cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overnumerousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ō'vərnyo͞oʹmərəsnəs
ipa: /ˌəʊvəˈnjuːməɹəsnəs/
enpr: ō'vərno͞oʹmərəsnəs
ipa: /ˌoʊvɚˈnuməɹəsnəs/
Etymology: First attested in 1890; formed as overnumerous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The city has now only three small newspapers, which are not abreast with its general progress or that of the State, chiefly because they do not receive sufficient patronage, owing to the overnumerousness of the negro population.
ref: 1890, Ellery Sedgwick (editor), Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly XXIX, page 347
text: His family name is as long as the word overnumerousness and derives from a songless Latin word referring to one of the countless human virtues.
ref: 2007, Michael C. Finke, Julie W. De Sherbinin, editors, Chekhov the Immigrant, page 46:
text: Moss as “Word”: What do you call Negative One, sitting alone, in an empty room? […] Overnumerousness!
ref: 2010 July 2nd, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd IV:ii: “The Final Countdown”, 20:55–21:06
glosses: The quality or condition of being too numerous.
overnumerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overnumerous
form: most overnumerous
Etymology: From over- + numerous.
Senses: examples: text: On some websites, advertisements are overnumerous.
glosses: Too numerous.
Derived terms: overnumerousness
supernumerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supernumerous
form: most supernumerous
Etymology: From super- + numerous.
Senses: examples: text: Some vvill vvonder, that Empſon and Dudley (the Royal Promoters then in prime) did not catch him [Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden] by the Collar, or pick an hole in his Govvn, upon the breach of ſome ruſty ſumptuary Statute; the rather, becauſe lately the Earl of Oxford vvas heavily fined for ſupernumerous attendance.
ref: a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Northampton-shire”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 298:
glosses: Being one of too many; redundant.
unnumerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnumerous
form: most unnumerous
Etymology: From un- + numerous.
Senses: glosses: Not numerous; few in number.
professoriates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of professoriate
Very light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛɹi lʌɪt/
Forms: form: Very lights
Etymology: Named after Edward W Very, a 19th-century US naval officer.
Senses: examples: text: Flares exploded, Very lights went up, even tracer, and as Jim raced the Fiat down the track he had the impression of leaving a military tattoo at its climax.
ref: 1974, John Le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Folio Society, published 2009, pages 266–7:
glosses: A type of pyrotechnic flare used as a signal or temporary illumination.
Hypernyms: light
Related terms: Very pistol
Very lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Very light
actability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actabilities
Etymology: From act + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being actable
codetermination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-determination
Etymology: From co- + determination.
Senses: glosses: cooperation between management and workers in making policy
conductus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conducti
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A medieval song, normally with a sacred text, often sung in Latin.
denturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denturists
Etymology: From denture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes and fits dentures.
emanative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more emanative
form: most emanative
Etymology: From emanate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: That emanates, or causes emanation
Derived terms: emanatively
emanator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emanators
Etymology: From emanate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A person who, or thing that, emanates
fairish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fairishes
Etymology: From fair + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Next day, Kathy took the potato her mother gave her, and gnawing it all to the heart, she set out upon her search for the fairish, munching at the half-raw core as she went her way. She found the fairish waiting by the bog, with her lap full of berries, and some mealy roots, like sweet, boiled radishes.
ref: 1855, Harriet Farley, Happy Hours at Hazel Nook, Or, Cottage Stories, page 220:
text: ' Fairishes! Oh Lard!' she vociferated. 'Fairishes! Don't look at dem, your honour - oh, don't! As sure as you live you'll break your leg inside of a week if you looks dat em.'
ref: 1887, May Laffan, Ismay's Children, page 328:
text: Years back, the housekeeper says, her mother encounted the "last fairish" that ever was seen in the hollow.
ref: 2009, Anita Rose, Gender and Victorian Reform, page 211:
glosses: A fairy.
hoteling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hotelling.
offish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɔfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɑfɪʃ/
Forms: form: more offish
form: most offish
Etymology: From off + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The English, he was perfectly aware, had been held by the American to be offish and haughty, and the American had stiffened itself to show that, since the question was of turning an unconscious back, the game was playable wherever backs were broad enough to show....
ref: 1917, Henry James, The Sense of the Past:
text: Called "The Patron Saint of Swag," the self-anointed "most-confirmed bachelor" in Nigeria, he made his fortune in cryptocurrency. Now the offish nouveau riche Q spends his nights wasting his cash.
ref: 2021 October 8, Robert Daniels, “Stream These 5 Action Films Now”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2022:
synonyms: word: remote
word: reserved
word: aloof
word: cool
word: distant
word: frosty
word: hankty
word: hard-to-get
word: offish
word: quiet
word: remote
word: reserved
word: standoffish
word: strange
word: thorny
word: touch-me-not-ish
word: unapproachable
word: unbending
word: undemonstrative
word: unimpressionable
word: uninvolved
glosses: Aloof, standoffish.
Derived terms: offishly
offishness
offish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɔfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɑfɪʃ/
ipa: /əˈfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɒfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɔfɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈɑfɪʃ/
Forms: form: more offish
form: most offish
Senses: examples: text: Nicole mentioned in her exit interview with Julie that she doesn't know if she and Hayden will make their romance "offish" once Big Brother is over, but she did say they will remain friends. I can certainly work with that.
ref: 2014 August 22, Laura Rosenfeld, “They Reunited & It Feels So Good”, in Bustle, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022:
text: What a ride it's been, people. Kylie Jenner and Tyga reportedly ended their relationship today more than a year after rumors of their coupling first began. The two denied the rumors for months, though their names kept popping up in headlines together more often than ratchetness and Florida. Conspicuously, they became an offish couple as soon as Kylie turned 18 and them boning was no longer illegal under California laws.
ref: 2016 September 15, Ian Servantes, Kristen Yoonsoo Kim, “A History of Kylie Jenner and Tyga's (Resurrected and Thriving) Relationship”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 13 Oct 2023:
text: Women on Reddit are sharing after how many dates/amount of time seeing each other they made it offish.
ref: 2020 June 16, Paisley Gilmour, “When should you make a new relationship official? Women are sharing how many dates it took them”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 May 2023:
glosses: Clipping of official.
phragmites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fɹæɡˈmaɪtiːz/
Forms: form: phragmites
Etymology: From Latin phragmītēs, from Ancient Greek φραγμίτης (phragmítēs).
Senses: glosses: Any of several perennial reeds, of the genus Phragmites, found in wetlands.
phreatomagmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹɪˌatə(ʊ)maɡˈmatɪk/
Etymology: From phreat(ic) + -o- + magmatic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a volcanic eruption caused by magma coming into contact with water.
Derived terms: phreatomagmatically
transglobal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + global.
Senses: glosses: That operates throughout the world; worldwide
trunkfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunkfishes
form: trunkfish
Etymology: From trunk + fish.
Senses: glosses: Species of genera Lactophrys and Rhinesomus (in boxfish family Ostraciidae).
Derived terms: elephant trunkfish
truster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌstɚ/
Forms: form: trusters
Etymology: From trust + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I would not hear your enemy say so,
Nor shall you do mine ear that violence
To make it truster of your own report
Against yourself.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
text: 1856, Walt Whitman, “Poem of the Road” [later entitled “Song of the Open Road”] in Leaves of Grass, Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860, p. 324,
Habitues of many different countries, habitues of far-distant dwellings,
Trusters of men and women, observers of cities, solitary toilers,
text: Giorgio did not really like the Colonel very much, or perhaps he was simply from Piemonte and cared for no one truly; which was understandable in cold people from a border province. Borderers are not trusters and the Colonel knew about this and expected nothing from anyone that they did not have to give.
ref: 1950, Ernest Hemingway, chapter 7, in Across the River and into the Trees, London: Readers Union, published 1952:
glosses: A person who trusts.
Related terms: brains-truster
biohomochirality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + homochirality.
Senses: glosses: The condition of all chiral biochemical compounds being homochiral.
Related terms: biochirality
chiral
chirality
homochiral
homochirality
epileptology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The branch of neurology concerned with epilepsy
Derived terms: epileptological
Related terms: epileptologist
equivariance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivariances
Etymology: From equi- + variance.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being equivariant
gluonstrahlung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of gluon + bremsstrahlung
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: radiation consisting of gluons
graphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphones
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A partially hydrogenated form of graphene that is ferromagnetic.
graphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphones
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A combination of grapheme and phoneme.
haptotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hapto- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The directional motility of cells, usually in a biochemical gradient
Related terms: haptotactic
haptotax
hypercolumn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercolumns
Etymology: From hyper- + column.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An array of orientation columns in the visual cortex
Related terms: hypercolumnar
isohedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + -hedral.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a polyhedron or a tiling all of whose faces are the same.
Related terms: isohedron
pseudobinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + binary.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: describing a system of two entities, at least one of which is itself binary (or more complex)
superselection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superselections
Etymology: From super- + selection.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: selection from a superposition of states
superwavelength
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + wavelength.
Senses: glosses: Numerically greater than a wavelength
Related terms: subwavelength
abembryonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæbˌɛm.bɹiˌɑn.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌæbˌɛm.bɹiˈɑn.ɪk/
Etymology: From ab- (“away, outside of”) + embryonic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing the area of a blastocyst opposite the embryo or embryoblast
acanthomatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Characterized by spikes or thorns
adenovector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenovectors
Etymology: From adeno- + vector.
Senses: glosses: adenoviral vector
aggresomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggresome
aggresome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggresomes
Etymology: From aggre(gate) + -some.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: A proteinaceous inclusion body that forms when cellular degradation machinery is impaired or overwhelmed
Derived terms: aggresomal
mitoaggresome
mermaydes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mermayde
alkylguanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alkyl + guanine.
Senses: glosses: methylguanine
alkyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkyltransferases
Etymology: From alkyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that transfers alkyl groups.
amelanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + melanotic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or affected by amelanosis or amelanism
amelanosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amelanoses
Etymology: From a- + melanin + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A lack of melanin pigmentation
Synonyms: amelanism
amphisome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amphisomes
Etymology: From amphi- + -some.
Senses: glosses: An autophagic vacuole formed by fusion of an autophagosome and an endosome.
amphisomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphisome
angiostasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + stasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The normal regulation of the creation of new blood vessels
Related terms: angiogenesis
angiostatic
antiandrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiandrogenic
form: most antiandrogenic
Etymology: From anti- + androgenic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That counters the effects of androgens
anxietolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anxietolytic
form: most anxietolytic
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That reduces anxiety
apoptogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apoptogenic
form: most apoptogenic
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That produces apoptosis
Derived terms: antiapoptogenic
apoptogenicity
nonapoptogenic
proapoptogenic
aracytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: cytarabine
aspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ā′spĭ-sĭf′ĭk
ipa: /ˌeɪ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌæɪ.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌæɪ.spəˈsəf.ək/
ipa: /ˌe.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/
ipa: /ˌeː.spiˈsif.ik/
rhymes: -ɪfɪk
Etymology: From a- (“non-”) + specific.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Not caused by a specific organism.
autophagolysosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autophagolysosome
yoik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yoiks
form: joik
Etymology: From Northern Sami juoigat.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A traditional style of Sami singing or chanting.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A song in this tradition.
Synonyms: luohti
vuolle
leu'dd
juoiggus
yoik
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: yoiks
form: yoiking
form: yoiked
form: yoiked
Etymology: From Northern Sami juoigat.
Senses: glosses: To sing in a traditional Sami style.
autophagolysosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autophagolysosomes
Etymology: From auto- + phago- + lysosome.
Senses: glosses: A lysosome involved in autophagy
autotransplantation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autotransplantations
Etymology: From auto- + transplantation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The transplantation of tissue from one part of the body to another
azacytidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aza- + cytidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A synthetic analogue of cytidine used in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome
Synonyms: azacitidine
azadiractin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of azadirachtin.
bicompartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, bi- + compartment + -al.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: bicellular, bilocular, bicameral
coordinate_terms: unicompartmental
multicompartmental
glosses: Composed of two compartments.
Related terms: compartmental
compartmentalized
bilobar
bilobular
cancerostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cancer + -o- + -static.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That halts the spread or development of a cancer.
Synonyms: carcinostatic
cardiogenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A drug, 4-(2-hydroxyethylamino)-2-(4-methoxyphenylamino)-pyrimidine, that induces cardiomyogenesis in embryonic stem cells
cardiotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiotoxins
Etymology: From cardio- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: If enough bees sting an animal, the cardiotoxin component of melittin will work to arrest its heart.
ref: 2016 August 18, Avi Steinberg, “The Connoisseur of Pain”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Any material that causes cardiotoxicity.
9/10ths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nine-tenths.
nine-tenths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nīn'tĕnthsʹ
ipa: /ˌnʌɪnˈtɛnθs/
enpr: nīn'tĕnthsʹ
ipa: /ˌnaɪnˈtɛnθs/
Forms: form: 9/10ths
Etymology: nine + tenths
Senses: glosses: Nine parts out of ten; 90%; 9/10.
glosses: Almost all; the vast majority.
Derived terms: possession is nine-tenths of the law
supersedere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersederes
Etymology: Latin
Senses: examples: text: Mr Sweepclean, secede paulisper, or, in your own language, grant us a supersedere of diligence for five minutes.
ref: 1816, Sir Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 406:
topics: law
glosses: A creditor's voluntary surcease of personal execution in behalf of a debtor.
public services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of public service
red guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red guards
form: Red Guard
Etymology: From red + guard.
Senses: examples: text: In Beijing, Red Guard assaults destroyed 4,922 of the capital’s 6,843 designated “places of cultural or historical interest.” The Forbidden City itself was reportedly saved only by Zhou Enlai’s personal intervention.
ref: 2011, Henry Kissinger, On China, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 194:
synonyms: hongweibing
glosses: A member of any of several organizations known as Red Guards or Red Guard.
immoved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈmuːvd/
rhymes: -uːvd
Etymology: From im- + moved.
Senses: examples: text: An immovèd, constant, fixèd Star.
ref: 1599, Thomas Heywood, Edward IV, Part I:
glosses: unmoved; motionless; at rest
examples: text: I cared not for others; and, had the hand of fate swept from the list of the living every one of my youthful associates, I should have remained immoved and fearless.
ref: 1811, Percy Bysshe Shelley, chapter X, in St Irvyne:
glosses: Unchanged; unaltered; unaffected.
cavum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑv.əm/
ipa: /ˈkeɪ.vəm/
Forms: form: cava
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin cavum (“a hollow, hole”). Doublet of cave and cavus.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A recess or hollow.
The lower part of the concha of the ear adjoining the origin of the helix.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A recess or hollow.
The nasal cavity.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fallstreak hole.
cellubrevin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellubrevins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins that regulate vesicle fusion
ceroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceroids
Senses: glosses: A polymeric pigmented material composed of oxidized lipids and protein.
Derived terms: ceroidosis
ceroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ceroid
form: most ceroid
Etymology: From cereus + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Resembling a cereus cactus.
ceroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceroids
Etymology: From cereus + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant resembling a cereus cactus.
chemoimmunotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoimmunotherapies
Etymology: From chemo- + immunotherapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy
chemorefractory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemorefractory
form: most chemorefractory
Etymology: From chemo- + refractory.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That does not respond to chemotherapy
chemosensitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chemosensitive
form: most chemosensitive
Etymology: From chemo- + sensitive.
Senses: glosses: That is sensitive to changes in its chemical environment
nonpolycystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polycystic.
Senses: glosses: Not polycystic.
clinicopathologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From clinicopathological + -ly or clinicopathologic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, clinicopathology.
conterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɒnˈtəː.mɪ.nəl/
ipa: /kənˈtəː.mɪ.nəl/
ipa: /kənˈtɝ.mɪ.nəl/
Etymology: From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The neighbouring lords, his conterminal bandits.
ref: 1831, Thomas Love Peacock, chapter 9, in Crotchet Castle:
glosses: Conterminous.
examples: text: The latter consists of closely attached conterminal joints.
ref: 1866, William Edward Shuckard, British Bees: An Introduction to the Study of the Natural History and Economy of the Bees Indigenous to the British Isles, page 28:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Connected end to end.
codelivery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + delivery.
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous delivery of two or more things
Related terms: codeliver
coenriched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coenrich
coenrich
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coenriches
form: coenriching
form: coenriched
form: coenriched
Etymology: From co- + enrich.
Senses: glosses: To simultaneously enrich with two or more materials
Related terms: coenrichment
coenrichment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coenrichments
Etymology: From co- + enrichment.
Senses: glosses: Simultaneous enrichment with two or more things
Related terms: coenrich
coenrichments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coenrichment
coenriches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coenrich
coenriching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coenrich
cystocentesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cystocenteses
Etymology: From cysto- + -centesis.
Senses: glosses: puncture of the bladder (of an animal), through the abdominal wall, in order to obtain a sample of urine
Derived terms: cholecystocentesis
depolymerised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of depolymerise
diaminopyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diaminopyrimidines
Etymology: From diamino + pyrimidine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of four isomeric diamino derivatives of pyrimidine
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a class of drugs containing such a moiety
in the way of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: He had seen Death many times, - met him in the way of trade, and got acquainted with him.
ref: 1851 June – 1852 April, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 12, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Boston, Mass.: John P[unchard] Jewett & Company; Cleveland, Oh.: Jewett, Proctor & Worthington, published 20 March 1852, →OCLC:
text: Of what that involves in the way of doctrine I have no idea nor the time to inform myself.
ref: 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 13, in Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes, 1st American edition, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, →OCLC:
text: Certainly their extracurricular talents in the way of sport have not gone unnoticed.
ref: 2011 September 2, Sonia van Gilder Cooke, “Harvard's a Bargain — If You're From the U.K.”, in Time:
glosses: In relation to; in connection with; with respect to.
examples: text: The King sought out the farmer who had been branded and sold as a slave . . . and put him in the way of a comfortable livelihood.
ref: 1881, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 34, in The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages, Montreal, Que.: Dawson Brothers, →OCLC:
text: But it would certainly put her in the way of a grand marriage.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter IV, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: I am in the way of knowing that one of you will not reach your destination, but I don’t know which will be the one to fall. I am in the way of knowing that the rest will be taken before this man Flagg, who is not a man at all but a supernatural being. [...] It’s not my place to argue with you, or convince, but only to put you in the way of understanding God’s plan for you.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, chapter 59, in The Stand:
glosses: In or into a position of being likely to obtain, to attain, or to achieve.
examples: text: "My dear young friend, rely upon my doing my little all in your absence, by keeping the fact before the mind of Joseph.—Joseph!" said Mr. Pumblechook, in the way of a compassionate adjuration.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XIX, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 328:
text: I don't think there's anything in the way of a haircut or a shave or a shampoo that could make me like my girl any less.
ref: 1906, O. Henry, The Gift Of The Magi:
glosses: Similar to; as an instance of; as a kind of.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in the way, of.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, the, way, of.
Related terms: by way of
in the way
digoxygenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digoxygenins
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The steroid aglycon of digoxin, obtained from foxgloves, used to label DNA and RNA probes
dysferlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that is linked with skeletal muscle repair
Derived terms: dysferlinopathy
ectoplacental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From ecto- + placental.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside, or surrounding the placenta
effectory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an effector
yodler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yodlers
Etymology: From yodle + -er.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of yodeler.
electrochemogene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of electrochemotherapy + gene
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a combination of electrochemotherapy and gene therapy
forelying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forelie
electrochemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrochemotherapies
Etymology: From electro- + chemotherapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of chemotherapy in which the permeability of tissue cells is increased by use of an electric pulse
Derived terms: electrochemogene
electrochemogenetherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electrochemogene + therapy.
Senses: glosses: electrochemogene therapy
positronia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positronium
electroendocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + endocytosis.
Senses: glosses: The effect of an electric pulse on the adsorption of substances through a cell wall
Related terms: electrochemotherapy
electrogene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + gene.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a form of gene therapy enhanced by electroporation.
electropermeabilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + permeabilization.
Senses: glosses: electroporation
engraftable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more engraftable
form: most engraftable
Etymology: From engraft + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be engrafted
epitopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epitope + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an epitope
Derived terms: epitopically
intraepitopic
multiepitopic
neoepitopic
justificative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more justificative
form: most justificative
Senses: glosses: justificatory
sulphonylhydrazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphonylhydrazones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfonylhydrazone.
sulphonylhydrazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphonylhydrazone
erythroleukemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erythro- + leukemic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to erythroid leukemia
ethylenediaminetetraacetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethylene + diamine + tetraacetic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
Derived terms: ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
heterophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -phagy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The digestion, within a cell, of material ingested via phagocytosis or pinocytosis
Related terms: heterophagic
hypoacetylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoacetylations
Etymology: From hypo- + acetylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Insufficient acetylation (of histones)
telegas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telega
doublesex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From double + sex.
Senses: glosses: A gene that is involved in the sex determination system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, expressed in both male and female flies.
telesales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + sales.
Senses: glosses: telemarketing
Synonyms: teleselling
Derived terms: telesalesman
telesalesperson
Gravesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gravesian
form: most Gravesian
Etymology: From Graves + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Robert Graves (1895-1985), English poet and novelist.
phobosophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fŏbŏʹsəfĭ
ipa: /fɒˈbɒsəfɪ/
Etymology: Coined by John Desmond Bernal in The Freedom of Necessity (1949): phobo- (“fear”) + -sophy (“wisdom, knowledge”), in contradistinction with philosophy; compare sophophobia.
Senses: examples: text: The great advantage of anti-philosophical philosophy, or what we might call phobosophy or fear of abstract knowledge, was that it enabled you to take the world exactly as you found it and adapt yourself to it to your own best advantage.
ref: 1949, John Desmond Bernal, The Freedom of Necessity, page 393:
text: It is a remarkable doctrine which,[…f]ar from being “a philosophy of religion,” it is much rather a phobosophy, a fear of knowledge — neither essentially philosophic nor religious.
ref: 1954, The Jewish Quarterly Review, volumes 45-46, page 337:
text: Philosophy is, literally, the love of knowledge; phobosophy is the fear of it. There are obviously more “phobosophers” in the world than philosophers.
ref: 1973, Thomas Stephen Szasz, The Second Sin, page 21:
text: Bernal believed strongly that the whole of modern philosophy, save for Marxism, had let the spirit of the Enlightenment down, which he blamed on the rise of phobosophy or the fear of abstract thinking.
ref: 1997, Edwin A. Roberts, The Anglo-Marxists: A Study in Ideology and Culture, page 168:
text: ‘[T]he best thoughts [of these scholars] could well be omitted’?? There must be a mistake. I couldn’t imagine such a severe case of phobosophy.
ref: 2000, Leslie P. Steffe, Patrick W. Thompson, editors, Radical Constructivism in Action: Building on the Pioneering Work of Ernst von Glasersfeld, page xiii:
glosses: The fear of abstract knowledge or philosophical thinking; anti-philosophy.
Derived terms: word: phobosopher
Related terms: sophophobia
anticollege
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticollege
form: most anticollege
Etymology: From anti- + college.
Senses: examples: text: Remarkably, higher education's allure has persisted despite recent efforts to tarnish it by academic management and mass media orchestration of an anticollege crusade.
ref: 1983, Barbara Ann Scott, Crisis Management in American Higher Education:
glosses: Opposed to a college or colleges in general.
mesoangioblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoangioblasts
form: mesangioblast
Etymology: From meso- + angioblast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A mesenchymal-like cell associated with the walls of the large vessels.
mesoangioblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoangioblast
nonmesenchymal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mesenchymal.
Senses: glosses: Not mesenchymal.
mezerein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein kinase C-activating compound encoded by the gene IFIH1.
microbubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbubbles
Etymology: From micro- + bubble.
Senses: glosses: A microscale bubble, used in medical diagnostics as a contrast agent for ultrasound imaging.
microbubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbubble
microinfarctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinfarction
metalloendopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalloendopeptidases
Etymology: From metallo- + endopeptidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that functions as a metalloproteinase endopeptidase.
metalloendopeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metalloendopeptidase
metalloexopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalloexopeptidases
Etymology: From metallo- + exopeptidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that functions as a metalloproteinase exopeptidase.
metalloexopeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metalloexopeptidase
mammalians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammalian
monocarboxylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocarboxylates
Etymology: From mono- + carboxylate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any molecule with a single carboxylate group.
monocarboxylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocarboxylate
Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after William Allan, Florence C. Dudley, and C. Nash Herndon.
Senses: glosses: A rare brain-development disorder, almost exclusively in males, that causes moderate to severe mental retardation and problems with movement.
Herndon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Herndons
form: Hernton
Etymology: Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Fresno County, California, United States. Former name: Sycamore.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jenkins County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: A city in Rawlins County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Christian County, Kentucky, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Saline County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A borough of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A town in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome
ceroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceroid
anconies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ancony
intracrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acting inside a cell.
raw_tags: of a hormone
lipofuscinosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipofuscinoses
Etymology: From lipofuscin + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of neurodegenerative disorders resulting from excessive accumulation of lipofuscin in the body's tissues.
lipofuscinoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipofuscinosis
codenaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codename
staticproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more staticproof
form: most staticproof
Etymology: From static + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to static electricity.
hypercolumns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypercolumn
graphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphone
multispecificity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + specificity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being multispecific.
unhatchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hatchable.
Senses: glosses: Not hatchable.
reversine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A synthetic molecule, 2-(4-morpholinoanilino)-6-cyclohexylaminopurine, used for stem cell dedifferentiation.
sarcoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarcoglycans
Etymology: From sarco- + glycan.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of transmembrane proteins involved in the protein complex responsible for connecting the muscle fibre cytoskeleton to the extracellular matrix, preventing damage to the muscle fibre sarcolemma through shearing forces.
sarcoglycans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcoglycan
overspendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overspending
nonrisk
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + risk.
Senses: examples: nonrisk assets
nonrisk infants
glosses: Not (considered to be) at risk.
tuckahoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌkəhəʊ/
Forms: form: tuckahoes
form: tockwough
Etymology: From Powhatan tockawhoughe. The "person" sense implies that such a person was so poor as to be reduced to eating the root.
Senses: examples: text: In June, July, and August, they feed upon the rootes of Tockwough berries, fish, and greene wheat.
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 142:
text: The ponderous beast had spent the summer eating tuckahoe roots, the autumn eating acorns and nuts, and was now as heavy as two stout men.
ref: 1996, Karen Mueller Coombs, Sarah on Her Own:
synonyms: wild potato
arrow arum
glosses: Any edible root of a plant of species Peltandra virginica, used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
examples: text: […] at least until you either get poor Tuckahoe out of his present hobble, in furnishing so many strong suspicions against the sincerity of his former professions of patriotism, […]
ref: 1828 February 8, "Tusgarora" (pen name), in a letter to the editor of The American Farmer, page 372
text: The poor Tuckahoe, however, when he purchased land in Washington County, or the Shenandoah, or in Rowan, seems to have left behind him, not only his worn-out fields and his tumbledown house, but his wasteful methods.
ref: 1963, Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker, The Old South: the founding of American civilization, page 213:
coordinate_terms: Cohee
glosses: A person, especially if poor and malnourished (or if implied to be), living east of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
glosses: The sclerotium of wood-decay fungi of species Wolfiporia extensa, used by Native Americans and the Chinese as food and as a herbal medicine.
glosses: The flowering plant Orontium aquaticum.
Derived terms: Tuckahoe Group
tockwough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tockwoughs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of tuckahoe.
technomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From techno- + medicine.
Senses: glosses: Medical treatment that makes use of modern technology.
technologyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From technology + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without technology.
nonanonymous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-anonymous
Etymology: From non- + anonymous.
Senses: examples: text: These extracts show that students are sensitive to issues of power in their educational environment, leading to a certain level of guardedness in non-anonymous feedback scenarios.
ref: 2017, Di Zou, James Lambert, “Feedback methods for student voice in the digital age”, in British Journal of Educational Technology, volume 48, number 5, page 1087:
glosses: Not anonymous.
nonreversibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonreversible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that cannot be reversed.
noncoherently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From noncoherent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is not coherent.
nonhematologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hematologic.
Senses: glosses: Not hematologic.
nonhematological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hematological.
Senses: glosses: Not hematological.
nonelectroplated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + electroplated.
Senses: glosses: Not electroplated.
nonelectroporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + electroporated.
Senses: glosses: Not electroporated.
subcapsularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more subcapsularly
form: most subcapsularly
Etymology: From subcapsular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subcapsular manner.
porticolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more porticolike
form: most porticolike
Etymology: From portico + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a portico.
dataless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From data + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without data.
Derived terms: datalessness
polychemotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polychemotherapies
Etymology: From poly- + chemotherapy.
Senses: glosses: Chemotherapy involving several different drugs.
Related terms: polychemotherapeutic
polychemotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polychemotherapy
polychemotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + chemotherapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to polychemotherapy.
chromonychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromonychias
Etymology: From chromo- + onych- + -ia.
Senses: glosses: An abnormality in colour of the nail plate and/or subungual tissues, sometimes induced by antineoplastic drugs.
Related terms: word: melanonychia
raw_tags: not abnormal
chromonychias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromonychia
chromophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromophobe
nonventral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ventral.
Senses: glosses: Not ventral.
immunoblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immunoblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to immunoblasts
Derived terms: angioimmunoblastic
immunoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoblasts
Etymology: From immuno- + -blast.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: an antigen-activated lymphocyte that will undergo clonal expansion
Derived terms: immunoblastic
paraimmunoblast
immunogene
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + gene.
Senses: glosses: Describing a combination of immunotherapy and gene therapy
westernly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more westernly
form: most westernly
Etymology: From western + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They have many enemies, namely, all their westernly Countries beyond the mountaines, and the heads of the rivers.
ref: 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, Kupperman, published 1988, page 145:
glosses: In or towards the west.
immunoprevention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + prevention.
Senses: glosses: The use of the immune system to prevent disease
Related terms: immunopreventable
immunopreventive
immunotolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + tolerance.
Senses: glosses: A specific tolerance of the immune system to a particular antigen, which is capable under other conditions of inducing an immune response