cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
plebiscitum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌplɛbɪˈsaɪtəm/
ipa: /ˌpliː-/
ipa: /ˌplɛbəˈsaɪtəm/
ipa: /ˌpli-/
ipa: [-ɾəm]
Forms: form: plebiscitums
form: plebiscita
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin plēbiscītum, plēbis scītum, plēbī scītum (“law of the common people or plebs”), from plēbis (the genitive singular of plēbs (“common people, plebeians”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)) + scītum (“decree, ordinance, statute”) (from scīscō (“to ascertain; to know; to decree, enact, ordain”) (from sciō (“to know; to understand”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”)) + -scō (suffix meaning ‘to begin [doing something]’)) + -tum (suffix forming action nouns from verbs)).
Senses: examples: text: Still worse went it with another individual; doomed, by extempore Plebiscitum, to the Lanterne; […]
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
synonyms: plebiscite
glosses: A law enacted by the plebs, under the superintendence of a tribune or some subordinate plebeian magistrate, without the senate's intervention.
examples: text: The propositions of M[axime] du Camp are as follows: […] 3. No war to be declared before it has been submitted to a plebiscitum of the nations preparing to take part in it.
ref: 1894, Leo Tolstoy, “Attitude of Men of the Present Day to War”, in Constance Garnett, transl., “The Kingdom of God is within You”: Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion, but as a New Theory of Life […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: The Cassell Publishing Co. […], →OCLC, page 144:
glosses: Synonym of plebiscite (“a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum”).
synonyms: word: plebiscite
extra: a direct popular vote on an issue of public importance, such as an amendment to the constitution, a change in the sovereignty of the nation, or some government policy; a referendum
plebiscitums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plebiscitum
belute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: belutes
form: beluting
form: beluted
form: beluted
Etymology: From be- + lute.
Senses: examples: text: In short, never was a Dr. Slop so beluted, and so transubstantiated, since that affair came into fashion.
ref: 1760, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, Penguin, published 2003, page 116:
glosses: To spatter, slop or sully, as with mud.
belutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of belute
beluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of belute
NUC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn juː ˈsiː/
enpr: nŭk
ipa: /nʌk/
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
lifestyle
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: Initialism of neutral unit of construction.
NUC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛn juː ˈsiː/
enpr: nŭk
ipa: /nʌk/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of not upwardly compatible.
nucs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuc
by mistake
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Today I took your packed lunch to work by mistake.
glosses: By accident; without the intention to do so.
Synonyms: sense: by accident
word: in error
sense: by accident
word: mistakenly
mesprise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mammon was much displeasd , yet no'te he chuse
But beare the rigour of his bold mesprise
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of misprize.
mesprise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of misprize.
smallmindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From smallminded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of small-mindedness.
entune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -uːn
Forms: form: entunes
form: entuning
form: entuned
form: entuned
Senses: examples: text: Let other bards their harps entune for knight and lady gay, Be mine the homely, humble task, to weave the plaintive lay, Which pleads for injured innocence, and breathes the heartfelt prayer For the gentle village maiden, heart-broken with despair.
ref: 1841 October, P.G. Benjamin Stott, “The Fate of Marion”, in The Odd Fellows' Magazine, volume 6, number 8, page 416:
text: And he shall come again, Shall judge the All, entune disharmony, Shall wipe all weeping eyes: the Lord of Lords, The Christ, the Lord himself, the mighty Lord!
ref: 1877, Edward Williams Johns, The Silver Wedding, page 149:
text: To celebrate in pean lays Returning months, let not that night Her voice entune.
ref: 1894, Hiram Mason Sydenstricker, The Epic of the Orient, page 12:
text: Especially is this so of the songs of the HAWAIIAN race, upon whom the hand of detiny is enforcing changes which will soon entune their natural musical capabilities to the songs of other lands.
ref: 1901, Charles A. K. Hopkins, Aloha collection of Hawaiian songs, page 4:
text: It is the function of the poet to entune his readers with the universe, or, in Whitman's words, to indicate the path between reality and man's soul. But as soon as the poet strives to entune himself with the universe, he finds himself thinking of death.
ref: 1947, Alice Beal Parsons, The World Around the Mountain, page 169:
text: New Agers who, through meditation, yoga or ritual, are reaching out to cosmic energy in order to 'entune' themselves with the beyond.
ref: 2021, Eileen Barker, “Contemporary Creations and Re-cognitions of Sacred Sites”, in David W. Kim, editor, Sacred Sites and Sacred Stories Across Cultures, page 309:
glosses: To tune.
examples: text: And well I ween, ye cannot quite be fled, Ere ye entune his mournful elegy.
ref: 1751, Mr. Mason, Collection of Poems: In Three Volumes - Volume 3, page 304:
text: A voice that should entune love's melodies With tearful cadence, plaintive as the wind; Pleading enfranchisement from self-wound chain.
ref: 1856, Edward Wilberforce, The Idler, a treasury of essay, criticism and general literature, page 294:
text: And harps of thousand strings entune His lays.
ref: 1885, John Humberger, The Conquest and Triumph of Divine Wisdom and Love in Predestination, page 110:
text: With what cold wintry rune Shall we thy praise entune?
ref: 1889, Louise Chandler Moulton, In the Garden of Dreams: Lyrics and Sonnets, page 59:
text: When they have an intimate connection with their own or another's wife, the behold in her the image of the goddess, and think to personate the god, her husband, and at this time they sing a prescribed song, which to entune at the very moment of the closest junction, they believe to be most recommendable.
ref: 1901, David Shea, Anthony Troyer, transl., The Dabistán, or School of Manners, page 253:
text: How sublime a music to hear these hundreds of men entune their sacred anthems to God.
ref: 2020, Joseph Krauskopf, Jews and Moors in Spain:
glosses: To intone or sing.
entuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of entune
entunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of entune
entuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of entune
parvanimities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvanimity
parvanimity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parvanimities
Etymology: From Latin parvus (“little”) + animus (“mind”).
Senses: examples: text: I coin this word parvanimity as an adequate antithesis to magnanimity
ref: 1829, Thomas De Quincey, “Professor Wilson”, in Edinburgh Literary Gazette:
glosses: The state or quality of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness.
Synonyms: small-mindedness
preaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + aortic.
Senses: examples: text: preaortic lymph node
text: preaortic gland
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front, or on the ventral side, of the aorta.
spermaphore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spermaphores
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) + -phore.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: the placenta (part of the ovary from ovules form)
spermaphores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spermaphore
melanagogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanagogues
Etymology: From melano- + -agogue.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine supposed to expel black bile or choler.
melanagogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanagogue
melanogogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanogogues
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of melanagogue.
melanogogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanogogue
rufigallic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: rufi(opin) + gallic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, related to rufiopin and anthracene.
bay rum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fragrant liquid used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes, originally made in the West Indies from rum and the leaves and/or berries of the West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa).
pinnulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pinnule + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: pinnulate arms
text: pinnulate crinoids
text: pinnulate pinnae
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: pinnulated
glosses: Having pinnules.
Derived terms: nonpinnulate
doveship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dove + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: For us, let our doveship approve itself in meekness of suffering, not in actions of cruelty.
ref: c. 1625, Joseph Hall, The Beauty and Unity of the Church (sermon)
glosses: The possession of the dove-like qualities of harmlessness and innocence.
stalder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stalders
Etymology: Probably from Old Norse stallr (“a stall, pedestal, shelf”), from the same root as stall. Compare Danish stald (“a stall”).
Senses: examples: text: In the Cellars Stalders for to sett wine and beer upon.
ref: 1672, “Rochester Inns”, in S. T. Aveling, editor, Archaeologia Cantiana, volume 21, published 1895, page 325:
text: In the Cellars / (Further Cellar) / One hogshead, three beerstalders, one stoole. / (Hither Cellar) / Two hogsheads, one kilderkin, three firkins, three half anchors, one two gallon bottle, three drink stalders, two brass cocks. (Small beer cellar) One hogshead, one kilderkin, two tapp tubbs, about thirty dozen quart glass bottles and one dozen and a half pint bottles in severall places and lumber about the house. Valued at £4. 2s. 6d
ref: 1740, “Extract from an Inventory of the Contents of the Manor House at Houghton Regis taken 23 May 1740 by John Smith and Ambrose Cooke”, in Rebecca Price, Madeleine Masson, editor, The Compleat Cook or the Secrets of a Seventeenth-Century Housewife, published 2022:
text: Allsoe: In: The: Brewhouse: / Three Furnaces One Brewvate one Powderingtubb Two keelers Six Smaller tubs one Jutt foure Stalders one paire of Potthangers and two peeles two forms and one old Table.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), Catharine Pullein, Rotherfield: the Story of Some Wealden Manors, published 1929, page 259:
glosses: A wooden frame to set casks on.
glosses: A pile of wood.
stalders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stalder
favosite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: favosite fossils
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Belonging to the extinct genus of coral Favosites.
feaberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feaberry
feaberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfiːˌbɛɹi/
/ˈfiːbəɹi/
Forms: form: feaberries
form: faeberry
form: faiberry
form: fayberry
Etymology: Probably for *theveberry, from Middle English theve (“copse”). Compare feabe, theabe, thape, which is probably a clipping of this word (interpreted as *theabe-berry).
Senses: examples: text: The best sauce for green geese is the juice of sorrel and sugar, mixed together with a few scladed feaberries and served upon sippets
ref: 1615, Gervase Markham, The English Huswife:
glosses: A gooseberry.
oxycymene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxycymenes
Etymology: From oxy- + cymene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydroxy cymene; carvacrol
oxycymenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxycymene
thyrohyal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyrohyals
Etymology: From thyro- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in humans.
thyrohyals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyrohyal
enode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enodes
form: enoding
form: enoded
form: enoded
Etymology: From Latin enodare, from e (“out”) + nodare (“to fill with knots”), from nodus (“a knot”).
Senses: examples: text: Riddles which require great study to enode them.
ref: 1684, Samuel Willard, Mercy magnified on a penitent prodigal:
glosses: To clear of knots; to make clear.
enoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enode
enoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of enode
syndesmology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From syn- + desmo- + -logy.
Senses: synonyms: desmology
glosses: The branch of anatomy that deals with ligaments.
tef
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tefs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of teff.
ossilegium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin os (“bone”) + legō (“I pick, select, gather”).
Senses: glosses: The collection of the bones of a dead person, after decomposition of the soft tissue, for placement in an ossuary
SPDL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church.
glosses: Initialism of Smart Product Design Lab.
methylprednisone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of methylprednisolone.
microcalorimetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + calorimetry.
Senses: glosses: calorimetry using a microcalorimeter
macroreentrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + reentrant.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Describing a reentrant circuit that covers a large area of the atrium
Related terms: macroreentry
microreentrant
microreentrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + reentrant.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Describing a reentrant circuit that is restricted to a small area of the atrium
Related terms: macroreentrant
microtentacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtentacles
Etymology: From micro- + tentacle.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A structure of microtubules found in some tumor cells
hoodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoodias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Hoodia of succulent cactiform plants.
hoodias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoodia
mitophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of mitochondrial + autophagy
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: The removal of damaged mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death
Related terms: mitophagic
transmitophagy
incensurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incensurable
form: most incensurable
Etymology: From in- + censurable.
Senses: examples: text: When this license expires, he cannot without being disorderly, continue to preach, unless it is renewed; and it will not be renewed, unless his character continues to be incensurable.
ref: 1822, Timothy Dwight, Travels: In New-England and New-York, volume 4, page 414:
text: Do only such acts as are incensurable and none else.
ref: 1969, Raghavendra Swamirayacharya Panchamukhi, My Contribution to Indology, page 41:
text: Their wealth is blameless and incensurable.
ref: 1975, C. N. Annadurai, Felicitation Addresses of Anna, page xiii:
text: Anticipating possible criticism of his calculations, Luzzatto expressly concedes that he does not "dare to assert that the above computation is incensurable and incastigable,for political matters are subject to changes and contingencies...
ref: 1978, Benjamin C. I. Ravid, Economics and Toleration in Seventeenth Century Venice:
glosses: Not censurable.
injoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: injoints
form: injointing
form: injointed
form: injointed
Etymology: From in- + joint.
Senses: examples: text: The foresaid Bridge by a mightie tempest was injointed and broken.
ref: 1603, Plutarch, translated by Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC:
glosses: To disjoint; to separate.
examples: text: The Ottamites. Reueren'd, and Gracious,
Steering with due course toward the Ile of Rhodes,
Have there injointed with an after fleet.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
glosses: To join; to unite.
injointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of injoint
injointing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of injoint
injoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of injoint
tourbillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tourbillions
Etymology: See tourbillon.
Senses: examples: text: This azure Vault has a greater Depth and a vaster Extent , and that ' tis divided into a thousand and a thousand different Tourbillions or Whirlings
ref: 1700, Mrs. Behn (translator), Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, The Theory Or System of Several New Inhabited Worlds Lately Discover'd:
text: Clem knew ... the sober, familiar names usually produced the most interesting results. He laid out a certain amount on Roman Candles, Catherine-wheels, and Tourbillions, but for the most part he rightly concentrated on rockets.
ref: 1939, Jan Struther, “Guy Fawkes' Day”, in Mrs. Miniver:
glosses: An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
tourbillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourbillion
cell death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cell deaths
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The breakdown of the structure of a cell after completion of a number of cell divisions.
Related terms: apoptosis
autophagy
mollicute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollicutes
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium, of the class Mollicutes, that lacks a cell wall
fungology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fungus + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of fungi; mycology.
Related terms: fungological
fungologist
multiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + -ploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having multiple copies of each chromosome; polyploid.
Derived terms: multiploidization
multiploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiploids
Etymology: From multi- + -ploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell or organism having multiple copies of each chromosome.
Related terms: multiploidy
fungological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fungology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to fungology.
cactiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cactiform
form: most cactiform
Senses: glosses: Resembling a cactus.
cactoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cactoids
Senses: glosses: A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
examples: text: It is well known that a Peano space is a cactoid if and only if each of its true cyclic elements is a 2-sphere.
ref: 1951, John William Theodore Youngs, The Representation Problem for Fréchet Surfaces, page 27:
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A locally connected continuum that is the closure of the union of an at most countable number of spheres and simple arcs, of which every simple closed contour is contained in one and only one of the spheres.
cactoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cactoid
myolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪsɪs
Forms: form: myolyses
Etymology: From myo- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: dissolution of muscular tissue
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: laparoscopic myoma coagulation
echinacoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A caffeic acid glycoside from the phenylpropanoid class.
myotubules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myotubule
dismality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dismalities
Etymology: From dismal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Economists' reputation for dismality is a bad rap.
ref: 2015, Joshua D. Angrist, Jörn-Steffen Pischke, Masterics 'Metrics, Princeton University Press, page xi:
glosses: The quality or state of being dismal.
dismalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dismality
informationlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From informationless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But, Wallace observed, information is not synonymous with meaning, and the meaning of a canon's informationlessness is the certainty of its contents.
ref: 1992, Richard Bauman, Folklore, cultural performances, and popular entertainments, page 257:
text: The older idea that informationlessness was to be equated with uniform distributions is vulnerable to the transformational paradoxes.
ref: 1998, Dov M. Gabbay, Philippe Smets, Handbook of Defeasible Reasoning and Uncertainty Management, page 122:
glosses: Absence of information.
myotubule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myotubules
Etymology: From myo- + tubule.
Senses: glosses: myotube
textboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: textboards
Etymology: From text + board.
Senses: examples: text: go back to your textboards where youre^([sic]) the king of children
ref: 2003, Locco, “The keystying is calling...drop some shit...”, in alt.rap (Usenet):
text: Textboards would come first but then we'd see imageboards later on.
ref: 2008, Straha, “AH Challenge: Usenet triumphant”, in soc.history.what-if (Usenet):
glosses: A simple Internet message board that allows anonymous posting without registering an account.
Related terms: imageboard
textboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of textboard
myotubular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myo- + tubular.
Senses: examples: myotubular myopathy
glosses: Relating to myotubules.
centronuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centro- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: Describing a group of myopathies where the cell nuclei are abnormally located in the centre of skeletal muscle cells rather than on the periphery.
Related terms: centronucleation
rainboot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rainboots
Etymology: From rain + boot.
Senses: glosses: A waterproof boot to protect the wearer from rain; a Wellington boot.
rainboots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rainboot
devotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devotors
Etymology: Latin [Term?]
Senses: examples: text: This done: His ſacred Hand He lifted up, / And round about on his Devotor's dealt / His bounteous bleſſing.
ref: 1648, Joseph Beaumont, “Canto IX. The Temptation. Stanza 123.”, in Psyche: Or Loves Mysterie, […], London: […] John Dawson for George Boddington, […], →OCLC, page 146, column 1:
glosses: A worshipper; someone given to devotion.
devotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devotor
snet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈsnɛt/
Forms: form: snets
form: snetting
form: snetted
form: snetted
Etymology: From Old English snȳtan, from Proto-Germanic *snūtijaną. Compare snot.
Senses: examples: text: snetting his nose
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
glosses: To clear of mucus; to blow (one's nose).
snet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsnɛt/
Etymology: Compare German Schnitt (“that which is cut”), from schneiden (“to cut”). Compare English snath.
Senses: examples: text: deer's, goat's, or lamb's snet
ref: 1825, Samuel Adams and Sarah Adams, The Complete Servant:
glosses: The fat of a deer.
snets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snet
snetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snet
snetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snet
breweriana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɑːnə
Etymology: From brewery + -ana.
Senses: examples: text: Breweriana includes beer cans, bottles, openers, coasters, beer trays, wooden cases and neon signs.
glosses: Collectable items associated with a brewery or one of its brands.
red pudding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red puddings
Senses: glosses: A battered, deep-fried meat dish resembling a sausage.
interjaculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interjaculates
form: interjaculating
form: interjaculated
form: interjaculated
Etymology: From inter- + jaculate? inter- + ejaculate?
Senses: examples: text: "O Dieu ! que n'ai-je pu le voir," interjaculates Mademoiselle
ref: 1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To abruptly say something parenthetically, to offer as a side note
interjaculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interjaculate
interjaculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interjaculate
interjaculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interjaculate
cliented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cliented
form: most cliented
Etymology: From client + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: the least cliented pettivoguers
ref: 1609, Richard Carew, The Survey of Cornwall, London: […] S[imon] S[tafford] for Iohn Iaggard, […], →OCLC:
text: he was now well cliented; and when he was his majesty's sworn servant in that place , he held it very unfitting to dishonour his majesty or the place so much as to be called and run from bar to bar to gain fees from other clients
ref: 1849, Thomas Birch, The Court and Times of Charles the First:
text: On my flight back to New York on the newly formed, nearly entirely Ecuadorian-cliented airline Lan Ecuador, it was apparent that even Ecuadorians wealthy enough to fly to the United States have significant cultural differences
ref: 2009, Carla Seidl, The Sophisticated Savage:
glosses: Having a client or clients
rainpants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rain + pants.
Senses: glosses: Waterproof pants to protect the wearer from rain.
rescripting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rescript
rescripted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rescript
oversow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈsəʊ/
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈsoʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: oversows
form: oversowing
form: oversowed
form: oversown
form: oversowed
Etymology: From Old English ofersāwan, from ofer- + sāwan. Equivalent to over- + sow.
Senses: examples: text: The which contrary corrupt seede of false doctrine we right well know came of the sayd aduersary, because it was long after ouersowen[…]
ref: 1565, William Fulke, William Allen, chapter XIII, in Two Treatises Written against the Papistes, page 409:
text: But vvhen men vvere a ſleepe, his enemy came and ouerſovved cockle among the vvheate, and vvent his vvay.
ref: 1582, Douay-Rheims Bible, Matthew 13:25:
text: […] it is possible to oversow the area with improved forages. […] Vigorous species must be used to oversow the area […]
ref: 1996, C. P. Peacock, Improving Goat Production in the Tropics, →ISBN, page 115:
synonyms: overseed
glosses: To sow (seed) where something has already been sown.
hypernyms: overplant
glosses: To sow too much seed upon.
oversowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversow
oversowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversow
oversown
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of oversow
oversows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversow
emmove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emmoves
form: emmoving
form: emmoved
form: emmoved
Etymology: For emove: compare French émouvoir, Latin emovere. See emotion.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the bold Britonesse was nought ydred, / Though much emmov'd, but stedfast still persevered.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To move; to rouse or excite.
emmoved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emmove
emmoves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emmove
emmoving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emmove
emoving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emove
emoved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emove
gonoph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonophs
Senses: examples: text: If the smallest Gonoph about town were crouching at the bottom... Inspector Field would nose him with a finer scent than an ogre's, when adventurous Jack lay trembling in his kitchen copper.'
ref: 1851 June 14, “On Duty with Inspector Field”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words:
glosses: Dated spelling of ganef.
gonophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonoph
gonifs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonif
goniff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goniffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ganef.
goniffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goniff
nonlenticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lenticular.
Senses: glosses: Not lenticular.
gamefowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamefowls
form: gamefowl
Etymology: From game + fowl.
Senses: glosses: A game bird.
gamefowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamefowl
undignifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undignifying
form: most undignifying
Etymology: From un- + dignifying.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, no one should view domestic labor as undignifying.
ref: 1996, Maria H. Morales, Perfect equality: John Stuart Mill on well-constituted communities, page 190:
glosses: Not conferring dignity; undignified; demeaning.
Elzevirian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Elzevirian
form: most Elzevirian
Etymology: From Elzevir + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the House of Elzevir, a celebrated family of Dutch booksellers and publishers of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
unknottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unknottable
form: most unknottable
Etymology: From un- + knottable.
Senses: examples: text: A Stoppered Coil is also the stow for unknottable items such as garden hose and wire rope.
ref: 2009, Brion Toss, Chapman Knots for Boaters, page 132:
glosses: Not knottable; in which a knot cannot be tied.
unknottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From unknot + -able.
Senses: examples: text: […] and finally the knot is reduced to those which are easily unknottable.
ref: 2013, Ling-Lie Chau, Werner Nahm, Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics, page 560:
glosses: Able to be unknotted.
knottable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more knottable
form: most knottable
Etymology: From knot + -able.
Senses: examples: knottable titanium wire
glosses: Capable of being knotted, or tied in a knot.
error function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: error functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
statistics
glosses: A sigmoid function giving the probability that a measurement, under the influence of normally distributed errors with standard deviation, is within a certain distance from the mean value.
household appliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: household appliances
Etymology: From household + appliance.
Senses: synonyms: domestic appliance
home appliance
glosses: A machine which accomplishes a household function, such as cooking or cleaning.
calcinatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcinatory
calcinatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcinatories
Etymology: From calcine + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: The generation of exhaust gases at the Bayer process occurs essentially at two points: the steam generating boiler and the alumina calcinatory.
ref: 2012, Luis Alves Venancio, Emanuel Negrão Macedo, José Antonio Silva Souza, Fernando Aracati Boelho, “Bauxite Residue Neutralization and Carbon Sequestration from Flue Gas”, in Maria D. Salazar-Villalpando, Neale R. Neelameggham, Donna Post Guillen, editor, Energy Technology 2012, page 24:
glosses: A vessel used in calcination.
calcinatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From calcine + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: While the percentage of sulphur obtained by this system is greater than by the calcinatory furnace, the quality is said to be inferior .
ref: 1901, U.S. Geological Survey, Annual Report, page 515:
glosses: Used for or pertaining to calcination.
palstave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palstaves
Etymology: From Danish paalstav.
Senses: examples: text: The later division of the Bronze age is characterised by the appearance of swords, spears, palstaves, and socketed celts.
ref: 1880, William Boyd Dawkins, Early Man in Britain and His Place in the Tertiary Period:
glosses: A prehistoric bronze axe of the middle Bronze Age with a thin haft for a forked handle and a thick blade.
palstaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palstave
prolixious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prolixious
form: most prolixious
Etymology: Compare prolix.
Senses: examples: text: Lay by all nicety, and prolixious blushes.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
glosses: prolix (tediously long or long-winded)
coadjutorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coadjutorships
Etymology: From coadjutor + -ship.
Senses: examples: c. 1737, Alexander Pope, letter to William Fortescue, Esq.
I would otherwise have tried to fix a day to meet you at Sir R.W's (with his permission, and your coadjutorship)
glosses: The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance.
coadjutorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coadjutorship
aptitudinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aptitudinal
form: most aptitudinal
Etymology: From aptitude + -in- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: aptitudinal categories
glosses: Relating to aptitude.
glosses: suitable; fit
Derived terms: aptitudinally
neogambogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + gambogic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neogambogic acid or its derivatives
neogambogic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + gambogic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of gambogic acid, found in mangosteens, that is an anticancer agent.
gambogic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A xanthonoid, isolated from gamboge resin, that has some anticancer activity
Derived terms: neogambogic acid
frumpishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From frumpish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being frumpish.
frumpishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frumpishly
form: most frumpishly
Etymology: From frumpish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frumpish manner.
neurocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurocyte
frumpery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frumperies
Etymology: From frump + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
ref: 2005, Sharon Grehan, Random Acts of Malice, page 56:
text: The flick he gave over her robe-clad body was dismissive, adding further to her feelings of frumpery.
ref: 2014, Kate Meader, Hot and Bothered:
glosses: Frumpish appearance or behaviour.
frumperies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frumpery
neurocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurocytes
Etymology: From neuro- + -cyte.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: neuron
Derived terms: neurocytic
haematinometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haematinometers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hematinometer.
haematinometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haematinometer
antipatriot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipatriots
Etymology: From anti- + patriot.
Senses: glosses: One who shuns or opposes patriotism; an unpatriotic person.
antipatriots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipatriot
ad captandum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin ad + captandum (“for catching”).
Senses: glosses: Attempting to win popular favour, or to dupe the public.
oligoguanidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligoguanidines
Etymology: From oligo- + guanidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligomer or guanidine or its derivatives
Related terms: oligoarginine
papeterie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papeteries
Etymology: From French papeterie (“paper manufacture”), from papier (“paper”).
Senses: examples: text: That evening after all the work was done, the little kitchen in order, the lamps lighted, the big one for the great, wandering ships at sea, and the little one for the quiet, humble family at home, Tilly took out a small papeterie of dark-blue embossed leather, and, opening it with a sigh, said:—
"I 'll try to write that letter now, mother."
ref: 1878, Helen Hunt Jackson, Saxe Holm's Stories, Second Series, Joe Hale's Red Stockings:
glosses: A case or box containing paper and writing materials.
papeteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papeterie
Gaditanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡædɪˈteɪniən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: more Gaditanian
form: most Gaditanian
Etymology: From Latin Gādītānus, from Gādēs (“Cadiz”), + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
Gaditanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡædɪˈteɪniən/
rhymes: -eɪniən
Forms: form: Gaditanians
Etymology: From Latin Gādītānus, from Gādēs (“Cadiz”), + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain.
oligolamellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oligolamellar
form: most oligolamellar
Etymology: From oligo- + lamellar.
Senses: glosses: Consisting of a few layers
Gaditanians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gaditanian
osteoblastogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteoblast + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The production of osteoblasts
osteodifferentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + differentiation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into bone tissue
peptidome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptidomes
Etymology: From peptide + -ome.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The complete set of peptides encoded by a particular genome, or present within a particular cell type or organism
Derived terms: immunopeptidome
neuropeptidome
Related terms: peptidomics
phosphopeptidome
peptidyldipeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptidyldipeptidases
form: peptidyl-dipeptidase
Etymology: From peptidyl + dipeptidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of a dipeptide from the C-terminal end of an oligopeptide
phosphofructotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphofructokinase
pressor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: presser
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vasopressor.
synonyms: word: vasopressor
pressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pressors
form: presser
Senses: glosses: Synonym of vasopressor.
synonyms: word: vasopressor
Derived terms: pressor beam
pressors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressor
polynorbornene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polynorbornenes
Etymology: From poly- + norbornene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of polymer formed from norbornene monomers
polynorbornenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polynorbornene
polyphyllin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphyllins
Etymology: From translingual polyphylla + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of saponins, isolated from the herb Paris polyphylla, that has anticancer activity
IMAG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: live concert production
glosses: image magnification. Commonly implemented with large projection screen(s) fed by live camera(s) that have selected tight/close shots (head or head/shoulders) of the presenter/host/performer, in order to allow audience members seated at great distance to see the facial expressions and body language in order to increase engagement.
digladiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: digladiates
form: digladiating
form: digladiated
form: digladiated
Etymology: From Latin digladiari, from di-, dis- + gladius (“a sword”).
Senses: examples: text: Digladiating, like Æschines and Demosthenes, they reciprocally lay open each other's filthiness to the view and scorn of the world.
ref: 1659, John Hales, Golden Remains:
text: Warring and digladiating amongst themselves in controversies.
ref: 1659, Edward Reynolds, Brotherly Agreement:
glosses: To fight like gladiators; to contend or dispute violently.
Related terms: digladiation
digladiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of digladiate
digladiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of digladiate
emparadise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: emparadises
form: emparadising
form: emparadised
form: emparadised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of imparadise.
emparadised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of emparadise
emparadises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of emparadise
emparadising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of emparadise
cockamaroo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All flirtations, I suppose, are the same; like "cockamaroo," or any other game adapted only for two people, however engrossing they may be to the players, they are somewhat dull to the lookers-on, and will not bear repetition at all.
ref: 1851 January 24, “The adventures of an unsuccessful man”, in The Sporting magazine, page 171:
synonyms: Russian bagatelle
glosses: A Russian variety of the bagatelle game.
gairfowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gairfowls
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of garefowl.
gairfowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gairfowl
covendom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covendoms
Etymology: From coven + -dom.
Senses: topics: Wicca
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The area served by a covenstead and inhabited by members of the coven.
covendoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of covendom
dudish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dudish
form: most dudish
Etymology: From dude + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: He was a stiff-collar, high-headed fellow, of good intellect and had rather a dudish appearance. He went gentlemanly dressed in East Virginia style, wore a high-top silk hat, as had lawyer Park, and sported a gold headed walking cane.
ref: 1938, Charles A. Johnson, A Narrative History of Wise County, Virginia, page 165:
text: Women go dudish with pique trim, starched or flowered bosoms
ref: 1950 January 23, Life, volume 28, number 4, page 45:
synonyms: word: dandyish
word: buckish
word: beauish
word: buckish
word: coxcombical
word: dandiacal
word: dandified
word: dandy
word: dandyish
word: dandyistic
word: dudish
word: foppish
word: foppy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: lily-handed
word: macaronic
word: swellish
word: Woosterian
glosses: Like a dude or dandy; foppish; fastidious about personal appearance.
Derived terms: dudishly
dudishness