cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
subanalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + analytic.
Senses: examples: text: We present a complex analytic proof of the Pila-Wilkie theorem for subanalytic sets.
ref: 2016, Gal Binyamini, Dmitry Novikov, “The Pila-Wilkie theorem for subanalytic families: a complex analytic approach”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a set of points: defined in a way broader than for semianalytic sets.
thermoswitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermoswitches
Etymology: From thermo- + switch.
Senses: examples: text: This appears to be the first purely computational design of functional RNA thermoswitches, and certainly the first purely computational design of functional thermo-IRES elements.
ref: 2016, Juan Antonio Garcia-Martin, Ivan Dotu, Javier Fernandez-Chamorro, Gloria Lozano, Jorge Ramajo, Encarnacion Martinez-Salas, Peter Clote, “RNAiFold2T: Constraint Programming design of thermo-IRES switches”, in arXiv:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of riboswitch incorporating a thermosensor and thus responsive to temperature changes.
thermoswitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoswitch
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions
Etymology: Discovered by Hans Meerwein and Rudolf Schmidt, and separately by A. Verley, in 1925. Ponndorf applied the reaction to ketones and upgraded the catalyst.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: Meerwein-Ponndorf reaction
glosses: The reduction of ketones and aldehydes to their corresponding alcohols, using aluminium alkoxide catalysis in the presence of a sacrificial alcohol.
wikipedia: Hans Meerwein
Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction
crowdworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowdworkers
Etymology: From crowd + worker.
Senses: examples: text: To ensure a high quality dataset, we developed a series of novel quality controls to validate free-form text input from crowdworkers.
ref: 2016, Yuncheng Li, Yale Song, Liangliang Cao, Joel Tetreault, Larry Goldberg, Alejandro Jaimes, Jiebo Luo, “TGIF: A New Dataset and Benchmark on Animated GIF Description”, in arXiv:
glosses: Any of the individuals who contribute part of the work toward a crowdsourced task.
crowdworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crowdworker
cyclostationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyclo- + stationary.
Senses: examples: text: The maximum daily temperature in New York City can be modelled as a cyclostationary process: the maximum temperature on July 21 is statistically different from the temperature on December 20, but it is a reasonable approximation that the temperature on December 20 of different years has identical statistics.
text: Simulations show that cyclostationary detection outperforms energy detection in low SNRs in the sub-Nyquist regime.
ref: 2016, Deborah Cohen, Yonina C. Eldar, “Sub-Nyquist Cyclostationary Detection for Cognitive Radio”, in arXiv:
glosses: Having statistical properties that vary cyclically with time.
Derived terms: cyclostationarity
underspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underspecific
form: most underspecific
Etymology: From under- + specific.
Senses: examples: text: We show that exploiting diverse information sources can alleviate ambiguities that arise from contextual use of underspecific referring expressions and unexpressed argument alternations of verbs.
ref: 2016, Shiwali Mohan, Aaron Mininger, John Laird, “Towards an Indexical Model of Situated Language Comprehension for Cognitive Agents in Physical Worlds”, in arXiv:
glosses: Not specific enough.
intercapsomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + capsomeric.
Senses: examples: text: The largely basic C-terminal disordered segment in L1 subunits is strongly involved in intercapsomeric interaction.
ref: 2016 February 18, “Evidences of Changes in Surface Electrostatic Charge Distribution during Stabilization of HPV16 Virus-Like Particles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between capsomeres.
gonocoxites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonocoxite
capsomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From capsomere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to capsomeres.
Derived terms: intercapsomeric
intracapsomeric
immunoresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + responsive.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the immune response.
Derived terms: immunoresponsiveness
PSNR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PSNRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Peak signal-to-noise ratio.
undie run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undie runs
Senses: glosses: An event where a large number of people, typically college students, run an outdoor route in their underwear.
undie runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undie run
XXXes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of XXX
securitywise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From security + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: That building had about 45,000 square feet in it, and you could seat about 5,000 people in it. Securitywise it wasn't bad at all, because there were two end openings to the building, and there was actually an area where you could drive a car in there.
ref: 1964, United States. Warren Commission, Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy:
glosses: In terms of security.
integrativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From integrative + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of integration.
integrativist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integrativists
Etymology: From integrative + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports a policy of integration.
integrativists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integrativist
wellposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of well-posed.
paraconsistentization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From paraconsistent + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, we study the case of paraconsistentization of propositional classical logic.
ref: 2016, Edelcio G. de Souza, Alexandre Costa-Leite, Diogo H.B. Dias, “On a paraconsistentization functor in the category of consequence structures”, in arXiv:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Conversion to a paraconsistent form.
superdiagonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdiagonals
Etymology: From super- + diagonal.
Senses: examples: text: We classify all free spectrahedra that are circular, that is, closed under multiplication by exp(i t): up to unitary equivalence, the coefficients of a minimal LMI defining a circular free spectrahedron have a common block decomposition in which the only nonzero blocks are on the superdiagonal.
ref: 2016, Eric Evert, J. William Helton, Igor Klep, Scott McCullough, “Circular Free Spectrahedra”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The diagonal of a matrix that lies directly above and to the right of the main diagonal.
superdiagonals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superdiagonal
semihereditary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + hereditary.
Senses: examples: text: The classical ring of quotients of a commutative Bezout ring is a (von Neumann) regular local ring if and only if R is a commutative semihereditary local ring.
ref: 2016, Bohdan Zabavsky, “Type conditions of stable range for identification of qualitative generalized classes of rings”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of a ring: hereditary for finitely generated submodules.
aposteriori
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Contrary to conventional belief, cluster detection is shown to be aposteriori consistent for a general class of models as the number of covariates and subjects grows.
ref: 2016, Subharup Guha, Veerabhadran Baladandayuthapani, “A Nonparametric Bayesian Technique for High-Dimensional Regression”, in arXiv:
glosses: Alternative form of a posteriori.
multipartism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multipartisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multipartyism.
multipartisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multipartism
Duverger's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Attributed to Maurice Duverger, French sociologist who published on the subject in the 1950s and 1960s.
Senses: examples: text: Out of that work emerged Duverger’s Law, which holds that single-member districts tend to produce two-party systems. […] And in the long run, the inexorable machinery of Duverger’s Law will ensure that the Patriot Party is folded back into the Republican Party.
ref: 2021 January 28, Michael Tomasky, “Why a Trump Third Party Would Be a Boon for Democrats”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The principle that plurality-rule elections (such as first past the post) structured within single-member districts tend to favour a two-party system, and that the double-ballot majority system and proportional representation tend to favor multipartyism.
wikipedia: Maurice Duverger
meliorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meliorizes
form: meliorizing
form: meliorized
form: meliorized
Senses: glosses: To meliorate; to make better.
meliorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of meliorize
meliorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of meliorize
meliorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of meliorize
spodiosites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spodiosite
thiopanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: pantoyltaurine
leucofuchsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leuco- + fuchsin.
Senses: glosses: A form of fuchsin that has lost its quinonoid structure and is therefore unpigmented.
justice is blind
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Justice is to be meted out impartially, without regard to the identity of the individual being tried.
Related terms: sleep under the same bridge
Dr. Strangeloves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dr. Strangelove
rotoxamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The maleic acid salt of the levorotatory isomer of carbinoxamine.
prepsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + psychotic.
Senses: glosses: Before the onset of psychosis.
biopticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopticons
Etymology: From bio- (“life”) + Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “visual”).
Senses: glosses: A form of eidoloscope, serving as both camera and projector.
Related terms: stereopticon
biopticons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopticon
Latham loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latham loops
Etymology: Invented by Woodville Latham, who applied for a patent in 1896.
Senses: glosses: A loop in a film projector that isolates the film strip from vibration and tension, allowing film to be continuously shot and projected for extended periods.
Latham loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Latham loop
eidoloscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eidoloscopes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “figure, representation”) + -scope.
Senses: glosses: An early motion picture system.
eidoloscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eidoloscope
determinizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From determinize + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, we show that OCAs with counter visibility are effectively determinizable and closed under all boolean operations.
ref: 2016, Benedikt Bollig, “One-Counter Automata with Counter Visibility”, in arXiv:
glosses: Capable of being determinized, or made deterministic.
macroscopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of hallucination where objects appear larger than they really are.
mineral turpentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineral turpentines
Senses: examples: text: On the building site, vaporizing of mineral turpentines represents a major problem and is associated with nerve damage and other serious health problems.
ref: 2007, Bjørn Berge, Ecology of Building Materials, →ISBN, page 406:
text: Baking enamels, primers and automotive primer-surfacers are usually based on short-oil alkyd resins, requiring mineral turpentine, toluol or xylol as the major solvent for spraying applications, the desired drying properties being obtained by the addition of small quantities of medium aromatic reducer (b.p. 90 to 130°C, 50 per cent aromatics) and/or aliphatic diluent (b.p. 40 to 140°C).
ref: 2013, Oil and Colour Chemists Association of Australia St, Surface Coatings: Vol I-Raw Materials and Their Usage, →ISBN, page 279:
glosses: Synonym of white spirit.
synonyms: word: white spirit
mineral turpentines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mineral turpentine
estergum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estergums
Etymology: From ester + gum.
Senses: glosses: The glycerol ester of rosin.
estergums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estergum
everything including the kitchen sink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of everything but the kitchen sink.
synonyms: word: everything but the kitchen sink
LBFTS
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of looked but failed to see, a class of traffic accidents.
Related terms: inattentional blindness
SMIDSY
endophlebitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + phlebitis.
Senses: glosses: Inflammation of the inner coat of a vein.
endocrinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: endocrine
endocrin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of endocrine.
endocrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endocrins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of endocrine.
FBIer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FBIers
Etymology: From FBI + -er.
Senses: glosses: An FBI agent.
endochorion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + chorion.
Senses: glosses: The vascular layer of the allantois on the inner surface of the chorion.
endothelioid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endothelioid
form: most endothelioid
Etymology: From endothelium + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling endothelium.
FBIers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FBIer
enorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From en- + organic.
Senses: examples: enorganic volition
glosses: Occurring as an innate characteristic of an organism.
exocrin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dated form of exocrine.
exocrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exocrins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of exocrine.
exocrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exocrin
eutrophia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A state of normal nourishment and growth; eutrophy.
eurygnathism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of having a wide jaw.
estrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estrums
form: oestrum
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oestrus (female animal's readiness to mate)
synonyms: word: oestrus
extra: female animal's readiness to mate
monaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: monasters
Etymology: From mon- + aster.
Senses: examples: text: After the encounter of the two pronuclei, one quadrant of the former positive cross of the monaster is missing on the side of the egg pronucleus.
ref: 1951 November, Shinya Inoué, Katsuma Dan, “Birefringence of the Dividing Cell”, in Journal of Morphology, volume 89, number 3:
text: One finds the longest chromosomes in the vascular epithelial cells if the monaster is well developed (Fig. 24), whilst shortly beforehand (Fig. 15) the chromosomes are still rather short.
ref: 2007, Leon P. Bignold, Brian L. D. Coghlan, Hubertus P.A. Jersmann, David Paul von Hansemann: Contributions to Oncology, →ISBN:
text: At the same time the middle piece breaks down and releases the centriole, around which egg cytoplasm forms the sperm monaster.
ref: 2012, Gerhard Czihak, The Sea Urchin Embryo: Biochemistry and Morphogenesis, →ISBN, page 179:
text: Large monasters can be produced in egg cells by a variety of methods; drugs, such as strychnine or chloral hydrate (Hertwig, 1887 ), hypertonic sea water (Morgan, 1896; Wilson,1901;Herlant, 1918),and by mechanical agitation (Boveri, 1903; Painter, 1915).
ref: 2013, J. Gray, A Textbook of Experimental Cytology, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: The single aster formation that forms at the equatorial plate at the end of metaphase in mitosis.
monasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monaster
ergasiomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An obsessive need to work.
glosses: Overeagerness of a surgeon to perform operations.
equinism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From equine + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A horse-like gait sometimes resulting from gunshot injury to the legs.
equinovarus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: talipes equinovarus; clubfoot
enteroanastomosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteroanastomoses
Etymology: From entero- + anastomosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: intestinal anastomosis
enteroanastomoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteroanastomosis
enteroanastomotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to enteroanastomosis.
enterocinesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + -cinesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: peristalsis
enterohepatitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + hepatitis.
Senses: glosses: Combined inflammation of the intestines and the liver.
enterolithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + lithiasis, or enterolith + -iasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence or formation of intestinal calculi.
myodesopsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myodesopsias
Senses: examples: text: ... the retina and an explanation of entoptic phenomena (scotomata, myodesopsias and phosphenes) including strabismus
ref: 2003, Julius Hirschberg, The History of Ophthalmology:
text: Myodesopsia is the perception of a floater and is caused by the development of imperfections or deposits within the vitreous body that cast a moving shadow on the retina.
ref: 2012, Creig S. Hoyt, David Taylor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, →ISBN, page 1012:
glosses: The perception of floaters in the vitreous humour.
myodesopsias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myodesopsia
nonnaturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonnaturalists
Etymology: From non- + naturalist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to the philosophy of nonnaturalism.
nonnaturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonnaturalist
nonnaturalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + naturalism.
Senses: topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The metaethical view that (i) ethical sentences express propositions; (ii) some such propositions are true; (iii) those propositions are made true by objective features of the world, independent of human opinion; and (iv) these moral features of the world are not reducible to any set of non-moral features.
pieces of the action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piece of the action
oscnode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oscnodes
Etymology: Blend of osculation + node
Senses: examples: text: Three nodes may coincide as consecutive points of a curve of finite curvature, giving rise, not to a triple point, but to the singularity called an oscnode; this is, in fact, an osculation or three-pointic contact of two branches of the curve.
ref: 1879, George Salmon, A Treatise on the Higher Plane Curves, page 214:
text: Rhamphoid cuspidal lines possess two kinds of singular points which affect the class of the surface, and occur (i) when the rhamphoid cusp changes into an oscnode, (ii) when there are cubic nodes on the surface.
ref: 1908, A. B. Basset, “Singular liens and curves on surfaces”, in The Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, volume 39, page 338:
text: A tacnode is defined to be a singularity equivalent to the origin in the curve y²-x²#61;0, that is, the union of two smooth arcs meeting with contact of order two. Similarly, an oscnode is a singularity equivalent to y²-x⁶#61;0, i.e., consisting of two smooth branched with contact of order three, and so on.
ref: 2012, Joe Harris, Algebraic Geometry: A First Course, page 262:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A node of a plane curve where two branches meet with contact order 3.
Related terms: tacnode
oscnodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscnode
hypoglycine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoglycines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypoglycin.
hypoglycines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoglycine
achees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achee
marriage line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marriage lines
Senses: examples: text: The marriage line (Diagram 24, No. 12), runs from the percussion side of the hand, and takes its course across the mount of Mercury, sometimes drooping towards the line of heart, or taking a curve towards the fingers, these having their seperate^([sic]) significations or meanings.
ref: 1993, A. Raphael, Cheirosophy (the Hand): A Scientific Treatise on Palmistry, →ISBN:
text: When the marriage line sends an offshoot into the mount of Apollo, the subject will marry a rich person, or one well versed in art.
ref: 1996, Francis Thomas, Secrets in the Hand: Palmistry Simplified, →ISBN, page 85:
text: If there is a break in the line of life at the same position as what could be a backup marriage line, the health lines take precedence.
ref: 2001, Rita Robinson, Discover Yourself Through Palm Reading, →ISBN:
text: Most palmists find that reading the marriage lines is a lot like predicting the weather: sometimes they are right on, and sometimes they're not even in the ballpark.
ref: 2008, Jon Saint-Germain, Lover's Guide to Palmistry: Finding Love in the Palm of Your Hand, →ISBN:
qualifier: palmistry
glosses: Any of the short horizontal lines under the little finger and going to the edge of the palm.
Related terms: marriage lines
marriage lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marriage line
marriage lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then, after the usual Quaker custom, everyone present signed the marriage lines as a witness.
ref: 1939, John Bakeless, Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness, →ISBN, page 7:
text: The traditional version of the story continues that Baabie Pitcairn ran to the body, stooped over it and took a paper from the inside pocket – her marriage lines.
ref: 2012, Marsali Taylor, The Story of Busta House, →ISBN, page 19:
text: But the loss of their marriage lines did not make writing to Mercy any easier, and he decided to write the letter to his mother first.
ref: 2013, Jane Aiken Hodge, Wide is the Water, →ISBN:
glosses: A marriage certificate.
undelighting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undelighting
form: most undelighting
Etymology: From un- + delighting.
Senses: glosses: Not causing delight.
bankette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bankettes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of banquet.
fastinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fastinges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of fasting.
feastinge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feastinges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of feasting.
bankettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bankette
feastinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feastinge
fastinges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fastinge
taclobo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taclobos
form: taklobo
Senses: examples: text: The Taclobo, is a large species of the oyster, the shell of which will hold a pitcher of water; indeed they are used as vessels for holy water in the churches.
ref: 1814, The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature, page 326:
text: These "taclobos" are much liked and, if available, used as flower-pots and for adornment of gardens.
ref: 1954, J. Gonzalez, Suggestions on the improvement of Philippine economy and investment opportunities:
text: Taclobo collectors — then numbering 200 in Taytay Bay — used hammers to pound on the corals and knives to pry free the deeply embedded clams.
ref: 2001, Elmer Magsanoc Ferrer, Hope Takes Root: Community-based Coastal Resources Management Stories from Southeast Asia, page 202:
glosses: A giant clam (Tridacna gigas), or its shell.
giant clam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant clams
Senses: glosses: The largest living bivalve mollusk, Tridacna gigas.
giant clams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant clam
foreconscious
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore- + conscious.
Senses: glosses: In the psychology of Sigmund Freud, part of the mind that is available to the conscious if mentally summoned, contrasted with the unconscious, which is not directly accessible.
forekidney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forekidneys
Etymology: From fore- + kidney.
Senses: glosses: The pronephros.
forekidneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forekidney
uncreepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncreepy
form: most uncreepy
Etymology: From un- + creepy.
Senses: glosses: Not creepy.
unheartfelt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unheartfelt
form: most unheartfelt
Etymology: From un- + heartfelt.
Senses: glosses: Not heartfelt.
meat in the room
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Instead he found himself in a packed meeting where he was mere meat in the room.
ref: 2015 May 4, Matt Prigge, “TV Recap: 'Mad Men,' Season 7, Episode 12: Peggy and Roger get drunk”, in Metro:
text: He replaced McNair because of cramp in the last few minutes, and was essentially meat in the room.
ref: 2015 December 14, Alexander Netherton, “Player Ratings: Bournemouth 2-1 Manchester United”, in The Busby Babe:
text: N is a vegetarian who doesn’t like aubergines, from which I think you can conclude he only became veggie because he’s not a huge fan of food. He’s only there for company, just meat in the room (ironically).
ref: 2016 June 11, Zoe Williams, “Kouzu, London SW1, restaurant review”, in The Telegraph:
glosses: A person or group that functions as warm bodies, especially those who serve no useful purpose.
alstonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alstonias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Alstonia of evergreen trees and shrubs in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
alstonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alstonia
pleosporaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Pleosporaceae + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Pleosporaceae, a family of sac fungi.
sac fungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sac fungus
Mienic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mien + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In reconstruction work, it is common to find a split between Hmongic and Mienic cognate sets, where the Hmongic side has retained the native word, and the Mienic side has replaced the native word with a Chinese borrowing.
ref: 2006, Thomas D. Cravens, Variation and Reconstruction, →ISBN, page 166:
text: Strecker (personal communication) has likened Hmongic to Germanic in its internal complexity, Mienic is less complex.
ref: 2010, Martha Ratliff, Meaningful Tone:
text: The same form also occurs as a borrowed copula in some Mienic languages which form part of the Hmong-Mien (formerly Miao-Yao) family of southern China and neighbouring areas (Martha Ratliff, personal communication, but see also Shintani and Zhao 1990 on the use of the form in the Mienic language Mun), and it may have been incorporated into the grammars of other languages in mainland China (and possibly also Taiwan).
ref: 2012, Björn Wiemer, Bernhard Wälchli, Björn Hansen, Grammatical Replication and Borrowability in Language Contact, →ISBN:
glosses: One of two primary branches of the Hmong–Mien language family spoken by the Yao people of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand.
T-bandage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-bandages
Etymology: From its shape.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A strip of roller bandage with another strip attached to its centre at right angles, used to hold a dressing in place.
T-bandages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of T-bandage
ormizet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An astringent preparation of clay saturated with formic acid.
cyberetiquette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + etiquette.
Senses: examples: text: We touched on concerns about communication in cyberspace in an earlier chapter, and learning good cyberetiquette is crucial for all children, as they will often be functioning in a work world that includes a virtual arena.
ref: 2010, Michael Gurian, Kathy Stevens, Peggy Daniels, Successful Single-Sex Classrooms:
glosses: Synonym of netiquette.
synonyms: word: netiquette
cyberpathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cyberpathic
form: most cyberpathic
Etymology: From cyber- + -pathic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting sociopathic traits while interacting in cyberspace.
disconnectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disconnectively
form: most disconnectively
Etymology: From disconnective + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a disconnective manner.
unoppressing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unoppressing
form: most unoppressing
Etymology: From un- + oppressing.
Senses: glosses: Not oppressing.
nanothermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + thermal.
Senses: examples: text: With this structure, the nanometallic contact can serve as a nanosized thermal couple for the nanothermal profiler.
ref: 2002, Phan Ngoc Minh, Ono Takahito, Esashi Masayoshi, Fabrication of Silicon Microprobes for Optical Near-Field Applications, →ISBN:
text: The study of systems of sizes smaller than λp is one of the topics of nanothermal phenomena, a field that has stimulated much research work.
ref: 2010, Patrick Tabeling, Introduction to Microfluidics, →ISBN, page 218:
text: Nanothermal interfaces is one the key areas of current research [61] and includes technologies such as double sided carbon nanotube (CNT) foils and metal nanosprings and nano-wires.
ref: 2013, Tong Ho-Ming, Yi-Shao Lai, C.P. Wong, Advanced Flip Chip Packaging, →ISBN, page 453:
glosses: Pertaining to temperature or energy differences within an area on the scale of nanometers.
antidualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidualistic
form: most antidualistic
Etymology: From anti- + dualistic.
Senses: glosses: Rejecting dualism.
antidualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + dualism.
Senses: glosses: Rejection of dualism.
antidualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antidualists
Etymology: From anti- + dualist.
Senses: glosses: One who rejects dualism.
antidualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidualist
undualistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undualistic
form: most undualistic
Etymology: From un- + dualistic.
Senses: glosses: Not dualistic.
dualistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dualistical
form: most dualistical
Senses: glosses: Synonym of dualistic.
synonyms: word: dualistic
Oesling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mostly hilly and forested region covering the northern part of Luxembourg and Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm in Germany.
set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the Devil
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: A person unaccustomed to wealth or luxury will easily be corrupted by it.
Related terms: give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself
zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse
second-hander
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second-handers
Etymology: From second-hand + -er, coined by Ayn Rand.
Senses: qualifier: chiefly Objectivism
glosses: A person who is primarily concerned with being esteemed and valued by others, at the expense of forming his/her own independent worldview; a person who derives their decisions from the worldview of others, with the sole metric of merit based on how others will receive and accept their decision not based on merit or truth but on popular perception.
wikipedia: Ayn Rand
second-handers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second-hander
Eldritchian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eldritchian
form: most Eldritchian
Etymology: From Eldritch + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: What everyone is pissed about is this infantile Eldritchian spewing. It's DARK HARVEST. It's *NOT* a Sisters tour, where Andy would be well within his rights to pick and choose whoever he wanted to open for him -- and none of us could argue. Dark Harvest is simply a festival that he is headlining.
ref: 1997, Ron Cecchini, “Sunshine Blind...GOOD RIDDANCE!”, in alt.gothic (Usenet):
text: ALF have been around, in assorted line-ups, for quite a while now. The latest version of the band probably represents the most radical change, because now there's a new vocalist/songwriter, Paul, which means that voice-wise, the old-style Eldritchian growl is OUT, and a far more classically rock'n'roll-style tenor is IN.
ref: 1998, Michael Johnson, “Random Reviews: Assorted Brit.goth combos”, in uk.people.gothic (Usenet):
text: See also "disappearing up ones^([sic]) own arse"...a phrase often used whilst discussing Eldritchian antics... ;))
ref: 2000, Gothae Obscurum, “Goth Will Eat Itself”, in alt.gothic (Usenet):
glosses: Of or relating to Andrew Eldritch (born Andrew William Harvey Taylor, 1959), English goth and rock musician.
glosses: Pertaining to or resembling eldritch.
Synonyms: sense: resembling eldritch
word: Cthulhuesque
som tam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: som tum
form: somtam
form: somtum
Etymology: From Thai ส้มตำ (sôm-dtam).
Senses: glosses: green papaya salad, a Thai dish of sliced sour fruits and vegetables, as green papayas, tomatoes, etc., and other ingredients, as lime, palm sugar, chilis, garlic, dried shrimps, fried peanuts, etc., which are pounded together in a mortar.
nonagentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + agentive.
Senses: glosses: Not agentive.
padaek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of padek.
padek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: padaek
Etymology: Borrowed from Lao ປາແດກ (pā dǣk).
Senses: glosses: A traditional thick Lao condiment made from pickled or fermented fish.
reflecting pool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflecting pools
Senses: glosses: A water feature consisting of a shallow pool of water with a reflective surface, undisturbed by fountain jets.
Synonyms: reflection pool
reflecting pools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflecting pool
Natty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutives with -y.
Senses: examples: Natty Ice; Natty Light
glosses: Natural beer, an economy brand of pale lager.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Natalie.
boba teas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boba tea
cannonballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cannonballers
Etymology: From cannonball + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Cannonballers will be banned from the swimming pool.
glosses: One who cannonballs.
cannonballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannonballer
bulldozings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bulldozing
bulldozable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bulldoze + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being bulldozed.
unbulldozed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un + bulldoze + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Few of the old houses still remained unbulldozed.
glosses: Not having been demolished by bulldozer.
Denver omelette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Denver omelettes
form: Denver omelet
Senses: glosses: An omelette with diced ham, onions, and green bell peppers, or comparable fillings.
Coordinate terms: english: either synonymous or coordinate, depending on whose recipes are governing
translation: either synonymous or coordinate, depending on whose recipes are governing
word: western omelet
Derived terms: Denver sandwich
Denver omelettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Denver omelette
Denver omelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Denver omelets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Denver omelette.
Denver omelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Denver omelet
Hangtown fry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: Hangtown fries
Etymology: Invented in Placerville, California, known at that time as Hangtown.
Senses: glosses: An omelette with additional ingredients, typically bacon and oysters.
Hangtown fries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hangtown fry
heterocephalus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See hetero- and cephalic.
Senses: glosses: A deformed baby born with two heads of unequal size.
hersage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hersages
Etymology: From French hersage.
Senses: glosses: The dragging of a harrow over a field.
glosses: The therapeutic loosening of the fibers of a diseased nerve trunk.
hersages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hersage
heteromorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteromorphoses
Etymology: From hetero- + morphosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of one tissue from a tissue of another type.
heterotropia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterotropias
Etymology: From hetero- + -tropia.
Senses: glosses: manifest strabismus
hetol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium cinnamate
trophiless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of trophyless.
hematoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haematoplastic.
hemoplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemoplastic.
haemoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haemoblasts
Etymology: From haemo- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of haematoblast.
synonyms: word: haematoblast
hemoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemoblasts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemoblast.
haemoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemoblast
hemoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemoblast
hepatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepato- + -in.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of glycogen.
synonyms: word: glycogen
inkproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inkproof
form: most inkproof
Etymology: From ink + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to ink stains.
overladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overlady
old top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Does it shoot straight? Does it — say, listen, old top, can a duck swim? You bet your boots it shoots straight.
ref: 1922, Popular Mechanics, volume 37, number 4, page 182:
glosses: Familiar term of address.
hactivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hactivists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hacktivist.
hactivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hactivist
hactivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hack + activism
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hacktivism.
numbnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numbnuts
Senses: glosses: Synonym of numbnuts.
synonyms: word: numbnuts
numbnut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more numbnut
form: most numbnut
Senses: glosses: Stupid.
numbnutses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of numbnuts
amphisteginid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphisteginids
Senses: examples: text: Because of their abundance, ubiquity, significant carbonate production and ability to modify the composition of carbonate sediments, amphisteginid foraminifera are considered environmental engineers [77 ].
ref: 2015 December 29, “Spatial Patterns in the Distribution, Diversity and Abundance of Benthic Foraminifera around Moorea (Society Archipelago, French Polynesia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any foraminifera of the family Amphisteginidae.
amphisteginids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While the reefal sites are characterized by amphisteginids, Homotrema and Sorites, the nearshore mangrove, bay and fringing reef sites are dominated by the abundance of smaller miliolids and stress tolerant taxa like Ammonia, Elphidium and Bolivina.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Spatial Patterns in the Distribution, Diversity and Abundance of Benthic Foraminifera around Moorea (Society Archipelago, French Polynesia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of amphisteginid
antimutagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + mutagenesis.
Senses: examples: text: Morin has been shown to exhibit many biological activities including antioxidant, cytoprotection, antimutagenesis, antidiabetic, anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic effects [14 ].
ref: 2015 December 29, “Morin, a Bioflavonoid Suppresses Monosodium Urate Crystal-Induced Inflammatory Immune Response in RAW 264.7 Macrophages through the Inhibition of Inflammatory Mediators, Intracellular ROS Levels and NF-κB Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The suppression of mutagenesis
Related terms: antimutagenic
bilobulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + lobulated.
Senses: examples: text: Posterior margin bilobulated in dorsal view.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Morphology of First Zoeal Stage of Four Genera of Alvinocaridid Shrimps from Hydrothermal Vents and Cold Seeps: Implications for Ecology, Larval Biology and Phylogeny”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having two lobules
birhinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + rhinal.
Senses: examples: text: Odors were diffused through a Teflon pipe (inside diameter: 1.6 mm) with its output placed at 5 cm of the two nostrils, which allows a birhinal stimulation.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Pulse Width Modulation Applied to Olfactory Stimulation for Intensity Tuning”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: By means of both nostrils
calcarinid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcarinids
Senses: glosses: Any foraminifera of the family Calcarinidae.
calcarinids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: No calcarinids, which are common constituents of the highly diverse coral triangle environments (see also [8 ,41 ,70 –73 ]), are present at Moorea.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Spatial Patterns in the Distribution, Diversity and Abundance of Benthic Foraminifera around Moorea (Society Archipelago, French Polynesia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of calcarinid
cotransformations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The following cotransformations were performed: pGAD-CgTR/pGBK-CgRXR, pGAD-T7(empty)/pGBK-CgRXR, and pGAD-CgTR/pGBK-T7(empty).
ref: 2015 December 29, “Identification of Thyroid Hormones and Functional Characterization of Thyroid Hormone Receptor in the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Provide Insight into Evolution of the Thyroid Hormone System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of cotransformation
dextrimaltose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Glucose, maltose, maltotriose and dextrimaltose were used as standards.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Diverse Exopolysaccharide Producing Bacteria Isolated from Milled Sugarcane: Implications for Cane Spoilage and Sucrose Yield”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of maltodextrin.
synonyms: word: maltodextrin
ferritinophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferritin + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: Alternatively, the turn over of ferritin by the process of ferritinophagy could be modified in the absence of CFTR [45, 46 ].
ref: 2015 December 29, “Iron Homeostasis and Inflammatory Status in Mice Deficient for the Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of ferritin
hexaacylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hexa- + acylated.
Senses: examples: text: Native lipid A is hexaacylated and bisphosphorylated, it can efficiently activate TLR4/MD-2 to induce leukocyte activation, cytokine production, and inflammation.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Immuno-Stimulatory Activity of Escherichia coli Mutants Producing Kdo 2 -Monophosphoryl-Lipid A or Kdo 2 -Pentaacyl-Monophosphoryl-Lipid A”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of six acyl groups
hexahistidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + histidyl.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, these recombinant LrpCBA pilins are engineered to have a hexahistidyl tail at the COOH-terminus, but which also include some extra residues at the N-terminus (MGRDPNSSS) and ahead of the hexahistidines (LE), these all stemming from the E.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Six histidyl groups in a molecule
homoglucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoglucans
Etymology: From homo- + glucan.
Senses: examples: text: Dextran, a homoglucan produced by Leuconostoc mesenteroides, has been cited as the primary polysaccharide associated with sugarcane deterioration.
ref: 2015 December 29, “Diverse Exopolysaccharide Producing Bacteria Isolated from Milled Sugarcane: Implications for Cane Spoilage and Sucrose Yield”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A homopolysaccharide composed of glucose moieties