cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
wake word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wake words
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A word or phrase that activates a dormant device when spoken by the user.
glosses: A word or phrase that activates a dormant hypnotic suggestion that takes a person out of their trance state, or deactivates all their current hypnotic suggestions from affecting them, to make them awake and alert again.
Related terms: wake-up call
hypnotist
safeword
wake words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wake word
Belsnickel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Belsnickel.
Senses: examples: text: [Describing a market scene of the 1780s] Spotted throughout the marketplace, too, were piles of greens—cedar and pine trees—awaiting purchase by the German burghers, who would dress them gaily in candles on Christmas Eve while their kinder watched—some quaking from fear of the Belsnickel Man, who was prone to seize and carry off in the dead of that very night all wee transgressors of the year just past.
ref: 1973, Samuel Redsecker II Slaymaker, Captives' Mansion: An American Family Chronicle Covering Nine Generations and Two Hundred Years in a Pennsylvania Rural Manor, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: A companion of St. Nicholas in some Germanophone regions, with various cultural roles, including rewarding well-behaved children with gifts and punishing ill-behaved children by corporal punishment or by spiriting them away from their homes. Homologous with Krampus in other regions.
INM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: INMs
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of inner nuclear membrane.
ONM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ONMs
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of outer nuclear membrane.
pollists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollist
Phocian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊʃən/
/ˈfəʊsiən/
Etymology: From Latin Phōcis (itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís)) + -an.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the ancient Greek region of Phocis.
Phocian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊʃən/
/ˈfəʊsiən/
Forms: form: Phocians
Etymology: From Latin Phōcis (itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek Φωκίς (Phōkís)) + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Phocis.
spasmolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spasm + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The alleviation of spasms
Derived terms: vasospasmolysis
double-hearted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: treacherous
double stout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double stouts
Senses: glosses: Extra-strong stout or porter.
tetronomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetr- + (i)ono(phoric) + -mycin.
Senses: glosses: A polycyclic ionophoric polyether antibiotic isolated from Streptomyces.
ionophoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ionophore + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to an ionophore.
Menippea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Menippean + -a.
Senses: examples: text: The Menippea did not lose its impact in the chaotic centuries that followed the fall of Rome.
ref: 1993, José I. Suárez, The Carnival Stage: Vicentine Comedy Within the Serio-comic Mode, →ISBN:
text: Her awareness of the Menippea is presented in terms of (descriptive) content analysis and comparison, and she neglects the interaction of the satire with its audience.
ref: 2015, Eric McLuhan, Cynic Satire, →ISBN, page 38:
text: The Menippean satire—or Menippea— takes its name from the philosopher Menippus of Gadara (third century BC) to identify a particular kind (or genre) of writing that was to evolve during the Classical period through the work of Varro (first century BC) and various other writers and, in Bakhtin's words "in its ancient phase culminates in De Consolatione Philosophy of Boethius. Nevertheless, despite its ancient origins Bakhtin employs the principle of the Menippea as a means of identifying and discussing the work of later writers -- specifically Dostoevsky.
ref: 2017, Paul N. Reinsch, B. Lynn Whitfield, Robert G. Weiner, Python beyond Python: Critical Engagements with Culture, →ISBN, page 100:
glosses: Menippean satire.
Freddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Freddie
tiatr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Konkani तियात्र (tiyātra), from Portuguese teatro. Doublet of theater.
Senses: examples: text: The biggest defect in Tiatr is that till now there has not been classification. The definition of tiatrists — the one who writes, directs, composes songs, sings and produces.
ref: 2002, Mario Cabral e Sá, Redefining horizons: Goa, four decades of freedom, page 116:
glosses: A kind of drama genre of Goa, usually in the Konkani language.
chlorothricin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular macrolide-type antibiotic.
Related terms: chlorothricolide
Panini's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the ancient Sanskrit grammarian Pāṇini.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: Behaghel's laws
glosses: One of the basic principles describing the position of words and phrases in a sentence, stating that a shorter phrase will precede a longer phrase where possible.
wikipedia: Pāṇini
Related terms: Panini's Principle
speeched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of speech
repeat on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repeats on
form: repeating on
form: repeated on
form: repeated on
Senses: examples: text: That soup is repeating on me.
glosses: Of food that one has eaten: to cause one to burp.
mistucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mistucked
form: most mistucked
form: mis-tucked
Etymology: From mis- + tucked.
Senses: examples: text: And so already on the very first day I'd encountered the odd contradiction, between the solemnly abstracted Brodeur of the classroom and the Brodeur of notoriety; between the hapless obviousness by that big hole in his pants—like the plumber's ass-crack, like the festive toilet-paper banner waving out of the back of a woman's mis-tucked pantyhose—and the vandal's dark glasses and duster he'd worn at the reading, items one could almost think he had purposely, childishly picked to fulfill others' worst expectations.
ref: 2013, Susan Choi, My Education:
text: Whether it be a mistucked shirt, an uneven tie, or a ketchup stain on his houndstooth jacket, Ponzer always had something off.
ref: 2014, Malcolm Dorson, Octopus Summer, page 44:
text: He probably doesn't hold on to things like memories of mis-tucked second-grade skirts.
ref: 2014, Stasia Ward Kehoe, The Sound of Letting Go:
glosses: Incorrectly or inadequately tucked
mis-tucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mis-tucked
form: most mis-tucked
Etymology: From mis- + tucked.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mistucked.
Veitch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: veitchberry
ptitim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew פְּתִיתִים (ptitím, literally “flakes”).
Senses: synonyms: Israeli couscous
pearl couscous
pearled couscous
glosses: A kind of toasted pasta from Israel, shaped like rice grains or little balls.
discardables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of discardable
wood pulps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood pulp
daughters of bitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daughter of a bitch
rubelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubelet
racism of low expectations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of racism + soft bigotry of low expectations.
Senses: examples: text: The West tends to respond to the social failures of Muslim immigrants with what can be called the racism of low expectations. This Western attitude is based on the idea that people of color must be exempted from “normal” standards of behavior.
ref: 2010, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Nomad: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations:
text: The presence of just one positive, supportive teacher who pays attention, has high expectations and nurtures a child can have a remarkable impact, even amid the routine racism of low expectations and heightened surveillance faced by Black children in contemporary schools and society.
ref: 2014, Nicola Rollock, David Gillborn, Carol Vincent, The Colour of Class:
text: The pain and suffering that racism, including the unconscious and thus insidious racism of low expectations has historically caused and continues to cause, in the lives of Americans of Color […]
ref: 2014, Lauren Joichin Nile, RACE: My Story & Humanity's Bottom Line, page 102:
glosses: A form of racial discrimination where certain racial groups are held to lower standards because of an implicit belief that they are less capable.
Related terms: soft bigotry of low expectations
raciological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From racio- + -logical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to raciology.
raciologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raciologists
Etymology: From racio- + -logist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies raciology.
raciologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raciologist
impressibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impressibility
impressability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of impressibility.
cultivateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: cultivate + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cultivate
Lenormand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lenormands
Etymology: Named after Marie Anne Adelaide Lenormand, a fortune-teller during the Napoleonic era.
Senses: examples: text: There are three kinds of Lenormand cards: Petit Lenormand, Grand Jeu Lenormand and Petit Jeu Lenormand.
text: The large card is from a Lenormand fortune-telling deck (French, c. 1860) with mythological and astrological symbols.
ref: 1960, Otto C. Lightner, Pearl Ann Reeder, Hobbies - Volume 65, page 126:
text: German, Austrian and even Belgian and Swiss cardmakers have made and still make these 'Petit Lenormands'.
ref: 1996, Michael Dummett, Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis, A Wicked Pack of Cards: Origins of the Occult Tarot, page 141:
text: It is wonderful how literal and direct the Lenormand cards will be if you allow them to speak clearly and simply.
ref: 2013, Marcus Katz, Tali Goodwin, Learning Lenormand: Traditional Fortune Telling for Modern Life, →ISBN:
text: Combining the simplicity of the traditional but little-known Lenormand deck with the familiarity of the tarot, Dunn creates a unique learning format blending these two powerful systems.
ref: 2013, Patrick Dunn, Cartomancy with the Lenormand and the Tarot, →ISBN:
glosses: A type of fortune-telling cards named after Marie Anne Lenormand.
wikipedia: Marie Anne Lenormand
nondisposables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondisposable
dioxythiophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dioxythiophene
gumband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumbands
Etymology: From gum + band.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the guns were made “automatic” by carving extra notches, making it possible to load two or three gumbands at a time. The epitome was the machine gun, a long board with five or six notches — a strip of cloth would be stretched over them, then the gumbands on top of it.
ref: 1993, Walter Buzz Storey, Stories of Uniontown and Fayette County, page 193:
glosses: Synonym of rubber band.
synonyms: word: rubber band
soundset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundsets
Etymology: From sound + set.
Senses: glosses: A collection of electronically stored sounds, used in synthesizers, music software, etc.
soundsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundset
gumbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumband
crosses pattées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross pattée
crosses pattée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cross pattée
pararescuer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pararescuers
Etymology: From para- + rescuer.
Senses: glosses: A person who practises pararescue.
pararescuers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pararescuer
NVDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NVD
knuckle-scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knuckle-scrapers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of knuckle dragger.
synonyms: word: knuckle dragger
knuckle-scrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knuckle-scraper
'Vette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'Vettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Vette.
'Vettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 'Vette
over-sensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more over-sensitive
form: most over-sensitive
Senses: examples: text: The reason it’s worth standing up for punctuation is not that it’s an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have attacks of the vapours when they see it misapplied.
ref: 2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “Introduction – The Seventh Sense”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 20:
glosses: Alternative spelling of oversensitive.
kachera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kacheras
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kaccha.
kacheras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kachera
trichoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichosis
EBDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EBD
paludaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paludarium
uled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ul
pentaphilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penta- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: pentaphilia, or an unholy love of the number five
ref: 2005, Annette Ferrerra, Pentaphilics Run Roughshod Over University Gallery’s Curatorial Conventions Gallery 400:
text: As analysis proceeded, pentaphilia came under pressure from complexity. In writing about powerlessness, the five broke right open and became (temporarily) 12
ref: 2012, Rosemary McGee, Knowing Poverty: Critical Reflections on Participatory Research and Policy, page 252:
text: 2016 Nereidalbel Re: "No Bite" Disad anywhere? Steve Jackson Games Forums
Going by the same pattern as Weak Bite, it should be -6. Rounding it off to -5 satisfies pentaphilia better, though.
glosses: love of the number 5
Derived terms: pentaphilic
pentaphillic
thesaurismosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θησαύρισμα (thēsaúrisma, “store”) + -osis. First used in the 1930s in thesaurismosis glycogenica, another name for glycogen storage disease.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: storage disease
glosses: The accumulation of a substance in a cell or organ in abnormally large amounts.
wikipedia: glycogen storage disease
Related terms: thesaurosis
quadrivector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrivectors
Etymology: From quadri- + vector.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of four-vector.
synonyms: word: four-vector
quadrivelocity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadrivelocities
Etymology: From quadri- + velocity.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of four-velocity.
synonyms: word: four-velocity
quadriacceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadriaccelerations
Etymology: From quadri- + acceleration.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of four-acceleration.
synonyms: word: four-acceleration
quadriforce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadriforces
Etymology: From quadri- + force.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Synonym of four-force.
synonyms: word: four-force
agrivoltaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From agri- + voltaic.
Senses: glosses: Using the same area of land for agriculture and the production of (typically solar) electricity
Related terms: agrivoltaics
anthroporadiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anthropo- + radiometry.
Senses: topics: medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: The measurement of the radiation emitted by all or part of the human body, in order to identify the radionuclides present and to evaluate their activity
nail fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nail fungi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of onychomycosis.
synonyms: word: onychomycosis
40th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of fortieth.
muography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mu (“shortening of muon or mu-meson”) + -o- + -graphy. Alternatively, a blend of muon + radiography.
Ultimately from Ancient Greek μῦ (mû, “Greek letter”) + γράφω (gráphō, “sketch”).
Senses: glosses: An imaging technique that makes use of muons.
Hyponyms: muon photography
muon radiography
muon tomography
Related terms: photography
radiography
anti-commie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-commie
form: most anti-commie
form: anticommie
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anticommunist.
synonyms: word: anticommunist
anti-commie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-commies
form: anticommie
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anticommunist.
synonyms: word: anticommunist
anticommie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticommie
form: most anticommie
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-commie.
anticommie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticommies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-commie.
recipientship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From recipient + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a recipient.
Ent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ents
Senses: examples: text: The strange words and names that the Hobbits record as used by Treebeard and other Ents are thus Elvish, or fragments of Elf-speech strung together in Ent-fashion.
ref: 1955 October 20, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of The Lord of the Rings […], New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, published December 1978, →ISBN, page 510:
text: Ents and Entwives, Jack thought crazily. BAD Ents and Entwives.
ref: 2001, Stephen King, Peter Straub, The Talisman, page 133:
text: Tolkien's Treebeard, his Ent creation, was inspired by Lewis, especially his sometimes emphatic deep voice
ref: 2003, Colin Duriez, Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship:
text: Tolkien perhaps speaks for himself when he has Treebeard confess that "nobody cares for the woods as I care for them," and when this same Ent also warns that "the withering of all woods may be drawing near"
ref: 2003, Ralph C. Wood, The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth:
text: The Ents are a race of giant, tree-like people. Their purpose is to protect the electrons, though some align themselves with holes. However, as the great arrays have grown, the number of Ents has dwindled. Now they are said only to be found in the darkest and most mysterious of laboratories.
ref: 2004, Paola Amico, James Beletic, Scientific Detectors for Astronomy: The Beginning of a New Era, page xxvi:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ent.
data scrubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An error-correction technique that periodically inspects main memory or storage for errors, then correct detected errors using redundant data in the form of different checksums or copies of data.
einkorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: einkorns
Senses: glosses: Einkorn wheat.
DACLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DACL
nice guy syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: So before you fall into the trap of the ‘nice guy syndrome’ and start complaining about women’s choice in men, you should look to yourself.
ref: 2003, Laura Chesnik, "Our responsibility: Education is a right", The Lance (University of Windsor), 18 November 2003, page 18
text: Just because a guy treats a woman with respect does not mean she owes him anything. The “nice guy syndrome” needs to cease.
ref: 2014, Shira Stein, "Are nice guys actually as nice as they seem?", The Highlander (Carlmont High School, Belmont, CA), April 2014, page 3
text: If you really are a male feminist, whatever social awkwardness you might be suffering should never be confused with something so gross as Nice Guy Syndrome.
ref: 2016, “Coquette”, in [The Best of] Dear Coquette: Shady Advice from a Raging Bitch Who Has No Business Answering Any of These Questions, page 74:
glosses: A phenomenon in which a man thinks that he deserves romantic or sexual attention from women by virtue of being nice.
Synonyms: word: NGS
Related terms: friend zone
Kall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kalls
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kall or Swedish Käll.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Boge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boges
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Boge, a topographic or habitational surname from Old Norse bugr (“hook; bay, inlet”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
koniscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koniscopes
Senses: glosses: An instrument for indicating the quantity of dust in the atmosphere.
koniscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koniscope
lack-all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lack-alls
form: lackall
Etymology: From lack + -all.
Senses: examples: text: To these outcast soldiers of his, unregimented roving banditti for the present, or unworking workhouse prisoners who are almost uglier than banditti; to these floods of Irish Beggars, Able-bodied Paupers, and nomadic Lackalls, now stagnating or roaming everywhere, drowning the face of the world (too truly) into an untenantable swamp and Stygian quagmire, has the Chief Governor of this country no word whatever to say?
ref: 1850, Thomas Carlyle, “The Present Time”, in Latter-Day Pamphlets:
text: Thus feel both the labourers and the lack-alls who do not labour, and partly both have a just grievance and a true quarrel against society.
ref: 1886, William Graham, The Social Problem, page 7:
glosses: One who has nothing; a destitute person.
Synonyms: pauper
Derived terms: lackallism
lack-alls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lack-all
have-all
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: have-alls
Senses: glosses: A person who has abundant wealth and possessions.
have-alls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of have-all
rubber gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber gauges
Senses: glosses: A device for measuring the amount of india rubber needed to make a given article.
rubber gauges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubber gauge
eviternally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eviternal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: eternally
rural dean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rural deans
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A dean who, under the bishop, has the special care and inspection of the clergy in certain parishes.
Synonyms: english: in certain Church of England dioceses
translation: in certain Church of England dioceses
word: area dean
Derived terms: rural deanery
rural deans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rural dean
Copernicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Copernican
shitcunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shitcunts
Etymology: From shit + cunt.
Senses: glosses: A term of abuse.
shitcunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitcunt
homotony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homotonies
Senses: examples: text: One has it, that the earliest payytanim, previous to the adaptation of the Arabic system of meter, continued the biblical homotony, i.e. the principle by which the number of accented syllables of each half-verse varied between two and four.
ref: 1976, Eric Wener, Contributions to a Historical Study of Jewish Music, page 87:
glosses: The quality of being homotonous.
Malpighian layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Malpighian layers
Senses: glosses: The stratum basale and stratum spinosum of the skin, or sometimes just one of the two.
Malpighian layers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malpighian layer
cash for crash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of scam in which a motor vehicle collision is staged in order to claim insurance money.
nonbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bled.
Senses: glosses: Not having been bled.
Synonyms: unbled
dayenu
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew דַּיֵּנוּ (“it would have sufficed”): the title of a Passover song.
Senses: examples: text: Harriet Meyer, president of Ounce of Prevention, remembers him saying, with a dollop of Hebrew, "If only we can build a place where kids from chaotic communities can have a predictable, responsive place for the next five years, then dayenu—that would be enough."
ref: 2009, David L. Kirp, The Sandbox Investment: The Preschool Movement and Kids-First Politics:
text: I have many more adventures planned for the year and I'm brimming. But if I get no farther down the road than this one extraordinary walk among the rivers of home, then dayenu, it will have been enough.
ref: 2010, Kurt Hoelting, The Circumference of Home: One Man's Yearlong Quest for a Radically Local Life:
glosses: It will (or would) have been sufficient.
raw_tags: in Jewish contexts
divergings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diverging
convergings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of converging
neural arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neural arches
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The arch of a vertebra protecting the spinal cord.
neural arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neural arch
niellure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French niellure?
Senses: glosses: The niello process.
Westbury-on-Trym
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb in the north of Bristol, England, named after the River Trym.
nodiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more nodiferous
form: most nodiferous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Bearing nodes.
noduliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more noduliferous
form: most noduliferous
Senses: glosses: Having nodules.
theodician
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of theodicean.
theodicean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: theodician
Senses: glosses: Relating to theodicy.
termagantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more termagantly
form: most termagantly
Etymology: From termagant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a termagant; shrewishly.
Pioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pioneers
Senses: examples: text: Now they are trying hard, working hard, in trying to "give back" […] to the older people classified as "pioneer generations" […]
ref: 2014, Zanzibar [pseudonym], soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: As someone from the Pioneer Generation, I have experienced much hardship […] from the scourge of water-rationing in the 1960s […]
ref: 2017 March 15, Jeffrey Law Lee Beng, “Saving water is everyone’s moral duty”, in Today, Singapore: Mediacorp Press, →OCLC, page 40:
glosses: A person born on or before 31 December 1949 and possessing Singapore citizenship on or before 31 December 1986, given this status and certain benefits to recognise their contributions to Singapore's early development.
Pioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.
glosses: A planning area in the West Region of Singapore.
Egyptologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Egyptological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of Egyptology.
Egyptologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Egyptology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Egyptology.
Pioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pioneer
world's end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the world's end
Senses: glosses: The most distant point possible.
other world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the other world
Senses: glosses: The spiritual world; the afterlife.
Related terms: other side
carry the world before one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries the world before one
form: carrying the world before one
form: carried the world before one
form: carried the world before one
Senses: glosses: To overcome every obstacle and achieve success.
Synonyms: carry all before one
carry everything before one
tetrasporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tetraspore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to tetraspores.
orging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orge
orged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orge
elenchic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From elench + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to an elench.
Derived terms: elenchically
muddiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muddier
quadrantectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadrantectomy
matafundas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matafunda
go nap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes nap
form: going nap
form: went nap
form: gone nap
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: In the game of napoleon, to declare all five tricks success, rewarded by double payment all round.
vapourwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vaporwave.
triapsidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + apsidal.
Senses: glosses: triapsal
Bookchinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bookchin + -ism.
Senses: topics: anarchism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: The theories of Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American anarchist and political theorist, known for his work on social ecology.
Related terms: Bookchinist
legal height
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The minimum height under a house which would allow for another residence underneath, as mandated by local council.
crossmodality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossmodalities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being crossmodal.
crossmodalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossmodality
saltierra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltierras
Etymology: Borrowing from Spanish, from sal (“salt”) + tierra (“earth”).
Senses: glosses: A saline deposit in the inland lakes of Mexico.
saltierras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltierra
drop tanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop tank
duck races
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck race
extraordinarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From extraordinary + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The degree of extraordinarity depends on the number of elements affected, on their intertwinement and mode of causality, and the extent and gravity of the consequences.
ref: 1994, Executive Review: IUFRO Subject Area S3:04, Volume 3:
glosses: The state or condition of being extraordinary.
Asian palm civet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Asian palm civets
Senses: synonyms: common palm civet
musang
toddy cat
glosses: A small civet, of species Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, which is found in South and Southeast Asia up to the Wallace Line.
Asian palm civets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian palm civet
vaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I caught a vaps.
glosses: A sudden, strong urge to do something.
nanocar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnænəʊkɑː/
ipa: /ˈnænoʊkɑɹ/
Forms: form: nanocars
Etymology: From nano- + car.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale car, especially one employing fullerenes as wheels
opticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opticities
Senses: glosses: The degree of optical activity of a solution
Related terms: opacity
hausse-cols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hausse-col
first watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first watches
Senses: coordinate_terms: night watch
graveyard watch
glosses: Aboard a ship, a watch from 8 p.m. to midnight.
push against an open door
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pushes against an open door
form: pushing against an open door
form: pushed against an open door
form: pushed against an open door
form: push an open door
form: push against open doors
Senses: synonyms: preach to the choir
preach to the converted
glosses: To do something pointless or unnecessary; to try doing something already done.
middle watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle watches
Senses: glosses: Aboard a ship, a watch from midnight to 4 a.m.
hand-pick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand-picks
form: hand-picking
form: hand-picked
form: hand-picked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of handpick.
hand-picks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hand-pick
hand-picking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hand-pick
Isabelline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish isabelino. Equivalent to Isabella + -ine.
Senses: topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or related to Isabella I of Castile (1451–1504).
examples: text: A little later the focus shifted to Valladolid and became increasingly florid—the Isabelline style—reaching its most extreme in the facades of San Pablo and the Colegio San Gregorio.
ref: 2004, Simon Baskett, The Rough Guide to Spain, Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 1051:
text: The salient characteristics of Isabelline architecture include the use of extravagant formal elements such as helicoidal columns and mixtilinear arches with complete disregard of their tectonic or constructive function in the building, and profuse display of high-relief ornamentation in stone, especially heraldic symbols.
ref: 2005, Alejandro Lapunzina, Architecture of Spain, Greenwood Publishing Group, →ISBN, page xlviii:
topics: architecture
glosses: Of a style of Spanish Gothic architecture that flourished under Isabella I of Castile.
brandreth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandreths
form: brandrith
Etymology: From Middle English brandreth, from Old English brandrād, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *brandaraidō.
Senses: examples: text: […] the girdle was less and lighter, and upon an iron tripod, called a brandreth […]
ref: 2006, Bill Griffiths, Stotty 'n' Spice Cake: The Story of North East Cooking, Northumbria University Press, page 104:
text: Paid for working 5 stone of iron of the old “brandreth” at 2d. 10d.
ref: 1837, The Publications of the Surtees Society, page ccccxx:
glosses: A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
glosses: A railing around a well.
brandrith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandriths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brandreth.
Brandreth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A fell in the Lake District, Cumbria, England
gustatory hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gustatory hairs
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A fine hair at the tip of a taste bud
mitral cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mitral cells
Senses: glosses: A type of neuron that forms part of the olfactory system
long leet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long leets
Senses: glosses: An initial list of nominees for posts in a town council; it is reduced by the existing council to form a short leet.
POTA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Planet of the Apes.
goodbyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goodbye
goodbying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goodbye
icefloe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icefloes
Etymology: From ice + floe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ice floe.
icefloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icefloe
mothering-cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mothering-cakes
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A simnel cake; one of various dessert cakes eaten on Mothering Sunday.
mothering-cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mothering-cake
this is where we came in
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originally said in early movie theatres, when the custom was not to come in at a set showtime, but rather at any point during a repeating bill of short features, staying until one had viewed the whole bill up to the point that had been playing when one came in.
Senses: examples: text: Joe hit Paul, so Paul hit Joe, so Joe hit Paul, so Paul hit Joe, and this is where we came in.
glosses: Said of a situation which has become repetitive.
infinitists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infinitist
ponkan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponkans
form: poncan
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 椪柑(ポンかん) (ponkan), from Hokkien 椪柑 (phòng-kam).
Senses: glosses: A sweet, round citrus fruit which is a hybrid of a mandarin and a pomelo (Citrus poonensis).
ventriculo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: ventricle
sidewalk chalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidewalk chalk
chu shogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 中将棋 (chū shōgi, literally “middle shogi”), so named for being between 小将棋 (shō shōgi, literally “small shogi”) (9×9) and 大将棋 (dai shōgi, literally “large shogi”) (15×15) in size.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese board game, a form of shogi (Japanese chess) played on a 12×12 board.
vibrorotational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vibrotational.
tympanectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: tympanectomies
Etymology: From tympan- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Excision of the tympanic membrane.
Synonyms: myringectomy
Coordinate terms: myringostomy
myringotomy
tympanostomy
tympanotomy
tympanectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tympanectomy
packed decimals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of packed decimal
featous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more featous
form: most featous
Etymology: From Middle English fetis, from Old French fetis, faitis, from Latin factīcius. Doublet of factitious.
The spelling reflects an assumption that the word was derived from feat (“dexterous, neat”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Neat, pretty.
glosses: Well made; elegant, graceful.
Derived terms: featously
Ica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Ica.
Senses: glosses: A region of Peru.
glosses: A province of Ica, Peru.
glosses: A city, the provincial capital of Ica, Peru.
glosses: A river in Peru.
malto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: maltose
pre-Christians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pre-Christian
Cloughaneely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌklɒkəˈniːli/
ipa: /ˌklɑkəˈniːli/
Forms: form: Cloghaneely
Senses: glosses: A district of County Donegal, Ireland.
apexcardiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apex + cardiography.
Senses: examples: text: Lian et al (1941) and Taquini et al (1940) routinely used apexcardiography in differentiating a split second heart sound from the opening snap and third heart sound in mitral valve disease.
ref: 1973, Jos L. Willems, The Normal apexcardiogram, page 7:
text: All 14 of the patients who improved during the digoxin period had exhibited a third heart sound, whereas only one of the 11 patients who was not improved had exhibited this sign (Fig. 2) (the existence of an audible third heart sound was verified by phonocardiography or apexcardiography in all but one instance).
ref: 2012, Antonio Bayés de Luna, A. Betriu, G. Permanyer, Therapeutics in Cardiology, →ISBN, page 282:
text: Visual observation of these movements ("rotatorische Einziehung") was customary long before the exact correlation between apexcardiography, electrocardiography, phoncardiography and intracardiac pressure curves became possible, and was believed to inform about the mechanical event during the cardiac cycle.
ref: 2013, Julius Bauer, Differential Diagnosis of Internal Diseases, →ISBN, page 738:
glosses: A noninvasive procedure for recording movements of the precordium in order to measure the beat in the cardiac apex.
Related terms: apexcardiogram
apexcardiographic
41st
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Taylor Van Kirk, a spokeswoman for Mr. Vance, said the vice president had not been aware the request had been made to alter the water flow into the Little Miami River on Aug. 2. The Vances took the boat excursion on the vice president’s 41st birthday.
ref: 2025 August 7, Lisa Friedman and Eileen Sullivan, “Military Raised Water Level of River in Ohio for JD Vance’s Family Boating Trip”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2025:
glosses: Abbreviation of forty-first.
oolitiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Bearing oolite.
nocently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nocently
form: most nocently
Etymology: From nocent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nocent manner; guiltily.
peshwas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peshwa
molybdosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin molybdenum + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: Cattle and rabbits appear to be particularly intolerant of high dietary molybdenum levels. For example, in rabbits the symptoms of molybdosis include growth retardation, Alopecia, dermatosis, severe anemia, and bony deformities.
ref: 1981, David Franklyn Williams, Systemic Aspects of Biocompatibility, volume 1, page 166:
text: Owing to the occurrence and economic importance of molybdosis in cattle, this species has been the primary subject of study of molybdenum metabolism.
ref: 1984, Owen M. Rennert, Metabolism of Trace Metals in Man: Developmental aspects, page 58:
text: This concentration is below phytoxic level but is recommended to protect animals from molybdosis because of excess Mo in forages.
ref: 1990, Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, American Society of Civil Engineers:
glosses: molybdenum poisoning
phytoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phytoxic
form: most phytoxic
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of phytotoxic.
thuggeeism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Thuggism.
verbomaniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: verbomaniacs
Senses: glosses: A lover of words; a logophile.
verbomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of verbomaniac
rhizocaul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizocauls
Senses: glosses: The rootstock of a polyp.
rhizocauls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhizocaul
multigyrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + gyrate.
Senses: glosses: Having many convolutions.
onicolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian [Term?].
Senses: glosses: A variety of onyx for cameos, a bluish-white band on the dark ground.
retrad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtɹæd/
Etymology: From retro- + -ad.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: backward
facial angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facial angles
Senses: glosses: In craniometry, the angle formed by lines drawn to show to what extent the jaws are protruding and the forehead receding.
facial angles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facial angle
lithifaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lith- + -i- + -faction.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lithification (“the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock”).
synonyms: word: lithification
extra: the compaction and cementation of sediment into rock
1000 metres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1000 metre
form: 1000 meters
Senses: topics: athletics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A middle-distance race of 1000 metres.
1000 meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1000 meter
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of 1000 metres.
1000 metre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1000 metres
Senses: glosses: singular of 1000 metres
1000 metre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 1000-metre.
1000 meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 1000 meters
Senses: glosses: singular of 1000 meters
1000 meter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 1000-metre.
cattlegirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattlegirl
cattleboys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cattleboy
Yanshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕山 (Yānshān).
Senses: examples: text: The geomorphology has been modified by the flow of Luanhe and several other major rivers which run through the Yanshan mountains and the plain to reach Bohai.
ref: 1988, The Great Tangshan Earthquake of 1976: An Anatomy of Disaster, Pergamon Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3:
glosses: Synonym of Yan Mountains.
synonyms: word: Yan Mountains
baklas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakla
bagis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagi
unbearingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unbearingly
form: most unbearingly
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unbearably.
synonyms: word: unbearably