Archaic form of mosquito.
Shimon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew שִׁמְעוֹן (shimon).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
auget
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əʊˈʒeɪ/
Forms: form: augets
Etymology: From French, diminutive of auge (“trough”), from Latin alveus (“hollow”), from alvus (“belly”).
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
put heads together
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts heads together
form: putting heads together
form: put heads together
form: put heads together
Senses: examples: text: I'm sure if we put our heads together we can come up with a solution.
text: Sam and Bran put their little heads together and discover that Jon Snow’s real name is Jon Sand, er, Aegon Targaryen.
ref: 2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: To collaborate in a mental task, such as generating ideas.
Related terms: many hands make light work
skull session
two heads are better than one
shanty towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shanty town
carryable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carryable
form: most carryable
Etymology: From carry + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carriable.
carryable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carryables
Etymology: From carry + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carriable.
nucleoskeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleoskeletons
Etymology: From nucleo- + skeleton.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The framework of the cell nucleus, supporting DNA replication, transcription, chromatin remodeling, signaling, and mRNA synthesis, processing and transport.
Synonyms: word: NSK
Derived terms: nucleoskeletal
Related terms: cytoskeleton
nucleoskeletons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleoskeleton
carryables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carryable
Cablinasians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cablinasian
church services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of church service
personal flotation device
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal flotation devices
Senses: examples: text: Under the new personal flotation device regulations, boats 16 feet and longer must have one wearable type flotation device on board the boat for each person.
ref: 1973 October 15, “Water Safety Drive Concluded”, in Ocala Star-Banner, retrieved 07 Jan 2010, page 5B:
glosses: A life vest or other device or article of clothing designed to be used by one person as an aid to remaining safely afloat in water, especially in an emergency situation.
Synonyms: flotation suit
life belt
life buoy
life jacket
lifesaver
Mae West
PFD
personal flotation devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal flotation device
same old same old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: same old, same old
form: same-old, same-old
form: same-old same-old
form: same old-same old
form: same ol' same ol'
form: same ol', same ol'
form: same-ol' same-ol'
form: same ol'-same ol'
Senses: examples: text: "Yeah you were a kid last time I saw you. Heard you'd got flagged. What you doing now?"
"Same old, same old," I reply.
ref: 1970, George Cain, Blueschild Baby, McGraw-Hill, page 22:
text: "People get so tired of hearing promises, promises and promises, and then when they get elected it's the same old, same old," Browning said.
ref: 1990 November 3, Jennifer Orsi, “Incumbents”, in St. Petersburg Times, retrieved 07 Jan 2010, page 4A:
text: Most basically, this is the same old-same old — visionary artist struggles successfully to realize his particular vision, gets famous, gets laid, gets in trouble with the whole celebrity thing, tries to escape the demands of his exigent fans . . . ends up sort of beloved, sort of intact, but sort of unfulfilled, too.
ref: 2007 November 21, Richard Schickel, “I'm Not There: Deconstructing Dylan”, in Time:
text: Pending future revelations, I'm going to assume that the present is like the past, and that this is more of the same old same-old.
ref: 2011 June 8, Mark Liberman, “Speech-based lie detection in Russia”, in Language Log:
text: But it does make a cultural difference - and you need pioneers like Robin who recognise the benefit of doing that rather than perpetuating the same-old-same-old.
ref: 2024 January 24, Dyan Perry talks to Nick Brodrick, “The industry has given me so much”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 42:
glosses: A familiar, uninteresting, or tedious situation, activity, narrative, or set of facts.
Synonyms: same old story
same old thing
same old, same old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of same old same old.
same-old, same-old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of same old same old.
same-old same-old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of same old same old.
same old-same old
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Broadmoor didn't want the same old-same old, and so the idea, through the education committee, was to have a charter school here in Broadmoor.
ref: 2012, Tom Wooten, We Shall Not Be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina, →ISBN:
text: "Pretty much the same old-same old," she lied with an idle shrug. "The faces change every night, but the party never ends."
ref: 2014, Becca Sinh, The Chieftain's Daughter, →ISBN:
text: Many people and systems do not fully realize the seismic shift underway, a historic employment crisis, a K-wave in the United States of America and especially around the world, the new world order, yet same old-same old, until it affects them, by which time it is often too late, and there is not enough time to adjust before the sudden impact.
ref: 2016, Bryan Fletcher, Legend of the Mighty Sparrow, →ISBN:
text: These routines alleviate the boredom of those “same old-same old” workouts, plus you can perform them on your usual equipment simply by modifying your routine.
ref: 2017, Gold’s Gym, The Total Fitness Manual: Transform Your Body in 12 Weeks, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of same old same old.
SCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/
Forms: form: SCPs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Senior Crown Prosecutor.
SCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛs.siˌpi/
Forms: form: SCPs
Etymology: An initialism of special containment procedures. Not an initialism of the SCP Foundation’s motto, secure, contain, protect, which is a backronym from SCP.
Senses: examples: text: SCP Breakout is an SCP experience based on the horror genre of the same title.
ref: 2018, Adam Sippel, SCP Breakout:
text: If you start reading or just heard about SCP and the writing community. This is the book to start reading.
ref: 2019, Michael Nooras, Tales of SCP:
ref: 2021, Grace Anderson Wilson, Terrifying SCP Horror Stories:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A genre of science fiction horror consisting of quasi-scientific reports on the capture, containment, and attempted study of a variety of supernatural entities by the fictional shadow organization known as the SCP Foundation.
examples: text: The Foundation as a whole acquires about a dozen new SCPs annually.
ref: 2021, qntm, There is No Antimemetics Division:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Such a report or supernatural entity.
Derived terms: SCP-esque
FIAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Back-formation from Fiat as a backronym. From the tendency of Fiat automobiles to apocryphally be always in need of repair. From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino (“Italian Automobiles Factory of Turin”)
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fix it again Tony.
Related terms: MIATA
FIAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FIATs
Etymology: From Italian FIAT, from Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fiat.
fix it again Tony
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Back-formation from Fiat, from Italian FIAT (“Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino”). From the initialism; derives from the commonly perceived frequent breakdowns of Fiat vehicles when used in North America.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Fiat, the Italian automaker.
Related terms: FIAT
overpotentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overpotential
preselection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preselections
form: pre-selection
Etymology: From pre- + selection.
Senses: examples: text: The preselection in Mr Costello's Victorian seat of Higgins will start in April, when he will have to reveal whether he will stand for another term.
ref: 2009 February 17, Malcolm Farr and AAP, “Former Opposition leader Brendan Nelson to quit politics”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2009:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
examples: text: After automated particle preselection, manual verification, and selection by cross-correlation, 18,801 particles were chosen for the vacant 40S subunit, 20,939 particles for the IRES-40S complex, and 13,613 particles for the IRES dII-40S complex.
ref: 2001 March 9, Christian M. T. Spahn et al., “Hepatitis C Virus IRES RNA-Induced Changes in the Conformation of the 40S Ribosomal Subunit”, in Science, volume 291, number 5510, →DOI, pages 1959–1962:
topics: sciences
glosses: Selection in advance
qualifier: evolutionary theory
glosses: The preference for a mate found attractive by other members of one's sex.
examples: text: In compos which are potentially crammed like the music compos, preselection is a necessary evil. [...] 15-16 songs [...] are thus chosen to be played to the audience.
ref: 2009, Evoke demoparty, Preselection:
text: Every entry will be released [...], unless it was preselected/disqualified, or the competition was canceled.
ref: 2012, Demodays demoparty, General Rules (All Compos):
topics: computing
demoscene
engineering
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of a jury selecting entries to be shown in a competition when there are too many entries for the audience or schedule. The term preselection is often used with the opposite meaning in demoscene context, i.e. selecting entries not to be shown.
Related terms: preselect
sexuo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Latin sexus
Senses: glosses: Of or concerning sexuality.
madrepores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of madrepore
atelierista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atelieristas
Senses: examples: text: Teachers trace the children's discoveries through the artwork, and together with the atelierista, document and reflect on the children's learning.
glosses: studio teacher
Related terms: atelier
adultescents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adultescent
mathmagicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mathmagician
blidgets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blidget
humita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humitas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish humita, from Quechua humint'a.
Senses: examples: text: The Ecuadorean offerings are the best, particularly the humitas, steamed cornhusk tamales stuffed with a moist and fresh filling of sweet corn.
ref: 2008 February 3, “Where the Twain Meet”, in New York Times:
glosses: A traditional food of South America, consisting of masa harina dough and corn slowly cooked in oil.
alloy wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloy wheel
amanse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈmænz/
Forms: form: amanses
form: amansing
form: amansed
form: amansed
Etymology: From Middle English amansen, amansien, from Old English āmānsumian (“to excommunicate, anathematize, curse, proscribe, outlaw”, literally “to disjoin”), from a- (“out, without”) + ġemāna (“community, company, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation”) + *sumian. Cognate with Old High German armeinsamōn (“to excommunicate”).
Senses: examples: text: From hence it is plain, that the amanased, or amansed nations were the infidel Saracens.
ref: 1781, Jacob Bryant, Thomas Chatterton, Observations upon the poems of Thomas Rowley:
glosses: To excommunicate; interdict.
glosses: To ban; curse; accurse.
Derived terms: amansed
amansing
Related terms: manse
ingine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingines
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of engine.
tribo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρίβω (tríbō, “to rub”).
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: friction
Related terms: tribadism
calamata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calamatas
form: kalamata
form: Calamata
form: Kalamata
Etymology: From Kalamáta, a city in Southern Greece.
Senses: glosses: A kalamata olive.
glosses: A type of currant from southern Greece.
calamatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calamata
machiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machiner
Sooner State
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sooner State
Senses: examples: text: Oklahoma has almost, but never quite elected a Republican Governor. But in national politics the Sooner State has twice strayed from the Democratic reservation (Harding and Hoover).
ref: 1943 August 16, “U.S. At War: Every Democrat for Himself”, in Time:
glosses: Official nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.
Spinozism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spinoza + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: A common weapon against Cartesians in those latter days was an accusation of Spinozism.
ref: 1878, J. P. N. Land, “Philosophy in the Dutch Universities,”, in Mind, volume 3, number 9, page 96:
text: But of course Spinozism in an empiricist mode is Spinozism with a considerable difference, as ethics written in Hume's preferred nonabstruse style (and increasingly nonabstruse from Treatise to Essays and Enquiries) sets a different tone from ethics in ordine geometrico.
ref: 1993, Annette C. Baier, “David Hume, Spinozist”, in Hume Studies, volume 19:
text: Monism, as characterized here, seems to be a commitment both of Spinoza and of variants of Spinozism influential in Germany in the 1780s and 90s.
ref: 2002, Sebastian Gardner, Paul Franks, “From Kant to Post-Kantian Idealism”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, Supplementary Volumes, vol. 76, p. 230 note 7:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The philosophical doctrine of Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) and his followers.
Related terms: Spinozist
Spinozistic
2SLS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of two-stage least squares.
Synonyms: TSLS
scarface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarfaces
Etymology: From scar + face.
Senses: glosses: A person with a scarred face.
three-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːˌhɛdəd/
Etymology: From three + headed.
Senses: synonyms: triple-headed
tricephalic
tricephalous
glosses: Having three heads.
nucleoskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nucleo- + skeletal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a nucleoskeleton.
ũ
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Senses: examples: thũder — thunder
trũpet — trumpet
glosses: The letter u with a tilde, replacing the sequence un or um.
silent partner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silent partners
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: sleeping partner
glosses: A partner who is not actively involved in the running of a business.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see silent, partner.
silent partners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silent partner
nucleo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Formed from nucleus, from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”), a diminutive of nux (“nut”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
cytology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Forming words pertaining to nuclei.
Forming words pertaining to the cell nucleus or to nucleic acid.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Forming words pertaining to nuclei.
Forming words pertaining to atomic nuclei.
cognise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cognises
form: cognising
form: cognised
form: cognised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of cognize.
Derived terms: cognisable
cogniser
miscognise
re-cognise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-cognises
form: re-cognising
form: re-cognised
form: re-cognised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recognize.
cognises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cognise
cognising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cognise
cognising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cognisings
Senses: examples: text: Sensations then, are not perceivings, observings or findings; they are not detectings, scannings or inspectings; they are not apprehendings, cognisings, intuitings or knowings.
ref: 2009, Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind: 60th Anniversary Edition, page 194:
glosses: An act of cognition.
cognised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cognise
key card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of keycard.
key cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key card (alternative spelling of keycards).
anlaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: anʹlout
ipa: /ˈan.laʊt/
rhymes: -aʊt
Forms: form: anlauts
Etymology: Borrowed from German Anlaut, from an- (“on, at the beginning”) + Laut (“sound”).
Senses: examples: text: in anlaut
translation: at the beginning of a word or syllable
english: at the beginning of a word or syllable
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hyponyms: onset
coordinate_terms: auslaut
inlaut
glosses: The first sound of a word (word-initial position) or syllable (syllable-initial position).
sulfadimethoxine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfadimethoxines
Etymology: From sulfa- (“sulfonamide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sulfonamide antibacterial derivative of sulfadiazine
passivisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passivisations
form: passivization
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of passivization.
passivization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passivizations
form: passivisation
Etymology: From passive + -ization.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The process of rendering into the passive form.
Related terms: medio-passivization
passivize