cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intraorganismal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + organismal.
Senses: examples: text: This step allows recovery of the DNA adsorbed to particulate matter, while intraorganismal DNA is mostly avoided [29 ].
ref: 2015 October 6, “Deep-Sea, Deep-Sequencing: Metabarcoding Extracellular DNA from Sediments of Marine Canyons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Located within an organism
macrolepidoptera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Workers who study microlepidoptera have concluded that transverse bands, or fasciae, are primitive wing pattern elements for Lepidoptera and are constrained by venation [12 –14 ], whereas workers who primarily study macrolepidoptera have concluded that spots, either “erratic” [7 ] or constrained by venation [15 ], are primitive.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern and Wing Venation in Moths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of macrolepidopteran
microcotyledon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːdən
Forms: form: microcotyledons
Etymology: From micro- + cotyledon.
Senses: glosses: One of a group of very small cotyledons in the fetomaternal interface of the (typically equine) placenta
Related terms: microcotyledonary
microcotyledons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In primiparous (maiden) mares, the fetomaternal contact area of the placenta as well as the surface density of chorionic microcotyledons is smaller than in multiparous mares [22 ].
ref: 2015 October 6, “Maternal Lineage of Warmblood Mares Contributes to Variation of Gestation Length and Bias of Foal Sex Ratio”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microcotyledon
microlepidoptera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + lepidoptera.
Senses: examples: text: Workers who study microlepidoptera have concluded that transverse bands, or fasciae, are primitive wing pattern elements for Lepidoptera and are constrained by venation [12 –14 ], whereas workers who primarily study macrolepidoptera have concluded that spots, either “erratic” [7 ] or constrained by venation [15 ], are primitive.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern and Wing Venation in Moths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relatively small butterflies and moths; micromoths.
Derived terms: microlepidopteran
microlepidopterous
midwing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwings
Etymology: From mid- + wing.
Senses: examples: text: The postmedian fascia originates from R 1 on the costa but becomes confluent with the median fascia at midwing, with varying degrees of ground color between the two fasciae.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Color Pattern on the Forewing of Micropterix (Lepidoptera: Micropterigidae): Insights into the Evolution of Wing Pattern and Wing Venation in Moths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The midpoint of a wing.
noncentrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncentralities
Etymology: From non- + centrality.
Senses: examples: text: Given the power under a certain significance level, we can also calculate the noncentrality parameter τ 2, which indicates the amount of difference that a test could detect.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Statistical Analysis of Zebrafish Locomotor Response”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being noncentral
oligomannoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligomannosides
Etymology: From oligo- + mannoside.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligomer containing mannoside moieties
Derived terms: oligomannosidic
mannoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mannosides
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycoside of mannose.
Derived terms: dimannoside
hexamannoside
mannosidase
mannosidic
monomannoside
oligomannoside
tetramannoside
trimannoside
oligomannosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In addition to diagnostic ions at m/z 204 and 366, m/z ions corresponding to the peptide carrying one GlcNAc (Y1 fragment ion) up to Man 5 GlcNAc 2 (Y5 fragment ions) or larger oligomannosides were also detected in the MS/MS spectra.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Biochemical Characterization of Human Anti-Hepatitis B Monoclonal Antibody Produced in the Microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of oligomannoside
polylobulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + lobulated.
Senses: examples: text: Granulocytes, and subsequently neutrophilic granulocytes, arise from granulo-monocytic progenitors in the bone marrow and are a subset of white blood cells characterized by a polylobulated nucleus and cytoplasmic granules.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Oral TNFα Modulation Alters Neutrophil Infiltration, Improves Cognition and Diminishes Tau and Amyloid Pathology in the 3xTgAD Mouse Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having many lobules
polynucleosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + nucleosomal.
Senses: examples: text: Crowding forces are known to support self-association of polynucleosomal chains [39 ].
ref: 2015 October 6, “The Role of Crowding Forces in Juxtaposing β-Globin Gene Domain Remote Regulatory Elements in Mouse Erythroid Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or composed of polynucleosomes
postirradiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + irradiated.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, this band area increased significantly for only 4 days postirradiated group compared to the its control group (Table 3 ).
ref: 2015 October 6, “Effects of Very Low Dose Fast Neutrons on Cell Membrane And Secondary Protein Structure in Rat Erythrocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: irradiated after another operation
Related terms: postirradiation
MoU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MoUs
form: MOU
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of memorandum of understanding.
procalcific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + calcific.
Senses: examples: text: CaSR silencing enhanced calcification and osteochondrogenic transformation, whereas CaSR over-expression attenuated this procalcific response, demonstrating a central role for the CaSR in the response to cyclic strain and regulation of VC. In arterial explants from CKD patients (n = 11) and controls (n = 9), exposure to R568 did not significantly alter calcium deposition, osteochondrogenic markers or total artery calcium content.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Arterial Expression of the Calcium-Sensing Receptor Is Maintained by Physiological Pulsation and Protects against Calcification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That leads to calcification
MOU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MOUs
Senses: examples: text: “I don’t think it is possible run an effective transition without entering into the MOUs in order to get access to critical government support,” Max Stier, the president and CEO of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service, told CNN. […] GSA “is prepared to provide services to the Trump transition team once an MOU is executed and services are accepted,” a GSA spokesperson said.
ref: 2024 November 6, Betsy Klein, “What we know about the transition so far”, in CNN:
glosses: Alternative form of MoU.
proinvasive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + invasive.
Senses: examples: text: Together, these results confirm the dose- and time-dependent promigratory and proinvasive effect of IL–23.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Interleukin-23 Facilitates Thyroid Cancer Cell Migration and Invasion by Inhibiting SOCS4 Expression via MicroRNA-25”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That leads to invasion
AoR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AoRs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of AOR (“area of responsibility”).
seronegativization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seronegative + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Subgroup analysis suggested that seronegativization occurs earlier in children compared to adults.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Course of Chronic Trypanosoma cruzi Infection after Treatment Based on Parasitological and Serological Tests: A Systematic Review of Follow-Up Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The process of making, or becoming seronegative
trimannose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + mannose.
Senses: examples: text: Exogenous glucocerebrosidase is administered intravenously into patients and glucocerebrosidase preparation currently involves either extraction directly from human placenta or recombinant expression in CHO cells (Cerezyme ® ), which requires in vitro post-purification exoglycosidase digestions to unravel the trimannose core (Man 3 GlcNAc 2 ) using a combination of sialidase, galactosidase, and N-acetylglucosaminidase.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Biochemical Characterization of Human Anti-Hepatitis B Monoclonal Antibody Produced in the Microalgae Phaeodactylum tricornutum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trimer of mannose
upweight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upweights
form: upweighting
form: upweighted
form: upweighted
Etymology: From up- + weight.
Senses: examples: text: In other words, politicians who feel distrusted may upweight the risks attached to policy failure, whilst politicians who feel mistrusted may upweight the risks attached to being ‘caught out’ in their BAB.
ref: 2024, James Weinberg, Governing in an Age of Distrust: A Comparative Study of Politicians' Trust Perceptions and Why They Matter, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
antonyms: downweight
glosses: To give a greater weight (or importance) to.
upweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upweights
Etymology: From up- + weight.
Senses: examples: text: Piano technicians have to measurements at their disposal for measuring touchweight: downweight and upweight. Downweight and upweight are measured in grams.
ref: 2004, Robert Palmieri, editor, The Piano: An Encyclopedia, second edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 401:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
hypernyms: touchweight
coordinate_terms: downweight
glosses: The amount of weight (in grams) a piano key will lift back up from its depressed position.
upweighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: To overcome this, an upweighting of the CVs was implemented in SKAT-C.
ref: 2015 October 6, “Weighted Score Tests Implementing Model-Averaging Schemes in Detection of Rare Variants in Case-Control Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: present participle and gerund of upweight
upweights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Because we have a mix of RVs and CVs, we have added SKAT-C which upweights CVs as compared to SKAT [25 ].
ref: 2015 October 6, “Weighted Score Tests Implementing Model-Averaging Schemes in Detection of Rare Variants in Case-Control Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upweight
vertex form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertex forms
Etymology: Named because of its use in finding the vertex of a parabola: (h,k).
Senses: topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: a quadratic equation in the form y=a(x-h)²+k
vertex forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertex form
birdlover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birdlovers
Etymology: From bird + lover.
Senses: examples: text: Much ado was made about these rarities and a Japanese birdlover finally paid the fantastic price of $500 for the pair and took them back to Japan with him.
ref: 1955, Mervin F. Roberts, Budgies (parrakeets) as pets: a guide to the selection and breeding of parrakeets, page 8:
text: First published in England, a quite fascinating account by a Norwegian birdlover of his experiences in rescuing and caring for golden eagles.
ref: 1964, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Volumes 18-19, page 126:
text: Show me the birdlover who has not a deep-rooted sense of humaneness.
ref: 1999, Maurice Broun, Hawks Aloft: The Story of Hawk Mountain, page 19:
glosses: One who loves birds.
Synonyms: ornithophile
aviphile
social creditism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From social credit + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A doctrine that, under capitalism, purchasing power is not sufficiently in the hands of those who spend the money, and that the governmental should control retail prices and see to the distribution of national dividends to consumers.
Loon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
Related terms: Loon op Zand
co-manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-managers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of comanager.
co-managers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-manager
derbend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derbends
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish دربند (derbend).
Senses: examples: text: Which reminds me to say, what I ought to have told you earlier, that the derbends which I so often mention, are stations of police guards, appointed to defend uninhabited parts of the public roads from robbers.
ref: 1834, Eli Smith, Harrison Gray Otis Dwight, Josiah Conder, Missionary Researches in Armenia, page 40:
text: Possibly the original village was a derbend settlement (charged with the maintenance and protection of roads, passes, and bridges) and thus enjoyed a special status as a tax-exempt village.
ref: 1976, Kemal H. Karpat, The Gecekondu: Rural Migration and Urbanization, →ISBN, page 72:
text: In the morning the rare luxury of a turkish bath relieved them of some of their soreness as well as the dirt and the fleas they had acquired, and with fresh horses and clear sunny weather, which at this altitude was cheering rather than oppressive, they rode for a few hours, stopping briefly at a derbend, a kind of halfway house, to devour a stuffed lamb the tartar had bought en route.
ref: 1992, Margaret R. Leavy, Looking for the Armenians, page 217:
text: Besides the use of derbends to control mountain passes, the state sometimes engaged in the wholesale removal of troublesome mountain villages, forcibly resettling them in the valleys.
ref: 2011, Sam White, The Climate of Rebellion in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire, →ISBN, page 46:
glosses: A Turkish outpost at a remote location, typically a mountain pass, manned by guards or villagers who receive tax relief for maintaining the location and protecting it from outlaws.
Related terms: derbendci
derbends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derbend
Derbend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Derbent.
derbendci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derbendcis
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish دربندجی (derbendci).
Senses: examples: text: The derbendci, some two thousand families of Rumelia, acted as guards of mountain passes, bridges, and other strategic locations in exchange for tax relief and represent a transition from real fighters to auxiliary forces.
ref: 1993, Peter F. Sugar, Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule, 1354-1804, →ISBN, page 39:
text: The derbendci, inadequate in number, could not cope with the new situation.
ref: 1998, Tom Scott, The Peasantries of Europe, →ISBN, page 306:
text: In other areas self-rule resulted from the fact that certain occupational groups, such as miners, tar extractors, horse breeders, derbendci (guardians of mountain passes), saline workers or producers of gunpowder, had been exempted from certain taxes, and subsequently these 'privileges' were associated with their settlements as well.
ref: 2006, Suraiya Faroqhi, The Cambridge History of Turkey, →ISBN, page 161:
text: These exemptions were similar to those granted to the derbendci, men who guarded roads and mountain passes.
ref: 2007, Mark L. Stein, Guarding the Frontier: Ottoman Border Forts and Garrisons, →ISBN, page 90:
text: Entire villages were often charged with the derbendci duty and consequently exempted from certain taxes.
ref: 2012, Michael Ursinus, Grievance Administration (Sikayet) in an Ottoman Province, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: The guards charged with maintaining and defending a derbend in exchange for tax relief.
derbendcis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In 1576 the derbendcis near Yalova applied to the Porte, saying that it was not possible for them to perform their duties properly, unless they were permitted to bear the tiifeng (musket), for highway robbers were armed with this weapon.
ref: 1975, Vernon J. Parry, Malcolm Yapp, War, technology and society in the Middle East, page 195:
text: The service of the derbendcis was spread widely throughout Macedonia, consisting as it did of providing safe passage through gorges and other places where passage was difficult on the more important military and trade routes.
ref: 1979, A History of the Macedonian People, page 85:
text: In addition, they may have gained leadership skills and prominence over other tribes because it was they, as derbendcis, who maintained and probably came to control the trade routes throughout the northern mountains.
ref: 2015, Robert Elsie, The Tribes of Albania: History, Society and Culture, →ISBN, page 28:
glosses: Alternative form of derbendci.
additive manufacturing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: SPRITAM uses Aprecia's proprietary ZipDose platform, a technology based on three-dimensional printing (a/k/a additive manufacturing) to print its formulation into a porous matrix that quickly dissolves with a sip of liquid.
ref: 2015 September, Steven E. Kuehn, “I'm Printing Your Prescription Now, Ma'am”, in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Putnam Media, page 7:
glosses: 3D printing.
Derived terms: english: English Initialism
translation: English Initialism
word: AM
Flying Dutchmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Flying Dutchman
GILF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɪlf/
Forms: form: GILFs
Etymology: Acronym of grandmother/grandfather I'd like to fuck, after MILF.
Senses: examples: text: Men, I implore you: Fight your urge to net a doe. They're not worth the effort. Track yourself a GILF and you'll enjoy the spoils thoroughly.
ref: 2011, Phil Torcivia, What a Nice Guy:
text: At the Whole Foods she saw them ogle, all the grannies and GILF's and MILF's and-well, anyone old enough to remember when Dan Rather was a dashing young reporter.
ref: 2014, James Kiehle, The China War:
text: John Stamos is a total GILF.
ref: 2015 September 28, Joyce Eng, “6 Reasons to Watch the Impossibly Cute Grandfathered”, in TV Guide:
glosses: A (putative) grandmother or (less commonly) grandfather found sexually attractive.
Related terms: DILF
MILF
GILFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GILF
bup bup bup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: [bʌp̚.bʌp̚.bʌp̚]
Forms: form: ah-bup-bup
form: up bup bup
Senses: examples: text: Bup bup bup! Don't go just yet. You forgot something.
text: “Boyle, where's my paperwork on that DOA?” “Still waiting on the autopsy report. Supposed to come in first thing this morning, but so far, nothing.” “This is unacceptable. I'll call the M.E. and find out what happened.” “Eh, bup-bup-bup-bup-bah. That's not necessary, sir. For the record, I think it's natural causes anyway, but I'm also the secondary on this case. It's my responsibility, so I will head on down there and pick up the report.” “Good. But don't ever bup-bup-bup-bup me again.” “Right, I don't know--” “Bup-bup-bup-bup... Bup-bup-bup. Just go.” “Yep, I am going to regret teaching him that one.”
ref: 2013 October 8, Gil Ozeri, “M.E. Time” (12:09 from the start), in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg):
text: “Mudds is a notorious dive for all sorts of unsavory rogues. I aced my Hoodlums and Racketeers seminar at the Academy. Let me do the talking.” “Bup, bup, bup, bup. Can I help you?” “Don't worry about it. Me and my gang are here for a drink and some trouble.” “Yeah, uh-huh. Do you have a reservation?” “Oh. Uh, well, we don't... We're just a-a classic roving gang.” “Look, I know you're Starfleet. You're in full uniform. You can't just walk in because you think you're better than everyone.” “Oh, no, I don't think that. Can you just put us on the list?” “Sure, but it's a two-hour wait.” “Seems pretty empty.” (squeaks) “We don't have two hours.” “Well, you could go across the street to Zorkys, but it's got way worse drinks. Plus the black market intel's less reliable.” “Captain, we need a solid lead.”
ref: 2023 October 26, Mike McMahan, “The Inner Fight” (10:28 from the start), in Star Trek: Lower Decks, season 4, episode 9, spoken by Bouncer (Paul Scheer):
synonyms: ah ah ah
glosses: An exclamation conveying a meaning equivalent to "wait"!
pedocal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedocals
Etymology: From pedo- (“soil”) + cal(cium).
Senses: examples: text: Pedocals rich in calcium carbonate occur in regions of low rainfall and high temperature, and usually bear grasses and brush.
ref: 1983, William H. Matthews, Geology: Made Simple, page 82:
text: Pedocals are highly alkaline (high pH readings) soils with little or no humus and are formed in arid regions where subsurface evaporation of water crystallizes as calcium or lime deposits. Alkali soils are also pedocals, with a salt content high enough to kill plants. They are found in some southwestern states of the United States.
ref: 2003, Robert E. Krebs, The Basics of Earth Science, page 162:
text: They^([zonal soils]) occur in latitudinal zone and are further divided into pedalfers and pedocals.
ref: 2007, S. A. Qazi, Navaid Shabir Qazi, Geography of the World, page 91:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of soils that are rich in calcium carbonate.
Derived terms: pedocalic
Related terms: laterite
lithosol
pedalfer
pedocals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedocal
Bourges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊəʒ/
ipa: /ˈbʊɹʒ/
Senses: glosses: A cathedral city, the capital of Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
berthe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: berthes
Etymology: From French berthe.
Senses: glosses: A sort of trim added to the neckline of a dress.
bull daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull daisies
Senses: examples: text: It took one presently through a gorgeous and careless multitude of poppies and sorrels and bull-daisies to the ground of Vlamertinghe Château […]
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 151:
glosses: An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare).
bull daisies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bull daisy
ox-eye daisy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ox-eye daisies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oxeye daisy.
gun pit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gun pits
form: gunpit
Etymology: From gun + pit.
Senses: examples: text: On one of the preliminary evenings the new Colonel, with his habitual bad luck, sent forward from C Camp an officer […] to patrol the land over which our assault was intended, with a special eye to the enemy's concern with some ancient gunpits there.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 152:
glosses: An excavation used to position guns so that they are protected from enemy fire.
glosses: The compartment for a gunner and gun in a fighter aircraft.
gasiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gasiferous
form: most gasiferous
Etymology: From gas + -i- + -ferous.
Senses: examples: text: I woke with a stiff neck in slightly gasiferous sunlight, mechanically receiving a mug of lurid tea with a dash of petrol from one of my invincibles.
ref: 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 153:
glosses: Full of or producing gas; gassy.
food deserts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food desert.
windlashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wind + lash + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wind-lashed.
Magna Cartas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magna Carta.
Magnae Cartae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magna Carta.
forelevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forelevels
form: fore-level
Etymology: From fore- + level.
Senses: examples: text: Stage has three levels: low forelevel in front of curtain for Narrator, main level for most of the action, slightly higher level for the balcony.
ref: 1968, Caesar at the Rubicon - Page 7
text: The parasphenoid bears a large cultriform process; the anterior end of the process is truncate and lies at the forelevel of the orbit.
ref: 1971, Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas
text: The edge points generated by subdivision are only affine combination from the vertices of fore-level, and these vertices are vertex points in this level.
ref: 2006, Ronghua Liang, Zhigeng Pan, Adrian Cheok, Advances in Artificial Reality and Tele-Existence:
glosses: A level positioned at or near the front (of anything); a prior or previous level.
foreroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forerooms
Etymology: From Middle English foreroum, for-rom, equivalent to fore- + room.
Senses: examples: text: Further up there are two summer rooms, a foreroom, and a kitchen.
ref: 1978, Arctic Anthropology volume xv, number 1, 1978
text: Hard and bloody was the defense of the foreroom men (the foreroom was the space just aft of the foredeck) and the stem-defenders, for in both those places the gunwale was the highest and the men picked.
ref: 2006, Jack Coggins, Soldiers and Warriors: An Illustrated History - Page 101:
text: It is my belief that he would like it better to die than to venture into the dark of the foreroom.
ref: 2009, Ottilie A. Liljencrantz, Leif the Lucky: A Story of the Vikings - Page 160:
text: She did not want to join the Rangers in the foreroom. She wanted to be alone.
ref: 2014, L. S. King, Sword's Edge:
synonyms: anteroom
antechamber
glosses: A room near the entrance of a building; a front room.
forerooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreroom
accidentologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒɪst
Forms: form: accidentologists
Etymology: From accident + -logist.
Senses: glosses: A specialist in accidentology
accidentology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.sə.dənˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌæk.sə.dɛnˈtɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌæk.sə.dənˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌæk.sə.dɛnˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌæk.sə.dɪnˈtɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From accident + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of accidents, especially of motor vehicle accidents.
Related terms: accidentologist
sealioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Sealioning is a harassment tactic by which a participant in a debate or online discussion pesters the other participant with disingenuous questions under the guise of sincerity, hoping to erode the patience and goodwill of the target to the point where they appear unreasonable.
ref: 2022 April 26, Tristan Kennedy, The Conversation:
text: Sealioning thus works both to exhaust a target’s patience, attention, and communicative effort, and to portray the target as unreasonable. While the questions of the “sea lion” may seem innocent, they’re intended maliciously.
ref: 2019 March 7, Amy Johnson, Berkman Klein Centier:
coordinate_terms: JAQ off
glosses: A type of trolling or harassment that consists of pursuing people with relentless requests for evidence or debate, often tangential or previously addressed, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity, and feigning ignorance of the subject matter, in order to wear down an opponent and incite angry responses that will discredit them.
sealioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: related: word: sea lioning
glosses: present participle and gerund of sealion
sealioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sealion
abandonness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From abandon + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Ten thousand particulars are now told of the female historian's insolence, capriciousness, and even abandonness.
ref: 1888, Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald, The Life and Times of John Wilkes M.P. Lord Mayor of London and Chamberlain, 2:
text: Here they can be grown at almost all seasons and almost without attention; here they can be grown without labor or effort — grown wild and in wanton abandonness.
ref: 1899, The Choctaw - Volume 1 - Page 23
text: With an abandonness Thirumathi Ananthanayaki said 'Perhaps we have developed immunity to these poisons (from adulterants) that is why we do not seem to have much ill effects'.
ref: 1967, Madras Information - Volume 21 - Page 349
text: Because nobody takes care of lilies of the field one can see that someone makes them grow; that is one of the reasons why the apparent "abandonness" and insignificance of the lilies is important for upbuilding.
ref: 2005, Robert L. Perkins, Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits - Page 186:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of abandon; abandonment
Related terms: abandonedness
velte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veltes
Etymology: From French velte.
Senses: glosses: An old French unit of liquid measure, approximately 7.617 litres.
adultship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adult + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: But although adultship was then entered upon by the Sherau, and the transformation of the boy into manhood began, the full adultship was not attained until thirty years of age.
ref: 1833, Gerald Massey, The Natural Genesis:
text: The allegoric origins only can explain why Jesus should have been rebegotten as the anointed son at 30 years of age, the time of full adultship, in the Egyptian reckoning, in the likeness of the fatherhood.
ref: 1904, Robert Shaw (M. A.), Sketch of the Religions of the World - Page 333:
text: [...] but this sense-conscious state is not to be condemned any more than the child is to be condemned because it has not yet grown to adultship.
ref: 1996, Ali Nomad, Cosmic Consciousness:
text: He had been married twice, and had three children, a son and a daughter from his first marriage, who had long ago reached adultship, and a nine-year-old daughter from his second marriage.
ref: 2007, Julian Hawthorne, The Lock and Key Library:
text: Thus the matrix attacked the system, and created a holographic insert of adultship being terrible.
ref: 2013, Ivonne Alexander, Sylvia Dokter, Unplug Your Mind!:
text: Even as our physical childhood is a prelude to mental adultship, so old age, our "second childhood," is a prelude to our soul adultship, and the character of our old age period is prophetic of our state in the soul life.
ref: 2015, McIvor-Tyndall, The Spiritual Function of Sex: Sexual Psychology:
glosses: The state, condition, character, or conduct of an adult; maturity; adulthood
veltes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velte
oral candidiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oral candidiases
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Infection on the mucous membranes of the mouth due to yeast of the genus Candida.
Synonyms: oral thrush
thrush
Middle Cambrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Middle Cambrian
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An epoch from 513 to 501 million years ago, ending with the first occurrences of Glyptagnostus reticulatus in the fossil record.
Synonyms: sense: epoch
word: Saint David's
sense: epoch
word: Albertan
sense: epoch
word: Acadian
muzaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of muzak
piss-taking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piss-take
piss-taking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more piss-taking
form: most piss-taking
Senses: examples: text: It turned out that the boss was a right piss-taking (and fat) twat and was trying to use me.
ref: 2009, Ian Freeman, Stuart Wheatman, Roy Pretty Boy' Shaw, The Cage Fighter - The True Story of Ian 'The Machine' Freeman, →ISBN:
text: We start with Catullus and Juvenal, and I'm struck by how modern it all seems, how piss-taking, undeferential, sly, sarcastic and satirical.
ref: 2012, Grant Gordon, Cobras in the Rough, →ISBN:
text: There's the crooked, Dickensian nose, the hint of an overbite, the piss-taking grin.
ref: 2015, Edward Pickering, The Yellow Jersey Club, →ISBN:
glosses: Characterized by or typical of mockery.
took the piss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take the piss
taken the piss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of take the piss
lap cheong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lop chong
form: lup cheong
Etymology: From Cantonese 臘腸 /腊肠 (laap⁶ coeng⁴⁻²).
Senses: glosses: A type of sausage from southern China, used in Cantonese cuisine.
Synonyms: word: Chinese sausage
pisstake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭsʹtāk
ipa: /ˈpɪsteɪk/
Forms: form: pisstakes
Senses: examples: text: They were lowbrow pastiche. The Adventures of Vicarage Leadbetter, a low-budget pisstake of Sherlock Holmes written for Radio Four.
ref: 2009, Maddox Kent, The Writing Class, →ISBN, page 305:
text: The passing of time clearly did nothing to erode his affection since he included tracks from both among his interval music when touring in 2004: Eno's wicked Ferry pisstake Dead Finks Don't Talk', the fuzzy assault of 'Here Come The Warm Jets' and the blissful, drowsy 'taking Tiger Mountain'.
ref: 2012, Simon Goddard, Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths, →ISBN, page 116:
text: Very often the topic for the “pisstake” is sexual, though it can be anything—the more personal, sharper and apposite the better. The soul of wit for them is disparaging relevance: the persistent searching out of weakness.
ref: 2014, Mitchell Duneier, Philip Kasinitz, Alexandra Murphy, The Urban Ethnography Reader, →ISBN, page 340:
glosses: Alternative form of piss-take.
pisstake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭsʹtāk
ipa: /ˈpɪsteɪk/
Forms: form: pisstakes
form: pisstaking
form: pisstook
form: pisstaken
Senses: examples: text: The internal dynamics of the group itself may be extremely violent, for violence and pisstaking are inextricably linked, and each are involved in the central sphere of having a laff (Willis 1988: 29).
ref: 2000, Garry Robson, No One Likes Us, We Don't Care, →ISBN, page 78:
text: electric shaolin immersed in hank williams rockabilly licks altering from slight tinny emanations / to pisstake metal induced crowd to behave together in pub sing song / as if all were bardic poets raising black pints of swill
ref: 2008, Peter Rose, The Best Australian Poems 2008, →ISBN, page 34:
text: Richard deflected the pisstaking by pointing out Jim's pants, which had a logo, which said, ' Caution Long Vehicle.' The general opinion was this was an over-optimistic assessment.
ref: 2009, George Same, Yxsy Glyxsy, →ISBN, page 283:
text: It was all laughter and pisstaking as we boarded via the back ramp and into the smell of diesel and carbon monoxide inside the tank deck.
ref: 2010, Rob Maylor, SAS Sniper: The Rob Maylor story, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of take the piss.
pisstakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisstake
pisstakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pisstake
pisstaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pisstake
pisstaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pisstaking
form: most pisstaking
Senses: examples: text: So you put up with constant giggling, pisstaking remarks, and loads of random words that never made sense.
ref: 2007, George Same, The Intoxicate, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of piss-taking.
mickey-take
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mickey-takes
form: mickey take
Senses: examples: text: Occasionally they perform in a club act, which is a mickey-take of The Chippendales. They do a strip routine and call themselves The Chipolatas.
ref: 2010, Paul Hendy, The Diary Of A C-List Celeb, →ISBN, page 13:
text: The crowd were packed round the front of the small stage like sardines and the reaction was superb, with the band responding accordingly, especially Tim who was on top form, leaping ups and down on the makeshift stage which was threatening to give way any minute, charging around wielding his guitar in a guitar-hero mickey-take, abusing the audience, hammering Dominic's cymbals, pouring gallons of water over himself and his guitar... brilliant.
ref: 2011, Adrian Bell, Aylesbury Bolton Wolverhampton Hove, →ISBN:
text: If this article is going to be a mickey-take of Barnsley, let's forget the whole thing.
ref: 2012, Martin Wainwright, True North: In Praise of England's Better Half, →ISBN:
glosses: An act of mockery or parody; a piss-take.
mickey-take
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mickey-takes
form: mickey-taking
form: mickey-took
form: mickey-taken
form: mickey take
Senses: examples: text: The butt of the mickey-taking was Ed's surname.
ref: 2009, Martyn Croft, The Boy Who Knew Things, →ISBN, page 10:
text: He was sick of the mickey-taking. He found a Pampers disposable nappy on his desk one morning. Thank god it was clean!
ref: 2013, M. C. Dutton, The Godfathers of London, →ISBN:
text: Carl felt insulted by the mickey-taking and gave Jamie the dirtiest of looks before he kicked off.
ref: 2013, Rob Childs, The Big Star, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of take the mickey.
mickey-takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mickey-take
mickey-takes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mickey-take
mickey-taking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mickey-take
mickey take
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mickey takes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mickey-take.
mickey takes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mickey take
ermergerd
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ermahgerd.
ensaymada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ensaymadas
Etymology: From Tagalog ensaymada. Doublet of ensaimada.
Senses: examples: text: By previous arrangement, we were made to try the best of local cuisine, starting with breakfast of Cebu’s famous torta (a close cousin of ensaymada); […]
ref: 2014 November, Claude Tayag, Mary Ann Quioc, “Escabeche, tinuong nga saang, tinuwang imbao, at tudlo dato: Fish simmered in vinegar, spider conch cooked in coconut milk, and two kinds of shellfish soup”, in Linamnam: Eating One’s Way Around the Philippines, 2nd edition, Mandaluyong: Anvil Publishing, →ISBN, “Central & Eastern Visayas” section, page 179:
text: I had my eye on the sticky ensaymada, a pull-apart monkey bread with cinnamon glaze, but the last one had sold just minutes before I ordered, so I pivoted to the ube pancakes ($16) instead for something sweet.
ref: 2024 July 10, Kayla Samoy, “New to the scene”, in Chicago Tribune, 177th year, number 192, Chicago, Ill., →ISSN, →OCLC, section 5 (Food & Health), review of Bayan Ko Diner, page 5, column 3:
text: Guests can also purchase apple fritters, Long Johns, bread pudding and ensaymadas.
ref: 2024 July 31, “Restaurant Crawl”, in Crave (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 1:
text: Nearly two years after starting work on their century-old building on Girard Avenue […] the lechon sisig bowls, ensaymada, and bibingka are expected to roll out of the kitchen starting Feb. 8. […] Besides house-made pastries such as calamansi doughnuts, ensaymada, bibingka, and ube handpies, breakfast options will include the Rich Tita with pork longganisa (a sausage similar to chorizo), egg, and Cooper sharp cheese; […]
ref: 2025 January 25, Michael Klein, “Long-awaited Filipino destination finally has an opening date”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 195, number 239, Philadelphia, Pa., →ISSN, →OCLC, page B9, columns 1 and 4:
glosses: Synonym of ensaimada.
synonyms: word: ensaimada
identicon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: identicons
Etymology: Blend of identity + icon
Senses: examples: text: These images are sometimes known as identicons and can be used to identify users by providing a unique image generated from their username or IP address.
ref: 2015, Adrian Mouat, Using Docker: Developing and Deploying Software with Containers:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A graphical symbol, usually automatically generated, representing some entity for easy visual identification.
identicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of identicon
zoomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoomorphs
Etymology: From zoo- + -morph.
Senses: synonyms: theriomorph
glosses: A figure in ancient art resembling an animal.
gasoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasoil
Pacific sandfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pacific sandfishes
form: Pacific sandfish
Senses: glosses: A fish, Trichodon trichodon.
sailfin sandfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sailfin sandfishes
form: sailfin sandfish
Senses: glosses: A fish, Arctoscopus japonicus.
Synonyms: sense: Arctoscopus japonicus
word: Japanese sandfish
beylical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a beylic.
berthes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of berthe
hometimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hometime
ethnicky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnicky
form: most ethnicky
Etymology: From ethnic + -y.
Senses: examples: text: For souvenirs – mostly outright tack and ethnicky textiles – try your bargaining skills at the shops and stalls on Binjiang Luand Zhengyang Jie, or the nightly street market spreading for about a block either side of Shanhu Bridge along Zhongshan Lu.
ref: 2014, David Leffman, The Rough Guide to China:
glosses: Having an ethnic appearance or atmosphere.
Duchovnik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duchovniks
Etymology: From Duchovny + -nik.
Senses: examples: text: His bangs fall in the right way, they're the right length...if I were DD, I'd get a still from this ep and tell the hair stylist "Just make it look like this." And I'm not even a Duchovnik, really. It just stood out that much.
ref: 1998 July 12, Stephanie Martinez, “Re: Totally Irrelevant Preferences”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: while i may not be a Duchovnik, i can still adore Mulder.
ref: 2001 April 3, clarkal, “Re: DEADALIVE.... what a weak way to bring Mulder back (Spoilers)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: I posted opinions in the hope that changes might have been made that might have brought back all the departed viewers (do you really think that all the viewers who defected were die-hard Duchovniks??) and allowed a truly groundbreaking show to continue.
ref: 2002 February 21, Fiona, “Re: spoil-sports (not OT)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of American actor David Duchovny (born 1960).
Hyponyms: Duchovbot
Duchovniks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Duchovnik
subcanopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcanopy
McLeod gage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: McLeod gages
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of McLeod gauge.
Magna Chartas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magna Charta (Alternative spelling of Magna Cartas.)
Magnae Chartae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Magna Charta (Alternative spelling of Magnae Cartae.)
conapt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.æpt/
Forms: form: conapts
Etymology: Coined by Philip K. Dick from condominium + apartment.
Senses: examples: text: The taxi let him off on the roof field of his conapt building; he descended by moving ramp and arrived at his own door.
ref: 1969, Philip K. Dick, Ubik:
text: I could sense there was no one else in the conapt.
ref: 2004, L. E. Modesitt, Jr., FLASH:
text: The fact that she had begged him not to leave the conapt just now, expressing fear for his life with the Inquisitors at large, had likely contributed to those thoughts.
ref: 2011, Michael Reaves, Patterns of Force:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A condominium apartment.
wikipedia: Philip K. Dick
Jumna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yamuna.
Harpocrates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἁρποκράτης (Harpokrátēs), from Egyptian ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd, from ḥr (“Horus”) + pꜣ (“the”) + ẖrd (“child”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The god of silence, secrets and confidentiality.
Related terms: Fides
Roman goddess of trust and confidentiality
UCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Generally, each iteration of the UCD approach involves four distinct phases.
ref: 2024 November 30 [2016 June 5], “User Centered Design (UCD)”, in Interaction Design Foundation:
glosses: Initialism of user-centered design.
UCD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It was at UCD in 2010 that the accident happened.
ref: 2019 February 7, Alan Dymock, “Ian McKinley: The Italian rugby player who overcame a burst eye”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of University College Dublin.
examples: text: The strike’s expansion to include UCD and UCLA is “in response to UC’s failure to remedy these serious unfair, which will go unresolved per UC’s refusal to work towards a resolution,” stated the bargaining team in a press release.
ref: 2024 June 22, Monica Stark, “Grad students will strike at UCD next week”, in The Davis Enterprise:
glosses: Initialism of University of California, Davis.
biobanked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biobank
camallanid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camallanids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any nematode of the family Camallanidae.
camallanids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camallanid
equifinality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equafinality
Etymology: From equi- + finality.
Senses: glosses: The property of being equifinal.
Related terms: equifinal
mevalonolactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mevalonolactones
Etymology: From mevalonic + -o- + lactone.
Senses: glosses: The lactone form of mevalonic acid, formed by internal condensation of its terminal alcohol and carboxylic acid functional groups.
mevalonolactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mevalonolactone
peristernal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From peri- + sternal.
Senses: examples: text: These authors also observed increased proportions of 18:1 in peristernal adipose tissue of starved reindeer calves.
ref: 2015 December 18, “Fatty Acid Composition of Muscle, Adipose Tissue and Liver from Muskoxen ( Ovibos moschatus ) Living in West Greenland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the sternum.