cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
patientive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃəntɪv/
Etymology: From patient + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a grammatical patient that receives the action of the verb.
patientive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪʃəntɪv/
Forms: form: patientives
Etymology: From patient + -ive.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word having this construction.
Related terms: agentive
liquidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liquidize
liquidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of liquidize
liquidized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquidized
form: most liquidized
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: That has been turned into a thick liquid or puree.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Of assets, liquidated.
liquidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liquidize
liquidise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: liquidises
form: liquidising
form: liquidised
form: liquidised
Etymology: From liquid + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liquidize.
Derived terms: liquidiser
liquidises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liquidise
liquidising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of liquidise
liquidised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liquidise
lushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lush
lushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lush
larynxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larynges
Senses: glosses: plural of larynx
lazier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lazy: more lazy
laziest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lazy: most lazy
lanyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanyard
lieges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liege
luaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luau
fragmentation grenades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fragmentation grenade
larvas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: larvae
Senses: glosses: plural of larva
Luxembourgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Luxembourger
cardioprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cardioprotective
form: most cardioprotective
Etymology: From cardio- + protective.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas a naturally caffeinated food such as chocolate contains about 12 milligrams of caffeine, and beverages such as coffee and tea contain up to 95 milligrams of natural caffeine per serving, energy drinks can contain as much as 300 grams of synthetic caffeine per serving.
 This spike in caffeine content has been associated with heart attacks in young people, but some studies show that coffee and tea have cardioprotective effects.
ref: 2023 December 6–12, Vance Voetberg, “Aging Effects of Synthetic Versus Natural Caffeine”, in The Epoch Times, U.S. edition, number 489, B, page 9:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That serves to protect the heart.
Derived terms: myocardioprotective
Related terms: cardioprotect
cardioprotection
cardioprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioprotectives
Etymology: From cardio- + protective.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A remedy that serves to protect the heart.
Related terms: cardioprotector
palissandre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of palisander (“rosewood”).
activin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: activins
Senses: glosses: A peptide that participates in the regulation of the menstrual cycle, cell proliferation, apoptosis, metabolism, and many other diverse functions.
Related terms: inhibin
aluminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From alumina + -ous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of or pertaining to alumina or alum
Derived terms: nonaluminous
peraluminous
mosher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moshers
Etymology: From mosh + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who moshes.
examples: text: The witness, aged 14, wept as she begged for an ambulance, saying: "This mosher's just been banged because he's a mosher."
ref: 2008 March 13, Paul Byrne, “Sophie Lancaster goth murder”, in The Daily Mirror:
glosses: A member of an alternative subculture; a grebo or goth.
moshers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosher
ascospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ascospores
Etymology: By surface analysis, asco- + spore.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
Derived terms: ascosporogenesis
ascosporogenic
monoascospore
Christmassiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of Christmassy: most Christmassy
Christmassier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of Christmassy: more Christmassy
biomineralized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biomineralize
biomineralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biomineralized
form: most biomineralized
Senses: glosses: Subject to biomineralization
Derived terms: unbiomineralized
Chrimbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chrimbos
form: Crimbo
Etymology: The OED cites the first printed usage (of the variant spelling Crimbo) as being in 1928. They give John Lennon's 1963 usage in a Beatles' Fan Club Christmas single as the first recorded use of the variant form Crimble.
Senses: examples: text: The thing is, The Montrose is cracker on a Thursday night, never mind that the Chrimbo lunacy season has kicked off good and proper.
ref: 2001, Kevin Sampson, Outlaws:
text: "A Chrimbo pressie for me?" He peeped around the door.
ref: 2004, Amanda Boulter, Back Around the Houses:
glosses: Christmas, especially with regard to its more secular and commercial aspects.
Synonyms: Crimble
Chrimbos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chrimbo
calvarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælˈvɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /kælˈvɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: calvariums
form: calvaria
Etymology: From Latin calvāria (“skull”), from calva, from calvus (“bald”).
Senses: examples: text: He turns up the skull between his hands. His fingers explore the calvarium. They emerge through the battered eye sockets.
ref: 2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 583:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: calvaria#Etymology_1
glosses: The upper, domelike portion of the skull (without the lower jaw).
Derived terms: intracalvarium
Chrimble
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chrimbles
Senses: examples: text: We all expected Chrimble Pie that's what we understood
Then Cynwyn brought in summat that died she called it Clooty Pud
And so the Chrimble Lunch is past for yet another year
ref: 1992, December 25, Rainbow, Rainbow's Expressions and Observations etc., PublishAmerica (Baltimore, 2006), poem “Aprés Chrimble Lunch; Wymington, Rushden”, page 412
text: We had our company Chrimble party today.
ref: 2002, "LilPeach", Chrimble Party (discussion on Usenet newsgroup alt.2eggs.sausage.beans.tomatoes.2toast.largetea.cheerslove)
text: They sang "Good King Wenceslas" and wished their subjects "a very happy Chrimble and a gear Near ^([sic]) Year."
ref: 2005, Philip Norman, Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation:
glosses: Alternative form of Crimble.
Chrimbles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chrimble
connectance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: connectances
Etymology: From connect + -ance.
Senses: glosses: A measure of connectivity.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The fraction of all possible links in a network that are realized.
Derived terms: interconnectance
dynein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.niːn/
Forms: form: dyneins
Etymology: From dyne + -in, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive power for motile structures such as microtubules.
endosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the endosteum
Derived terms: endosteally
periendosteal
subendosteal
gigabase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigabases
Etymology: From giga- + base.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: One billion bases (nucleotides) as a unit of length of a nucleic acid
immunoassaying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The carrying out of an immunoassay.
osteoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more osteoblastic
form: most osteoblastic
Etymology: From osteoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an osteoblast
Derived terms: periosteoblastic
preosteoblastic
proosteoblastic
photomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + medicine.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of medicine that involves the therapeutic use of light.
Related terms: photomedical
phototherapy
poxviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poxvirus
teleomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleomorphs
Etymology: From teleo- + -morph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The final, sexually reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Related terms: anamorph
holomorph
anamorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anamorphs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The asexual reproductive form in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota.
Derived terms: synanamorph
Related terms: holomorph
teleomorph
holomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holomorphs
Etymology: From holo- + -morph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All forms in the life cycle of any fungus of the phyla Ascomycota and Basidiomycota treated as a whole
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The group formed by taking the semidirect product of a group by its automorphism group
Related terms: anamorph
teleomorph
trabecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trabecula + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a trabecula.
Derived terms: basitrabecular
macrotrabecular
microtrabecular
paratrabecular
posttrabecular
holomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holomorph
diapente
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diapentes
Etymology: From Latin diapente, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + πέντε (pénte, “five”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The interval of the fifth or the harmonic ratio 3:2.
examples: 1816, Race-horses, method of preparing for running, entry in Encyclopædia Perthensis, 2nd Edition, Volume 18, page 571,
If the horse be in good fleſh and ſpirits when taken up for its month′s preparation, the diapente muſt be omitted; and the chief buſineſs will be to give him good food, and ſo much exerciſe as will keep him in wind, without overſweating him or exhauſting his ſpirits.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A composition of five ingredients.
Derived terms: semidiapente
diatessaron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diatessarons
form: diatessara
Etymology: From Latin diatessarōn, from Ancient Greek διά (diá, “through, across”) + τεσσάρων (tessárōn) (genitive plural of τέσσαρες (téssares, “four”)).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The interval of a fourth or the harmonic ratio 4:3.
topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A continuous narrative arranged from the first four books of the New Testament (the canonical gospels).
glosses: An electuary compounded of four medicines.
Derived terms: semidiatessaron
Related terms: Monotessaron
diapason
diapente
wheeler-dealers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheeler-dealer
supreme sacrifice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supreme sacrifices
Senses: examples: text: We will face the problems of peace with the same courage that we have faced and mastered the problems of war. In the memory of those that have made the supreme sacrifice, in the memory of our fallen president, we shall not fail.
ref: 1945 April 16, Harry S. Truman, 10:41 from the start, in MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S., Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
glosses: Synonym of ultimate sacrifice.
synonyms: word: ultimate sacrifice
marketroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marketroids
Etymology: Perhaps from marketer + -oid or droid.
Senses: examples: text: […] identically dressed in blue three-piece suits, hung around accosting visitors with annoyingly impenetrable PHB marketroid jargon […]
ref: 2002, Gardner Dozois, Supermen: Tales of the Posthuman Future:
text: […] some weedy intense-looking marketroid in casual-Friday drag and fashionable specs who seemed most upset about something.
ref: 2007, Charles Stross, Halting State:
glosses: A person who works in marketing, especially one who is ignorant and relies on buzzwords and deception.
marketroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marketroid
casual Fridays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casual Friday
unwakeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + wakeable.
Senses: glosses: That cannot be woken.
unwakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unwakeable.
Busaana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sub-county in Ntenguru, Kayunga, Uganda
Related terms: Kayunga
Nazigo
Kagulumira
Nazigo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sub-county in Ntenguru, Kayunga, Uganda
Related terms: Kayunga
Busaana
Kagulumira
Kagulumira
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sub-county in Ntenguru, Kayunga, Uganda
Related terms: Kayunga
Busaana
Nazigo
arrow of time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrows of time
form: time's arrow
Etymology: Reported coined in 1927.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The direction of time within a four-dimensional relativistic view of the cosmos.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The subjective feeling of movement from past to future.
glosses: Entropy.
acetract
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetracts
Etymology: Blend of Latin acētum (“vinegar”) and extract.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: In botanical medicine, a vinegar extract of herbs.
agraff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agraffs
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The conical stone located in the middle of a round arch.
Baha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic بَهَاء (bahāʔ, “splendor, glory”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
glosses: Alternative form of Baháʼ; clipping of Baháʼu'lláh.
Baha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Paha (“a Kra language”).
baselayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baselayers
Etymology: From base + layer.
Senses: glosses: A tight undergarment worn to strengthen muscles. It provides compression which helps an athlete's performance.
beaconing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beacon
beaconing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbiːkənɪŋ/
Forms: form: beaconings
Senses: topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: gerund of beacon
A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: gerund of beacon
In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
Related terms: LAN
token ring
shea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃi/
ipa: /ʃeɪ/
ipa: /ʃi.ə/
ipa: /ʃɪə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: sheas
Etymology: From Bambara si.
Senses: examples: text: The people were every where employed in collecting the fruit of the Shea trees, from which they prepare the vegetable butter mentioned in former parts of this work. […] They are not planted by the natives, but are found growing naturally in the woods; and, in clearing wood land for cultivation, every tree is cut down but the Shea.
ref: 1799, Mungo Park, chapter XVI, in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, pages 202–203:
glosses: A tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) indigenous to Africa, occurring in Mali, Cameroon, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Togo, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Uganda.
synonyms: shea nut
glosses: The fruit of this tree, having a thin, tart, nutritious pulp that surrounds a relatively large, oil-rich seed.
Synonyms: sense: tree
word: shea tree
sense: tree
word: vitellaria
sense: tree
word: Butyrospermum parkii
sense: tree
word: B. paradoxum
Derived terms: shea butter
shea butter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪ ˌbʌtɚ/
ipa: [ˈʃeɪ̯ ˌbʌɾɚ]
Forms: form: shea butters
Senses: examples: text: About two o'clock in the afternoon, a sort of hasty pudding, with a little Shea butter, is the common meal; but the supper constitutes the principal repast, and is seldom ready before midnight.
ref: 1799, Mungo Park, chapter XXI, in Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa, page 279:
text: Shea butter is sold by hundreds of small firms who package and reformulate the butter under their own labels, purporting to by-pass the depersonalizing tendencies of mass-production and mass-marketing. […]
ref: 2004, Brenda Chalfin, Shea Butter Republic, Psychology Press, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: A slightly yellowish or ivory-colored natural fat extracted from fruit of the shea tree (Vitellaria paradoxa) by crushing and boiling, widely used in cosmetics as a moisturizer and an emollient, as a cooking oil in West Africa, and sometimes used in the chocolate industry as a substitute for cocoa butter.
Derived terms: shea butter tree
replayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From replay + -able.
Senses: examples: text: While the absence of replayable story missions certainly stings for many fans, Halo Infinite’s campaign still has plenty to offer.
ref: 2021 December 11, Julian Young, “Halo Infinite players will soon be able to replay campaign missions”, in Dexerto:
glosses: That can be replayed.
bradyphrenia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradyphrenias
Etymology: From brady- + -phrenia.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The slowness of thought common to many disorders of the brain. Disorders characterized by bradyphrenia include Parkinson's disease, punch drunk syndrome, normal pressure hydrocephalus, forms of schizophrenia, and drug-induced states.
Related terms: bradyphrenic
carcade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carcades
Etymology: Compare motorcade, and see car.
Senses: glosses: A form of celebration where a number of car owners drive slowly and sound their horns in a public place, for example after sporting events and weddings.
carcade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karkadeh
Etymology: From Arabic كَركَديه (karkadīh).
Senses: glosses: An infusion made from roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa).
chalkface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalkfaces
Etymology: From chalk + face.
In the education sense, it is a play on coalface (“place where practical work is done”), after the chalk used on school blackboards, and is believed to have been coined by Ted Wragg for his Times Educational Supplement column.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cliff or quarry exposing chalk, e.g. the White Cliffs of Dover
topics: education
glosses: The environment where teaching is carried out, specifically a school.
yodhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yodh
polylogues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polylogue
contravariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contravariances
Etymology: From contra- + variance.
Senses: examples: text: I get why with covariance I can return a Dog (a Dog is a Mammal), but why does contravariance work the other way? Shouldn't it accept a derived type when it expects a base type? Contravariance is consistent with Postel's Law: […]
ref: 2005, Jesse Liberty, Visual C# 2005: A Developer's Notebook, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 47:
coordinate_terms: covariance
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: The reversal of the order of data types acted upon by an operator.
topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A functor which reverses composition.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of vectors, the property of scaling inversely with a change of basis, as opposed to covariance.
Related terms: contravariant
contravariances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contravariance
gone off the reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go off the reservation
went off the reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go off the reservation
going off the reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go off the reservation
goes off the reservation
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go off the reservation
nonpolymerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonpolymerised
form: non-polymerized
form: non-polymerised
Etymology: From non- + polymerized.
Senses: examples: text: Polymerized and nonpolymerized tubulin concentrations were measured by separating the two and analyzing each fraction by CLC binding.
ref: 1986, Fedoroff & Vernadakis, editors, Astrocytes, →ISBN, page 193:
glosses: Not polymerized; not having undergone polymerization
Synonyms: unpolymerized
Related terms: polymerized
depolymerized
repolymerized
nonreplicating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + replicating.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: attenuated
text: the live nonreplicating type of vaccines
text: These molecules are active not only against actively replicating bacteria, but also against bacteria that are nonreplicating by virtue of hypoxia (4).
ref: 2008, Ramandeep Singh et al., “PA-824 Kills Nonreplicating Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Intracellular NO Release”, in Science, volume 322, number 5906:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Failing to replicate; incapable of replicating.
nonreplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-replication
Etymology: From non- + replication.
Senses: examples: nonreplication of genes
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Failure to replicate
examples: text: Nonreplication of clinical studies in properly conducted community samples should be taken seriously.
ref: 2006, Naomi Breslau, “Neurobiological Research on Sleep and Stress Hormones in Epidemiological Samples”, in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 1071:
topics: sciences
glosses: Failure to duplicate results
Related terms: nonreplicating
nonreplicative
nonreplicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + replicative.
Senses: examples: nonreplicative RNA recombination
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Occurring without replication
Related terms: replicative
nonreplication
nonreplicating
nontargeting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-targeting
Etymology: From non- + targeting.
Senses: examples: a nontargeting siRNA
glosses: Not targeting a particular substrate
nontargeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-targeting
Etymology: From non- + targeting.
Senses: examples: the nontargeting of government aid
glosses: Causing not to be targeted, such as to a specific group
prorogation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəʊɹəˈɡeɪʃn̩/
Forms: form: prorogations
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman prorogation, Middle French prorogation, and their source, Latin prōrogātiō (“extension, postponement”).
Senses: glosses: Causing something to last longer or remain in effect longer; prolongation, continuance.
examples: text: There were extraordinary scenes of chaos and anger in the House of Commons overnight as opposition MPs staged a protest against the suspension of parliament for five weeks – a prorogation that the Speaker of the House said represented “an act of executive fiat”.
ref: 2019 September 10, Kate Lyons, “Brexit: chants of 'shame' as suspension of parliament descends into chaos”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The action of proroguing an assembly, especially a parliament; discontinuance of meetings for a given period of time, without dissolution.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The period of such a discontinuance between two sessions of a legislative body.
glosses: Deferral to a later time; postponement.
Synonyms: sense: deferral to a later time
word: cunctation
word: hold-up
word: delay
Related terms: prorogue
suspension
prorogations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prorogation
fusion reactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fusion reactors
Senses: qualifier: theoretically
glosses: a thermonuclear reactor that relies on the controlled fusion of light elements into heavier elements, with the attendant release of huge amounts of energy. In practice, satisfactory results have not yet been achieved.
wikipedia: Nuclear fusion
fusion reactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusion reactor
RTOS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RTOSes
form: RT-OS
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of real-time operating system.
Synonyms: real-time operating system
real-time OS
RT operating system
Related terms: RT
OS
JeOS
real-time
operating system
Devanagari numeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Devanagari numerals
Senses: glosses: Any of the ten symbols ०, १, २, ३, ४, ५, ६, ७, ८, ९ that represent numbers in the Devanagari script.
fog light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fog lights
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: One of a pair of lights, mounted at the front of a car, below the headlights, usually white or yellow in colour, for increased visibility ahead in foggy driving conditions.
Related terms: fog lamp
Itylus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Itylos
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Aedon.
National Assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: National Assemblies
form: national assembly
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: National legislature.
glosses: Provincial legislature of Quebec.
Related terms: word: House of Commons
word: House of Lords
word: Senate
english: Parliament
translation: Parliament
word: parliament
english: Lower House
translation: Lower House
word: lower house
english: Upper House
translation: Upper House
word: upper house
axonemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From axoneme + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an axoneme
Derived terms: nonaxonemal
Related terms: panaxonemal
periaxonemal
megathrust
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megathrusts
Etymology: From mega- + thrust.
Senses: examples: text: On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m., a magnitude-9 undersea megathrust earthquake struck off the northeastern coast of Japan.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 458:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sudden large-scale slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate, resulting in a major earthquake.
bookable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From book + -able.
Senses: examples: text: All the seats for the show are bookable.
glosses: Able to be booked or reserved.
examples: text: The deception made the act highly bookable, and the team worked the Poli Circuit for many months, finally breaking up over “creative differences.”
ref: 2013, Trav S.D., Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies:
glosses: Worth booking; likely to attract a large audience or similar.
examples: text: The player was sent off for two bookable offences.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Warranting a booking (a yellow card).
Derived terms: unbookable
Related terms: bookability
elpistostegid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elpistostegids
Senses: examples: text: The recently discovered elpistostegid Tiktaalik probably already had a pair of fins, which could function like vertebrate limbs in shallow waters.
ref: 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 64:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any lobe-finned fish of the extinct family †Elpistostegidae, from the late Devonian period.
governor general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌvənɚ ˌdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/
ipa: /ˈɡʌv(ə)nə ˌdʒɛnɹəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɐv(ɘ)nɘ ˌdʒenɹɘl/
ipa: [ˈɡɐv(ɘ̃)nɜ ˌdʒẽnɹɯ]
Forms: form: governors general
form: governor-general
Senses: examples: text: In 1968, as one of the projects sponsored by the federal Centennial Commission, Irma Coucill was asked to add drawings of all the Governors General and Prime Ministers since Confederation.
ref: 2005, Irma Coucill, Preface: Canada′s Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation, page 7:
text: But in a minority government scenario, the governor general might still be called upon to play a part.
ref: 2009, Rand Dyck, Canadian Politics, page 320:
glosses: An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
examples: text: The practice and usage have been recognised in a variety of instances by the Governors General of Louisiana.
ref: 1831, United States Congress, Congressional Edition, Volume 203, page 5:
ref: 1922, Philippines Gobernador-General, Report of the Governor General of the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War:
text: Because of the military′s autonomy in the Japanese political system, the relationships of the governors general in Korea to the prime minister′s office in Japan remained ambiguous.
ref: 1988, John Whitney Hall, The Cambridge History of Japan: Heian Japan, page 246:
topics: government
politics
glosses: An official in a similar position in other countries.
Synonyms: word: GG
word: G-G
word: G.G.
word: G.-G.
word: G. G.
Related terms: governor
lieutenant governor
lord lieutenant
viceroy
double-book
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: double-books
form: double-booking
form: double-booked
form: double-booked
Senses: glosses: To book or reserve something for two people simultaneously.
glosses: To make arrangements to do two things at the same time, such that it is impossible to keep both arrangements.
double-books
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of double-book
double-booking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of double-book
double-booked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of double-book
traffick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trafficks
form: trafficking
form: trafficked
form: trafficked
Etymology: Use of this spelling for the verb in relation to illegal trafficking is probably influenced by the spelling of the noun trafficking.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges he muſt be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with ſeveral ſorts of Goods, wherewith the Tinquineſe uſually trade to the neighbouring Iſlands, and putting fourteen Men on board, whereof three were of the Country, he appointed me Maſter of the Sloop, and gave me power to traffick for two Months, while he tranſacted his Affairs at Tonquin.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “The Author Sets out on His Third Voyage; is taken by Pyrates. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part III (A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Glubbdubdribb, Luggnagg, and Japan), pages 3–4:
text: If an addict-possessor who trafficks in narcotics is to be prosecuted, and if these “time to time” acts constitute “trafficking,” then the Watson majority's possession exemption “will prove nearly meaningless […]
ref: 1970, The Catholic University law review, volume 20, page 760:
text: The writer is also a double agent, who trafficks in perceptions and double-deals between circumstances and possibilities, present and future.
ref: 1982, Helen Daniel, Double agent: David Ireland and his work, page 159:
text: Appellant contends that the imposition of a fine is totally unauthorized as punishment for conspiracy to traffick in marijuana.
ref: 1986, The Southeastern Reporter, page 862:
text: These offences include: (1) Section 129(1): this makes it an offence to traffick in persons to or from Hong Kong for the purpose of prostitution.
ref: 2003, Michael Jackson, Criminal law in Hong Kong, page 637:
glosses: Alternative spelling of traffic (now especially of illegal goods)
traffick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Use of this spelling for the verb in relation to illegal trafficking is probably influenced by the spelling of the noun trafficking.
Senses: examples: text: Tho' it is evident by our histories, that in many cities in Holland great quantities of manufactures were made, when all the European traffick and navigation was mostly driven by the Easterlings and Hans-Towns, and before fishing, traffick, and freighting of ships were settled in these provinces […]
ref: 1743, Pieter de la Court, Political Maxims of the State of Holland, page 29:
text: When I take a cursory survey of this great METROPOLIS and its populous ENVIRONS, I cannot help venturing a conjecture, that the sum total of its internal traffick amounts to one million a day of which the actual manufacture from raw or rough materials must arise to a considerable proportion.
ref: 1776, James Stewart, The Total Refutation and Political Overthrow of Doctor Price:
text: It does, some persons tell us, do no good, while, on the other hand, it renews in our shocked sight scenes which it is not necessary for me to describe in detail, a traffick, which, for the sake of the liberty of the press, may as well be nameless here, though the reader will find it most circumstantially described in the former speeches of Mr. Grey, now Lord Howick.
ref: 1806 December 20, Cobbett's Political Register, volume 10, page 989:
glosses: Archaic spelling of traffic.
trafficks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of traffick
freezer burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freezer burn
ureteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ureter + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the ureter
Derived terms: ureteric atresia
ureteric bud
vesicoureteric
Related terms: ureteral
Governor General
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Governors General
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of governor general.
untagged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tagged.
Senses: examples: text: This image is untagged.
glosses: Not tagged; lacking a tag.
meet up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: meets up
form: meeting up
form: met up
form: met up
Senses: examples: text: The next time you come to my town, we should meet up somewhere.
glosses: To come together with (someone), often at a prearranged time and/or location.
examples: text: Amy told me that she's gonna meet me up
ref: 2008, Britney Spears, “If U Seek Amy”:
text: They’re gonna be gone all day and we’re gonna meet them up for dinner at Roussos tonight.
ref: 2016, TJ Beitelman, “Ruin”, in Communion: Stories, [New York, N.Y.?]: Black Lawrence Press, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: To meet (a person) by arrangement.
unshaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shaded.
Senses: examples: text: It was very bright in their unshaded yard.
text: She stood in front of the unshaded window.
text: The unshaded area on the map has not been surveyed.
glosses: Not shaded; lacking shade or a shade
meet-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meet-ups
form: meetup
Senses: examples: text: We had our meet-up in the local library, because of its central location.
glosses: An arranged informal meeting.
meetup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meetups
form: meet-up
Etymology: Deverbal from meet up.
Senses: examples: text: We had our meetup in the local library, because of its central location.
glosses: An arranged informal meeting.
Derived terms: tweetup
meetups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meetup
meet-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meet-up
unfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fused.
Senses: examples: an unfused vertebra
glosses: Not fused; distinct
examples: text: We are sitting with smiles for the camera near a plane in early daylight on a low stack of unfused thousand-pound bombs, waiting for the signal to start up for another mission […]
ref: 1994, Joseph Heller, Closing Time, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Lacking a fuse
unfused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From unfuse + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unfuse
uncracked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cracked.
Senses: examples: text: That code is still uncracked.
text: Uncracked concrete is more stable than cracked concrete.
text: Oh! ye three unsurrendered spires of mine; thou uncracked keel; and only god-bullied hull; thou firm deck, and haughty helm, and Pole-pointed prow,—death-glorious ship! must ye then perish, and without me?
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: Not cracked (in various senses)
vermeille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Obsolete trade name, from French vermeille (“bright red, vermilion”).
Senses: glosses: A brownish-red variety of almandine garnet.
strip away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strips away
form: stripping away
form: stripped away
form: stripped away
Senses: examples: text: When we stripped away the old wallpaper, we discovered an interesting mural painted on the wall.
text: The government has stripped away some of our basic rights by passing a series of controversial laws.
text: This project has stripped away modern PVCu and aluminium shop fronts to reveal original or 1930s Art Deco work, with judicious repairs and replacements as necessary, plus stonework repairs and the restoration of traditional London Transport signage.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:
glosses: To remove, whether bit by bit or suddenly.
examples: text: If you strip away the hype, you find that he is just an ordinary person trying to make a living, like everyone else.
glosses: To discard or disregard; to ignore (a factor that obscures the reality).
banlieues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banlieue
sovereignist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sovereignists
Etymology: From sovereign + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sovereigntist.
baptisms of fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baptism of fire
anticorrelated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + correlated.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, the volume and entropy fluctuations in water at less than 4°C are anticorrelated, that is, the increase in volume which occurs when water is cooled results in a decrease in entropy.
ref: 2007, E. Dendy Sloan, Carolyn A. Koh, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Third Edition, →ISBN, page 117:
topics: sciences
glosses: Having a negative correlation, such that one quantity increases when another decreases
Related terms: anticorrelation
anticorrelated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From anticorrelate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anticorrelate
antiapoptotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiapoptotic
form: most antiapoptotic
Etymology: From anti- + apoptotic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Acting to prevent apoptosis
Derived terms: antiapoptotically
agrosystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrosystem
secondaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secondary
baragouins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baragouin
agrosystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrosystems
Etymology: From agro- + system.
Senses: examples: text: An agrosystem consists of plant roots, the soil microflora, the soil fauna and the abiotic geochemical soil matrix.
ref: 1994, G.J. Bethlenfalvay, H. Schuepp, “Arbuscular mycorrhizas and agrosystem stability”, in Gianninazzi & Schuepp, editors, Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems, →ISBN, page 117:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: An agricultural ecosystem
Synonyms: agroecosystem
Derived terms: agrosystemic
agrobiotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrobiotechnologies
Etymology: From agro- + biotechnology.
Senses: examples: text: And although the debate about GM crops and foods has become more muted in recent months, agrobiotechnology is still making it onto the front page.
ref: 2001, Leonie A. Marks, “Communicating about agrobiotechnology”, in AgBioForum, volume 4, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2009:
glosses: The application of biotechnology to agriculture
Derived terms: agrobiotechnological
Related terms: agrotechnology
biotechnology
agrobiotechnologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrobiotechnology
agro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: agri-
form: agr-
Senses: glosses: agriculture
lewder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of lewd: more lewd
squinantic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Used to treat quinsy.
Related terms: squinance
lewdest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of lewd: most lewd
linefeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linefeeds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of line feed.
linefeeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linefeed
limper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From limp + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of limp: more limp
limper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limpers
Etymology: From limp + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who limps.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).
limpest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: limp + -est
Senses: glosses: superlative form of limp: most limp
limpest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: limp + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of limp
lobstering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lobster
lobstered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lobster
wonkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wonky: more wonky
wonkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wonky: most wonky
round tuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of round tuit
snowmachine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowmachines
form: snow machine
form: snow-machine
Etymology: From snow + machine.
Senses: glosses: A machine that makes snow, such as a snowgun
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle that can travel through snow.
topics: transport
vehicles
glosses: A vehicle that can travel through snow.
A snowmobile.
glosses: A machine that removes snow, such as a snowblower.
glosses: A machine that grooms snow on ski runs and ski trails.
Derived terms: snowmachiner
snowmachine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snowmachines
form: snowmachining
form: snowmachined
form: snowmachined
form: snow machine
form: snow-machine
Etymology: From snow + machine.
Senses: examples: text: His big blue drill works, and we are headed outside, on the same day we have seen Lance Mackey eat breakfast in Nome, snowmachined seventy bumpy miles to Teller, met with the teacher in Teller, received permission to drill, found the big drill wasn't working, drilled a frost tube observatory in Teller with the smaller drill, spoke with Teller students, snowmachined a few more miles here, met with Brevig principal, got permission to drill in Brevig, and waited for Kenji's drill to heal.
ref: 2011, Ned Rozell, Finding Mars, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: To travel by snowmachine.
burek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bureks
form: börek
form: borek
form: brik
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بورك (börek).
Senses: glosses: A type of baked or fried filled pastry of the former Ottoman Empire.
Related terms: cheburek
burekas
bourekas