leukas/Wiktionary huggingface dataset:
allochthon (noun): A geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces. Compare autochthon.
kopek (noun): A Russian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a ruble.
Synonyms: copeck; kopejka; kopeika; kopeyka; kopeck
kopek (noun): A kopiyka: a Ukrainian monetary unit equal to one hundredth of a hryvnia.
Synonyms: copeck; kopejka; kopeika; kopeyka; kopeck
lauan (noun): Any of several types of light wood, resembling mahogany, from various trees from the Philippines and Malaysia.
Synonyms: luan; lawaan
partage (noun): The formerly standard practice of dividing up artifacts between archaeologists, their patrons, and the host territory.
embracement (noun): A clasp in the arms; embrace.
Synonyms: imbracement
embracement (noun): State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion.
Synonyms: imbracement
embracement (noun): Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance.
Synonyms: imbracement
cryoglobulinemia (noun): A medical condition in which the blood contains an excess of cryoglobulins.
Synonyms: cryoglobulinaemia
spurdog (noun): A dogfish shark of the genus Squalus.
Synonyms: spiny dogfish
supermoon (noun): A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range.
Synonyms: perigee moon; Supermoon; Super Moon; super moon; SuperMoon
murukku (noun): A snack usually made of rice or urad dal flour, formed into a twisty shape.
emboss (verb): To cause (something) to stick out or swell; to extrude; also, to cause (someone or something) to be covered in swellings.
Synonyms: imboss
emboss (verb): To make (a design on a coin, an ornament on an object, etc.) stand out from a surface.
Synonyms: imboss
emboss (verb): To represent (a subject) on an object in relief; also, of a design or subject: to stand out on (an object) in relief.
Synonyms: imboss
emboss (verb): Of a hunted animal: to take shelter in a forest or wood.
Synonyms: imboss
emboss (verb): To drive (a hunted animal) to exhaustion by chasing it; to exhaust; hence, to make (a hunted animal) foam at the mouth due to exhaustion from being chased.
Synonyms: imboss
emboss (verb): To cause (an animal's body, a person's mouth, etc.) to be covered with foam.
Synonyms: imboss
pimiento (noun): Synonym of pimento, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum.
dacnis (noun): Any of a number of species of tanager in the genus Dacnis.
bailor (noun): One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
subjecthood (noun): The condition or state of a word or expression, such as a noun phrase, being the subject of a sentence.
subjecthood (noun): The condition or state of a person being a subject of a nation or a monarch.
sonoluminescence (noun): The emission of short bursts of light from imploding bubbles in a liquid when excited by sound.
vernation (noun): The arrangement of multiple organs (such as leaves and flower parts) within a bud.
Synonyms: leafing
vernation (noun): Arrangement of only leaves within the bud; prefoliation.
Synonyms: leafing
parmigiana (adj): Cooked or served with Parmesan cheese and tomato sauce.
Synonyms: Parmigiana
parmigiana (noun): Any dish in which a main ingredient is combined with cheese and coated with tomato sauce before being baked.
Synonyms: Parmigiana
cavally (noun): Caranx hippos, a carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast.
Synonyms: crevalle jack; horse crevalle
overspread (verb): To spread over or across (something); cover over; be scattered over; permeate, overrun.
Synonyms: o'erspread
overspread (verb): To be spread or scattered about.
Synonyms: o'erspread
lisdexamfetamine (noun): A psychoactive drug and stimulant prodrug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes.
gibbsite (noun): A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)₃.
bioorthogonal (adj): Describing biochemical research techniques for selectively labelling biomolecules that are independent of the detailed structure of the host molecule.
pandiagonal (adj): Of a magic square: having the additional property that the broken diagonals, i.e. the diagonals that wrap round at the edges of the square, also add up to the magic constant.
deuterostome (noun): Any animal, of the subphylum Deuterostomia, in which the initial pore formed during gastrulation becomes the anus, and the second pore becomes the mouth.
feh (intj): An expression of disgust or contempt.
Synonyms: uck; pht; pshaw; bleah; eww
barzakh (noun): A place separating the living from the hereafter; a phase between death and resurrection.
lemures (noun): The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
Example: Coordinate term: Lares
ajuga (noun): Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover Ajuga reptans.
cystocele (noun): Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.
desalinate (verb): To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater for use in a domestic water supply
diaphoresis (noun): The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly): The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly)
Synonyms: sudation; sudoresis; hidrosis; hyperhidrosis; perspiration
diaphoresis (noun): The formation and excretion of sweat; sweating; perspiration; and (sometimes, more particularly): Excessive sweating; excessive perspiration (more than would be expected in response to a given stimulus; especially when profuse as a symptom of disease or a side effect of a drug).
Synonyms: sudation; sudoresis; hidrosis; hyperhidrosis; perspiration
waken (verb): To awaken; to cease to sleep; to be awakened; to stir.
alethic (adj): Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
ophthalmoscopy (noun): Examination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope.
ophthalmoscopy (noun): The design, construction and use of ophthalmoscopes.
gubernaculum (noun): A part or structure that serves as a guide: Either of a pair of folds of peritoneum which connects the caudal end of the fetal testis with the bottom of the scrotum in a male fetus, and by failing to elongate in proportion to the rest of the fetus causes the descent of the testis into the scrotum; or an analogous cord of connective tissue attached to the ovary in a female fetus, which is the precursor of the round and ovarian ligaments.
Synonyms: gubernaculum dentis; gubernaculum testis
gubernaculum (noun): A part or structure that serves as a guide: (more fully gubernaculum dentis) A cord or sheath of connective tissue that connects the sac of an unerupted permanent tooth with the surface of the gum.
Synonyms: gubernaculum dentis; gubernaculum testis
gubernaculum (noun): A part or structure that serves as a guide: The reproductive tract of an invertebrate, or part of it; especially the section containing the gonophores (in a hydrozoan); a sclerotized structure in the cloaca (in a nematode).
Synonyms: gubernaculum dentis; gubernaculum testis
multisite (adj): Occupying, or occurring at, multiple physical sites.
Synonyms: multi-site
Example: a multisite depot
multisite (adj): Of or relating to more than one web site.
Synonyms: multi-site
Example: a multisite CMS installation
civilise (verb): To educate or enlighten a person or people to a perceived higher standard of behaviour.
Synonyms: civilize
civilise (verb): To introduce or impose the standards of one civilisation upon another civilization, group or person, arguably with the intent of achieving a perceived higher standard of behavior.
Synonyms: civilize
civilise (verb): To bring from a state of savagery to an educated or refined state.
Synonyms: civilize
carcajou (noun): Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
fice (noun): Alternative form of feist (“a feist dog”)
Synonyms: feist; fise; fist
nosh (verb): To eat a snack or light meal.
Example: They were noshing on fruit.
communization (noun): The act or process of communizing.
Synonyms: communisation
Antonyms: decommunization
carbonado (noun): A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.
wolfsangel (noun): A wolf hook.
Synonyms: crampon; cramp
wolfsangel (noun): A Z-shaped symbol, reminiscent of the Germanic wolf hook hunting device
Synonyms: crampon; cramp
basketweave (noun): A simple woven pattern in which groups of warp and weft threads are interlaced to give a checkerboard appearance
Synonyms: basket weave
coomb (noun): An old English measure of corn (e.g., wheat), equal to half a quarter or 4 bushels.
Synonyms: comb
ochna (noun): Any of the genus Ochna of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets.
sissoo (noun): A leguminous tree (Dalbergia sissoo) of northern India.
picene (noun): A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon consisting of five fused benzene rings; an isomer of pentacene.
dirigent (noun): The line of motion of a describent line or surface that in so moving defines a plane or solid figure; a directrix.
skully (noun): A street game in which players attempt to flick caps into a series of squares drawn on the ground.
isoamyl (noun): the organic radical derived from isoamyl alcohol; 3-methyl butyl
polocrosse (noun): A goal game combining elements of polo, lacrosse, and netball, played by teams of six players mounted on horseback and using a sponge rubber ball and a stick with a head like a cross and a handle and shaft like those of a polo stick.
rayah (noun): A member of the tax-paying lower class of Ottoman society.
Synonyms: raya
analysand (noun): A person who undergoes psychoanalysis; one who is analysed.
preconscious (adj): (of memories) that one is not aware of, but which can be recalled through conscious effort
boxcab (noun): a locomotive in which the machinery and crew areas are enclosed in a box-like superstructure
associationism (noun): A theory that association (of experiences etc) is the basis of consciousness and mental activity
stog (verb): To walk with a heavy or clumsy gait; to plod.
whipsaw (verb): To cause (a trader) to lose potential profit by buying shares just before the price falls, or by selling them just before the price rises.
reprogrammable (adj): That can be reprogrammed; whose program can be replaced with another.
risp (verb): To rub together, to rasp or grate.
Synonyms: resp
deformability (noun): A measure of the extent to which something is deformable (under standard conditions)
asphaltic (adj): Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
Example: asphaltic concrete; asphaltic sediment
asphaltic (adj): Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).
codpiece (noun): A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.
Synonyms: cod-piece
codpiece (noun): A conspicuous protection for the male genitals in a suit of plate armor.
Synonyms: cod-piece
coachwhip (noun): A long whip used by the driver of a horse-drawn coach.
Hypernyms: whip
coachwhip (noun): Masticophis flagellum, a colubrid snake of North America.
Hypernyms: whip
coachwhip (noun): Fouquieria splendens (ocotillo).
Hypernyms: whip
xanthophyll (noun): Any of various hydroxy, carbonyl or carboxylic acid derivatives of carotenes.
Synonyms: phylloxanthin; lutein
xanthophyll (noun): Lutein.
Synonyms: phylloxanthin; lutein
yarmulke (noun): A skullcap worn by religious Jewish males (especially during prayer).
Synonyms: yarmalka; yamulke; yamalka; yamaka; yamalke
haibun (noun): A work in a Japanese prosimetric style combining prose and haiku.
locoweed (noun): Any of several plants indigenous to the western United States, of genus Oxytropis or Astragalus.
Synonyms: loco; oxytrope; crazyweed; loco weed; loco-weed
timorous (adj): Fearful; afraid; timid.
Synonyms: timerous; timourous; timid; fearful; shy
Antonyms: daredevil; untimorous; dauntless; reckless
antialiasing (noun): any technique that reduces the appearance of jagged edges in digital images caused by high-contrast borders between pixels.
Synonyms: anti-aliasing
Antonyms: aliasing
polyhistor (noun): Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
Synonyms: polymath; Renaissance man
trigone (noun): One of the thickenings of the cell wall at the angles where several cells join.
trigone (noun): A smooth triangular area on the inner surface of the bladder, bounded by the apertures of the ureters and urethra; a similar region of a mitral valve
tasse (noun): A piece of armor for the hips and thighs: one of a set of plates (each being of one piece or segmented) hanging from the bottom of the breastplate or from faulds.
Synonyms: tace
isobutanol (noun): The aliphatic alcohol 2-methyl-1-propanol that is used as a solvent and in organic synthesis
browbeat (verb): To bully in an intimidating, bossy, or supercilious way.
Synonyms: brow-beat
haaf (noun): the open sea, especially as a place to fish
Synonyms: haave
haaf (noun): the practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk
Synonyms: haave
bongwater (noun): The water through which smoke is filtered in a bong or water pipe.
dimity (noun): A light strong fabric with woven stripes or squares.
Synonyms: dimmity
dimity (noun): Alternative form of dimmity (“dusk, twilight”).
Synonyms: dimmity
anovulatory (adj): Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
landbank (noun): A bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
Synonyms: land bank
landbank (noun): An area of land held in reserve by a house-building firm.
Synonyms: land bank
bifocal (adj): Divided into two parts, one of which corrects for distance vision and the other for near vision
adrenalectomy (noun): The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
paleogeographic (adj): pertaining to paleogeography
Synonyms: palaeogeographic
moimoi (noun): A Yoruba steamed or boiled pudding made from black-eyed beans.
Synonyms: moi moi; moin moin; moinmoin
midcoast (adj): Located toward the middle of a coast, not at either end
Synonyms: mid-coast
staghound (noun): Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags.
Synonyms: deerhound
myrmecochory (noun): The dispersal of seeds, spores, or fruit by ants.
Hypernyms: zoochory
ignorantly (adv): In an ignorant manner.
Synonyms: ignorauntly
dirigisme (noun): A policy of strong state control over the economy and related social matters.
Synonyms: dirigism
tegmen (noun): A covering or integument, usually referring to a thin layer or membrane in an organism.
tegmen (noun): A covering such as the thin layer of bone in the roof of the middle ear of mammals.
adenylation (noun): Any reaction or process that forms an adenylate but especially such a posttranslational modification to a protein.
microsystem (noun): A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
microsystem (noun): The system of groups and institutions with the most immediate and direct impact on an individual's development.
foredeep (noun): A depression, on a seafloor next to an orogen, that is filled with sediment.
outsole (noun): The underside of a shoe or other footwear, which makes contact with the floor.
mycetoma (noun): Chronic subcutaneous inflammation caused by infection with certain bacteria or fungi.
tranquilize (verb): To calm (a person or animal) or put them to sleep using a tranquilizer dart.
Synonyms: tranquilise; trank; tranq; tranquillise; tranquillize
Antonyms: madden
tranquilize (verb): To make (something or someone) tranquil.
Synonyms: tranquilise; trank; tranq; tranquillise; tranquillize
Antonyms: madden
tranquilize (verb): To become tranquil.
Synonyms: tranquilise; trank; tranq; tranquillise; tranquillize
Antonyms: madden
plecostomus (noun): Any of several fish in the family Loricariidae marketed for aquariums due to their diet cleaning the habitat
nonrecourse (adj): Of or pertaining to a form of financing, typically debt financing, in which the lender's recourse to recovery in the event of default is limited to the collateral asset only.
Example: nonrecourse loan
diimide (noun): The compound HN=NH
Synonyms: diimine; diazene
diimide (noun): Any azo compound derived from this simple compound
Synonyms: diimine; diazene
allantois (noun): A sac, having a number of functions, that develops in the alimentary canal of the embryos of mammals, birds and reptiles.
Synonyms: allantoid; allantoic sac
thakurani (noun): A female thakur, or wife of a thakur.
docetism (noun): The doctrine of the Docetes, that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body and was ultimately of celestial substance.
hydralazine (noun): A direct-acting smooth muscle relaxant used to treat hypertension by acting as a vasodilator primarily in arteries and arterioles.
penitente (noun): A tall thin blade of hardened snow or ice, found closely spaced in large quantities at high altitudes.
louisine (noun): A fine-grained, lightweight, soft-finished silk of microscopic basketweave.
scratcher (noun): A piece of equipment used to scratch part of the body to relieve an itch.
scratcher (noun): An item made of shreddable material (carpet, corrugated cardboard, etc.) designed to be scratched, usually by pet cats
hypodermis (noun): An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods.
Synonyms: superficial fascia; hypoderm; tela subcutanea; subcutis
hypodermis (noun): A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis.
Synonyms: superficial fascia; hypoderm; tela subcutanea; subcutis
hypodermis (noun): A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
Synonyms: superficial fascia; hypoderm; tela subcutanea; subcutis
ecru (noun): A beige colour.
Synonyms: écru
Example: ecru:
splurge (verb): To (cause to) gush; to flow or move in a rush.
assise (noun): Two or more beds or strata of rock united by the occurrence of fossils of the same characteristic species or genera.
Synonyms: bed
cryptomnesia (noun): The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience
hotfoot (noun): The prank of secretly inserting a match between the sole and upper of a victim's shoe and then lighting it.
electrocatalysis (noun): catalysis of a half cell reaction at the surface of an electrode.
endoparasite (noun): A parasite that lives inside the body of an organism, such as a tapeworm.
Example: Coordinate term: zooparasite
farandole (noun): A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
yoik (noun): A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
Synonyms: vuolle; leu'dd; luohti; joik; juoiggus
yoik (noun): A song in this tradition.
Synonyms: vuolle; leu'dd; luohti; joik; juoiggus
jint (noun): Nonstandard form of joint reflecting a pronunciation in which /ɔɪ/ has merged with /aɪ/, resulting in the latter.
clinometer (noun): An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
Synonyms: clinometre; inclinometer
craniometry (noun): The practice of taking measurements of the skull.
Hypernyms: cephalometry
churrasco (noun): A type of barbecued steak, popular in Latin-American countries
biconditional (noun): An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other
pyroxenite (noun): A heavy, dark igneous rock consisting mostly of pyroxene minerals with smaller amounts of olivine and hornblende.
sybarite (adj): Synonym of sybaritic (“of or having the qualities of a sybarite; dedicated to excessive comfort and enjoyment; decadent, hedonistic, self-indulgent”)
paunch (noun): The first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant, the rumen.
Synonyms: bay window; beer muscles; Molson muscle; potbelly; gorbelly
Hypernyms: belly
paunch (noun): The contents of this stomach in a slaughtered animal, viewed as food or a byproduct.
Synonyms: bay window; beer muscles; Molson muscle; potbelly; gorbelly
Hypernyms: belly
paunch (noun): The belly of a human, especially a large, fat protruding one.
Synonyms: bay window; beer muscles; Molson muscle; potbelly; gorbelly
Hypernyms: belly
unappropriated (adj): That has not been appropriated for a specific use, or assigned to a specific person or organization.
perseveration (noun): Uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by brain injury or other organic disorder.
perseveration (noun): The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus.
cotia (noun): A fast-sailing vessel, with two masts and lateen sails, employed on the Malabar coast.
phosphorothioate (noun): A derivative of phosphate in which an oxygen atom is replaced with sulfur; especially such a variant of nucleic acid
nanofiltration (noun): Pressure-driven filtration through a membrane that removes particles of about two nanometres or larger
triose (noun): A sugar or saccharide containing three carbon atoms. Trioses are the smallest monosaccharides. Dihydroxyacetone and L-/D-glyceraldehyde are the only trioses.
Hypernyms: monosaccharide
couteau (noun): A knife; a dagger.
Synonyms: cuttoe; cutto
tachykinin (noun): Any of a family of widespread neuropeptides that excite neurons, evoke behavioral responses, and contract muscles.
incent (verb): To provide an incentive for (something).
Example: We need to incent more innovation.
breadcrumb (noun): A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread.
Synonyms: bread crumb; crumb
breadcrumb (noun): A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid.
Synonyms: bread crumb; crumb
breadcrumb (noun): A fragment of data that serves to log the actions taken by a program, used in debugging.
Synonyms: bread crumb; crumb
breadcrumb (verb): To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking.
Synonyms: bread crumb
breadcrumb (verb): To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface).
Synonyms: bread crumb
breadcrumb (verb): To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction.
Synonyms: bread crumb
posset (noun): A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
posset (noun): A pudding-like food composed of cream, sugar, and other flavoring, such as lemon.
posset (verb): To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate.
Synonyms: cosset; coddle; pamper
Example: to posset the blood
posset (verb): To treat with possets; to pamper.
Synonyms: cosset; coddle; pamper
posset (verb): To vomit up curdled milk.
Synonyms: cosset; coddle; pamper
Example: All babies posset.
shd (verb): Abbreviation of should.
Example: U shd cum2my party
berbere (noun): A spice mixture, usually consisting of chili peppers, garlic, ginger, basil, and other spices, which is used in Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine.
enantiornithean (noun): Any of a group of extinct birds (or bird-like reptiles) of the group Enantiornithes.
charnockite (noun): An orthopyroxene-bearing quartz-feldspar rock.
generativity (noun): The ability to transcend personal interests to provide care and concern for younger and older generations.
Example: Coordinate term: stagnation
rubai (noun): A quatrain in classical Arabic, Persian, Turkic or Urdu poetry.
Synonyms: ruba'i; rubāʿī
apixaban (noun): An anticoagulant drug for the treatment of venous thromboembolic events.
speargrass (noun): Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Species of Aristida (three-awn wiregrass)
Synonyms: spear grass
speargrass (noun): Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Heteropogon contortus (tanglehead)
Synonyms: spear grass
speargrass (noun): Any of several not closely related grasses in some way reminiscent of a spear. Imperata cylindrica (cogon grass)
Synonyms: spear grass
geneflow (noun): The transfer of alleles or genes between populations
Synonyms: gene flow
siheyuan (noun): A traditional type of Chinese residence consisting of four houses with a courtyard in the middle; a Chinese quadrangle.
Synonyms: ssu-ho-yuan
sempiternal (adj): Everlasting, that is, having infinite temporal duration (as opposed to eternal: outside time and thus lacking temporal duration altogether).
Synonyms: eternal
rhexia (noun): Any of the genus Rhexia of plants in the family Melastomataceae.
dukey (noun): A penny gaff.
Synonyms: dookie; dooky
decitabine (noun): 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.
quiddity (noun): The essence or inherent nature of a person or thing.
Synonyms: whatness; nature; quintessence
quiddity (noun): A trifle; a nicety or quibble.
Synonyms: whatness; nature; quintessence
quiddity (noun): An eccentricity; an odd feature.
Synonyms: whatness; nature; quintessence
flatbill (noun): Any of various tropical primarily olive-green flycatchers, having a wide flat bill, members of the genera Ramphotrigon, Rhynchocyclus, or Platyrinchus.
propionibacterium (noun): Any of various saprophytic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Propionibacterium, that occur in milk and in the intestines, some of which are pathogenic, but others of which produce the holes in Swiss cheese
micropsia (noun): A disorder in which objects appear much smaller than normal, most often the result of a neurological dysfunction.
Synonyms: micropia
Antonyms: macropsia
pentile (noun): Any of the four points that divide an ordered distribution into five parts, each containing a fifth (20%) of the population. Used commonly for income distributions.
amitraz (noun): A triazapentadiene compound, an insecticide and acaricide used in veterinary medicine.
horopter (noun): For any system of binocular vision, a three-dimensional curve containing all points from which the light will converge into a single image.
roughage (noun): Originally (archaic), garbage, rubbish, or waste; later (agriculture) the portions of a crop which are discarded, such as husks, stalks, etc.; also, agricultural waste such as weeds.
Synonyms: ruffage
roughage (noun): Coarse or rough plant material such as hay and silage used as animal fodder.
Synonyms: ruffage
roughage (noun): Substances, generally of plant origin, consisting mostly of complex carbohydrates which are undigested when eaten by humans, and which therefore help the passage of food and waste through the alimentary tract; dietary fibre.
Synonyms: ruffage
outclass (verb): to surpass something or somebody else, so as to appear to be in a higher class
haltingly (adv): In a halting or limping manner; full of pauses or hesitation.
interpunct (noun): The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
Synonyms: middle dot; centered dot; interpoint; decimal point; middot
pinscreen (noun): A screen through which many closely spaces parallel pins have been inserted, used to make an impression of a three-dimensional object. Used as a novelty and in animated film entertainment.
isotactic (adj): Having substituents arranged in the same (rather than random) configuration in each repeat unit
Antonyms: heterotactic
mylonite (noun): Any rock that has undergone modifications due to dynamic recrystallization following plastic flow; a schist created by crushed or ground rock.
blackeye (noun): A basic coffee drink consisting of any size coffee with two shots of espresso added.
blackeye (noun): A black-eyed species of white-eye, Zosterops emiliae (syn. Chlorocharis emiliae, mountain blackeye, olive blackeye).
suboscine (adj): Of or pertaining to the passerine birds of the suborder Tyranni.
suboscine (noun): Any of the passerine birds of suborder Tyranni, which includes broadbills, asities, pittas, antbirds and others.
armonica (noun): A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.
Synonyms: glass harmonica
atypia (noun): abnormality in a cell (the state of being atypical)
hawksbeard (noun): Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
Synonyms: hawks-beard
hawksbeard (noun): Any of several plants of the genus Youngia, of Asia.
Synonyms: hawks-beard
stapelia (noun): Any of the genus Stapelia of low-growing succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa, and often giving off an odour of rotten flesh.
Synonyms: carrion flower
witenagemot (noun): Any of several assemblies which existed in Anglo-Saxon England from the 7th to the 11th century, initially with regional jurisdiction (there being different ones in Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex), later with national jurisdiction, made up of important noblemen.
Synonyms: wittenagemote; wittenagemot; wittena-gemot; wittena-gemote; witenagemote
witenagemot (noun): A specific session of such an assembly.
Synonyms: wittenagemote; wittenagemot; wittena-gemot; wittena-gemote; witenagemote
twite (noun): A small passerine bird, Linaria flavirostris (syn. Carduelis flavirostris), that breeds in northern Europe and across central Asia.
Synonyms: heather lintie; mountain linnet
heterotrimer (noun): A trimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different (but similar) monomers
hemin (noun): a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
Synonyms: protohemin; hematin chloride
geosmin (noun): A bacterial derivative of decahydronaphthalene that has a strong earthy smell and is the material responsible for petrichor and for the earthy taste of beetroot.
waxen (adj): Made of or covered with wax.
Example: a waxen tablet
waxen (adj): Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
portastudio (noun): A four-track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape.
dogbone (noun): A bone shaped like an elongated barbell.
Synonyms: dog-bone
dogbone (noun): Any object with such a shape.
Synonyms: dog-bone
Example: a dogbone wrench
daric (noun): A gold coin from Persian Empire, introduced by Darius the Great (522-486 BC) and used until Alexander the Great's invasion (330 BC).
reconsecration (noun): The act of reconsecrating; a second or subsequent consecration.
deign (verb): To condescend; to do despite a perceived affront to one's dignity.
moyamoya (noun): A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
cricothyrotomy (noun): An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.
Synonyms: crike; thyrocricotomy; cricothyroidotomy; intercricothyrotomy; coniotomy
lingchi (noun): A form of execution used in China from roughly 900 to 1905 C.E., the "death by a thousand cuts", in which the condemned was killed by methodical removal of body parts with a knife.
Synonyms: ling chi; leng t'che
mediumistic (adj): Of or pertaining to mediums (people claiming to contact the dead); relating to or having the ability to communicate with spirits.
highborn (adj): Of high social standing as a result of having been born a member of an upper-level social class.
Synonyms: high-born
Antonyms: low-born
highborn (adj): Born a member of an upper-level social class (although not necessarily retaining high social standing)
Synonyms: high-born
Antonyms: low-born
highborn (adj): Of, pertaining to, or befitting people of high social standing.
Synonyms: high-born
Antonyms: low-born
preceptress (noun): A female preceptor, or provider of moral instruction; a teacher.
Synonyms: preceptoress
iconodule (noun): A person who supports the veneration of religious icons; an iconophile or iconodulist
Antonyms: iconoclast
cathemeral (adj): Relating to organisms' behaviour in which food is acquired at random intervals during the day or night.
legalese (noun): Technical jargon common in the legal profession, the argot of lawyers.
legalese (noun): Wordy, ostentatious talk or writing that resembles legal writing, especially when confusing to laypeople; bureaucratese; officialese.
makhtesh (noun): A geological landform having steep walls of resistant rock surrounding a deep closed valley, usually drained by a single wadi.
Synonyms: machtesh
computerize (verb): To convert a manual function or system into a computer system.
Synonyms: computerise
computerize (verb): To equip with a computer or a computer system.
Synonyms: computerise
epidermoid (adj): Similar to epidermal tissue but not histologically identical, or possibly not so (to the extent known by the pathologist so far).
dentofacial (adj): Relating to the branch of dentistry that is also concerned with the development of the face
diastasis (noun): A separation between two parts, such as separation of a bone, without fracture.
diastasis (noun): The property of being diastatic, i.e. having germinated.
seadog (noun): A sailor accustomed to the sea.
Synonyms: old salt; salty dog; water dog
seadog (noun): A pirate.
Synonyms: old salt; salty dog; water dog
seadog (noun): A seal. (marine mammal)
Synonyms: old salt; salty dog; water dog
krar (noun): A five-stringed, bowl-shaped lyre of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Synonyms: kraar
mesoeucrocodylian (noun): Any of a group of mostly extinct crocodylomorphs of the clade Mesoeucrocodylia.
halocline (noun): a strong, vertical salinity gradient; the (sometimes indistinct) border between layers of water that contain different amounts of salt
adventitia (noun): The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
khata (noun): A traditional ceremonial scarf in Tengrism and Tibetan Buddhism, symbolizing purity and compassion.
Synonyms: khatak; khatag
lysogeny (noun): The incorporation of the nucleic acid of a bacteriophage into that of a host bacterium; sometimes transmitted to daughter cells following lysis
baryogenesis (noun): The generation of baryonic matter in the early moments of the Big Bang.
starflower (noun): Borage (Borago officinalis), an annual herb, and its product, starflower oil (family Boraginaceae).
starflower (noun): Calytrix, a shrub native to Australia (family Myrtaceae).
starflower (noun): Erinus alpinus, an alpine plant (family Plantaginaceae).
kurort (noun): A health resort, especially one in a German-speaking country or in the area of the former Soviet Union.
isopeptide (noun): A compound of two or more amino acids (a peptide) in which an amide link involves an amino group not in the alpha- position
cosmochemistry (noun): The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.
scrutineer (noun): A person who scrutinises; a person responsible for scrutineering.
scrutineer (verb): To scrutinise; to thoroughly check that an election is being run fairly, or that a vehicle meets the rules of a competition, etc.
corpulence (noun): The characteristic or state of being corpulent.
Synonyms: corpulency
enalapril (noun): An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor used in the treatment of hypertension and some types of chronic heart failure.
allocution (noun): A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
allocution (noun): The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement.
allocution (noun): The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
ghostwrite (verb): To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
Synonyms: ghost-write; ghost write
ghostwrite (verb): To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.
Synonyms: ghost-write; ghost write
homestyle (adj): Cooked or prepared in a traditional manner as would be done at home.
offhandedly (adv): in an offhand manner
Synonyms: off-handedly
pretest (noun): A preliminary test, given in advance of instruction or evaluation.
Synonyms: foretest
Antonyms: aftertest; posttest
diametric (adj): Directly opposing.
Synonyms: diametral; diametrical
diametric (adj): Of or relating to a diameter; diametral.
Synonyms: diametral; diametrical
sice (noun): The number six in a game of dice.
Synonyms: size; sise
snowtrout (noun): Any of various Himalayan fishes in the genus Schizothorax resembling trout.
tragedienne (noun): a female tragedian; a woman who acts in tragic drama
Synonyms: tragédienne
apeman (noun): A prehistoric man resembling an ape, especially one held to be a precursor to modern humans; a non-human australopithecine.
brath (adj): Hasty; violent; fierce; strong.
Synonyms: brethe; snell; breth; berth; braith
brath (noun): Violence; fierceness; anger; fury; fit of rage.
Synonyms: brethe; breth; berth; braith; berthe
sigmatropic (adj): Describing any rearrangement reaction in which single bonds are broken and others are formed
basker (noun): Any of various species of libellulid dragonfly of the genus Urothemis, endemic to Africa and Asia.
masquerader (noun): One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask or disguise.
Synonyms: masker; maskerader
canephora (noun): A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
Synonyms: canephore; canephor
flippancy (noun): A disrespectful levity or pertness especially in respect to grave or sacred matters.
deallocation (noun): The release of a portion of storage that had previously been allocated to a specific task.
stationhouse (noun): A structure or other area set aside for storage of fire-extinguishing equipment.
stationhouse (noun): The headquarters of a police force or unit for a specific district; a police station.
introitus (noun): The entrance to a hollow organ or canal; often specifically the entrance to the vagina.
Synonyms: introitus vaginæ
introitus (noun): A piece of music played before a mass; a musical introduction of any sort.
Synonyms: introitus vaginæ
trilobate (adj): Having three lobes.
Synonyms: trilobed
Example: Trilobate arrowheads
spinella (noun): Small hard tooth-like structures that may be present on the gonosaccus.
sticherarion (noun): A hymnbook containing the stichera for the morning and evening services throughout the year.
exsanguination (noun): Slaughter of an animal by cutting its throat and allowing it to bleed out, especially for the production of halal and kosher meat.
subduct (verb): To remove; to deduct; to take away; to disregard.
bassinet (noun): A newborn baby's bed, traditionally made of woven reeds or straw.
Synonyms: bassinette
bassinet (noun): A bascinet (type of helmet).
Synonyms: bassinette
hydrosulfide (noun): Any compound formally derived from hydrogen sulfide by replacing one hydrogen atom with a metal or other radical; a thiol or mercaptan.
Synonyms: hydrosulphide
hydrosulfide (noun): The HS⁻ anion.
Synonyms: hydrosulphide
ironsand (noun): a type of sand with a high iron content, found on many west coast beaches in New Zealand, as well as elsewhere.
konnichiwa (intj): Good day, good afternoon; (broadly) hello.
Synonyms: konnichi wa
parijat (noun): night jasmine (Nyctanthes arbor-tristis).
pliability (noun): The quality or state of being pliable; flexibility; pliableness.
crinkly (adj): That crinkles.
Synonyms: wrinkled; rugose; wrinklesome; bewrinkled
crinkly (adj): Having crinkles; wrinkly.
Synonyms: wrinkled; rugose; wrinklesome; bewrinkled
crinkly (noun): An old person.
Synonyms: wrinkly; old person; antique; coffin dodger
seedsman (noun): One who sows seeds.
Synonyms: seedman; corn-factor; grain agent
seedsman (noun): A dealer in seed.
Synonyms: seedman; corn-factor; grain agent
strumpet (noun): A female prostitute
Synonyms: sexual partner; prostitute; promiscuous woman
strumpet (noun): A woman who is very sexually active.
Synonyms: sexual partner; prostitute; promiscuous woman
strumpet (noun): A female adulterer.
Synonyms: sexual partner; prostitute; promiscuous woman
strumpet (verb): To dishonour with the reputation of being a strumpet; to belie; to slander.
yakiniku (noun): Meat grilled on a barbecue Japanese-style.
Synonyms: yaki-niku
labanotation (noun): A system for documenting body movement.
Synonyms: labonotation; Labanotation
hypogonadotropic (adj): Of or pertaining to an abnormally reduced secretion of gonadotropin
thornbird (noun): A small South American bird (Anumbius annumbi) that builds a large and complex nest of twigs and thorns.
octonion (noun): An 8-dimensional nonassociative extension of a quaternion with a real part and 7 imaginary parts (each a real multiple of a distinct square root of −1).
Hypernyms: hypercomplex number
fayalite (noun): Yellow, olive green, brown or black mineral with orthorhombic crystals of the olivine group, Fe₂SiO₄.
decurion (noun): An officer in charge of ten men in the ancient Roman army.
Synonyms: tithingman
decurion (noun): A member of local government in ancient Rome.
Synonyms: tithingman
housefather (noun): The father of a family; the male head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primative community.
unzip (verb): To open something using a zipper.
Antonyms: zip up
unzip (verb): To come open by means of a zipper.
Antonyms: zip up
unzip (verb): To restore (compressed data) to its original form, from a zip file.
Antonyms: zip up
panchaloha (noun): Any of the traditional five-metal alloys of sacred significance used for making Hindu temple idols.
polysorbate (noun): Any of a class of emulsifiers used as food additives and in pharmaceutical preparations; they are derived from sorbitan (typically with three polyoxyethylene side-chains) esterified with a fatty acid; they are mostly oily liquids, or soft solids.
Synonyms: E434 - polysorbate 40; Tween™ nn; E432 - polysorbate 20; E436 - polysorbate 65; E433 - polysorbate 80
pearlwort (noun): Any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls: Any of several flowering plants that have flowers the shape and size of small pearls
nonagenarian (noun): Synonym of ninetysomething: a person between 90 and 99 years old.
zoisite (noun): A mineral with orthorhombic crystals, Ca₂Al₃(SiO₄)(Si₂O₇)O(OH).
packsaddle (noun): A saddle designed to secure and carry goods on the back of an animal.
Synonyms: bat; pack-saddle; pack saddle
splitfin (noun): Any fish in the freshwater cyprinodontid family Goodeidae
splitfin (noun): Any fish belonging to several species of the percoid genus Synagrops
pentafluorophenyl (noun): A phenyl group in which the five hydrogen atoms have been replaced by those of fluorine ( C₆F₅- )
snowbelt (noun): Especially, the area around the Great Lakes in the north-eastern United States.
survivance (noun): Succession to an estate, office etc. of someone who survives the previous holder, as nominated by them; survivorship.
survivance (noun): The survival of Francophone culture in the face of Anglo-American hegemony.
excursus (noun): A fuller treatment (in a separate section) of a particular part of the text of a book, especially a classic.
signoff (noun): The act or process of signing off (approving with a signature).
Synonyms: sign-off
signoff (noun): The process of exiting a computer system; logoff.
Synonyms: sign-off
signoff (noun): A bid indicating that one's partner should pass.
Synonyms: sign-off
jakie (noun): A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having a tadpole larger than the adult form.
Synonyms: paradoxical frog
balisong (noun): A folding pocket knife with two handles counter-rotating around the tang such that, when closed, the blade is concealed within grooves in the handles.
Synonyms: Batangas knife; butterfly knife
psychoticism (noun): A personality pattern typified by aggressiveness and interpersonal hostility.
loutish (adj): Resembling a lout.
Synonyms: yobbish; hoonish
kiekie (noun): Freycinetia banksii, a high-climbing shrub of New Zealand.
Synonyms: kie-kie
anekantavada (noun): The doctrine of many-sidedness, specifically that reality and truth have multiple aspects and demand diverse points of view.
Synonyms: anekantavad; anekāntavāda
ectopia (noun): The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
Synonyms: heterotopia; malposition; dystopia; ectopy
vituperation (noun): Criticism or invective that is sustained and overly harsh; abuse, severe blame or censure.
sulfonium (noun): the univalent H₃S⁺ cation, derived from sulfane
Synonyms: sulphonium
sulfonium (noun): any derivative of this cation in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by organic radicals
Synonyms: sulphonium
surili (noun): A small Old World monkey of the genus Presbytis, unlike other langurs in having bulges above the eyes.
folliculogenesis (noun): The process of growing and developing for an ovarian follicle in the ovary.
finjan (noun): In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, held instead in a zarf.
Synonyms: findjan
ascariasis (noun): A disease of humans caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides in humans and by other species of Ascaris in other mammals.
Hypernyms: helminthiasis
handsfree (adj): That can be used without using the hands, hands-free.
Example: a handsfree phone
provitamin (noun): Any biologically inactive compound that may be converted into a vitamin within an animal organism
bupleurum (noun): Any of the genus Bupleurum of apiaceous plants.
perfluorocarbon (noun): Any compound formally derived from a hydrocarbon by replacing each hydrogen atom with one of fluorine; used as refrigerants, solvents, and anesthetics.
stagione (noun): A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.
millefiori (noun): A decorative glassware technique using a mosaic of coloured beads.
wormlike (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
Synonyms: worm-like
Example: He has a wormlike view of the universe.
wormlike (adj): Having a smoothly curved form when heated.
Synonyms: worm-like
cippus (noun): A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc.
tachyonic (adj): Of or relating to a tachyon or tachyons.
maxixe (noun): A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka.
toothcarp (noun): Any of the minnow-like toothed fish of the order Cyprinodontiformes
Synonyms: killifish; cyprinodontiform
nonlinearly (adv): In a nonlinear fashion; often specifically exponentially
Antonyms: linearly
potshot (noun): A shot taken at an easy or random target.
Synonyms: pot shot
potshot (noun): Criticism of an easy target; a cheap shot.
Synonyms: pot shot
pykrete (noun): A solid substance made of water ice and sawdust, stronger than pure ice. Originally to be used in combination with a refrigeration system as hull material for warships. Used as a building material for ice buildings (such as winter ice hotels) and ice sculptures, usually without the originally envisioned embedded refrigeration systems.
Synonyms: pycrite; picrete
Hypernyms: icecrete
paracone (noun): A cusp in the buccal corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals
paracone (noun): A mechanism, involving a form of parachute, used to slow some spacecraft during re-entry
capillitium (noun): A mass of sterile fibers within a fruiting body interspersed among spores.
preoperational (adj): Prior to a surgical operation.
Example: Coordinate term: postoperational
preoperational (adj): In or relating to a Piagetian phase of child development characterized by sparse and logically inadequate mental operations and inability to reason or work with symbols.
plutonism (noun): The old geological theory that the rocks forming the Earth were formed in fire by volcanic activity, with a continuing gradual process of weathering and erosion, then deposited on the sea bed, re-formed into layers of sedimentary rock by heat and pressure, and raised again.
Synonyms: Plutonism; vulcanism
wug (noun): An imaginary creature resembling a bird, used in the Wug Test to investigate the acquisition of the plural form in English-speaking children.
wug (noun): In folk taxonomy, a creature with worm or insect features; colloquially, a bug or creepy-crawly.
antithyroid (adj): Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones.
Synonyms: thyrostatic