cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
synteny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syntenies
Etymology: From syn- + -tene + -y.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
raw_tags: of multiple genes
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.
pryuely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of privily.
prively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of privily.
priuely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of privily.
Bagrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: There are two or three famous Langars or almshouses, well known throughout the country. That of Bagrián lies 40 miles south of Ludhiána.
ref: 1884, Thomas Gordon Walker, Final report on the revision of settlement, 1878-83, of the Ludhiána district in the Panjáb, page 61:
text: Bagrian is in Ludhiana District [not true in 2006], seven and one half miles north-west of Nabha [correct].
ref: 1987, William Hewat MacLeod, Karine Schomer, The Sants: studies in a devotional tradition of India, Motilal Banarsidass, →ISBN, page 261:
text: Dharam Singh, the ancestor of the respectable Bhais of Bagrian, a place between the Sutlej and Jumna, was likewise a follower of Har Rai.
ref: 1996, Joseph Davey Cunningham, H.L.O. Garrett, History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej, Asian Educational Services, →ISBN, page 62:
glosses: A village in Sangrur District, in Punjab, India.
Lamborghini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.bə(ɹ).ɡi.ni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Lamborghinis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Lamborghini.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Lamborghini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.bə(ɹ).ɡi.ni/
rhymes: -iːni
Etymology: From Ferruccio Lamborghini, creator of Lamborghini.
Senses: glosses: An Italian motor car manufacturer, originating as a tractor company, now a subsidiary of Audi.
Lamborghini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.bə(ɹ).ɡi.ni/
rhymes: -iːni
Forms: form: Lamborghinis
Etymology: From Ferruccio Lamborghini, creator of Lamborghini.
Senses: examples: text: He took the girls for a ride in his Lamborghini.
text: Lamborghini, meanwhile, had its most profitable year ever in 2020 and its second best sales year in the brand’s history. Only in 2019 were more Lamborghinis sold.
ref: 2021 April 1, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Sales of Bentleys and Lamborghinis are booming because rich people are bored”, in CNN:
text: While there will be more V12 Lamborghini models in the future, they will be plug-in hybrids, the Italian supercar manufacturer said.
ref: 2021 July 7, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “Lamborghini and Lotus unveil last gasoline-only supercars”, in CNN:
glosses: A motor car manufactured by the Lamborghini company.
Derived terms: Lambo
Lamborghina
Lamborghini door
lorica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loricas
form: loricae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lōrīca, literally "a corselet of thongs", probably from lorum (“thong”).
Senses: glosses: A cuirass, originally of leather, afterward of plates of metal or horn sewed on linen or the like.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Lute for protecting vessels from the fire.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The protective case or shell of a Loricifera, infusorian or rotifer
Derived terms: loricate
Related terms: lorica hamata
lorica musculata
lorica plumata
lorica segmentata
lorica squamata
galea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galeae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin galea.
Senses: examples: text: The horse was not in the least like a Greek horse (nor even a Trojan), and F.M. the Duke of Wellington was not represented with the ensis or short sword in his grasp, the chlamys flying from his shoulder, or the paludamentum, as more suitable for the cool of the English climate (totidem divisos orbe &c.), the kothornos on his leg, the galea slung at the crupper? no reins, and his naked nether-man, not (as in these precious models) seated on the bare back of the bull-necked, square-jawed, dray-limbed steed.
ref: 1847, “The Wellington Statue”, in The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, &c., London, page 523, column 2:
glosses: A Roman helmet.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A part of a flower or plant that is shaped like a helmet or hood.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mouthpart found in some species of insect; a flap that is part of the maxilla, so-called after the flaps attached to the sides of a Roman helmet.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A kind of bandage for the head.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A headache extending all over the head.
Derived terms: galeate
galeated
galeiform
paralogous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈpæl.ə.ɡəs/
Forms: form: more paralogous
form: most paralogous
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: (of multiple genes at different chromosomal locations in the same organism) Having a similar structure indicating divergence from a common ancestral gene
glosses: Having a similar structure, quality or nature indicating divergence or relationship from a common point of origin.
Derived terms: coparalogous
diparalogous
monoparalogous
nonparalogous
paralogous locus
tetraparalogous
triparalogous
Related terms: paralog
paralogon
paralogy
orthologous
paralogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paralogons
Etymology: From paralogous + -on.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of paralogous chromosomal regions, derived from a common ancestral region
Gyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Meronyms: kyr, kiloyear; Myr, megayear
related: word: Gy
synonyms: Ga[giga-annum#English:_Q524410|giga-annum]]>
glosses: Abbreviation of gigayear (“a billion years”).
Related terms: word: Gya
english: gigayears ago
translation: gigayears ago
word: gya
murmurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murmur
murmurs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of murmur
Myr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: related: word: My
glosses: Symbol for megayear(s).
Related terms: MYA
Mya
mya
Gyr
Ma
megayear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megayears
Etymology: From mega- + year.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond
text: After three hours the machine had not printed its response to the first input pattern; evidently the rate of learning under these conditions is very low (we judge it to be on the order of 10⁻⁶ concepts for megayear).
ref: 1984, J. B. Cadwallader-Cohen, W. W. Zysiczk, R. B. Donnelly, “The chaostron: an important advance in learning machines”, in Communications of the ACM, 27(4), p.357:
text: We know from isotopic measurements, stereochemistry, and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, that the production of hydrocarbons in the Earth occurs on timescales ranging from fractions of a megayear to hundreds of megayears, in a temperature regime in the rough range of 0-200°C, and in an evolving environmental "smog" of sedimentary pores containing water laced with varying amounts of ions, molecules, and minerals.
ref: 1997, Ian Lerche, Geological Risk and Uncertainty in Oil Exploration, page 231:
text: As to that time span, all clearly definite forms of life or species seem to take a megayear more or less to come about and be present for a while.
ref: 2001, Fred Howard, Taming the Vipers in the Slough, page 400:
synonyms: Myr
My
mul:Ma
;
mega-annum
millionennium
glosses: A million years: a thousand thousand years.
Related terms: word: MYA
word: Mya
english: million years ago
translation: million years ago
word: mya
gigayear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigayears
Etymology: From giga- + year.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
text: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond
ref: 1967, Rankama, Kalervo, Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Megayear and Gigayear: Two Units of Geological Time:
text: These syntheses gave a fresh geological, as opposed to solely geophysical, view of the up to multi-megayear and near gigayear mechanism responsble for the palimpsests of a general process of change in the upper crust: a process that we may observe, often apparently 'frozen' -- because it is so slow, at different steps in the process, in different places within the upper crust.
ref: 1982, A. M. Clarke, “Carboniferous Sedimentary Basins of Northern Europe and the Nature of Emergence around the Margins of the Mesozoic Rifted Sedimentary Basin of the North Sea”, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 305(1489), pp207-208:
text: The illustrative example here provides for a few gigayear spread in ages of tracers of the stellar halo in a spiral (this is obviously sensitive to the chosen turnaround redshift) as found for the Milky Way field stars (Schuster & Nissen 1989) and globular clusters (reviewed by Bolte 1993).
ref: 1993, Rosemary F.G. Wyse, “The physical interpretation of morphology”, in J. Michael Shull, Harley A. Thronson, Jr., editors, The Environment and Evolution of Galaxies, page 308:
text: It's hard to tell the difference between a 5-gigayear, 8-gigayear, and 10-gigayear cluster for such a sparse object as this unless you've got very high-quality photometry.
ref: 2002, William Harris of McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. (quoted on Astronomy.com)
text: The fraction could be as high as 100% if the nuclear activity lasts much less than a gigayear.
ref: 2007, Linda Siobhan Sparke; John S. Gallagher, III, Galaxies in the Universe, page 343:
related: word: Gyr
word: Gy
synonyms: giga-annum
gigaannum
Ga
glosses: A billion years: a thousand million years, that is, a thousand thousand thousand years.
Related terms: english: billion years ago
translation: billion years ago
word: bya
word: Gya
english: gigayears ago
translation: gigayears ago
word: gya
air compressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air compressors
Senses: glosses: A machine for generating compressed air, typically for use by air-powered tools or paint sprayers.
Related terms: air pump
compressed air
drenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of drench
drenching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drenching
form: most drenching
Etymology: From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: We'll be experiencing drenching rain all weekend.
text: In its 5 a.m. update, the National Hurricane Center noted that in its initial entry onto land, the storm remains a drenching, windy threat.
ref: 2012 October 30, John Schwartz, Nina Bernstein, “Sandy Expected to Be Less Powerful, and Less Drenching, as It Moves Inland”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022:
text: They walked me through the dynamics of what made this a particularly drenching storm, why Houston is so susceptible to flooding, and whether the decision not to evacuate the city was the right call.
ref: 2017 August 29, Brian Resnick, “Why Houston's flooding got so bad, according to storm experts”, in Vox, archived from the original on 21 May 2023:
text: The drenching weather is thanks in part to yet another "atmospheric river" flowing in from the west, as well as an air mass that was particularly moist, the weather service said. Sunday ranked in the 95th percentile for how much moisture was in the atmosphere compared to a "normal" June 5.
ref: 2022 June 5, David Kroman, “Another atmospheric river drenches the Pacific Northwest; when will it end?”, in The Seattle Times, Seattle, W.A.: The Seattle Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022:
glosses: That causes one to become extremely wet.
Derived terms: drenchingly
drenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drenchings
Etymology: From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: […] and it contains a very good selection of shrubs and herbaceous plants, which, having good soil and plentiful drenchings of water from a garden-engine all the summer, thrive to admiration.
ref: 1859, Shirley Hibberd, The Town Garden, page 53:
glosses: The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
examples: text: Horses,^([sic]) get all sorts of medicines, wormings, drenchings, and their food may well have been produced chemically […]
ref: 2015, Elen Sentier, Gardening with the Moon & Stars:
glosses: The administering of a medicinal draught to an animal.
scoffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scoff
sombreros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sombrero
chorused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chorus
acorn nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acorn nuts
Etymology: From acorn + nut, because it resembles an acorn.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: cap nut
dome nut
hypernyms: nut
<
fastener
<
hardware
glosses: A closed nut having a dome-like cap over the rear protruding part of the engaged screw or bolt.
assisted suicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assisted suicides
Senses: examples: text: It was daring of Lena Dunham, the show’s writer and creator, to introduce this particular plot twist. Assisted suicide is one of the subjects that American television shows steadily avoid.
ref: 2014 March 27, Robin Marantz Henig, “Fictional Plotlines and Real Assisted Suicide”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A suicide with the assistance of another individual; especially the suicide of a terminally ill person with the assistance of a physician.
Hypernyms: assisted dying
cap nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cap nuts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of acorn nut.
synonyms: word: acorn nut
airbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airbrushes
form: air brush
form: air-brush
Etymology: From air + brush.
Senses: glosses: A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
Derived terms: airbrusher
airtist
airbrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: airbrushes
form: airbrushing
form: airbrushed
form: airbrushed
form: air brush
form: air-brush
Etymology: From air + brush.
Senses: glosses: To paint using an airbrush.
examples: text: This photo has definitely been airbrushed; no one has skin this smooth.
glosses: To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
examples: text: They'd spent one evening together sixteen months ago, and Falk was acutely aware that he'd probably airbrushed and edited at least some of it without meaning to.
ref: 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 287:
glosses: To edit or alter something in order to make it appear better.
Synonyms: sense: enhance a photograph
word: photoshop
sense: enhance a photograph
word: doctor
air filter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air filters
Senses: glosses: A filter for removing dust and other particles from a stream of air, typically used in the air intake of an internal combustion engine, the output of an air compressor, the supply duct of a forced-air furnace, etc.
adhesive tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adhesive tapes
Senses: synonyms: word: sellotape
word: sticky tape
word: Scotch tape
glosses: Tape with an adhesive film on one side, used to attach materials to something.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: medical tape
glosses: Surgical tape, such tape made specifically for medical purposes.
Coordinate terms: Durex
Scotch tape
sellotape
Sellotape
sticky tape
tape
deicer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiˈaɪsə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌdiˈaɪsɚ/
Forms: form: deicers
form: de-icer
Etymology: From deice + -er.
Senses: glosses: A chemical substance used to melt ice or snow deposited on roads, vehicles or other surfaces.
air filters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air filter
anserine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈansəɹʌɪn/
Forms: form: more anserine
form: most anserine
Etymology: From Latin anserīnus, from anser (“goose”).
Senses: glosses: Silly, foolish, stupid.
glosses: Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
examples: text: anserine skin
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting goose flesh.
Derived terms: homoanserine
Related terms: pes anserinus
anatine
cygnine
anserine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈansəɹʌɪn/
ipa: /ˈansəɹiːn/
ipa: /ˈansəɹʌɪn/
Forms: form: anserines
Etymology: From Latin anser (“goose”) + -ine, after German Anserin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.
atomic clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomic clocks
Senses: glosses: An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium.
glosses: A radio clock.
Hypernyms: clock
Hyponyms: hydrogen maser atomic clock
atom bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atom bombs
Senses: examples: text: "A jet plane with an atom bomb is standing by."
ref: 1957, Sydney J. Bounds, The Robot Brains, London: Digit Books, page 143:
text: Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping / It's the end of all humanity / No more time for last-minute shopping / It's time to face your final destiny
ref: 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!:
glosses: Synonym of atomic bomb.
synonyms: word: atomic bomb
arc lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arc lamps
form: arc-lamp
Senses: examples: text: This led him to the station; and the square in front of it, vivid with arc-lamps, noisy with the yellow trams that seemed to cross it in all directions, made him laugh aloud with joy.
ref: 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 40, in Of Human Bondage:
text: The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
synonyms: arclight
glosses: An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light.
anodized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anodize
anodized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anodized
form: most anodized
form: anodised
Senses: examples: text: This deluxe machine features anodized aluminum handles on all adjusting levers.
text: (Clango): What is it like having an inferior thought process?
(Maura): You know there are nicer ways to phrase that question, my anodized chum.
ref: 2000, Richard Stevens, Diesel Sweeties (webcomic):
glosses: Of a metal object: having a surface layer of oxide, for decoration or protection, and formed via an electrolytic process.
Derived terms: anodium
apartment building
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apartment buildings
Senses: synonyms: apartment house
block of flats
tenement
tenement house
glosses: A residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
Related terms: duplex
triplex
maisonette
tower block
condominium
attaché case
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attaché cases
form: attache case
Etymology: From French attaché + case.
Senses: glosses: A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments.
Hypernyms: briefcase
automatic transmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automatic transmissions
Senses: examples: Meronym: torque converter
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: automatic#Noun
slushbox
antonyms: manual#Noun_2
manual transmission
standard transmission
stickshift
stick shift
hypernyms: transmission
tranny
coordinate_terms: continuously variable transmission
CVT
DCT
MCT
semi-automatic transmission
glosses: A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox.
ocellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ocellated
form: most ocellated
Etymology: Latin ocellatus, from ocellus (“a little eye”).
Senses: examples: text: The ocellated turkey has an eye-shaped spot on its tail feathers.
glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling or having an ocellus.
glosses: spotted
Derived terms: ocellated crake
ocellated lizard
ocellated turkey
activation energy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: activation energies
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The energy required to initiate a reaction. For example, the flame from the fuse of a firecracker provides a small initial amount of energy, after which the explosive reaction proceeds by itself, releasing a considerably larger quantity of energy. A small push given to a stable but top-heavy object may cause it to fall over; the potential energy released during the fall was present in the system all along but could not be realized as long as the object was upright and balanced.
Ute
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Senses: glosses: A Native American people of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
glosses: The language of this people, of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Colorado River
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Colorado River Numic
Derived terms: Ute Park
Uto-
Ute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːt/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: Utes
Senses: glosses: A member of this people.
trophic hormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trophic hormone
Lemnos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛmnɒs/
ipa: /ˈlɛmnɑs/
Forms: form: Limnos
Etymology: From Greek Λήμνος (Límnos) and Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos).
Senses: glosses: An island in northeastern Greece located in the Aegean Sea.
Velestino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Velestinon
Senses: glosses: A city in central Greece located in the Magnesia prefecture.
Metsovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Μέτσοβο (Métsovo).
Senses: glosses: A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture
Synonyms: english: older form
translation: older form
word: Metsovon
Kefalovrysi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kefalovryssi
form: Kefalovrisi
form: Kefalovrissi
form: Kefalovrysion
form: Kefalovryssion
form: Kefalovrision
form: Kefalovrission
Etymology: From Greek Κεφαλόβρυσο (Kefalóvryso, “headspring”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + βρυσί (brusí, “hose”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.
Konitsa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture.
Indian mulberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian mulberries
Etymology: So named for being mulberry-like and found in India.
Senses: glosses: a small tree of the madder family found from India to Australasia, characterized by shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit; Morinda citrifolia.
mulberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mulberry
artificial life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The simulation of any aspect of life.
examples: Near-synonym: synthetic biology
glosses: The study of synthetic systems that behave like living organisms, whether mirror life, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, or otherwise.
escape literature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any genre of literature that is read as a form of escapism.
al-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Middle English al-, from Old English eal-, eall- (“all-”). More at all.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all-.
Derived terms: albeit
almighty
almost
alone
already
alright
also
although
altogether
alway
always
alwhite
sneezy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sneezier
form: sneeziest
Etymology: From Middle English fnesy, equivalent to sneeze + -y. For change of initial f to s see sneeze.
Senses: examples: text: I feel sneezy.
glosses: Prone to sneeze with little (if any) nasal agitation.
examples: text: I had a very sneezy cold.
glosses: Characterised by sneezes.
examples: text: There was a sneezy sound from behind the hedge.
glosses: Resembling a sneeze.
definiendum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˌfɪniˈɛndəm/
Forms: form: definienda
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēfīniendum, gerund of dēfīniō.
Senses: examples: text: However, most advocates of the importance of real definition have limited the definiendum to certain kinds of things: usually an abstract entity or a concept.
ref: 1991, William Thomas Parry, Edward A. Hacker, Aristotelian Logic, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 84:
text: The objects themselves are the definienda of the definition. The first set of properties through which the definienda are collected together to form a group is called ‘the limiting properties of being the definienda of the definition’.
ref: 2013, Edward Craig, editor, Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Routledge, →ISBN, page 198:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: The term (word or phrase) defined in a definition (whether inside a sentence, as a dictionary entry, or otherwise).
Related terms: definition
definiens
definiens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/
ipa: /deːˈfiːnieːns/
ipa: /diːˈfaɪnɪɛːnz/
Forms: form: definientia
Etymology: From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō.
Senses: examples: text: Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range.
ref: 1977, Nelson Goodman, The Structure of Appearance, 3rd edition, D. Reidel, →ISBN, page XLIV:
text: In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter.
ref: 2011, Michail Peramatzis, Priority in Aristotle's Metaphysics, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 196:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
semantics
glosses: The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
Related terms: define
definiendum
definition
schola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholas
form: scholae
Etymology: From Latin schola. Doublet of school and shul.
Senses: glosses: Originally, a musical school attached to a monastery or church. Also known as a schola cantorum.
glosses: Today, a group of musicians, particularly one which specializes in liturgical music.
ocellus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊˈsɛləs/
Forms: form: ocelli
Etymology: From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”).
Senses: glosses: A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells.
synonyms: eyespot
glosses: An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.
Derived terms: pseudocellus
Related terms: ocellar
ocellary
ocellate
ocellated
ocellation
ocelliform
ocelloid
Magna Carta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːtə/
ipa: /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːɹtə/
ipa: [-ɾə]
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə
Forms: form: Magna Cartas
form: Magna Charta
form: Magna Charter
form: Mᵃ Cᵃ
form: Mag. Cart.
Etymology: From Late Middle English Magna Carta, borrowed from Medieval Latin Magna Carta, from Latin magna (“great”) + carta (“charter”).
Senses: examples: text: [R]egarding this new Ordinance relating to the trade union movement, we on the workers' side will consider it as the Magna Carta of the trade union movement and for the workers in Singapore.
ref: 1959 July 21, John Mammen, “Yang di-Pertuan Negara’s Speech (Debate on the Address) (Fourth Day)”, in Legislative Assembly Debates, Official Report (Legislative Assembly of Singapore), volume 11, →OCLC, column 329:
text: The fundamental philosophy of The Magna Carta Of Space is predicated on the principle that a reasonable man has the obligation to guard against foreseeable conflicts which a reasonable man should anticipate.
ref: 1966, William A. Hyman, Magna Carta of Space, Amherst, Wis.: Amherst Press, →OCLC, page 28:
text: One of the most ambitious and far-reaching recent legislative initiatives is the Philippines' Magna Carta of Women, signed into law in 2009. This Magna Carta is the instrument by which the Filipino government will bring its affairs fully into compliance with CEDAW.
ref: 2013, Valerie M. Hudson, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Mary Caprioli, Chad F. Emmett, Sex and World Peace, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 146:
text: Signed when tensions between the US and the USSR were near their height, the treaty was “the Magna Carta of space,” preventing militarisation and ensuring no nation could claim sovereignty over any celestial body.
ref: 2024 May 11, John Thornhill, “More than human?”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 8:
glosses: A landmark document that sets out rights or important principles.
Runnymede
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A meadow near the Thames in Surrey, where the Magna Carta was signed.
glosses: A borough of Surrey, England, including the towns of Egham, Chertsey and Addlestone.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Harper County, Kansas, United States.
water-meadow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water-meadows
Senses: examples: text: To the West Station is less than a mile. The line runs first past water-meadows, with another fine view of the Cathedral, then under a bridge, and finally over a level crossing set in the midst of one of the main streets.
ref: 1952 July, A. W. V. Mace, “The Ashford, Canterbury, and Ramsgate Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 437:
glosses: An area of grassland, besides a river, that is subject to periodic flooding.
deconvolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːʃən/
Forms: form: deconvolutions
Etymology: From de- + convolution.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The inversion of a convolution equation; does not normally have unique solution
Derived terms: deconvolutional
deconvolution microscopy
deconvoluted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːtəd/
Senses: glosses: Subject to deconvolution.
deconvoluted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deconvolute
Harrisburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæ.ɹɪsˌbɝɡ/
Etymology: From Harris + -burg. The capital of Pennsylvania was named for John Harris Sr..
Senses: examples: The county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A city, the state capital of Pennsylvania.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Poinsett County, Arkansas.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: A city in Oregon.
glosses: A city in South Dakota.
glosses: A town in New York.
glosses: A town in North Carolina.
glosses: A village in Missouri.
glosses: A village in Ohio.
glosses: A census-designated place, the county seat of Banner County, Nebraska.
penny-ante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penny-ante
form: most penny-ante
Etymology: From penny + ante.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to penny ante poker.
glosses: Played for small stakes.
glosses: Trivial.
Related terms: penny ante
pennyante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pennyante
form: most pennyante
Senses: examples: text: You wouldn't want one of your agents doing something like that just to convict a pennyante gambler.
ref: 1967, United States Congress Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure, Computer Privacy, page 117:
text: What the workers detest most is the UFW hiring hall ... the pennyante dispatch halls which give UFW organizers dictatorial control over the workers.
ref: 1970, National Right to Work Committee, National Right to Work Newsletter, Volumes 16-20, page 28:
text: It would serve you right if I left you to deal with Annie and your pennyante charter service.
ref: 2012, Gina Wilkins, The Littlest Stowaway, →ISBN:
text: "So," Mologna said, "a lot of you social misfits, pennyante heisters, cheapjack four-flushers, and miserable hopeless losers figure you'll help the Police Department of the City of New York find the Byzantine Fire, is that it?"
ref: 2014, Donald E. Westlake, Why Me?:
glosses: Alternative spelling of penny-ante.
penny ante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penny + ante.
Senses: glosses: A small stake in gambling.
glosses: Poker played for small stakes.
glosses: A small-scale business transaction.
Related terms: pennyante
penny-ante
table stakes
up the ante
-zoic
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωϊκός (zōïkós), from ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”).
Senses: glosses: Relating to some specified form of animal existence
glosses: Relating to some specified geologic period
WGD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WGDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of whole-genome duplication.
glosses: Abbreviation of weight gold: stamped on jewelry, indicating that it is solid gold, e.g. 10K WGD on the inside of a ring.
whole-genome duplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whole-genome duplications
form: WGD
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of polyploidy in which an organism has duplicate copies of its entire genome
rhomboid protease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhomboid proteases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that cleave proteins within biological membranes allowing release of effector domains from the membrane
superclass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superclasses
form: super class
Etymology: From super- + class.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
Synonyms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: base class
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: parent class
word: superset
Hypernyms: class
superclass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superclasses
form: superclassing
form: superclassed
form: superclassed
form: super class
Etymology: From super- + class.
Senses: examples: text: Applications incorporating superclassing "clean up" by calling UnregisterClass on all superclassed classes.
ref: 2001, Stephen Teilhet, Subclassing and Hooking With Visual Basic, page 223:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: To create a superclass of.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: abstract type
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: base class
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: interface
easygoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more easygoing
form: easygoinger
form: easiergoing
form: most easygoing
form: easygoingest
form: easiestgoing
form: easy-going
Etymology: From easy + going.
Senses: examples: text: He dropped gradually back into his old frivolous and easy-going ways and conditions of feeling and manner of speech, and no familiar of his could have detected anything in him that differentiated him from the weak and careless Tom of other days.
ref: 1897, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “[Pudd’nhead Wilson] Chapter X”, in The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson: And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 126:
text: He might, indeed, resent her behaviour too deeply to seek to see her at once; but his easygoing modern attitude toward conduct and convictions made that improbable. She had an idea that what he had most minded was her dropping so unceremoniously out of the Embassy Dinner.
ref: 1922, Edith Wharton, chapter XXIII, in The Glimpses of the Moon, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company:
text: I’d sooner live here than in the middle of Bird, I think the folks here are more easygoinger than they are in town. I’m not saying they’re unkind to you, nothing like that: but if you’ve been hospitalised a long time, like I have, you get a label hung round your neck that says long-term psychiatric patient.
ref: 1989, Tony Parker, “Out at Garland”, in A Place Called Bird, London: Secker & Warburg, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 135:
text: If it weren’t for Mr Hoskins refusing to leave the master, Henriette’d be gone long since, and she’s the easygoingest creature for all she’s a foreigner.
ref: 1994, Carola Dunn, Captain Ingram’s Inheritance (The Rothschild Trilogy; 3), Large Print edition, Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Chivers, published 2011, →ISBN, page 320:
text: Rafe was the easygoingest man in the world right up until he dug in his heels, and then there was no moving him.
ref: 2016, Rose Lerner [pseudonym; Susan Roth], “Excerpt: True Pretenses”, in All or Nothing, →ISBN, page 161:
synonyms: word: laid-back
word: happy-go-lucky
word: airy
word: at ease
word: at peace
word: carefree
word: careless
word: casual
word: chill
word: cool
word: devil-may-care
word: easy-breezy
word: easygoing
word: happy-go-lucky
word: indifferent
word: insouciant
word: laid-back
word: leisurely
word: lighthearted
word: loose
word: mellow
word: nonchalant
word: pococurante
word: relaxed
word: serene
word: solute
word: tranquil
word: unanxious
word: unbothered
word: unconcerned
word: undisturbed
word: unruffled
word: untroubled
word: unworried
word: wanton
glosses: Calm, relaxed, casual and informal.
raw_tags: of a person
synonyms: leisurely
unhasty
unrushed
glosses: Unhurried.
raw_tags: of a journey or pace
Derived terms: easygoingness
infraphylum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infraphyla
Etymology: From infra- + phylum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
translocon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translocons
Etymology: From transloc(ate) + -on.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of proteins associated with the translocation of nascent polypeptides into the interior space of the endoplasmic reticulum from the cytosol
Synonyms: translocator
Derived terms: retrotranslocon
translocator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translocators
Etymology: From translocate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A translocon
Derived terms: retrotranslocator
epizoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: epizooic
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing on the surface of an animal host, as:
In a nonparasitic way, using an animal's skin as a microhabitat.
raw_tags: of a microorganism
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing on the surface of an animal host, as:
In a parasitic way, as an external parasite.
raw_tags: of a microorganism
Hypernyms: epibiotic
Related terms: epizoism
saprozoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saprozoic
form: most saprozoic
Etymology: From sapro- + -zoic.
Senses: glosses: feeding on dead or decaying animal matter
glosses: saprophagous
bump up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bumps up
form: bumping up
form: bumped up
form: bumped up
Senses: glosses: To increase something suddenly.
glosses: To promote a person to a higher grade.
glosses: To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.
examples: text: It bumps up on the wall here.
glosses: To bump into something; to collide with something.
examples: text: The legalization movement bumped up against political realities.
text: The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap.
glosses: To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something.
methanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Chloroform and bromoform are trihalogenated methanes
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Derivatives of methane. plural of methane
guzunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guzunders
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gazunder.
transition point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transition points
Senses: topics: fluid-dynamics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The point in space at which fluid flow around an object changes from laminar to turbulent.
glosses: The temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another.
glosses: Any similar point at which a characteristic of a system changes abruptly.
transuranium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + uranium.
Senses: glosses: transuranic
Derived terms: transuranium element
Gore-Tex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after American inventor Robert W. Gore (1937–2020) and textile.
Senses: glosses: A synthetic ePTFE (Teflon) fabric that is permeable to water vapour but impermeable to water drops; used for making breathable rainwear.
Related terms: PTFE
ePTFE
Teflon
PU
transuranium element
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transuranium elements
Senses: examples: text: The main theme of TRL [Transuranium Research Laboratory] research with transuranium elements has been the exploration of a region of the periodic table that is relatively new and inaccessible to most scientists. […] Our research with the heavy elements has extended our knowledge considerably and tested our ideas concerning how the periodic table is constructed.
ref: 1983 spring, Richard Hahn, “Life at the End of the Periodic Table”, in Carolyn Krause, editor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Review, volume 16, number 2, Oak Ridge, Tenn.: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 1:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any element having an atomic number greater than that of uranium.
earful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəl/
ipa: /ˈɪə(ɹ)fʊl/
ipa: /ˈɪɹfəl/
ipa: /ˈɪɹfʊl/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fʊl
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)fəl
Forms: form: earfuls
form: earsful
Etymology: From ear + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: give someone an earful
text: Ivan Kruzliak had already taken an earful from Gary Neville at half-time and it was rare to see Hodgson as annoyed as he was while remonstrating with the fourth official.
ref: 6 September 2013, Daniel Taylor, “Danny Welbeck leads England's rout of Moldova but hit by Ukraine ban”, in The Guardian:
glosses: an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off
glosses: intimate gossip
Derived terms: give someone an earful
earliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earlinesses
Etymology: From early + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being early.
Synonyms: word: prematureness
word: earliness
word: prematurity
Hypernyms: word: untimeliness
Related terms: word: promptness
word: premature
word: prematurely
earthbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earthbound
form: most earthbound
form: Earthbound
form: earth-bound
Etymology: From earth + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: "Music, Smiley, music! Now the vibrations should be better." "The higher spirits cannot reach earth-bound folk," said Mailey.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 231:
glosses: Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Heading towards Earth.
glosses: Unimaginative or mundane.
Derived terms: nonearthbound
Related terms: sense: heading towards Earth
word: earthward
earthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: earthinesses
Etymology: From Middle English erthinesse, erthynesse, eorþynesse, equivalent to earthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being earthy
glosses: grossness
earthshaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earthshaking
form: most earthshaking
form: earth-shaking
form: earth shaking
Etymology: From earth + shaking as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios), ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn).
Senses: glosses: Causing the earth to vibrate; very loud.
glosses: Of global consequence or importance.
Synonyms: earthshattering
* epoch-making
Derived terms: earthshakingly
earth-shattering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I have proposed five initiatives to support rail freight growth in the preceding paragraphs. None of them are earth-shattering, and none of them are particularly expensive.
ref: 2021 October 20, Michael Holden, “Time for action... and a new plan to develop rail freight”, in RAIL, number 942, page 39:
glosses: Alternative spelling of earthshattering.
earthshattering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earthshattering
form: most earthshattering
form: earth-shattering
Etymology: From earth + shattering.
Senses: glosses: Earthshaking.