cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
avant la lettre
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Borrowed from French avant la lettre (literally “before the letter”).
Senses: examples: text: Suffragettes were feminists avant la lettre.
text: Could the Greeks of that time, whose minds were frustrated and demoralized by defeat and misery, be expected to give a welcome to those premature Quakers and to those Tolstoyans “avant la lettre”?
ref: 1952, George Sarton, A History of Science:
text: How is it, then, that Flaubert was a somber impressionist avant la lettre, when the school of painters was remarkably cheerful with the exception of both Degas and Van Gogh?
ref: 1973, Marlies Kronegger, Literary Impressionism:
text: as St Francis of Assisi was recently discovered to be an ecologist avant la lettre
ref: 1998, Dominik Declercq, Writing Against the State: Political Rhetorics in Third and Fourth Century China, page 341:
text: a work with a title that is a marketing dream, pure Julia Child well avant la lettre: Le Cuisinier français, The French Chef.
ref: 2007, Joan DeJean, The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour, page 107:
text: One might even advance the case for Wilde's being a celebrity avant la lettre, famous partly for being famous
ref: 2010, Stefano Evangelista, The Reception of Oscar Wilde in Europe, page 65:
text: You have to feel a little sorry these days for professors married to their former students. They used to be respectable citizens—leaders in their fields, department chairs, maybe even a dean or two—and now they’re abusers of power avant la lettre.
ref: 2015 February 27, Laura Kipnis, “Sexual Paranoia Strikes Academe”, in The Chronicle of Higher Education:
glosses: Before the term was coined (the term being a word or phrase used just previously in an anachronistic way)
Related terms: retronym
proto
proto-
streptose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From strepto- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The pentose 5-deoxy-3-C-formyl-l-lyxose that is a constituent of streptomycin
lexical category
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lexical categories
Etymology: From lexical + category.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: word class
lexical class
part of speech
glosses: A linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items), generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behaviour of the lexical item in question, such as nouns or verbs.
Polak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Polack.
exhorter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: exhorters
Etymology: From exhort + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who exhorts.
topics: Christianity
Protestantism
glosses: A lay preacher.
katar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kə.tɑɹ/
Forms: form: katars
Senses: examples: text: We now come to the Katar, or Indian dagger, which affords ample room for the display of the greatest ingenuity and artistic power of the damascener.
ref: 1892, Thomas Holbein Hendley, Damascening on Steel Or Iron, as Practised in India, page 11:
glosses: Alternative form of katara (“type of dagger”).
Katz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæts/
rhymes: -æts
homophone: cats
Etymology: As a Jewish name generally explained as Hebrew כ״ץ (Katz), abbreviation of כֹּהֵן צֶדֶק (kohén tzédeq, literally “righteous priest”). However, the name also exists among non-Jewish Germans, where it is derived from German Katze (“cat”, cf. English Catt), from various placenames (Katzenelnbogen, Katzenberg, Katzenstein), or even from a byform of Ketzer (“heretic”). As evidenced by the Dictionary of American family names, several of these names are also found among Jews. Therefore it remains an open question to what extent the interpretation as “righteous priest” is secondary, given that it was a general practice among Ashkenazi Jews to derive or reinterpret names by phono-semantic matching (a prime example being Cohn, principally a German name from Conrad, but popularized among Jews due to the phonetic similarity with the word for “priest” mentioned above).
Senses: examples: text: In 2017, Katz estimated that around 5,000 people per year were acquiring citizenship abroad through CIPs.
ref: 2019 October 7, Kate Springer, “Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Katz syndrome
Katzian
berline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berlines
Etymology: Borrowed from French berline.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A sedan-type (saloon-type) car.
examples: text: The King usually set out at ten o'clock in the morning, riding in a berline drawn by eight horses and driven by a huge coachman and a light postilion.
ref: 1970, History Today, volume 20, numbers 1-6, page 388:
glosses: Alternative form of berlin (“type of carriage”).
duomi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duomo
non-renewable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonrenewable.
non-renewable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-renewables
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonrenewable.
lengthly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lengthly
form: most lengthly
Senses: glosses: misspelled form of lengthy
glosses: alternate, archaic form of lengthy
Chakavian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Čakavian
Etymology: From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).
Senses: glosses: One of the main supradialects spoken in Croatia.
Chakavian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chakavians
form: Čakavian
Etymology: From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).
Senses: glosses: speaker of Chakavian, or a native of southern and coastal Croatia.
Chakavian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Chakavian
form: most Chakavian
form: Čakavian
Etymology: From the Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun ča (“what”).
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to Chakavians or their language.
Related terms: Ijekavian
Ekavian
impecuniosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impecuniosities
Senses: examples: text: “Impecuniosity will do you good,” Pen’s friend said …; “I don’t know anything more wholesome for a man—for an honest man, mind you—for another, the medicine loses its effect—than a state of tick. …"
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 32, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: The next development showed that so widespread an advertisement of our intention had been given by the town-crier as to speedily furnish us with another illustration of the way in which impecuniosity and good clean Mexican dollars prove a wonderful solvent for many troubles which arise among the Chinese ; because we were agreeably surprised on the evening of the fourth day, when a man came cautiously to inform us that he was willing to sell us his house, if the purchase-money could be handed over at once.
ref: 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, page 75:
glosses: The state of being impecunious; impecuniousness
coast-to-coast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: coast to coast
Senses: glosses: That takes place from one coast to another (especially of a continent or large nation)
raw_tags: of travel
glosses: That is relayed across a continent or large nation
raw_tags: of a broadcast
tulwar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌlwɑː/
ipa: /ˈtʌlwɑɹ/
Forms: form: tulwars
form: talwar
form: tulwaur
Etymology: From Hindi तलवार (talvār).
Senses: examples: text: 1863, George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray (editors), The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 7, George Smith, page 42,
Each man carries a tulwar,‡ as well as either a carabine or lance, besides sometimes on the day of battle, pistol and dagger. In the matter of slinging the tulwar, a useful hint is afforded to our dragoon officers.
text: Therefore, the Havildar, taking his tulwar, smote one of us lightly on the forearm in the fat, and another on the leg, and a third on the back of the hand.
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 388:
text: 1888, Charles MacGregor, Charlotte Mary Jardine MacGregor (editor), The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Volume 1, William Blackwood and Sons, page 64,
As I was not prepared for him (my back being partly turned to speak to my man), he was on me before I knew where I was, and had given me a cut on the head with his tulwar.
glosses: A type of curved sword used in India and throughout South Asia.
Hypernyms: scimitar
havildar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhavɪldɑː/
ipa: /ˈhævɪldɑɹ/
Forms: form: havildars
form: avaldar
form: havaldar
form: havildah
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani حوالدار (ḥavāldār) / हविलदार (havildār), from Persian حوالدار (havâldâr), from Arabic حَوَالَة (ḥawāla, “charge”) + Persian دار (dâr, “holder”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘There was a great fight,’ said the Havildar, ‘and of us no man escaped unhurt.’
ref: 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘At Howli Thana’, Black and White, Folio Society, published 2005, page 388:
text: On being congratulated by the Russian, the Gurkha havildar, or sergeant, whispered anxiously to Younghusband that he should inform the towering Gromchevsky that they were unusually small and that most Gurkhas were even taller than he was.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 406:
glosses: An noncommissioned officer rank in parts of India, later a specific military rank of the British Indian Army and of the modern armies of India and Pakistan, equivalent to sergeant.
mab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mabs
Senses: glosses: A slattern.
glosses: A cab; a hackney.
mab
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mabs
form: mabbing
form: mabbed
form: mabbed
Senses: glosses: To dress untidily.
fandabidozi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæn.dæb.iːˌdəʊ.zi/
Forms: form: more fandabidozi
form: most fandabidozi
Etymology: Corruption of English fantastic (“great, smashing, super”) by Wee Jimmy Krankie of Scottish comedy duo The Krankies.
Senses: examples: text: Those potatoes are fandabidozi - can I get the recipe?
text: It might be indonesian - being half-dutch we used to have a lot of indonesian food at home - nasi foreng and the like. Which by the way is fandabidozi.
ref: 1996 July 1, "Carolyn", “Re: SHOARMA”, in uk.food+drink.misc (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008:
text: just watched it...fucking fandabidozi... honestly good shit!!!
ref: 2003 April 25, "bod", “donie darko...fuck the american dream up the arse!!!!”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008:
text: Wow, wouldn't it be fandabidozi if we could get that for it now?
ref: 2003 May 8, "IT Dealers Ltd", “Re: WTS:-2,000 8mb Simms”, in uk.adverts.computer (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008:
text: (reply to a query about what use a roamer has in the real world) Fandabidozi for geometry, arithmetic, spatial awareness, logical thinking, deduction, problem solving...
ref: 2005 June 24, "Ellie", “Re: Scott got another email - in my inbox.”, in uk.education.staffroom (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008:
text: (in reply to a previous poster announcing they'd not smoked for over three weeks) This is Fandabidozi Crystal!
ref: 2007 May 23, "Barbara-eve done it @ last!!!", “Re: I MADE IT THREE WEEKS!!!”, in alt.support.stop-smoking (Usenet), retrieved 07 Apr 2008:
glosses: Very good.
scrimmages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrimmage
scrimmages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrimmage
spectroscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕk-trŏs′kə-pĭst
rhymes: -ɒskəpɪst
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɒs.kə.pɪst/
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɑs.kə.pɪst/
ipa: /spekˈtɹɔs.kə.pɪst/
ipa: /spekˈtɹɔs.kə.pəst/
ipa: /spɛkˈtɹɔs.kə.pɪst/
ipa: /spekˈʈɾɒs.ko.pisʈ/
Forms: form: spectroscopists
Etymology: From spectroscopy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist specialising in spectroscopy.
tuille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /twiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
homophone: tweel
homophone: tuile
Forms: form: tuilles
Etymology: From Middle English toile, from Anglo-Norman toille, tuille, taken to be variants of Old French tieulle (modern French tuile, from Latin tēgula, and thus a doublet of tile and tuile. The French term occurs in only one medieval work and the English term in only two (one a translation of the French work), where the interpretation of the term as referring to an armor plate is uncertain (words for cloth and weapons are spelled the same way and could have been meant instead). It has been suggested that the interpretation of the term as referring to an element of armor is an error by 1800s antiquarians.
Senses: glosses: An armor plate hanging down from the breastplate or fauld to cover the thigh, either below or as part of a tasse. (Possibly ahistorical, see etymology.)
Related terms: tuillette
tobogin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tobogins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of toboggan.
tobogins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tobogin
spectroscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectroscopy
spectroscopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectroscopist
Carian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɚ.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Carians
Etymology: From Caria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of ancient Caria.
Carian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɚ.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Caria + -an.
Senses: glosses: An extinct Indo-European language in the Anatolian subgroup.
Carian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɛː.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛə.ɹɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɹ.i.ən/
ipa: /ˈkɛɚ.i.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From Caria + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to Caria, or its people, language or culture.
Kaiserin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kaiserins
Etymology: From German Kaiserin. The rose was named after Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein by the German rose breeder Peter Lambert in 1891.
Senses: examples: text: We should have expected the Kaiser to curse them and the weather, not to weep. Weeping? Kaisers and Kaiserins and Count Zeppelins should be made of sterner stuff.
ref: [1917], Herbert Warren, “‘And such a brave Zepp he was’”, in The “Land & Water” Edition of Raemaekers’ Cartoons, volume II, London: […] “Land & Water,” […], →OCLC, page 86:
text: The Kaiserin, who rarely or never took a hand in politics, was tempted by this personal provocation, and lodged a request that [Alfred von] Kiderlen[-Waechter] “along with his mistress” might be left in Bucharest—a suitable place for him.
ref: 1933, Joachim von Kürenberg, translated by E[mily] O[verend] Lorimer, “A Closed Door”, in His Excellency the Spectre: The Life of Fritz von Holstein, London: Constable and Company Ltd., →OCLC, page 227:
text: The Kaiser’s and Kaiserin’s journey to the Holy Land furnishes another occasion to Empress Marie to vent her feelings with regard to William II.
ref: 1938, Edward J[ohn] Bing, “Nicholas on the Throne”, in The Secret Letters of the Last Tsar: Being the Confidential Correspondence between Nicholas II and His Mother, Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, New York, N.Y.; Toronto, Ont.: Longmans, Green and Co., →OCLC, page 128:
related: word: kaiserin
glosses: The wife of a Kaiser.
examples: text: W. H. Elliott tried the experiment of throwing out a bench of Kaiserins at Christmas that had been blooming all summer and substituting Brides and Bridesmaids for winter flowering and judging from present appearances it was a success.
ref: 1899 March 4, “Boston”, in The American Florist, volume XIV, number 561, Chicago, Ill.: American Florist Company, →OCLC, page 908, column 2:
text: In May I exhibited my Paul Neyrons and Kaiserins with tremendous boastfulness, but they have long since stopped blooming, while these languid mornings find you daintily decked in pink.
ref: 1910 July 2, Margaret Busbee Shipp, “A Woman’s Nondescript Garden”, in Watson’s Jeffersonian Magazine, volume XIII, number 1, Thomson, Ga.: Jeffersonian Publishing Company, published May 1911, →OCLC, page 42:
text: Of all white hybrid teas, Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria is the best known. While the popularity of even the finest of roses is generally short lived, the wonderful Kaiserin still leads in its color class after a reign of fifty-nine years. […] The class for Kaiserins at the Potomac Rose Shows in Washington, D. C, for example, is the special favorite of thousands of flower lovers.
ref: 1950, James Alexander Gamble, “Two Remarkable White Roses”, in Roses Unlimited, [Harrisburg, Pa.]: […] [T]he author, →OCLC, pages 18–19:
glosses: Rosa ‘Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria’, a white hybrid tea rose cultivar.
Related terms: tsarina
fap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæp/
rhymes: -æp
homophone: FAP
homophone: FAPP
Etymology: Late 16th century.
Senses: examples: text: BARDOLPH: Why, sir, for my part, I say the gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences. / EVANS: It is his 'five senses'; fie, what the ignorance is! / BARDOLPH: And being fap, sir, was, as they say, cashier'd; and so conclusions passed the careires.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
glosses: Drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
fap
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæp/
rhymes: -æp
homophone: FAP
homophone: FAPP
Etymology: Onomatopoeic Internet neologism from the sound of penile masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.
Senses: examples: text: I was watching some porn – fap fap fap – when my computer crashed, again!
text: She's single?... *fap fap fap*
glosses: Indicates that someone (normally the speaker) is either masturbating, or inspired to by sexual arousal.
fap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæp/
rhymes: -æp
homophone: FAP
homophone: FAPP
Forms: form: faps
form: fapping
form: fapped
form: fapped
Etymology: Onomatopoeic Internet neologism from the sound of penile masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.
Senses: examples: text: For what reason – other than a knowing sadistic streak – would they have named something millions of teenage girls were fapping themselves senseless with ‘Mum’?
ref: 2014, Caitlin Moran, How to Build a Girl, Ebury, published 2015, page 39:
glosses: To masturbate.
Synonyms: masturbate
Coordinate terms: shlick
fap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fæp/
rhymes: -æp
homophone: FAP
homophone: FAPP
Forms: form: faps
Etymology: Onomatopoeic Internet neologism from the sound of penile masturbation, originally used in English translations of some adult Japanese manga, and popularized on the Internet by the webcomic The Thin H Line/Sexy Losers and other online sources.
Senses: examples: text: I was horny, so I had a quick fap in the public restroom.
glosses: A session of masturbation.
glosses: Pornography.
Synonyms: yank
Derived terms: fapfest
fap it
fap off
fappable
Fappening
fapper
fapping
fappy
fapstinence
fapstronaut
faptastic
fapworthy
stimfap
flexuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɛkʃ(ə)wəs/
Forms: form: more flexuous
form: most flexuous
Etymology: From Latin flexuosus, from flexus (“bend”), from flectere (“bend”).
Senses: glosses: winding from side to side; sinuous
Derived terms: flexuously
flexuousness
subflexuous
tagatose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tagatoses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketohexose (3S,4S,5R)-1,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxy-hexan-2-one; it is very sweet.
talaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: altraric acid
talose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tal(onic acid) + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldohexose 6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol that is the 2-epimer of galactose.
tetraric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetraric acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aldaric acid having four carbon atoms
tetrasaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrasaccharides
Etymology: From tetra- + saccharide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligosaccharide having four sugar residues
Hyponyms: acarbose
nystose
stachyose
Coordinate terms: monosaccharide
disaccharide
trisaccharide
oligosaccharide
polysaccharide
thioglycoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioglycosides
Etymology: From thio- + glycoside.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside in which a hydroxyl group of a sugar is replaced by a sulfide (-SR) group
threaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threaric acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: tartaric acid
transglycosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transglycosylations
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The transfer of a sugar residue from one glycoside to another
trisphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trisphosphates
Etymology: From tri- + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having three phosphate groups, but especially such a sugar derivative
Synonyms: triphosphate
trityl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trityls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: triphenylmethyl
unacetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + acetylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Not acetylated
raw_tags: of a sugar
unbridged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bridged.
Senses: glosses: That has not been bridged
raw_tags: of a river
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having no ligands bridging two centres
uronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uronates
Etymology: From uronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of a uronic acid.
Derived terms: diuronate
xanthan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polysaccharide, consisting of galactose and mannose residues, produced by the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris
Derived terms: xanthan gum
skidmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skidmarks
form: skid mark
Etymology: From skid + mark.
Senses: glosses: A long black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction.
examples: text: The ladder that slipped left a skidmark across the tile floor.
text: The man had skidmarks on the knees of his jeans.
glosses: Any other mark or stain caused by one surface skidding along another.
glosses: A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl.
Derived terms: skidmarked
siliquaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From silique + -aceous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having siliques.
CIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CIRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of committed information rate.
vlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vly
be like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: is like
form: being like
form: was like
form: been like
Senses: examples: text: They are like their parents in this respect.
text: She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: To be similar to (something).
raw_tags: with a noun
examples: text: In these great sayings Jesus shows what people are like when God is King in their hearts, and in their lives.
ref: 1903 October 10, E. P. B., “The Children’s Column. The Sermon on the Mount. II.—The Beatitudes. Matthew v. 3–10.”, in The Inquirer: A Weekly Journal of Liberal Religious Thought and Life, volume LXII, number 3198 (302 of new series), London, page 671, column 2:
glosses: To be typical or characteristic of (someone or something).
raw_tags: with a noun
examples: text: If he’s like “I don’t want to”, then be like “Pretty please! – It means a lot to me”.
text: This weekend he called me up and he’s all “Where were you today?” and I’m like “I’m at my Grandmother’s house” […]
ref: 1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Dionne (Stacey Dash):
text: A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude’s gotta have nugs.”
ref: 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro’d: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road, page 71:
synonyms: be all
be all like
glosses: To say.
raw_tags: with a clause
examples: text: When they were deciding my age in that place it was like they are going to buy you.
ref: 2009, Heaven Crawley, quoting Hassan, “Between a rock and a hard place: negotiating age and identity in the UK asylum system”, in Nigel Thomas, editor, Children, Politics and Communication: Participation at the Margins, Bristol: The Policy Press, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Cassy, don’t be like you don’t understand.
ref: 2011, Judith G. Yates Shearer, “This County Named Christian”, in All Bones Be White, Lanham, Md.: Hamilton Books, →ISBN, page 52:
text: Imi, it was like she was going to a wedding, she even had makeup on, and a black hat.
ref: 2016, Petina Gappah, “The News of Her Death”, in Rotten Row, London: Faber & Faber, →ISBN, section “Capital”, page 44:
text: “People bet on you. Whether you win or lose. How many rounds. Anything. You’re good for the economy. Don’t be like you don’t know.” / […] Yeah, he knew. Maybe he didn’t care.
ref: 2017, D. E. Lee, “Jimmy Nails”, in The Sky After Rain, Omaha, Neb.: Brighthorse Books, →ISBN, page 226:
glosses: To be as though.
raw_tags: with a clause
Related terms: this is someone
archet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archets
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: violin bow
on accident
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I'm sure he backed into the hedge on accident, but the hedge and the car are both a mess now.
glosses: Accidentally; not intentionally; because of error, misfortune, or lack of caution.
Synonyms: by accident
ad hocery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ædˈhɒkəɹi/
Forms: form: ad hoceries
form: adhocery
form: adhoc-ery
form: ad hoc-ery
form: ad-hoc-ery
form: ad-hocery
form: adhockery
form: ad hockery
form: ad-hockery
Etymology: From ad hoc + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: We can, of course, simply drift into the future, in which case where we end up will be the result of inertia buffeted by ad hocery and circumstance.
ref: 2011, Alan Cairns, Citizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian State, page 80:
glosses: Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.
Synonyms: ad hocism
Related terms: short-termism
canted angle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canted angles
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Synonym of Dutch angle.
synonyms: word: Dutch angle
Biddie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biddy
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Bridget.
glosses: A surname of Scottish origin.
Biddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: "Was I absurd?" said Biddy, quietly raising her eyebrows; "I am sorry for that; I didn't mean to be. I only want you to do well, and to be comfortable."
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XVII, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 273:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Bridget.
glosses: A surname of Scottish origin.
fixie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixies
Etymology: From fix + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: A number of couriers in NYC use `fixies' -- fixed-gear bikes with no brakes.
ref: 1992 August 2, David Keppel, “Tripping bicycles and motorcycles (was Re: Bicycle helmets)”, in rec.bicycles (Usenet), retrieved 15 Jul 2016, message-ID <<1992Aug2.164246.23667@beaver.cs.washington.edu>>:
text: Coming from San Francisco, where gentrification swept through neighborhoods faster than hipster trends like fixies, tattoos, and retro eighties wardrobes, I didn't think Erin had anything to worry about.
ref: 2013, Gordon Young, Teardown: Memoir of a Vanishing City, page 107:
text: [F]ixed-gear bikes, or "fixies," cycles that have one speed and are built without the free-wheel equipment that keeps a regular bicycle's pedals stationary while the tires are in motion.
ref: 2014 April 12, Claire Martin, “How a bicycle maker saw the light, and found its balance”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: fixie bike
glosses: A fixed-gear bicycle.
examples: text: Among the other fixed blades en route is the Aegis FX. As the name indicates this is a fixie version of SOG's renovated Aegis folder, which debuted at the beginning of 2020.
ref: 2021 October 11, Editorial staff, “SOG 2022 catalog contains brand new blades and wild line expansions”, in Knife News, retrieved 15 May 2023:
text: In my humble opinion, a great horizontal Kydex sheath is the ONLY way to make a fixie disappear on your person.
ref: 2022 October 19, Alone, “Horizontal Belt Sheath to fit...”, in BladeForums, retrieved 15 May 2023:
coordinate_terms: folder
folding knife
glosses: A fixed-blade knife.
style guide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: style guides
Senses: hypernyms: guide#Noun
glosses: A set of standards for design and writing of documents, either for general use or for a specific publication or organization, including standards on typography, grammar, or punctuation.
cost-benefit analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cost-benefit analyses
form: cost benefit analysis
Senses: examples: text: Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line […] but years later than need have been […]
ref: 1963 June, “Second thoughts on Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 361:
topics: business
economics
finance
sciences
glosses: A methodology to help appraise or assess the case for a project or proposal, by estimating the net cost or benefit of the project of proposal.
glosses: Any comparison of costs and benefits.
Related terms: felicific calculus
cost benefit analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cost benefit analyses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cost-benefit analysis.
fixed-gear bicycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fixed-gear bicycles
Senses: glosses: A bicycle that does not have a freewheel, and only has a single gear ratio.
Synonyms: fixie
xylan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
Derived terms: acetylxylan
heteroxylan
xylaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldaric acid derived from xylose
xylobiose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xylobioses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide consisting of two xylose residues.
xylulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xyluloses
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ketopentose (3R,4S)-1,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentan-2-one.
type design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: type designs
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: The art of designing typefaces.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A particular style of typeface that has been designed.
hinge termination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hinge terminations
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The abruptly truncated end of a knapped stone flake that did not reach across the entire face of the core stone; also applied to the site of the break on the core.
patavine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lignan glycoside obtained from plants of the genus Haplophyllum (Rutaceae)
Patavine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Patavine
form: most Patavine
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ancient Patavium (modern Padua), especially the Latin dialect common to that place.
trone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹəʊn/
rhymes: -əʊn
Forms: form: trones
form: tron
Etymology: From Middle English trone (“a wooden beam or post used in public weighing, scale, balance”), from Anglo-Norman trone, tron (whence also Anglo-Latin trona), from Old Norse trönur (“a frame or framework on which trunks of trees are laid to be cut by the saw”), plural of trana, trani (“trunk, snout, name of a ship or sword”, literally “crane”). Cognate with Danish trane (“crane”).
Senses: glosses: A type of steelyard (weighing machine) for heavy wares, such as wool, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar.
Derived terms: trone stone
personas non grata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personae non gratae
Senses: examples: text: Samoza has a long list of people who are personas non grata, and Figures suspects that I cannot get a visa to get into the country for this reason.
ref: 1995, Robert Jackson Alexander, Presidents of Central America, Mexico, Cuba, and Hispaniola: Conversations and Correspondence, →ISBN, page 34:
text: 9. Powell and Pressburger produced a short film between Colonel Blimp and A Canterbury Tale: The Volunteer, a recruiting film for the Fleet Air Arm, for which they had total Admiralty cooperation, which suggests they were far from personas non grata with the authorities.
ref: 2001, Neil Rattigan, This is England: British film and the People's War, 1939-1945, →ISBN, page 327:
text: The Doors became personas non grata. They couldn't get a gig.
ref: 2007, Paul Ferrara, Flash of Eden, →ISBN, page 138:
glosses: plural of persona non grata
blind carbon copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blind carbon copies
Senses: glosses: A copy of an email message that is sent to a person (often one of many) other than the primary recipient without the express knowledge of the other recipients.
Synonyms: BCC
bcc
blind-copy
blind carbon copy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blind carbon copies
form: blind carbon copying
form: blind carbon copied
form: blind carbon copied
Senses: glosses: To send a blind carbon copy.
right-hand drive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describes a motor vehicle with the steering wheel on the right-hand side, designed for use in countries such as UK and Japan where cars normally drive on the left.
Synonyms: RHD
Related terms: left-hand drive
left-hand drive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Describes a motor vehicle with the steering wheel on the left-hand side, designed for use in countries such as the Americas (with a few small exceptions), South Korea and continental Europe where cars normally drive on the right side of the road.
Synonyms: LHD
Related terms: right-hand drive
right-oh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From right + -oh.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of righto.
right-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: I mean to say, when a girl, offered a good man's heart, laughs like a bursting paper bag and tells him not to be a silly ass, the good man is entitled, I think, to assume that the whole thing is off. In the light of this [marriage] announcement in The Times I could only suppose that on one of these occasions, unnoticed by me possibly because my attention had wandered, she must have drooped her eyes and come through with a murmured ‘Right-ho.’ Though when this could have happened, I hadn't the foggiest.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter III:
glosses: Alternative spelling of righto.
right-of-centre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more right-of-centre
form: most right-of-centre
form: right-of-center
form: right-center
form: right-centre
Senses: glosses: Having opinions that are moderately more conservative than socialist.
left-of-centre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more left-of-centre
form: most left-of-centre
form: left-of-center
form: left-center
form: left-centre
Senses: examples: text: My politics are left-of-center.
glosses: Having opinions that are moderately more socialist than conservative.
driving motor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving motors
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a car in a multiple unit which is motored and from which the train can be driven.
non-referential perception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-referential perceptions
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: perception of an object without known points of reference.
NDM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDMs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: non-driving motor
raw_tags: in multiple unit formations
UNDM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UNDMs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
qualifier: London Underground
glosses: uncoupling non-driving motor
raw_tags: in multiple unit formations
driving van trailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: driving van trailers
form: DVT
Senses: examples: text: Grand Union proposes to use Class 91s hauling up to nine coaches and a driving van trailer to operate the service.
ref: 2019 October, “Grand Union targets '91s' to Stirling”, in Modern Railways, page 11:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a purpose-built railway vehicle that allows the driver to operate a locomotive at the opposite end of a train.
Synonyms: control car
driving trailer
Related terms: driving luggage van
multiple unit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiple units
Senses: examples: text: Euston is so traditionally a part of the London scene that many will lament the passing of the old station when rebuilding is complete in readiness for the new electric service, which will probably be by multiple-units between Euston and Wolverhampton.
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Past, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 99:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A train consisting of one or more self-propelled cars capable of coupling with other units of the same or similar type and still being controlled from one cab.
Hyponyms: english: single car units only
translation: single car units only
word: bubble car
Derived terms: alt: BEMU
word: battery electric multiple unit
alt: DMU
word: diesel multiple unit
alt: DEMU
word: diesel electric multiple unit
alt: EMU
word: electric multiple unit
DMU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMUs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of diesel multiple unit.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of decision-making unit.
bubble car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble cars
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: a single-car multiple unit
glosses: A small three-wheel motor vehicle in a category between a motorbike and a car
DEMU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DEMUs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of diesel-electric multiple unit.
Bradly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bradlys
Etymology: Spelling variant of Bradley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
palate expander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palate expanders
Senses: glosses: palatal expander
bros.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌðə(ɹ)z/
/broʊ̯z/
Forms: form: bro.
form: Bros.
raw_tags: as part of a company name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of brothers.
palatal expander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palatal expanders
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better.
expander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expanders
Etymology: From expand + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who or that which expands.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A control that expands to show more options or commands, keeping them hidden until needed.
topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A kind of sparse graph with strong connectivity properties.
Derived terms: chest expander
compander
compandor
palatal expander
palate expander
plasma expander
turboexpander
volume expander
acetylneuraminic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylneuraminic acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sialic acid
acylglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylglycerols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ester of glycerol; glyceride
Derived terms: diacylglycerol
biogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to biogenesis.
glosses: Of or pertaining to biogenetics.
Derived terms: biogenetically
biogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biogenetical
form: most biogenetical
Etymology: From bio- + genetical.
Senses: glosses: biogenetic
biose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioses
Etymology: From bi- + -ose.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carbohydrate having two carbon atoms; in reality - glycolaldehyde
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of disaccharide.
synonyms: word: disaccharide
Derived terms: glucobiose
Related terms: bioside
glycolaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycolaldehydes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydroxyaldehyde HO-CH₂-CHO related to ethylene glycol; the only biose
butyryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butyryls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical C₃H₇COO- derived from butyric acid.
Derived terms: butyrylation
butyrylcholine
butyrylthiocholine
dibutyryl
tributyryl
ring hollow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings hollow
form: ringing hollow
form: rang hollow
form: rung hollow
Senses: examples: text: In his own ears the words he spoke rang hollow, awkward, even impertinent. He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious.
ref: 1901, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter 9, in The Hero:
text: Recognising your mistake and atoning for it is, of course, to be applauded, but after all the decades of cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy, it rang hollow for many.
ref: 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing.
Synonyms: ring false
caprylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: See capric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to caprylic acid or its derivatives; octanoic.
Derived terms: caprylate
tricaprylin
cardiolipin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiolipins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phospholipid having the structure of a bisphosphatidylglycerol present in the muscles of the heart
Derived terms: anticardiolipin
lysocardiolipin
ring true
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings true
form: ringing true
form: rang true
form: rung true
Etymology: From the sound of a coin when tested for authenticity.
Senses: examples: text: His excuse about his daughter being ill again rings true, to me.
text: T.R. Witomski's trashing of gay literature would have rung a bit truer if he had a little less to do with the condition of gay literature as we now know it.
ref: 1987 February 22, Lars Eighner, “Gay Writers Are Attempting Quality Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 4:
glosses: To seem to be correct, or plausible
ring false
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings false
form: ringing false
form: rang false
form: rung false
Senses: examples: text: His excuse about his car breaking down again rings false to me.
text: Moments of potential transcendence, such as an afternoon constitutional through an expressionistic wonderland recalling the Fuji Velvia vividness of What Dreams May Come, ring false in light of this project's mercenary origins.
ref: 2018 December 12, Charles Bramesco, “A Spoonful of Nostalgia Helps the Calculated Mary Poppins Returns Go Down”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 24 May 2019:
text: But to some viewers, it rang false. They had seen this pattern before: show writes meme-able scene; scene becomes meme; instant marketing; profit.
ref: 2022 September 22, Jess Thomson, “‘Becoming a meme totally helps a show’: is TV being written with epic gifs in mind?”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: ring hollow
antonyms: ring true
glosses: To seem to be incorrect, or implausible.
cellotetraose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide, consisting of four glucose residues, formed by hydrolysis of cellulose