leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
pyrography (noun): The freehanded art of decorating wood, leather or other materials with burn marks (resulting in surface burned designs) from the controlled application of a heated object or tool such as a poker.
Synonyms: wood burning; pyrogravure; pokerwork
pyrography (noun): A decoration or design so produced.
Synonyms: wood burning; pyrogravure; pokerwork
keeill (noun): A small monastic cell or chapel (especially during the pre-modern period).
torbernite (noun): A radioactive green phosphate mineral, isostructural with autunite, found in granites and other uranium-bearing deposits as a secondary mineral.
Synonyms: copper uranite; cuprouranite
unpretentiously (adv): In a manner that is not pretentious; sincerely, without affectation.
pasuk (noun): A verse of the Torah
Synonyms: passuk; pasuq
hyperviscosity (noun): Increased viscosity, especially of the blood.
Antonyms: hypoviscosity
concretize (verb): To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.
Synonyms: concretise
concretize (verb): To be embodied, to have physical representation.
Synonyms: concretise
dicoumarol (noun): An anticoagulant that functions as a vitamin K antagonist, also used in biochemical experiments as an inhibitor of reductases.
Synonyms: dicumarol
tetralin (noun): The bicyclic hydrocarbon 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene; it is used as an industrial solvent.
Synonyms: benzocyclohexane
ilioinguinal (adj): Of or relating to the ilium and groin; applied to a branch of the first lumbar nerve.
housey (adj): Of hops: having the fruit mixed up with the leaves, making picking difficult.
halakhist (noun): A Jewish person who strictly adheres to halakhic and Talmudic laws.
sheepshank (noun): A type of knot which is useful for shortening a rope or taking up slack without cutting it.
sheepshank (verb): To shorten (a rope) using a sheepshank knot.
claimer (noun): A racehorse offered for sale before a race and delivered to the buyer afterwards.
cyclooctane (noun): An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₈H₁₆, consisting of a ring of eight carbon atoms
corrosiveness (noun): The quality or property of corroding or being corrosive, of eating away or disintegrating; acrimony.
Synonyms: corrosivity
corrosiveness (noun): Such property in some immaterial agent.
Synonyms: corrosivity
corrosiveness (noun): Some property characteristic of a corrosive substance, as its taste.
Synonyms: corrosivity
hyoglossus (noun): A flat muscle on either side of the tongue, connecting it with the body and the thyrohyal of the hyoid bone.
hyperintensity (noun): An area of high intensity (for example, as seen in magnetic resonance imaging).
Antonyms: hypointensity
liothyronine (noun): A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
Hypernyms: T3; triiodothyronine
corecursion (noun): The dual to recursion, that acts on the computed result, rather than the input.
cyclizine (noun): An antiemetic drug used especially in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₈H₂₂N₂·HCl in the treatment of motion sickness.
evacuator (noun): An agent for emptying, especially an instrument for removing fragments of stone from the bladder after litholapaxy.
sabdariffa (noun): Hibiscus sabdariffa, the roselle, a Hibiscus species native to the Old World tropics.
macrohaplogroup (noun): A major haplogroup, especially one that is the head of a phylogeny
Synonyms: macro-haplogroup
biogerontology (noun): A subfield of gerontology that studies the biological processes of aging.
prunelle (noun): a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa (blackthorn, sloe).
oxer (noun): A type of horse jump with two rails that may be set even or uneven.
ganza (noun): A kind of wild goose, by a flock of which a virtuoso was fabled to be carried to the lunar world.
Synonyms: gansa
ganza (noun): A metal, possibly lead or an alloy, formerly used as an inferior currency in Pegu.
Synonyms: gangsa; ganse; gansa
pacificism (noun): A moderate form of political pacifism which allows the use of violence against those seeking to commit greater violence.
paragenesis (noun): The formation of minerals in contact, so as to affect one another's development.
litterbug (noun): A person who tends to drop litter and not clean it up.
Synonyms: litter lout; litter bug; litter-bug
walima (noun): The marriage banquet held as part of an Islamic wedding.
Synonyms: walimah
monoprint (noun): A form of printing on paper from a glass sheet to which oil paint has been applied; monotype.
sheathe (verb): To put (something such as a knife or sword) into a sheath.
Synonyms: sheath
sheathe (verb): To encase (something) with a protective covering.
Synonyms: sheath
sheathe (verb): Of an animal: to draw back or retract (a body part) into the body, such as claws into a paw.
Synonyms: sheath
shaley (adj): Pertaining to or resembling shale.
Synonyms: shaly
durene (noun): 1,2,4,5-tetramethylbenzene, an aromatic hydrocarbon used as a solvent and in the manufacture of pyromellitic acid.
sheepcote (noun): A small building for sheltering sheep.
Synonyms: sheepcot
phaneritic (adj): Pertaining to phanerites, igneous rocks composed of macroscopic mineral crystals (coarse grains large enough to be visible to the naked eye).
Antonyms: aphanitic
nickeline (noun): A mineral, a form of nickel arsenide, NiAs, having a metallic lustre and copper-red colour, that is a minor ore of nickel.
Synonyms: niccolite
bromothymol (noun): A brominated derivative of thymol that is formally part of the structure of the dye bromothymol blue
stormwind (noun): A heavy wind; a wind that brings a storm.
Synonyms: storm-wind
woodfern (noun): Any of several evergreen ferns, of the family Dryopteridaceae, especially genus Dryopteris, that have dark green, leathery fronds.
dimethyldichlorosilane (noun): A tetrahedral organosilicon compound used industrially as a precursor to dimethylsilicone and polysilane compounds.
laryngealized (adj): Pronounced with or through constriction or other action of the larynx; creaky.
chapelet (noun): A pair of straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider.
Synonyms: chaplet
chapelet (noun): A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.
Synonyms: chaplet
khurma (noun): An Indian dessert made of fried dough coated in sugar.
cursitor (noun): A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.
postrevolutionary (adj): Occurring after a period of revolution.
Antonyms: prerevolutionary
knowability (noun): The quality or state of being knowable.
Antonyms: unknowability
pestivirus (noun): Any of several viruses, of the genus Pestivirus, that infect cattle, sheep, pigs etc.
bloodthirst (noun): An eagerness for bloodshed.
Synonyms: blood-thirst
stealthing (noun): The practice of removing a condom during sex, without a partner's knowledge or consent.
wingbox (noun): The primary load-carrying structure of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.
krytron (noun): A cold-cathode gas-filled tube intended for use as a very high-speed switch, somewhat similar to the thyratron.
paratext (noun): In literary theory, meanings that are alluded to, above or beyond the printed text; interpretations of text.
paratext (noun): All of the notes and explanations that make a text more understandable.
kushari (noun): An Egyptian dish of rice, macaroni and lentils topped with a tomato-vinegar sauce and garnishes.
Synonyms: koshary; koshari; kosheri
maxilliped (noun): One of the appendages on the heads of centipedes and some crustaceans behind the maxillae, used for feeding. The maxillipeds, known as forcipules, give centipedes their scientific name, Chilopoda (lip-foot).
Synonyms: maxillipede
halophile (noun): An organism that lives and thrives in an environment of high salinity, often requiring such an environment; a form of extremophile
archnemesis (noun): A chief nemesis.
Synonyms: archfoe; archenemy; archvillain
talud (noun): An inward-sloping surface or panel, in talud-tablero architecture.
torula (noun): Any of a group of fungi, Cyberlindnera jadinii (synonym Candida utilis), related to the yeasts used in baking and brewing, sometimes used in processed food.
domainal (adj): Of or relating to a domain.
Synonyms: domanial
suffragism (noun): A political movement in the late 19th century that fought for women's right to vote in Great Britain and the United States.
genitival (adj): Having genitive form; pertaining to, expressing, or derived from, the genitive case.
Example: genitival adverb
carprofen (noun): A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug whose structure is based on carbazole
passamezzo (noun): An Italian folk dance of the 16th and early 17th centuries.
physiopathology (noun): Pathophysiology: the physiological processes associated with disease or injury, or the study thereof
sinopia (noun): A reddish-brown ochre-like pigment, derived from sinople, used in traditional oil painting and as the cartoon for frescos.
Example: sinopia:
sinopia (noun): The rough sketch (executed in sinopia) which underlies a fresco.
mastertone (noun): A ringtone consisting of an extract from an original recorded work (and not a synthesised imitation).
Synonyms: realtone; truetone
superdisk (noun): A closed curve, of form y = (1-xⁿ)^(1/n) (where n > 2), having properties intermediate between those of a circle and a square
stygofauna (noun): Any fauna that live within groundwater systems, such as caves and aquifers, particularly the small, aquatic groundwater invertebrates
verminous (adj): Actively unpleasant, contemptible, or otherwise reminiscent of vermin.
scopophobia (noun): An unreasonable fear of being seen, or stared at
Synonyms: ophthalmophobia; scoptophobia
calretinin (noun): A vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding protein involved in calcium signalling and abundantly expressed in neurons; it stains mesothelioma and can help to identify lung tumours.
bield (noun): Boldness, courage; confidence; a feeling of security, assurance.
Synonyms: beeld; beild
bield (noun): Resource, help, relief; a means of help or relief; support; sustenance.
Synonyms: beeld; beild
bield (noun): Shelter, refuge or protection.
Synonyms: beeld; beild
bield (verb): To make bold, give courage or confidence to.
Synonyms: encourage; beeld; beild
bield (verb): To defend, protect or shelter.
Synonyms: encourage; beeld; beild
ascriptive (noun): The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work or other object to someone or something.
mastika (noun): A type of hard resin found on various acacia trees, which can be chewed.
mastika (noun): A liqueur similar to raki made from anise or other sources, made in the Balkans.
fetishize (verb): To make the subject of (often sexual) obsession.
Synonyms: fetichise; fetishise; fetichize
fetishize (verb): To make into a fetish, or magical object.
Synonyms: fetichise; fetishise; fetichize
akinetopsia (noun): An inability to perceive motion, despite stationary objects remaining more or less visible, due to brain damage disrupting input to the dorsal pathway.
trepan (noun): A surgical instrument used to remove a circular section of bone from the skull; a trephine.
trepan (verb): To create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material remaining by less expensive means.
afrotherian (adj): Belonging or pertaining to the superorder Afrotheria, which includes the elephants, aardvarks, golden moles, tenrecs, etc.
afrotherian (noun): A placental that belongs to the superorder Afrotheria, such as an elephant, aardvark, golden mole, tenrec, etc.
Synonyms: afrothere
bousillage (noun): A mixture of clay and moss or grass, used in construction as a simpler substitute for pierrotage.
Synonyms: bouzillage
uvala (noun): A closed karst depression, a terrain form usually of elongated or compound structure and of larger size than a sinkhole.
superexchange (noun): An interaction of the electrons of two molecular entities mediated by one or more molecules or ions.
viscus (noun): One of the organs, as the brain, heart, or stomach, in the great cavities of the body of an animal; especially used in the plural, and applied to the organs contained in the abdomen.
Synonyms: entrails; intestines; offal; innards
viscus (noun): The intestines.
Synonyms: entrails; intestines; offal; innards
microalbuminuria (noun): The chronic presence of a small excess of albumin in the urine
tweening (noun): A technique in film animation for generating intermediate frames such that one image evolves smoothly into the next.
Synonyms: inbetweening
overdenture (noun): A type of dental prosthesis that is not permanently fixed in place, but can be disconnected from the implant abutments with finger pressure by the wearer.
lugworm (noun): Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide.
Synonyms: sandworm; blow lugworm; lobworm
lugworm (noun): Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens)
Synonyms: sandworm; blow lugworm; lobworm
homoscedasticity (noun): A property of a set of random variables such that each variable has the same finite variance.
Synonyms: homoskedasticity
Antonyms: heteroscedasticity
xenolith (noun): Any piece of rock having a different origin to that of the igneous rock in which it is found.
tayammum (noun): The wiping of one's face and hands against dust, sand or a clean physical object in place of wudhu for the bereft or bedridden.
diwaniya (noun): In Kuwait, a guest room where men gather to chat, eat and drink.
Synonyms: dewaniya
diwaniya (noun): A traditional Kuwaiti social gathering in such a room.
Synonyms: dewaniya
treyf (adj): Not kosher.
Synonyms: trafe; treife; terefa; terefah; treif
sinsemilla (noun): A form of cannabis where only the female is allowed to blossom. Without pollen from the male plant, the female blossoms produce no seeds, forming large panicled flowers.
Synonyms: sensemilla
antidoron (noun): A piece of ordinary leavened bread, taken from remnants of loaves used for the Eucharist, which has been blessed but not consecrated; distributed in churches that use the Byzantine Rite.
noona (noun): An affectionate term of address for a somewhat older woman.
Synonyms: nuna
prescreen (verb): To screen in advance for potential problems, especially as a preliminary screening before further screening.
judicatory (adj): Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
Example: judicatory tribunals
chuff (adj): Surly; annoyed; displeased; disgruntled.
Synonyms: chuffy
chuff (adj): stupid; churlish; loutish.
Synonyms: chuffy
chuff (verb): Of a powder, propellant, or explosive charge: to become extinguished and reignited intermittently.
chuff (noun): Superfluous small talk that is free of conflict, offers no character development, description or insight, and does not advance the story or plot.
chuff (noun): A breathy noise produced by a tiger, similar in function to a cat's purr.
squark (noun): A hypothetical supersymmetric counterpart to a quark, having a spin of zero instead of one-half.
saleability (noun): The quality or state of being saleable.
Synonyms: saleableness; salability
inapplicability (noun): The state of being inapplicable.
Antonyms: applicability
inapplicability (noun): Something inapplicable.
Antonyms: applicability
sabermetrician (noun): A baseball statistician; one who studies sabermetrics.
azoic (adj): Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life.
Synonyms: Azoic
azoic (adj): Before the existence of animal life.
Synonyms: Azoic
squircle (noun): A closed quartic curve having properties intermediate between those of a square and a circle.
Hypernyms: superellipse
squircle (noun): An object whose shape combines a circle and a square.
Hypernyms: superellipse
trackback (noun): A method to keep track of links to content, especially blog entries.
Synonyms: TrackBack
Hypernyms: linkback
trackback (noun): A snippet of text joined to an entry from another website linking to it.
Synonyms: TrackBack
Hypernyms: linkback
blepharophimosis (noun): A condition involving bilateral ptosis with reduced eyelid size, vertically and horizontally, a flat nasal bridge, and hypoplastic orbital rim.
ponderomotive (adj): Able to move a weight (or anything having mass)
Synonyms: pondermotive
groaner (noun): A work of extremely low quality, so bad as to inspire groaning
Example: That movie was a real groaner.
disilane (noun): The gaseous hydride of silicon SiH₃-SiH₃, the silicon analog of ethane
disilane (noun): a molecule with a silicon-silicon single bond, or silicon analog of alkanes
measureless (adj): Not measured because it is so large that it is difficult or impossible to do so.
nongame (adj): Not a game, or unrelated to a game
Synonyms: non-game
nongame (noun): An activity, etc. that is not a game.
Synonyms: non-game
bulldust (noun): Fine red dust, found in desert regions of Australia.
Synonyms: bullshit
bulldust (noun): Nonsense; blatantly false statements.
Synonyms: bullshit
underbar (noun): A bar placed under a symbol.
Example: ̲A is the letter A with an underbar.
vestibulum (noun): A cavity into which, in certain bryozoans, the esophagus and anus open.
nontheist (noun): One who is not a theist; an atheist.
Synonyms: atheist
soundfont (noun): The set of digitized instruments used in the soundtrack of a video game.
vinegary (adj): Sour; like vinegar.
Synonyms: bitter; tart; acrid; nasty; acerbic
vinegary (adj): Acerbic, bitter.
Synonyms: bitter; tart; acrid; nasty; acerbic
vinegary (adj): Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.
Synonyms: bitter; tart; acrid; nasty; acerbic
vocable (noun): A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning.
vocable (noun): A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song.
vocable (adj): Able to be uttered.
Synonyms: utterable; voiceable
Example: a vocable marker
trilaminar (adj): Formed of, or having, three laminae, or thin plates.
Synonyms: trilaminate
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (adj): Fantastic, very wonderful
shipfitter (noun): A person employed to fabricate and assemble the structural parts of a ship.
diffusionist (adj): Of or pertaining to diffusionism.
Antonyms: migrationist
excambion (noun): exchange or barter, especially of lands.
Synonyms: excambium
scroggy (adj): Abounding in scrog.
Example: O 'tis a lonely scroggy Glen!
nonresponsive (adj): Not responsive.
Synonyms: unresponsive
Antonyms: responsive
isopentane (noun): An aliphatic hydrocarbon with the chemical structure CH₂CH₂CH(CH₃)₂; isomeric with pentane and neopentane.
Synonyms: methylbutane; 2-methylbutane
postnasal (adj): Of, pertaining to, or located near the posterior of the nasal cavity.
nilometer (noun): a device used to measure the rise of water in the Nile at the flood
Synonyms: Nilometer; Niloscope
Hypernyms: stream gauge
tocolytic (noun): Any drug that suppresses premature labour—premature giving birth.
Synonyms: tocolytic
Hypernyms: pharmaceutical
breadbox (noun): a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
Synonyms: bread box; bread-box
housewifery (noun): The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
Synonyms: housewifeship; housewivery; huswifery; housewifry
housewifery (noun): Household goods.
Synonyms: housewifeship; housewivery; huswifery; housewifry
termer (noun): Someone who is in a certain term
Synonyms: termor
Example: first-termer
termer (noun): One who has an estate for a term of years or for life.
Synonyms: termor
termer (noun): One who resorted to London during the law term only, in order to practise tricks, to carry on intrigues, or the like.
Synonyms: termor
chosenness (noun): The quality of being chosen.
Synonyms: selectness; election
boilerman (noun): A person who tends the fire for a steam engine
Synonyms: stoker; fireman
ecomorph (noun): A local variety of a species whose appearance is determined by its ecological environment.
aranga (noun): Among Siberian peoples, a platform on which the body of a deceased shaman is placed, as a form of sky burial.
duckboard (noun): One of a long series of boards laid from side to side as a path across wet or muddy ground; normally used in plural.
duckboard (noun): Wooden, low walkway or short part of a path with one or more planks, logs, or boards laid after each other lengthwise, often two planks wide; also called bog board, bog bridge, or puncheon.
duckboard (noun): A panel of wooden slats typically lain on a concrete floor in a workshop. Compliance of slats arranged in two crossed layers reduces fatigue for a person operating a machine tool or working at a bench.
minisatellite (noun): A short series of bases that reoccurs many times in a genome
Synonyms: minisat
Hypernyms: satellite
minisatellite (noun): A small satellite
Synonyms: minisat
Hypernyms: satellite
minisatellite (noun): an artificial satellite massing between 100 and 500 kilograms
Synonyms: minisat
Hypernyms: satellite
stereoisomerism (noun): A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.
Synonyms: optical isomerism
hemimorphite (noun): An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc, a hydrated zinc silicate.
Synonyms: calamine
welfarist (adj): Pertaining to support for the politics or principles of the welfare state.
dotation (noun): The act of dotating or bestowing something; endowment, or an instance of this.
dotation (noun): A grant of revenues from territory conquered by the French Empire (c. 1804–1814).
hissy (adj): Accompanied with hisses.
Synonyms: irritable; sibilant; infantile; childish; milky
hissy (adj): Making a hissing sound.
Synonyms: irritable; sibilant; infantile; childish; milky
hissy (adj): Childish or petulant.
Synonyms: irritable; sibilant; infantile; childish; milky
hissy (noun): A tantrum, a fit.
Synonyms: tantrum
Example: get into a hissy
undelete (verb): To recover (a file, record, etc.) from a deleted state; restore.
stauropegion (noun): In Eastern Orthodoxy, the placement of a cross by a bishop which symbolises his approval of the construction of a church or monastery on the site the cross is placed.
Synonyms: stavropegion; stavropihiia
stauropegion (noun): In Eastern Orthodoxy and Eastern Catholicism, an autonomous Orthodox church body (church, monastery, brotherhood, lavra, theological school) which does not answer to any local hierarch, but is ruled directly by the highest authority of the church, i.e. the primate of the said church (e.g. a Patriarch) or in the case of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1721 and 1918 by the Most Holy Synod. Similar to a personal prelature.
Synonyms: stavropegion; stavropihiia
makeweight (noun): Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
Synonyms: make-weight
makeweight (noun): Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
Synonyms: make-weight
trecena (noun): A 13-day period used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerican calendars.
cutpurse (noun): A thief who steals from others' purses or pockets in public.
Synonyms: cut-purse; pickpocket
panitumumab (noun): A human monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of some cancers.
circumspectly (adv): In a circumspect manner. With consideration for all that is pertinent.
kakegoe (noun): Melodramatic calls from an audience in kabuki theatre or as part of call-and-response singing in Japanese folk music.
pauraque (noun): Any of species Nyctidromus albicollis of nightjars found from the far southern part of the US through Central and South America.
gustation (noun): The act of tasting.
Synonyms: gustation; taste; gust
Antonyms: ageusia
Hypernyms: sense
gustation (noun): The ability to taste flavors; the sense of taste.
Synonyms: gustation; taste; gust
Antonyms: ageusia
Hypernyms: sense
macropinocytosis (noun): A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell
starfucker (noun): One who obsessively seeks sex or association with stars, or celebrities.
Synonyms: star-fucker
leprose (adj): Synonym of scaly or lepidote, particularly describing lichens with a granular or powdery thallus.
trinomen (noun): A scientific name at the rank of subspecies: an expansion of a binomial name (a genus and a species) combined with the name of the subspecies; for example Anopheles gigas formosus or Homo sapiens sapiens.
Synonyms: three-part name; ternary name; trinomial name
syngeneic (adj): genetically identical, or sufficiently identical and immunologically compatible as to allow for transplantation.
Example: Coordinate term: allogeneic
gadulka (noun): A traditional Bulgarian stringed instrument, played with a bow, and most commonly featuring three main strings and up to sixteen sympathetic strings.
Synonyms: g'dulka; gudulka
ectomycorrhiza (noun): A form of mycorrhiza consisting of a sheath of fungus around the root tips of the symbiotic plant.
champurrado (noun): A traditional chocolate-based atole found in Mexico, containing panela, vanilla, anise and cinnamon.
champurrado (noun): A Cuban water-based drink, containing several spices, mixed with rum or brandy.
codonopsis (noun): Any plant, of the genus Codonopsis, the roots of which are used as a substitute for ginseng.
siderosis (noun): A form of pneumoconiosis caused by the inhalation of iron dust
siderosis (noun): The accumulation of hemosiderin in various organs of the body by people with a diet rich in iron
phyton (noun): One of the parts which by their repetition make up a flowering plant, each being a single joint of a stem with its leaf or leaves.
Synonyms: phytomer
matrilineage (noun): Lineage based upon the maternal line; a group of descendants related through a common female lineage.
sweatband (noun): A band of fabric, inside the crown of a hat, designed to absorb perspiration.
sweatband (noun): A band of fabric worn around the wrist or head during sports to absorb perspiration.
pointcut (noun): In aspect-oriented programming, a set of join points specifying when advice should run during execution.
fritting (noun): The formation of frit or slag by heat with only incipient fusion.
streetcorner (adj): Acting or appearing on the street corner
Example: a streetcorner preacher
headgroup (noun): A bulky part of a molecule, often containing one or more functional groups, attached to a relatively long aliphatic tail or backbone
Synonyms: head group
headgroup (noun): The group of instances at the head (high end) of a distribution curve
Synonyms: head group
pericentromeric (adj): Situated near, or on each side of, the centromere of a chromosome
pseudoforest (noun): an undirected graph in which every connected component has at most one cycle
fumagillin (noun): A complex biomolecule used as an antimicrobial agent.
outgun (verb): To defeat in terms of firepower.
Synonyms: out-gun
ciliopathy (noun): Any of a range of genetic disorders involving defects in the cilia or flagella of cells
ruana (noun): An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
larnax (noun): A small closed coffin, box or cinerary urn often used as a container for human remains in Ancient Greece.
lavalava (noun): An everyday item of clothing traditionally worn by Polynesians and other Oceanic peoples, consisting of a single rectangular cloth worn as a skirt, secured around the waist by an overhand knotting of the upper corners.
pyritization (noun): The hydrothermal process whereby a rock is transformed into a pyrite.
paralyzer (noun): One who or that which paralyzes
Synonyms: paralytic
myofibril (noun): Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.
Synonyms: sarcostyle
dematerialize (verb): To disappear by becoming immaterial.
Synonyms: dissolve; disintegrate; disappear; dematerialise; vanish
dematerialize (verb): To cause something to disappear by making it immaterial.
Synonyms: dissolve; disintegrate; disappear; dematerialise; vanish
dematerialize (verb): To remove the physical materials from (a process, etc.).
Synonyms: dissolve; disintegrate; disappear; dematerialise; vanish
kinin (noun): Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.
daguerrotypes (noun): plural of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
antipsychiatry (noun): A form of psychoanalysis based on existentialist and sociological concepts
myristoyl (noun): The univalent radical derived from myristic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
oxpecker (noun): Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, in the monotypic family Buphagidae, endemic to sub-Saharan African savannah.
ferrocerium (noun): A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
squirearchy (noun): The landowning gentry.
Synonyms: squirarchy
microworld (noun): The world as it exists at a microscopic scale, subject to quantum effects etc.
appurtenance (noun): That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
Synonyms: appertainance; appurtenaunce
appurtenance (noun): Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
Synonyms: appertainance; appurtenaunce
appurtenance (noun): A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
Synonyms: appertainance; appurtenaunce
buprestid (noun): Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
Synonyms: jewel beetle
primiparous (adj): pregnant for the first time
Synonyms: uniparous
Antonyms: multiparous
primiparous (adj): Having given birth to only one child
Synonyms: uniparous
Antonyms: multiparous
primiparous (adj): bearing a first offspring; having borne only one previous offspring
Synonyms: uniparous
Antonyms: multiparous
gorgeousness (noun): The characteristic or quality of being gorgeous
Synonyms: gorgeousnesse; gorgeosity
tibiotarsal (adj): Of or pertaining to both the tibia and the tarsus.
Example: the tibiotarsal articulation
grandiloquence (noun): Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
kiribath (noun): A traditional Sri Lankan dish of rice cooked with coconut milk and formed into a sort of cake or pudding.
propanediol (noun): Any of four diols derived from propane, usually the forms 1,2-propanediol and 1,3-propanediol, but especially 1,2-propanediol known as propylene glycol
Synonyms: propandiol; propyleneglycol
Hypernyms: diol; glycol
skinfold (noun): A double layer of skin and the underlying adipose tissue obtained by pinching the skin at an appropriate site; the thickness (measured using calipers) gives an estimation of body fat.
phenylpiperazine (noun): A chemical compound featuring a phenyl group bound to a piperazine ring, many of whose derivatives are used as pharmaceuticals.
mekhela (noun): A traditional garment worn by Assamese women, consisting of a length of cloth worn (typically with a chador) from the waist to the ankles and often pleated.
ajwain (noun): A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed-like fruit, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor.
Synonyms: bishop's weed; ajowain; ajwayan; carom; aiwain
tutelar (adj): Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
Synonyms: protective; tutelary; tutelaric
tutelar (noun): One that is tutelary.
Synonyms: guardian; tutelary; protector
discriminability (noun): The state of being, or the extent to which something is, discriminable.
acrolect (noun): The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms).
farnesoid (adj): Of or relating to farnesol or its derivatives, especially to the metabolically active farnesyl pyrophosphate
neato (intj): Neat (in the sense of being excellent or desirable).
Example: Oh, neato! My car is fixed.
expurgation (noun): The act of expurgating, purging, or cleansing; purification from anything noxious, offensive, sinful, or erroneous.
cybrid (noun): An artificial hybrid cell produced by introducing nuclear material from one organism into a cell (of the same or different species) from which the nucleus has been removed
separationist (noun): One who believes that the human Jesus Christ was a separate being from the divine Christ.
eloge (noun): Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.
propellane (noun): Any tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon having two bridgehead carbon atoms joined by three bridges and a direct link.
polychondritis (noun): A medical condition characterized by inflammation and deterioration of cartilage.
illuminationist (adj): Of or relating to illuminationism.
Synonyms: Illuminationist
illuminationist (noun): A follower of illuminationism.
Synonyms: Illuminationist
coenosteum (noun): The calcareous skeletal ectodermal tissue of a coenosarc
aminoacylase (noun): A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction an N-acyl-L-amino acid + H₂O ⇌ a carboxylate + an L-amino acid.
justicar (noun): A representative and enforcer of the king or ruler's justice.
Synonyms: Justicar
nearline (adj): Having a level of availability somewhere between online and offline, typically using removable media.
Synonyms: near-line
kickout (noun): A rapid turn performed by shifting one's weight to the rear of the surfboard.
copin (noun): Synonym of medio, particularly in Asturias, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 2.3 L
latifundium (noun): A great landed estate with absentee ownership and labor often in a state of partial servitude.
transactinide (adj): Lying beyond lawrencium (the last actinide) in the periodic table; having an atomic number greater than 103.
Hypernyms: transuranic; transfermium
transactinide (noun): Any of the artificially produced elements having an atomic number greater than 103.
cookstove (noun): A stove used for cooking, especially a primitive kind heated by burning wood, charcoal, dung, etc.
kyphoplasty (noun): A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.
lickerish (adj): Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy.
diker (noun): One who digs or works on dykes; a ditcher.
Synonyms: dyker
diker (noun): One who builds stone walls, usually dry-stone without lime.
Synonyms: dyker
laminoplasty (noun): A procedure for treating spinal stenosis by cutting of the lamina on both sides of the affected vertebrae and then "swinging" the freed flap of bone open, thus relieving the pressure on the spinal cord.
shieldmaiden (noun): A female virgin who had chosen to fight as a warrior in battle.
Synonyms: shieldmay; shield-maiden; shield-may; shield maiden; shieldmaid
pachycaul (noun): Any of several primitive tropical trees that have a thick stem and few or no branches.
soapsuds (noun): Alternative spelling of soap suds
Synonyms: soap suds
ctenochasmatid (noun): Any pterosaur of the family Ctenochasmatidae
aucuba (noun): Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba.
manque (adj): unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
Synonyms: manqué
Example: an artist manque
creton (noun): A spreadable paste made from pork fat, ground pork trimmings, onions.
Synonyms: gorton; corton
kavanah (noun): Heartfelt intent during prayer, as opposed to roteness.
Synonyms: kavana; kavvanah; kawwana
damphu (noun): A double-sided disk-shaped drum of Nepalese origin.
Synonyms: damfoo
daymare (noun): A vivid, unpleasant mental image, having the characteristics of a nightmare, during wakefulness.
wakashu (noun): A Japanese boy after early childhood but before his coming-of-age ceremony.
wakashu (noun): A role in kabuki traditionally played by a boy of this age category.
stammtisch (noun): A table in a bar etc. reserved for a group of regulars taking part in social discussion and beer drinking; a "regulars' table".
waterphone (noun): An acoustic percussion instrument consisting of a resonator bowl or pan with a cylindrical neck, surrounded by rods of different lengths and diameters. Water may be added to the bowl to modify the sound.
waterphone (noun): An instrument for detecting leaks in pipes by their sound, consisting of a rod attached to an earpiece.
amorously (adv): In an amorous or loving manner.
Synonyms: amourously
narcoterrorism (noun): Use of terrorist tactics as an element of the traffic in illegal narcotics.
teratogenesis (noun): The development of congenital malformations.
Synonyms: teratogeny
ocrelizumab (noun): A humanized monoclonal antibody with possible applications as an immunosuppressive drug.
amphiphile (noun): A chemical compound which has both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties. Many such compounds are used as surfactants.
raoulia (noun): Any of the genus Raoulia of New Zealand plants in the pussytoes tribe (Gnaphalieae) within the daisy family (Asteraceae).
waul (verb): To wail, to cry plaintively.
Synonyms: wrawl
deadness (noun): The state of not being alive. Having the property of lifelessness, as if dead.
Synonyms: deadnesse; inelasticity; inanimateness; inertness
deadness (noun): A lack of elasticity.
Synonyms: deadnesse; inelasticity; inanimateness; inertness
deadness (noun): A lack of sparkle in a fizzy drink.
Synonyms: deadnesse; inelasticity; inanimateness; inertness
submartingale (noun): A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is superior or equal to its current value.
flowerhorn (noun): A brightly-coloured ornamental cichlid with a distinctive nuchal hump.
spherule (noun): A small sphere.
Synonyms: spherula; sphaerula; sphærule; sphærula; sphaerule
brucine (noun): An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
shriketit (noun): Any of various subspecies of passerine birds in the genus Falcunculus.
stannite (noun): a dark-gray lustrous mineral, a mixed sulfide of copper, iron, and tin, Cu₂FeSnS₄, used as an ore of tin
Synonyms: tin pyrites
syncoilin (noun): A muscle-specific intermediate filament that is a binding partner of desmin.
drawknife (noun): A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; a drawshave.
Synonyms: draw knife; drawing knife
drawknife (noun): A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.
Synonyms: draw knife; drawing knife
drawknife (verb): To cut or shave with a drawknife.
Synonyms: draw knife; drawing knife
sirtaki (noun): A modern Greek folk dance, a mixture of the slow and fast versions of the hasapiko dance.
Synonyms: syrtaki
gonolek (noun): Any of various passerine birds of the genus Laniarius.
pirn (noun): A cone-shaped spool or bobbin on which thread or yarn is wound, used most often for weaving.
Synonyms: pern
pirn (noun): The amount of thread wound on a shuttle or reel.
Synonyms: pern
pirn (verb): To wind (yarn) onto a pirn, usually by means of a pirn winder.
Synonyms: pern
metalloenzyme (noun): Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity
frush (noun): A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush.
pubococcygeus (noun): A hammocklike muscle, found in both sexes, that stretches from the pubic bone to the coccyx; it controls urine flow and contracts during orgasm.
greenwash (noun): A false or misleading picture of environmental friendliness used to conceal or obscure damaging activities.
greenwash (verb): To disseminate such information about (something). Most often used to tout technologies, products, or ways of doing things that seem environmentally friendly but are actually not.
anorthoclase (noun): Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates.
Synonyms: soda microcline; anorthose
fustic (noun): A tropical American tree (Maclura tinctoria), whose wood produces a yellow dye.
Synonyms: old fustic; fustoc; young fustic; Venice sumac; fustick
fustic (noun): A European tree, Eurasian smoketree (Cotinus coggygria), whose wood produces an orange dye.
Synonyms: old fustic; fustoc; young fustic; Venice sumac; fustick
fustic (noun): The wood of these trees.
Synonyms: old fustic; fustoc; young fustic; Venice sumac; fustick
funniness (noun): Something funny; a quirky or amusing statement, mannerism, etc.
imbongi (noun): A praise singer, a traditional bard in Zulu culture.
divaricate (verb): To spread apart; to (cause to) diverge or branch off.
splatterpunk (noun): A movement within horror fiction distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depictions of violence.
zwieback (noun): A usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.
wharfside (noun): The side of a wharf, where goods may be loaded and unloaded.
multislice (noun): A method for simulating the interaction of an electron beam with matter, used in high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images.
buffaloberry (noun): Any of several shrubs, of the genus Shepherdia, native to North America.
Synonyms: buffalo-berry; buffalo berry; soopolallie
buffaloberry (noun): The edible berry of these plants.
Synonyms: buffalo-berry; buffalo berry; soopolallie
overfall (noun): A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges.
overfall (noun): Part of a garment that hangs so as to cover a lower part.
overfall (verb): To change or affect so as to pervade (something); to come over
Example: Such a blankness overfell his face!
choledocholithiasis (noun): The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
huitlacoche (noun): Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
Synonyms: cuitlacoche
estoc (noun): A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.
pilcrow (noun): The symbol ¶. A symbol designating the beginning of a new paragraph.
Synonyms: paragraph mark
pilcrow (noun): The symbol ¶. A symbol designating a paragraph break.
Synonyms: paragraph mark
garabato (noun): Uncaria guianensis, a plant found in Guyana.
airan (noun): A Turkish cold drink made from yoghurt and water with salt and sometimes herbs.
Synonyms: ayran
hypopygium (noun): A modified abdominal segment, in some insects, which supports the copulatory apparatus
rhombitrihexagonal (adj): Relating to a semiregular tiling of the Euclidean plane with one triangle, two squares, and one hexagon on each vertex.
porcellaneous (adj): Of or relating to porcelain; resembling porcelain.
Synonyms: porcelaneous
Example: porcellaneous shell
porcellaneous (adj): Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; said of certain Foraminifera.
Synonyms: porcelaneous
Example: porcellaneous content
combinatoriality (noun): A quality shared by some twelve-tone tone rows by which the row and one of its transformations combine to form a pair of aggregates.
crocetin (noun): A natural carotenoid dicarboxylic acid that is found in the crocus flower.
qiviut (noun): The underwool of the Arctic muskox, used as a fibre.
punny (adj): Involving the use of a pun.
Synonyms: puntastic
superperfect (adj): Being or relating to a class of positive integers satisfying σ²(n)=σ(σ(n))=2n,, where σ is the divisor function. They are a generalization of perfect numbers.
ertapenem (noun): A particular carbapenem antibiotic, structurally similar to meropenem.
troglitazone (noun): A thiazolidinedione derivative C₂₄H₂₇NO₅S formerly used to treat type 2 diabetes but now withdrawn from use because of its link to serious hepatic reactions.
frontogenesis (noun): The formation or strengthening of an atmospheric weather front or of an oceanic front.
Antonyms: frontolysis
pyromancy (noun): Divination by fire; the use of fire to supernaturally gain information.
Synonyms: pyrokinesis
pyromancy (noun): The magical power of conjuring or controlling fire.
Synonyms: pyrokinesis
toatoa (noun): Any of various plants: Haloragis erecta (shrubby haloragis, erect seaberry).
toatoa (noun): Any of various plants: Phyllocladus alpinus (mountain celery pine).
clag (noun): Low cloud, fog or smog.
Example: The sky was thick with dirty gray clag
clag (noun): Unburned carbon (smoke) from a steam or diesel locomotive, or multiple unit.
flyrobin (noun): Any of various petroicid birds of the genera Microeca and Monachella, of Australia and New Guinea.
linguine (noun): Ribbons of pasta, cut from a sheet, not as wide as tagliatelle.
Synonyms: linguini
roadcut (noun): A cut through a hill or mountain for the purposes of building a road through it, rather than over it.
pishtaq (noun): An ornamental portal projecting from the facade of a building, often as the formal gateway to an iwan.
Synonyms: pishtak
translinear (adj): Describing a circuit that has an exponential (rather than linear) current-voltage relationship
pleconaril (noun): An antiviral drug being developed for prevention of asthma exacerbations and common cold symptoms in asthmatic subjects exposed to picornavirus respiratory infections.
wongi (noun): Manilkara kauki, a plant in the family Sapotaceae, found in tropical Asia and northern Queensland, Australia.
polysulfate (noun): Any compound that has many sulfate groups, especially one that has been polysulfated
Synonyms: polysulphate
terrella (noun): A small magnetized model ball representing the Earth, used in investigating magnetism.
panchakarma (noun): A multi-stage process, involving emesis and enemas, for purifying the body according to Ayurveda.
ferruginol (noun): A diterpene of the abietane chemical class that has been isolated from the needles of the redwood Sequoia sempervirens.
gordita (noun): A thick tortilla as made in Mexico, frequently stuffed and made of corn flour.
chubsucker (noun): Any of various freshwater suckers of the genus Erimyzon, native to North America.
Synonyms: chub sucker
snurfer (noun): A bindingless snowboard/ski variant, with a rope leash at the front tip, that the snurfer (rider/surfer) can hold on to.
snurfer (noun): A person who participates in snurfing, who uses a snurfer, one who snurfs.
Synonyms: boarder; rider; surfer
tomol (noun): A planked boat used by the Chumash and Tongva peoples of California since pre-Columbian times, propelled by crouching occupants using paddles.
secund (adj): Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk; unilateral.
dispositif (noun): A part of a document that communicates the decisions taken by some organization or nation on a particular issue.
Synonyms: dispositive
dispositif (noun): According to Michel Foucault, the aggregate of institutional, physical and administrative mechanisms and knowledge structures that enhance and maintain the exercise of power within society.
Synonyms: dispositive
knockback (noun): A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil.
Synonyms: knock-back
knockback (noun): Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback.
Synonyms: knock-back
lubricin (noun): Any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.
highlow (noun): An article of men's footwear, typically made of leather, lower in height than a boot, rising just above the ankle, with laces in the front.
Synonyms: high-low
subsalicylate (noun): Any metal salicylate in which the metal atom is bonded to both the hydroxyl and the carboxylic acid group of salicylic acid
nonprobability (adj): Of or relating to a form of sampling in which the population is sampled not randomly but according to deliberate criteria.
taurobolium (noun): The ritual slaughter of a bull.
Synonyms: tauroboly
arylcyclohexylamine (noun): Any of a class of pharmaceutical, designer, and experimental drugs, composed of a cyclohexylamine unit with an aryl moiety attachment.
Synonyms: arylcyclohexamine
tivaevae (noun): A form of artistic quilting traditionally done by Polynesian women.
Synonyms: tifaifai; tivaivai