cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antilipemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antilipemic
form: most antilipemic
Etymology: From anti- + lipemic.
Senses: examples: text: Conversely, peak blood concentration is comparable to the highest evaluated affinity for the antibacterial norfloxacin, and higher than this threshold for the three antilipemic medications pravastatin, fluvastatin and atorvastatin.
ref: 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That lowers the amount of lipid in the blood
antilipemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antilipemics
Etymology: From anti- + lipemic.
Senses: glosses: A drug that has this effect
astroglosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We found that the effects of reactive astroglosis, demyelination and vasogenic edema may not be obvious in the post-irradiation acute phase, and resulting in initially no clear trend of either the QA or ISO R/L ratio in the all four different compartments.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Quantitative Evaluation of Rabbit Brain Injury after Cerebral Hemisphere Radiation Exposure Using Generalized q-Sampling Imaging”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of astrogliosis.
azadipeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azadipeptides
Etymology: From aza- + dipeptide.
Senses: examples: text: Among these, proteolytically stable azadipeptide nitriles have been developed, with picomolar Ki value towards the therapeutically relevant cathepsins B, K, L and S with which they form reversible isothiosemicarbazide adducts [24 –26 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of aromatic dipeptides that have an N-N group in place of the terminal amine
Derived terms: azadipeptide nitrile
azanitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azanitriles
Senses: examples: text: Recently, we synthesized two series of candidate azanitrile inhibitors that were selected for their inhibition against human CatK activity in vitro.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of compounds having a >N-NH-C≡N group
Eurogroup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurogroups
form: eurogroup
Etymology: From Euro- + group.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The informal body composed of the finance ministers of the countries in the Eurozone.
biofiber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biofibers
form: biofibre
Etymology: From bio- + fiber.
Senses: examples: text: The world production of soybean in 2011 was 251.5 million metric tons (www.soystats.com/2012/page_30.htm ), which resulted in potentially over 100 million tons of soybean stems available for biofiber production.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome Regions Associated with Functional Performance of Soybean Stem Fibers in Polypropylene Thermoplastic Composites”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any fiber (including dietary fiber) manufactured from plant material
borosilicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: A suction pipette was used to immobilize the oocytes and bevelled rigid borosilicated micropipettes with a 30° angle and 3.5 μm inner diameter of the tip (custom tips; Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany) were used to perform the injections.
ref: 2015 July 14, “TACC3 Is Important for Correct Progression of Meiosis in Bovine Oocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Modified by the addition of borosilicate glass
chondrotinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ODV-E66 is a chondrotinase which also disrupts the peritrophic matrix to facilitate oral infection [48 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “The Complete Genome of a New Betabaculovirus from Clostera anastomosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of chondroitinase.
cytoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This suggested that the maximum concentration in cells without producing any cytoxicity was around 100 nM for the candidate molecules.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of cytotoxicity.
dehydroabietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dehydro- + abietic.
Senses: examples: text: The major compounds of turpentine oil were alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, limonene and longifolene, and the major compounds of rosin were palustric acid, neoabietic acid, abietic acid, pimaric acid, dehydroabietic acid, isopimaric acid and sandaracopimaric acid in masson pines, which were consistent with the results from previous studies [27 ,28 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine ( Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to dehydroabietic acid and its derivatives
deisotoping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + isotoping.
Senses: examples: text: After alignment, deisotoping, and cutoff of low-intensity peaks (fewer than 500 counts), intensity values of the remaining peaks were divided by those of lidocaine ([M+H]+, m/z 235.1804) and 10-camphorsulfonic acid ([M-H]-, m/z 231.06910) for normalization.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Metabolic Profiling of Developing Pear Fruits Reveals Dynamic Variation in Primary and Secondary Metabolites, Including Plant Hormones”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The removal of complications due to the presence of isotopes (typically in mass spectrometry)
wharangi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori wharangi.
Senses: glosses: Any of species Melicope ternata, of coastal shrubs or small trees in the Rutaceae family, native to New Zealand.
deltabaculovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deltabaculoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any baculovirus of the genus Deltabaculovirus
deltabaculoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In this study, gene order of ClasGV-B was compared to all other sequenced betabaculoviruses and to Autographa californica MNPV (AcMNPV), Neodiprion sertifer NPV (NeseNPV) and Culex nigripalpus NPV (CuniNPV), the representatives of alpha-, gamma- and deltabaculoviruses, using Gene Parity Plot [27 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “The Complete Genome of a New Betabaculovirus from Clostera anastomosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of deltabaculovirus
toetoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toe-toe
form: toi-toi
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: examples: text: I set out from Northcote towards Mr Sargeson's place in Takapuna, walking along the largely unformed road with paddocks of scrub and toetoe on either side […].
ref: 1984, Janet Frame, An Angel at my Table, Virago, published 2024, page 255:
glosses: Any of various tall grasses native to New Zealand, especially of the genus Austroderia.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Austroderia turbaria
word: Chatham Island toetoe
blingless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blingless
form: most blingless
form: bling-less
Etymology: From bling + -less.
Senses: examples: text: And so the wealthy are going blingless and eschewing the spending sprees of the recent gilded age.
ref: 2008, Newsweek:
text: We were dressed in dirty, blingless rags of sin, yet Jesus traded places with us. And when he did, he made it possible for us to trade our rags for his own righteousness.
ref: 2009, Rhonda Rhea, Whatsoever Things Are Lovely:
text: In Bling World, the blingless were invisible. Some policemen in their high visibility yellow jackets came round the corner, followed by League for the Liberation of Nobodies demonstrators in their tattered newspaper hats and coats.
ref: 2009, Mike Hockney, The Last Bling King:
text: You're bling-less!!” Blumenthal reached for an earlobe. He shook his head. “Gave it up, brother. What's theuse, you know? Jesus, I sold all those watches, got nearly seventy grand. Diamonds I kept but locked away. [...]”
ref: 2014, Daniel O'Neil, Bodies on the Potomac: A Thriller:
text: And don't come crying to me when a crazed, fashionconscious criminal comes along, knocks you out with a frying pan, and steals them off your feet, leaving you alone, barefoot, and bling-less.
ref: 2015, Dina Gachman, Brokenomics: 50 Ways to Live the Dream on a Dime:
glosses: Without bling.
bling-less
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bling-less
form: most bling-less
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blingless.
epitympanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪmpənəm
Forms: form: epitympanums
Etymology: From epi- + tympanum.
Senses: examples: text: Despite its common application, using a microscope for these procedures is typically accompanied with limited visibility of various middle ear components including the hypotympanum, sinus tympani, and epitympanum, as well as the posterior part of the mesotympanum [2 ,3 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The upper part of the tympanic cavity (of the middle ear)
Officer Friendly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I was pulled over by Officer Friendly last night.
glosses: A police officer.
brownify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brownifies
form: brownifying
form: brownified
form: brownified
Etymology: From brown + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: do not forget his green and gold, and, I have to add, a cock and pinched hat equally rusty, with a break in the centre, from the polite bows he always made, and with a pair of brownified silk stockings – such was once poor A—— – now he has short hair, a plain coat, a gigured velvet waistcoat and worsted stockings
ref: 1792, Joseph Palmer, A Fortnight's Ramble to the Lakes in Westmoreland:
text: We were all going to intermarry and brownify and hold hands and honor our essential human cousinhood – weren't we?
ref: 2011, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc., Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 232:
text: Before he was the suave superspy, Sean Connery was a handsome divil of a landlord in this 1959 Irish classic, complete with superb forced perspective leprechaun special effects and a banshee that will make you brownify your underwear.
ref: 2011 March 16, “Top 5 worst Irish accents in films”, in Metro:
text: Priscilla chops up all the leftover vegetables she can lay her hands on and constructs an eggy cheesy housing for them, which she brownifies until rubbery and cuts into slabs that we try to digest.
ref: 2013, Fiona Wood, Wildlife:
glosses: To make or become more brown.
examples: text: We are all going to intermarry and brownify and hold hands and honor our essential human cousinhood—weren't we?
ref: 2012, Jonathan Lethem, The Ecstasy of Influence: Nonfictions, Etc., page 232:
text: Peña's virtual barrio calls attention to the marginality, if not invisibility, of racial and class differences online, while also symbolizing the need to “brownify” its Euro-American white spaces.
ref: 2014, Madhavi Mallapragada, Virtual Homelands: Indian Immigrants and Online Cultures in the United States, University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: To make or become more brown.
To cause to contain more racially 'brown' people, elements, or culture.
raw_tags: in particular
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: To make or become more brown.
To become brown due to increased levels of humic material.
raw_tags: in particular
of a lake or stream
Synonyms: embrown
Derived terms: brownification
Related terms: word: browning
word: brown
word: brunification
Mideastern
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + eastern.
Senses: glosses: Middle Eastern
South Asian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery following the South Asian nation's worst financial crisis in decades.
ref: 2024 September 22, Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly, “Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy”, in Reuters:
glosses: Of, or relating to South Asia.
South Asian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South Asians
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of South Asia.
Synonyms: Southern Asian
Hypernyms: Asian
Coordinate terms: Central Asian
East Asian
Southeast Asian
West Asian
self-seed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: self-seeds
form: self-seeding
form: self-seeded
form: self-seeded
Etymology: From self- + seed.
Senses: glosses: to propagate itself by shedding seeds.
raw_tags: of a plant
mellitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin mel (“honey”), and English toxin.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hyenanchin.
synonyms: word: hyenanchin
hyenanchin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A toxic organic compound related to tutin.
Synonyms: mellitoxin
hit the dirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hits the dirt
form: hitting the dirt
form: hit the dirt
form: hit the dirt
Senses: glosses: To drop suddenly to the ground.
glosses: To fall quickly in order to evade a danger.
Related terms: bite the dust
dutyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dutymen
form: duty-man
form: duty man
Etymology: From duty + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The recruit eventually graduates to become a trained soldier and dutyman, with his place in a troop.
ref: 1985, Donald John Smith, Horses at Work, page 30:
text: It has often been claimed that the Household Cavalry's mounted dutymen have a busier routine than any other soldiers in the Army.
ref: 1997, J. N. P. Watson, Through Fifteen Reigns, page 165:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A fully trained soldier who has a specific role.
examples: text: Some stations were connected directly to the automatic fire alarms of important premises and to call boxes in the street which all had to be tested. So the role of dutyman was complicated and as he had to stay awake all night, this was called a wakeful watch.
ref: 2006, Ray Chilton, Underfire: The Dramatic Life of a London Fireman, →ISBN, page 18:
text: On two occasions during the night, usually around 1.30am and 4.30am, divisional control would circulate a test message. This was done ostensibly to make sure the telephone line was in good order, but really to ensure the dutyman was awake.
ref: 2007, Dave Wilson, To Ride a Red Engine, →ISBN, page 50:
text: Some time later the dutyman heard a guttural screeching and whooping of a phonation that was quite clearly not Christian, and already at that point he felt the desire to cross himself, but was too idle (let us add, from ourselves, that this was a mistake).
ref: 2010, Boris Akunin, Pelagia and the White Bulldog, →ISBN:
qualifier: military or quasi-military organizations such as police or fire departments
glosses: A man who is on duty in a particular setting.
dutymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dutyman
duty-man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duty-men
Senses: examples: text: The duty-man at the exit locks of the main building stood at his window and watched me curiously.
ref: 1958, Ray Cummings, Brigands of the Moon:
glosses: Alternative form of dutyman.
duty-men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duty-man
duty man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duty men
Senses: examples: text: Sub Officer Jack Hobbes had checked that everyone who was meant to be there was present, and detailed who was riding the Pump and the Pump Escape, who were the drivers, who were down as BA wearers and who was duty man for the shift.
ref: 2012, Allan Grice, Call the Fire Brigade!: Fighting London's Fires in the '70s, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of dutyman.
duty men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duty man
unfreshened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + freshened.
Senses: glosses: Not having been freshened.
under-sergeant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: under-sergeants
Etymology: From under- + sergeant.
Senses: examples: text: Because of his cadet experience he was immediately made an under-sergeant, and was responsible for the discipline of the thirty or so students on the course, and was answerable to the Commanding Officer.
ref: 1994, Fiona Darcy, “SAM CALDER OBE, DFC”, in Journal of Northern Territory History, number 5:
text: The three most important minor characters are Ensign von Krixlow, who serves in the same battalion, and the poet Weiler and under-sergeant Frôbel, who serve in the same platoon as Gadsky.
ref: 2010, K Eckhard Kuhn-Osius, “Germany's Lessons From the Lost "Great War": Pacifist Andreas Latzko and Bellicist Walter Flex”, in Peace Research, volume 42, numbers 1-2:
text: One Saudi soldier, an under-sergeant, was killed in Bahrain on Tuesday, a Saudi official said.
ref: 2011 March 16, “Bahrain fires at protesters; 2 dead, 150 injured”, in CNN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A non-commissioned officer army rank immediately below a sergeant; corporal.
under-sergeants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of under-sergeant
co-own
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: co-owns
form: co-owning
form: co-owned
form: co-owned
form: coown
form: coöwn
Etymology: From co- + own.
Senses: glosses: To own jointly with another person or organization.
kaitiaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaitiakis
form: kaitiaki
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kaitiaki.
Senses: glosses: The Māori concept of guardianship of the natural environment.
examples: text: Kaitiaki are rarely resourced to respond to the many requests for their time and expertise.
ref: 2019, Jeannette Bastian, Andrew Flinn, Community Archives, Community Spaces: Heritage, Memory and Identity, page 72:
glosses: In Māori culture, a person serving as a guardian of the natural environment.
kaupapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kaupapa.
Senses: glosses: Among the Māori people, a philosophy or set of principles.
korero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koreros
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kōrero.
Senses: examples: text: “What about korero, Joe? What about our tribe's famous talk-it-out with all concerned?”
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 273:
glosses: Among the Māori people, a meeting to discuss something; a conference.
korero
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: koreros
form: koreroing
form: koreroed
form: koreroed
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori kōrero.
Senses: glosses: Among the Māori people, to hold a meeting to discuss something.
powhiri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powhiris
Etymology: From Maori pōwhiri.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pōhiri.
powhiris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powhiri
cabbage tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabbage trees
Senses: synonyms: cabbage palm
glosses: Cordyline australis, a hardy, widely branched monocot tree endemic to New Zealand, a traditional source of food and fiber.
glosses: Any of several other similar trees of the genus Cordyline.
examples: text: Andira inermis. - Smooth bastard cabbage-tree. […] The Smooth Geoffroys, Andira Inermis, or Bastard Cabbage-tree, universally known in the West Indies by the name of the Work Bark-tree, […] The bark of the cabbage tree has a disagreeable, sweet, mucilaginous taste, and a slight but disagreeable odour.
ref: 1850, M. A. Burnett, Plantae Utiliores; Or, Illustrations of Useful Plants, Employed in the Arts and Medicine:
glosses: The worm bark tree, Andira inermis.
cabbage trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabbage tree
least auklet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: least auklets
Senses: glosses: Aethia pusilla, a small auk.
Synonyms: word: choochkie
least auklets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of least auklet
karakia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori karakia.
Senses: glosses: Māori incantations and prayers, used to invoke spiritual guidance and protection.
kamokamo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kamokamos
form: kamokamo
form: kumikumi
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A variety of squash, Cucurbita pepo.
schillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schiller
schizogonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schizogony
schleppy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more schleppy
form: most schleppy
form: shleppy
Etymology: From schlep + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe we’ll playfully smack-talk a fellow friend, or commiserate about some schleppy aspect of parenthood.
ref: 2025 May 25, Sam Graham-Felsen, “Where Have All My Deep Male Friendships Gone?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 25 May 2025:
glosses: slovenly; sloppy
schlocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schlock
schlumpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From schlumpy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being schlumpy.
schmeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schmeers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmear.
schmeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: schmeers
form: schmeering
form: schmeered
form: schmeered
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of schmear.
schmeering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schmeer
schmeered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schmeer
schmeers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schmeer
schmeers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of schmeer
schmoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schmoo
schmutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schmutter
schnorkeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schnorkel
schnorkelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schnorkel
schnorkeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of schnorkel
schnorkelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of schnorkel
scholarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholarch
scholiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholium
schoole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schooles
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of school.
schooles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schoole
schtik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪk
Forms: form: schtiks
Senses: glosses: Dated form of shtick.
schtiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schtik
schtoom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shtum.
scientise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scientises
form: scientising
form: scientised
form: scientised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scientize.
scientised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scientise
scientises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scientise
scientising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scientise
scimetars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scimetar
scintillantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scintillantly
form: most scintillantly
Etymology: From scintillant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scintillant manner.
sciolisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciolism
sciosophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciosophy
sciurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sciurine
sclaffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsklæfə(ɹ)/
/ˈsklɑːfə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: sclaffers
Etymology: From sclaff + -er.
Senses: examples: text: At a foot and a half from the hole the clean putter often fails, from incapacity to graduate inches of weakness, whilst the sclaffer succeeds because he is dealing with coarser weight sensitiveness.
ref: 1887, Sir Walter Grindlay Simpson, The Art of Golf, page 154:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who sclaffs.
sclaffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclaffer
sclerenchymata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerenchyma
sclerenchymas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerenchyma
sclerotins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerotin
scopulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scopula
scopulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scopula
scorsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scorse
scorses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scorse
scorsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scorse
scoursed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scourse
scourses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scourse
scoursing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scourse
scousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scouser
scouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scouse
scowler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scowlers
Etymology: From scowl + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Attending Bradly for company when he went abroad with his painting traps failed to account for itself under the heading of a diversion. Old Mudgy surpassed himself as a scowler and mumbler when engaged in the practice of his art.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 91:
glosses: One who scowls.
scowlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scowler
scrabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrab
scrabs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrab
scrabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of scrab
scraggliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scraggly: most scraggly
scragglier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scraggly: more scraggly
scrapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrapie
scrattles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrattle
scrattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scrattle
scrats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scrat
scrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrat
scrawliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of scrawly: most scrawly
scrawlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of scrawly: more scrawly
splatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splatcher
screaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more screaky
form: most screaky
Etymology: From screak + -y.
Senses: glosses: creaky; squeaky
scrimper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrimpers
Etymology: From scrimp + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who scrimps.
scrimpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scrimper
Sol System
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sol System
form: Sol system
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The Solar System
meninism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of men + feminism.
Senses: examples: text: As a man whose primary interests include neither beer nor bacon, I strongly object to the suggestion that these are issues which would define "the concepts and ideals of meninism." Furthermore, the idea of "meninism" does not currently exist as a movement because men's issues are in no way underrepresented in mainstream culture.
ref: 1996, Patrick Warren, "Stick to bacon, Todd" (letter to the editor), Imprint (University of Waterloo), Volume 19, Number 5, 28 June 1996, page 9
text: The really great thing about feminism, or meninism, is that as we become more and more egalitarian, there will be less of a need for either.
ref: 1997 December 28, Carol Ann Hemingway, “Re: FEMINISM IS IRRELEVANT”, in soc.men (Usenet):
text: One question to ask, however, is if meninism could be taken seriously, or if it really is just an online joke.
ref: 2015, Jay Woofter, "#Meninists Twitter trend reacts to feminism", The Collegian (Kansas State University), Volume 120, Number 82, 29 January 2015, page 3
glosses: A movement or philosophy, often presented satirically, in favour of the rights and interests of men.
Related terms: meninist
masculism
masculinism
Eminemesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Eminemesque
form: most Eminemesque
Etymology: Eminem + -esque
Senses: examples: text: I don't see people walking around in the fishnets, heels and make-up, but I do see alot^([sic]) of guys with the short bleached blonde hair, the baggy sweats, and other Eminemesque fashions...
ref: 2000 December 14, Namaste Rainbow Roll [username], “Re: eminem Vs. frank n furter”, in alt.cult-movies.rocky-horror (Usenet):
text: Even Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody focused on murder: "Momma just killed a man, put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger now he's dead." Sounds a little Eminemesque if you ask me.
ref: 2002, Deniel Tozzi, "Does Eminem Abuse Freedom of Speech?", The Sandspur (Robbins College, Winter Park, Florida), Volume 109, Number 8, 16 November 2002, page 9
text: You're being overly alarmist, but I think etiquette died not long after FRS hit the mainstream at Walmart. Tell my neighbors' kids who insist on conducting their Eminemesque banter on 4-20, for example.
ref: 2003 September 13, Tripp Knightly, “Re: Using family radios or walkie talkies in lieu of baby monitors”, in misc.kids.health (Usenet):
glosses: Reminiscent or characteristic of the American rapper Eminem (Marshall Bruce Mathers III, born 1972).
wikipedia: Eminem
asymmetricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asymmetricities
Etymology: From asymmetric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being asymmetric
glosses: The degree to which, or the manner in which something is asymmetric
apartheidness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apartheid + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: But Nature mocks at our "apartheidness"; incessantly she erodes our boundaries, forcing us to erect new and still newer ones and perpetually to re-adjust the transitory ideas that led to their creation.
ref: 1965, Diamond Jenness, Eskimo Administration: III. Labrador, numbers 16-18, page 72:
text: And attesting to the continued spread of social democracy is the strong demand to integrate the public with the private schools and eradicate social apartheidness.
ref: 1967, Geography and National Power, page 44:
text: The wall, the enclave, the introversion, the apartheidness of the whole operation imbued the typical American urban campus with the same ghetto qualities and mentality that American society has imposed upon the territories where its black, Spanish-speaking and other urban minorities live.
ref: 1971, William M. Birenbaum, Something for Everybody is Not Enough: An Educator's Search for His Education, Random House, page 266:
glosses: The condition or quality of being like apartheid.
fluoroacetylsalicylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fluoro- + acetylsalicylic.
Senses: examples: text: The set of test compounds in the reported investigation shares two items with our trial: acetylsalicylic acid (closely related to fluoroacetylsalicylic) and dexamethasone.
ref: 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Related to fluoroacetylsalicylic acid or its derivatives
gastrotropin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gastro- + -trope + -in.
Senses: examples: text: One more of them, gastrotropin from various species, is reported to crystallize with 2 molecules of other natural ligands per protein molecule.
ref: 2015 July 14, “All-Purpose Containers? Lipid-Binding Protein – Drug Interactions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cytoplasmic, hydrophobic ligand-binding protein which stimulates gastric acid and pepsinogen secretion
glytamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, we identified a novel pathogenic mutation determining the amino acid change of glycine to glytamic acid at position 641 of the protein codified by the COL4A5 gene, which may be clinically significant.
ref: 2015 July 14, “A Novel Mutation in a Kazakh Family with X-Linked Alport Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of glutamic.
hermitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: When I proofread her draft of the food safety announcement, I corrected *"hermitically sealed" to read correctly as "hermetically sealed".
text: The fresh oleoresin was collected using 1.5 mL polyethylene tube for each sample and the tube was hermitically closed and refrigerated until the analysis.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine ( Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misconstruction of hermetically (“in an airtight way”).
examples: text: By his fifties, he had moved out to Alaska and was living quite hermitically.
hypernyms: hermetically
glosses: In the manner of a hermit.
hypotympanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + tympanic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the hypotympanum
examples: text: The anatomical parts of the middle ear – the epitympanic, posterior mesotympanic, and hypotympanic structures – were more visible through an endoscope than through a microscope.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Located below the middle ear
hypotympanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪmpənəm
Forms: form: hypotympana
Etymology: From hypo- + tympanum.
Senses: examples: text: Despite its common application, using a microscope for these procedures is typically accompanied with limited visibility of various middle ear components including the hypotympanum, sinus tympani, and epitympanum, as well as the posterior part of the mesotympanum [2 ,3 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The lower part of the tympanic cavity (in the middle ear)
Derived terms: hypotympanic
immunohistostaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + histostaining.
Senses: examples: text: The sections were subjected to immunohistostaining using anti-ED-1 antibodies (1:500, Dai-nippon Pharma), anti-MCP-1 antibodies (1:200, Santa Cruz Biotechnology), anti-FITC antibodies (1:1000.
ref: 2015 July 14, “A New Therapeutic Modality for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Pitavastatin Induces Cardioprotection from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Activation of PI3K/Akt Pathway and Anti-Inflammation in a Rat Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A form of histostaining in the presence of antibodies
Synonyms: immunocytostaining
intracoelomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intracoelomic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Crystalloid fluids were intracoelomically administered during three days (20 ml/kg/day).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Acid-Base and Plasma Biochemical Changes Using Crystalloid Fluids in Stranded Juvenile Loggerhead Sea Turtles ( Caretta caretta )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through, or within the coelom
intracoelomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + coelomic.
Senses: glosses: Within the coelom
Derived terms: intracoelomically
intradomain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + domain.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the enormous number of disulfide combinations possible, LDLR oxidative folding leads to a single native species with 30 unique intradomain disulfides.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Intradomain Confinement of Disulfides in the Folding of Two Consecutive Modules of the LDL Receptor”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a domain
isothiosemicarbazide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isothiosemicarbazides
Etymology: From iso- + thiosemicarbazide.
Senses: examples: text: Among these, proteolytically stable azadipeptide nitriles have been developed, with picomolar Ki value towards the therapeutically relevant cathepsins B, K, L and S with which they form reversible isothiosemicarbazide adducts [24 –26 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The isomer of thiosemicarbazide R-S-C(=NH)-NH-NH2 (R=H), or any of its derivatives (R=alkyl or aryl radical)
isothiosemicarbazides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, we selected, among a series of synthetized isothiosemicarbazides, two molecules which are highly selective CatK inhibitors (CKIs) to test their effects on osteoblasts and osteoclasts.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of isothiosemicarbazide
mesotympanum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesotympanums
form: mesotympana
Etymology: From meso- + tympanum.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, the various segments of the mesotympanum, oval window, round window, and Eustachian tube were more visible via endoscopy.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The middle part of the middle ear, medial to the tympanic membrane.
Derived terms: mesotympanic
microsclerotium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsclerotia
Etymology: From micro- + sclerotium.
Senses: examples: text: Usually, viable microsclerotium density in soil can be quantified prior to or at sowing in order to predict the risk of wilt [2 –5 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Spatial Pattern of Verticillium dahliae Microsclerotia and Cotton Plants with Wilt Symptoms in Commercial Plantations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A very small sclerotium
microsclerotia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Spatial patterns of Verticillium dahliae microsclerotia were characterized in commercial cotton fields through quadrat and point sampling in 1994 and 2013, respectively.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Spatial Pattern of Verticillium dahliae Microsclerotia and Cotton Plants with Wilt Symptoms in Commercial Plantations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microsclerotium
microthrombus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microthrombi
Etymology: From micro- + thrombus.
Senses: antonyms: macrothrombus
glosses: A very small thrombus
microthrombi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Increased D-Dimer levels in patients with renal dysfunction may result from endothelial dysfunction, since release of VWF promotes platelet adhesion and aggregation and, thus, microthrombi formation [6 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Von Willebrand Factor, ADAMTS13 and D-Dimer Are Correlated with Different Levels of Nephropathy in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microthrombus
midaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + axillary.
Senses: examples: text: The zero reference point for pressure recordings was set at the level of the right atrium in the midaxillary line (phlebostatic axis).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Mutation in BMPR2 Promoter: A ‘Second Hit’ for Manifestation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a vertical line on the body downwards from the armpit
midzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midzones
Etymology: From mid- + zone.
Senses: examples: text: Higher magnification insets show a higher concentration of KLP-7 at the region between meiotic chromosomes in metaphase I and II (arrows), and to the spindle midzone between the separating chromosomes in anaphase II (arrowhead).
ref: 2015 July 14, “The KLP-7 Residue S546 Is a Putative Aurora Kinase Site Required for Microtubule Regulation at the Centrosome in C . elegans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A central zone
Derived terms: midzonal
mycorrhyzal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the role of heat shock transcription factor B3 (HSFB3) has been implicated in response to abiotic stress and in mycorrhyzal association [61 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Profiling of Histone Modifications (H3K9 me2 and H4K12 ac ) and Gene Expression in Rust ( Uromyces appendiculatus ) Inoculated Common Bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of mycorrhizal.
nanoparticulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nanoparticule + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: These data suggest that nanoparticulation is essential for cardioprotection of statins from IR injury in case administered at reperfusion.
ref: 2015 July 14, “A New Therapeutic Modality for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Pitavastatin Induces Cardioprotection from Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury via Activation of PI3K/Akt Pathway and Anti-Inflammation in a Rat Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of nanoparticles
neoabietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + abietic.
Senses: examples: text: Among dierpenes, palustric acid reveals the highest level, which is followed by neoabietic acid and abietic acid.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine ( Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to neoabietic acid and its deivatives
nitrophenolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrophenolates
Etymology: From nitro- + phenolate.
Senses: examples: text: The homogenate was centrifuged at 1,500 g for 5 min, and TNAP activity in the supernatant was measured using p-nitrophenyl phosphate pNPP as substrate at pH 10.4 and recording the absorbance of nitrophenolate at 405nm (ԑ is equal to 18.8 mM -1 cm -1 ) [35 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Azanitrile Cathepsin K Inhibitors: Effects on Cell Toxicity, Osteoblast-Induced Mineralization and Osteoclast-Mediated Bone Resorption”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phenolate (phenoxide) derived from a nitrophenol
ossicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪkjʊlə(ɹ)
Senses: examples: text: This pressure on the labyrinthine fluid occasions the periodical vertiginous symptoms as well as the tinnitus, the defective hearing being due to the rigidity of the conducting apparatus and the contraction of the ossicular arch.
ref: 1894, The Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 71, page 538:
text: Middle ear pathologies were explored with the identical technique, and the status of the ossicular chain was assessed as well.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Diagnostic Performance of Endoscopic and Microscopic Procedures for Identifying Different Middle Ear Structures and Remaining Disease in Patients with Chronic Otitis Media: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to or composed of ossicles.
Derived terms: interossicular
monossicular
triossicular
IIST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
qualifier: testing
glosses: Initialism of International Institute for Software Testing.
QAI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
space-science
glosses: Initialism of Quality Assurance International, a U.S.-based international organic certification company.
palatogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From palato- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: Much of our understanding derives from the study of mice with targeted mutations, finding key transcription factors, growth factors and receptors required for normal palatogenesis.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Molecular Anatomy of Palate Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of the palate (roof of the mouth)
Related terms: palatogenetic
palustric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Pinus palustris, from which the acid was first obtained, + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The major compounds of turpentine oil were alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, limonene and longifolene, and the major compounds of rosin were palustric acid, neoabietic acid, abietic acid, pimaric acid, dehydroabietic acid, isopimaric acid and sandaracopimaric acid in masson pines, which were consistent with the results from previous studies [27 ,28 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, “Genome-Wide Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with the High Yielding of Oleoresin in Secondary Xylem of Masson Pine ( Pinus massoniana Lamb) by Transcriptomic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to palustric acid or its derivatives