cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reptantians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is not known if non-reptantian decapods have variable, non-giant tailflipping behaviour like many reptantians do.
ref: 2015, Zen Faulkes, M Fabiana Kubke, “Motor neurons in the escape response circuit of white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus)”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: plural of reptantian
septolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From septo- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: The eccentricity index of the LV is calculated in the PSAX view at the papillary muscles level, and is equal to the ratio of the anteroposterior to septolateral LV diameter ( Fig.
ref: 2015 July 5, Antoine Kossaify, “Echocardiographic Assessment of the Right Ventricle, from the Conventional Approach to Speckle Tracking and Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Insights into the “Right Way” to Explore the Forgotten Chamber”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the lateral distance across the septum dividing left and right chambers of the heart
subglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From sub- + glandular.
Senses: examples: text: In the augmentation and augmentation revision cohorts, subglandular placement was the second most frequent placement (15.7% and 28.4%, respectively), whereas in the reconstruction and reconstruction revision cohorts, it was complete submuscular placement (27.7% and 31.9%, respectively).
ref: 2015 February 23, G. Patrick Maxwell et al., “Ten-Year Results From the Natrelle 410 Anatomical Form-Stable Silicone Breast Implant Core Study”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath a gland
submalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + malar.
Senses: examples: text: Mean injection volumes for initial and touch-up treatments combined for the zygomaticomalar region, anteromedial cheek, and submalar region were 2.39 mL (range, 0.1-7.0 mL), 2.12 mL (range, 0.4-5.7 mL), and 2.42 mL (range, 0.2-10.0 mL), respectively.
ref: 2015 May 11, Julius Few et al., “A Multicenter, Single-Blind Randomized, Controlled Study of a Volumizing Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Midface Volume Deficit: Patient-Reported Outcomes at 2 Years”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath a cheek
supraperiosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From supra- + periosteal.
Senses: examples: text: However, it should be noted that patient-rated improvement on the GAIS at 6 months was consistent with blinded investigator ratings at this time point (with 82.2% of investigators and 92.8% of patients rating midface volume as improved or much improved at 6 months), as previously reported. 20 Another limitation was the lack of blunt cannula use, as the researchers employed a variety of injection techniques using needles to inject into the subcutaneous and supraperiosteal planes.
ref: 2015 May 11, Julius Few et al., “A Multicenter, Single-Blind Randomized, Controlled Study of a Volumizing Hyaluronic Acid Filler for Midface Volume Deficit: Patient-Reported Outcomes at 2 Years”, in Aesthetic Surgery Journal, volume 35, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Above the periosteum
tailflipping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tail + flipping.
Senses: examples: text: In Munida quadrispina, the FAC cluster of fast flexor motor neurons was lost with no visible change in tailflipping behaviour ( Wilson & Paul, 1987 ).
ref: 2015, Zen Faulkes, M Fabiana Kubke, “Motor neurons in the escape response circuit of white shrimp (Litopenaeus setiferus)”, in PeerJ, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: The making of tailflips.
templation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The rotaxanes can be surface assembled on to gold electrodes through anion templation under click copper(I)-catalysed Huisgen cycloaddition conditions to form rotaxane molecular films, which, after template removal, respond electrochemically and selectively to chloride.
ref: 2013 October 14, Joshua Lehr et al., “Anion Sensing by Solution- and Surface-Assembled Osmium(II) Bipyridyl Rotaxanes”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 19, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: The formation of, or interaction with, a template.
thioetherification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioetherifications
Etymology: From thio- + etherification.
Senses: examples: text: Racemisation and isomerisation study of products under the gold(I)-catalysed thioetherification reaction conditions.
ref: 2014 July 30, Lorena Herkert et al., “Gold(I)-Catalysed Direct Thioetherifications Using Allylic Alcohols: an Experimental and Computational Study”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 20, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of a thioether
thioetherifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 5 equiv alcohol nucleophile for the related etherification reaction to avoid self-reaction of 1 ),[ 11 ] so 1–1.1 equiv of the thiol nucleophile is sufficient for direct thioetherifications (Table 1 ).
ref: 2014 July 30, Lorena Herkert et al., “Gold(I)-Catalysed Direct Thioetherifications Using Allylic Alcohols: an Experimental and Computational Study”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 20, →DOI:
glosses: plural of thioetherification
thioyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thioyls
Etymology: From thiol + -yl.
Senses: examples: text: Notably, the proportion of phosphoryl species 8 b and 9 b compared to thioyl derivatives 8 a and 9 a (P=O vs.
ref: 2015 May 26, Piers R J Gaffney et al., “Liquid-Phase Synthesis of 2′-Methyl-RNA on a Homostar Support through Organic-Solvent Nanofiltration”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from a thiol
thioylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thioyl + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Once chain extension and thioylation were complete, the crude mixture was then diluted with CH 3 CN, and poured directly into the OSN apparatus (see Supporting Information).
ref: 2015 May 26, Piers R J Gaffney et al., “Liquid-Phase Synthesis of 2′-Methyl-RNA on a Homostar Support through Organic-Solvent Nanofiltration”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which a thioyl radical is attached
transimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transiminations
Etymology: From trans- + imination.
Senses: examples: text: The results showed that reversible transamination and transimination reactions could be carried out orthogonally or connected to provide access to catalyst-controlled dynamic systems with high level of complexities from simple starting materials.
ref: 2015 June 3, Fredrik Schaufelberger, Lei Hu, Olof Ramström, “trans-Symmetric Dynamic Covalent Systems: Connected Transamination and Transimination Reactions”, in Chemistry (Weinheim an Der Bergstrasse, Germany), volume 21, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction involving the movement of an imine group
uptitration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uptitrations
Etymology: From up- + titration; compare also upregulation and downregulation.
Senses: examples: text: Somewhat counterintuitively, but perhaps due to indirect effects on the renin–angiotensin system, Scherer and colleagues (2013) found that appropriate uptitration of BBs improves HRQoL in elderly HF patients with reported benefits in general health, vitality, and physical function, although physical capacity was not objectively quantified. Regarding the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, as discussed above, administration of ACE inhibitors in normal aging may have a modest effect in slowing the progression of muscle-related weakness, although results are variable.
ref: 2015 July 13, Deena S Goldwater, Sean P Pinney, “Frailty in Advanced Heart Failure: A Consequence of Aging or a Separate Entity?”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The gradual increase of a dose accompanied by observation of effects, usually and especially to arrive at an optimal dose.
Related terms: downtitrate
titrate
uptitrate
uropathogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uropathogens
Etymology: From uro- + pathogen.
Senses: examples: text: Ofloxacin and ceftriaxone had the highest sensitivity pattern to these uropathogens.
ref: 2015 July 24, Fidelis Agwu Onu et al., “Profile and microbiological isolates of asymptomatic bacteriuria among pregnant women in Abakaliki, Nigeria”, in Infection and Drug Resistance, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Any pathogen of the urinary tract
Related terms: uropathogenic
uropathogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uropathogen
Hispania Baetica
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin Hispania Baetica.
Senses: synonyms: Baetic Spain
glosses: A province of the Roman Empire, located in the region of Hispania, in what is now southern Spain.
celebdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From celeb + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Like Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson had some exposure to celebdom before earning the role of super-heroine Cleopatra Jones, which brought her wider fame as an actress.
ref: 2006, Yvonne D. Sims, Women of Blaxploitation:
text: Maybe celebdom was my thing. I wanted to reach out to the stars, rather become one.
ref: 2008, Jaswin Jassi, Have Guts...!!: The Untiring Truth:
text: They got him into trouble at school, into print at university and into minor celebdom in the world of miniature wargaming.
ref: 2014, John Lees, How to Get a Job You Love, 2015-16 Edition:
glosses: The state, essence, or world of a celeb; celebrity; fame; celebs collectively
Related terms: celebritydom
celebrityship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From celebrity + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: I had heard of her celebrityship frequently, but had never seen her before.
ref: 1876, Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Chronicle, volume 16:
text: While this was no doubt true for da Vinci and his sodomy suit, and Cellini's escapades, the contemporary mass media and the urge for candor carry celebrityship to new heights, as part of aesthetic appreciation, broadly conceived.
ref: 1980, Michael P. Mokwa, William M. Dawson, E. Arthur Prieve, Marketing the Arts:
text: These include the prominence of image and electronic media in political discourse (the Berlusconi effect) with the consequent blurring (or Blairing) of the lines between politics and entertainment as part of a culture of celebrityship.
ref: 2000, Francis G. Snyder, The Europeanisation of Law: The Legal Effects of European Integration:
text: He hadn't foreseen the celebrityship that was accorded him as soon as he entered the lobby from the parking garage. Everyone had to stop him and offer either congratulations on his survival or wishes for speedy recovery or both.
ref: 2001, G. William Kesler, Perish by the Sword:
text: I first experienced the remarkable ability of celebrityship to neutralize race a decade ago as a Chicago television reporter when I was sent to cover a political rally in a white neighborhood that had been the scene of several anti-black riots, including one in which the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the head with a brick.
ref: 2001, David Anderson, Brent Zuercher, Letters Across the Divide:
glosses: The condition or status of being a celebrity; celebrityhood
Related terms: celebritydom
punkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From punkish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of Nikita then, her punkishness is used to "explain" her initial violence, just as her violence also explains punk.
ref: 2002, Alexandra Heidi Karriker, Film Studies: Women in Contemporary World Cinema:
glosses: The quality of being punkish.
glosses: Punkish behavior.
punkitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From punk + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: It's by far the best thing on this album of similarly hard-core punkitude with a socialist bent.
ref: 1983, Dave Marsh, John Swenson, The new Rolling stone record guide:
glosses: The quality or state of being a punk; punkishness.
Haywards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small suburb in the Hutt Valley, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Haywards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hayward
Related terms: Haywards Heath
Saanichton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Central Saanich, British Columbia, Canada.
Saanichton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saanichtons
Senses: glosses: A variety of kiwi fruit.
Saanichtons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saanichton
bairnless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English barnles, from Old English bearnlēas; equivalent to bairn + -less. Cognate with West Frisian bernleas (“childless”).
Senses: glosses: childless
sheet weaver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheet weavers
Senses: glosses: Any spider of the family Linyphiidae.
Synonyms: word: linyphiid
word: money spider
sheet weavers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheet weaver
it's the hit dog that howls
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: it is always the hit dog that howls
form: it is the hit dog that howls
Senses: glosses: If somebody is ranting or complaining about something, they were probably hurt by it.
New Guinean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌn(j)uː ˈɡɪniən/
Etymology: From New Guinea + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to New Guinea.
Derived terms: New Guinean rat
New Guinean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌn(j)uː ˈɡɪniən/
Forms: form: New Guineans
Etymology: From New Guinea + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from New Guinea.
New Guineans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Guinean
sweetbriar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetbriars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweetbrier.
I just work here
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: I only work here
Etymology: Originally used as I only work here since at least the 1950s.
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker cannot answer their interrogator's question, because of lack of experience with or knowledge on the topic.
I only work here
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of I just work here.
I'm good
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Possibly originally poker slang, used to tell the dealer that one does not want additional cards.
Senses: glosses: No, thank you: used when asked whether one wants or needs something, etc.
Synonyms: no
buttowski
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly influenced by the surname Buttowski; otherwise it is a pun on the Russian or Polish language.
Senses: glosses: A butt; the buttocks.
Buttowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Of Slavic descent.
Senses: examples: Brad Buttowski
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: buttowski
triple time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪ.pl̩ ˌtaɪ̯m/
Etymology: From triple + time (“measure, tempo”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A rhythm or time with three beats per bar: one accented followed by two unaccented.
glosses: A rate of pay that is three times the normal rate (for reasons such as working on a holiday or working hazardous duty).
Coordinate terms: double time
half-time
whirleds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whirled
celebrityness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celebritiness
Etymology: From celebrity + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, Mary/Moll provides a fertile landscape from which to harvest an understanding of the production and consumption of transhistorical “celebrityness,” and in this case a celebrityness born out of social deviance.
ref: 2006, B. Reynolds, Transversal Enterprises in the Drama of Shakespeare and his Contemporaries:
text: And I know I have downplayed their celebrityness.
ref: 2010, Ilene Angel, In Search of George Stephanopoulos:
text: To clearly become a force and a vibration that will rip away the facade, rip away the chicanery, rip away the cosmetic that gives one the sense that all is well with black people because these people have the role of celebritiness despite what's happening to the larger masses of black people.
ref: 2014, Thomas Hauser, Reflections: Conversations, Essays, and Other Writings:
text: [...] Tommy was the only San Franciscan who could match Aveda in celebrityness, and Whistles management had thought he'd make a fine addition to tonight's event. I knew Aveda thought differently.
ref: 2016, Sarah Kuhn, Heroine Complex - Volume 1:
glosses: The state or quality of a celebrity.
Synonyms: celebrityhood
celebrityship
celebritiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From celebrity + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of celebrityness.
Vaccine Revolt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Portuguese Revolta da Vacina.
Senses: glosses: A period of civil disorder that occurred from 10 to 16 November 1904, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in response to government officials entering homes to administer smallpox vaccines by force.
unfame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: un-fame
Etymology: From un- (“lack of; negative”) + fame.
Senses: examples: text: Know a king to be the adorner of the earth, the earth the adorner of a king, — the Devs the adorners of the heavens, the heavens the adorners of the Devs, — fame is the destroyer of unfame, unfame the destroyer of fame, — [...]
ref: 1872, James Burgess, The Indian Antiquary - Volume 1:
text: I said, 'Yes he is.' And he said, 'I suppose I should know who you are, but I'm afraid I don't. Ha, ha, ha. ' And from then on, throughout the journey he made jokes to his chum next to him about my degree of unfame, and when they got up he took a full proper look at me and said, 'No, I still don't know who he is', quite openly to his friend, who found it very funny.
ref: 1990, Simon Callow, Dušan Makavejev, Shooting the Actor, Or, The Choreography of Confusion:
text: Though I see your point, and fate will not deny Jackie's reward, which is immense, and he must bear the brunt of outward earthy unfame, it be so, bad boy, etc.
ref: 2003, Gregory Corso, Bill Morgan, An Accidental Autobiography: The Selected Letters of Gregory Corso:
text: What particularly riled me was his assertion that certain poets chose un-fame so that they could write sloppily ..
ref: 2014, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Stephen Bann, Midway: Letters from Ian Hamilton Finlay to Stephen Bann 1964-69:
text: Claim to unfame: Got honorable mention in Worst-Smelling Bad Guy of the Year contest
ref: 2015, Greg Trine, The Revenge of the McNasty Brothers:
glosses: Lack or absence of fame; negative fame; infamy
biogender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biogenders
Etymology: From bio- + gender.
Senses: examples: text: But those analyses don't ask whether it is easier to be trans than to be in a perceived bio-gender, that is, a gender that seems to “follow” from natal sex.
ref: 2006, Judith Butler, “Undiagnosing Gender”, in Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Price Minter, editors, Transgender Rights, unnumbered page:
text: In order that the trans-individual's preferred gender is visible, their bio-gender or gender-diversity must, to a certain extent, be invisible.
ref: 2010, Sally Hines, “Recognising Diversity: The Gender Recognition Act and Transgender Citizenship”, in Sally Hines, Tam Sanger, editors, Transgender Identities: Towards a Social Analysis of Gender Diversity, page 130:
text: Gender expression is a central theme, and all four trans children displayed indicators or signifiers that were in line with gender-nonconforming behavior early on in their lives, so much so that the parents were able to recognize that their child was not behaving in a manner congruent with their biogender.
ref: 2017, Cecillia Barron, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, “Transgressing the Gendered Norms in Childhood: Understanding Transgender Children and Their Families”, in Journal of GLBT Family Studies, volume 13:
glosses: Biological gender.
Related terms: psychogender
psychogender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychogenders
Etymology: From psycho- + gender.
Senses: glosses: psychological gender
Related terms: biogender
talks at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of talk at
talking at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of talk at
talked at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of talk at
Florida water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Florida waters
Senses: glosses: A type of eau de Cologne with a sweet citrusy scent, originating in the United States.
Turdetanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌtɜː(ɹ)dɪˈteɪni.ən/
Etymology: From Turdetani + -an or + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Turdetani.
Turdulian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Turduli + -an or Turduli + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Turduli.
offerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more offerless
form: most offerless
Etymology: From offer + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It was an offerless year for wireless.
text: an offerless invite
glosses: Without offer
health insurances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of health insurance
off-flows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of off-flow
boom-boom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boom-booms
form: boom-booming
form: boom-boomed
form: boom-boomed
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See boom.
Senses: examples: text: Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory.
ref: 1902, Jack London, A Daughter of the Snows, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To make a loud, low-pitched sound.
examples: text: Archer lowers the boom on Tolaris about assaulting T’Pol and Tolaris boom booms him into the wall.
ref: 2015 September 19, putaro, “Fusion”, in Putaro's Enterprise Rewatch Reviews & Snarkfest, Triaxiansilk.com, retrieved 01 Sep 2016:
glosses: To strike or beat.
examples: text: We're smart, sexy, and have even more sexable holes in our bodies than before the apocalypse. I would let a man boom-boom the hole in my calf...
ref: 2014, Megan Amram, “The apocalypse”, in Science... For Her!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: To have sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: sense: make loud sound
word: bang
sense: make loud sound
word: boom
sense: strike, beat
word: bang
word: knock
word: whack
word: hit
sense: have sexual intercourse
word: bang
word: beep
word: sleep with
word: copulate with
boom-boom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See boom.
Senses: examples: text: The boom-boom bass out in the truck bay wasn't quite loud enough to drown out the whoops and the hollers of the ladies.
ref: 2015, Kate Meader, Flirting with Fire, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 60:
glosses: Resonant; producing a booming sound.
Synonyms: canorous
resounding
sonorous
boom-boom
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. See boom.
Senses: examples: text: "If he thinks that, he should live in a loony bin." "He already does." "Ha ha ha ha ha ha boom-boom!"
ref: 2003 November 28, “Surprise Party” (00:28 from the start), in The Basil Brush Show, season 2, British Broadcasting Corporation:
synonyms: ba-dum ching#Interjection
glosses: Used to draw attention to a pun or weak joke.
camphory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more camphory
form: most camphory
Etymology: From camphor + -y.
Senses: examples: text: "Here are cigars—some of your old ones. I found them in a trunk of mine, inside a camel's-hair shawl. You said they would keep the moths out. Don't you remember?" Kate was very voluble just here. ¶ "They must be camphory."
ref: 1879, Barnet Phillips, Burning Their Ships, New York: Harper & Brothers, page 45:
text: Father had a splendid chest of camphor-wood which had come from England round the Horn in a sailing-ship with him. His clean clothes lived in it and on Sunday he was very camphory.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: In thickets and woods, Wisteria floribunda is a common native there and is about to reach its flowering peak, filling its glades with that characteristic fruity, tuberose, mildly camphory scent.
ref: 2012 May 24, Sarah Raven, “Wonderful Wisteria”, in The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Smelling of camphor; having a smell resembling that of camphor.
patrol boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patrol boats
Senses: glosses: A relatively small naval vessel designed for coastal defence.
patrol boats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patrol boat
bulul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bululs
form: bul-ul
Senses: glosses: A carved wooden figure used to guard the rice crop by the Ifugao peoples of northern Luzon.
Synonyms: tinagtaggu
amil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aumil.
airpuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airpuffs
Etymology: From air + puff.
Senses: examples: text: No airpuff punishment or active removal of residual water from the lickport was used.
ref: 2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: A short, sharp puff of air designed to startle a small animal in a biological experiment.
cysteinate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cysteinates
Etymology: From cysteine + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: SPECT with 99m Tc-ethyl cysteinate dimer showed no abnormal cerebral perfusion, while SPECT with 123 I-iomazenil (performed 3 days after discontinuation of benzodiazepine) showed decreased benzodiazepine receptor binding in the right medial temporal area (Fig. 1 ).
ref: 2015 August 5, Kaori Morimoto et al., “Analysis of a child who developed abnormal neuropsychiatric symptoms after administration of oseltamivir: a case report”, in BMC Neurology, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion derived from cysteine
diacylglyercide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diacylglyercides
Etymology: From diacyl + glyercide.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of diglyceride (of a typical fatty acid)
synonyms: word: diglyceride
extra: of a typical fatty acid
diacylglyercides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: MG and FA are then absorbed into the small intestinal enterocytes and repackaged into diacylglyercides (DG) by monoacylglyceride acyltransferase transferase.
ref: 2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: plural of diacylglyercide
diaplasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If closed reduction in patients cannot be achieved, or in patients with an unstable diaplasis and chronic RHD, or incarceration of annular ligament, open reduction and reconstruction of annular ligament is needed.
ref: 2015 August 5, Jian Wang et al., “Annular ligament reconstruction by suture anchor for treatment of radial head dislocation in children”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The setting of a fracture or dislocation.
dolicocephaly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In 1996, Pivnick et al reported on a 22-month-old child who showed diffuse hypertrichosis, facial structural anomalies, symmetrical hyperpigmentation of the sideburn areas of the face and hyperpigmented streaks on the limbs, dolicocephaly and pigmentary retinopathy.
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of dolichocephaly.
masked palm civet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masked palm civets
Senses: synonyms: gem-faced civet
Himalayan palm civet
glosses: A civet of species Paguma larvata, native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
palm civet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palm civets
Senses: glosses: Any of various species of civet in the Paradoxurinae and Hemigalinae subfamilies.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Nandinia binotata
word: African palm civet
taxonomic: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
word: Asian palm civet
taxonomic: Hemigalus derbyanus
word: banded palm civet in Hemigalinae
alt: Paradoxurus jerdoni and Macrogalidia musschenbroekii
word: brown palm civet
taxonomic: Paradoxurus zeylonensis
word: golden palm civet
taxonomic: Paguma larvata
word: Himalayan palm civet
taxonomic: Diplogale hosei
word: Hose's palm civet
english: syn. Paradoxurus niger
translation: syn. Paradoxurus niger
taxonomic: Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
word: Indian palm civet
taxonomic: Paradoxurus jerdoni
word: Jerdon's palm civet
taxonomic: Paguma larvata
word: masked palm civet
taxonomic: Chrotogale owstoni
word: Owston's palm civet
taxonomic: Arctogalidia trivirgata
word: small-toothed palm civet
taxonomic: Macrogalidia musschenbroekii
word: Sulawesi palm civet
taxonomic: Arctogalidia trivirgata
word: three-striped palm civet
taxonomic: Nandinia binotata
word: two-spotted palm civet
eau de toilettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eau de toilette
eaus de toilette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eau de toilette
dyno torch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyno torches
Senses: examples: text: I try to imitate the sound of a dyno torch.
ref: 2000, Carol Fox, editor, In Times of War: An Anthology of War and Peace in Children's Literature:
text: From left to right: the Philips dyno torch, Seiko kinetic watch, and BayGen Freeplay radio
ref: 2012, Angèle H. Reinders, The Power of Design: Product Innovation in Sustainable Energy Technologies:
text: The Philips workshop in Vught produced capacitors, transformers, radio tubes, electric shavers, and dyno-torches.
ref: 2012, David Koker, At the Edge of the Abyss: A Concentration Camp Diary, 1943-1944:
synonyms: dynamo torch
glosses: A mechanical flashlight that is powered by squeezing a handle.
eflorinithine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pharmacological treatment consists of topical eflorinithine, a specific and irreversible inhibitor of the enzyme ornithine decarboxylase, which is located within the hair follicle and stimulates hair growth [ 6, 66 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Piero Pavone et al., “Congenital generalized hypertrichosis: the skin as a clue to complex malformation syndromes”, in Italian Journal of Pediatrics, volume 41, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of eflornithine.
eicosenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Tentative identifications include oleic acid ([M + H] +, m/z 283.2620), linoleamide ([M + H] +, m/z 280.2655), acetic acid ([M + K] +, m/z 98.9828) and eicosenic acid ([M + H] +, m/z 311.2875) respectively.
ref: 2015 August 5, Christopher A. Mitchell et al., “Lipid changes within the epidermis of living skin equivalents observed across a time-course by MALDI-MS imaging and profiling”, in Lipids in Health and Disease, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of eicosenoic.
eicosenoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eicosene + -oic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to eicosenoic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: eicosenoyl
eicosene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eicosenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of very many isomers of the unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon having the chemical formula C₂₀H₄₀, but especially 2-eicosene.
Derived terms: eicosenoic
endoclip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoclips
Etymology: From endo- + clip.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A device used in endoscopy to close two mucosal surfaces without the need for surgery and suturing
endoclips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The thoracic duct is transected at the level of the diaphragm and arch of the azygos vein by using 10-mm endoclips and excised with the specimen.
ref: 2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy (DEPTH trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: plural of endoclip
epicondylectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: epicondylectomies
Etymology: From epicondyle + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: Studies have investigated the outcomes of operative techniques for treating cubital tunnel syndrome including open [ 1, 2 ] or endoscopic [ 3, 4 ] simple decompression; subcutaneous [ 5 – 7 ], intramuscular [ 8 ], or submuscular [ 2, 9 ] anterior transposition; and medial epicondylectomy [ 6, 10, 11 ].
ref: 2015 August 6, Ho-Jung Kang et al., “Ulnar nerve stability-based surgery for cubital tunnel syndrome via a small incision: a comparison with classic anterior nerve transposition”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of the epicondyle (to relieve golfer's elbow)
epicondylectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicondylectomy
fibroglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From fibro- + glandular.
Senses: examples: text: Based on texture differences observed between fat and healthy tissues (data not shown), healthy tissues were defined as fibroglandular tissues excluding fatty tissues.
ref: 2015 August 5, N. Michoux et al., “Texture analysis on MR images helps predicting non-response to NAC in breast cancer”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: fibrous and glandular
fistuleous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Fistulogram and CT scan showed a fistuleous tract involving the appendix.
ref: 2013 August 6, Olivier Wijers et al., “Appendico-cutaneous fistula 20 years after groin hernia repair with a polypropylene plug”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of fistulous.
fluoresceinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fluorescein + -ated.
Senses: examples: text: Fluoresceinated goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody FI-1000 (Vector Laboratories, Burlingame, CA, USA) and fluoresceinated goat anti-mouse IgG antibody FI-2000, were used as secondary antibodies and applied in PBST for 1 h.
ref: 2015 August 5, Ewa Kautz et al., “In vitro decidualisation of canine uterine stromal cells”, in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Reacted with fluorescein
glycerophosphonoethanolamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerophosphonoethanolamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A lipid, similar to a glycerophosphoethanolamine, but with a carbon-phosphorus bond instead of a carbon-oxygen-phosphorus linkage
glycerophosphonoethanolamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The lipid groups identified and reported in the table include free-fatty acids, glycerophosphonoethanolamines, glycerophosphocholine, sphingolipids and triacylglycerols.
ref: 2015 August 5, Christopher A. Mitchell et al., “Lipid changes within the epidermis of living skin equivalents observed across a time-course by MALDI-MS imaging and profiling”, in Lipids in Health and Disease, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glycerophosphonoethanolamine
glycerosphingolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerosphingolipids
Senses: examples: text: A consistent observation in the MALDI-MS images is that a depletion of phospholipids and glycerosphingolipids occurs across the time-course study.
ref: 2015 August 5, Christopher A. Mitchell et al., “Lipid changes within the epidermis of living skin equivalents observed across a time-course by MALDI-MS imaging and profiling”, in Lipids in Health and Disease, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: A glycerolipid containing sphingosine
glycerosphingolipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycerosphingolipid
glycophospholipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycophospholipids
Etymology: From glyco- + phospholipid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phospholipid containing a sugar moiety
glycophospholipids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The progression of proliferation and differentiated states in skin can be correlated with the content of ceramides and glycophospholipids in a targeted manner, supporting both biomarker discovery within skin pathology and pharmacodynamic investigations.
ref: 2015 August 5, Christopher A. Mitchell et al., “Lipid changes within the epidermis of living skin equivalents observed across a time-course by MALDI-MS imaging and profiling”, in Lipids in Health and Disease, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glycophospholipid
hyperlucent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperlucent
form: most hyperlucent
Etymology: From hyper- + -lucent.
Senses: examples: text: A roentgenogram of the chest revealed dextrocardia and hyperlucent left lung fields.
ref: 2013 August 6, Suresh Chandran et al., “Lung herniation: an uncommon presentation of Poland's syndrome in a neonate at birth”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
glosses: Less dense than normal
raw_tags: of an X-ray image
Related terms: hyperlucency
infrutescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infrutescences
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of infructescence.
juxtacellular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juxta- + cellular.
Senses: examples: text: This depth range was consistently in L4 based on juxtacellular cell fills (unpublished observations).
ref: 2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Alongside a cell
kmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: More than 35 % of the kmers in the Xander-assembled nirK and rplB contigs occurred only once in the reads (Fig. 3 ), while more than 40 % of nirK and rplB contigs identified in bulk assembly had median read coverage of 1 (data not shown).
ref: 2015 August 5, Qiong Wang et al., “Xander: employing a novel method for efficient gene-targeted metagenomic assembly”, in Microbiome, volume 3, →DOI:
glosses: plural of kmer
lickport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lickports
Etymology: From lick + port.
Senses: examples: text: No airpuff punishment or active removal of residual water from the lickport was used.
ref: 2015, Samuel Andrew Hires et al., “Low-noise encoding of active touch by layer 4 in the somatosensory cortex”, in eLife, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: An opening (typically in a cage) through which a test animal may lick water or other drink
lipidolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lipid + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: It’s possible mechanism is that TFSC downregulating the mRNA expression of transcription factor SREBP-lc to regulate the downstream lipid synthesis related genes ACC, FAS and LEP expression, meanwhile, TFSC upregulated the level of transcription factor PPAR-α to regulate the downstream lipidolysis related genes CPT-1 and CYP7A1 expression, and improved the liver tissue β oxidation and in vivo fatty acid degradation, inhibit fatty acid synthesis, and finally reach the effective regulation of lipid metabolisms of experimental rat model of NAFLD (Table 4 ).
ref: 2015 August 6, Yu Wang et al., “Prevention and treatment effect of total flavonoids in Stellera chamaejasme L. on nonalcoholic fatty liver in rats”, in Lipids in Health and Disease, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of lipolysis.
luteotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: PGs, and especially PGE2, are among the most important luteotrophic factors in the dog [ 27, 53 – 55 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Ewa Kautz et al., “In vitro decidualisation of canine uterine stromal cells”, in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of luteotropic.
microclip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microclips
Etymology: From micro- + clip.
Senses: examples: text: CCA and ECA were ligated with a suture (6-0 silk suture, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ, USA), while ICA was temporarily clipped with a vascular microclip (8 mm artery clip, Rebstock Instruments Gmbh, Dürbheim, Germany).
ref: 2015 August 5, Edvin Ingberg et al., “Elevated body swing test after focal cerebral ischemia in rodents: methodological considerations”, in BMC Neuroscience, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: A very small clip
micromold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromolds
Etymology: From micro- + mold.
Senses: examples: text: Methods for fabrication of the micromold and loading cultured cells into the micromold plate have been published previously [ 12, 13 ].
ref: 2015 August 5, Caitlin Cole et al., “Arum Palaestinum with isovanillin, linolenic acid and β-sitosterol inhibits prostate cancer spheroids and reduces the growth rate of prostate tumors in mice”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A very small mold (hollow form) used to make microparticles
micromold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: micromolds
form: micromolding
form: micromolded
form: micromolded
Etymology: From micro- + mold.
Senses: glosses: To use such a mold to make microparticles
Related terms: micromolding
minithoracotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minithoracotomies
Etymology: From mini- + thoracotomy.
Senses: examples: text: A minithoracotomy (5 cm) is performed through which the specimen is resected.
ref: 2015 August 5, Denise P. Veelo et al., “The effect of on-demand vs deep neuromuscular relaxation on rating of surgical and anaesthesiologic conditions in patients undergoing thoracolaparoscopic esophagectomy (DEPTH trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial”, in Trials, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A thoracotomy involving a small incision
minithoracotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minithoracotomy
monoacylglyceride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoacylglycerides
Senses: examples: text: MG and FA are then absorbed into the small intestinal enterocytes and repackaged into diacylglyercides (DG) by monoacylglyceride acyltransferase transferase.
ref: 2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of monoglyceride (of a typical fatty acid)
synonyms: word: monoglyceride
extra: of a typical fatty acid
monoacylglycerides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Dietary TG are first broken down into monoacylglycerides (MG) and fatty acids (FA) by a host of pancreatic lipases.
ref: 2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: plural of monoacylglyceride
slut's wool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slʌts wʊl/
Etymology: slut (“a slovenly, untidy person (archaic)”) + -'s + wool.
Senses: examples: text: There have been a great many things to be seen to, in order to make everything cosy, since Mr. Walsh had developed bachelor's habits after the death of his first wife, and some things had become none too savoury. I had a large array of cobwebs and hanks of slut's wool to sweep out from under the beds, and also a fair deal of scrubbing and scouring to do.
ref: 1996, Margaret Atwood, Alias Grace, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN:
glosses: Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.
Synonyms: dust bunny
house moss
podalically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From podalic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The shoulder presentation was turned podalically. In the case of the footling the feet were kept up and the primiparous passages dilated by caoutchouc bags.
ref: 1882, Oliver & Boyd, The Transactions of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society - Volume 7, The Michigan University Press, page 42
text: The Indian Vedas note midwives only delivered vertex presentations. Doctors delivered all other presentations. Bilateral footling, unilateral footling, and breech were delivered podalically.
ref: 2008, Caroline Peterson • Lorena Madrigal • Wendy Nembhard • Nancy Romero-Daza • David Himmelgreen • Getchew Dagne, Psycho-Socio-Cultural Risk Factors for Breech Presentation, The South Florida University Press, page 42
text: The probe is moved podalically along the common femoral artery. The level of the bifurcation region of the common femoral artery into the superficial femoral artery and the profunda can be visualized but the profunda is rarely seen.
ref: 1985, Minerva Medica, International Angiology: A Journal of the International Union of Angiology - Volume 4, The California University Press, page 259
glosses: By means of, or in terms of the foot, or feet collectively.
Derived terms: podalic
Dogger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea area centred on the Dogger Bank; the name of a shipping forecast area.