cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trinucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + nucleate.
Senses: examples: text: The differences in pollen morphology between the control and bcmf26a/b were observed from the uninucleate microscope stage to the trinucleate microscope stage. aP, aborted pollen; E, epidermis; En, endothecium; ML, middle layer; Msp, microspore; P, pollen; Tp, tapetum; Tds, tetrads; Bm, binucleate microscope; MP, mature pollen.
ref: 2015 July 9, “BcMF26a and BcMF26b Are Duplicated Polygalacturonase Genes with Divergent Expression Patterns and Functions in Pollen Development and Pollen Tube Formation in Brassica campestris”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having three nuclei
varved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more varved
form: most varved
Etymology: From varve + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The second pair consists of chironomid-based salinity reconstruction derived from varved sediments in Qaidam Basin and ASM precipitation index derived from the speleothem in Sha’anxi.
ref: 2015 July 9, “Quantifying the Intra-Regional Precipitation Variability in Northwestern China over the Past 1,400 Years”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having varves
webtool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webtools
Etymology: From Web + tool.
Senses: examples: text: We took advantage of our large amount of data and on machine learning to set-up ^([sic]) a fast webtool combining all existing taxonomies including the newly proposed consensual “expert” one.
ref: 2015 July 9, “Genomics and Machine Learning for Taxonomy Consensus: The Mycobacterium tuberculosis Complex Paradigm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any software tool that operates over the Internet
given someone five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of give someone five
gave someone five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of give someone five
giving someone five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of give someone five
gives someone five
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of give someone five
maxipreparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxipreparations
Etymology: From maxi- + preparation.
Senses: synonyms: maxiprep
glosses: Relatively large-scale preparation of plasmid DNA.
Related terms: minipreparation
midipreparation
dilutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dilution + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: "For small shareholders it is very dilutionary and they are in for a hard road ahead," he told BusinessDaily.
ref: 2009 February 6, Geoff Easdown, “Qantas shares nosedive”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2009:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Related to the dilution of stocks and shares
pedestrianisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestrianisations
Senses: examples: text: "RMIT is supportive of increasing pedestrianisation in this quarter of the city," Ms Kaszubska said.
ref: 2009 February 6, Ashley Gardiner, “Robert Doyle&squo;s Swanston St reopening snubbed”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2009:
text: Additionally, £15m of funding has already been confirmed for the Carlisle station gateway project, which aims to transform the station's surroundings with pedestrianisation and easier access to buses and taxis.
ref: 2020 May 6, Graeme Pickering, “Borders Railway: time for the next step”, in Rail, page 54:
glosses: Alternative form of pedestrianization.
ungazetted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gazetted.
Senses: examples: text: The roads are ungazetted, and are unofficial identifiers the council and locals started using when Litchfield was still a wild and woolly place.
ref: 2009 February 10, By Alyssa Betts, “AAAA rating for silly street names in Howard Springs, Darwin”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2009:
glosses: Not listed in any official publication
acquifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Jones expressed concern about the fate of the land and damage to the acquifiers if the project blew up the ridges to establish the mine.
ref: 2015 July 16, Katharine Murphy, “Greg Hunt promises Alan Jones greatest scrutiny in history on Shenhua coalmine”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Misspelling of aquifers.
bareknuckling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bare knuckle + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Though disproved by the existence of the modern workplace, sharehousing, lesbian relationships, friendships or, you know, the family, it remains the bedrock not only of Goodrem-J and Carey-Minaj bareknuckling, but any examples of the Real Housewives franchise, any variation on The Hills, the very point of Next Top Model and at its most distilled hysteria within The Bachelor series.
ref: 2015 July 16, Van Badham, “Delta Goodrem v. Jessie J: A catfight as contrived as the idea that women can't get along”, in The Guardian:
glosses: bare-knuckle boxing
bare-knuckle boxing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The original form of boxing, in which no gloves were worn.
deductability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From deduct + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: In an interesting sidebar, the government has launched a Senate inquiry into environmental organisations and tax deductability.
ref: 2015 July 16, Gabrielle Chan, “Shenhua coalmine unearths Nationals’ lack of leadership on land usage”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of deductibility.
semisymmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + symmetric.
Senses: examples: text: A new semisymmetrization functor, which maps the category of quasigroups with homotopies to the category of semisymmetric quasigroups with homomorphisms is given.
ref: 2015, Aleksandar Krapez, Zoran Petric, “A note on semisymmetry”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: edge-transitive but not vertex-transitive
raw_tags: of a graph
angioembolisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioembolisations
Senses: examples: text: The patient presented with life-threatening vaginal bleeding and was treated with gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist and subsequent angioembolisation coiling.
ref: 2013 July 8, Kiran Hilal et al., “Acquired vascular malformation in ruptured caesarean section scar: a rare cause of life-threatening vaginal bleeding”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of angioembolization.
angioembolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angioembolizations
Etymology: From angio- + embolization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Synonym of embolization.
synonyms: word: embolization
annuitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: annuitizes
form: annuitizing
form: annuitized
form: annuitized
Etymology: From annuity + -ize.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To convert an annuity (or similar instrument) into a series of payments of income
Related terms: annuitization
annuitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The cost of capital was annuitized over its expected useful economic life using the equivalent annual cost method [ 16 ].
ref: 2015 May 2, Paul Hanly et al., “Direct costs of radiotherapy for rectal cancer: a microcosting study”, in BMC Health Services Research, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of annuitize
antibodys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Blots were then probed for 2–4 h at room temperature with antibodys of PDIA3 (anti-PDIA3; ab13507, abcam, Cambridge, USA), SOD1 (anti-SOD1; ab13498, abcam, Cambridge, USA) and VIM (anti-VIM; V6630, Sigma, USA).
ref: 2015 June 27, Qi Zhao et al., “Discovery of porcine maternal factors related to nuclear reprogramming and early embryo development by proteomic analysis”, in Proteome Science, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of antibodies.
antileptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + -leptic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: soothing, mood-stabilizing
antileptic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antileptics
Etymology: From anti- + -leptic.
Senses: glosses: Such a drug
antileptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Among those patients who were prescribed antiviral drugs, other drugs related to the treatment of HZ and PHN were also collected, including non-selective monoamine re-uptake inhibitors (e.g., amitryptiline), antileptics (e.g., gabapentin and pregabalin), opiods (e.g., tramadol) and anti-depressants (e.g., venlafaxine).
ref: 2015 May 22, Jonas Nilsson, Tobias Cassel, Lars Lindquist, “Burden of herpes zoster and post-herpetic neuralgia in Sweden”, in BMC Infectious Diseases, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: plural of antileptic
autoclavation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoclavations
Etymology: From autoclave + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Substrates and acetate were added separately as 50% autoclaved solutions after autoclavation of the medium.
ref: 2015 July 7, Elleke F Bosma et al., “Establishment of markerless gene deletion tools in thermophilic Bacillus smithii and construction of multiple mutant strains”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Treatment in an autoclave.
gill covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gill cover
chicken-liver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “I dare you. Go ahead.” Everyone stared at me. It was cold, standing there in the wind, but I started sweating. “You ain't gonna go are you. 'Cause you're a chicken. I double-dog-dare you, Chicken-liver.”
ref: 2006, L. Mitchell, The Witch on Oak Street and Other Adventures with Debbie, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Who the hell is going to find us here? What the hell, you chicken-liver.
ref: 2009, Heather Graham, Dust to Dust, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Alternative form of chicken liver.
floor-fillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floor-filler
Baals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Baal.
Baalim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A latinized form of the Hebrew בעלים, the plural and majestic form of בעל.
Senses: glosses: plural of Baal.
Ba'als
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ba'al; alternative form of Baʿals
hemocompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hemocompatible
form: most hemocompatible
form: haemocompatible
Etymology: From hemo- + compatible.
Senses: examples: text: The Society for Biomaterials has thousands of members worldwide who focus their energies and resources towards developing more biocompatible and, in particular, more hemocompatible materials.
ref: 1998, Lab Animal:
glosses: compatible with the presence of blood
Related terms: hemocompatibility
air loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air loans
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A mortgage loan which is taken out by a fictitious buyer or for a fictitious property, or both.
air loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air loan
trondhjemite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trondhjemites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A leucocratic intrusive igneous rock, a variety of tonalite in which the plagioclase is mostly in the form of oligoclase.
Derived terms: tonalite-trondhjemite-granodiorite
trondhjemitic
Related terms: plagiogranite
shareout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shareouts
form: share-out
Etymology: Deverbal from share out.
Senses: glosses: The process of sharing something out between multiple parties.
shareouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shareout
automizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: automizers
form: automiser
Etymology: From automize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In the 2002 Durham Symposium, Markus Linckelmann conjectured the existence of a regular central k*-extension of the full subcategory over the selfcentralizing Brauer pairs of the Frobenius P-category associated with a block of defect group P of a finite group G which would include, as k*-automorphism groups of the objects, the k*-groups associated with the automizers of the corresponding selfcentralizing Brauer pairs.
ref: 2015, Lluis Puig, “Affirmative answer to a question of Linckelmann”, in arXiv:
glosses: That which automizes.
automizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of automizer
Beslan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative center of the Pravoberezhny District, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
comonotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + monotonic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
probability-theory
sciences
glosses: Of a random vector, having components that can be represented as increasing functions of a single random variable.
Derived terms: comonotonicity
Related terms: countermonotonic
comonotonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + monotonicity.
Senses: examples: text: Our characterization does not assume commensurateness of criteria a priori, so defining comonotonicity becomes impossible..
ref: 2015, Mikhail Timonin, “Axiomatization of the Choquet integral for heterogeneous product sets”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality or state of being comonotonic.
Related terms: anticomonotonicity
countermonotonicity
functorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From functorial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Building on work of Iyama, Reiten, Thomas, and Todorov, we show that this directed graph is a semidistributive lattice by using the isomorphism to the lattice of functorially finite torsion classes of the corresponding cluster-tilted algebra when the exchange graph is finite.
ref: 2015, Alexander Garver, Thomas McConville, “Lattice Properties of Oriented Exchange Graphs and Torsion Classes”, in arXiv:
glosses: In a functorial manner.
diffeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From diffeology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: We apply this notion to make some observation on subspaces which split off as smooth direct summands (providing examples which illustrate that not all subspaces do), and then to show that the diffeological dual of a finite-dimensional diffeological vector space always has the standard diffeology and in particular, any pseudo-metric on the initial space induces, in the obvious way, a smooth scalar product on the dual..
ref: 2015, Ekaterina Pervova, “On the notion of scalar product for finite-dimensional diffeological vector spaces”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a diffeology.
Derived terms: diffeologically
diffeology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diffeologies
Senses: examples: text: In this case, A and f(A) are both D-open and f#58;A#92;rightarrowf(A) is a diffeomorphism where A and f(A) are equipped with their subset diffeology.
ref: 2007, Jan Kubarski, Geometry and Topology of Manifolds: The Mathematical Legacy of Charles Ehresmann; on the Occasion of the Hundredth Anniversary of His Birthday, page 358:
text: And, for #92;mathcal#123;G#125;#42;#47;#92;Gamma and #92;mathcal#123;G#125;'#42;#47;#92;Gamma' equipped with the quotient diffeologies, h#42;#95;#92;Gamma is naturally smooth.
ref: 2010, Patrick Iglesias-Zemmour, The Moment Maps in Diffeology, American Mathematical Society, page 32:
qualifier: differential geometry
glosses: The set of smooth parametrizations of a given set X; the set of smooth maps S→X, where S is any open set ⊆ℝⁿ; the theory of such constructs.
Derived terms: quotient diffeology
Related terms: diffeological
diffeological space
diffeologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diffeology
diffeologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From diffeological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is known that the only finite-dimensional diffeological vector space that admits a diffeologically smooth scalar product is the standard space of appropriate dimension.
ref: 2015, Ekaterina Pervova, “On the notion of scalar product for finite-dimensional diffeological vector spaces”, in arXiv:
glosses: In a diffeological manner.
clergyman's throat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sore throat caused by overexertion of the vocal cords
Moroccanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moroccanism
great-tit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great-tits
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of great tit.
Jesus juice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Wine.
tightie whities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Tanner emerged, too, and sauntered to my side. He was a lot taller than me, taller than I'd realized. His pants were so baggy they hung past his waist and revealed the line of his tightie whities. Grinning, he draped his arm over my shoulder.
ref: 2018, Gena Showalter, Playing with Fire:
glosses: Alternative form of tighty whities.
tighty whiteys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Tiny carried a bag of nails tucked into the back of his jeans, worn low to show off his tighty whiteys.
ref: 2021, R.J. Linteau, The Architect, page 203:
glosses: Alternative form of tighty whities.
tightie whiteys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bullwinkle found his keys and wallet on the desk in the room. He took the money and the guys driver's license out. "Here's your wallet but if you want the keys you have to give me something."
"I don't have anything left! Please. I'm freezing."
"Give me your tightie whiteys." Bullwinkle gave him an evil grin.
ref: 2017, G. Louis Magliano, The Poet:
glosses: Alternative form of tighty whities.
cordyceps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːdɪsɛps/
ipa: /ˈkɔɹdəsɛps/
Forms: form: cordyceps
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Cordyceps, from Ancient Greek κορδῡ́λη (kordū́lē, “club”) + -ceps (“headed”).
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, pharmacological compounds in cordyceps may be associated with neurotrophic effects, which regulate behavioral sensitization and reward circuits of drug addiction.
ref: 2015 July 14, Minsook Ye et al., “Paecilomycies japonica reduces repeated nicotine-induced neuronal and behavioral activation in rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi.
Alvino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alvinos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Alvino.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Ferreira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ferreiras
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Ferreira.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Portuguese.
Ferreiro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ferreiros
Etymology: Borrowed from Galician and Portuguese Ferreiro.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Joice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English surname, spelling variant of Joyce.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city and town in Iowa.
cherry pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry pit
konghou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: konghous
form: konhou
Etymology: From Mandarin 箜篌 (kōnghóu), from the name of this instrument in the local language of the region of Central Asia whence it came to China; the Sogdian name for the angular harp was [script needed] (cngryʾ /⁠čangaryā⁠/), [script needed] (cyngryʾ /⁠čingaryā⁠/), which derives perhaps from Turkic čingar.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A plucked stringed instrument (chordophone) with a harp-like construction, originating in ancient Chinese music as a horizontal instrument but now made to be played vertically, and with strings that are double to allow for techniques like vibrato.
PEO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PEOs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: PE
O
glosses: Initialism of polyethylene oxide.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of professional employer organization.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of parking enforcement officer.
input method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: input methods
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of mnemonics for inputting a foreign script or exotic symbols not found on a physical keyboard.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: By extension, a program that facilitates input using these mnemonics.
Synonyms: sense: program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts
word: input method editor
sense: program that facilitates the input of foreign scripts
word: IME
Related terms: keyboard layout
dead key
inherent vice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inherent vices
Senses: examples: text: Leather, badly tanned, is susceptible to deterioration from inherent vice induced by poor quality manufacturing.
ref: 1988 February 21, Thomas C. Albro II, “Books and their Enemies Caring for your Library”, in Washington Post, retrieved 17 Jul 2015:
text: [T]he insurance was stated to cover “all risks of loss or damage” except that “caused by inherent vice or nature of the subject matter covered”.
ref: 2011 June 23, Locke Lord LLP, “Supreme Court confirms reduced scope of inherent vice exclusions”, in lexology.com, retrieved 17 Jul 2015:
text: The court also considered these principles in the context of the CMR Rules, in particular articles 3, 17 and 18.
Article17.2. The carrier shall, however, be relieved of liability if the loss, damage or delay was caused by the wrongful act or neglect of the claimant, by the instructions of the claimant given otherwise than as the result of a wrongful act or neglect on the part of the carrier, by inherent vice of the goods or through circumstances which the carrier could not avoid and the consequences of which he was unable to prevent.
ref: 2012 October 8, Karl Grech Orr, “Carrier responsible for all damages during shipment”, in Times of Malta, retrieved 17 Jul 2015:
text: Ms. Figgis favors rich colors that bubble, ooze and marbleize as if alive. Her scenes . . . frequently feature daffy but spectral creatures and leering ghouls with top hats and canes. The art conservationist’s term “inherent vice” describes both the instability of the images and the general sense of the macabre.
ref: 2014 October 23, Roberta Smith, “Art & Design: Genieve Figgis: ‘Good Morning, Midnight’”, in New York Times, retrieved 17 Jul 2015:
topics: business
commerce
commercial
law
glosses: An intrinsic shortcoming in an object, especially an object's in-built tendency to degrade, which adversely affects its evaluation, preservability, insurability, or acceptability to be transported by a shipper, and which usually limits the legal liability of those who handle or care for it.
spoon sweet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: spoon sweets
Senses: glosses: Fruit preserved in sugar syrup in the eastern Mediterranean, often served in a spoon as a gesture of hospitality.
spoon sweets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoon sweet
wittena-gemote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittena-gemotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witenagemot (“Anglo-Saxon assembly”).
glosses: Any assembly, parliament or discursive gathering.
wittenagemot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittenagemots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witenagemot (“Anglo-Saxon assembly”).
wittenagemote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittenagemotes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witenagemot (“Anglo-Saxon assembly”).
wittena-gemot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wittena-gemots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of witenagemot (“Anglo-Saxon assembly”).
independant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more independant
form: most independant
Senses: examples: text: This Perſian grandee reſolved, if poſſible, to humble the inſolence and haughtineſs of Lyſander, and for this purpoſe diſpatched ſome of his emiſſaries to Sparta, where they expoſed his ambitious views, charging him with an intention to render himſelf general for life, and independant of his conſtituents, and alleged ſuch probable reaſons for what they ſaid, that the ſenate and Ephori immediately diſpatched a ſcytale to recall him.
ref: 1764, William Guthrie, John Gray, A General History of the World from the Creation to the present Time, volume II, J. Newberry et al., page 408:
text: It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.
ref: 1798, Pierre Simon La Place, “Exposition du Système du Monde (translated as “on the System of the World”), chapter III: “on Time, and its measure”, quoted in 1799”, in The Monthly Review, new and improved, page 500:
text: There is at times said he—a little self-importance—but it is not offensive;—& there are moments, there are points, when her Love of Money is carried greatly too far. But she is a goodnatured Woman, a very goodnatured Woman,—a very obliging, friendly Neighbour; a chearful, independant, valuable character.—and her faults may be entirely imputed to her want of Education.
ref: 1817 (date written), Jane Austen, chapter 3, in R[aymond] W[ilson] Chambers, editor, Fragment of a Novel Written by Jane Austen, January–March 1817 […] [Sanditon], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, published 1925, →OCLC, page 34:
english: Sanditon
translation: Sanditon
text: That eminent and independant statesman, Count Louis of Medicis, concluded a concordat with cardinal Gonsalvi, at Terracina, on the 16th February, 1816, probably the most humiliating instrument to which the Roman court has been forced to submit since the fall of the Bonapartes.
ref: 1820, Theodore Lyman, The Political State of Italy:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of independent.
glosses: Misspelling of independent.
independantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of independently.
wittena-gemotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wittena-gemote
wittena-gemots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wittena-gemot
wittenagemotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wittenagemote
Weyl fermion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weyl fermions
Etymology: After Hermann Weyl, the person who proposed this fermion.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: quantum mechanics
glosses: A massless quasiparticle and fermion, which carries electric charge, and cannot move backwards, that may exist in Weyl semimetals, where an electron can be split into two Weyl fermions which move in opposite directions, which can form an electron by combining two Weyl fermions.
wikipedia: en:Hermann Weyl
Weyl fermions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weyl fermion
scenarioize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scenarioizes
form: scenarioizing
form: scenarioized
form: scenarioized
Etymology: From scenario + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: It was this kindly old lady that lifted her part into such idealism that it saved from entire disregard the whole story as scenarioized by J. Grubb Alexander.
ref: 1918, The Moving Picture World, volume 38, number 2:
text: Being the "best-seller" type of story, one recognizes this as valuable material for movie production. Scenarioized, it should net Mrs. St. John many neat thousands.
ref: 1927, Overland Monthly, volume 85:
text: Mr. Goldwyn has secured Jules Furthman, by arrangement with Irving Thalberg, of MGM, to scenarioize "Come and Get It."
ref: 1936, Motion Picture Herald, volume 123:
glosses: To turn (a story, idea etc.) into a scenario for a play or film.
scenarioized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scenarioize
friend-to-friend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: F2F
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a restricted type of peer-to-peer network in which only persons who know each other participate.
tawie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tawie
form: most tawie
Senses: examples: 18th c, Robert Burns, The Auld Farmer's New-Year Salutation to His Auld Mare, Maggie, 1959, Ralph Knight (editor), Songs and Poems of Robert Burns, page 124,
Tho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, / Ye ne'er was donsie; / But hamely, tawie, quiet, an' cannie, / An' unco sonsie.
glosses: Docile or tractable to the extent of allowing itself to be handled without complaint.
raw_tags: of an animal
asetose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + setose.
Senses: examples: text: On each side of spatula 3 asetose lateral papillae grouped together, and one asetose ventral papilla somewhat farther away.
ref: 2015 July 2, Dorchin N, Astrin JJ, Bodner L, Harris KM, “Morphological and Molecular Revision of the Genus Ozirhincus (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)—Long-Snouted Seed-Feeding Gall Midges on Asteraceae”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: Lacking bristles
adenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adeniums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of shrubs classified in the genus Adenium, native to Africa and the Middle East, having large caudexes at the base of their stem, and bearing many colorful flowers on gnarled branches. They are often cultivated as bonsai.
carbendazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The interference of dill seed essential oil was remarkable at the highest concentration compared with carbendazol.
ref: 2015 July 2, Ma B, Ban X, Huang B, He J, Tian J, Zeng H, et al., “Interference and Mechanism of Dill Seed Essential Oil and Contribution of Carvone and Limonene in Preventing Sclerotinia Rot of Rapeseed”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular fungicide, methyl N-(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)carbamate
cryomedium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryomedia
Etymology: From cryo- + medium.
Senses: glosses: A medium (typically a liquid) within which samples are frozen, typically for long-term storage
cryomedia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Although FBS is indispensable in biomedical research, FBS-free cryomedia would benefit researchers by conforming to good laboratory practices.
ref: 2015 July 2, Varma VP, Devi L, Venna NK, Murthy CLN, Idris MM, Goel S, “Ocular Fluid As a Replacement for Serum in Cell Cryopreservation Media”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of cryomedium
cytoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytoderms
Etymology: From cyto- + -derm.
Senses: examples: text: Several specimens were found, all of which belong to Kirchner's variety subtile, the cytoderm being delicately punctate over the whole surface.
ref: 1904, Alexander William Evans, Hepaticae of Alaska, volume 5, page 168:
text: Potted plants of flue-cured tobacco variety K326 were treated in Zhengzhou, Henan, China by 70-80% (control) and<60% (drought stress) of maximum field water capacity beginning at vigorous growth stage on 2 July 2007, and their leaf samples were taken 16, 28 and 40 days after the treatments were started for observation on the accumulation of cytoderm expansin under electronic microscope.
ref: 2010, Shi XiangDong, “Study on dynamics of cytoderm expansin accumulation in flue-cured tobacco leaves under drought stress”, in Acta Tabacaria Sinica, volume 16, number 1, page 41:
text: The mixture was transferred into centrifuge tubes then ultrasonically treated five times to break the cytoderm.
ref: 2015 July 2, Ma B, Ban X, Huang B, He J, Tian J, Zeng H, et al., “Interference and Mechanism of Dill Seed Essential Oil and Contribution of Carvone and Limonene in Preventing Sclerotinia Rot of Rapeseed”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: A cell wall, typically of a desmid or diatom.
deswelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + swelling.
Senses: examples: text: This active deswelling maintains the organization of collagen fibers implicated in crystal-clear corneal transparency.
ref: 2015 July 2, Jumelle C, Mauclair C, Houzet J, Bernard A, He Z, Forest F, et al., “Delivery of Molecules into Human Corneal Endothelial Cells by Carbon Nanoparticles Activated by Femtosecond Laser”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: The removal of a swelling
diisononylphthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For instance, we observed altered immune response in human macrophages after 4-nonylphenol and diisononylphthalate exposure [7 ].
ref: 2015 July 2, Couleau N, Falla J, Beillerot A, Battaglia E, D’Innocenzo M, Plançon S, et al., “Effects of Endocrine Disruptor Compounds, Alone or in Combination, on Human Macrophage-Like THP-1 Cell Response”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of diisononyl phthalate.
diisononyl phthalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The diisononyl ester of phthalic acid; it is used as a plasticizer
isononyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isononyls
Etymology: From iso- + nonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several branched-chain isomers of the nonyl radical, but especially 3,5,5-trimethyl pentyl
Derived terms: diisononyl
dorsomorphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: TGF-β/Activin pathway receptor ALK5 and VEGFR2 than dorsomorphin.
ref: 2015 July 2, Alsamarah A, LaCuran AE, Oelschlaeger P, Hao J, Luo Y, “Uncovering Molecular Bases Underlying Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor Inhibitor Selectivity”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound 6-[4-(2-piperidin-1-ylethoxy)phenyl]-3-pyridin-4-ylpyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidine, which is a selective inhibitor of bone morphogenetic protein
endotransglucosylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotransglucosylases
Etymology: From endo- + transglucosylase.
Senses: examples: text: The expression of genes encoding a pectinesterase, a pectate lyase and a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase hydrolase (Solyc12g008530)
ref: 2015 July 2, Ye J, Hu T, Yang C, Li H, Yang M, Ijaz R, et al., “Transcriptome Profiling of Tomato Fruit Development Reveals Transcription Factors Associated with Ascorbic Acid, Carotenoid and Flavonoid Biosynthesis”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An endocytic transglucosylase.
transglucosylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transglucosylases
Etymology: From trans- + glucosyl + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transglycosylase that transfers glucosyl groups
meroplasmodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meroplasmodia
Etymology: From mero- + plasmodium.
Senses: examples: text: The sessile amoeba is encased in a hyaline, flattened lorica, which holds the MCB and connects to the meroplasmodium.
ref: 2015 July 2, Schmidt M, Horn S, Ehlers K, Wilhelm C, Schnetter R, “Guanchochroma wildpretii gen. et spec. nov. (Ochrophyta) Provides New Insights into the Diversification and Evolution of the Algal Class Synchromophyceae”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: A type of cellular association of spherical cells and a common reticulopodial network
Related terms: meroplasmodial
omnipause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omnipauses
Etymology: From omni- + -pause.
Senses: examples: text: Two critical components of the brainstem saccade network are premotor burst neurons (PBN) and omnipause neurons (OPN).
ref: 2015 July 2, Eggers SDZ, Horn AKE, Roeber S, Härtig W, Nair G, Reich DS, et al., “Saccadic Palsy following Cardiac Surgery: Possible Role of Perineuronal Nets”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: A type of neuron that has a role in the stability of the saccadic system
rhizopodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhizopodia
Etymology: From rhizo- + -podium.
Senses: glosses: a pseudopodium of the rhizopods.
rhizopodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In old cultures, contents of cells without rhizopodia can turn dark and act as resting (cyst-like) stages.
ref: 2015 July 2, Schmidt M, Horn S, Ehlers K, Wilhelm C, Schnetter R, “Guanchochroma wildpretii gen. et spec. nov. (Ochrophyta) Provides New Insights into the Diversification and Evolution of the Algal Class Synchromophyceae”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of rhizopodium
tetraploidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dotted boxes represent the absent human KISS and SPX2 genes (that emerged during early vertebrate tetraploidizations) [42 ,74 ] and the T.
ref: 2015 July 2, Felix RC, Trindade M, Pires IRP, Fonseca VG, Martins RS, Silveira H, et al., “Unravelling the Evolution of the Allatostatin-Type A, KISS and Galanin Peptide-Receptor Gene Families in Bilaterians: Insights from Anopheles Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: plural of tetraploidization
trienoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From triene + -oic.
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, the ratio of dienoic and trienoic fatty acids to total fatty acids was higher in TNG67.
ref: 2015 July 2, Yang Y-W, Chen H-C, Jen W-F, Liu L-Y, Chang M-C, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Shoots and Roots of TNG67 and TCN1 Rice Seedlings under Cold Stress and Following Subsequent Recovery: Insights into Metabolic Pathways, Phytohormones, and Transcription Factors”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Describing a carboxylic acid (especially a polyunsaturated fatty acid) that has three double bonds in its chain
unialgal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + algal.
Senses: examples: text: Schnetter obtained the unialgal isolate from this material.
ref: 2015 July 2, Schmidt M, Horn S, Ehlers K, Wilhelm C, Schnetter R, “Guanchochroma wildpretii gen. et spec. nov. (Ochrophyta) Provides New Insights into the Diversification and Evolution of the Algal Class Synchromophyceae”, in PLOS ONE, volume 10, number 7, →DOI:
glosses: Containing only a single type of alga
Nanchong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: nänʹcho͝ongʹ
Forms: form: Nan-ch'ung
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 南充 (Nánchōng).
Senses: examples: text: Her mother had recently had minor surgery, so Qin decided it was a good time to leave the golf company and move back to her hometown of Nanchong, a city in Sichuan province some 200 km (125 miles) east of Chengdu.
ref: 2017 October 17, John Ruwitch, Anita Li, “Cash and coffee: a young woman's path in a changing China”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 May 2022, Regulatory News:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Sichuan, China.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
backmarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backmarker
cat that got the cream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cat that ate the canary.
synonyms: word: cat that ate the canary
konghous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of konghou
foresaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foresave
Café de Paris sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the restaurant in Geneva that popularised it in the 1940s.
Senses: synonyms: Café de Paris butter
glosses: A complex butter-based sauce served with grilled beef.
Grosch's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Attributed to computer scientist Herb Grosch in 1965, though previously stated by Seymour Cray.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The observation that computing power increases as the square of the cost, e.g. a computer that costs twice as much ought to be four times as fast.
wikipedia: Herb Grosch
grandmother cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandmother cells
Etymology: Coined around 1969 by Jerry Lettvin, referring to the idea of recognising one's grandmother.
Senses: glosses: A hypothetical neuron that represents a complex but specific concept or object, and activates upon recognition.
wikipedia: Jerome Lettvin
Related terms: Jennifer Aniston neuron
grandmother cells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmother cell
shittery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shit + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, if you want to be on the receiving end of this kind of point-and-giggle shittery it helps if you're a woman, and you've had your crotch flashed across the internet courtesy of some clammy paparazzo […]
ref: 2009, Charlie Brooker, The Hell of it All, page 253:
text: The sole good thing about the morning's shittery was that Mom's concern for my wellbeing trumped last night's argument.
ref: 2015, Eva Darrows, The Awesome:
glosses: Anything bad or worthless.
Related terms: batshittery
bullshittery
teenageritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teenager + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: Sonora Blair is a single mom: a widow who might have been a divorcee if her husband had lived a bit longer. She has a clingy but resilient young daughter and an older son with a bad case of teenageritis.
ref: 1997, Allen J. Hubin, The Armchair Detective, volume 30, page 108:
text: "It happens to all of them, that streak of teenageritis." She sighed. "I was only hoping that Kathie would have moved out of the sassy stage before Karyn went into it."
ref: 2004, Lori J. Glad, Northern Lights Magic, page 236:
text: Dad says ever since I came back from Europe, I have come down with a case of delayed teenageritis. I never acted like this before, but now I apparently have a bad attitude and a bad haircut and an irresponsibility streak […]
ref: 2013, Gayle Forman, Just One Day:
glosses: immature or rebellious behaviour characteristic of teenagers
phenylmethanesulfonylfluoride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phenylmethanesulfonyl + fluoride.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A serine protease inhibitor commonly used in the preparation of cell lysates.
Synonyms: PMSF
MAFP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Methoxy arachidonyl fluorophosphonate.
gazookus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gazookuses
Senses: examples: text: After he uses Colgate's, no one can tell him that some kind of tooth "gazookus" will get him. He knows that if his teeth are clean they will be healthy.
ref: 1927 June, Boys' Life, page 46:
text: So what we have to do is to help John by reducing the number of cases where John has to start from scratch with prospects who never even heard of our company, let alone know that our product has a manganese steel gazookus […]
ref: 1950, Printers' Ink, volume 230, page li:
glosses: An unspecified item; a thingy or gadget.
examples: text: Now there are several things I would do if I were Editor, and if you will button your face and uncork your ears, Mister Editor, I will give you a load of the real 18-karat gazookus.
ref: 1943, Column Review and Editorial Digest, volume 16, page 13:
glosses: The real thing, or genuine article; something authentic.
circulationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From circulation + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to circulation.
moon jelly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon jellies
Senses: examples: text: In 1998, a swarm of large Aurelia (the standard moon jelly) moved into Big Glory Bay off New Zealand’s South Island, and killed 56,000 three-kilo salmon in their pens within half an hour.
ref: 2014, Theo Tait, ‘Water-Borne Zombies’, London Review of Books, volume 36, number 5:
synonyms: common jellyfish
moon jellyfish
saucer jelly
glosses: A globally common jellyfish of the genus Aurelia, especially Aurelia aurita.
Umlauf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Umlaufs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Umlauf.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
mariner's compasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mariner's compass
counterinterrogation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + interrogation.
Senses: examples: text: While he continued answering our questions directly, he was still practicing the classic counterinterrogation technique of admitting to what he knew we knew and to things that were of no value, so as to appear cooperative.
ref: 2011, Ali Soufan, The Black Banners: Inside the Hunt for Al Qaeda:
glosses: Working against an interrogation.
affectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.
ref: 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of affector
alphabaculovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alphabaculoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Both pe38 and ie-2 are absent from all sequenced group II alphabaculoviruses and betabaculoviruses except for CpGV, CrleGV, PhopGV, and PiraGV that contain a pe38 gene.
ref: 2015 July 14, “The Complete Genome of a New Betabaculovirus from Clostera anastomosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the genus Alphabaculovirus of viruses in the family Baculoviridae.
alphabaculoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphabaculovirus
anticalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticalins
Etymology: From a trademark of Pieris Pharmaceuticals in Germany.
Senses: examples: text: The calyx architecture offers several opportunities for therapeutic applications: the most radical involves the engineering of the natural proteins to produce anticalins, antibody mimetics devised to bind specific ligands, including drugs for targeted delivery.
ref: 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a class of artificial proteins that are able to bind to antigens. They are derived from human lipocalins.
anticalins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anticalin
bordetellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: While Bpp hu and the other classical bordetellae can efficiently colonize mice, Bpp ov strains are severely defective in their ability to colonize the murine respiratory tract.
ref: 2015 July 10, “Host Specificity of Ovine Bordetella parapertussis and the Role of Complement”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of bordetella