cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
leprechaunesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsk
Forms: form: more leprechaunesque
form: most leprechaunesque
Etymology: From leprechaun + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: He was dressed in a green velvet suit— a fashion statement, I thought, that veered very close to the leprechaunesque. He tasted my sauce and made a few adjustments to the seasonings to great effect.
ref: 2006, C. D. Payne, Young and Revolting: The Continental Journals of Nick Twisp, USA: Infinity Publishing, page 103:
text: Jim bounded in leprechaunesque leaps between the two men, and with a clap of his hands and a nod of his head he scooped up some of the liquid viewfinder from the cave floor and cast it at the face of the strange man who claimed to be their Wizard.
ref: 2011, A. K. Wrox, Arrabella Candellarbra: The Questy Thing to End All Questy Things, Kylie Fox & Amanda Wrangles, Victoria, Australia: Clan Destine Press:
text: If Euclidean space were presumed on this judgement, as Russel's claim that the space is objective and real implies, the distant golfer would be judged leprechaunesque . But judgment presumes relative size constancy for postulated objects, and attributes radical size differences to distance, directly, without inference.
ref: 2013, Laura E. Wood, The Structure of Thinking: A Process-Oriented Account of Mind, UK: Imprint Academic Publications, page 129:
synonyms: leprechaunic
leprechaunish
leprechauny
glosses: Of, like, or proclivous to befit a leprechaun; small; mischievous; lucky.
oestrogenized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this regard, interestingly, in naturally oestrogenized dogs, no additional supplementation with oestrogens is needed for establishment and maintenance of pregnancy.
ref: 2015 August 5, Ewa Kautz et al., “In vitro decidualisation of canine uterine stromal cells”, in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of estrogenized.
palmitoleoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To a 1.5 mL tube, 67 μL of each palmitoleoyl CoA s and dioleoyl glycerol solutions (1:1 ratio) were added and the reaction was initiated by the addition of 67 μL of microsomes.
ref: 2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from palmitoleic acid by loss of the hydroxy group
pasiniazid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Of the six positive tuberculosis cultures, 33.3 % (2/6) were resistant to isoniazid, 33.3 % (2/6) to rifampicin, 16.7 % (1/6) to streptomycin, 16.7 % (1/6) to pasiniazid, and 16.7 % (1/6) were resistant to rifapentine.
ref: 2015 August 6, Xiaobo Luo et al., “The efficacy of negative pressure wound therapy in treating sacroiliac joint tuberculosis with a chronic sinus tract: a case series”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The drug 4-amino-2-hydroxybenzoic acid;pyridine-4-carbohydrazide used to treat TB and leprosy
percoll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In this research, we used a percoll/sucrose density gradient approach for plasma membrane enrichment combined with TMT technology using nano liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry analysis to identify specifically differentially expressed proteins in GC tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues.
ref: 2015 May 7, Wen Gao et al., “Plasma membrane proteomic analysis of human Gastric Cancer tissues: revealing flotillin 1 as a marker for Gastric Cancer”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A colloidal suspension of silica coated with PVP, used in the density gradient centrifugation of cells.
perigenual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + genual.
Senses: examples: text: Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies undertaken during VR distraction from experimental pain have demonstrated enhancement of the descending cortical pain-control system via activation of the perigenual anterior cingulate cortex and periaqueductal grey matter [ 9 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Charlotte Small et al., “Virtual restorative environment therapy as an adjunct to pain control during burn dressing changes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding a genu or knee
Tucci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuccis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tucci.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
preslit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + slit.
Senses: examples: text: 500 μL of the bottom phase was filtered through a Millex-HV syringe driven filter unit with tube outlet (PVDF @ 0.45 μm, Millipore) and transferred to LC-MS vials (12x32 mm glass screw neck, preslit cap & PTFE/silicone septa, Waters).
ref: 2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: slit in advance of use
pretouch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + touch.
Senses: examples: text: We z-scored pretouch velocity and the maximum curvature change shortly after touch (0–20 ms).
ref: 2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to a touch
popcorn film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popcorn films
Senses: glosses: Synonym of popcorn movie.
synonyms: word: popcorn movie
procoagulability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + coagulability.
Senses: examples: text: The mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood, but include insulin resistance, endothelial dysfunction, dyslipidemia, chronic inflammation, procoagulability, and impaired fibrinolysis [ 6 – 8 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Elizabeth Osei et al., “Metformin and sitAgliptin in patients with impAired glucose tolerance and a recent TIA or minor ischemic Stroke (MAAS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: The ability to produce procoagulation
autocthon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autocthons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of autochthon.
autocthons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autocthon
recurarization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recurarizations
Etymology: From re- + curarization.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, we will register time until TOF of more than 90 % and the incidence of recurarization.
ref: 2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy (DEPTH trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Repeat curarization
resistograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Standardized culture-based methods [ 235 ], traditional typing (such as biotyping, antibiograms, resistograms), and molecular typing techniques [ 68, 206, 222 ] are widely used to detect and identify the cause and course of the outbreaks in the clinical laboratories.
ref: 2015 August 5, N. V. Punina et al., “Whole-genome sequencing targets drug-resistant bacterial infections”, in Human Genomics, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: plural of resistogram
rosetophylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It is a medium to large size rosetophylous plant producing 75 to 150 leaves broadly to narrowly lanceolate to oblanceolate, thick-fleshy, light green to yellow green.
ref: 2015 August 5, Ignacio Torres et al., “TEK, local perceptions of risk, and diversity of management practices of Agave inaequidens in Michoacán, Mexico”, in Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, volume 11, →DOI:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having the flowers arranged in rosettes
rotoevaporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotavaporation
Etymology: From roto- + evaporation.
Senses: examples: text: To concentrate the elixir for in vitro studies, a powder version was obtained by drying using rotoevaporation, followed by exposure to nitrogen to drive all remaining liquid out of the product, followed by manual pulverization.
ref: 2015 August 5, Caitlin Cole et al., “Arum Palaestinum with isovanillin, linolenic acid and β-sitosterol inhibits prostate cancer spheroids and reduces the growth rate of prostate tumors in mice”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: evaporation by means of a rotary evaporator
sedoanalgesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedoanalgesias
Senses: examples: text: Currently, sedoanalgesia or opioid-based analgesia, in addition to other agents such as paracetamol, is used for pain relief during ward-based wound care [ 5 ], but these agents have multiple unpleasant side effects.
ref: 2015 August 5, Charlotte Small et al., “Virtual restorative environment therapy as an adjunct to pain control during burn dressing changes: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: analgesia combined with sedation
tetarimycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Screening of libraries of complete genomes of the soil microbial community extended the potential value of this compound having revealed numerous silent tam-like gene clusters that possibly encode other members of tetarimycin family in the environment.
ref: 2015 August 5, N. V. Punina et al., “Whole-genome sequencing targets drug-resistant bacterial infections”, in Human Genomics, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular tetracyclic antibiotic.
transdiaphragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + diaphragmatic.
Senses: examples: text: More sophisticated methods, such as measuring transdiaphragmatic pressure following magnetic phrenic nerve stimulation, is cumbersome and therefore not suited to daily practice [ 55 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Greet Hermans, Greet Van den Berghe, “Clinical review: intensive care unit acquired weakness”, in Critical Care, volume 19, →DOI:
glosses: Across or through a diaphragm
Nikon choruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nikon chorus.
marsupial lions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marsupial lion
webside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See webside manner.
Senses: glosses: Only used in webside manner
weepfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weepfests
Etymology: From weep + -fest.
Senses: glosses: An event, a dramatic work, etc. that involves a lot of weeping.
Cookson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: cook's son
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States.
unpredatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpredatory
form: most unpredatory
Etymology: From un- + predatory.
Senses: glosses: Not predatory.
unpredated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + predated.
Senses: glosses: Not predated.
maqtab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maqtabs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maktab.
semicentralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + centralized.
Senses: glosses: Partly centralized.
semidecentralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + decentralized.
Senses: glosses: Partly decentralized.
Brisneyland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Brisbane + Disneyland
Senses: glosses: Brisbane, the capital city of Queensland, Australia.
persistence hunter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persistence hunters
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in persistence hunting.
weepfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weepfest
maqtabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maqtab
persistence hunters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of persistence hunter
megapharmacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megapharmacies
Etymology: From mega- + pharmacy.
Senses: glosses: A very large pharmacy.
megapharmacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megapharmacy
meat on one's bones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An amount of flesh on one's body that prevents one from being very thin.
examples: text: You're dressing up as a canary? Can't you find something with a little more meat on its bones, like an eagle?
text: I'd rather buy a truck than a car; I need something with more meat on its bones.
glosses: An amount of mass, substance, or strength on or within something's body.
Related terms: meat on the bones
adrak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Alternative form of adraki (“ginger”).
scratch one's own itch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scratches one's own itch
form: scratching one's own itch
form: scratched one's own itch
form: scratched one's own itch
Etymology: From scratch an itch.
Senses: examples: text: Every good work of software starts by scratching a developer's personal itch.
ref: 1999, Eric S. Raymond, The Cathedral and the Bazaar, section 2:
text: The best advice for coming up with a business idea is "scratch your own itch". This is good advice for a variety of reasons. If you can think of a problem that you'd like a business to solve for you, the chances are other people share that problem.
ref: 2013, The Escape Manifesto: Quit Your Corporate Job. Do Something Different!:
glosses: To do something out of motivation to solve a personal problem; to take matters into one's own hands.
glosses: to masturbate
kasj
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kasj
form: most kasj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cazh.
MINASWAN
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Matz is nice and so we are nice: a motto of the Ruby programming language community, in reference to the demeanor of Yukihiro Matsumoto (nicknamed Matz, born 1965), the Japanese computer scientist who designed the language.
Babelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Babelesque
form: most Babelesque
Etymology: From Babel + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the Tower of Babel; marked by the inability to communicate with and understand each other.
Ninkharsag
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ninhursag.
hard sells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard sell
salesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more salesy
form: most salesy
Etymology: From sales + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In my research I saw this old, tired, salesy technique in a book (which by the way had a sticker on it that read, “Rated #1 best business book in America today—Success Today", whoever they are), and the next day I heard it from a salesperson […]
ref: 1998, Art Sobczak, How to Sell More, in Less Time, with No Rejection:
text: Don't irritate with grossly irrelevant or overly salesy messages.
ref: 2011, R. Scott Corbett, How to Make Money with Email Marketing:
glosses: Characteristic of the language or techniques used to sell goods and services; especially, resembling a hard sell; pushy.
day of rest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: days of rest
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rest day.
Perkin's mauve
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Discovered in 1856 by William Henry Perkin, a chemistry student, during an attempted synthesis of quinine.
Senses: synonyms: Perkin's purple
glosses: The dye mauveine.
Wöhler synthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Discovered in 1828 by Friedrich Wöhler.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of ammonium cyanate into urea.
crackpotology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crackpot + -o- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of crackpots, or eccentric people.
Synonyms: kookology
propulsatile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Medieval Latin propulsio (“term”), from Latin past participle of propello (“to drive forward, drive forth, drive away, drive out”).
Senses: examples: text: Lymph hearts of lower vertebrates are propulsatile organs, whose main function is to pump the lymph from subcutaneous lymph sacs into the venous system.
ref: 1998, Russian Journal of Developmental Biology - Volume 29, page 307:
text: A seminal bolus in the posterior urethra does not appear to be necessary to trigger propulsatile ejaculation after seminal emission, as evidenced by post-prostatectomy patients.
ref: 2010, Christopher M. Bono, Diana D. Cardenas, Frederick S. Frost, Spinal Cord Medicine, Second Edition: Principles & Practice, →ISBN, page 414:
text: Morphine reduces propulsatile activity in the small and large intestine and diminishes intestinal secretions.
ref: 2011, Laurence Brunton, Bruce Chabner, Bjorn Knollman, Goodman and Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, →ISBN, page 496:
text: Stimulation of MOR in the intestines reduces propulsatile and diminishes intestinal secretions.
ref: 2016, Gary S. Firestein, Ralph Budd, Sherine E Gabriel, Kelley and Firestein's Textbook of Rheumatology, →ISBN, page 1084:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Serving to force the contents to move in a rapid outflow.
misconvey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misconveys
form: misconveying
form: misconveyed
form: misconveyed
form: mis-convey
Etymology: From mis- + convey.
Senses: glosses: To convey wrongly or incorrectly; give a wrong or false impression of.
Sappadino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian sappadino.
Senses: examples: text: The Austrian scholar, M. Hurnung, has published a dictionary of Sappadino; the socio-linguistic situation in Sauria/Zahre has been analysed by N. Denison[.]
ref: 1986, Linguistic minorities in countries belonging to the European community, page 85:
text: Similar problems arise also with other languages, such as Old Italian, Old High German, Old English, Old French, which have traditionally been characterized as V2 languages, [and] Rhaetoromance, Mocheno, Sappadino, Cimbrian.
ref: 2010, Thomas Hanneforth, Gisbert Fanselow, Language and Logos: Studies in theoretical and computational linguistics:
text: The same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders: (the Sappadino data in (5) are reported from Poletto[)...]
ref: 2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-language Islands, page 305:
glosses: The Germanic lect, a form of Tyrolean Bavarian, which is spoken in Sappada in Italy.
Synonyms: Plodarisch
Related terms: Mocheno
Mòcheno
Cimbrian
Plodarisch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Plodarisch or from Plodarisch plodarisch, from the name of the town in the (Plodarisch) language of its inhabitants, Plodn.
Senses: examples: text: The same is true of other German dialects spoken in the Italian Alps like Sappadino (Plodarisch) and Mocheno, which also display regular subject inversion, but allow for V3 orders[.]
ref: 2011, Michael T. Putnam, Studies on German-language Islands, page 305:
text: Lastly there's an intriguing linguistic pocket in the easternmost Dolomites town of Sappada where Plodarisch, an old Bavarian-Tyrolean dialect, is spoken.
ref: 2016, Gillian Price, Trekking in the Dolomites, page 13:
glosses: Synonym of Sappadino.
synonyms: word: Sappadino
blating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blate
blated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blate
laherparepvec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A genetically engineered oncolytic virus.
Derived terms: talimogene laherparepvec
dump cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dump carts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dumpcart.
dump-cart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dump-carts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dumpcart.
dumpcart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dumpcarts
Etymology: From dump + cart.
Senses: examples: text: When James' Bay mud flats had become too "towny" to be a rubbish heap any more, the little two-wheeled, one-horse dump-carts trundled their loads of garbage to the unmade end of Cook Street and spilled it among the boggy ooze.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Cook Street”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: 1955, Albert Camus, "The Minotaur, or the Stop in Oran" (1939), translated by Justin O'Brien, New York: Vintage, 1991, p. 176,
Farther on, dump-carts tip their loads over the slopes; and the rocks, suddenly poured seaward, bound and roll into the water, each large lump followed by a scattering of lighter stones.
related: word: dump cart
word: dump-cart
synonyms: tumbril
tumbrel
glosses: A cart, often two-wheeled, that can be tilted to empty its contents.
Related terms: dumper
dumping
dumpster
dump truck
Pennamite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pennamites
Etymology: From Pennsylvania + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Jest say whether yer Yank or Pennamite—that's all that's required in these times.
ref: 1866, James L Bowen, The Maid of Wyoming:
text: To be sure Judge Fell and Mr. Miner were Federalists, but the first was an ardent Pennamite while the latter was a regular Yankee and claimant under Connecticut.
ref: 1902, Proceedings and Collections of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society:
text: In 1778, Pennamite Loyalists joined forces with British officers and Iroquois warriors, mounting an attack on the Wyoming Valley in which at least two hundred Yankee militiamen were killed in less than an hour.
ref: 2014, Andrew Lawson, Class and the Making of American Literature, →ISBN:
glosses: A person from, or fond of, Pennsylvania.
Pennamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pennamite
biogenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biogender
psychogenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychogender
masked palm civets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masked palm civet
palm civets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palm civet
Perche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: French
Senses: glosses: A former province in northwestern France, corresponding to the modern departments of Orne, Eure, Eure-et-Loir, Loir-et-Cher and Sarthe.
Related terms: Percheron
people pods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of people pod
people-pod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people-pods
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of people pod.
people-pods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of people-pod
zitso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zits + -o.
Senses: examples: text: “If you think I'm bad, you should meet my boyfriend.” Boyfriend. Ricky decided he hated that word. Reminded him of his lonely adolescence, the long hours in the karts, the constant diets, the acne, the teasing. Hey zitso, how'd you fit all that flab in the car? No wonder you don't win. Chris's already ruddy cheeks went even redder.
ref: 2004, Robin Tamblyn, Velocity:
glosses: Someone characterised by having zits
Related terms: crater face
megaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamen
Etymology: From mega- + man.
Senses: glosses: A very large or powerful man.
Related terms: megawoman
megamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaman
megawoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megawomen
Etymology: From mega- + woman.
Senses: examples: text: Though somewhat upstaged by the physical scale and lavishness of the Court's allegorical megawomen, Columbus (in imaginative reconstruction) played a key conceptual role in that exalted venue.
ref: 2018, Mary Ann Calo, Critical Issues In American Art: A Book Of Readings:
glosses: A very large or powerful woman.
Related terms: megaman
butch
megawomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megawoman
megacannon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacannons
Etymology: From mega- + cannon.
Senses: examples: text: The prisoners—the President, the First Lady, and their son, nine-year-old Billy—their hands tied securely behind their backs, were marched from the ship and across the floor of the canyon to the base of an enormous megacannon.
ref: 1996, David Cody Weiss, Bobbi J. G Weiss, Randy Kornfield, Jingle All the Way: A Novelization, Pocket Books, →ISBN, page 2:
text: “Look,” he says, “I’m a razor from the ship’s bridge crew. The Rain brought down the zone and then hosed down the fleet with that DE megacannon outside—"
ref: 2009, David J. Williams, The Burning Skies, Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 105:
text: All of which leads us back to Captain Stockton’s decision to ignore ship-builder Ericsson’s warnings about the megacannon Peacemaker that killed Secretary Upshur and his nonconfrontational ways and gave us the volatile Secretary Calhoun, who set the boiler to going with threats and rumblings of secession from the Southland.
ref: 2011, Winston Groom, Kearny's March: The Epic Journey That Created the American Southwest, 1846-1847, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, pages 21–22:
text: When they hit cruisers, they use hangar spam to mow down corvettes and bastions. When battleships are researched? Megacannons with proton and neutron launchers everywhere.
ref: 2021 December 21, AdamZeeper, “Countering artillery battleships”, in reddit.com:
glosses: A large cannon.
megacannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacannon
metaknowledges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaknowledge
Meowese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From meow + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The language supposedly spoken by cats.
Barkese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From bark + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The barking of a dog, regarded as a language.
Barkese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hunky-dorey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hunky-dory
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hunky dory.
Earthese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Earth + -ese.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical language spoken throughout all of Earth.
Synonyms: Terran
acylpolyamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acylpolyamines
Etymology: From acyl + polyamine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any acyl polyamine
acylpolyamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Polyamine amide toxins or acylpolyamines are selective non-competitive glutamate receptor (Glu-R) antagonists able to block open channels, serving as a platform to design new drugs for the treatment of stroke in humans.
ref: 2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:
glosses: plural of acylpolyamine
alveolae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Our study showed that alveolar cavity became bigger and the density of alveolae became smaller in COPD rats.
ref: 2015 August 8, Yange Tian et al., “Bufei Yishen granule combined with acupoint sticking improves pulmonary function and morphormetry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of alveoli.
aminophyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bufei Yishen granule, Bufei Yishen granule combined with Acupoint sticking and aminophyline can improve the number and function of mitochondria prominently, especially Bufei Yishen granule combined with Acupoint sticking, while single Acupoint sticking only can improve number of mitochondria.
ref: 2015 August 8, Yange Tian et al., “Bufei Yishen granule combined with acupoint sticking improves pulmonary function and morphormetry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of aminophylline.
amyelinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + myelinated.
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, TEM images helped to discern nerve structures composed of several amyelinated axons (Fig. 2g ), numerous transport vesicles, microtubules, and mitochondria (Fig. 2h ).
ref: 2015 May 27, Carolina Gálvez-Montón et al., “Neoinnervation and neovascularization of acellular pericardial-derived scaffolds in myocardial infarcts”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Not myelinated
antidesmin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + desmin.
Senses: examples: text: The primary antibody was antidesmin (Novus Biologicals, Littleton, Colorado, USA).
ref: 2015 July 16, Matthias Bartneck et al., “Isolation and Time Lapse Microscopy of Highly Pure Hepatic Stellate Cells”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: An antibody that reacts with desmin
antiendomysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + endomysial.
Senses: examples: text: An Italian group looked at serum of 401 atopic dermatitis patients and found that four patients (1%) had detectable antibodies to both IgA antiendomysial and IgA anti-tissue transglutaminase.
ref: 2015 July 15, Allison L. Goddard, Peter A. Lio, “Alternative, Complementary, and Forgotten Remedies for Atopic Dermatitis”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: That damages the endomysium
antiglial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + glial.
Senses: examples: text: To investigate graft survival and the fate of transplanted hNSCs in the DG, fluorescent immunohistochemical analysis was carried out on serial sections from each animal using primary antibodies polyclonal rabbit antiglial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) (1 : 500, Dako, Glostrup, Denmark), polyclonal rabbit anti-microtubule-associated protein 2 (MAP2) (1 : 500, Millipore, Temecula, CA, USA), and monoclonal mouse anti-human nuclei (hNuclei) (1 : 200, Millipore, Temecula, CA, USA).
ref: 2015 July 15, Anna M. Lilja et al., “Neural Stem Cell Transplant-Induced Effect on Neurogenesis and Cognition in Alzheimer Tg2576 Mice Is Inhibited by Concomitant Treatment with Amyloid-Lowering or Cholinergic α7 Nicotinic Receptor Drugs”, in Neural Plasticity, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: That attacks glial cells
autoinduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoinduces
form: autoinducing
form: autoinduced
form: autoinduced
Etymology: From auto- + induce.
Senses: examples: text: In this scenario, local release of IL-1 β could autoinduce its own production through autocrine stimulation and further attract additional immune cells into the islet microenvironment.
ref: 2015 July 14, Kevin Noel Keane et al., “Molecular Events Linking Oxidative Stress and Inflammation to Insulin Resistance and β-Cell Dysfunction”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To induce its own production
costaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + staining.
Senses: examples: text: Subsequent costaining of P2X3 with TRITC-phalloidin showed that the immunoreactivity of the P2X3 in vimentin positive ICs was significantly separated from the phalloidin labelled smooth muscle (Fig. 2b, d).
ref: 2015 August 8, Karl Svennersten et al., “Localization of P2X receptor subtypes 2, 3 and 7 in human urinary bladder”, in BMC Urology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: staining using two or more stains
diurese
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪjʊˈɹiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
Forms: form: diureses
form: diuresing
form: diuresed
form: diuresed
Etymology: Back-formation from diuresis.
Senses: examples: text: Hospitalized patients are often diuresed enough to eliminate pulmonary edema but they are then sent home despite obvious total body fluid overload.
ref: 2007, Jeffrey D. Hosenpud, Congestive Heart Failure, page 442:
glosses: To cause or undergo diuresis.
diuresed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The patient had to be placed on BiPap and diuresed with bumetanide.
ref: 2015 July 15, Deepu Daniel, Sunil Kumar, “Rare Strain of Vibrio cholerae Septicemia in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma”, in Case Reports in Critical Care, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of diurese
diuresing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diurese
esophagocutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From esophago- + cutaneous.
Senses: examples: text: A nasogastric tube is placed to clear gastric contents and limit further contamination [ 9 ] and mediastinal contamination drained percutaneously/radiologically [ 18 ] via the chest tubes, thereby converting the esophageal perforations to esophagocutaneous fistulae that heal similar to gastrointestinal fistulae [ 6 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, Peter Waweru, David Mwaniki, “Conservative Management of an Iatrogenic Esophageal Tear in Kenya”, in Case Reports in Surgery, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the skin (cutis) of the esophagus
extraradicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + radicular.
Senses: examples: text: Carbamide peroxide and sodium perborate-water mixture are the most suitable bleaching materials used for internal bleaching due to its low extraradicular diffusion of hydrogen peroxide.
ref: 2015 July 14, Mohammad E. Rokaya et al., “Evaluation of Extraradicular Diffusion of Hydrogen Peroxide during Intracoronal Bleaching Using Different Bleaching Agents”, in International Journal of Dentistry, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Outside of a root
MSND
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
beast of draught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beasts of draught
Senses: glosses: draught animal
Prabhava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The first year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Vibhava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil விபவ (vipava).
Senses: glosses: The second year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Sukla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The third year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Pramodoota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The fourth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Prachorpaththi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fifth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Srimukha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The seventh year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Bhava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The eighth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Yuva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The ninth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Dhaatu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The tenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Eesvara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The eleventh year of the 60 year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Vehudhanya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The twelfth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Pramathi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The thirteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Vikrama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fourteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Vishu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The fifteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Chitrabaanu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tamil சித்திரபானு (cittirapāṉu).
Senses: glosses: The sixteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Subhaanu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The seventeenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Dhaarana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The eighteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Paarthiba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The nineteenth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Viya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The twentieth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Sarvajith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The twenty-first year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Sarvhadari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The twenty-second year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Virodhi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tamil விரோதி (virōti).
Senses: glosses: The twenty-third year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Vikruthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The twenty-fourth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
Lemakot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former name for the Papuan New Guinean language Kara.
CUD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Acronym of create, update, delete, the basic operations of a database management system.
Related terms: CRUD
kreophagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kreophagists
form: creophagist
Senses: glosses: A flesh-eater, a person who eats flesh (meat).
Related terms: kreophagy
kreophagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kreophagist
creophagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creophagists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kreophagist.
creophagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creophagist
kreophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creophagy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh, meat”) + -phagy.
Senses: glosses: Flesh-eating; meat-eating.
Derived terms: akreophagy
Related terms: kreophagist
creophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kreophagy.
akreophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From a- + kreophagy.
Senses: glosses: Non-flesh-eating, abstention from eating meat.
Related terms: akreophagist
akreophagous
kreophagy
akreophagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: akreophagists
Etymology: From a- + kreophagist.
Senses: glosses: A non-flesh-eater, a person who does not eat meat.
Related terms: akreophagy
akreophagous
kreophagist
akreophagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of akreophagist
remote surgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remote surgery
e-payment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-payments
Etymology: From e- + payment.
Senses: synonyms: cyberpayment
glosses: Electronic payment made via the internet.
Related terms: e-cash
e-money
e-wallet
e-payments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-payment
Iolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjɒləʊ/
rhymes: -ɒləʊ
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Welsh: a diminutive of the Welsh name Iorwerth.
superprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superprograms
form: superprogramme
Etymology: From super- + program.
Senses: glosses: A program made up of subprograms.
superprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superprogram
FQDN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FQDNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of fully qualified domain name.
FQDNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FQDN
Chipewyans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chipewyan
Dakelh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The indigenous people of a large portion of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
Dakelh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Southern Carrier
glosses: The language spoken by this people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Southern Carrier terms
Dane-zaa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Beaver Dane-ẕaa, ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ.
Senses: examples: text: In ancient times, T'se'K'wa was an important site for gathering and fishing, but it may have held an important spiritual significance for the Dane-zaa as well.
ref: 2018 June 21, “Mysterious and spiritual: Indigenous Peoples day offers opportunity to explore ancient cave”, in CBC News:
glosses: Alternative form of Dane-ẕaa.
Dane-zaa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Beaver Dane-ẕaa, ᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dane-ẕaa.
Dunne-za
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dane-zaa.
Sekani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsikəˌni/
/səˈkæni/
Forms: form: Sekanais
form: Sékanais
form: Secunnie
form: Siccanie
form: Sikani
form: Tse'khene
form: Tsek'ene
form: Tse Keh Nay
Etymology: From Sekani Tsek'ene.
Senses: glosses: A First Nations people of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada.
shakes up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shake up
shaken up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of shake up
shook up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of shake up
shook up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shook up
form: most shook up
Senses: examples: text: My hands are shaky and my knees are weak / I can't seem to stand on my own two feet / Who do you thank when you have such luck? / I'm in love / I'm all shook up
ref: 1957, Otis Blackwell, All Shook Up (song performed by Elvis Presley)
glosses: Shaken; emotionally disturbed or agitated.
fasciocutaneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fascio- + cutaneous.
Senses: examples: text: A 57-year-old male with a remote history of a two-stage fasciocutaneous urethroplasty presented with a new penetrating injury to his perineum after falling on a crowbar at work.
ref: 2015 July 16, Dmitriy Nikolavsky, “Prelaminated Gracilis Flap with Buccal Mucosal Graft for Salvage of Devastated Urethra”, in Case Reports in Urology, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to skin, subcutaneous tissue and the underlying fascia
juryrigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more juryrigged
form: most juryrigged
Senses: examples: text: There's often only one suitable tree-or a juryrigged horizontal pole set-up-that's used by everyone.
ref: 1989, Cliff Jacobson, Canoeing Wild Rivers: Expanded and Updated Version, page 171:
glosses: Alternative form of jury-rigged.
featuretype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: featuretypes
Etymology: From feature + type.
Senses: examples: text: For the analysis of differential expression of specific miRNA, the featuretype of miRNAs was further refined to resolve the miRNA name.
ref: 2015 July 1, Serena Rubina Baglio et al., “Human bone marrow- and adipose-mesenchymal stem cells secrete exosomes enriched in distinctive miRNA and tRNA species”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: A type of feature.
featuretypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Analogously, for detailed analysis of tRNAs and repeats, the featuretypes of these two classes were further refined to include the tRNA anti-codon and repeat family, respectively.
ref: 2015 July 1, Serena Rubina Baglio et al., “Human bone marrow- and adipose-mesenchymal stem cells secrete exosomes enriched in distinctive miRNA and tRNA species”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: plural of featuretype
Darwinian medicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of evolutionary medicine.
synonyms: word: evolutionary medicine
hematocytometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematocytometers
Senses: examples: text: The number and viability of macrophage cells were assessed by trypan blue dye exclusion using a hematocytometer.
ref: 2015 July 15, Chunmei Ma et al., “Toll-Like Receptor 9 Inactivation Alleviated Atherosclerotic Progression and Inhibited Macrophage Polarized to M1 Phenotype in ApoE−/− Mice”, in Disease Markers, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of hemocytometer.
synonyms: word: hemocytometer
hematocytometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hematocytometer
hydrouria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The rats gradually became weak and asthenia, and showed mucous hypersecretion, anorexia, body weight reduction, hydrouria, diarrhea.
ref: 2015 August 8, Yange Tian et al., “Bufei Yishen granule combined with acupoint sticking improves pulmonary function and morphormetry in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of hydruria.
hyperpentaploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + pentaploid.
Senses: examples: text: T98G is hyperpentaploid.
ref: 2015 August 8, Yu-xiao Liu et al., “Exposure to 3G mobile phone signals does not affect the biological features of brain tumor cells”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having more than the usual pentaploid number of chromosomes
immunopotency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunopotencies
Etymology: From immuno- + potency.
Senses: examples: text: Our findings suggest that even when tested under “optimal” conditions (i.e., fresh early-passage MSCs in a reproducible immunopotency assay [ 13 ]), MSCs from elderly subjects with ATH have impaired T-cell suppression compared to their non-elderly adult counterparts.
ref: 2015 August 8, Ozge Kizilay Mancini et al., “Age, atherosclerosis and type 2 diabetes reduce human mesenchymal stromal cell-mediated T-cell suppression”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: immunological potency
immunopotencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunopotency
intracerebrovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cerebrovascular.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of focal ischemia, intracerebrovascular (ICV) injection of ASIC1a blockers protects the brain from ischemic injury and apparently does so more potently than glutamate antagonism [ 22 ].
ref: 2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:
glosses: Within the blood vessels of the brain