cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪlm/
rhymes: -ɪlm
Etymology: Contraction of pillom, apparently from British English pylor (“dust”).
Senses: examples: text: What is the derivation of pilm = dust, so frequently heard in Devon, and its derivatives pilmy, dusty : it pilmeth. [...] Pillom is the full word, of which pilm is a contraction. It appears to have been derived from the British word pylor, dust.
ref: 1876, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, Report and transactions, volume 8, page 722:
text: I may quote the famous definition once given in court to enlighten the Bench and the Bar as to the nature of pilm : " Mucks a-drowed and zo vleeth," that is, " mud dried, and so it flies about "—not a bad definition of pilm, which everybody here knows means dust.
ref: 1885, Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature, and Art, Report and transactions, volume 17, page 55:
glosses: dust
pilm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪlm/
rhymes: -ɪlm
Forms: form: pilms
form: pilming
form: pilmed
form: pilmed
Etymology: Contraction of pillom, apparently from British English pylor (“dust”).
Senses: glosses: To have dust blow about
Derived terms: pilmy
bismuthyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bismuth + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any tartrate in the form of a univalent radical, wherein only one replaceable hydrogen atom has been replaced by a base, causing it to have twice the amount of acid contained in a normal salt.
physiognomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From physiognomy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: While they are not saying “yippee, look what AI can do” (in fact, some say they are trying to highlight risks), by publishing in scientific journals, they are risking lending credibility to the very idea of using AI in problematic, physiognomic ways.
ref: 2022 May 20, Trenton W. Ford, “Is your face gay? Conservative? Criminal? AI researchers are asking the wrong questions”, in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists:
glosses: Of or pertaining to physiognomy.
Derived terms: phytophysiognomic
Modern Korean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Korean language from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.
Related terms: Proto-Koreanic
Old Korean
Middle Korean
Early Modern Korean
blotching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blotch
blotching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blotchings
Senses: examples: text: Symptoms consist of various foliage spottings and blotchings.
ref: 1954, Thomas H. Everett, The American Gardener's Book of Bulbs, page 161:
glosses: The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
keratalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + -algia.
Senses: glosses: Pain of the cornea
mela-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέλας (mélas, “black, dark”).
Senses: glosses: black; dark
neoadjuvant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + adjuvant.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing an adjuvant preparation given before a course of treatment.
Coordinate terms: postneoadjuvant
Derived terms: neoadjuvancy
neoadjuvant therapy
neoadjuvantly
neurocritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + critical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing critical neurological situations
Derived terms: neurocritically
neuromyelitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + myelitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of both the spinal cord and nerves
Derived terms: neuromyelitis optica
Related terms: myelitis
neuritis
neuropathogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropathogens
Etymology: From neuro- + pathogen.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any material that is pathogenic to the nervous system
Related terms: neuropathogenic
neuropathogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuropathogenic
form: most neuropathogenic
Etymology: From neuro- + pathogenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pathogenic to the nervous system
Derived terms: neuropathogenicity
Related terms: neuropathogen
neuropathogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + pathogenetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neuropathogenesis
neuropathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + pathogenesis.
Senses: glosses: The pathogenesis of diseases of the nervous system
Related terms: neuropathogenetic
neurotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neurotherapeutic
form: most neurotherapeutic
Etymology: From neuro- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: therapeutic to the nervous system
glosses: Of or pertaining to neurotherapeutics
noncoronary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + coronary.
Senses: glosses: Not coronary
nonimmunosuppressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunosuppressed.
Senses: glosses: Not immunosuppressed
noninferiority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + inferiority.
Senses: coordinate_terms: equality
equivalence
interchangeability
inferiority
superiority
glosses: The condition of not being inferior (such as when a new medication is tested and found to be not inferior to existing treatments in terms of efficacy).
Related terms: noninferior
papulosquamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From papulo- + squamous.
Senses: glosses: Both papular and squamous
sits vac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of situations vacant: job vacancies, or advertisements for job vacancies.
hermetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hermetical
form: most hermetical
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hermetic.
quantitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quantitative.
pathogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathogenesis
periprocedural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + procedural or peri- + procedure + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Occurring at about the same time as a medical procedure: shortly before it, during it, and/or shortly after it (but without further specificity).
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Occurring at about the same time as a medical procedure: shortly before it, during it, and/or shortly after it (but without further specificity).
Occurring at all of those times, as opposed to only certain ones.
coordinate_terms: intraprocedural
preprocedural
postprocedural
Derived terms: periprocedurally
pleurodesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /plʊəˈɹɒd.ɪs.ɪs/
ipa: /plʊˈɹɒd.ɪs.ɪs/
ipa: /plɔːˈɹɒd.ɪs.ɪs/
ipa: /plʊˈɹɑd.əs.ɪs/
ipa: /ˌplʊɹoʊˈdiːsɪs/
rhymes: -ɒdɪsɪs
rhymes: -iːsɪs
Forms: form: pleurodeses
Etymology: From pleuro- (“relating to the pleura”) + -desis (“binding”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The production of adhesions in the pleural cavity, typically by the use of sclerosing agents or surgical abrasion, used especially in the treatment of recurrent pneumothorax, pleural effusion and chylothorax.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The production of adhesions in the pleural cavity, typically by the use of sclerosing agents or surgical abrasion, used especially in the treatment of recurrent pneumothorax, pleural effusion and chylothorax.
The condition created by this procedure: adhesion between the parietal and visceral pleurae.
pluristratified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + stratified.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having several stratifications
postneonatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + neonatal.
Senses: glosses: Describing the period following the neonatal period; typically between a month and a year after birth
Derived terms: postneonatally
lairless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lair + -less.
Senses: examples: text: He is a dog — and the pup of a dog — red, yellow-bellied, lairless, and haired between every toe!
ref: 1895, Rudyard Kipling, “Red Dog”, in The Second Jungle Book:
glosses: Without a lair.
lairlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lairlike
form: most lairlike
Etymology: From lair + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lair.
studylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more studylike
form: most studylike
Etymology: From study + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Winter sees log fires blazing in the studylike lounges; in summer the red-brick walled garden is perfect for lazy, sunny afternoons.
ref: 2009, David Else, Lonely Planet England:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a study (room).
prebiotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prebiotic
prediagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-diagnostic
Etymology: From pre- + diagnostic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Describing the course of a disease before it has been diagnosed
prethrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + thrombotic.
Senses: glosses: Before the production of thrombin
ramipril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug commonly used to treat hypertension.
regionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regionalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of regionalization.
remittent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more remittent
form: most remittent
Etymology: From Latin remittent-, present participle of remittō.
Senses: examples: text: A remittent fever is when at certain periods the fever is more violent than at others, but the patient never intirely free from it.
ref: 1761, Hugh Smith, The Family Physician, London, p. 3, footnote:
text: Yet nine years elapsed before it [the dictionary] saw the light. His throes in bringing it forth had been severe and remittent, and at last we may almost conclude that the Caesarian operation was performed by the knife of Churchill, whose upbraiding satire, I dare say, made Johnson’s friends urge him to dispatch.
ref: 1791, James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, volume 1, London: Charles Dilly, page 176:
text: I bethought myself to go upstairs and see how the dying woman sped, who lay there almost unheeded: the very servants paid her but a remittent attention: the hired nurse, being little looked after, would slip out of the room whenever she could.
ref: 1847, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 21, in Jane Eyre:
text: The noise of the conflict, the shouting and roar of an uncounted multitude of men in the heat and fury of combat, not to more than mention the evidences of the conflict—arrows, bolts, and stones in overflight and falling in remittent showers—would have dispersed them in ordinary mood; but they were under protection—the Madonna was leading them—to be afraid was to deny her saving grace.
ref: 1893, Lew Wallace, The Prince of India, or Why Constantinople Fell, New York: Harper, Volume 2, Book 6, Chapter 9, p. 404:
text: The evening was a little chilly, and a fire of logs had been lighted in the study where we were, and the remittent flame and the glow on the walls reminded me of the old days.
ref: 1895, Arthur Machen, “Adventure of the Missing Brother”, in The Three Impostors, London: John Lane, page 97:
glosses: Alternately increasing and decreasing in severity or intensity.
examples: text: […] the long, long fever of life, which with him never knew a remittent moment, had robbed him of that which every man has a right to expect, some pleasure in the course of his existence.
ref: 1875, Charlotte Riddell, chapter 14, in The Uninhabited House:
glosses: Of or pertaining to remission of the severity of symptoms.
Derived terms: remittent fever
remittent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin remittent-, present participle of remittō.
Senses: examples: text: If you would have died from fever, you would have died at Ujiji when you had that severe attack of remittent.
ref: 1872, Henry Morton Stanley, chapter 15, in How I Found Livingstone, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, page 598:
glosses: A remittent fever.
retransplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retransplantations
Etymology: From re- + transplantation.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent transplantation
retrocaval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retro- + caval.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Behind the vena cava
ribotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribotypes
Etymology: From ribosome + -type, on analogy with genotype, phenotype, etc.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The RNA complement of a biological entity
Related terms: ribotypic
ribotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ribotypes
form: ribotyping
form: ribotyped
form: ribotyped
Etymology: From ribosome + -type, on analogy with genotype, phenotype, etc.
Senses: glosses: To analyse the ribotypes of (an organism or population)
rosuvastatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹoʊˈsu.vəˌstæt.n̩/
Etymology: From (fluo)ro- + su(lfonyl) + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A statin (trademark Crestor) that is administered orally in the form of its calcium salt Ca(C₂₂H₂₇FN₃O₆S)₂ especially to treat hypercholesterolemia.
Derived terms: calcium rosuvastatin
sclerosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sclerose
sensorineural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: Blend of sensory + neural
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the sensory nerves
Derived terms: sensorineural deafness
seroconverted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sero- + converted.
Senses: glosses: Subject to seroconversion.
nonsympatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sympatric.
Senses: glosses: Not sympatric.
desmid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛz.mɪd/
Forms: form: desmids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “ligature, ligament, bond”).
Senses: examples: text: Desmids, which are exclusively freshwater algae, are so named because the first of these green microorganisms to be described were thought to be pairs of cells joined together, and the Greek word 'desmos' means a bond or chain.
ref: 1981, Alan J. Brook, The Biology of Desmids, University of California Press, Botanical Monographs 16, page 1
glosses: Any of about 5000 species of mostly unicellular freshwater green algae belonging to the order Desmidiales.
Related terms: desmidian
desmids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desmid
suboptimum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + optimum.
Senses: glosses: suboptimal
suboptimum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suboptimums
form: suboptima
Etymology: From sub- + optimum.
Senses: glosses: A point or value below an optimum.
microoxygenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + oxygenation.
Senses: glosses: The controlled introduction of oxygen into wine during winemaking.
subphysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subphysiological
form: most subphysiological
Etymology: From sub- + physiological.
Senses: glosses: Less than that found in a normal physiology
substudy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substudies
Etymology: From sub- + study.
Senses: glosses: A subset of a study
glosses: A subordinate study
supraclavicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌs(j)uː.pɹə.kləˈvɪk.jʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˌsuː.pɹə.klaˈvɪk.jʊl.ə/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɹə.klæˈvɪk.jəl.ɚ/
ipa: /ˌsu.pɹə.kləˈvɪk.jəl.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: supraclavical
Etymology: From supra- + clavicular or supraclavicle + -ar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: Above the clavicle.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: Of or pertaining to the supraclavicle in fishes.
Derived terms: supraclavicular nerve
supraclavicularly
theaflavins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theaflavin
theaflavin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theaflavins
Etymology: Thea (“former tea plant genus”) + flavin
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An antioxidant polyphenol found in tea; any derivative of this compound.
thienopyridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thienopyridines
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of drugs, having a structure based on a thiophene ring fused to one of tetrahydropyridine, that have anti-platelet activity
afraid of one's own shadow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally timid.
ticlopidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular thienopyridine drug
thienopyridines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thienopyridine
tranexamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + (cycloh)ex(ane) + am(ino) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to tranexamic acid or its derivatives
tranexamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹæn.ɛkˌsæm.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
rhymes: -æsɪd
Etymology: From trans- + (cycloh)ex(ane) + am(ino) + -ic acid.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic compound derived from cyclohexane which inhibits the breakdown of fibrin in blood clots and is used to treat hemorrhage.
trialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trialist
trialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
Forms: form: trialists
Etymology: From trial (“three”) + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of trialism, especially with reference to the proposed creation of a state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.
trialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪəlɪst/
Etymology: From trial (“three”) + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Only if Bosnia-Herzegovina were fully annexed to the empire would it be possible eventually to incorporate it into the structure of a reformed trialist monarchy.
ref: 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 84:
glosses: Involving three elements; especially, pertaining to a potential state comprising Austria, Hungary, and a Slavic region.
travel agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel agents
Senses: glosses: Synonym of travel agency.
synonyms: word: travel agency
glosses: A consultant who arranges personal travel and accommodation for travellers
nonerupting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + erupting.
Senses: examples: a nonerupting volcano
glosses: Not erupting.
Related terms: nonerupted
noneruption
unconfounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + confounded.
Senses: glosses: Not confounded.
Derived terms: unconfoundedness
underdiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underdiagnoses
Etymology: From under- + diagnosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: overdiagnosis
glosses: The failure to diagnose a condition in a significant proportion of patients.
Related terms: word: misdiagnose
word: misdiagnosis
word: overdiagnose
word: underdiagnose
unstimulating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstimulating
form: most unstimulating
Etymology: From un- + stimulating.
Senses: glosses: That does not stimulate
UFTAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United (formerly Universal) Federation of Travel Agents' Associations.
chequer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
Forms: form: chequers
Etymology: See checker.
(fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
Senses: glosses: The edible fruit of the wild service tree, Sorbus torminalis.
glosses: Alternative spelling of checker.
Derived terms: chequer tree
chequerwise
chequerwork
chequy
green-white-chequer
chequer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkə/
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɛkɚ/
Forms: form: chequers
form: chequering
form: chequered
form: chequered
Etymology: See checker.
(fruit): Apparently in allusion to the chequered or spotted appearance of the fruit. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “the surmises that chequer may be a corruption of choker, and that ‘choker’ may once have been the name, are gratuitous.”
Senses: examples: text: Our minds are, as it were, chequered with truth and falsehood.
ref: 1711 December 12 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, December 1, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 237; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
text: A gleam of sun shining through the unsashed window, and chequering the dark workshop with a broad patch of light, fell full upon him, as though attracted by his sunny heart.
ref: 1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. (please specify the chapter number)”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of checker.
Derived terms: chequer-brat
chequers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chequer
devkit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devkits
Etymology: From dev + kit.
Senses: examples: text: A devkit basically contains a set of software tools, and several of them can be installed into a target.
ref: 2007, Frank H. P. Fitzek, Frank Reichert, Mobile Phone Programming and Its Application to Wireless Networks, page 178:
text: Sony's devkits are large, to say the least. The Dreamcast, on the other hand, was very much a Microsoft animal and friendlier to code and test.
ref: 2009, Luis Levy, Jeannie Novak, Game Development Essentials: Game QA & Testing:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of development tools that allow the creation of software for a particular platform or framework.
devkits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of devkit
nonflushing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flushing.
Senses: glosses: Not flushing.
nonflushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flushed.
Senses: glosses: Not flushed.
nonflush
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flush.
Senses: glosses: Not flush.
biohazardous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biohazardous
form: most biohazardous
Etymology: From bio- + hazardous.
Senses: glosses: Constituting a biohazard.
Derived terms: nonbiohazardous
nonbiohazardous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biohazardous.
Senses: glosses: Not biohazardous.
indelable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indelable
form: most indelable
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of indelible.
bioherbicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bioherbicidal
form: most bioherbicidal
Etymology: From bio- + herbicidal.
Senses: examples: text: This new compound has bioherbicidal potential.
glosses: Of or pertaining to bioherbicide.
nonquarantined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quarantined.
Senses: glosses: Not quarantined.
nonquarantinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quarantinable.
Senses: glosses: Not quarantinable.
nonquarantine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quarantine.
Senses: examples: text: Daily animal-care and support activities for quarantine rooms should be conducted after all necessary tasks in the nonquarantine rooms have been performed.
ref: 1996, Institute of Laboratory Animal Resources, Rodents:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to quarantine.
erratas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] he trusts the reader will overlook verbal criticisms, and a few literary erratas.
ref: 1822, Antoinette Baroness de Poly, Memoirs of the Family de Poly:
text: The mistakes of the presse can breed but little obstruction to the progresse of the Ingenius Reader, if with his pen, before he enter upon the perusal of this Treatise, he be pleased thus to correct, as I hope he will, these ensuing Erratas […]
ref: 1641, Sir Thomas Urquhart, Epigrams, Divine and Moral:
glosses: Synonym of errata.
synonyms: word: errata
nonhippocampal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hippocampal.
Senses: glosses: Not hippocampal.
nonhip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hip.
Senses: examples: text: In a randomized study during an 11 -month period, there were hip and 15 nonhip fractures in the hip protector group...
ref: 1998, Kenneth J. Koval, Joseph David Zuckerman, Fractures in the elderly:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to the hip in the body.
examples: text: Farber's cultism offered itself as a countergesture for savvy hipsters, and he kept it marginal enough to make sure the nonhip remained rigorously excluded.
ref: 2001, Greg Taylor, Artists in the Audience: Cults, Camp, and American Film Criticism:
glosses: Not hip; not fashionable or familiar with modern trends and fashions.
Zuckerman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Zuckermann
Etymology: From German Zuckermann Literally, “sugar man” (i.e. confectioner).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Related terms: Cukier
Cukierman
Cukiermann
Zucker
Zuckerberg
Zuckermann
Zuker
Zukerberg
Zukerman
Zukermann
noncontinuity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + continuity.
Senses: glosses: Absence of continuity.
noncontinuing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + continuing.
Senses: glosses: Not continuing.
fraisiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fraisier
unpoised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpoised
form: most unpoised
Etymology: From un- + poised.
Senses: glosses: Not poised; lacking poise.
unpoised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpoise
arrowless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arrow + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without an arrow.
white privilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:white privilege.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
synonyms: white skin privilege
glosses: The collective advantages that white people are granted and enjoy in a society, usually apart from demonstrable merit, as contrasted against the advantages (or lack thereof) of non-whites of the same society.
Related terms: critical race theory
green privilege
abulic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˈbju.lɪk/
ipa: /ˌeɪˈbu.lɪk/
Forms: form: more abulic
form: most abulic
form: aboulic
Etymology: From abulia + -ic (“affected with”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
abulic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪˈbju.lɪk/
ipa: /ˌeɪˈbu.lɪk/
Forms: form: abulics
form: aboulic
Etymology: From abulia + -ic (“affected with”).
Senses: glosses: Person afflicted with abulia.
workcamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workcamps
form: work camp
form: work-camp
Etymology: From work + camp.
Senses: glosses: A camp in which volunteers visit another region and work on a project to benefit the region or its inhabitants.
glosses: Any camp built for workers, such as when constructing something in a wilderness area.
Derived terms: workcamper
Related terms: labour camp
workcamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workcamp
workcamper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: workamper
Forms: form: workcampers
Etymology: From work + camper.
Senses: glosses: One who attends a workcamp.
workcampers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of workcamper
sowth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊθ
Forms: form: sowths
form: sowthing
form: sowthed
form: sowthed
Senses: examples: we'll sit an' sowth a tune (Robert Burns)
glosses: to hum or whistle a low tone
bicapsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + capsular.
Senses: glosses: Having two capsules, or a double or bilocular capsule.
bicellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + cellular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Composed of two cells; having two cells.
upcall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcalls
Etymology: From up- + call.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A call from a lower-level subsystem, such as a kernel or framework, to a higher-level subsystem, such as user code.
upcall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upcalls
form: upcalling
form: upcalled
form: upcalled
Etymology: From up- + call.
Senses: glosses: To perform such a call.
upcalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upcall
upcalls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upcall
bursalogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bursa + -logy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the bursae.
bursal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːsəl/
ipa: /ˈbɝsəl/
Forms: form: more bursal
form: most bursal
Etymology: From bursa + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or resembling, a bursa
Derived terms: extrabursal
intrabursal
peribursal
transbursal
under the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From Middle English under þe sonne, under þe sunne (compare Old English under sunnan), a calque of Hebrew תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (táchat hashémesh). The phrase has been associated with the book of Ecclesiastes ever since appearing 29 times in the translation to English by John Wycliffe https://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=Under+the+sun&version=WYC
Senses: examples: text: Meronym: sublunary
text: I returned, and saw vnder the Sunne, That the race is not to the swift, nor the battell to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of vnderstanding, nor yet fauour to men of skil; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ecclesiastes 9:11:
text: She argued boldly with me, on every subject under the sun, law and politics included; and, when I got the better of her, never hesitated to stop me by putting her hand on my lips, or by dragging me out into the garden in the middle of a sentence.
ref: 1859, Wilkie Collins, The Queen of Hearts:
text: He was a most likeable and generous man, a Whitworth Scholar, and possessed of a fund of knowledge which seemed to cover every subject under the sun.
ref: 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, in Railway Magazine, page 14:
text: I have also adopted a stance, familiar from consumer culture, which suggests that the goods under question can do anything under the sun.
ref: 2005, Hazel Smith, The writing experiment: strategies for innovative creative writing:
text: Despite winning every award under the sun and being critically acclaimed + beloved, Schitt's Creek didn't become household-name-levels of popular until its last few seasons.
ref: 2024 September 16, Mehera Bonner, “Wondering What Dan Levy Is Making for Hosting the 2024 Emmys? Here's a Deep Dive on His Net Worth!”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: In existence.
wikipedia: John Wycliffe
Related terms: everything under the sun
under the stars
upfault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upfaults
Etymology: From up- + fault.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A horst (area raised relative to surrounding land).
upfault
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upfaults
form: upfaulting
form: upfaulted
form: upfaulted
Etymology: From up- + fault.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: To form a fault that is raised relative to the surrounding land.
upfaulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upfault
upfaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upfault
upfaults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upfault
upfaults
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upfault
geyserlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more geyserlike
form: most geyserlike
Etymology: From geyser + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I soon caught my first glimpse of it: a pillar of spray rising geyserlike into the air and subsiding, leaving a cloud of mist hanging over the sea.
ref: 1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 203:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a geyser.
hutched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hutch + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Kept in a hutch.
fourlegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of four-legged.
sowthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊθt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sowth
upstartled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up- + startled.
Senses: glosses: Startled awake or into action.
compressiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From compressive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being compressive.
chaoslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chaoslike
form: most chaoslike
Etymology: From chaos + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In astronomy, chaoslike phenomena include the orbits of asteroids, comets, and satellites, where small disturbances can have dramatic and complex effects.
ref: 1993, Archie Roy, Oxford illustrated encyclopedia of the universe:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of chaos.
realmless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From realm + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a realm.
unbirth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + birth.
Senses: examples: text: So, you're like somebody grieving over the unbirth of a gnat when there's thousands, getting burned and blasted and... all sorts of things are happening to them...
ref: 1971, Stanley Eveling, Come and be killed; and, Dear Janet Rosenberg, Dear Mr Kooning:
text: His death is a kind of unbirth, and the imagery that surrounds it is physical and sexual.
ref: 1993, Frank Northen Magill, Magill's Literary Annual, 1993:
text: George's wish of unbirth thus joins a whole series that are never realized.
ref: 2008, James Walters, Alternative worlds in Hollywood cinema: resonance between realms:
glosses: The absence of birth; failure to be born.
examples: text: Maybe a bunch of bi incest, [summoning a] muscular, two-cocked demon of some sort, unbirth, and then another demon shows up and mounts the second demon with the female drow in hir belly, and also takes the drow in the same stroke inside her.
ref: 2001, Hyndis Kogler, “FUR:UB #10(last page, overstuffed belly)”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
text: Me, I like vore and unbirth. But then, I'm strange […]
ref: 2005, Lord Flame Stryke, “Re: Curious”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet):
glosses: A type of vore fantasy in which a living being is drawn back through the vagina into the womb.
unbirth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbirths
form: unbirthing
form: unbirthed
form: unbirthed
Etymology: From un- + birth.
Senses: glosses: Hypothetically, to reverse the birth of; to cause never to have been born.
glosses: To consume something or someone in such a manner
Gibsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪbˈsəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ɡɪbˈsoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Gibsonian
form: most Gibsonian
Etymology: From Gibson + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to James Jerome Gibson (1904–1979), American psychologist noted for contributions in the field of visual perception.
peavey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peaveys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of peavy.
dog hook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog hooks
Senses: glosses: A tool used to manipulate logs; a peavy.
protectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From protective + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: ...product barriers on the surfaces of alloys and then examining the protectivity of such barriers.
ref: 1977, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Conservation of Materials in Energy Systems through the Reduction of Erosion, Erosion control in energy systems: report of Committee on Conservation of Materials in Energy Systems through the Reduction of Erosion, National Materials Advisory Board, Commission on Sociotechnical Systems, National Research Council, page 136:
glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being protective.
eyeshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyeshines
Etymology: From eye + shine.
Senses: glosses: A visible effect of the tapetum lucidum, causing the pupil to appear to glow when a light is shone into the eye.
leukocoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukokoria
Senses: glosses: An abnormal white reflection from the retina of the eye, a medical sign for a number of conditions
Related terms: leukocoric
leukokoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leukocoria.
tapetum lucidum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tapeta lucida
Etymology: From Latin tapētum (“tapestry”) and lūcidum (“bright, shining, clear”), the neuter of lūcidus, literally "bright tapestry".
Senses: glosses: A layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrate animals, immediately behind or sometimes within the retina, that reflects visible light so as to increase the light available to the photoreceptors.
Related terms: tapestry
tapetum
eyeshine
tapeta lucida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapetum lucidum
subcommand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subcommands
Etymology: From sub- + command.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A command that is subordinate to another.
examples: text: This command accepts additional subcommands as parameters.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A command that makes up part of a larger command.
subcommands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subcommand
social network
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social networks
Senses: examples: text: The social network of interest in this volume is the personal social network that is centered on a particular child. Definitions of social network draw attention to the ties or linkages that connect individuals (and sometimes groups or institutions)—linkages that can be conduits for diverse resources.
ref: 1989, Deborah Belle, Children's Social Networks and Social Supports, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 1:
text: Civicizing public spaces is an antidote to marginalization and exclusion, and it requires that we restore linkages between municipalities, social networks, cultural institutions and communities.
ref: 2023, Teddy Cruz, Fonna Forman, Socializing Architecture: Top Down / Bottom Up, page 60:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A network of personal or business contacts, especially as facilitated by social networking on the Internet.
examples: text: The trends in recent years have focussed on online social networks, in which the social network is enabled as an internet application. Some examples of such networks are Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.
ref: 2011, Charu C. Aggarwal, Social Network Data Analytics, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page xiii:
glosses: A service allowing users to manage and interact with their network of friends or contacts on the Internet. (Called a social network application in precise usage that reserves social network to its original sense.)
purseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From purse + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a purse.
snowplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowplanes
Etymology: From snow + plane.
Senses: glosses: An enclosed vehicle on skis, designed to move on snow.
Related terms: snowcat
snowplanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snowplane
adoptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adoptors
Etymology: From adopt + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adopter.
unbirthday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈbɜːθ.deɪ/
ipa: /ʌnˈbɝθ.deɪ/
Forms: form: unbirthdays
form: un-birthday
Etymology: From un- + birthday, coined by English writer Lewis Carroll (1832–1898) in Through the Looking-Glass (1871).
Senses: examples: text: "They gave it me," Humpty Dumpty continued thoughtfully, as he crossed one knee over the other and clasped his hands round it, "they gave it me⸺for an un-birthday present." / "I beg your pardon?" Alice said with a puzzled air." / "I'm not offended," said Humpty Dumpty. / "I mean, what is an un-birthday present?" / "A present given when it isn't your birthday, of course."
ref: 1871 December 27 (indicated as 1872), Lewis Carroll [pseudonym; Charles Lutwidge Dodgson], “Humpty Dumpty”, in Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, London: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, pages 121–122:
text: Hunting for treasures on any special day (like Easter, Christmas, birthdays or unbirthdays) can be fun for children and parents alike.
ref: 1995, Terry Orlick, Nice on My Feelings: Nurturing the Best in Children and Parents:
text: Another way to look at unbirthdays is as an opportunity to celebrate every day of life. You can throw a party for no particular reason, except for FUN!
ref: 1998, Alison Molinare Boteler, Matthew Klein, The Disney Party Handbook: 14 Fun Filled Parties:
text: Make an unbirthday cake and wear party hats when you blow out the candles together.
ref: 2006, Sheila Ellison, 365 Games Smart Toddlers Play: Creative Time to Imagine, Grow and Learn:
text: I got some great photos with the unbirthday camera you left for me in the suitcase. Thanks.
ref: 2007, Lisa Samson, Quaker Summer:
text: "This is just an unbirthday party. Wait till you see your birthday party. When is your birthday, Peg?"
ref: 2008, Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd, Pegeen:
glosses: A day that is not one's birthday but is celebrated as though it were.
wikipedia: Lewis Carroll
Through the Looking-Glass
unbirthdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unbirthday
beta reduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beta reduces
form: beta reducing
form: beta reduced
form: beta reduced
Senses: examples: text: The term (#92;lambdax.#92;,x)#92;,y can beta reduce to y#92;#33;.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: To syntactically replace a function call by the result of calling that function.
Related terms: beta reduction
beta convert
beta conversion
beta reduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beta reduce
beta reducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beta reduce
beta reduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beta reduce
Bunsen burners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bunsen burner
dye pack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dye packs
Senses: glosses: A hidden explosive device with a mass of distinctive paint, intended to stain stolen goods like paper money to make them too distinctive to use without being identified.
lost and founds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lost and found
chequering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chequer
chequering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chequering
form: most chequering
Senses: examples: text: […] Above, the azure sky was glowing,
Beneath, the flood, like silver flowing,
Around in chequering light and shade,
Her hues delighted Spring display'd; […]
ref: 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the Loss of the Steamboat Ætna, page 97:
glosses: That chequers something in pattern.
chequering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chequerings
Senses: examples: text: What awful perspective! while from our sight / With gradual stealth the lateral windows hide / Their Portraitures, their stone-work glimmers, dyed / In the soft chequerings of a sleepy light.
ref: 1821, William Wordsworth, Inside of King's College Chapel, Cambridge (The Same):
glosses: A chequered pattern.
checkering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of checker
checkering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkerings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chequering.
urothelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːliəm
Forms: form: urothelia
Etymology: From uro- + -thelium, as in epithelium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The epithelium of the urinary bladder.
Synonyms: transitional epithelium
uroepithelium
Related terms: urothelial
uterotonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uterotonic
uterotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uterotonic
form: most uterotonic
Etymology: From utero- + tonic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: That supplies tone (overcomes relaxation) to the uterine muscle
uterotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uterotonics
Etymology: From utero- + tonic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any medication that has this effect
zoledronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to zoledronic acid or its derivatives
acetylesterase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetylesterases
Etymology: From acetyl + ester + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an acetate ester.
autolysosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From autolysosome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or composed of autolysosomes
horror autotoxicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latinate neologism coined c. 1900 by Paul Ehrlich in German, from Latin horror, auto- (“self”), toxicus (“toxic”). Compare horror vacui.
Senses: examples: text: Ehrlich's dictum of horror autotoxicus makes no claim that autoantibodies may not be formed; it only suggests that they are somehow prevented from acting.
ref: 1989, Arthur M. Silverstein, A History of Immunology, →ISBN, page 163:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The now-discredited principle that the body will not harm itself by its own immune reactions.
wikipedia: Paul Ehrlich
diphthamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A modified histidine amino acid which renders the elongation factor inactive.