cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
foreview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreviews
Etymology: From fore- + view.
Senses: examples: text: James Ford Rhodes contributes a thoughtful paper on history; Ethel Pufier treats of the dread of loss of personality; Clement Smith gives a foreview of the American College of the Twentieth Century.
ref: 1900, Book News, volume 18, page 334:
text: Dr. Scofield continues: "It is incredible that in a prophecy covering the church period there should be no such foreview. [...]"
ref: 2000, John R. Rice, Bible Lessons on the Book of Revelation - Page 7:
text: Most conclusively of all, these messages do present an exact foreview of the spiritual history of the Church, and in this precise order.
ref: 2007, F. T. Chisholm, Keys to the Apocalypse - Page 156:
glosses: A preview
examples: text: Despite the long drive, the position was irresistible because the campus serves as a test site for advanced networking technologies. She glances in the "foreview" mirror to check the traffic.
ref: 1995, John R. Bourne, The Influence of Technology on Engineering Education - Page 56:
glosses: A forward view. Compare with rearview.
foreviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreview
cariocas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carioca
bar mitzvahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar mitzvah
bar mitzvahs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bar mitzvah
b'nai mitzvah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: b’nai mitzvah
Senses: glosses: plural of bar mitzvah
bat mitzvahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bat mitzvah
b'not mitzvah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bat mitzvah
Istakhr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian استخر (estaxr), possibly through Arabic إِصْطَخْر (ʔiṣṭaḵr).
Senses: glosses: A major ancient and medieval city in Persia, located near Persepolis in modern Iran.
Dizi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district (woreda) in southern Ethiopia.
glosses: Dizin, a language of southern Ethiopia.
Dizi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of southern Ethiopia.
Dizi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dizicheh, a small city in Iran.
Ahvaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ahwaz
Etymology: From Persian اهواز (ahvâz), from Arabic أَهْوَاز (ʔahwāz) and اَلْأَهْوَاز (al-ʔahwāz), a shortened form of سُوق الْأَهْوَاز (sūq al-ʔahwāz), a partial-calque of Middle Persian Hūǰestān-vāčār (literally “the market of Khuzestan”), name of a major town in Sassanian-era Khuzestan; see Khuzestan for more.
Senses: glosses: A city in Iran, the seat of Ahvaz County's Central District and the capital of Khuzestan Province.
glosses: A county of Iran, around the city.
Power Five
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪv
Etymology: From power + five.
Senses: topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The five college football conferences (ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC) that traditionally contain the strongest programs, and whose champions are guaranteed berths in one of the six bowl games associated with the College Football Playoff.
string substitution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: string substitutions
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The semantics-free search and replacement of one sequence of text characters with another.
topics: computational
computing
engineering
human-sciences
linguistics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mapping of letters to sets of strings, which creates a closed operation for regular and context-free languages.
cartier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of carty: more carty
sells wolf tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sell wolf tickets
selling wolf tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sell wolf tickets
sold wolf tickets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sell wolf tickets
stop-overs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stop-over
fail-safes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fail-safe
fail-safes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fail-safe
alumni associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alumni association
art papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of art paper
season finales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of season finale
time-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time-out
truant officers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truant officer
hyperspace drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperspace drive
baby-jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby-jumper
hypnotisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypnotisation
Mario Andrettis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mario Andretti
Ragamuffins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ragamuffin
ampere-turns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ampere-turn
char-woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: char-women
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of charwoman.
FaceSpace
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A blend of the names of the well-known social networks Facebook and Myspace.
Senses: examples: text: He could contact the administrators of FACEspace to have the page removed and he could also contact the police to have them deal with the situation.
ref: 2010, Bullying in a Cyber World :-), volume 4, R.I.C. Publications, →ISBN, page 24:
text: This fast-paced video gives you a glimpse of office workers using smartphones, computers, and other technologies on the job.[…] Who is using “FaceSpace” and why?
ref: 2012, Mary Ellen Guffey, Dana Loewy, Essentials of Business Communication, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, 9, pages 136-137:
text: Like everyone else, I’ve been on FaceSpace for a while. Seems like everyone’s having fun.
ref: 2013, Adrian Chamberlain, FaceSpace: Orca Currents, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 1:
text: No more facespace. No more texting or tweeting.
ref: 2014, Elisabeth Sheffield, Helen Keller Really Lived, University of Alabama Press, →ISBN, page 201:
glosses: A generic social networking website.
megaship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaships
form: mega-ship
Etymology: From mega- + ship.
Senses: examples: 2000, Leigh B. Boske, "Policy Research Project on Transportation in the Americas" in "Transportation in the Americas: its role in international trade, economic integration, and sustainable development"
"The cost structure of a megaship has characteristics associated with economies of scale because fixed costs are extremely high and marginal costs are low. Megaships' reduce transport costs on the margin because they are able to ship […] "
glosses: a very large ship; a ship that is among the world's largest
megaships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaship
mega-ship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-ships
Etymology: From mega- + ship.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of megaship.
mega-ships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mega-ship
traitorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From traitor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state, condition, character, or conduct of a traitor.
bettership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From better + -ship. Compare West Frisian betterskip.
Senses: examples: text: […] to all kinds of labour and servitude, where after experiencing degradation, contempt, and stinted allowance of food, which the unnatural spirit of aristocratic bettership engenders, they often exchange a bad state for a worse, from oppression to prostitution, […]
ref: 1818, Sherwin's Political Register - Volume 3 - Page 395
text: Wherby it becomes the puffer vp to pride in the recluse, and the direction to disdaine, by dreaming still of bettership: […]
ref: 1888, Richard Mulcaster, Robert Hebert Quick, Positions - Page 186:
text: Time properly brings changes, but to those of us who have shared the spiritual responsibilities of such a Committee, its experiences have contributed conspicuously of bettership in our lives.
ref: 1922, The Friend, volume 95, page 591:
glosses: betterment; improvement
Synonyms: betterhood
Capitoulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of capitoulate, particularly the municipal government of Toulouse, France.
high-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-up
form: most high-up
form: high up
Senses: glosses: High; elevated or tall.
strangleholding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stranglehold
strangleheld
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stranglehold
hairyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hairy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hairiness.
in the driving seat
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of in the driver's seat.
kookoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kookoos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kuku.
makhzen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makhzens
form: maghzen
form: makhzan
Senses: glosses: The governing institution in Morocco and in pre-1957 Tunisia, centered on the monarch and also including certain military personnel, landowners, civil servants, etc.
Sète
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Sète (from Occitan Seta).
Senses: glosses: A commune and town in Hérault department, Occitania, France.
carpetbeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpetbeaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carpet beater.
carpet-beater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carpet-beaters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carpet beater.
carpet beater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːpɪtˈbiːtə/
Forms: form: carpet beaters
form: carpet-beater
form: carpetbeater
Etymology: From carpet + beater.
Senses: glosses: A tool for beating dust out of carpets, cushions, etc., used in housecleaning before the invention of the vacuum cleaner.
grey pound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the purchasing power of or the business generated by elderly people
Related terms: brown pound
pink pound
Husar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Husars
Etymology: Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Husár.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Rab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Rab, ultimately derived from a substrate root *Arb-, as apparent in Ancient Greek Ἄρβα (Árba), Latin Arba and Italian Arbe.
Senses: glosses: An island off the Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.
glosses: A town on the above island.
Rab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name, Scottish version of Rob, from Robert.
come to a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to a sticky end
form: coming to a sticky end
form: came to a sticky end
form: come to a sticky end
form: meet a sticky end
Senses: examples: text: Newbery in England and Isaiah Thomas in the U.S.A. insisted that their books for children were of a high moral tone. Children had to be good in order to escape from hell, and most bad children came to a very sticky end.
ref: 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 139:
glosses: To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
meet a sticky end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meets a sticky end
form: meeting a sticky end
form: met a sticky end
form: met a sticky end
form: come to a sticky end
Senses: glosses: To die unpleasantly due to one's actions.
maggot therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of biotherapy in which live, disinfected maggots are introduced into the wound of a human or animal to clean out the necrotic tissue therein.
Related terms: fish therapy
Xeroxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Xerox
Xeroxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Xerox
Tykes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tyke
smart alecs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smart alec
Germs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Germ
back-handers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of back-hander
tete-a-tetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tete-a-tete Alternative form of tête-à-têtes.
shilling signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shilling sign
enthronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enthronize
enthronizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enthronize
enthronizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enthronize
enthronised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enthronise
enthronises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enthronise
enthronising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enthronise
speaking highly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of speak highly
spoke highly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of speak highly
speaks highly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of speak highly
soy milk makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soy milk maker
makhzens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makhzen
Elizabethanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Elizabethanisms
Etymology: From Elizabethan + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: For the charm of the Elizabethans does not lie in their Elizabethanisms; these are but as the mosses and lichens which Time will grow upon our Victorian literature as surely as he has grown them upon the Elizabethan—upon such of it, at least, as has not been jerry-built.
ref: 1898, Samuel Butler, The Iliad of Homer, rendered into English prose, Preface:
glosses: A word, usage, or linguistic feature particular to the literature of England in the Elizabethan period.
Elizabethanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Elizabethanism
billeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billeters
Etymology: From billet + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] soldiers complain of being billeted in the houses of such poor people as are not able to provide for them; and the billeters complain that the soldier is not content with the provision made for him, […]
ref: 1858, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Calendar of State Papers: Domestic Series, page 561:
glosses: One who billets (lodges a soldier).
gadofosveset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A previous study of quantitative vessel wall analysis in 23 Takayasu arteritis patients used gadofosveset, an intravascular contrast agent.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Vessel Wall Inflammation of Takayasu Arteritis Detected by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Association with Disease Distribution and Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent.
contrast agents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrast agent
hyperinflamed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperinflamed
form: most hyperinflamed
Etymology: From hyper- + inflamed.
Senses: examples: text: Depletion of Treg cells (i.e. loss of their suppressive function) is not only linked with a hyperinflamed CNS, but it is also associated with decreased retention/development of T RM cells.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Tregs Modulate Lymphocyte Proliferation, Activation, and Resident-Memory T-Cell Accumulation within the Brain during MCMV Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Highly inflamed.
Tregs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Treg
Treg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɛɡ/
Forms: form: Tregs
Etymology: Abbreviation, from T and regulatory.
Senses: glosses: A regulatory T cell: a kind of T cell that modulates the immune system.
metavinculin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + vinculin.
Senses: examples: text: About half of the genes encode sarcomeric proteins including α-cardiac actin, myosin heavy chain, troponin, tropomyosin, metavinculin, α-actinin and therefore overlap with those in HCM.
ref: 2016 January 1, “A Haplotype of Two Novel Polymorphisms in δ-Sarcoglycan Gene Increases Risk of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Mongoloid Population”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A splice variant of the protein vinculin, found in smooth muscle and skeletal muscle.
nephrectomise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nephrectomises
form: nephrectomising
form: nephrectomised
form: nephrectomised
Etymology: From nephrectomy + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nephrectomize.
nephrectomised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nephrectomise
nephrectomises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nephrectomise
nephrectomising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nephrectomise
transphosphorylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transphosphorylation
transphosphorylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transphosphorylates
form: transphosphorylating
form: transphosphorylated
form: transphosphorylated
Etymology: From trans- + phosphorylate.
Senses: examples: text: Activation of this receptor complex occurs when type II receptor transphosphorylates glycine-serine domain of receptor type I. Then the activated type I kinase is transiently associated with a transmembrane receptor, Smad2/Smad3.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To carry out transphosphorylation upon.
transphosphorylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transphosphorylate
transphosphorylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of transphosphorylate
transphosphorylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transphosphorylate
unstraitened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + straitened.
Senses: glosses: Not straitened.
pro memoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pro memorias
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pro memoria (literally “for memory”).
Senses: synonyms: aide-mémoire
glosses: A memory aid; a reminder or memorandum, especially a book or document serving this purpose.
topics: diplomacy
government
politics
synonyms: aide-mémoire
non-paper
glosses: A document circulated in a meeting or summit for discussion purposes.
nonparticipations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonparticipation
pyromanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pyromania + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Several pyromanic boys before coming to the Orthogenic School set fires because they so much enjoyed watching the pumps throw streams of water at burning buildings.
ref: 1954, Bruno Bettelheim, Symbolic wounds: puberty rites and the envious male, page 186:
glosses: Relating to or exhibiting pyromania.
restedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rested + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: "Similar results prevailed for number of awakenings during the night and feelings of restedness in the morning."
ref: 1988, Kenneth L. Lichstein, Clinical Relaxation Strategies - Page 276:
glosses: the state of being rested
fourneaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fourneau
unmist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmists
form: unmisting
form: unmisted
form: unmisted
Etymology: From un- + mist.
Senses: glosses: To demist.
unmisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unmist
unmists
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unmist
multi-owner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + owner.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one owner.
bewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /biˈwɪŋ/
ipa: /biˈwɪŋ/
ipa: /bəˈwɪŋ/
Forms: form: bewings
form: bewinging
form: bewinged
form: bewinged
Etymology: From be- (“on, upon, unto”) + wing.
Senses: examples: text: Such changes may be rung on night-thoughts; but what is any moment of leisure, ennui, or enforced waiting but the chance to bewing leaden time? No load of circumstance can weigh down the mind gifted with levitation; 'no calm so dead that your lungs cannot ruffle it with a breeze.
ref: 1920, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 126, page 819:
text: With the imperious persuasiveness of a creator he breathes life into earth's "wrinkles of thought"— its rocks and hills, gorges and canyons, he instils a throb into his trees and huts, churches and towers, ramparts and vessels, he bewings his clouds and shapes them into knights and dragons and messengers, he bestows a rhythm of vitality upon his rivers and seas and creatures under the sea, he brings down the moon and stars in a choral dance, down to where we can reach and pluck them, and thus fulfil the dream every one of us dreamed in his childhood.
ref: 1922, Chronicle, volume 24, University of California, page 228:
text: "Saint, take me to the Louvre on a litter. I want to slap Mona Lisa. An axe. I want to behead, bebreast, beleg the Venus of Milo. I want to bewing the Winged. [...]"
ref: 1931, Martha Foley, Story - Volume 1 - Page 61:
glosses: To furnish or equip with wings.
Derived terms: bewinged
CDI factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From CDI (“chicks dig it”) + factor.
Senses: examples: text: You don't buy a LaRue because you want lightweight. You buy it for the durability (And the CDI factor)
ref: 2007, Patrick Sweeney, The Gun Digest Book of the AR-15, Volume 2, Gun Digest Books, page 109:
text: Instead of donning their equipment for the right reasons, with the understanding that it takes thousands of hours to attain a basic skill level, some Special Operations soldiers wear their gear for the CDI (chicks dig it) factor and forget the reality that this is hard work.
ref: 2011, Paul R. Howe, Leadership and Training for the Fight: Using Special Operations Principles to Succeed in Law Enforcement, Business, and War, Skyhorse Publishing, page 12:
text: 'Never decide Pattern A just looks cooler than Pattern B. The Marine Corps call that a "CDI factor" – chicks dig it,' said Timothy O'Neill, a former professor of engineering psychology at West Point who has spent 37 years concocting and analyzing the latest in military camouflage
ref: 2012 July 17, “Uncloaked: How Army is testing new camo to replace flawed design”, in NBC News:
text: […] SWAT is a highly-specialized skill that takes recurrent (and expensive) training to maintain. Simply kitting out police officers in high-CDI-factor equipment is not enough.
ref: 2015, David G. Bolgiano; L. Morgan Banks, III; James M. Patterson, Virtuous Policing: Bridging America's Gulf Between Police and Populace, CRC Press, page 89:
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: An intangible quality of certain items of professional equipment that is believed to stir inordinate interest in obtaining the item because it makes the possessor feel confident, cool and thus desirable to women.
Related terms: high speed, low drag
mall ninja
noodnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noodniks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nudnik.
fish therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fish therapies
Senses: glosses: A type of biotherapy in which part of the body is submerged in water filled with fish which consume the dead skin of the participant.
Related terms: maggot therapy
fish therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish therapy
national days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of national day
negative gearings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negative gearing
draws a line in the sand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of draw a line in the sand
drawing a line in the sand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of draw a line in the sand
drew a line in the sand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of draw a line in the sand
gay bashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gay bash
gay bashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gay bashings
form: gay-bashing
form: gaybashing
Senses: examples: ref: 1990 April 7, Laura Briggs, “Community Members Question Police Response To Gay-Bashings”, in Gay Community News, page 7:
text: familiar arguments between the assimilationists and radicals who advocate forming vigilante groups to stop the increasing number of gaybashings.
ref: 1991 February 4, Owen Shows, “Start Making Sense”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 28, page 11:
synonyms: queer bashing
glosses: A physical or verbal assault on someone believed to be homosexual; an instance in which one is gay bashed.
gay bashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gay-bashing
form: gaybashing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gay bash
gay bashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gay bash
pig-footed bandicoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig-footed bandicoot
lost weekends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lost weekend
lardy cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lardy cake
granny flats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granny flat
astroproject
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: astroprojects
form: astroprojecting
form: astroprojected
form: astroprojected
Etymology: From astro- + project.
Senses: examples: text: "Also, when his spirit first left his body it was accidentally astroprojected into the back of a Dodge pickup, which didn't harm him and actually improved his off road performance."
ref: 2007, Brown Jefffrey P., Black Body Radiation and the Ultraviolet Catastrophe:
glosses: to cause the soul, spirit, or any part of the body or mind to travel to a location other than the physical location of the person, or to imagine such travel
glosses: to space out, to become unaware of one's immediate surroundings
Derived terms: astroprojection
astroprojects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of astroproject
astroprojecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of astroproject
astroprojected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of astroproject
astroprojection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astro- + projection.
Senses: glosses: the event when the person's spiritual form leaves their physical form and hallucinates or travels, or the practice of experiencing such spiritual travel
Related terms: astroproject
staticy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more staticy
form: most staticy
Etymology: From static + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "A loud extremely irritating staticy noise came over the speaker, completely overpowering the newscaster, rendering his spiel completely unintelligible."
ref: 2015, Arlene Hill, Tapestry:
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of staticky.
Igorots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Igorot
lydite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪdaɪt/
Forms: form: lydites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variety of black chert.
lydites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lydite
Dole
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: dōl
ipa: [doʊ̯ɫ]
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: Doles
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the archaic noun dole (“portion, share”).
* As a French surname, from Old French dolé, past participle of doler (“to regret”), from Latin doleo (“to hurt”).
* Also as a French surname, Americanized from Daul.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Dole Constituency, a parliamentary constituency in Zanzibar.
glosses: A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Derived terms: Dole effect
pony keg stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pony keg station
Harveian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Harveyan.
upholstress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upholstresses
form: upholsteress
Etymology: From upholster(er) + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female upholsterer.
upholstresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upholstress
parergons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parergon
discommendations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discommendation
theotokion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theotokia
Etymology: Ancient Greek θεοτοκίον (theotokíon).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A hymn to Mary, the Theotokos, read or chanted during the Divine Services of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
theotokia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theotokion
up Jenkins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A party game in which players conceal a small coin or similar item in one palm as they slap it against a table, while other players attempt to identify which hand conceals the item.
browserify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: browserifies
form: browserifying
form: browserified
form: browserified
Etymology: From browser + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Now, when you change the files in the application, the application is automatically browserified, and you can have faster feedback on your development.
ref: 2014, Patrick Mulder, Full Stack Web Development with Backbone.js:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To adopt (a script or screen element, etc.) to work inside the web browser.
browserifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of browserify
browserifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of browserify
browserified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of browserify
hepatopancreatobiliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepato- + pancreato- + biliary.
Senses: examples: text: Major organ resections (colorectal resection, small bowel resection, hepatopancreatobiliary resection, esophagogastric resection) were associated with the highest odds for VTE when adjusted for other covariates.
ref: 2015 December 30, “Risk of Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism and Associated Mortality in General Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Linked Hospital and Primary Care Data in England”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the liver, pancreas, and bile duct.
three-tiered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From three + tiered.
Senses: glosses: Having three tiers
enamelworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enamelworkers
Etymology: From enamel + worker.
Senses: glosses: Someone who works with enamel.
rebodied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past of rebody
pelican pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelican pots
Senses: synonyms: word: Kalita kettle
glosses: An enamelware kettle with a distinctive pouring spout for brewing hand-drip coffee.
paleostriatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paleo- + striatal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the paleostriatum.
pamplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of panplegia.
pareira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pareiras
Senses: examples: text: Cissampelina, the intensely sweetish-bitter principle found in this body, is very like calumbin in some physical properties; yet we have been wont to associate other therapeutic ideas with pareira, than with calumba.
ref: 1843, Samuel Thomson, “On the Vegetable Resources of the Edinburgh Pharmacopœia”, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, volume 60, page 167:
glosses: Chondrodendron tomentosum, a large tropical liana native to Central and South America, and a source of tubocurare.
glosses: A tonic diuretic drug derived from various South and Central American plants.
Derived terms: false pareira
alkaloidiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alkaloidiferous
form: most alkaloidiferous
Etymology: From alkaloid + -iferous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing, or yielding alkaloids
parieto-occipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parietooccipital.
paristhmitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + isthmitis.
Senses: examples: text: The melancholy issue of this case, which seemed to the general observer merely an intense form of paristhmitis or tonsillar inflammation, led me to reflect on the probable means of obviating so unfavourable a catastrophe in a disease so apparently slight.
ref: 1834 July 24, David Craigie, “Observations, Pathological and Therapeutic, on a particular species of Quinsy or Angina”, in The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal, page 27:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: tonsillitis
Adlerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Adler + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The psychology and psychotherapy theories of Alfred Adler.
olivary bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of olivary body
controversialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: controversializes
form: controversializing
form: controversialized
form: controversialized
Etymology: From controversial + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: "Astroturfers and propagandists tend to attack and controversialize the news organizations, personalities and people surrounding an issue rather than sticking to the facts."
ref: 2015, Kevin Barry, Vaccine Whistleblower: Exposing Autism Research Fraud at the CDC:
glosses: To make to appear controversial.
parolivary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + olivary.
Senses: glosses: Situated near the olivary body.
controversializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of controversialize
controversializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of controversialize
controversialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of controversialize
chilren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of children, representing African-American Vernacular English.
parturiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parturiometers
Senses: glosses: A device for determining the force of the uterine contractions during childbirth.
Related terms: parturient
parturiometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parturiometer
cumstains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cumstain
microdicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdick
pedicellation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedicel + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a pedicel or peduncle.
phudnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phudniks
Etymology: Blend of Ph.D. + nudnik
Senses: examples: text: A not-too-serious example: What if a student or someone else who has attended one of my lectures says, "What a bore; a phudnik if ever I heard one."
ref: 2000, James Frush, Kind Hearts: Self-Esteem and the Challenges of Aging, page 82:
glosses: A nudnik who holds a Ph.D.
phudniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phudnik
pediluvium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pediluvia
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin pediluvium.
Senses: glosses: The bathing of the feet.
pediluvia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pediluvium
peliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: purpura
Derived terms: peliosis hepatis
pelletierine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French Pelletier + -ine, after Bertrand Pelletier, French chemist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: granatonine
punicine
glosses: An alkaloid obtained from pomegranate bark and used as a taenifuge.
Derived terms: isopelletierine
methylpelletierine
pseudopelletierine
pelvigraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelvigraphs
Senses: glosses: An instrument for producing scale drawings of the pelvis.
pelvigraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelvigraph
peptase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of pepsin obtained from malt.
peptases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptase
peptidolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peptide + -o- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to peptidolysis.
Derived terms: endopeptidolytic
peptidolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peptide + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cleavage or digestion of peptides.
peptolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to peptolysis.
peptolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The hydrolysis of peptones.
periarthritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + arthritis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the tissues around a joint
alrightnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alrightniks
Etymology: From alright + -nik.
Senses: examples: text: Alrightniks are materialists; they parade their money; they lack modest, sensitive qualities. They talk loudly, dress garishly, show off.
ref: 1992, Leo Rosten, The Joys of Yinglish, page 33:
glosses: A person who has attained a successful lifestyle, but is considered vulgar or nouveau riche.
alrightniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alrightnik
digital hardcore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The best recent VC discs start from the relentlessness of gabber and digital hardcore, and yank it in a weirder direction.
ref: 1999, SPIN, volume 15, number 3, page 145:
glosses: A fast, abrasive music genre that melds hardcore punk with electronica.
periaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + axial.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding an axis.
Derived terms: periaxially
pericerebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛɹɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From peri- + cerebral.
Senses: glosses: Around the cerebrum.
pericholecystitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɛrəˌkoʊlisəˈstaɪtəs/
Etymology: From peri- + cholecystitis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the peritoneum over the gall bladder
Derived terms: pericholecystitic
perichord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perichords
Etymology: See peri-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A membranous sheath around the notochord.
perichords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perichord
pericolitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + col- + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the connective tissue or peritoneum surrounding the colon
pericorneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + corneal.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding the cornea.
peridental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From peri- + dental.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding a tooth or its root; periodontal.
periencephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + encephalitis.
Senses: examples: text: Idiopathic non-septic periencephalitis may be produced by profound grief, protracted anxiety, especially when accompanied by great overwork, partial starvation combined with the gnawing anxiety of deep poverty, and also, it is affirmed, by sunstroke.
ref: 1896, Horatio C. Wood, The Practice of Medicine, page 513:
glosses: Inflammation of the cerebral membranes, particularly leptomeningitis or inflammation of the pia mater.
self-correct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-corrects
form: self-correcting
form: self-corrected
form: self-corrected
Etymology: From self- + correct.
Senses: glosses: To correct itself or oneself without outside assistance.
Derived terms: self-correcting
self-correction
Related terms: autocorrect
self-correcting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of self-correct
self-correcting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That corrects itself without outside assistance.
periglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From peri- + glandular.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding a gland or glands.
perilaryngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-ɪnʒiəl
-ɪndʒəl
-iːəl
Etymology: From peri- + laryngeal.
Senses: glosses: Around the larynx.
perisplenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + splenic.
Senses: glosses: Around the spleen.
pervigilium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pervigilium.
Senses: examples: text: A Pervigilium is sometimes a primary Distemper, without any other evident Sickness causing it; yet so that some bear up under it, without any considerable Disorder […]
ref: 1733, John Allen, Synopsis medicinæ: or, a summary view of the whole practice of physick:
text: Pervigilium, or want of sleep, is a most distressing and alarming symptom in fever, and appears to be the first link of that chain which includes delirium, coma, and effusion[…]there is nothing more indicative of the severity of the disease than the inability to sleep.
ref: 1843, W. L. MacGregor, Practical Observations on the Principal Diseases Affecting the Health of the European and Native Soldiers in the North-western Provinces of India, page 44:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Insomnia.
Related terms: vigil
vigilant
pervigilation
petrolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrolizations
Etymology: From petrol + -ization.
Senses: examples: the petrolization of a swamp
glosses: The treatment of water with kerosene in order to exterminate mosquitoes.
topics: business
glosses: Conversion of a country or region to a petroleum-based economy.
Related terms: petrolize
petrolizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrolization
phacoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phacoscopes
Senses: glosses: An instrument in the form of a dark chamber for observing the changes in the crystalline lens during accommodation.
phacoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phacoscope
phallitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phallo- + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the penis
phalloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phallo- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a penis
phalloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phalloids
Etymology: From phallo- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any fungus of the genus Phallus.
phantasmological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phantasmology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phantasmology.
phantasmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phantasm + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of spiritualistic manifestations and of apparitions.
Derived terms: phantasmological
pharmacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pharmaceutical
Derived terms: polypharmacal
pharyngalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharyngo- + -algia.
Senses: synonyms: pharyngodynia
glosses: Pain in the pharynx.
pharyngodynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharyngo- + -odynia.
Senses: synonyms: pharyngalgia
glosses: Pain in the pharynx.
phenozygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: phaenozygous
Etymology: From pheno- + -zygous.
Senses: glosses: Having a narrow cranium as compared with the width of the face, so that when the skull is viewed from above, the zygomatic arches are visible.
phonocardiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phono- + cardiography.
Senses: glosses: The recording of the sounds of the heart.
phosphated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phosphate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Containing phosphates.
Derived terms: phosphated distarch phosphate
unphosphated
phthisiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The treatment of phthisis.
phthalo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phthalos
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: glosses: A phthalocyanine.
Derived terms: phthalo blue
phthalo green
phthalos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phthalo
phytogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to phytogenesis.
Derived terms: phytogenetically
pilimiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪ.lɪˈmɪk.ʃən/
rhymes: -ɪkʃən
Etymology: From pilo- + miction.
Senses: glosses: The passing of urine containing hair-like filaments.
plasome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasomes
Etymology: From plasm + -some
Senses: synonyms: plasmatosome
glosses: A hypothetical unit of protoplasm; the smallest possible particle of protoplasm, further division of which would destroy its structure and necessitate chemical change.
plasomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasome
plethysmogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plethysmograms
Senses: glosses: A recording made by the plethysmograph.
Derived terms: photoplethysmogram
plethysmograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plethysmogram
nether cheeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nether cheek
sheela-na-gigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheela-na-gig