cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
geniculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geniculate
genethliacon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genethliaca
Etymology: Via Latin genethliacon from Ancient Greek γενεθλιακόν (genethliakón, “of or related to a birthday”, neuter sg.).
Senses: examples: text: For they singe such a Genethliacon and byrth verse as was neuer heard of before in the worlde.
ref: 1565, Thomas Beccon, “The thyrde sermon of the songe of the Angels.”, in A new postil conteinyng most godly and learned sermons vpon all the Sonday Gospelles, London: Thomas Marshe, page f. 38v:
text: Others for magnificence at the natiuities of Princes children, or by custome used yearely upon the same dayes, are called songs natall or Genethliaca.
ref: 1589, Ascribed to George Puttenham, “The forme of Poeticall reioysings.”, in Edward Arber, editor, The arte of English poesie., London: Alex, Murray, & Son, published 1869, The First Booke, Of Poets and Poesie, page 61:
glosses: A birthday ode.
Related terms: genethliac
leaf springs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf spring
third time's the charm
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of third time's a charm.
tampo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tampos
Senses: glosses: Ink designs or lettering printed using tampography, also known as pad printing.
Related terms: tampography
tampon
quarentene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarentenes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”).
quarentenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarentene
trad bolted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Being a bolted traditional climb.
desirosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being desirous; desirousness.
lactonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lactone + -ic.
Senses: examples: a lactonic ester
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or derived from, lactone.
spinal fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinal fluids
Senses: glosses: cerebrospinal fluid
brain fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Cerebrospinal fluid.
black salve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black salves
Senses: glosses: An escharotic based on bloodroot extract, fraudulently marketed as an alternative cancer treatment.
bills of material
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill of material
bills of materials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill of materials
art of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arts of war
Senses: glosses: The numerous strategies and tactics available to military leaders during combat.
terminality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From terminal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being terminal.
vituperatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vituperatory
form: most vituperatory
Senses: glosses: Vituperative.
anuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.jʊˈɹɛtɪk/
ipa: /ˌæn.jəˈɹɛtɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Etymology: From anuresis + -etic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
examples: text: In addition, the psychologist diagnosed the 3-year-old as anuretic and encopretic when, in fact, the child was simply not yet toilet-trained, and neither diagnosis is valid at such a young age.
ref: 2002, Dean Tong, Elusive Innocence: Survival Guide for the Falsley Accused, page 57:
text: This should be considered in any patient who becomes hypotensive, breathless and anuretic following catheterisation (11).
ref: 2007, Eileen O'Grady, A Nurse's Guide to Caring for Cardiac Intervention Patients, page 31:
text: Some children may be anuretic – renal function (serum creatinine, urea and electrolytes) should be analysed promptly.
ref: 2011, Advanced Life Support Group, Advanced Paediatric Life Support: The Practical Approach, page 136:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
Related terms: anuric
firehook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firehooks
Etymology: From fire + hook.
Senses: glosses: a long pole with a hook at the end, used to pull down buildings and roof thatch to suppress a fire.
wing-footed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wing-footed
form: most wing-footed
form: wingfooted
Senses: examples: text: And his wingfooted coursers him did beare / So fast away that, ere his readie speare / He could advance, he farre was gone and past […].
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: He only can create the greatest imaginable beauty who has endured all imaginable pangs, for only when we have seen and foreseen what we dread shall we be rewarded by that dazzling, unforeseen, wing-footed wanderer.
ref: 1918, W. B. Yeats, “Per Amica Silentia Lunae”, in Mythologies, New York: Macmillan, published 1959, page 332:
text: In due time she gave birth to Autolycus, / A son of Mercury, wing-footed, as if born / With all his father's cleverness and speed, / He made white look like black and black like white.
ref: 1958, Ovid, translated by Horace Gregory, The Metamorphoses, New York: Viking, Book XI, p. 307:
glosses: Having wings on the feet; very fast.
Bangla Desh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of Bangladesh.
MoD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.
ref: 2013 May 1, Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins, “Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Ministry of Defence; also MOD.
MoD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MoDs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of ministry of defence (not restricted to the British Ministry of War).
dismayfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dismayfully
form: most dismayfully
Etymology: From dismayful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Nought feared they what he could do or say, / But th'onely feare that was before their vew, / From which like mazed deare dismayfully they flew.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: In dismay.
consider it done
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɪdə ɪt dʌn/
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate an intent to fulfil a request or order promptly.
Synonyms: right away
your wish is my command
succories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succory
buckhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckhorn
leaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leazes
form: leazing
form: leazed
form: leazed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lease (to glean, or pick up grain)
Derived terms: leazings
leazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of leaze
leazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of leaze
leazing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leaze
leazings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leazing + -s.
Senses: glosses: Ears of corn picked up from the fields after the harvest.
polytone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytones
Etymology: From poly- + tone.
Senses: glosses: A polyphonic ringtone.
polytones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polytone
gildeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gild + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gild
gildest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: gild + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of gild
MID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MIDs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mobile information device.
glosses: Initialism of militarized international (or interstate) dispute.
spaceline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacelines
Etymology: From space + line; compare airline.
Senses: glosses: A company that carries out spaceflights.
Related terms: spaceliner
line
airline
bus line
cruise line
spacelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceline
apoptose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: apoptoses
form: apoptosing
form: apoptosed
form: apoptosed
Senses: examples: text: Part of the resolution of inflammation, particularly the removal of accumulated neutrophils, is because neutrophils are induced to apoptose (43).
ref: 2000, William E. Garrett, Donald T. Kirkendall, editors, Exercise and Sport Science:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: To cause the cell to undergo apoptosis, a process of programmed cell death.
melophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Love of music
scorpion volley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpion volleys
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A scorpion kick.
scorpion volleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorpion volley
melophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melophiles
Etymology: From melo- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who loves music.
Synonyms: melomaniac
Related terms: melophilia
cover note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover notes
Senses: glosses: A temporary insurance policy, used to provide cover while the main policy formalities are finalised.
back wash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back washes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of backwash.
back wash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: back washes
form: back washing
form: back washed
form: back washed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of backwash.
procrasturbate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: procrasturbates
form: procrasturbating
form: procrasturbated
form: procrasturbated
Etymology: Blend of procrastinate + masturbate.
Senses: examples: text: "Because if something's not right, I can't sit around here procrasturbating," said Triumff.
ref: 2010, Dan Abnett, Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero, Nottingham: Angry Robot, →ISBN, →OL, ch. 6:
text: What's the problem, if you give Congress computers do they just spend all their time on porn sites procrasturbating?
ref: 2013 April 29, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Television), Jon Stewart (actor):
glosses: To procrastinate by masturbating.
glosses: To procrastinate by filling one's time with other activities.
Related terms: procrasturbation
procrasturbating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of procrasturbate
procrasturbated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of procrasturbate
procrasturbates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of procrasturbate
joles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jole
joles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jole
eef
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eefs
form: eefing
form: eefed
form: eefed
Senses: glosses: To make a vocal rhythm in which some sounds are made by inhaling.
glosses: To inhale as part of such a rhythm.
eef
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of if, representing old-fashioned AAVE or various accents, including Latin-American, French or Romani.
amavadin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Amanita, vanadium, + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex anion, containing vanadium, found in some species of Amanita mushrooms
ability grouping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The practice of putting students together in groups of those with similar skills or needs, e.g. in classes or in groups within a class.
acallosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + callosal.
Senses: examples: text: The brains of birds are acallosal.
glosses: Of a brain: having no corpus callosum.
acanthocladous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acanthocladous
form: most acanthocladous
Etymology: From acantho- + Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos), + -ous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having spiny branches.
acanthological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acanthological
form: most acanthological
Etymology: From acanthology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to acanthology
poëtry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is a species of Poëtry, which every young adventurer almost attempts...
ref: 1747, Josiah Relph, A Miscellany of Poems: Consisting of Original Poems, Translations Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect..., translation of original by Paulo Canente, page xvi:
glosses: Alternative spelling of poetry.
Penrose triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Penrose triangle
respuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respuates
form: respuating
form: respuated
form: respuated
Senses: examples: text: […] for, although, I be quinquagenarius, or fifty years of age, yet what Virgin in Florence will respuat me when I abound in riches, […]
ref: 1663, William Clark (advocate), “Scaena Septima”, in William H. Logan, editor, Marciano; or, the Discovery. A Tragi-Comedy., Edinburgh: Reprinted for Private Circulation, published 1871, page 38:
text: […] but I must entreat the reader, if he be disposed to respuate these verses, not to conclude, that ours was no poet, […]
ref: 1824, Robert Charles Sands, “An Indian Eclogue.”, in The Atlantic Magazine, volume 1, New York: E. Bliss & E. White, page 257:
glosses: To refuse or reject.
liberty taker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liberty takers
Senses: examples: text: Jimmy: Oh, all right, all right. How much?
Ferdy: Quid.
Jimmy: You're a fucking liberty taker.
ref: 1979, Quadrophenia:
glosses: a person who takes liberties; a disrespectful person.
slack Alice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slack Alices
Senses: qualifier: chiefly North Country and Yorkshire
glosses: A slovenly woman.
mungas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of munga
nose bleeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nose bleed
excretor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excretors
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that excretes waste matter
chesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chest
Aby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪbiː/
rhymes: -eɪbi
Etymology: From Old Norse á (“river”) + býr (“town”). Literally "Town on a River" or "River Town". Cognate with Swedish Åby and Danish Aaby, both other towns.
Senses: glosses: A village in Aby with Greenfield parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TL4178).
Aby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪbiː/
rhymes: -eɪbi
Senses: glosses: A village in south-eastern Ivory Coast.
Aby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪbiː/
rhymes: -eɪbi
Forms: form: Abys
Etymology: A clipping of the word.
Senses: qualifier: nickname
glosses: The Abyssinian cat.
ignition interlock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ignition interlocks
Senses: glosses: A device installed in a vehicle that detects alcohol on a driver's breath and will not start the car if alcohol is present.
Synonyms: IID
nasosinusal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From naso- + sinus + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the nose and the sinuses.
glosses: Relating to the nasal sinus.
ignition interlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ignition interlock
drive trains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drive train
heading off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of head off
infiltratrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infiltratrix
crimes passionnels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crime passionnel
suicide pass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suicide passes
Etymology: Deriving from the likelihood of being checked off the play and losing possession of the puck, being a suicidal act in puck possession.
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A pass going up-ice where the passee must look behind towards the passer for the location of the puck, therefore being left unaware of opposition players further up-ice, allowing the passee to be checked from a blind spot.
suicide passes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide pass
craple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craples
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of grapple.
Sardonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sardonian
form: most Sardonian
Etymology: From Latin sardonius, from Ancient Greek Σαρδόνιος (Sardónios, “Sardinian”), earlier σαρδάνιος (sardánios).
Senses: examples: text: He gan with guilefull words her to perswade / To banish feare; and, with Sardonian smyle / Laughing on her, his false intent to shade, / Gan forth to lay his bayte […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Sardonic.
beat hollow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats hollow
form: beating hollow
form: beat hollow
form: beaten hollow
form: beat hollow
form: beat all hollow
Senses: glosses: To beat up (a person) severely.
examples: text: "The Raven" has had a great run ... but I wrote it for the express purpose of running — just as I did "The Gold-Bug" ... the bird beat the bug, though, all hollow.
ref: 1845, Edgar Allan Poe, edited by Thomas Ollive Mabbott, Complete Poems, University of Illinois Press, published 2000, page 351:
text: The more civilized so-called Caucasian races have beaten the Turks hollow in the struggle for existence.
ref: 1881, Charles Darwin, “letter”, in Darwin Correspondence Database, retrieved 07 Jul 2013:
text: […] and every night we had a game of chess, at which he beat me hollow.
ref: 1915, John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps, William Blackwood & Sons, page 9:
glosses: To defeat severely.
Synonyms: beat to a pulp
strene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strenes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of strain (“race, offspring”).
Nine Bows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: nine bows
Etymology: Calque of Egyptian psḏt pḏt, from psḏt (“nine”) + pḏt (“bow”).
Senses: topics: Egyptology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The traditional enemies of Ancient Egypt.
Molucca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moluccas
Etymology: From Indonesian Maluku.
Senses: examples: text: And now on earth it selfe enlarged has / From th'utmost brinke of the Armericke shore / Unto the margent of the Molucas?
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, volume 10:
glosses: The Molucca Islands, a group of islands in southeast Asia which are now part of Indonesia.
Derived terms: Molucca balm
Molucca bean
Molucca berry
Molucca crab
Molucca grains
Molucca palm
Related terms: sense: not to be confused with
word: Malacca
toaty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more toaty
form: most toaty
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of totty.
water spinach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ipomoea aquatica, a green leafy vegetable used as a food in several cuisines of East and Southeast Asia
glosses: Amaranthus dubius, often bearing red or purple marks
glosses: Amaranthus tricolor, edible amaranth
glosses: Basella alba, Malabar spinach, with thick, succulent, heart-shaped leaves
Synonyms: word: river spinach
word: water morning glory
word: water convolvulus
word: Chinese spinach
word: Chinese watercress
word: Chinese convolvulus
word: swamp cabbage
word: kangkong
word: ong choy
word: on choy
sense: Amaranthus dubius
word: red spinach
sense: Amaranthus dubius
word: rau den
sense: Amaranthus dubius
word: spleen amaranth
sense: Amaranthus tricolor
word: Joseph's coat
sense: Amaranthus tricolor
word: Chinese amaranth
reheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reheaters
Etymology: From reheat + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, reheats.
reheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reheater
chronometrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronometrists
Etymology: From chronometry + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in chronometry.
chronometrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronometrist
butterines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterine
fluidically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fluidically
form: most fluidically
Etymology: From fluidic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a fluidic manner.
Derived terms: microfluidically
fluidical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluidical
form: most fluidical
Etymology: From fluid + -ical.
Senses: glosses: fluidic
biobattery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biobatteries
Etymology: From bio- + battery.
Senses: glosses: An energy storage device powered by organic compounds, such as glucose.
biobatteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biobattery
peaceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peace + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being peaceable.
overcoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcoils
Etymology: From over- + coil.
Senses: glosses: Part of a watch: an improved balance spring with a raised outer coil.
overcoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcoil
multishot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + shot.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to more than one shot (in various senses).
tuckaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tuck + away.
Senses: glosses: That may be tucked away when not in use.
Related terms: foldaway
rollaway
unsecluded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsecluded
form: most unsecluded
Etymology: From un- + secluded.
Senses: glosses: Not secluded.
supraglabellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supraglabellar
form: most supraglabellar
Etymology: From supra- + glabellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the glabella.
infraglabellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more infraglabellar
form: most infraglabellar
Etymology: From infra- + glabellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the glabella.
large offspring syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genetic condition of cattle, sheep, etc. resulting in abnormally large offspring.
pentuplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentuplets
Etymology: From pentuple + -et.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quintet: A group of five, particularly musicians.
synonyms: word: quintet
extra: A group of five, particularly musicians
quintolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintolets
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A quintuplet.
pentuplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentuplet
quintolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintolet
septolet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: septolets
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A septuplet.
septolets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septolet
sextole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sextoles
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A sextolet.
sextoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sextole
nightguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightguards
Etymology: From night + guard.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A guard worn on the teeth to prevent damage from bruxism during sleep.
nightguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightguard
netropsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netropsins
Etymology: From Latin netropsis + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide, first isolated from the actinobacterium Streptomyces netropsis, with antibiotic and antiviral activity.
Synonyms: congocidine
sinanomycin
netropsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netropsin
congocidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: congocidines
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: netropsin
sinanomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: netropsin
congocidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congocidine
nummiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nummiform
form: most nummiform
Senses: glosses: coin-shaped
nonbullous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bullous.
Senses: examples: nonbullous impetigo
glosses: Not bullous.
nonylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nonyl + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to, derived from, or containing nonyl.
nonbulimics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbulimic
nonanorexics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonanorexic
pittings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitting
nonpitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pitting.
Senses: examples: nonpitting edema
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Where, after pressure is applied to a small area of the skin, the indentation does not persist for some time after release of the pressure.
nonpenetrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + penetrant.
Senses: glosses: Not penetrant.
nonocclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + occlusion.
Senses: glosses: Absence of occlusion.
nosogeography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From noso- + geography.
Senses: glosses: The geography of disease.
nosogeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From noso- + geographical.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to nosogeography.
diphyllobothriasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphyllobothriases
Etymology: Diphyllobothrium + -iasis
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: infection caused by the tapeworm Diphyllobothrium
diphyllobothriases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diphyllobothriasis
nonrebreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rebreathing.
Senses: examples: text: The nonrebreathing mask is the preferred device for delivering supplemental oxygen to spontaneously breathing patients in the prehospital setting.
ref: 2009, Nancy Caroline, Nancy Caroline's Emergency Care in the Streets, Canadian Edition:
glosses: Not rebreathing.
pregneninolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: ethisterone
norandrostanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norandrostane
nicotinamidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicotinamidases
Etymology: From nicotinamide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction nicotinamide + H₂O ⇌ nicotinate + NH₃.
nicotinamidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nicotinamidase
nigrosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigrosins
Senses: glosses: A mixture of synthetic black dyes made by heating a mixture of nitrobenzene, aniline and aniline hydrochloride in the presence of a copper or iron catalyst; used for staining of bacteria and as a colorant.
nigrosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigrosin
nigerose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nigeran + -ose.
Senses: glosses: An unfermentable sugar obtained by partial hydrolysis of nigeran.
Synonyms: sakebiose
sakebiose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: nigerose
nigeran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin niger (“black”).
Senses: glosses: A polysaccharide found in black mold, Aspergillus niger.
Derived terms: nigerose
nitrophenylgalactosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitrophenylgalactoside
nodosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodosity
nodosely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nodosely
form: most nodosely
Etymology: From nodose + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nodose manner.
nitroblue tetrazolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitro blue tetrazolium
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound composed of two tetrazole moieties, used in immunology for detection of alkaline phosphatase.
norpregnene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norpregnenes
Etymology: From nor- + pregnene.
Senses: glosses: A norsteroid based on a pregnene.
norpregnenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norpregnene
norpregnatriene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norpregnatrienes
Etymology: From nor- + pregnatriene.
Senses: glosses: A norsteroid based on a pregnatriene.
norpregnatrienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norpregnatriene
norprogesterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norprogesterones
Etymology: From nor- + progesterone.
Senses: glosses: A norsteroid based on a progesterone.
nortestosterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nortestosterones
Etymology: From nor- + testosterone.
Senses: glosses: A norsteroid based on a testosterone.
nortestosterones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nortestosterone
norprogesterones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norprogesterone
pregnatriene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregnatrienes
Senses: glosses: A triene derivative of a pregnane.
Hyponyms: cortivazol
pregnatrienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pregnatriene
netmask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netmasks
Etymology: From net + mask.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The routing prefix of a network address.
Related terms: subnet
subnet mask
netmasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netmask
classful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From class + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Classful routing protocols do not carry subnet masks; classless routing protocols do.
ref: 2002, Ravi Malhotra, IP Routing, page 101:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a network-addressing architecture that divides the address space into a number of classes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: objectful
glosses: Of or relating to the presence and employment of classes in a programming language.
classful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classfuls
form: classesful
Etymology: From class + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: They were real aids to memory, and amused whole classesful at a time.
ref: 1922, C. C. Martindale, “At St. Mary’s Hall, September 1904—September 1907”, in Charles Dominic Plater S.J., London: Harding & More Ltd; The Ambrosden Press, […], page 87:
text: Furthermore, the deadly elasticity of heterosexist presumption means that, like Wendy in Peter Pan, people find new walls springing up around them even as they drowse: every encounter with a new classful of students, to say nothing of a new boss, social worker, loan officer, landlord, doctor, erects new closets whose fraught and characteristic laws of optics and physics exact from at least gay people new surveys, new calculations, new draughts and requistitions of secrecy or disclosure.
ref: 2008, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, Epistemology of the Closet, page 68:
text: There is nothing sadder, to me, in the situation of young American writers, as the colleges turn them out by the creative-writing classfuls, than the lack of a significantly paying market for short stories.
ref: 2013, John Updike, More Matter: Essays And Criticism:
glosses: An amount that fills a class.
nematological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nematology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nematology.
nematologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematologists
Etymology: From nematology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies nematology.
nematologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nematologist
norethindrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔɹˈɛθ.ɪnˌdɹoʊn/
Etymology: From nor- + ethyn(yl) + (hy)dr(oxy) + -one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: US form of norethisterone.
nitrituria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitrite + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of nitrite in the urine.
nosogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nosogenic
form: most nosogenic
Etymology: From noso- + -genic.
Senses: synonyms: morbific
pathogenic
glosses: Causing disease.
nucleofilaments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleofilament
norcocaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norcocaines
Etymology: From nor- + cocaine.
Senses: glosses: A minor pharmacologically active metabolite of cocaine.
norcocaines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norcocaine
neurophysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurophysins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of carrier proteins that transport the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin to the posterior pituitary from the paraventricular and supraoptic nucleus of the hypothalamus
neurophysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurophysin
nonchromaffin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chromaffin.
Senses: glosses: Not chromaffin.
nephrotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephrotomes
Etymology: From nephro- + -tome.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A section of the mesoderm formerly believed to give rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney.
Derived terms: nephrotomic
nephrotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephrotome
neuroviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + viral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuroviruses.
nepoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to nepoviruses.
nepovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nepoviruses
Etymology: Short for nematode-transmitted polyhedral virus.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Nepovirus of plant viruses of the family Secoviridae, transmitted by nematodes.
nepoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nepovirus
comoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to comoviruses.
chloroacetophenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroacetophenone
nucleoplasmins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleoplasmin
nephrocardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nephro- + cardiac.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the kidneys and heart.
Synonyms: cardionephric
cardionephric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + nephric.
Senses: glosses: nephrocardiac
nitropropanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitropropane
levonordefrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From levo- + nordefrin.
Senses: glosses: A sympathomimetic amine used as a topical nasal decongestant and vasoconstrictor in dentistry.
Synonyms: α-methylnorepinephrine
natimortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of natality + mortality
Senses: glosses: The proportion of births that are stillbirths.
nociperception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + perception, equivalent to noci- + perception.
Senses: glosses: nociception
necrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more necrogenic
form: most necrogenic
Etymology: From necro- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Causing necrosis.
scroat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scroats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scrote.
fleshlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fleshlights
Etymology: Proprietary name, blend of flesh + flashlight.
Senses: examples: text: Hey! MrBeast! I just ate some of your MrBeast burger and, let me tell you, your burger makes for a better fleshlight than food. I spent the last 20 minutes fucking the shit out of this burger, and it feels great.
ref: 2020, CasualBlink, gilbert gottfried uses mr beast burgers as a fleshlight, spoken by Gilbert Gottfried:
glosses: A vagina-, anus-, or mouth-shaped sex toy which is designed to stimulate and fit around the penis to aid masturbation.
Synonyms: pocketpussy
Coordinate terms: fifi
agrize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: agrizes
form: agrizing
form: agrized
form: agrized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of agrise.
quisquilian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quisquilian
form: most quisquilian
Senses: examples: text: What Miscreant quisquilian Scraps and Fragments have the Arians, Papists and Socinians to oppose to all those deliberate and concordant Testimonies?
ref: 1716, Myles Davies, “Of the other Writers most inclinable to the Reformation of England, under Queen Mary: With continuance of Mr. Pollet's Latin Dissertation against the Arians, Socinians and Papists, translated and abridg'd.”, in Athenae Britannicae, or, A critical history of the Oxford and Cambridge writers and writings, […] , London: Myles Davies, page 394:
glosses: Without value or importance, insignificant.
tax office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax offices
Senses: glosses: A government-established place (building, office, shop, or counter) offering advice on tax affairs.
Related terms: tax authority
diverticulites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diverticulitis
num-num
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: num-nums
Etymology: Imitative of the sound of eating.
Senses: examples: text: She moved off, calling, "Pussykins? Don't 'oo want some num-nums?"
ref: 2009 June 23, Bruce Hale, Fat Cat of Underwhere, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Tasty food.
num-nums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of num-num
counterstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterstroke
overstriking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstrike
overstruck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overstrike
tax authority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tax authorities
Senses: glosses: A government organization responsible for collecting taxes.
Related terms: tax office
milldam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milldams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mill dam.
acarophilous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acaro- + -philous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That lives in a symbiosis with mites
examples: text: The last-mentioned author has a list of 270 acarophilous species.
ref: 1910 December, Professor G. F. Scott-Elliot M.A. B.Sc. F.L.S., “Mites and Acarodomatia”, in Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, volume 24, →DOI, pages 126–135:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That is pollinated by mites
Related terms: acarinarium
acarodomatia
hexosans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexosan
acatholic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + Catholic.
Senses: examples: text: In accordance herewith, therefore, especially whenever a catholic woman wishes to marry an acatholic man, she is to be diligently instructed by the bishop or parish priest as to the sentence of the canons respecting such marriages[…]
ref: 1838, The British Magazine, volume 14, John Turill, page 253:
glosses: not Catholic
pujaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pujari
tax offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tax office
inclinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inclinator
aurelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aurelias
Etymology: From Italian aurelia (“chrysalis”), from Latin aureus (“golden”).
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: The chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.
Derived terms: aurelian
binominal names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binominal name
Galápagos sea lion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Galápagos sea lions
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Galapagos sea lion.
zelotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zelotic
form: most zelotic
Etymology: From zealot + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Attempts have been made from time to time to prove that Jesus was the leader of an unsuccessful zelotic revolt.
ref: 1954, Ragnar Leivestad, Christ, the Conqueror, page 27:
text: The zelotic opposition to the Roman government was in reality directed against the emperor, whose personal representatives the procurators were. Some zelotic leaders claimed to have messianic importance, which made the revolutionary attitude of these people appear still more serious.
ref: 1964, The Anchor Bible - Volume 37, page xvii:
text: The similarities of this passage with that of the epitome from Dionysius cannot be overlooked. In characterizing the nature of the zelotic disposition, they both appeal to the process of "impregnation" by a supernatural enthusiasm, as well as the confluence of many rivulets into or from one "stream" or "current" which "irrigates" the soul of the emulator.
ref: 1997, Martin John Gammon, Kant and the Decline of Classical Mimesis - Volume 1, page 193:
text: Cultures forced into this zelotic stand are exposed less to the demolition of their structures than to the full remolding of its contents, by what is the average of the "imaginary correct" accepted by globalization — or incompatible — to it.
ref: 2002, Cândido Mendes, Enrique Rodriguez Larreta, Identity and difference in the global era, page 63:
text: There was a time when the church of Jerusalem consisted exclusively of “Hebrews”, Aramaic speaking Jews from the motherland, who were all zelotic practisants of the Law: Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of converts we have among the Jews, all of them staunch upholders of the Law." (Acts 21, 20).
ref: 2008, Gilles Quispel, Johannes Van Oort, Gnostica, Judaica, Catholica:
text: Until that time, Jesus' disciples are being obliged to show patience, but are also obliged to avoid any form of falsity, especially the false humility and false ardor with a zelotic sense.
ref: 2017, Bucevschi Eduard-Iulian, The Erothetical Value of Jesus' parables, page 11:
glosses: Characteristic of zealots, especially those that were part of rebellious movements in biblical times.
might is right
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of might makes right.
preterite-present
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preterite-presents
Senses: glosses: A preterite-present verb.
accensed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin accēnsus.
Senses: glosses: kindled, incited
Related terms: accend
when one door closes, another opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: as one door closes, another opens
form: when one door closes, another door opens
form: when one door closes, another one opens
form: when one door shuts, another opens
Senses: examples: text: An excellent reason for absenting himself from school was thus denied to Master Hardy; but it has been well said that when one door closes another opens, and to his great satisfaction the old servant, who had been in poor health for some time, suddenly took to her bed and required his undivided attention.
ref: 1902, W. W. Jacobs, chapter 4, in At Sunwich Portt:
text: When one door closes, another opens: those eliminated in the early rounds of the Spingold Knockout in Las Vegas, Nev., in August were able to shoot for the national men's and women's Swiss team events.
ref: 1985 October 4, Alan Truscott, “Bridge: New York Area Team Finds A Silver Lining in Its Cloud”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 May 2013:
text: "When one door closes, another opens," the former Stamps president mused yesterday after being fired by the team's new ownership group.
ref: 2005 January 14, Dan Toth, “'I've had a great run': Rooke 'very emotional' after firing”, in Calgary Sun, Canada, retrieved 06 May 2013:
glosses: When one opportunity is lost, another opportunity soon becomes available.
Related terms: hope springs eternal
tomorrow is another day
there are plenty more fish in the sea
when one door closes, another door opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door closes, another one opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door shuts, another opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door shuts, another door opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.
when one door shuts, another one opens
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of when one door closes, another opens.