cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
minisensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisensors
Etymology: From mini- + sensor.
Senses: glosses: A small sensor
minisensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisensor
monochromatised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of monochromatized.
monohemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a single heme unit
monopedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + pedal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unipedal.
synonyms: word: unipedal
monophylogenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mono- + phylogenetically.
Senses: glosses: In a monophylogenetic manner
monospectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + spectral.
Senses: glosses: That employs a single spectral band
morphodeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphodemes
Etymology: From morpho- + deme.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A population of organisms that have a shared morphology
morphodemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morphodeme
multisialylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sialylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Multiply sialylated
thumb down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thumbs down
form: thumbing down
form: thumbed down
form: thumbed down
Senses: examples: text: I was stranded in the middle of nowhere, but luckily I managed to thumb down a passing car.
text: Bobby thumbed a diesel down, just before it rained / It rode us all the way to New Orleans'
ref: 1969, Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster, “Me and Bobby McGee”:
glosses: to get (a passing vehicle) to stop and give one a ride, signalling to the driver by holding out one's thumb (as a hitchhiker)
glosses: to disapprove or reject
Related terms: thumb a lift
thumb a ride
Antartic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: The spelling corresponds to an earlier pronunciation of Antarctic; see the usage notes there.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Antarctic.
naphthoquinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthoquinols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alcohol formed by converting one (or two) carbonyl group of a naphthoquinone to a >CH-OH group
naphthoquinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naphthoquinol
nasoincisive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪsɪv
Etymology: From naso- + incisive.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the nasal and incisive bones
Derived terms: nasoincisive notch
naviculoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naviculoids
Senses: glosses: Any diatom alga of the genus Navicula.
naviculoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more naviculoid
form: most naviculoid
Senses: glosses: Resembling that genus.
necrosaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necrosaurids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct varanoid lizard of the family †Necrosauridae
necrosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necrosaurid
nectophoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a nectophore
neoandrographolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + andrographolide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular diterpene glycoside present in Andrographis paniculata
neodiapsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neodiapsids
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Neodiapsida, from neo- + diapsid.
Senses: glosses: Any reptile of the clade Neodiapsida
Hypernyms: diapsid
Hyponyms: avicephalan
claudiosaur
eosuchian
ichthyosauromorph
kenyasaur
lanthanolanian
orovenator
saurian
thalattosauroid
thalattosaur
neodiapsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neodiapsid
nesomyine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nesomyines
Senses: glosses: Any Malagasy rodent of the subfamily Nesomyinae
nesomyines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nesomyine
neuromesodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + mesodermal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the nervous system (especially to the spinal cord) and the paraxial mesoderm
neuroprogression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + progression.
Senses: glosses: The changes to the nervous system that accompany the development of a mental disorder
Related terms: neuroprogressive
neuropsychopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + psychopathologic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neuropsychopathological.
neuropsychopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + psychopathological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuropsychopathology
Lahm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lahms
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lahm.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
neurorecovery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + recovery.
Senses: glosses: The recovery of the nervous system after a stroke or other trauma
nonabulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nonambulatory.
nonacene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonacenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The acene consisting of nine fused benzene rings; any derivative of this compound
nonaltered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + altered.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unaltered.
nonantifungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + antifungal.
Senses: glosses: Not antifungal
nonastroglial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + astroglial.
Senses: glosses: Not astroglial
nonequimolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + equimolar.
Senses: glosses: Not equimolar
nonlabyrinthine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnθaɪn
-ɪnθɪn
-ɪnθiːn
Etymology: From non- + labyrinthine.
Senses: glosses: Not labyrinthine
nonmutational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mutational.
Senses: glosses: Not mutational
nonpolymerogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polymerogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not polymerogenic
nosepoke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nosepokes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nose poke.
nosepoke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nosepokes
form: nosepoking
form: nosepoked
form: nosepoked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nose poke.
nosepokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nosepoke
empirical evidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: String theory is considered the leading “theory of everything,” but there’s still no empirical evidence for it.
ref: 2017 December 22, NATALIE WOLCHOVER, “String Theory”, in the Atlantic:
glosses: Information (to support or refute a theory) supported by scientific experimentation or statistical analysis, involving testable observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
slaister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Mess.
glosses: Slovenly work.
slaister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slaisters
form: slaistering
form: slaistered
form: slaistered
Senses: glosses: To bedaub.
glosses: To slabber.
glosses: To move about in a dirty, slovenly manner.
euromarket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euromarkets
Etymology: From euro- + market.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Any financial market that issues securities in currencies other than the country of origin (whether or not any European currency is involved).
topics: business
finance
glosses: The market of the European Union as a whole.
euromarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euromarket.
amphitheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphithere
amphothericins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphothericin
amyelinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amyelination
amylamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylamine
amylodextrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylodextrin
amyosthenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amyosthenia
anagnosasthenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anagnosasthenia
Hippocamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From hippocamp (from Ancient Greek ἱππόκαμπος (hippókampos)), a creature from Greek mythology with the upper body of a horse and the tail of a fish. Officially named in February 2019.
The moon was discovered in 2013 by viewing archival images produced by the Hubble Space Telescope dating back to 2004.
Senses: glosses: A small moon of Neptune.
wikipedia: Hubble Space Telescope
Synonyms: english: See Provisional designation in astronomy on Wikipedia.
translation: See Provisional designation in astronomy on Wikipedia.
word: S
english: See Provisional designation in astronomy on Wikipedia.
translation: See Provisional designation in astronomy on Wikipedia.
word: 2004 N 1
word: Neptune XIV
stinking corpse lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinking corpse lilies
Senses: glosses: The plant Rafflesia arnoldii
Iffley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban village in the City of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP5303).
Porton Down
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Tests at Porton Down, the government's biological warfare laboratory, confirmed the substance was ricin, a poison for which there is no cure.
ref: 2025 January 24, “How red flags over Southport killer were repeatedly missed”, in BBC:
glosses: A science park near Porton, Wiltshire, England that is home to two British military research facilities
SACU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Southern African Customs Union.
Porton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Idmiston parish, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1936).
Derived terms: Porton Down
Clowne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Welsh *Colün (“water, river”), from Proto-Brythonic *Colaunā, of unknown meaning.
Senses: glosses: A large village and civil parish in Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4975).
Related terms: Clowney
BBNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BBN
nonspore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonspores
Etymology: From non- + spore.
Senses: examples: text: After 2 days incubation at 22°C, sterile 3% cemulsol NP12 (Rhone-Polenc) is added to 0.3% to kill all nonspores. After 2 hours the cell residues are scraped off the plate with a silicone rubber scraper and centrifuged at 500 g x 10 min.
ref: 1987, Dictyostelium Discoideum: Molecular Approaches to Cell Biology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 443:
text: It was only able to differentiate proteins from nonproteins and spores from nonspores. An improved version of the instrument has been developed by Bruker-Franzen (Germany), but because of its shortcomings, Oak Ridge National Laboratory …
ref: 1998, National Research Council, […], Review of Mass Spectrometry and Bioremediation Programs of the Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center (National Academies Press), page 25
text: The bacteria in the forms of nonspores are able to survive under stress by the production of biofilms (Fujishige et al., 2006, 2008), which are a community of surface-attached rhizobium (single or multiple species) [...]
ref: 2016, Mohammad Miransari, Environmental Stresses in Soybean Production: Soybean Production, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: Something (generally an organism) which is not a spore.
nonspores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonspore
file carving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of reassembling computer files from fragments in the absence of file system metadata, based on the extrapolation of a file's probable type from its contents.
side letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side letters
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A collective bargaining agreement that is not part of the underlying or primary collective bargaining agreement used by the parties to the contract.
Synonyms: side agreement
side letters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side letter
skeetering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skeeter
skeetered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skeeter
debobble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: debobbles
form: debobbling
form: debobbled
form: debobbled
Etymology: From de- + bobble.
Senses: examples: text: Your sweater will be sent to Scotland to be cleaned, reconditioned and debobbled at a cost of £20.
ref: 2005, Ismay Atkins, Time Out London Shopping Guide, →ISBN, page 86:
text: Has anyone ever managed to debobble a jumper, one wonders, with a 'Defuzzer'?.
ref: 2007, Nick Inman, The Optimist's Handbook, page 91:
text: Shorts and a jumper I still can't bring myself to wash and debobble, because the last person to wear it was Sarah.
ref: 2018, Rosie Walsh, The Man Who Didn't Call:
glosses: To remove pilling from (a garment).
debobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of debobble
debobbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debobble
debobbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debobble
de-bobble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: de-bobbles
form: de-bobbling
form: de-bobbled
form: de-bobbled
Senses: examples: text: All they'd have to do is give me a hand with the de-bobbling.
ref: 2009, Jill Mansell, Rumour has it, page 276:
text: Close up they look very bobbly. They need to be de-bobbled.
ref: 2012, Amy Jenkins, Funny Valentine, →ISBN:
text: I understand why it happens but my advice is – just refuse to recognise the court; don't get involved with fancy dress at all; don't go to the party, de-bobble a jumper instead, anything.
ref: 2013, Richard Wilson, Those Were the Days ... My Arse!, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of debobble.
de-bobbles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of de-bobble
de-bobbling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of de-bobble
de-bobbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-bobble
umbellaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: umbellasters
Etymology: From umbel + -aster or from New Latin umbella + -aster.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of flowers arising from one point.
Related terms: pleiochasium
umbellasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbellaster
tonary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonaries
Senses: glosses: A liturgical book in the Western Christian Church which lists Gregorian chants according to the Gregorian mode or tonus of their melodies within the eight-mode system.
tonaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonary
ptychonome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ptychonomes
Etymology: From ptycho- (compare ptychography) + (-)nome, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + νομός (nomós, “division”).
Senses: examples: text: The ptychonome of messaniella containing an Apanteles cocoon is generally recognizable by its large volume, due to an increased maximal distance between the two epidermal layers,
ref: 1962, Hymenoptera reprints: Bradley collection:
text: Larvae of these three genera all form a tentiform mine or ptychonome (Hering 1951).
ref: 1983, Carl Hildebrand Lindroth, Entomologica Scandinavica:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: An enclosure formed (of leaves) by some organisms of the order Lepidoptera; a tentiform mine.
ptychonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ptychonomous
form: most ptychonomous
Senses: examples: text: Mine : Ptychonomous, on the space between two veins of the lower surface of leaves.
ref: 1963, Insecta matsumurana, page 7:
text: [...] Holotype, allotype, and paratype No. 15893 in Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa. MINE. Ptychonomous, on the lower surface of leaves. BIOLOGY. P. elmaella has three generations a year in the Vancouver district [...]
ref: 1980, M Doğanlar, A Mutuura, A new species of Phyllonorycter Hbn. (=Lithocolletis Hbn.) (Lepidoptera: Gracilariidae [sic]) from western North America.:
text: Styracaceae: Styrax japonicus Sieb. & Zucc. (Kumata 1963). Ptychonomous mine on the upper side of leaves (De Prins and De Prins 2005) [...]
ref: 2016, DS Kim, BK Byun, “First discovery of winter-emerging leaf-miner: Phyllonorycter styracis ()(Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from Korea with DNA barcode”, in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the form of, or relating to, a ptychonome. (Compare tentiform.)
ptychonomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ptychonome
quake-buttock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quake-buttocks
Senses: examples: text: See what theſe times are grown to, before twenty / I ruſh'd into the world, which is indeed / Much like the Art of ſwiming, he that will attain to't / Muſt fall plump, and duck himſelf at firſt, / And that will make him hardy and advent'rous, / And not ſtand putting in one foot, and ſhiver, / And then draw t'other after, like a quake-buttock; [...]
ref: c. 1613, Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, “Wit at Several Weapons. A Comedy.”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. […], [part 1], London: […] J[ohn] Macock [and H. Hills], for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 358:
glosses: Alternative spelling of quakebuttock.
preinactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pre-inactivation.
pre-inactivation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: preinactivation
Etymology: From pre- + inactivation.
Senses: glosses: Prior to inactivation; pertaining to the period before inactivation (of a ship, a filter, etc).
tanystropheid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanystropheids
Senses: glosses: An archosauromorph reptile of the extinct Tanystropheidae family.
tanystropheids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanystropheid
tomistomine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomistomines
Senses: glosses: A crocodylian of the subfamily Tomistominae, which includes one living species, the false gavial, and many extinct species.
tomistomines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tomistomine
false gharial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false gharials
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of false gavial.
false gavial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false gavials
Senses: synonyms: false gharial
Malayan gharial
Malayan gavial
Sunda gharial
Sunda gavial
tomistoma
glosses: A freshwater crocodilian native to Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, Sumatra, and Java, Tomistoma schlegelii.
false gavials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false gavial
false gharials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of false gharial
nothofagin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A phloretin glucoside present in Nothofagus fusca
notoginseng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of ginseng (Panax notoginseng)
patronship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patronships
Etymology: From patron + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Isabelle Field Jddson has succeeded to the patronship of the late Cyrus W. Field and Mr. Charles S. Shepard to the patronship of the late Edward M. Shepard. Dr. Walter B. James has been elected patron of the Museum in recognition of his contributions ...
ref: 1912, The American Museum Journal: 1912, page 35:
text: The alliance has never been one between equal partners but has always been based on the idea of patronship of one social class over another. Patronship is assumed by the group which is considered to be both ideologically and culturally at a higher level of development and which, on the strength of this, gives friendly assistance to the group at a lower level.
ref: 1981, Christel Lane, The Rites of Rulers: Ritual in Industrial Society - the Soviet Case, CUP Archive, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Patronage, the act or especially the formalized state of being a backer or supporter (of something).
examples: text: The Van Pere patronship at Berbice
Another seventeenth-century Dutch colony in Guiana that had significance for the slave trade was located on the Berbice River. [...] the colony [...] was allowed to continue as a family patronship.
ref: 2008, Johannes Postma, The Dutch in the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1600-1815, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 192:
glosses: Alternative form of patroonship.
patronships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patronship
dust cap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust caps
Senses: examples: text: Ellen brought him one of her dust-caps, and went into contortions of mirth, which she found it impossible to control, when she saw him put it on before the mirror as grotesquely as he could.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
glosses: Something worn to protect one from dust; a cover placed over something to keep off dust.
dust caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dust cap
Lucullian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːliən
Forms: form: more Lucullian
form: most Lucullian
Etymology: From Latin Luculliānus.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or reminiscent of the Roman quaestor and politician Lucullus, famous for his wealth and banquets; lavish, extravagant.
Synonyms: Lucullean
Lucullean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːliən
Forms: form: more Lucullean
form: most Lucullean
Etymology: From Latin Lucullēus + -an.
Senses: examples: text: She was never tired of hearing Victor describe the dinner at Mrs. Pontellier's. He exaggerated every detail, making it appear a veritable Lucullean feast.
ref: 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:
glosses: Lucullian.
roof light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roof lights
Senses: glosses: A window (or set of windows) set into a roof of a buildig in order to admit light
glosses: A light set into the roof of a motor vehicle
Synonyms: skylight
lightwell
rooflight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rooflights
Senses: examples: text: Reconstruction of the running shed roof is to be carried out using asbestos cement roof crown units and sheeting with rooflights on the pitched portions, supported on new steel tied rafter trusses.
ref: 1957 August 24, “Notes and News: Locomotive News: Rebuilding at Doncaster M.P.D.”, in Railway Magazine, page 592:
glosses: Alternative form of roof light.
roof lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roof light
nucleoriboprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nucleoriboproteins
Etymology: From nucleo- + riboprotein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A riboprotein in the nucleus of a cell
nucleoriboproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nucleoriboprotein
nyctibatrachid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nyctibatrachids
Senses: glosses: Any frog of the family Nyctibatrachidae.
nyctibatrachids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nyctibatrachid
occipitoatloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From occipito- + atloid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the occipital bone and the atlas
CSCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CSC
oilpalm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilpalms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oil palm.
oilpalms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilpalm
oligodendrocytoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligodendrocytomas
Etymology: From oligodendrocyte + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A glioma whose cells resemble oligodendrocytes
oligodendrocytomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligodendrocytoma
oligodextrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligodextrins
Etymology: From oligo- + dextrin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligomeric form of dextrin
oligodextrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligodextrin
oligonucleic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + nucleic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to oligonucleotides or oligonucleosides
oligosaprobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + saprobic.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to, or inhabiting a body of water containing some decomposing organic matter and thus only a little dissolved oxygen
Related terms: oligosaprobe
omniphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From omni- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: That repels (almost) everything
raw_tags: of a surface coating
Nalgene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nalgenes
Etymology: Brand name, introduced by the company Nalge Nunc International.
Senses: glosses: A form of shatterproof plastic used for laboratory equipment, camping bottles, etc.
glosses: A bottle or container made from this plastic.
optoelectroactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opto- + electroactive.
Senses: glosses: optically electroactive
orbiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to orbiviruses
miniyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniyards
Etymology: From mini- + yard.
Senses: glosses: A very small yard, for example in a prison.
miniyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniyard
osmostabilizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmostabilizers
Etymology: From osmo- + stabilizer.
Senses: glosses: An osmolyte that stabilizes osmotic pressure and thus prevents osmostress
osmostabilizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osmostabilizer
osteoectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: osteoectomies
Etymology: From osteo- + -ectomy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ostectomy.
osteoectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteoectomy
osteostatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein fragment that modulates osteogenesis
overaccumulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overaccumulate
overaccumulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overaccumulate
ovicellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having oval cells
ozobranchid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozobranchids
Senses: glosses: Any turtle leech of the family Ozobranchidae
ozobranchids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozobranchid
turtle leech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtle leeches
Senses: glosses: Any leech that feeds on the blood of turtles
turtle leeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turtle leech
brachy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹæki/
rhymes: -æki
Forms: form: brachys
Etymology: Mostly clippings of various scientific terms prefixed with brachy- (short), from the Ancient Greek βραχύ (brakhú).
Senses: examples: text: In fact over 80 percent of brachys need caesarean sections because they can't give birth properly.
ref: “Britain's top vet wants you to avoid cute dogs”, in Newsbeat, BBC, 13 March 2017
glosses: Clipping of brachycephalic.
examples: text: Indications to include the distal third of the vagina include: unfavorable histology when treating with chemo + brachy only and vaginal recurrence.
ref: 2013, John Suh, Radiation Oncology Self-Assessment Guide, Demos Medical Publishing,, →ISBN, page 413:
glosses: Clipping of brachytherapy.
glosses: Clipping of Brachyrhaphis.
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
printing
publishing
writing
glosses: A breve, as applied to Ancient Greek <˘>.
brachys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brachy
Genevois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former province of the Duchy of Savoy, having Annecy as its capital.
palaeobatrachid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeobatrachids
Senses: examples: text: In habits and body shape, the palaeobatrachids resembled the grotesque clawed frogs of Africa and the Surinam toads of South America, and like them seem to have lived their entire lives underwater […].
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 42:
glosses: Any extinct frog of the family †Palaeobatrachidae
palaeobatrachids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeobatrachid
paleodiversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleodiversity
paleomammalogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paleo- + mammalogy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of palaeomammalogy.
Related terms: paleomammalogical
palpacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palpacles
Senses: glosses: The tentacle of a dactylozooid
palpacles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palpacle
pantodontan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pantodontans
Senses: glosses: Any extinct eutherian mammal of the suborder †Pantodonta
pantodontans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantodontan
papilomavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of papillomavirus.
paracryptodiran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracryptodirans
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the infraorder †Paracryptodira
lie like a cheap rug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lies like a cheap rug
form: lying like a cheap rug
form: lied like a cheap rug
form: lied like a cheap rug
Etymology: A pun on two senses of lie: a rug lies flat on the floor.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To tell numerous or serious lies.
Synonyms: lie like a dog
Related terms: fold like a cheap suit
paracryptodirans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracryptodiran
paradiapophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradiapophyses
Etymology: From para- + diapophysis.
Senses: glosses: A covering of the diapophysis
Related terms: paradiapophyseal
paradiapophyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradiapophysis
shepherdess pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: shepherdless pie
glosses: A vegetarian version of shepherd's pie.
lazy pinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazy pinions
Senses: glosses: A pinion acting as an idle wheel.
lazy pinions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lazy pinion
velured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of velure
veluring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of velure
pelobatoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelobatoids
Senses: glosses: Any frog of the superfamily Pelobatoidea
Related terms: pelobatid
pelobatoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pelobatoid
perfectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of prefectural.
peroxidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to peroxides, but especially to the bleaching effect of hydrogen peroxide
phaeoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to phaeoviruses
phaeovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phaeoviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the genus Phaeovirus
Related terms: phaeoviral
phaeoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phaeovirus
phenazinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenaziniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cation formed by protonation of a phenazine
phospholipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phospholipoproteins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any lipoprotein in which the lipid is a phospholipid
Derived terms: glycophospholipoprotein
phospholipoproteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phospholipoprotein
photoacclimative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + acclimative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or producing photoacclimation
photochromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + chromatography.
Senses: glosses: A form of chromatography in which isotopically-labelled compounds may be separated by illumination at a wavelength that will excite any specific isotope
photodensities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photodensity
photoinhibitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + inhibitive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing photoinhibition
photorecovery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + recovery.
Senses: glosses: The recovery / restoration of DNA in skin damaged by exposure to light
glosses: The recovery of photographic images previously deleted in a digital camera, PC or similar device
phylometabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phylo- + metabolic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the evolution of metabolism in related species
physaliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having vacuoles
physiopsychological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From physio- + psychological.
Senses: glosses: physiological and psychological
Related terms: physicopsychical
physiopathological
physiopathology
psychophysiological
psychophysiology
physonect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physonects
Etymology: From the taxon name, from physo- + Ancient Greek νηκτός (nēktós, “swimming”).
Senses: glosses: Any siphonophore of the suborder Physonectae
physonects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physonect
picobirnaviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to picobirnaviruses
pilosulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilosulins
Senses: glosses: Any cytotoxic peptide in the venom of the ant Myrmecia pilosula
pilosulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilosulin
pirellulosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirellulosomes
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A compartment, in the cells of the bacterium Pirellula, that contains its RNA
pirellulosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pirellulosome
Hồng Bàng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Hồng Bàng (鴻龐).
Senses: glosses: the Hồng Bàng dynasty (2879–258 BCE)
glosses: A district of Haiphong, Vietnam.
extrastate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: extra-state
Senses: glosses: Without the involvement or usage of the state.
Strathcona
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: 1897, srath + Coe (modern strath), a variant of Glencoe, invented in Canada to avoid the negative associations with the Massacre of Glencoe (1692), created as an aristocratic title for Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal. Other uses derive from places named after Smith.
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood of Edmonton and former city in central Alberta; the business district of which is now called "Old Strathcona".
glosses: A county in Alberta formerly centred on the defunct city, now centred on Sherwood Park; see Strathcona County.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia.
glosses: A regional district in British Columbia.
glosses: A provincial park on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Hamilton, Ontario.
glosses: A geographic township in Temagami municipality, Ontario.
glosses: A minor city in Roseau County, Minnesota, Canada, named after Donald Smith (Roseau County borders onto Manitoba).
Derived terms: Strathcona County
Related terms: Scona
a common shortening
Strat
Strath
common shortenings
pleiotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleiotropes
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pleiotropic gene
Related terms: pleiotropy
pleiotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleiotrope
pleomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pleo- + -morphy.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pleiomorphy.
pleonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleon + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to a pleon
pleurosternid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurosternids
Senses: glosses: Any extinct turtle of the family †Pleurosternidae
pleurosternids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurosternid
pluviothermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluvio- + thermic.
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to rainfall and temperature
Derived terms: pluviothermic ratio
podocytopathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From podo- + cytopathic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to podocytopathy
polyploidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of polyploid.
pondscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pondscapes
Etymology: From pond + -scape.
Senses: glosses: The "landscape" of a pond
pondscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pondscape
poneromorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poneromorph
porfiromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antineoplastic antibiotic, [(4S,6S,7R,8S)-11-amino-7-methoxy-5,12-dimethyl-10,13-dioxo-2,5-diazatetracyclo[7.4.0.02,7.04,6]trideca-1(9),11-dien-8-yl]methyl carbamate.
poribacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poribacteria
Senses: glosses: A bacterium, of the proposed phylum Poribacteria, present in sea sponges of the phylum Porfira
Related terms: poribacterial
poribacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poribacterium
poribacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to poribacteria
porinflammatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of proinflammatory.
postlactational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + lactational.
Senses: glosses: Following lactation
LMN
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Have you found my dog? If so, plz LMN ASAP!
glosses: Initialism of let me know.
glosses: Initialism of library-managed network.
glosses: Initialism of Lifetime Movie Network
LMN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LMNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lower motor neuron.
shelf-stable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shelf-stable
form: most shelf-stable
Senses: examples: text: shelf-stable whipping cream
text: It is necessary to distinguish between the shelf-life of two broad categories of foods, namely those that are shelf-stable and those that are perishable. For this discussion, shelf-life will be treated as it relates to microbial activity only.
ref: 1985, National Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Food Protection, Subcommittee on Microbiological Criteria, An Evaluation of the Role of Microbiological Criteria for Foods and Food Ingredients, National Academies Press, page 43
synonyms: nonperishable
unperishable
antonyms: perishable
glosses: Of foods, storable for extended periods at room temperature.
Related terms: shelf life
seech
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seeches
form: seeching
form: sought
form: sought
form: seeched
form: seeched
Etymology: An alternative development of Middle English sēchen, seken, from Old English sēċan. Compare beseech (vs beseek).
Senses: examples: text: "I have spokken for misel',—an' for thee too. To th' best o' my thinkin', Jone,—wherever yo finden folk yo'n find foos." "Well; it's th' likeliest shop to seech form 'em in, as how 'tis." "It is, owd lad; an' if yo leeten of onybody at o', yo connot go wrang."
ref: 1879, Edwin Waugh, The chimney corner, page 208:
text: Thereupon I went an' fotch'd Bob Howt an' Jem Ashworth to help me to seech^([sic]) for 'em, but o' to no use. So I said, 'What think'n yo' if they'n getten back to their owd shop? Let us goo seerch^([sic]) for 'em theer.'
ref: 1883, M. R. Lahee, Acquitted Though Guilty, Or, The Tenant of Wild Bank: A Lancashire Story, page 119:
text: His seechin for some time wur like Will Whistler's hunt for crabfish i' Snig Bruck—he couldn't clap his honds on wot he wanted.
ref: 1884, James Taylor Staton, Rays Fro Th' Loominary: A Selection of Comic Lancashire Tales Adapted for Public Reading Or Reciting, page 30:
text: Aw seeched for him till th' singing wur o'er, an' aw fund aw met as weel give it up; so aw gan it up, an' made mi way eaut o'th' palace. But th' gooin' eaut wurno' like th' gooin' in. Aw'd bowted at th' wrung dur, and getten amung th' carriages; ...
ref: 1896, Benjamin Brierley, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories in Three Volumes, page 51:
glosses: Lancashire, West Country, and possibly other dialects' form of seek.
seeched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seech
seeching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seech
seechin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of seeching.
prayine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prayines
Senses: glosses: Any siphonophore of the family Prayidae
prayines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prayine
dorfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dorf
Heimdall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈheɪm.dɑl/
/haɪm.dɑl/
Etymology: From Old Norse Heimdallr.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Norse god who guards the rainbow bridge Bifrost, using his keen eyesight and hearing to watch for invaders and the onset of Ragnarok.
femtosatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtosatellites
Senses: glosses: An artificial satellite with a mass of under 100 grams
femtosatellites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femtosatellite
Venus hair fern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Venus hair ferns
Senses: glosses: A maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris
Synonyms: sense: Adiantum capillus-veneris
word: black maidenhair fern
sense: Adiantum capillus-veneris
word: southern maidenhair fern
Venus's hair stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Venus's hair stones
form: Venus's hairstone
Senses: glosses: A quartz crystal penetrated by acicular filaments of rutile or other impurity
ananastasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ananastasia
anancasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anancasm
ancestrulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancestrula
anchistioidids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchistioidid
anchizones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchizone
anchorins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorin
androglobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androglobin
androgynoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androgynoid
androstendiones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androstendione
anergasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anergasia
aneuploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aneuploidization
angeloyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angeloyl
angioadaptations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioadaptation
angiocatheters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiocatheter
angiogliomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angioglioma
angiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiologist
angiomyomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiomyoma
intertongues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intertongue
intertonguing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intertongue
intertongued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intertongue
on-side
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We turn on-side shortly, do we not? And the road descends?
ref: 2009, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Borne in Blood: A Novel of the Count Saint-Germain, →ISBN:
text: They'd be screaming for offside and she'd say calmly, 'He couldn't have been. The number six put him on-side.'
ref: 2012, Tony Bradman, Football Fever 3, →ISBN:
text: 'The Chairy', Wallace Mercer, desperate to keep the fans on-side, signed Dundee United's Iain Ferguson.
ref: 2013, Alan Rae, Hands on Hearts: A Physio's Tale, →ISBN, page 59:
text: 'Tell me,' she went on tiredly trying another tack. 'Did you hit her with the on-side or off-side wing?'
ref: 2014 -, Stan Mason, Revengement, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of onside.