cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transmitarrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transmitarray
oxycotton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: oxycodone used as a recreational drug
SWP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Socialist Workers Party.
SWP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SWPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of skill with prizes: a form of gaming machine that awards prizes and where the player's skill determines the outcome.
SWPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SWP
biopsych
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: biopsychology
coconas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocona
wrap-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wrap-up
pedotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + therapy.
Senses: glosses: Therapy for children.
Related terms: pedotherapeutic
pedotherapist
pedotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pedotherapeutic
form: most pedotherapeutic
Etymology: From pedo- (“child”) + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pedotherapy.
Related terms: pedotherapist
pedotherapy
pedotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedotherapists
Etymology: From pedotherapy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who practises pedotherapy.
Related terms: pedotherapeutic
pedotherapy
gerontotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːtɪk
Forms: form: more gerontotherapeutic
form: most gerontotherapeutic
Etymology: From geronto- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or bearing efficacy in gerontotherapy.
Related terms: gerontotherapist
gerontotherapy
gerontotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerontotherapists
Etymology: From gerontotherapy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who practises gerontotherapy.
Related terms: gerontotherapeutic
gerontotherapy
Caesares
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Caesarēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of Caesar
Caesares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin Caesarēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of Caesar (“title of Roman emperors”)
Molesworthian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Molesworthian
form: most Molesworthian
Etymology: From Molesworth + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless Adrian declares his inheritance and linkages with the Molesworthian world not only in his name, but also by his introduction to the reader.
ref: 1996, George E. C. Paton, The Social Faces of Humour: Practices and Issues, page 93:
glosses: Reminiscent of Nigel Molesworth, a fictional schoolboy and supposed author of a series of humorous books by Geoffrey Willans parodying school life.
dad dancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dad dancer.
Gallo-Romance
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gallo- + Romance.
Senses: examples: text: This contact zone is characterized by numerous transitions and continuities. Gascon and Catalan form a transition between Ibero- and Gallo-Romance; Francoprovençal functions as a mediator between northern and southern Gallo-Romance; and the three dialect groups of Raeto-Romance constitute the transitional area between Gallo-Romance and Italo-Romance, especially the northern Italian dialects which are best grouped under the label 'Gallo-Italic'.
ref: Georg Bossong, Classifications, in: 2016, Adam Ledgeway, Martin Maiden (eds.), The Oxford Guide to the Romance Languages (Oxford Guides to the World's Languages), p. 63ff., here p. 66
glosses: A language family, comprising Romance languages spoken in France, northern Italy and northern Spain. Specifically Walloon, Picard, Norman, French, Franco-Provençal, although broader definitions include Occitano-Romance, Rhaeto-Romance (Romansch, Ladin, Friulian) and/or Gallo-Italic (e.g. Lombard) languages
examples: text: The first written document in Early Old French or Gallo-Romance appeared in 842 (Les serments de Strasbourg 'the Strassburg Oaths'), followed by short religious poems ca. 880.
ref: 2003, George Melville Bolling, Bernard Bloch, Language, volume 79, numbers 1-2, page 360:
glosses: The ancestor language of the Gallo-Romance languages.
Gallo-Romance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Gallo- + Romance.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Gallo-Romance language family or the Gallo-Romance languages.
Neroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Neronis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Neroni.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
procrastinatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procrastinatrix
rhexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhexis
circle time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circle times
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Time spent by a group sitting together to take part in an activity.
circle times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circle time
cloudspotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cloud + spotting.
Senses: glosses: The observation of clouds as a recreational activity.
cloudspotter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloudspotters
Etymology: From cloud + spotter.
Senses: glosses: One who engages in cloudspotting.
cloudspotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloudspotter
one fry short of a Happy Meal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: a fry short of a Happy Meal
form: fry short of a Happy Meal
form: three fries short of a Happy Meal
Senses: glosses: mad, deranged, insane
glosses: stupid, retarded, slow
Related terms: french fry
happy meal
fine as frog's hair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A play on both senses of fine, and the idea that frogs' hairs (since they have none) must be very slender.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Alternative form of fine as frog hair (“very fine; great; splendid”).
hoebag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoebags
Etymology: From hoe + bag.
Senses: glosses: A promiscuous woman.
hoebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoebag
splash stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: splash sticks
Senses: examples: text: I keep my coffee hot with a splash stick.
text: To prevent my tea from spilling, I used a splash stick.
glosses: A device used to keep heat and liquid from escaping a lidded cup. Introduced by Starbucks in Canada in 2008.
breath-catching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more breath-catching
form: most breath-catching
Senses: examples: text: The theory was breath-catching, but quickly fell apart when the accountant could give no account of what Sibyl might have done with Theresa's body.
ref: 2004, Mel Bradshaw, Death in the Age of Steam: A Mystery, →ISBN, page 99:
text: Donal Henahan reported that her performance of it was “breath-catching in its vocal warmth and emotional power.”
ref: 2010, James Neufeld, Lois Marshall: A Biography, →ISBN, page 239:
text: For here was a vista that was breath-catching and inspiring, a wholly new thing come into the world.
ref: 2011, Harry Harrison, Tunnel Through the Deeps, →ISBN:
glosses: Inspiring awe or deep admiration; impressive.
examples: text: To cap the feat, their leader made a breath-catching descent by what mountain men call a rappel, riding down a rope almost 400 feet.
ref: 1964 June 5, “Now Man Conquers Mt. Eiffel”, in Life, volume 56, number 23, page 106:
text: I asked whether he would mind if I looked through them, and after a few minutes I found the map: it was a breath-catching moment for, as I unfolded it, I saw that it must show the deployment of a whole searchlight regiment covering the entire southern half of Belgium.
ref: 2009, R.V. Jones, Most Secret War, →ISBN:
text: He was moving towards her with a purposefully predatory stride, stopping only when he was breath-catching inches away from her.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Power, Back in the Lion's Den, →ISBN:
glosses: Extremely frightening or overwhelming.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breath, catching.
Derived terms: breath-catchingly
Back
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4840).
Derived terms: backite
chain drives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chain drive
roller chain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller chains
Senses: glosses: A type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.
roller chains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller chain
about that life
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: I'm about that life, so it's no biggie to me. I've been in these streets before.
ref: 2014, M. T. Pope, Both Sides of the Fence 4: Bad Blood:
text: "It's a new lounge. You guys will love it." "Mia may love it. Some of us aren't about that life," Estelle said. "Mia isn't about that life anymore^([sic]) either," I said […]
ref: 2015, Claire Contreras, Paper Hearts, page 333:
text: One of the three woman, Maria Garcia, testified she was stabbed 13 times by Genesis Matos-Ramirez. Matos-Ramirez said during the attack, "I'm all about that life, I will kill you," Garcia testified
ref: 2015 July 10, “Women to face trial over street brawl stabbings”, in Allentown Morning Call:
text: According to the fan who earlier uploaded photos of the run-in to Instagram, he gave a rambling answer when asked to confirm he was Delonte West, saying: 'I used to be, but I'm not about that life anymore.'
ref: 2016 February 25, “Delonte West videos show ex NBA star bellowing at kids and ...”, in Daily Mail:
glosses: Having or desiring an ostentatious lifestyle, especially involving sex, drugs, and violence.
examples: text: He was a cowboy at heart, like the rest of them, although he had never lived the life of a real cowboy or he might not be fantasizing about that life
ref: 2015, George T. Lindsey, Mesa Flats Resort Predators and Politics, page 403:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about, that, life.
pedorthist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedorthists
Etymology: From pedo- (“foot”) + orth- + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A professional who has specialized training to modify footwear and employ supportive devices to address conditions which affect the feet and lower limbs.
Related terms: pedorthic
pedorthics
pedorthic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pedorthic
form: most pedorthic
Etymology: From pedo- (“foot”) + orth- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to modifying footwear and employing supportive devices to address conditions which affect the feet and lower limbs.
Related terms: pedorthics
pedorthist
orthopedic
pedorthics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pedo- (“foot”) + orth- + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The medicinal branch of modifying footwear and employing supportive devices to address conditions which affect the feet and lower limbs.
Related terms: pedorthic
pedorthist
perceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perceptor
Bagdadi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baghdadi.
Bagdadi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bagdadis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Baghdadi.
Toleti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
hatti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hattis
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hatti-sherif.
synonyms: word: hatti-sherif
courtieress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: courtieresses
Etymology: From courtier + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: "I could never venture on so extravagant a piece of presumption!" cried the courtieress of the Spree, in utter amazement.
ref: 1833, Catherine Grace Frances Gore, The Sketch Book of Fashion, Volume 1:
glosses: A female courtier.
huat ah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhwʌt(˦)ɑː(˧˨)/
ipa: [ˈhwʌɾ(˦)ɑː(˧˨)]
Etymology: From Hokkien 發啊 /发啊 (hoat--a), from 發 /发 (hoat, “to produce, to grow, to develop, to prosper, to pay out”) + 啊 (--a, “particle of exhortation”).
Senses: examples: text: For some strange reasons, some people are shouting "Huat ah" as they toss paper money in the air.
ref: 2012 December 24, Albert Tay, “Hungry Ghost Festival in Singapore”, in wordpress.com, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: Huat ah! The pronunciation of "eight" in Hokkien (Chinese dialect) sounds similar to "Prosperity". Good luck and may you win the lottery!
ref: 2014, Jane Lai, “Yusheng designs”, in pinterest.com, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: The lo hei dish eaten by Singaporeans to herald the Chinese New Year with shouts of "Huat ah!” festive greetings exemplifies a Chinese cuisine with local Singaporean identity.
ref: 2015, Yongnian Zheng, Liang Fook Lye, Singapore-China Relations, page 224:
glosses: A traditional, festive expression used to wish oneself prosperity.
huat ah
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhwʌt(˦)ɑː(˧˨)/
ipa: [ˈhwʌɾ(˦)ɑː(˧˨)]
Etymology: From Hokkien 發啊 /发啊 (hoat--a), from 發 /发 (hoat, “to produce, to grow, to develop, to prosper, to pay out”) + 啊 (--a, “particle of exhortation”).
Senses: examples: text: This new year, all of us will huat ah!
ref: 2008 December 31, babychloe, “TTCing2009/2010 babies grads”, in singaporemotherhood.com, retrieved 01 Apr 2016:
text: And, I wish everyone a Happy New Year for the upcoming new year. Let's Huat ah!!
ref: 2010 December 27, Jaymeetan, “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all”, in wordpress.com, retrieved 02 Apr 2016:
text: 12 New Stunning Looks Based On Your Zodiac to HUAT AH This Chinese New Year
ref: 2016 January 11, Joyce Yang, “12 New Stunning Looks Based On Your Zodiac to HUAT AH This Chinese New Year”, in thesmartlocal.com, retrieved 02 Apr 2016:
glosses: To prosper.
cyclamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyclamin.
government bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: government bonds
Senses: topics: business
finance
government
synonyms: sovereign bond
state bond
glosses: A bond issued by a national government, generally with a promise to pay periodic interest payments and to repay the face value on the maturity date.
Related terms: bond paper
maturity dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maturity date
government bonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of government bond
framee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framees
Etymology: From frame + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person who is framed or set up, so that they appear to have committed a crime that they did not.
glosses: A person whose web pages are misleadingly embedded in another person's site by means of HTML frames.
Warring States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Warring States
Senses: glosses: The era in ancient Chinese history following the Spring and Autumn period and concluding with the first imperial unification of China under the Qin dynasty (c. 475 BC to 221 BC).
glosses: The era in Japanese history of social upheaval and military conflict known as the Sengoku period that came to an end under the unification of the Tokugawa shogunate (c. 1467 – c. 1603).
medical certificates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medical certificate
wax gourds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wax gourd
biregional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + regional.
Senses: examples: text: Cave communities are tightly-knit, enduring structures that tend to channel local migration between contiguous countries; biregional communities are likely to merge migration between two distinct geographic regions (e.g., North Africa and Europe); and bridging communities have hub-and-spoke structures that tend to emerge dynamically from globe-spanning movements.
ref: 2016, Valentin Danchev, Mason A. Porter, “Heterogeneity of Global and Local Connectivity in Spatial Network Structures of World Migration”, in arXiv:
glosses: Of or relating to two regions.
triregional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + regional.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to three regions.
courtieresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of courtieress
resumming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resum
semismoothness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semismooth + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being semismooth.
slitlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slitlet
supervisedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From supervised + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The performance in object detection of features extracted from the CFN is the highest (51.8%) among unsupervisedly trained features, and very close to that of supervisedly trained features (56.5%).
ref: 2016, Mehdi Noroozi, Paolo Favaro, “Unsupervised Learning of Visual Representations by Solving Jigsaw Puzzles”, in arXiv:
antonyms: unsupervisedly
glosses: With supervision.
callats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callat
infinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infinite
peninsulars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peninsular
pedorthists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedorthist
Ambrosio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
mooring buoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mooring buoys
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a buoy at which a boat or ship can moor (tie up), usually in a harbour, but also in coastal waters for large ships.
biowoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biowomen
Etymology: From bio- + woman, short for biological woman.
Senses: examples: text: As I gazed into her wonderful green eyes, I realized that there was a marked resemblance to those of Leonardo. Clearly, this was another indication that I was not dealing with a biowoman.
ref: 2002, Eduard Prugovecki, Dawn of the New Man, page 76:
text: Now we move from the drag king and his mirrored self to the drag king coupled with what could be a drag queen or a biowoman in Volcano's “Tits and Tomcat.”
ref: 2005, J. Jack Halberstam, In a Queer Time and Place:
text: However, he found himself almost paralyzed with social anxiety at the prospect of dating a biowoman who was not part of queer community, though he knew full well she had no problem with his being an FTM.
ref: 2007, Reid Vanderburgh, Transition and Beyond: Observations on Gender Identity, page 143:
text: In many communities (including the ones that Nina inhabits in The Silicone Diaries), being able to pass as a biowoman is central to one's identification with being feminine.
ref: 2012, Judith Rudakoff, Trans(per)forming Nina Arsenault: An Unreasonable Body of Work:
glosses: A cisgender woman.
Synonyms: cis woman
biowomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biowoman
casts pearls before swine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cast pearls before swine
microroasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + roasting, by analogy with microbrewing.
Senses: glosses: An artisanal approach to preparing coffee by roasting it carefully in small batches.
microroastery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microroasteries
Etymology: From micro- + roastery.
Senses: glosses: A place where microroasting of coffee is carried out.
microroasteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microroastery
csárdáses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of csárdás
Native America
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: America, excluding Old World influences and features.
glosses: Nickname for Oklahoma: a state of the United States.
Related terms: Native American
acetylator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylators
Etymology: From acetylate + -or.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetylators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As many as 48 subjects were classified as NAT2 slow acetylators, 48 as intermediate, and 2 as rapid acetylators, while the acetylator status of 2 subjects could not be determined.
ref: 2015 October 27, “Pharmacokinetics of Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, and Ethambutol in Newly Diagnosed Pulmonary TB Patients in Tanzania”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of acetylator
autoluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + luminescence.
Senses: examples: text: Lipid peroxidation in the fruit was detected and visualized by autoluminescence of peroxide lipids as described previously [33, 34 ], using a programmed sequence of autoluminescence for 20 min with emission at 640–770 nm and excitation-block, a binning factor of 8, and an F-stop factor of 1.
ref: 2015 October 27, “Combined Treatments Reduce Chilling Injury and Maintain Fruit Quality in Avocado Fruit during Cold Quarantine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: luminescence activated by the energy of a substance itself
Related terms: autoluminescent
peptibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peptibodies
Etymology: Blend of peptide + antibody?
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, administration of the anti-MSTN peptibody suppressed muscle wasting in a mouse model of CKD [5 ].
ref: 2015 October 27, “Relationship between Blood Myostatin Levels and Kidney Function:Shimane CoHRE Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A material containing peptides that act somewhat like antibodies
phosphodegron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphodegrons
Etymology: From phospho- + degron.
Senses: examples: text: Activated Nek11 is capable of phosphorylating Cdc25A on sites within a phosphodegron that promotes recruitment of β-TrCP. This, in turn, leads to ubiquitin-mediated degradation of Cdc25A and cell cycle arrest [11 –13 ].
ref: 2015 October 27, “Loss of Nek11 Prevents G2/M Arrest and Promotes Cell Death in HCT116 Colorectal Cancer Cells Exposed to Therapeutic DNA Damaging Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A phosphorylated degron
protumorgenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The DHA treatment also inhibited the expression of protumorgenic factors including VEGF and telomerase catalytic subunit.
ref: 2015 October 27, “Mechanisms of Dihydroartemisinin and Dihydroartemisinin/Holotransferrin Cytotoxicity in T-Cell Lymphoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of protumorigenic.
bioabsorb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bioabsorbs
form: bioabsorbing
form: bioabsorbed
form: bioabsorbed
Etymology: From bio- + absorb.
Senses: examples: text: Another report used Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells to bioabsorb manganese [17 ].
ref: 2015 October 28, “Biosorption of Cadmium and Manganese Using Free Cells of Klebsiella sp. Isolated from Waste Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To absorb using a biological substrate
bioadsorb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bioadsorbs
form: bioadsorbing
form: bioadsorbed
form: bioadsorbed
Etymology: From bio- + adsorb.
Senses: examples: text: Yangling I2 to bioadsorb cadmium and manganese.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Biosorption of Cadmium and Manganese Using Free Cells of Klebsiella sp. Isolated from Waste Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To adsorb using a biological substrate
circumpapillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circum- + papillary.
Senses: examples: text: Multiple regression analysis was used to determine the correlation of circumpapillary retinal nerve fiber layer thickness (cpRNFLT) and macular parameters to mean deviation (MD) to and standard automated perimetry (SAP)-measured sensitivity, assessed with the 30–2 and 10–2 programs.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Retinal Thickness and the Structure/Function Relationship in the Eyes of Older Adults with Glaucoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding a papilla
ghrelinergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ghrelin + -ergic.
Senses: examples: text: Together, these results described for the first time in fish the mapping of preproghrelin and ghrelin receptor ghs-r1a in brain and gastrointestinal tract of goldfish, and provide the first evidence for a daily regulation of both genes expression in such locations, suggesting a possible connection between the ghrelinergic and circadian systems in teleosts.
ref: 2015 October 28, “In Situ Localization and Rhythmic Expression of Ghrelin and ghs-r1 Ghrelin Receptor in the Brain and Gastrointestinal Tract of Goldfish ( Carassius auratus )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to the activity or function of the ghrelin hormone
macrograzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrograzers
Etymology: From macro- + grazer.
Senses: glosses: A macrofaunal grazer
Related terms: micrograzer
macrograzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: However, small herbivores (mesograzers) rather than macrograzers or simulated herbivory are expected to trigger the induction of anti-herbivory defences.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Specificity in Mesograzer-Induced Defences in Seagrasses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of macrograzer
micturitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micturition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Cravalho et al. compared the agreement in obstruction measurements by the AG nomogram, passive urethral resistance relation (PURR), and the micturitional urethral pressure profile (MUPP) [20 ].
ref: 2015 October 28, “Simple Modification of the Bladder Outlet Obstruction Index for Better Prediction of Endoscopically-Proven Prostatic Obstruction: A Preliminary Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to micturition (urination)
papillomacular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From papillo- + macular.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, the correlation between sensitivity and mRNFLT was relatively low in the papillomacular bundle region within the central 5.8°, even after adjustment for RGC displacement.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Retinal Thickness and the Structure/Function Relationship in the Eyes of Older Adults with Glaucoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the papilla and macula of the eye.
Derived terms: papillomacular bundle
prenucleosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + nucleosomal.
Senses: examples: text: Since the three histone-fold domain amino acids are located at the surface of the α-helix 2 domain that is responsible for the formation of H3-H4 dimers and accessible in prenucleosomal complexes, it has been suggested that the specificity associated with these amino acid positions derives from interactions with different assembly or post-translational-modification machineries.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Comparing the Assembly and Handedness Dynamics of (H3.3-H4) 2 Tetrasomes to Canonical Tetrasomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Prior to the formation of nucleosomes; relating to prenucleosomes
proluminescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + luminescent.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, the assay relies on a proluminescent caspase substrate, which contains the tetrapeptide cleavage sequence VEID for caspase-6 and DEVD for caspases-3 and -7.
ref: 2015 October 28, “Sox11 Reduces Caspase-6 Cleavage and Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to pyroluminescence
light buoy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light buoys
Senses: examples: text: They saw the light near the cape, which they mistook that night for a lighthouse, although it is in fact a light buoy.
topics: nautical
transport
hypernyms: buoy#Noun
;
light
;
aid#Noun
coordinate_terms: lightboat#Noun
lightship#Noun
lightvessel#Noun
lighthouse#Noun
glosses: A buoy with a light on top which is lit at night to aid navigation.
tetrapylon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrapyla
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράπυλον (tetrápulon, literally “four gates”). Observable as tetra- + pylon.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A Roman-style cubic structure with a gate on each of its four sides.
tetrapyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrapylon
tetrakionion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrakionia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετρακιόνιον (tetrakiónion).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A type of tetrapylon in which the central crossing is not roofed, and the four corner-markers exist as four separate structures, not connected overhead.
tetrakionia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrakionion
Hecatompylus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Hecatompylus, from Ancient Greek Ἑκατόμπυλος (Hekatómpulos, literally “one hundred gates”). The city had more than the traditional four gates.
Senses: glosses: A city in the province of Qumis, Persia, in modern Iran; Shahr-e Qumis; Saddarvazeh; one of the royal cities of the Parthian Empire.
magical feminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic feminism
Etymology: First used in 1987 by Patricia Hart to describe the works of Isabel Allende.
Senses: hypernyms: magic realism
glosses: A feminist subgenre of magic realism.
wikipedia: Isabel Allende
banjee boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjee boys
Senses: glosses: A young homosexual Latino or African American who dresses in stereotypical masculine urban fashion.
banjee boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banjee boy
Prodge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒdʒ
Senses: examples: text: The main event arrived later that year, when the Prodge began playing a new, punk-esque song called Firestarter […]
ref: 2010, John Harris, Hail! Hail! Rock'n'roll:
text: With its unsettling mid-way change of pace, it unexpectedly reveals a more thoughtful Prodge, dealing with darker themes […]
ref: 1999, Al Spicer, Rock: 100 Essential CDs: The Rough Guide, page 140:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The Prodigy, an English electronic music group formed in 1990.
informivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: informivores
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of informavore.
informivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informivore
organic intellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organic intellectuals
Etymology: Coined by the Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci.
Senses: glosses: An intellectual member of a social class, as opposed to a member of the traditional intelligentsia that regards itself as a class apart from the rest of society.
wikipedia: Antonio Gramsci
organic intellectuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organic intellectual
ecomunicipality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecomunicipalities
Etymology: From eco- + municipality.
Senses: glosses: A local government area that has adopted ecological and social justice values in its charter.
ecomunicipalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomunicipality
tongzhis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tongzhi
tongzhi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɔŋ.d͡ʒə/
Forms: form: tongzhis
form: tongzhi
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 同志 (tóngzhì, “comrade”).
Senses: glosses: A member of any sexual minority group in Greater China.
New Sincerity
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Sincerity
Etymology: Popularized in the 1990s by American author David Foster Wallace.
Senses: examples: text: [Christy Wampole] notes that the New Sincerity has been around since the 1980s, and is a response to "postmodern cynicism, detachment and meta-referentiality." She's right about that, and the examples she cites—David Foster Wallace, Wes Anderson, and Cat Power—are right too. But the New Sincerity failed, she tells us.
ref: 2012 November 20, Jonathan D. Fitzgerald, “Sincerity, Not Irony, Is Our Age's Ethos”, in The Atlantic:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A partial return to modernism, going against prevailing modes of postmodernist irony or cynicism.
wikipedia: David Foster Wallace
Related terms: metamodernism
disbarrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disbarring
crypto-anarchism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + anarchism.
Senses: examples: text: The rise of crypto-anarchism might be good news for individual users – and there are plenty working on ways of using this technology for decent social purposes – but it’s also bad news for governments.
ref: 2017 June 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters”, in The Observer:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
political-science
sciences
social-sciences
glosses: The belief that cyberspace should exist decentralized and without authority, achievable through cryptography.
topics: political-science
social-sciences
glosses: The realization of anarchy in cyberspace.
Related terms: crypto-anarchist
cryptoanarchy
light buoys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of light buoy
qoorma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qoormas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of korma.
qoormas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qoorma
crypto-anarchist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crypto-anarchists
Etymology: From crypto- + anarchist, popularized by Timothy C. May in The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto (1988).
Senses: examples: text: The crypto anarchist position is that cyberspace is on a non-stop drift towards crypto anarchy. Powerful encryption algorithms, including the Data Encryption Standard (DES), triple-DES, RSA and IDEA, are readily available at no charge […]
ref: 2003, Brian D. Loader, editor, The Governance of Cyberspace, Routledge, →ISBN, page 176:
text: About a year ago I bought 30 Bitcoins, the online peer-to-peer crypto-currency, for about £3 each using a European website called Bitstamp.net. Bitcoins appealed to my inner crypto-anarchist and I felt they had great potential.
ref: 2013 July 1, Kate Craig-Wood, “Bitcoin: how I made a virtual fortune”, in The Guardian:
text: Crypto-anarchists build software – think of it as political computer code – that can protect us online. Julian Assange is a crypto-anarchist (before WikiLeaks he was an active member of the movement’s most important mailing list), and so perhaps is Edward Snowden.
ref: 2017 June 4, Jamie Bartlett, “Forget far-right populism – crypto-anarchists are the new masters”, in The Observer:
text: There's a strong crypto anarchist thread running through the cryptocurrency community. What's a crypto anarchist, you ask? The term was likely first coined (if you excuse the pun!) by Tim May, in his 1988 Crypto Anarchist Manifesto.
ref: 2019, Tyler Bain, Peter Kent, Cryptocurrency Mining For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 255:
text: One of the film’s producers is Cody Wilson, a self-defined “crypto-anarchist”. His various run-ins with the law include pleading guilty to endangering a child after being brought up on charges of paying a minor for sex and a legal battle with the feds after he released blueprints online for creating a firearm by 3D printer.
ref: 2020 May 1, Jessa Crispin, “'Incel' culture has sparked panic and pity – but little thoughtful conversation”, in The Guardian:
coordinate_terms: cypherpunk
glosses: A proponent of crypto-anarchism.
wikipedia: Timothy C. May
Related terms: crypto-anarchism
cryptoanarchy
crypto-anarchists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crypto-anarchist
meta-ethnicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaethnicity
Etymology: From meta- + ethnicity.
Senses: glosses: A level of commonality that is broader than ethnicity, but does not necessarily correspond to (and may actually transcend) nationality.
Related terms: metaethnic
meta-ethnic
meta-ethnical
metaethnical
metaethnically
meta-ethnically
biethnicity
monoethnicity
multiethnicity
neoethnicity
panethnicity
pluriethnicity
polyethnicity
subethnicity
supraethnicity
transethnicity
triethnicity
uniethnicity
meta-ethnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + ethnic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to meta-ethnicity.
mak nyah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mak nyahs
Etymology: From Malay mak nyah, a compound word of mak (“mother”) + nyah (“to run from, to transition”).
Senses: glosses: A trans woman.
Related terms: waria
mak nyahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mak nyah
Madonna lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Madonna lilies
Senses: glosses: Lilium candidum, a true lily native to Greece, the western Balkans and the Middle East.
Madonna lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Madonna lily
underadvertised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underadvertised
form: most underadvertised
Etymology: From under- + advertised.
Senses: glosses: Inadequately advertised.
Synonyms: underpublicized
semi-evergreen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semievergreen.
semi-evergreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-evergreens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semievergreen.
permabulls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permabull
chimpout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimpouts
Etymology: Deverbal from chimp out.
Senses: examples: text: They are just chimps...doing chimpouts..none of it would be possible without the Jews.
ref: 2012, Carolina Reb, “Re: Re2 - Tuesday's Gone”, in soc.culture.israel (Usenet):
text: Sickening state of affairs, just wait until the cop is cleared, there will be murderous chimpouts on an epic scale […]
ref: 2014, Jesse, “Re: Police Officer Shot In Ferguson, Missouri”, in uk.current-events.terrorism (Usenet):
text: Although it has been given little publicity, a massive chimpout is in progress in South Africa right now. Bantus are lashing out at other African immigrants from Somalia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and other places.
ref: 2015, Byker, “South Africa: Total chimpout in progress”, in soc.culture.african.american (Usenet):
glosses: An aggressive or violent outburst by a black person.
chimpouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimpout.
housefrock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housefrocks
Etymology: From house + frock.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of housedress.
synonyms: word: housedress
housefrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housefrock
Thracomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Thraco- + -mania.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Dacomania.
synonyms: word: Dacomania
Dacomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Daco- + -mania.
Senses: glosses: The aggrandization of the Dacian and earlier roots of modern Romanians.
Synonyms: Thracomania
Thracology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Thrace + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of Ancient Thrace and its culture and antiquities.
Thracological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to Thracology.
Thracologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thracologists
Etymology: From Thracology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Thracology.
Thracologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thracologist
Dacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dacia + -ology.
Senses: glosses: The study of Ancient Dacia and its culture and antiquities.
Dacological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Dacology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to Dacology.
eyefucks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eyefuck
eyefucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyefuck
eyefucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eyefuck
eyefucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eyefuck
ecocrazies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecocrazy
dindus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dindu
Synonyms: dindu nuffins
Ramadamadingdong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Ramadan + ramalamadingdong.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ramalamadingdong.
atheitards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atheitard
occutards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occutard
Mediterranean Irishmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mediterranean Irishman
phenanthrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenanthrol
transpedicularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transpedicular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Dynesys screws were then placed transpedicularly via the Wiltse paraspinal approach without destruction of the facet joints.
ref: 2016 January 30, “Comparison of the Dynesys Dynamic Stabilization System and Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion for Lumbar Degenerative Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through a pedicle.
ehrlichemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Ehrlichia + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: This result suggests that while dogs may develop ehrlichemia early following infection, vaccination with the Ech_0660 mutant promotes protection from long-term pathogen persistence in the blood and organs.
ref: 2016 February 4, “Vaccination with an Attenuated Mutant of Ehrlichia chaffeensis Induces Pathogen-Specific CD4 + T Cell Immunity and Protection from Tick-Transmitted Wild-Type Challenge in the Canine Host”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of Ehrlichia bacteria in the bloodstream.
Derived terms: ehrlichemic
ehrlichemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ehrlichemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or afflicted with, ehrlichemia.
biodeposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + deposition.
Senses: examples: text: These community-level changes have likely resulted in concomitant changes in the ecosystem functions and services, such as water filtration, biodeposition, bioturbation [7 ,8 ], provision of substrate for epibionts (e.g., algae and barnacles), refugia (e.g., crabs, fishes)[9 ], and food resources for economically-important and threatened species (e.g., fish, [10 ]; crabs, [11 ]; birds, [12 ]).
ref: 2016 February 4, “Spatial and Temporal Examination of Bivalve Communities in Several Estuaries of Southern California and Northern Baja California, MX”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Deposition of biogenic material on the bottom of a body of water, usually in the forms of faeces and pseudofaeces.
sternotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sternotomy
microcentrifuging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microcentrifuge
microcentrifuged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microcentrifuge
bioresuspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + resuspension.
Senses: glosses: Resuspension of particulate matter by biological activity.
Related terms: biosuspension
pseudofaecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + faecal.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to pseudofaeces.
biosuspension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + suspension.
Senses: glosses: Suspension of particulate matter by biological activity.
Related terms: bioresuspension
pseudofecal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + fecal.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudofaecal.
sexual mimicry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A phenomenon in which one sex takes the characteristics of the other within a single species.
Related terms: andromorph
gynomorph
sexual dimorphism
osteopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + pathologic.
Senses: examples: text: Do these osteopathologic features exhibit a trend over time?
ref: 2016 February 4, “Osteopathology in Rhinocerotidae from 50 Million Years to the Present”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of osteopathological.
synonyms: word: osteopathological
uncondescension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + condescension.
Senses: glosses: Absence of condescension; an uncondescending manner.
uncompliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + compliance.
Senses: glosses: Failure to comply with something.
unmagnanimously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmagnanimously
form: most unmagnanimously
Etymology: From unmagnanimous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmagnanimous manner.
put a spanner in the works
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: puts a spanner in the works
form: putting a spanner in the works
form: put a spanner in the works
form: put a spanner in the works
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of throw a spanner in the works.
osteopathology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteopathologies
Etymology: From osteo- + pathology.
Senses: glosses: pathology of bone
Derived terms: osteopathological
osteopathologic
osteopathologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteopathology
osteopathologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteopathologists
Etymology: From osteo- + pathologist.
Senses: glosses: A physician or scientist who studies osteopathology.
Related terms: word: osteopath
osteopathologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteopathologist
sprocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sprocket + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Fitted with sprockets.
glosses: Of photographic film: having perforations.
DREAMer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DREAMers
form: Dreamer
Etymology: From the DREAM Act + -er, after dreamer.
Senses: examples: text: DREAMers had established a public identity, possessed distinctive interests and solidarities, and articulated their interests with a powerful and compelling voice.
ref: 2013, Walter J. Nicholls, The DREAMers: How the Undocumented Youth Movement Transformed the Immigrant Rights Debate, Stanford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: An undocumented immigrant who is qualified for relief under the DREAM Act.
wikipedia: DREAM Act
Related terms: American Dream
DREAMers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DREAMer
Kark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karks
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kark, variant of Kirch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
starter pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starter packs
form: starterpack
Senses: glosses: A collection of things that are essential when beginning a job or other practice.
Synonyms: starter kit
unachievability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being impossible to achieve.
God honest truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of God’s honest truth.