cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
peristimulus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + stimulus.
Senses: examples: text: For non-smoothing visualization of spiking dynamics, we applied the instantaneous interspike interval (ISI) method instead of the classical peristimulus time histogram (PSTH) to avoid both arbitrariness of bin placement and the problem of bin width optimization.
ref: 2015 December 5, “Compass Cells in the Brain of an Insect Are Sensitive to Novel Events in the Visual World”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Around the time of a stimulus, when neurons fire.
periesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: perioesophageal
Etymology: From peri- + esophageal.
Senses: examples: text: CTV was defined as GTV plus a 2.0–5.0 cm craniocaudal margin with a 0.8–1.0 cm lateral margin and the areas at risk for elective nodal regions (such as lower cervical, periesophageal, mediastinal and perigastric LNs).
ref: 2015 December 5, “Feasibility of Elective Nodal Irradiation (ENI) and Involved Field Irradiation (IFI) in Radiotherapy for the Elderly Patients (Aged ≥ 70 Years) with Esophageal Squamous Cell Cancer: A Retrospective Analysis from a Single Institute”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the esophagus
OPN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OPNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of omnipause neuron.
OPNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OPN
neuroimmunomodulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroimmunomodulation
neuroimmunomodulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroimmunomodulator
isorabaichromone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Yagi et al. reported that isorabaichromone, a chromone components from Aloe vera, showed antioxidative activity against microsomal and mitochondrial non-enzymatic lipid peroxidation.
ref: 2015 December 5, “Aloin Protects Skin Fibroblasts from Heat Stress-Induced Oxidative Stress Damage by Regulating the Oxidative Defense System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular chromone found in the leaves of aloe vera.
hypoecho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + echo.
Senses: examples: text: However, for both the CCAO and ICAO patients, there was no difference in the rate of recanalization between patients with hypoecho and isoecho lesions.
ref: 2015 December 5, “Evaluation of Endarterectomy Recanalization under Ultrasound Guidance in Symptomatic Patients with Carotid Artery Occlusion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A hypoechoic state.
geniculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of geniculate
endarteriectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endarteriectomy
endarterectomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: endarterectomizes
form: endarterectomizing
form: endarterectomized
form: endarterectomized
Etymology: From endarterectomy + -ize.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To perform endarterectomy upon.
endarterectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of endarterectomize
endarterectomizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of endarterectomize
endarterectomizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of endarterectomize
geriatrophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geriatrophile
egges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egge
dogeza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡɛzə/
/dɒˈɡɛzə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 土下座
Senses: glosses: prostration as a display of deference; kowtow.
ominations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omination
controversiall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more controversiall
form: most controversiall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of controversial.
tube wells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tube well
tubewells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubewell
curatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being curated.
drawability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drawabilities
Etymology: From draw + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality or degree of being drawable.
drawabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drawability
undrawable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undrawable
form: most undrawable
Etymology: From un- + drawable.
Senses: glosses: Not drawable.
outer join
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outer joins
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A join yielding a set of records that combines every record from a set of tables.
Hypernyms: join
Hyponyms: full outer join
left outer join
right outer join
inner join
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inner joins
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A join yielding a set of records that combines only the matching records from a set of tables.
Hypernyms: join
Related terms: natural join
glambassador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glambassadors
Etymology: Blend of glamour + ambassador
Senses: examples: text: Glambassador … Maria Sharapova off court. (photo caption)
ref: 2007 March 31, “Sharapova revisits her past as a child of Chernobyl”, in Sydney Morning Herald:
text: Ellie Anne's Aphrodite among aristocrats, a glambassador! She, Congress's darling, slipped from one man's arms to the next like she was doing the Samba with less sex appeal.
ref: 2010, Paige Johnson, Imperative Fate, →ISBN, page 46:
text: Dita Von Teese: I like to call myself a "glambassador." I believe in glamour and sensuality and using these tools in everyday life, not just to put on a show for men.
ref: 2015 February 11, Barbara Herman, “Dita Von Teese: What Turns On America's Queen Of Burlesque?”, in International Business Times:
text: The tea party, hosted by local Glambassador Persatuan Rakan Bestnye Sarawak (RBS) on Kuching Hilton Hotel's Penthouse Floor, offered an elegant yet casual atmosphere for prospective buyers to browse Hidaya's new Wanderlust collection, which was released six months ago in Peninsular Malaysia.
ref: 2015 September 7, “Hidaya showcases high-end 'abayas' collection for local Muslimah”, in The Borneo Post:
glosses: A glamorous public figure, especially a woman who uses her personal style and glamour to promote fashion.
rapid fire pistol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rapid fire pistols
Senses: glosses: An Olympic shooting event, competed at 25 meter range.
Hanukkah bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hanukkah bushes
form: Chanukah bush
form: Hanukah bush
Senses: glosses: A Jewish substitute for a Christmas tree formerly commonly used in North America during the holiday season.
Hanukkah bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanukkah bush
Chanukah bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chanukah bushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hanukkah bush.
Chanukah bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chanukah bush
Hanukah bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hanukah bushes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Hanukkah bush.
Hanukah bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hanukah bush
Catadupe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The place name is from Latin Catadūpa, from Ancient Greek Κατάδουποι (Katádoupoi), "commonly derived from καταδουπέω (katadoupéō), as if downroars" (see κατα- (kata-, “down”), δουπέω (doupéō, “to thud”)).
(The people are from Latin Catadūpi.)
Senses: glosses: A city on the Nile river, a few miles above Aga-nagara; the site of the first cataract of the Nile.
examples: text: Catadupes never heard the roaring of the fall of Nilus, because the noiſe was ſo familiar unto them.
ref: 1780 [1607], The Miseries Of Inforced Marriage, page 189:
text: The inhabitants of Atures and Maypures, whatever the missionaries may have asserted in their works, are not more struck with deafness by the noise of the great cataracts, than the Catadupes of the Nile.
ref: 1819, The Leeds Correspondent:
glosses: An inhabitant of this city.
Festivus pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Festivus poles
Senses: glosses: An undecorated aluminum pole used in the celebration of Festivus.
Coordinate terms: Christmas tree
Hanukkah bush
Festivus poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Festivus pole
catadupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catadupes
Etymology: From French catadupe, from Latin Catadūpa, name of the first cataract of the Nile, from Ancient Greek Κατάδουποι (Katádoupoi); see Catadupe for more.
Senses: examples: text: Yet was not this all; for hither to the north boiled the majestic cataract in unimaginable grandiloquence, and thither to the south sparkled the gentle catadupe in serene and incandescent tranquillity, whilst far and near the halcyon brooklet flowed between!
ref: 1938, Mark Twain (Bernard DeVoto, ed.), Letters from the Earth, page 110:
text: It happens oftentimes that in the church of God, where the waters of Siloam should run with silence, there is nothing heard but the tempestuous roaring of some gulf or catadupe.
ref: 1978, Daniel Tuvill, John L. Lievsay, Essays Politic and Moral and Essays Moral and Theological, →ISBN, page 129:
text: It sounds just like storing up more catadupes of undigested data.
ref: 2001 Autumn, Andrew Ehrenberg, “Marketing: Romantic or realist”, in Marketing Research, volume 13, number 3:
glosses: Waterfall; cataract.
catadupes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catadupe
zwinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtsfiŋəɹ/
Forms: form: zwingers
Etymology: From German Zwinger.
Senses: glosses: A citadel or fortress, especially one that protects a city.
blatently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of blatantly.
bound forms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bound form
Ahnold
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Arnold.
skunk at a garden party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skunk at the garden party
Senses: examples: text: "You're making us all feel uncomfortable and uneasy. You're a skunk at a garden party, to put it bluntly."
ref: 1963, A. R. Gurney, The Comeback, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Mr. Rollins . . . is probably as well known for his big mouth as he is for his campaign savvy, a quality that has made him a favorite source for reporters and often cast him in the role of "the skunk at a garden party" in political circles.
ref: 1996 August 13, Michiko Kakutani, “Books: Confessions of a Big Mouth”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Dec 2015:
text: "Her work on the abuses being committed by the Rwandan government today made her something of a skunk at a global garden party," said Carroll Bogert, associate director of Human Rights Watch.
ref: 2009 February 18, Lindsey Hilsum, “Obituary: Alison Des Forges”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 06 Dec 2015:
text: It’s no fun being the skunk at a garden party. . . . But even after a glass of pan-Canadian beer . . . it must be said: The annual meeting of premiers, now known formally as the Council of the Federation, is a roundtable of rebels without a common cause.
ref: 2013 July 26, Martin Regg Cohn, “Premiers remain rebels without a common cause”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 06 Dec 2015:
glosses: Within a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.
Related terms: turd in the punchbowl
skunk at the garden party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of skunk at a garden party.
bum wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bum wines
Senses: synonyms: wino wine
glosses: A cheap wine of very low quality, sold solely for the purposes of intoxication.
bum wines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum wine
laouto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laoutos
form: laouta
Etymology: Borrowed from Greek λαούτο (laoúto). Doublet of lavta, lute, and oud.
Senses: glosses: A Greek or Cypriot musical instrument of the lute family.
lechon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lechons
form: lechon
Etymology: From Spanish lechón.
Senses: glosses: a roasted suckling piglet; a roasted pig
Derived terms: lechon baboy
lechon baka
lechon kawali
lechon manok
battologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battology
betaproteobacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betaproteobacteria
Etymology: From beta + proteo- + bacterium.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the class Betaproteobacteria
Related terms: betaproteobacterial
betaproteobacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These facultative chemolithoautotrophic betaproteobacteria are able to use reduced inorganic sulfur compounds (RISCs) as electron donors.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Adaptation in Toxic Environments: Arsenic Genomic Islands in the Bacterial Genus Thiomonas”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of betaproteobacterium
arachnophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arachnophiles
Etymology: From arachno- + -phile.
Senses: antonyms: arachnophobe
glosses: A person who loves spiders, a spider-lover.
craniocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more craniocentric
form: most craniocentric
Etymology: From cranio- + -centric.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, these–as well as more recent ones like the important [40 ]–are resolutely craniocentric, mostly disregarding the hyobranchium, the postcranial skeleton and the soft tissues.
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Centered on the cranium
depolyploidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + polyploidization.
Senses: examples: text: These cells may attempt to escape cell death through depolyploidization using HR, but most often, the cells undergo apoptosis [94 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Entamoeba histolytica Dmc1 Catalyzes Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange That Is Stimulated by Calcium and Hop2-Mnd1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The reversal of prior polyploidization
depolyploidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depolyploidizes
form: depolyploidizing
form: depolyploidized
form: depolyploidized
Etymology: From de- + polyploidize.
Senses: examples: text: These cells were shown to depolyploidize to become smaller mononucleated cells that survive the radiation treatment and produce progeny [48 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Entamoeba histolytica Dmc1 Catalyzes Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange That Is Stimulated by Calcium and Hop2-Mnd1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To cause, or to undergo depolyploidization
dorsoatrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dorsoatria
Etymology: From dorso- + atrium.
Senses: examples: text: Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium well developed, almost as long as shaft, shaft slender, tubular, straight, diverging from line of preatrium about 30°, with membranous flanges on dorsal side variable in shape, dorsoatrium absent but with pair of ligaments connecting to anal tube laterally, in ventral view aedeagus shaft and preatrium nearly broadened at atrium, gonopore apical (Figs 4C, 4F–4I, 5A and 5G–5I ).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A dorsal atrium (in gastropods)
dysthyroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪɹɔɪd
Etymology: From dys- + thyroid.
Senses: examples: text: T3 modulation of GABA A receptors therefore has a plausible significance in normal physiology, and apparent relevance to dysthyroid states.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Interactions of L-3,5,4'-Triiodothyronine, Allopregnanolone, and Ivermectin with the GABA A Receptor: Evidence for Overlapping Intersubunit Binding Modes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to defective thyroid glands
Related terms: dysthyroidism
ornithophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ornitho- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Love for birds.
frontosquamosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fronto- + squamosal.
Senses: examples: text: In that specimen, however, “there is no trace of frontosquamosal arches although the specimen is well-preserved in dorsal view” ([4 ]: 69) and although the shapes of the skull and the ribs clearly indicate a morphologically adult, even peramorphic individual ([21 ]: plate VIII fig 2; reproduced in lower resolution as [4 ]: fig 16A).
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: At the front of the squamosal
geoecodynamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Such congruence is an unlikely outcome of chance, and these patterns are best interpreted as a broad biotic response to climatic and geomorphological events shaping Neogene palaeoenvironments across the CFR. The strength and consistency of these signals serve to highlight the power of the geoecodynamic approach in resolving palaeoenvironmental events, particularly where the geochronological resolution provided by direct geological proxies is limited.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Dated Plant Phylogenies Resolve Neogene Climate and Landscape Evolution in the Cape Floristic Region”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the dynamics of geoecology
Related terms: geoecodynamics
homosubtypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homo- + subtypic.
Senses: examples: text: The migration allows mixing of naïve and infected birds, transmission of multiple viruses simultaneously and generation of hetero- and homosubtypic immunity [8 ,11 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Oseltamivir Resistance in Influenza A(H6N2) Caused by an R292K Substitution in Neuraminidase Is Not Maintained in Mallards without Drug Pressure”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a subtype (serotype) of a virus responsible for the primary infection
Related terms: heterosubtypic
hyobranchium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyobranchia
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, these–as well as more recent ones like the important [40 ]–are resolutely craniocentric, mostly disregarding the hyobranchium, the postcranial skeleton and the soft tissues.
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A Y-shaped bone that supports the tongue of snakes
Derived terms: hyobranchial
hypercognize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypercognizes
form: hypercognizing
form: hypercognized
form: hypercognized
Etymology: From hyper- + cognize.
Senses: glosses: To overemphasize an emotion, and to create associations etc.
Related terms: hypocognize
hypercognized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He often spoke of his methods as political, that he was fighting racial oppression and countering the injustice of the Drug War. His resistance to the anti-meth efforts and institutions was hypercognized, carefully considered, and successful.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Survival Tactics and Strategies of Methamphetamine-Using HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Diego”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of hypercognize
immunopellet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunopellets
Etymology: From immuno- + pellet.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A pellet formed by immunoprecipitation
immunopellets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The immunopellets were subjected to Western blotting with anti-HA and anti-FLAG antibodies.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Novel Vitamin D Receptor Mutations in Hereditary Vitamin D Resistant Rickets in Chinese”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of immunopellet
lyophilizate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyophilizates
Senses: examples: text: Another study with the lyophilizate employed low-resolution electromagnetic tomography (LORETA), revealing decreases in alpha-2 (10–12 Hz), delta and theta frequencies, with alpha power decrease located at the multisensory parieto-temporo-occipital junction.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Acute Biphasic Effects of Ayahuasca”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The material formed by lyophilization
mapanioid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mapanioids
Senses: examples: text: Calibration of this analysis was achieved using a selection of fossils [72 –80 ] employed in previous dating analyses [78 ,79 ,81 ,82 ], plus a recently described mapanioid sedge fossil [83 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Dated Plant Phylogenies Resolve Neogene Climate and Landscape Evolution in the Cape Floristic Region”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any sedge of the subfamily Mapanioideae.
mesocaudad
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From meso- + caudad.
Senses: examples: text: Ocelli circled by narrow greyish patch, creamy patch mesocaudad distinct or absent (Fig 3A and 3C ).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Towards the middle of the tail
mesohabitat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesohabitats
Etymology: From meso- + habitat.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A medium-sized habitat
mesohabitats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Samples from different mesohabitats were pooled in the field.
ref: 2015 October 1, “The Impact of Conservation Management on the Community Composition of Multiple Organism Groups in Eutrophic Interconnected Man-Made Ponds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of mesohabitat
metacystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metacyst + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: After ingestion by the host, tetra-nucleated metacystic amoebae emerge in the small intestine (excystation) and undergo several divisions to yield eight trophic amoebae [27 –29 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Entamoeba histolytica Dmc1 Catalyzes Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange That Is Stimulated by Calcium and Hop2-Mnd1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a metacyst
metacyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metacysts
Etymology: From meta- + cyst?
Senses: glosses: The cystic stage of a parasite (within a host)
Related terms: metacystic
midluteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + luteal.
Senses: examples: text: The COH agonist protocol was use of other than a midluteal long GnRH-agonist (Daphiline Beaufour IPSEN, France, 0.8–1.0mg, subcutaneously) suppressive protocol or short GnRH-agonist (Daphiline Beaufour IPSEN, France, 0.05–0.1mg, subcutaneously) suppressive protocol (agonist group).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clinical Considerations of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis for Monogenic Diseases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of the corpus luteum
monophenolase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophenolases
Etymology: From mono- + phenolase.
Senses: examples: text: Then the inhibitory effects of the three compounds on monophenolase activity of tyrosinase were also determined.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Synthesis of Triazole Schiff’s Base Derivatives and Their Inhibitory Kinetics on Tyrosinase Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of simple phenols
multiresidue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiresidues
Etymology: From multi- + residue.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, it is urgently needed to establish a high-throughput screening approach for multiresidue determination of β-agonists.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Multiresidue Method for Analysis of β Agonists in Swine Urine by Enzyme Linked Receptor Assay Based on β 2 Adrenergic Receptor Expressed in HEK293 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: One of multiple residues
multiresidues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, it is very difficult to detect multiresidues and perform unknown material analysis of β-agonists by the antibody-based immunoassay methods.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Multiresidue Method for Analysis of β Agonists in Swine Urine by Enzyme Linked Receptor Assay Based on β 2 Adrenergic Receptor Expressed in HEK293 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of multiresidue
macho dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macho dancers
Etymology: From macho + dancer.
Senses: glosses: A male stripper who works in a strip club.
norharman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: norharmans
Etymology: From nor- + harman.
Senses: examples: text: A possible new metabolic pathway was recently demonstrated through oxidation into bioactive compounds such as harman and norharman by heme peroxidases [75 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Acute Biphasic Effects of Ayahuasca”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic heterocycle 9H-pyrido[3,4-B]indole
orbitomeatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orbito- + meatal.
Senses: examples: text: Brain MRI images were obtained parallel to the orbitomeatal line using the following parameters: TR/TE 9000/120 ms, pixel spacing 0.449 mm/0.449 mm, FOV 230×230 mm, and slice thickness 5 mm for fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR); TR/TE 9000/100 ms, pixel spacing 0.240 mm/0.240 mm, FOV 230×230 mm, and slice thickness 5 mm for T2 weighted images (T2); and TR/TE 600/16 ms, pixel spacing 0.449 mm/0.449 mm, FOV 250×250 mm, and slice thickness 5 mm for gradient recalled echo (GRE) imaging.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Relationship between Cerebral Microbleeds and Liver Stiffness Determined by Transient Elastography”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the orbit of the eye and the meatus of the ear
Derived terms: supraorbitomeatal
pentapyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentapyrimidines
Etymology: From penta- + pyrimidine.
Senses: examples: text: The enzyme recognizes a specific pentapyrimidine sequence of 5’-(C/T)CCTT↓-3’ and hydrolyzes the phosphodiester bond at the 3’-end of its recognition site [4 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Alternative Method to Facilitate cDNA Cloning for Expression Studies in Mammalian Cells by Introducing Positive Blue White Selection in Vaccinia Topoisomerase I-Mediated Recombination”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A sequence of five pyrimidines in a nucleic acid
LISA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈliːzə/
Forms: form: LISAs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of lifetime individual savings account
LISA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈliːzə/
Senses: topics: ESA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Laser Interferometer Space Antenna; abbreviation, used in LISA Pathfinder, an ESA space probe that will test technologies needed a gravitational wave observatory.
Hyponyms: eLISA
eLISA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlʌɪzə/
Senses: topics: ESA
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
space-science
glosses: Initialism of evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, a proposed European Space Agency mission designed to detect and accurately measure gravitational waves.
Hypernyms: LISA
AUA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Austrian Airlines, the ICAO code of the flag carrier of Austria and a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group.
AUA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: ask us anything
peramorphosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peramorphoses
Senses: examples: text: It exhibits peramorphosis to a degree unknown in any other caudate, in the case of a few characters even unknown in any other lissamphibian.
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: maturation past adulthood
periaqueduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: periaqueducts
Etymology: From peri- + aqueduct.
Senses: examples: text: Abdominal surgery increased c-Fos in the prelimbic, cingulate and insular cortexes, and autonomic nuclei, such as the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis, central amygdala, hypothalamic supraoptic (SON), paraventricular and arcuate nuclei, Edinger-Westphal nucleus (E-W), lateral periaqueduct gray (PAG), lateral parabrachial nucleus, locus coeruleus, ventrolateral medulla and nucleus tractus solitarius (NTS).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Patterns of Brain Activation and Meal Reduction Induced by Abdominal Surgery in Mice and Modulation by Rikkunshito”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The area surrounding the cerebral aqueduct
Related terms: periaqueductal
pleurodeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurodelines
Senses: examples: text: It is proportionally smaller than in any other pleurodeline, extant or extinct.
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any newt of the subfamily Pleurodelinae.
pleurodelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurodeline
periaqueducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of periaqueduct
pentapyrimidines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentapyrimidine
preatrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preatria
Etymology: From pre- + atrium.
Senses: examples: text: Aedeagus in lateral view with preatrium well developed, almost as long as shaft, shaft slender, tubular, straight, diverging from line of preatrium about 30°, with membranous flanges on dorsal side variable in shape, dorsoatrium absent but with pair of ligaments connecting to anal tube laterally, in ventral view aedeagus shaft and preatrium nearly broadened at atrium, gonopore apical (Figs 4C, 4F–4I, 5A and 5G–5I ).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The region in front of the atrium (in gastropods)
intradenominational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + denominational.
Senses: examples: text: The Evangelical Alliance has exercised an influence over those engaged in controversy, both intradenominational and interdenominational, on controversy within denominations as well as on controversy between denominations.
ref: 1882 December 1, Evangelical Christendom, page 373:
text: Historians, too, have been aware of the transdenominational nature of much religious activity in the United States and of the cross- and intradenominational nature of liberal, conservative, and fundamentalist movements.
ref: 1997, Harry S. Stout, New Directions in American Religious History, page 450:
text: In 1894 the bishops drafted an address that brought to a head several decades of a very complex intradenominational struggle.
ref: 2009, Doug Frank, Less Than Conquerors: The Evangelical Quest for Power in the Early Twentieth Century:
glosses: Within a religious denomination.
Derived terms: intradenominationally
preselectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + selectional.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, although preselectional bias cannot be completely ruled out, functional symmetry differences between keyboard and string players would seem to arise as a result of adaptation to intensive musical training rather than as result of an intrinsic early predisposition [71 ].
ref: 2015 October 1, “Action in Perception: Prominent Visuo-Motor Functional Symmetry in Musicians during Music Listening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Related to preselection
pseudomeiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + meiotic.
Senses: examples: text: One exception is the upregulation of Dmc1 in response to radiation-induced mitotic catastrophe (MC) in human cell lines [48 ] creating a pseudomeiotic state.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Entamoeba histolytica Dmc1 Catalyzes Homologous DNA Pairing and Strand Exchange That Is Stimulated by Calcium and Hop2-Mnd1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to pseudomeiosis
metacysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metacyst
monophenolases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophenolase
depolyploidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depolyploidize
depolyploidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depolyploidize
quarticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quartic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: This is probably due to the fact that the bandwidths, R and h, are chosen independently of some specific properties of the volatility process (e.g., integrated quarticity, integrated volatility of volatility, as in Ref. [27 ]).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Fourier Spot Volatility Estimator: Asymptotic Normality and Efficiency with Liquid and Illiquid High-Frequency Data”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being quartic
salamandrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Of the non-pleurodeline salamandrids, we have retained Salamandrina and the salamandrines Chioglossa and Salamandra; we have excluded the salamandrines Mertensiella (sister-group to Chioglossa [1 ,2 ]), which is poorly known, and Lyciasalamandra, which is very similar to but generally somewhat more paedomorphic than its sister-group Salamandra.
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of salamandrine
scutoscutellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scuto- + scutellar.
Senses: examples: text: Centre of scutellum antero-mesally, caudad of scutoscutellar sulcus and at each side of lateral margins usually with greyish or creamy patches (Fig 3A and 3C ).
ref: 2015 October 1, “Clarification of the Identity of the Tea Green Leafhopper Based on Morphological Comparison between Chinese and Japanese Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the scutum and the scutellum
Derived terms: scutoscutellar suture
biastophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biastophiles
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιαστής (biastḗs, “rape”) + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who has biastophilia.
Synonyms: raptophile
biastophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biastophiliacs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιαστής (biastḗs, “rape”) + -philiac.
Senses: glosses: One who has biastophilia.
biastophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biastophilic
form: most biastophilic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιαστής (biastḗs, “rape”) + -philic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to biastophilia.
seymouriamorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seymouriamorphs
Senses: examples: text: The seymouriamorphs also share with anthracosaurs a palatal structure that, like those of very early tetrapods, is closed—that is to say, it lacks the palatal vacuities of temnospondyls.
ref: 2012, Jennifer A. Clack, Gaining Ground, Second Edition: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods:
glosses: Any of the order †Seymouriamorpha of extinct limbed vertebrates.
mysopeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mysoped
seymouriamorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It resembles the situation in many temnospondyls, in which the jaw joint moves far posteriorly during ontogeny (e.g. [105 ,106 ], as well as other Paleozoic tetrapods like seymouriamorphs, where a similar allometry of lesser extent is found (e.g. [107 ]: figs 7, 8).
ref: 2015 October 1, “An Extremely Peramorphic Newt (Urodela: Salamandridae: Pleurodelini) from the Latest Oligocene of Germany, and a New Phylogenetic Analysis of Extant and Extinct Salamandrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of seymouriamorph
sinusoidals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This approach assumes that BP and MCAv time-series are stationary signals composed of sinusoidals.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Non-Linear Characterisation of Cerebral Pressure-Flow Dynamics in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of sinusoidal
denominationalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denominationalizes
form: denominationalizing
form: denominationalized
form: denominationalized
Etymology: From denominational + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To bring under the influence of a religious denomination.
Derived terms: undenominationalize
subplasmalemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + plasmalemmal.
Senses: examples: text: After fixation and permeabilization, the confocal images show that wild-type NCX1.1 and NCX1.3 are largely present at the plasma membrane compared with phalloidin staining, which illustrated the distribution of F-actin to the subplasmalemmal region.
ref: 2015 October 1, “Calmodulin Interacts with the Sodium/Calcium Exchanger NCX1 to Regulate Activity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Beneath the plasmalemma
plasmalemmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plasmalemma + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the plasmalemma
Derived terms: subplasmalemmal
raptophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin rapere (“to seize”) + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biastophilia.
synonyms: word: biastophilia
Related terms: raptophile
rapeplay
raptophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raptophiles
Etymology: From Latin rapere (“to seize”) + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of biastophile.
synonyms: word: biastophile
ABE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: As the World Cup starts, it is interesting to note the large number of people around the world cheering on ABE to win, including many millions of British.
ref: 2012 June 12, The Chief, “OT: Come on ABE!!”, in alt.talk.royalty (Usenet):
text: 'ABE' T-shirts will sell well north of the border this summer as the World Cup gets underway in Brazil.
ref: 2014, Scott Caladon, Darke Mission, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 507:
ref: 2014 June 4, Gary Johnston, “It's obviously ABE at the World Cup, but who will you support?”, in The Herald:
glosses: Initialism of anyone but England: any team playing a sports match against the England team.
wind-lashed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: windlashed
Senses: glosses: Subject to violent gusts of wind
beamshelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beamshelves
Etymology: From beam + shelf.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The structure that supports each end of a crossbeam
bayrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bayram
basquines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basquine
congos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congo
congoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of congo
chappes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chappe
culturo-scientific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From culturo- + scientific.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining or related to culture and science; cultural and scientific.
Yankee cheese-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yankee cheese-boxes
Senses: examples: text: The old description of her departed predecessor, " a Yankee cheese-box on a raft," will give one a better idea of her external appearance than any chapter which could be written.
ref: 1866, William O. Blake, Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion, volume 2, page 228:
glosses: The USS Monitor, USS Montauk and similar American Civil War-era ironclad ships.
cheese-box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheese-boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheesebox.
Great Rebellion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Great Rebellion
Senses: glosses: The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.
inkhorn terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inkhorn term
matkot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַטְקוֹת (literally “racquets”).
Senses: glosses: An Israeli beach game in which two or more players hit a small ball back and forth using paddles.
jerk someone's chain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jerks someone's chain
form: jerking someone's chain
form: jerked someone's chain
form: jerked someone's chain
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of yank someone's chain.
regional economics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A sub-discipline of economics that examines economic theories and policies particular to specific regions.
applied economics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The application of economic theory and econometrics in specific settings.
familial DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Detectives had focused on Usry after running a familial DNA search, a technique that allows investigators to identify suspects who don't have DNA in a law enforcement database but whose close relatives have had their genetic profiles cataloged.
ref: 2015 October, Brendan I. Koerner, “Family Ties: Your Relatives' DNA Could Turn You Into a Suspect”, in Wired, page 36:
qualifier: forensic science; genealogy; forensic science; genealogy
glosses: The DNA of a family relative.
V-card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: V-cards
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of V card.
go play in the traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: go and play in the traffic
form: go and play in traffic
form: go play in traffic
Senses: examples: text: [H]is father is not a talkative man, so all he ever got was monosyllabic answers speedily followed by an instruction to do the dishes or go play in the traffic.
ref: 2012 July 9, Terry Prone, “That ‘I must be adopted’ belief is more widespread than I thought”, in Irish Examiner, Ireland, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:
text: Suppose the high-skilled worker came into your office and demanded $55 a day. What would be your response? You’d probably tell him to go play in the traffic and hire the three low-skilled workers.
ref: 2013 March 5, Walter E. Williams, “Minimum wage has racist origin”, in Amarillo Globe News, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:
text: Comment by CyndiChainsaW: Yeah your homophobia is ridiculous. You should go play in the traffic.
ref: 2014 June 5, “'Star Trek' Writer Settles Capt. Debate . . . Kirk vs. Picard”, in TMZ, retrieved 07 Dec 2015:
text: “[S]he was pretty rude to me.” Jake has told The News that one member of staff told him to “go and play in the traffic”.
ref: 2014 Nov. 14, "‘I was banned from Tesco... for wearing a onesie’," The News (Portsmouth, England) (retrieved 7 Dec 2015)
qualifier: often rude
glosses: To go elsewhere and feel free to engage in risky behavior; to get lost.
Synonyms: go away
go and play in the traffic
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of go play in the traffic.
chlorobenzaldehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorobenzaldehydes
Etymology: From chloro- + benzaldehyde.
Senses: examples: text: The combination of an aniline with a chlorobenzaldehyde, which are both electron-deficient, led to a further reduction in yield (Fig 9, entries 7–8).
ref: 2015 October 2, “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of 2,5-Diketopiperazines as Inhibitors of the MDM2-p53 Interaction”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any derivative of benzaldehyde in which one or more hydrogen atoms in the ring have been replaced by chlorine
choriogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choriogenins
Etymology: From chorio- + -genin.
Senses: examples: text: Among these six tissues, the intestine showed the highest space response with 10 genes categorized as oxidation–reduction processes (gene ontogeny term GO:0055114), and the expression levels of choriogenin precursor genes were suppressed in the ovary.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Histological and Transcriptomic Analysis of Adult Japanese Medaka Sampled Onboard the International Space Station”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins that are precursors to the formation of the chorion of an egg
claded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: We found that Anthomyiidae was claded in Calliphoridae in the Oestroidea.
ref: 2015 October 2, “The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Delia antiqua and Its Implications in Dipteran Phylogenetics”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of clade
depensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To do so, the Allee effect intensity (i.e., the number of spawners that effectively participate in reproduction) is modelled as a function of the river basin watershed area wa j through the parameters η and θ (Table 1 ) with depensation intensity positively correlated to parameter η and negatively correlated to parameter θ.
ref: 2015 October 2, “The Combined Use of Correlative and Mechanistic Species Distribution Models Benefits Low Conservation Status Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A decrease in the breeding population and thus of offspring
gentisate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentisates
Etymology: From gentisic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: Seventy-three oxygenases/hydroxylases amongst the 134 annotated genes are predicted to catalyze the oxidation of organic compounds with industrial and environmental relevance, such as linear alkanes, cyclic ketones, aromatic compounds (e.g., benzoate, catechol, gentisate, salicylate), aminopolycarboxylic acids, nitroalkanes, and phenylalkanoic acids.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Genome and Phenotype Microarray Analyses of Rhodococcus sp. BCP1 and Rhodococcus opacus R7: Genetic Determinants and Metabolic Abilities with Environmental Relevance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid)
hypersignal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypersignals
Etymology: From hyper- + signal.
Senses: examples: text: On the contrary, on standard bSSFP images, tumors can exhibit similar hypersignal than fat that could be misleading for diagnosis (Fig 3E and 3F ).
ref: 2015 October 2, “Water Selective Imaging and bSSFP Banding Artifact Correction in Humans and Small Animals at 3T and 7T, Respectively”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An abnormally large signal
Related terms: hyposignal