cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
strigolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strigolactones
Etymology: From Striga + lactone.
Senses: examples: text: 2004, Christine A. Beveridge, Catherine Rameau, E2A: Strigolactones: The New Class of Branching Hormones, Peter J. Davies (editor), Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action!, page 513,
Orthologous strigolactone response mutants (max2/ore9 in Arabidopsis, rms4 in pea, d3 in rice) have been of major value to demonstrate the specificity of action of strigolactones (13, 22).
text: Strigolactones are produced by the non-mycorrhizal plant Arabidopsis thaliana (Westwood 2000; Goldwasser and Yoder 2001), and plant mutants defective for strigolactone production have not yet been obtained.
ref: 2009, Vivienne Gianinazzi-Pearson, Marie Tollot, Pascale M. A. Seddas, “Chapter 3: Dissection of Genetic Cell Programmes Driving Early Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Interactions”, in C. Azcón Aguilar, J. M. Barea, S. Gianinazzi, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, editors, Mycorrhizas - Functional Processes and Ecological Impact, page 36:
text: The first strigolactone isolated from root exudates was strigol (Cook et al. 1966).
ref: 2012, J. Benjamin Miller, Giles E. D. Oldroyd, “The Role of Diffusible Signals in the Establishment of Rhizobial and Micorrhizal Symbioses”, in Silvia Perotto, F. Baluška, editors, Signaling and Communication in Plant Symbiosis, page 15:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of terpenoid lactones that stimulate germination in parasitic plants of the genus Striga, and that inhibit shoot branching.
Related terms: strigol
paradiddle diddle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradiddle diddles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paradiddle-diddle.
reference implementation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reference implementations
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: model implementation
sample implementation
glosses: A piece of software that implements a specification of requirements and whose main purpose is to help in the creation of other software implementations of the specification by serving as a point of reference rather than being put to directly productive use.
Hypernyms: implementation
asymbiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + symbiosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A lack of symbiosis, especially in an organism that otherwise exhibits symbiosis.
Related terms: presymbiosis
presymbiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + symbiosis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The stage in the development of an organism during which the necessary biochemical changes are made to allow a move from asymbiosis to symbiosis
biotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotrophs
Etymology: From bio- + -troph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any parasite that cannot survive in a dead host and therefore keeps it alive
Related terms: biotrophic
hemibiotroph
declustering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈklʌstəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /diːˈklʊstəɹɪŋɡ/
Etymology: From de- + clustering.
Senses: glosses: Any technique that counteracts clustering (in any sense)
LWYL
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of laugh with you later, used as a sign-off.
operating expenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operating expense
dicotyledenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dicotyledonous.
confectioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confectioner
gentamycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of gentamicin.
germinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germinative
form: most germinative
Etymology: From germinate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to germination
glosses: Having the ability to germinate
Derived terms: germinatively
postgerminative
pregerminative
hyphal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypha + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hyphae
Derived terms: interhyphal
intrahyphal
multihyphal
nonhyphal
mycotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒfɪk
Forms: form: more mycotrophic
form: most mycotrophic
Etymology: From myco- + -trophic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi
Derived terms: holomycotrophic
mycotrophically
Related terms: mycotroph
mycotrophy
mycotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycotrophs
Senses: glosses: Any mycotrophic plant
Derived terms: heteromycotroph
holomycotroph
nebuliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebulisers
Etymology: From nebulise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nebulizer.
nodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nodulations
Etymology: From nodule + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The presence of nodules.
glosses: The process that forms nodules.
Derived terms: hypernodulation
micronodulation
parthenolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpene lactone which occurs naturally in the plant feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium); used for the relief of migraine
Derived terms: dimethylaminoparthenolide
barechested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more barechested
form: most barechested
form: bare-chested
Etymology: From bare + chested.
Senses: glosses: Having one's chest bare; shirtless. (chiefly of a male)
Derived terms: bare-chestedness
BTDT
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of been there, done that.
flowrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfloʊ.ɹeɪt/
Forms: form: flowrates
form: flow rate
Etymology: From flow + rate.
Senses: glosses: The rate of flow, usually of a fluid, measured in either volume or mass per unit time.
leed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēd
ipa: /liːd/
homophone: lead
homophone: lede
homophone: lied
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: leeds
Etymology: From Middle English lede, shortened variant of leden (“language”), from Old English lēoden (“popular or national language, native tongue”), from Old English lēod (“people, nation”). Cognate with Scots leed (“language”). More at lede.
Senses: glosses: Language; tongue.
glosses: A national tongue (in contrast to a foreign language).
glosses: The speech of a person or class of persons; form of speech; talk; utterance; manner of speaking or writing; phraseology; diction.
Related terms: lede
leed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēd
ipa: /liːd/
homophone: lead
homophone: lede
homophone: lied
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: leeds
Etymology: From Middle English lede, led, leod, variant of Middle English leth, leoth (“song, poem”), from Old English lēoþ (“song, poem, ode, lay, verse”), from Proto-Germanic *leuþą (“song, lay, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *lēw- (“to sound, resound, sing out”). Cognate with Dutch lied (“song”) and German Lied (“song”), whence the English doublet lied.
Senses: glosses: A strain in a rhyme, song, or poem; refrain; flow.
glosses: A constant or repeated line or verse; theme.
glosses: Patter; rigmarole.
Related terms: lied
leed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: lēd
ipa: /liːd/
homophone: lead
homophone: lede
homophone: lied
rhymes: -iːd
Forms: form: lede
Etymology: See lede.
Senses: examples: text: & after to callice hee [Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey] arriued, / like a noble Leed of high degree, / & then to Turwin soone he hyed, / there he thought to haue found King Henery; […]
ref: p. 1544, “fflodden ffeilde”, in John W[esley] Hales, Frederick J[ames] Furnivall, [Francis James] Child, W[illiam] Chappell, et al., editors, Bishop Percy’s Folio Manuscript. Ballads and Romances, volume I, London: N[icholas] Trübner & Co., […], published 1867, →OCLC, page 318, lines 9–12:
glosses: Alternative spelling of lede (“a man; a person”).
leed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: lēd
ipa: /liːd/
homophone: lead
homophone: lede
homophone: lied
rhymes: -iːd
Etymology: See lead.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”).
doctrinalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doctrinalism
throw to the dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws to the dogs
form: throwing to the dogs
form: threw to the dogs
form: thrown to the dogs
Senses: examples: text: Throw physic to the dogs; I'll none of it.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:
glosses: To throw away as useless.
glosses: To remove or cast out someone or something from one's protection, such as into the streets.
examples: text: Let's hope it will not throw "to the dogs" its new-found opportunity for winning back public favor and respect.
ref: 1945, Karl E. Ettinger, Public Relations Directory and Yearbook,, page 45:
glosses: To give up on something valuable.
Related terms: dog bone
throw to the wolves
citerior
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈtɪə.ɹɪ.ə/
ipa: /səˈtɪ.ɹi.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiə(ɹ)
Forms: form: citeriour
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱe
Borrowed from Latin citerior (“(particularly in province names) nearer”), comparative of citer (“on this side; near”) (from cis (“on or to this or the near side of; short of; before”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here”)) + -ior (suffix forming comparatives). The English word is cognate with French citérieur, Italian citeriore, Portuguese and Spanish citerior.
Senses: examples: text: The Abruzzo is alſo ſubdivided into the Abruzzo Citerior, the Abruzzo Ulterior, and the county of Moliſa. […] Finally, Calabria is ſubdivided into the Baſilicata, Calabria Citerior, and Calabria Ulterior.
ref: 1749, Thomas Nugent, “General Description of Italy”, in The Grand Tour. Containing an Exact Description of Most of the Cities, Towns, and Remarkable Places of Europe. […], volume III, London: Printed for S. Birt, […]; D. Browne, […]; A[ndrew] Millar, […]; and G. Hawkins, […], →OCLC, section II (Description of the Several Provinces of Italy), page 37:
text: It [Spain] was divided by the Romans into two provinces, Citeriour and Ulteriour, nearer and farther, that is, from Rome.
ref: 1827, William C[hanning] Woodbridge, Emma Willard, “Hispania or Spain”, in Universal Geography, Ancient and Modern; on the Principles of Comparison and Classification, 2nd edition, Hartford, Conn.: Published by Oliver D. Cooke & Co. J. & J. Harper, printers, →OCLC, page 23:
text: [D]ifferent provinces fell to different Apostles, Parthia fell to Thomas; to Matthew fell Ethiopia; and the Citerior India adherent to it is said to have fallen to Bartholomew.
ref: 1942, The Journal of the Bihar and Orissa Research Society, volume 28, Patna, Bihar, India: Bihar and Orissa Research Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 350:
text: One of the new consuls was to take command in [Hispania] Citerior with a full consular army of two legions supported by 15,000 allied troops, 800 cavalry, and twenty-five warships.
ref: 1978, Alan E. Astin, “The Consul in Spain”, in Cato the Censor, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 2000, →ISBN, page 33:
text: Both citerior and ulterior locations (and corresponding contact locations) are marked similarly. Complex prepositions with mua 'front' […] and tua 'back' […] can denote citerior and ulterior locations respectively, while tafa 'side' […] can denote either citerior or ulterior locations.
ref: 2000, Niko Besnier, “Morphology”, in Tuvaluan: A Polynesian Language of the Central Pacific (Descriptive Grammars), London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 347:
synonyms: word: hither
word: proximate
word: around the corner
word: citerior
word: close
word: close by
word: immediate
word: near
word: nearby
word: nigh
word: present
word: propinquitous
word: proximate
antonyms: ulterior
glosses: Chiefly in place names: situated on the nearer side.
reduplicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reduplicants
Senses: examples: The second bar in the Ancient Greek word barbaros is a reduplicant.
topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
glosses: The reduplicated segment in a word resulting from a reduplication process.
workaholism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The urge of a person to work excessively; ergomania.
Related terms: alcoholism
workaholic
opening ceremony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opening ceremonies
Senses: antonyms: closing ceremony
glosses: A ceremony to mark the official opening of a building or event.
Pankaj
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit पङ्कज (paṅkaja, “lotus”, literally “mud-born”), from पङ्क (paṅka, “mud”) + ज (ja, “born”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit common in India.
polarograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polarographs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several instruments used in polarography
Derived terms: polarographic
Related terms: polarogram
porin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porins
Etymology: From pore + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse
Derived terms: aquaporin
chitoporin
leishporin
nucleoporin
viroporin
woodcarving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodcarvings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wood carving.
girlie magazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girlie magazines
form: girly magazine
Senses: synonyms: girlie mag
girly mag
glosses: A soft porn magazine featuring naked women.
rhizobium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizobia
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes.
Hypernyms: nitrogen fixer
Anselm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈanˌsɛlm/
ipa: /ˈænˌsɛlm/
ipa: [ˈænˌsɛlm]
rhymes: -ɛlm
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *ansuz (“god”) + Old High German helm (“helmet”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Saint Ansgar of Bremen.
Derived terms: Anselmian
Anselmic
Related terms: Ansel
rhizospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhizosphere + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the rhizosphere.
rhodamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodamins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rhodamine.
sorgolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sorgolactones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomers of a strigolactone found in sorghum
hulabaloo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hulabaloos
Senses: examples: text: Then comes Conte Lorenzago, picceering into the hall, to add to the hulabaloo; and there he kept singing out, about your loss; […]
ref: 1810, [Catherine Cuthbertson], chapter XII, in Forest of Montalbano: […], volume I, London: […] George Robinson, […], →OCLC, page 238:
text: It is said that the newspapers, the stump speakers, and the widespread discussions of political questions that precede our elections, make the best posted people on questions of political economy in the world. […] If this is true, it is a marvelous fact, an amazing commentary upon our boasted civilization, a biting irony upon the election and Fourth of July hulabaloos that do so abound and are so like the plunging Niagara.
ref: 1884, “A Few Words on Geology in the Schools—[…] ”, in History of Wayne and Clay Counties, Illinois. […], Chicago, Ill.: Globe Publishing Co., […], →OCLC, part I (History of Wayne County), page 13, column 2:
text: The Christmas monkeys came again this year. The little bastards. They brought monkey poo to throw. They always do. They came down the chimney, amid scratches and chatters and all manner of hulabaloo.
ref: 2013, Joe R[ichard] Lansdale, “Christmas Monkeys”, in Bleeding Shadows: Stories, Burton, Mich.: Subterranean Press, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hullabaloo.
subfraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subfractions
Etymology: From sub- + fraction.
Senses: glosses: The result of fractionating a fraction into smaller components
subnanomolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subnanomolar
form: most subnanomolar
Etymology: From sub- + nanomolar.
Senses: glosses: smaller than nanomolar
witchweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: witchweeds
Etymology: Calque of translingual Striga (literally “witch”). By surface analysis, witch + weed.
Senses: examples: text: 1968, (U.S.) National Research Council: Committee on Plant and Animal Pests: Subcommittee on Weeds, Principles of Plant and Animal Pest Control, Volume 2: Weed Control, National Academy of Sciences Publication 1597, page 43,
The witchweed-suppression program is a classic example of a systems approach to weed management and represents one of the finest organized efforts in the United States to eradicate a weed.
text: A number of witchweed species parasitize important economic plants such as corn, sugarcane, rice, tobacco, and some small grains.
ref: 1969, George Agrios, Plant Pathology, page 385:
text: The Asian and African witchweed (Striga asiatica) grows parasitically on the roots of members of the Poaceae, especially maize and sorghum causing significant crop losses, but also on rice, millet, sugar cane and grasses.
ref: 2001, Robert E. Eplee, “Case Study 2.10 Co-ordination of Witchweed Eradication in the USA”, in Rüdiger Wittenberg, Matthew J. W. Cock, editors, Invasive Alien Species: A Toolkit of Best Prevention and Management Practices, page 36:
glosses: Any of several flowering plants of the genus Striga, from Africa and Asia, some of which are parasitic to crops.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Striga asiatica
word: Asiatic witchweed
taxonomic: Striga gesnerioides
word: cowpea witchweed
taxonomic: Striga hermonthica
word: giant witchweed
taxonomic: Striga hermonthica
word: purple witchweed
Asbest
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Асбе́ст (Asbést), from асбест (asbest, “asbestos”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Ural, Russia.
Synonyms: word: Asbestos
english: former name
translation: former name
word: Kudelka
Hollywood science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Really small organisms (viruses and rickettsia, for instance) aren’t motile (for reasons we will soon be able to guess), but we can explore the consequences of their hypothetical mobility by resorting to science fiction. In a classic example of Hollywood science, the cast of the film The Fantastic Voyage (1966) is placed in a submarine, reduced tremendously in size, injected into the blood stream of a human being, and asked to cruise to the brain to correct some malady.
ref: 2002, Mark W. Denny, Steven Gaines, Chance in Biology: Using Probability to Explore Nature, page 120:
text: Mr. Cordes paused the movie, turned to the class, and said, “Now, Star Trek is a wonderful show.” […] “[…] But we’re not talking about American culture; we’re talking about science. You can see that if a character on this show uses big, scientific sounding words, the normal audience will think what they're saying about science is true. In this class, I want you to figure out what science REALLY is, not just Hollywood science. Watch this show to be entertained, but not to learn. […]”
ref: 2006, Charlotte Reimer, problems with pies, page 14:
text: "I go for stuff that sounds really fake--that you think is Hollywood science but find out not only is it real, it's topical," he says.
ref: 2008, K Heyman, “SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Talk Nerdy to Me”, in Science:
glosses: The use, misuse, abuse and general ignorance of the principles of science within the Hollywood film industry, and by extension, more widely in creative media.
aristolochic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˌɹɪstəˈloʊkɪk/
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Derived from a plant of the family Aristolochiaceae.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Caused by aristolochic acid.
Derived terms: aristolochic acid
convertase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convertases
Etymology: From convert + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds.
Derived terms: proconvertase
decapentaplegic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛkəˌpɛntəˈpliːdʒɪk/
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having fifteen imaginal discs
imaginal disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imaginal discs
Senses: examples: text: 1982, John Feltwell, Large White Butterfly: The Biology, Biochemistry, and Physiology of Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus), Kluwer Academic (Dr W. Junk Publishers), page 142,
The arrangement of the imaginal discs (buds) in situ in the anterior of the larva of P. brassicae has been illustrated by Gonin (1894) and their development has been shown in a series of six diagrams by Mercier in Portier (1949).
text: Experiments in which cells have been selectively destroyed by X-irradiation have shown that formation of imaginal discs occurs very early in embryogenesis and at specific sites.
ref: 2005, Cedric Gillott, Entomology, 3rd edition, Springer, page 634:
text: The developing BO^([Bolwig's organ, or larval eye]) is drawn inward at head involution, whereas the future imaginal disc cells invaginate to form a pouch in the late embryo that later forms the eye antenna imaginal disc.
ref: 2005, David J. Merritt, “Chapter 7: Evolution and Development of the Dipteran Nervous System”, in Brian Wiegmann, David K. Yeates, editors, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, Columbia University Press, page 189:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several pairs of discs within the body of a larva that become part of the outside during the pupal stage of holometabolism (complete metamorphosis).
degranulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌɡɹænjəˈleɪʃən/
Forms: form: degranulations
Etymology: From de- + granulation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The release by certain cells (for example mast cells) of substances (for example histamine) from or as secretory granules.
Related terms: degranulatory
degranulate
furin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furins
Etymology: From FUR (acronym of FES Upstream Region) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protease found in certain animal cells
Derived terms: phosphofurin
fusarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjuːˈzɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /fjuˈzɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: fusariums
form: fusaria
Etymology: From translingual Fusarium, from Latin fusus (“spindle”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various fungi, of the genus Fusarium, some of which are pathogenic to plants and animals.
Related terms: fusariosis
hemipteran
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Hemiptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Hemiptera order; hemipterous
Related terms: hemipterist
hemipterologist
hemipterology
hemipteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemipterans
Etymology: From translingual Hemiptera + -an.
Senses: glosses: A hemipter.
proprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proproteins
Etymology: From pro- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any protein that is cleaved by a convertase to form a smaller protein or biologically-active polypeptide.
Related terms: preprotein
preproprotein
proinsulin
specificities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specificity
suppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈprɛ.sɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more suppressive
form: most suppressive
Etymology: From suppress + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That serves to suppress.
Derived terms: allosuppressive
atherosuppressive
cardiosuppressive
fibrosuppressive
hypersuppressive
immunosuppressive
lymphosuppressive
myelosuppressive
neurosuppressive
nonsuppressive
oncosuppressive
semisuppressive
suppressively
suppressiveness
suppressive person
thrombosuppressive
unsuppressive
suppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈprɛ.sɪv/
rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: suppressives
Etymology: From suppress + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Any drug that acts to suppress a condition.
unhyped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhyped
form: most unhyped
Etymology: From un- + hyped.
Senses: glosses: Not hyped; not publicized excessively
vinology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of wine and winemaking; oenology.
radio modem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio modems
Senses: glosses: A wireless modem
wireless modem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wireless modems
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A modem fitted with an antenna that transmits and receives using radio waves
radio monitoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The systematic listening to, and reporting of, foreign radio transmissions in order to gather intelligence.
glosses: Monitoring the content played from radios like commercials, shows and music and generate cue sheet of content played time, duration, frequency.
radio officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio officers
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The person, on board ship, who sends and receives radio messages
radio reception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The receiving of radio signals.
glosses: The quality of the sound produced by a radio as a result of the strength of the signal, and the presence of interference.
radio tower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio towers
Senses: glosses: A tower or mast containing one or more antennas to transmit radio signals
unappealable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unappealable
form: most unappealable
Etymology: From un- + appealable.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Not appealable; that may not be appealed, or sent to a higher court for a second judgement.
raw_tags: of a verdict etc
Derived terms: unappealability
radio tracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The continuous monitoring of the position and range of a remote object using radio
radio interferometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio interferometers
Senses: glosses: A radio telescope that has two or more separated receiving antennas in order to measure angular distances as small as one second of arc
Related terms: radio interferometry
radio interferometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Interferometry using a radio interferometer
front and center
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: front-and-center
form: front and centre
form: front-and-centre
Senses: glosses: A command to approach the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students.
front and center
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: front-and-center
form: front and centre
form: front-and-centre
Senses: examples: text: All these familiar flavors are again front and center in The Pirates! Band Of Misfits, the feature that returns Aardman to theatrical stop-motion after the CGI of Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.
ref: 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: But despite improvements, Mr Baruch says some complaints persist. “Pay to stay [cash to secure shelf space] is front and centre of the complaints we receive — it’s supply chain bullying and anti-competitive. They shouldn’t try to create barriers to business — it’s fundamentally unfair, particularly at a time when small business confidence is at an all-time low.”
ref: 2016 August 21, Paul McClean, “Supermarkets and suppliers take stock of relationships”, in Financial Times:
text: The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, is putting climate change front and centre in a speech committing his party to cooperating with Labor and turfing out a government that “don’t deserve to govern”.
ref: 2018 September 2, Richard Parkin, “Morning mail: Greens put climate change front and centre”, in The Guardian:
text: Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center [title]
ref: 2020 November 10, Cecilia Kang, David McCabe, Jack Nicas, “Biden Is Expected to Keep Scrutiny of Tech Front and Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Swift is many things onstage—vulnerable and triumphant, playful and sad—but the intimacy of her songcraft is front and center.
ref: 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time:
glosses: At the center of attention.
radio jet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radio jets
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of intense beams of radio waves emitted by a microquasar or similar object
microquasar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microquasars
Etymology: From micro- + quasar.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: stars
glosses: A high-energy binary star system that includes black hole or neutron star and which resembles a quasar.
comb-brush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comb-brushes
Senses: examples: text: the maid who at present attended on Sophia was recommended by Lady Bellaston, with whom she had lived for some time in the capacity of a comb-brush; she was a very sensible girl […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 636:
glosses: A lady's maid.
actionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actionisms
Etymology: From action + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An excessive emphasis on action, activity, or change in lieu of continuity, stability, and permanence.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Belief in or advocacy of taking action; activism.
pratt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pratts
Etymology: From Middle English prat, from Old English prætt. More at prat.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prat (“trick, prank”).
transpressionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transpressionisms
Etymology: Blend of trans- + impressionism, coined by Guity Novin in the 1990s.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: A movement in art characterized by its emphasis on the role of observer in interpreting the artist's representation of collective memories of man which are manifested in myths and legends.
pieta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pietas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pietà.
Prett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Pratt.
Senses: glosses: A British surname; variant of Pratt.
Pritt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See Pratt.
Senses: glosses: A British surname; variant of Pratt.
reasonless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reasonless
form: most reasonless
Etymology: From reason + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking reason or purpose.
footvolley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Portuguese futevólei /futevôlei, blend of futebol (“football”) + vólei /vôlei (“volley”).
Senses: synonyms: pevoley
glosses: A sport, similar to beach volleyball, in which the feet and other body parts are used instead of the hands and arms.
sympatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪmˈpætɹɪk/
Forms: form: more sympatric
form: most sympatric
Etymology: From sympatry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: There is some evidence of sympatric speciation of cichlid fish in small African crater lakes.
ref: 2004, Richard Dawkins, The Ancestor's Tale, Phoenix, published 2005, page 349:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: compatric
glosses: Occurring in the same, or in overlapping, territory, especially of species that do not interbreed.
Hypernyms: sense: living in same territory without interbreeding
word: speciation
Coordinate terms: allopatric
peripatric
parapatric
allopatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allopatric
form: most allopatric
Etymology: From allopatry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The similarly sized Burrowing Owl and Western Screech-Owl were the most allopatric of any species pair considered here; the percentage of similarity in their diets was 67%.
ref: 1989, Western Birds, volumes 20-21, page 9:
text: For example: the body length (varies intra- and inter-specifically in the other genera of the family), the tail shape (similar exceptions are found within the genus Paratrichodorus), the more allopatric distribution (but restricted to South America as are the other monodelphic species), to a lesser extent the position of the secretory-excretory pore (similar as in three species of Paratrichodorus, but showing variation as in some specimens of e.g. P. Anthurii where the position of the S-E pore shows a wide intraspecific variability), the absence of caudal pores (exceptions are also found in Paratrichodorus).
ref: 1995, W. Decraemer, The Family Trichodoridae: Stubby Root and Virus Vector Nematodes, page 36:
text: 2012, Paul Wilson, 1: Macroevolition for plant reproductive biologists, Sébastien Patiny, Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships, page 20,
An exception that proves the rule is that the ranges of species in Selaginella, a heterosporous pteridophyte, tend to be much smaller and more allopatric (Valdespino 1993).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed.
Coordinate terms: microallopatric
sympatric
peripatric
parapatric
Derived terms: allopatrically
Related terms: speciation
rhumb-line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhumb-lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rhumb line.
xerophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From xerophyte + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a very dry environment
Derived terms: mesoxerophytic
psychroxerophytic
subxerophytic
xerophytically
xerophytic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xerophytics
Etymology: From xerophyte + -ic.
Senses: glosses: xerophyte
peripatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peripatric
form: most peripatric
Etymology: From peripatry + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Living in overlapping territories.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Living in overlapping territories without interbreeding.
Coordinate terms: sympatric
allopatric
parapatric
radiolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From radiolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of radiolysis
unexpanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + expanded.
Senses: examples: unexpanded polystyrene
an unexpanded computer system
glosses: Not expanded.
unexaggerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexaggerated
form: most unexaggerated
Etymology: From un- + exaggerated.
Senses: glosses: Not exaggerated; not an exaggeration.
school age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: school ages
form: school-age
form: schoolage
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An age at which a child is required to attend school.
Related terms: school-aged
stasher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stashers
Etymology: From stash + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of stash; one who stashes.
stashers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stasher
real soon now
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From the information technology community, popularized by Jerry Pournelle's Chaos Manor column in BYTE magazine.
Senses: glosses: Designating a time when something will become available, supposedly (but perhaps only optimistically) in the near future.
wikipedia: Jerry Pournelle
Synonyms: RSN
Related terms: don't hold your breath
abiocen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abiocens
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abiocoen.
acropodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acropodia
Etymology: From acro- + podium or acro- + -podium.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The upper surface of the foot
Derived terms: acropodial
acrasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækɹəsi/
Forms: form: acrasies
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).
Senses: examples: text: a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
Deſpair may have its original not onely from the acraſie and diſcompoſedneſs of the outward man[…]
text: There will be hesitancy in what is said, and irregularity in what is done, but it will be but the acrasy of youth or of genius,―the spirit and purpose of progress will be there, and we can cheerfully wait its time.
ref: 1847, The Reasoner, volume 2, page 254:
glosses: Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this.
synonyms: word: acrasia
extra: (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this
adiabolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adiabolists
Etymology: From a- + diabolist.
Senses: glosses: One who does not believe in the Devil.
adminicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adminicles
Etymology: From Latin adminiculum (“support pole”).
Senses: glosses: Something that aids or supports.
glosses: An auxiliary.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: Corroborative proof.
glosses: Background ornamentation on a coin or medal.
Related terms: adminiculate
rope-walk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rope-walks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ropewalk.
advenement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advenements
Etymology: From Middle French advenir (“to come”), + -ment.
Senses: glosses: An event.
glosses: An incident.
ropeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ropeable
form: most ropeable
form: ropable
Etymology: From rope + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be roped and so restrained.
examples: text: 1903, Tom Collins (Joseph Furphy), Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts From The Diary of Tom Collins, 2004, page 19,
′On′t ole Martin be ropeable when he sees that fence!
text: As soon as I hit the cold air I got even more ropeable. The garage door caught when I was dragging it back and I gave it a God-almighty heave. There was a sharp crack and it came off the hinges.
I wanted to smash something, tear something apart with my bare hands, aet fire to the bloody house.
ref: 2003, Dal Stivens, Jimmy Brockett: Portrait of a Notable Australian, page 115:
text: The phone rang a couple of hours later and it was Di. I have never heard her more ropable in my life; it is the only tongue-lashing I ever remember getting from her and it was excoriating.
ref: 2009, Sean Dooley, Cooking with Baz, page 115:
text: I was already angry that he had gone out and left me to clean all his shit up but to then find out he had gone off to see his little tart got me even more ropeable.
ref: 2009, Roberta Williams, Roberta Williams: My Life, unnumbered page:
text: As the weeks wore on and the toddler′s tantrums continued, the mother reached her wits′ end and the father became ropeable.
ref: 2011, Christopher Green, New Toddler Taming, page 2:
synonyms: fit to be tied
glosses: Angry to the point of needing to be restrained from violent action.
against the collar
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: In a tight spot.
agamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agamists
Etymology: From agamy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe.
ref: 1856, Samuel Klinefelter Hoshour, Letters to Squire Pedant, in the East, page 28:
glosses: An unmarried person celibate by choice.
aginator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aginators
Etymology: From Latin agina (“opening of the upper part of a balance”) + -tor.
Senses: glosses: A shop owner.
cardioectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cardioectomies
Etymology: From cardio- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of the heart
invisible hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invisible hands
Etymology: Coined by Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations. Influenced by and echoing earlier use as "the hand of God". See Etymology citations.
Senses: examples: text: By preferring the ſupport of domeſtick to that of foreign induſtry he intends only his own ſecurity; and by directing that induſtry in ſuch a manner as its produce may be of the greateſt value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other caſes, led by an inviſible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.
ref: 1776 March 9, Adam Smith, “Of Restraints upon the Importation of Such Goods from Foreign Countries as can be Produced at Home”, in An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. […], volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book IV (Of Systems of Political Oeconomy), page 35:
text: When Lucasians postulate that prices are ‘flexible’ they seem to mean that we can observe only Walrasian market-clearing prices. There is no nonsense here about the invisible hand doing any noticeable and comprehensible work: its task is accomplished by definition.
ref: 1982, Frank Hahn, Monetary and Inflation, Oxford: Basil Blackwell, page 48:
text: In short, Smith understood that the invisible hand is often benign, but not always.
ref: 2008 May 25, Robert H. Frank, “The Invisible Hand Is Shaking”, in New York Times, retrieved 14 Aug 2008:
text: Aha, they say, but extreme wealth is good for all of us. All will be uplifted by their god’s invisible hand. […]
ref: 2014 July 29, George Monbiot, “The rich want us to believe their wealth is good for us all”, in The Guardian:
text: Yet the carbon giants continue to reap $600 billion in annual subsidies from public coffers, not to speak of a greater subsidy: the right, in Klein’s words, to treat the atmosphere as a “waste dump.” ¶ So much for the invisible hand. As the science fiction writer Kim Stanley Robinson observed, when it comes to the environment, the invisible hand never picks up the check.
ref: 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times:
text: However, the mainstream pro-capitalist position, especially as flat-out climate-change denialism becomes less common in the ruling class, is that the invisible hand and mighty forces of ‘entrepreneurialism’ will definitely lead to the ‘fixing’ of the problem.
ref: 2022, China Miéville, chapter 6, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A metaphor for the principle that in a free market, an individual pursuing his own self-interest also tends to promote the good of his community as a whole.
wikipedia: Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations
somatotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somatotrophic
form: most somatotrophic
Senses: glosses: That stimulates body growth, especially by producing somatotrophin
stedfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: stedfaster
form: more stedfast
form: stedfastest
form: most stedfast
Senses: examples: text: …water is of itself fleeting, but by strength of cold it is turned and made stedfast crystal.
ref: 1908, Julia de Wolf Addison, Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages, Reprint edition, Project Gutenberg, published 2006:
text: … Samuel Gompers directed against the whole Rockefeller investigation into industry, that organized labor will continue to remain sternly aloof and to view this new activity with stedfast distrust.
ref: 1915 August 23, Frank P. Walsh, “Perilous Philanthropy”, in The Independent:
text: Could heroics give her back her son? Nay, she must be stedfast, even though false security had betrayed her hidden softness.
ref: 1935, Charles Caldwell Dobie, San Francisco Tales, Digitized Reprint edition (Fiction), D. Appleton-Century, published 2007, page 190:
text: … Bright Star, would I were stedfast as thou art, are worthy to be ranked with those of Shakespeare.
ref: 1979, Edward Albert, quoting John Keats, edited by James Alfred Stone, History of English Literature, 5th edition, digitized, Harrap, published 2009, →ISBN:
glosses: Archaic spelling of steadfast.
trig point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trig points
form: trigpoint
Etymology: Clipping of triangulation point.
Senses: glosses: A fixed pillar with a metal housing for a theodolite on the top of a high point in the landscape; originally used for making Ordnance Survey maps.
glosses: Any fixed structure that marks a measuring point used in triangulation.
Synonyms: triangulation pillar
triangulation station
trigonometrical point
Ardèche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ardèche.
Senses: glosses: A department in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, south-central France. Capital: Privas.
glosses: A right tributary of the Rhône in the departments of Ardèche and Gard, south-central France.
K1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: K-1
Senses: glosses: Initialism of kinder one.
rachiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rachiotomies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”) + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
Related terms: laminotomy
sclerotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sclerotomies
Etymology: From sclero- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in the sclera
Related terms: sclerostomy
sphincterotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphincterotomies
Etymology: From sphincter + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for treating fissures in the mucosa of the anal canal, or sphincter.
Related terms: sphincterotome
strabotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strabotomies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of cutting or making an incision in a muscle or tendon of the eye to correct strabismus, or squint.