cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rasmussen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rasmussens
Etymology: From Danish and Norwegian Rasmussen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Danish [in turn originating as a patronymic] of Danish and Norwegian origin.
Kristiansen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kristiansens
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Dutch Kristiansen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: kristiansenite
Karlsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karlsens
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Karlsen.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Carlsen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Carlsens
form: Carlston
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish and Norwegian Carlsen.
Senses: examples: text: Magnus Carlsen versus the young guns at Wijk starts on Saturday, when the opening round (of 13) of the “chess Wimbledon” at Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee gets under way at the windswept Dutch village.
ref: 2023 January 13, Leonard Barden, “Chess: Carlsen takes on young guns at Wijk as world champion eyes record”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
glosses: A surname from Danish or Norwegian.
ballicater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballicaters
form: ballicatter
form: ballycater
form: batty catters
Senses: glosses: Ice formed by the action in winter of spray and waves along the shoreline, making a fringe or band on the landward side.
-algy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -algia.
-ambulist
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin ambulō (“I walk”).
Senses: glosses: walker, one who walks
Derived terms: noctambulist
perambulist
somnambulist
-angle
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
synonyms: -gon
glosses: having the specified number of internal angles
raw_tags: of a two-dimensional shape
Derived terms: word: biangle
word: decangle
word: diangle
word: octangle
word: pentangle
word: quadrangle
word: quinquangle
word: septangle
word: sexangle
word: triangle
Related terms: -angular
-angular
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: angular, having (specified kind or number of) angles
-anthropy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπος (ánthrōpos, “human”).
Senses: glosses: humanity; mankind
Synonyms: english: equivalent prefix
translation: equivalent prefix
word: anthropo-
-ander
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
qualifier: forming nouns
glosses: stamen
Related terms: -andrian
-androus
-andrian
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
qualifier: forming adjectives
glosses: stamen(s)
Related terms: -ander
retours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retour
retours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retour
cnidaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪˈdɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /naɪˈdɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: cnidarias
Senses: glosses: cnidarian
cooperability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The condition of taking part in cooperation
glosses: The extent to which something cooperates
costained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of costain
costained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more costained
form: most costained
Senses: glosses: stained with two or more stains
costain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: costains
form: costaining
form: costained
form: costained
Etymology: From co- + stain.
Senses: glosses: To stain with two or more stains
dehydromethionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dehydro- + methionine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxidation product of methionine, methylisothiazolidine-3-carboxylic acid
Oprah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊpɹə/
Etymology: From Oprah Winfrey, a very influential talk show host, originally named Orpah after the Biblical figure, via metathesis.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, of modern usage, variant of Orpah.
examples: text: He was on Oprah recently to talk about his new book.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The Oprah Winfrey Show, a popular long-running U.S. television talk show (1986–2011).
Derived terms: Oprah effect
Oprahesque
Oprahfication
Oprahish
Oprahization
Oprah
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊpɹə/
Forms: form: Oprahs
form: Oprahing
form: Oprahed
form: Oprahed
form: Oprah'd
form: Oprah'd
Etymology: From Oprah Winfrey, a very influential talk show host, originally named Orpah after the Biblical figure, via metathesis.
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly it seemed as if [Cormac] McCarthy was the most famous writer in America: profiled, reappraised, gossiped about, Oprah'd, but, most importantly, read.
ref: 2008 January 12, Jason Cowley, “A shot rang out …”, in The Guardian:
text: [Jonathan Franzen] had expressed to various people his anxiety about being “Oprah-ed” (my word, not his). He was uneasy about being linked indiscriminately to other novelists she had anointed but whose work he did not respect, and she got wind of his discontent.
ref: 2015, Philip Weinstein, Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN:
text: To be Oprahed means that one shares details about themselves that he or she would normally not share publicly. Indeed, more than one writer has quipped that Winfrey's cultural authority transformed her name into an adjective, verb, adverb, and noun.
ref: 2019, Jamie J. Wilson, editor, 50 Events That Shaped African American History, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 704:
glosses: To feature on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
demic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Etymology: From deme + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a distinct population of people
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a deme
glosses: Dysfunctional; broken
Derived terms: polydemic
syndemic
depotentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪpəˌtɛntʃɪˈeɪʃən/
Forms: form: depotentiations
Etymology: From de- + potentiation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The action of a substance that reduces the effect of another substance
elutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elution
endophilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endophilins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An accessory protein that has several functions associated with cell membranes
behight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: behights
form: behighting
form: behight
form: behight
form: behighted
form: behighted
form: behote
Etymology: From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).
Senses: examples: text: Thenne I behote yow sayd Balyn parte of his blood to hele youre sone with alle.
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:
glosses: To vow, promise (someone).
examples: Wheea behight thee? = What is your name/to whom do you belong?
glosses: To be designated.
examples: text: The keys are to thy hand behight.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 50:
glosses: To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
examples: text: More than heart behighteth.
ref: 1559, unknown author, Mirror for Magistrates:
glosses: To mean, or intend.
examples: text: But nathelesse whilst all the lookers on / Him dead behight, as he to all appeard, / All vnawares he started vp anon,
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31:
glosses: To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
examples: text: Whom […] he knew and thus behight.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 25:
glosses: To call; to name; to address.
examples: text: And his well proued weapons to him hent; / So taking courteous conge he behight, / Those gates to be vnbar'd, and forth he went.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 17:
glosses: To command; to order.
behight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: behights
form: behote
Etymology: From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).
Senses: glosses: A vow; a promise.
epsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epsins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that has a function in maintaining cell membrane curvature
behote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of behight.
depointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + pointing.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The practice of pointing an antenna or telescope slightly away from a direct line of sight in order to correct for parallax
Pittacus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πιττᾰκός (Pittăkós).
Senses: glosses: One of the Seven Sages of Greece, living c. 640-568 BC. He was a native of Mytilene.
Bias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Βίας (Bías).
Senses: glosses: One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BC.
Bias
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Biases
Senses: glosses: A surname.
homologous recombination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homologous recombinations
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The exchange of DNA between regions of homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis.
busy signal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: busy signals
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: An audible signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection; an engaged tone.
Synonyms: word: engaged tone
Derived terms: fast busy signal
psychopathologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From psychopathological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of psychopathology.
friend zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnd zəʊn/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛnd zoʊn/
Forms: form: friend zones
form: friendzone
form: friend-zone
Etymology: Popularized by an episode in 1994 of the American sitcom Friends.
Senses: examples: text: Every platonic friend I got is some woman I was tryin' to fuck, I made a wrong turn somewhere, and ended up in the friend zone.
ref: 1996, Chris Rock: Bring the Pain, Chris Rock (actor):
text: Once in a while, you will find yourself stuck in the friend zone. Don't panic, you are not alone.
ref: 2005, Terry Dennis, The Manual:
text: “Stuck in the Friend Zone,” said Sasha wisely, although I don't think she's dipped a toe in the Friend Zone in her life.
ref: 2007, Helen Salter, Does Snogging Count as Exercise?:
glosses: The situation in which one is viewed by a potential partner as a platonic friend, which complicates the initiation of a romantic relationship.
Coordinate terms: romance zone
Derived terms: friend-zonee
friend zone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnd zəʊn/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛnd zoʊn/
Forms: form: friend zones
form: friend zoning
form: friend zoned
form: friend zoned
form: friendzone
form: friend-zone
Etymology: Popularized by an episode in 1994 of the American sitcom Friends.
Senses: examples: text: The bloke tries to get her attention back, but I've friendzoned him. Poor guy. I do feel bad for the ones who have to try so hard.
ref: 2015, Wendy Higgins, chapter 1, in Sweet Temptation, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
text: While being friendzoned is not a problem, what can be a problem is if it's not clear to both people that ONLY friendship and nothing more is on offer.
ref: 2019, Ira Trivedi, Sachin Bhatia, chapter 1, in The Desi Guide to Dating, Harper Collins, →ISBN:
glosses: To classify (someone) as a friend, without any possibility of a romantic relationship.
Derived terms: friendzoner
Related terms: just friends
LJBF
nice guy syndrome
undulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undulator
frocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frock
frocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frockings
Senses: glosses: material for making frocks
frocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frock
frocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a frock.
tarenflurbil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tæɹənˈflɜː(ɹ)bɪl/
/tæɹənˈflʊə(ɹ)bɪl/
Senses: glosses: The single enantiomer of the racemate NSAID flurbiprofen, researched but discarded as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
nepafenac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to treat pain and inflammation associated with cataract surgery.
miroprofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A phenylpropionate that is an analgesic and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
feprazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A certain drug used for joint and muscular pain.
Synonyms: prenazone
prenazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛnəzəʊn/
Senses: glosses: The drug feprazone.
adrenalectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: adrenalectomizes
form: adrenalectomizing
form: adrenalectomized
form: adrenalectomized
form: adrenalectomise
Etymology: From adrenalectomy + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
adrenalectomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adrenalectomize
sheepshit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sheep + shit.
Senses: examples: text: And I am a green walnut, and you a fish, and those mountains are made of roasted sheepshit! Have it your way. Speak the truth and hear the truth.
ref: 1996, Ursula K Le Guin, Worlds of exile and illusion:
text: He led me into a field bespattered with sheepshit. 'Here we are,' he said. 'Here's the old German camp.'
ref: 2002, Joseph O'Neill, Blood-Dark Track: A Family History:
text: Whiskey over here, amigo. What's this you've been feeding us, Hoss, boiled sheepshit?
ref: 2004, Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Still Life with Crows:
text: A croft in the Welsh wilderness, wind never stops howling, natives slathered in sheepshit and woad, incomprehensible tongue, nasty secessionist tendencies.
ref: 2004, Peter Temple, Identity Theory:
coordinate_terms: bullshit
cowshit
goatshit
horseshit
pigshit
glosses: The excrement of a sheep.
nonhistorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhistorians
Etymology: From non- + historian.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a historian.
nonhistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + historical.
Senses: glosses: Not historical.
Synonyms: unhistorical
Derived terms: nonhistorically
nonhistorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonhistorical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonhistorical manner.
nonhistorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhistorian
popelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more popelike
form: most popelike
Etymology: From pope + -like.
Senses: examples: text: And sure, Mr. Speaker, the speech seemed to me to be a popelike speech, and I fear least our bishops do attribute this of the pope's canons unto themselves...
ref: 1827, Henry Hallam, The constitutional history of England from the accession of Henry VII to the death of George II:
text: Payel displayed his gratitude with a circular hand gesture. Very popelike.
ref: 2007, Harlan Coben, Drop Shot:
text: Evie pats my nose with popelike slow solemnity, as if registering the promise.
ref: 2007, Polly Williams, The Yummy Mummy:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pope.
rushlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rushlike
form: most rushlike
Etymology: From rush + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a rush (the plant).
Synonyms: rushy
meat markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meat market
rustless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rust + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Now motor roads are dustless,
The latest steel is rustless,
Our tennis courts are sodless,
Our new religions, godless.
ref: 1936, Arthur Guiterman, First Dentistry was Painless:
glosses: That does not rust; stainless.
examples: text: All this upper work, however, was rustless, and the paint in good condition. The lower and much rusted part of the column […]
ref: 1903, Proceedings of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Volume 29, Part 1:
glosses: Without rust; unrusted.
Derived terms: rustlessness
unrusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rusted.
Senses: glosses: Not rusted.
Related terms: stainless
adrenalectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: adrenalectomies
Etymology: From adrenal + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
Derived terms: adrenalectomize
postadrenalectomy
adrenalectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adrenalectomy
hanamachi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hanamachis
form: hanamachi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 花街 (literally “flower street”); 花 (hana, “flower”) + 街 (machi, “town, neighborhood”).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese courtesan and geisha district.
Related terms: geisha
maiko
okiya
peaklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peaklike
form: most peaklike
Etymology: From peak + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a peak.
fascin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fascins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An actin-bundling protein.
adobelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adobelike
form: most adobelike
Etymology: From adobe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the building material adobe.
fascins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fascin
fermionized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ).mi.ə.naɪzd/
Senses: glosses: Subject to fermionization
baby-killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby-killer
methylacetylene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylacetylenes
Etymology: From methyl + acetylene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: propyne
methylacetylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methylacetylene
fermionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fermionizations
Etymology: From fermion + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Remarkably it is shown that the twisted sector boundary state can be written as the untwisted sector boundary state of another fields on the world sheet at the critical radius by performing bosonizations and fermionizations.
ref: 2000 July 12, Michihiro Naka, “Boundary state description of tachyon condensation”, in Journal of High Energy Physics:
text: Within the fermionization scheme considered the explicit form of these terms can be easily derived for free and periodic boundary conditions in a manner similar to that used in [15,18] for the model with nearest-neighbor interaction.
ref: 2012, Alexandr A. Ovchinnikov, Electron-Electron Correlation Effects in Low-Dimensional Conductors and Superconductors:
text: Although the cloud size and the momentum distribution reveal the many-body nature of the gas, they only provide indirect evidence for the impenetrability or the fermionization of the Bose gas.
ref: 2012, Kathy Levin, Ultracold Bosonic and Fermionic Gases, page 103:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The theoretical treatment of a system as one of fermions.
Coordinate terms: bosonization
Derived terms: refermionization
flocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floc
flocs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of floc
Anaximander
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀναξίμανδρος (Anaxímandros).
Senses: glosses: A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
herblore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From herb + lore.
Senses: examples: text: Ealstan's master of herblore droned on and on about the mystical properties of plants.
ref: 2000, Harry Turtledove, Into the Darkness:
text: “Then I have a proposal for you,” she said, and withdrew a sheaf of skins from her satchel, filled with all the herblore she could remember from before Dian Cecht threw her work to the wind.
ref: 2012, Kevin Hearne, Two Ravens and One Crow: An Iron Druid Chronicles Novella:
text: He seemed fascinated. “There is one other thing,” she said. “How much herblore do you know?” He bit his lower lip. “Not much.” “More than me, though, I'm sure.”
ref: 2013, Steven J Pemberton, Death & Magic - Page 106:
text: They are yours if you kill a man for me.” I perused a few of the pages and realized that the herblore set down therein was far beyond my ken.
ref: 2013, Kevin Hearne, Hunted:
glosses: The traditional knowledge, teaching, or study of herbs; herbalism.
geoengineers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geoengineer
geoengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoengineers
Etymology: From geo- + engineer.
Senses: examples: text: Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers.
ref: 2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61:
glosses: An engineer whose speciality is geoengineering (geological engineering).
glosses: Someone engaged in geoengineering (manipulation of Earth's habitats, especially to counter global warming).
geoengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geoengineers
form: geoengineering
form: geoengineered
form: geoengineered
Etymology: From geo- + engineer.
Senses: glosses: To produce by means of geoengineering.
Anaximenes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀναξιμένης (Anaximénēs).
Senses: glosses: An ancient Greek pre-Socratic philosopher from Miletus; the pupil of Anaximander. He taught that the basic element of which the world is composed is the air.
Related terms: Anaximenean
glycohydrolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycohydrolases
Etymology: From glyco- + hydrolase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of many enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of glycosides
Derived terms: exoglycohydrolase
sunwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sun + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: He wants to walk all the way around the house sunwise and scout the territory before entering, perhaps confirm his fading memory of the car.
ref: 2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 240:
synonyms: deasil
antonyms: anticlockwise
antisunwise
countersunwise
moonwise
widdershins
glosses: Clockwise.
sunwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sun + -wise.
Senses: synonyms: deasil
antonyms: anticlockwise
antisunwise
countersunwise
moonwise
widdershins
glosses: Clockwise.
moonwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From moon + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair
ref: 1891, James Whitcomb Riley, The Flying Islands of the Night, page 28:
glosses: Anticlockwise.
glycohydrolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycohydrolase
griffithsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Griffithsia + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein, isolated from the red alga Griffithsia, that may have some use as a microbicide.
lysergamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysergamides
Etymology: Blend of lysergic + amide
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amide of lysergic acid.
box-office bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box-office bomb
lysergamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lysergamide
box-offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box-office
ergonovine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergonovines
Senses: glosses: Ergometrine.
Derived terms: methylergonovine
hemifission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hemi- + fission.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An intermediate stage in the fission of cells
heterolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heterolytically
form: most heterolytically
Etymology: From heterolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a heterolytic manner
ergometrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “I am going to give ergometrine now, to promote the expulsion of the placenta.”
ref: 2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 109:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ergoline (and lysergamide) derivative, one of the primary ergot and morning glory alkaloids, chemically similar to LSD and used in medicine to facilitate delivery of the placenta and to prevent bleeding after childbirth.
Synonyms: ergobasine
ergonovine
Derived terms: methylergometrine
interannually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interannual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interannual manner
ergoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A tetracyclic heterocycle whose structural skeleton is contained in a diverse range of alkaloids, including some psychedelic drugs, and whose derivatives are used clinically for vasoconstriction and in the treatment of migraine and Parkinson's disease.
Derived terms: cabergoline
cianergoline
ergolinic
-golide
nonergoline
Related terms: ergotism
ergolines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergoline
interglaciation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interglaciations
Etymology: From inter- + glaciation.
Senses: glosses: An interglacial period
fermionizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fermionization
ergotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergotisms
Etymology: From ergot + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The plant disease caused by ergot.
glosses: The effect of long-term ergot poisoning, traditionally due to the ingestion of the alkaloids produced by the fungus Claviceps purpurea which infects rye and other cereals, and more recently by the action of a number of ergoline-based drugs, consisting of convulsive and gangrenous symptoms.
glosses: The use of ergot-infested grain to poison animals.
Synonyms: ergotoxicosis
St. Anthony's fire
ergotism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ergotisms
Etymology: From French ergotisme, from Latin ergo.
Senses: examples: text: States are not governed by Ergotisms. Many have Ruled will who could not perhaps define a Commonwealth[…]
ref: c. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press, for Cornelius Crownfield printer to the University; and are to be sold by Mr. Knapton […]; and Mr. [John] Morphew […], published 1716, →OCLC:
glosses: A logical deduction.
ergotisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergotism
intranuclearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intranuclear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an intranuclear manner.
interglaciations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interglaciation
interglacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From interglacial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an interglacial manner.
intergalactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intergalactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an intergalactic manner.
oxytocins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxytocin
iodixanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From io- (“iodine-containing contrast medium”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A radiopaque contrast agent used in medical diagnosis
pregelatinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pregelatinizes
form: pregelatinizing
form: pregelatinized
form: pregelatinized
Etymology: From pre- + gelatinize.
Senses: examples: text: The extrusion process is applied to modify the flavor by introducing a slightly roasted flavor and to pregelatinize the oat starch.
ref: 2011, Elke Arendt, Fabio Dal Bello, Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages, page 196:
glosses: To gelatinize in advance.
pregelatinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pregelatinize
pregelatinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pregelatinize
pregelatinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pregelatinize
isothiazolidinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From isothiazolidine + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A protonated cation formed from isothiazolidine.
isothiazolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isothiazolidines
Etymology: From iso- + thiazolidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated, five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and a sulfur and nitrogen atom in the 1,2 positions; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: isothiazolidinium
Related terms: thiazolidine
thiazolidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiazolidines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated, five-membered heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and a sulfur and nitrogen atom in the 1,3 positions; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: isothiazolidine
oxathiazolidine
thiazolide
thiazolidone
Related terms: thiazolidinone
dihydroergotamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydroergotamines
Etymology: From dihydro + ergotamine.
Senses: examples: text: Levadex is an new inhaled version of dihydroergotamine, a drug used intravenously to treat migraines.
ref: 2009 May 27, Reuters, “Migraine Drug Gains in Test, and Shares in Its Maker Soar”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An ergot alkaloid used to treat migraines, believed to act upon serotonin receptors.
dihydroergotamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dihydroergotamine
thiazolidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiazolidine
isothiazolidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isothiazolidine
ergotamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ergotamine
ribosomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ribosomal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ribosomal manner.
nonribosomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonribosomal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonribosomal manner.
great white sharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great white shark
methylergometrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From methyl + ergometrine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic analogue of ergonovine with oxytocic properties.
Synonyms: methylergobasin
methylergonovine
palsylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palsylike
form: most palsylike
Etymology: From palsy + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a palsy, especially shaking motions.
antiparkinsonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiparkinsonian
lisuride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A certain antiparkinsonian drug.
methysergide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A prescription drug used for prophylaxis of migraine headaches.
Web 1.0
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Web1
form: web 1.0
Etymology: To contrast with Web 2.0.
Senses: examples: text: The relationship of Web 1.0 to the Web of tomorrow is roughly the equivalence of Pong to The Matrix.
ref: 1999, Darcy DiNucci, “Fragmented Future”, in Print, volume 53, number 4, →ISSN, page 220:
text: The original internet boom of the late 1990s, what you might think of as web 1.0, was a time of great stock-market valuations that created a few enduring companies and a lot of dead dot-coms.
ref: 2022 May 5, Farhad Manjoo, “What Is Happening to the People Falling for Crypto and NFTs”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: Web 2.0
Web 3.0
glosses: The first generation of the World Wide Web, characterized by separate static websites rather than continually-updated weblogs and social networking tools.
biguanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biguanides
Etymology: From bi- + guanide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound imidodicarbonimidic diamide derived from guanidine
glosses: Any of a class of antihyperglycemic and antimalarial drugs based upon this compound.
Synonyms: diguanide
2-carbamimidoylguanidine
Derived terms: bisbiguanide
polyaminopropyl biguanide
biguanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biguanide
diguanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diguanides
Etymology: From di- + guanide.
Senses: glosses: Biguanide.
diguanides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diguanide
proguanil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A prophylactic antimalarial drug effective against sporozoites.
Synonyms: chlorguanide
chloroguanide
intaglios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intaglio
pneumoconioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See pneumoconiosis § Etymology; plural suffix -oses.
Senses: glosses: plural of pneumoconiosis
indicanuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indicanurias
Etymology: From indican + -uria.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of unusual amounts of indican in the urine.
indicanurias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indicanuria
glucuronosyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronosyltransferases
Etymology: From glucuronosyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the glucuronidation reaction.
lunch-times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunch-time
hyperbilirubinemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbilirubinemia
hyperbilirubinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperbilirubinaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperbilirubinemia.
Related terms: hyperbilirubinaemic
glucuronosyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucuronosyltransferase
hyperbilirubinaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbilirubinaemia
hyperbikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbike
hyperbata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbaton
hyperbatons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbaton
hyaluronans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyaluronan
heparins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heparin
glypican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glypicans
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans, anchored to the cell surface via a covalent linkage to glycosylphosphatidylinositol.
heparans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heparan
glypicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glypican
keratosulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratosulfates
Etymology: From kerato- + sulfate.
Senses: glosses: Keratan sulfate.
keratosulphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratosulphates
Etymology: From kerato- + sulphate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of keratosulfate.
keratosulfates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratosulfate
keratosulphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratosulphate
osteomodulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From osteo- + modulin.
Senses: glosses: A certain human gene.
Synonyms: osteoadherin
fibromodulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fibro- + modulin.
Senses: glosses: A human gene, a member of a family of small interstitial proteoglycans, containing a central region composed of leucine-rich repeats with four keratan sulfate chains flanked by disulfide-bonded terminal domains.
syndecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndəkæn/
Forms: form: syndecans
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of single transmembrane domain proteins thought to act as coreceptors, especially for G protein-coupled receptors.
xenobiotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From xenobiotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a xenobiotic manner.
syndecans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syndecan
nephrocalcinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nephrocalcinoses
Etymology: From nephro- + calcinosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism.
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: now more commonly
glosses: Diffuse, fine, renal parenchymal calcification on radiology.
Related terms: nephrocalcin
nephrocalcinoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nephrocalcinosis
endoproteinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoproteinases
Etymology: From endo- + proteinase.
Senses: glosses: Endopeptidase.
Derived terms: metalloendoproteinase
endoproteinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endoproteinase
thermolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermolysins
Etymology: From thermo- + lysin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A thermostable neutral metalloproteinase enzyme produced by the gram-positive bacterium Bacillus thermoproteolyticus.
thermolysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermolysin
plumelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plumelike
form: most plumelike
Etymology: From plume + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Earlier Sunday, park officials had closed off the paved walkway and a series of interlocking gates that led to viewing stations at Thunder Hole, an inlet with a submerged cave that is known to produce booming, plumelike waves.
ref: 2009 August 25, Liz Robbins, “Victims of Giant Wave at Maine Park Are Identified”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a plume.
streaklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more streaklike
form: most streaklike
Etymology: From streak + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a streak.
sparlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sparlike
form: most sparlike
Etymology: From spar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a spar.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of the mineral spar.
surflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surflike
form: most surflike
Etymology: From surf + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling surf (breaking waves) or some aspect of it.
wisplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wisplike
form: most wisplike
Etymology: From wisp + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a wisp.
Synonyms: wispy
Xenocrates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξενοκράτης (Xenokrátēs).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek philosopher, mathematician, and the second leader (scholarch) of the Platonic Academy from 339 to 314 B.C.E.
Derived terms: Xenocratean
wispily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wispily
form: most wispily
Etymology: From wispy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From some far seaward cisterns of the air billows of fog poured down over the city of San Francisco; rebounding like smoke from the summer-heated fronts of hills, they settled in shady hollows and caught wispily at rows of trees.
ref: 1908, Mary Hunter Austin, chapter 22, in Santa Lucia, New York: Harper, page 282:
text: “Yes,” said Julia, vaguely and wispily. “Yes, dear, you have.”
ref: 1922, D. H. Lawrence, chapter 6, in Aaron’s Rod, London: Martin Secker, page 64:
text: A man and his dog were going to materialize, were going to appear out of thin air—wispily at first, becoming, finally, as substantial as any man and dog alive.
ref: 1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 1, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Dial, published 2006, page 2:
text: He caught a last glimpse of Mitzi’s large breasts bulging out above her brassiere, wispily veiled by the negligee.
ref: 1971, Iris Murdoch, An Accidental Man, New York: Viking, page 196:
text: But the fat man remains, as does the cashier, who is wispily blond, with a bony hillbilly nose and translucent white skin.
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 64:
glosses: In a wispy manner.
wimpily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wimpily
form: most wimpily
Etymology: From wimpy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a wimpy manner.
wimpishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wimpishly
form: most wimpishly
Etymology: From wimpish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Religion has become either wimpishly workaday, or terminally crazy, or merely businesslike—confusing spirituality with charitable donations.
ref: 1989, Julian Barnes, chapter 8, in A History of the World in 10½ Chapters, New York: Vintage, published 1990, page 242:
text: Tanya de Grunwald, who runs the Graduate Fog website which campaigns for interns’ rights, said: “Many managers continue to hide wimpishly behind the defence that they are offering these opportunities out of the goodness of their hearts, in order to give young people the chance to gain some experience.”
ref: 2011 April 28, Shiv Malik, “Almost one in five British businesses admit using interns as cheap labour”, in The Guardian:
glosses: In a wimpish manner.
hyaluronate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyaluronates
Etymology: From hyaluronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of hyaluronic acid.
Derived terms: oligohyaluronate
hyaluronates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyaluronate
clerklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clerklike
form: most clerklike
Etymology: From clerk + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
Synonyms: clerkish
Derived terms: unclerklike
clerkishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clerkishly
form: most clerkishly
Etymology: From clerkish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clerkish manner.
sinuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinuslike
form: most sinuslike
Etymology: From sinus + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sinus.
lathlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lathlike
form: most lathlike
Etymology: From lath + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lath.
lathelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lathelike
form: most lathelike
Etymology: From lathe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lathe.
matrixlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matrixlike
form: most matrixlike
Etymology: From matrix + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a matrix.
balmlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more balmlike
form: most balmlike
Etymology: From balm + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.
raylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raylike
form: most raylike
Etymology: From ray + -like.
Senses: synonyms: beamlike
coordinate_terms: actiniform
radiate#Adjective
radiated#Adjective
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ray (beam).
coordinate_terms: sharklike
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ray (type of fish).
estate cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estate car
sheetfed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sheet + fed.
Senses: topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: Into which individual sheets of paper or paperboard are loaded.
raw_tags: of a press
Related terms: webfed
strumae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struma
scrofulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrofula
scrofulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrofula
scrophula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrophulas
form: scrophulae
form: scrophulæ
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of scrofula.
scrophulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrophula
scrophulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrophula