cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sinciput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sĭnʹsĭpŭt
ipa: /ˈsɪnsɪpʌt/
Forms: form: sincipita
form: sinciputs
form: synciput
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sinciput (“half a head”; “smoked hog’s cheek or half-jowl”; (transferred senses): “brain”, “head”), whence also the French sinciput.
Senses: examples: text: The cranial anomalies occurred either in the occiput or the sinciput, approximately twice as often in the occiput as in the sinciput.
Such lesions have been considered to be inoperable when they involved the sinciput.
ref: 1964, International Abstracts of Surgery, volume 119, page 629:
text: Between these two extremes lie the sinciput presentation and the brow presentation. Thus there are four distinct attitudes: vertex, sinciput, brow, and face (Figure 15-7).
ref: 1997, Robert K. Creasy, Management of Labor and Delivery, page 375:
text: I learnt to develop a ‘feel’ for the sinciput and the occiput as these landmarks feel different abdominally, and also their ‘whereabouts’ in relationship to the pelvic brim. Therefore, when descent and flexion were taking place, I learnt to ascertain how the positions of the sinciput and occiput would change in relationship to each other and in relationship to the pelvic brim.
ref: 2003, Sara Wickham, Midwifery: Best Practice, volume 1, page 79:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: bregma
antonyms: occiput
glosses: The front part of the head or skull (as contradistinct from occiput).
Related terms: sincipital
unwellness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈwɛl.nɪs/
ipa: /ʌnˈwɛl.nəs/
Etymology: From unwell + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: During the three years and eight months whilst we resided in London, I did less scientific work, though I worked as hard as I possibly could, than during any other equal length of time in my life. This was owing to frequently recurring unwellness, and to one long and serious illness.
ref: 1887, Charles Darwin, chapter 5, in The Autobiography of Charles Darwin:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being unwell; a feeling of slight to moderate sickliness.
sickliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sicklinesses
Etymology: From sickly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: I do beseech your majesty, impute his words
To wayward sickliness and age in him.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act 2, scene 1]:
text: Gradually it gave place to a smile; a feeble, helpless, melancholy smile; bland, almost to sickliness.
ref: 1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 9, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLC:
text: My devotions were disturbed with a feeling of languor and sickliness, and the tormenting fear of its becoming worse: and a depressing headache was generally my companion throughout the day.
ref: 1847 December, Acton Bell [pseudonym; Anne Brontë], chapter 7, in Agnes Grey. […], London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC:
glosses: The state or characteristic of weakness, incapacity, or physical distress due to poor health, especially of a chronic nature.
Synonyms: unwellness
Related terms: sick
sickness
cheap seats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The lowest-priced seats in a theatre or stadium, typically located on an upper balcony.
Synonyms: sense: lowest-priced seats
word: bleachers
sense: lowest-priced seats
word: nosebleed seats
sense: lowest-priced seats
word: knothole section
Derived terms: play to the cheap seats
dunpickle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunpickles
Senses: glosses: marsh harrier (a bird)
dunnish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dun + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat dun in colour.
Dunkirker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dunkirkers
Etymology: From Dunkirk + -er.
Senses: glosses: A commerce raider who operated a warship in the service of the Spanish Empire, during the Dutch Revolt, from the ports of the Flemish coast: Nieuwpoort, Ostend, and in particular Dunkirk.
dunkadoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunkadoos
Senses: glosses: The American bittern.
American bittern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American bitterns
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized bittern most commonly found in North America, Botaurus lentiginosus, known for its resounding calls.
Synonyms: dunkadoo
Indian billet
Indian hen
mire-drum
stake-driver
thunder-pumper
Related terms: South American bittern
dunk shot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunk shots
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A dunk, a shot where the ball is propelled directly downward through the hoop.
Related terms: slam dunk
dunite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈduːˌnaɪt/
/ˈdʌnˌaɪt/
Forms: form: dunites
Etymology: Named after Dun Mountain near Nelson, New Zealand, + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A type of igneous rock with a coarse-grained or phaneritic texture.
Derived terms: dunitic
dungy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌŋi/
rhymes: -ʌŋi
Forms: form: dungier
form: dungiest
Etymology: From Middle English dongy, donky, dungy, equivalent to dung + -y. Probably a doublet of dingy.
Senses: examples: text: […] they may not be drawn up long legged; and by no means to let them have a dungy soil to grow in, or a very rich one […]
ref: 1813, Charles Marshall, A Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening: With Hints on Fish-ponds, page 354:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of dung.
examples: text: If, however, excessively dungy animals are offered for transportation, the owner of the animals is requested to clean them.
ref: 1999, J. F. Gracey, David S. Collins, Robert J. Huey, Meat Hygiene, page 167:
glosses: Covered in dung
zirconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zircon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or composed of zirconium or zircons
Derived terms: zirconic acid
thoracic cage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thoracic cages
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A rib cage.
Tenerife
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɛnəˈɹiːf/
rhymes: -iːf
Forms: form: Teneriffe
Senses: glosses: An island of the Canary Islands, the largest of the islands, capital city Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Derived terms: Tenerife giant lizard
intitle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intitles
form: intitling
form: intitled
form: intitled
Senses: examples: text: Jones answered all his questions with much civility, though he never remembered to have seen the petty-fogger before; and though he concluded, from the outward appearance and behaviour of the man, that he usurped a freedom with his betters, to which he was by no means intitled.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: All persons, in walking the streets, whose right sides are next the wall, are intitled to take the wall.
ref: 1822, The Pamphleteer, page 118:
glosses: Archaic spelling of entitle.
ouvrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /u.vɹiˈjeɪ/
Forms: form: ouvriers
Etymology: Borrowed from French ouvrier.
Senses: glosses: A French labourer or manual worker.
Derived terms: ouvrierist
dum-dum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dum-dums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumdum.
dumb-waiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumb-waiters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dumbwaiter.
dumbfounder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dumbfounders
form: dumbfoundering
form: dumbfoundered
form: dumbfoundered
form: dumfounder
Etymology: Alteration of dumbfound.
Senses: glosses: To dumbfound.
Derived terms: dumbfounderment
dumbfounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumbfounders
Etymology: From dumbfound + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who or that which dumbfounds.
collar bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collar bones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of collarbone.
splenomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splenomegalies
Etymology: From spleno- + -megaly.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Enlargement of the spleen (process); an enlargement of the spleen (instance).
Derived terms: tropical splenomegaly syndrome
Related terms: word: hepatosplenomegaly
word: hypersplenia
word: hypersplenic
word: hypersplenism
word: splenomegalic
propedeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of propaedeutic.
bottomland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottomlands
Etymology: From bottom + land.
Senses: glosses: Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, naturally fertile, and often consisting of alluvial deposits.
Synonyms: word: mudflats
Related terms: floodplain
mudflat
hypogastrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypogastria
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὑπογάστριον (hupogástrion).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An area of the human abdomen residing below the umbilicus.
Derived terms: hypogastrian
transpyloric plane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transpyloric planes
Senses: glosses: A plane located halfway between the suprasternal notch and the upper border of the symphysis pubis; this indicates the margin of the transpyloric plane, which in most cases cuts through the pylorus, the tips of the ninth costal cartilages and the lower border of the first lumbar vertebra.
aspect-oriented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspect-oriented
form: most aspect-oriented
Senses: examples: text: The advantage of our aspect-oriented email notification system is that we can change which emails it sends without editing the main program.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a system which has been written so that different subsystems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them explicitly.
Derived terms: aspect-oriented language
aspect-oriented programming
aspect-oriented programming language
cardiac plexus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plexus of nerves situated at the base of the heart that innervate the heart.
Aschoff body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aschoff bodies
Etymology: Discovered by Ludwig Aschoff.
Senses: glosses: A painless nodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever.
wikipedia: Ludwig Aschoff
cardiac tamponade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiac tamponades
Senses: glosses: a condition in which fluid accumulates in the pericardium
waiting lists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiting list
angiitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌændʒiˈaɪtɪs/
Forms: form: angiitides
form: angitis
Etymology: From angi- + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Because this has not been observed over a wide geographic area and because it has not been reported in certain communities noted for their large coterie of intravenous stimulant habituees, the assumption has been made that the angiitis is due not to the methamphetamine but rather to an adulterant popular in that particular geographic area.
ref: 2012, M. M. Glatt, Drug Dependence: Current Problems and Issues, page 158:
glosses: A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.
Synonyms: vasculitis
Derived terms: polyangiitis
thromboangiitis
arteriovenous fistula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteriovenous fistulas
Senses: glosses: an abnormal connection between an artery and a vein
arteritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arteritides
Etymology: From artery + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: In July, 1819, M. Dalbant, of Grenoble, presented to the Faculty of Medicine, of Paris, a Thesis on Arteritis, containing five cases of inflammation of the arterial coats.
ref: 1820, “Memoir on Senile Rupture of the Heart”, in The London Medical Repository, Monthly Journal, and Review, volume 14, page 418:
text: Arteritis has been noticed in variola, especially in the hemorrhagic form of it, sometimes as early as in the period of eruption, at other times later, and, apart from the aorta, the coronary arteries are usually attacked.
ref: 1903, Henri Roger, Infectious diseases, page 454:
text: Bacterial endocarditis or injection of a foreign substance along with the drug cannot fully explain the radiographic and pathologic changes, since the arteritis has been documented after oral or intranasal amphetamine.
ref: 2011, E. Steve Roach, Pediatric Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disorders, page 146:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
Derived terms: aortoarteritis
arteritic
endarteritis
endoarteritis
omphaloarteritis
periarteritis
polyarteritis
Takayasu's arteritis
cor bovinum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin, literally "bovine heart".
Senses: glosses: Massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart due to volume overload.
cor pulmonale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cor pulmonare
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin cor pulmōnāle (literally “pulmonary heart”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.
Dressler's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dressler's syndromes
Etymology: First characterized by William Dressler at Maimonides Medical Center in 1956.
Senses: glosses: A form of pericarditis that occurs in relation to damage to the myocardium or pericardium.
ductus arteriosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A vessel that connects the pulmonary artery to the aorta during fetal development.
tenser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tense: more tense
tensest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tense: most tense
testier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of testy: more testy
testiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of testy: most testy
hemopericardium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemo- + pericardium.
Senses: glosses: blood in the pericardial sac that can compress the heart causing cardiac tamponade
tangier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋɪə/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tangy: more tangy
tangiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tangy: most tangy
tardier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tardy: more tardy
tardiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tardy: most tardy
tautest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of taut: most taut
tawdrier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tawdry: more tawdry
tearier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of teary: more teary
teariest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of teary: most teary
tireder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tired: more tired
tiredest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tired: most tired
toastier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of toasty: more toasty
toastiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of toasty: most toasty
toking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of toke
transepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transept
trustier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of trusty: more trusty
trustiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of trusty: most trusty
trusties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trusty
tweedier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tweedy: more tweedy
twiggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of twiggy: more twiggy
twiggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of twiggy: most twiggy
fizziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fizzy: most fizzy
Libman-Sacks endocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First described by Emanuel Libman and Benjamin Sacks at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City in 1924.
Senses: glosses: A form of non-bacterial endocarditis seen in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and the most common cardiac presentation of that disorder.
marantic endocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A non-bacterial form of endocarditis where small sterile vegetations are deposited on the leaflets of the heart valves.
pancarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + carditis.
Senses: synonyms: perimyoendocarditis
hypernyms: carditis
cardiopathy
coordinate_terms: endocarditis
myocarditis
pericarditis
glosses: Inflammation of all three layers of the heart.
dug-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dug-outs
Senses: examples: text: The incident provoked an angry exchange between Diouf and the Celtic bench and, after the Rangers dug-out got involved, Diouf was booked and Rangers assistant manager Ally McCoist and Celtic boss Neil Lennon were given a warning by referee Murray.
ref: 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of dugout.
dufftail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dufftails
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dovetail.
duffle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duffles
Etymology: Alteration of duffel, influenced by suffix -le.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of duffel.
Related terms: duffle-headed
duction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductions
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ductio, ductionem.
Senses: glosses: guidance
glosses: An eye movement involving only one eye.
Derived terms: abduction
adduction
deorsumduction
excycloduction
incycloduction
infraduction
supraduction
sursumduction
ductilimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ductilimeters
Etymology: From ductile + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument for determining the ductility of metals.
ductible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ductible
form: most ductible
Senses: glosses: Capable of being drawn out; ductile.
duckie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌki
Forms: form: duckies
Etymology: From duck + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: And have you nothing for me, duckie?
ref: 1905 (date written), James Joyce, “Grace”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 199:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ducky.
duckery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duckeries
Etymology: From duck + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A plantation for ducks.
marantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹæn.tɪk/
rhymes: -æntɪk
Forms: form: more marantic
form: most marantic
Etymology: Probably from Koine Greek μαραντικός (marantikós, “wasting away”), from the aorist stem of Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō, “I waste away, wither”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: marasmic
glosses: Pertaining to, suffering from or marked by marasmus.
Derived terms: marantic endocarditis
Related terms: marasmatic
marasmus
ducatoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ducatoons
Senses: glosses: A silver coin formerly used in Holland and other Dutch-speaking territories.
Related terms: ducat
dubiosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubiosities
Etymology: From dubious, after such pairs as curious: curiosity; adaptation of a Latin-type *dubiōsitās; compare Italian dubbiosità.
Senses: examples: text: [M]en often ſwallow falſities for truths, dubioſities for certainties, feſibilities for poſſibilities, and things impoſſible as poſſibilities themſelves.
ref: 1646, Thomas Browne, “Of Credulity and Supinity”, in Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], London: […] T[homas] H[arper] for Edward Dod, […], →OCLC, 1st book, page 17:
text: Possibly perceiving an expression of dubiosity on their faces, the globetrotter went on adhering to his adventures.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 584:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being dubious; a dubious assertion.
Synonyms: dubiety
dubiousness
dubbeltjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dubbeltjies
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans dubbeltjie, duwweltjie.
Senses: glosses: Tribulus zeyheri, a species of plant known for its sharp thorns.
glosses: Tribulus terrestris, a species of plant known for its sharp thorns.
Synonyms: sense: Tribulus zeyheri
word: devil's thorn
sense: Tribulus zeyheri
word: duwweltjie
sense: Tribulus terrestris
word: caltrop
sense: Tribulus terrestris
word: goathead
sense: Tribulus terrestris
word: puncture vine
sense: Tribulus terrestris
word: yellow vine
dual-purpose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: High Level Bridge, which spans the River Tyne between Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead, is one of only a handful of dual-purpose road and railway bridges in the country.
ref: 2025 October 1, Chris Howe, “Top 10: Britain's most significant rail bridges”, in RAIL, number 1045, page 56:
glosses: Having two purposes; able to be used for two separate things.
Related terms: multi-purpose
closed captions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closed caption
'dswounds
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dzwuːndz/
ipa: /dzwundz/
rhymes: -uːndz
Etymology: Contraction of God's wounds; see zounds.
Senses: examples: text: ’Dſvvounds! vvhy doſt thou not lay out thy Money to purchaſe a Place at Court, of honeſt Iſrael?
ref: 1733, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], Alexander Pope, compiler, “Law is a Bottomless Pit. Or, The History of John Bull. […]. The Second Part. Chapter IX. A Copy of Nic. Frog’s letter to John Bull.”, in Miscellanies, 2nd edition, volume II, London: […] Benjamin Motte, […], →OCLC, page 107:
synonyms: word: 'swounds
word: zounds
glosses: Synonym of zounds.
dryopithecine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Dryopithecinae.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of, or relating to, the primate subfamily †Dryopithecinae, considered to be relatives of both humans and apes.
dryopithecine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dryopithecines
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Dryopithecinae.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of this subfamily of primates.
dryish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dry + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Quite dry, relatively dry.
calling card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calling cards
form: calling-card
Senses: examples: text: If Mrs. Nelson does come here, you be sure to put on your white apron before you open the door; and for pity sake don't forget the card-tray! You ought to know better than to stick out your hand for a lady's calling-card.
ref: 1905, Alice Hegan Rice, chapter 7, in Sandy, page 80:
synonyms: at-home card
business card
name card
meishi
visiting card
glosses: A small printed card which identifies the bearer, traditionally presented for introduction when making a social visit to a home or when attending a formal social event or business meeting.
examples: text: Free and slightly funky chamber music is the calling card of this festival.
ref: 2006 May 14, Anne Midgette, “Summer Stages: Mozart, Yes, But Also Much More”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Sep 2008:
text: The poisoning also turned Novichok into something of a Russian calling card.
ref: 2020 September 2, “Aleksei Navalny Was Poisoned With Novichok, Germany Says”, in New York Times:
text: She didn’t set out to make candor her calling card.
ref: 2020 October 3, Sanam Yar, “Lili Reinhart Is Just Being Honest”, in New York Times:
synonyms: signature
mark
hallmark
glosses: An attribute, symptom, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
examples: text: A guide dog left his calling card on the court at Tuesday night's Magic-Pistons game in Orlando.
ref: 2005 January 21, Dwight Perry, “Sideline Chatter: Just doo it”, in Seattle Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013:
glosses: Excrement, especially of a domestic animal.
examples: text: Many experts now advise consumers to use a prepaid calling card to save money on long distance calls while staying in a hotel.
ref: 2003 November 22, Michelle Singletary, “Traveler beware: Free things may cost you money”, in seattlepi.com, retrieved 26 Sep 2008:
synonyms: telephone card
glosses: A phonecard.
synonyms: tart card
glosses: A card advertising the services of a prostitute.
glosses: An explosive dropped from a bomber aeroplane.
dry eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry eyes
Senses: glosses: An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.
glosses: An eye which is affected by this disease.
examples: text: There wasn't a dry eye in the audience after her heart-wrenching performance.
glosses: An eye which is not crying, i.e. someone emotionally unmoved.
Related terms: dry-eyed
phone card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phone cards
Senses: examples: text: ‘Let us go buy a phone card so you can call him until he picks up.’
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 226:
glosses: Synonym of telephone card.
synonyms: word: telephone card
humpday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: humpdays
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hump day.
calling-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calling-cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of calling card.
cross the aisle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crosses the aisle
form: crossing the aisle
form: crossed the aisle
form: crossed the aisle
Senses: examples: text: It's voters who seem to want Republicans and Democrats in the next Congress to cross the aisle and try something different in Iraq.
ref: 2006 October 24, “Commentary: How this US election may help Iraq”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 27 Sep 2008:
text: 2008: Fareed Zakaria, The Post-American World, Chapter VI
The British prime minister doesn't need any support from the opposition party; he has a ruling majority by definition. The American system, by contrast, is one of shared power, overlapping functions, and checks and balances. Progress requires broad coalitions between the two parties and politicians who will cross the aisle.
topics: government
politics
glosses: To vote, unite, or otherwise co-operate with members of another political party in order to achieve governmental or political action.
examples: text: Liberal members pounded their desks in delight as Social Crediter Horace (Bud) Olson (Medicine Hat) picked up his books and papers and crossed the aisle to take the last seat in the third row on the Government side. This symbolic gesture completed his defection.
ref: 1967 September 26, Geoffrey Stevens, “Kind thoughts, gentle words, then House reverts to form”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, page 1:
text: A Conservative member of Parliament crossed the aisle this weekend to join the resurgent Labor Party of Tony Blair.
ref: 1995 October 9, John Darnton, “Tories, With a Bagful of Woes, Are Hurt by a Defection”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Sep 2008:
text: When asked by Duffy about rumours that he was being heavily courted by the Tories to cross the aisle and join them, Kilgour replied that they've opened "No doors."
ref: 2005 April 14, “Kilgour can't 'live with himself,' quits Grits”, in CTV.ca, retrieved 01 Apr 2009:
text: After Stronach's 2005 defection to Paul Martin's Liberals . . . . [a]t least one Tory MP openly called her a "whore" for crossing the aisle.
ref: 2007 April 16, David Olive, “Belinda accomplished much in relatively short time”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 01 Apr 2009:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.
Synonyms: cross the floor
Related terms: sense: to vote, unite, or co-operate with members of another political party
word: bipartisanship
crossing the aisle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cross the aisle
linea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lineas
form: lineae
form: línea
Etymology: From Latin līnea (“line, thread”), via Spanish línea in reference to the unit of length, from līnum (“flax”). Doublet of ligne and line.
Senses: examples: text: The moons Dione and Europa have prominent lineae.
topics: astronomy
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any long marking, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface.
glosses: A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 1.9 mm.
Synonyms: sense: unit of length
word: Spanish line
sense: unit of length
english: Spanish contexts
translation: Spanish contexts
word: line
Coordinate terms: sense: unit of length
word: punto (1⁄12 linea)
sense: unit of length
word: dedo (9 lineas)
sense: unit of length
word: pulgada (12 lineas)
sense: unit of length
word: coto (54 lineas)
Related terms: linea alba
linea nigra
recurrent slope linea
frontflip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontflips
Etymology: From front + flip.
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A floor movement, consisting of rotating one's body in the air 360 degrees in the forward direction.
joe-pye weed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joe-pye weeds
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Eutrochium, native to eastern North America.
Derived terms: dwarf joe-pye weed
green joe-pye weed
purple joe-pye weed
sweet-scented joe-pye weed
spike train
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spike trains
Senses: qualifier: cognitive science
glosses: A binary waveform representation of neuronal activity, where an action potential is represented as a single 1 separated from others by a stream of zeros.
Main Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The generic street name (and often the official name) of the primary retail street of a village, town, or small city in the United States, Canada, Ireland, some parts of Scotland and also in some countries in central Europe.
examples: text: Thanks to a $700 billion TARP bailout and hundreds of billions of dollars in nearly free of charge loans by the Federal Reserve (a policy Soros himself told me was a "hidden gift" to the banks), Wall Street has surged back to pre-crisis levels of compensation even as Main Street continues to struggle.
ref: 2011 January–February, Chrystia Freeland, “The rise of the new global elite”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2015:
glosses: Everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.
Synonyms: sense: ordinary people
word: common man
sense: ordinary people
word: everyman
sense: ordinary people
word: blue-collar
sense: ordinary people; usually left-wing
word: working-class
sense: ordinary people; communist
word: proletariat
Derived terms: Main
mainstreeting
SoMa
South Main
assortative mating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assortative matings
Senses: examples: text: Underlying all distributions of characters in assortative matings are certain elementary principles based on probabilities and the theory of sampling.
ref: 1922, Frank A. Hartman, "The Emergency Function of the Adrenal," Science, New Series, vol. 56, no. 1440, p. 146
text: A recent New York Times Magazine story that investigated the rise of diagnoses of bipolar disorder in children suggested assortative mating as a possible cause, because parents who are both bipolar—and who may marry because they are more likely to understand one another's symptoms—are more likely to have bipolar children.
ref: 2008 September 20, Sarah Barmak, “Social Science: I like you because you're like me”, in Toronto Star, page ID3:
topics: biology
genetics
human-sciences
medicine
natural-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Between males and females of a species, the mutual attraction or selection, for reproductive purposes, of individuals with similar characteristics.
Synonyms: assortative pairing
positive assortative mating
Related terms: panmixia
assortative pairing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assortative pairings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of assortative mating.
synonyms: word: assortative mating
positive assortative mating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positive assortative matings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of assortative mating.
synonyms: word: assortative mating
assortative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From assort + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: Assortative interactions can generate highly nonrandom variation among groups.
ref: 1997, D. Wilson, L. Dugatkin, “Group Selection and Assortative Interactions,”, in The American Naturalist, volume 149, number 2, page 336:
text: We don’t date the girl next door; we date the girl who has been served up by an assortative algorithm.
ref: 2019 May 15, Olga Khazan, “What Happens When You Always Wear Headphones”, in The Atlantic:
text: In an assortative network, highly connected individuals are linked mostly to other highly connected people. This results in an outbreak that spreads quickly through these clusters of high-risk individuals, but struggles to reach the other, less connected, parts of the network.
ref: 2020, Adam Kucharski, The Rules of Contagion, page 75:
antonyms: disassortative
glosses: Characterized by assorting.
Derived terms: assortatively
assortative mating
assortativeness
assortative pairing
assortativity
nonassortative
daffier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of daffy: more daffy
daffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of daffy: most daffy
dappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dapper
dorkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dorky: most dorky
dorkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of dorky: more dorky
frilliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frilly: most frilly
frillier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frilly: more frilly
frostiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
glosses: superlative form of frosty: most frosty
frostier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frosty: more frosty
frowziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of frowzy: most frowzy
frowzier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of frowzy: more frowzy
gamiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gamey: most gamey
gamier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gamey: more gamey
Geminis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gemini
ghastliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ghastly: most ghastly
ghastliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ghastly: most ghastly
ghastlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ghastly: more ghastly
ghastlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ghastly: more ghastly
glossiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of glossy: most glossy
glossier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of glossy: more glossy
glossies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossy
gluiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gluey: most gluey
gluier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gluey: more gluey
goofiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of goofy: most goofy
goofier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of goofy: more goofy
gooiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gooey: most gooey
goriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gory: most gory
gorier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gory: more gory
gristliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gristly: most gristly
gristlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gristly: more gristly
groggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of groggy: most groggy
groggier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of groggy: more groggy
grubbiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grubby: most grubby
grubbier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grubby: more grubby
grungiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grungy: most grungy
grungier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grungy: more grungy
Guatemalans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guatemalan
Guineans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Guinean
gutsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gutsy: most gutsy
gutsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gutsy: more gutsy
ioniser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionisers
Etymology: From ionise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ionizer.
itchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of itchy: most itchy
itchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of itchy: more itchy
kookiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of kooky: most kooky
leeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of leery: most leery
leerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of leery: more leery
lengthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lengthy: most lengthy
lengthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The new entrance will also make it much more convenient for passengers with accessibility requirements who previously used the lengthier, indirect step-free route to the Bakerloo Line at Paddington Underground station, via the lifts at the Elizabeth Line entrance and then the connecting passenger tunnel.
ref: 2024 October 16, “Network News: Paddington ticket hall brings accessibility boost”, in RAIL, number 1020, page 14:
glosses: comparative form of lengthy: more lengthy
lithest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lithe: most lithe
loopiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loopy: most loopy
loopier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of loopy: more loopy
loosest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of loose: most loose
lumpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lumpy: most lumpy
lumpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Panoramic trains have been an attractive feature of railways in North America and the lumpier parts of mainland Europe for decades, [...].
ref: 2021 October 20, Ben Jones, “The benefits of (and barriers to) more leisure travel by train”, in RAIL, number 942, page 32:
glosses: comparative form of lumpy: more lumpy
Louisianan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˌiːziˈænən/
ipa: /ləˌwiːziˈænən/
ipa: /ˌluːziˈænən/
Etymology: From Louisiana + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Louisianian
glosses: From, or pertaining to, the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.
Louisianan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˌiːziˈænən/
ipa: /ləˌwiːziˈænən/
ipa: /ˌluːziˈænən/
Forms: form: Louisianans
Etymology: From Louisiana + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Louisianian
glosses: Someone from, or pertaining to, Louisiana.
Hypernyms: American
Louisianian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˌiːziˈæn.i.ən/
ipa: /ləˌwiːziˈæn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌluːziˈæn.i.ən/
Etymology: From Louisiana + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Louisianan
glosses: From, or pertaining to, the state of Louisiana in the United States of America.
Louisianian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /luːˌiːziˈæn.i.ən/
ipa: /ləˌwiːziˈæn.i.ən/
ipa: /ˌluːziˈæn.i.ən/
Forms: form: Louisianians
Etymology: From Louisiana + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Louisianan
glosses: Someone from, or pertaining to, Louisiana.
Hypernyms: American
Madagascans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madagascan
mackintoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mackintosh
macintoshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macintosh
maidenheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maidenhead
mainsails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mainsail
manumits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of manumit
stimy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stimies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stymie.
stimy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stimies
form: stimying
form: stimied
form: stimied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stymie.
tyvm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: As a Certified Film Girly (I have a film minor from a state school, tyvm), I am obliged to remind you that the onscreen throuple has been sighted as far back as 1962, when François Truffaut’s Jules et Jim hit theaters and became a French new wave classic.
ref: 2023 October 2, Courtney Young, “Calling It Now: Throuples Are About to Put Love Triangles Out of Business”, in Cosmopolitan:
related: word: TYVM
glosses: Initialism of thank you very much.
Related terms: tysm
stimies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stimy
glosses: plural of stimie
stimies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stimy
Slavicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Slavicisms
Etymology: From Slavic + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A linguistic feature of one or more Slavic languages, especially a Slavic idiom or phrasing that appears in a non-Slavic language.
glosses: An attitude, custom, or other feature that is characteristically Slavic.
glosses: Esteem for and emulation of Slavic culture and politics.
visceral pleura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The portion of pleura that is attached directly to the lungs.
Synonyms: pulmonary pleura
Related terms: parietal pleura
pulmonary pleura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Visceral pleura.
parietal pleura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The portion of the pleura that lines the inner surface of the chest wall and covers the diaphragm.
Related terms: word: visceral pleura
pneumothorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: NEW-moh-THOR-aks
ipa: /ˈnjuːmoʊˌθɔɹæks/
Forms: form: pneumothoraxes
form: pneumothoraces
form: pneumatothorax
Etymology: From pneumo- + thorax.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
Synonyms: PTX
aerothorax
aeropleura
Derived terms: hemopneumothorax
pneumohemothorax
hydropneumothorax
PTX
pyopneumothorax
spontaneous pneumothorax
tension pneumothorax
mobile reporting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mobile reporting is particularly relevant in areas that lack Internet infrastructure, such as Central Asia and Latin America.
glosses: The use of the mobile phone as a reporting tool, combining text and audiovisual recordings, which are then uploaded for publishing.