cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
microbiome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbiomes
Etymology: From micro- + biome or blend of microbiota + genome.
Senses: examples: text: The human microbiota consists of the 10-100 trillion symbiotic microbial cells harbored by each person, primarily bacteria in the gut; the human microbiome consists of the genes these cells harbor.
ref: 2012 August 24, “Defining the Human Microbiome”, in Nutrition Reviews, volume 70, number Suppl. 1, pages S38–S44:
text: Your body’s microbiome is all the genes your microbiota contains, however colloquially the two terms are often used interchangeably.
ref: 2018 March 26, Nicola Davis, “The human microbiome: why our microbes could be key to our health”, in The Guardian:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The genetic information (genomes) of a microbiota.
examples: text: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
ref: 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
text: The microbiome creates the immediate environment for our genes as they play out their part in disease mechanisms.
ref: 2014 June 30, Wayne Koberstein, “Second Genome”, in Life Science Leader, volume 6, number 7, page 14:
text: Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.
ref: 2019 October 7, Sandee LaMotte, “The germiest place in your home and the best way to combat those microbes”, in CNN:
text: For your community of microbes— your 'microbiome' — your body is a planet.
ref: 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 18:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microbial biome, such as the community of microbes within the human gut.
Derived terms: endomicrobiome
rhizomicrobiome
thanatomicrobiome
Related terms: microbiomial
microbiota
microgenome
metagenomics
angiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /andʒɪə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
Forms: form: angiogeneses
Etymology: From angio- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the most promising new cancer drugs block this process of ‘angiogenesis’, or blood-vessel formation.
ref: 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 238:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: The formation and development of new blood vessels.
Derived terms: angiogenetic
antiangiogenesis
dysangiogenesis
hemangiogenesis
lymphangiogenesis
microangiogenesis
myoangiogenesis
neoangiogenesis
neuroangiogenesis
pathoangiogenesis
proangiogenesis
Related terms: angiogenic
intussusception
neovascularization
vasculogenesis
EPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EPGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electropalatography.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of electronic program guide.
glosses: Initialism of esterified propoxylated glycerol.
vasculogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vasculo- + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The formation and development of the vascular system, including the formation of blood vessels from endothelial cells.
Derived terms: neovasculogenesis
vasculogenetic
Related terms: vasculogenic
angiogenesis
intussusception
vasculature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvæskjʊlət͡ʃə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: vasculatures
Etymology: From Latin vāsculum (“vessel”) + a suffix -ature. Compare ossature, musculature.
Senses: examples: text: There were visible bruises, this close up, on the Emperor’s wrists, over the veins; inelastic skin and thin-walled vasculature insulted by what must have been countless injections.
ref: 2019, Arkady Martine, A Memory Called Empire, Tor, page 418:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The blood vessels or their arrangement in the body, or within an organ.
Derived terms: hypervasculature
neovasculature
vascular endothelial growth factor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vascular endothelial growth factors
form: VEGF
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A signalling protein that regulates vasculogenesis.
VEGF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of vascular endothelial growth factor.
endothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the endothelium.
Derived terms: antiendothelial
deendothelialized
endothelial cell
endothelial dysfunction
endothelial dystrophy
endothelialisation
endothelialise
endothelialitis
endothelially
endothelial microparticle
endothelial stem cell
hematoendothelial
hemoendothelial
interendothelial
intraendothelial
lymphendothelial
lymphoendothelial
microendothelial
myoendothelial
neuroendothelial
nonendothelial
panendothelial
periendothelial
reendothelialize
reendothelializing
reticuloendothelial
subendothelial
transendothelial
vascular endothelial growth factor
vasculoendothelial
vasoendothelial
Related terms: endothelially
endothelialization
progeroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more progeroid
head_nr: 1
form: most progeroid
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From progeria + -oid.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: Resembling old age.
Derived terms: progeroid syndrome of De Barsy
genotoxic stress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genotoxic stresses
Senses: glosses: Damage to the genome of an organism as the result of a genotoxin.
genotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genotoxins
Etymology: From geno- + toxin.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: Any substance capable of causing damage to cellular DNA and thus producing mutations or cancer.
Related terms: genotoxic
somatroph
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more somatroph
form: most somatroph
Senses: glosses: somatotrophic; somatotropic
somatroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatrophs
Senses: glosses: somatotroph
somatotrophin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotrophins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of somatotropin.
somatotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatotropins
form: somatotrophin
form: somatotropine
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of growth hormone.
synonyms: word: growth hormone
Related terms: somatotropinoma
growth hormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: growth hormones
form: GH
Senses: glosses: A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
glosses: A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.
raw_tags: in context
glosses: A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
somatropin, an rhGH (for humans).
glosses: A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
somatrem, an rhGH (for humans).
glosses: A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
rBST (for cattle).
glosses: A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:
rBGH (for cattle).
Synonyms: GH
somatotropin
Hyponyms: alt: BGH/bGH
word: bovine growth hormone
alt: hGH/HGH
word: human growth hormone
alt: rBGH/rbGH
word: recombinant bovine growth hormone
alt: rGH
word: recombinant growth hormone
alt: rhGH/rHGH
word: recombinant human growth hormone
Derived terms: alt: BGH/bGH
word: bovine growth hormone
word: GH
alt: hGH/HGH
word: human growth hormone
alt: rBGH/rbGH
word: recombinant bovine growth hormone
alt: rGH
word: recombinant growth hormone
alt: rhGH/rHGH
word: recombinant human growth hormone
Related terms: alt: GF
word: growth factor
GH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of growth hormone.
examples: text: The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) differs from the general hospital (GH) in several respects. […] The ASC has many advantages over the GH facility, some of which are financial and others related to patient flow and satisfaction. Clearly, a facility that has a limited purpose and scope can eliminate many services and costs that are necessary in the GH.
ref: 2000, Michael Lavan, “Facilities for Ambulatory Surgery. Part A: The Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center”, in H. Randolph Bailey, Michael J. Snyder, editors, Ambulatory Anorectal Surgery, Springer, →ISBN, page 1:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of general hospital.
Derived terms: english: human growth hormone
translation: human growth hormone
word: HGH
english: bovine growth hormone
translation: bovine growth hormone
word: BGH
GH
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: GH joint
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of glenohumeral.
GH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of General Hospital, an American daytime television medical drama first aired in 1963.
subadiabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subadiabatic
form: most subadiabatic
Etymology: From sub- + adiabatic.
Senses: glosses: With the hotter part having a greater density (and thus tending to sink)
raw_tags: of a temperature gradient
Related terms: superadiabatic
superadiabatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superadiabatic
form: most superadiabatic
Etymology: From super- + adiabatic.
Senses: glosses: With the hotter part having a lesser density (and thus tending to rise)
raw_tags: of a temperature gradient
Related terms: subadiabatic
vitamin K1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin K₁
Senses: glosses: phylloquinone
axonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From axon + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an axon.
Derived terms: abaxonal
adaxonal
anaxonal
axonally
diaxonal
interaxonal
intraaxonal
multiaxonal
neuroaxonal
periaxonal
polyaxonal
retroaxonal
transaxonal
triaxonal
uniaxonal
phylloquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phylloquinones
Etymology: From phyllo- (“leaf”) + (naphtho)quinone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of phytomenadione.
synonyms: word: phytomenadione
Related terms: naphthoquinone
phylloquinol
1,4-naphthoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of naphthoquinone.
1,2-naphthoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of naphthoquinone.
collectrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycoprotein that has a regulatory function in kidney development.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The gene that codes for this protein.
phytonadione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfaɪ.toʊ.nəˈdaɪˌoʊn/
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of phytomenadione.
phytomenadione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfaɪ.toʊˌmɛn.əˈdaɪˌoʊn/
Forms: form: phytonadione
Etymology: From phyt(ene) + -o- + menadione.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A yellow oily naphthoquinone C₃₁H₄₆O₂ that is obtained especially from alfalfa, cabbage, spinach, and other leafy green vegetables or made synthetically and that has a fast, potent, and prolonged biological effect. It is essential for the blood-clotting process, effective orally, and useful especially in treating hypoprothrombinemia induced by anticoagulant drugs (trademark Mephyton).
Synonyms: phylloquinone
vitamin K1
vitamin K2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitamin K₂
Senses: glosses: menaquinone
angiotensin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ænd͡ʒɪəʊˈtɛnsɪn/
ipa: /ˌænd͡ʒɪoʊˈtɛnsɪn/
note: /æ/ raising
ipa: [ˌɛənd͡ʒɪoʊˈtɛnsɪn]
Forms: form: angiotensins
Etymology: From angio- + (hyper)tens(ion) + -in. Compare also the morphologic parallels of vasopressin.
Senses: examples: 2001: In addition to stimulating the srteries to constrict, angiotensin also acts on the kidneys to suppress urine production, and acts on the brain to stimulate thirst and drinking behaviour. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
Hypernyms: hormone
Hyponyms: angiotensin I
angiotensin II
angiotensin III
angiotensin IV
Derived terms: english: angiotensin-converting enzyme
translation: angiotensin-converting enzyme
word: ACE
english: angiotensin-converting enzyme 1
translation: angiotensin-converting enzyme 1
word: ACE1
english: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
translation: angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
word: ACE2
word: angiotensin (1-7)
word: angiotensinase
word: angiotensin converting enzyme
word: angiotensin-converting enzyme
word: angiotensin converting enzyme 1
word: angiotensin converting enzyme 2
word: angiotensinergic
word: angiotensin I
word: angiotensin II
word: angiotensin III
word: angiotensin IV
word: angiotensinogen
word: angiotensin receptor blocker
english: human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
translation: human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
word: hrsACE2
word: renin-angiotensin system
word: sartan
menaquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛn.əˈkwɪn.əʊn/
ipa: /ˌmɛn.əˈkwɪˌnoʊn/
Forms: form: menaquinones
Etymology: From me(thyl) + na(phtho)quinone.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.
Synonyms: vitamin K2
Hyponyms: menatetrenone
Related terms: naphthoquinone
vitamin K
play truant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays truant
form: playing truant
form: played truant
form: played truant
Senses: examples: text: [S]ince I pluckt Geeſe, plaide Trevvant, and vvhipt Top, I knevv not vvhat 'tvvas to be beaten, till lately.
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 58, column 1:
glosses: To be absent from school without permission.
Synonyms: word: beak
word: bob
word: bug out
word: bump off
word: bunk
word: bunk off
word: cut class
word: dip
word: ditch
word: dob
word: dog
word: go on the hop
word: go on the lang
word: go on the mitch
word: hop the wag
word: jig
word: kid
word: mitch
word: pip
word: play hooky
word: play the wag
word: play truant
word: plunk
word: sag off
word: scull
word: skip
word: skive
word: skive off
word: sluff
word: twag
word: wag
word: wag it
Hypernyms: word: shirk
Related terms: word: truancy
menatetrenone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: menaquinone.
piton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːˌtɒn/
rhymes: -iːtɒn
Forms: form: pitons
Etymology: Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
coordinate_terms: nut
chockstone
chock
glosses: A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
piton
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːˌtɒn/
rhymes: -iːtɒn
Forms: form: pitons
form: pitoning
form: pitoned
form: pitoned
Etymology: Borrowed from French piton (“nail”).
Senses: topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.
menaquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menaquinone
pharmacogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharmaco- + genomics.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the results of the cancer studies described above, studies of a large research cohort exposed to many kinds of therapies may provide early insights into pharmacogenomics — enabling the provision of the right drug at the right dose to the right patient.
ref: 2015 February 26, Francis S. Collins, Harold Varmus, “A New Initiative on Precision Medicine”, in The New England Journal of Medicine, volume 372, number 9, →DOI, page 795:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up.
Related terms: pharmacogenetics
vitaminizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vitaminize
vitaminizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vitaminize
vitaminized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vitaminize
clotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clot
clotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clotted
form: most clotted
Senses: glosses: Containing clots.
glosses: Coagulated
Derived terms: clotted cream
clottedness
declotted
nonclotted
unclotted
clotting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
glosses: present participle and gerund of clot
clotting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clottings
Senses: examples: text: There is only Gina, come down from the Villa, / her outrageous umbrella striped like a medicine ball / for the balancing act of a poodle, / to toil in the clottings of fog and the world's / suppuration […]
ref: a. 2003, Ben Belitt, Brutto Tempo:
glosses: Clotted material.
Derived terms: activated clotting time
anticlotting
clotting time
ecarin clotting time
nonclotting
proclotting
Russell's viper venom clotting time
thrombin clotting time
enucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnukliɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliɪt/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: enucleates
form: enucleating
form: enucleated
form: enucleated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space
glosses: To explain; to lay bare.
Derived terms: enucleation
self-enucleate
enucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnukliɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliɪt/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -eɪt
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).
Senses: glosses: Enucleated, having no nucleus.
enucleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnukliɪt/
ipa: /ɪˈnjukliɪt/
rhymes: -ɛt
rhymes: -eɪt
Forms: form: enucleates
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”).
Senses: examples: text: By 12 hours after enucleation, the rate of incorporation of 3H-labeled amino acids is severely reduced, and by 18 hours many enucleates no longer show detectable incorporation.
ref: 1973, D.M. Prescott, J.B. Kirkpatrick, “Mass Enucleation of Captured Animal Cells”, in David M. Prescott, editors, Methods in Cell Biology, Volume VII, →ISBN, page 197:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cell which has been enucleated
Related terms: anucleate
denucleate
nucleate
HGH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hGH
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of human growth hormone.
Hyponyms: sense: human growth hormone
english: recombinant human growth hormone
translation: recombinant human growth hormone
word: rHGH
Derived terms: sense: human growth hormone
english: recombinant human growth hormone
translation: recombinant human growth hormone
word: rHGH
Related terms: sense: human growth hormone
word: BGH
sense: human growth hormone
word: bGH
sense: human growth hormone
word: GH
sense: human growth hormone
word: rBGH
sense: human growth hormone
word: rbGH
validates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of validate
solidifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of solidify
solidifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of solidify
solidifying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solidifyings
Senses: glosses: The process of something becoming solid.
solidified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solidify
hooky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊki/
homophone: hookey
homophone: hookie
rhymes: -ʊki
Etymology: First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Let's play hooky and go to the mall.
text: I was already two years late getting to college. I was twenty, not eighteen like most people who were about to graduate. All that hooky playing, stealing, and getting sent to juvenile jails had set me way back.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 101:
synonyms: word: beaking
word: bunking
word: bobbing
word: cutting class
word: dipping
word: ditching
word: dogging
word: going on the hop
word: going on the lang
word: going on the mitch
word: jigging
word: kidding
word: mitching
word: pawning
word: pipping
word: playing hooky
word: poning
word: sculling
word: self-motivated field trip
word: skipping
word: skiving
word: skidgin
word: sluffing
word: truancy
word: truantness
word: tula
word: wagging
glosses: Absence from school or work; truancy.
Derived terms: hooky-playing
play hooky
hooky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʊki/
homophone: hookey
homophone: hookie
rhymes: -ʊki
Forms: form: hookier
form: hookiest
Etymology: From hook + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff.
text: At least the mostly instrumental kickoff “Long Tailed Winter Bird” offers a hooky acoustic guitar riff you can’t blame McCartney for hanging on to as long as he does.
ref: 2020 November 9, Gwen Ihnat, “With McCartney III, Paul McCartney offers lessons from a legendary life”, in The A.V. Club:
glosses: Full of hooks (in any sense).
glosses: Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked.
examples: text: Start a thing in the street and attract attention to bags full of hooky gear? No. She was smarter than that.
ref: 2015, Marnie Riches, The Girl Who Wouldn't Die:
text: So I decided to put on my seediest voice and leer, and go round offering the traders the Cole line in cheap hooky goods.
ref: 2016, Alan Tootill, Cole and the Clairvoyant, page 45:
glosses: Dodgy; crooked; illicit.
comprehensives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comprehensive
Moby-Dick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moby Dick
Senses: glosses: An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab.
glosses: The elusive white whale hunted in this novel.
Derived terms: moby
Moby Dick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Moby-Dick.
statin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstætɪn/
homophone: Staten
Forms: form: statins
Etymology: From the suffix -statin, from terms such as lovastatin and simvastatin.
Senses: examples: text: Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline of memory with age.
ref: 2020 September 21, Jane E. Brody, “For Older People, Reassuring News in the Statin Debate”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
topics: endocrinology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
statins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statin
ball-hawking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ballhawk + -ing.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk.
angiotensins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiotensin
genotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genotoxin
hawk nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk noses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hawknose.
hawk-nose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk-noses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hawknose.
pharmacogenetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharmaco- + genetics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The study of genetic variation that gives rise to differing responses to drugs.
Derived terms: pharmacogenetic
Related terms: pharmacogenomics
hawk-beaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hawk + beaked.
Senses: glosses: Having a beak shaped like that of a hawk.
glosses: Having a nose shaped like the beak of a hawk.
Synonyms: sense: having a beak like a hawk's
word: hawk-billed
sense: having a nose like a hawk's beak
word: hawk-nosed
gum resin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gum resins
Senses: glosses: A mixture of gum and resin secreted by a plant.
Derived terms: gum-resinous
hog gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hog gums
Senses: glosses: The gum obtained from Symphonia globulifera.
Derived terms: hog gum tree
Related terms: karaya gum
gumma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gummas
form: gummata
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2).
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
Derived terms: gumma hepatis
gummata
gummation
gummatous
gummose
gummous
gummy
glacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡleɪʃɪəli/
Forms: form: more glacially
form: most glacially
Etymology: From glacial + -ly.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Through glacial action.
examples: text: ‘Monsieur,’ Louis XV glacially remarked to Choiseul days before the dénouement, ‘I told you that I did not want war.’
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 278:
glosses: In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily.
examples: text: Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant.
ref: 2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, in the Guardian:
text: The daunting problem is that the incidence of tuberculosis has declined only glacially (at a rate of 1.0 to 1.5% per year) and in some places may be increasing.
ref: 2018 January 18, Barry R. Bloom, “A neglected epidemic”, in the New England Journal of Medicine, pages 291–3:
glosses: With the speed of a glacier; very slowly.
glaciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glaciates
form: glaciating
form: glaciated
form: glaciated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To cover with ice or a glacier.
examples: text: The nivated and glaciated areas shared the same snowfall and the same climatic conditions […]
ref: 1900, Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior, United States: Department of the Interior, page 188:
text: At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated.
ref: 1965, Lawrence Martin, The Physical Geography of Wisconsin, Univ of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 217:
glosses: To erode with a glacier.
glosses: To freeze.
Derived terms: deglaciate
glaciated
glaciation
reglaciate
Related terms: glacier
gigaamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of gigamp.
walk away from
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: walks away from
form: walking away from
form: walked away from
form: walked away from
Senses: examples: text: He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss.
text: If you walk away from this offer you will live to regret it.
text: If I walk away from you I'd be the one to hurt
ref: 1968 December 8, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy, Stevie Wonder, “I’d Be a Fool Right Now”, in For Once in My Life, performed by Stevie Wonder, Tamla Records:
text: When John Lithgow was announced as Dumbledore, he revealed that a friend had sent him a link to an article entitled: “An open letter to John Lithgow: Please walk away from Harry Potter.”
ref: 2025 June 11, Stuart Heritage, “‘Please walk away from Harry Potter’: why the stars of HBO’s new TV show are in for decades of social media hell”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.
examples: text: This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. and walked away from the wreck muttering: "I thought I had stopped."
ref: 1965 November 12, “Auto Racing: Mr. & Mrs. Speedlove”, in Time:
glosses: To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury.
examples: text: This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against.
ref: 2005, Chuck E. Sanders, The Making of a Minister, page 59:
glosses: To outpace effortlessly.
put-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put-downs
form: putdown
Etymology: Deverbal from put down.
Senses: examples: text: When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down.
glosses: An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.
Synonyms: burn
cyberphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: computerphobia, technophobia, technofear, Internetphobia
text: Overcoming cyberphobia is not easy, but any effort to automate professionals must address their resistance and concerns or be doomed to failure.
ref: 1982 Oct 3, Bruce E. Bergen, Increasing Proudctivity and Comfort, in New York Times, pAS26
text: In the march to the future, these ex-assembly line laborers are being joined by white-collar workers suffering from cyberphobia (fear of computers), a growing number of functionally illiterate high school graduates and a new flood of illegal and poorly educated immigrants from Latin America.
ref: 1983 June 12, Bruce Nussbaum, “‘Reskilling’ Workers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Past studies have been performed to investigate the phenomena^([sic]) of cyberphobia, to measure cyberphobia, and to examine the demographic and psychological variables related to cyberphobia […]
ref: 1991, T. B. Barrier, “Assessing the Role of Cyberphobia”, in Managing Information Technology in a Global Society, page 169:
text: Moreover most young people who have grown up with computers find this cyberphobia difficult to understand.
ref: 2001, Donald Hugh Parkerson, Jo Ann Parkerson, Transitions in American Education, page 213:
antonyms: technophilia#Noun
technophoria#Noun
techno-utopianism#Noun
techno-optimism#Noun
coordinate_terms: technopessimism#Noun
technodeterminism#Noun
techno-futurism#Noun
glosses: Fear of computers and technology.
curriculum vitæ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curricula vitæ
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of curriculum vitae.
somethingth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌmθɪŋθ/
ipa: /ˈsʌmθɪŋkθ/
Etymology: From something + -th (suffix forming ordinal numerals when the final term of the number is not ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’).
Senses: examples: text: Weymouth, Sept. the somethingth.
ref: 1808, [William Pitt Scargill?], “Bouverie Cottage—Disappointment; The Court-Martial”, in Sketches of Character, or Specimens of Real Life. […], volume III, London: […] [F]or Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, […]; B. Crosby, […]; and J. Lansdown, […], by Mills & Co. […], →OCLC, page 235:
text: "The Emperor Nero," said Janet, "He killed Harry's friend, Seneca [the Younger], in the eighty-somethingth year of his age; an old man, and—hush, grandada!" She could not check him.
ref: 1870 September – 1871 November, George Meredith, “Commencement of the Splendours and Perplexities of My Father’s Grand Parade”, in The Adventures of Harry Richmond. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published 1871, →OCLC, page 286:
text: A concert was to take place in the great hall of the Institute for some local charity, we believe, but are not sure, at which the élite of Alexandria was expected, and the musical talent was to perform—among others the band of the somethingᵗʰ Regiment. And let us impress on you, reader, that the band of the somethingᵗʰ Regiment was something to be proud of!
ref: 1888, R[obert] M[ichael] Ballantyne, “Describes a Few Meetings and Several Surprises”, in Blue Lights: Or Hot Work in the Soudan. […], London: James Nisbet & Co., […], →OCLC, pages 402–403:
text: Alfred Hitchcock, still chipper at 76, is back with his fifty-somethingth picture—even the experts seem to have lost count, and disagree.
ref: 1976 April 19, John Simon, “Old Man Out”, in Clay S[chuette] Felker, editor, New York, volume 9, number 6, New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 84, column 1:
text: The third son of a baron, he trained for a distantly royal personage thirty-somethingth from the throne, a snob-value combination that had brought him Rich's custom in the first place.
ref: 1992, Dick Francis, chapter 1, in Driving Force, London: Michael Joseph, →ISBN, page 11:
text: In 1949, a computer programmed by man calculated the first 2035 digits of Pi and found that [William] Shanks had made an error in the 500-somethingth digit of Pi. This rendered all the following digits (almost 200) of Shanks' Pi in error.
ref: 2003, Melvin Goldstein, “The Computer”, in Physics Foibles: A Book for Physics, Math and Computer-science Students, Victoria, B.C.: Trafford Publishing, →ISBN, page 10:
synonyms: how manyth
whatth
glosses: Used to indicate the position of a number which is uncertain or unimportant.
Related terms: nth
umpteenth
umpty-umpth
megaamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mega-amp.
teraamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tera amp.
singleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singlenesses
Etymology: From single + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being single.
glosses: The result or product of being single.
sinless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪnləs/
Forms: form: more sinless
form: most sinless
Etymology: From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“sinless”).
Senses: glosses: Without sin; never having sinned.
Synonyms: innocent
pure
six-gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: six-guns
Senses: examples: text: Robbin' people with a six-gun / I fought the law and the law won
ref: 1958, “I Fought the Law”, Sonny Curtis (music):
glosses: Synonym of six-shooter.
synonyms: word: six-shooter
singer-songwriter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singer-songwriters
form: singer/songwriter
Etymology: From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter.
Senses: glosses: A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
single-mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From single-minded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being single-minded.
single-minded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more single-minded
form: most single-minded
Senses: examples: text: They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world.
ref: 1865 January 7, Karl Mark, “Address of the International Working Men's Association to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America”, in The Bee-Hive Newspaper, number 169:
text: Ruthless and single-minded, the Roekaar's propaganda describes their intent to drive all alien invaders, both Milky Way and kett, out of the Heleus Cluster.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Angara: The Roekaar Codex entry:
text: Southgate's single-minded approach means he will not worry about outside noise if he is convinced this is the right way to go. The proof, as ever, will come with results before and during the summer's delayed Euro 2020 showpiece.
ref: 2021 March 28, Phil McNulty, “Albania 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable.
glosses: Honest, sincere, straightforward.
Derived terms: single-minded branding moment
single-mindedly
single-mindedness
single-mindedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more single-mindedly
form: most single-mindedly
Etymology: From single-minded + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was obvious that the story was a lot more complicated than that, and that to attribute oppression so single-mindedly to a particular style of sexuality was not only diversionary but potentially very divisive for the movement as a whole.
ref: 1986 December 7, Margaret Hunt, “Discord in the Happy Valley: Report of a Conference on Feminism, Sexuality and Power”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 21, page 8:
glosses: In a single-minded manner.
sinkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinkable
form: most sinkable
Etymology: From sink + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The Titanic was advertised as being unsinkable; regrettably it turned out to be quite sinkable.
glosses: Capable of being sunk
Related terms: sinkability
sixfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.
Senses: glosses: Having six times as much or as many.
examples: The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.
1605, Andrew Willet, Hexapla in Geneſin, That Is, A Sixfold Commentarie Upon Genesis, wherein ſixe ſeverall tranſlations, that is the Septuagint, and the Chalde, two Latin, of Hierome, and Tremellius, two Engliſh, the great Bible , and the Geneva edition are compared.
glosses: Having six component parts.
sixfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold.
Senses: examples: I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with.
1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.
glosses: Times six, multiplied by six.
six-pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪksˌpæk/
Forms: form: six-packs
form: sixpack
form: six pack
Senses: examples: text: If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen.
text: Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
text: “We try to create the illusion that we just cruise up into the booth, crack open a six pack, and just schmooze while we watch the game,” Clement explains.
ref: 2005, Jim Jackson, Walking Together Forever: The Broad Street Bullies, Then and Now, page 120:
text: The table opposite me is occupied by a young couple with a table full of alcohol and snacks. In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 74:
glosses: A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop.
A set of carburetors totaling six venturis via three 2-barrel units.
examples: text: Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump?
ref: 2005, Les Hewitt, The Power of Focus for College Students, page 133:
text: Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club.
ref: 2009, Jorge Cruise, Body at Home: A Simple Plan to Drop 10 Pounds, page 182:
text: Developing a cut-up six-pack doesn't happen by accident unless you've got exceptional genetics […]
ref: 2010, Bill Geiger, "6-pack Abs in 9 Weeks", Reps! 17:106
topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: washboard abs
hypernyms: abs#Noun
glosses: A highly developed set of abdominal muscles.
examples: text: Officer Bahash then obtained a copy of Grant's photograph from the DMV and placed it in a six-person photograph array (also known as a “six-pack”) for possible identification by two earlier victims.
ref: 2008, John N. Ferdico, Henry F. Fradella, Christopher D. Totten, Criminal Procedure for the Criminal Justice Professional, 10th edition, page 792:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness.
Coordinate terms: eight-pack
eight pack
twelve-pack
twelve pack
Derived terms: Asian six-pack
Joe Six-pack
Related terms: six-pack bezique
sixshooter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixshooters
Etymology: From six + shooter.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of six-shooter.
Barry boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barry boys
Senses: glosses: A man denoted by his taste for loud clothing and flashy cars.
self-satisfaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + satisfaction.
Senses: glosses: The state of being excessively pleased with oneself; smugness.
examples: text: Without being in any way smug she was radiant with self-satisfaction and well-doing.
ref: 1905, Bram Stoker, “Fore-Glimpse”, in The Man:
glosses: A feeling of fulfillment or contentment with respect to one's own accomplishments or situation.
Related terms: self-gratification
pressure vessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure vessels
Senses: glosses: A container designed to maintain a volume at a significantly different pressure to that of ambient.
AFI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Initialism of American Film Institute.
AFI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AFIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of acquiring financial institution.
glosses: Initialism of actual flip-angle imaging.
categoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “public accusation”). Doublet of category.
Senses: glosses: Exposure of an opponent's secret wickedness, especially in the opponent's presence.
iceboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of icebox
radar reflector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radar reflectors
Senses: glosses: A device designed to reflect radar waves well in order to make it clearly visible on radar screens. Radar reflectors can be installed for example in boats or signal buoys.
blue hen-hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue hen-hawks
Senses: glosses: The goshawk.
hawksbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawksbills
form: hawkbill
Etymology: From hawk + -s- + bill; so named because its sharp beak is reminiscent of a hawk's.
Senses: glosses: A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
Derived terms: hawksbill sea turtle
hawksbill turtle
spiritus asper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spiritus aspers
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).
Senses: examples: text: h, as an aspirate, is very frequent in Chinese ; it is generally a stronger aspirate than in English : in the dialects of the south it is often changed into f, in the north into s, or sh. To mark an aspirate after a consonant, we use the Greek spiritus asper in preference to h.
ref: 1836 May, “System of Orthography for Chinese words”, in The Chinese Repository, volume V, number I, page 27:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: Synonym of rough breathing.
synonyms: word: rough breathing
spiritus lenis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spīritus lēnis, from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma).
Senses: topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
orthography
publishing
writing
glosses: Synonym of smooth breathing.
synonyms: word: smooth breathing
Peter principle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Peter principle
Etymology: Formulated by Laurence J. Peter.
Senses: topics: management
glosses: The theory that people in an organization tend to rise (be promoted) to the level of their incompetence.
Related terms: empty suit
fail upwards