cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
porkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From porkish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Sanity appeals and argues; our rulers persevere in their customary porkishness, while we acquiesce and obey.
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 22, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
text: Peter Bowbrick comments that she might have been responding to the porkishness of the word 'hog'.
ref: 2003, Morwenna Griffiths, Feminisms and the Self: The Web of Identity, →ISBN:
text: But it did have an essential porkishness that was hard to resist.
ref: 2010, Food Arts - Volume 23, page 18:
glosses: The state or quality of being porkish.
porkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more porkishly
form: most porkishly
Etymology: From porkish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ingenious men, spreading themselves most porkishly to retain a whole seat, when people are passing and re-passing to find a resting place.
ref: 1869, The Ohio Farmer - Volume 18, page 536:
text: But did he move them to behave as he wanted them to behave--reasonably, decently, or at least a little less porkishly than usual?
ref: 1921, Aldous Huxley, chapter 22, in Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
text: He had grown swollen around the face and porkishly rotund in the midriff, and she noticed that those perfect fingers which, describing their gentle arabesques, had so mysteriously aroused her six years before seemed like rubbery little wurstlike stubs as he adjusted upon his head the gray Homburg that Scheffler obsequiously handed him.
ref: 1979, William Styron, Sophie's Choice:
glosses: In a porkish manner.
table water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: table waters
Senses: qualifier: food service
glosses: Drinking water served at the dining table, traditionally chilled, usually without charge.
glosses: Water extracted from the water table (subsurface waters).
glosses: Bottled water, potable non-carbonated fresh water sold in prepackaged containers.
common yarrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.
Synonyms: sense: Achillea millefolium
word: nosebleed plant
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: old man's pepper
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: devil's nettle
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: sanguinary
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: milfoil
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: soldier's woundwort
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: thousand-leaf
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: thousand-seal
sense: Achillea millefolium
word: green arrow
teleosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleosaurians
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the genus Teleosaurus.
teleosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleosaurian
antiblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- (“against”) + -blastic (“growing tissue”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: antagonistic to the metabolism of a parasite
raw_tags: of a host
anticorrelative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + correlative.
Senses: glosses: Relating to anticorrelation
antidormancy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + dormancy.
Senses: glosses: That prevents dormancy
Synonyms: antidormant
antidormant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + dormant.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antidormancy.
synonyms: word: antidormancy
antihelminths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antihelminth
antiimmunoglobulin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-immunoglobulin
Etymology: From anti- + immunoglobulin.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That produces an immune reaction with immunoglobulin
antilipolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + lipolysis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antilipolytic.
synonyms: word: antilipolytic
antimelanogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + melanogenesis.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of antimelanogenic.
synonyms: word: antimelanogenic
antimelanogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + melanogenic.
Senses: glosses: That counters melanogenesis
antimicrosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + microsomal.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the action of microsomes
antipolyspermy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + polyspermy.
Senses: glosses: That counters polyspermy
Synonyms: antipolyspermic
aortogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aorto- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That starts in the aorta.
aphicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That kills aphids
Related terms: aphicide
apoflavodoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apoflavodoxin
apostome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apostomes
Senses: glosses: Any ciliate of the order Apostomatida
apostomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apostome
archaeorthopteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeorthopterans
Etymology: From Archaeorthoptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the superorder Archaeorthoptera
archaeorthopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archaeorthopteran
archaral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of archaeal.
arrhenoblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrhenoblastoma
arrythmogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of arrhythmogenesis.
arthroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of arthrodial.
arylalkylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arylalkylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aryl derivative of an alkylidene radical
aseismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + seismatic.
Senses: glosses: That mitigates the effects of seismic shocks
glosses: Synonym of aseismic.
synonyms: word: aseismic
seismatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of seismic.
synonyms: word: seismic
ashflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashflows
Etymology: From ash + flow.
Senses: glosses: The flow of ash from a volcano.
ashflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ashflow
autochromosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autochromosomes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autosome.
autodephosphorylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autodephosphorylate
autodephosphorylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autodephosphorylate
autodephosphorylating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autodephosphorylate
autotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + tolerant.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That exhibits autotolerance
taxiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more taxiable
form: most taxiable
Senses: glosses: Able to be taxied
runstand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runstands
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The number of runs scored by two batters in a partnership
pipemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪp.meɪ.kɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪkɪŋ
Forms: form: pipe-making
Etymology: Compound of pipe + making.
Senses: examples: text: Iron took the stone home and boiled it for a short time to soften it. He worked at his pipemaking for short, intermittent periods, sometimes laying the work aside for several days before returning to it. Before each work session he boiled the stone. He drilled the bowl and the stem hole before shaping the outside with a file.
ref: 1963, John Canfield Ewers, Blackfoot Indian Pipes and Pipemaking, page 52:
glosses: The craft or industry of producing pipes.
The craft or industry of producing tobacco pipes, or similar implements used for smoking.
examples: text: ... [Edward] "Ned" White, popularly known as the "Dandy Piper", started a pipemaking shop at Roxbury, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Of course, reedmaking and repairs were most in demand, but White turned out quite a number of new sets during his time, of which it can be said that the tones of his drones, if equaled, were never surpassed by those of any pipemaker known to Americans.
ref: 1913, Francis O'Neill, Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects, page 160:
glosses: The craft or industry of producing pipes.
The craft or industry of producing bagpipes, or similar wind instruments.
Related terms: pipemaker
pipemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipemakers
Senses: glosses: A person who makes pipes
bagpipes maker
glosses: A person who makes pipes
smoking pipes maker
unsignalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + signalized.
Senses: glosses: Not signalized.
revusical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revusicals
Senses: glosses: A theatre show that is part revue and part musical
recypher
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recyphers
form: recyphering
form: recyphered
form: recyphered
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recipher.
recipher
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reciphers
form: reciphering
form: reciphered
form: reciphered
Etymology: From re- + cipher.
Senses: synonyms: recode
reencrypt
coordinate_terms: decipher
decode
decrypt
encipher
encode
encrypt
redecipher
glosses: To cipher again.
protractively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more protractively
form: most protractively
Etymology: From protractive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a protractive manner
pulqueria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulquerias
form: pulquería
Etymology: Borrowed from Mexican Spanish pulquería.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond the gently sloping bank, a little to the left of what was apparently the cavernous entrance to the continuation of their lane, stood a pulquería, decorated, above its wooden twin swing doors […] with gaily coloured fluttering ribbons. Pulques Finos, it said in faded blue letters on the oyster-white adobe wall: La Sepultura.
ref: 1947, Malcolm Lowry, Under the Volcano, New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, page 109:
glosses: An establishment where pulque is sold.
undernose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From under- + nose.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Located under the nose of the aircraft
tool shed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool sheds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toolshed.
tool sheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tool shed
boatkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatkeepers
Etymology: From boat + keeper.
Senses: coordinate_terms: boatman
boatsman
boater
glosses: A person in charge of a boat.
coordinate_terms: boatman
boatsman
boater
glosses: A person in charge of a boat.
A person who operated small-crew open fishing boats and fishing rooms on the shores around Newfoundland in the early 19th century.
Related terms: boatbuilder
boatowner
encarnalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: encarnalises
form: encarnalising
form: encarnalised
form: encarnalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of encarnalize.
encarnalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of encarnalise
encarnalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of encarnalise
encarnalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of encarnalise
boatkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatkeeper
bacillithiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoside present in bacteria of the genus Bacillus.
bandpath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandpaths
Senses: glosses: A lightpath for light in a particular wavelength range (band)
bandpaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandpath
barcrawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barcrawls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bar crawl.
bar crawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar crawls
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pub crawl.
synonyms: word: pub crawl
biolubricant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biolubricants
Etymology: From bio- + lubricant.
Senses: glosses: Any biological lubricant
Related terms: biolubrication
biolubricants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biolubricant
bioretention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioretentions
Etymology: From bio- + retention.
Senses: glosses: retention (removal) of groundwater contaminants
biostimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + stimulatory.
Senses: glosses: That provides biostimulation
bioturbational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + turbational.
Senses: glosses: Relating to bioturbation
turbational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to turbation
Derived terms: bioturbational
Yuan'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎnʹänʹ
Forms: form: Yuanan
form: Yüan-an
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 遠安 /远安 (Yuǎn'ān).
Senses: examples: text: 7. The river Chü 沮 rises in Pao-k’ang 保康 county, Hupei, and runs through Yüan-an 遠安 county where it is joined by the Chang 漳.
ref: [1967, J. D. Frodsham, “Notes to the Poems”, in The Murmuring Stream: The Life and Works of the Chinese Nature Poet Hsieh Ling-yün (385-433), Duke of K’ang-Lo, volume 2, Kuala Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, →OCLC, page 192:
text: In Yuan'an County, Hubei Province, there is a Leizu temple (also named the Temple of the Sericulture Goddess). Since Leizu is said to have been born on March 15 in this county, a temple fair is held on every lunar March 15.
ref: 2005, Lihui Yang, Deming An, Jessica Anderson Turner, “LEIZU”, in Handbook of Chinese Mythology (Handbooks of World Mythology), ABC-Clio, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 167:
text: Luyuan Hairy Points (Luyuan maojian)
This tea comes from the area around the Luyuan Temple in Yuanan County, Hubei.
ref: [2008, Bret Hinsch, “Yellow Tea”, in The Ultimate Guide to Chinese Tea, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: An ancient temple site which dated back to Ming Dynasty was discovered in Yuanan County of central China’s Hubei Province on July 10, 2015.
ref: [2015 July 13, “Ancient temple site discovered in Yuanan County, Hubei”, in General Office of Hubei Provincial People's Government, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2022:
text: There was a townsman from Yuan'an County in Xia Prefecture (modern Yichang in Hubei) who had boundless faith in Buddha and the immortals.
ref: 2012, “The Old Soldier of Yuan'an”, in Record of the Listener: Selections of Chinese Supernatural Stories, Long River Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:
glosses: A county of Yichang, Hubei, China.
birnaviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to birnaviruses
blennid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blennids
Senses: glosses: Any beetle of the genus Blennidus
blennids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blennid
bonzidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of benzidine.
branchiosaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branchiosaurs
Senses: glosses: Any prehistoric amphibian of the genus †Branchiosaurus.
branchiosaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branchiosaur
embodiedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From embodied + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: What interests me most is the phenomenological sense of embodiedness these objects project — the sense they give of the body's implication, its embeddedness, in ostensibly separate objects of perception.
ref: 2001, Alexander Nemerov, The Body of Rafaelle Peale:
glosses: The quality or condition of being embodied.
carbazate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbazates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of carbazic acid / hydrazinecarboxylic acid
Derived terms: oxocarbazate
thocarbazate
hydrazinecarboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The carboxylic acid derived from hydrazine NH₂-NH-COOH
Synonyms: carbazic acid
cardioexcitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioexcitations
Etymology: From cardio- + excitation.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: excitation of the heart
qarmaq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qarmaqs
form: qarmat
Etymology: From Inuktitut [Term?].
Senses: glosses: An interseasonal single-room family dwelling among the Inuit people, variously consisting of a hybrid tent and igloo, or tent and sod house.
autocellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autocellular
form: most autocellular
Etymology: From auto- + cellular.
Senses: examples: text: A few examples are given in Fig. 21, but a point ought to be emphasized: the channels delineated by the scalariform junctions (with very frequent MS complexes) are closed at one end (by a septate junction in homocellular junctions, or are blind in autocellular junctions) and open at the other end, either at the basal pole of the cell (facing the hemolymph) or in a sistem of intercellular spaces (intercellular sinus of Oschman and Wall, 1969), forming a compartment more or less isolated from the hemolymph (for discussions concerning the relationship between the intercellular sinus and the hemolymph, see Oschman and Wall, 1969; Wall and Oschman, 1973, 1975; Noirot and Noirot-Timothe/e, 1976).
ref: 1980, International Review of Cytology - Volume 63, →ISBN, page 133:
glosses: Pertaining to functions or structures within a single cell, as opposed to those which are intercellular.
bacillemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ingestion of the bacillus results in intestinal infection and eventual bacillemia.
ref: 2009, Diseases of Poultry, →ISBN, page 946:
glosses: A form of bacteraemia where the infectious agent is a bacillus.
berascal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: berascals
form: berascaling
form: berascalling
form: berascaled
form: berascaled
form: berascalled
form: berascalled
Etymology: From be- + rascal.
Senses: examples: text: She beknaved, berascalled, berogued the unhappy hero, who stood silent, confounded with astonishment, but more with shame and indignation, at being thus outwitted and overreached.
ref: 1743, Henry Fielding, The Life and Death of Jonathan Wild, the Great:
text: The brothers berascaled each other till they were hoarse, and our hero was, with regret we mention it, kicked out of doors, which kick was accompanied with a trifling curse.
ref: 1790, Memoirs of a Social Monster: Or, the History of Charles Price:
text: In the pamphlet last mentioned, Nash asserts that the quarrel was entirely of Harvey's "seeking and beginning, in The Lamb of God [a work mentioned in the ensuing pages], where he and his brother * * * scummered out betwixt them an epistle to the readers against all poets and writers; and M. Lily [the dramatic poet, and author of Pap with a Hatchet] and me byname he beruffianised and berascalled, compared to Martin, and termed us piperly make-plays and make-bates, yet bade us hold our peace, and not be so hardy as to answer him; for, if we did, he would make a bloody day in Paul's Churchyard, and splinter our pens till they straddled again as wide as a pair of compasses.
ref: 1842, Thomas Nash, John Payne Collier, Pierce Penniless's supplication to the Devil, page xix:
glosses: To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.
berascals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of berascal
berascalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of berascal
berascalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of berascal
millihartree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millihartrees
Etymology: From milli- + hartree.
Senses: glosses: The atomic unit of energy, 1/1000 of a hartree.
Derived terms: submillihartree
millihartrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millihartree
frightensome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frightensome
form: most frightensome
Etymology: From frighten + -some.
Senses: examples: text: He must think I led him on, taking that ride with him and all, and talking to him so free. I'm sorry enough, for I did like him, he's so good to mother, and he prays so beautifully. He is a Christian, if he is so frightensome sometimes.
ref: 1865, Jane Elizabeth Hornblower; Nellie (of Truro, fict.name.), Nellie of Truro, page 220:
synonyms: word: affreux
word: alarming
word: spine-tingling
word: appalling
word: awful
word: buggish
word: butt-clenching
word: buttock-clenching
word: dismayful
word: dreadful
word: fearful
word: flaysome
word: flesh-crawling
word: formidable
word: freaky
word: frightening
word: frightensome
word: frightful
word: ghastly
word: ghostly
word: grisly
word: hair-curling
word: hair-raising
word: horrible
word: horrid
word: horrific
word: horrifying
word: horripilating
word: pulse-pounding
word: scaring
word: scary
word: shocking
word: skin-crawling
word: terrible
word: terrifying
word: terrorsome
glosses: Characterized by frightening; inducing fear; scary
Related terms: frightsome
submillihartree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + millihartree.
Senses: glosses: Smaller than millihartree-scale.
balection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balections
Senses: examples: text: About the doors in the bedrooms and in the hallway and about the fireplaces in the large and small room, are heavy balection mouldings.
ref: 1923, The Brooklyn Museum Quarterly - Volume 10, page 97:
text: The subtle difference between a cyma recta moulding and cyma reversa, and where exactly to plant a 'balection' mould are questions I find myself enjoying, but feel rather guilty in the process!
ref: 1988, The Planner, page 47:
text: Soft lighting, two sleek "balection" fireplaces, and plush burgundy mohair sofas give a classic look;
ref: 2005, Hospitality Design: HD. - Volume 27, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of bolection.
balections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balection
cobaltines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobaltine
melanurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melanuria
hairsplit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hairsplits
form: hairsplitting
form: hairsplit
form: hairsplit
Etymology: From hair + split; see split hairs.
Senses: examples: text: The real criticism of your article is not only your attitude of mind as expressed therein, but also in dealing with details and inclination to hairsplit minor matters
ref: 1922, Sons of the Revolution in State of Virginia Quarterly Magazine, page 28:
text: This would lend support to the view that it would be unrealistic to hairsplit various activities of an educational institution to ferret out if any one of them, by itself, involves profit-making.
ref: 1981, M. P. Agrawal, Taxation of Charity, page 87:
glosses: To make fine distinctions concerning.
examples: text: How vividly with the recital of these old customs memory reverts to the other quaint and fantastic forms New England piety took on — to the pastor who could hairsplit by the hour 'twixt Free Will and Election
ref: 1884, Clarence Deming, By-ways of Nature and Life, page 225:
text: We are not disposed to refine and hairsplit so as to nullify these wise provisions of the statute
ref: 1915, South Carolina. Supreme Court, J. S. G. Richardson, Robert Wallace Shand, Cyprian Melanchthon Efird, William Hay Townsend, Duncan C. Ray, William Munro Shand, Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina:
glosses: To split hairs.
Related terms: hairsplitter
hairsplit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairsplits
Etymology: From hair + split; see split hairs.
Senses: examples: text: It's an arguable distinction, but I think it's a hairsplit.
text: I do not think the Constitution should go into working détails or hairsplits that may be necessary when some of the various rights which it defines are rationalized out to their ultimate extrêmes.
ref: 1970, Canada. Parliament. Special Joint Committee of the Senate and of the House of Commons on the Constitution of Canada, Minutes of Proceedings and Evidence: Procès-verbaux Et Témoignages:
glosses: A fine distinction.
sandwich bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandwich breads
Senses: synonyms: sandwich loaf
glosses: Bread that is prepared specifically to be used for the preparation of sandwiches.
Don Andres Soriano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Toledo, Cebu, Philippines.
Poog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Toledo, Cebu, Philippines.
fake-tanned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fake-tanned
form: most fake-tanned
Senses: examples: text: [H]e had little time or respect for the rich skip bitches who were his neighbours, useless fake-tanned women with plastic smiles and silicone tits who spent their husbands' money on afternoon teas, endless shopping and personal trainers.
ref: 2008, Christos Tsiolkas, The Slap, London: Atlantic Books, page 93:
glosses: Having tanned skin as a result of using a tanning product.
Huawei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hwäʹwā
ipa: /ˈhwɑː.weɪ/
enpr: wäʹwā
ipa: /ˈwɑː.weɪ/
rhymes: -ɑːweɪ
Forms: form: Huaweis
Etymology: From the company, Huawei. Huawei was borrowed from Mandarin 華為／华为 (Huáwéi). See Wikipedia for more.
Senses: glosses: A smartphone made by the Huawei company.
wikipedia: Huawei
Huawei#Name
adap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of attap.
chrematist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chrematists
Senses: examples: text: An augmentation of production is generally considered as an addition to national wealth ; and it is on this ground that all nations, under the guidance of the Chrematists, are making such strenuous efforts to increase their agricultural and manufactured produce.
ref: 1850, Archibald Alison, Essays, political, historical and miscellaneous, page 233:
text: They complained to Apollonius but Apollonius was not able to appear personally and sent a judge, the chrematist Peton, before whose court the peasants had to appear.
ref: 1918, Robert Francis Seybolt, The Colonial Citizen of New York City:
text: In the letter he gives Leon good news about the condemnation of their opponents by the chrematists, and states that the king will hear the case.
ref: 1989, Michael Prior, Paul the Letter-Writer and the Second Letter to Timothy, →ISBN, page 231:
text: The great philosopher Thales of Miletus was a part-time chrematist. According to Aristotle, Thales was reproached with his personal poverty as clear evidence that his philosophy was of no use: 'Thales, if you're so smart, how come you ain't rich?"
ref: 2014, Herman E. Daly, From Uneconomic Growth to a Steady-State Economy, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: One who studies or guides the wealth of the state; a political economist.
examples: text: In this scene he seems to generate money out of itself, like Aristotle's exploitative usurer or chrematist.
ref: 1995, Mark Osteen, The economy of Ulysses: making both ends meet, page 172:
text: Unlimited accumulation is the goal of the chrematist and is evidence for Aristotle of the unnaturalness of the activity.
ref: 2001, Hans-Dirk van Hoogstraten, Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion, →ISBN, page 45:
text: The chrematist is a harsh employer and partner, for he will use any means to maximise his targets.
ref: 2008, Christine Wanjiru Gichure, Ethics for Africa Today: An Introduction to Business Ethics, page 103:
glosses: One who seeks to acquire wealth; a money-grubber.
chrematists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chrematist
cardiotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of cardiotropic.
caseamembrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caseamembrins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of bioactive clerodane diterpenoids from plants of the genus Casearia.
caseamembrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caseamembrin
cassetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Enclosed within a cassette
cellulotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cellulo- + -trophic.
Senses: glosses: That digests cellulose
Related terms: cellulotrophy
cellulotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cellulo- + -trophy.
Senses: glosses: The digestion of cellulose
Related terms: cellulotrophic
cephalographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cephalo- + -graphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cephalography
cestocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cestocides
Senses: glosses: Any substance that kills cestodes
Related terms: cestocidal
cestocides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cestocide
pine torch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pine torches
form: pine-torch
Senses: qualifier: This entry is a translation hub.
glosses: A torch made from the wood of certain species of pine.
chemoecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + ecological.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
ecology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to chemoecology
chemoecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + ecology.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
ecology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical aspects of ecology
Related terms: chemoecological
chemoecologist
chronotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chrono- + toxic.
Senses: glosses: toxic as a result of interference with a biorhythm
chronotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being chronotoxic
cilexetil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪlˈɛksətɪl/
Etymology: Respelling of cylexethyl by substituting i for y and t for th, in accordance with principle № 7 of the World Health Organization’s 2004 “General principles for guidance in devising international nonproprietary names for pharmaceutical substances” (WHO/EDM/QSM/2004.5).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of candesartan.
synonyms: word: candesartan
wikipedia: World Health Organization
clasmatodendrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The fragmentation of astrocytic protoplasmic expansions
Related terms: clasmatodendritic
cobratoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cobratoxins
Senses: glosses: Any toxin present in cobra venom.
cobratoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobratoxin
colicinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From colicin + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That produce colicins
cololite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cololites
Etymology: From colo- + -lite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A petrified worm cast.
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Fossilised intestine contents.
Synonyms: cololith
Hypernyms: bromalite
Coordinate terms: coprolite
gastrolite
oesophagolite
regurgitalite
condylomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condylomatoses
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of condylomata
copolymerase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copolymerases
Etymology: From co- + polymerase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses a copolymerization reaction
copolymerases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copolymerase
corticoresistance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cortico- + resistance.
Senses: glosses: resistance to cortisone
Related terms: corticoresistant
corticoresistant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cortico- + resistant.
Senses: glosses: resistant to cortisone
Related terms: corticoresistance
cribriformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cribriformities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being cribriform
obstinence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From obstinant + -ence.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of obstinacy; Misspelling of obstinance.
synonyms: word: obstinacy
extra: Misspelling of obstinance
Makaji Meghpar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Gujarati મકાજી મેઘપર (makājī meghpar)
Senses: glosses: A village in Gujarat, India.
burger sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burger sauces
form: hamburger sauce
Etymology: From burger + sauce.
Senses: hypernyms: secret sauce
special sauce
magic sauce
glosses: A sauce used on burgers, composed of ketchup, mayonnaise, relish, and sometimes other ingredients, derived from Thousand Island dressing.
hamburger sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamburger sauces
Etymology: From hamburger + sauce.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of burger sauce.
synonyms: word: burger sauce
Big Mac sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Big Mac sauces
form: big mac sauce
Etymology: From Big Mac + sauce. From being the special sauce used on McDonald's Big Mac meal-sandwich. Originally a popular name, later legitimized as the official name by McDonald's, who previously called it special sauce.
Senses: glosses: The sauce used on Big Mac hamburgers. Synonym of special sauce.
glosses: Any similar-tasting sauce used on burgers. Synonym of burger sauce.
cryptozoospermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crypto- + zoospermic.
Senses: glosses: Almost azoospermic
curvibacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Related to bacteria of the genus Curvibacterium
cycloalliin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic imino acid (3R,5S)-5-methyl-1-oxo-1,4-thiazinane-3-carboxylic acid present in garlic
cyclopentitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentitols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of alcohols derived from an amino-substituted cyclopentene ring
cyclopentitols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopentitol
cyclotrimerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclotrimerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyclotrimerization.
cyclotrimerisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclotrimerisation
cystometrographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystometrography
dactinomicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of dactinomycin.
decanalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanalisations
Etymology: From de- + canalisation.
Senses: glosses: The reverse of canalisation
Related terms: decanalise
Theatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Theatins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Theatine.
Theatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theatin
decanalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decanalises
form: decanalising
form: decanalised
form: decanalised
Etymology: From de- + canalise.
Senses: glosses: To undergo decanalisation
decanalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decanalizations
Etymology: From de- + canalization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decanalisation.
Related terms: decanalize
decanalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decanalizes
form: decanalizing
form: decanalized
form: decanalized
Etymology: From de- + canalize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decanalise.
Related terms: decanalization
decanalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decanalize
declotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + clotted.
Senses: glosses: From which the clots have been removed
dendrometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dendro- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dendrometry
dendrometric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dendrometrics
Etymology: From dendro- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Such a measurement
densimetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From densimetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of densimetry
depurinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depurinizes
form: depurinizing
form: depurinized
form: depurinized
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To undergo depurinization
depurinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depurinize
deuteriochloroform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of deuterochloroform.
semimeridian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semimeridians
Etymology: From semi- + meridian.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The intersection of a surface of revolution and a half-plane through its centre
digalactosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digalactosidases
Etymology: From di- + galactosidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a digalactoside
dihydroceramides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroceramide
cruisken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruiskens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cruiskeen.
cruiskeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cruiskeens
form: cruisken
Senses: glosses: A small bottle.
cruiskens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruisken
cruiskeens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cruiskeen
semimeridians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semimeridian
half-planes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of half-plane
dimethoxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + methoxylated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of two methoxy groups
diminutol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A purine derivative that blocks mitotic spindle assembly by inhibiting NADP-dependent oxidoreductase
head reach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headreach
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The distance to windward traversed by a vessel while tacking.
head reach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: head reaches
form: head reaching
form: head reached
form: head reached
form: headreach
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Synonym of forereach.
synonyms: word: forereach
disinterlace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disinterlaces
form: disinterlacing
form: disinterlaced
form: disinterlaced
Etymology: From dis- + interlace.
Senses: glosses: Misconstruction of deinterlace.
disinterlaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disinterlace
dislocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dislocalizations
Etymology: From dis- + localization.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of delocalization.
dislocalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dislocalization
docosahexaenoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docosahexaenoates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of docosahexaenoic acid.
Synonyms: cervonate
neuropteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropterons
form: neuroptera
Senses: glosses: Any member of the order Neuroptera.
neuroptera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropteron
dorsomotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorso- + motor.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing dorsal motor functions
dromeosaurid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dromeosaurids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dromaeosaurid.
dromeosaurids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dromeosaurid
clear-obscure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clear-obscures
Senses: glosses: A chiaroscuro.
clear-obscures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clear-obscure
pebrinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pébrine + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the disease called pébrine.
plotlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plotlets
Etymology: From plot + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little plot.
plotlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plotlet
combination salad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combination salads
Senses: glosses: A salad containing meat or cheese as well as vegetables.
combination salads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combination salad
trigloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Trigla + -oid
Senses: glosses: Resembling the fish genus Trigla.
donkey stool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donkey stools
Senses: synonyms: donkey
drawing bench
drawing stool
glosses: A wooden stool, supposedly shaped rather like a donkey, once used by artists
Liberty Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: His house, not less, than his shop, was proverbially a 'liberty hall,' where courteous and hospitable attentions were shown indiscriminately to all; and it is consistent with our knowledge, that not a few both of the Established and Episcopalian Churches, as well as among the various sections of the Dissenting body, continued on terms of cordial friendship and uninterrupted intercourse with him to the last.
ref: 1842, Obituary of W. Oliphant Esq. (Extracted from the United Secession Magazine for November, 1842.).:
glosses: A situation where everybody can do as they please.
paper kite butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper kite butterflies
Senses: glosses: The large butterfly Idea leuconoe that has translucent wings.
biopropane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + propane.
Senses: glosses: propane produced by biomass gasification
boobhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boobheads
Senses: glosses: A prisoner, especially a repeat offender
bog snorkeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An informal sport in which competitors race through a water-filled peat bog while wearing snorkels and flippers
heteropatriarchally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heteropatriarchally
form: most heteropatriarchally
Etymology: From heteropatriarchal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of or by means of heteropatriarchy.
bravening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of braven
miaphysites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miaphysite
Devil's Triangles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kavanaugh should have used his outdoor face, leaving his indoor shouty face for floozies in Devil's Triangles, Renate at parties, his scared wife and his agent.
ref: 2018 September 28, Heather Mallick, “Brett Kavanaugh: Mad, bad and dangerous to know”, in Toronto Star, Archived by the archival database Internet Archive, archived from the original on 29 Sep 2018:
text: LMFAO This is Y-U-G-E-L-Y gay, and yet further proof that Trump The Hump is a treasonous, commie-loving homo. I'm sure that he, Kim and his number one commie boyfriend Vlad have already engaged in at least several 'Devil's Triangles' involving a Y-U-G-E amount of "boofing." By the way, the fat, orange-dyed blob said this to a crowd in West Virginia. How appropriate, because those Oxy addicts love their backwoods anal sex. Squeal like a pig. Yay!
ref: 2018 October 1, %, “Re: THE FAT MENTAL MIDGET DUMB DONNY SAYS THAT HE AND THE PHYSICAL MIDGET KIM "FELL IN LOVE"”, in alt.checkmate (Usenet):
glosses: plural of Devil's Triangle
what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: win on Sunday, sell on Monday
form: wins on Sunday, sells on Monday
Senses: examples: text: Doesn't anyone remember the axiom that what wins on Sunday sells on Monday? Automotive execs may wonder whether that still applies, but you can bet they know who won before they go to bed each Sunday night.
ref: 1991 July 3, Al Pearce, “General Motors likely to reduce NASCAR funds”, in Daily Press, Virginia, US, retrieved 15 Oct 2018:
text: "The automakers have provided a lot of money and support for NASCAR," Baker said. "They believe that what wins on Sunday sells on Monday."
ref: 2008 December 20, Don Crinklaw, “Life in the fast lane”, in Sun-Sentinel, Florida, US, retrieved 15 Oct 2018:
text: "Chevrolet wants to have an engine running after midyear so by July we want to be running it on the track in car tests," Penske said. "They say what wins on Sunday sells on Monday."
ref: 2011 April 8, Bruce Martin, “Penske talks future in IndyCar, Danica's foray in NASCAR, more”, in Sports Illustrated, retrieved 15 Oct 2018:
text: Auto racing was a glamorous extension of Detroit's iconic position in American life, where "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" was gospel truth.
ref: 2012 May 22, Micheline Maynard, “'Mad Men' And The Glory Of Mid-1960s Cars”, in Forbes, retrieved 15 Oct 2018:
topics: business
marketing
qualifier: motor sports
glosses: A brand of automobile that performs well in racing competitions will be popular with retail purchasers.
examples: text: There's an old saying in the golf industry: What wins on Sunday sells on Monday. Golfers are the ultimate copycats.
ref: 2006 April 13, Ed Sherman, “Dual-driver bag is not for duffers”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved 15 Oct 2018:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Any equipment available to consumers that performs well in widely-viewed public events on weekends can be expected to receive higher retail sales subsequently.
Synonyms: race on Sunday, sell on Monday
race on Sunday, sell on Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Synonym of what wins on Sunday sells on Monday.
synonyms: word: what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
win on Sunday, sell on Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what wins on Sunday sells on Monday.
wins on Sunday, sells on Monday
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what wins on Sunday sells on Monday.