cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transplantations
Etymology: From Middle French transplantation, from transplanter (“to transplant”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process).
Senses: glosses: The resettlement of a group of people.
glosses: A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
The medicosurgical specialty (field) concerned with such operations.
glosses: A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient; an organ transplant.
A particular instance of such an operation (a single procedure): a transplant.
examples: text: There is no tree admits of transplantation so well as the Elm, for a tree of twenty years growth will admit of a remove.
ref: 1761, John Mordant, The Complete Steward:
glosses: The uprooting of a tree and planting it in a new location.
Derived terms: allotransplantation
autotransplantation
cotransplantation
fecal microbiota transplantation
haplotransplantation
heterotransplantation
homeotransplantation
homotransplantation
isotransplantation
microtransplantation
neurotransplantation
nontransplantation
orthotransplantation
peritransplantation
posttransplantation
pretransplantation
retransplantation
syngeneic transplantation
syngenesiotransplantation
vasotransplantation
xenotransplantation
organ transplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organ transplants
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A surgical operation in which an organ is moved from a donor to a recipient.
geocache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocaches
Etymology: Of geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).
Senses: examples: text: Regardless of the final name, can we please replace the word "stash" with "cache"? "GPS Cache Hunt" and "Geocache" still sound find. I believe it still works with all of the variations that David came up with (Geocaching, geocacher, etc).
ref: [2000 May 30, Matt Stum, “Cache vs. Stash”, in Geocaching, published 2020-11-26, archived from the original on 19 May 2022:
text: The treasures in this case are geocaches, those little plastic boxes of goodies that are hidden all over the earth.
ref: 2006, Michael Purvis, Jeffrey Sambells, Cameron Turner, Beginning Google Maps Applications with PHP and Ajax: From Novice to Professional, page 32:
text: 2006, National Science Teachers Association, Illinois Association of Chemistry Teachers, American Science Teachers Association, The Science Teacher, Volume 73, Issues 1-4, page 56,
Latitude and longitude coordinates for the location of these hidden geocaches are downloaded from the internet (at sites such as www. geocaching.com) and loaded on a GPS receiver.
text: With school out for the summer, Jason and Sarah sat down and mapped a strategy to find the geocaches at each of the state's seventy-two parks and recreation areas.
ref: 2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 102:
glosses: A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
Derived terms: geocacher
Related terms: geocaching
geocache
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geocaches
form: geocaching
form: geocached
form: geocached
Etymology: Of geo- + cache. Suggested by participants in the mailing list gpsstash@egroups.com in May 2000, replacing the earlier gpsstash (see quotations below).
Senses: examples: text: Those who have never geocached assume that it must be a really easy game;
ref: 2004, Mike Dyer, The Essential Guide to Geocaching: Tracking Treasure with Your GPS, page 68:
text: And, in line with the third preference that Kahn observed, nearly all of the places I've geocached have been easy to navigate (and would have been easy even without a GPS).
ref: 2006, Margot Anne Kelley, Local Treasures: Geocaching Across America, page 142:
text: The team, which has more than 68000 finds between them, geocached across all 50 U.S. states in just 10 days.
ref: 2010, Paul Gillin, Dana Gillin, The Joy of Geocaching: How to Find Health, Happiness and Creative Energy Through a Worldwide Treasure Hunt, page 131:
glosses: To participate in geocaching.
glosses: To hide or seek a geocache.
geocaching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the uses cited, a sport called geocaching — a high-tech version of hide and seek or orienteering — has evolved that uses GPS to locate points of interest and hidden items, or caches.
ref: 2007, Susan Lynn, Darla Castelli, Peter Werner, Stephen Cone, Seminar in Physical Education: From Student Teaching to Teaching Students, page 206:
text: State parks officials were a little stunned— and thrilled— with the response to the Geocaching History Challenge. Though it was difficult to determine how many people participated, clearly geocaching was exploding in popularity.
ref: 2010, Doug Ohman, Chris Niskanen, Prairie, Lake, Forest: Minnesota's State Parks, page 104:
text: Virtually any academic task can be incorporated into geocaching activities, and thus geocaching can facilitate the learning of less-palatable but important academic skills.
ref: 2010, Jeff Steffen, Jim Stiehl, Teaching Lifetime Outdoor Pursuits, page 136:
glosses: A pastime in which participants use a GPS receiver to find a hidden container at a specific latitude and longitude, or to hide a container to be found in this manner.
Derived terms: geodashing
Related terms: geocache
geocaching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From geo- + caching. First attested in 2000. See additional etymology at geocache.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geocache
Mhairi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈvaːɹi/
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Màiri (“Mary”), which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri.
Senses: examples: text: Poor Mhairi Smellie. Her first name, a Scots Gaelic name, was pronounced "vary", which sounded close to very. The name Smellie was common enough in Scotland, but to be called something which sounded like "very smelly" was a singular misfortune, and indicative, surely, of a lack of parental foresight.
ref: 2010, Alexander McCall Smith, The Importance of Being Seven, Polygon, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: A female given name from Scottish Gaelic.
comen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌmən
Etymology: From Middle English comen, cumen, from Old English cumen, ġecumen, past participle of cuman (“to come”). More at come.
Senses: examples: text: There is diverse of his gentlemen stolen away therefor, and some are comen to Calais, and one of them is sent to our sovereign lord and king.
ref: 2002, Alison Hanham, The Celys and Their World:
glosses: past participle of come.
suspects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suspect
suspects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of suspect
planks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: plural of plank
planks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æŋks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of plank
polarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polarized
form: most polarized
form: polarised
Senses: examples: text: When the polarizers are aligned in the same direction, they block the same state of polarization, i.e. they both block horizontally polarized light, and both let the vertically polarized light through. The second polarizer therefore has no effect on the light. When the polarizers are aligned perpendicular to one another, one will block the horizontally polarized light and the other will block vertically polarized light — no light at all gets through the pair!
ref: 2013 July 16, skullsinthestars, “Simple fun with polarizers!”, in Skulls in the Stars:
text: Speaking of round sunglasses, these lightweight polarized ones and come in two shades of tortoiseshell as well as black and bronze.
ref: 2023 June 26, Lauren Caruso and Jillian Tracy, “The 22 best sunglasses for summer, according to style experts”, in CNN:
glosses: Having a distinctive polarization.
glosses: Of a group or situation, being at two or more extremes.
Derived terms: circularly polarized light
circular polarized light
nonpolarized
overpolarized
plane polarized light
polarized light
semipolarized
spin-polarized
ultrapolarized
unpolarized
polarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: polarised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polarize
polarize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈpoʊ.lə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: /ˈpəʉ.lə.ɹɑez/
ipa: [ˈpəʉ̯.lə.ɹɑe̯z]
note: some speakers
ipa: [ˈpɐʉ̯.lə.ɹɑe̯z]
ipa: /ˈpɐʉ.lə.ɹaɪz/
ipa: [ˈpɐʉ̯.lə.ɹɑe̯z]
Forms: form: polarizes
form: polarizing
form: polarized
form: polarized
form: polarise
Etymology: From French polariser, equivalent to polar + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: To polarize, and indeed, to artificially distinguish between the secular and the religious is to dismiss the inarguable Judeo-Christian foundation of contemporary secular institutions.
ref: 1979 August 11, Lisa Capaldini, “Lessons From History”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 4:
glosses: To cause to have a polarization.
examples: text: The deal has polarized Twitter employees, users, and regulators over the power tech giants wield in determining the parameters of acceptable discourse on the internet and how those companies enforce their rules.
ref: 2022 April 26, Cara Lombardo, Meghan Bobrowsky, Georgia Wells, “Musk Strikes Deal to Buy Twitter”, in The Wall Street Journal, volume 279, number 96, Dow Jones & Company, News Corp, page 1:
glosses: To cause a group to be divided into extremes.
Derived terms: bipolarize
depolarize
hyperpolarize
mispolarize
polarizability
polarizable
polarization
polarized light
polarizer
repolarize
zone of polarizing activity
snobbish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnɒbɪʃ/
Forms: form: more snobbish
form: most snobbish
form: snobish
Etymology: From snob + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.
ref: c. 1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys:
glosses: Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
Synonyms: snobby
snobbistic
cliquish
silliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪlinɪs/
ipa: /-nəs/
Forms: form: sillinesses
Etymology: From silly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The first time Tuvy confided his dream to his mates […] they’d howled with cruel laughter at the outrageousness of it, the silliness of it, the impossibility of it.
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 253:
glosses: That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.
glosses: An act that is silly; a result of being silly.
Synonyms: schmuckiness
refractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æktɪv
Forms: form: more refractive
form: most refractive
Etymology: From refract + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That refracts; causing or relating to refraction.
Derived terms: birefractive
refractive error
refractive index
refractive power
peeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːld/
homophone: pealed
rhymes: -iːld
Etymology: From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).
Senses: examples: text: The peeled fruit quickly turned brown.
text: He stirred the campfire stew with a peeled stick, so the bark wouldn't get in it.
antonyms: unpeeled
glosses: With the outermost layer or skin removed.
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hypernyms: word: big
word: bulky
word: great
word: heavy
word: heavyset
word: heavyweight
word: hefty
word: large
word: stalwart
word: stocky
word: stout
word: thickset
word: physique
glosses: Dieted down such as having attained a peak contrast of trained muscle volume.
Derived terms: keep one's eyes peeled
unpeeled
peeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːld/
homophone: pealed
rhymes: -iːld
Etymology: From peel (verb) + -ed (suffix forming past tenses).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of peel
Related terms: skinned
peeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /piːld/
homophone: pealed
rhymes: -iːld
Etymology: From peel (noun) + -ed (“having”).
Senses: examples: text: Genova lemons average 8-10 sections and 5-6 seeds. They are thick-peeled and acid. Thin-peeled fruit at right was cured about 10 days.
ref: 1958 June, J. Henry Burke, Citrus Industry of Chile (Foreign Agricultural Report; 108), page 14:
text: Only some mammals, such as monkeys (Janson, 1983) and bats (Phua and Corlett, 1989), appear to have the necessary dental capacity to open peeled fruits.
ref: 1995, Agricultural Bulletin of the Malay Peninsula, volume 47, page 109:
text: We don’t know who Foster is, but he sure hates bananas. This New Orleans classic takes the nutritious yellow-peeled fruit, drowns it in butter, smothers it with sugar, douses it with rum, and sets it on fire.
ref: 2014, David Zinczenko, Matt Goulding, Cook This, Not That! Skinny Comfort Foods, New York, N.Y.: Galvanized Books, →ISBN:
text: Transmittance mode can help to gather information about the constituents of thick-peeled fruit (e.g., citrus fruit, cantaloupes, melons), however these measurements require very high light intensities, which could result in burning of fruit surface and the alteration of spectral information.
ref: 2021, Simon Goisser, Suitability of Portable NIR Sensors (Food-Scanners) for the Determination of Fruit Quality Along the Supply Chain Using the Example of Tomatoes, Cuvillier Verlag, →ISBN, page 15:
synonyms: peely
glosses: Having a peel; (in combination) having the specified type of peel.
streaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streak
streaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of streak
headdress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛdˌdɹɛs/
Forms: form: headdresses
form: head-dress
form: head dress
Etymology: From head + dress.
Senses: glosses: A decorative covering or ornament worn on the head.
glosses: A hairdo.
Synonyms: sense: an covering or ornament worn on the head
word: headgear
Derived terms: headdressed
computed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of compute
computed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpjuːtɪd/
Senses: glosses: Calculated, determined by computation.
glosses: Derived rather than measured.
Derived terms: microcomputed
noncomputed
uncomputed
crewman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːmən
Forms: form: crewmen
Etymology: From crew + -man.
Senses: examples: text: Next year this service is to be operated entirely by automatic control, though the trains will carry at least one crewman.
ref: 1963 October, “Robot Central Line trains”, in Modern Railways, page 262:
glosses: A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Synonym of armoured crewman.
synonyms: word: armoured crewman
Derived terms: crewmanship
crewmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crewman
kiteboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiteboards
Etymology: From kite + board.
Senses: glosses: A specialized lightweight wakeboard used for kiteboarding.
Derived terms: kiteboarder
kiteboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kiteboards
form: kiteboarding
form: kiteboarded
form: kiteboarded
Etymology: From kite + board.
Senses: glosses: To participate in kiteboarding.
borrowings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borrowing
kiteboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sport in which participants ride a form of wakeboard or surfboard harnessed to a large kite which is controlled by the rider.
glosses: A similar sport using a wheeled board on land.
glosses: A similar sport using a snowboard or ski on snow.
Related terms: kiteboard
kiteboarder
kiteboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kiteboard
kiteboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiteboarders
Senses: glosses: A person who participates in kiteboarding.
Ofgem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Office of Gas and Electricity Markets.
Biosteel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: BioSteel
Etymology: From bio- + steel.
Senses: glosses: A fibrous material, having a structure similar to spider silk, produced from the milk of transgenic goats
chooser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuːzə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃuzɚ/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʉːzə/
rhymes: -uːzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: choosers
form: chuser
Etymology: From Middle English *chosere, cheoser, chesere, cheosere, equivalent to choose + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who chooses something.
examples: a file chooser; a colour chooser
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user interface element allowing something to be selected from a list or group.
Derived terms: beggars can't be choosers
nonchooser
Related terms: choose
chose
choice
transgenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/
ipa: /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/
Etymology: From trans- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: The third type are human transgenic embryos, made by injecting a segment of animal DNA into a human egg.
ref: 2008 May 19, David Batty, “Q&A: Hybrid embryos”, in The Guardian:
text: Common ingredients like corn, vegetable oil, maltodextrin, soy protein, lecithin, monosodium glutamate, cornstarch, yeast extract, sugar and corn syrup are almost always produced from transgenic crops.
ref: 2012 February 7, Julia Moskin, “Modified Crops Tap a Wellspring of Protest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Of, or pertaining to an organism whose genome has been changed by the addition of a gene from another species; (of an organism) whose genome has been changed by such addition, genetically modified.
Derived terms: word: bitransgenic
word: monotransgenic
word: transgenics
word: tritransgenic
Related terms: transgene
transgenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɑːnzˈdʒɛnɪk/
ipa: /tɹanzˈdʒɛnɪk/
Forms: form: transgenics
Etymology: From trans- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: An organism whose genome has been genetically modified.
Related terms: transgenesis
hybrid
blooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: blŭ′-dəd
ipa: /ˈblʌ.dəd/
rhymes: -ʌdəd
Etymology: From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Blackburn's cause was not helped when Morten Gamst Pedersen and Gael Givet collided going for the same ball, both players emerging blooded and dazed but otherwise unharmed.
ref: 2011 October 29, Neil Johnston, “Norwich 3 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: bloody, bleeding.
examples: text: I'll let a rookie march behind me with a loaded weapon once he's been blooded in combat, until then he stays in front where I can see which way he's pointing.
antonyms: unblooded
glosses: Experienced (especially in warfare).
examples: text: Mammals are warm-blooded.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Following a modifying word in a compound:
Having a certain physiological characteristic, particularly in relation to blood or the circulatory system.
examples: text: Only a cold-blooded killer could have done something like this.
glosses: Following a modifying word in a compound:
Having a certain kind of temperament or disposition.
examples: text: He's a full-blooded Irishman.
glosses: Following a modifying word in a compound:
Having ancestry to a certain degree.
qualifier: sometimes offensive in compounds that refer to purity or partial degrees
examples: text: A blue-blooded aristocrat.
glosses: Following a modifying word in a compound:
Having a certain ancestry.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
qualifier: cattle
glosses: Derived from ancestors of good blood; having a good pedigree.
raw_tags: of horses
Derived terms: bloodedness
blue-blooded
blueblooded
cold-blooded
coldblooded
fish-blooded
fishblooded
full-blooded
fullblooded
half-blooded
halfblooded
hot-blooded
hotblooded
non-blooded
nonblooded
pure-blooded
pureblooded
red-blooded
redblooded
same-blooded
sameblooded
unblooded
warm-blooded
warmblooded
blooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: blŭ′-dəd
ipa: /ˈblʌ.dəd/
rhymes: -ʌdəd
Etymology: From Middle English bloded, equivalent to blood + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blood
spintronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of spin + electronic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to spintronics.
spintronics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪks
Etymology: Blend of spin + electronics, or from spin transport electronics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The storage and transfer of information using the spin state of electrons as well as their charge.
Derived terms: nanospintronics
pseudospintronics
Related terms: half-metal
bigorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bigorexia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: suffering from bigorexia
bigorexic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bigorexics
Etymology: From bigorexia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: a person suffering from bigorexia
saltmarsh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltmarshes
Senses: examples: text: That grass – saltmarsh cordgrass, which can grow to be 7 feet tall – was being observed in New Smyrna Beach, Florida as part of a Fish and Wildlife Service program.
ref: 2014 October 22, Gabe LaMonica, “Senator’s ‘Wastebook’ has everything that will fit in a pork barrel”, in CNN:
text: There has been some investigation into the potential of seaweeds as a carbon store, and although more is needed, one study says that seaweed habitats are believed to be the most productive of all coastal vegetated ecosystems, and suggested that the world’s seaweed sequesters as much carbon as all the planet’s seagrass meadows, saltmarshes and mangroves combined.
ref: 2023 September 25, Vincent Doumeizel, “Opinion: Seaweed is nutritious, not slimy. Eating it could save the world.”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative form of salt marsh
e-learning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eLearning
form: elearning
Etymology: From e- + learning.
Senses: glosses: Learning conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet.
participants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of participant
evo-devo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ē'vōdēʹvō
ipa: /ˌiːvəʊˈdiːvəʊ/
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of evolutionary developmental biology.
salt marshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salt marsh
evolutionary developmental biology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evo-devo
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A branch of biology that studies the interaction of evolutionary and developmental processes.
Synonyms: evo-devo
evolution of development
MathML
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation of mathematical markup language.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An XML-based markup language for defining the appearance and meaning of mathematical formulae.
mattify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mattifies
form: mattifying
form: mattified
form: mattified
Etymology: From matt + -ify.
Senses: glosses: to produce a matt effect or reduce the shiny appearance of the skin
raw_tags: of a cosmetic
Derived terms: mattifier
m-commerce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initial m of mobile plus commerce. Modelled on earlier e-commerce.
Senses: glosses: The use of mobile technology in commerce.
moby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobies
form: mobe
form: mobey
form: mobie
Etymology: From mobile + -y.
Senses: glosses: A mobile phone.
moby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moby
form: most moby
Etymology: Rhyming slang: Moby-Dick and sick.
Senses: examples: text: So there ends up being puke everywhere […] I was like, 'I told you I was feeling Moby,' but she didn't answer […]
ref: 2007, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, Paul Howard, Should Have Got Off at Sydney Parade:
glosses: Sick; unwell.
pathopoeic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pathopoeia + -ic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: of or pertaining to pathopoeia
pathopoeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathopœia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek παθοποιία (pathopoiía); πάθος (páthos, “passion”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “make”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The arousing of emotion in someone who hears music; a passage designed to arouse emotions.
glosses: Speech that moves hearers emotionally, especially as the speaker attempts to elicit an emotional response by way of demonstrating his or her own feelings.
Hyponyms: word: exuscitatio
Derived terms: pathopoeic
pendrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pendrins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein involved in the exchange of chloride and iodide ions across biological membranes.
piconet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piconets
Etymology: From pico- + net.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a small computer network using Bluetooth protocols
proteomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹoʊtiˈɑmɪks/
Etymology: From protein + -omics.
Senses: examples: text: The derived word "proteomics", which has come into use almost as an afterthought, may be equally useful since it indicates something less well-defined but more ambitious. Proteomics is a field, just as genomics is, rather than a closed and conceptually static body of knowledge (as are the genome and proteome, by definition).
ref: 1998, N. Leigh Anderson, “Proteome and proteomics: New technologies, new concepts, and new words”, in Electrophoresis, volume 19, page 1853:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The branch of molecular biology that studies the set of proteins expressed by the genome of an organism.
Synonyms: proteonomics
Derived terms: chemical proteomics
chemoproteomics
glycoproteomics
immunoproteomics
lipoproteomics
metalloproteomics
metaproteomics
microproteomics
morphoproteomics
nanoproteomics
neuroproteomics
oncoproteomics
palaeoproteomics
paleoproteomics
pharmacoproteomics
phosphoproteomics
phyloproteomics
riboproteomics
shotgun proteomics
sialoproteomics
teratoproteomics
toxicoproteomics
Related terms: proteome
proteomicist
snowblader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowbladers
form: snow-blader
form: snow blader
Etymology: From snowblade + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who participates in snowblading
Synonyms: skiboarder
ski boarder
ski-boarder
snowblading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow blading
form: snow-blading
Senses: glosses: skiing using snowblades; skiboarding
Synonyms: skiboarding
ski boarding
ski-boarding
snowblading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snowblade
skiboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski-boarding
form: ski boarding
Senses: glosses: A form of skiing on a short ski called a skiboard.
Synonyms: snowblading
skiboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skiboard
dunces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunce
endings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ending
reverential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛvəˈɹɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: more reverential
form: most reverential
Etymology: From Medieval Latin reverentiālis, from Latin reverentia (“reverence”) + -ālis (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The supposed religious tone must be banished, so far as it is applied to the book itself or to the words printed in it; but there is a reverential tone, properly applicable to the meaning conveyed by the words, which should be cultivated.
ref: 1867, Edward William Cox, The Arts of Writing, Reading and Speaking, page 155:
text: The reverential tone intensified as this section progressed. When each spectator had purportedly become her mother, she was invited to share her mother's wisdom, prefaced by the words "I always said."
ref: 2012, Jill Dolan, The Feminist Spectator as Critic, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 94:
synonyms: reverent
antonyms: irreverential
glosses: Showing or characterized by reverence; respectful.
Derived terms: reverentially
reverentialness
Related terms: irreverential
reverential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛvəˈɹɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: reverentials
Etymology: From Medieval Latin reverentiālis, from Latin reverentia (“reverence”) + -ālis (adjectival suffix).
Senses: examples: text: But that eccleſiaſtical authority can exiſt (perhaps as far as it ought) without the exerciſe of civil power, we have a proof in this ſect; the degrees of whoſe prieſthood (which are as numerous I believe as in any prieſthood, conſiſting of provincial biſhops, metropolitans (or what amounts to the meaning), deacons, preſbyters, and every order of reverentials) poſſeſs, it ſeems, each one within the circle of their connection, its proper influence, fully and undiſputedly.
ref: 1791, [Robert Sadler], “Penson to His Friend Bountly”, in Wanley Penson; or, The Melancholy Man: A Miscellaneous History. […], volume I, London: […] C[atharine] and G[eorge] Kearsley, […], →OCLC, page 352:
text: The verb is not thereby made reflective, but preserves the same signification as if not reverential. The intransitive reverentials are said to be formed from their compulsive form, and the active from their applicative.
ref: 1845, Albert Gallatin, “Mexican Language”, in Transactions of the American Ethnological Society, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Bartlett & Welford; London: Wiley & Putnam, →OCLC, article I (Notes on the Semi-civilized Nations of Mexico, Yucatan, and Central America), appendix I (Grammatical Notes, Etc.), page 233:
text: While reverentials wait / The triumph of His cosmic plan, / The Christ reclaims his millions in this martyrdom of man.
ref: 1921, John J. Gaynor, The Wine of Witchery, New York, N.Y.: James T[erry] White & Co., →OCLC, page 72:
glosses: Someone or something that is reverential.
roles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊlz/
ipa: /ɹoʊlz/
rhymes: -əʊlz
rhymes: -oʊlz
homophone: rolls
homophone: Rolls
Senses: glosses: plural of role
phonemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phoneme
jealously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jealously
form: most jealously
Etymology: From jealous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jealous manner.
jeeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jeeringly
form: most jeeringly
Etymology: From jeering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: You shall find by common experience how your superstitious false worshipers slight the Word of God; they are above it, they speak jeeringly of the Scripture and of warrants from Gods Word; Oh you must do nothing but you must have Scripture for it: They cry up Fathers and antiquity, and such and such Writers, but for the Word of God they usually contemn and scorn it.
ref: 1643, Jeremiah Burroughs, An Exposition of the Prophesie of Hosea, London, Volume 2, Chapter 5 Verse 2, p. 362:
text: […] they turned their Anger into ridiculing the Man, and his Sorrow for his Wife and Children; taunted him with want of Courage to leap into the great Pit, and go to Heaven, as they jeeringly express’d it, along with them, adding some very profane, and even blasphemous Expressions.
ref: 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al, page 78:
text: The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: The Florentine winter lasts only from mid-December to March, and in that season there are luminous days, but there are also jeeringly cold nights and days together when the tramontana wind comes devastatingly down from the Alps three pinched days at a spell, blowing pitilessly […]
ref: 1951, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 8, in World So Wide:
glosses: In a jeering manner.
durably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more durably
form: most durably
Etymology: From durable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a durable manner.
Derived terms: durably archived
jell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: gel
homophone: jel
Forms: form: jells
Etymology: A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal.
Senses: glosses: a jelly or gel
jell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jĕl
ipa: /d͡ʒɛl/
rhymes: -ɛl
homophone: gel
homophone: jel
Forms: form: jells
form: jelling
form: jelled
form: jelled
Etymology: A back-formation from jelly; reinforced by gel. Compare obsolete geal.
Senses: examples: text: A lot of things are jelling, says Hoffman.
ref: 2008 December 5, Elizabeth Pennisi, “Hopping to a Better Protein”, in Science, →DOI, →ISSN:
glosses: To gel
Derived terms: jell out
jellylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jellylike
form: most jellylike
form: jelly-like
Etymology: From jelly + -like.
Senses: examples: text: 1895, Mark Twain, “How to Tell a Story,” in Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches, edited by Tom Quirk, Penguin, 1994, originally published in The Youth’s Companion, 3 October, 1895,
The teller is innocent and happy and pleased with himself, and has to stop every little while to hold himself in and keep from laughing outright; and does hold in, but his body quakes in a jelly-like way with interior chuckles; and at the end of the ten minutes the audience have laughed until they are exhausted, and the tears are running down their faces.
text: However quickly the water was used, there were always larvae of some sort on its surface, jumpy jellylike whiskery things, perfection in their way.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 5:
synonyms: word: gelatinous
word: gelatinous
word: jellylike
word: tremellose
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of jelly.
jellyroll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jellyrolls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jelly roll.
jennet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɛnɪt/
rhymes: -ɛnɪt
homophone: genet
Forms: form: jennets
form: genet
form: ginnet
form: gennet
form: jinnet
Etymology: From Late Middle English genet, from Old French genet, from Old Catalan genet or Old Spanish ginete (“small fast horse; light horseman”), from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanātī), the Zenati or Zenata Berbers, known as excellent horse breeders. Doublet of Zenati.
Senses: glosses: A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
examples: text: Richmondʼs black jennet [...] is a gleaming and well-muscled creature of Spanish breed.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 230:
glosses: A small Spanish horse.
Derived terms: act the jennet
jerkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jerkily
form: most jerkily
Etymology: From jerky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jerky manner.
jerkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerkinesses
Etymology: From jerky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: […] there was a good deal of jerkiness apparent in the motion of the car, especially when the wheels turned into the numerous ruts of the drive.
ref: 1879, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter 1, in Daireen, volume I, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 12:
text: In 1900 Planck announced that radiant energy could only be propagated in tiny, indivisible bundles which he called quanta. Furthermore these bundles did not proceed through space continuously, but by jumps. It was not long before experimenters were finding this lumpiness and jerkiness everywhere.
ref: 1933 September 11, “Maxwell-Quantum Theory”, in Time:
text: It was not going to be a serious flogging since ineptitude rather than criminality was being punished; and Shama moved about with a comic jerkiness, as though she knew she was only an actor in a farce and not, like Sumati at the house-blessing in The Chase, a figure of high tragedy.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part One, Chapter 4:
text: 1962, Hansard, Incomes Policy, 4 July, 1962,
One reason why we get into difficulties in the public sector is the jerkiness with which this problem is dealt with. Teachers, or nurses, or bus drivers, or whoever it may be, are given a substantial rise. But then, for the next six or seven years no further increases are awarded to them and the Government suddenly wake up to the fact that these groups have fallen far behind everybody else.
text: 1993, Siglind Bruhn, J. S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier: In-Depth Analysis and Interpretation, Hong Kong: Mainter International, Volume IV, WTC II/21 in Bᵇ major - Prelude, p. 137,
[…] the rhythmic pattern […] contains the typical features of a gigue. The tempo should be chosen accordingly; it should be fast enough to depict the jerkiness of the gregarious dance, but not so rushed as to render the intricate patterns of imitations as a simple technical show.
glosses: The state or quality of being jerky (characterized by sudden uneven motion or progress).
glosses: The behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
jerkwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/
Forms: form: jerkwaters
Etymology: From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana).
Senses: examples: text: […] by bailing from near streams with buckets, (the brake-man called this operation jerking water) and from this the road gets its name of jerkwater road.
ref: 1975 Mar, Indiana Historical Society, Indiana Magazine of History, volume 71, number 1, page 355:
glosses: A train on a branch line.
examples: text: Twenty-five miles down the narrow arid highway, there is another town like Napoleon, a little smaller. And then twenty-five miles further, another. This chain of jerkwaters stretches for a lazy afternoon, until you finally encounter a cluster of people that almost resembles a modern civilization, with a movie theater and chain restaurants.
ref: 2016 April 19, Rex Sorgatz, “The Internet Really Has Changed Everything. Here’s the Proof.”, in Wired:
glosses: A jerkwater town.
jerkwater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɚk.wɔ.tɚ/
Forms: form: more jerkwater
form: most jerkwater
Etymology: From jerk (“to move with a sudden movement”) + water. Refers to the need to supply the boilers of steam trains with water. In rural areas and small towns with no water tower, where the train did not stop, this was done by scooping ("jerking") water from a track pan. First appears c. 1852, in the Miami County Sentinel (Peru, Indiana).
Senses: glosses: Of an inhabited place, small, insignificant, and backward.
Synonyms: See: Thesaurus:remote place
Derived terms: jerkwater town
Related terms: water column
whistle-stop
jerk water
jerk-water
jet-lagged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jet-lagged
form: most jet-lagged
Etymology: From jet lag + -ed.
Senses: synonyms: desynchronotic
glosses: Suffering from jet lag.
jetport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jetports
Etymology: From jet + port.
Senses: glosses: An airport served by jet aircraft.
jeweled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jewelled.
Derived terms: unjeweled
jeweled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jewel
jewelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: jeweled
Senses: glosses: set with jewels
Derived terms: jewelled blenny
jewelled nawab
unjewelled
jewelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jeweled
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jewel
trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: plural of truck
glosses: The game of lawn billiards.
glosses: The wheel-set of railroad rolling stock.
examples: text: […] a feller feels like a sack tied up in the middle and with the top all open; and then the trucks [trousers] is that awful big up the legs that when the wind blows I ain't allus sure I've got any on, till I tucks my hands in my waist-band to feel.
ref: 1928, Sydney Watson, Wops, the Waif: A Story of London Arab Life, page 69:
glosses: Trousers.
trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of truck
gunslinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunslingers
Etymology: From gun + slinger.
Senses: examples: text: Along with Dolores, there’s Teddy (James Marsden), a heroic-seeming gunslinger looking for adventure.
ref: 2016 October 2, David Sims, “Westworld Is a Grand Saga of Gunslingers and Robots”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A person in the Old West who carried a gun and was an expert at quickly drawing it and firing.
examples: text: HIP YOUNG GUNSLINGERS WANTED (BASS, DRUMS, GUITAR) FOR NEW BAND. MUST BE INTO REM, PRIMAL SCREAM, FANCLUB ETC. CONTACT BARRY IN THE SHOP.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 142:
text: The perception of the hedge fund world is that of gunslingers and traders who manage billions of dollars by the seat of their pants.
ref: 2005, Daniel A. Strachman, Getting Started in Hedge Funds, page 3:
glosses: A person who behaves with the reckless bravado expected of someone who would duel with guns.
Derived terms: gunslinger effect
Related terms: gunslinging
easiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of easy: most easy
out-of-universe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An out-of-universe explanation for Dr. Watson's wife calling him James in one story is that Doyle forgot his given name had already been established as John.
synonyms: extradiegetic
Doylist
antonyms: in-universe
intradiegetic
diegetic
Watsonian
glosses: Referring to a perspective or view from the real world, in contrast to a perspective from within the fictional world.
Related terms: canon
subjunctivity
muffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muff
muffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muff
anchorpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorperson
liveaboard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From live + aboard.
Senses: glosses: Of a boat: designed or modified to allow people to live on board.
glosses: Of a person: living on board a boat.
liveaboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liveaboards
Etymology: From live + aboard.
Senses: examples: text: “We′re going to move aboard, sail around the world and do some writing,” the letter goes. “How are our chances?” It′s a common question from readers who know that my husband and I support our liveaboard life through writing and photography.
ref: 1975, From Tiller to Typwriter: The Rudder, volume 91, page 227:
text: This marina is the closest to the ocean and has a surprisingly liberal liveaboard policy (10 percent of the total population; children, pets, okay).
ref: 1978, San Diego Magazine, page 110:
text: Pat and Kelly′s was the haven for the liveaboard community and had acquired a legendary reputation for a salty ambiance involving a couple of parrots, a raccoon, dogs and independent liveaboards who had little time for established governments.
ref: 2000, David Schaefer, Sailing to Hemingway′s Cuba, page 40:
text: 2008, Zoe Simpson, A Matter of Degree, Fossil-Imprints, UK, page 132,
‘None of the boats around you have liveaboards, do they?’ put in Mum.
glosses: A person who lives on a boat.
examples: text: Liveaboards come in all kinds of shapes and sizes: monohulls, catamarans, and trimarans, from less than 30 feet to over 100. A liveaboard serves as hotel, restaurant, and dive shop all in one — and sometimes even as a photoprocessing lab, too.
ref: 1999, John Newman, Michael Newman, Scuba Diving & Snorkeling for Dummies, page 219:
glosses: A boat designed or modified to allow people to live on board, compared to similar boats which do not have this feature.
anchormen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorman
anchorwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorwoman
fishwives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishwife
recceing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: When recceing locations for a chase, establish the direction which works best for most of the sequence and, if some shots have to be done with the have to be done with the vehicles travelling in the opposite direction, then remember to shoot some footage in which the leading car changes direction.
ref: 1997, Mike Crisp, Directing Single Camera Drama:
text: Recceing with the director and/or the location manager some time prior to principal photography is usually productive and enjoyable.
ref: 2005, Paul Wheeler, Practical Cinematography:
glosses: present participle and gerund of recce
memoranda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛməˈɹændə/
rhymes: -ændə
Forms: form: memorandums
Senses: glosses: plural of memorandum
fluff girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluff girls
Senses: examples: text: John walked over to the women on the couch with a pandering smile. "I really hate to break this up, but we're ready to roll tape." Rod switched position with Karen's fluff girl, waited for his cue, then it was back to the races.
ref: 2000, Peter Scott Harmyk, Say Good-Bye to Johnnie Blue, Ivy House Publishing Group, →ISBN:
text: Buck looks down at his crotch then back up again, "There's nothing to pick up anymore." Cliff peers around. "Who's the fluff girl today?" The young woman on the sideline steps forward, "I am." "Okay, Annie, please take care of Buck," says Cliff.
ref: 2003, Lynn Isenberg, My Life Uncovered, Don Mills, Ont.: Red Dress Ink, →ISBN:
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: A woman who arouses male pornographic actors before filming.
Synonyms: fluffer
butters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌt.əz/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚz/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz]
Senses: glosses: plural of butter
butters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌt.əz/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚz/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz]
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butter
butters
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌt.əz/
ipa: /ˈbʌ.tɚz/
ipa: [ˈbʌ.ɾɚz]
Etymology: Originally a clipping of butterface (“a person with an attractive body but an unattractive face”).
Senses: glosses: Ugly.
buttering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of butter