cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Q-value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Q-values
Etymology: From communication value; coined by Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan.
Senses: glosses: A measure of the communicative utility of a human language, computed as the product of the language's centrality and its prevalence.
wikipedia: Abram de Swaan
Q-values
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Q-value
interracialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interracialism
interracialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interracialists
Etymology: From interracial + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports interracialism.
interracialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interracialist
battery acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battery acid
cartologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cartologists
Etymology: From cartology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in cartology.
cartologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cartologist
Greek life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek (“of or pertaining to a fraternity or sorority”) and life.
Senses: synonyms: Greekdom
glosses: The activities of college fraternities and sororities.
ichthyoallyeinotoxism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A hallucinatory condition caused by eating certain species of fish.
Related terms: ichthyoallyeinotoxic
ichthyoallyeinotoxin
ichthyoallyeinotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ichthyoallyeinotoxic
form: most ichthyoallyeinotoxic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing, ichthyoallyeinotoxism.
slit-scan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A photographic and cinematographic process where a moveable slide, into which a slit has been cut, is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed. It can be used to achieve blurriness or deformity, or in creating flowing animations.
yen sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yen (“opium”) + sleep.
Senses: glosses: A trance-like state resulting from the use of opium or opioid drugs such as morphine or heroin.
glosses: A drowsy, restless period of sleep caused by the withdrawal of such substances.
baba ganouj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baba ganoush.
Hallidayan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hallidayan
form: most Hallidayan
Etymology: From Halliday + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Michael Halliday (1925–2018), British-born Australian linguist who developed the influential systemic functional linguistic model of language.
seduction theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Verführungstheorie
Senses: glosses: Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.
above one's pay grade
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of beyond one's pay grade.
synonyms: word: beyond one's pay grade
mumus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumu
multiphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiphones
Etymology: From multi- + phone.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A group of adjacent phones.
Related terms: diphone
triphone
multiphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multiphone
colanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colanguages
Etymology: From co- + language.
Senses: glosses: A language used jointly alongside another language or languages.
colanguages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colanguage
quant suff
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: q.s.
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quantum sufficit (“as much as is required”), then clipped to only the first syllable of each word.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The amount of the last ingredient in a recipe or prescription required to make it up to the required quantity of a mixture.
rockability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rock + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The Reflect part highlights the music of the present and its main influence on the students - i.e., its impact on the students, the rockability - rock yourself to music.
ref: 2008, Mapeh in Action, Rex Bookstore, Inc, page 48:
glosses: The quality of being able to be enjoyed as rock music.
in its entirety
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: Granted, it is ok for the rape scene in the film to be disturbing, but near the end the viewer is faced with the ugliness in its entirety
glosses: completely
centrish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centrish
form: most centrish
form: centerish
Etymology: From centre + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Towards the centre, especially (politics) leaning towards the political centre.
abortion tourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Travel for the purpose of obtaining an abortion where it is legal.
Related terms: abortion tour
abortion tourist
degged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deg
degging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deg
hhd.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hhds.
Senses: examples: text: […]5 hhds. rum/ 5 bbls. flour/ 1 bbl. sugar/ 9 do. pork/ 1 do. suett/ 3 do. cocoa/ 6 do. peas/ 2 ullage bbls. vinegar[…]
ref: 1815 Niles Weekly Register volume 8, Supplement, p. 152. From an inventory of the frigate Confiance
glosses: Abbreviation of hogshead.
Coordinate terms: english: half the volume
translation: half the volume
word: bbl
hhds.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hhd.
Oceanica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Oceania
Oceanican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Oceanican
form: most Oceanican
Senses: glosses: Oceanian
Oceanican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oceanicans
Senses: glosses: Oceanian
lineman splice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lineman splices
Senses: topics: business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications
glosses: A method of tightly joining two ends of metal wire by twisting each around the other.
Synonyms: lineman's splice
Western Union splice
Żywiec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Żywiec.
Senses: glosses: A city in Poland.
glosses: a brand of beer named after the town
rat-tail splice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rat-tail splices
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
qualifier: knotting
glosses: A simple method of joining two ends of metal wire by twisting them together.
Synonyms: twist splice
pig-tail splice
Related terms: Western Union splice
wire nut
Oceanicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oceanican
T-splice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-splices
Etymology: From T + splice.
Senses: glosses: A method of joining the end of a metal wire to the middle of another by twisting the first around the latter.
Western Union splice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Western Union splices
Etymology: In reference to the communication company Western Union.
Senses: topics: business
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
telecommunications
glosses: A method of tightly joining two ends of metal wire by twisting each around the other.
wikipedia: Western Union
Synonyms: lineman splice
lineman's splice
diamond-water paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The apparent contradiction that, although water is generally more useful than diamonds, diamonds command a higher price in the market.
phallophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From phallo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear or dislike of the penis or of male sexuality.
Related terms: phallophobic
boringest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boring: most boring
endling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɛndlɪŋ/
Forms: form: endlings
Etymology: From end + -ling, suggested in a 1996 issue of the magazine Nature.
Senses: examples: text: The last known survivor, the endling of its species, is now stuffed and mounted in a museum in the remote, dusty city of Nukus.
ref: 2002, SEJ Journal:
text: Endlings are also recorded for the quagga, an equine with zebra-like stripes on its front half, which died in 1883 in a zoo in Amsterdam; a Caspian tiger killed in the 1950s in Uzbekistan; and whichever of a pair of great auks killed in 1844 off the coast of Iceland died second.
ref: 2012 June 27, Helen Lewis, “Sense of an endling”, in New Statesman, archived from the original on 11 Jul 2012:
text: It feels as if I'm the last one left—a human endling—the world turned silent beneath my boots.
ref: 2017, B. J. Hollars, Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds, page 106:
synonyms: lastling
glosses: The last individual of its species or subspecies, which therefore becomes extinct upon its death.
Related terms: end of the line
endlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endling
mlolongo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili mlolongo (“queuing, lining up”).
Senses: glosses: A system of voting held in Kenya during the Moi era where voters would line up behind their favored candidates contrary to a secret ballot.
aerotactical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aero- + tactical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to airforce tactics.
tower block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tower blocks
Senses: glosses: A tall residential or office building.
tower blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tower block
towerblock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: towerblocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tower block.
towerblocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of towerblock
pure O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A form of obsessive-compulsive disorder mainly characterized by obsessive thoughts, with few observable compulsions.
Werther effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Werther effects
Etymology: In reference to The Sorrows of Young Werther.
Senses: glosses: The situation where a widely publicized suicide leads to a number of copycat suicides.
wikipedia: The Sorrows of Young Werther
Related terms: Papageno effect
apartment block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apartment blocks
Senses: glosses: apartment building
apartment blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apartment block
motor proteins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motor protein
moon snails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon snail
moon jellies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moon jelly
mosaickings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mosaicking
poets day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poets days
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of POETS day.
poets' day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poets' days
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of POETS day.
morcellating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of morcellate
morcellates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of morcellate
poet's day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poet's days
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of POETS day.
monsterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monstering
vagariously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vagariously
form: most vagariously
Etymology: From vagarious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a vagarious manner.
sworn in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swear in
vaginitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaginitis
swears in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear in
validest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of valid: most valid
swearing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear in
Valpolicellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Valpolicella
swore in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear in
valvulitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of valvulitis
vants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vant
vaporishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vaporish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of vapourishness.
vapourishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vapourish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being vapourish.
vaporously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vaporously
form: most vaporously
Etymology: From vaporous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a vaporous manner.
vastier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of vasty: more vasty
Jaelynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Spelling variant of Jaylynn.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
Jaylynn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: 20th-century coinage from Jay + Lynn.
Senses: glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage.
veinstuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veinstuffs
Etymology: From vein + stuff.
Senses: examples: text: The less valuable minerals are called veinstuffs, and the more valuable are termed vein ores. The more common veinstuffs are calcite, quartz, heavy spar, and fluorspar.
ref: 1900, Lyman Child Wooster, The Geological Story of Kansas, page 59:
topics: business
mining
glosses: Minerals found in a vein, of lesser value than ores.
veinstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veinstuff
velled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vell
velling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vell
pancrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is Pancrack day or so they call it. Dole money or social security which is often more for those who have done no work at all . . . .
ref: 1971, Delta: A Literary Review from Cambridge, Issues 49-54, p. 38 (Google snippet view)
text: She had saved it out of her social security money: the "pancrack" as she contemptuously called it.
ref: 1982, Pat Barker, Union Street, →ISBN:
text: "I'll go on the pancrack," I told the foreman, but when I got to the dole office they told me I wouldn't need to sign on.
ref: 2012, Roy Chubby Brown, chapter 6, in Common As Muck, →ISBN:
glosses: Social security, especially as paid to the unemployed; the dole.
Synonyms: word: dole
word: pogey
comerlongerme
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kʌm.ə.lɒŋ.ɡə.miː/
Senses: examples: text: "Now then, young fellermelad," said S.P.C. Charles, "you comerlongerme. Best come quiet." He made a grab with the handcuffs.
ref: 1916, W.A. Darlington, “A Dress Rehearsal”, in Punch, volume 161, page 80:
text: You're a suspicious-looking cove, and you'll comerlongerme! I'm a plain clothes man, I am.
ref: 1923 September 20, “Billings Does a Good Turn”, in Gippsland Times, page 3:
text: "For the love of Pete, comerlongerme, Sister!" he had gasped when the nurse has answered his knock at the Officers' Quarters, a vertiable oasis of sweet cleanliness in the midst of a wilderness of grime and squalor.
ref: 1930, "Ministering to the Birth of the Savior", The War Cry, page 6:
text: The Inspector was very willing that Lord Peter should see the razor. "And if you like to comerlongerme," he added kindly, "you'll dodge all these reporters."
ref: 1932, Dorothy L. Sayers, Have His Carcase, page 51:
text: "It may be like Fairyland, my lad, but any more remarks about beautiful princesses in blue waiting to be wakened with a kiss and you comerlongerme to the station!"
ref: 1949 December 9, Joseph Lee, “London Laughs: Lights like Fairyland”, in Evening News:
glosses: Contraction of come along with me, especially in parodies of police speech.
fellermelad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fellermelads
form: feller-me-lad
form: fellow-me-lad
Etymology: From feller + me + lad.
Senses: examples: text: "Now then, young fellermelad," said S.P.C. Charles, "you comerlongerme. Best come quiet." He made a grab with the handcuffs.
ref: 1916, W.A. Darlington, “A Dress Rehearsal”, in Punch, volume 161, page 80:
text: "Well, young fellermelad, we'll present you all the Order of the Gallows, and set you on the road to—"
ref: 1926, Arthur Douglas Howden Smith, A Manifest Destiny:
text: "Ullo," I ses to meself, "ere's another o' these 'ere dratted young fellermelads lorst 'is way,' I ses.
ref: 1936, H.F.E, Punch, volume 190, page 146:
text: "Well, young fellermelad," said the expression, "we've just heard a lot of talk from you, but now what d'you do about this one?"
ref: 1941, Bruce Bairnsfather, Ian Dalrymple, Old Bill & son:
text: “This is somewhat different, my fine fellermelad, from our time in Hinjanchung.”
ref: 2008, Alan Burt Akers, Scorpio Invasion: Dray Prescot 40, Mushroom eBooks, →ISBN:
glosses: A term of address for a young man.
raw_tags: with "young"
feller-me-lad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feller-me-lads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fellermelad.
feller-me-lads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feller-me-lad
fellermelads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fellermelad
multisubcultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multisubcultural
form: most multisubcultural
Etymology: From multi- + subcultural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to more than one subculture.
interculturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interculturalists
Etymology: From intercultural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who supports interculturalism.
interculturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interculturalist
interculturalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interculturalism
yucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of yuck
yucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of yuck
yuko
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yukos
Etymology: From Japanese 有効.
Senses: examples: text: As with yukos, kokas are not accumulative, so no amount of kokas are deemed equal to or greater than a yuko.
ref: 2008, Roy Inman, The Judo Handbook, page 25:
topics: government
hobbies
judo
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The score for a throw that lands the opponent on his or her side.
yukos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yuko
ytterbiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ytterbium
unioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of union
unioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of union
microconcern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microconcerns
Etymology: From micro- + concern.
Senses: examples: text: But those are microconcerns, and Dr. Dre is macrominded.
ref: 2015 August 7, Jon Caramanica, “Review: ‘Compton,’ Dr. Dre’s First Album in 16 Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very small or minor concern.
microconcerns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microconcern
unchurned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + churned.
Senses: examples: text: Leave it unchurned and it’ll set in a solid block.
ref: 2015 August 8, Ruby Tandoh, “Recipes for home-made cheesecake ice-cream”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Not churned.
whooshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈwuʃi/
Forms: form: more whooshy
form: most whooshy
Etymology: From whoosh + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The archer's arrow flew past us with a whooshy sound.
glosses: Resembling a whoosh.
sautee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sautees
form: sauteeing
form: sauteed
form: sauteed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sauté.
sautees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sautee
sauteeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sautee
amplifiability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amplifiabilities
Etymology: From amplify + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: So the bottleneck is on the one hand the extraction of the DNA and on the other hand the amplifiability of the isolated DNA. We solved the first problem by prolonging the digestion period up to 3 days as it was also proposed by Paireder et al.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Molecular and Immunohistochemical Characterization of Historical Long-Term Preserved Fixed Tissues from Different Human Organs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality or degree of being amplifiable
attributability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From attribute + -ability.
Senses: glosses: Quality or degree of being attributable.
biodigestibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + digestibility.
Senses: examples: text: Recent studies have also shown that biodigestibility recalcitrance is closely related to saccharification recalcitrance.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Analysis of a Modern Hybrid and an Ancient Sugarcane Implicates a Complex Interplay of Factors in Affecting Recalcitrance to Cellulosic Ethanol Production”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality or degree of being biodigestible.
cercosporin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cercospora + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The purple discoloration is caused by the accumulation of cercosporin, which causes membrane damage and cell death, subsequently decreasing grain marketability and seedling vigor.
ref: 2015 August 8, “More Cercospora Species Infect Soybeans across the Americas than Meets the Eye”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxin found in Cercospora species.
pumiloside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glucosidic alkaloid found in Ophiorrhiza pumila.
Derived terms: deoxypumiloside
deprotections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deprotection
protecting groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protecting group
detemir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, this progress may be more attributable to oral medications than to new insulin form because, the use of the new insulin such as glargine was stable and the use of detemir doubled but remained low (16%) during our study period, despite that studies showed that glargine and detemir cause less hypoglycemia compared to neutral protamine Hagedorn inslulin.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Trends in Emergency Department Visit Rates for Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemic Crisis among Adults with Diabetes, United States, 2006-2011”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
coordinate_terms: aspart
degludec
glargine
glulisine
lispro
glosses: Ellipsis of insulin detemir.
gliotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gliotoxin
gliotransmitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gliotransmitters
Etymology: From glio- + transmitter.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, our findings suggest that adenosine is the primary, if not sole, gliotransmitter responsible for the modulation of mouse spinal locomotor networks.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Stimulation of Glia Reveals Modulation of Mammalian Spinal Motor Networks by Adenosine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A chemical, released from glial cells, that facilitates neuronal communication between neurons and other glial cells.
gliotransmitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gliotransmitter
pharyngological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharyngology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pharyngology.
monokidney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + kidney.
Senses: examples: text: Special medical care and education should be afforded to living kidney donors and people with congenital monokidney, especially in pregnancy and other high-output situations like in patients with hyperthyroidism and arteriovenous fistula to avoid/correct volume overload conditions and to attenuate the negative consequences of volume overload in this special population.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Aggravated Cardiac Remodeling post Aortocaval Fistula in Unilateral Nephrectomized Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The condition of having a single kidney instead of the usual two.
mycobactericidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myco- + bactericidal.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, Type I IFNs have been shown to inhibit macrophage activation, thus discouraging mycobactericidal activities during Th1 immunity.
ref: 2015 August 8, “AdHu5Ag85A Respiratory Mucosal Boost Immunization Enhances Protection against Pulmonary Tuberculosis in BCG-Primed Non-Human Primates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Destructive to mycobacteria
boyleg
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From boy + leg.
Senses: glosses: Styled after men's boxer briefs, with short legs extending below the crotch.
raw_tags: of women's underclothing
Related terms: boyshorts
pronoun demonstrative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronouns demonstrative
Senses: examples: text: Of Pronouns Demonstrative, which are, ce, cet, cette, ces, || ceci, cela, || celui, cèlle, ceûx, cèlles, || celui-ci, cèlle-ci, ceûx-ci, cèlles-ci, || celui-là, cella-là, ceûx-la, cèlles-la, || ce que, ce qui.
ref: 1779, Lewis Chambaud, A Grammar of the French Tongue, with a Prefatory Discourse, Containing an Essay On the Proper Method for Teaching and Learning that Language. The Seventh Edition, Revised and Corrected, London, p.122
text: There are seven sorts of Pronouns: … 4. Les Pronoms démonstratifs, Pronouns demonstrative. …
Of Pronouns Demonstrative. These pronouns are called demonstrative, because they distinguish, in a precise manner, the person or things to which they are applied.
ref: 1800, N. Wanostrocht, A grammar of the French language, with pracitcal exercises. The seventh edition: With considerable additions and improvements., London, p.55 and p.70
text: Pronouns demonstrative, this, that, these, are so called, as they serve to show or demonstrate any person, or the thing spoken of;
ref: 1805, F. Bottarelli, The New Italian, English and French Pocket-Dictionary. Vol. I. Containing the Italian before the English and the French., London, p. xvii
text: These pronouns demonstrative, hic, iste, ille, are distinguished thus: hic points to the nearest to me; iste to him who is by you; ille to him who is distant from both of us: When hic and ille are referred to two things or persons placed before; hic is generally referred to the latter, ille to the former:
ref: 1827, James Duncan, A Short Latin Grammar: Forming Part of a Popular System of Classical Instruction, on the plan recommended by Mr. Locke, London: John Taylor, page 63:
text: Of Pronouns Demonstrative. The pronouns demonstrative are as follow: This, that, these, tose. They are called pronouns demonstrative, because they serve to point out or demonstrate any thing or person: as, this book, that man, that woman, &c.
ref: 1827, Signor Veneroni, A. Ronna, The Complete Italian Master: Containing the best and easiest rules for attaining that language. To which are added, an introduction to Italian versification; extracts from the Italian poets; &c. &c. The whole properly accented, to facilitate the pronunciation of learners. A new edition, carefully revised, corrected, and improved, London, page 70:
text: On the Pronouns Demonstrative, Relative, and Interrogative. The pronouns demonstrative are in German Dieser, diese, diesz, or dieses, This; and Jener, jene, jenes, That.
ref: 1840, D. Boileau, The Nature and Genius of the German Language Displayed, in a more extended review of its grammatical forms than is to be found in any grammar extant; and elucidated by quotations from the best writers. New edition., London, page 64:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of demonstrative pronoun.
JOI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪ
Forms: form: JOI
Senses: examples: ref: 2014, Erotic Girl 4 ALL Your Pleasures, “Are You SERIOUS About EDGING? JOI ? CEI ? Let's See How Much Will Power You Have”, in alt.penthouse.sex.femdom (Usenet):
ref: 2015, Humiliate You, “Are You A Little Dick Man?? WANT Little Dick Humiliation - JOI with A Side of CEI”, in alt.sex.femdom (Usenet):
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of jerk-off instructions: Spoken, written, or recorded directions to masturbate one's penis.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of jerk-off instructions: Spoken, written, or recorded directions to masturbate one's penis.
The act of directing someone to masturbate their penis.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of jerk-off instructions: Spoken, written, or recorded directions to masturbate one's penis.
Pornography depicting such.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Jupiter orbital insertion.
Related terms: JO1
jol
nonacetylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + acetylation.
Senses: examples: text: After 10 minutes, the treatment was terminated by the aspiration of the culture medium and addition of the lysis buffer included in the kit. cAMP was measured using the nonacetylation assay procedure provided by the manufacturer.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Ligands Binding to Cell Surface Ganglioside GD2 Cause Src-Dependent Activation of N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Signaling and Changes in Cellular Morphology”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Absence of acetylation.
nonmucoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mucoid.
Senses: examples: text: Each condition had five blocks of data, which were comprised of controls, nonCF Pa, mucoid Pa and nonmucoid Pa (Pa was either live cells or spent culture filtrates as indicated).
ref: 2015 August 8, “Inhibition of Aspergillus fumigatus and Its Biofilm by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Is Dependent on the Source, Phenotype and Growth Conditions of the Bacterium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not mucoid.
pelviscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The PLMA has been reported to successfully maintain the airway during pelviscopic gynecologic surgery without NMBA as well as during laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Effect of Paralysis at the Time of ProSeal Laryngeal Mask Airway Insertion on Pharyngolaryngeal Morbidities. A Randomized Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to pelviscopy.
photophobicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photophobic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout the first, second and early third instars, Drosophila larvae exhibit photophobicity and remain buried in their food source throughout the critical feeding period.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Rhomboid Enhancer Activity Defines a Subset of Drosophila Neural Precursors Required for Proper Feeding, Growth and Viability”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality or degree of being photophobic.
phylograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phylogram
psychrotolerants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psychrotolerant
semilethality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + lethality.
Senses: examples: text: In Drosophila melanogaster a single orthologous hand gene is expressed with absence of the respective protein causing semilethality during early larval instars.
ref: 2015 August 8, “The bHLH Transcription Factor Hand Regulates the Expression of Genes Critical to Heart and Muscle Function in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being semilethal.
strictosidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A terpene indole alkaloid formed by the condensation of tryptamine with secologanin by the enzyme strictosidine synthase. It is the base molecule for many pharmaceutically valuable metabolites.
catharanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Catharanthus + -ine
Senses: glosses: A terpene indole alkaloid produced by the plant Catharanthus roseus.
streptobacillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to Streptobacillus.
subcriterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcriteria
Etymology: From sub- + criterion.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary criterion.
subcriteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcriterion
haemangiomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemangiomatous.
unmineralised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mineralised.
Senses: examples: text: ChondroMimetic comprised an unmineralised top layer mimicking articular cartilage while the base layer was mineralised using calcium phosphate (brushite).
ref: 2015 August 8, “Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Enhance Cartilage Repair in in vivo Osteochondral Defect Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of unmineralized.
unhybridised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hybridised.
Senses: examples: text: Probe was then hybridised to cells during a 48–72 hour incubation period at 37°C. For post-hybridisation washes, slides were rinsed in 0.4xSSC/0.3% Igepal (Sigma, UK) for 1.5 minutes at 71°C and 2xSSC/0.1% Igepal for 10 seconds at room temperature to remove unhybridised probe.
ref: 2015 August 8, “Alpha-Particle-Induced Complex Chromosome Exchanges Transmitted through Extra-Thymic Lymphopoiesis In Vitro Show Evidence of Emerging Genomic Instability”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of unhybridized.
Mariens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Marien
transbay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + bay.
Senses: examples: text: He rode on BART and passed through the Transbay Tube from Oakland to San Francisco.
glosses: Crossing the San Francisco Bay.
Enkidu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛn.kɪ.du/
Etymology: From Akkadian 𒂗𒆠𒆕 (EN.KI.DÙ, literally “Enki's creation”).
Senses: glosses: Companion of Gilgamesh in the poem Epic of Gilgamesh from ancient Mesopotamia.
acceleromyograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acceleromyographs
Etymology: From accelero- + myograph.
Senses: glosses: A piezoelectric myograph, used to measure the force produced by a muscle after it has undergone nerve stimulation.
acceleromyographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acceleromyograph
aetiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From aetiological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This supports the broad hypothesis that many of the neurodevelopmental disorders are, to a certain extent, aetiologically linked.
ref: 2015 August 5, Michael O’Donovan, “Novel genetic advances in schizophrenia: an interview with Michael O’Donovan”, in BMC Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: In aetiological terms.
anaesthesiologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anesthesiologic.
bottromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bottromycins
Etymology: bottropensis + -mycin
Senses: glosses: A macrocyclic peptide with antibiotic activity, first isolated from Streptomyces bottropensis.
bottromycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottromycin
capitellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Follow-up X-ray examinations demonstrated excellent congruity of both the radio capitellar joints and the humeroulnar.
ref: 2015 August 5, Jian Wang et al., “Annular ligament reconstruction by suture anchor for treatment of radial head dislocation in children”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the capitellum
Derived terms: radiocapitellar
cyclophosphane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cyclophosphamide
decidualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In particular, the role of upstream operating regulatory mechanisms responsible for initializing the cAMP-dependent decidualisation cascade, needs to be addressed.
ref: 2015 August 5, Ewa Kautz et al., “In vitro decidualisation of canine uterine stromal cells”, in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of decidualization.
decidualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: decidualises
form: decidualising
form: decidualised
form: decidualised
Etymology: From decidual + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of decidualize.
decidualised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decidualise
decidualises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decidualise
decidualising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decidualise
Brummellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Brummellian
form: most Brummellian
Etymology: From Brummell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Beau Brummell (George Bryan Brummell, 1778–1840), iconic figure in Regency England, known for his dandyish dress.
queefy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: queefier
form: queefiest
Etymology: From queef + -y.
Senses: glosses: Non-specific pejorative.
glosses: Of, or relating to, queefs.
queefier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of queefy: more queefy
queefiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of queefy: most queefy
upregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to upregulation.
downregulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From down- + regulatory.
Senses: glosses: Relating to downregulation.
Onionland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From onion + -land.
Senses: examples: text: Opening his laptop, he went over all of her sister's details: her contacts in the anonymous Tor Onionland where ip addresses were ghosts, and yet had managed to trace her using a simple javascript exploit.
ref: 2014, Mark Nichols, Darknet: Encrypted Ocean:
text: From a cultural perspective, phenomena such as Tor software that helps navigate Onionland will inevitably affect our sense of how threatening cyberweapons can be. Onionland is a sort of Old West Robber's Roost in the virtual landscape […]
ref: 2015, Claire Finkelstein, Jens David Ohlin, Kevin Govern, Cyber War: Law and Ethics for Virtual Conflicts, page 22:
glosses: Those portions of the Internet accessible via onion routing.
dyschromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyschromic
form: most dyschromic
Etymology: From dyschromia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The hands and feet were small, the proximal phalanges broad and the nails small and dyschromic.
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to dyschromia.
heptaplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepta- + -plex.
Senses: examples: text: These parameters further support the usefulness of the new heptaplex PCR assay in routine clinical diagnosis and infection control.
ref: 2015 August 5, Charles Emeka Okolie et al., “Development of a heptaplex PCR assay for identification of Staphylococcus aureus and CoNS with simultaneous detection of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes”, in BMC Microbiology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Having seven parts; sevenfold.
humeroradial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From humero- + radial.
Senses: examples: text: The injured limb was positioned on the surgery table with elbow flexion ranging from 30° to 60° and forearm pronated to expose radial head, humeroradial joint and proximal radioulnar joint.
ref: 2015 August 5, Jian Wang et al., “Annular ligament reconstruction by suture anchor for treatment of radial head dislocation in children”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the humerus and radius.
humeroulnar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From humero- + ulnar.
Senses: examples: text: Follow-up X-ray examinations demonstrated excellent congruity of both the radio capitellar joints and the humeroulnar.
ref: 2015 August 5, Jian Wang et al., “Annular ligament reconstruction by suture anchor for treatment of radial head dislocation in children”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the humerus and ulna.
Synonyms: ulnohumeral
Overton window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Overton windows
Etymology: Named after American political scientist Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003), former vice-president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The concept was popularized by the 2010 bestselling novel The Overton Window.
Senses: examples: text: Nor is he the only one of his kind—on all sides of the spectrum, there are individuals like Mike, shaping what we read, setting the Overton Window in our political debate, stirring things up and laughing (and profiting) as we freak out about it.
ref: 2012, Ryan Holiday, Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, Penguin, →ISBN, page 258:
text: And yet, despite all this, a society can change completely in a few decades. The Overton window can shift. A classic strategy for achieving this is to proclaim ideas so shocking and subversive that anything less radical suddenly sounds sensible.
ref: 2017, Elizabeth Manton, transl., “epilogue”, in Utopia for Realists, Kindle edition, Bloomsbury Publishing, translation of Gratis geld voor iedereen by Rutger Bregman, page 255:
text: Although the tactics of the online right are updated to a digital age, it is hard to think of a better term than Gramscian to describe what they have strategically achieved, as a movement almost entirely based on influencing culture and shifting the Overton window through media and culture, not just formal politics.
ref: 2017, Angela Nagle, chapter 3, in Kill All Normies, Zero Books, →ISBN:
text: Yet each man will seem at least house-trained compared with recent leaders of their party. “Rightwing, but not feral,” is quite the commendation now. A political scientist might say that the Overton window of acceptable ideas has widened. In plainer speech: voters are grateful for small mercies.
ref: 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
text: Mainstream culture is clearly fascinated by (and increasingly comfortable with) non-monogamy, and as a result, the Overton window of “provocative content” has shifted: What was once sexually explicit is today TV-MA, and classic romance is now, well, cringe.
ref: 2023 October 2, Courtney Young, “Calling It Now: Throuples Are About to Put Love Triangles Out of Business”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: window of discourse
glosses: The range of ideas that the public will accept, i.e. those ideas that are not considered too extreme or radical.
wikipedia: Google Trends
Mackinac Center for Public Policy
The Overton Window
multicausality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + causality.
Senses: examples: text: Fourth, it could be argued that another limitation is that individuals were asked about health expenditure and lost days of normal activity in terms of any disease and not specifically for mental disorders, but even if this question was available, we would still argue that an overall analysis is more appropriate due to the multicausality of mental disorders and the challenge that is identifying the importance of mental disorders as the determining cause of a lost day of normal activity or a healthcare expenditure.
ref: 2015 August 5, Alexandre Dias Porto Chiavegatto Filho et al., “Incremental health expenditure and lost days of normal activity for individuals with mental disorders: results from the São Paulo Megacity Study”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being multicausal.
protoscolices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoscolex
trebananib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, trebananib provides a non-VEGF anti-angiogenesis option for the treatment of ovarian cancer and raises the possibility that trebananib could be combined with the VEGF pathway inhibitors, e.g., bevacizumab, in the treatment of ovarian cancer.
ref: 2015 August 6, Jun Li et al., “The prognostic significance of anti-angiogenesis therapy in ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis”, in Journal of Ovarian Research, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: A particular drug that inhibits angiogenesis.
Bács-Kiskun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Bács-Kiskun.
Senses: glosses: An administrative county of Hungary.
platyspondyly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The bone involvement is complex with narrow thorax, broad ribs, platyspondyly, hypoplastic idiopathic branches, small obturator foramen, bilateral coxa valga, large medullary canals and generalized osteopenia.
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: flattening of the vertebrae
Related terms: platyspondylic
hypotestosteronemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This rare syndrome is characterized by hypertrichosis terminalis, coarse facies, bulbous nose, thickened lips, narrow palpebral fissures, thick intraoral mucosa, high arched eyebrows, mental retardation (not always present), large hands, hyperextensible joints, recurrent pericardial effusions and hypotestosteronemia.
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of abnormally low amounts of testosterone in the bloodstream.
Related terms: hypotestosteronemic
hypotestosteronaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypotestosteronemia.
reblotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reblot
reblots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reblot
reblotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reblot