cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cuckoo-hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckoo-hawks
Etymology: From cuckoo + hawk.
Senses: glosses: Either of two African hawks in the genus Aviceda
Hyponyms: taxonomic: Aviceda cuculoides
word: African cuckoo-hawk
taxonomic: Aviceda madagascariensis
word: Madagascar cuckoo-hawk
Related terms: baza
hawk-cuckoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawk-cuckoos
Senses: glosses: Any of the birds of several species in the genus Hierococcyx.
Hyponyms: common hawk-cuckoo
dark hawk-cuckoo
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo
large hawk-cuckoo
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo
moustached hawk-cuckoo
Philippine hawk-cuckoo
rufous hawk-cuckoo
tip drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tip drills
Senses: topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A practice drill where a line of players improve their rebounding skills by catching a rebound in the air, tossing the ball back against the backboard before landing, and returning to the end of the line to go again.
examples: text: I said it must be ya ass, cause it ain't ya face
I need a tip drill, I need a tip drill...
It must be ya money, cause it ain't ya face
You a tip drill, nigga, you a tip drill
ref: 2007, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. & al., "Tip Drill"
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: Synonym of butterface: A person with an attractive body but an ugly face.
synonyms: word: butterface
extra: A person with an attractive body but an ugly face
examples: text: I said it ain't no fun 'less we all get some
I need a tip drill, we need a tip drill
ref: 2007, Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. & al., "Tip Drill"
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: A person who is gangbanged.
tip drills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tip drill
deimmortalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deimmortalizes
form: deimmortalizing
form: deimmortalized
form: deimmortalized
Etymology: From de- + immortalize.
Senses: examples: text: After SV40 T-Ag was removed to deimmortalize the cells, telomerase activity was reduced to its original level before immortalization and decreased with passages just the same as primary DFCs. These results suggest that piggyBac immortalization system could be a potential strategy to amplify primary cells, which is critical for regenerative research and further clinical application.
ref: 2015 July 15, “TrAmplification of Human Dental Follicle Cells by piggyBac Transposon - Mediated Reversible Immortalization System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To make a cell subject to normal apoptosis
Related terms: deimmortalization
deimmortalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The immortalized DFCs (iDFCs) exhibit higher proliferate activity, which can be reversed to its original level before immortalization when deimmortalized by FLP recombinase.
ref: 2015 July 15, “TrAmplification of Human Dental Follicle Cells by piggyBac Transposon - Mediated Reversible Immortalization System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of deimmortalize
denitrosylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denitrosylations
Etymology: From de- + nitrosylation.
Senses: examples: text: The reverse process of S-nitrosylation is called denitrosylation, which can occur spontaneously in the presence of the reduced form of glutathione (GSH) [10 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Voluntary Exercise Can Ameliorate Insulin Resistance by Reducing iNOS-Mediated S-Nitrosylation of Akt in the Liver in Obese Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of a nitrosyl group (or the elements of nitric oxide) from a molecule
diasterane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diasteranes
Etymology: From dia- + sterane.
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, Mississippi River discharge could not explain the elevated hopane, sterane, and diasterane concentrations [23, 75 ] and depletion in natural abundance radiocarbon [63 ] in NE GoM surface sediments that are indicative of petroleum hydrocarbon input.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of isomers of steranes formed during diagenesis
diasterane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diasteranes
Etymology: From di- + asterane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The simplest possible asterane tricyclo[3.1.1.12,4]octane, or [2]asterane
asterane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asteranes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of hydrocarbon cage compounds consisting of two cycloalkane rings linked to each other by methylene groups
Derived terms: diasterane
diasteranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We targeted biomarker compounds (hopanes, steranes, diasteranes) as conservative tracers for crude oil [49, 50 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of diasterane
emtasine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: HER-2-based ADC targeting have been investigated for clinical application in breast cancer treatment [11, 12 ] using trastuzumab emtasime (trastuzumab-DM1; T-DM1), in which trastuzumab is conjugated through a stable thioether bond to the maytansanoid derivative emtasine.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Caveolin-1 Dependent Endocytosis Enhances the Chemosensitivity of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer Cells to Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of emtansine.
emtansine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A maytansinoid cytotoxic agent used, conjugated with the antibidy trastuzumab, in the drug Trastuzumab emtansine
endonexin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endonexins
Senses: examples: text: The overall tertiary structures, which were defined by four endonexin domains containing calcium binding sites, were well preserved […]
ref: 2015 July 15, “Potato Annexin STANN1 Promotes Drought Tolerance and Mitigates Light Stress in Transgenic Solanum tuberosum L. Plants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a particular group of integrin-binding proteins.
Musketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Musketeers
Etymology: Blend of Musk + musketeer.
Senses: examples: text: This was the rock that Musk and his Musketeers planned to build their company on.
ref: 2014 June/July, Charles Morris, “The early days of Tesla”, in Charged: Electric Vehicles Magazine, number 14, page 62:
text: Mr Vance comes across as a “Musketeer”, someone who believes in Mr Musk’s power to reshape the world.
ref: 2015 July 2, “Fortune favours the brave”, in The Economist:
text: The young Musketeers, who apparently have your personal information at their fingertips, aren’t just inexperienced – they appear completely unqualified.
ref: 2025 February 8, Arwa Mahdawi, “Meet the young Musketeers, our unelected overlords employed by ‘Doge’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: Muskophile
glosses: A fan, supporter or partisan of Elon Musk.
endopiriform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪɹɪfɔː(ɹ)m
Etymology: From endo- + piriform.
Senses: examples: text: Since other dense anatomical structures are around and in contact the EC, the EC was defined to exclude the dorsal endopiriform nucleus and the piriform cortex.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Dimensionless, Scale Invariant, Edge Weight Metric for the Study of Complex Structural Networks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Located within the piriform cortex
Musketeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Musketeer
pancyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Containing cycless of every possible length (from 3 to the order of the graph).
raw_tags: of a graph
spanning trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spanning tree
trib
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: tribs
form: tribbing
form: tribbed
form: tribbed
Etymology: Short for tribadism.
Senses: examples: text: They had tribbed often in the past, but never in this particular position, though Laura came slowly to realize that this was a natural for them
ref: 2006, Miranda Mars, “{ASSM} Laura - Chapter 303”, in alt.sex.stories (Usenet):
text: According to the school newspaper, the Daily 49er, a group of approximately 24 Cal State Long Beach students "tribbed" (or scissored--you know) with each other for some 10 minutes in protest of the censorship of the title of their play, The Night of the Tribades.
ref: 2010, Vickie Chang, Cal State Long Beach Students Scissor Each Other in Protest Over Censorship of Play:
glosses: To sexually stimulate one's vulva against another person's; to scissor.
trib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪb
Forms: form: tribs
Etymology: Clipping of tributary.
Senses: glosses: A tributary.
pluriliteracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pluriliteracies
Etymology: From pluri- + literacy.
Senses: glosses: literacy in more than one language or script
Derived terms: pluriliterate
enzymolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enzymolyses
Etymology: From enzyme + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: Through destaining, reduction, enzymolysis and ultrasonication, the protein sample was then dissolved in solution A (98% ddH 2 O+2% CH3CN+0.1% Formic Acid) and analyzed by Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) (Agilent, 7890A-5975C, USA).
ref: 2015 July 15, “Foxp1 Regulates the Proliferation of Hair Follicle Stem Cells in Response to Oxidative Stress during Hair Cycling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Decomposition catalyzed by an enzyme.
Related terms: enzymolyze
eurythermic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eurythermic
form: most eurythermic
Senses: examples: text: The life span of this species is a minimum of 7 years and it is capable of adapting to eurythermic and euryhaline environments.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Phylogeography of the Rock Shell Thais clavigera (Mollusca): Evidence for Long-Distance Dispersal in the Northwestern Pacific”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of eurythermal.
synonyms: word: eurythermal
exoelectrogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In other words, the current output observed in MFCs was mainly due to the alkaliphilic and exoelectrogenic A.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Anditalea andensis ANESC-S T - An Alkaliphilic Halotolerant Bacterium Capable of Electricity Generation under Alkaline-Saline Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or characteristic of an exoelectrogen; relating to exoelectrogenesis
exoelectrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoelectrogens
Etymology: From exo- + electro- + -gen.
Senses: glosses: Any microorganism that can transfer electrons extracellularly
Related terms: exoelectrogenesis
exoelectrogenic
exoelectrogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is an emerging technology which employs exoelectrogens to concurrently bioremediate and produce energy from wastewater [1 –3 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Anditalea andensis ANESC-S T - An Alkaliphilic Halotolerant Bacterium Capable of Electricity Generation under Alkaline-Saline Conditions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of exoelectrogen
contemporary gospel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It wasn't too many years ago that contemporary gospel music was hard to find. Now, there's evidence of it on all sides— on television, radio, stage, in homes and in automobiles.
ref: 1980 September 27, Paul Baker, “A Time-Honored Message Moves to a New Beat”, in Billboard, volume 92, number 39, page G-8+:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of popular contemporary R&B with Christian lyrics and influences from gospel music.
swamp pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of Louisiana pop music influenced by country and local Cajun and Creole musical elements.
fibrinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In infected placentas from patients with IUGR, significant increase in the number of large fibrinoids with avascular villi, edema, and inflammation were observed [7 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cytomegalovirus Infection Triggers the Secretion of the PPARγ Agonists 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid (15-HETE) and 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid (13-HODE) in Human Cytotrophoblasts and Placental Cultures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of fibrinoid
fmols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fmol
histoculture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histocultures
Etymology: From histo- + culture.
Senses: examples: text: Placenta samples were used only for histoculture, as described in the present article.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cytomegalovirus Infection Triggers the Secretion of the PPARγ Agonists 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid (15-HETE) and 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid (13-HODE) in Human Cytotrophoblasts and Placental Cultures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: tissue culture
Derived terms: microhistoculture
histoculture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: histocultures
form: histoculturing
form: histocultured
form: histocultured
Etymology: From histo- + culture.
Senses: glosses: To propagate tissue using tissue culture.
histocultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: At day 12, we observed no significant difference in the amounts of 15-HETE or 13-HODE from the histocultures placed in the infectious context as compared as the controls, although their mean values were greater than those at day 1 pi (Fig 3 ).
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cytomegalovirus Infection Triggers the Secretion of the PPARγ Agonists 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid (15-HETE) and 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid (13-HODE) in Human Cytotrophoblasts and Placental Cultures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of histoculture
interpain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Val-Leu-Lys is a substrate for interpain, however, the measured activity was not blocked by the cysteine protease inhibitor E64 (data not shown), suggesting that serine proteases, even including host proteases such as plasmin may be responsible for this activity.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Early Cytokine Response to Infection with Pathogenic vs Non-Pathogenic Organisms in a Mouse Model of Endodontic Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cysteine proteinase obtained from Prevotella intermedia
slack-key
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: slack key
Etymology: From a translation of the Hawaiian kī hōʻalu (“loosen the [tuning] key”).
Senses: examples: text: Spanish-style guitars played in the standard position, though probably in altered tunings slack-key fashion.
ref: 2007, Tim Brookes, Guitar: An American Life, page 56:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: (of a string instrument or a manner of playing one) Performed with loosened strings, such that all of the strings play in the same key (most often G major).
slack key
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of slack-key.
intracranium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪniəm
Etymology: From intra- + cranium.
Senses: examples: text: The BCV compression with jugular reflux to the intracranium has been accidentally found in patients receiving dynamic brain scintigraphy or brain MR imaging [19 ,20 ,29 ,33 ], with the frequency of this phenomenon estimated at about 0·2% to 0·4% [19 ], and the association between BCV compression to TGA has been previously proposed by our team [19 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Obstruction of Venous Drainage Linked to Transient Global Amnesia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The interior of the cranium
intragraft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + graft.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, this could not be observed for intragraft IFN-γ expression.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Differences in CD44 Surface Expression Levels and Function Discriminates IL-17 and IFN-γ Producing Helper T Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a graft
second line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second lines
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The second battle line used to support the front line.
qualifier: New Orleans
glosses: The group of dancers, musicians, performers, etc. who are the second part of a traditional New Orleans parade, originally only for funerals but more recently as part of any celebration.
intrarachidian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + rachidian.
Senses: examples: text: Of these 27 TGA patients, the presence of a vicarious shunt with posterior condylar collateral formation was found in 15 (55.6%) TGA patients in contrast to 8.9% in controls, while in 13 (48.1%) patients the contrast refluxed into the IJV (Fig 1Bd ), or refluxed directly through intrarachidian anastomoses to the contralateral side at a different level (Fig 1Be ).
ref: 2015 July 15, “Obstruction of Venous Drainage Linked to Transient Global Amnesia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of intraspinal.
synonyms: word: intraspinal
routiner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: routiners
Etymology: From routine + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Around the turn of the century, however, "routiner" or "head" music and "ear" musicians began to appear at parades. This was music more exclusively rooted in black traditions, played by men who often could not read music but who instead improvised.
ref: 1999, Reid MITCHELL, ALL ON A MARDI GRAS DAY, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 153:
text: Tom Albert, present during this interview, stated that Vincent was at first a routiner (i.e., playing by rote or ear) [...]
ref: 2005, Lawrence Gushee, Pioneers of Jazz: The Story of the Creole Band, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN:
text: It seemed to the uptown routiners that aurality had its own set of advantages, and in the absence of strong evidence to the contrary it is hard to argue against them.
ref: 2006, Thomas Brothers, Louis Armstrong's New Orleans, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 236:
text: The rougher bands, like Kid Ory's or Frankie Dusen's Eagle Band, thrived; they were the “routiners,” the improvisers who worked from their ear rather than reading music.
ref: 2014, Dennis McNally, On Highway 61: Music, Race, and the Evolution of Cultural Freedom, Counterpoint, →ISBN, page 141:
qualifier: jazz
glosses: A jazz musician who plays by ear (i.e. not using sheet music, but rather following along with the band and memorizing music when needed).
examples: text: In preparing for the test, it is only necessary to connect the routiner to a test distributor by operating a key.
ref: 1955, Telephony:
text: Two interface lines are needed for the diagnostic routiner to communicate with the CU.
ref: 1972, Computer Design: The Design and Application of Digital Circuits, Equipment & Systems:
text: We usually let the routiner run overnight, when the exchange switches were lightly used, and thus mostly free for testing.
ref: 2006, B. Jack Copeland, Colossus: The secrets of Bletchley Park's code-breaking computers, OUP Oxford, →ISBN:
glosses: A device used to automatically activate and cycle the settings of electronic equipment for testing purposes.
quelbe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
qualifier: Virgin Islands
glosses: A style of folk and popular music from the Virgin Islands, traditionally performed by bands consisting of ukulele, banjo, guitar and washboard with various percussion instruments on rhythm.
Synonyms: fungi
scratch
magnetosensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetosensors
Etymology: From magneto- + sensor.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, using a transgenic approach, human CRY2 was proved to even function as a magnetosensor in the magnetoreception system of Drosophila [12 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cryptochromes and Hormone Signal Transduction under Near-Zero Magnetic Fields: New Clues to Magnetic Field Effects in a Rice Planthopper”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The supposed organ of magnetoception
magnetosensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And it is generally accepted that cryptochromes are not only the putative primary magnetosensors, but also key components in regulating circadian rhythms, which are ultimately involved in controlling the downstream expression of specific hormones in both vertebrates [22 ] and invertebrates [23, 24 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cryptochromes and Hormone Signal Transduction under Near-Zero Magnetic Fields: New Clues to Magnetic Field Effects in a Rice Planthopper”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of magnetosensor
maytansanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: HER-2-based ADC targeting have been investigated for clinical application in breast cancer treatment [11, 12 ] using trastuzumab emtasime (trastuzumab-DM1; T-DM1), in which trastuzumab is conjugated through a stable thioether bond to the maytansanoid derivative emtasine.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Caveolin-1 Dependent Endocytosis Enhances the Chemosensitivity of HER-2 Positive Breast Cancer Cells to Trastuzumab Emtansine (T-DM1)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of maytansinoid.
microaerobically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From micro- + aerobically.
Senses: examples: text: At first, samples were also enriched in Bolton broth (Oxoid), with 5% horse blood and selective supplement (SR183E, Oxoid Ltd.), and incubated microaerobically at 37°C for 48 h but since all enriched samples, unlike direct culture, were consistently negative for Campylobacter spp. we ceased using this method.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Population Genetics and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Canine Campylobacter Isolates Collected before and after a Raw Feeding Experiment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a microaerobic manner
momentaneously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From momentaneous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When he wrote “…the kinds of thoughts and ideas that invade my emotions as I run remain subordinate to that void” he might indeed refer to the tendency to focus on the ongoing activity as, in this case, on running, without being distracted by internal, momentaneously not relevant, thoughts.
ref: 2015 July 15, “It’s a Matter of Mind! Cognitive Functioning Predicts the Athletic Performance in Ultra-Marathon Runners”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: momentarily
neocuproine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neocuproin
Etymology: From neo- + [Term?] + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: The homogenates were subsequently incubated at 50°C for 20 minutes with vortexing every two minutes following the addition of 1 volume of blocking buffer (PBS-HCl, pH 3.5, 150 mM NaCl, 1 mM EDTA, 1 mM DTPA, 2.5% SDS, 0.1 mM neocuproine, 40 mM MMTS).
ref: 2015 July 15, “Voluntary Exercise Can Ameliorate Insulin Resistance by Reducing iNOS-Mediated S-Nitrosylation of Akt in the Liver in Obese Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The ligand 2,9-dimethyl-1,10-phenanthroline
osmlolality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Schirmer-tests and tear osmlolality measurements planned in the study protocol were not performed to reduce the invasiveness of the study and stress of patients having the advanced condition of severe conjunctivochalasis.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Isotonic Glycerol and Sodium Hyaluronate Containing Artificial Tear Decreases Conjunctivochalasis after One and Three Months: A Self-Controlled, Unmasked Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of osmolality.
Merkle trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Merkle tree
parakeratin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + keratin.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, samples from the gingiva (a site devoid of minor salivary glands, Fig 2B ) showed mild diffuse staining of the spinous layer and sometimes of the parakeratin, but not focal intense staining as seen in ductal cells merging with the surface epithelium.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Periluminal Distribution of HIV-Binding Target Cells and Gp340 in the Oral, Cervical and Sigmoid/Rectal Mucosae: A Mapping Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An abnormal, pyknotic form of keratin
Related terms: parakeratinized
shamee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shamees
Etymology: From shame + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is shamed.
shamees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamee
photosynthetron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfəʊ.təʊˈsɪn.θəˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /ˌfoʊ.toʊˈsɪn.θəˌtɹɑn/
Forms: form: photosynthetrons
Etymology: From photosynthesis + -tron.
Senses: examples: text: Spiked samples were mixed gently but thoroughly, aliquoted into 20 ml glass scintillation vials and placed into the photosynthetron.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Interacting Effects of Light and Iron Availability on the Coupling of Photosynthetic Electron Transport and CO 2 -Assimilation in Marine Phytoplankton”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A photosynthesis irradiance incubator
polygyneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There were no differences in terms of proportion of participants in polygyneous relationships, intergenerational partnerships, number of children or other sociodemographic variables.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Lack of Effectiveness of Antiretroviral Therapy in Preventing HIV Infection in Serodiscordant Couples in Uganda: An Observational Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of polygynous.
metamour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛ.tə.mʊə/
ipa: /-mɔː/
ipa: /ˈmɛ.tə.mʊɹ/
rhymes: -ɛtəmʊə
Forms: form: metamours
Etymology: From meta- + amour, probably influenced by paramour.
Senses: examples: text: I get it less with women who are bi and poly than with women who are monosexual and monogamous/monoamorous, but I can't put my finger on why, and there are exceptions in both directions. I get it less with metamours than with women who are unrelated, but maybe that's just because if my metamours were alien to me, there's a fair chance they'd be alien to my partners too, or conversely that I'd have been alien to the partners when they were still just potential partners, and hence we'd never become metamours in the first place.
ref: 2000 August 11, Liz W, “When your wife loves to be at the center...!”, in alt.polyamory (Usenet):
text: […] — and in considering how jealous I would feel if Anna (or honestly any of this polycule, because yes, reader, they are all hot) were my metamour, I imagine what it would be like, how destabilizing to watch your partner grow closer and more intimate and happier with another person;[…]
ref: 2024 January 16, Allison P. Davis, “What Does a Polycule Actually Look Like?”, in New York Magazine:
glosses: In a polyamorous relationship, one's partner's partner, with whom one is not directly involved.
metamours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metamour
prefibrillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A potential problem with this strategy is that blocking the later stages of fibril formation favors the formation of the prefibrillary oligomeric forms that are even more cytotoxic than the fibrils [10 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Virtual and In Vitro Screens Reveal a Potential Pharmacophore that Avoids the Fibrillization of Aβ 1–42”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of prefibrillar.
photosynthetrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photosynthetron
prolipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + lipoprotein.
Senses: examples: text: Inactivation of the prolipoprotein diacylglycerol transferase (lgt) in ΔbgsA abrogated TNF-α induction by a ΔbgsA_lgt double mutant indicating that lipoproteins mediate increased activation of mouse macrophages by ΔbgsA.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Enterococcus faecalis Glycolipids Modulate Lipoprotein-Content of the Bacterial Cell Membrane and Host Immune Response”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Involved in the biosynthesis of lipoprotein
prolipoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prolipoproteins
Etymology: From pro- + lipoprotein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The protein part of a lipoprotein, before lipid attachment
Related terms: prelipoprotein
sclerophylly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The morphological differences to sclerophylly are relatively few and mainly found in the amounts of sclerenchyma, leaf shape, and margins.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Biogeography of Mediterranean Hotspot Biodiversity: Re-Evaluating the 'Tertiary Relict' Hypothesis of Macaronesian Laurel Forests”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being sclerophyllous
siliciclastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To the west, sedimentation is dictated by the Mississippi River and the input of siliciclastics into the NE GoM. Bottom sediments are dominated by quartz sand on the shelf forming the “MAFLA” (Mississippi-Alabama-Florida) Sand Sheet [25, 26 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Sedimentation Pulse in the NE Gulf of Mexico following the 2010 DWH Blowout”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of siliciclastic
syncitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In human trophoblasts, 13-HODE was previously reported to increase human chorionic gonadotropin production but showed no effect on the differentiation markers syncitin, cyclin E or p27.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Cytomegalovirus Infection Triggers the Secretion of the PPARγ Agonists 15-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acid (15-HETE) and 13-Hydroxyoctadecadienoic Acid (13-HODE) in Human Cytotrophoblasts and Placental Cultures”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of syncytin.
tenuazonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Alternaria tenuis.
Senses: examples: text: In mesophyll cells of Eupatorium adenophorum, tenuazonic acid (TeA) inhibits electron flow along PSI and PSII and induces H 2 O 2 accumulation in chloroplasts within 1 h.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Potato Annexin STANN1 Promotes Drought Tolerance and Mitigates Light Stress in Transgenic Solanum tuberosum L. Plants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to tenuazonic acid or its derivatives
transpleurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transpleural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The left lobe was transpleurally lavaged using 3 mL of Iscove’s media with 15% glycerin mixed with 2% FBS-MEM and the lavage fluid was recovered by gently pressing the inflated lobe flat and used to transpleurally lavage the right lobe following the same technique.
ref: 2015 July 15, “Mammalian Cell-Derived Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Like Particles Protect the Lower as well as the Upper Respiratory Tract”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through the pleura
transpleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: From trans- + pleural.
Senses: glosses: Through the pleura
zeamatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Zea mays and -in.
Senses: examples: text: Unlike other pathogenesis-related group 5 proteins, zeamatin inhibits insect α-amylase and mammalian trypsin activities [75 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, “Proteome Analysis of Poplar Seed Vigor”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An antifungal protein found in Zea mays
glitziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glitzy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The relatively low-key Mr. Murdoch, who would prefer an ink-stained newsroom to a gold-plated Trump penthouse, was turned off by Mr. Trump’s glitziness and braggadocio, friends said.
ref: 2015 July 21, Amy Chozick, “Titans Clash as Donald Trump’s Run Fuels His Feud With Rupert Murdoch”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being glitzy.
lavatoria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lavatorium
megapop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mega-pop
Etymology: From mega- + pop.
Senses: examples: text: Word that the Icelandic iconoclast had retwiddled the results of her in-studio tryst with Mr. Mosely dashed any hopes that she'd abandon herself to horny megapop escapism.
ref: 2007, SPIN, volume 23, number 6, page 90:
text: The last remaining bankable megapop titan hanging out with an Internet-fueled hip-hop star — what a world!
ref: 2015 July 20, Jon Caramanica, “Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago Welcomes a Polyglot of Styles”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Highly successful mainstream pop music.
retweak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retweaks
form: retweaking
form: retweaked
form: retweaked
Etymology: From re- + tweak.
Senses: glosses: To tweak again; to readjust.
retweaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retweak
retweaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retweak
retweaks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retweak
sensately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sensately
form: most sensately
Etymology: From sensate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sensate manner.
bromodosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Copywriters soon discovered and labeled over a hundred new diseases, including such transparent imitations as "bromodosis" (sweaty foot odors), "homotosis" (lack of attractive home furnishings), "acidosis" (sour stomach), and such inventive afflictions as "office hips," "ashtray breath," and "accelerator toe."
ref: 1992, Jean Folkerts, Media voices: an historical perspective: an anthology, page 285:
text: Li Zhixiang, a member of the PAP, which is estimated to have more than one million members, said the new shoes had dealt a body blow to bromodosis.
ref: 2015 July 22, Tom Phillips, “China's military gives 'liberation shoes' the boot in war on smelly feet”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Body odour affecting the feet.
teppan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teppan
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鉄板 (teppan, “iron plate”).
Senses: examples: text: Touches of anime, including toys, enliven the otherwise neutral room where diners at the bar can watch the pancakes sizzle on a teppan griddle […]
ref: 2015 July 21, Florence Fabricant, “Okiway Opens in Bushwick”, in New York Times:
glosses: The metal griddle used in the teppanyaki style of Japanese cuisine.
sensitometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensitometry
sensoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sensorium
sensorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sensory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ng blows out more smoke, thinking. "As we learned in Vietnam, high-powered weapons are so sensorily overwhelming that they are similar to pyschoactive drugs.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 367:
glosses: In a sensory manner.
Derived terms: chemosensorily
sentiences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sentience
sepalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sepaled.
separableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From separable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being separable.
separatenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separateness
sequestrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sequestrum
serenenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sereneness
serfages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serfage
serialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serialism
sericins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sericin
sericultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sericulture
serigraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serigraphy
seriffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of serifed.
serologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serologists
Etymology: From serology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies serology.
serologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serologist
seronegativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seronegative + -ity, or sero- + negativity.
Senses: antonyms: seropositivity
coordinate_terms: seroconversion
glosses: The quality or state of being seronegative.
Related terms: seroconcordance
serodiscordance
serosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serosa
serotines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serotine
serotonins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serotonin
serpiginously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From serpiginous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a serpiginous manner.
serpigoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpigo
serpigos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serpigo
servanthoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servanthood
laurophyllous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɔːˈɹɒfɪləs/
Etymology: An etymological hybrid of the Latin laurus (“bay laurel”) and the English -phyllous (from the Ancient Greek φύλλον, phúllon, “leaf”).
Senses: examples: text: Europe’s vegetation continued to evolve, though much of the continent continued to be dominated by a subtropical forest rich in members of the laurel family, known as the laurophyllus forests.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 96:
glosses: Having leaves like those of the bay laurel.
raw_tags: of a plant
Related terms: laurophyllisation
sclerophyllous
servilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servilisms
Etymology: From servile + -ism.
Senses: glosses: servile behaviour
servilisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servilism
severability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: severabilities
Etymology: From sever + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being severable.
severabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of severability
severenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of severeness
severalties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of severalty
sexinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexiness
prog.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Prog. Fish-Cult.
translation: [The] Progressive Fish-Culturist
english: [The] Progressive Fish-Culturist
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glosses: Abbreviation of progressive.
cult.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Prog. Fish-Cult.
translation: [The] Progressive Fish-Culturist
english: [The] Progressive Fish-Culturist
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glosses: Abbreviation of culturist.
sexploitations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexploitation
sexualisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexualism
sextuply
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sextuple + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sextuple fashion.
sforzandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sforzando
shadchanim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadchan
shadflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadfly
shadinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadiness
shadowgraphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shadowgraph
shadowgraphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shadowgraph
shadowgraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadowgraphies
Senses: synonyms: word: Treweyism
glosses: The creation of shadowgraph images.
glosses: The selective blocking of a light source in order to produce the silhouettes of animals, etc. as a form of entertainment.
shadowgraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadowgraphy
shakinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shakiness
shaliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shaly: most shaly
shalier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of shaly: more shaly
shallons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shallon
shallownesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shallowness
shalms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shalm
shamable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shamable
form: most shamable
Etymology: From shame + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being shamed.
shambas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamba
shamianas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamiana
shamianah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shamianahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shamiana.
shamianahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamianah
shamisens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shamisen
samisens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samisen
shanachies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shanachie
glosses: plural of shanachy
shanghaier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shanghaiers
Etymology: From shanghai + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who shanghais.
shanghaiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shanghaier
shantymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shantyman
sisterji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sisterjis
Etymology: From sister + -ji.
Senses: glosses: sister (as a respectful term of address)
shavable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shavable
form: most shavable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shaveable.
sheenful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sheenful
form: most sheenful
Etymology: From sheen + -ful.
Senses: antonyms: sheenless
glosses: Having a sheen; shining; glossy.
sheepshearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheepshearers
Etymology: From sheep + shearer.
Senses: glosses: One who shears sheep.
sheepshearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheepshearer
shehita
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shehitah.
shellduck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shellducks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shelduck.
shellducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shellduck
shelterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shelterer
shelterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheltering
sheroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheroots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cheroot.
sheroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheroot
shewbreads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shewbread
shibahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shibah
shiftlessnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiftlessness
shindys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And ships' games, the songs and shindys, the yarns of murder and ghosts.
ref: 1969, The Spectator, volume 223, page 48:
glosses: plural of shindy
shipsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipside
shipways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shipway
shirtily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shirtily
form: most shirtily
Etymology: From shirty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a shirty manner.
shittimwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shittim wood
Etymology: From shittim (plural of "shittah") + wood.
Senses: examples: text: ¶ And they shall make an Arke of Shittim wood: two cubites and a halfe shalbe the length thereof, and a cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof, and a cubite & a halfe the height thereof.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 25:10:
glosses: Wood of the shittim (Vachelia seval).
shiverer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shiverers
Etymology: From shiver + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who shivers.
examples: text: These iOPCs had the ability to differentiate into oligodendrocytes in vitro and to myelinate host axons after transplantation into the demyelinated shiverer mouse brain.
ref: 2014 December 29, Mohamad Khazaei et al., “The Potential for iPS-Derived Stem Cells as a Therapeutic Strategy for Spinal Cord Injury: Opportunities and Challenges”, in Journal of Clinical Medicine, volume 4, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A mouse mutation characterised by tremors.
shiverers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shiverer
shlemiehl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shlemiehls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schlemiel.
shlemiehls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shlemiehl
shlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shlock
shmaltzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shmaltzier
form: shmaltziest
Etymology: From shmaltz + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmaltzy.
shlumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shlumpy
form: most shlumpy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schlumpy.
shlump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shlumps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schlump.
shlump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shlumps
form: shlumping
form: shlumped
form: shlumped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schlump.
shlumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shlump
shmoose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shmooses
form: shmoosing
form: shmoosed
form: shmoosed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmooze.
shmoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A microprotein involved in engergy metabolism in the brain, possibly linked to Alzheimer's disease.
shmooses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shmoose
shmoosing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shmoose
shmoosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shmoose
shogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shog
shogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shog
shogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoggings
Senses: glosses: A jolting or shaking motion.
shogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shog