cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intermeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + meal.
Senses: examples: text: The meal pattern up to 12 h (mostly dark phase) after surgery still showed a significant reduction of feeding bouts, time spent on meals, and meal frequency, duration and size by 27%, 88%, 77%, 73% and 87%, respectively, and the intermeal interval (IMI) tend ^([sic]) to be prolonged and the satiety ratio increased by 16.7 times (Table 1).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Patterns of Brain Activation and Meal Reduction Induced by Abdominal Surgery in Mice and Modulation by Rikkunshito”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between meals.
karstify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: karstifies
form: karstifying
form: karstified
form: karstified
Etymology: From karst + -ify.
Senses: glosses: To undergo karstification.
examples: text: In highly karstified aquifers, however, the contaminant transport may depend primarily on the karst conduit network rather than matrix hydraulic conductivity.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Equivalent Porous Media (EPM) Simulation of Groundwater Hydraulics and Contaminant Transport in Karst Aquifers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To subject to karstification.
Derived terms: karstifiable
karstified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of karstify
karstifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of karstify
karstifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of karstify
Alto Paraná
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Paraguay
bunkspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunkspaces
Etymology: From bunk + space.
Senses: glosses: The space within or around a bunk and available to that bunk's user, such as in a military barracks or livestock operation.
preeclamptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preeclamptic
bunkspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunkspace
submedially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From submedial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Crown rounded anteriorly, longer submedially than next to eye, shorter than width between eyes, anterior and posterior margins subparallel, width between eyes greater than eye width; coronal suture distinct, not attaining anterior margin of crown […]
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a submedial position or orientation.
Pains
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pain
sulfophosphovanillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Afterwards, total lipids were quantified by the sulfophosphovanillin method, with olive oil (Indalo Clasico) diluted with absolute ethanol as standard.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Compensatory Growth in Juveniles of Freshwater Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus Reared at Three Different Temperatures: Hyperphagia and Food Efficiency as Primary Mechanisms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of sulphophosphovanillin.
syringotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bioactive metabolite isolated from the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae.
terrestrialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From terrestrial + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Succession is a major issue in current pond conservation management since it may eventually result in the loss of valuable habitats due to terrestrialization, especially in eutrophicated systems.
ref: 2015 October 1, “The Impact of Conservation Management on the Community Composition of Multiple Organism Groups in Eutrophic Interconnected Man-Made Ponds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The colonization of the land by aquatic organisms.
massetolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massetolides
Senses: examples: text: The lipopeptide surfactant massetolide A produced by P.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Diversity of Aquatic Pseudomonas Species and Their Activity against the Fish Pathogenic Oomycete Saprolegnia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a family of cyclic lipopeptide antibiotics produced by strains of Pseudomonas
Paulistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Paulista
flaouna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaounes
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek φλαούνα (flaoúna). Doublet of flan.
Senses: examples: text: In week six, Alvin was foiled by Paul’s flaounes, then firefighter Mat fell foul of Mary’s ladyfingers in week seven.
ref: 2015 October 1, Heidi Stephens, “The Great British Bake Off 2015 final – who will win?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A kind of cheese-filled pastry eaten in Cyprus during Easter and Ramadan.
flaounes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flaouna
ecodesign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecodesigns
Etymology: From eco- + design.
Senses: glosses: An approach to product design that considers the environmental impact of the product during its whole life cycle.
glosses: An individual design of this kind.
ecodesign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ecodesigns
form: ecodesigning
form: ecodesigned
form: ecodesigned
Etymology: From eco- + design.
Senses: glosses: To design in this manner.
mesectodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mesectoderm + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Here the mesectodermal substrate was transplanted with the ectoderm, with the result that in four cases out of seven balancers developed, while in the other three development began, but was arrested.
ref: 1904, Ross Graville Harrison, Reprints of Articles on Embryology from Various Periodicals, page 385:
text: The cells then interdigitate to form a single-cell-wide strip that now occupies the ventral midline, the mesectodermal cells.
ref: 1991, Current Topics in Developmental Biology, volume 25, page 38:
text: During neurulation in chick embryos, as the neural folds fuse dorsally, CNC cells delaminate and migrate to generate several cephalic structures that comprise mesectodermal and neural derivatives.
ref: 2015 August 29, “A Novel Role for VICKZ Proteins in Maintaining Epithelial Integrity during Embryogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mesectoderm.
Coordinate terms: ectodermal
endodermal
mesectoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesectoderms
Etymology: From meso- + ectoderm.
Senses: glosses: The region involved in the separation of mesoderm and ectoderm
Derived terms: mesectodermal
overstack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overstacks
form: overstacking
form: overstacked
form: overstacked
Etymology: From over- + stack.
Senses: examples: text: The dangers of the Bering Sea are heightened in the smaller boats and are exacerbated even more by fishermen who feel the need to overstack the decks with pots in order to compete with the larger boats.
ref: 2010, Katherine L. Reedy-Maschner, Aleut Identities, page 123:
glosses: To stack too high.
Periquito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An island of El Salvador.
overstacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overstack
overstacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overstack
overstacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overstack
microcaliper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcalipers
Etymology: From micro- + caliper.
Senses: examples: text: After 24 h, the thicknesses of the ear and hind paw were measured using a digital microcaliper.
ref: 2015 August 29, “The Inhibitory Effects of Low-Dose Ionizing Radiation in IgE-Mediated Allergic Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A very small caliper
Pimenta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pimentas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Pimenta.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
shadowgraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From shadowgraphy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Here we study the process of shadowgraphic image formation during the propagation of a few cycle probe pulse transversely through a laser-driven wake using three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations.
ref: 2015, E. Siminos, S. Skupin, A. Sävert, J. M. Cole, S. P. D. Mangles, M. C. Kaluza, “Modeling ultrafast shadowgraphy in laser-plasma interaction experiments”, in arXiv:
glosses: Relating to shadowgraphy.
shadowgram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowgrams
Etymology: From shadow + -gram.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, we study the dependence of synthetic shadowgrams on various parameters such as the imaging system aperture, the position of the object plane and the probe pulse delay, duration and wavelength.
ref: 2015, E. Siminos, S. Skupin, A. Sävert, J. M. Cole, S. P. D. Mangles, M. C. Kaluza, “Modeling ultrafast shadowgraphy in laser-plasma interaction experiments”, in arXiv:
glosses: An image produced by means of shadowgraphy.
shadowgrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadowgram
unshuffle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unshuffles
form: unshuffling
form: unshuffled
form: unshuffled
Etymology: From un- + shuffle.
Senses: examples: text: In encryption, theoretically only the user or program authorized to retrieve the data knows how to unshuffle the ciphertext and compile the data in its original sequence.
ref: 2012, Tamara Dean, Network+ Guide to Networks, page 516:
glosses: To restore to order from a shuffled state.
unshuffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unshuffle
unshuffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unshuffle
molybdosilicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molybdosilicates
Etymology: From molybdo- + silicate.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, particles on polycarbonate membranes were digested with 0.2 mol L -1 NaOH. Silica concentration was measured through molybdosilicate blue spectrophotometry.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Influence of a Decaying Cyclonic Eddy on Biogenic Silica and Particulate Organic Carbon in the Tropical South China Sea Based on 234 Th- 238 U Disequilibrium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex anion, SiMo₁₂O₄₀⁴⁻ composed of four trimolybdate moieties surrounding a silicate group; any salt containing this ion
difenacoum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There was a positive association between pooled ARs and brodifacoum occurrence with livestock density as well as of pooled ARs, brodifacoum and difenacoum occurrence with the percentage of urban area on administrative district level.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Relation between Intensity of Biocide Practice and Residues of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Red Foxes ( Vulpes vulpes )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular anticoagulant, used commercially as a rodenticide.
dysferlinopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysferlinopathies
Etymology: From dysferlin + -o- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of functional dysferlin protein, leading to muscle damage
Related terms: dysferlinopathic
molybdosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molybdosilicate
flocoumafen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Three registered substances are first generation ARs (FGARs: chlorophacinone, coumatetralyl and warfarine) and five are second generation ARs (SGARs: brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difenacoum, difethialone and flocoumafen).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Relation between Intensity of Biocide Practice and Residues of Anticoagulant Rodenticides in Red Foxes ( Vulpes vulpes )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular anticoagulant.
nonreserpinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reserpinized.
Senses: glosses: Not reserpinized.
shit talking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shit-talking
Etymology: A substantivization of the present participle of the phrasal verb shit talk.
Senses: glosses: speaking deprecatively about another person, especially behind that person's back
shit talking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shit-talking
Etymology: A substantivization of the present participle of the phrasal verb shit talk.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shit talk
reslice
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reslices
form: reslicing
form: resliced
form: resliced
Etymology: From re- + slice.
Senses: examples: text: First, we improved resolution to produce more satisfying regional boundaries (better approximation of curves) by reslicing the atlas into 0.5 mm space before splitting it into slices in each of the three orthogonal directions.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Dynamic Data Visualization with Weave and Brain Choropleths”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To slice again or differently.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To calculate from the pixels in the original 3D data that are closest to a particular plane.
reslices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reslice
reslicing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reslice
tantulocarid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tantulocarids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the Tantulocarida, a group of parasitic crustaceans.
tantulocarids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tantulocarid
perfringolysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perfringolysins
Etymology: From Latin perfringens + -o- + lysin.
Senses: examples: text: The crystal structure of perfringolysin O (PDB: 1PFO) was used as a template for modelling.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Serotype 1 and 8 Pneumococci Evade Sensing by Inflammasomes in Human Lung Tissue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a group of toxic cytolysins produced by Clostridium perfringens
uncarboxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + carboxylated.
Senses: examples: text: Vitamin K is an essential co-factor for carboxylation of osteocalcin and carboxylation of total osteocalcin (tOC) increases the proportion of carboxylated osteocalcin (cOC) and lowers the proportion of uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Osteocalcin Is Not Associated with the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Findings from the EPIC-NL Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not carboxylated.
telmophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telmophages
Senses: glosses: Any telmophagous organism
Related terms: telmophagic
telmophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telmophage
telmophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέλμα (télma, “pond, puddle”) + -phagous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Feeding from a pool of blood caused by tissue laceration.
Hypernyms: haematophagous
Coordinate terms: solenophagous
Related terms: telmophage
telmophagy
polyclonals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Blots were probed with anti-phospho-ERK1/2 followed by anti-ERK1/2 antibodies (Cell Signaling, 9101 and 9102, rabbit polyclonals) or anti-CaSR antibody (rabbit polyclonal against LRG epitope (identified as antigenic in [24 ]), independently custom-generated by Genemed Synthesis, Inc. for us in 2002, first cited in [25 ]), and species-appropriate secondary antibodies (ECL, HRP-conjugated, GE Healthcare).
ref: 2015 August 29, “14-3-3 Proteins Buffer Intracellular Calcium Sensing Receptors to Constrain Signaling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of polyclonal
Prados
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Prado
solenophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solenophages
Etymology: From soleno- + -phage.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any solenophagous (feeding directly on blood vessels) organism
Related terms: solenophagic
solenophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solenophage
postextrasystole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postextrasystoles
Etymology: From post- + extrasystole.
Senses: glosses: The part of an irregular heartbeat rhythm following an extrasystole
Derived terms: postextrasystolic
postextrasystoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Since we are interested in what causes the difference in models, we studied the correlation between the Ca 2+ released from SR (J rel ) and the contractile strength of the postextrasystoles with various ESI and fixed PESI. We designed an analogous parameter A J for the J rel amplitude.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Implementation of Contraction to Electrophysiological Ventricular Myocyte Models, and Their Quantitative Characterization via Post-Extrasystolic Potentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of postextrasystole
postextrasystolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + extrasystolic or postextrasystole + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: If PESI is fixed, postextrasystolic strength increases as ESI is shortened.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Implementation of Contraction to Electrophysiological Ventricular Myocyte Models, and Their Quantitative Characterization via Post-Extrasystolic Potentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Following an extrasystole; relating to a postextrasystole
preopsonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + opsonization.
Senses: examples: text: Phagocytosis of enterococci by macrophages was enhanced by preopsonization with E.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Roles of TLR/MyD88/MAPK/NF-κB Signaling Pathways in the Regulation of Phagocytosis and Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in Response to E . faecalis Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The process of preopsonizing
preopsonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preopsonizes
form: preopsonizing
form: preopsonized
form: preopsonized
Etymology: From pre- + opsonize.
Senses: glosses: To opsonize prior to some other process
Rodeiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
glosses: A parish of Rodeiro, Pontevedra, Galicia.
glosses: A parish of Oza-Cesuras, A Coruña, Galicia.
glosses: The name of a number of villages in Galicia.
glosses: A municipality of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
prodomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prodomains
Etymology: From pro- + domain.
Senses: examples: text: When a prodomain is cleaved from inactive Casp7 by upstream caspases, it undergoes auto-proteolysis into a p20 subunit (fragment containing residues 57–198) and p11 subunit (207–303) that associate to form an active Casp7 [48 ].
ref: 2015 August 29, “An Engineered Split Intein for Photoactivated Protein Trans -Splicing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A domain of a proprotein
Santa Bárbara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department and city in Honduras.
pseudoexophthalmos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + exophthalmos.
Senses: examples: text: Progressive pseudoexophthalmos, hypertelorism, strabismus and farsightedness have also been reported [3 ].
ref: 2015 August 29, “Comparison of Rebound Tonometry, Perkins Applanation Tonometry and Ocular Response Analyser in Mucopolysaccharidosis Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A condition similar to exophthalmos caused by facial asymmetry
resolubilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resolubilizations
Etymology: From re- + solubilization.
Senses: examples: text: The remaining pellet was re-digested, by resolubilization in 2M thiourea, 7 M urea and 1% CHAPS detergent and incubated at 60°C for 2 hours, reduced with 10mM Dithiothreitol (DTT) with incubation at 37°C for 1 hour, diluted 10-fold with 50 mM NH 4 HCO 3, 1mM CaCl2.
ref: 2015 August 29, “Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The process of redissolving.
spatiotopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spatio- + -topic.
Senses: examples: text: Here we investigated whether nociceptive stimuli are mapped into a spatiotopic frame of reference, and more specifically a peripersonal frame of reference, which takes into account the position of the body limbs in external space, as well as the occurrence of external objects presented near the body.
ref: 2015 August 29, “From a Somatotopic to a Spatiotopic Frame of Reference for the Localization of Nociceptive Stimuli”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having a reference to the three-dimensional space of the real world
Related terms: spatiotopicity
staphylococcemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphylococcemias
Etymology: From staphylococcus + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, IFN-γ is universally considered to improve the survival of staphylococcemia mice by activating marcrophages and neutrophils to kill bacteria [45 ].
ref: 2015 August 29, “A Multiple Antigenic Peptide Mimicking Peptidoglycan Induced T Cell Responses to Protect Mice from Systemic Infection with Staphylococcus aureus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of staphylococci in the blood
Serranos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Serrano
Araucária
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Araucária.
Senses: examples: text: The Rio Verde Basin is located in the western region of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, Brazil, and covers parts of four different municipalities: Araucária, Campo Largo, Campo Magro and Balsa Nova.
ref: 2014, Charles Carneiro, Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli, Cynara de Lourdes da Nobrega Cunha, Eduardo F Gobbi, Reservoir Eutrophication: Preventive Management: An applied example of Integrated Basin Management Interdisciplinary Research (in English), IWA Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
Uberlândia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Astorga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of León, Castile and León, Spain.
friction drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friction drums
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A drum (membranophone) that produces sound through friction.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A type of gear.
friction drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friction drum
Balsa Nova
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Balsa Nova.
Senses: examples: text: The Rio Verde Basin is located in the western region of the Metropolitan Region of Curitiba, Brazil, and covers parts of four different municipalities: Araucária, Campo Largo, Campo Magro and Balsa Nova.
ref: 2014, Charles Carneiro, Cleverson Vitorio Andreoli, Cynara de Lourdes da Nobrega Cunha, Eduardo F Gobbi, Reservoir Eutrophication: Preventive Management: An applied example of Integrated Basin Management Interdisciplinary Research, IWA Publishing, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
Alegria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Alegría.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Camargo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Camargos
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese or Spanish
swap line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swap lines
Etymology: swap + line (“of credit”)
Senses: examples: text: [Donald Trump] could determine which countries have access to swap lines, and on what terms. Swap lines are the lifeblood of the entire global financial system. It's hard to imagine a greater source of leverage for the administration.
ref: 2025 July 31, Leah Downey, “What could a Trump appointee do at the Fed?”, in Financial Times, page 17:
topics: banking
business
glosses: A procedure whereby a central bank (usually the United States Federal Reserve) trades money with a foreign bank in one currency in exchange for an equivalent amount of money in the foreign bank's domestic currency, for the purpose alleviating a currency shortage.
swap lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swap line
Canela
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A dialect of the Canela-Krahô language, a Timbira variety of the Northern Jê language group.
saung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saungs
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese စောင်းကောက် (caung:kauk).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An arched harp used in Burmese traditional music.
Synonyms: saung-gauk
Burmese harp
Cerrito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cerritos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Cerrito.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cerro Largo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A department of Uruguay.
Campo Largo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
Campo Magro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
archontology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑːkɒnˈtɒləd͡ʒɪ/
Etymology: From Latin archontologia, equivalent to Ancient Greek ἄρχων (árkhōn, “ruler”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”).
Senses: glosses: The study of historical offices and the people who held them.
Derived terms: archontological
archontologist
archontological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to archontology
archontologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archontologists
Etymology: From archontology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who studies archontology
deerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more deerish
form: most deerish
Etymology: From deer + -ish. Compare Dutch diers, German tierisch, Swedish djurisk, Norwegian dyrisk.
Senses: examples: text: Then Jim spoke in a guarded tone. "I don't see a thing except a jay and some bushtits. Do you?" "No, I haven't seen a thing that looks deerish. I guess we drew a blank this trip. […] "
ref: 1919, The Boy Scouts' Year Book
text: Twice a day the caribou was dressed in bells and led outside to pretend (with other deerish peers) that they had some vested interest in a fat man.
ref: 2011, Jim Hanas, Chris Eaton, Natalee Caple, Joyland Trio Deal:
text: He also had a deerish look of bewildered innocence, as if, after all this time, he still couldn't comprehend his circumstances.
ref: 2014, Neal Shusterman, Eric Elfman, The Accelerati Trilogy, Book One: Tesla's Attic:
glosses: Characteristic of a deer; somewhat deerlike
dearish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dearish
form: most dearish
Etymology: From dear + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Yet people will still buy dearish books, and though willing to hear Turner lecture gratis on Chemistry or Geology, they will not pay at the rate of 1s. a lecture to hear him.
ref: 1881, Sir Charles Lyell, Mrs. Lyell (Katharine M.), Life, Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart
glosses: Somewhat dear or precious
shit-talking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shit talking.
bowlo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊləʊ/
rhymes: -əʊləʊ
Forms: form: bowlos
Etymology: From bowl(ing club) + -o.
Senses: examples: text: Next, it's off to the local, pub or bowlo.
ref: 1986 Feb, Tracks, page 3:
text: The Ensemble Offspring Sizzle is back on at Petersham bowlo on Sunday, August 19 at 3pm.
ref: 2012 August 2, Inner West Courier, page 7:
glosses: A bowling club.
bowling club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowling clubs
Senses: glosses: A club for people who play bowls.
glosses: An establishment with a bowling green and clubhouse, providing food, drink, entertainment, and other services to members.
Derived terms: bowlo
bowlos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowlo
bowling clubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bowling club
cocktip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocktips
form: cock-tip
form: cock tip
Etymology: From cock + tip.
Senses: glosses: The end of the penis.
cocktips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocktip
pre cum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of precum.
wildcat strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildcat strike
São Luís
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese São Luís, from são (saint) + Luís (Louis).
Senses: glosses: A municipality, the state capital of Maranhão, Brazil.
pepper gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepper gases
Senses: examples: text: Now free to focus exclusively on the rioters, the cops began an offensive of arrest attempts and retaliations with teargas and pepper gas.
ref: 1982 December 18, David France, “Protests Drive Klan Rally Out Of Washington”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 1:
glosses: Synonym of pepper spray.
synonyms: word: pepper spray
pepper-gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pepper-gases
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pepper spray.
synonyms: word: pepper spray
OC gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Short for oleoresin capsicum.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pepper spray.
synonyms: word: pepper spray
OC spray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OC sprays
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pepper spray.
synonyms: word: pepper spray
hulk out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌlk aʊt/
Forms: form: hulks out
form: hulking out
form: hulked out
form: hulked out
Etymology: From Hulk, a fictional character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for the Marvel Comics Universe, who gains superhuman strength when he becomes angry.
Senses: examples: text: "Now," Mr. Gaunt said. "Let me give you a few directions, Ace. And remember what I said: I want you back by midnight. If you're not back by midnight, I will be unhappy. When I'm unhappy, I sometimes lose my temper. You wouldn't want to be around when that happens."
"Do you Hulk out?" Ace asked jestingly.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
text: Alec Baldwin completely Hulked-out on a paparazzo this morning, after picking up a marriage license with his beautiful fiancé, Hilaria Thomas.
ref: 2012 June 19, “Alec Baldwin PUNCHES Paparazzo After Getting Marriage License!”, in PerezHilton, archived from the original on 10 May 2015:
text: Valencia—when she gets mad—she, like, hulks out.
ref: 2015 October 26, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, I Hope Josh Comes to My Party! (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), season 1, episode 3, spoken by Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III), via The CW:
text: Our media is so punch-drunk from the 16-month Hindenburg explosion of Trump’s candidacy, they no longer notice how awful he is unless he hulks out on stage or grabs the foundational principles of our republic by the pussy.
ref: 2016 October 24, United Nations (Full Frontal with Samantha Bee), season 1, episode 27, Samantha Bee (actor):
glosses: To become enraged in an imposing or intimidating manner.
examples: text: One of my best friends has hulked out his chest, triceps and shoulders exclusively with weighted push ups at my recommendation.
ref: 2012 January 10, Joshua Naterman, “Need Advice on Building Rounder Chest without Weights?”, in GymnasticBodies Forums:
text: You want to be in a permanent state of Hulking out, but chances are, if you’re reading this article, building bulk doesn’t come naturally.
ref: 2016 December 9, Rachael Schultz, “How to eat to bulk up”, in Men's Fitness:
text: A review of studies done on runners and strength training showed generally positive impacts and no negative consequences. You won’t hulk out or bulk up just fine-tune some lean muscle in ways that running alone can’t do.
ref: 2017 January 9, Molly Hurford, “Cross-Training Workouts Every Runner Should Try”, in MapMyRun, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2017:
glosses: To gain significant muscle mass from exercise.
Synonyms: sense: become enraged
word: lose one's temper
sense: increase muscle mass
word: bulk up
hulk off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hulks off
form: hulking off
form: hulked off
form: hulked off
Etymology: From hulk (“be a large, often imposing presence; move [one's large, hulking body]”) or Hulk.
Senses: glosses: To leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.
steel pot helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel pot helmets
Etymology: From the helmet's steel construction and pot-like appearance.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: steel pot
glosses: A style of soldier's helmet resembling the helmet used by U.S. soldiery from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Related terms: coal scuttle helmet
washbasin helmet
washbasin helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washbasin helmets
Etymology: From the helmet's appearance, similar to a washbasin of the early 20th century.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A style of soldier's helmet that is almost identical to or resembles the helmet used by the British Empire, Commonwealth and U.S. soldiery during World War I.
Related terms: coal scuttle helmet
steel pot helmet
coal scuttle helmet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coal scuttle helmets
Etymology: From the helmet's appearance similar to a coal scuttle (coal bucket) of the early 20th century.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: coal scuttle
Stahlhelm
glosses: A style of soldier's helmet that is almost identical to resembles the helmet used by current Chilean soldiery, German soldiery at the end of World War I and during World War II, and Chinese soldiery during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Related terms: steel pot helmet
washbasin helmet
$cientology
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Scientology with the currency sign $ denoting greedy business practices.
Senses: examples: text: We know that $cientology's psychotic tyrant, David Miscavige, dropped out after the 8th grade.
ref: 1997 December 2, Mark Dallara, “HELL WEEK for $cientology!”, in alt.slack (Usenet), message-ID <6605m8$gc9@news-central.tiac.net>:
text: Vicki Aznaran was a top $cientology official working directly under David Miscavige, the current leader.
ref: 1999 April 21, anonymous author, “$CIENTOLOGY SURVIVORS SPEAK OUT”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), message-ID <199904210118.DAA02704@mail.replay.com>:
text: In knowing that $cientology has many front groups, as secular, etc.. this affords them the evasion of being prosecuted under any one name.
ref: 2009 March 18, Maureen, “What is $cientology 'contravening?' (violating)”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet), message-ID <cc4f9a03-3fd6-4d6b-82f1-873bc5100aa5@j39g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>:
glosses: Scientology, regarded as a money-making scam.
swannish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swannish
form: most swannish
Etymology: From swan + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Her neck was strangely long and swannish, and her skin dense with freckles that blurred the edges of her lips. She pushed the screen door open with the hammer. Charlie stepped into the room, which smelled of smoke and sardines.
ref: 2011, Amity Gaige, The Folded World:
glosses: Characteristically like a swan; somewhat swanlike
self-improvements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-improvement
APFSDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APFSDSs
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot round.
Coordinate terms: english: armor-piercing discarding-sabot round
translation: armor-piercing discarding-sabot round
word: APDS
english: armor-piercing round
translation: armor-piercing round
word: AP
english: anti-tank round
translation: anti-tank round
word: AT
APDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: APFSDS
AP
AT
glosses: Initialism of armor-piercing discarding-sabot round.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase delta syndrome.
creepshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creepshot
LGBTphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From LGBT + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: A fear of or a negative attitude towards LGBT people.
Derived terms: LGBTphobic
biospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biospecies
Etymology: From bio- + species.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A biological species, usually defined by the biological species concept or strictly on a neontological basis.
bioentity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioentities
Etymology: From bio- + entity.
Senses: examples: text: The identification of bioentities such as genes, proteins, small molecules, drugs, and diseases, as described in chapter 4, can support numerous tasks of interest including […]
ref: 2012, Hagit Shatkay, Mark Craven, Mining the Biomedical Literature, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 99:
glosses: A biological entity of any kind.
bioentities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioentity
scandal-plagued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scandal-plagued
form: most scandal-plagued
Senses: glosses: Having been harmed (plagued) by a large number of controversial situations (scandals).
chess-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chess-pieces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chesspiece.
chess-pieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chess-piece
SMOS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ESA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity, a satellite from the Living Planet Programme.
Rabi II
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rabi al-Akhir
form: Rabi‘ al-Thani
form: Second Rabi
Etymology: From Arabic رَبِيعُ الثَّانِي (rabīʕu ṯ-ṯānī), رَبِيعُ الْآخِر (rabīʕu l-ʔāḵir).
Senses: examples: text: I witnessed at the time of the Great Plague at Damascus in the latter part of the month of Second Rabi of the year 749 a remarkable instance of the veneration of the people of Damascus for this mosque.
ref: 1958-1994, Hamilton Gibb & CF Beckingham, in The Travels of Ibn Battutah, Folio Society 2012, p. 41
text: The first and primary issue that he addressed was the status of the single, revocable repudiation that al-Haskuri had issued on 12 Rabī‘ II 714/26 July 1314.
ref: 2002, David S. Powers, Law, Society and Culture in the Maghrib, 1300-1500, page 61:
text: On 3 Rabi‘ al-Thani 1414H (20 September 1993AD), Ibn Baz responded to Naif's official letter.
ref: 2011, Mansoor Jassem Alshamsi, Islam and Political Reform in Saudi Arabia, page 119:
glosses: The fourth month of the Islamic calendar.
Dhu al-Hijjah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Stay at Arafat on 9th Dhu al-Hijjah from after dawn to slightly after sunset (when pilgrims proceed to Muzdalfa).
ref: 2003, Arshad Khan, Islam 101: Principles and Practice, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of Dhu'l-Hijja.
Minas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Minases
Etymology: Two main origins for the surname:
* Borrowed from Greek Μηνάς (Minás), a patronymic surname.
* Borrowed from Spanish Minas or Miñas.
The given name is from Greek Μηνάς (Minás) and Armenian Մինաս (Minas).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name.
flatsharer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatsharers
Etymology: From flat + sharer.
Senses: examples: text: The average amount asked of flatsharers in the capital has increased by nearly 14% since 2012, to £692 a month, or £8,300 a year.
ref: 2015 October 2, Hilary Osborne, “Cost of flatsharing in UK's priciest towns rises by 30% in three years”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person who shares a flat (apartment).
massifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massification
halfway line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfway lines
form: half-way line
Senses: examples: text: Roberts scored a superb goal from the halfway line, lobbing the goalkeeper.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The line separating the two halves of a pitch, either side of which the teams must stand before the beginning of the game.
Related terms: centre circle
goal line
offside
touch line
touch line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: touch lines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touchline.
halfway lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfway line
North Vietnamese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to North Vietnam.
early retirement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: early retirements
Senses: glosses: retirement before the ordinary legal retirement age
Catanduvas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and municipality of Paraná, Brazil.
glosses: A town and municipality of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
English fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 2003 Stephen Krashen, "Dealing with English Fever," In: Selected Papers from the Twelfth International Symposium on English Teaching, English Teachers' Association/ROC, Taipei, Crane Publishing Company, 2003. pp. 100-108.
English fever = the overwhelming desire to (1) acquire English, (2) ensure that one's children acquire English, as a second or foreign language.
text: 2007 Jinkyu Park, "Korean Parents in 'English Fever' and Their 'early Study-abroad' Children in the United States: Parental Beliefs and Practices Concerning First Language Peers," Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Indiana University, August 2007, pp. 19-20.
The relentless competition for learning English showed the tip of its monstrous image in the summer of 1991, when the government announced the plan to introduce English to elementary school grades by 1995. The news brought a huge typhoon of English, which swept the whole country into "English fever."
text: Honduras is one of many countries to have recently contracted “English Fever,” a term used by linguist Stephen Krashen (2003) to describe the intense desire to know English and for one’s children to learn English.
ref: 2013, Eric Herman, “Treating English Fever in Honduras”, in Honduras Weekly, 9/26/13:
text: Correspondingly, a wave of “English fever” swept the nation, and English training has become a huge industry.
ref: 2014 Wang Xiaoyang and Li Yangyang, "'English Fever' in China has Reached a Watershed," International Higher Education, No. 75, Spring 2014
text: Many Asian countries are in the grips of what Park (2009) and others have termed "English fever" with a desire for fluency, accent reduction, and overall competitive advantage for children who will compete in the global marketplace.
ref: 2015, Wayne E. Wright, Sovicheth Boun, Ofelia García, editors, The Handbook of Bilingual and Multilingual Education, John Wiley & Sons:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Preoccupation or obsession with learning or promoting the learning of the English language.
chop-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chop-shops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chop shop.
chop-shop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chop-shops
form: chop-shopping
form: chop-shopped
form: chop-shopped
Senses: examples: text: Look, the car will be clean. If you're not comfortable, you could chop-shop it.
ref: 2007, Eric Jerome Dickey, Waking with Enemies:
text: Sleeker, faster "muscle cars" were the rage, and so when DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz updated Batman in 1964, the Batmobile—the tank-like sedan with a bat-head grille—was chop-shopped into a sportier model.
ref: 2009, Michael Eury, Michael Kronenberg, The Batcave Companion, page 71:
text: On the concrete floor were distributed groups of fenders, doors, sections of roof, hoods, and other more or less "prime cuts" of chop-shopped automobiles carefully sorted by finish and hue, ...
ref: 2010, Mary Jane Jacob, Michelle Grabner, The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists, page 53:
glosses: To cut apart a car in a chop shop, either to sell as parts or to alter its appearance.
examples: text: He's considered something of a scold on Wall Street, a hectoring moralist who rails against the business practices of his rivals— an old-economy guy known more for building businesses than chop-shopping them for parts, a brilliant crank with a nearly unbroken string of successful investments.
ref: 2004, New York - Volume 37, page 16:
text: Plus I moved the paragraph from its original place in the manuscript to another place hundreds of pages away. In short, I chop-shopped it.
ref: 2007, Raja Alem -, My Thousand and One Nights: A Novel of Mecca, page xii:
qualifier: by analogy
glosses: To cut something apart and restructure it.
chop-shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chop-shop
chop-shops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chop-shop
addictive personalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addictive personality
nigguh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nigguhs
form: nigguhz
Senses: examples: text: “Them big nigguhs didnʼt bother me, neither.”
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 53:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nigger.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nigga.
nigguhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nigguh
nikkah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nikkahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nikka.
nikkahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nikkah
yo'
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of English your.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Alternative spelling of yo (non-rhotic with dough-door merger pronunciation of your)
nevuh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of never.
nev'r
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Till hee fac'd the Slaue: / Which neu'r ſhooke hands, nor bad farwell to him, / […]
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 131, column 1:
glosses: Contraction of never
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of never.
ev'r
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ever.
evuh
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ever.
eva'
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ever.
evah
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of ever.