cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
eusporangiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eu- + sporangiate.
Senses: examples: text: Bailey and Pain (1971) examined the walls of a wide range of species of ferns (both leptosporangiate and eusporangiate) and divided the species into three groups depending on whether their walls contained low (0-3%), medium or high (>10%) concentrations of mannose.
ref: 2005, Philip J. Harris, “11: Diversity in plant cell walls”, in Robert J. Henry, editor, Plant Diversity and Evolution, page 220:
text: In the smaller of the two groups, known as the eusporangiate type, the sporangium originates from several initial cells.
ref: 2005, V. Raghavan, Developmental Biology of Fern Gametophytes, page 12:
text: Describe structure and development of leptosporangiate and eusporangiate sporangia. Draw diagrams.
ref: 2009, Singh, Pande, Jain, Text Book Of Botany Diversity Of Microbes And Cryptogams, page 468:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: That has sporangia that were each formed from several epidermal cells; of, pertaining to, or characteristic of ferns of this kind.
Coordinate terms: leptosporangiate
Related terms: eusporangium
Magnums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Magnum
sickfic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sickfics
Etymology: From sick + fic.
Senses: examples: text: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I wrote a sickfic.
ref: 1999 October 26, Nicola Simpson, “Re: What About A 'Sick Fic Archive'????”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Summary: A cliché little sickfic
ref: 2001 March 23, Bracha Shahar, “Fic: Urgggg”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: This was written as a sickfic for the List Mom of ShoDDs. Glad you're feeling better DB!
ref: 2001 July 20, Medie, “FIC: Safety And Security (DSR) 1/1”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fanfic which focuses on a character dealing with illness.
examples: text: Probably so he can post some truly disgusting darkfic/deathfic/sickfic/hatefic, like Soun doing ungodly things to his children as an explanation for their behaviour...or at least Kasumi.
ref: 1997 April 8, B Jones, “Re: To all Fanfic authors...”, in rec.arts.anime.fandom (Usenet):
text: But somehow, calling a^([sic]) fanfic is giving it too much regard. Sickfic would be more like it.
ref: 1998 January 22, Soton, “Re: [POLL] Truly awful fanfics”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet):
text: Sickfic is hard-core pornography with a thin gloss of XF over it, with themes such as sex with children, sex with animals, incest, rape, torture, and scat.
ref: 1999 May 6, badfic, “Re: ScullyKinkStoriesBANNED”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Fanfiction which intentionally deals with disturbing situations and themes.
Synonyms: sense: fan fiction dealing with disturbing situations and themes
word: darkfic
sense: fan fiction dealing with disturbing situations and themes
word: shockfic
sickfics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sickfic
Oratorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oratorians
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of any of various religious orders with "Oratory" or "Oratorium" in the name.
Profits
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Profit
Sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sandwich
Sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sandwich
Rials
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rialses
Etymology: Probably a variant of Ryalls.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Talibans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Taliban
Taus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tau
Taubers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tauber
Seglers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Segler
Singers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Singer
cosmic microwave background
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMB
Etymology: It was originally called the primeval fireball.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Faint thermal radiation that pervades all space and is thought to be the remnants of the big bang, produced during the epoch of recombination.
Synonyms: word: CMB
word: CμB
word: CMWB
word: CμWB
alt: CMBR/CMWBR/CμBR/CμWBR
word: cosmic microwave background radiation
Derived terms: CMB
CMWB
CμB
CμWB
Related terms: alt: CGWB/CGB
word: cosmic gravity-wave background
roman: CGWB/CGB
alt: CGWB/CGB
word: cosmic gravitywave background
roman: CGWB/CGB
alt: CGWB/CGB
word: cosmic gravity wave background
alt: CIRB/CIB
word: cosmic infrared background
alt: CNB/CvB/CνB
word: cosmic neutrino background
Kenner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kenners
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Clay County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A placename
A sizable city in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Related terms: Kennar
Uren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Russia.
glosses: A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Kieler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kielers
Etymology: From Kiel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Kiel, capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Strichen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NJ9455).
Kernikterus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kernicterus.
Surinamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Surinamer
Sushis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sushi
Konstanz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district in Baden-Württemberg, south Germany, on Lake Constance, and on the border with Switzerland.
Synonyms: Constance
bijoux problemettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bijou problemette
Kielers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kieler
Kreuzberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood and former village in Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg borough, Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
glosses: A former borough of Berlin, Germany.
Kunsthalle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kunsthalles
Senses: examples: text: Some—following the Kunsthalle model—do not have the collection on show and hold exhibitions of loaned works, but often mixed with works from the founder's collection.
ref: 2021, Georgina Adam, The Rise and Rise of the Private Art Museum (Hot Topics in the Art World), Chicago: Lund Humphries, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of kunsthalle
Zauns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zaun
flies in the ointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly in the ointment
Zeugs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zeug
GPR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of ground-penetrating radar.
kernikterus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of kernicterus.
rainfallwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From rainfall + -wise.
Senses: glosses: With respect to rainfall.
Zahiri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).
Senses: glosses: A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths
Zahiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Zahiris
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic ظَاهِرِيّ (ẓāhiriyy).
Senses: glosses: A Muslim who adheres to this madhab
Zahiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zahiri
kernicteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kernicterus + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to kernicterus.
uncoincidentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncoincidentally
form: most uncoincidentally
Etymology: From uncoincidental + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is uncoincidental.
pork up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: porks up
form: porking up
form: porked up
form: porked up
Senses: glosses: To grow fat.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: To increase the weight of (one or more pigs).
topics: government
politics
glosses: To add spending, especially targeted spending, to legislation in order to get votes for it (see pork-barrel).
chronolectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chronolect + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chronolects.
Glacis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative district of Seychelles.
Cascade
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Plumas County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cascade-Chipita Park census-designated place, El Paso County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small city, the county seat of Valley County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Dubuque County and Jones County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Kent County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Olmsted County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cascade County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in the city of Berlin and town of Gorham, Coos County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A settlement in Hanover parish, Jamaica.
glosses: An administrative district on Mahé, Seychelles.
glosses: A locality near Burnt Pine, Norfolk Island.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Esperance, Western Australia.
BMAA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of β-methylamino-L-alanine: a non-proteinogenic amino acid produced by cyanobacteria.
shakshouka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shakshuka.
huevos divorciados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Mexican breakfast dish of two fried eggs separated by a column of chilaquiles (or, sometimes, refried beans with tortilla chip). Typically, one egg is covered in salsa roja and the other in salsa verde.
quadrisecant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrisecants
Etymology: From quadri- + secant.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A line that passes through four points of the curve.
quadrisecants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrisecant
Lawn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɒn/
ipa: /lɔn/
rhymes: -ɒn
homophone: lawn
Etymology: (Canada): From French L'Âne (“The Donkey/Ass”).
(United States): From lawn.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A town in Texas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia, United States.
backcrossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backcrossing
interfertility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + fertility.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being interfertile.
Gander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæn.də(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ændə(ɹ)
Etymology: * As an English surname, from the noun gander.
* Also as an English surname, spelling variant of Ganter, itself related to French ganter (“to glove”).
* As a north German surname, from Gandern in Brandenburg.
* Also as a north German surname, from Ganter (“male goose”).
* As a south German and Alemannic German surname, from Gand (“scree”).
The town in Newfoundland is named after Gander Bay or Gander Lake, the names of which derive from the noun gander.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
smalahove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Norwegian dish made from a sheep's head, originally eaten before Christmas.
Ocimibundu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ovimbundu
Senses: glosses: A member of the southern Mbundu, a Bantu ethnic group living on the Bié Plateau of central Angola and in the coastal strip west of these highlands.
Ovimbundu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ocimibundu
jebena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jebenas
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ጀበና (ǧäbäna).
Senses: glosses: A kind of coffee pot used in Ethiopia, Eritrea and eastern Sudan.
jebenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jebena
Trouty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Durrell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Durrells
form: Durall
Etymology: Nickname from a diminutive of Old French dur (“hard”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old French.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Derived terms: Durrellian
Durrell's night gecko
McDungheap's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mc- + dungheap.
Senses: examples: text: Anyhow, it's obvious that you created this mesage^([sic]) out of pure fantasy since the patties at McDungheap's are almost always dry.
ref: 1997 September 22, Bosco!, “Re: disgusting, greasy burgers”, in alt.food.mcdonalds (Usenet):
ref: 2012 January 16, Unifarva-2012 The Year of the Robby, “HEY ROBBY! i ate at McDungheap's Today!!”, in alt.food.mcdonalds (Usenet):
ref: 2013 May 10, J.R.R. Bob Dobbs EPV, “Get your McDungheap's Fix while you can.”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):
glosses: McDonald's, viewed as a purveyor of low-quality food.
Synonyms: McDonald's
Croque
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Placentia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /pləˈsɛnʃə/
ipa: /pləˈsɛnʃiə/
rhymes: -ɛnʃiə
rhymes: -ɛnʃə
Etymology: The town in Newfoundland is likely named after the Basque town of Placencia.
Senses: glosses: A city in Orange County, California, United States.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Derived terms: Placentia Bay
nunchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noonchi
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 눈치 (nunchi).
Senses: glosses: In Korea, the ability to gauge other people's moods, seen as important in interpersonal relationships.
noonchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nunchi.
Burgeo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːɹ.d͡ʒoʊ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒəʊ
Etymology: A corruption of Portuguese Mill Virgines (“thousand virgins”), a toponym originally applied to the Burgeo Islands.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Kippens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɪp.ənz/
rhymes: -ɪpənz
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from an archaic dialectal term meaning "bundle of hides" or an English surname.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Pacquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæ.kət/
rhymes: -ækət
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
emotionalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emotionalism
Pancasila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌpant͡ʃəˈsilə/
Etymology: From Malay Pancasila, in turn from Sanskrit पञ्चशील (pañcaśīla). Doublet of Panchsheel.
Senses: glosses: The official philosophical foundation of the Indonesian state, comprising five principles: belief in the divinity of God; just and civilized humanity; the unity of Indonesia; democracy guided by the inner wisdom in the unanimity arising out of deliberations amongst representatives; and social justice for all of the people of Indonesia.
Cupids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuː.pɪdz/
rhymes: -uːpɪdz
Etymology: Derived from a corruption of the surname Cooper.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
Keels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːlz/
rhymes: -iːlz
homophone: keels
Etymology: Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a corruption of the surname Keough, a derivation from the surname Keel, or a derivation from keel, referring here to the shape of the rocks near the town's harbour.
Senses: glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
goombay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goombays
form: gombay
form: gombey
form: gumba
Etymology: Afro-Caribbean dialects; compare Kongo nkombi, a type of drum.
Senses: topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
glosses: A type of traditional Bahamian drum.
topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
glosses: A genre of folk music played with this drum.
topics: dance
dancing
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
music
sports
glosses: A dance associated with this music genre.
Related terms: gumbe
unidolized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unidolized
form: most unidolized
Etymology: From un- + idolized.
Senses: glosses: Not idolized.
unidiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unidiotic
form: most unidiotic
Etymology: From un- + idiotic.
Senses: glosses: Not idiotic.
unmoronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmoronic
form: most unmoronic
Etymology: From un- + moronic.
Senses: glosses: Not moronic.
Bobo Ashanti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Jamaican religious group, one of the Mansions of Rastafari.
Waco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkoʊ/
Senses: glosses: A city in Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kentucky.
glosses: A city in Missouri.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
glosses: A town in North Carolina.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ohio.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Tennessee.
glosses: A city, the county seat of McLennan County, Texas.
Derived terms: Wacoan
Waco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪkoʊ/
Forms: form: Huaco
form: Hueco
Senses: glosses: A Southern Plains Native American Wichita tribe that formerly inhabited northeastern Texas.
animatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From animated + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being animated.
Woizero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woizeros
Senses: glosses: A married woman in Ethiopia; Mrs.
raw_tags: as a title
Related terms: Woizerit
Flemishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Flemish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Flemish.
Belgianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Belgian + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being Belgian.
kohais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kohai
senpais
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senpai
Sauteurs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Grenada.
Bogles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Grenada.
Crochu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Grenada.
untheatricalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untheatricalized
form: most untheatricalized
Etymology: From un- + theatricalized.
Senses: glosses: Not theatricalized.
theatricalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theatricalization
schlockfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schlockfests
Etymology: From schlock + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: In one of Hollywood's all-time great big-budget schlockfests, Smith saves Earth from alien invasion with swagger and style
ref: 2000 April, “Going Hollywood”, in Vibe, page 85:
text: Strangely, she followed this with the no-budget horror schlockfest Garden of the Dead (1972), playing an overwrought trailer trash waitress menaced by zombies on a prison farm where her boyfriend is incarcerated.
ref: 2012, Tom Lisanti, Glamour Girls of Sixties Hollywood: Seventy-five Profiles, McFarland & Company, published 2008, →ISBN, page 45:
text: […] and Roger Engel (acting under the name “Zander Vorkov,” holding the 1970 Famous Monsters Fearbook, and dressed as Dracula) during the making of the 1971 schlockfest Dracula vs. Frankenstein (courtesy Douglas M. Whitenack).
ref: 2012, Christopher M. O'Brien, The Forrest J Ackerman Oeuvre: A Comprehensive Catalog of the Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Screenplays, Film Appearances, Speeches and Other Works, with a Concise Biography, McFarland & Company (2012), page 49 (image caption)
glosses: Something cheesy or of poor quality, especially a film.
schlockfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schlockfest
dead-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dead-eyed
form: most dead-eyed
Senses: examples: text: […]they do not explain the incredible pathos of Paul Anthony Heaven reading his lecture to a crowd of dead-eyed kids picking at themselves and drawing vacant airplane- and genitalia-doodles on their college-rule note-pads, […]
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 911:
text: The prisoners watched me from inside their cells, watched dead-eyed and silent as I was dragged past.
ref: 2011, Andrew Klavan, The Final Hour, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 20:
text: The dead-eyed man regarded me without the slightest change of expression.
ref: 2011, Joe Schreiber, Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, pages 132–133:
text: With a staggering walk, ragged clothes, and a terrifying dead-eyed stare, the zombie is an instantly recognizable monster of the big screen.
ref: 2013, Janos Jantner, Drawing Horror-Movie Monsters, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 18:
glosses: Having eyes that lack emotion or seem vacant.
Coordinate terms: fish-eyed
glassy-eyed
Related terms: thousand-yard stare
tyle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tyles
form: tyling
form: tyled
form: tyled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tile (to protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated)
Related terms: tyle-berry
biofather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biofathers
form: bio-father
Etymology: From bio- + father.
Senses: examples: text: Lucerne called me and said that my biofather, Frank, had been kidnapped by a rival Corp somewhere to the east of Europe.
ref: 2009, Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood, Virago Press (2020), page 350:
glosses: A biological father (especially one who does not act as a father).
Synonyms: word: biodad
word: birthfather
Coordinate terms: biomother
biofathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biofather
biomother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomothers
Etymology: From bio- + mother.
Senses: glosses: Biological mother (especially one who does not act as a mother)
Synonyms: word: biomom
word: birthmother
Coordinate terms: biofather
biomothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomother
biomom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomoms
Etymology: From bio- + mom.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biomother.
synonyms: word: biomother
Coordinate terms: biodad
biomoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomom
biodad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodads
form: bio-dad
Etymology: From bio- + dad.
Senses: examples: text: ‹WHAT THE HELL, BIO-DAD?! I know you lost your mom and are probably dealing with all sorts of stuff... ...but you just ditch your son, and you don't talk to your daughter at all before leaving town?!›
ref: 2022 November 28, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Nov 28, 2022:
glosses: Synonym of biofather.
synonyms: word: biofather
Coordinate terms: biomom
biodads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biodad
Anti-Balaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Anti-Balakas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-balaka.
leptosporangium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leptosporangia
Etymology: From lepto- + sporangium.
Senses: examples: text: 2003, Jill Bailey, Filicinophyta (ferns), entry in The Facts on File Dictionary of Botany, page 84,
In the Filicales the leptosporangium has a specialized spore dispersal mechanism involving an annulus of cells with thick walls that ejects spores explosively as it dries out.
text: The characteristic that unites the Filicales as a monophyletic clade is the presence of leptosporangia with an annulus-an area of specialized cells involved in dehiscence.[…]Leptosporangia typically produce only a few spores, and are most commonly homosporous.
ref: 2010, Lily Bora, Principles of Paleobotany, page 256:
text: Leptosporangia are unique among vascular plants in (1) developing from a single cell, and (2) having a single layer of cells making up the sporangium wall.
ref: 2011, Michael G. Simpson, Plant Systematics, page 88:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
Coordinate terms: eusporangium
Related terms: leptosporangiate
sporangium
leptosporangia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leptosporangium
buttcheck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttchecks
form: butt-check
form: butt check
Etymology: From butt + check.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: The act of putting one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.
buttcheck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buttchecks
form: buttchecking
form: buttchecked
form: buttchecked
form: butt-check
form: butt check
Etymology: From butt + check.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
snowboarding
sports
glosses: To put one's behind down to check a fall, while staying sliding along the snow on the snowboard.
mutawatir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُتَواتِر (mutawātir, “successive”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
science
sciences
glosses: A large chain of narrations in the hadiths
raw_tags: of hadith
trial by media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trials by media
Senses: examples: text: "Next up is a suit for procedural malfeasance, including false arrest, dereliction of duty, excessive force, and incompetence. I like to think of it as the 'impersonating a police force' suit. It'll play well on the news." "You threaten our clients with trial by media?" "Why yes, yes I do. And we're willing to settle out of court on this one. All you need to do is drop all charges against our lieutenant commander."
ref: 2005 November 6, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2024:
glosses: The process by which media coverage affects a person's reputation by creating a widespread perception of guilt or innocence, often before, or after, a verdict in a court of law.
trials by media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trial by media
popular opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of public opinion.
synonyms: word: public opinion
Langen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Leipziger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡə/
ipa: /ˈlaɪp.sɪɡɚ/
Forms: form: Leipzigers
Etymology: From Leipzig + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Leipzig, Saxony, Germany.
enantiomeric ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enantiomeric ratios
Senses: examples: text: 70(+):30(−)
a (+):(−) ratio of 7:3
ref: 70% (+) and 30% (−) is both
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ratio of the percent of one enantiomer in a mixture to that of the other
Leipzigers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Leipziger
Rzeczpospolita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ʒɛt͡ʃˌpɒspəˈlaɪtə/
/ʒɛt͡ʃˌpɒsˈpɒlɪtə/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish rzeczpospolita.
Senses: glosses: The Polish endonym referring to the Polish State, Rzeczpospolita Polska, the official Polish name for the Republic of Poland.
glosses: Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (1569–1795)
beam trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beam tree
Bence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bence Jones protein
interfixing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interfix
interfixed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interfix
Mainzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪn.tsə/
ipa: /ˈmaɪn.tsɚ/
Forms: form: Mainzers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mainzer.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Mainz, capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Mainzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪn.tsə/
ipa: /ˈmaɪn.tsɚ/
Forms: form: Mainzers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mainzer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Mannheimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mannheimers
Etymology: From Mannheim + -er.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Mainzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mainzer
Mannheimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mannheimer
cornrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cornrow
cornrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cornrow + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cornrow
cornrowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cornrowed
form: most cornrowed
Etymology: From cornrow + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having cornrows or being in a cornrow style.
raw_tags: of a person or hairstyle
grassquit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassquits
Etymology: From grass + quit (“small passerine bird”).
Senses: examples: text: 1988 [1948], David Lack, Notes (for 1988 edition), Darwin's Finches, page xv,
Steadman (1982) suggests that Darwin's finches are so closely related to the South American blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina), that all 14 species plus the grassquit should be considered congeners within a new genus, Geospiza.
text: The molecular work also makes a compelling case that Darwin's finches were originally grassquits.
ref: 1999, Peter R. Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches, page xv:
text: The current guess is that it was the wonderfully named dull-coloured grassquit, because this is the bird with the closest genetic code to the Galapagos finches.
ref: 2012, Jonnie Hughes, On the Origin of Tepees: Why Some Ideas Spread While Others Go Extinct, unnumbered page:
glosses: Any of several small tropical birds now placed in the tanager family Thraupidae (but previously in Emberizidae), common in the West Indies and in countries of Central and South America around the Caribbean Sea.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tiaris bicolor
word: black-faced grassquit
taxonomic: Volatinia jacarina
word: blue-black grassquit
taxonomic: Tiaris canorus
word: Cuban grassquit
taxonomic: Tiaris obscurus
word: dull-coloured grassquit
taxonomic: Tiaris fuliginosa
word: sooty grassquit
taxonomic: Tiaris olivaceus
word: yellow-faced grassquit
taxonomic: Loxipasser anoxanthus
word: yellow-shouldered grassquit
grassquits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grassquit
sneakerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sneaker + -less.
Senses: examples: text: His limbs hung limply, and that white sneakerless sock was like a finger pointing straight at the heavens.
ref: 2013, Ronald Malfi, Cradle Lake:
glosses: Without sneakers (athletic shoes).
sneakernets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sneakernet
Tom Swiftie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tom Swifties
form: Tom Swifties
Etymology: As for Tom Swifty, but + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tom Swifty.
Tom Swifties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tom Swifty
glosses: plural of Tom Swiftie
Tom Swifty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tŏm′ swĭft′ē
ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈswɪft.iː/
note: Received Pronunciation, older
ipa: /ˌtɔːm ˈswɪft.iː/
ipa: /ˌtɔm ˈswɪft.i/
ipa: /ˌtɑm ˈswɪft.i/
ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈswɪft.i/
ipa: /ˌtɑm ˈswɪft.i/
ipa: /ˌtɔm ˈswɪft.iː/
ipa: /ˌtɒm ˈswəft.iː/
ipa: /ˌʈɔm ˈswɪfʈ.iː/
Forms: form: Tom Swifties
form: Tom Swiftie
Etymology: Referring to the Tom Swift series of books, whose authors frequently avoided the word "said" in favour of other constructions, + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Since then the Tom Swifty has trudged on, not exactly swiftly but with an impressive staying power. You can find Web sites that list as many as nine hundred of them. As the above examples suggest, Tom Swifties are virtually never funny, but they illustrate an adverb-centered sin against writing.
ref: 2008, Ben Yagoda, When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It, Crown, →ISBN, page 50:
glosses: A humorous phrase in which a supposed quotation is linked by a pun to the manner in which it is attributed.
wikipedia: Tom Swift
Related terms: elegant variation
Wellerism
wrylie
eys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ey
peripuberty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + puberty.
Senses: examples: text: Onset of transvestophilia is retrospectively dated to peripuberty or later, although fascination with female clothing may be dated to an earlier age, frequently age 8 or younger.
ref: 1999, Robert T. Ammerman, Michel Hersen, Cynthia G. Last, Handbook of Prescriptive Treatments for Children and Adolescents:
glosses: The time around puberty.
Related terms: peripubescent
temene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of temenos
kshetra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kshetras
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit क्षेत्र (kṣetra, “field, area, tract of land”).
Senses: glosses: A holy precinct or temenos.
kshetras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kshetra
schoolgirlishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskuːlˌɡəːlɪʃnəs/
Etymology: From schoolgirlish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Her present image had more in common with her reflection at fifteen, a broad and sturdy schoolgirlishness, than it had with herself of only six months ago.
ref: 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 35:
glosses: The fact or quality of being schoolgirlish.
wheelchair curling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A disabled sport based on curling
Related terms: shufflepuck
boccia
disabled sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disabled sports
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sport played by people with a physical disability
glosses: collectively, disability sport
Synonyms: word: parasport
word: disability sport
word: parasport
word: parasports
word: disabled sports
parasport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parasports
Etymology: From para- + sport.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: disabled sport
Synonyms: word: disabled sport
word: disability sport
word: parasports
word: disabled sports
word: disabled sport
Coordinate terms: para-athletics
Clyde puffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clyde puffers
Senses: glosses: A type of small steamboat that provided a vital supply link around the west coast and Hebrides islands of Scotland.
tumidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tumidly
form: most tumidly
Etymology: From tumid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tumid manner.
Parcae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin Parcae.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Fates.
deuotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deuotions
Senses: glosses: Obsolete typography of devotion.
cupins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cupin
South American gray fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South American gray foxes
form: South American grey fox
Senses: glosses: A fox of species Lycalopex griseus, found in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see South American, gray fox (Urocyon).
Synonyms: sense: Lycalopex griseus
word: Patagonian gray fox
sense: Lycalopex griseus
word: Patagonian fox
sense: Lycalopex griseus
word: grey zorro
sense: Lycalopex griseus
word: chilla
South American grey fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South American grey foxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of South American gray fox.
Blanes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Blanes.
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality in the comarca of Selva in Girona, Catalonia, Spain.
thoraco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: thorax
Patagonian gray fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patagonian gray foxes
form: Patagonian grey fox
Senses: glosses: The South American gray fox.
Patagonian grey fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patagonian grey foxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Patagonian gray fox.
Patagonian fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patagonian foxes
Senses: glosses: The South American gray fox.
grey zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grey zorros
form: gray zorro
Senses: glosses: The South American gray fox.
gray zorro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gray zorros
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of grey zorro.
flowmotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flow + motion.
Senses: examples: text: The influence of flowmotion on the current signal is highly dependent upon the distance from the electrode to the region undergoing oscillation in perfusion.
ref: 1991, William Lee Lyons, A mathematical model for solute transport in tissue near a sensing electrode, page 56:
text: Although these studies nicely show that the capillary flowmotion directly depends on the arteriolar flowmotion, the regulatory mechanisms remain to be determined.
ref: 1999, Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, volume 28, page 546:
glosses: Alternative form of flow motion.
uretero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: /jəˈɹiːtəɹoʊ-/
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: ureter.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Coordinate terms: english: upstream; kidney
translation: upstream; kidney
word: nephro-
english: upstream; adjacent; kidney outlet
translation: upstream; adjacent; kidney outlet
word: pyelo-
english: downstream; adjacent; bladder
translation: downstream; adjacent; bladder
word: cysto-
english: not to be confused; downstream; bladder outlet
translation: not to be confused; downstream; bladder outlet
word: urethro-
flow motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The rhythmic fluctuation of the flow of blood in the capillaries.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: A combination of a timelapse, hyperlapse, and regular cinematographic shots.
flowmetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From flowmetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of flowmetry.
slactivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of slacktivism.
clicktivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of click + activism
Senses: examples: text: White argues that clicktivist sites (like MoveOn.org) are able to bolster their numbers by asking little of the “activists”. Hence, clicktivism potentially waters down the impact of lowcost forms of activism (like e-petitions).
ref: 2015, Todd A. Comer, What Comes After Occupy?, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 217:
text: But there’s another danger, too. “Clicktivism” is a well-documented phenomenon, where people click on an online petition and think that their work is done, without actually having an impact on the world.
ref: 2019 May 23, Owen Jones, “Woke-washing: how brands are cashing in on the culture wars”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Gladwell's article captured the zeitgeist of the moment, in which researchers and journalists were wondering aloud about the dangers of ‘clicktivism’ (or ‘slacktivism’) and asking how the new digital activism compared to older forms of street activism.
ref: 2020, Dave Karpf, “After clicktivism”, in William H. Dutton, editor, A Research Agenda for Digital Politics, Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 123:
synonyms: slacktivism
hypernyms: cyberactivism
coordinate_terms: hacktivism
glosses: Half-hearted activism on the Internet, lacking actual engagement with the real-world issues.
Related terms: clicktivist
Dauphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /doʊˈfɛn/
/-ˈfæn/
/ˈdɔ.fɪn/
Forms: form: Dauphins
Etymology: From French Dauphin or French dauphin.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: Dauphine
text: French Dauphins: Louis XII ascended to the throne without having been Dauphin. He had two sons, both of whom died young and bore the title. Then the title passed to François I’s son. Henri II and François II succeeded, but Henri IV was not Dauphin. Louis XIII was of his line.
ref: 1983, Jean-Charles de Fontbrune, translated by Alexis Lykiard, Nostradamus: Countdown to Apocalypse, Pan Books, published 1984, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: The title of a dauphin.
Dauphin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /doʊˈfɛn/
/-ˈfæn/
/ˈdɔ.fɪn/
Etymology: From French Dauphin or French dauphin.
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A commune of Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, France.
glosses: A placename:
A city in Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A rural municipality in western Manitoba, which surrounds the city; in full, the Rural Municipality of Dauphin.
glosses: A placename:
A borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas, United States.
Morden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːdən/
Senses: glosses: A city within the Rural Municipality of Stanley, Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A community in Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A suburb in the borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2568).
glosses: A civil parish in Dorset, England, previously in Purbeck district, which includes East Morden and West Morden.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: East Morden
Guilden Morden
Morden Green
Steeple Morden
West Morden
Winkler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Winklers
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A city in Manitoba, Canada.
glosses: A placename
Ellipsis of Winkler County.
Derived terms: Jaro-Winkler distance
Jaro-Winkler similarity
Winkler bottle
Winkler County
Winkler test
appertisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French appertisation, after Nicolas Appert, the inventor.
Senses: glosses: preservation of food by canning (or a similar earlier method using glass bottles)
wikipedia: Nicolas Appert
Gribble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹɪbəl/
rhymes: -ɪbəl
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Newporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Newporters
Etymology: From Newport + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Still, most Newporters were mesmerized by the boats and their chesslike maneuvers.
ref: 2009, Deborah Davis, Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort, page 202:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
Newporters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newporter
Tsolak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Ցոլակ (Cʻolak).
Senses: glosses: An Armenian male given name from Armenian.
Formosa Strait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Strait of Formosa
form: Formosa Straits
Senses: examples: text: The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China.
ref: 1958 November 13, “Formosa ‘Battle Line’ Named After Gen. B. O. Davis”, in Jet, volume XV, number 2, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, Foreign News, page 17:
text: In the Formosa Strait in 1955 we refused to retreat, and the enemy, true to his formula, for a while tried harassment but refused to attack. The crisis had cooled; it would not heat up again for three years.
The hard way is to have the courage to be patient.
ref: 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 483:
glosses: Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
synonyms: word: Taiwan Strait
Black Ditch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque of Hokkien 烏水溝 /乌水沟 (O͘-chúi-kau, literally “black ditch”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
synonyms: word: Taiwan Strait
Souris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sʊɚˈi/
Etymology: The etymology of the name of the town on Prince Edward Island is uncertain. According to one theory, the toponym derives from a calque of French souris (“mouse”), referring to an infestation of mice near the site of the current town. According to an opposing theory, the toponym derives from a corruption of French Havre à l'Échouerie, derived in turn from havre (“harbour”) and échouerie (“bar”), referring to the mouth of the Souris River.
Senses: glosses: A town in Manitoba.
glosses: A city in North Dakota.
glosses: A town in Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.