cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lead by example
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leads by example
form: leading by example
form: led by example
form: led by example
Senses: examples: text: Ferry said he tries to “lead by example” and advises customers to treat the bones “with the utmost respect,” but JonsBones does not have control over what people do with the bones once they leave the showroom in New York.
ref: 2021 October 10, Caroline Anders, “A TikTok bone salesman’s wall of spines reignites ethical debate over selling human remains”, in The Washington Post:
text: He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like Network Rail - to lead by example".
ref: 2023 August 9, “Network News: Network Rail under fire for spending thousands of pounds on flights”, in RAIL, number 989, page 15:
glosses: To show the way or demonstrate a technique to individuals or a group by going ahead or doing something before the others.
pseudogyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudogynes
Etymology: From pseudo- + gyne.
Senses: glosses: An agamic or asexual female of certain insect species, such as plant-lice, that reproduce by parthenogenesis.
glosses: An ant with the thorax of a female and the abdomen and size of a worker.
pseudogynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudogyne
feels over reals
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: feels before reals
Etymology: Likely influenced by the pattern (of rhyme, meter, and syntax) that bros before hoes and similar phrases follow.
Senses: glosses: A preference for one's feelings or beliefs over the reality that they contradict.
frankenvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frankenviruses
Etymology: From franken- + virus.
Senses: glosses: a dormant virus revived by scientists
glosses: a type of virus created by scientists by combining parts of other viruses or organisms
hamabiwalactone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The quantification of hamabiwalactone A and B in the LJFE was performed using the external standard method, and pure hamabiwalactone A and B were used as the standard stock solutions (12.5, 25, 50, 100, and 200 μg/mL) [16 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “Anti-Osteoarthritic Effects of the Litsea japonica Fruit in a Rat Model of Osteoarthritis Induced by Monosodium Iodoacetate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of substituted furanones (such as (2S)-4-[(1E)-dodeca-1,11-dienyl]-2-methyl-2H-furan-5-one) that inhibit hemolysis
hematotesticular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemato- + testicular.
Senses: examples: text: DEHP orally administered to dams should cross various biological barriers before reaching fetuses gonads (including digestive tract of the dams, blood maternal circulation, placental barrier, blood embryonic circulation, embryo hematotesticular barrier) leading us to use a high dose (more typical to a toxicological risk assessment study) for this first ‘‘proof of concept” study.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Prenatal Exposure to DEHP Affects Spermatogenesis and Sperm DNA Methylation in a Strain-Dependent Manner”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or connecting blood vessels and the seminiferous tubules of the testes
hemofilter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemofilters
Etymology: From hemo- + filter.
Senses: examples: text: In a post hoc analysis there was no difference between controls with calcium levels .04., suggesting that calcium level alone in the hemofilter is not a sufficient condition for a survival advantage (S9 Fig ) (log-rank p-value = 0.85).
ref: 2015 August 6, “A Multi-Center, Randomized, Controlled, Pivotal Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of a Selective Cytopheretic Device in Patients with Acute Kidney Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The apparatus used in hemofiltration
hirulog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The exosite-binding region of hirudin has been combined with a substrate-like cleavage region to form hirulog, a potential therapeutic anticoagulant [7 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of a Novel Tick-Derived Inhibitor of Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of bivalirudin.
synonyms: word: bivalirudin
histocultured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: In the present study, isolated whisker follicles from nestin-driven green fluorescent protein (ND-GFP) mice were histocultured on Gelfoam for 3 weeks for the purpose of transplantation to the spinal cord to heal an induced injury.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Long-Term Extensive Ectopic Hair Growth on the Spinal Cord of Mice from Transplanted Whisker Follicles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of histoculture
hyalomin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalomins
Etymology: Hyalomma + -in
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of immunoregulatory peptides obtained from the salivary glands of hard ticks of the genus Hyalomma
hyalomins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The madanins have an extended N-terminal region compared with peptides from the other genera while the hyalomins and the D.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of a Novel Tick-Derived Inhibitor of Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of hyalomin
interphasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interphase + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Following shift of the cultures to 36°C, the majority of nuc2 + cells remained in interphase for three hours, as judged by the continued presence of interphasic microtubules and the absence of a spindle […]
ref: 2015 August 6, “An Extended, Boolean Model of the Septation Initiation Network in S . Pombe Provides Insights into Its Regulation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to an interphase
intracoelomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + coelomatic.
Senses: examples: text: The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) of the University of Florida and the tortoise was humanely euthanized with an overdose of sodium pentobarbital performed by intracoelomatic injection [34 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: intracoelomic
Jeffersonianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Jeffersonian + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The political principles of Thomas Jefferson.
intramountain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + mountain.
Senses: examples: text: These models have been useful to quantitatively understand the processes leading to the tectonic defeat of antecedent rivers [76 ], [77 ] and the formation of intramountain basins [60 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “Topographic Evolution and Climate Aridification during Continental Collision: Insights from Computer Simulations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: As part of a mountain
lymphadenectasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphadenectases
Senses: examples: text: A cow was considered to be positive in BTB (case), if it yielded positive results in one or both tests, and showed up symptoms for emaciation, cough, dyspnea, and lymphadenectasis, while it was considered negative only if it yielded negative results in both tests and without clinical symptoms.
ref: 2015 August 6, “CARD15 Gene Polymorphisms Are Associated with Tuberculosis Susceptibility in Chinese Holstein Cows”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: dilatation of a lymph node
macrosculpture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosculptures
Etymology: From macro- + sculpture.
Senses: examples: text: Carapace poorly emarginated anteriorly and carinae macrosculpture inconspicuous.
ref: 2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relatively large sculpture (on the surface of a shell)
macroseta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosetae
Etymology: From macro- + seta.
Senses: glosses: A relatively long hair or bristle
macrosetae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Vesicle elongated, globose, oval-shaped, slightly granulose, with long macrosetae.
ref: 2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of macroseta
melanolysosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melanolysosomes
Etymology: From melano- + lysosome.
Senses: glosses: A dark-coloured lysosome.
melanolysosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, our TEM examination revealed an abundant accumulation of melanolysosomes, especially type 2 lysosomes (Fig 7B and 7I vs. 7A ) and loss of truncation of basal infoldings (Fig 7D vs. 7C ) in RPE cells.
ref: 2015 August 6, “αvβ5 Integrin/FAK/PGC-1α Pathway Confers Protective Effects on Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of melanolysosome
sends down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of send down
sending down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of send down
dial up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dials up
form: dialing up
form: dialling up
form: dialed up
form: dialed up
form: dialled up
form: dialled up
Senses: glosses: To telephone, to call on the telephone.
glosses: To connect a computer to a modem.
examples: text: These comments are guaranteed to dial up the animosity.
text: Think Bernie Sanders versus Kamala Harris, but dialled up to France where revolution is part of the national psyche.
ref: 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: To increase the level (of something) by turning a dial, or (figuratively) as if by turning a dial.
dial into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dials into
form: dialing into
form: dialling into
form: dialed into
form: dialed into
form: dialled into
form: dialled into
Senses: examples: text: Zelensky has dialed into the World Economic Forum in Davos and the NATO summit in Madrid. He has granted interviews to talk-show hosts and journalists and held live chats with students at Stanford, Harvard, and Yale.
ref: December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time:
glosses: Alternative form of dial in to.
goof on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goofs on
form: goofing on
form: goofed on
form: goofed on
Senses: examples: text: The students were goofing on the food safety training, pretending to eat off the floor, to shortchange their handwashing, and so on.
glosses: To mildly mock, tease, make fun of; usually implying good-natured fun more than biting sarcasm.
Related terms: goofiness
goof off
hutch up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hutches up
form: hutching up
form: hutched up
form: hutched up
Senses: glosses: To move slightly (sideways), in order to make room for someone; for example to move in a bed to make room for someone else to lie on, or to move sideways on a seat so as to allow someone room to sit and share that same seat.
glosses: To share a house or flat with another person, especially due to high rents.
glosses: To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to be integrated or accepted; compare ‘butch’.
wage-worthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wage-worthy
form: most wage-worthy
form: wageworthy
Etymology: From wage + -worthy.
Senses: examples: text: They are doing a wage-worthy work but they are not paid for it. Instead the fathers think their duty is done when they give to the daughters as a benevolence what they, the fathers, think the daughters should have for their needs and pleasures.
ref: 1915, Martha Foote Crow, The American Country Girl:
text: Waring (1988) gives a funny example of how men's activities are seen as the use of valuable time and hence are wage-worthy, while women's activities are seen as something they ought to do out of the goodness of their hearts, without time [...]
ref: 2005, Drude von der Fehr, Anna Jonasdottir, Bente Rosenbeck, Is There A Nordic Feminism?:
text: [...] which produces the wages that, according to Ridout, were elicited by 'spontaneity' in the modern theatre. Recognising, thanks to Roach, that the wageworthy skill of any actor in any historical period is defined by a complex matrix of social, [...]
ref: 2011, John Matthews, Training for Performance: A meta-disciplinary account:
glosses: Worthy of receiving wages; deserving (of) pay.
cowboy up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cowboys up
form: cowboying up
form: cowboyed up
form: cowboyed up
Senses: examples: text: COWBOY UP!! Be a man, son. Walk it off, says the coach.
ref: 2004, Mary Ann Van Osdell, Hands Pointed Up, →ISBN, page 61:
text: “Cowboy up!”, your excuses are gettin thin!
ref: 2012, Mel Leslie, A Cowboy's Journey Through My Eyes: A Book of Poems, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Now they think we can't cowboy up, but we could show'em a thang or three.
ref: 2014, Sam Welch, What's Your Problem, Cowboy?, →ISBN:
text: It's past time to cowboy up and do what's right, even if it means accepting the stigma involved in visibly and vocally standing up for good people like Paco and Lupe.
ref: 2018 August 5, “Writers on the Range: To survive we need immigrants working the land”, in The Durango Herald:
text: Men in rural America are taught to "cowboy up" and not speak of depression.
ref: August 24, 2018, “A Suicide on the Farm”, in CNN:
glosses: To deal with hardship with toughness and without complaining; man up.
glosses: To put on a more heterosexual manner, in order to fit in.
scuzz up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scuzzes up
form: scuzzing up
form: scuzzed up
form: scuzzed up
Senses: glosses: to ruin
glosses: to become ruined
cut through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cuts through
form: cutting through
form: cut through
form: cut through
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, through.
examples: text: Can we cut through the bureaucracy and make a decision on the spot?
glosses: To dispense with or quickly deal with (an issue that is seen as an obstruction or waste of time).
examples: text: I usually cut through the woods to get home, but last night it was too dark.
synonyms: cut across
glosses: To take a shortcut through.
examples: text: […] making the case that you cannot understand the climate crisis without understanding that there is an arch from slavery to colonialism and imperialism to the climate crisis … Now we are seeing those arguments cut through.
ref: 2021 December 27, Matthew Taylor, quoting Asad Rehman, “Asad Rehman on climate justice: ‘Now we are seeing these arguments cut through’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To reach (an audience etc.).
Related terms: Gordian knot
cup tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup ties
form: cup match
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A match in a cup competition
Related terms: cup-tied
dampen down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dampens down
form: dampening down
form: dampened down
form: dampened down
Senses: glosses: to reduce the intensity of (a fire)
glosses: to reduce the intensity of (an emotion or problem)
dampen off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dampens off
form: dampening off
form: dampened off
form: dampened off
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To become damp, especially too damp for an intended agricultural purpose.
cubbyhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubbyhouses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cubby house.
cup holder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cup holders
Senses: examples: text: [...] RSSB found that armrests and flip-down tables were valued more than cup holders or storage pockets.
ref: 2021 July 14, Anthony Lambert, “Grand designs on superior interiors”, in RAIL, number 935, page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of cupholder.
adrenaline sport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenaline sports
Senses: glosses: extreme sport
Elizabeth Tower
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Elizabeth Tower
Etymology: The name was officially given in 2012 to honour Queen Elizabeth II in her diamond jubilee.
Senses: glosses: The clock tower at the north end of the Palace of Westminster, London.
wikipedia: Elizabeth II
Synonyms: Big Ben
Clock Tower
St Stephen's Tower
Duke of Edinburgh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dukes of Edinburgh
Senses: examples: text: And further We Will, and by these Presents, for Us, Our Heirs and Successors, do give and grant unto the said Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, and his Heirs Male aforesaid, that he and his Heirs Male aforesaid, and every of them successively, may bear and have the Name, Style, Title, State, Degree, Dignity, and Honor of Duke of Edinburgh, and that they and ever of them successively may be called and styled by the Name of Duke of Edinburgh, and that he the said Prince Alfred Ernest Albert and his Heirs Male aforesaid, and every of them successively, may be held and deemed Dukes of Edinburgh, […]
ref: 1866 June 8, Journals of the House of Lords Beginning Anno Vicesimo Nono Victoriæ, 1866, volume XCVIII, London: […] George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, […], →OCLC, page 383, column 1:
glosses: A title given to a member of the British royal family, most recently to Prince Edward, the youngest child of Queen Elizabeth II.
Derived terms: Duke of Edinburgh's Award
DofE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdiːəvˈiː/
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Duke of Edinburgh's Award.
faith-healers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faith-healer
whiteishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From whiteish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whitishness.
triple-header
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple-headers
form: tripleheader
form: triple header
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Three games played one after another between the same teams.
glosses: Three sporting events, one after the other, at a single venue.
glosses: Three sporting events, one after the other, broadcast on the same television channel.
examples: text: Rabbi Feller, who performs 80 to 100 each year, remembers a June 2007 tripleheader when she officiated at morning and early afternoon ceremonies on the East Side, followed by another at the Central Park Boathouse.
ref: 2009 February 8, John Harney, “‘You May Now Kiss the Bride...Next’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Three similar events of any kind performed on the same day.
back-to-back-to-back
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbæk.təˈbæk.təˈbæk/
Etymology: Extension of back-to-back.
Senses: glosses: sequential or consecutive, in the case of exactly three events.
green crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green crops
Senses: examples: text: After opening from pasture, two crops of oats; one of any green crop, as peas or beans in broad cast, or potatoes or turnips in drills, all with sufficient dunging; one of barley in broad cast, sown down with rye-grass and clover seeds ; two in hay, and four in pasture. This rotation is completed in ten years. Many leave out the green crop, which reduces the rotation to nine years.
ref: 1794 Bryce Johnson General View of the Agriculture of the County of Dumfries (London: T. Wright) pp.20-21
text: 22. Green Crops—are such as continue green while ripening their seed, or till taken off the ground; such as peas, beans, cabbage, carrots, turneps [sic], &c.
ref: 1837 August 15, “Explanation of Terms”, in The Farmers' Cabinet, Philadelphia, Vol.II No.2 p.26:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A vegetable crop, as opposed to a cereal crop; a crop which has green leaves when harvested
white crop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white crops
Senses: examples: text: 22. White Crops—are such as become bleached, or turn white and dry while ripening their seed; such are all the various kinds of grain.
ref: 1837 August 15, “Explanation of Terms”, in The Farmers' Cabinet, Philadelphia, Vol.II No.2 p.26:
text: Commencing, say, with potatoes, the small farmer will afterwards grow two or three white crops in succession, and get in addition a catch-crop of turnips after rye (invariably), sometimes sowing carrots in wheat or flax.
ref: 1870 Augustus Voelcker and H.M. Jenkins, "Report on the Agriculture of Belgium" in The Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England 2nd Ser. Vol.6 p.18
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A cereal crop; a crop which turns from green to white or yellow as it ripens
Agassi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.ɡə.si/
Forms: form: Agassis
Etymology: Adaptation of Armenian Աղասի (Aġasi).
Senses: examples: text: Andre Agassi
glosses: A surname from Armenian, Persian, Turkish, or Assyrian Neo-Aramaic.
Nalbandyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nalbandyans
form: Nalbandian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Նալբանդյան (Nalbandyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Nalbandian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nalbandians
Etymology: Variant of Nalbandyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
metro stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metro station
Tankyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tankian
Etymology: From Armenian Թանկյան (Tʻankyan), Թանգյան (Tʻangyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Tankian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Serj Tankian
glosses: Alternative form of Tankyan.
Malakyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Malakian
Etymology: From Armenian Մալաքյան (Malakʻyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Dolmayan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dolmayans
form: Dolmaian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Դոլմայան (Dolmayan).
Senses: examples: text: John Dolmayan
glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Odadjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Odadjians
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Օդաջյան (Ōdaǰyan).
Senses: examples: text: Shavo Odadjian
glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Malakian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Daron Malakian
glosses: Alternative form of Malakyan.
Aznavour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæznəvʊə/
ipa: /ˌɑːznəˈvʊɚ/
Etymology: From French Aznavour, an adaptation of Armenian Ազնավուրյան (Aznavuryan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from French [in turn from Armenian].
Related terms: Aznavourian
Devejyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devejyans
form: Devedjian
form: Devedzhyan
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Դևեջյան (Deweǰyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
console steel guitar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: console steel guitars
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of large electric lap steel guitar, usually with two necks and seven or eight strings.
Derived terms: console steel guitarist
console steel guitars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of console steel guitar
Devedjian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Devedjians
Etymology: Variant of Devejyan, via French.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
console steel guitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: console steel guitarists
Etymology: From console steel guitar + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the console steel guitar.
console steel guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of console steel guitarist
steel guitarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel guitarists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the steel guitar.
Derived terms: console steel guitarist
lap steel guitarist
pedal steel guitarist
table steel guitarist
steel guitarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel guitarist
diddley bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪd(ə)li ˈbəʊ/
Forms: form: diddley bows
form: bow diddley
form: diddley-bow
form: didley bow
form: diddly bow
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A one-stringed instrument (monochord) that consists of a wire string attached to something solid like the side of a house, and played with a piece of metal or glass, originating in the African American traditional music of Mississippi in the United States.
Synonyms: jitterbug
Derived terms: diddley bower
diddley bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diddley bow
diddley-bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diddley-bows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diddley bow.
diddley-bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diddley-bow
diddley bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diddley bowers
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Someone who plays the diddley bow.
diddley bowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diddley bower
domra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domras
Etymology: From Russian домра (domra).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A round-bodied lute of East Slavic origin with either three or four strings.
domras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of domra
dotarist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dotarists
Etymology: From dotara + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the dotara.
dotarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dotarist
musitians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musitian
dramyin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dramyins
form: dranyen
Etymology: From Tibetan སྒྲ་སྙན (sgra snyan).
Senses: glosses: A traditional unfretted long-necked plucked lute used in the Himalayan region
dramyins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dramyin
dranyen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dranyens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dramyin.
dranyens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dranyen
oleosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleosomes
Etymology: From oleo- + -some.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of spherosome.
synonyms: word: spherosome
hammered dulcimerist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hammered dulcimerists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays the hammered dulcimer.
hammered dulcimerists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammered dulcimerist
multiseptated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + septated.
Senses: examples: text: Failure to turn off SIN signaling produces multiseptated cells that remain uncleaved and contain one or two nuclei [7 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “An Extended, Boolean Model of the Septation Initiation Network in S . Pombe Provides Insights into Its Regulation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: divided by multiple septa
hammered dulcimers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hammered dulcimer
nanotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotherapeutics
Etymology: From nano- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: A therapeutic agent composed of nanoparticles.
nanotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to nanotherapy.
nanotherapeutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Several expected advantages of this approach were reported [3, 44 –46 ]: 1) the drug does not need to accumulate via the enhanced permeability and retention effect, instead it was released in the tumor vasculature and accumulates in part in endothelial cells; 2) depending on the size of the region of release and the time of activation, accumulation can be far greater than typical cancer nanotherapeutics and 3) the released drug can be rapidly internalized.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Spatial and Temporal Control of Hyperthermia Using Real Time Ultrasonic Thermal Strain Imaging with Motion Compensation, Phantom Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of nanotherapeutic
banjo mandolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banjo mandolins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of banjo-mandolin.
banjo mandolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banjo mandolin
neuroforamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪmən
Forms: form: neuroforamina
Etymology: From neuro- + foramen.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of spaces each side of a vertebra that allows nerves to pass from the spinal cord to other parts of the body
Related terms: neuroforaminal
neuroforamina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The peripheral cervical nerves are visible inside the neuroforamina.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Checklist and Scoring System for the Assessment of Soft Tissue Preservation in CT Examinations of Human Mummies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of neuroforamen
cock rockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock rocker
drifted apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of drift apart
orthobothriotaxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From orthobothriotaxy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Trichobothrial pattern Type A, α configuration, probably orthobothriotaxic, partially visible.
ref: 2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to orthobothriotaxy.
looking forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look forward
made off with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make off with
aortomesenteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aorto- + mesenteric.
Senses: examples: text: On sagittal reconstruction of the CT images, a narrowed aortomesenteric distance and angle can be easily depicted, substantiating the diagnosis.
ref: 2015 August 12, M. Ezzedien Rabie et al., “Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome: Clinical and Radiological Considerations”, in Surgery Research and Practice, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the aorta and the mesentery.
biomodified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + modified.
Senses: glosses: Having undergone biomodification.
tenor saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenor saxophone
perivasculitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From peri- + vasculo- + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, meningitis was seen in two out of the three tortoises infected with TeHV3 genogroup B. Vasculitis and/or perivasculitis were observed in two out of three individuals infected with the TeHV3 genogroup B. The tortoise infected with the bona fide recombinant TeHV3 strain had inclusions in the tongue and developed pneumonia.
ref: 2015 August 6, “A Genomic Approach to Unravel Host-Pathogen Interaction in Chelonians: The Example of Testudinid Herpesvirus 3”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the perivascular sheath
polaroplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polaroplasts
Etymology: From polar + -o- + -plast.
Senses: examples: text: The polaroplast is a laminated structure, originating possibly by transformation of endoplasmic reticulum; the polar cap forms its apical part.
ref: 1967 February, Jiri Lom, “Ultrastructural Observations on the Development of the Microsporidian Protozoon Plistophora hyphessobryconis Schaperclaus”, in The Journal of Protozoology, volume 14, number 1, page 141:
text: The polaroplast consisted of a region of closely and loosely packed series of membranes (Fig 4D and 4E).
ref: 2015 August 6, “Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An organelle, in microsporidians, that swells with water, and exerts pressure to rupture the polar cap and evert the polar tube through which the sporoplasm escapes to infect the host.
subpulmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + pulmonic.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the lung.
Kerley line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kerley lines
Etymology: Named after Peter Kerley (1900–1979), Irish radiologist.
Senses: glosses: A sign seen on chest radiographs with interstitial pulmonary edema. They are thin linear pulmonary opacities caused by fluid or cellular infiltration into the interstitium of the lungs.
wikipedia: Peter Kerley
Hyponyms: Kerley A line
Kerley B line
Kerley C line
Kerley lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kerley line
postcardiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + cardiac.
Senses: examples: text: The control groups generally comprised patients with malignancy, tuberculosis, parapneumonic effusion, pulmonary embolism, hepatic hydrothorax, postcardiac injury syndrome, collagen disease, and other conditions.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Diagnostic Accuracy of Natriuretic Peptides for Heart Failure in Patients with Pleural Effusion: A Systematic Review and Updated Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Following cardiac injury or disease
took off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take off
postfilter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: postfilters
form: postfiltering
form: postfiltered
form: postfiltered
Etymology: From post- + filter.
Senses: glosses: To filter after some other process.
electrodesiccations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrodesiccation
postfiltered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: This leads to a spectral shift as emission light is postfiltered by excitation of the fluorophore.
ref: 2015 August 6, “eSIP: A Novel Solution-Based Sectioned Image Property Approach for Microscope Calibration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of postfilter
preneoplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preneoplasias
Etymology: From pre- + neoplasia.
Senses: examples: text: These precancerous and fully tumorigenic models provide an ideal system to study the role of NRs in lung cancer pathogenesis including preneoplasia and tumor formation.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Nuclear Receptor Expression and Function in Human Lung Cancer Pathogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The state of being preneoplastic
thinks over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of think over
progastrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pro- + gastrin.
Senses: examples: text: Gastrin analysis was performed by radioimmunoassay using antibody L2, which reacts with G17 and G34, but not progastrin or gly-gastrins as previously described [32 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “Helicobacter pylori, HIV and Gastric Hypochlorhydria in the Malawian Population”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The inactive precursor of gastrin
one-man bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one-man band
pronotums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These beetles also have sexually dimorphic pronotums, with the top of the male pronotum extended forwards above the head (see figure A in S1 File ).
ref: 2015 August 6, “Building a Beetle: How Larval Environment Leads to Adult Performance in a Horned Beetle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of pronotum
glomerulomegaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glomerule + -o- + -megaly.
Senses: examples: text: Hyperviscosity due to polycythemia may induce an angiogenic increase in the glomerular capillary beds, in turn leading to glomerulomegaly.
ref: 2015 August 3, Pépé Mfutu Ekulu et al., “Nephrotic Syndrome in a Child Suffering from Tetralogy of Fallot: A Rare Association”, in Case Reports in Pediatrics, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of excessively large glomerules.
glycyrrhizate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycyrrhizates
Etymology: From glycyrrhizic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of glycyrrhizic acid.
glycyrrhizates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycyrrhizate
street musicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of street musician
prolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From pro- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: Leg tibial spur absent, prolateral pedal spur reduced, retrolateral pedal spur moderate.
ref: 2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Projecting from a forward-facing side
support acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of support act
Thingstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Thingsteads
form: thingstead
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English þingstede, equivalent to Thing + stead (“place, site, location”). Compare Old High German dingstat, Old Norse þingstaðr and Danish tingsted.
Senses: qualifier: Anglo-Saxon
glosses: A place where a Thing (governing meeting or assembly) was held; forum
hyperextensibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + extensibility.
Senses: examples: text: Patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) typically have hyperextensibility of joints and collagenous tissues […]
ref: 2015 August 12, John G. Skedros et al., “Complex Scapular Winging following Total Shoulder Arthroplasty in a Patient with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome”, in Case Reports in Orthopedics, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being hyperextensible.
Thingsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Thingstead
thingstead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thingsteads
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Thingstead.
pseudosylvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + Sylvian.
Senses: examples: text: The pseudosylvian sulcus is weakly present, and it is located just above the temporal fossa.
ref: 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing an extension of the lateral sulcus on each hemisphere of the brain
one man band
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one man bands
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one-man band.
one man bands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one man band
pyrroloquinoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyrroloquinolines
Etymology: From pyrrole + -o- + quinoline.
Senses: examples: text: These include pyrroloquinoline quinone [45 ], AMP-activated protein kinase activators such as 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide [46 ], and adiponectin receptor agonists [47 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “αvβ5 Integrin/FAK/PGC-1α Pathway Confers Protective Effects on Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of compounds containing a pyrrole ring fused to the benzene ring of a quinoline
ictogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Findings achieved so far for these seizure networks are quite intriguing, given the similarity of their topological evolution across different types of epilepsies, seizures, medication, age, gender, and other clinical features, which might point to a common biophysical mechanism underlying ictogenesis.
ref: 2015 August 20, Christian Geier, Klaus Lehnertz, Stephan Bialonski, “Time-dependent degree-degree correlations in epileptic brain networks: from assortative to dissortative mixing”, in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The generation of a seizure
Related terms: proictogenic
legumain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: legumains
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of proteins and small-molecule substrates at -Asn-Xaa- bonds.
recalcified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From re- + calcified.
Senses: examples: text: In a manner consistent with these observations, the coagulation time of recalcified human plasma in the APTT and PT assays was prolonged by 3.4 and 3.5-fold, respectively, at a concentration of 2 μM hyalomin-1 when compared to untreated controls (Fig 2B ).
ref: 2015 August 6, “Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of a Novel Tick-Derived Inhibitor of Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Modified by recalcification.
recalcified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From re- + calcified.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recalcify
megaduodenum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mega- + duodenum.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abnormally large size of the duodenum.
retinovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From retino- + vascular.
Senses: examples: text: HIV retinae also have increased macular retinal thickness that may be caused by inner retinal edema secondary to retinovascular disease in HIV. The interaction of photoreceptors with the aging RPE, as well as possible low-grade ocular inflammation causing diffuse inner retinal edema, may be the key to the progressive vision changes in HIV-positive patients without overt retinitis.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Retinal Thickening and Photoreceptor Loss in HIV Eyes without Retinitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the blood vessels of the retina
meniscometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From menisco- + -metry.
Senses: examples: text: It is also possible that this led to improved strip meniscometry measurements of the volume of pooled tears in the tear meniscus.
ref: 2015 August 11, Masako Okura et al., “New Eye Cleansing Product Improves Makeup-Related Ocular Problems”, in Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: measurement of the meniscus
metamemory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + memory.
Senses: examples: text: These results indicate that metamemory judgments should not be thought of as distinct subjective experiences in time but as an evolving awareness that incorporates the past metamnemonic judgments with new information into a dynamic model of memory.
ref: 2015 August 18, Elizabeth F. Chua, Lisa A. Solinger, “Building metamemorial knowledge over time: insights from eye tracking about the bases of feeling-of-knowing and confidence judgments”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: A type of metacognition, encompassing both the introspective knowledge of one's own memory capabilities (and strategies that can aid memory) and the processes involved in memory self-monitoring.
Related terms: metamnemonic
sirtinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The present results also showed elevated intracellular Aβ1–42 levels were markedly inhibited by cilostazol and that this inhibition was blocked by KT5720 and sirtinol, indicating that cAMP-dependent protein kinase and SIRT1 underlie the action mechanism of cilostazol, as has been previously reported by Lee et al.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Cilostazol Upregulates Autophagy via SIRT1 Activation: Reducing Amyloid-β Peptide and APP-CTFβ Levels in Neuronal Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The substituted benzamide 2-[(2-hydroxynaphthalen-1-ylmethylene)amino]-N-(1-phenethyl)benzamide, that is biochemically active
midsouth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + south.
Senses: examples: text: The study site is located in the midsouth portion of the Tibetan Plateau in the grassland station of Damxung County […]
ref: 2015 August 12, Ning Zong et al., “Nutrient Enrichment Mediates the Relationships of Soil Microbial Respiration with Climatic Factors in an Alpine Meadow”, in The Scientific World Journal, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of the southern part.
sporophorocyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sporophorocysts
Senses: examples: text: The characteristic feature of the genus Heterosporis is the presence of a dense solid wall sporophorocyst, which encloses all developmental stages (meronts, sporonts, sporophorous vesicles with sporoblasts, and spores) of the parasite as observed under an electron microscope.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Description of the Microsporidian Parasite, Heterosporis sutherlandae n. sp., Infecting Fish in the Great Lakes Region, USA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A vesicle, in microsporidians, that contain sporoblasts and spores.
neurorobotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + robotics.
Senses: examples: text: In a neural or neurorobotics context, we can see this as a rudimentary model for a trainable network interacting with an untrained dynamical system, such as another brain area or a physical body, e.g., the partially embodied control of a robot arm with a neural network.
ref: 2015 August 17, Jeroen Burms, Ken Caluwaerts, Joni Dambre, “Reward-Modulated Hebbian Plasticity as Leverage for Partially Embodied Control in Compliant Robotics”, in Frontiers in Neurorobotics, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: The science and technology of embodied autonomous neural systems.
neurorobotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + robotic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neurorobotics.
sternomastoideus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sternomastoidei
Senses: examples: text: Its lateral surface for the origins of the sternomastoideus and cleidomastoideus muscles is smooth probably because of the young age of the holotype individual.
ref: 2015 August 6, “A New Late Miocene Odobenid (Mammalia: Carnivora) from Hokkaido, Japan Suggests Rapid Diversification of Basal Miocene Odobenids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The sternomastoid muscle.
neuroinformatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + informatic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to neuroinformatics.
chanzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chanzis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chanzy.
chanzis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chanzi
tyanzi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tyanzis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chanzy.
tyanzis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tyanzi
subaculear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + aculear.
Senses: examples: text: It shares the presence of fulcra and strong, spiniform subaculear tubercle [23 ][50 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, “New Fossil Scorpion from the Chiapas Amber Lagerstätte”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Underneath the stinger of an insect
nonparetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paretic.
Senses: glosses: Not paretic.
nonocclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + occlusive.
Senses: examples: text: There was also a nonocclusive thrombus in the portal vein, a mildly prominent right infrahilar lymph node measuring 1 cm, and bilateral renal cysts.
ref: 2015 August 12, Sreenath Narayan, Ashwini Nayak, Chris L. King, “Inflammatory Pseudotumor of the Liver with Escherichia coli in the Sputum”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not occlusive.