cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sold-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sell out.
Senses: examples: text: Sold-out stores can be a major problem around the time of a snowstorm.
text: Less than a week after the new minis release, some fans have reported long lines and sold-out stores.
ref: 2024 June 10, Joseph Lamour, “Trader Joe's $3.99 mini cooler bags are reselling for over $100 online”, in Trending News: Today, NBC10 Philadelphia:
glosses: Out of stock.
Unable to sell an item because no more are in inventory.
examples: text: The rock star played to dozens of sold-out arenas during his farewell tour.
text: Rule 1: Boldly go to that sold-out concert. Don’t be afraid.
ref: 2003 March 11, Dave Urbanski, “How To Get Into A Sold-out Concert”, in Relevant magazine: Culture:
glosses: Out of stock.
Unavailable because all inventory has been sold.
examples: text: After a close brush with death, she became a sold-out follower of her faith.
glosses: Completely committed or dedicated to a cause, a team, a person, etc.; all in.
Derived terms: sold-out-ness
generich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more generich
form: most generich
form: gene-rich
Etymology: From gene + rich.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having a higher than normal concentration of genes
sociomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From socio- + medical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the relationship between medicine and society
geobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geobiologists
Etymology: From geo- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: A biologist whose speciality is geobiology.
sentencings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentencing
underdelivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underdeliver
geobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + biology.
Senses: topics: biology
geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The interdisciplinary study of the interactions between the Earth's biosphere and the lithosphere, which incorporates both geology and biology.
Synonyms: biogeology
Derived terms: geobiologist
Related terms: exogeobiology
skordalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek σκορδαλιά (skordaliá).
Senses: examples: text: To serve, divide skordalia among four plates.
ref: 2008 February 6, “Recipe: Crispy Cod With Skordalia and Sweet-Sour Beets”, in New York Times:
glosses: A thick garlic sauce used in Greek cuisine
germplasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germplasms
Etymology: From germ + plasm. But compare germ plasm.
Senses: examples: text: Since the number of problems that affect the bean crop is large, researchers in national and international programs have formed a network on genetic improvement in which germplasm evaluation and research results are exchanged.
ref: 1987, Aart van Schoonhove, Standard System for the Evaluation of Bean Germplasm, CIAT, page 5:
text: 1989, Zhang Yihua, Dong Yushen, Development of Research on Crop Germplasm Resources in China, Lloyd Knutson, Allan K. Stoner (editors), Biotic Diversity and Germplasm Preservation, Global Imperatives, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research 13, page 125,
A good beginning has been made in joint surveys of Chinese germplasm resources by Chinese and foreign scientists.
text: 2000, R. K. Singh, et al., 9: Small and Medium Grained Aromatic Rices of India, R. K. Singh, U. S. Singh, G. S. Khush (editors), Aromatic Rices, Oxford & IBH Publishing Company, page 170,
Safeguarding our precious indigenous scented rice germplasms is important for the future.
text: 2002, Barbara M. Reed, I.2: Implementing Cryopreservation for Long-Term Germplasm Preservation in Vegetatively Propagated Species, L. E. Towill, Y. P. S. Bajaj (editors), Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm II, Springer, Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 50, page 22,
Cryopreservation is the preferred option for the long-term storage of clonal germplasm (Engelmann 2000).
glosses: Seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
germ plasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germ-plasm
form: germplasm
Etymology: Calque of German Keimplasma. From circa 1892.
Senses: examples: text: If heredity depends on the presence of a substance, the germ-plasm, which causes the production of the new individual by directing the process of division in ontogeny, in the course of which it becomes changed in a regular manner, the question arises as to how unaltered germ-plasm can nevertheless reappear in the germ-cells of the new individual.
ref: 1893, August Weismann, translated by W. Newton Parker and Harriet Rönnfeldt, The Germ-plasm: A Theory of Heredity, Charles Scribner's Sons, page 183:
text: The germ plasm is of paramount interest, not only to the biologist but to all thinking persons, because while the somatic cells cease to exist with the death of the individual whose body they constitute, the germ plasm may live on indefinitely in succeeding generations.
ref: 1951, Bradley M. Patten, Early Embryology of the Chick, 4th edition, The Blakiston Company, page 10:
text: The eugenics movement […] placed the blame squarely on the degenerative germ plasm passed down from generation to generation, corrupting entire bloodlines.
ref: 2006, Matt Wray, Not Quite White, page 107:
text: 2014, Eva Jablonka, Marion J. Lamb, Evolution in Four Dimensions, The MIT Press (Bradford Books), page 19,
He reasoned that since the father's germ plasm in the sperm mixes with the mother's germ plasm in the egg, there are two mingled germ plasms in their offspring.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: pole plasm
glosses: The cytoplasm of germ cells.
examples: text: Although the IRRI has taken on the global responsibility of conserving rice germ plasm, we find it necessary to enlist the collaboration of other international and national organizations in achieving the goals.
ref: 1976, Te-Tzu Chang, Manual on Genetic Conservation of Rice Germ Plasm for Evaluation and Utilization, International Rice Research Institute, page 56:
glosses: Germplasm; seeds or tissues maintained for the purpose of animal or plant breeding, preservation or other research uses.
shmatte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃmɑtə/
Forms: form: shmattes
form: schmatte
form: schmata
form: schmatta
form: schmate
form: schmutter
form: shmatta
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate); originally from Polish szmata.
Senses: glosses: A rag.
glosses: An old article of clothing.
examples: text: She skipped onto a minimally decorated stage in a pale salmon pink schmate covered in bows, loose-fitting and obviously filled with surprises.
ref: 1983 April 9, Walta Borawski, “Midler in Boston”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
text: I said, Why am I in the shmatte business? Mr. Kimmel said of his beginners luck.
ref: 2007 December 12, David M. Halbfinger, “A Film Producer Guided More by His Heart Than by His Calculator”, in New York Times:
text: In addition to having the barely perceptible but definitely present scummy vibe of an early 20th-century schmatte business, it was like the ultimate perversion of the male literary impulse.
ref: 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:
topics: business
clothing
commerce
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
retail
textiles
qualifier: fashion industry
glosses: Any item of clothing.
underdelivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underdeliver
underdelivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underdeliver
shunga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 春画, from Middle Chinese 春 (t͡ʃʰwin "spring", by extension "sexual", "erotic") + 畫 (hwɛ̀ "painting").
Senses: examples: text: The works confound stereotypes of Japanese etiquette, even as they update the tradition of the anatomically explicit shunga print.
ref: 2007 October 12, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: A style of Japanese erotic art
germyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germyls
Etymology: From germane + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical of germanium H₃Ge- that is analogous to methyl.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic derivative of this radical.
Derived terms: germylium
Related terms: germylene
germyne
interkinetochore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + kinetochore.
Senses: glosses: Between kinetochores.
intersite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-site
Etymology: From inter- + site.
Senses: antonyms: intrasite
glosses: Between sites (places or websites).
Related terms: external link
interdocument
time bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time bomb
isoalloxazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isoalloxazines
Etymology: From iso- + alloxazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The tricyclic heterocycle that is the basis of the flavins; any derivative of this compound
temperature coefficient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temperature coefficients
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A coefficient which relates the change of the magnitude of a physical property to a unit change in temperature.
Derived terms: PTC heater
PTC
positive temperature coefficient
microfluidiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfluidisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of microfluidizer.
microfluidisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfluidiser
nyerereite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nyerereites
Etymology: From Nyerere + -ite. Named after Tanzanian founding president Julius Nyerere.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with the chemical formula Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂.
nyerereites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nyerereite
intimin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intimins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An adhesin of certain strains of E. coli.
intimins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intimin
monographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monographers
Etymology: From monograph + -er.
Senses: glosses: a writer of monographs
monographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monographer
gefitinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unknown + -tinib
Senses: glosses: A drug, used in the treatment of certain types of cancer, that acts in a similar way to erlotinib by selectively targeting the mutant proteins in malignant cells.
erlotinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unknown, + -tinib.
Senses: glosses: A drug used to treat certain cancers.
thumblike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thumblike
form: most thumblike
Etymology: From thumb + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a thumb.
mouselook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mouse + look.
Senses: examples: text: The mouselook is easy to code once you understand how a mouse operates. All we have to do is use the keys to change our position, and use the mouse to reorient our viewpoint.
ref: 2003, Daniel Sanchez-Crespo Dalmau, Core techniques and algorithms in game programming:
text: However, some people find the mouselook or first-person view to be far more convenient when moving around.
ref: 2006, Michael Rymaszewski, et al: Second Life: The Official Guide:
text: A vehicle can be made to not turn in a given direction in response to mouselook[…]
ref: 2007, Aimee Weber, Kimberly Rufer-Bach, Richard Platel, Creating Your World:
topics: video-games
glosses: A feature that allows the player to adjust the view of a three-dimensional playfield by moving the mouse, analogous to turning one's head in reality.
Synonyms: freelook
projectile point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: projectile points
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The head or tip of a shaft that is thrown (that is, projected away from the user) as a weapon.
Related terms: arrowhead
bow and arrow
en
flake
haft
knap
spearpoint
speartip
sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
form: sulfoquinovosyl diacylglycerol
Etymology: From sulfoquinovosyl + diacylglycerol.
Senses: examples: text: Sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol lipids have also been identified in phototrophic and a few other bacterial species.
ref: 2001, Bertram Fraser-Reid, editor, Glycoscience, page 2085:
text: There are four major glyceroplipid components in the thylakoid membranes, namely, monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), digalactosyldiacylglycerol (DGDG), sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol (SQDG) and phosphatidylglycerol (PG).
ref: 2009, Hajime Wada, Norio Murata, editors, Lipids in Photosynthesis, page 2:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycerophospholipid that, along with galactosyldiacylglycerol, is an important component of membranes of chloroplasts and related organelles and one of the most abundant lipids in photosynthetic tissues.
Synonyms: word: SQDG
galactosyldiacylglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: galactosyldiacylglycerols
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycerophospholipid that, along with sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol, is an important component of membranes of chloroplasts and related organelles and one of the most abundant lipids in photosynthetic tissues.
sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
galactosyldiacylglycerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galactosyldiacylglycerol
projectile points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of projectile point
lipogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipogenesis
transpirational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From transpiration + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to transpiration.
sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfoquinovosyldiacylglycerol.
sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphoquinovosyldiacylglycerol
quartic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartic functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any function of a polynomial whose greatest exponent is 4.
Related terms: quartic equation
vastidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] a restraint,
Though all the world’s vastidity you had,
To a determined scope.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: 1812, William Tennant, Anster Fair, Edinburgh: George Goldie, 2nd edition, 1814, Canto 2, stanza 17, p. 43,
[…] in chaise or gig
Th’ endoctrin’d sage professors lolling ride,
Their heads with curl’d vastidity of wig
Thatch’d round and round, and queerly beautify’d;
text: The way of angels paved with light,
Over the sleeping sheen of sea,
Or lifted from each crested height,
The winds rolled from vastidity,
ref: 1900, George Cecil Ives, “A Recollection”, in Eros’ Throne, London: Swan Sonnenschein, page 12:
text: That BioWare would have a large library was not surprising: Its games are noted for the vastidity of their worlds, all of which must be designed and populated and inhabited.
ref: 2010, Tom Bissell, chapter 7, in Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter, New York: Pantheon, page 108:
glosses: Vastness; immensity.
quintic function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintic functions
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any function of a polynomial whose greatest exponent is 5.
Related terms: quintic equation
immanants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immanant
rotundly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more rotundly
form: most rotundly
Etymology: From rotund + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a rotund way.
fatly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fatly
form: most fatly
Etymology: From fat + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This was the hour for the dancing of the springs, but from the two sundered beds came not even the sound of sleeping. Kartar Singh smiled fatly and happily resumed his round.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 369:
glosses: In a fat way; in the manner of a fat person.
fatteningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fatteningly
form: most fatteningly
Etymology: From fattening + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fattening way.
hoodrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoodrat
unanesthetized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anesthetized.
Senses: glosses: Not anesthetized.
unanaesthetized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anaesthetized.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unanesthetized.
unanesthetised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anesthetised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unanesthetized.
unanaesthetised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + anaesthetised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unanesthetized.
tree kangaroos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree kangaroo
entopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek en-, ento- ("within") + topos ("place").
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: in the usual place, referring to medical or anatomical objects.
Derived terms: entopic graphomania
ovicaprid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovicaprids
Etymology: From L. ovis ‘sheep’ + caper ‘goat’.
Senses: glosses: A domestic sheep or goat. Also called a caprovine.
midroll
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-roll
Etymology: From mid- + roll.
Senses: topics: arts
broadcasting
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
photography
television
glosses: In the middle of a roll of film.
midroll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midrolls
form: mid-roll
Etymology: From mid- + roll.
Senses: examples: text: He says he has never used an edited thumbnail, inserted a midroll ad or tried to chase any kind of YouTube trend.
ref: 2024 May 23, Chris Almeida, “They’re Ignoring MrBeast’s Rules of YouTube, and Thriving”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: An advertisement that interrupts an online video, playing before the video resumes.
allocrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allocrine
form: most allocrine
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos) + κρίνω (krínō, “separate”). First attested in the late 20th century.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to or denoting foreign hormones being taken up and eliciting a response in an organism (for example, hormones in breast milk.)
Related terms: pheromones
afterslip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterslips
Etymology: From after- + slip.
Senses: glosses: A non-violent movement of the ground following an earthquake
skier day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skier days
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A day of skiing purchased in a ski area, used to measure the number of skiers in any one particular ski area. A season pass is generally considered to be twenty (20) skier days.
aliovalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
antonyms: isovalent
glosses: Having a different valence or oxidation state
analysable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more analysable
form: most analysable
Etymology: From analyse + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of analyzable.
Derived terms: analysability
unanalysable
standardista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standardistas
Etymology: From standard + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: Still, web standardistas should maximize backward compatibility whenever possible. Satisfied users cannot be pushed to upgrade their browsers every time a new version is released.
ref: 2012, Leslie Sikos, Web Standards: Mastering HTML5, CSS3, and XML, page 29:
glosses: A web developer who is actively involved in the creation, adoption, and/or promotion of Web standards.
anhydrotetracycline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anhydro- + tetracycline.
Senses: glosses: A derivative of tetracycline, having no antibiotic activity, that is used in experimental genetics
antilytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilytic
form: most antilytic
Etymology: From anti- + lytic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to antilysis
glosses: That inhibits lysis
antilysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilyses
Etymology: From anti- + lysis.
Senses: glosses: The inhibition of lysis
antiperovskite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiperovskites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any crystal with a structure based on a perovskite but with the cations replaced by anions and vice versa.
zilde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɪldə/
ipa: /ˈzɪldi/
rhymes: -ɪldə
Forms: form: zildes
Etymology: Blend of zero + tilde
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In the APL programming language, the symbol ⍬ (a zero crossed by a tilde), representing an empty numeric vector.
zildes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zilde
antiperovskites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiperovskite
biocommerce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + commerce.
Senses: glosses: Any commercial activity based on biology or biotechnology
antilyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antilysis
afterslips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterslip
cappers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capper
wash rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wash room
cerulenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An antifungal antibiotic that inhibits fatty acid and steroid biosynthesis
cleavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cleavable
form: most cleavable
Etymology: From cleave + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being cleaved.
Derived terms: autocleavable
biocleavable
noncleavable
photocleavable
recleavable
uncleavable
cofilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofilins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins which disassemble actin filaments
commodifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commodifiable
form: most commodifiable
Etymology: From commodify + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be commodified
Derived terms: noncommodifiable
uncommodifiable
creepmeters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creepmeter
creepmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creepmeters
Etymology: From creep + -meter.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An instrument that monitors the slow surface displacement of an active geologic fault in the earth.
cofilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cofilin
cryoprobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoprobes
Etymology: From cryo- + probe.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery.
cytoprotectants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytoprotectant
cytoprotectant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytoprotectants
Etymology: From cyto- + protectant.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any medication that combats ulcers by increasing mucosal protection
desthiobiotin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From des- + thio- + biotin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of biotin that lacks a sulfur atom; it is a bacterial precursor of biotin
cryoprobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoprobe
cryosurgeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryosurgery
disordering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disorderings
Senses: glosses: The removal of order
downsampling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of downsample
downsampling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downsamplings
Senses: glosses: An instance of something being downsampled.
dutasteride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /duˈtæ.stəˌɹaɪd/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -steride (“testosterone reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic drug C₂₇H₃₀F₆N₂O₂ that inhibits 5-alpha-reductase to convert testosterone into dihydrotestosterone and is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia.
eigenspectra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenspectrum
eigenspectrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenspectrum
type-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: type-ins
Senses: examples: text: Now, there aren't many magazines for which I'd have been prepared to write the tips pages two years running. And even fewer that would inspire me to compile their type-in pages for month after month. But YS tips and type-ins weren't like other magazines', and I didn't mind doing them at all.
ref: 1993 Sep, Jonathan Nash, “Jugglers Ahoy!”, in Your Sinclair:
text: ...why did we drop the type-ins, people asked. Here's why. In 1979, when COMPUTE!'s first issue appeared, personal computers were scarce. Software for those computers was even scarcer.
ref: 1994, COMPUTE!:
text: The quality of the type-ins were ^([sic]) a cut above the ones found in rival magazines...
ref: 2005, Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program listing, printed in a magazine, etc., to be inputted and run by the reader.
type-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of type-in
checksumming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of checksum
checksummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of checksum
entoptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ento- + optic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Located within the eyeball.
examples: text: When small opaque particles exist in the transparent media, they may cast their shadow on the retina so as to give rise to images which are projected outwards by the mind into space, and thus appear to exist outside of the body. Such phenomena are termed entoptic.
ref: 1911, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Vision:
text: Entoptic [corrected] phenomena in pregeniculate and postgeniculate hemianopsia with splitting of macula by perimetry [the original article ((15 March 1990), volume 109, number 3, page 375) misspelled the word as entopic]
ref: 1990 November 15, R. S. Manor, “Erratum: Entoptic [corrected] Phenomena in Pregeniculate and Postgeniculate Hemianopsia with Splitting of Macula by Perimetry”, in American Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 108, number 5, →PMID, article title, page 585:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to visual phenomena caused by objects within the eye, or the objects themselves.
N.D. Cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Northern District of California, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
C.D. Cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Central District of California, as used in case citations.
Related terms: E.D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of United States District Court for the Southern District of California, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.
Cal.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Related terms: Calif.
CA
C.D. Cal.
E.D. Cal.
N.D. Cal.
S.D. Cal.
recess appointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recess appointments
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The appointment by the President of the United States of a person to an office that normally requires approval of the United States Senate, but who is appointed without such approval because the Senate is in recess.
recess appointments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recess appointment
eargasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æzmɪk
Forms: form: more eargasmic
form: most eargasmic
Etymology: Blend of ear + orgasmic
Senses: glosses: Causing an eargasm; giving great musical pleasure.
raw_tags: of music
trembler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremblers
Etymology: From tremble + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, trembles.
glosses: Any of various New World passerine birds of the genus Cinclocerthia.
glosses: The vibrating hammer, or spring contact piece of a hammer break, as of the electric ignition apparatus for an internal combustion engine.
glosses: A kind of security alarm triggered by vibrations or shock waves.
Derived terms: knee-trembler
yellow trembler
bretelles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bretelle
draugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draug
ruiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruiners
Etymology: From ruin + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There was a ruined uncle in the family group—ruined by his brother, the Father of the Marshalsea, and knowing no more how than his ruiner did, but accepting the fact as something that could not be helped.
ref: 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
glosses: Someone who ruins.
Synonyms: destroyer
wrecker
seminaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-naked
Etymology: From semi- + naked.
Senses: examples: text: Baartman’s seminaked display left little to the imagination and reinforced England’s obsession with bottoms, both literally and figuratively.
ref: 2007 January 14, Caroline Elkins, “A Life Exposed”, in New York Times:
glosses: Almost naked, but still partially clothed
semifamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-famous
Etymology: From semi- + famous.
Senses: examples: text: I've somehow missed Frank Caliendo on YouTube, MySpace, Mad TV and Fox NFL Sunday, where his John Madden impression has made him at least semifamous.
ref: 2007 November 27, Mike Hale, “The Gangs All Here Again: W, Bill and of Course Jack”, in New York Times:
text: I was semi-famous; I had been something, but as one worthy critic remarked: past laurels fade fast.
ref: 2017, Fiona Lewis, Mistakes Were Made (Some in French), Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Somewhat famous.
guerrilleros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guerrillero
scaffoldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaffolding
safarigoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safarigoer
safarigoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safarigoers
Etymology: From safari + goer.
Senses: examples: text: “Tell the tourists to come back,” he said, referring to the exodus of safarigoers who have left Kenya because of the turmoil.
ref: 2008 February 2, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Spreading Banditry Dilutes Benefits of a Plan for Ethnic Peace in Kenya”, in New York Times:
synonyms: safarist
safarier
glosses: A person who embarks on a safari.
scrollwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrollworks
Etymology: From scroll + work.
Senses: examples: text: Some are nickel-plated over steel, others are engraved with scrollwork and fleurs-de-lis[…].
ref: 2007 April 1, S.S. Fair, “Toast of the Town”, in New York Times:
glosses: Ornamentation in a scroll pattern, especially in woodwork.
schizoaffective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From schizo- + affective.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Combining the symptoms of schizophrenia with those of bipolar disorder.
Derived terms: schizoaffective disorder
schizoaffective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schizoaffectives
Etymology: From schizo- + affective.
Senses: glosses: A person who has a schizoaffective disorder.
rrp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rrps
form: RRP
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Recommended Retail Price.
Synonyms: word: MSRP
Related terms: SRP
list price
sticker price
entopic graphomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the case of entopic graphomania, the artist was to discover the impurities on a piece of paper, place dots on the impurities, and draw connections between the dots. This was considered an automatic drawing […]
ref: 2013, Whitney Sherman, Playing with Sketches: 50 Creative Exercises for Designers and Artists:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A surrealist method in which dots are made at the sites of impurities in a blank sheet of paper, and lines are then made between the dots.
rimonabant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: That compound, rimonabant, works on the pleasure centers in the brain to suppress appetite.
ref: 2007 February 8, Stephanie Saul, “Over-the-Counter Weight-Loss Drug Is Approved”, in New York Times:
glosses: An anti-obesity drug which acts as an appetite suppressant.
romesco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Catalan romesco.
Senses: examples: text: Most of a short list of main courses changes daily, but there are some standards like slow-roasted heritage pork with wild arugula salad and quince mustard; and grilled sirloin steak with red wine, onion marmalade, Yukon potatoes and romesco.
ref: 2007 January 21, “The Hungry Stroller”, in New York Times:
glosses: A thick red sauce based on nuts and tomatoes and used with seafood, originating in Catalonian cuisine
revotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revote
revisitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: revisitations
Etymology: From re- + visitation.
Senses: examples: text: However, considering the broadly comic stereotypes that Ferrell has been trafficking in during his subsequent film career, there wasn't really much hope that this revisitation of Bush past would be more than a breezy series of frat boy-styled jokes.
ref: 2009 March 3, Richard Ouzounian, “Will Ferrell's masterful and frightening portrayal of Bush”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: An act of revisiting
revisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From revisable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: One can read the empirical revisability claim in such a way as not to require a serious story, or even to require that it is genuinely possible for there to be a story that would stand up to any scrutiny[…].
ref: 2009 January 27, Hartry Field, “Epistemology without metaphysics”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 2, →DOI, pages 249–290:
glosses: The state or quality of being revisable
restacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restack
retarget
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retargets
form: retargeting
form: retargetting
form: retargeted
form: retargeted
form: retargetted
form: retargetted
Etymology: From re- + target.
Senses: examples: text: The new marketing campaign will retarget past customers.
glosses: To target again.
examples: text: “We will have to retarget our missiles on the objects that we think threaten our national security,” he said.
ref: 2008 February 15, C. J. Chivers, “President Putin Talks of the Future as Premier”, in New York Times:
glosses: To change the targeting of (a weapon etc.).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To adapt so as to run on a different platform.
Derived terms: retargetable
restack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restacks
form: restacking
form: restacked
form: restacked
Etymology: From re- + stack.
Senses: examples: text: She also put new shelving in every closet and the kitchen pantry, where she stacked and restacked the canned goods with precision.
ref: 2008 March 27, Kate Murphy, “Nesting With a Vengeance (and a Deadline)”, in New York Times:
glosses: To stack again or differently.
reregister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reregisters
form: reregistering
form: reregistered
form: reregistered
form: re-register
Etymology: From re- + register.
Senses: examples: text: Some are refugees who had been in Iran for 25 years and who failed to reregister under a new refugee program.
ref: 2007 May 13, Carlotta Gall, “Afghan Legislators Vote Out Foreign Minister”, in New York Times:
glosses: To register again, or to renew or change one's registration
reharmonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reharmonize
refinishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refinisher
refinisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refinishers
Etymology: From refinish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to referring customers to local refinishers, Mr. Rountree’s company also sells refinishing products to do-it-yourselfers.
ref: 2008 March 30, Jay Romano, “Tubs and Showers Made New Again”, in New York Times:
glosses: A provider of refinishing services
redeveloper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redevelopers
Etymology: From redevelop + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In Dover, Woodmont Properties is the designated redeveloper for the entire 75-acre former landfill site, not just the 10-acre hotel property, called Hilton Homewood Suites.
ref: 2008 March 30, Antoinette Martin, “Why Dumps Are Gaining in Allure”, in New York Times:
glosses: An entity, such as a business, engaging in redevelopment
reharmonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reharmonizes
form: reharmonizing
form: reharmonized
form: reharmonized
form: reharmonise
Etymology: From re- + harmonize.
Senses: examples: text: There was more leisurely space for his playing in the first half — he sparkled on a richly reharmonized “Over the Rainbow,” his longtime trump card — but the second half felt more purposeful and vital.
ref: 2009 February 24, Nate Chinen, “Horns Add Heft for a Strutting Piano Vamp”, in New York Times:
glosses: To harmonize again, or in a new way
recountings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recounting
redevelopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redeveloper
realizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of realizer
caprid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɹɪd/
Etymology: From Latin capra or caper (“goat”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Of or pertaining to the subfamily Caprinae of ruminants, of which the goat (genus Capra) is the type; Ovis (sheep) are also members.
Synonyms: english: synonymous in one of its senses
translation: synonymous in one of its senses
word: caprine
Hyponyms: english: hyponymous in one of its senses
translation: hyponymous in one of its senses
word: caprine
word: ovine
Derived terms: ovicaprid
caprid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɹɪd/
Forms: form: caprids
Etymology: From Latin capra or caper (“goat”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the subfamily Caprinae.
Synonyms: goat antelope
reconception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconceptions
Etymology: From re- + conception.
Senses: examples: text: The Encores! presentation of “No, No Nanette” will be of the 1971 version, a reconception […] of the show with music by Vincent Youmans that opened on Broadway in 1925.
ref: 2007 July 27, Campbell Robertson, “Encores! Season to Feature Some Well-Known Names”, in New York Times:
glosses: A new conception or way of conceiving something
ovicaprids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovicaprid
realizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realizers
form: realiser
Etymology: From realize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose that the non-reductive physicalist claims that in the actual world physical property P is the one and only realizer for mental property M.
ref: 2008 January 15, Kelly Trogdon, “Physicalism and sparse ontology”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 143, number 2, →DOI, pages 147–165:
glosses: Something or someone that realizes, or that brings about realization
railbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railbird
razorlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more razorlike
form: most razorlike
Etymology: From razor + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Mahanthappa, an alto saxophonist, combines razorlike articulation with a probing style.
ref: 2008 March 7, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a razor; thus, sharp.
TAED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of tetraacetylethylenediamine.
propositional attitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propositional attitudes
Senses: examples: text: Of course, the problem applies not only to belief, but also to a host of other mental phenomena which may be called propositional attitudes: doubting, considering, desiring, etc. In all these cases it seems natural to express the phenomenon in the form "A doubts p," "A desires p," etc., which makes it appear as though we were dealing with a relation between a person and a proposition.
ref: 1922, Bertrand Russell, “Introduction”, in Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A relational mental state connecting a person to a proposition, such as believing that, desiring that, or hoping that.
railbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railbirds
Etymology: From rail + bird.
Senses: glosses: A rail or similar bird
examples: text: He earned it one night at Chelsea Billiards in New York, where he knocked off Eddie Hubler, a.k.a. Kid Vicious, winning $4,200 from railbirds who were certain that the fat kid from Jersey had no game.
ref: 2007 October 6, Charles Mcgrath, “The Happy Hustler”, in New York Times:
glosses: A gambler; originally specifically a horseracing enthusiast
rackety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: racketier
form: racketiest
Etymology: From racket + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The book’s initial germ was a rackety shootout not far from Mr. Chandra’s family’s co-op.
ref: 2007 January 10, Patricia Leigh Brown, “An Author’s Vision of the Mean Streets of Mumbai”, in New York Times:
glosses: Making a racket; noisy.
examples: text: The fact that the major European countries consider Cyprus to be a rackety semi-gangster society made it madness ever to allow the island to join the Eurozone, rather than an excuse, as now, for stealing its citizens' money.
ref: Andreas Sofroniou, Cyprus, Permanent Deprivation of Freedom (page 73)
glosses: Involving, or characteristic of, a criminal racket.
Derived terms: rackety-clackety
puckery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puckery
form: most puckery
Etymology: From pucker + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Taste and add more honey if needed; sauce should be tart but not puckery.
ref: 2008 January 16, “Recipe: Seared Pork Chops With Kimchi”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very sour, so that the lips pucker.
glosses: Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers or wrinkles.
puckery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckeries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of puggry.
prewedding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + wedding.
Senses: examples: text: Janet Bergeson, center, held a prewedding party for her son Nils and his bride-to-be, Emily O'Hara.
ref: 2007 June 2, Martin Stolz, “Split Over the Mormon Church, but Maintaining Some Ties”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before or in anticipation of a wedding
presurge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + surge.
Senses: examples: text: “He has also argued that recommendations on reductions below the presurge force levels would be premature at this time, and that recommendations on such adjustments should wait until March 2008,” the officer added.
ref: 2007 September 10, Michael R. Gordon, “Delay Decision on Cuts, General Says”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring or being the case before a surge
prerenovation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + renovation.
Senses: examples: text: She called the sound fat, rich and buttery, and unfamiliar from prerenovation days.
ref: 2009 January 29, Daniel J. Wakin, “Musicians Hear Heaven in Tully Hall’s New Sound”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring or existing before a renovation
preplanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + planning.
Senses: examples: text: Financed and photographed by the writer-director himself, a Baltimore resident who raised the money by making TV commercials, it combines the rigors of elaborate preplanning with the bold risk taking of an aleatory event.
ref: 1988 November 4, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Lies of the Mind”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Planning conducted in advance
preplanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pre- + planning.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preplan
eigenspectrum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenspectra
Etymology: From eigen- + spectrum.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of all eigenvalues of a linear operator.
exobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exobiologists
Etymology: From exo- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
prebuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + built.
Senses: examples: text: About $10 million of the renovation budget will be spent in fitting out 130,000 square feet of prebuilt offices on those floors.
ref: 2008 January 2, J. Alex Tarquinio, “Big Makeovers for Office Buildings Outside of Midtown”, in New York Times:
glosses: Built in advance.
Synonyms: prefabricated
Related terms: pre-build