cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ram-packed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ram-packed
form: most ram-packed
Etymology: From Ram + packed, originally (since at least the 1940s) literal, referring to something packed with a ram. (Possibly reinforced by the rhyming synonym jam-packed.)
Senses: examples: text: It provides a second stage of filtration, after the oil has passed through the ram-packed virgin cotton filtering material.
ref: 1941, Fleet Owner (Big Fleet Ed.) - Volumes 27-39, page 13:
text: This is ram-packed at 175-psi to insure uniform density and to avoid possibility of channeling.
ref: 1963, Diesel Equipment Superintendent - Volume 41:
text: The design and use of the hydraulic ram-packed garbage collection body style should be regulated to prevent such overloaded vehicles from traveling on public roadways.
ref: 1971, Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation. Volume 2. Case Summaries, page 209:
glosses: Packed by means of high pressure compressing the contents.
examples: text: The new Dodge Red Ram V-Eight engine is ram-packed with power!
ref: 1953, Motor - Volume 99, page 22:
text: Friday evening, and the old country bus was ram-packed with market women and school children as usual.
ref: 1993, Patricia Powell, Me Dying Trial, page 1:
text: More about the action: Because this video works on a loop it has to be ram-packed with great little scenes, some that are timed to reach a climax just as the film reaches the end of its loop.
ref: 2001, Liz Brown, Zoo - Issue 9, page 283:
text: Every Tuesday the house'd be ram-packed with reject chocolate biscuits that my maw brought home from the factory she worked in.
ref: 2005, Valerie Thornton, Hamish Whyte, Maoilios M. Caimbeul, Queen of the Sheep, page 102:
glosses: Packed or filled tightly; jam-packed.
regmaglyptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛɡ.məˈɡlɪp.tɪk/
rhymes: -ɪptɪk
Etymology: From regmaglypt + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to regmaglypts.
ham sandwich theorem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the ham sandwich theorem
Etymology: By analogy with cutting a sandwich having three layers (two of bread and one of ham), for the case where n=3.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A theorem stating that, given n measurable "objects" in n-dimensional Euclidean space, it is possible to divide all of them in half (with respect to their measure, i.e. volume) with a single (n−1)-dimensional hyperplane.
Related terms: pancake theorem
Rainey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raineys
form: Rainy
form: Raney
form: Rannie
form: Rany
form: Raynie
form: Reaney
form: Reany
form: Rennie
form: Renny
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Raighne (“descendant of Raighne”), a Gaelicized form of the Old Norse personal name Rognvaldr.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
examples: Rainey Qualley, b. 1989
glosses: A female given name.
Derived terms: Rainey's corpuscle
CCTVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CCTV
standalones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standalone
Gar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tibetan སྒར (sgar).
Senses: examples: text: No crops had ever grown before at the high altitude of Menshih Township of Gar County at the foot of Kangtiszu Peak.
ref: 1972, Kao Yuan-ching, “Changes on the Ari Plateau”, in Great Changes in Tibet [西藏巨变], 1st edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 28:
english: 西藏巨变
translation: 西藏巨变
text: The figures indicate that Han peoples form 12 per cent of the registered residents of Gar county, and that Tibetans are 87.5 per cent of the county and 97.6 per cent of the prefecture.⁵⁸
ref: 1994, Graham E. Clarke, “The Movement of Population to the West of China; Tibet and Qinghai”, in Judith M. Brown, Rosemary Foot, editors, Migration: The Asian Experience, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 242, 255:
glosses: A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Ga'er
sense: from Tibetan
word: Senge Tsangpo
debacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more debacular
form: most debacular
Etymology: From debacle.
Senses: examples: text: What with the cyanide and electrolytic methods of gold extraction, it is only to be wondered at that the decline in the value of this metal has not been more debacular and tragic than has been seen.
ref: 1924, Miller Freeman, American Lumberman - Part 1, Chicago - Periodical Publication, page 47:
text: Nobody made serious complaint about the lamb trade but the sheep phase was debacular. Only an idiot or a charlatan would attempt anything of auguristic nature at this moment.
ref: 1934, National Wool Grower, volume 24, National Wool Growers Association - Authors & Publishers, page 27:
text: Now given over to yawning gaps in the courtship of debtors romantically linked to the annulment of fraudsters, the spectacular often has to fill in with the debacular.
ref: 2014, M. F. Dail, Limbodeswill's Wain, Trafford Publishing, page 25:
glosses: Of, like, or pertaining to a debacle; calamitous; tragic; suddenly shameful.
stand-alones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stand-alone
unhingingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unhingingly
form: most unhingingly
Etymology: From unhinging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I cannot imagine a book that brings out more forcefully, more unhingingly, what we have to by reading about the experience of growing up.
ref: 2011, Arnold Weinstein, Morning, Noon, and Night: Finding the Meaning of Life's Stages Through Books:
glosses: Disturbingly, upsettingly; in an unhinging manner.
wall barley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wall barleys
Senses: synonyms: false barley
glosses: A grass of the species Hordeum murinum.
composition books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composition book
campaign groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campaign group
interest groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interest group
lobby groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lobby group
special interest groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special interest group
justifiedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more justifiedly
form: most justifiedly
Etymology: From justified + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The patient justifiedly becomes uneasy and rebellious under very hot and cold fire and the attempted desiccation is tedious, painful and inoperative[...].
ref: 1895, Chas. C. Southwell, “Compressed Air in Dentistry”, in The Dental Review, volume 9, number 7, Chicago, page 440:
text: Here Leslie shows his unhappiness with the imaginative treatment of angels in Paradise Lost, a treatment he perhaps justifiedly thought people read as truth.
ref: 1970, “Leslie on Milton's theology”, in John T. Shawcross, editor, John Milton, Volume 1: 1628-1731, Psychology Press, published 1995, page 117:
text: If I know something is so, then it is true, whereas I can justifiedly believe something false.
ref: 2010, Robert Audi, Epistemology: A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge, Routledge, page 213:
glosses: In a justified manner; with good cause.
Synonyms: rightly
Shihezi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shih-ho-tzu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 石河子 (Shíhézǐ, literally “stone river”).
Senses: examples: text: The same day, violent clashes erupted in many parts of Sinkiang, such as Shihhotzu where fighting was particularly serious. Army-backed factions controlled the roads linking Shihhotzu and Urumchi and telephone communications were cut.
ref: [1969 August, Chien Yu-shen, “Wuhan Upheaval and After”, in China's Fading Revolution: Army Dissent and Military Divisions, 1967-68, Hong Kong: Centre of Contemporary Chinese Studies, →OCLC, page 19:
text: Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service in Mandarin at 1300 GMT on 30 October reports that 143d Regimental Farm in Shihhotze Prefecture develops forestry. The same broadcasts reports that 84th Regimental Farm in Poerhtala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture restores award system in efforts to promote animal husbandry.
ref: [1978 November 3 [1978 October 30], “PRC Radio Reports on Activities of Chinese PLA Units”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 214, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service via Editorial Report OW, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, National Affairs, page E 7:
text: But most Bingtuan new cities were like Shihezi: company towns populated mainly by Han and independent of the Xinjiang authorities, answering only to the Party.
ref: 2007, James A. Millward, Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang, London: Hurst & Company, published 2021, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 366:
text: In October, the Police Department of the town of Shihezi, in northern Xinjiang, posted a notice on a microblog saying that all residents would have to hand in their passports for an annual review. The notice was later deleted, but screen captures of it remain online.
Shihezi was founded decades ago as an agricultural settlement and garrison, known as a bingtuan. The bingtuan system is widespread across Xinjiang and is operated by the powerful Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a central-government agency with military ties. Like other bingtuan, Shihezi has a mostly Han population.
ref: 2016 December 1, Edward Wong, “Police Confiscate Passports in Parts of Xinjiang, in Western China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2016, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A county-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
weaver ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weaver ants
Senses: glosses: Any ant of the genus Oecophylla which construct their nests by weaving leaves together with silk produced by their larvae.
listhesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: listheses
Etymology: From reanalysis of spondylolisthesis as spondylo- + listhesis. The second element would be more accurately written olisthesis; it is from Ancient Greek ὀλισθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip, to slide”). Compare olistostrome.
The word first appears in a 1912 medical terminology reference.
Senses: examples: text: Type 1 facetal malalignment was when the facet of atlas was dislocated anterior to the facet of axis on lateral imaging and simulates lumbosacral listhesis.
ref: 2015 July 28, Atul Goel, “Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts about Facets”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: A forward (anterior) displacement (slippage) of a vertebra over a lower segment.
glosses: Any such displacement, anterior or otherwise.
Derived terms: retrolisthesis
spondylolisthesis
mastoncus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See masto- and onco-.
Senses: examples: text: Characterization of NYD-SP8 (A) RT-PCR analysis of NYD-SP8 mRNA expression levels in malignant lymphoma (1); adenocarcinoma of kidney (2); colon cancer (3); mastoncus (4); lung cancer (5); oesophageal cancer (6); gastric carcinoma (7); negative control (8). β-actin was used as internal control.
ref: 2008 November 6, Lan lan Yin et al., “A suppressor of multiple extracellular matrix-degrading proteases and cancer metastasis”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: breast cancer
metalated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: When the reaction was carried out in C 6 D 6 instead of toluene with an approximate THF concentration of 9 equiv per Yb, the 29 Si NMR spectrum indicated a higher degree of shielding of the metalated silicon atom.
ref: 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of metallated.
metallacyclopentasilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metallacyclopentasilanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any metallocycle derived from cyclopentasilane
metallacyclopentasilanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The formation of these compounds occurs in a surprisingly facile way by reactions of LnI 2 (Ln = Yb, Eu, Sm) either with a 1,4-oligosilanyl dianion [K-Si(SiMe 3 ) 2 SiMe 2 SiMe 2 Si(SiMe 3 ) 2 -K] ( 1 ) or with (Me 3 Si) 3 SiK ( 3 ) to give either the corresponding neutral metallacyclopentasilanes ({Me 2 Si(Me 3 Si) 2 Si} 2 )Ln·(THF) 4 (Ln = Yb ( 2a ), Eu ( 2b ), Sm ( 2c )) or the neutral disilylated complexes ({Me 3 Si} 3 Si) 2 Ln·(THF) 3 (Ln = Yb ( 4a ), Eu ( 4b ), Sm ( 4c )).
ref: 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI:
glosses: plural of metallacyclopentasilane
cyclopentasilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopentasilanes
Etymology: From cyclo- + penta- + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cyclic silane Si₅H₁₀, the silicon analogue of cyclopentane
miniinvasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mini- + invasive.
Senses: examples: text: These differences may be caused by the method of liver transection, with authors using the harmonic scalpel reporting a longer operating time, while authors using endostaplers reported a shorter operating time.
ref: 2015 June 8, Petr Vavra et al., “Colorectal cancer liver metastases: laparoscopic and open radiofrequency-assisted surgery”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: minimally invasive
monosilylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + silylated.
Senses: examples: text: Reaction of LnI 2 (Ln = Yb, Eu, or Sm) according to Scheme 2 with just 1 equiv of silyl anion 3 led in all our attempts only to products 4a – c, and no evidence for the formation of a monosilylated complex (Me 3 Si) 3 SiLnI was found.
ref: 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the introduction of a single silyl group
mucosectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: mucosectomies
Etymology: From mucosa + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A partial resection of the wall of the bowel (as deep as the submucosa)
mucosectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Endoscopic mucosectomies were carried out according to previously described methods [ 19, 20 ] when dysplasia was documented on BO visible lesions, according to commonly accepted criteria [ 21 ].
ref: 2008 October 6, Elisa Rossi et al., “HER-2 overexpression/amplification in Barrett’s oesophagus predicts early transition from dysplasia to adenocarcinoma: a clinico-pathologic study”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: plural of mucosectomy
multineurotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multineurotrophins
Etymology: From multi- + neurotrophin.
Senses: examples: text: MNTS1 is a multineurotrophin that binds and autophosphorylates Trk receptor tyrosine kinases (TrkA/TrkB/TrKC) and p75 neurotrophin receptor (p75 NTR) [ 118 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Vikram Sabapathy, George Tharion, Sanjay Kumar, “Cell Therapy Augments Functional Recovery Subsequent to Spinal Cord Injury under Experimental Conditions”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A neurotrophin that activates multiple metabolic pathways
nonpredifferentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + predifferentiated.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, one study showed the best defect filling and integration by combining GFs with predifferentiated ADSCs, among other groups with nonpredifferentiated cells or chondrocytes [ 45 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Francesco Perdisa et al., “Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage: A Systematic Review on Preclinical and Clinical Evidence”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not predifferentiated
occipitoatlantal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From occipito- + atlantal.
Senses: examples: text: The strength of ligaments associated with the occipitoatlantal joint can be appreciated only by direct inspection during cadaveric dissections.
ref: 2015 July 28, Atul Goel, “Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts about Facets”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the occiput and the atlas.
Hypernyms: occipitoatlantoaxial
oligoclone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligoclones
Etymology: From oligo- + clone.
Senses: glosses: A clone that contains only a few copies of the original.
oligoclones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All identified reactive original hybridoma oligoclones (>25) reacted equally well with intact and enzyme-digested PG.
ref: 2009 February 11, Daniela Virgintino et al., “Differential distribution of aggrecan isoforms in perineuronal nets of the human cerebral cortex”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: plural of oligoclone
ovarioscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovarioscopies
Etymology: By surface analysis, ovario- + -scopy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Ovarian endoscopy.
ovomucoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovomucoids
Etymology: From ovo- + mucoid.
Senses: examples: text: In parallel, egg extract and Gal d 1, ovomucoid, and cow’s milk extract and Bos d 8, casein, were applied.
ref: 2015 August 2, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Pfeifer, Merima Bublin, “Applications of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Food Allergy”, in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein, present in egg white, which, unlike ovalbumin, is heat-stable
pathogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + genetical.
Senses: examples: text: Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].
ref: 2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: pathogenic and genetic
perimodiolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + modiolar.
Senses: examples: text: The distance between the electrode array contacts and the modiolus wall is an indicator in the case of free-fitting lateral wall electrodes that will predict the fields of excitation to the nearby neural tissue, as the free-fitting lateral wall electrodes are located far from the modiolus wall in contrast to perimodiolar electrodes [ 8 ].
ref: 2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear morphological variation using high-resolution cone beam CT”, in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, volume 135, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding the modiolus
phospholipoglycoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phospholipoglycoproteins
Etymology: From phospho- + lipo- + glycoprotein.
Senses: examples: text: Vtg, the precursor protein for egg yolk, is a large serum phospholipoglycoprotein produced only in the liver of mature females and is transferred by the bloodstream to the ovary.
ref: 2015 July 14, Weiwei Luo et al., “Transcriptome Profile Analysis of Ovarian Tissues from Diploid and Tetraploid Loaches Misgurnus anguillicaudatus”, in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of a phospholipid and a glycoprotein
photoinactivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: photoinactivates
form: photoinactivating
form: photoinactivated
form: photoinactivated
Etymology: From photo- + inactivate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo photoinactivation
photoinactivated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Prior experiments have shown that blebbistatin can be photoinactivated by blue light (Sakamoto et al. 2005 ; Kabaeva et al. 2008 ).
ref: 2015 June 28, Charles S Chung, Charles Mechas, Kenneth S Campbell, “Myocyte contractility can be maintained by storing cells with the myosin ATPase inhibitor 2,3 butanedione monoxime”, in Physiological Reports, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of photoinactivate
polisomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Following these accepted criteria [ 28, 29 ] the cell population of each HPF was classified as displaying a disomy, a polisomy or an amplification for HER-2/neu gene.
ref: 2008 October 6, Elisa Rossi et al., “HER-2 overexpression/amplification in Barrett’s oesophagus predicts early transition from dysplasia to adenocarcinoma: a clinico-pathologic study”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of polysomy.
polyethoxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyethoxylations
Etymology: From poly- + ethoxylation.
Senses: examples: text: They comprise a complex mixture of hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules produced by a polyethoxylation reaction.
ref: 2015 July 29, Sung-Yoon Kang et al., “Intravenous tacrolimus and cyclosporine induced anaphylaxis: what is next?”, in Asia Pacific Allergy, volume 5, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Reaction with multiple instances of ethylene oxide
preprorelaxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preprorelaxins
Etymology: From pre- + prorelaxin.
Senses: examples: text: The mode of in vivo processing of human preprorelaxin is not yet fully understood and has to be deduced by analogy to the processing of porcine and rat preprorelaxins.
ref: 1984, P Hudson, “Relaxin gene expression in human ovaries and the predicted structure of a human preprorelaxin by analysis of cDNA clones”, in The EMBO Journal, volume 3, number 10, page 2333:
text: Cells were transduced with an integrating lentiviral vector bicistronically expressing human preprorelaxin 2 cDNA [ 26 ] and eGFP gene, or just eGFP, under a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter.
ref: 2008 September 16, Massimo Bonacchi et al., “Functional and histopathological improvement of the post-infarcted rat heart upon myoblast cell grafting and relaxin therapy”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor of prorelaxin.
sevofluorane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Each animal was anaesthesized with 4% sevofluorane/oxygen, injected i.p. with glucose solution to standardize glucose and insulin levels and, 20 min. later, given 45 MBq 18 F-FDG, injected in the tail vein in a 0.15-ml volume.
ref: 2008 September 16, Massimo Bonacchi et al., “Functional and histopathological improvement of the post-infarcted rat heart upon myoblast cell grafting and relaxin therapy”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of sevoflurane.
silanyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silanyls
Etymology: From silane + -yl.
Senses: examples: text: The THF complexes LnI 2 ·(THF) 2 [Ln = Yb (yellow), Eu (dark yellow), Sm (dark blue)] were prepared by reaction of small pieces of metal with 1,2-diiodoethane in THF. 32, 33 The dark blue SmI 2 ·(THF) 2 was either dissolved in THF or suspended in toluene and treated with silanyl mono- or dianions.
ref: 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of silyl.
synonyms: word: silyl
moral fibers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moral fiber
solvatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solvatizations
Etymology: From solvate + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: The substantial shift from −154.0 to −163.0 ppm suggests a higher degree of solvatization of the Yb atom in the presence of THF.
ref: 2015 July 1, Rainer Zitz et al., “Neutral “Cp-Free” Silyl-Lanthanide(II) Complexes: Synthesis, Structure, and Bonding Analysis”, in Inorganic Chemistry, volume 54, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of solvation.
synonyms: word: solvation
Oxfords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oxford
subaxial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + axial.
Senses: examples: text: High subaxial cervical spondylosis needs special focus on the atlantoaxial instability in general and facetal mal-alignment in particular.
ref: 2015 July 28, Atul Goel, “Craniovertebral Junction Instability: A Review of Facts about Facets”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: Below an axis
Related terms: subaxially
subventrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The existence of neural progenitor cells (NPCs) was first identified, isolated, and cultured from subventrical zone of the mouse [ 121, 122 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Vikram Sabapathy, George Tharion, Sanjay Kumar, “Cell Therapy Augments Functional Recovery Subsequent to Spinal Cord Injury under Experimental Conditions”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of subventricular.
subvillage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvillages
Etymology: From sub- + village.
Senses: glosses: A cluster of houses that forms part of a village
subvillages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Each month, 10 household clusters (i.e. subvillages) were selected, with the probability of selection being proportional to the population size in the district.
ref: 2015 April 22, Ulrika Baker et al., “Identifying implementation bottlenecks for maternal and newborn health interventions in rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania”, in Bulletin of the World Health Organization, volume 93, →DOI:
glosses: plural of subvillage
ghoster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghosters
Etymology: From ghost + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Ghosters in hopes of catching proof of the paranormal came out of hiding. They emerged from behind headstones, crawled out of bushes, and peered around large trees.
ref: 2015, Maria Mayer, Crone:
glosses: A ghosthunter; a paranormal investigator.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A very lightweight headsail.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A vessel that sails seemingly without wind.
examples: text: These TikTok users are aware that one viral video is not going to fix the discontents of online dating; nor will it necessarily catapult a TikTok career (and not everyone has aspirations to pursue the life of an influencer, either). But there may be value in videos going viral, outside of making money and an opportunity to scold ghosters.
ref: 2023 March 1, Rachel Ellison, “Bad Dates Turn Out to Be Excellent on TikTok”, in The New York Times:
coordinate_terms: ghostee
glosses: One who ghosts or ignores another person.
ghosters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghoster
Blemmyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A nomadic Nubian tribe whose kingdom existed from at least 600 BC to the 3rd century AD, and who repeatedly fought the Ancient Romans.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: akephaloi
glosses: A tribe of headless humans with their facial features located on their chests, first depicted in ancient Greek mythology.
photoinactivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoinactivation
counterlanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterlanguages
Etymology: From counter- + language.
Senses: glosses: Any form of language set up in opposition to another, such as slang or code.
Related terms: counterlinguistic
counterlanguages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterlanguage
counterlinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + linguistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a counterlanguage.
stardock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stardocks
Etymology: From star + dock.
Senses: examples: text: A stardock needs to be reached via dinghy. A typical stardock can hold about 16 boats with all of the boats' bows pointing inward and toward the center. The stardock is moored to the bottom but not attached to the shore.
ref: 2002, Capt. Rick Rhodes, Cruising Guide from Lake Michigan to Kentucky Lake: The Heartland Rivers Route:
glosses: A round dock with secured vessels resembling a star.
stardocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stardock
Asia Pacific
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Asia-Pacific.
Asia Pac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Asia Pacific.
Asia-Pac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Asia-Pacific.
regex golf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A recreational computer programming competition in which participants attempt to devise the shortest possible regular expression that will match a given set of text strings.
Related terms: code golf
garrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garrows
Senses: glosses: Garo people
galdrar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galdr
galdrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galdr
howajji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: howajjis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of howadji.
howajjis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howajji
howaji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: howajis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of howadji.
howajis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of howaji
culpeos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culpeo
shadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shadeable
Etymology: From shade + -able.
Senses: glosses: Of a drawing, etc.: capable of being shaded.
shadeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shade + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The draughtsman could not have held the sheet with the apse at the tip, for then, instead of shading away from the edge, most of his hatched lines would begin in the uncharted middle ground of a shadeable area, to strike against the contour; […]
ref: 1960, Leo Steinberg, San Carlo Alle Quattro Fontane: A Study in Multiple Form and Architectural Symbolism:
text: This might seem like a special case, but everything in the model should have been created with an eye to making it easily shadeable. Often this is expressed through the naming and grouping of components that make up the model.
ref: 2003, Mark Adams, Max Sims, Erick Miller, Inside Maya 5, volume 1, page 222:
glosses: Alternative form of shadable.
Mr. Magoo glasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mr Magoo glasses
form: Mister Magoo glasses
Etymology: From J. Quincy Magoo, the extremely myopic main character of Mister Magoo and other American TV shows and advertisements in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: Extremely thick eyewear or the thick frames necessary to support them, particularly eyewear with thick black circular frames.
wikipedia: Mister Magoo
Mr. Magoo
God-fearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God-fearer
Falstaffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Falstaff
Sgts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sgt
MV*
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Using the asterisk * as a wildcard.
Senses: topics: architecture
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Any of various software design approaches involving a model and a view, such as MVC, MVP, or MVVM.
Swedish torch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedish torches
Senses: glosses: A fire made from a single log partially split and then set upright, with tinder and kindling placed inside the split.
Swedish torches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swedish torch
Swedishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Swedishly
form: most Swedishly
Etymology: From Swedish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner characteristic of the Swedish people.
Swedish miles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Swedish mile
stinkhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stinkhouses
Etymology: From stink + house.
Senses: examples: text: 'It is superb advice. I am happy with the thought of my friend. Because of this thought and the friendship I hold for him, let me offer fifteen hundred dollars. It is all the money I have in the world, plus some money entrusted to me by my friend who is with the sickness of women in the stink-house called a hospital and who cannot work for himself.'
ref: 1962, James Clavell, King Rat:
text: Was this place ever a tar-stained stinkhouse like the general's? No, I couldn't believe that any paint, no matter how many coats and how thick, could cover that stench. It seeps, becomes part of the building, redefines its fate.
ref: 2011, David von Beck, Coal, page 101:
glosses: Any offensively unclean building.
stinkhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stinkhouse
sibilant rhonchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sibilant rhonchus
sedenionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sedenion + -ic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to sedenions.
underextrapolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underextrapolations
Etymology: From under- + extrapolation.
Senses: examples: text: An underextrapolation occurs when one or more of the parameters in the request is less than the smallest value of the plants used to build the equation.
ref: 1994, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Portland, Or.)., General technical report PNW-GTR, Issues 340-349
glosses: insufficient extrapolation
underextrapolations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underextrapolation
nonextrapolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonextrapolations
Etymology: From non- + extrapolation.
Senses: examples: text: The nonextrapolation to zero in the upper plot might have resulted from systematic experimental error in the grid measurements.
ref: 1991, Craig M. Eucken, A. M. Garde, Zirconium in the Nuclear Industry: Ninth International Symposium, Issue 1132:
glosses: The lack of extrapolation; not performing an extrapolation.
nonextrapolations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonextrapolation
rosemåling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Norwegian Nynorsk rosemåling.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rosemaling.
suches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of such
renju
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 連珠.
Senses: glosses: The professional variant of the game of gomoku, played on a 15×15 board, and eliminating the "perfect win" situation in gomoku by adding special conditions for the first player.
Arlena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I like little Mrs Redfern—she's nice-looking in her fair washed-out way—but I don't think she'll stand a dog's chance against that man-eating tiger, Arlena.
ref: 1941, Agatha Christie, Evil Under the Sun:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Arlene.
piles up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pile up
piled up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pile up
piling up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pile up
periscoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of periscope
periscoping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of periscope
en papillote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of en-papillote.
uppermore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English uppermore; equivalent to upper + -more.
Senses: examples: 1953, John Mandeville (Sir.), Travels: Text and Translations
And uppermore amongst the mountains is a fair city […]
glosses: comparative form of upper: more upper
en brosse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from French en brosse (“crew cut”).
Senses: examples: text: He had a very square face whose sharp angles were accentuated by short, wiry black hair, cut en brosse and without side-whiskers.
ref: 1956, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Diamonds Are Forever:
glosses: Of the hair: closely cropped so that the hairs stick upward, like the short bristles of a brush; in a crew cut.
Bogartian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bogartian
form: most Bogartian
Etymology: From Bogart + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American actor who became a cultural icon through his performances in 1940s film noir.
Baskervillian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baskervillian
form: most Baskervillian
Etymology: From Baskerville + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baskervillean.
Baskervillean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Baskervillean
form: most Baskervillean
form: Baskervillian
Etymology: From Baskerville + -an, in reference to Arthur Conan Doyle's crime novel The Hound of the Baskervilles (published 1901-1902).
Senses: examples: text: I entered and rang the bell, which was answered first by a Baskervillean baying, and in due course by Mrs Healey herself.
ref: 2015, Ceri Houlbrook, Natalie Armitage, The Materiality of Magic: An artifactual investigation into ritual practices and popular beliefs:
glosses: Characteristic of a fearsome, diabolical dog.
wikipedia: The Hound of the Baskervilles
nonbio
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-bio.
diacoele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəsiːl/
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The cavity of the diencephalon.
laesural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From laesura + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the laesura.
vieux riche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vjø ʁiʃ/
ipa: /ˌvjəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/
ipa: /ˌvjoʊ ˈɹiʃ/
ipa: /ˌvjoʊ ˈɹɪtʃ/
note: Academic
ipa: /ˌvjo(ː)ˈɹɪtʃ/
note: Academic
ipa: [ˌvjoʊ ˈɹiʃ]
note: Academic
ipa: [-ɻ-]
ipa: /ˌvjɐw ˈɾɪtʃ/
Forms: form: vieux riches
Etymology: Borrowed from French vieux riche (literally “[the] old rich”).
Senses: glosses: Old money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are inherited, and who are therefore perceived to have refinement and good breeding.
sceince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of science.
calls for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of call for
calling for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call for
called for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of call for
telephone girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone girls
Senses: examples: text: I've just had a row with a telephone girl, a telephone girl, my brain's in a whirl.
ref: 1915, W. David, J. Barnett, Hermann Darewski, “Which Switch is the Switch, Miss, for Ipswich?”:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
synonyms: word: hello girl
glosses: A female telephone operator.
telephone girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telephone girl
faggily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more faggily
form: most faggily
Etymology: From faggy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a faggy manner.
faggish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faggish
form: most faggish
Etymology: From fag + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Effeminate; homosexual; gay.
Synonyms: faggy
Derived terms: faggishly
faggishness
shitgibbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitgibbon
WAIF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WAIFs
Etymology: A humorous reinterpretation of waif as an initialism for "why am I famous?".
Senses: examples: text: Tamara was one of the original wild-child tribe - up to now, famous mainly for being famous. She has done a quantity of high-profile dabbling in modelling, acting, television and journalism (file under MAW - Model, Actress, Whatever - or WAIF - Why Am I Famous?)
ref: 1996 October 19, Hester Lacey, “She's left her wild-child self behind, learned from her multitude of mistakes and even got a proper job. So why do we hate her?”, in The Independent:
text: Jeff left with Johnny a few moments as I wondered if maybe the WAIFs were also getting paid to drape themselves around the place. You know what a WAIF is, one of those Why am I famous? people - an It Girl or He-Hunk or whatever. Maybe they'd been hired in too.
ref: 1999, Phil Strongman, Cocaine, page 91:
text: Amanda was arguably the first WAIF (Why Am I Famous): young, posh, blonde, buxom and desperate for attention, she danced on nightclub tables in a rubber dress in 1987, much to the consternation of tabloid readers and the staff at her Wiltshire boarding school, who were under the impression she had been tucked up in her dormitory at the time.
ref: 2001 March 4, Harriet Lane, “First The Word, now the pictures”, in The Observer:
glosses: A minor celebrity who does not deserve his or her fame.
Hypernyms: sublebrity
Related terms: MAW
WAIFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of WAIF
Maverick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The surname is most famously associated with Samuel Maverick, a rancher from Texas who did not brand his cattle. The surname is of uncertain origin, but known to date as far back as the 1500s in Devon, England. Its meaning is a matter of conjecture, with connections to the name Maurice being unprovable.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: Any of several individual secondary school and sports team mascots, most of which are in the United States.
Derived terms: Maverick County
Maverick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mavericks
Etymology: The surname is most famously associated with Samuel Maverick, a rancher from Texas who did not brand his cattle. The surname is of uncertain origin, but known to date as far back as the 1500s in Devon, England. Its meaning is a matter of conjecture, with connections to the name Maurice being unprovable.
Senses: glosses: A member of one of the sports teams with a mascot called Maverick.
glosses: Someone who attends, or has attended in the past, one of these schools, especially one involved in the sports teams.
Derived terms: Mav
maverick
MAW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔː/
ipa: /mɔ/
ipa: /mɑ/
rhymes: -ɔː
Forms: form: MAWs
Senses: examples: text: Tamara was one of the original wild-child tribe - up to now, famous mainly for being famous. She has done a quantity of high-profile dabbling in modelling, acting, television and journalism (file under MAW - Model, Actress, Whatever - or WAIF - Why Am I Famous?)
ref: 1996 October 19, Hester Lacey, “She's left her wild-child self behind, learned from her multitude of mistakes and even got a proper job. So why do we hate her?”, in The Independent:
text: Next to them, you spot what can only be a director's assistant. He's dressed very casually, jeans and a black T-shirt and he uses his tenuous connection to true Hollywood power to flirt with the most attractive MAWs (Model-Actress-Whatever) […]
ref: 2001, Bill Robinson, Ceridwen Morris, It's All Your Fault: How To Make It as a Hollywood Assistant, page 33:
text: Through his Hollywood connections he filled out the ranks of our parties with troops of assorted aspiring starlets, production assistants and thrillseeking party dolls—MAWs (“Model/Actress/Whatever”).
ref: 2013, B. Hesse Pflingger, Fonko on the Carpet:
glosses: Initialism of model, actress, whatever: a young woman without much talent who attains celebrity through physical attractiveness.
Related terms: WAIF
MAWs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MAW
Mavericks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maverick
Ceridwen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ceridwens
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Welsh of Welsh origin.
TBDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TBD
directoritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From director + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: "Directoritis strikes again!" bemoans Dan Sullivan, who believes that the director of Wallace Shawn's Aunt Dan and Lemon replaces the characters' intellectual and verbal energy with "transparent rationalizations for the personal hang-ups of the characters […]
ref: 1988, Richard H. Palmer, The Critics' Canon: Standards of Theatrical Reviewing in America:
glosses: The situation where a play or film is spoiled by overdirecting.
encanthis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A new growth in the inner canthus of the eye.
enterectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: enterectomies
Etymology: From entero- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The excision of part of the intestine.
enterectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enterectomy
enteroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enteroscopes
Etymology: From entero- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A form of speculum for examining the inside of the intestine.
Derived terms: gastroenteroscope
enteroscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteroscope
enteroscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enteroscopy
enteroscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enteroscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of enteroscopy.
enteroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enteroscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to enteroscopy.
Derived terms: enteroscopically
lesson plans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lesson plan
estruation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estruations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oestruation.
estruations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estruation
oestruation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oestruations
form: estruation
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The period of heat, or eagerness to mate, in animals.
Synonyms: oestrus
oestruations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oestruation
oestrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: estrual
Senses: glosses: Relating to the oestrus.
glosses: In heat; sexually receptive.
estrual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oestrual.
packs away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pack away
packing away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pack away