cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
kairomone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪɹə(ʊ)məʊn/
ipa: /ˈkaɪɹəˌmoʊn/
Forms: form: kairomones
Etymology: Blend of Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós, “advantage; profit”, noun) + English pheromone, coined in the 1970 article “Allomones and Kairomones: Transspecific Chemical Messengers” by the American geneticist William Lacy Brown, Jr. (1913–1991), the German-American ecologist and entomologist Thomas Eisner (1929–2011), and the American ecologist Robert Harding Whittaker (1920–1980) which was published in BioScience: see the quotation.
Senses: examples: text: Among these substances, we propose to designate two major functional groupings by the terms allomone and kairomone, chosen as intentional parallels to the term pheromone.
ref: [1970 January, William L[acy] Brown, Jr.; Thomas Eisner; Robert H[arding] Whittaker, “Allomones and Kairomones: Transspecific Chemical Messengers”, in BioScience, volume 20, number 1, Washington, D.C.: American Institute of Biological Sciences, →DOI, →ISSN, page 21:
text: Host‐finding by the parasitic wasp Orgilus lepidus, a braconid parasite, is mediated by two kairomones present in the frass of the host insect, the potato tuberworm.
ref: 1973 December, L. B. Hendry, P. D. Greany, R. J. Gill, “Kairomone Mediated Host‐finding Behavior in the Parasitic Wasp Orgilus lepidus”, in Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, volume 16, number 4, Amsterdam: Nederlandse Entomologische Vereniging [Netherlands Entomological Society], →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, abstract, page 471:
text: Mutillids apparently use odour signals (kairomones) while actively running in suitable locations for finding such hosts, and must spend much time searching, with little prospect of finding numerous hosts.
ref: 2000 August, D. J. Brothers, G[unther] Tschuch, F. Burger, “Associations of Mutillid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with Eusocial Insects”, in Insectes Sociaux, volume 47, Heidelberg: Birkhäuser Verlag for the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 201–211:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
ecology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance produced by an individual of one species (often an insect) that benefits the recipient which is of a different species but is harmful to the producer.
wikipedia: BioScience
Thomas Eisner
Hypernyms: semiochemical
Coordinate terms: allomone
apneumone
pheromone
synomone
Derived terms: kairomonal
lacrimator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacrimators
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lachrymator.
laminin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of glycoproteins found in the basement membranes of most animal tissue
larvicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larvicides
form: larvacide
Etymology: From larva + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any pesticide that attacks the larval stage of an insect
Derived terms: biolarvicide
larvicidal
nanolarvicide
photolarvicide
pupacide
larvicide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: larvicides
form: larviciding
form: larvicided
form: larvicided
form: larvacide
Etymology: From larva + -cide.
Senses: glosses: To treat with larvicide.
laryngospasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laryngospasms
Etymology: From laryngo- + spasm.
Senses: glosses: An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx
Synonyms: word: laryngismus
limacide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limacides
Senses: examples: text: However, during 2004, the limacide Carakol (ai methaldehyde, 5%) was applied at the rate of 1 g/m 2 to a hedgerow along one side of the field plots, to prevent the cabbage plants being damaged by snails […]
ref: 2008 October 27, Stanislav Trdan, “Yield of early white cabbage grown under mulch and non-mulch conditions with low populations of onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman)”, in International Journal of Pest Management:
text: On the other hand, metaldehyde limacide Gardena was found ecologically safe because the LC₅₀ value was higher than its RAD and weight was not significantly changed.
ref: 2014, M Jovana, “Effects of three pesticides on the earthworm Eisenia fetida (Savigny 1826) under laboratory conditions: Assessment of mortality, biomass and growth inhibition”, in European Journal of Soil Biology, volume 62, page 127:
glosses: Any substance intended to kill gastropod molluscs (of the family Limacidae).
Synonyms: molluscicide
lipophilicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipophilicities
Etymology: From lipophilic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being lipophilic
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A measure of the extent to which something is lipophilic
lipophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lipophobic
form: most lipophobic
Etymology: From lipo- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having no affinity for fats or organic solvents
Derived terms: hydrolipophobic
lipophobicity
mercurialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mercurial + -ism; from Latin mercurialismus.
Senses: glosses: Chronic mercury poisoning.
Derived terms: micromercurialism
mesocosm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesocosms
Etymology: From meso- + -cosm.
Senses: examples: text: Researchers from the University of Queensland were building an elaborate Plexiglas mesocosm that was going to allow them to manipulate CO₂ levels on a patch of reef, even as it allowed the various creatures that depend on the reef to swim in and out.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Any system larger than a microcosm but smaller than a macrocosm, especially when used as an outdoor experimental system that examines the natural environment under controlled conditions.
mesothelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliəm
Forms: form: mesothelia
Etymology: From meso- + -thelium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A membrane of flat epithelial cells that lines the body cavity of embryos and forms the squamous cells of the peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura
Derived terms: mesothelial
mesothelioma
metabolizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metabolizable
form: most metabolizable
Etymology: From metabolize + -able.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Able to be metabolized
Derived terms: nonmetabolizable
unmetabolizable
metabolizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabolizers
Etymology: From metabolize + -er.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that increases the ability of the body to metabolize a specific class of compound (such as fat).
examples: text: We could therefore assert that a person who uses, on average, more than 110 calories per hour would be termed a fast metabolizer and a person who uses less than 90 calories per hour would be a slow metabolizer.
ref: 2012, Douglas Graham, The 80/10/10 Diet, page 244:
glosses: One who metabolizes.
metabolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of metabolize
metabolizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metabolizing
form: most metabolizing
Senses: glosses: That serves to metabolize a specific class of compound
baicai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白菜 (báicài). Doublet of bok choy and pechay.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of bok choy.
synonyms: word: bok choy
ropers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roper
barbecuer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barbecuers
Etymology: From barbecue + -er.
Senses: examples: text: We were playing cards one day and I said, "We've been barbecuing all our lives and I'm the best barbecuer in the state of Georgia".
ref: 2005, Lolis Eric Elie, Smokestack Lightning: Adventures in the Heart of Barbecue Country, page 122:
glosses: One who (or a device which) barbecues.
barbecuers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barbecuer
jogi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jogis
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of yogi.
pesterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pesterers
Etymology: From pester + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of pester; one who pesters.
pesterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pesterer
prodder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prodders
Etymology: From prod + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of prod; one who prods.
prodders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prodder
apprehender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: apprehenders
Etymology: From apprehend + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the severeness of the crime and the danger of the suspect, the apprehender may apply physical force in order to stop the pursued and proceed to his apprehension.
ref: 1996, Chantal Joubert, Hans Bevers, Schengen Investigated, page 305:
glosses: Agent noun of apprehend; one who apprehends.
apprehenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apprehender
behoveful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈhəʊvfəl/
Forms: form: more behoveful
form: most behoveful
form: behoofful
form: behooveful
Etymology: From Middle English behoveful, equivalent to behove + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: No Madam, we haue cul'd such necessaries / As are behoouefull for our state to morrow[…].
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
text: How behoveful it is for every Christian man soberly to meditate of his end.
ref: 1600, Christopher Sutton, chapter IV, in Disce Mori: Learn to Die, published 1839:
text: she forsaketh and leaveth us to the hazard of fortune; and by art to quest and finde out those things that are behovefull and necessarie for our preservation […]
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: [H]is Barons […] flatly oppoſe themſelues both to his commaund and their Countries good, denying him (vntill he vvere aſſoyled of his excommunication,) their attendance in ſo behouefull a ſeruice.
ref: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Iohn, Duke of Normandie, Guyen, and Aquitaine, &c. […]”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 51, page 501, column 1:
glosses: Needful or proper; beneficial; behoving.
Derived terms: word: behovefully
english: unattested; appears only in dictionaries
translation: unattested; appears only in dictionaries
word: behovefulness
meter maid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meter maids
form: meter-maid
Senses: examples: text: Lovely Rita meter maid / Nothing can come between us / When it gets dark I tow your heart away / Standing by a parking meter / When I caught a glimpse of Rita / Filling in a ticket in her little white book
ref: 1967, Lennon–McCartney, “Lovely Rita”, in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, performed by The Beatles:
text: She worked as a meter maid. Almost like a song: Lovely Jenny, meter maid.
ref: 2000, Charles Baxter, chapter 3, in The Feast of Love, page 36:
glosses: A female meter attendant: a female public servant tasked with enforcing the use of parking meters.
glosses: A meter attendant of either gender.
Synonyms: grey ghost
meter attendant
parking enforcement officer
parking inspector
traffic warden
meter maids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meter maid
replenisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: replenishers
Etymology: From replenish + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of replenish; one who replenishes.
glosses: A static induction machine used for maintaining the charge of a quadrant electrometer.
replenishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of replenisher
eluder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eluders
Etymology: From elude + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of elude: one who eludes.
eluders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eluder
botherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botherers
Etymology: From bother + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of bother; one who bothers.
Derived terms: God botherer
botherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botherer
God botherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God botherer
wool-gathering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wool-gatherings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of woolgathering.
uniter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniters
Etymology: From unite + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 1892, Walt Whitman, "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking," Leaves of Grass (abridged reprint of the 1892 edition), New York: The Modern Library, 1921, p. 213, https://archive.org/details/leavesofgrass00whit
I, chanter of pains and joys, uniter of here and hereafter, / Taking all hints to use them, but swiftly leaping beyond them, / A reminiscence sing.
text: The couple were congratulated by the witnesses and their uniter, the three of whom drank their health.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 184:
text: It has been the most important traditional rôle of this country that it should act as a great uniter of the nations in that cultural fashion. We are the motherland of what is incomparably the most important language of the world and we have, to our glory, one of the greatest literatures of the world.
ref: 1947 December 4, Christopher Hollis, Hansard:
glosses: Agent noun of unite; one who unites.
Synonyms: sense: one who unites
word: harmonizer
sense: one who unites
word: integrator
sense: one who unites
word: mediator
sense: one who unites
word: reconciler
sense: one who unites
word: unifier
sense: one who unites
word: consolidator
uniters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uniter
recommender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: recommenders
Etymology: From recommend + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who recommends.
recommenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recommender
frightener
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frighteners
Etymology: From frighten + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of frighten: one who, or that which, frightens.
Related terms: put the frighteners on someone
frighteners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frightener
Related terms: put the frighteners on someone
fucktarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fʌkˈtɑɹd.əd/
Forms: form: more fucktarded
form: most fucktarded
Etymology: Blend of fuck + retarded
Senses: glosses: Exceedingly stupid or irrational.
Derived terms: fucktardedly
fucktardedness
Related terms: fucktard
straight away
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: straightaway
Senses: examples: text: This item is urgent, so please start on it straight away.
glosses: Very soon; quickly; immediately.
Synonyms: at once
forthwith
immediately
instantly
now
right now
right away
tout de suite
without delay
night-bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night-bats
form: nightbat
Senses: examples: text: there were found divers populous nations, in farre differing climates, that lived upon them; made provision of them, and carefully fed them; as also of grasse-hoppers, pissemires, lizards, and night-bats [translating chauvessouriz].
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.94
glosses: A (night-flying) bat.
glosses: A ghost, an evil spirit.
glosses: A large nocturnal moth.
penetrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penetrators
Etymology: From penetrate + -or.
Senses: glosses: Something that penetrates.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A long-range fighter aircraft designed to penetrate enemy air defences.
Derived terms: explosively formed penetrator
penetrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penetrator
AH
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: prefix for attack helicopter, helicopter gunship designations
AH
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: calendar terms
glosses: Abbreviation of Anno Hegirae: in the year of the Hegira, used for dates using the Islamic calendar.
Synonyms: H
AH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of all human: applied to fan fiction stories in which supernatural characters are reimagined as normal human beings.
cover-few
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover-fews
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of curfew.
yark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: yarks
form: yarking
form: yarked
form: yarked
Etymology: From Middle English ȝarken, ȝerken, from Old English ġearcian (“to prepare, make ready, procure, furnish, supply”), Proto-West Germanic *garwakōn, from Proto-Germanic *garwakōną (“to prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to grab, take, rake”), equivalent to yare + -k. Related to Old English ġearc (“ready, active, quick”), ġearu (“prepared, ready, equipped, complete, finished, yare”). More at yare.
Senses: examples: text: [...] Yet thou hast given us leather to yark, and leather to bark, [...]
ref: 1881, Walter Gregor, Notes on the Folk-Lore of the North-East of Scotland:
glosses: To make ready; prepare.
glosses: To dispose; be set in order for; be destined or intended for.
glosses: To set open; open.
Derived terms: yarking
yark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: yarks
form: yarking
form: yarked
form: yarked
form: yerk
Etymology: Uncertain, probably originally imitative; compare jerk etc.
Senses: glosses: To draw (stitches etc.) tight.
glosses: To hit, strike, especially with a cane or whip.
examples: text: he would throw a Dagger, and make a whip to yarke and lash [tr. faisoit craqueter], as cunningly as any Carter in France.
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.96
glosses: To crack (a whip).
grappler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grapplers
Etymology: From grapple + -er.
Senses: examples: text: They were cheerful optimists; indomitable grapplers with forest and flood, who did almost incredible things with ax and saw and giant-powder.
ref: 1912, Harold Bindloss, Vane of the Timberlands, page 19:
glosses: One who grapples.
glosses: A wrestler; one who fights by wrestling.
grapplers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grappler
methaemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methemoglobin.
methemoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methemoglobins
form: methæmoglobin
form: methaemoglobin
Etymology: From meta- + haemoglobin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxidized form of hemoglobin, containing ferric rather than ferrous iron, that cannot transport oxygen.
Derived terms: methemoglobinemia
methemoglobinuria
methaemoglobinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methemoglobinemia.
methemoglobinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methemoglobinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methemoglobinemia.
methemoglobinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methemoglobinemias
Etymology: From methemoglobin + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
hypernyms: dyshemoglobinemia
coordinate_terms: carboxyhemoglobinemia
sulfhemoglobinemia
glosses: Presence of excess methemoglobin in the blood; the form of toxic anemia characterized by it.
Derived terms: methemoglobinemic
green paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green papers
Senses: examples: text: In the green paper, the European Commission calls for the inception of free competition in virtually all of Europe′s satellite communications markets.
ref: 1990, EC exec discusses benefits of satellite push in Europe, Network World: Dec 31, 1990 - Jan 17, 1991, page 30:
text: 1998, Commission of the European Communities, Green Paper on the Development of the Single Market for Postal Services, DIANE Publishing Company, page 29,
A Green Paper is a discussion document. This Green Paper on Postal Services is published as the basis for discussion of what changes need to be made to the Community′s postal sector in order to achieve the Single Market in postal services.
text: Between the release of the Green Paper in late January 1998 and the issuance of the final White Paper in June 1998, a subset of the groups listed in table 8.1 formed a “dominant coalition” capable of driving the institutionalization process to conclusion.
ref: 2002, Milton Mueller, Ruling the Root: Internet Governance and the Taming of Cyberspace, page 164:
glosses: A tentative government report of a proposal without any commitment to action, being the first step in changing the law; a discussion document.
glosses: An official document sponsored by the Crown of propositions put before the nation for discussion.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, paper.
Related terms: white paper
concept map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concept maps
Senses: glosses: A diagram showing the relationships among concepts, with the concepts drawn in boxes that are connected with labelled arrows denoting the relationships between concepts, such as "is a", "gives rise to", "results in", "is required by," or "contributes to".
Related terms: mind map
microalbuminuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + albuminuria.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The chronic presence of a small excess of albumin in the urine
Related terms: microalbuminemia
microcystin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcystins
Etymology: From Microcystis, from which the toxin was first isolated, + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of cyclic oligopeptide hepatotoxins produced by cyanobacteria
Coordinate terms: anatoxin
nodularin
saxitoxin
hepatotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepatotoxins
Etymology: From hepato- + toxin.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity
microglobulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microglobulins
Etymology: From micro- + globulin.
Senses: glosses: A low molecular-weight globulin.
glosses: A peptide fragment of a globulin.
Derived terms: microglobulinuria
micromercurialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + mercurialism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any subclinical effect of prolonged exposure to small amounts of mercury.
micronucleated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + nucleated.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a cell that has been damaged by a genotoxin, in which a micronucleus forms during mitosis.
micronucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micronuclei
Etymology: From micro- + nucleus.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A small nucleus.
examples: text: These binucleated forms have one macronucleus functional and another sexual micronucleus which is not functional in the ordinary life processes of the species.
ref: 1890, American Philosophical Society, Proceedings:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan (that contains genetic material).
Derived terms: micronuclear
microprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microproteins
Etymology: From micro- + protein.
Senses: glosses: A small protein.
glosses: A peptide fragment of a protein.
microproteinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microproteinemia.
P.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of PS (post scriptum).
hillbilly heroin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its initial popularity in rural regions in Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio.
Senses: examples: text: “There are no secrets in this town.” “Maybe a few.” “No. None. You're having money problems. Our children had sex. Judy Gordon orders OxyContin over the Internet and has developed quite the habit.” “"Jesus Loves You" Judy?” “"Jesus Loves You" Judy loves her hillbilly heroin. But you didn't hear that from me. I don't like gossip.”
ref: 2005 August 15, Jenji Kohan, 17:44 from the start, in Weeds, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Celia Hodes (Elizabeth Perkins):
text: Drug overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in West Virginia, and the state leads the country in fatal drug overdoses. OxyContin—nicknamed “hillbilly heroin”—is king.
ref: [2012 August 23, Conor Friedersdorf, quoting Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco, “What OxyContin Addicts in West Virginia Tell Us About the War on Drugs”, in The Atlantic:
text: In a year of big stories, the opioid crisis has become one of the biggest, though it’s been a problem since the early 2000s. Around then, people in Kentucky, West Virginia, and southeast Ohio started referring to Percocet, OxyContin, and Vicodin as “hillbilly heroin.”
ref: [2017 September 6, Brian Alexander, “When a Company Is Making Money From the Opioid Crisis”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Oxycodone, Percocet, or similar opioid/opiate drugs, when used as recreational drugs.
microproteinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + protein + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The chronic presence of microprotein (especially microglobulin) in the blood; a sign of renal damage
microsomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microsome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a microsome
Derived terms: antimicrosomal
nonmicrosomal
micturitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or inducing micturition or urination.
misidentifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misidentify
misidentify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misidentifies
form: misidentifying
form: misidentified
form: misidentified
Etymology: From mis- + identify.
Senses: hypernyms: confuse
mix up
glosses: To mistake the identity of (something or someone).
Derived terms: misidentifiable
misidentifier
Related terms: word: deidentify
word: misidentification
word: unidentified
misidentified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misidentify
misidentified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misidentified
form: most misidentified
Senses: glosses: identified incorrectly
miticide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miticides
Etymology: From mite + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any pesticide intended to kill mites.
Derived terms: miticidal
molluskicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molluskicides
form: molluscicide
Etymology: From mollusk + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any substance intended to kill mollusks
Synonyms: limacide
monooxygenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monooxygenases
Etymology: From mono- + oxygenase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds
Derived terms: monophenol monooxygenase
monooxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monooxygenations
Etymology: From mono- + oxygenation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water
Related terms: monooxygenase
mucociliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪliəɹi
-ɪliɛəɹi
Etymology: From muco- + ciliary.
Senses: examples: text: Most inhaled uranium that reaches the lungs is eliminated via mucociliary clearance.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
Derived terms: mucociliary blanket
mucociliary escalator
mucociliary ladder
mucociliary transport
multicompartment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + compartment.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multicompartmental.
synonyms: word: multicompartmental
multifactorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From multi- + factorial.
Senses: examples: text: […] a pattern in medical research on infectious and degenerative diseases in the United States. That pattern shows three main built-in biases: 1) towards a single-agent theory of disease, as opposed to a multi-factorial analysis; 2) […]
ref: 1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8:
text: One of the under-reported dynamics during the coronavirus pandemic has been the collapse of One Nation’s vote. The reasons for this are likely multi-factorial.
ref: 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, The Guardian:
glosses: Involving, or controlled by multiple factors.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Involving multiple genetic or environmental factors.
raw_tags: of a trait
Derived terms: multifactoriality
multifactorially
multifactorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: multifactorials
Etymology: From multi- + factorial.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A generalization of a factorial in which each element to be multiplied differs from the next by an integer (e.g. n(n-3)(n-6)(n-9)...).
Related terms: monofactorial
multigeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + generation.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or affecting multiple generations; multigenerational
multivariate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛə.ɹi.ɪt/
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛː.ɹi.ɪt/
note: General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛɹ.i.ɪt/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvæɹ.i.ɪt/
ipa: /ˌmɐl.tiˈveː.ɹi.ɪt/
Forms: form: more multivariate
form: most multivariate
Etymology: From multi- + variate.
Senses: synonyms: multivariable
glosses: Having, involving, or relating to multiple variables.
Derived terms: multivariately
multivariateness
nonmultivariate
multivariate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛə.ɹi.ɪt/
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛː.ɹi.ɪt/
note: General American, Canada, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvɛɹ.i.ɪt/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˌmʌl.tiˈvæɹ.i.ɪt/
ipa: /ˌmɐl.tiˈveː.ɹi.ɪt/
Forms: form: multivariates
Etymology: From multi- + variate.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A vector, each of whose elements is a variate.
Related terms: word: variate
word: bivariate
word: multivariate calculus
word: univariate
urls: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Multivariate.html
word: multivariate in Wolfram - Mathworld
mutagenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutagenicities
Etymology: From mutagenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The Ames test proved that mutagenicity was linked to carcinogenicity.
ref: 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 303:
glosses: The condition of being mutagenic.
glosses: A measure of the extent to which something is mutagenic.
Derived terms: paramutagenicity
photomutagenicity
myasthenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myasthenias
Etymology: From my- (“relating to muscle”) + asthenia (“weakness”), from Ancient Greek ἀσθένεια (asthéneia, “weakness”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormal weakness of the muscles; but especially myasthenia gravis.
Derived terms: amyosthenia
myasthenic
myasthenialike
neuromyasthenia
myasthenia gravis
mycobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: mycobacteria
Etymology: From myco- + bacterium.
Senses: topics: bacteriology
biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of many rod-shaped, aerobic bacteria, of the genus Mycobacterium, that cause diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy.
Derived terms: mycobacteriosis
mycobactin
Related terms: mycobacterial
myelosuppression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myelo- + suppression.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A reduction of bone marrow activity that leads to a lower concentration of platelets, red blood cells and white blood cells
Related terms: myelosuppress
myelosuppressant
myelosuppressive
myoglobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoglobins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.
Derived terms: apomyoglobin
carboxymyoglobin
deoxymyoglobin
ferrylmyoglobin
holomyoglobin
metamyoglobin
metmyoglobin
myoglobinemia
myoglobinuria
myohemoglobin
nitrosylmyoglobin
oxymyoglobin
myosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myoses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of miosis.
saltie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒlti
Forms: form: salties
Etymology: From salt + -ie (“diminutive suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: 1998, Romulus Whitaker, Zai Whitaker, Crocodile Fever: Wildlife Adventures in New Guinea, Orient Longman, India, page 8,
‘Salties’ typically live in and around the coastal mangroves but are not uncommon hundreds of kilometres inland. A saltie grows to around seven metres in length and is the main Asian crocodile responsible for attacks on humans.
text: They like to spend their time in freshwater rivers in coastal waters. Saltwater crocodiles are fiercely territorial and fully mature male salties force younger and smaller salties into the ocean where they have to search for river systems.
ref: 2010, Lindsay Marsh, Dangerous Aussie Animals, page 40:
text: It is feared by those who live near it. For its part, the saltie fears nothing — except a larger crocodile.
ref: 2010, Nancy Cushing, Kevin Markwell, Snake-Bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park, page 94:
text: For their part, the others had been earnestly pointing out that there were in fact two types of crocodiles, saltwater and freshwater, and that only the salties were dangerous.
ref: 2011, A.J. Mackinnon, The Well at the World′s End, page 104:
glosses: A saltwater crocodile.
examples: text: Ah, but when will the first oceangoing boat arrive [in Duluth, Minnesota]? . . . In 2015, the first saltie to arrive was the Malta-flagged Kom, which arrived April 13 with a Bulgarian crew to load durum wheat headed for Italy.
ref: “The season's first ships”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Midwest Weekends, 16 April 2015, archived from the original on 29 Apr 2015
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An ocean-going ship that enters the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway.
glosses: The saltwater fluke or dab.
Coordinate terms: sense: crocodile
word: freshie
sense: ship
word: laker
unct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncts
form: uncting
form: uncted
form: uncted
Etymology: First appears in Middle English circa 1425, derived from Latin unctus (“anointed”) and related terms. Ayurvedic sense is one of several competing translations of Sanskrit snehana.
Senses: examples: text: The King was uncted in the nick of time
text: […] and lat thame pray ouir him and unct him with oyle in the name of our Lord, […]
ref: 1552, ed. Catholic Church, John Hamilton, Thomas Graves Law, The Catechism of John Hamilton, Archbishop of St. Andrews, 1552, published 1884, page 229
text: Tyll tyred with battles, for to ceese the fraie, / Theie uncted Brutus kynge, and gave the Trojanns swaie.
ref: 1769, Thomas Chatterton, “The Rowley Poems”, in Englysh Metamorphosis:
text: 2001, Sheila Fischman tr., The Little Girl who was Too Fond of Matches: A Novel (original by Gaétan Soucy), →ISBN, page 11,
I suppose the prospect of the sly devils in the village forcing my brother and me to kick the bucket without even uncting us extremely skewered me in every direction on the barbecue grill of those ancient queries concerning hell and its kind.
glosses: To anoint, especially a monarch or other patriarchal leader.
examples: text: This is also an uncting procedure in which oil is dropped into the nose and expelled through the mouth.
ref: 2008, Swami Sadashiva Tirtha, The Ayurveda Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 197:
qualifier: Ayurvedic medicine
glosses: To lubricate.
Synonyms: sense: anoint
word: anoint
sense: anoint
word: oint
word: lubricate
word: oleate
Related terms: unction
unctuous
bibliographic database
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibliographic databases
Senses: qualifier: library science
glosses: An electronic index to journal or magazine articles, containing citations, abstracts and often either the full text of the articles, or links to the full text.
qualifier: library science
glosses: A database containing information about books and other materials held in a library, such as an online library catalog, or OPAC.
OPAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OPACs
Senses: qualifier: library science
glosses: Acronym of online public access catalog.
online public access catalog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: online public access catalogs
Senses: qualifier: library science
glosses: A computerized online publicly accessible catalog of the materials held in a library, or library system.
Synonyms: OPAC
reference list
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reference lists
Etymology: reference + list
Senses: glosses: The list of sources used or considered in preparing a work.
Related terms: bibliography
disordinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disordinate
form: most disordinate
Etymology: From dis- + ordinate.
Senses: examples: text: with disordinate gestures
ref: 1633, William Prynne, Histriomastix:
glosses: inordinate; disorderly
Derived terms: disordinately
strategy game
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strategy games
Senses: glosses: A game in which the players' decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome, such as chess, checkers or go.
Derived terms: grand strategy game
Related terms: game of chance
game of skill
petty bourgeoisie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petty bourgeoisies
Etymology: Anglicization of French petite bourgeoisie.
Senses: antonyms: haute bourgeoisie
glosses: Synonym of petite bourgeoisie.
synonyms: word: petite bourgeoisie
shop keeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shop keepers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shopkeeper.
nanosized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nanosized
form: most nanosized
Etymology: From nano- + sized.
Senses: glosses: Having a size measured in nanometers.
nanotoxicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + toxicology.
Senses: glosses: the toxicology of nanoparticles
Related terms: nanotoxicological
natriuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more natriuretic
form: most natriuretic
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from natriuresis + -etic = natr- + -i- + uresis + etic; the combining forms are ultimately from New Latin natrium (“sodium”) + Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis, “a making water”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to natriuresis.
Derived terms: antinatriuretic
atrial natriuretic peptide
-ritide
natriuretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: natriuretics
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from natriuresis + -etic = natr- + -i- + uresis + etic; the combining forms are ultimately from New Latin natrium (“sodium”) + Ancient Greek οὔρησις (oúrēsis, “a making water”).
Senses: glosses: Any substance that inhibits the reabsorption of cations, especially sodium, from urine.
nematicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematicides
Etymology: From nemati- + -cide; compare nematocide.
Senses: examples: text: Villagers use the nematicides Furadan and Mocap mostly in banana cultivation, whereas Basudin and Sevin are the most frequently used agrochemicals applied exclusively on nonbanana crops.
ref: 1998, Lawrence S. Grossman, The Political Ecology of Bananas, page 197:
glosses: Any pesticide designed to kill nematodes (roundworms).
Derived terms: bionematicide
phytonematicide
nitrosative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the oxides of nitrogen
Derived terms: antinitrosative
nitrosative stress
oxidonitrosative
nonbiodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biodegradable.
Senses: glosses: Not biodegradable
nonbiodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbiodegradables
Etymology: From non- + biodegradable.
Senses: examples: text: But those monstrous nonbiodegradables are killing me, and not softly either.
ref: 2009 March 3, “It’s Not Easy Being Clean”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any substance that is not biodegradable.
nonbiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonbiologic
Etymology: From non- + biological.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: abiotic
text: nonbiological washing powder
glosses: Not biological; not consisting of a biological substance or substances.
examples: text: nonbiological father/mother
qualifier: Of a relation
glosses: not according to parentage or ancestry; not based on biological kinship; by marriage, adoption, close friendship, etc.
Derived terms: nonbiologically
noncarcinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + carcinogenic.
Senses: glosses: Not carcinogenic.
noncooperative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cooperative.
Senses: glosses: Not cooperative; uncooperative.
nondiseased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nondiseased
form: most nondiseased
Etymology: From non- + diseased.
Senses: glosses: Not diseased.
nonexposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + exposed.
Senses: glosses: Not exposed; unexposed
nonheritable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + heritable.
Senses: glosses: Not heritable
nonionizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ionizing.
Senses: glosses: Not ionizing.
nonmutant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mutant.
Senses: glosses: Not mutant.
nonmutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmutants
Etymology: From non- + mutant.
Senses: glosses: A creature that is not a mutant.
nonregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Not regulatory.
nonstochastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stochastic.
Senses: glosses: Not stochastic
Derived terms: nonstochastically
noncoding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + coding.
Senses: examples: text: We have identified an miR-1246 target site in the noncoding region of F8 mRNA and were able to confirm the suppressory role of hsa-miR-1246 on F8 expression in a stable lymphoblastoid cell line expressing FVIII. These findings suggest several testable hypotheses vis-à-vis the role of nc-RNAs in the regulation of F8 expression.
ref: 2015 July 16, “Small ncRNA Expression-Profiling of Blood from Hemophilia A Patients Identifies miR-1246 as a Potential Regulator of Factor 8 Gene”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That does not code for protein.
raw_tags: of a portion of DNA
nonprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + protein.
Senses: glosses: Having a source other than protein.
nonprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonproteins
Etymology: From non- + protein.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a protein.
ochratoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ochratoxins
Etymology: From Aspergillus ochraceus + toxin.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
glosses: Any of a class of mycotoxins, having an isocoumarin structure, produced by some fungi of the genus Aspergillus and others
Related terms: ochratoxigenic
F clefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of F clef
shouters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shouter
manutention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /manjʊˈtɛnʃən/
Forms: form: manutentions
Etymology: From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).
Senses: examples: text: Christian religion hath all the markes of extreme justice and profit, but none more apparent than the exact commendation of obedience due unto magistrates, and manutention [tr. manutention] of policies […].
ref: , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.108
glosses: Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
back-assward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more back-assward
form: most back-assward
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
back-asswards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more back-asswards
form: most back-asswards
Etymology: A self-referentially backwards form of ass-backwards.
Senses: examples: text: “God damn it.” He was sore as hell. He was really furious. “You always do everything backasswards.”
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 53:
glosses: Alternative form of ass-backwards.
candle wax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candle waxes
form: candlewax
Senses: examples: text: She is not beaming at all. Her mouth is set like the wardress of Belsen wishing to boil Joyous’s chubby cheeks into candle wax.
ref: 2008, Denis Beckett, “Explaining prawns”, in Magenta, Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg: University of KwaZulu-Natal Press; Johannesburg: Saga Press, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: Any material, such as stearin or tallow, used to make the body of candles
backassward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ass-backwards.
backasswards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more backasswards
form: most backasswards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of back-asswards.
bassackward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bassackward
form: most bassackward
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
bassackwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bassackwards
form: most bassackwards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bass-ackwards.
isocoumarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocoumarins
Etymology: From iso- + coumarin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of coumarin in which the orientation of the lactone is reversed