cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prebuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prebuilts
Etymology: From pre- + built.
Senses: examples: text: Whether it’s making them eco-friendly, creating prebuilts, adding technology or security, we’re constantly reviewing what we need to do to make sure our buildings continue to attract tenants.
ref: 2009 July 12, Vivian Marino, “The 30-Minute Interview: William C. Rudin”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something assembled before it is sold.
preopening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + opening.
Senses: examples: text: As for Smith, there is much preopening speculation that Grapes of Wrath will head for Broadway after its Chicago run.
ref: 1988 September 9, Albert Williams, “Stage Notes: two new shows put musicians in the spotlight”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring before or in anticipation of an opening
poundings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊndɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of pounding
fenofibrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɛn.oʊˈfaɪˌbɹeɪt/
Forms: form: fenofibrates
Etymology: From pheno- + -fibrate (“clofibrate derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A lipid-regulating drug C₂₀H₂₁ClO₄ that is administered orally to reduce levels of LDL, triglyceride, and apolipoprotein B and increase levels of HDL and is used chiefly to treat hypercholesterolemia and hypertriglyceridemia. It is metabolized in the liver to form pharmacologically-active fenofibric acid, and is marketed under the trademarks Antara, Fenoglide, Lipofen, Lofibra, TriCor, and Triglide.
Related terms: fenofibric acid
pouffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pouffier
form: pouffiest
Senses: examples: text: He is small, but not a toy, with a dome of pouffy white hair forming a helmet on his head; he has a silvery-gray coat and dark hazel eyes that look like giant buttons because the dark rims around them give him the appearance of wearing spectacles.
ref: 2007 February 13, Richard Sandomir, “One Dog Stands Alone Among Champions”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of poufy.
Derived terms: pouffiness
flowcells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowcell
poststructuralist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + structuralist.
Senses: examples: text: In reading Davis’s stories, therefore, we are likely to be reminded as much of the poststructuralist emphasis on language in the works of Blanchot as of the antinarrative impulse of French nouveau-Romanists like Butor.
ref: 2007 May 27, Siddhartha Deb, “Just So Stories”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or advocating post-structuralism
poststructuralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poststructuralists
form: post-structuralist
Etymology: From post- + structuralist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An advocate of post-structuralism
flowcell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flowcells
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flow cell.
postpresidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + presidential.
Senses: examples: text: Until just recently, when he began to cart them back, they were all stacked in Mr. Baker’s barn: piles of Churchill; of Herbert Hoover’s postpresidential papers; war records, biographies, letters, diaries.
ref: 2008 March 4, Charles Mcgrath, “A Debunker on the Road to World War II”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or occurring in the period following a person's presidency
revoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revote
retargets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retarget
retargeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retarget
retargeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retarget
restacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restack
restacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restack
restacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restackings
Senses: examples: text: Now consider the total number of restackings.
ref: 2010, Steven Carl Fortriede, Moving Your Library: Getting the Collection from Here to There, page 116:
glosses: The act or result of stacking something again.
reregisters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reregister
reregistering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reregister
reregistered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reregister
reharmonizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reharmonize
reharmonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reharmonize
flow cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flow cells
Senses: glosses: A part of a flow cytometer in which a stream of cells is aligned to pass one at a time through a light beam
flow cytometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flow cytometers
Senses: glosses: A cytometer used in flow cytometry
platonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But the advocate of platonism may find these easier to defend than the confirmational holism the standard argument invokes.
ref: 2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Platonism.
fluorimaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluor- + imaging.
Senses: glosses: imaging using fluorescence / fluoroscopy
Related terms: phosphorimaging
pearlized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pearl + -ize + -d.
Senses: examples: text: The models’ insolent pout was enhanced by a pearlized mouth.
ref: 2009 February 26, Ruth La Ferla, “From the Eyes to Her Lips”, in New York Times:
glosses: Made to resemble pearl
parodistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From parody + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: A song with echoes of a 1950s ballad style, updated by way of early, parodistic Frank Zappa and a dash of electronica, examines a sort of Rumsfeldian cynicism, represented by the assertion that our problems are so complex that only experts can deal with them.
ref: 2008 March 28, Allan Kozinn, “The State of the United States, in a Chamber-Rock Stew”, in New York Times:
synonyms: parodic
parodical
glosses: Of, related to, or having the characteristics of parody.
Derived terms: parodistically
granulopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulopoieses
Etymology: From granule + -o- + -poiesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of granulocytes.
Synonyms: granulocytopoiesis
Derived terms: dysgranulopoiesis
hypergranulopoiesis
Related terms: granulopoietic
panpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panpipes
Etymology: From Pan (“Greek god of nature”) + pipe.
Senses: examples: text: No matter that the trombone would seem to be an instrument particularly ill-suited to the purpose; in Mangelsdorff's hands, it might as well be anything from a panpipe to a cello.
ref: 1988 May 27, Neil Tesser, “Albert Mangelsdorff”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A set of panpipes.
paddleboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddleboats
form: paddle boat
form: paddle-boat
Etymology: From paddle + boat.
Senses: examples: text: It also caused major problems for businesses which relied on the lake and river, including the city's paddleboat operator and the river cruise company.
ref: 2009 February 12, “Weir gate fault drains city lake”, in Herald Sun:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A boat propelled by a paddle wheel
examples: text: Naval sources report the amazing rescue of two 65-year-old women who were found floating 400 miles off the coast of California — in a tiny paddleboat!
ref: 1996 April 2, Lisa Merakis, “Two women found floating in paddleboat — 400 miles from shore!”, in Weekly World News, →ISSN, page 33, [satirical]:
text: Outdoors, guests can take a paddleboat and pedal their way around shaded waterways filled with swans and Nile perch
ref: 2010, Anne Anderson, Insiders' Guide® to the Greater Tampa Bay Area (Insiders' Guide Series), Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 70:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a pedalo
Derived terms: paddleboater
Related terms: alt: PS
word: paddle steamer
word: sidewheeler
word: sternwheeler
paddleboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddleboat
hippocampocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hippocampus + -o- + cortical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting, the hippocampus and the cortex.
hyperendemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: more hyperendemic
form: most hyperendemic
Etymology: From hyper- + endemic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That has a high and continued incidence in an area
Mtb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Related terms: TB
MDR-TB
XDR-TB
MDR-TB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MDR TB
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of multiple drug resistant tuberculosis.
Related terms: TB
DS-TB
XDR-TB
Mtb
XDR-TB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XDR TB
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis.
Related terms: TB
MDR-TB
DS-TB
Mtb
bastard operator from hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bastard operators from hell
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: BOFH
glosses: A rogue system administrator who abuses users of the system.
Related terms: LART
luser
bastard operators from hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bastard operator from hell
Synonyms: word: BOFHs
BOFHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BOFH
LARTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LART
LARTs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of LART
solive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solives
Etymology: From French solive.
Senses: glosses: A joist or beam of secondary importance.
solives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solive
alépine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alépines
Etymology: Borrowed from French alépine.
Senses: glosses: mixed wool and silk or mohair and cotton fabric
alépines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alépine
Aleppo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɛpəʊ/
ipa: /əˈlɛpoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian Aleppo, from French Alep, from Ottoman Turkish حلب (Haleb, vulg. Halep), from Arabic حَلَب (ḥalab), of uncertain origin. Theorized to be from Arabic حَلَبَ (ḥalaba, “gave out milk”), coming from the ancient tradition that Abraham gave milk to travelers as they moved throughout the region. Attested in Akkadian as 𒌷𒄩𒆷𒀊𒆠 (ᵁᴿᵁḫa-la-abᴷᴵ, “Ḫalab/Ḫalap”), Hittite 𒄬𒉺 (Ḥalpa), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎍𐎁 (ḥlb), Aramaic חלב (Ḥlb), Old Armenian Խաղաբ (Xałab), Ancient Greek Χαλιβών (Khalibṓn), and Classical Syriac ܚܰܠܰܒ (Ḥalpa).
Senses: examples: text: “I guess I’m having an Aleppo moment,” Johnson said, trying to turn the moment into a bit of self-deprecating humor. Earlier this month, Johnson was ridiculed after being quizzed about the besieged city that has become a focal point of Syria’s civil war and coming up blank.
ref: 2016 September 29, Josh Lederman, Patrick Mairs, “Brain freeze? Gary Johnson can’t name favorite world leader”, in PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2018:
synonyms: Alep
Halab
glosses: The capital city of Aleppo Governorate, Syria.
glosses: A governorate of Syria.
Derived terms: Aleppan
Aleppine
Aleppoan
Aleppo Gambit
Aleppo pine
Aleppo soap
Related terms: Beroea
playwrighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From playwright + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Driving Miss Daisy won this year's Pulitzer Prize for playwrighting.
ref: 1988 May 13, Anthony Adler, “Driving Miss Daisy; Body Parts”, in Chicago Reader:
text: He pays homage to feminist playwrights such as Ntozake Shange and Caryl Churchill for bringing a new vitality and innovation to playwrighting — further enhancing theatre's power to affect us.
ref: 1989 May 6, Jaye Melton, “Queer Living On Stage”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: Writing plays: the craft of a playwright
piquillo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piquillos
Etymology: From Spanish piquillo.
Senses: examples: text: Piquillos are not edible raw; instead, they're smoke-roasted, then packed in jars.
ref: 2008, Karen Adler, Judith Fertig, BBQ bash, →ISBN, page 134:
glosses: A specific breed of small, red pepper originally from Peru
by the time
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: I'll be an old man by the time you finish!
text: It was ready by the time he arrived.
text: It had been just finished by the time of his arrival.
text: But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising. She'll find the note I left hanging on her door.
ref: 1965, Jimmy Webb, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”:
glosses: When (some future event has come to pass).
piquillos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piquillo
embarassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of embarrassing.
podiatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From podiatry + -ic or pod- + -iatric.
Senses: examples: text: She graduated from the University of Michigan and received her degree in podiatric medicine from Temple University .
ref: 2007 April 29, “Shawn Reiser, Sean Orzol”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to podiatry, the medical specialty concerned with the foot
ponderosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒn.dəˈɹəʊ.sə/
ipa: /ˌpɑn.dəˈɹoʊ.sə/
rhymes: -əʊsə
Forms: form: ponderosas
Etymology: From the specific epithet, New Latin ponderōsa (“heavy”), in reference to the wood.
Senses: synonyms: ponderosa pine
glosses: A pine tree of very large size, native to western North America (Pinus ponderosa).
Hyponyms: sense: Pinus ponderosa
word: bull pine
Derived terms: alt: Citrus × pyriformis
word: ponderosa lemon
Related terms: terra ponderosa
postfight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + fight.
Senses: examples: text: […] Johnnie Morton[…] had a higher-than-normal ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in a prefight test, then declined to take a required postfight test.
ref: 2007 July 3, Michael Weinreb, “Drug Testing Hasn’t Grown With a Sport”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after or as a consequence of a fight
Clarabella
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
pontification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: pontifications
Etymology: From pontificate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: It occasionally suffers from the pontification so deservedly satirized in rockumentaries like This Is Spinal Tap.
ref: 2007 December 17, Daniel M. Gold, “The Early Years of Rock, Later Than Previously Thought”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act of pontificating
ponderosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponderosa
postindependence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + independence.
Senses: examples: text: These are some of the most extraordinary and unsettling times in Kenya's postindependence history.
ref: 2007 December 23, Joshua Hammer, “The African Front”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after a country has achieved independence
postpractice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + practice.
Senses: examples: text: There is no sign-up sheet for the postpractice field trip at Yankees camp on Tuesday[…].
ref: 2009 February 17, Tyler Kepner, “Yankees Lining Up to Attend Rodriguez News Conference”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after a practice
postminimalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + minimalism.
Senses: examples: text: The unifying thread is a kind of magpie postminimalism, which invigorates familiar abstract strategies — grids, serial repetition, reductive forms — using materials scavenged from everyday life.
ref: 2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of various artistic movements that seek to move beyond the restrictions of minimalism
Related terms: maximalism
miliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
Forms: form: more miliary
form: most miliary
Etymology: From Latin miliārius, from milium.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to millet seeds.
examples: text: a miliary eruption
text: a miliary fever
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having small lesions that are the shape and size of millet seeds.
examples: text: the miliary tubercles of Echini
glosses: Small and numerous.
Derived terms: miliary abscess
miliary bronchiolithiasis
miliary dermatitis
miliary gland
miliary tuberculosis
submiliary
miliary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪliəɹi
rhymes: -ɪliɛəɹi
Forms: form: miliaries
Etymology: From Latin miliārius, from milium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of the small tubercles of Echinus sea urchins.
wellaway
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /wɛləˈweɪ/
Forms: form: welaway
form: well away
form: welladay
form: well-a-day
Etymology: From Middle English weylawey, from Old English weġ lā weġ, alteration of wā lā wā, with substitution of Old Norse vei for Old English wā. Compare wellawo, weila.
Senses: examples: text: Crying with pitteous voice, and count'nance wan; / Ah well away, most noble Lords, how can / Your cruell eyes endure so pitteous sight [...]?
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: Replied the Angel, "Wellaway! Wellaway! this may be in no way." And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased to say her permitted say. When it was the Four Hundred and Sixtyfourth Night, She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious ...
ref: 2013, anonymous author, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
text: Wellaway, wellaway, ah, wellaway! ' As ocean beat the stone, did she her breast, 'Ah, wellaway! . . ah me ! alas, ah me !' Such sighing uttered she. ii A Cloud spake out of heaven, as soft as rain That falls on water, — ' Lo, The Winds have ...
ref: 1920, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning: With Two Prose Essays, page 292:
glosses: Expression of sadness, regret, remorse, etc., alas, "woe"!
Related terms: alas
bad money drives out good
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: Traditional sentiment, both in literal and metaphorical sense, dating to ancient works such as Aristophanes' The Frogs, and appearing in various forms in various Islamic and European medieval texts.
Senses: glosses: Debased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).
glosses: People hoard good currency and other assets and attempt to pass inferior currency and assets to others in exchange.
glosses: Overvalued mediocre talent replaces undervalued real talent.
raw_tags: in organizations and labor markets
Related terms: dollarization
Gresham's law
throw good money after bad
chess masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chess master
constitutionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constitutionalise
constitutionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of constitutionalized.
constitutionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of constitutionalize
constitutionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Incorporated into a constitution
glosses: Provided with a constitution
Nordloh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in northwestern Germany.
constitutionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: constitutionalises
form: constitutionalising
form: constitutionalised
form: constitutionalised
Etymology: From constitutional + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of constitutionalize.
constitutionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: constitutionalizes
form: constitutionalizing
form: constitutionalized
form: constitutionalized
Etymology: From constitutional + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To incorporate into a constitution
glosses: To provide with a constitution
examples: text: Governmental searches of vehicles regularly occur via exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement; a myriad of decisions have constitutionalized warrantless searches of vehicles, their compartments, their containers and even their occupants.
ref: 2021 May 17, Lenese Herbert, “In unanimous Fourth Amendment ruling, a reminder that there is, in fact, no place like home”, in SCOTUSblog:
glosses: To make constitutional
Derived terms: constitutionalization
deconstitutionalize
dimensionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dimensionalises
form: dimensionalising
form: dimensionalised
form: dimensionalised
Etymology: From dimensional + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimensionalize.
Derived terms: nondimensionalised
dimensionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dimensionalizes
form: dimensionalizing
form: dimensionalized
form: dimensionalized
Etymology: From dimensional + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To provide with dimensions.
Derived terms: dedimensionalize
gauzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gauze
localists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of localist
outgross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outgrosses
form: outgrossing
form: outgrossed
form: outgrossed
form: out-gross
Etymology: From out- + gross.
Senses: glosses: To make a larger gross income or profit than.
ravined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ravined
form: most ravined
Etymology: From ravine + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having ravines.
ravined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ravined
form: most ravined
Senses: glosses: Ravenous.
solidarities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solidarity
uncatalogued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uncataloged
Etymology: From un- + catalogued.
Senses: examples: text: Those lights of human intelligence losing human expression, gelidly protruding like the alien eyes of certain uncatalogued creatures of the deep.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
text: The discovery process began several years ago, when researchers were going through uncataloged materials in the Australian National Fish Collection, housed in Hobart, where they found a mysterious egg that they were unable to assign.
ref: 2023 May 12, Lauren McCarthy, “‘A Bit Spooky’: The New Shark Species With Bright, White Eyes”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not catalogued.
unrippled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rippled.
Senses: glosses: Not rippled.
hyperosmotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperosmotic
form: most hyperosmotic
Etymology: From hyper- + osmotic.
Senses: glosses: hypertonic
glosses: Relating to hyperosmolarity
glosses: Relating to hyperosmosis
hypolipidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypolipidemic
form: most hypolipidemic
Etymology: From hypo- + lipidemic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum
Derived terms: antihypolipidemic
hypolipidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypolipidemics
Etymology: From hypo- + lipidemic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug that reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum
immunoabsorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunoabsorbent
form: most immunoabsorbent
Etymology: From immuno- + absorbent.
Senses: glosses: That absorbs specific antibodies from a mixture
immunoabsorbent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoabsorbents
Etymology: From immuno- + absorbent.
Senses: glosses: A solid preparation of an antigen that absorbs specific antibodies from a mixture
immunoregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to immunoregulation.
immunoregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoregulations
Etymology: From immuno- + regulation.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The control of immune responses between lymphocytes and macrophages
Derived terms: neuroimmunoregulation
Related terms: immunoregulate
immunoregulator
immunoregulatory
interclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From inter- + clavicular.
Senses: glosses: Between clavicles
glosses: Of or pertaining to the interclavicle
interferograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interferogram
interferogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interferograms
Etymology: From interfere + -o- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: An image produced by using an interferometer.
interresidual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-residual
Etymology: From inter- + residual.
Senses: glosses: Between residues
Related terms: intraresidual
isostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Having the same, or a corresponding, structure.
Derived terms: isostructurally
visual display units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of visual display unit
jellium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jelliums
form: jellia
Etymology: From jelly + -ium.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A quantum mechanical model of a "gas" of electrons
ketoisovalerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketoisovalerates
Etymology: From keto- + isovalerate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of ketoisovaleric acid
ketoisovaleric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The keto carboxylic acid, (CH₃)₂-CO-COOH, that is a metabolite of valine
kinetochores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinetochore
lactobacilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactobacillus
Derived terms: lactobacillic acid
lactococci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactococcus
lactococcus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lactococci
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Lactococcus
ladybeetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ladybeetles
Etymology: From lady + beetle.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lady beetle.
lenticulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lenticular
anticipant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticipant
form: most anticipant
Etymology: From Latin anticipans, present participle of anticipo (“anticipate”).
Senses: glosses: Expectant.
anticipant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticipants
Etymology: From Latin anticipans, present participle of anticipo (“anticipate”).
Senses: glosses: One who anticipates.
bridewell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bridewells
Etymology: From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a "house of correction".
Senses: examples: text: Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree.
ref: 1983, “The Wicklow Boy”, in The Time Has Come, performed by Christy Moore, produced by Dónal Lunny:
text: Two Fermanagh girls who never laughed were certain that he must have served time in a bridewell, so cold was his expression and so calloused his small hands.
ref: 2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page xix:
qualifier: rare elsewhere
glosses: A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
raw_tags: in British
lumiflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic flavin produced by the action of light on vitamin B2.
lyophilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lyophilize
lyophilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of freeze-dried.
synonyms: word: freeze-dried
magnetosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetosome
magnetosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetosomes
Etymology: From magneto- + -some.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria
Related terms: magnetosomal
magnetotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetotactic
form: most magnetotactic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the ability to orientate in line with a magnetic field.
Derived terms: nonmagnetotactic
Related terms: magnetosome
magnetotaxis
melanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more melanistic
form: most melanistic
Etymology: From melan(in) + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting melanism.
Derived terms: eumelanistic
hypomelanistic
nonmelanistic
melanocortin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanocortins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of pituitary peptide hormones
Related terms: melanocortic
melanocortinergic
metapodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapodium
metapodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapodia
Etymology: From meta- + -podium.
Senses: glosses: The metatarsus.
glosses: The posterior lobe of the foot of some mollusks.
Amsterdammer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Amsterdammers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Amsterdammer.
Senses: related: word: Amsterdamer
glosses: A person from, or residing in, Amsterdam.
oxalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxalises
Etymology: From the genus name Oxalis.
Senses: examples: text: My oxalis and begonias are all in bloom at the windows of my bedroom.
ref: 2007 April 5, Anne Raver, “Rethinking the Pots on an Old, Cracked Terrace”, in New York Times:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Oxalis
Synonyms: wood sorrel
Hyponyms: common wood sorrel
Derived terms: common yellow oxalis
overregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overregulate
overregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overregulates
form: overregulating
form: overregulated
form: overregulated
Etymology: From over- + regulate.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s not a question of overregulating or underregulating.
ref: 2008 March 20, Diana B. Henriques, “Commodities: Latest Boom, Plentiful Risk”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: regulate
coordinate_terms: deregulate
underregulate
glosses: To regulate to a greater degree than appropriate.
Related terms: overregulation
overprivileged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overprivileged
form: most overprivileged
Etymology: From over- + privileged.
Senses: examples: text: If overprivileged private school kids see that there are people in the world less fortunate than they are, that is undoubtedly a good thing.
ref: 2007 March 29, “Service Benefits Kids (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Being too privileged; specifically, having more advantages or opportunities than others, especially when being regarded as undeserving or unworthy of such advantages and opportunities.
Derived terms: overprivilegedness
overmedication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overmedications
Etymology: From over- + medication.
Senses: examples: text: This can result from dehydration, abnormal heart rhythms, overmedication with blood pressure drugs and disorders of the autonomic nervous system.
ref: 2008 January 15, Jane E. Brody, “A Stable Life, Despite Persistent Dizziness”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Excessive medicating; overuse of medication
overharvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overharvest
overharvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Before pollution and overharvesting intervened, New York was one of the world’s great oyster hubs and the shellfish was abundant in its street markets, dingy bars and fancy restaurants.
ref: 2007 July 22, Gregory Beyer, “A Taste of History, Poised for Revival”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessive harvesting
overamplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overamplifications
Etymology: From over- + amplification.
Senses: examples: text: Although there is some recorded music, the 10 musicians […] add further vitality to the program, despite bad overamplification.
ref: 2007 October 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “The Costumes, the Rifles, the Six-Foot Headdresses”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Excessive amplification.
osetra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asetra
form: oscietra
form: osetrova
form: ossetra
Etymology: From Russian осетра́ (osetrá, “of sturgeon”, genitive of осётр (osjótr, “surgeon”)), from the phrase икра́ осетра́ (ikrá osetrá, “caviar of sturgeon”)
Senses: examples: text: The saumon sauvage and baked potatoes stuffed with osetra were provided by Caviar Kaspia, the Paris restaurant […].
ref: 2007 December 13, Guy Trebay, “Still Life With Parties and Hedge Funds”, in New York Times:
glosses: Caviar made from the Russian sturgeon.
Related terms: osseter
oligopolistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɒlɪˌɡɒpəˈlɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more oligopolistic
form: most oligopolistic
Etymology: From oligopoly + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: There was little competition in oligopolistic industries, and "Fordist" production techniques emphasized long production runs, routinized and "deskilled" work, and minimal innovation or attention to quality.
ref: 1988 August 5, David Moberg, “Competing Together”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Medicine […] is in many cases no less business- and money-oriented than the great oligopolistic corporations.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 604:
glosses: Having the character of, or dominated by, an oligopoly
Related terms: monopolistic
overharvest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overharvests
form: overharvesting
form: overharvested
form: overharvested
Etymology: From over- + harvest.
Senses: examples: text: The fish in this area have been overharvested for years.
glosses: To harvest too much, especially at an unsustainably high level.
overharvest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overharvests
Etymology: From over- + harvest.
Senses: glosses: An excessive harvest.
nonstops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonstop
nonwinning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + winning.
Senses: examples: text: He was 6-6, his first nonwinning record since 1996, which was his last year with the Red Sox .
ref: 2007 October 8, Murray Chass, “Clemens Limps Toward the Exit”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not winning
kurtas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kurta
overregulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overregulate
overharvests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overharvest
overharvests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overharvest
overharvested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overharvest
overregulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overregulate
midcontinental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-continental
Etymology: From mid- + continental.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of a continent.
narcotized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: narcotised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of narcotize
narcotized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narcotized
form: most narcotized
form: narcotised
Senses: glosses: Drowsy or insensible from narcotics.
Derived terms: unnarcotized
hyperarticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperarticulate
form: most hyperarticulate
Etymology: From hyper- + articulate.
Senses: examples: text: The fight is led by two hyperarticulate heavyweights, both Ivy League graduates, each using his decades of experience in battling corporations to clobber the other.
ref: 2009 February 8, Steven Greenhouse, “Two Unions in Marriage Now Face Divorce Talks”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely articulate
monastrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound that inhibits mitosis by interfering with a kinesin protein
nonaccredited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-accredited
Etymology: From non- + accredited.
Senses: examples: text: The nonaccredited, distance-learning institution is not recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education.
ref: 2009 January 17, Megan Ogilvie, “DIET DECODER: Here's the skinny — `Bitch' phenomenon is so disappointing”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Not accredited.
monochromatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of monochromatize
monochromatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Generated by a monochromator
Derived terms: nonmonochromatized
nonart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + art.
Senses: examples: text: For archaeologists, distinguishing art from nonart is still quite a challenge.
ref: 2009 February 6, Michael Balter, “ORIGINS: On the Origin of Art and Symbolism”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI, pages 709–711:
glosses: That which is not art
nonbanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbank
noncampaign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + campaign.
Senses: examples: text: Former Senator Fred D. Thompson has yet to make a formal declaration that he is running for president, but already his noncampaign campaign has gone through its first shake-up.
ref: 2007 July 28, Susan Saulny, “Thompson’s Race Hasn’t Quite Begun, but Turmoil Has”, in New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Not a campaign, or not related to a campaign
monochromatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monochromatizes
form: monochromatizing
form: monochromatized
form: monochromatized
Senses: glosses: To convert a beam containing a broad range of wavelengths into one containing a narrow band
Related terms: monochromator
antipole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipoles
Etymology: From anti- + pole.
Senses: examples: text: For every point on a great circle its antipole is on the same great circle.
ref: 2000, Leslie P. Steffe, Patrick W. Thompson, Radical Constructivism in Action, page 128:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The opposite pole.
examples: text: A line drawn from a point on a circle to its antipole will cross through the center.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A position directly opposite (possibly also used figuratively).
Related terms: antipolar
antipoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antipole
nondoorman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + doorman.
Senses: examples: text: If it was a nondoorman building, you think, Where is all that money going? she said.
ref: 2007 December 30, Joyce Cohen, “The Waiting Game”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking a doorman
multidecadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-decadal
Etymology: From multi- + decadal.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple decades
examples: text: But distributed big science in this case consists of missions (also called projects) that make up an extended, multidecadal program of exploration
ref: 2014, W. Henry Lambright, Why Mars: NASA and the Politics of Space Exploration, →ISBN:
glosses: Lasting or spanning multiple decades
nongambling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gambling.
Senses: examples: text: Trump Plaza is among the six casinos that have chosen to create nongambling smokers’ lounges.
ref: 2007 September 14, The Associated Press, “Atlantic City: Casino Announces Smoke-Free Floor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not gambling, or not participating in gambling
nonpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + points.
Senses: examples: text: Stewart […] won the season-opening Budweiser Shootout nonpoints event and a qualifying race.
ref: 2007 July 7, Viv Bernstein, “Stewart’s Success Falls Short of the Finish”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not good for points
raw_tags: of an event or part of an event
noninstrumental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From non- + instrumental.
Senses: examples: text: Nor do they ever concentrate long on clapping, foot-tapping or vocalism, even though hands, feet, speech and song are the most efficient noninstrumental human means of creating complex aural rhythm.
ref: 2007 May 10, Alastair Macaulay, “Stomp, Sneeze, Grunt, Gasp and All That Body Language”, in New York Times:
text: […] we are judging the moral quality of the individual herself in some more focused, noninstrumental, and seemingly more serious way.
ref: 2006 December 15, Angela M. Smith, “Control, responsibility, and moral assessment”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: Not instrumental
nonpower
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + power.
Senses: examples: text: Only six teams from nonpower conferences received at-large bids, a surprising development in one of the more unpredictable N.C.A.A. tournament unveilings in recent years.
ref: 2007 March 12, Pete Thamel, “Midmajors Are Pushed Aside by Power Conferences”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a power
nonstars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonstar
multielectron
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + electron.
Senses: glosses: Containing multiple electrons
nonstar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonstars
Etymology: From non- + star.
Senses: examples: text: He […] has been one of the Giants’ most interviewed nonstars.
ref: 2008 February 4, Thayer Evans, “Change of Teams Changes Everything for Hixon”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not a star
nonprosecution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prosecution.
Senses: examples: text: It has been the Justice Department’s preference in the Bush administration to resolve criminal investigations of large corporations with so-called nonprosecution or deferred prosecution agreements.
ref: 2008 March 11, Philip Shenon, “New Guidelines Ahead of Ashcroft Testimony”, in New York Times:
topics: law
glosses: Of or pertaining to a decision not to prosecute
nonprosecution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonprosecutions
Etymology: From non- + prosecution.
Senses: examples: text: The second reason offered for blanket nonprosecutions for crimes committed at the megabanks involves the possibility that such prosecutions could harm the economy.
ref: 2017, Mary Kreiner Ramirez, Steven A. Ramirez, The Case for the Corporate Death Penalty, page 207:
glosses: A failure to prosecute.
multiterabyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiterabytes
form: multi-terabyte
Etymology: From multi- + terabyte.
Senses: glosses: multiple terabytes
nonscripted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scripted.
Senses: examples: text: The strong performance of nonscripted series has some network executives brimming with confidence about their antistrike strategy.
ref: 2008 January 14, Bill Carter, “Reality TV Is No Lightweight in the Battle to Outlast Strikers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not scripted
nanoflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoflows
Etymology: From nano- + flow.
Senses: glosses: The flow of fluid through a nanoscale device.
nanopipette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanopipettes
Etymology: From nano- + pipette.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale pipette
Related terms: femtopipette
micropipette
picopipette
bridewells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bridewell
nondesensitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-desensitizing
Etymology: From non- + desensitizing.
Senses: glosses: That does not desensitize.
antipolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From anti- + polar.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or located at an antipole.
glosses: Diametrically opposed.
codominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + dominance.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.
Related terms: codominant
nondroughted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + droughted.
Senses: glosses: Not droughted.
nonergodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ergodic.
Senses: glosses: Not ergodic.
nonergodicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + ergodicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being nonergodic.
autophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Self-love, especially sexual attraction to the self.
glosses: Vanity or narcissism.
nonexcludable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + excludable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be excluded
Related terms: nonexcludability
noninertial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + inertial.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing an accelerating frame of reference in which Newton's laws of motion do not apply
nonmeasured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + measured.
Senses: glosses: Not measured.
nonoxygenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + oxygenic.
Senses: glosses: Not oxygenic.