cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sensibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛnsəbli/
ipa: [ˈsɛnsɪ̈bli]
Forms: form: more sensibly
form: most sensibly
Etymology: From sensible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [...] but in the damp conditions prevailing the driver sensibly was unwilling to attempt the climb up through Combe Down tunnel without help, for fear of slipping to a standstill in the unventilated bore, [...].
ref: 1960 March, “Motive Power Miscellany: Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 184:
glosses: In a sensible manner; in a way that shows good sense.
examples: text: Time sensibly all things impairs.
ref: a. 1685, Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon, The Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace:
text: This four months' lastingness would doubtless be sensibly reduced if the tent were subject to numerous transportations and repitchings.
ref: 1873, Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Edward A. Crane, John Swinburne, History of the American Ambulance Established in Paris During the Siege of 1870-71:
text: 4. P. californicum n. sp.
Very similar in color and sculpture to seriatum. The form is, however, sensibly narrower, averaging very nearly two and one half times as long as wide, while in seriatum the length is ahout two and three- tenths times the width.
ref: 1905, Transactions of the American Entomological Society, volume 31, page 216:
glosses: In a way that can be sensed or noticed; perceptibly.
get into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets into
form: getting into
form: got into
form: got into
form: gotten into
Senses: examples: text: She got into the car.
text: Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand. We spent consider'ble money getting 'em reset, and then a swordfish got into the pound and tore the nets all to slathers, right in the middle of the squiteague season.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
examples: text: I'm soaking wet. I need to get into some dry clothes.
glosses: To put on (an item of clothing).
examples: text: The small child got into everything.
glosses: To reach into or interact with (an object).
examples: text: He got into politics.
text: My sister has got into flower arranging recently.
glosses: To become involved or interested in (a discussion, issue, or activity); to come to enjoy (something).
examples: text: How did we get into such a mess?
glosses: To enter (an unfavourable state).
examples: text: I don't know what's gotten into that child.
glosses: To cause to behave uncharacteristically; to possess.
examples: text: Arteta could not wait to get into his players during the drinks break and they re-emerged with greater intensity
ref: 2020 August 1, David Hytner, “Aubameyang at the double as Arsenal turn tables on Chelsea to win FA Cup”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To interrogate in order to arrive at a deeper understanding.
glosses: To penetrate (someone) sexually.
examples: text: He's gotten into the gang to the tune of five grand.
glosses: To owe money to (someone); to become involved in something unsavory.
examples: text: Oh let's not get into that again.
glosses: To argue about (something).
prehistoric age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prehistoric ages
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prehistory: the era before written records.
synonyms: word: prehistory
extra: the era before written records
soft target
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft targets
Senses: glosses: An undefended civilian target, vulnerable to attack by an army, military group or terrorists.
repelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repel
dismayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dismay
dismayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dismayed
form: most dismayed
Senses: examples: text: He was dismayed to find his car had gone.
glosses: Having the emotion of dismay.
Derived terms: dismayedness
undismayed
overlooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlook
sayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saying
testified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of testify
mocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mock
reassured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reassure
pinched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinch
pinched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pinched
form: most pinched
Senses: examples: text: Want of food was my chief trouble the first summer at my old master's. Oysters and clams would do very well, with an occasional supply of bread, but they soon failed in the absence of bread. I speak but the simple truth, when I say, I have often been so pinched with hunger, that I have fought with the dog—"Old Nep"—for the smallest crumbs that fell from the kitchen table, and have been glad when I won a single crumb in the combat.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC:
text: His thin, pinched mouth was nothing but a mark […]
ref: 1897, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Aaron Stark”, in Children of the Night:
text: He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, slightly unhealthy look of someone who has grown a lot in a short space of time.
ref: 2003, J. K. Rowling, chapter 1, in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix:
glosses: Very thin, as if drawn together.
glosses: Tense and pale from cold, worry, or hunger.
raw_tags: of a person or the face
glosses: Financially hurt or damaged.
examples: text: If your sport makes you prone to violent neck motions, you are at risk for a pinched nerve. A pinched nerve occurs when a cervical disc ruptures, and the jellylike material from inside the disc presses on a nerve.
ref: 2010, Clifford D. Stark, Elizabeth Shimer Bowers, Living with Sports Injuries, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: Compressed.
Derived terms: pinchedly
pinchedness
unpinched
protesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of protest
protesting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protestings
Senses: examples: text: 1599, William Shakespeare (attributed), The Passionate Pilgrim, [Poem 7],
Yet in the midst of all her pure protestings,
Her faith, her oaths, her tears and all were jestings.
text: Are not Vows binding, do we mock the Gods,
When our Protestings summon ’em to Witness,
Whether our Words keep measure with our Hearts?
ref: 1688, William Mountfort, The Injur’d Lovers, London: Samuel Manship, act IV, scene 1, page 42:
text: I’ve known more way made in a woman’s grace
By such confederate arts, than could be won
By a long siege of amorous enginry,
Soft flatteries, sighs, protestings infinite,
And all the fervor of impatient love.
ref: 1779, Robert Jephson, The Law of Lombardy, London: T. Evans, act I, scene 1:
glosses: Protestation.
patched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ætʃt
Senses: glosses: Having been repaired with a patch or patches.
Derived terms: bepatched
patched-up
unpatched
patched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pæt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ætʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patch
meditated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Planned.
Derived terms: unmeditated
meditated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of meditate
salt cedar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salt cedars
form: saltcedar
Etymology: So named because they tend to grow on saline soils.
Senses: glosses: The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
examples: text: Until recently, a visit to the Colorado River’s delta, below Morelos Dam, would be met with a mostly dry barren desert sprinkled with salt cedar and other undesirable invasive plant species. Today, that arid landscape is broken up with large areas of healthy riparian habitat filled with cottonwood, willow, and mesquite trees.
ref: 2022 October 27, Julia Morton, “Restoration Efforts in the Colorado River Delta are Working”, in Audubon:
glosses: The tamarisk, a plant of genus Tamarix.
Tamarix ramosissima, an tamarisk plant native to Eurasia, considered invasive in the Southwest United States.
gloomily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gloomily
form: most gloomily
Etymology: From gloomy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he sedate monk's hood lifted its head still higher and looked gloomily and wickedly down on it, while it nodded and kept time to the cuckoo's song, as if it were counting how many days it had to live.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280:
glosses: In a gloomy manner.
kerat-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kerato-.
lessened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lessen
lessened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having been lessened.
Derived terms: unlessened
indifferently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more indifferently
form: most indifferently
Etymology: From indifferent + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an indifferent manner.
Tolerably; passably.
examples: text: Uiew wel my Camp, and ſpeake indifferently,
Doo not my captaines and my ſouldiers looke
As if they meant to conquer Affrica?
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:
text: And make diuiſion equally,
Of each mans goods indifferently, […]
ref: 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
glosses: In an indifferent manner.
Without distinction; impartially, objectively.
examples: text: They might have been lifted bodily out of an indifferently written American crime novel.
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 222:
text: For the first ten years of nationalisation a further note of overall gloom was added by the depressing policy of unimaginative Regional colour schemes, indifferently applied.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 251:
glosses: In an indifferent manner.
Without great care; without sufficient attention or thought.
clowder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklaʊ̯dɚ/
ipa: /ˈklaʊ̯də/
homophone: clouder
Forms: form: clowders
Etymology: A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).
Senses: examples: text: A Brooklyn friend who persists in feeding the host of creatures - including me - who appear at her door will be delighted to know that the most nonchalant recipients of her largesse may be referred to as a clowder of cats.
ref: 1984 15 April, Nelson Bryant, “Bevies of Terms Befuddle Prides”, in The New York Times
text: Real cat fights are rare in established clowders. So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.
ref: 2007, Kathryn Soper, Cat Wrangling Made Easy:
text: 2010, The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution”
Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
Sheldon: Clowder.
Leonard: What?
Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
text: 2011, M.D. Pueppke, Fuzzy the Cat, The One and Only, “Getting on terms with the terms”
How ‛bout organizing a party of clowder chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat clowder.
glosses: A group of cats or other small felines.
Synonyms: sense: collective noun for “cats”
word: glaring
Hyponyms: sense: collective noun for “cats”
english: group of kittens
translation: group of kittens
word: kindle
Related terms: english: for big felines
translation: for big felines
word: pride
polysyllable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysyllables
Etymology: From poly- + syllable.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, words can differ in length, and we can rhyme a monosyllable with a polysyllable, like tracks with haversacks.
ref: 1982, Donald Hall, To Read Poetry, page 83:
text: In the Phyengan dialect, wuy developed into wi but at the end of a polysyllable it often dropped the -y to become wu (ibid): Tang-nakwu = Tang-nakwi 'donkey'
ref: 1992, Samuel Elmo Martin, Reference Grammar of Korean:
text: The third syllable of provided is ed, and therefore the verb is not a polysyllable.
ref: 1998, Albert Joseph, Put It In Writing, page 81:
glosses: A word with more than two syllables. Sometimes used in a more restricted sense.
Related terms: polysyllabic
polysyllabicism
polysyllabicity
polysyllabism
monosyllable
multisyllable
polytechnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: First attested in 1805. From French polytechnique, from the École polytechnique, engineering school founded 1794 in Paris; from Greek πολύτεχνος "skilled in many arts," from πολύς "many" (see poly-) + τέχνη "art" (see technic).
Senses: glosses: That teaches applied arts, sciences, technology, engineering and other academic subjects.
Derived terms: polytechnician
polytechnic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytechnics
Etymology: First attested in 1805. From French polytechnique, from the École polytechnique, engineering school founded 1794 in Paris; from Greek πολύτεχνος "skilled in many arts," from πολύς "many" (see poly-) + τέχνη "art" (see technic).
Senses: glosses: An educational institute that teaches applied arts and sciences rather than academic subjects.
glosses: An exhibition of objects illustrating many arts.
glosses: A three-year post-secondary vocational training institute, equivalent of community college in the U.S. or TAFE in Australia.
Synonyms: sense: educational institute
word: professional university
sense: educational institute
word: vocational university
sense: educational institute
word: university of applied sciences
Related terms: institute of technology
mourned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mourn
mourns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mourn
polyvinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + vinyl.
Senses: examples: text: The Renew is also free of polyvinyl chloride, asbestos, chlorofluorocarbons and halons.
ref: 2009 February 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Cellphone That Is Made With the Environment in Mind”, in The New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Composed of, or derived from, many vinyl groups
Synonyms: polyvinylic
Derived terms: polyvidone
polyvinyl acetal
polyvinyl acetate
polyvinylalcohol
polyvinyl alcohol
polyvinyl butyral
polyvinyl carbazole
polyvinyl chloride
polyvinyl chloride acetate
polyvinyl dichloride
polyvinyl ether
polyvinyl ethyl ether
polyvinyl fluoride
polyvinyl formal
polyvinyl-formaldehyde
polyvinyl formate
polyvinyl isobutyl ether
polyvinyl methyl ether
polyvinylpyridine n-oxide
polyvinyl pyrrolidone
polyvinylpyrrolidone
polyvinyl resin
polyvinylsiloxane
polyvinyl toluene
polyvinyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyvinyls
Etymology: From poly- + vinyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer derived from a vinyl compound.
polychromatophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + chromato- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: The affinity (of a sample prepared for microscopic examination) for more than one kind of stain, especially for both acid and basic stains
glosses: polychromasia, a disorder of the red blood cells
Derived terms: polychromatophil
polychromatophile
polychromatophilic
polyclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polyclonal
form: most polyclonal
Etymology: From poly- + clonal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: descended from more than one small group of cells, especially ones of different genetic origin
Derived terms: polyclonal antibody
polyclonality
polyclonally
Related terms: polyclone
polyclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyclonals
Etymology: From poly- + clonal.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of polyclonal antibody.
synonyms: word: polyclonal antibody
polycystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˈsɪstɪk/
ipa: /ˈpɒlɪˌsɪstɪk/
ipa: /pɑliˈsɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more polycystic
form: most polycystic
Etymology: From poly- + cystic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Having many cysts.
Derived terms: fibropolycystic
nonpolycystic
polycystic kidney
polycystic liver
polycystic ovary
polycystin
polydemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪk
Forms: form: more polydemic
form: most polydemic
Etymology: From poly- + demic.
Senses: glosses: Occurring in, or inhabiting, multiple regions.
Related terms: endemic
polyelectrolyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyelectrolytes
Etymology: From poly- + electro- + -lyte.
Senses: examples: text: This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.
ref: (Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk:
glosses: A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).
Derived terms: biopolyelectrolyte
Related terms: polyampholyte
polysalt
polyene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyenes
Etymology: From poly- + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound containing several double bonds, especially one containing a sequence of many alternating single and double bonds
Derived terms: polyenic
polyenone
polyenyl
polyestrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + estrous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having multiple periods of estrus in a year, or during a breeding season.
polygene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polygenes
Etymology: From poly- + gene.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A group of nonallelic genes that act together to produce phenotype variations
wending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wend
wending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wendings
Senses: glosses: act of going, course
glosses: direction
polyhe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyhes
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A pattern constructed from a polyhex by removing half of each hexagon such that they remain connected
polyhedrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyhedroses
Etymology: From polyhedral + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Any of several diseases of insect larvae that are caused by the polyhedral viruses, family Baculoviridae.
Derived terms: cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus
nucleopolyhedrosis
polyimide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyimides
Etymology: From poly- + imide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polymer whose monomers are imides; used to make high-temperature resins
Derived terms: copolyimide
weeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wee
webpreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webpreneur
corneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.əl/
Etymology: From cornea + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the cornea.
Derived terms: circumcorneal
corneal-cerebellar syndrome
corneal dystrophy
corneally
corneal neuralgia
corneal tattooing
intracorneal
iridocorneal
multicorneal
noncorneal
pancorneal
pericorneal
precorneal
retrocorneal
sclerocorneal
subcorneal
transcorneal
unicorneal
modelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of model
modelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modellings
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of modeling.
Derived terms: aeromodelling
biomodelling
geomodelling
micromodelling
antiandrogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiandrogen
androgens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of androgen
anabolic steroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabolic steroid
estrogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estrogen
phosphatases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphatase
13th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: 13ᵗʰ
Senses: examples: text: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
ref: 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020:
glosses: Abbreviation of thirteenth.
Derived terms: 13th grade
monophenol monooxygenase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The enzyme tyrosinase.
Dalmatia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /dælˈmeɪʃə/
Etymology: From Latin Dalmatia, from an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae who lived in the region. Believed to be borrowed from Illyrian, akin to Albanian delmë, dele (“sheep”). The toponym Delminium has the same origin.
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.
glosses: A province of the Roman Empire.
Derived terms: Dalmatian
dalmatic
Related terms: Illyria
Pannonia
monophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophenols
Etymology: From mono- + phenol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing one phenolic hydroxyl group
Derived terms: monophenol monooxygenase
monophenolic
catechol oxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme, similar to tyrosinase, that catalyses the oxidation of phenols such as catechol.
Synonyms: catecholase
monophenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monophenol
phenols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenol
Istria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Histria, from Ancient Greek Ἱστρία (Histría), named after Ἵστρων (Hístrōn) (ἔθνος (éthnos)), the ethnicon of the Illyrian/Venetic tribe of the Histri who inhabited the region.
The name could itself be related to Hister, a Roman name for the Danube, from Ancient Greek Ἰστρίη (Istríē), the Dacian-Thracian name for the river god Danubius, a name meaning "swift," and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- (“to flow”). Also see Histria.
Senses: glosses: A peninsula in Croatia, Slovenia and Italy, on the northeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea: The Istrian Peninsula.
glosses: A county in western Croatia. County seat: Pazin.
Derived terms: Istrian
Istrian scale
Istro-Romanian
Istro-
Related terms: 183 Istria
Trieste
peroxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxidases
Etymology: From peroxide + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of enzymes that act on substrates such as hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides such as lipid peroxides.
Synonyms: word: PX
word: Px
Derived terms: antiperoxidase
bromoperoxidase
chloroperoxidase
endoperoxidase
haloperoxidase
hemoperoxidase
immunoperoxidase
lactoperoxidase
microperoxidase
myeloperoxidase
ovoperoxidase
permitless carryglutathione peroxidase
peroxidatic
pseudoperoxidase
Px
PX
selenoperoxidase
peroxidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peroxidase
substrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substrate
topics: health
medicine
sciences
glosses: The calorie dense nutrients including carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
kinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪneɪz/
ipa: /ˈkaɪneɪs/
ipa: /ˈkɪneɪz/
ipa: /ˈkɪneɪs/
Forms: form: kinases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κινεῖν (kineîn, “to move”) + -ase, a suffix forming enzyme names.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of enzymes that transfer phosphate groups from high-energy donor molecules, such as ATP, to specific target molecules (substrates), in a process termed phosphorylation.
Synonyms: phosphokinase
Derived terms: acetokinase
angiokinase
aspartokinase
Bruton's tyrosine kinase
carboxykinase
cholecystokinase
creatine kinase
creatinkinase
dikinase
ectokinase
exokinase
fructokinase
galactokinase
glucokinase
immunokinase
Janus kinase
ketohexokinase
kinome
lumbrokinase
multikinase
myokinase
nattokinase
nonkinase
oncokinase
oxykinase
phosphoglucokinase
phosphoglycerate kinase
photokinase
Polo kinase
protein kinase
pseudokinase
streptokinase
thiokinase
thrombokinase
urokinase
Related terms: phosphatase
phosphorylation
kinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinase
plum wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plum wines
Etymology: plum + wine, plum being the traditional (though inaccurate) translation of ume, a Japanese fruit closely related to the apricot.
Senses: glosses: A liqueur made from ume, sugar, and shochu; umeshu.
glosses: A fruit wine made of plums.
Synonyms: umeshu
Related terms: sake
shochu
wine
ume
diastase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪəsteɪz/
Forms: form: diastases
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διάστασις (diástasis, “separation”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any one of a group of enzymes which catalyse the breakdown of starch into maltose; mostly amylases (α-amylase and β-amylase).
Derived terms: diastasic
diastatic
diastases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diastase
plum blossom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plum blossoms
head_nr: 1
Etymology: See plum and blossom.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see plum, blossom.
examples: text: The one hundred poems and images of flowering plum blossoms published in book form c.1238 by Song Boren [92] make up the earliest Chinese illustrated book where the pictures are meant as objects of aesthetic appreciation in their own right
ref: 1993, Craig Clunas, Art in China, page 173:
head_nr: 1
synonyms: meihua
mei-hua
ume
Japanese plum
glosses: A tree, Prunus mume, native to East Asia bearing an apricot-like fruit; the Japanese apricot or Chinese plum.
examples: text: The plum is associated with the start of spring, because plum blossoms are some of the first blossoms to open during the year. In most areas of Japan, including Tokyo, they typically flower in February and March.
ref: 2020 January 16, “Japanese Plum”, in Japan Guide:
head_nr: 1
glosses: The blossom of the tree.
Related terms: apple blossom
cherry blossom
orange blossom
peach blossom
polykite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polykites
Etymology: From poly- + kite.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform constructed from quadrilaterals obtained from the superimposition of a triangular and hexagonal grid.
polylingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡwəl
Forms: form: more polylingual
form: most polylingual
Etymology: From poly- + lingual.
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual
glosses: able to use multiple languages
Derived terms: polylingualism
polymorphonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + morpho- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes
raw_tags: of leucocytes
Derived terms: polymorphonucleated
Related terms: english: multiple nuclei as opposed to multiple lobes of one nucleus
translation: multiple nuclei as opposed to multiple lobes of one nucleus
word: polynuclear
polymorphonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymorphonuclears
Etymology: From poly- + morpho- + nuclear.
Senses: synonyms: word: PMN
word: polymorphonuclear cell
word: polymorphonuclear leukocyte
word: PMN cell
word: PMN leukocyte
glosses: Such a leucocyte; a neutrophil
polymyxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polymyxins
Etymology: From translingual polymyxa + -in, from Bacillus polymyxa, from which the antibiotic was isolated.
Senses: glosses: Any of several toxic antibiotics, derived from the soil bacterium Bacillus polymyxa, used to treat infections by gram-negative bacteria
Hyponyms: polymyxin A
polymyxin B
polymyxin C
polymyxin D
polymyxin E
colistin
polyneuritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyneuritides
Etymology: From poly- + neuritis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of multiple nerves; multiple neuritis
grandmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandmother
payload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpeɪloʊd/
Forms: form: payloads
Etymology: From pay + load. From the early 20th century.
Senses: glosses: That part of a cargo that produces revenue.
glosses: The total weight of passengers, crew, equipment, and cargo carried by an aircraft or spacecraft.
examples: text: 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Rust in Peace... Polaris", Megadeth, Rust in Peace.
I spread disease like a dog / Discharge my payload a mile high / Rotten egg air of death wrestles your nostrils
text: Vendors must also describe to the Air Force whether they have experience integrating the device with payloads from other businesses, if they are capable of supporting flight test operations and working with ground support equipment and how soon the capability can be delivered.
“Thrust Vector control must be included as a control methodology,” the service wrote in the request. “Other capability measurements of interest are, but not limited to, flight path angle, total impulse, speed, range, payload characteristics.
ref: 2024 September 23, Vanessa Montalbano, “Air Force interested in advanced booster for hypersonic weapons”, in Inside Defense:
glosses: That part of a rocket, missile, propelled stinger, or torpedo that is not concerned with propulsion or guidance, such as a warhead or satellite.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The functional part of a computer virus or another type of malware program, rather than the part that spreads it.
topics: communication
communications
glosses: The actual data in a data stream.
Derived terms: multipayload
payload specialist
warload
pedicab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛdiˌkæb/
Forms: form: pedicabs
Etymology: From pedi- + cab.
Senses: examples: text: Southwark: The cause of the fire that seriously disrupted services between London Bridge and Waterloo East on August 17 has been traced to an overheated battery-powered pedicab under the aches [sic: arches] in Union Street.
ref: 2022 September 7, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: London”, in RAIL, number 965, page 25:
glosses: A tricycle having a hooded cab to seat paying passengers.
Synonyms: word: becak
word: bike cab
word: cycle rickshaw
word: cyclo
alt: includes auto rickshaw or tuk-tuk
word: rickshaw)
word: trishaw
word: velotaxi
Related terms: tuk-tuk
polynuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + nuclear.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: having multiple nuclei
examples: text: Special attention was paid to the presence of the polynuclear hydrocarbons suspected of influencing lung cancer, [...].
ref: 1962 June, “Talking of Trains: Diesel fumes in tunnels”, in Modern Railways, page 375:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: polycyclic
Synonyms: multinuclear
multinucleate
polynucleate
Related terms: english: multiple lobes of single nucleus
translation: multiple lobes of single nucleus
word: polymorphonuclear
english: involving a multinuclear cell owing to combining of cells
translation: involving a multinuclear cell owing to combining of cells
word: syncytial
polynucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polynucleotides
Etymology: From poly- + nucleotide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA
Derived terms: homopolynucleotide
polynucleotidase
polynucleotidic
polyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyomas
Etymology: From poly- (“many”) + -oma (“tumor”).
Senses: glosses: A small form of the papovavirus that causes tumors in rodents.
Synonyms: polyoma virus
Derived terms: polyomavirus
polypetalous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + petalous.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having a corolla composed of distinct, separable petals
polyphagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphagias
Etymology: From poly- + -phagia, from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) and ἔφᾰγον (éphăgon, “eat”).
Senses: synonyms: hyperphagia
glosses: An excessive appetite for food
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: polyphagy
glosses: The eating of many different types of food.
Related terms: polyphagic
ice-breaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice-breakers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of icebreaker.
ice breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice breaker (alternative spelling of icebreakers).
polyphone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyphones
Etymology: From poly- + phone.
Senses: glosses: A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways
Related terms: english: the pronunciation may be the same or different
translation: the pronunciation may be the same or different
word: homograph
english: if the pronunciation is the same
translation: if the pronunciation is the same
word: homonym
english: if the pronunciation is different
translation: if the pronunciation is different
word: heteronym
ice-breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice-breaker (alternative spelling of icebreakers).
polyplet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyplets
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An object, similar to a polyomino, made by attaching squares joined at their edges or corners
Synonyms: polyking
polyking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polykings
Senses: glosses: a polyplet
essential amino acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of essential amino acid
gummi bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gummi bears
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gummy bear.
nonessential amino acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonessential amino acid
nutjobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nutjob
gumtree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumtrees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gum tree.
syndromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syndrome + -ic.
Senses: examples: The child has syndromic features
glosses: relating to a syndrome
glosses: relating to syndromics
GUM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of genitourinary medicine.
glosses: Initialism of GUM (department store).
thyrotoxicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyrotoxicoses
Etymology: From thyro- + toxicosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The medical condition caused by the state of raised levels of thyroid hormone.
Derived terms: thyrotoxicotic
thyrotoxicosis factitia
Related terms: thyrotoxic
thyrotoxicity
thyrotoxin
blue gum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue gums
form: bluegum
Etymology: * blue + gum
* (person of sub-Saharan African origin): Referring to the blue coloring around their gumline.
Senses: examples: text: Now there are five, solidly built, with concrete bases, galvanized poles and struts, and heavy-gauge mesh, shaded by young bluegum trees.
ref: 1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage, published 2000, page 61:
text: I am hoping, maybe because I am roasting out here, that it is to accommodate some breed of shady tree. Like a bluegum or a paperbark.
ref: 2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, published 2007, page 95:
glosses: Any of various eucalyptus trees having blueish leaves, especially Eucalyptus globulus.
glosses: A person of sub-Saharan African origin.
Derived terms: Gippsland blue gum
inland blue gum
large-fruited blue gum
mountain blue gum
round-leaved blue gum
South Australian blue gum
southern blue gum
spotted blue gum
Sydney blue gum
Tasmanian blue gum
Victorian blue gum
gumboot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gumboots
form: gum boot
Etymology: From gum + boot.
Senses: glosses: A type of boot made of rubber.
glosses: A style of popular music traditionally associated with gold miners.
glosses: Generic black tea.
glosses: A chiton (kind of marine mollusc).
Synonyms: english: almost always used in the plural
translation: almost always used in the plural
word: Wellington boot
Derived terms: gumboot dance
gumbooted
gumboot tea
classism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæsɪzəm/
Forms: form: classisms
Etymology: From class + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Discrimination or prejudice that is based on social class, especially against those of lower social class.
Derived terms: anticlassism
Related terms: classist
polypnea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypneas
Etymology: From poly- + -pnea.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Deep and rapid breathing; panting.
Synonyms: hyperpnea
Related terms: polypneic
proteid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteids
Senses: examples: text: When strong nitric acid is added to an aqueous solution of any of the proteids, a white precipitate forms, which turns yellow on heating the liquid.
ref: 1907, R. Douglas Bailey, The Brewer's Analyst, page 89:
text: 1914, Eugene Christian, Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Digital Edition, unnumbered page,
The proteid substances in the body must be formed from proteids taken in the form of food, because only proteid foods contain the element nitrogen. All proteids contain nitrogen, but all nitrogen does not contain protein. All proteids, therefore, are nitrogenous compounds.
text: 1996, Arnold Eiloart (translator and editor), M. Bircher-Benner, Food Science for All and a New Sunlight Theory of Nutrition, page 12,
It was in the forties of the last century that the great chemist, Justus Liebig, brought the chemistry of food up to this point. As he believed moreover that proteids provide not only the building-material of living substance, but also muscular power, he regarded it as a nourishing principle.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein.
Synonyms: sense: complex biomolecule
word: protein molecule
proteid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to proteins.
glosses: Containing protein.
proteids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteid
polypod
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polypod
form: most polypod
Etymology: From poly- + -pod.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having many feet.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Polypodiales ferns.
polypod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polypods
Etymology: From poly- + -pod.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An animal with many feet
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fern of the family Polypodiaceae
polypeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypeptide
polypody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɒlɪpəʊdi/
Forms: form: polypodies
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman polypodie, from Late Latin polypodium, q.v.
Senses: examples: text: Polypodie and epithyme are, without all exceptions, gentle purgers of melancholy […].
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection ii:
text: If the humour be otherwise choose your Polypody accordingly.
ref: 1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 226:
glosses: Any of many ferns of the genus Polypodium, especially common polypody.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Polypodium scouleri
word: coast polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium vulgare
word: common polypody
alt: Grammitis spp.
word: dwarf polypody
taxonomic: Phlebodium vulgare
alt: syn. Polypodium aureum
word: golden polypody
word: gray polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium polypodioides
word: grey polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium calirhiza
word: habit polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium interjectum
word: intermediate polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium amorphum
word: irregular polypody
word: leatherleaf polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium scouleri
word: leathery polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium calirhiza
word: nested polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium virginianum
word: rock polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium sibiricum
word: Siberian polypody
taxonomic: Microgramma piloselloides
word: snake polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium cambricum
word: southern polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium cambricum
word: Welsh polypody
taxonomic: Polypodium hesperium
word: western polypody
peptones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peptone
clicks and bricks
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Combining a traditional retail outlet with online sales.
raw_tags: of a shop or business
double A-side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double A-sides
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A record, released as a single, with an album track on each side, rather than having a B-side.
hemolymph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemolymphs
form: haemolymph
form: hæmolymph
Etymology: From hemo- + lymph.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
synonyms: word: white blood
glosses: A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood.
Derived terms: hemolymphagy
hemolymphal
hemolymphatic
oestrogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oestrogen
œstrogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of œstrogen
lectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lectin
restriction enzymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restriction enzyme
transacetylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transacetylase
acetyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acetyltransferases
Etymology: From acetyl + transferase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: transacetylase
Derived terms: phosphate acetyltransferase
transaminases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transaminase
aminotransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminotransferases
Etymology: From amino + transferase.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Transaminase.
Derived terms: aspartate aminotransferase
aminotransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminotransferase
acetyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetyltransferase
transferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transferase
aad wives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aad wife
Monopoly money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: toy currency
fun money
glosses: Play money.
synonyms: play money
funny money
glosses: Banknotes of foreign currency; especially those which are vibrant or flimsy.
glosses: Money, especially paper money, that is perceived to have little or no value, or to be distributed freely.
examples: text: They did so to conceal the fact that they were playing with Monopoly money—fabricating profits as phony as the pastel-colored money used in the classic Parker Brothers board game.
ref: 2005, Craig M. Boise, Playing with ‘Monopoly Money’: Phony Profits, Fraud Penalties and Equity, Minnesota Law Review, volume 90, page 144
glosses: Money that does not exist; referring to fraudulent record keeping.
Synonyms: sense: paper play money
word: fun money
sense: paper play money
word: play money
sense: bills of foreign currency
word: funny money
barra boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barra boy
billies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of billy
bushman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bushmen
Etymology: From bush + -man.
Senses: examples: text: To A. B. Paterson, son of a dispossessed squatter, writing from a city office, the bushmen with their horses and simple skills were the backbone of Australia.
ref: 1970, Douglas Pike, Australia: The Quiet Continent, page 230:
text: Its^([the Bulletin's]) writers shaped ‘a group myth about Australians and their destiny’; in the absence of conventional heroes, visiting the past to claim the bushman as the first ‘Australian’, the anti-hero in the struggles against empire.
ref: 2000, Donald Denoon, Philippa Mein Smith, Marivic Wyndham, A History of Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific, page 214:
text: Later, historian Russel Ward (1958) famously identified the outback bushman as the “typical” Australian – a rugged individualist, courageous and loyal to his mates.
ref: 2010, Susan Lawrence, Peter Davies, An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788, page 117:
glosses: A man who lives in or has extensive experience of the Australian bush or outback.
Coordinate terms: bushwoman
Derived terms: bushman grass
bushman poison
bushman's breakfast
bushmanship
Related terms: bus kanaka
bushmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bushman