cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
salmochelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salmochelins
Senses: glosses: A siderophore that is produced under iron-poor conditions by Salmonella enterica and many uropathogenic Escherichia coli strains
salmycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A siderophore-like antibiotic produced by Streptomyces violaceus
sideromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sideromycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of siderophore antibiotics produced by Actinomyces organisms.
sideromycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sideromycin
staphyloferrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staphyloferrins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of siderophore antibiotics produced by Staphylococcus aureus
transmitochondrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: trans-mitochondrial
Etymology: From trans- + mitochondrial.
Senses: glosses: Between mitochondria
watasemycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: watasemycins
Senses: glosses: Any of a particular group of antibiotics isolated from actinomycetes
watasemycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watasemycin
yersiniabactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A polyketide-peptide siderophore isolated from bacteria of the genus Yersinia.
wettens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wetten
wettening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wetten
wettened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wetten
what's-his-face
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's-his-name.
get hold of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets hold of
form: getting hold of
form: got hold of
form: got hold of
form: gotten hold of
form: get a hold of
form: get ahold of
form: get hold on
form: get a hold on
Senses: examples: text: However, a Carlisle newspaper got hold of the story, and at the half-yearly meeting of the Caledonian Railway Company, held on March 17, 1863, a shareholder, Mr. Meiklem, questioned the Chairman, Lt.-Col. Salkeld, regarding a "Chase of Engines," described in the newspaper article. The Chairman admitted that the statements made in the article were perfectly true.
ref: 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, pages 54–55:
text: Withnail: I want to stop and get hold of a child.
ref: 1987, Withnail and I:
glosses: To obtain.
examples: text: I: Now get hold of that map.
ref: 1987, Withnail and I:
glosses: To pick up or grab.
examples: text: Get hold of John and tell him the meeting's been canceled.
glosses: To contact (a person).
examples: text: Get hold of yourself!
glosses: To control or stabilize (oneself).
get ahold of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets ahold of
form: getting ahold of
form: got ahold of
form: got ahold of
form: gotten ahold of
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get hold of.
Derived terms: get ahold of oneself
get ahold of oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets ahold of oneself
form: getting ahold of oneself
form: got ahold of oneself
form: got ahold of oneself
form: gotten ahold of oneself
Senses: glosses: To calm down; to stop behaving in an erratic way.
Synonyms: get a grip of oneself
Related terms: get ahold of
get ahead of oneself
frighten the piss out of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frightens the piss out of
form: frightening the piss out of
form: frightened the piss out of
form: frightened the piss out of
Senses: glosses: To frighten thoroughly; to terrify.
make moan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes moan
form: making moan
form: made moan
form: made moan
Senses: examples: text: when, too late awaking, well they kent / That their fayre guest was gone, they both begonne / To make exceeding mone, as they had been undonne.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: These yellow cowslip cheeks / Are gone, are gone. Lovers, make moan.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, A Midsommer Nights Dreame. […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, […], published 1600, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To lament, complain.
examples: text: I made a garland for her head, / And bracelets too, and fragrant zone; / She looked at me as she did love, / And made sweet moan.
ref: 1819, John Keats, La Belle Dame Sans Merci: A Ballad:
text: In the bleak mid-winter / Frosty wind made moan, / Earth stood hard as iron, / Water like a stone […]
ref: 1872, Christina Rossetti, In the Bleak Midwinter:
glosses: To moan, to make a moaning sound.
hoving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hove
sothe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sooth.
alinidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A negative chronotrope that causes bradycardia.
chronotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronotropes
Senses: glosses: Any chronotropic drug.
chronotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chronotrope
alnitidan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A 5-HT_(1D) receptor agonist with migraine-preventative effects.
alogliptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.əˈɡlɪp.tɪn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -gliptin (“dipeptidyl aminopeptidase-IV inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antidiabetic drug.
algestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 16α,17α-dihydroxyprogesterone, a steroidal progestin used as a contraceptive drug.
alimadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ally(l) + m(eth)adol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic related to methadone.
ambazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular oral antiseptic.
amiflamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase A.
alverine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -verine (“spasmolytic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used to treat functional gastrointestinal disorders.
amixetrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular drug.
amlexanox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Two distinct anti-allergic drugs, amlexanox and cromolyn, bind to the same kinds of calcium binding proteins, except calmodulin, in bovine lung extract.
ref: 2006, Journal of the National Cancer Institute:
glosses: A medication with antiallergic and anti-inflammatory effects, used in the treatment of aphthous ulcers.
amifloxacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ami(no)- + -floxacin (“nalidixic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A fluoroquinolone antibiotic.
amikhelline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimitotic drug.
altizide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A diuretic drug.
alacepril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular ACE inhibitor.
amonafide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A topoisomerase inhibitor being studied as a possible cancer treatment.
ampiroxicam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, a prodrug of piroxicam.
amosulalol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A beta blocker drug.
ancarolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A beta blocker drug.
altinicline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -nicline (“nicotinic acetylcholie receptor partial agonist/agonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that acts as an agonist at neural nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.
trimeprazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug alimemazine.
alimemazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phenothiazine derivative used as an antipruritic and to prevent motion sickness.
Synonyms: trimeprazine
allylestrenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allyloestrenol
Etymology: From allyl + estrene + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic progestogen used to prevent threatened miscarriage, recurrent pregnancy loss and premature labour.
alletorphine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From all(yl) + etorphine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic of the oripavine series, never marketed.
ancrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A defibrinogenating agent derived from the venom of the Malayan pit viper.
anilopam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An opioid analgesic of the benzazepine class.
ancestim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A recombinant methionyl human stem cell factor.
anakinra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæn.əˈkɪn.ɹə/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -nakinra (“interleukin-1 receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that blocks the activity of interleukin-1 and is administered as a subcutaneous injection chiefly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. It is a recombinant form of an endogenous antagonist of interleukin-1 receptor and is marketed under the trademark Kineret.
Related terms: isunakinra
anacetrapib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug being developed to treat hypercholesterolemia.
ampyzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sugar nitrile.
aplaviroc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -viroc (“chemokine CC motif receptor 5 antagonist”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A drug being developed to treat HIV infection.
ansoxetine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -oxetine (“fluoxetine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antidepressant drug, never marketed.
anipamil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A calcium channel blocker.
anisindione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic anticoagulant and an indanedione derivative.
aranidipine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A calcium channel blocker.
aprindine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiarrhythmic agent.
argatroban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from Arg (“arginine”) + -a- + thro(mbin) + ban.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular anticoagulant.
Derived terms: english: thrombin inhibitor
translation: thrombin inhibitor
word: -gatran
asoprisnil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -pris- (“steroidal compound acting on progesterone receptors”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An investigational selective progesterone receptor modulator.
Derived terms: asoprisnil ecamate
arbutamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic catecholamine used as a cardiac stimulant drug.
apremilast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A thalidomide analogue being developed to treat inflammatory diseases.
atibeprone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antidepressant drug.
asocainol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antiarrhythmic drug.
articaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carticaine
Etymology: From (c)ar(boxylate) + thi(ophene) + -caine (“local anesthetic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A local anesthetic used in dentistry.
arprinocid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A coccidiostat used in veterinary medicine.
aplindore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug that acts as a partial agonist selective for the dopamine receptor D2.
atevirdine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vir- (“antiviral”) + (pyri)dine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonnucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor that has been studied for the treatment of HIV.
arotinolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An alpha/beta blocker medication.
atiprimod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A substance being studied for the treatment of certain multiple myelomas and other advanced cancers.
aprobarbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug mainly used to treat insomnia.
Synonyms: aprobarbitone
apricitabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæp.ɹɪˈsaɪ.təˌbin/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An experimental nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor against HIV.
axitinib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A small-molecule tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
azidocillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From azido- + -cillin (“6-aminopenicillanic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A type of penicillin.
avizafone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A water-soluble prodrug of diazepam.
azepindole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tricyclic compound with antidepressant and antihypertensive effects.
avitriptan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimigraine drug.
atiprosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antihypertensive agent.
azelnidipine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker.
astromicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (Micromonospora oliv)ast(e)ro(spora) + -micin (“aminoglycoside, antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An aminoglycoside antibiotic.
amprolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From am(ino) + pro(py)l + -ium (“quaternary ammonium compound”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A coccidiostat used in poultry.
anrukinzumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + [Term?] + -kin- (“interleukin”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A humanized monoclonal antibody designed for the treatment of asthma.
azidamfenicol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An amphenicol antibiotic.
arsthinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiprotozoal agent.
alphamethadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic opioid analgesic.
angiotensinamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A potent vasoconstrictor, derived from angiotensin II, used as a cardiac stimulant.
amfetaminil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of amphetaminil.
algeldrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: aluminium hydroxide
alphacetylmethadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alpha- + acetylmethadol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic opioid analgesic.
androstanolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From androstane + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of dihydrotestosterone.
synonyms: word: dihydrotestosterone
Derived terms: mestanolone
oxandrolone
arsanilic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organoarsenic compound used as a veterinary feed additive to promote growth and prevent or treat dysentery in poultry and swine.
repirinast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antihistamine.
ezogabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug retigabine.
retigabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -gab- (“gabamimetic agents”) + -ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anticonvulsant drug.
Synonyms: ezogabine
remacemide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug that acts as a low-affinity NMDA antagonist with sodium channel blocking properties.
rentiapril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An ACE inhibitor.
razobazam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (py)razo(lo) + b(is)- + -azam (“diazepam derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzodiazepine derivative with nootropic effects.
rebamipide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An amino acid derivative of 2(1H)-quinolinone, used for mucosal protection, healing of gastroduodenal ulcers, and treatment of gastritis.
renzapride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from absolute configuration (“R-configuration”) + (b)enza(mide) + -pride (“sulpiride derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A gastroprokinetic agent and antiemetic.
rescinnamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ACE inhibitor used as an antihypertensive drug.
reclazepam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + chl(oro)- + -azepam (“diazepam derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzodiazepine drug with sedative and anxiolytic effects.
ramoplanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A glycolipodepsipeptide antibiotic drug derived from Actinoplanes.
ramatroban
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A thromboxane receptor antagonist used in treating coronary artery disease and asthma.
racemorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The racemic mixture of the two stereoisomers of 17-methylmorphinan-3-ol: dextrorphan and levorphanol.
dextrorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dextro- + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A psychoactive morphinan drug that acts as an antitussive and dissociative hallucinogen.
racecadotril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antidiarrheal drug that is a peripherally-acting enkephalinase inhibitor.
Synonyms: acetorphan
enkephalinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enkephalinases
Etymology: From enkephalin + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of enzymes that degrade endogenous enkephalin opioid peptides.
qawal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: qawals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qawwal.
quadazocine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -azocine (“narcotic antagonist/agonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid antagonist of the benzomorphan family, used in scientific research.
enkephalinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enkephalinase
woodrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodrats
Etymology: From wood + rat.
Senses: glosses: A packrat (kind of rodent).
woodrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodrat
keracyanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: antirrhinin
ketorfanol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ketorphanol
Etymology: From keto- + -orphan (“morphinan derivate”) + -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid analgesic of the morphinan series.
ketipramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ketimipramine.
monoxerutin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular flavonol.
hydroxyethylrutoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxyethylrutosides
Etymology: From hydroxyethyl + rutoside.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydroxyethyl acetylation of rutoside.
Synonyms: oxerutin
Hyponyms: monoxerutin
dihydroxyethylrutoside
troxerutin
tetrahydroxyethylrutoside
hydroxyethylrutosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxyethylrutoside
microdonation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdonations
Etymology: From micro- + donation.
Senses: examples: text: Other projects include 1BOG (One Block Off The Grid) and Greenfund – a venture fund for green businesses from microdonations: if 200 million people on Facebook each put in $1000, the fund could compete with the World Bank.
ref: 2010, John Grant, Co-Opportunity: Join Up for a Sustainable, Resilient, Prosperous World, page 170:
glosses: A donation of a very small amount.
Hypernyms: micropayment
microdonations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdonation
radiotelecommunication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiotelecommunications
Etymology: From radio + telecommunication.
Senses: glosses: telecommunication by means of radio
Synonyms: radiocommunication
radiotelecommunications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiotelecommunication
abbatie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbaties
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of abbacy.
abbaties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbatie
ockered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ocker
ockering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ocker
ockerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ockerisms
Etymology: From ocker + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The manners or habits of ockers.
break of day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: at the break of day
text: Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate.
ref: 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet XXIX”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
text: Well, with break of day she wakes and sits up in bed.
ref: 1897, James M. Barrie, chapter 5, in Margaret Ogilvy:
text: "You've got to rise 'fore break of day
If you want to fool old Mr. Jay."
ref: 1920, Thornton W. Burgess, chapter 6, in The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum:
text: Wholesale buyers and curious onlookers pack Tokyo's Tsukiji Fish Market at the break of day.
ref: 2001 August 6, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen, “Wailing Over Whales”, in Time:
glosses: Daybreak.
Synonyms: break of dawn
daybreak
dawn
bread sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread sauces
Senses: examples: text: Bread sauce, meanwhile, is a “splendid and vital accompaniment to a good Scottish partridge”, […]
ref: 2020 April 9, Sam Jones, “Spanish writer spills beans on UK's saucy secrets”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A savoury sauce thickened with bread, often based on milk or cream with seasonings.
bread sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread sauce
snap apple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The game of apple bobbing.
convection microwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convection microwaves
Senses: glosses: convection microwave oven
convection microwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convection microwave
convection microwave ovens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of convection microwave oven
convection microwave oven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convection microwave ovens
Senses: glosses: a combination convection oven and microwave oven, which has standard radiant heat sources and recirculating fan found in convection ovens and microwave emitters found in microwave ovens
Synonyms: convection microwave
Coordinate terms: convection oven
conventional oven
microwave oven
pizza oven
roaster oven
toaster oven
Related terms: convection oven
microwave oven
oven
convection
microwave
Abbe number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑ.bə ˈnʌm.bɚ/
ipa: /ˈæ.bi ˈnʌm.bɚ/
Forms: form: Abbe numbers
Etymology: From the name of Ernst Abbe, a German physicist.
Senses: glosses: A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.
wikipedia: Ernst Abbe
Abbe numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abbe number
Abbe-Zeiss apparatus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Abbe-Zeiss apparatuses
Etymology: From the names of its creators: Ernst Abbe, German physicist, and Carl Zeiss, German optician.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device for counting blood cells.
wikipedia: Carl Zeiss
Ernst Abbe
Synonyms: counting cell hemocytometer
Abbe-Zeiss apparatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Abbe-Zeiss apparatus
counting cell hemocytometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counting cell hemocytometers
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device used for counting blood cells.
Synonyms: Abbe-Zeiss apparatus
counting cell hemocytometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counting cell hemocytometer
abbotric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbotrics
form: abbotrick
Etymology: From Middle English abbodryche, abbotrice, from Old English abbodrice, abbotrice, from abbod (“abbot”) + rice (“realm, rule”); equivalent to abbot + -ric.
Senses: glosses: An abbacy.
abbotrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbotric
abbotrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abbotricks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of abbotric.
abbotricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abbotrick
Abbott's method
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after its designer, Edville G. Abbott, US orthopedic surgeon.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A method of treating scoliosis using plaster jackets.
trainiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪniˌæk/
Forms: form: trainiacs
Etymology: Blend of train + maniac.
Senses: examples: text: The Lomita Railroad Museum was once a regular stop on our shopping trips, a little reward for my trainiac.
ref: 2001, Kathie Weir, A Parent's Guide to Los Angeles: Friendly Advice for Touring Los Angeles with Children, Mars Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 29:
text: There are still trainiacs, for sure — approximately 300,000 hardcore train hobbyists in the United States, who spend about $500 million on their passion.
ref: 2006, James B. Twitchell, Where Men Hide, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 77:
text: Sheldon Cooper: It's official. I'm an HO trainiac.
ref: 2011 September 29, “The Pulled Groin Extrapolation” (00:10:27-00:10:32 from the start), in The Big Bang Theory, season 5, episode 3, Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan, and Jim Reynolds (actors):
glosses: A railway enthusiast.
Synonyms: word: gunzel
word: railbuff
word: railfan
word: foamer
trainiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trainiac
kollel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊˈlɛl/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈkoʊlɛl/
Forms: form: kollels
form: kollelim
form: kolel
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew כולל (“collective, community”).
Senses: topics: education
glosses: An institute for full-time advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature.
breach of the peace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breaches of the peace
Senses: examples: text: [T]he sheriff turned his eyes again. . . . "What have we here?" he cried; "two men boxing! Has there been a breach of the peace?"
ref: 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 32, in The Pioneers:
text: Short of high treason, the gravest form of breach of the peace known to British law is riot.
ref: 1938 May 16, “Jamaica: Riot Act”, in Time:
text: Four men and a woman were arrested and charged with breaches of the peace after a series of scuffles in which protesters and police received minor injuries.
ref: 2003 October 24, Aban Contractor et al., “Why a world leader used the servants' entrance”, in Sydney Morning Herald, retrieved 06 Oct 2012:
topics: law
glosses: The legal offense of engaging in public behavior which is violent, rowdy, or disruptive.
examples: text: Polly's suspicions were louder, her temper became uncertain; once or twice she forgot herself and used language calculated to cause a breach of the peace.
ref: 1898, George Gissing, chapter 20, in The Town Traveller:
text: Then, suddenly, the singing fell upon us and broke the silence into ruins. It was in the nature of a breach of the peace.
ref: 1912, Irving Bacheller, chapter 14, in ‘Charge It’:
text: My rural ride continues, and on a gloriously balmy day in Worth Matravers the only obvious sign of a breach of the peace is a flock of geese lolloping out of the pond, on to the lane.
ref: 2009 April 2, Jasper Gerard, “Bucolic Britain is stirring”, in The Telegraph, UK, retrieved 06 Oct 2012:
glosses: Any public disturbance or disorderly behavior.
Related terms: disorderly conduct
Mani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Μάνη f (Máni).
Senses: glosses: A peninsula on the Peloponnese in Greece.
Derived terms: Maniot
Mani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Classical Syriac ܡܐܢܝ (Mānī).
Senses: synonyms: Manes
Manichaeus
glosses: The founder of Manichaeism.
Related terms: Manichaean
Manichaeanism
Manichaic
Manichaism
Manichaeism
Mani
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Maniq (“ethnic group”).
absailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of abseiling.
absail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of abseil.
chapelman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chapelmen
Etymology: From chapel + man.
Senses: examples: text: That month, the king's chapelman William Cornish was waylaid and beaten up by Empson's men and immured in the Fleet, the notorious debtors' prison […]
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 163:
glosses: A clergyman; an official from a chapel.
chapelmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapelman
benzoyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzoyltransferases
Etymology: From benzoyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a benzoyl group
castasterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The brassinosteroid (22R,23R)-2α,3α,22,23-tetrahydroxy-5α-campestan-6-one
cathasterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular brassinosteroid
chromogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromogen
wind speeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wind speed
deetiolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: de-etiolated
Etymology: From de- + etiolated.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: grown in the light
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: exposed to light after being grown in the dark
doublecortin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A microtubule-associated protein expressed by neuronal precursor cells and immature neurons in embryonic and adult cortical structures.
endocycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endocycle
endoplasmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: endoplasmic
Derived terms: sarcoendoplasmatic
epibrassinolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epibrassinolides
Etymology: From epi- + brassinolide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A brassinosteroid isolated from Aegle marmelos
amphiscian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both ways”) + σκίη (skíē, “a shadow”).
Senses: glosses: That lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year).
amphiscian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphiscians
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “both ways”) + σκίη (skíē, “a shadow”).
Senses: glosses: One who lives in the tropics (and thus casts shadows northward and southward at different times of the year).
Riphaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪfɪən/
ipa: /ˈɹʌɪfɪən/
Forms: form: Riphæan
form: Riphean
form: Riphœan
form: Riphoean
Etymology: From Latin Rīphaeus + -an. Compare Rhipaean.
Senses: examples: text: The substance, whereof she the body made, / Was purest snow in massy mould congeald, / Which she had gathered in a shady glade / Of the Riphœan hills […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Designating a range of mountains once thought to be located in northern Europe, later considered mythological or identified with the Urals.
feruloyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feruloyls
Etymology: From ferulic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical formally derived from ferulic acid
Derived terms: feruloylated
feruloylation
feruloyltransferase
glatiramer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A random tetrapeptide of glutamic acid, lysine, alanine and tyrosine that is used as an immunomodulator drug.
Derived terms: glatirameracetate
glatiramoid
glucosylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glucosylates
form: glucosylating
form: glucosylated
form: glucosylated
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To form a glucoside
Derived terms: monoglucosylate
reglucosylate
transglucosylate
glucosylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of glucosylate
hydroxycinnamoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxycinnamoyls
Etymology: From hydroxycinnamic + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical formally derived from hydroxycinnamic acid
Derived terms: hydroxycinnamoyltransferase
hydroxycinnamoyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxycinnamoyltransferases
Etymology: From hydroxycinnamoyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the transfer of a hydroxycinnamoyl group
hyperploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + -ploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds an exact multiple of the haploid number
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having a number of chromosomes that exceeds the diploid number
Related terms: hyperdiploid
hypertetraploid
polyploid
hyperploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperploids
Etymology: From hyper- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: A hyperploid organism.
hypoploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + -ploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having a number of chromosomes that is less than an exact multiple of the haploid number
Related terms: hypopolyploid
hyperploid
hypoploid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoploids
Etymology: From hypo- + -ploid.
Senses: glosses: A hypoploid organism.
hypotriploid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + triploid.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Having fewer than three chromosomes
infragranular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From infra- + granular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the granular layer of the developing cerebral cortex
metastriate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + striate.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing ticks (of the order Ixodida) in which the anal groove of the adult is behind the anus.
metastriate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metastriates
Etymology: From meta- + striate.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A tick of this kind.
Related terms: prostriate
multitemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Forms: form: multi-temporal
Etymology: From multi- + temporal.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having multiple tempos
glosses: Based on multiple time series
neuroimmune
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + immune.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing those components of the nervous system that modulate the immune response
Derived terms: neuroimmune regulation
psychoneuroimmune
neurokinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurokinin
nidiculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nidicolous.
overexpressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overexpressors
Etymology: From over- + expressor.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of overexpresser.
parasagittally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From parasagittal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a parasagittal direction
precancerosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precanceroses
Etymology: From pre- + cancer + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of precancerous lesions
prognostification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prognostifications
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prognostication.
subnucleus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnuclei
Etymology: From sub- + nucleus.
Senses: glosses: A secondary nucleus (of neurons)
subnuclei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnucleus
teasterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phytosteroid (22R,23R)-3β,22,23-trihydroxy-5α-campestan-6-one
phytosteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytosteroids
Etymology: From phyto- + steroid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any steroid of plant origin
Related terms: phytosterol
thalamostriatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thalamo- + striatal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting, the thalamus and the striatum
transsynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + synaptic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Across a synapse
trihelix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trihelices
Etymology: From tri- + helix.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of transcription factors found in Arabidopsis and other organisms
Related terms: trihelical
typhasterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Typha (“genus of cattails”) + sterol (“class of steroids containing a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular brassinosteroid
vindoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vindolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic alkaloid that dimerises to form the compounds vinblastine and vincristine that are used in chemotherapy
volumetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of volume + metrics
Senses: glosses: The measurement or the estimation of volume.
Quranic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Qur'anic.
Qur'anic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: quranic
form: qur'anic
form: Quranic
form: Qoranic
form: Koranic
form: koranic
form: Coranic
Etymology: From Qur'an + -ic.
Senses: examples: the second of these Qur'anic verses
glosses: Of or relating to the Qur'an.
examples: text: The Qur'anic teaching is that...
text: Qur'anic morality
glosses: In accordance with the teachings of the Qur'an.
Coordinate terms: biblical
Derived terms: extraquranic
of Koranic proportions
postquranic
pre-Quranic
Quranically
Quranic Arabic
unquranic
scuff marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scuff mark
breathe a word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: breathes a word
form: breathing a word
form: breathed a word
form: breathed a word
Senses: examples: text: I warn you not to breathe a word of this to anyone, or else!
glosses: To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative).
raw_tags: in the negative
Related terms: mum's the word
gold ochre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊld ˈəʊkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɡoʊld ˈoʊkɚ/
rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: gold ochres
form: gold ocher
Etymology: gold + ochre
Senses: glosses: A dark yellowish color, a yellowish shade of ochre or olive.
Related terms: ochre
red ochre
borreliae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borrelia
lokma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lokmas
Etymology: From Turkish, from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma).
Senses: glosses: A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. (used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)
Synonyms: english: used especially of the Greek variant of this pastry
translation: used especially of the Greek variant of this pastry
word: loukoumades
lokmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lokma
loukoumas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loukoumades
Senses: glosses: singular of loukoumades
uriam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The crates were manufactured from mango and uriam logs which were stored partially submerged in ponds.
ref: 1964, David Tom Knuth, Bacteria Associated with Wood Products and Their Effects on Certain Chemical and Physical Properties of Wood:
synonyms: bishop wood
glosses: Any tree of species Bischofia javanica, of Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands.
swing both ways
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swings both ways
form: swinging both ways
form: swung both ways
form: swung both ways
Senses: examples: text: Tedd: "Oh... does she, um... 'swing both ways'?"
ref: 2014 February 10, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, Feb 10, 2014:
synonyms: word: bat for both sides
word: go both ways
word: swing both ways
glosses: To be bisexual.
acute abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkjuːt ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /əˈkjuːt æbˈdəʊ.mən/
ipa: /əˈkjut ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /əˈkjut æbˈdoʊ.mən/
Forms: form: acute abdomens
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A condition of the abdomen which is indicated by an acute onset of severe pain.
Synonyms: surgical abdomen
boat-shaped abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊt ʃeɪpt ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /bəʊt ʃeɪpt æbˈdəʊ.mən/
ipa: /boʊt ʃeɪpt ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /boʊt ʃeɪpt æbˈdoʊ.mən/
Forms: form: boat-shaped abdomens
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of scaphoid abdomen.
synonyms: word: scaphoid abdomen
boat-shaped abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boat-shaped abdomen
carinate abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹɪ.neɪt ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹɪ.neɪt æbˈdoʊ.mən/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹɪ.neɪt ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /ˈkæ.ɹɪ.neɪt æbˈdoʊ.mən/
Forms: form: carinate abdomens
Etymology: From Latin carinatus, from carina (“keel”), + Middle French abdomen, from Latin abdomen, possibly from abdō (“conceal”), from ab (“away”) + dere (“to put, place”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of scaphoid abdomen.
carinate abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carinate abdomen
navicular abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈvɪkjʊlə ˈæbdəmən/
ipa: /nəˈvɪkjʊlə æbˈdəʊmən/
ipa: /nəˈvɪkjʊlɚ ˈæbdəmən/
ipa: /nəˈvɪkjʊlɚ æbˈdoʊmən/
Forms: form: navicular abdomens
Etymology: From navicular + abdomen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of scaphoid abdomen.
synonyms: word: scaphoid abdomen
navicular abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of navicular abdomen
obstipum abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obstipum abdomens
Senses: glosses: Congenital problem where the rectus abdominus muscle is too short.
obstipum abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obstipum abdomen
pendulous abdomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛn.djʊ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.d͡ʒə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.djʊ.ləs/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.d͡ʒə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈpɛn.də.ləs/
ipa: /ˈæb.də.mən/
ipa: /æbˈdoʊ.mən/
Forms: form: pendulous abdomens
Etymology: From pendulous + abdomen.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Condition where the abnormally relaxed anterior wall of the abdomen hangs over the pubis.
pendulous abdomens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pendulous abdomen
covert stuttering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covert stutter
Senses: examples: text: Covert stuttering is characterized by accessory features such as word substitutions, interjections, and stopping.
ref: 1991, Kerry E. Lewis, “The Structure of Disfluency Behaviors in the Speech of Adult Stutterers,”, in Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, volume 34, page 482:
text: [C]overt stuttering, also known as interiorized stuttering . . . may include avoidance of words or sounds, certain situations, certain people, and so on.
ref: 2006, David Ward, Stuttering & Cluttering, →ISBN, page 271:
text: Another mistaken impression is that covert stuttering is just a mild form of stuttering.
ref: 2006, Dale F. Williams, Stuttering Recovery: Personal and Empirical Perspectives, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Though this form of stuttering is a well-recognized clinical phenomenon, research on the topic of covert stuttering is insignificant (Boodstein and Berstein Ratner, 2008).
ref: 2011, Jill E. Douglas, An Investigation of the Transition Process from Covert Stuttering to Overt Stuttering: An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of Individuals Who Stutter, PhD dissertation, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, p. 16
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychology
sciences
speech-pathology
synonyms: interiorized stuttering
glosses: A manner of speaking in which a person who stutters is careful to avoid words, sounds, and other stimuli which trigger instances of stuttering.