cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
barostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barostat
zabtieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zabtiehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zaptieh.
zaddick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zaddicks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tzaddik.
nieceship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From niece + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: The problem of inadequate motivation is much more acute in The Fancies Chaste and Noble, where the whole plot turns upon the fact that the Fancies are Octavio's nieces, but a reason for concealing their nieceship is never given.
ref: 1988, Michael Neil, John Ford:
glosses: The state, condition, or relationship of a niece.
zamarra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zamarras
Senses: glosses: sheepskin
glosses: A sheepskin coat worn in parts of Spain
zamboorak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zambooraks
form: zambooruk
form: zamburak
Senses: glosses: A light swivelling gun, traditionally mounted on, and fired from, the back of a camel
zambuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zambucks
Senses: examples: text: When I came past the accident scene I couldn't believe it—the driver was walking around, though he was breathing a little huskily. As the ambulance by that time had arrived I told one of the zambucks.
ref: 2005, Trevor L. White, chapter 6, in Death at the Post, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, published 2012, →ISBN, page 67:
text: ‘You’re still bleeding from that wound on the head. Tiger’ll put a dressing on it.’ / ‘Aw, call the Zambuck,’ he protested. / […] / ‘Zambuck’s the first aid man at the footy—you know, St John’s Ambulance. They’re called that ’cause of the ointment they carry.’
ref: 2007, Michael O’Sullivan, “Another Sunday Morning”, in Easter at Tobruk, [Sydney, N.S.W.]: ReadHowYouWant, published 2008, →ISBN, part 2, page 59:
text: We better tell them the shooting is over, otherwise the cops won't let the zambucks come up to get Cathy.
ref: 2010, Alix Bosco [pseudonym; Greg McGee], chapter 47, in Slaughter Falls, [Sydney, N.S.W.]: ReadHowYouWant, →ISBN, pages 414–415:
glosses: Alternative spelling of zambuk.
zanella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zanellas
Etymology: From Italian zanella.
Senses: glosses: An Italian wool or twill fabric.
Ekadashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit एकादशी (ekādaśī, “eleventh day in a lunar fortnight”).
Senses: glosses: The eleventh day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) of every lunar month in the Hindu calendar.
Dwadashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit द्वादशी (dvādaśī, “twelfth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Senses: glosses: The twelfth lunar day (tithi) of the fortnight (paksha) of every month in the Hindu calendar.
Thrayodashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit त्रयोदशी (trayodaśī, “thirteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Senses: glosses: The thirteenth day (tithi) in the lunar fortnight (paksha) of the Hindu calendar.
puts to death
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put to death
putting to death
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put to death
borghetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: borghettos
form: borghetti
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian borghetto.
Senses: glosses: An Italian shanty town.
daimons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daimon
homevid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homevids
Etymology: From home + vid.
Senses: examples: text: The homevid market is gearing up for a strong fourth quarter with Paramount's disappointing, but neverthesless^([sic]) popular, sequel Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ($29.95) leading the way.
ref: 1986, The Video Librarian, volume 1:
text: The only other video even closely resembling what happened today was a fuzzy slide show from some geeks on the alternet who cut away to some of their shaky and fuzzy homevids shot from who knows where and how many miles away.
ref: 2009, Jake Packard, The Manhattan Prophet, page 88:
glosses: home video
homevids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homevid
kidpic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidpics
Etymology: From kid + pic.
Senses: examples: text: With KKI having taken something in excess of £30 million at the US box office by the summer of 1986, KKII, even if somewhat below the standard and appeal (strictly to kidpic audiences, of course), seems inevitably bound for a golden harvest.
ref: 1987, F. Maurice Speed, James Cameron-Wilson, Film review, page 60:
text: Based on the much-loved children's book by Maria Gripe, The Glassblower's Children is a visually impressive but slightly uneven kidpic whose scary scenes may turn off both toddlers and their parents[…]
ref: 1999, Peter Cowie, The Variety Insider, page 150:
glosses: A film aimed at children.
kidpics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kidpic
Kurepa tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kurepa trees
Etymology: Named after Yugoslav mathematician Đuro Kurepa.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: A tree (T, <) of height ω₁, each of whose levels is at most countable, and has at least ℵ₂ branches.
Hypernyms: tree
Kurepa trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kurepa tree
Messapian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Messapians
form: Messapic
Etymology: From Messapi + -ian, from Ancient Greek Μεσσάπιος (Messápios).
Senses: glosses: A member of the ancient inhabitants of the region of Apulia in Southern Italy.
Messapian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Messapic
Etymology: From Messapi + -ian, from Ancient Greek Μεσσάπιος (Messápios).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to these people.
Messapian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Messapic
Etymology: From Messapi + -ian, from Ancient Greek Μεσσάπιος (Messápios).
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by these people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Messapic terms
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Messapic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Messapian.
Messapians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Messapian
gigantomastia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From giganto- (“gigantic”) + -mastia (“abnormality of the breast”), from Ancient Greek γιγαντικός (gigantikós), ultimately from γίγας (gígas, “giant”), and μαστός (mastós, “breast”).
Senses: glosses: An extreme form of macromastia, usually with more than 2.5 kilograms of excess tissue.
glucuronyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronyltransferases
Etymology: From glucuronyl + transferase.
Senses: glosses: glucuronosyltransferase
glucuronyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucuronyltransferase
glucocorticosteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucocorticosteroids
Senses: glosses: glucocorticoid
Derived terms: glucocorticosteroidogenesis
glucocorticosteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glucocorticosteroid
glossalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glossalgias
Etymology: From glosso- + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pain in the tongue
glossalgias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glossalgia
gitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A cardiac glycoside from the woolly foxglove (Digitalis lanata).
gitoxigenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The aglycone of gitoxin and of lanatoside B and of digitoxin
isolanid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: lanatoside C, a cardiac glycoside
lanatoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanatosides
Etymology: Blend of (Digitalis) lanata + glycoside.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cardiac glycosides found in Digitalis lanata.
lanatosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanatoside
glucopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gluco- + -penia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: glycopenia
glosses: glucose deficiency.
geminiviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to geminiviruses.
begomoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to begomoviruses.
begomovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: begomoviruses
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Begomovirus.
Senses: examples: text: Several types of DNA satellites have been described to be associated with begomoviruses: betasatellites, alphasatellites, and deltasatellites.
ref: 2023, Elvira Fiallo-Olivé, Jesús Navas-Catillo, “Molecular and Biological Characterization of a New WOrld Mon-/Bipartite Begomovirus/Deltasatellite Complex Infecting Corchorus siliquosus”, in Giuseppe Parrella, Paul Leslie Guy, Toufic Elbeaino, editors, Emerging and Reemerging Plant Viruses in a Context of Global Change:
glosses: Any of the genus Begomovirus of plant viruses.
begomoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of begomovirus
glyceroneogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycero- + neogenesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: de novo synthesis of glyceride-glycerol from precursors other than glycerol or glucose
gnathoschisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gnatho- + -schisis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: cleft jaw
goniophotometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goniophotometers
Etymology: From gonio- + photometer.
Senses: glosses: A device that measures the light emitted from an object at different angles.
goniophotometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goniophotometer
irideocorneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: iridiocorneal
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the iris and cornea.
gnathostomiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Gnathostoma + -osis.
Senses: glosses: human infection by the nematode Gnathostoma hispidum and/or Gnathastoma spinigerum
norleucine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norleucines
Etymology: From nor- + leucine.
Senses: glosses: An isomer of leucine, not found in natural proteins, used in experimental studies of protein structure and function.
norleucines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of norleucine
gonion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonions
form: gonia
Etymology: From gonio- + -ion.
Senses: glosses: An anthropometric landmark located at the most inferior, posterior, and lateral point on the external angle of the mandible.
Derived terms: gonial
gonions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonion
gonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡəʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: /ˈɡoʊ.ni.ə/
rhymes: -əʊniə
Senses: glosses: plural of gonion
gonadorelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gonado(tropin) + -relin (“LHRH release–stimulating peptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist.
Derived terms: goserelin
raffinoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raffinose
gossypose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Gossypium + -ose
Senses: glosses: raffinose
melitriose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melitrioses
Senses: glosses: raffinose
melitrioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melitriose
galactinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular α-galactoside.
Gorham's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Lemuel Whittington Gorham, a doctor.
Senses: glosses: A very rare skeletal condition of uncertain etiology, characterized by the uncontrolled proliferation of distended, thin-walled vascular or lymphatic channels within bone, which leads to resorption and replacement of bone with angiomas and/or fibrosis.
Synonyms: phantom bone disease
phantom bone disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Gorham's disease
granulocytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to granulocytosis.
granulocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulocytoses
Etymology: From granulocyte + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence in peripheral blood of (an increased number of) granulocytes
Derived terms: hypergranulocytosis
granulocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: granulocyte + -oses
Senses: glosses: plural of granulocytosis
guanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of guanine + deaminase
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: guanine deaminase, an enzyme
gowdie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gowdies
Senses: glosses: Eurasian goldfinch, European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).
granulopenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulopenias
Etymology: From granule + -o- + -penia.
Senses: glosses: agranulocytosis
granulopenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulopenia
agranulosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + granule + -osis.
Senses: glosses: agranulocytosis
Goldenhar syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Documented in 1952 by Belgian ophthalmologist Maurice Goldenhar (1924-2001).
Senses: glosses: A rare congenital defect characterized by incomplete development of the ear, nose, soft palate, lip, and mandible.
Synonyms: oculoauriculovertebral syndrome
oculoauriculovertebral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tɪbɹəl
-iːbɹəl
Etymology: From oculo- + auriculo- + vertebral.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the eyes, ears, and vertebrae; applied to Goldenhar syndrome.
gynaecocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynaecocracies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gynecocracy.
gynaecocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynaecocracy
gunzip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gunzips
form: gunzipping
form: gunzipped
form: gunzipped
Etymology: From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU unzip.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To decompress using the gzip program.
gunzipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gunzip
gunzips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gunzip
gunzipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gunzip
galvanotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From galvano- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The movement of an organism either towards or away from an electric current
Related terms: galvanotactic
greenstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greensticks
Senses: examples: text: Greensticks are generally closed fractures, but occasionally with external wounds they become open.
ref: 1985, Norman G. Kirby, S. James Mather, Baillière's handbook of first aid, page 136:
glosses: A greenstick fracture.
greensticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenstick
guanylyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guanylyltransferases
Etymology: From guanylyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that transfers a guanosine monophosphate group, usually from GTP to another molecule, releasing pyrophosphate.
guanylyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guanylyltransferase
gunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gunters
Etymology: Named after Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and geometer. Compare Gunter's chain. For the surname, see Gunter.
Senses: topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: A device used in sailing, for two main configurations of rig:
A wire that leads from a point near the end of a gaff to a point near the other end. A block travels along this wire, and a halyard is attached to the block. This allows the gaff to be raised to the vertical by a single halyard.
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: A device used in sailing, for two main configurations of rig:
A set of hoops or parrel beads which secure the gaff loosely to the mast in a vertical position.
Derived terms: gunter rig
gunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gunter
guanylin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A 15 amino acid polypeptide, secreted by goblet cells in the colon, that acts as an agonist of the guanylyl cyclase receptor GC-C and regulates electrolyte and water transport in intestinal and renal epithelia.
succumber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: succumbers
Etymology: From succumb + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who succumbs.
succumbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succumber
gymnotus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnotuses
Etymology: From translingual Gymnotus (genus name).
Senses: examples: text: You […] arm in waves, electric in his ire, / The dread Gymnotus with ethereal fire.
ref: 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 19:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the genus Gymnotus of electric knifefishes.
gymnotuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnotus
gymnoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymnoblasts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Gymnoblastea.
gymnoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymnoblast
guidewire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guidewires
Etymology: From guide + wire.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: A wire used to restrict and control the movement of other equipment, such as a catheter being inserted into the body.
Derived terms: microguidewire
guidewires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guidewire
filesize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filesizes
Senses: examples: text: Earlier in this chapter, I skimmed over image filesize and have subtly touched on it throughout the book so far. How, then, do you measure the true filesize of your images?
ref: 1997, Raymond Pirouz, Click Here: Web Communication Design:
text: You shouldn't use this to skip past silence at the beginning of your sound; any silence should have been removed before import as it adds unnecessarily to the filesize.
ref: 2003, Phillip Kerman, ActionScripting in Flash MX, page 291:
text: The impact on filesize that working with full 32-bit images involves can easily be calculated.
ref: 2012, Darren Brooker, Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max, page 187:
text: What this means for you, however, is that you should learn to compress your demo into a file that is high quality but small filesize.
ref: 2013, Eric Luhta, How to Cheat in Maya 2012: Tools and Techniques for Character Animation:
text: With Gears 5 now less than two weeks away from releasing, the filesize for the upcoming third-person shooter has now been revealed.
ref: 2019 August 30, John Jacques, “Gears 5 File Size Revealed for PC and Xbox One”, in Gaming News:
glosses: Alternative form of file size.
filesizes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filesize
glossotrichia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The lengthening of papillae on the surface of the tongue, giving it a furry appearance.
crown gold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A 22-carat alloy of gold with copper or silver, introduced in England for gold crown coin manufacture in 1526.
gynandroblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gynandroblastomas
form: gynandroblastomata
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A kind of sex cord-gonadal stromal tumour.
gynandroblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynandroblastoma
gynandroblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynandroblastoma
code smell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: code smells
Etymology: Analogous to a bad smell indicating e.g. rotten food. Apparently coined by American software engineer Kent Beck, in the late 1990s. Popularized via the book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code, co-authored by Beck.
Senses: examples: text: A well-known code smell is as follows: a function should do one thing.
ref: 2021, Christian Clausen, Five Lines of Code: How and when to Refactor, Manning, →ISBN, page 4:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Anything in a program's source code that suggests the presence of a design problem.
Related terms: clean code
refactoring
code smells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of code smell
guanazolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 8-azaguanine
Related terms: guanazole
gryphaea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gryphaeas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Gryphaea.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the genus †Gryphaea of extinct gryphaeid oysters, devil's toenails.
gryphaeas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gryphaea
azaguanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aza- + guanine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A purine analog with chemical formula C₄H₄N₆O, used in the treatment of acute leukemia.
Synonyms: guanazolo
glycorrhachia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, glyco- + rhachi- + -ia.
Senses: coordinate_terms: glycemia
glosses: The presence of glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid (which is always true); its concentration; the trend or control of its concentration over time.
Derived terms: hyperglycorrhachia
hypoglycorrhachia
hyperglycorrhachia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + glycorrhachia.
Senses: antonyms: hypoglycorrhachia
coordinate_terms: hyperglycemia
hyperglycosemia
glosses: The presence of excessive glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid.
hypoglycorrhachia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + glycorrhachia.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: neuroglycopenia
antonyms: hyperglycorrhachia
coordinate_terms: hypoglycemia
hypoglycosemia
glosses: The presence of insufficient glucose in the cerebrospinal fluid.
stab cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stab cells
Senses: glosses: Synonym of band cell.
synonyms: word: band cell
band cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: band cells
Senses: glosses: A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a metamyelocyte, and leading to a mature granulocyte; it is characterized by having a nucleus that is curved but not lobar.
Synonyms: stab cell
band cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of band cell
stab cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stab cell
metamyelocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metamyelocytes
Etymology: From meta- + myelocyte.
Senses: glosses: A cell undergoing granulopoiesis, derived from a myelocyte, and leading to a band cell; it is characterized by the appearance of a bent nucleus, cytoplasmic granules, and the absence of visible nucleoli.
metamyelocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metamyelocyte
nonoperculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + operculated.
Senses: glosses: Not operculated.
operculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: operculate
Derived terms: nonoperculated
unoperculated
nonoperculate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + operculate.
Senses: glosses: Not operculate.
guaco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guacos
Etymology: From Spanish guaco, from a Native American language.
Senses: glosses: Any of various vine-like climbing plants of Central and South America and the West Indies, including Mikania and Aristolochia species, reputed to have curative powers.
Synonyms: bejuco
guao
huaco
vejuco
Hyponyms: Mikania congesta
guacos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaco
sporogonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sporogony
karyogamies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of karyogamy
cooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkuːɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of cooing
coofs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coof
octospermous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octo- + spermous.
Senses: glosses: Having eight seeds.
radiotelegraphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of radiotelegraph
radiotelegraphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of radiotelegraph
radioinsensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radioinsensitive
form: most radioinsensitive
Etymology: From radio- + insensitive.
Senses: glosses: Not radiosensitive.
dorsoulnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorso- + ulnar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the back and ulna.
radiopalmar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From radio- + palmar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the radius and palm.
rectoabdominal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recto- + abdominal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the rectum and abdomen.
mylohyoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mylohyoid
tuchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuchases
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuchus.
tochis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tochises
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tuchus.
tuchis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuchises
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuchus.
better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: better the devil you know
form: better the devil you know than the devil you don't
form: better the devil you know than the one you don't
form: better the devil you know than the one you don't know
form: the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know
form: the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
form: the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know
form: the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
form: the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
Senses: glosses: Something bad and familiar is better than something bad and unknown.
better the devil you know
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
better the devil you know than the one you don't
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.
tocheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toches
Castrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Castrists
Etymology: From Castro + -ist.
Senses: synonyms: Fidelist
glosses: A supporter of Fidel Castro (1926-2016), Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who was the self-appointed dictator of Cuba from 1959 to 2008.
Related terms: Castrism
Castrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Castrist
xenosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenosome
xenoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenoparasite
xerograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xerogram
semitendinosi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semitendinosus
semiochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semio- + chemistry.
Senses: glosses: The branch of chemistry dealing with semiochemicals.
semimembranosus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊsəs
Forms: form: semimembranosi
Etymology: From Latin sēmimembrānōsus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle in the back of the thigh; the most medial of the three hamstring muscles (meaning it is more to the inner of the thighs, not between the two others in one leg, which is the semitendinosus).
Derived terms: gastrocnemiosemimembranosus
Schrödinger equation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Schrödinger equations
form: Schrödinger's equation
form: Schrodinger equation
form: Schrodinger's equation
form: Schroedinger equation
form: Schroedinger's equation
Etymology: Named after Erwin Schrödinger.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: In nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, a partial differential equation that describes how the quantum state of some physical system changes with time.
wikipedia: Erwin Schrödinger
sarcopenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sarcopenia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or affected with sarcopenia.
slug bug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: punch buggy
squabblesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squabblesome
form: most squabblesome
Etymology: From squabble + -some.
Senses: examples: text: You can have Church of England and Unitarian and Buddhist under the same roof without courting disaster; the only Buddhist I ever had down here quarrelled with everybody, but that was on account of his naturally squabblesome temperament; it had nothing to do with his religion.
ref: 1919, Saki, “The Oversight”, in The Toys of Peace and Other Papers, London: John Lane the Bodley Head, page 256:
synonyms: quarrelsome
glosses: Prone to squabble.
Jagannath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jagannatha
form: Jaganatha
Etymology: From Sanskrit जगन्नाथ (jagannātha). Doublet of juggernaut.
Senses: glosses: The name of Lord Krishna and Vishnu.
glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used commonly in India.
Chaturdashi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit चतुर्दशी (caturdaśī, “fourteenth day in a lunar fortnight”).
Senses: glosses: The fourteenth day (tithi) of the lunar fortnight (paksha) in the Hindu calendar.
Purnima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit पूर्णिमा (pūrṇimā, “full moon night”).
Senses: glosses: The full moon. The day (tithi) in each month in which the full moon occurs, and marks the division in each month between the two lunar fortnight in Hindu calendar.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Amavasya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit अमावस्या (amāvasyā, “day of the new moon”).
Senses: glosses: A new moon in the Hindu calendar.
izaar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: izaars
form: izar
Etymology: From Arabic إِزَار (ʔizār).
Senses: examples: text: It is mustahabb to clothe the dead woman in five white sheets, including an Izaar (wrapper) around her waist, a Khimaar (covering) on her head, a chemise, and two sheets wrapped around her on top of these clothes.
ref: 2003, Saleh Fauzan Al-Fauzan, translated by Burhan Loqueman, Rulings Pertaining to Muslim Women, page 73:
glosses: A wrap garment that typically covers the waist and legs and is worn by men under a thobe.
polyaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒl.iˈæk.si.əl/
ipa: /ˌpɑ.lɪˈæk.si.əl/
Etymology: From poly- + axial.
Senses: examples: text: A crystal may contain rotation axes in different directions, defining the polyaxial point-groups.[…]The general symbol for a polyaxial point group is n₁ n₂ n₃. The simplest case is 222 in the orthorhombic system with three 2-fold axes at right angles to each other (Figure 4.13a).
ref: 2004, Hans-Rudolf Wenk, Andrei Bulakh, Minerals: Their Constitution and Origin, page 69:
text: 2008, Michael F. O′Brien, Peter O. Newton, 48: Surgical Treatment of Adolecent Idiopathic Scoliosis, Daniel H. Kim, et al. (editors), Surgery of the Pediatric Spine, page 605,
However, polyaxial screw heads can be controlled with an instrument in such a way as to mimic the monoaxial screw capability for direct vertebral rotation but ultimately retain the advantages of a polyaxial screws.
The polyaxial screw is the most versatile. The polyaxial screw is a load-sharing device. A portion of the applied correction force is dissipated through the polyaxial connection protecting the bone-screw interface.
text: 2009, George J. Haidukewych, Procedure 25: Treatment of Periprosthetic Femoral Fractures above a Total Knee Arthroplasty, Arlen D. Hanssen, W. Norman Scott, Total Knee Replacement, unnumbered page,
More modern, polyaxial designs allow screw angulation prior to end point locking, and these can be very useful if femoral component lugs or the like are encountered during drilling.
glosses: Having more than one axis.
examples: text: According to Florin, only the Taxaceae cannot be interpreted in terms of the polyaxial concept, since the single terminal ovule shows no evidence of having evolved from a bract and ovuliferous shoot system.
ref: 1990, C. N. Page, “Piatae: General Traits of Conifers”, in K.U. Kramer, P.S. Green, editors, Pteridophytes and Gymnosperms, page 291:
text: However, sustainable avocado production at acceptable commercial levels remains a challenge as the polyaxial, pseudo-terminal flowering architecture of avocado (Verheij, 1986) dictates that trees must continuously increase in size to remain productive (Whiley and Schaffer, 1994).
ref: 2002, Antony William Whiley, B. Nigel Wolstenholme, The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses, page 147:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Axial about more than one axis.
Synonyms: multiaxial
Derived terms: polyaxial screw
polyaxiality
polyaxially
désoeuvré
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more désoeuvré
form: most désoeuvré
Etymology: From French désœuvré.
Senses: examples: text: They had been stopped at the dazio coming back, and the young officials there, who seemed impudent and désœuvré, had tried to search their reticules.
ref: 1908, EM Forster, A Room With A View, Penguin, published 2018, page 43:
glosses: Unemployed; unoccupied, idle.
ubuesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ubuesque
form: most ubuesque
Senses: examples: text: This is what has been pointed up by Le Pen, who, in his very ubuesque emergence, embodies that impossibility.
ref: 2007, Exiles from Dialogue, Polity, translation of original by Jean Baudrillard and Enrique Valiente Noailles, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Energy and Ecology Minister Ségolène Royal described it as an "unbelievable mistake" while Junior Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier said it was "ubuesque" (nonsensical), an allusion to absurdist theatre.
ref: 2014 May 21, Tu Thanh Ha, “New train cars in France too wide for hundreds of stations”, in Globe and Mail, Canada, retrieved 21 May 2014:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Ubuesque.
psychoactives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychoactive
Europeanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Europeanises
form: Europeanising
form: Europeanised
form: Europeanised
Etymology: From European + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Europeanize.
Mongolian spot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mongolian spots
form: Mongoloid spot
form: mongoloid spot
Senses: examples: text: Mongolian spots are produced by melanocyte leftovers that do not migrate into the epidermis; they remain deeper than usual in the lumbar-sacral region, resulting in blue coloration of the skin. Mongolian spots occur mainly on the buttocks and lower back, and occasionally on the abdomen, thighs, and arms. They occur in 90 percent of Blacks, 80 percent of Orientals and Native Americans, and 9 percent of Whites.
ref: 1995, Theresa Overfield, Biological Variation in Health and Illness: Race, Age, and Sex Differences, page 13:
text: 2004, Adapted from Walter W. Tunnessen, Daniel P. Krowchuk, Chapter 46: Pediatric Dermatology, Michael Crocetti, Michael A. Barone, Frank A. Oski (editors), Oski's Essential Pediatrics, page 135,
Mongolian spot is an unfortunate name for this common, benign skin discoloration. Present at birth, mongolian spots are blue-gray or blue-green and represent areas of dermal melanocytosis.
text: Mongolian spots consist of embryonic pigment that has been left behind in the epidermal layer during fetal development.[…]Mongolian spots are a normal variation in children of African, Asian, or Latin descent.
ref: 2008, Margaret M. Andrews, “Chapter 3: Cultural Competence in the Health History and Physical Examination”, in Margaret M. Andrews, Joyceen S. Boyle, editors, Transcultural Concepts in Nursing Care, page 51:
glosses: A benign, flat, congenital, usually blue to blue-black birthmark on the lower back with wavy borders and irregular shape, prevalent among East Asians, South-East Asians, Polynesians, Native Americans, East Africans, and the Turkish people. It normally disappears three to five years after birth and almost always by puberty.
Synonyms: sense: blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back
word: congenital dermal melanocytosis
sense: blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back
word: dermal melanocytosis
sense: blue or blue black birthmark on the lower back
word: Mongoloid spot
televisioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of television
Stellingwarfs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Stellingwerfs.
Stellingwerfs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stellingwarfs
Senses: glosses: A form of Dutch Low Saxon, spoken in the Dutch province of Friesland.
Related terms: sense: other Low German dialects in the Netherlands
word: Drents
sense: other Low German dialects in the Netherlands
word: Sallands
sense: other Low German dialects in the Netherlands
alt: Tweants
word: Twents
sense: other Low German dialects in the Netherlands
word: Veluws
isomaltulose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sweet-tasting disaccharide found in honey and sugar cane.
intercostobrachial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + costo- + brachial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a group of nerves that are cutaneous branches of the intercostal nerves.
intercuneiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + cuneiform.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the cuneiform bones.
intertriginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪntə(ɹ)ˈtɹɪdʒɪnəs/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪnəs
Forms: form: more intertriginous
form: most intertriginous
form: intertrigonous
Etymology: From Latin intertrīgō, intertrīgin(is) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Intertriginous areas include the armpit, the upper thighs and genitals, skin folds of the breasts, and between fingers and toes.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or affected by intertrigo.
iproveratril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: verapamil
inovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Inovirus.
Senses: examples: text: With the exception of anelloviruses, bidnaviruses, spiraviruses, and some inoviruses, the replicative protein of ssDNA viruses is the so-called HUH endonuclease that cuts genomic DNA at a specific site and initiates rolling circle (or rolling hairpin) replication.
ref: 2021 February 24, Encyclopedia of Virology, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Any of the genus Inovirus of filamentous bacteriophages.
inoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inovirus
virionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From virion + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a virion.
Derived terms: intravirionic
iridodonesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The vibration or agitated motion of the iris with eye movement.
isosporiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Isospora + -iasis.
Senses: synonyms: cystoisosporiasis
glosses: infection by parasites of the genus Isospora.
iothalamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iothalamates
Etymology: From iothalamic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of iothalamic acid.
iothalamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iothalamate
isosthenuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso-, Ancient Greek σθένος (sthénos), + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The excretion of urine whose specific gravity (concentration) is neither greater nor less than that of protein-free plasma.
Related terms: hyposthenuria
isosthenuric
hypersthenuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A condition where the osmolality of the urine is elevated, sometimes associated with diabetes mellitus.
Related terms: hypersthenuric
ionogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ionograms
Etymology: From iono- + -gram.
Senses: examples: text: Data from ionograms may be used to measure changes in the Earth's ionosphere due to space weather events.
glosses: A display of the data produced by an ionosonde; a graph of the virtual height of the ionosphere plotted against frequency.
ionograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ionogram
ionosondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ionosonde
iridin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From irid- + -in, as it is obtained from the iris plant.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic isoflavone, the 7-glucoside of irigenin.
ischiopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ischiopagi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴσχιον (ískhion, “hip”) + πάγος (págos, “fixed, set”) (from πήγνυμι (pḗgnumi, “fasten, fix, set”)); equivalent to ischio- + -pagus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: One of a pair of conjoined twins who are united at the pelvis.
Derived terms: thoraco-omphalo-ischiopagus
ischiopagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ischiopagus
prepatellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + patellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: In front of the kneecap.
infraspinatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infraspinati
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A thick triangular muscle whose main function is to rotate the arm externally and stabilize the shoulder joint.
Related terms: infraspinatous
infraspinati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infraspinatus
isonandra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isonandras
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Isonandra of sapotaceous plants.
isonandras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isonandra
monoiodotyrosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoiodotyrosines
Etymology: From mono- + iodotyrosine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor of thyroid hormone that results from iodization of tyrosine at the metaposition of the phenol ring.
Synonyms: word: MIT
monoiodotyrosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monoiodotyrosine
isodesmosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isodesmosines
Etymology: From iso- + desmosine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A lysine derivative found in elastin.
isodesmosines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isodesmosine
isoschizomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoschizomers
Etymology: From iso- + schizomer.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of restriction enzymes specific to the same recognition sequence.
Derived terms: isoschizomeric
Related terms: isocaudomer
neoschizomer
isoschizomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoschizomer
isopropanolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopropanolamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 1-amino-2-propanol, an amino alcohol that can be prepared by the addition of aqueous ammonia to propylene oxide, used to achieve basicity, buffering, and alkalinity objectives and as a solubilizer.
Derived terms: diisopropanolamine
monoisopropanolamine
triisopropanolamine
isopropanolamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isopropanolamine
iodipamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: adipiodone
isolecithal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + lecithal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having an even distribution of yolk in the cytoplasm.
Coordinate terms: heterolecithal
iododerma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iododermas
form: iododermata
Etymology: From iodo- + -derma.
Senses: glosses: A skin condition caused by iodides.
iododermas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iododerma
iododermata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iododerma
iodopyracet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + pyr- + acet(yl).
Senses: glosses: diodone
umbradilic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: diodone
pelvirinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: diodone
iridoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridovirus
iridoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to iridoviruses.
ioxaglate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ioxaglates
Etymology: From ioxaglic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of ioxaglic acid.
ioxaglates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ioxaglate
iminostilbene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iminostilbenes
Etymology: From imino + stilbene.
Senses: glosses: dibenzazepine
iminostilbenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iminostilbene
isopropamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A long-acting anticholinergic drug used in the treatment of peptic ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders involving hyperacidity and hypermotility.
isoglutamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoglutamines
Etymology: From iso- + glutamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A gamma amino acid derived from glutamic acid by substituting the carboxyl group in position 1 with an amide group.