cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bathysciadiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathysciadiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Bathysciadiidae.
bathysciadiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathysciadiid
bathyteuthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathyteuthids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the deep ocean squids in the family Bathyteuthidae.
bathyteuthids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathyteuthid
batillariid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batillariids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod of the family Batillariidae.
batillariids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batillariid
batrachoidid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batrachoidids
Etymology: From translingual Batrachoididae, from Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Batrachoididae, the toadfishes.
batrachoidids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batrachoidid
bauriid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bauriids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the extinct therapsids in the family Bauriidae.
bauriids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bauriid
baurusuchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baurusuchids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct crocodile-like reptile in the family Baurusuchidae.
baurusuchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baurusuchid
bdellourid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bdellourids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the tricladid flatworms in the family Bdellouridae.
bdellourids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bdellourid
bedelliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedelliids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth in the family Bedelliidae.
bedelliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedelliid
bedotiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedotiids
Senses: topics: biology
ichthyology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Bedotiidae.
bedotiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedotiid
belid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belids
Senses: glosses: Any of the weevils in the family Belidae.
belids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belid
bellerophontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellerophontids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family †Bellerophontidae of extinct gastropods or monoplacophorans.
bellerophontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellerophontid
belliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belliids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crab in the family Belliidae.
belliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belliid
belonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belonids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Belonidae of needlefishes.
belonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belonid
belontiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belontiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gourami in the family Belontiidae, now considered to be the osphronemid subfamily Belontiinae.
belontiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belontiid
belosaepiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belosaepiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Belosaepiidae.
belosaepiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belosaepiid
belostomatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belostomatids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect of the family Belostomatidae, such as a toe biter.
belostomatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belostomatid
bembrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bembrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Bembridae.
bembrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bembrid
benthopectinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benthopectinid
benthosuchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benthosuchids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the amphibian-like tetrapods in the family Benthosuchidae.
benthosuchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benthosuchid
berothid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berothids
Senses: examples: text: In about one to three minutes, the termite collapses, paralyzed. After waiting another minute or so, the berothid moves in to feed at its leisure, which it can afford to do, since the termite remains motionless and paralyzed for up to three hours, whereupon it expires whether it's eaten or not.
ref: 1993, May Berenbaum, Ninety-nine More Maggots, Mites, and Munchers, page 124:
text: Berothids, beaded lacewings, are fairly common in the warmer parts of North America where termites are abundant.
ref: 2002, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, page 186:
text: Information on larval morphology, especially of African berothids, remains almost unknown (New 1986; Minter 1990).
ref: 2006, Entomological Society of Southern Africa, African Entomology: Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, volume 14, page 1:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect of the beaded lacewing family, Berothidae.
berothids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berothid
berriasellid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berriasellids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any ammonite in the family Berriasellidae, now considered to be the subfamily Berriasellinae of the Neocomitidae (as the Neocomitinae, the Neocomitidae was formerly considered to be a subfamily of the Berriasellidae).
berriasellids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berriasellid
berycid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berycids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Berycidae of squirrelfish.
berycids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berycid
berytid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berytids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Berytidae of stilt bugs or thread bugs.
berytids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berytid
berytinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berytinids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of berytid.
synonyms: word: berytid
berytinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berytinid
bethylid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bethylids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Bethylidae.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: Any wasp in the family Bethylidae.
bethylids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bethylid
biantid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biantids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Biantidae.
biantids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biantid
bibionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibionids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Bibionidae of March flies.
bibionids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibionid
here're
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /ˈhiːɹˌəɹ/
Senses: glosses: contraction of here are
bipedid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipedids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Bipedidae.
bipedids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bipedid
biphyllid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biphyllids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the family Biphyllidae.
biphyllids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biphyllid
bithyniid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bithyniids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod of the family Bithyniidae.
bithyniids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bithyniid
bittacid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bittacids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect in the mecopteran family Bittacidae; a hangingfly.
bittacids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bittacid
blaberid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blaberids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Blaberidae
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the family Blaberidae of cockroaches.
blaberids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blaberid
blasticotomid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasticotomids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sawfly of the family Blasticotomidae.
blasticotomids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blasticotomid
blastobasid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blastobasids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth of the family Blastobasidae.
blastobasids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastobasid
blattid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blattids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Blattidae.
blattids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blattid
blepharocerid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of blepharicerid.
blikanasaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blikanasaurids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any dinosaur of the sauropodomorph family Blikanasauridae.
blikanasaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blikanasaurid
bodotriid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodotriids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crustacean of the family Bodotriidae.
bodotriids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodotriid
boganiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boganiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the family Boganiidae.
boganiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boganiid
bolitaenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolitaenids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any octopus of the family Bolitaenidae.
bolitaenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolitaenid
bolosaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolosaurids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct parareptile of the family Bolosauridae.
bolosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolosaurid
bolyerid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bolyeriid.
bolyeriid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolyeriids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any snake of the family Bolyeriidae.
bolyeriids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bolyeriid
bombinatorid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombinatorids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any toad of the family Bombinatoridae.
bombinatorids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombinatorid
bombycillid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombycillids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bird in the family Bombycillidae.
bombycillids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombycillid
bombyliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bombyliids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies.
bombyliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bombyliid
bomolochid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bomolochids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any copepod of the family Bomolochidae.
bomolochids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bomolochid
bopyrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bopyrids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Bopyridae of isopods.
bopyrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bopyrid
borborid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borborids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fly of the family Borboridae (now Sphaeroceridae).
borborids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borborid
boreid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boreids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any scorpionfly in the Boreidae.
boreids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boreid
borhyaenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borhyaenids
Senses: examples: text: They eat the low vegetation cautiously and with eyes alert, constantly on the lookout for borhyaenids: pouched predators and relatives of marsupials with hyena-like crushing jaws and grooved, ever-growing canines.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 63:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the extinct marsupial-like mammals of the family Borhyaenidae.
borhyaenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borhyaenid
borid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the family Boridae.
examples: text: The work of Moissan on the metallic carbids and silicids has now been carried out, in conjunction with P. Williams, on the borids of the alkaline earths.
ref: 1898, John Michels, Science, volume 7, page 89:
text: If a borid of any metal is to be produced, it can either be prepared by placing the metal around but not touching the carbon anode, or preferably the pure borate of the metal the borate of which is desired, or the pure borate of this metal fused with about an equal weight of the more fusible borate of a metal[…].
ref: 1905, Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the United States Patent Office, Part 2, page 3975:
text: Diffractometrical analysis has shown, that the main phase component of the investigated samples is tetragonal borid Nd₂Fe₁₄B. Reflections of this phase are present on diffractogramms, and the lines belonging to borid Nd_(1.11)Fe₄B₄, are also observed.
ref: 2001, European Powder Metallurgy Association, PM2001: Proceedings: October 22-24, 2001, volume 2, page 287:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of boride.
borids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borid
bornellid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bornellids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sea slug in the family Bornellidae.
bornellids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bornellid
bostrichid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bostrichids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the family Bostrichidae.
bostrichids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bostrichid
bostrychid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bostrichid.
bothid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothids
Senses: examples: text: 1978, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Biological Services, Development of Fishes of the Mid-Atlantic Bight, [page 125],
Accepting this classification, the bothids can be distinguished from the pleuronectids and the soles by usually having both eyes on the left side of the head.
text: Bothids are left-eyed flounders, that is, both eyes are found on the left side of the adults after metamorphosing from the more traditional one-eye-per-side mode as post-larvae.
ref: 1994, G. H. Burgess, S. H. Smith, E. D. Lane, “11: Fishes of the Cayman Islands”, in M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, editors, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, volume 71, page 222:
text: Among the flatfish, bothids are mainly found in deeper, less muddy situations while cynoglossids occur in shallower muddy areas.
ref: 1997, S. J. Blaber, Fish and Fisheries in Tropical Estuaries, page 106:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the species of the lefteye flounder family Bothidae.
bothids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothid
powder-post beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powder-post beetles
form: powderpost beetle
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of seventy species of woodboring beetles classified in the insect subfamily Lyctinae.
Related terms: alt: Cryptotermes brevis
word: powder-post termite
bothremydid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothremydids
Senses: examples: text: But the European fossils are from a most unusual branch of the family known as bothremydids.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 29:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any extinct turtle of the family Bothremydidae.
bothremydids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothremydid
powderpost beetles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powderpost beetle
bothriderid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothriderids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle of the family Bothrideridae.
bothriderids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothriderid
bothriembryontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothriembryontids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any snail of the family Bothriembryontidae.
bothriembryontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothriembryontid
bothriurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bothriurids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any scorpion in the family Bothriuridae.
bothriurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bothriurid
botiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Botiidae.
botiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botiid
bougainvilliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bougainvilliids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any hydroid of the family Bougainvilliidae.
bougainvilliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bougainvilliid
bovichthyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bovichthyids
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bovichtid.
bovichthyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bovichthyid
bovichtid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bovichtids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the family Bovichtidae.
bovichtids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bovichtid
brachaelurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachaelurids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any shark of the family Brachaeluridae.
brachaelurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachaelurid
brachionichthyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachionichthyids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any anglerfish of the family Brachionichthyidae, the handfishes.
brachionichthyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachionichthyid
brachiosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachiosaurid
brachioteuthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachioteuthids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any squid of the family Brachioteuthidae.
brachioteuthids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachioteuthid
brachycephalid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachycephalids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the toads or frogs in the family Brachycephalidae.
brachycephalids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachycephalid
brachyopid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachyopids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct primitive amphibian of the family Brachyopidae.
brachyopids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachyopid
brachystelechid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachystelechids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct microsaur of the family Brachystelechidae.
brachystelechids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachystelechid
bradybaenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradybaenids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any snail of the family Bradybaenidae.
bradybaenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bradybaenid
bradynobaenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradynobaenids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any wasp of the family Bradynobaenidae.
bradynobaenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bradynobaenid
bradypodid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradypodids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sloth in the Bradypodidae.
bradypodids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bradypodid
brahmaeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brahmaeids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth of the family Brahmaeidae.
brahmaeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brahmaeid
bramid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bramids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Bramidae, the pomfrets.
bramids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bramid
branchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchids
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: Any member of the Branchidae, a family of priests who had charge of the Ionian sanctuary of Didyma before it was destroyed by the Persians.
branchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchid
branchinectid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchinectids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchinectidae.
branchinectids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchinectid
branchiosaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiosaurids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct amphibian of the family Branchiosauridae.
branchiosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchiosaurid
branchiostegid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiostegids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish of the family Branchiostegidae, now considered the subfamily Latilinae of the family Malacanthidae of tilefishes.
branchiostegids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchiostegid
branchiostomid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiostomids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
branchiostomids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchiostomid
branchipodid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchipodids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fairy shrimp of the family Branchipodidae
branchipodids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchipodid
brancoceratid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brancoceratids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the extinct ammonites in the family Brancoceratidae.
brancoceratids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brancoceratid
brasilodontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brasilodontids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any cynodont of the family Brasilodontidae, relatives of the early mammals.
brasilodontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brasilodontid
brassolid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brassolids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any butterfly of the family Brassolidae, now considered to be the tribe Brassolini of the nymphalid subfamily Morphinae.
brassolids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brassolid
braulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: braulids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae, the bee lice.
braulids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of braulid
bregmacerotid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bregmacerotids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Bregmacerotidae, the codlets.
bregmacerotids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bregmacerotid
brentid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brentids
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Brentidae.
Senses: glosses: Any weevil of the family Brentidae.
brentids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brentid
brevicipitid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brevicipitids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Brevicipitidae of frogs.
brevicipitids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brevicipitid
briareid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: briareids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any soft corals of the family Briareidae.
briareids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of briareid
brithopodid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brithopodids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the extinct carnivorous therapsids in the family Brithopodidae.
brithopodids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brithopodid
brontornithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brontornithids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the giant extinct carnivorous birds in the phorusrhacid subfamily Brontornithinae (formerly the family Brontornithidae).
brontornithids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brontornithid
brontotherid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Misspelling of brontotheriid.
brontotheriid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brontotheriids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the extinct rhinoceros-like mammals in the family Brontotheriidae.
brontotheriids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brontotheriid
bruchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bruchids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the bean weevils in the family Bruchidae, now considered to be the chrysomelid subfamily Bruchinae.
bruchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruchid
bryid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bryids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moss in the family Bryidae.
bryids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bryid
bucaniid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucaniids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any extinct gastropod in the family Bucaniidae.
bucaniids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucaniid
buccinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buccinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Buccinidae.
buccinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buccinid
bucconid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucconids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds.
bucconids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucconid
bucculatricid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucculatricids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth in the family Bucculatricidae.
bucculatricids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucculatricid
bucephalid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucephalids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the parasitic flatworms in the family Bucephalidae.
bucephalids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucephalid
bucerotid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bucerotids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bird in the family Bucerotidae, the hornbills.
bucerotids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucerotid
bufonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bufonids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any toad in the family Bufonidae.
bufonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bufonid
abhisheka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌbɪˈʃeɪkə/
ipa: /ˌə.bɪˈʃeɪ.kə/
Forms: form: abhishekas
form: abhiseka
form: abhishekha
form: abhishekam
Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit अभिषेक (abhiṣeka, “consecration, anointing of a king”).
Senses: examples: text: I paid the head priest for the abhishekh and asked him if I could have some privacy for a few moments.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 115:
text: The origins os the abhisheka lay in Vedic ritual; it was an intricate procedure involving several baths and changes of vestments.
ref: 2016, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, published 2017, page 145:
glosses: A ceremony involving ritual washing, cleansing or anointing.
abhishekas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abhisheka
abhomination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abhominations
Etymology: Compare abhominable.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of abomination.
abhominations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abhomination
wear as a badge of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears as a badge of honor
form: wearing as a badge of honor
form: wore as a badge of honor
form: worn as a badge of honor
Senses: glosses: Defiantly reinterpret (something said) to be negative about oneself as positive.
T and O map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T and O maps
Etymology: Short for Latin orbis terrarum, orb or circle of the lands.
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
synonyms: Beatine map
Beatus map
glosses: A type of medieval map of the world, representing only the top half of a spherical Earth.
public assistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly thrown on the world, with a wife and four children, with but the wages of a week for his and their support, they had travelled thus far on the way to a neighboring parish, where he said he had a right to, and must seek, public assistance.
ref: 1820, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 15, in Precaution:
text: Bush has made public assistance—specifically welfare—a constant target of his campaign rhetoric.
ref: 1992 May 25, Thomas Sancton et al., “How to Get America Off the Dole”, in Time:
text: She also signed up for public assistance, and gets $356 a month and $388 in food stamps.
ref: 2012 February 2, John Otis, “The Neediest Cases: Long After Southern Storm, Still Looking for New Home”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Oct 2012:
topics: law
qualifier: public policy
glosses: Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc.
examples: The Tobacco Fund is financed by a deduction from the premiums granted to tobacco producers and it is therefore justified to propose that all public assistance for measures financed under the Fund be provided from the Community own resources in the Fund. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2002:331:0016:0022:EN:PDF
glosses: government subsidy
Hyponyms: dole
medicare
pogey
social security
welfare
torent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: to-rent
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of torend
torent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more torent
form: most torent
form: to-rent
Senses: examples: text: Yet fled she fast, and both them farre outwent; / […] With locks all loose, and rayment all to-rent […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Torn.
three-forked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: his threeforkt Pyke / He stearnly shooke, and therewith fierce did stryke / The raging billowes […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
synonyms: trifurcate
glosses: Having three forks or prongs.
Related terms: twiforked
Naxalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Naxalites
Etymology: Derived from Bengali নকশালবাড়ি (nokśalbaṛi, “Naxalbari”), the village where the movement originated in the late 1960s. See -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Nobody expects anything from a Naxalite, so everything they do is a bonus.
The Naxalite problem has to be tackled by the state police forces and paramilitary forces.
ref: 2010, Sudeep Chakravarti, Red Sun:Travels In Naxalite Country, Penguin Books India, page 112:
glosses: A member of any of several militant Maoist movements in India.
wikipedia: Naxalbari
Related terms: Naxal
Naxalism
Naxalist
urban Naxal
unmortified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmortified
form: most unmortified
Etymology: From un- + mortified.
Senses: glosses: Not mortified.
noninvertible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + invertible.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be inverted; not invertible.
slowwitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slowwitted
form: most slowwitted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slow-witted.
naffness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From naff + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being naff.
naffly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more naffly
form: most naffly
Etymology: From naff + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: an original promo film called, very naffly, 'The Magic of Hollywood'
ref: 2009, Tim Robet, Nick Bradshaw, The DVD Stack, page 195:
glosses: In a way that is naff.
bulimulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulimulids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any in the family Bulimulidae of snails.
bulimulids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulimulid
bullids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullid
bullinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bullinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any sea snail in the family Bullinidae, now considered a synonym for the Aplustridae.
bullinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bullinid
buphagid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buphagids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bird in the family Buphagidae, the oxpeckers.
buphagids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buphagid
mammillate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mammillate
form: most mammillate
form: mammillated
Etymology: See mammilla.
Senses: glosses: Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae.
glosses: Bounded like a nipple; said of the apex of some shells.
burhinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burhinids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: Any bird in the family Burhinidae, the stone curlews and thick-knees.
burhinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burhinid
burnetiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burnetiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Burnetiidae.
burnetiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burnetiid
burramyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burramyids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the pygmy possums in the family Burramyidae.
burramyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burramyid
mamillate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mamillate
form: most mamillate
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mammillate.
bursid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bursids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Bursidae.
bursids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursid
buthid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buthids
Etymology: From translingual Buthidae.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any scorpion in the family Buthidae.
buthids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buthid
byrrhid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byrrhids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Byrrhidae.
byrrhids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byrrhid
bythitid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bythitids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Bythitidae, the brotulas.
bythitids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bythitid
bythograeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bythograeids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Bythograeidae.
bythograeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bythograeid
byturid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byturids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any beetle in the family Byturidae.
byturids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byturid
cacatuid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cacatuids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bird in the family Cacatuidae, the cockatoos.
cacatuids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cacatuid
caddid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caddids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any arachnid in the family Caddidae.
caddids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caddid
caecid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caecids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Caecidae.
caecids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caecid
caeciliid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caeciliids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the wormlike amphibians in the family Caeciliidae.
caeciliids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caeciliid
Naxalites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Naxalite
caeciliusid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caeciliusids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any barklouse in the family Caeciliusidae.
caeciliusids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caeciliusid
caenagnathid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caenagnathids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any dinosaur in the family Caenagnathidae.
caenagnathids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caenagnathid
caenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caenids
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any mayfly in the family Caenidae.
caenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caenid
caenolestid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caenolestids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Caenolestidae of shrew opossums.
caenolestids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caenolestid
caesionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caesionids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Caesionidae.
caesionids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caesionid
calanid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calanids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Calanidae, a family of copepods.
calanids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calanid
calanticid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calanticids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Calanticidae, gooseneck barnacles in the order Pedunculata.
calanticids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calanticid
calappid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calappids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crab in the family Calappidae.
calappids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calappid
caligid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caligids
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Caligidae; a sea louse.
Derived terms: caligidosis
caligids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caligid
caliphyllid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caliphyllids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Caliphyllidae.
caliphyllids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caliphyllid
callaeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callaeids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any bird in the family Callaeidae.
callaeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callaeid
callanthiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callanthiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Callanthiidae.
callanthiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callanthiid
callianassid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callianassids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any crustacean in the family Callianassidae.
callianassids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callianassid
callichthyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callichthyids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any catfish in the family Callichthyidae.
callichthyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callichthyid
callidulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callidulids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any moth in the family Callidulidae.
callidulids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callidulid
callimiconid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callimiconids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A monkey in the family Callimiconidae, now considered to be part of the family Callitrichidae; a Goeldi's marmoset.
callimiconids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callimiconid
callionymid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callionymids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Callionymidae, the dragonets.
callionymids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callionymid
calliopid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of calliopiid.
calliopiid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calliopiids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any amphipod in the family Calliopiidae.
calliopiids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calliopiid
calliostomatid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calliostomatids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Calliostomatidae.
calliostomatids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calliostomatid
calliphorid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calliphorids
Etymology: From translingual Calliphoridae.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fly in the family Calliphoridae.
calliphorids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calliphorid
Naxalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Naxalite beliefs and activities.
callorhinchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callorhinchids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae.
callorhinchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callorhinchid
calmoniid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calmoniids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of family †Calmoniidae of trilobites.
calmoniids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calmoniid
calopterygid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calopterygids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any damselfly of the family Calopterygidae.
calopterygids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calopterygid
caluromyid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caluromyids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any opossum of the family Caluromyidae, now considered to be the didelphid subfamily Caluromyinae.
caluromyids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caluromyid
calymenid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calymenids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any trilobite of the family Calymenidae.
calymenids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calymenid
calyptraeid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calyptraeids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any gastropod in the family Calyptraeidae.
calyptraeids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calyptraeid