cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unsinkable rubber duck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unsinkable rubber ducks
Etymology: Coined by James Randi, by analogy to the way a rubber duck will pop back up to the surface after being submerged.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, even if they are thoroughly examined and refuted in one age, they seem to reemerge within the next, and people will continue to believe them in spite of evidence to the contrary. This is what I have called the “unsinkable rubber duck” syndrome.
ref: 2010, Paul Kurtz, Exuberant Skepticism, →ISBN, page 179:
text: As a self-proclaimed “spokesman for rationality,” The Skeptical Inquirer documented every major gaffe made by Jeane Dixon (“the unsinkable rubber duck of prophecy”) and took special pleasure debunking SRI's Geller experiments.
ref: 2011, Lawrence R Samuel, Supernatural America: A Cultural History, →ISBN, page 120:
text: John, this is an unsinkable rubber duck. They're all unsinkable rubber ducks. There's no way we're going to get rid of them, because people don't listen.
ref: 2016, Nate Hendley, The Big Con, →ISBN:
glosses: A belief in a supernatural or paranormal phenomenon that people continue to hold, in spite of it being debunked.
wikipedia: James Randi
unsinkable rubber ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsinkable rubber duck
oculogenital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + genital.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the eyes and genitals.
onychodysplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From onycho- + dysplasia.
Senses: glosses: dysplasia of the nails
onychodystrophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onychodystrophy
onychodystrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From onycho- + dystrophic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to onychodystrophy.
osteosarcomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to osteosarcoma.
otoneurologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otoneurologists
Etymology: From oto- + neurologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies otoneurology.
otoneurologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of otoneurologist
otoneurological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of otoneurologic.
Derived terms: otoneurologically
otoneurologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From otoneurological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of otoneurology.
otoneurology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oto- + neurology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of neurological aspects of hearing and the ear.
overquery
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overqueries
form: overquerying
form: overqueried
form: overqueried
Etymology: From over- + query.
Senses: examples: text: Try not to overquery; resolve as many problems as you can, but query if there is any possibility that you have changed the meaning.
ref: 1991, American Society for Microbiology, ASM style manual for journals and books, volume 1985, page 4:
text: Beginning Rorschach examiners have a tendency to overquery. Believing that they need to see the response exactly as the examinee saw it, they continue to query until they can see the response the same way or until the examinee is unable to provide additional information.
ref: 2016, Jessica R. Gurley, Essentials of Rorschach Assessment: Comprehensive System and R-PAS:
glosses: To ask too many questions.
overqueries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overquery
overquerying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overquery
overqueried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overquery
overquelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overquell
overquells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overquell
overdrainage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + drainage.
Senses: glosses: excessive drainage
underdrainage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + drainage.
Senses: glosses: Drainage by means of an underdrain.
glosses: Insufficient drainage.
postdialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dialysis.
Senses: glosses: After dialysis.
postdialysis
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + dialysis.
Senses: glosses: After dialysis.
postdefervescence
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + defervescence.
Senses: glosses: After defervescence.
postcementation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + cementation.
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: After cementation.
postcompletion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + completion.
Senses: glosses: After completion.
postconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + conversion.
Senses: glosses: After conversion.
postbronchoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bronchoscopic.
Senses: glosses: After bronchoscopy.
pluripotentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: pluripotency
glosses: The property of being pluripotent.
pibrentasvir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -asvir (“hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug, used with glecaprevir to treat hepatitis C.
glecaprevir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A protease inhibitor used to treat hepatitis C.
phoniatrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phoniatrists
Senses: glosses: One who studies phoniatrics.
Synonyms: phoniatrician
phoniatrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phoniatrist
perimenstrually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From perimenstrual + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Around the time of menstruation.
pericolonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + colonic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the colon.
panretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From pan- + retinal.
Senses: glosses: Affecting or relating to the entire retina.
Derived terms: panretinally
panfacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From pan- + facial.
Senses: glosses: Affecting or relating to the entire face.
pancreatitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pancreatitis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pancreatitis.
overdrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdrains
form: overdraining
form: overdrained
form: overdrained
Etymology: From over- + drain.
Senses: glosses: To drain excessively.
overdrained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overdrain
overdrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdrain
overdraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdrain
postexcision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + excision.
Senses: glosses: After excision.
postmeasles
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + measles.
Senses: glosses: After having had the measles.
postneurosurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + neurosurgical.
Senses: glosses: After neurosurgery.
postpsychoanalytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + psychoanalytic.
Senses: glosses: After psychoanalysis.
postresuscitation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + resuscitation.
Senses: glosses: After resuscitation.
osteomyelitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteomyelitis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to osteomyelitis.
pancreaticohepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: pancreatico- + hepatic = pancreatico- + hepat- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the pancreas and the liver.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Related terms: pancreaticobiliary
pancreaticosplenic
pancreatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The scientific study of the pancreas
Related terms: pancreatologist
postanginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpoʊstˈæn.d͡ʒɪ.nəl/
/ˌpoʊstænˈd͡ʒaɪ.nəl/
Etymology: From post- + angina + -al.
Senses: examples: text: postanginal sepsis
text: postanginal shock
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: After angina.
After the sore throat of Ludwig's angina, Vincent's angina, or other oropharyngeal infection.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: After angina.
After angina pectoris.
Related terms: Lemierre's syndrome
RBMG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Raymond Braun Media Group.
whacked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whack off
whacking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whack off
polytomographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + tomographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to polytomography
postseizure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + seizure.
Senses: glosses: After a seizure.
preintubation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + intubation.
Senses: glosses: Before intubation.
premastectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + mastectomy.
Senses: glosses: Before mastectomy.
postresurrection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + resurrection.
Senses: glosses: After resurrection.
postingestion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + ingestion.
Senses: glosses: After ingestion.
postingestion
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + ingestion.
Senses: glosses: After ingestion.
preventionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prevention + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy or approach based on trying to prevent something from happening.
proctosigmoidoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From proctosigmoidoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of proctosigmoidoscopy.
radioprotect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radioprotects
form: radioprotecting
form: radioprotected
form: radioprotected
Etymology: From radio- + protect.
Senses: glosses: To protect against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.
radioprotected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of radioprotect
radioprotects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radioprotect
radioprotecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of radioprotect
rectosphincteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recto- + sphincteric.
Senses: glosses: Involving the rectum and sphincter.
reperfusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reperfuse
reperfuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reperfuse
autonomous vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autonomous vehicles
Senses: examples: text: The study joins ranks of others that have used adversarial inputs to trick the neural networks of autonomous vehicles, including one that forced a Tesla Model S to swerve lanes.
ref: 2024 May 10, Laura Dobberstein, “GhostStripe attack haunts self-driving cars by making them ignore road signs”, in The Register:
text: Fully autonomous vehicles have raised safety concerns. California enacted a law this year that will, among other things, require manufacturers to continuously monitor every autonomous vehicle on the road and designate a remote human operator to immobilize a vehicle if necessary.
ref: 2024 December 25, Elaine S. Povich, “Self-driving cars aren’t here yet, but states are getting the rules ready”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: autonomous car
driverless car
robocar
self-driving car
glosses: A vehicle that uses mechatronics, artificial intelligence and a multi-agent system to assist its human operator.
self-driving car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-driving cars
Senses: examples: The regulations apply to self-driving cars, which have a human behind the wheel. These differ from the driverless cars that Elon Musk’s Tesla and other companies are also working on, which are not allowed on UK roads. Why using your phone behind the wheel could become legal in self-driving cars, Joe Pinkstone, 9 January 2025
Research conducted by Nissan has revealed that one in five older individuals would consider using a self-driving car to maintain their independence., Vicky Duncan, Self-driving cars could be lifeline for over-70s to maintain independence
glosses: An autonomous vehicle taking the form of a car. A car with some driving capacity.
autonomous vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autonomous vehicle
self-driving cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-driving car
sitaxentan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɪtækˈsɛntæn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -entan (“endothelin receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
spirocheturia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spirochete + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of spirochetes in the urine.
snorelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snorelike
form: most snorelike
Etymology: From snore + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snore.
semiadjustable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + adjustable.
Senses: glosses: Partly adjustable.
scarlatinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scarlatina + -oid.
Senses: examples: a scarlatinoid rash
glosses: Resembling scarlatina.
sacubitrilat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The active metabolite of the antihypertensive drug sacubitril.
sarcomalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sarcomalike
form: most sarcomalike
Etymology: From sarcoma + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sarcoma.
salmonellal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From salmonella + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to salmonella.
rhabdomyoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhabdomyoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to rhabdomyoblasts.
thoracopulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thoraco- + pulmonary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the thorax and lungs.
tafazzin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the masochistic comic character Tafazzi, in reference to the complex procedure required to identify the protein, + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein involved in the metabolism of cardiolipin.
wikipedia: Tafazzi
rosacealike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rosacealike
form: most rosacealike
Etymology: From rosacea + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling rosacea.
cowp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowps
Senses: examples: text: Ladies, please bring a supply of bog roll - Studio One is within the five star (!) Hilton hotel, but the bar itself is a cowp and you never know what to expect in the lavvies...
ref: 2004 August 17, west-ender, “West End Blues”, in uk.local.glasgow (Usenet):
text: As often is the case with brilliant but single-minded dusty old academics, his brain was a cathedral but his house was a cowp, something Sarah could vouch for, having visited a couple of times.
ref: 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 191:
text: The Blarney Stone is a total cowp. The bar is made out of chipped Formica and the constant fug of cheap tobacco smoke just about masks the smell coming from the lavvy.
ref: 2012, Martin Greig, Charles McGarry, The Road to Lisbon: A Novel, →ISBN:
glosses: A filthy and disgusting place.
examples: text: However, here's our young friend here never heard it, and it will be a treat to her, especially if what they say of young ladies in general be true, that the mischances and misadventures and cowps of us old bachelors are just marrow to their bones.
ref: 1860, The Hallow-Isle tragedy, page 77:
text: It shows man's want o' fore-seet truly, In not considering matters duly, And gives him monie ill-far'd cowps, Whea, gowk-leyke, luiks not 'fore he loups.
ref: 1866, Sidney Gilpin, The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland:
text: After that, whenever a player won of one who usually beat him, and we asked, "how did you manage it?" the ready reply was, "O, I come a cowp on him." Looking for and executing "cowps" was a source of much amusement at The Morphy.
ref: 1901, Checkmate: Monthly Chess Review - Volume 1, page 126:
glosses: A reversal of fortune; an unexpected misfortune.
cowp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cowps
form: cowping
form: cowped
form: cowped
Senses: examples: text: He first manoeuvres them awhile, and then gets in a rage, Because he canna gar them fire nor han' to han' engage ; He grasps the warlike captain's ship, an' driving 't owre the tide, He scatters a' the foemen's ships an' cowps them on their side.
ref: 1883, Alexander G. Murdoch, The Scottish Poets Recent and Living, page 194:
text: So it happened one day as Tom went into the master's house, the wife was stooping into a big meal barrel to bring out some meal ; there he takes her by the feet and cowps her up into the barrel with her head down, and her bare backside upper-most ; then runs into the school, crying, " O ! master, master ! the deel's looking out of your meal stand wi' a fat face, and a black ill far'd mouth : yon's just auld nick and he be living."
ref: 1883, Dougal Graham, George Mac Gregor, Jockey and Maggy's courtship:
text: An overnight deluge has added to the weekend's sogginess and a few early revellers cowp into the mud to varying degrees of hilarity.
ref: 2015 July 12, Amy Muir, “Down the Front: T in the Park 2015 in Pictures – Sunday”, in The Skinny:
text: He trips and he cowps into the prickly thorns.
ref: 2016 March 16, Angeline King, “Could Irish fiction sound a bit less, well, English?”, in Irish Times:
glosses: To fall or tip over.
cowps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowp
cowps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cowp
cowping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cowp
cowped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cowp
thyrotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyrotroph
demob suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demob suits
Senses: examples: text: Joe looked very smart in his demob suit and newly trimmed beard and seemed to be just as excited as his bride-to-be.
ref: 2014, David Nelson, On the Run, →ISBN:
text: A grateful country gave me a demob suit, a piece of paper from the King thanking me for my service, and a pamphlet telling me what to do next, which I tore up.
ref: 2014, Ian Hamilton, A Touch of Treason, →ISBN:
text: His toned physique perhaps indicated that he had recently returned from his duties in foreign climes, although his hair wasn't cropped short in the military style and his suit wasn't the standard shapelessness of the Government Issue demob suit.
ref: 2018, Lorna Gray, The War Widow, →ISBN:
glosses: A suit of civilian clothes issued to a soldier upon demobilization, especially at the end of World War II.
trafermin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A recombinant form of human basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), used to treat skin ulcers.
demob suits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demob suit
ulcerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ulcerlike
form: most ulcerlike
Etymology: From ulcer + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an ulcer.
tribavirin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ribavirin.
synonyms: word: ribavirin
treponemiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Treponema + -iasis
Senses: glosses: Infection by bacteria of the genus Treponema.
transvenously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transvenous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Through or across a vein.
wolframin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular transmembrane protein.
velpatasvir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -asvir (“hepatitis C virus NS5A inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An NS5A inhibitor used together with sofosbuvir in the treatment of hepatitis C.
voxilaprevir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3/4A protease inhibitor.
volutrauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: barotrauma due to overexpansion of an internal gas-filled space
uterovesical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From utero- + vesical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the uterus and urinary bladder.
unresolving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: nonresolving
antonyms: word: self-limiting#Adjective
english: in medicine
translation: in medicine
glosses: That fails to resolve itself.
unresolving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unresolve
urofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Etymology: From uro- + facial.
Senses: glosses: Affecting the urinary tract and the face; applied to Ochoa syndrome.
understimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + stimulation.
Senses: glosses: insufficient stimulation
no show without Punch
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: A reference to the Punch puppet in a Punch and Judy show.
Senses: examples: text: The demand for computer installations and more accurate and effective information services grows and will continue to do so for years to come but, as there is no show without Punch, there can be no meaningful information service without accurate data collection.
ref: 1975, Hospital & Health Services Review - Volume 71, page 391:
text: Outside, the music could have been little more than a low, muffled rumble, capable of penetrating nothing, certainly not the consciousnesses of the flush-faced Fianna Fáilers and their triumphant champion, or of spoiling their moment with its pointed accusations. This was their show, and there is no show without Punch.
ref: 1991, John Waters, Jiving At The Crossroads:
text: I was concerned I might be skirting just the wrong side of late and was relieved to see the main man only just on his way in too. No show without Punch, after all.
ref: 2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 192:
text: “Of course I'm coming. No show without Punch.”
ref: 2016, Eva Scott, Red Dust Dancer, →ISBN:
glosses: A show or endeavor cannot proceed without its star or main purpose.
stock-gillyflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock-gillyflowers
form: stock-gilliflower
Senses: glosses: Any of the herbaceous or half-shrubby plants in the genus Matthiola of the family Cruciferae, having their flowers in racemes, and generally beautiful and fragrant; stocks.
stock-gillyflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock-gillyflower
clean meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clean meats
Etymology: Coined by The Good Food Institute in 2016, modeled after clean power, clean eating etc.
Senses: examples: text: In many ways, clean meat is aimed at the least common denominator: meat for the 98 percent of the population that focuses its food choices almost exclusively on price, taste, and convenience.
ref: 2018, Kathy Freston, Bruce Friedrich, Clean Protein, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: There is no campaign against clean meat. The few individual voices I've found who are prepared to criticize it are overwhelmingly drowned out by the chorus of positive messages sent out by the clean meat industry.
ref: 2020, Jenny Kleeman, Sex Robots & Vegan Meat, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of cultured meat.
synonyms: word: cultured meat
conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctivodacryocystorhinostomies
Etymology: From conjunctiva + -o- + dacryocystorhinostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The creation of a passageway from the conjunctival sac through the lacrimal sac to the nasal cavity
conjunctivoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctivoplasties
Etymology: From conjunctiva + -o- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: plastic surgery on the conjunctiva
conjunctivorhinostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjunctivorhinostomies
Etymology: From conjunctiva + -o- + rhinostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The construction of a passageway through the conjunctiva into the nasal cavity
rhinencephalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: rhinencephalic
conoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Relating to, or produced by conoscopy
constituative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of constitutive.
constituitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of constitutive.
consultand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consultands
Senses: glosses: A person who requests a consultation, especially concerning genetic counseling
dissilience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being dissilient.
contrasuppressor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contra- + suppressor.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That inhibits the function of a suppressor.
Derived terms: contrasuppressor cell
contrasuppressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrasuppressors
Etymology: From contra- + suppressor.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That which inhibits the function of a suppressor.
conular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of conical.
synonyms: word: conical
Derived terms: metaconular
coprostanone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coprostanones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A steroid ketone derived from coprostanol
coprosterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coprosterol.
synonyms: word: coprosterol
coprosterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coprostanol.
synonyms: word: coprostanol
coprostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A fecal impaction
coracidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɔːɹəˈsɪdi.əm/
Forms: form: coracidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόραξ (kórax, “raven, hook”) + -idium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The larval stage of some tapeworms
coracobrachial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coraco- + brachial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the coracobrachialis
coracohumeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coraco- + humeral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the coracoid process and the humerus.
inobscurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + obscurable.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of unobscurable.
synonyms: word: unobscurable
antimiscegenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimiscegenists
Etymology: From anti- + miscegenist.
Senses: glosses: One who favours antimiscegenation.
antimiscegenists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimiscegenist
antimiscegenationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimiscegenationists
Etymology: From antimiscegenation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who favours antimiscegenation.
antimiscegenationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimiscegenationist
anti-inflation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anti-inflation
form: most anti-inflation
form: antiinflation
Etymology: From anti- + inflation.
Senses: examples: text: During the hearings Snyder got into a dispute with Marriner Eccles, head of the Federal Reserve, opposing an antiinflation plan Eccles had devised — with unfortunate consequences for Eccles, as it turned out.
ref: 1996, Robert J. Donovan, Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948:
glosses: That counteracts inflation.
HDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HD
goboon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goboons
form: gaboon
Etymology: From gob (“saliva”) + -oon.
Senses: examples: text: He came into the limelight during segregation when a falling goboon brought with it a shower of something else and he earned the name of Reiny and a black N five stars.
ref: 1923, Lucky Bag (U.S. Naval Academy yearbook) for 1923, entry for "Dwight Harvey Day", p. 75
text: [About Antek's bar:] Neither bright neon nor a soft fluorescence lighted either his ceiling or his walls; but there was plenty of butchershop sawdust along the floor and an old-fashioned golden goboon for every four bar stools.
ref: 1949, Nelson Algren, The Man with the Golden Arm:
text: In the House chamber, weary Speaker Sam Rayburn, pausing only to spit with experienced accuracy into his goboon, cleared hundreds of routine bills with incessant repetition of the magic words: "Without objection, so ordered."
ref: 1952 July 14, “The Congress: Hidden Shoals”, in Time, volume LX, number 2:
glosses: A receptacle for spit; a spittoon, a spitbox; a spit bucket.
gaboon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaboons
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goboon.
goboons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goboon
gaboons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goboons; plural of gaboon.
Keeling curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American scientist Charles David Keeling (1928–2005).
Senses: topics: climatology
natural-sciences
glosses: A graph that plots the ongoing change in concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere since the 1950s.
wikipedia: Charles David Keeling
pterapophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pterapophyses
Senses: glosses: A ridge or lamina across the lateral surface of the neural spine of some snakes
cordopexy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cordopexies
Etymology: From cord + -o- + -pexy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: fixation of a vocal cord
coreoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coreoplasties
Etymology: From coreo- + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: plastic surgery to the pupil of the eye
Homerick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Homerick
form: most Homerick
Senses: examples: text: In the beginning of the Fourth Book the poet [John Milton] introduces an Homerick cluster of similes; which seems to mark an intention of bestowing more poetical decoration on the conclusion of the Poem, than on the preceding parts of it.
ref: 1852, Henry John Todd, “Preliminary Observations on Paradise Regained”, in The Poetical Works of John Milton. With Notes of Various Authors; and with some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton, Derived Principally from Original Documents in Her Majestys State-paper Office. … In Four Volumes, 5th edition, volume III, London: Rivingtons [et al.], →OCLC, page xv:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of Homeric.
whiskerinoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiskerino
whiskerinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whiskerino
Friedman test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Friedman tests
Etymology: Developed in 1931 by Maurice Harold Friedman and Maxwell Edward Lapham at the University of Penn.
Senses: glosses: The rabbit test for pregnancy.
Friedman tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Friedman test
electronic superhighway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aɪweɪ
Senses: glosses: the internet
lithiasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lithiasis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to lithiasis.
introital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the introitus.
ibodutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -dutant (“neurokinin NK₂ receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A candidate drug for irritable bowel syndrome diarrhea.
ilomastat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A broad-spectrum matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor
Synonyms: galardin
interarch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + arch.
Senses: glosses: Between arches.
counterinvasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterinvasions
Etymology: From counter- + invasion.
Senses: glosses: A military invasion in response to another invasion.
counterinvasions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterinvasion
bronzelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bronzelike
form: most bronzelike
Etymology: From bronze + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of bronze.
Rekhta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindustani ریخْتَہ (rexta) / रेख़ता (rextā), from Classical Persian ریخْتَه (rēxta).
Senses: glosses: A style of Urdu, Hindavi, or sometimes Braj or Punjabi used in poetry that linguistically adapts Persian grammar and vocabulary; a mix of Persian and Khariboli.
glosses: The Hindustani language, the language of which Hindi and Urdu are literary standards.
cardioinhibition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + inhibition.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A checking or arresting of the heart's action.
cryptorchic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a cryptorchid.
Persianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Persianizes
form: Persianizing
form: Persianized
form: Persianized
Etymology: From Persian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Persian.
Related terms: Persianization
Persianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Persianize
Persianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Persianize
Persianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Persianize
danshen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 丹參／丹参 (dānshēn).
Senses: glosses: A perennial sage of species Salvia miltiorrhiza, valued in traditional Chinese medicine for its roots.
counterinflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + inflationary.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Counteracting inflation.
bioresorbability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The property of being bioresorbable.
hyperlucency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + lucency.
Senses: glosses: The property of being hyperlucent.
interimplant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + implant.
Senses: glosses: Between implants.
enzymologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enzymology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to enzymology.
epistemologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: word: epistemic
word: epistemological
extra: relating to epistemology
glosses: Synonym of epistemological (“relating to epistemology”).
eponychial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the eponychium.
gemifloxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An oral broad-spectrum quinolone antibacterial agent used in the treatment of acute bacterial exacerbation of bronchitis and pneumonia.
dermoepidermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)məl
Etymology: From dermo- + epidermal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the dermis and epidermis.
lichenified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lichenify
lichenifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lichenify
lichenifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lichenify
diarrheogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diarrheogenic
form: most diarrheogenic
Etymology: From diarrhea + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: That induces diarrhea
dermises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermis
dermides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermis
entamoebic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entamebic.
entamebic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to entamebae.
coinvasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinvasions
Etymology: From co- + invasion.
Senses: glosses: joint invasion by two or more entities
coinvasions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinvasion
cofeature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofeatures
Etymology: From co- + feature.
Senses: glosses: An auxiliary or secondary feature.
cofeature
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cofeatures
form: cofeaturing
form: cofeatured
form: cofeatured
Etymology: From co- + feature.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, if a chuck roast were featured at 49₵ a pound, meat managers in both stores would be instructed to cofeature "Yankee" pot roast, chuck arm or "California" roast —all products from the same basic chuck.
ref: 1969, CSA Super Markets - Volume 45, page 48:
text: Elaine de Kooning used the occasion of the show to cofeature Dickinson's work in an article, "The Modern Museum's Fifteen: Dickinson and Kiesler," that appeared the month of the exhibition.
ref: 2003, John Lawrence Ward, Edwin Walter Dickinson, Edwin Dickinson: A Critical History of His Paintings, →ISBN, page 192:
text: Moreover, the band's book was written to cofeature Tommy's trombone.
ref: 2009, Peter J. Levinson, Tommy Dorsey: Livin' in a Great Big Way, A Biography, →ISBN:
glosses: To feature alongside; to present as a cofeature.
examples: text: In the interim, the opportunity had arisen for Pirates to cofeature with surefire Columbia winner Mysterious Island, and the film was sent back to the Board for further pasteurization.
ref: 2008, Denis Meikle, A History of Horrors: The Rise and Fall of the House of Hammer, →ISBN, page 124:
glosses: To be presented as a cofeature.
cofeatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cofeature
cofeatures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cofeature
homeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homeric
form: most homeric
Senses: examples: text: At home he [John Ruskin] looks young & rompish at the meeting, at Hunts meeting he looked old & ungainly, but his power & eloquence as a speaker were homeric.
ref: 1857 March 16, Ford Madox Brown, “1857 [chapter title]”, in Virginia Surtees, editor, The Diary of Ford Madox Brown (Studies in British Art), New Haven, Conn.; London: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, published 1981, →ISBN, page 195:
text: In San Francisco there was a barroom for every one hundred inhabitants. Here beer and bourbon fought a homeric battle for the hearts and throats of the thin line of patriots who balanced on the city's brass rails and voluntarily gave the national debt a lift.
ref: 1963 winter, Gerald Carson, “The Dark Age of American Drinking”, in The Virginia Quarterly Review, volume 39, number 1, Charlottesville, Va.: University of Virginia, →OCLC, page 99:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Homeric.
cholinergics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholinergic
cardioexcitatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + excitatory.
Senses: glosses: Causing cardiac excitation.
hypofunctioning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Functioning at an abnormally low level.
halobetasol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of ulobetasol.
synonyms: word: ulobetasol
counterconspiracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterconspiracies
Etymology: From counter- + conspiracy.
Senses: glosses: A conspiracy in opposition to another conspiracy.
counterconspiracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterconspiracy
homofermenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homofermenters
Etymology: From homo- + fermenter.
Senses: glosses: Any homofermentative organism.
homofermenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homofermenter
nonbronchoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Not bronchoscopically.
nonimmunologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + immunologically.
Senses: glosses: Not immunologically.
costosternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From costo- + sternal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the ribs and sternum.
bronchodilate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bronchodilates
form: bronchodilating
form: bronchodilated
form: bronchodilated
Etymology: From broncho- + dilate.
Senses: glosses: To induce bronchodilation.
bronchodilated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bronchodilate
bronchodilates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bronchodilate
bronchodilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bronchodilate
nonplanet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonplanets
Etymology: From non- + planet.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a planet.
nonplanets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonplanet
venoarterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From veno- + arterial.
Senses: glosses: Relating to veins and arteries.
veno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: ven-
Senses: glosses: vein (or, sometimes, of other blood vessels)
Grippi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grippis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Grippi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
uricaciduria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uric acid + -uria.
Senses: glosses: The presence of uric acid in the urine.
subgallery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgalleries
Etymology: From sub- + gallery.
Senses: glosses: A gallery making up part of a larger gallery.
subgalleries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subgallery
wagster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wagsters
Etymology: From wag + -ster.
Senses: glosses: A wag or wit; a joker.
wagsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wagster
wallahi
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /wəlˈlɑːhiː/
Etymology: From Arabic وَٱللّٰه (wa-llāh, literally “by God”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of wallah.
examples: text: wallahi I got it from her
glosses: I swear to God; used to add emphasis.
unicoronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + coronal.
Senses: glosses: Involving one of the coronal sutures.
unifascicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + fascicular.
Senses: glosses: Involving a single fascicle.
multifascicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + fascicular.
Senses: glosses: Involving more than one fascicle.
uropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to uropathy.
translocationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From translocational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In terms of translocation.
transbuccally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transbuccal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Through the cheek.
allelisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allelism
pseudoallelism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + allelism.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The situation in which two genes with similar functions are located so close to one another on a chromosome that they are genetically linked and tend to be inherited together
Related terms: pseudoallelic
pseudoallele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudoalleles
Etymology: From pseudo- + allele.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Either of the two genes involved in pseudoallelism.
Related terms: pseudoallelic
pseudoalleles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoallele
Nanumea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Tuvaluan Nanumea.
Senses: glosses: An inhabited atoll in the island nation of Tuvalu.
Derived terms: Nanumean
Nanumean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nanumean
form: most Nanumean
Etymology: From Nanumea + -n.
Senses: glosses: Of Nanumea.
Nanumean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nanumeans
Etymology: From Nanumea + -n.
Senses: glosses: A person from Nanumea.
Nanumeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nanumean
androblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androblastoma
androblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androblastoma
bergamia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian bergamotto.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A species of the citrus fruit bergamot, probably a natural hybrid between a lemon and an orange.
vesicobullous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈvɛsɪkoʊˌbʊləs/
Forms: form: more vesicobullous
form: most vesicobullous
Etymology: From vesico- + bullous.
Senses: examples: text: Vesicobullous diseases are characterised by the presence of vesicles or bullae at varying locations in the mucosa.
ref: 2016, Hayes E, Challacombe SJ, “An overview of vesicobullous conditions affecting the oral mucosa”, in Primary Dental Journal, volume 5, number 1, →PMID, pages 46–50:
glosses: Involving blisters of various sizes; that is, involving both vesicles and bullae.
coprince
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coprinces
Etymology: From co- + prince.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of princes who govern jointly, as in Andorra.