cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
hyperautofluorescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + autofluorescent.
Senses: examples: text: The size of the hyperautofluorescent ring has also been correlated with visual function [11 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Structure-Function Modeling of Optical Coherence Tomography and Standard Automated Perimetry in the Retina of Patients with Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: More than normally autofluorescent
immunoenhanced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunoenhanced
form: most immunoenhanced
Etymology: From immuno- + enhanced.
Senses: examples: text: In countries like China, Korea, Malaysia and Japan, modern clinical practice continues to rely on astragaloside IV-derived preparations for its induction of anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and immunoenhanced effects [11, 12 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Gastroprotective Effects of Astragaloside IV against Acute Gastric Lesion in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: immunologically enhanced
mycoyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycoyltransferases
Senses: examples: text: Ag85B, a fibronectin-binding protein and a major secretory protein in actively replicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is a member of the antigen 85 complex family which possess the mycoyltransferase activity required for mycobacterial cell wall formation.
ref: 2016 February 5, “Flagellin Encoded in Gene-Based Vector Vaccines Is a Route-Dependent Immune Adjuvant”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any mycobacterial glycosyltransferase
Related terms: mycolyltransferase
mycoyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mycoyltransferase
social valence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From valence in the sociological sense of value.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, robots, more so than other technology in our lives, have a social valence. They feel different to us, more like living agents.
ref: 2014, Ryan Calo, Robotics and the Lessons of Cyberlaw in: California Law Review, Vol. 103, No. 3, pp. 513-63 (2015), page 532:
text: 2015, Daniela Hernandez, Let’s not ban sex robots just yet, adriancheok.info
We interact with them in ways that we don’t with inanimate appliances. (...) We do this because robots have what experts call “social valence,” meaning we ascribe to them human qualities, like personality.
glosses: The quality of a robot or other artificial entity to be perceived as more than an object, but as a social agent, like a pet or a person.
Tinkoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tinkov
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Тинько́в (Tinʹkóv).
Senses: glosses: A surname of Russian origin
Tinkov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Tinkoff.
lick my balls
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of suck my balls.
synonyms: word: suck my balls
Derived terms: ligma
Related terms: lick someone's balls
cold-sensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cold-sensitive
form: most cold-sensitive
Etymology: From cold (noun) + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: Of a person: prone to easily feeling cold.
topics: sciences
synonyms: cryosensitive
psychrosensitive
antonyms: cryophilic
psychrophilic
glosses: Affected by, or sensitive to, cold.
Related terms: chilly
frostbitten
frosted
ashigaru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashigaru
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 足軽.
Senses: glosses: A feudal Japanese footsoldier.
inversive geometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inversive geometries
Senses: examples: text: 1983, John Willard Milnor, On the Geometry of the Kepler Problem, The American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 90, reprinted in 1994, John Milnor, Collected Papers, I: Geometry, page 261,
In particular, the non-Euclidean geometry of Lobachevsky and Bolyai, and the inversive geometry of Steiner play an important role.
text: The study of properties of such families of circles gave rise to a new geometry, called inversive geometry, which was able to provide particularly striking proofs of previously known results in Euclidean geometry as well as new results.
ref: 1999, David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen, Jeremy J. Gray, Geometry, page 2:
text: Even after that, despite the need identified by Klein, Kasner, and J. W. Young, foundations of inversive geometry did not receive much research attention.
David Hilbert's school at Göttingen spawned an axiomatization of inversive geometry by B. L. van der Waerden and Lucas J. Smid in 1935.
ref: 2007, Elena Anne Marchisotto, James T. Smith, The Legacy of Mario Pieri in Geometry and Arithmetic, page 143:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The branch of geometry concerned with inversion transformations, specifically circle inversions in the Euclidean plane, but also as generalised in non-Euclidean and higher-dimensional spaces.
Related terms: circle inversion
inversion
plane inversion
sphere inversion
conferencee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conferencees
Etymology: From conference + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Far from it, 285 conferencees chose to present their work in this way.
glosses: One who attends a conference.
conferencees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conferencee
Fårö
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Fårö.
Senses: glosses: A Baltic Sea island just north of the Swedish island of Gotland.
Greco-Egyptian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Greco- + Egyptian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Greece and/or Egypt.
Dano-Norwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːdʒən
Etymology: From Dano- + Norwegian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Denmark and/or Norway, especially referring to the former political entity Denmark-Norway.
Dano-Norwegian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -iːdʒən
Etymology: From Dano- + Norwegian.
Senses: glosses: A koiné language that evolved among the urban elite in Norwegian cities during the later years of Denmark-Norway (1536–1814); as a written language practically identical to Danish with only minor Norwegian influences, as a spoken language more distinct and forming the basis of modern Bokmål.
Denmark-Norway
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Denmark + Norway.
Senses: glosses: A former political entity consisting of the united kingdoms of Denmark and Norway, including overseas Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands.
Related terms: Dano-Norwegian
Kalmar Union
Sweden-Norway
nebuloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nebulose
Indophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Indo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: A love or admiration for India or its people and culture.
Synonyms: Indomania
Related terms: India
Indophile
Indophobe
Indophobia
Nott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nott
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortened form of Nottingham created by taking all the letters of the first syllable and the first consonant of the second syllable.
Senses: glosses: University of Nottingham, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate
raw_tags: after a qualification
multipayload
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + payload.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to more than one payload.
standing Os
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of standing O
Setebele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Ndebele language.
harmonic means
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonic mean
make-up remover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-up removers
Senses: examples: text: Liquid and gel-type make-up removers are less likely to irritate your eyes than oil-based products.
ref: 2005 April 9, Grace Amey-Obeng, “Emergency fix ups, cleaning-up”, in The Mirror, page 21, column 2:
glosses: Alternative form of makeup remover.
Pythagorean triples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pythagorean triple
right trapezoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: right trapezoids
Senses: examples: text: Right trapezoids are used in the trapezoidal rule for estimating areas under a curve.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A trapezoid with two adjacent right angles
right trapezoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of right trapezoid
crossed ladders problem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the crossed ladders problem
Senses: glosses: A geometric puzzle involving calculating the width of an alley based on the height at which two ladders cross when propped diagonally across it.
coupist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkuːɪst/
Forms: form: coupists
Etymology: From coup + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Our first stage was Cheragas; and, after passing the Trappist establishment at Staouëli, where the French fought their first battle, and Sidi-Ferruch, where they landed, we again changed horses at Douaouda. Here we deposited our fellow-coupist.
ref: [1859], Edward Vernon Harcourt, “Letter II”, in Sporting in Algeria, Hastings, East Sussex: George Lindridge, Library, 35, Robertson Street; London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., →OCLC, page 18:
text: Besides preparing plans of attack, the coupist officers took measures to meet the problem of anti-coupism in their services.
ref: 1977, Edward Boorstein, Allende's Chile: An Inside View, New York, N.Y.: International Publishers Co., →ISBN, page 226:
text: Either by design or default, Lieutenant Colonel Odumegwu-Ojukwu held on to 5 Infantry Battalion and refused to cooperate with the coupists, particularly in their bid to obtain money from Kano Central Bank under the pretext of settling troops salaries by intercepting the aircraft sent to Kano by [Chukwuma Kaduna] Nzeogwu for that purpose on Monday 17 January 1966.
ref: 2000, H. B. Momoh, editor, The Nigerian Civil War, 1967–1970: History and Reminiscences, Ibadan, Nigeria: Sam Bookman Publishers, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: One who takes part in a coup d'état.
wikipedia: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt
Related terms: coupism
coupists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coupist
shit eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stink eye.
synonyms: word: stink eye
stank eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stank eyes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of stink eye.
synonyms: word: stink eye
Douaouda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /duːˈaʊdə/
Etymology: From Arabic دُوَاوْدَة (duwāwda).
Senses: examples: text: Our first stage was Cheragas; and, after passing the Trappist establishment at Staouëli, where the French fought their first battle, and Sidi-Ferruch, where they landed, we again changed horses at Douaouda. Here we deposited our fellow-coupist.
ref: 1859, Edward Vernon Harcourt, Sporting in Algeria:
text: An invitation to tender has been launched for the supply of equipment, assembly, and start-up of an installation for the manufacture of concrete tubing in Douaouda.
ref: 1977, Arab Oil & Gas, numbers 139-150, page 31:
text: In the November massacre in Douaouda, in Tipaza, men were castrated before their throats were slashed.
ref: 2011, Brent D. Shaw, Sacred Violence: African Christians and Sectarian Hatred in the Age of Augustine:
glosses: A city in Algeria.
exportomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exportome
pectopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pectopexies
Etymology: From pecto- + -pexy.
Senses: examples: text: In cases where it is difficult to reach the os sacrum however, a pectopexy has also been discussed as a useful and very effective option in recent literature.
ref: 2016 February 5, “Laparoscopic Pectopexy: A Biomechanical Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The repair of a prolapse that uses the iliopectineal ligament
iliopectineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ilio- + pectineal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the ilium and the pecten (pubic bone)
penitrem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penitrems
Senses: examples: text: For example, the penitrem A-sensitive and NS1619-activated BK Ca current was reduced in coronary artery smooth muscle cells from MetS Ossabaw pigs [39 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Novel Roles for K v 7 Channels in Shaping Histamine-Induced Contractions and Bradykinin-Dependent Relaxations in Pig Coronary Arteries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a family of fungal neurotoxins found on ryegrass
perireceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + receptor.
Senses: examples: text: The odorant-binding proteins (OBPs), chemosensory proteins (CSPs), and sensory neuron membrane proteins (SNMPs) are involved in the perireceptor events, and the odorant receptors (ORs) and ionotropic receptors (IRs) play an important role in the signal transduction process [14 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Identification of Male- and Female-Specific Olfaction Genes in Antennae of the Oriental Fruit Fly ( Bactrocera dorsalis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding a receptor
cannabises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cannabis
polyovular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + ovular.
Senses: examples: text: As an endocrine-disruptor chemical DEHP and its derivative mono (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (MEHP) lead to polyovular follicles, accelerated depletion of the primordial follicle pools, and a decrease of sex steroid hormone production [20 –22 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Di (2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate Exposure Impairs Growth of Antral Follicle in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Containing many ovules
notting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nott
notted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nott
colloquials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colloquial
sacrocolpopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacrocolpopexies
Etymology: From sacro- + colpopexy.
Senses: examples: text: Literature suggests abdominal sacrocolpopexy to still be the gold standard [2 –5 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “Laparoscopic Pectopexy: A Biomechanical Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surgical fixation of the prolapsed uterus or vagina to the sacrum, as a surgical procedure for repairing pelvic organ prolapse.
crinklies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crinkly
crumblies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crumbly
Hurlburt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
croupiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of croupy: most croupy
subpathotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpathotypes
Etymology: From sub- + pathotype.
Senses: examples: text: ExPEC includes the subpathotype avian pathogenic E.
ref: 2016 February 5, “Free-Ranging Frigates ( Fregata magnificens ) of the Southeast Coast of Brazil Harbor Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Resistant to Antimicrobials”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a group of organisms (of the same species) that have less pathogenicity, on a specified host, than others
Carlsbad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑɹ(ə)lzbæd/
ipa: /ˈkɑːlzbæd/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Carlsbad, the historical name of Karlovy Vary.
Senses: examples: text: Carlsbad police filed the application for a gun violence emergency protective order against Alexander Charles Paffendorf in San Diego County Superior Court on Tuesday.
ref: 2024 December 19, Jack Date, Like Barr, Alex Stone, “Protective order issued for man accused of plotting attack with Madison school shooter”, in ABC News:
glosses: A city and beach resort in San Diego County, California, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Eddy County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Tom Green County, Texas, United States.
glosses: Karlovy Vary, a statutory city and spa city in western Bohemia, Czech Republic.
Eggon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Benue-Congo language of Nigeria.
subpathotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpathotype
threonylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From threonyl + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Trp and Thr determinants transplanted in tR4 are not sufficient to support tryptophanylation and threonylation respectively, suggesting the presence of conflicting signals on the tR4 scaffold for the recognition by TrpRS and ThrRS. Interestingly, aspartate determinants grafted on the same scaffold support aspartylation in vitro [30 ].
ref: 2016 February 5, “The Enzymatic Paradox of Yeast Arginyl-tRNA Synthetase: Exclusive Arginine Transfer Controlled by a Flexible Mechanism of tRNA Recognition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a substance with threonine or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more threonyl groups into a substance
transglottal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + glottal.
Senses: examples: text: Vocal fold length (L) and transglottal pressure (P) were found to be the most influential parameters overall followed by the parameters associated with mass one (d1, k1, m1, c1, r1), followed by the parameter that links mass 1 to mass 2 (kc), followed by the parameters related to mass 2 (m2, r2, c2, k2).
ref: 2016 February 5, “Comprehensive, Population-Based Sensitivity Analysis of a Two-Mass Vocal Fold Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through or across the glottis
dingaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ngaka
tryptophanylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tryptophanyl + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Trp and Thr determinants transplanted in tR4 are not sufficient to support tryptophanylation and threonylation respectively, suggesting the presence of conflicting signals on the tR4 scaffold for the recognition by TrpRS and ThrRS. Interestingly, aspartate determinants grafted on the same scaffold support aspartylation in vitro.
ref: 2016 February 5, “The Enzymatic Paradox of Yeast Arginyl-tRNA Synthetase: Exclusive Arginine Transfer Controlled by a Flexible Mechanism of tRNA Recognition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a substance with tryptophan or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more tryptophanyl groups into a substance
sleepwrite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleepwrites
form: sleepwriting
form: sleepwrote
form: sleepwritten
Etymology: From sleep + write.
Senses: examples: text: At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.
ref: 1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5:
text: What a pity one cannot sleepwrite on the ceiling with one's finger or lifted toe.
ref: 1984, Denton Welch, Michael De-la-Noy, The journals of Denton Welch, page 260:
glosses: To write in one's sleep.
sleepwritten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of sleepwrite
sleepwrites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sleepwrite
sleepwriting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sleepwrite
sleepwrote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of sleepwrite
Chao Phraya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃaʊ pɹəˈjɑː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Thai เจ้าพระยา (jâao-prá-yaa).
Senses: glosses: A major river in Thailand, flowing southwards through Bangkok and emptying into the Gulf of Thailand.
wikipedia: Wat Arun
royal barge procession
Synonyms: word: Menam
megagame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megagames
Etymology: From mega- + game.
Senses: examples: text: The graphics and sprites are all wonderfully clear and well thought out, and as usual with Gargoyle/FTL, the design's immaculate. If it's not a megagame, it's only because in gameplay terms it's just a little too similar to Sweevo.
ref: 1987, Marcus Berkmann, Hydrofool (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 20
text: The Voyage of the Beagle is a megagame of "Twenty Questions," played out on jungle trails, over vast pampas, up and down the Andes, and through the eons of time.
ref: 1996, Jonathan Evan Maslow, Footsteps in the Jungle:
text: He took the idea from the man who had provided the sleds last year and arranged a megagame of musical chairs. This time they snuck all the chairs out of the dining hall and set them up on the quad in a long oval.
ref: 2013, Elizabeth LaBan, The Tragedy Paper:
glosses: A very large, or highly successful, game.
megagames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megagame
presplit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: presplits
form: presplitting
form: presplit
form: presplit
Etymology: From pre- + split.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: To shape the outcome of an explosive blast by forming cracks in advance.
presplit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presplits
Etymology: From pre- + split.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A crack produced for this purpose.
presplits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presplit
presplits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of presplit
presplitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of presplit
fairyism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairyisms
Etymology: From fairy + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Belief in fairies as supernatural beings.
glosses: A fairylike quality, for example in literature.
fairyisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fairyism
eftsoones
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Now ſtands the Brere like a Lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleaſaunce: / But all this glee had no continuaunce. / For eftſoones Winter gan to approche, / The bluſtring Boreas did encroche, / And beate upon the ſolitarie Brere: / For nowe no ſuccour was ſeene him neere.
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Se[c]unda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC, folio 6, verso:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of eftsoons.
faithworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faithworthy
form: most faithworthy
Etymology: From faith + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: Other faithworthy witnesses had been fortunate enough to be present when this cab drew up at the door of Mr. Bulgings, the well-known Magistrate of Pricetown […]
ref: 1863, The Dublin University Magazine, volume 61, page 114:
glosses: trustworthy
Derived terms: faithworthiness
cyberpredator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpredators
Etymology: From cyber- + predator.
Senses: glosses: A predator who operates on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cyberpredators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpredator
faithworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From faithworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: trustworthiness
falsish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːlsɪʃ/
/ˈfɒlsɪʃ/
Forms: form: more falsish
form: most falsish
Etymology: From false + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Learn that there exists
A falsish false, for truth's inside the same,
And truth that's only half true, falsish truth.
ref: 1873, Robert Browning, Red Cotton Night-Cap Country, or, Turf and Towers:
glosses: Somewhat false.
Byzantinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Byzantinist
faltboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faltboats
Etymology: From German Faltboot, literally "folding boat".
Senses: glosses: A kind of collapsible canoe.
faltboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faltboat
unsobering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsobering
form: most unsobering
Etymology: From un- + sobering.
Senses: glosses: Not sobering.
unsobered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsobered
form: most unsobered
Etymology: From un- + sobered.
Senses: glosses: Not made sober.
faradisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faradisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of faradization.
faradisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faradisation
fatidically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fatidically
form: most fatidically
Etymology: From fatidical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fatidical manner.
cyberfame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪm
Etymology: From cyber- + fame.
Senses: examples: text: In this chapter, you find out how to spread your company name around the web with social news and social bookmarking services and then track your cyberfame by using social monitoring tools.
ref: 2012, Jan Zimmerman, Web Marketing For Dummies, page 371:
glosses: Fame on the Internet or in cyberspace.
county towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of county town
laughtrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laughtracks
Senses: examples: text: I can add a laughtrack if no one in our studio audience happens to get the joke.
ref: 1998, Gremlin, Lurkers, →ISBN, page 102:
text: The monophonic sound is fine and on most of the episodes, it can be played back with or without the laughtrack, though without the laughtrack it seems a bit naked.
ref: 2004, Douglas Pratt, Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More!, →ISBN:
text: The laughtrack is a straightforward means of directing the viewers' reception by indicating which scenes are intended to be comic and by influencing the viewers' reaction to the characters.
ref: 2005, G. Allrath, M. Gymnich, Narrative Strategies in Television Series, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: Alternative form of laugh track.
laughtracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laughtrack
laugh-track
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laugh-tracks
Senses: examples: text: I remember once being involved in the production of a film that was made to the accompaniment of howls that would have put the most callous laugh-track to shame.
ref: 2002, P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000, →ISBN, page 72:
text: Finally, the perennial laugh-tracks of sitcoms and comedy shows let us know when something funny has been said or has happened.
ref: 2002, Carla Meskill, Teaching and Learning in Real Time, →ISBN:
text: Somehow, before the broadcast, the audience laughter got omitted and the temp laugh-track was put in by mistake.
ref: 2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of laugh track.
laugh-tracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laugh-track
bitto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bitto.
Senses: glosses: a cheese produced in the Valtelline valley in Lombardy
acrotrichial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acrotrichium + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The process of psoriasis in the scalp induces expression of keratin 16 in the interfollicular epidermis and acrotrichial epithelium, but it does not further induce keratin 16 expression in follicular keratinocytes that constitutively express this keratin.
ref: 2016 February 6, “Molecular and Cellular Profiling of Scalp Psoriasis Reveals Differences and Similarities Compared to Skin Psoriasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the acrotrichium
acrotrichium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acro- (“the tip”) + + θρίξ (thríx, “hair”, stem form τριχ- (trikh-)) + -ium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The distal part of the infundibular epidermis that traverses the surface epidermis.
Related terms: acrotrichial
anteromiddle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From antero- + middle.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore we investigate the clinical outcomes of base dominant prostate cancer (BDPC) in transrectal ultrasound (TRUS) -guided biopsies compared with anteromiddle dominant prostate cancer (AMPC).
ref: 2016 February 6, “Association between Seminal Vesicle Invasion and Prostate Cancer Detection Location after Transrectal Systemic Biopsy among Men Who Underwent Radical Prostatectomy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of anteromedial.
synonyms: word: anteromedial
ascochyta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Other seed-borne diseases are the Alternarias, Ascochytas, Black leg, Black rot. Canker, Neck rot and Septorias.
ref: 2001, Derek Soper, A guide to seed treatments in the UK, page 25:
text: Furthermore, induction of four enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway is important for resistance to ascochyta blight disease in the chickpea.
ref: 2016 February 6, “Transcriptome Analysis of an Anthracnose-Resistant Tea Plant Cultivar Reveals Genes Associated with Resistance to Colletotrichum camelliae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
bradyrhizobium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradyrhizobia
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Bradyrhizobium
Related terms: bradyrhizobial
bradyrhizobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the absence of nod genes is not a general rule among photosynthetic bradyrhizobia, some strains such as ORS285 do contain the canonical nodABC genes and display a broader host range that extent to all stem-nodulating Aeschynomene species including A.
ref: 2016 February 6, “The LPS O -Antigen in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strains Is Dispensable for the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of bradyrhizobium
bradyrhizose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Bradyrhizobium + -ose
Senses: examples: text: These bacteria display a unique LPS O-antigen composed of a new sugar, the bradyrhizose that is regarded as a key symbiotic factor due to its non-immunogenic character.
ref: 2016 February 6, “The LPS O -Antigen in Photosynthetic Bradyrhizobium Strains Is Dispensable for the Establishment of a Successful Symbiosis with Aeschynomene Legumes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An inositol-fused monosaccharide associated with bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium
bromoacetylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bromo- + acetylated.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, bromoacetic acid activated by diisopropylcarbodiimide is used to form a bromoacetylated intermediate on a terminal secondary amine group.
ref: 2016 February 6, “In Vivo, In Vitro, and In Silico Characterization of Peptoids as Antimicrobial Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: That has been reacted with bromoacetic acid (or one of its derivatives)
Related terms: bromoacetylation
carbogenated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: During the recording the retina was continuously superfused with carbogenated Ames’ medium (Sigma Aldrich) at 35–37°C. Data were amplified, filtered (0.3–3 kHz) and saved for offline analysis.
ref: 2016 February 6, “Hypothermia Protects and Prolongs the Tolerance Time of Retinal Ganglion Cells against Ischemia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of carbonated.
synonyms: word: carbonated
chloraminating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: To elaborate on the role of cdnL (BC4714) in the recovery from stresses other than heat, spores were exposed to a oxidative treatment with hydrogen peroxide (HP) and a combination of oxidative and chloraminating action of sodium hypochlorite (SH).
ref: 2016 February 6, “Identification of CdnL, a Putative Transcriptional Regulator Involved in Repair and Outgrowth of Heat-Damaged Bacillus cereus Spores”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That generates chloramines
chlorodendrophycean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Chlorodendrophyceae + -an
Senses: examples: text: Here we describe for the first time the chloroplast genomes of chlorodendrophycean algae (Scherffelia dubia, 137,161 bp; Tetraselmis sp.
ref: 2016 February 6, “Distinctive Architecture of the Chloroplast Genome in the Chlorodendrophycean Green Algae Scherffelia dubia and Tetraselmis sp. CCMP 881”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the class Chlorodendrophyceae.
dysthyroidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysthyroidisms
Etymology: From dys- + thyroid + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Dysthyroidism, whether in excess or deficiency, has clinical manifestations within different portions of the digestive tract and viscera.
ref: 2009, R Daher, T Yazbeck, JB Jaoude, B Abboud, “Consequences of dysthyroidism on the digestive tract and viscera”, in World J Gastroenterol, volume 15, pages 2834–2838:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: abnormal functioning of the thyroid gland, referring to either hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism (thyroid hormone deficiency or excess).
Related terms: dysthyroid
Attlee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Iggy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Iggies
Etymology: Acronym + -y.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Italian greyhound.
synonyms: word: Italian greyhound
Iggy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Ignatius.
tomboyhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tomboy + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a tomboy.
encaenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsiːniə/
Forms: form: encenia
Etymology: From Latin encaenia, from Ancient Greek (τὰ) ἐγκαίνια ((tà) enkaínia, “dedication festival”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + καινός (kainós, “new”).
Senses: glosses: A festival held to mark the anniversary of the dedication of a church or temple; (especially), of the Temple at Jerusalem.
examples: text: I am but just returned from two great shews that have been exhibited lately the review at Portsmouth and the encenia at Oxford.
ref: 1773, Joshua Reynolds, edited by John Ingamells and John Edgcumbe, The Letters of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Yale, published 2000, page 43:
glosses: The annual commemoration service of founders and benefactors of Oxford University.
chuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chut
chuts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chut
tubey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tubey
form: most tubey
form: tuby
Etymology: From tube + -y.
Senses: glosses: Tube-like; similar to a tube.
swind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswɪnd/
rhymes: -ɪnd
Forms: form: swinds
form: swinding
form: swinded
form: swinded
Etymology: From a variant of swint (“to squint”).
Senses: qualifier: Lancashire
glosses: To squint
arachnolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æˌɹæk.nəˈlaɪsɪn/
Etymology: From arachno- + lysin.
Senses: glosses: The active hemolytic principle of the poison of the garden-spider
Derived terms: antiarachnolysin
man goo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: semen
Colorado potato beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːtəl
Forms: form: Colorado potato beetles
Senses: glosses: Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
automacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In addition, our implementation integrates subsymbolic automacy with considerable symbolic computing, most discernible in the mapping algorithm.
ref: 2004, Computer Music Association, Proceedings of the ... International Computer Music Conference:
glosses: The quality, state, or condition of being automatic; automaticity.
imaginative fiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Particular professors and sober Scotchmen may denounce as childish the desire for imaginative fiction.
ref: 1914 March 7, Howard Phillips Lovecraft, All-Story Weekly, Letters:
text: The questions of whether Esperanto has any place in the science fiction field and whether there is any justification for the modification of the English language for the convenience of the imaginative fiction reader, seem both to be issues on which there can be little in the way of a compromise.
ref: 1936 December 24, Maurice K. Hanson, “Editorial”, in Novae Terrae, volume 1, number 9, page 3:
text: A Journal for Readers, Writers and Collectors of Imaginative Fiction
ref: 1947 February 24 – March 24, “Masthead”, in Fantasy Review, volume 1, number 1, page 2:
glosses: Fiction not based on reality; a class of fiction including but not necessarily limited to fantasy, horror and science fiction.
Synonyms: speculative fiction
jacky winter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacky winters
form: jacky-winter
form: jackywinter
Etymology: From jacky + winter, imitative of its call.
Senses: glosses: A bird (Microeca fascinans) in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae.
jackywinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackywinters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jacky winter.
jacky-winter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacky-winters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jacky winter.
jacky winters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacky winter
jackywinters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackywinter
jacky-winters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacky-winter
awkwards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːkwədz/
ipa: /ˈɔkwɚdz/
ipa: /ˈɑkwɚdz/
Etymology: From awkward + -s. The adjective is formed on the analogy of adverbs and prepositions such as towards, forwards etc.
Senses: glosses: plural of awkward.
awkwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːkwədz/
ipa: /ˈɔkwɚdz/
ipa: /ˈɑkwɚdz/
Forms: form: more awkwards
form: most awkwards
Etymology: From awkward + -s. The adjective is formed on the analogy of adverbs and prepositions such as towards, forwards etc.
Senses: examples: text: This : " let her own works praise her in the gates" - / Where (being fifty three — these awkwards dates !)
ref: 1877, Edward Williams Johns, The Silver Wedding: A Romaunt Du Moyen Âge, page 190:
text: We had some awkwards bits to get over to-day. The path at best is a track not two feet wide on the mountain side, and there is no escape from the constantly recurring moraines, with their sharp deep sides eaten away by sub- niveal streams
ref: 1930, Sir Reginald Rankin, A tour in the Himalayas and beyond, page 108:
text: In the two solutions shown above (a and b) , the first is awkwards, needing a ramp and handrails extending out from the building. In the second, a simple ramp cut into the first stair resulted in a successful solution, which achieved accessibility with minimal impact to the character of the building.
ref: 1980, Charles Parrott, Access to historic buildings for the disabled: suggestions for planning and implementation, page 32:
glosses: awkward, embarrassing, difficult.
Related terms: awkward
mellorine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Mellorine" is providing a new and promising market for beef fats. It is a frozen desert, closely resembling ice cream.
ref: 1931, American Beef Producer, page 26:
text: Mellorine is a recent American term for "ice cream" which is made not from butter fat but from vegetable oils, because the term "ice cream" in the United States is only permitted for foods containing butter fat as the sole source of fat […]
ref: 1939, Food Industries Manual, British Food Manufacturing Industries Research Association, page 597:
text: The author advocates creation of a mellorine association to work with the National Cotton Council and the American Soybean Association in working to develop legislation favorable to mellorine and to block restrictive legislation.
ref: 2013, William Shurtleff, History of Soy Ice Cream and Other Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts:
glosses: A lower-cost imitation of ice cream, using fats other than butterfat.
paleophycology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From paleo- + phycology.
Senses: examples: text: An endeavor to introduce the biological species concept into paleontologic species has been explored by many progressive paleontologists. But, no such contribution has ever been made in paleophycology.
ref: 1956, Kanazawa Daigaku, The Science Reports of Kanazawa University - Volumes 5-7, page 254:
text: As most of the primary production in freshwater systems comes from algae, and given that there are many thousands of algal taxa, it is not surprising that paleophycology has played a leading role in paleolimnology.
ref: 2009, John P. Smol, Pollution of Lakes and Rivers: A Paleoenvironmental Perspective, →ISBN:
text: We dedicate this special issue to all aspects of quantifying species abundance and the subsequent elaborations of it in paleophycology.
ref: 2012, Daniela Basso, Bruno Granier, “Calcareous algae in changing environments”, in Geodiversitas, volume 34, number 1:
glosses: The branch of paleontology that deals with fossil algae
Synonyms: paleoalgology
Related terms: paleophycological
paleoalgology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlədʒi
Etymology: From paleo- + algology.
Senses: examples: text: The conference passed a resolution to publish the works of the conference and also to compile a collection of articles on problems of paleoalgology, which would explain the latest data of a theoretical and applied nature.
ref: 1966, United States Joint Publications Research Service, Conferences in the Soviet Bloc - Issue 22, page 10:
text: Paleoalgology is the branch of botany that deals with algae in ancient times. This branch of science is closely related to the studies of the origin of life, ...
ref: 1978, Hsinhua Weekly - Issues 1-25, page 24:
glosses: The study of fossil algae.
Synonyms: paleophycology
pasimology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is interesting that the American Indians should have contributed to the world's civilization their own particular form of pasimology, used for the avowed purpose of avoiding international language difficulties.
ref: 1965, Mario Pei, The Story of Language, page 18:
text: Early in the book, Pizer discusses pasimology, the science of communication by gesture.
ref: 1985, Joan Brest Friedberg, June B. Mullins, Adelaide Weir Sukiennik, Accept Me As I Am, →ISBN:
text: It is interesting to note in this regard that the International Boy Scout movement . . . resolutely adopted the Indian sign language and proceeded to develop a science of pasimology, or gestures, which serves the Jamborees in perfect fashion.
ref: 1989, Franklin H. Silverman, Communication for the speechless:
glosses: The use of gestures as a means of communication.
Synonyms: kinesics
patristic anthology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patristic anthologies
Senses: examples: text: But the range of potential material for a patristic anthology is vast.
ref: - 1995, Robert Atwell, Spiritual Classics from the Early Church: An Anthology, →ISBN, page 13:
text: An old genre, the patristic anthology, appeared in a new form in the sixteenth century.
ref: 2011, Timothy George, Reading Scripture with the Reformers, →ISBN, page 80:
text: Later, around 1175, Andronikos Kamateros fully exploits the verb 'to bestow' (χορηγεῖσθαι) in various passages, but especially in his commentaries on the patristic anthology that he inserts at the end of his Sacred Arsenal.
ref: 2016, Alessandra Bucossi, Alex Rodriguez Suarez, John II Komnenos, Emperor of Byzantium: In the Shadow of Father and Son, →ISBN:
glosses: A systematic collection of excerpts from the works of founders of the early Christian church and other early ecclesiastical writers, compiled to serve dogmatic or ethical purposes.
Synonyms: florilegium
patristic anthologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patristic anthology
Louis heel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈluː.iˈhiːl/
Forms: form: Louis heels
Etymology: After Louis XIV of France.
Senses: examples: text: The fashion of Louis heels for street shoes brought out the leather Louis heel, to compete with the Louis heel of wood, and it also led to the development of important machines for breasting and finishing this heel.
ref: 1916, American Shoemaking, volume 61, Mcleish Communications, page 49:
text: "See if you can squeeze into these." She handed me a pair of gold brocade shoes with high Louis heels.
ref: 1957, Gypsy Rose Lee, chapter 8, in Gypsy, Berkeley, CA: Frog, Ltd, published 1999, page 72:
glosses: A shoe heel with a concave curve and outward taper at the bottom.
wikipedia: Louis XIV of France
Synonyms: Pompadour heel
Derived terms: Louis-heeled
Louis-heeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: She carried her best straw hat and louis-heeled shoes rolled up in an old rag hat.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 213:
glosses: Having Louis heels. (of shoes)
invigilatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invigilatrix
choreo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔɹioʊ/
Etymology: Clipping of choreography.
Senses: glosses: choreography
buildress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buildresses
Etymology: From builder + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: At present it looks gaunt and dreary, as though the buildress had waited to welcome her Queen, and, waiting in vain, had left it unfinished.
ref: 1896, “Hardwick”, in The Pall Mall Magazine, volume 9, page 514:
glosses: A female builder.
stoga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stogas
Etymology: Probably derived from Conestoga, Pennsylvania. Note the existence of the Conestoga Cigar Company from the 1880s.
Senses: glosses: a type of cigar popular in the United States in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
synonyms: stoga boot
glosses: A heavy work boot manufactured in the northern United States and in Canada in the nineteenth century.
Derived terms: stogie
tycooness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tycoonesses
Etymology: From tycoon + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: We must remember, though, that Mr. Gonzalez is under orders from that mysterious tycooness, the reputedly brilliant and learned Mrs. Levy, to treat Miss Trixie well and to make her feel active and wanted.
ref: 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN:
glosses: A female tycoon.
pastress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastresses
Etymology: From pastor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Rare form of pastoress.
writress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: writresses
form: writeress
Etymology: From writer + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female writer; an authoress.
bardess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bardesses
Etymology: From bard + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female bard.