cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lefty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛfti/
rhymes: -ɛfti
Forms: form: lefties
form: leftie
Etymology: From left + -y (nominal suffix).
Senses: synonyms: left-hander
southpaw
leftie
antonyms: righty
rightie
glosses: One who is left-handed.
examples: text: The new brocialism cares deeply about women’s issues of course – just not enough to elect an actual woman. They don’t need to, because good lefties speak for all us. They don’t even notice gender.
ref: 2015 September 12, Suzanne Moore, “As Jeremy Corbyn was anointed leader, not one female voice was heard”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: leftist
left-winger
leftie
antonyms: righty
rightie
glosses: One who has left-wing political views.
examples: text: I'll bet my lefty he won't show up for work today.
glosses: One's left testicle.
examples: text: This pole gets whipped, I miss dishing it, putting red on the can like Pepsi
Govs said I defy, I never been right but my yank does love my lefty
ref: 2020 January 18, “Routine”, (CGE) Young Stacks (lyrics), 0:35:
text: Spin that whip, let me see that dog, Imma blam that goal like Messi, shit gets messy – and I still get him down with my lefty
ref: 2022 April 14, “REALIFE”, LF70 (lyrics), 1:29:
glosses: One's left hand.
Derived terms: loony lefty
lefty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛfti/
rhymes: -ɛfti
Forms: form: more lefty
form: most lefty
form: leftie
Etymology: From left + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: glosses: Left-handed.
examples: text: The lefty scissors are the ones with the red plastic handles.
glosses: Intended for left-handed use.
examples: text: The prospect of an Argentinian amalgam of Bolsonaro and Trump taking power has horrified progressive voters and also, apparently, Pope Francis, whom Milei has bad-mouthed as a “lefty son of a bitch”.
ref: 2023 October 22, Tom Phillips, Uki Goñi, “‘Bad and dangerous’: Argentina’s Trump on track to become president”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Left-wing.
lefties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛftiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of lefty
glosses: plural of leftie
linearity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɪniˈæɹəti/
ipa: /ˌlɪniˈæɹəti/
ipa: [ˌlɪniˈæɹəɾi]
ipa: [ˌlɪniˈæɹɾi]
rhymes: -æɹɪti
Forms: form: linearities
Etymology: From linear + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being linear.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A relationship between several quantities which can be considered as proportional and expressed in terms of linear algebra, or any mathematical property of a relationship, operation or function that is analogous to such proportionality, satisfying additivity and homogeneity.
Derived terms: alinearity
hyperlinearity
isolinearity
nonlinearity
pseudolinearity
quasilinearity
superlinearity
supralinearity
linear algebraic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to linear algebra
lecherously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lecherously
form: most lecherously
Etymology: From lecherous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The preteen was freaked out when she spotted a college-aged man gazing at her lecherously.
glosses: In a lecherous manner; characteristic of a lecher.
lecithin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛs.ə.θɪn/
rhymes: -ɪn
Forms: form: lecithins
Etymology: From French lécithine, coined in 1847 by Theodore Gobley, from Ancient Greek λέκιθος (lékithos, “egg yolk”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The principal phospholipid in animals; it is particularly abundant in egg yolks, and is extracted commercially from soy. It is a major constituent of cell membranes, and is commonly used as a food additive (as an emulsifier).
wikipedia: Theodore Nicolas Gobley
Synonyms: phosphatidylcholine
E322 when used as an emulsifier
Derived terms: lecithinase
lysolecithin
phospholipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɑs.foʊˈlɪ.pɪd/
ipa: /ˌfɑs.fəˈlɪ.pɪd/
Forms: form: phospholipids
Etymology: From phospho- + lipid.
Senses: examples: text: An index of the amount of phospholipids present was secured from the total phosphorus content of a third aliquot, the method employed being the colorimetric procedure devised by Whitehorn.
ref: 1926, HC Eckstein, “The cholesterol and phospholipid content of the cutaneous epithelium of man”, in Journal of Biological Chemistry:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: phosphatide
glosses: Any lipid, such as lecithin or cephalin, consisting of a diglyceride combined with a phosphate group and a simple organic molecule such as choline or ethanolamine; they are important constituents of biological membranes.
Derived terms: aminophospholipid
antiphospholipid
glycerophospholipid
glycophospholipid
inositolphospholipid
lysophospholipid
phospholipidase
phospholipidic
phospholipidome
phospholipidomics
phospholipidosis
sphingophospholipid
linewidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linewidths
Etymology: From line + width.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the width of the band of frequencies of radiation emitted or absorbed in an atomic or molecular transition; a result of the uncertainty principle.
liposome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liposomes
Etymology: From lipo- (“fat”) + -some (“body”). From Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”) and Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “soma”).
Senses: examples: text: Albrecht applied the term "liposome" to small refractive droplets observed in freshly mounted sections of liver and other tissues.
ref: 1930 September, Ben Dawes, “The Absorption of Fats and Lipoids in the Plaice (P. platessa L.)”, in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, volume 17, number 1, page 75:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aqueous compartment enclosed by a bimolecular membrane, typically of phospholipid; a lipid vesicle.
Coordinate terms: azotosome
Derived terms: coliposome
immunoliposome
intraliposome
liposomal
liposomalization
liposomic
liposomize
liposomized
nanoliposome
peptidoliposome
phospholiposome
polymersome
proliposome
proteoliposome
Lissajous figure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lissajous figures
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.
Senses: examples: text: The Scope proved to be a haunt for electronics assembly people from Yoyodyne. The green neon sign outside ingeniously depicted the face of an oscilloscope tube, over which flowed an ever-changing dance of Lissajous figures.
ref: 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 30:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A plane curve traced by a point which executes two perpendicular independent harmonic motions, the frequencies of which are in a simple ratio.
Synonyms: Lissajous curve
Related terms: Lissajous knot
Lissajous orbit
harmonograph
lefthanded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From left + handed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of left-handed.
Lissajous curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lissajous curves
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Jules Antoine Lissajous (1822–1880), who invented an apparatus that projected such figures onto a wall.
Senses: examples: text: In the fabric section, a textile twisting and tearing machine and a "Lissajou curve" [sic] abrader (covering a complete area in overlapping curves) are supplemented by apparatus for evaluating waterproofness, fibre diameter and light-fastness.
ref: 1961 February, “Talking of Trains: New L.T. research laboratory”, in Trains Illustrated, page 77:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Lissajous figure.
synonyms: word: Lissajous figure
Related terms: Lissajous knot
Lissajous orbit
harmonograph
listeriosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listerioses
Etymology: From listeria + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: She was born with a condition known as hydrocephalus, which doctors said was caused by a listeriosis infection that her mother contracted while pregnant.
ref: 2025 January 25, Hanna Ziady, “‘Our innocent kids are struggling.’ Victims of massive listeriosis outbreak say those responsible must ‘do the right thing’”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by the bacteria Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria ivanovii, often through contaminated food.
Derived terms: neurolisteriosis
Related terms: listeriotic
lambently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more lambently
form: most lambently
Etymology: From lambent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a lambent manner, brightly.
brightly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹaɪtli/
rhymes: -aɪtli
Forms: form: brightlier
form: more brightly
form: brightliest
form: most brightly
Etymology: From Middle English brightliche, from Old English beorhtlice, equivalent to bright + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The sun was shining brightly, making me squint.
text: The visitors started brightly and had an early chance when Valencia's experienced captain David Albeda gifted the ball to Fernando Torres, but the striker was caught by defender Adil Rami as he threatened to shoot.
ref: 2011 September 28, Jon Smith, “Valencia 1 - 1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
text: She looked brightly at Grandmamma, who nodded and said, 'Yes, it's yours now.'
ref: 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 106:
text: Now he rushed to the platform edge carrying a full fire bucket, in a forlorn attempt to douse the flames as the now brightly burning wagon rolled past.
ref: 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 42:
glosses: In a bright manner.
last-minute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He's a last-minute replacement. After today, they'd have had to play with the original roster.
glosses: Just before it is too late; in the nick of time.
examples: text: Instead, travellers are directed to the respective assembly points; this facilitates any last-minute changes in platform arrangements and also frustrates any would-be queue-jumpers.
ref: 1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 263:
glosses: Done or occurring at the latest possible time before an event.
laughably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From laughable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From Crewe, of course, the ten-coach load of 347/370 tons was a laughably easy proposition for the two engines, between them in effect making up Class "11" power, and they fairly romped away with the train.
ref: 1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 477:
glosses: In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.
leftmost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From left + -most.
Senses: examples: text: Start with the leftmost one and work towards the right.
glosses: superlative form of left: most left; furthest to the left.
Related terms: bottom-most
topmost
librettist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: librettists
Etymology: From libretto + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: It was secondhand‹make that fourth- or fifthhand. This was from an era before any kind of copyright, when librettists were almost expected to steal from other works.
ref: 2002 January 3, Richard Traubner, “Mozart's Singspiel”, in Playbill:
glosses: The person who writes a libretto.
likeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more likeable
form: likeabler
form: most likeable
form: likeablest
Etymology: From like + -able.
Senses: examples: text: All the better that she was no dandy; all the likeabler that she spoke little; all the safer that she ruled the father an’ was a mistress in the house.
ref: 1901 August 16, Shan F[adh] Bullock, “Bulldog”, in Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser, and Guardian, and East and Mid Cheshire Gazette, Alderley Edge, Cheshire, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
text: He was about the likeablest cuss I ever met. We got to be good friends.
ref: 1946, Zane Grey, chapter 11, in Shadow on the Trail, Roslyn, N.Y.: Walter J. Black, →OCLC, page 139:
text: He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
text: My associate, Jack Cloherty, spent a month establishing the links between Ashland the senator, an investigation which took Cloherty from Capitol Hill to Kentucky. The likeabler Cook, of course, had an explanation for everything. He acknowledged that he has accepted speech material from Ashland, but denied that it came in the form of ready-made speeches.
ref: 1974 October 3, Jack Anderson, “Washington merry-go-round: The senator from Ashland Oil”, in Hattiesburg American, volume LXXXIX, number 275, Hattiesburg, Miss., →OCLC, page 8, column 4:
glosses: Alternative spelling of likable.
Derived terms: likeableness
likeably
likable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪkəbl̩/
Forms: form: more likable
form: likabler
form: most likable
form: likablest
form: likeable
Etymology: From like + -able.
Senses: examples: text: She's a naturally likable person, with lots of friends.
text: From the very moment that Judge Payne was introduced to his party he proved himself a likabler guide[.]
ref: 1938 February 24, “Judge Paine^([sic]) of Nebraska Supreme Court Addresses Dorchester Folks”, in The Dorchester Star, volume LIX, number 20, Dorchester, Neb., →OCLC, page [3], column 3:
text: Rendezvous of ’37. He was sashaying around nice as you please. A little green. But the likablest sort of fellow you’d ever want to see.
ref: 1959, John Harris, Margaret Harris, chapter 2, in Chant of the Hawk, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, published 1962pages=24–25, →LCCN, →OCLC:
text: “[…] Seeing as you ain’t from farming stock I won’t tell what you done, […] but if it turns out you ain’t likable I’ll tell, so you just better be someone I can like.” / “Yes, ma’am. Most folks say I’m the likablest boy they ever met.”
ref: 1983, Greg Matthews, “Captured by Injuns—Amazing Revelations—[…]”, in The Further Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, New York, N.Y.: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 191:
glosses: Having qualities tending to result in being liked; friendly, personable.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: I often struggle the most when trying to decide on what to wear because I wanted people to like me. I believed that if the shirt was not likable by others then I was not likeable^([sic]).
ref: 2010, Grant Garris, Under the Red Velvet Cover, page 170:
glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being liked.
Synonyms: amiable
well-liked
Derived terms: likableness
likably
Related terms: likability
defeasance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfiːzəns/
Forms: form: defeasances
form: defeasaunce
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman defeasaunce.
Senses: examples: text: that hoarie king, with all his traine, / Being arriued, where that champion stout / After his foes defeasance did remaine […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Destruction, defeat, overthrow.
topics: law
glosses: The rendering void of a contract or deed; an annulment or abrogation.
Related terms: defease
defeasance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈfiːzəns/
Forms: form: defeasances
form: defeasancing
form: defeasanced
form: defeasanced
form: defeasaunce
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman defeasaunce.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To void; to annul.
shop assistant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shop assistants
Senses: glosses: An employee in a shop, a shopkeeper.
Synonyms: retail assistant
sales assistant
sales clerk
legendarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more legendarily
form: most legendarily
Etymology: From legendary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The school had taken the first four places and won seven of the twelve exhibitions. The teacher’s notes and private lessons, legendarily virtuous, had triumphed once again.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4:
text: Touring with Ninja was nothing like legendarily scabrous Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods: forget coke and groupies, Ninja artists struggled instead with their debilitating addictions to vinyl.
ref: 2010 September 21, Stevie Chick, “Ninja Tune Week: An Extract from Stevie Chick’s 20 Years of Beats and Pieces”, in The Quietus:
glosses: In the manner of something legendary.
examples: text: Amongst one-eyed people we have the Arimaspians and the Cyclops. The former were a race in Scythia, and were legendarily supposed to be in constant war with the gryphons […]
ref: 1886, F. Edward Hulme, chapter 2, in Myth-Land:
text: In his earlier career as a lawyer and U.S. congressman, Scott McInnis’s mustache seemingly gave him the power, like Samson’s hair legendarily gave him, to achieve anything—and so it seemed like an omen when he shaved it off in advance of his gubernatorial run this fall.
ref: 2011 February 4, Jef Otte, “The ten most glorious and iconic mustaches of all time”, in Westword:
glosses: According to legend.
leggings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legging
Derived terms: jeggings
legginged
legginglike
meggings
treggings
legionnaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌliːdʒəˈnɛə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˌlidʒəˈnɛ(ə)r/
Forms: form: legionnaires
Etymology: Borrowed from French légionnaire. Doublet of legionary.
Senses: glosses: A person who is neither a citizen nor colonial/imperial subject of the state whose military they join.
glosses: A member of a legion, especially the French Foreign Legion.
Synonyms: legionary
Derived terms: Legionnaire
legionnaire hat
legionnaire’s disease
Related terms: mercenary
soldier
legitimately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more legitimately
form: most legitimately
Etymology: From legitimate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a legitimate manner, properly, fair and square.
Derived terms: legiterally
legatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛɡəˈtiː/
Forms: form: legatees
Etymology: From legate + -ee.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: One who receives a legacy (inheritance).
Synonyms: devisee
Derived terms: colegatee
legateeship
residuary legatee
Related terms: legate
poncey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: poncier
form: ponciest
Senses: examples: text: He even helps make eggs Benedict, his namesake. Well, he's called Benedict, Anna's slightly poncey choice, but no one's ever called him that.
ref: 1997, Jacqueline Wilson, “Four in the Family”, in Girls in Love, London: Doubleday, →ISBN; 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, 2002, →ISBN:
text: We found a decent guesthouse to stay in and then went to a poncey restaurant for foot (‘poncey’ meaning that meals and drinks for two cost 3 dollars instead of 2!)
ref: 2004, Warwick Allen, “Thailand (Part One)”, in Sweat, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 42:
text: Fixing your hair is also something that needs to be done in private (unless it is literally a quick pat and fluff). There are some who will happily stand in front of the mirror (there is only one mirror, you see, none of this fancy mirror-above-every-sink malarkey) and style their hair with pout and pose included, but they are usually too popular to get abuse about how poncey and womanly they look.
ref: 2011, Tom Clempson, “Last Break Hanging Out”, in One Seriously Messed-up Week in the Otherwise Mundane and Uneventful Life of Sam Taylor Jack Samsonite, London: Atom, →ISBN:
text: None of the gallery staff took any notice of a gangly, stick-thin, nose-picking, acne-faced youth wearing a plastic imitation leather jacket, winkle-picker shoes and a greasy Mick Jagger hairstyle. We all looked like that in those days, except those poncey Mods.
ref: 2009, David Stedman, chapter 1, in That Terrible Shadowing: The Quest across Time for Caravaggio’s Killer, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester: Matador, →ISBN, page 1:
text: None of the gallery staff took any notice of a gangly, stick-thin, nose-picking, acne-faced youth wearing a plastic imitation leather jacket, winkle-picker shoes and a greasy Mick Jagger hairstyle. We all looked like that in those days, except those poncey Mods.
ref: 2009, David Stedman, chapter 1, in That Terrible Shadowing: The Quest across Time for Caravaggio’s Killer, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester: Matador, →ISBN, page 1:
text: I'm not a person who finds meditation a doddle or to whom yoga comes naturally. To tell you the truth, I find the whole business a bit poncey and contrary to the way I used to see myself.
ref: 2014, Russell Brand, “Is Everybody In?”, in Revolution, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: Alternative spelling of poncy.
sodium sorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sodium salt of sorbic acid.
Synonyms: E201 when used as a preservative
potassium sorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potassium sorbates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The potassium salt of sorbic acid.
Synonyms: E202 when used as a preservative
calcium sorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the calcium salt of sorbic acid
Synonyms: E203 when used as a preservative
sorbate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔː(ɹ)beɪt/
Forms: form: sorbates
Etymology: From sorbic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of sorbic acid.
Derived terms: calcium sorbate
potassium sorbate
sodium sorbate
light-year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light-years
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of light year.
lightship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightships
form: light-ship
Etymology: From light (noun) + ship (noun). Cognate with Middle Low German lüchteschip (“lightship”), Dutch lichtschip (“lightship”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: lightvessel (usually synonymous), lightboat
topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: ship#Noun
vessel#Noun
;
light
;
aid#Noun
coordinate_terms: light buoy#Noun
lighthouse#Noun
glosses: A ship riding at anchor and displaying a light for the guidance of sailors, in a position where a fixed lighthouse structure would be impracticable.
Related terms: english: boat for offloading, transfer, etc
translation: boat for offloading, transfer, etc
word: lighter
lightvessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightvessels
Etymology: From light (noun) + vessel (noun).
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: vessel#Noun
;
light
;
aid#Noun
coordinate_terms: light buoy#Noun
lighthouse#Noun
glosses: A vessel with a light as a navigation aid; especially, a lightship.
porked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt
Forms: form: more porked
form: most porked
Senses: examples: text: - What did the mechanic say about your car?
- It's porked; it will cost a fortune to repair.
glosses: Extensively broken or beyond repair.
porked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pork
hebesphenomegacorona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hebe- + spheno- + mega- + corona. Compare sphenocorona. Coined by Norman W. Johnson in 1969.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: One of the Johnson solids, having 18 triangular and 3 square faces
Johnson solid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johnson solids
Etymology: From Johnson (“a surname”) + solid, after American mathematician Norman Johnson, who listed them in 1966.
Senses: examples: text: 1986 April, Andrew Hume, Folding Regular Polyhedra, AUUGN: Australian Unix Users Group Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 5, page 40,
The Johnson solids, combined with the Archimedean polyhedra and five of the regular polyhedra, constitute all the possible convex polyhedra with regular faces..])
text: There are other possible models that we have not written about and for which we do not include pictures. namely the Johnson solids and their truncations [2]. (The egg^([truncated hexadecahedron]) is an approximation of a truncation of a Johnson solid.)
ref: 2003, Rona Gurkewitz, Bennett Arnstein, Multimodular Origami Polyhedra: Archimedeans, Buckyballs and Duality, page 2:
text: Students will be very unlikely to discover very many of the Johnson solids on their own. Someone may come up with the triangular and pentagonal dipyramids, but the others are just not very intuitive. Once students are convinced that there are no other possibilities than the ones they've come up with, then it is time to unveil some of the more complicated Johnson solids.
ref: 2012, Thomas Hull, Project Origami: Activities for Exploring Mathematics, 2nd edition, page 159:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of convex polyhedra that have regular faces but are not uniform (that is, not Platonic solids, Archimedean solids, prisms, or antiprisms).
wikipedia: Norman Johnson (mathematician)
Synonyms: sense: convex non-uniform polyhedron that has regular faces
word: Johnson polyhedron
Archimedean solid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Archimedean solids
Etymology: Named after ancient Greek mathematician and engineer Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287 – c. 212 BC).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of convex semiregular polyhedra, composed of two or more types of regular polygon meeting in identical vertices.
wikipedia: Archimedes
Related terms: Kepler solid
Keplerate
Platonic solid
Tumbuka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tumbukas
form: Tumbuka
Senses: glosses: A member of a Bantu-speaking African people inhabiting Eastern Zambia and Northern Malawi.
Tumbuka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Related terms: tum ⁠
annular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænjələ/
ipa: /ˈænjʊlə/
ipa: /ˈænjəlɚ/
Etymology: From Latin ānulāris (“ring-shaped”); (possibly through French annulaire), from ānulus (“ring”).
Senses: examples: text: annular fiber
text: If anybody snickers, put 'em in their place by reminding them that the annular wing is a very old aeronautical principle.
ref: 1963 April, Roy L. Clough, Jr., “Hoopskirt: The old "flying barrel" turns in a top performance in this up-to-date-model”, in Popular Mechanics, page 155:
text: The capsule in both families is spherical, with a bistratose wall; the outer cell layer usually bears nodular thickenings[…]; the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts[…]
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 6:
synonyms: ring-shaped
glosses: Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus.
glosses: Banded or marked with circles.
Derived terms: annular eclipse
annularity
annularly
annular zone
cannular
interannular
penannular
periannular
postannular
semiannular
transannular
Related terms: annual
frame per second
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frames per second
Senses: examples: text: The graphics are really choppy; I'm only getting 12 frames per second.
glosses: A measure of how many times an imaging or display device produces unique consecutive images (frames) in one second.
Derived terms: word: FPS
word: fps
bubble bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bubble baths
Senses: glosses: A bath in which an additive, usually soap, is poured directly into the water that creates bubbles; a foam bath.
glosses: The product poured in the bath to create those bubbles.
examples: text: Are you having a bubble bath?!
glosses: A laugh.
Synonyms: sense: a laugh
word: giraffe
word: bubble
adios
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.diˈɒs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈoʊs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈɔs/
Forms: form: adiós
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.
Senses: synonyms: addio
adieu
aloha
arrivederci
auf Wiedersehen
au revoir
bye
bye-bye
cheerio
cheers
ciao
farewell
good-by
good-bye
goodbye
good day
sayonara
shalom
glosses: goodbye
raw_tags: in Spanish contexts
adios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.diˈɒs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈoʊs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈɔs/
Forms: form: adioses
form: adiós
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.
Senses: examples: text: In fifteen minutes I had finished eating, swilled a cup of industrial strength scorch, got Solly’s keys and all the dope on how to handle his big new DeSoto, received a sack of ribs from Cleo to eat along the way and paid my adioses to Trumbo and Len Fugate who saw Helen and me to the door.
ref: 1982, Gordon DeMarco, The Canvas Prison, Germinal Press, →ISBN, page 123:
text: Bill McCauley also said his adioses as he’s departing this summer to rejuvenate the DCS for Doctrine at TRADOC.
ref: 1989 October, Dave Gerard, “’68”, in Assembly, volume XLVIII, number 3, New York, N.Y.: the Association of Graduates, USMA, pages 121–122:
text: At the end of the evening, some of the students accompanied Lezama back to the religious residence where he was staying and said their adioses.
ref: 2005, Food Arts:
glosses: A goodbye.
adios
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæ.diˈɒs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈoʊs/
ipa: /ˌɑ.diˈɔs/
Forms: form: adioses
form: adiosing
form: adiosed
form: adiosed
form: adiós
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish adiós; see there for more. Doublet of adieu.
Senses: examples: text: About an hour later I adiosed the office.
ref: 2003, Vivian Livingston, as told to Sherrie Krantz, Vivian Lives, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 93:
text: “Oh, yes, I’m so happy that my latest codelincuente has adiosed me,” I scoff.
ref: 2019, Jessica Shubert, My Name is Runaway, Page Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
text: Three cups later, he and Juana stacked together their collated notes and he adiosed the kids and caregivers.
ref: 2020, Melanie Greene, Roll Play, →ISBN:
text: “ONE THING you need to be clear on,” Patti says after we’ve adiosed the scene, doubling back now to drive me to my car.
ref: 2021, James Patterson, David Ellis, The Red Book, Penguin Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To leave; to literally or figuratively say “adios” to.
examples: text: By the time they got there, somebody’d adiosed the corpse.
ref: 1993, Scott Turow, Pleading Guilty, Viking, →ISBN, page 244:
text: She also adiosed the eye contact.
ref: 2008, Suzanne Brockmann, Into the Fire, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: To get rid of.
Kampuchean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kampuchean
form: most Kampuchean
Etymology: From Kampuchea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Kampuchea (Cambodia).
Synonyms: Cambodian
Kampuchean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kampucheans
Etymology: From Kampuchea + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person of Kampuchean (Cambodian) descent.
Synonyms: Cambodian
eliciting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of elicit
eliciting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elicitings
Senses: examples: text: The centrality of these elicitings to Prospero's type of power can only be assumed in the case of Caliban, but is manifest in his use of them to shape the minds of the nobles and confuse the conspiracy of the clowns.
ref: 1992, Mary Beth Rose, Essays on Epistemological Transformations and Theater History, page 23:
glosses: An elicitation.
go whole hog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes whole hog
form: going whole hog
form: went whole hog
form: gone whole hog
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go the whole hog.
sodium benzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium benzoates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The sodium salt of benzoic acid.
Synonyms: E211 when used as a preservative
potassium benzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The potassium salt of benzoic acid.
Synonyms: E212 when used as a preservative
calcium benzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the calcium salt of benzoic acid
Synonyms: E213 when used as a preservative
phosphatide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒsfətaɪd/
Forms: form: phosphatides
Etymology: From phosphate + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a phospholipid
Derived terms: ammonium phosphatide
lysophosphatide
phosphatidase
phosphatidic
sphingophosphatide
Related terms: phosphatidate
phosphatidyl
phosphatidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɒsˈfætɪdeɪt/
Forms: form: phosphatidates
Etymology: From phosphatide (“phospholipid”) + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monoglyceride or diglyceride combined with phosphoric acid; combines with another simple organic molecule to form a phospholipid.
Related terms: phosphatide
phosphatidyl
coleopteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Coleoptera + -oid
Senses: examples: text: The seeds of many of the Euphorbiaceae are coleopteroid.
glosses: Shaped like a beetle.
coleopteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coleopteroids
Etymology: Coleoptera + -oid
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A beetle-shaped insect.
phosphatidyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɒsˈfætɪdɪl/
/-aɪl/
Forms: form: phosphatidyls
Etymology: From phosphatidate + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from a phosphatide
Derived terms: glycosylphosphatidyl
lysophosphatidyl
phosphatidylcholine
phosphatidylethanolamine
phosphatidylglucose
phosphatidylglycerol
phosphatidylinositol
phosphatidylserine
phosphatidyltransferase
phosphatidylcholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatidylcholines
Etymology: From phosphatidyl + choline.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: lecithin
glosses: The phospholipid phosphatidyl choline
Derived terms: diphosphatidylcholine
phosphatidylethanolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatidylethanolamines
Etymology: From phosphatidyl + ethanolamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: cephalin
glosses: Any of a class of phospholipid containing ethanolamine
Derived terms: acylphosphatidylethanolamine
Related terms: -amine
amine
ethane
ethanol
ethanolamine
-ide
-ol
phosphate
phosphatide
phosphatidyl
-yl
phosphatidylglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatidylglycerols
Etymology: From phosphatidyl + glycerol.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phospholipid in which the small organic molecule is glycerol
Derived terms: diphosphatidylglycerol
phosphatidylinositol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatidylinositols
Etymology: From phosphatidyl + inositol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a phospholipid containing inositol
Derived terms: glycophosphatidylinositol
phosphatidylserine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphatidylserines
Etymology: From phosphatidyl + serine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: cephalin
glosses: A phospholipid containing serine.
Derived terms: lysophosphatidylserine
cephalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛf.ə.lɪn/
/ˈkɛf.ə.lɪn/
Forms: form: cephalins
Etymology: From cephal- + -in.
Senses: examples: text: In 1912 Howell reported the results of a study of the thromboplastic action of the tissues in which he showed that the active substance is a phosphatid having the general properties of cephalin.
ref: 1916 June, Jay McLean, “The Thromboplastic Action of Cephalin”, in American Journal of Physiology, volume 41, pages 250–257:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A phospholipid found particularly in the cells of nervous tissue; it is also the primary phospholipid in bacteria.
Synonyms: phosphatidylethanolamine
fishing boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishing boats
Senses: glosses: A boat used for fishing.
Synonyms: fisher-boat
fishing vessel
Related terms: trawler
fragmented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fragment
fragmented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fragmented
form: most fragmented
Senses: glosses: broken into fragments
glosses: composed of fragments
Derived terms: fragmentedly
fragmentedness
multifragmented
nonfragmented
overfragmented
polyfragmented
unfragmented
internalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: internalisations
Etymology: From internalise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of internalization.
Mytilini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Mytilene.
internalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internalizations
form: internalisation
Etymology: From internal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of internalizing something.
Derived terms: postinternalization
reinternalization
internalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of internalize
internalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/
Forms: form: internalizes
form: internalizing
form: internalized
form: internalized
form: internalise
Etymology: From internal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
To process new information in one's mind.
examples: text: Well, I can't get angry, okay? I mean, I have a tendency to internalize. I can't express anger. That's one of the problems I have—I grow a tumor instead.
ref: 1979, Woody Allen, Marshall Brickman, Manhattan, spoken by Isaac (Woody Allen), United Artists:
glosses: To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
To refrain from expressing (a negative emotion), to one's psychological detriment; to bottle up.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: intern
glosses: To store (a string or other structure) in a shared pool, such that subsequent items with the same value can share the same instance.
topics: business
finance
glosses: To transfer stocks between brokers within an organization, rather than through the exchange.
Derived terms: cointernalize
internalizable
internalizer
overinternalize
reinternalize
cholestyramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholestyramines
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The United States Adopted Name of colestyramine.
styrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstaɪriːn/
Forms: form: styrenes
Etymology: From Latin styrax (or storax) + -ene.
Senses: examples: text: He combined styrene with isobutylene, a volatile liquid, under pressure.
ref: 1996 April 2, Julia Campbell, “Ray McIntire, 77, Dow Engineer And the Inventor Of Styrofoam”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aromatic hydrocarbon; a colourless, oily liquid, used in the manufacture of polymers such as polystyrene.
Synonyms: monovinylbenzene
styrene oxide
VB
vinylbenzene
Coordinate terms: benzene
divinylbenzene
polyvinylbenzene
trivinylbenzene
vinyl
Derived terms: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
dimethoxystyrene
methoxystyrene
nitrostyrene
pentafluorostyrene
polystyrene
styrene-butadiene-styrene
styrenyl
clomipramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of chloro- + imipramine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A tricyclic, heterocyclic drug used to treat depression, anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
desipramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈzɪp.ɹəˌmiːn/
Forms: form: desipramines
Etymology: Blend of desmethyl + imipramine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A tricyclic antidepressant C₁₈H₂₂N₂.
dextroamphetamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛkstɹəʊæmˈfɛtəmiːn/
Forms: form: dextroamphetamines
form: d-amphetamine
form: dextroamfetamine
Etymology: From dextro- + amphetamine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: word: dexedrine
english: brand name
translation: brand name
word: dexy
word: dexamphetamine
glosses: One of the stereoisomers of amphetamine, with the chemical formula C₉H₁₃N, that is used to stimulate the central nervous system.
diamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaɪ.ə.miːn/
Forms: form: diamines
Etymology: From di- + -amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing two amino functional groups.
Derived terms: benzenediamine
carbonyldiamine
diethylenediamine
ethylenediamine
ethylenediaminetetraacetate
ethylenediaminetetraacetic
geminal diamine
haliclonadiamine
hexamethylenediamine
hexamethylene diamine
naphthalenediamine
pentamethylenediamine
pyrimethamine
tetraacetylethylenediamine
triethylenediamine
dimethylnitrosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylnitrosamines
Etymology: From dimethyl + nitrosamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The alkyl nitrosamine, (CH₃)₂N-N=O, found in tobacco smoke; it is carcinogenic
Synonyms: word: DMN
english: NDMA
translation: NDMA
word: nitrosodimethylamine
Hyponyms: N-nitrosodimethylamine
Related terms: amine
-amine
di-
dimethyl
dimethylamine
methyl-
methyl
nitrosamine
nitroso
diphenylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diphenylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: an aromatic amine, (C₆H₅)₂NH, used in the manufacture of plastics, dyes, explosives, pesticides, fungicides and pharmaceuticals
Meka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mekas
Etymology: Borrowed from Telugu మేకా (mēkā).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Telugu.
enamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of unsaturated nitrogen compounds, having the general formula R₂C=C(R)-NR₂, prepared by the condensation reaction of an aldehyde or ketone with a secondary amine; they are the tautomeric forms of imines.
Derived terms: enaminic
enaminone
ketoenamine
ketomethylenamine
metalloenamine
Related terms: ynamine
imine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmiːn/
Forms: form: imines
Etymology: Alteration of amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic nitrogen compounds having the general formula R₂C=NR; they are tautomeric with enamines.
Synonyms: Schiff base
Derived terms: acylimine
aldimine
ammonium imine
arylimine
azimine
bisimine
clofazimine
deiminase
demethylimination
diazoimine
diimine
ethyleneimine
glibutimine
iminic
iminium
iminyl
ketenimine
ketimine
ketonimine
monoimine
nitrimine
norelgestromin
quinone imine
quinonimine
sulfonylimine
tosylimine
Related terms: imin
anil
condensation reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condensation reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any reaction in which two (or more) molecules react with the resulting loss of a molecule of water (or other small molecule); the formal reverse of hydrolysis
ergotamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɜːˈɡɒtəmiːn/
Forms: form: ergotamines
Etymology: Borrowed from German Ergotamin, corresponding to ergot + -amine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, extracted from ergot, that causes constriction of blood vessels and has been used to treat migraine; it is related to lysergic acid.
Derived terms: dihydroergotamine
ethamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: ethylamine
ethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethylamines
Etymology: From ethyl + -amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless, volatile liquid amine, CH₃-CH₂-NH₂ having many industrial applications.
Derived terms: chloroethylamine
etafedrine
mercaptoethylamine
mexiletine
oxetacaine
ethanolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethanolamines
Etymology: From ethanol + -amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a hydroxy-amine, HO.CH₂.CH₂.NH₂, manufactured by the reaction of ethylene oxide with ammonia; it is found naturally in a combined form in cephalin, and has many industrial applications
Derived terms: acylethanolamine
ethanolaminephosphotransferase
monoethanolamine
phosphatidylethanolamine
phosphoethanolamine
phosphorylethanolamine
triethanolamine
Related terms: ethane
-ol
ethanol
amine
-amine
galactosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosamines
Etymology: From galactose + -amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an amino derivative of the sugar galactose; found in glycolipids and in mucopolysaccharides
Derived terms: acetylgalactosamine
galactosaminyl
galactose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəˈlaktəʊz/
ipa: /ɡəˈlaktəʊs/
Forms: form: galactoses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γάλακτος (gálaktos, “milk”) + -ose (“sugar”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: brain sugar
glosses: A monosaccharide found, along with lactose, in dairy products, and is synthesized by the body where it is found associated with glycolipids and glycoproteins.
Derived terms: anhydrogalactose
asialogalactose
deoxygalactose
digalactose
galactosamine
galactosemia
galactosephosphate
galactosuria
galactosyl
galactoxyloglucan
glucosylgalactose
monogalactose
polygalactose
trigalactose
Related terms: galactagogue
galactorrhea
glycolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaɪkoʊˌlɪpɪd/
Forms: form: glycolipids
Etymology: From glyco- + lipid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An association of a carbohydrate and a phospholipid, such as phosphatidylinositol, found in cell membranes
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A similar compound lacking a phosphate group
Derived terms: glyceroglycolipid
glycolipidome
glycolipidomics
glycolipidosis
neoglycolipid
peptidoglycolipid
phosphoglycolipid
proteoglycolipid
sialoglycolipid
sphingoglycolipid
sulfoglycolipid
glucosamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucosamines
Etymology: From glucose + -amine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: chitosamine
glosses: An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin; it is marketed as a dietary supplement supposedly to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.
Derived terms: aspartylglucosamine
diglucosamine
glucosaminic
glucosaminic acid
glucosaminide
glucosaminyl
phosphoglucosamine