cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
titanomagnetite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: titanomagnetites
Etymology: From titano- + magnetite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of magnetite containing small amounts of titanium
Derived terms: titanomagnetitic
thymopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thymo- + -poiesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The production of thymocytes, which later become T cells.
Derived terms: thymopoietic
thymopoietin
Related terms: hematopoiesis
hematopoietic
hemopoiesis
hemopoietic
lymphopoiesis
lymphopoietic
thrombospondin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɹɒm.bə(ʊ)ˈspɒn.dɪn/
ipa: /ˌθɹɑm.boʊˈspɑn.dɪn/
Forms: form: thrombospondins
Etymology: From thrombin + respond + -in, coined in a 1972 paper by Baenziger et al., named due to its sensitivity to thrombin.https://web.archive.org/web/20060223143336/http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/abstract/247/9/2723
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of glycoproteins secreted into the extracellular matrix by various types of cell, which play a role in cellular adhesion in processes including thrombocyte aggregation, tumor metastasis, and angiogenesis.
Related terms: spondin
thrombin
titanomagnetites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of titanomagnetite
thrombospondins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrombospondin
supershift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supershifts
Etymology: From super- + shift.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, a band supershift was observed when anti-c-Jun antibody was added.
ref: 2003, T. Shiozawa et al., “Involvement of Cell Cycle Regulators in Steroid Hormone-Induced Growth of Endometrial Carcinoma”, in Kuramoto & Nishida, editors, Cell and Molecular Biology of Endometrial Carcinoma, →ISBN, page 89:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A reduction in the mobility of a protein-DNA complex relative to unbound DNA, due to the binding of an antibody to that complex
Related terms: gelshift
subshift
supershift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: supershifts
form: supershifting
form: supershifted
form: supershifted
Etymology: From super- + shift.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To induce a supershift
supershifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supershift
supershifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supershift
supershifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of supershift
supershifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supershift
affordably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈfɔː(ɹ).də.bli/
Forms: form: more affordably
form: most affordably
Etymology: From affordable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an affordable manner; to an affordable degree
symporter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symporters
Etymology: From sym- + porter.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An integral membrane protein involved in the movement of different molecules or ions in the same direction across a phospholipid membrane.
Hypernyms: protein
ion pump
cotransporter
Related terms: antiporter
uniporter
Cramlington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From earlier kramelston, of North Germanic origin, from Danish kram (“tight, narrow”) + -ton (“town”).
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ2776).
assesment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of assessment.
thermoneutrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + neutrality.
Senses: examples: the zone of thermoneutrality
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The state of being neutral with regard to heat effects; the state of being thermoneutral
examples: activity at thermoneutrality
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The heat-neutral temperature for a given animal: the temperature at which it does not need to regulate its body temperature
cashable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cashable
form: most cashable
Etymology: From cash + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be converted into cash
Synonyms: liquid
Derived terms: noncashable
uncashable
thermosensation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + sensation.
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: thermal sensation
glosses: The sensory perception of thermal stimuli.
Related terms: aerosensation
chemosensation
mechanosensation
thermosensory
Morpeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Originally recorded in the Assize Rolls of Northumberland of 1256 as Morthpath, from morð pað, ”murder path”.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish with a town council in and the administrative centre of Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NZ1985).
glosses: A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada, named after Lord Morpeth.
glosses: A suburb of the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, named after the Northumbrian town.
collateralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of collateralise
collateralised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collateralised
form: most collateralised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of collateralized.
thermotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermotaxes
Etymology: From thermo- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Movement in response to temperature
Derived terms: thermotactic
Related terms: chemotaxis
phototaxis
collateralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: collateralises
form: collateralising
form: collateralised
form: collateralised
Etymology: From collateral + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of collateralize.
thermotaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermotaxis
commercialisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: commercialisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of commercialization.
costings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of costing
cyclicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclicalities
Etymology: From cyclical + -ity.
Senses: synonyms: cyclicity
glosses: The condition of being cyclic.
quoad
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkwoʊ.æd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quoad.
Senses: examples: text: It seems to have been rather on this ground that quoad Hughes, who was a volunteer, the defendant had not been guilty of any negligence at all […]
ref: 1884, Horace Smith, A treatise on the law of negligence:
glosses: With respect to.
Related terms: quoad hoc
quoad hunc
quoad omnia
quoad sacra
controverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹəˌvɜː(ɹ)tɚ/
Forms: form: controverters
Etymology: From controvert + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern.
ref: 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries:
glosses: One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
Related terms: controversial
controversialist
controversy
controvert
controvertible
obstropulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒbˈstɹɒp.jʊl.əs/
ipa: /ɒbˈstɹɒp.əl.əs/
ipa: /ɑbˈstɹɑp.jəl.əs/
ipa: /ɑbˈstɹɑp.əl.əs/
Forms: form: more obstropulous
form: most obstropulous
form: obstropalous
form: obstropolous
Etymology: Modification of obstreperous after words ending in -ulous.
Senses: examples: text: And you know, Jack (as we told him, moreover), that it was a shame to manhood, for a man, who had served twenty and twenty women as bad or worse, let him have served Miss Harlowe never so bad, should give himself such obstropulous airs, because she would die […]
ref: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa Harlowe, volume IX:
text: He was thoroughly obstropulous to me last week!
ref: 1977, Goodbye Mr Grainger (Are You Being Served?), season 5, episode 6, spoken by Mrs Slocombe (Mollie Sugden):
glosses: Synonym of obstreperous.
synonyms: word: obstreperous
Derived terms: obstropulousness
translocase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: translocases
Etymology: Blend of translocate + -ase
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that assists in moving another molecule, usually across a membrane.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The protein now called elongation factor G.
translocases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of translocase
damagingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more damagingly
form: most damagingly
Etymology: From damaging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a damaging manner
datahub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: datahubs
Etymology: From data + hub.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An administrative building centre with access to multiple, independent (often remote) databases
devolutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more devolutionary
form: most devolutionary
Etymology: From devolution + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, advocating or permitting devolution.
disposals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disposal
durables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of durable
illiquidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɪlɪˈkwɪdɪti/
Forms: form: illiquidities
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being illiquid; a lack of liquidity; difficulty in selling out an asset
Related terms: solvency
insolvency
jobsearch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From job + search.
Senses: examples: text: Jobseekers are entitled to personalised jobsearch planning and job-matching, with direct access to vacancies.
glosses: The process of seeking employment
liberalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liberalise
liberalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liberalised
form: most liberalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of liberalized.
liberalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: liberalises
form: liberalising
form: liberalised
form: liberalised
Etymology: From liberal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of liberalize.
Derived terms: liberalisation
nonordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-ordinary
Etymology: From non- + ordinary.
Senses: glosses: Not ordinary.
off-flow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off-flows
Etymology: From off- + flow.
Senses: examples: "What percentage of claimant off-flows from jobseeker's allowance were due to the claimant claiming incapacity benefit?" http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050628/text/50628w28.htm
glosses: A flow from something (or somewhere) to something (or somewhere) else
glosses: A channel or way by which surplus water can be discharged or allowed to flow off
outturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outturns
Etymology: From out- + turn.
Senses: glosses: An amount produced during a specified period; output or turnout
outturn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outturns
form: outturning
form: outturned
form: outturned
Etymology: From out- + turn.
Senses: examples: text: “Sometimes your enemy will have a plane that can outturn yours and outclimb you, but you can suck him right into a trap and your wingman can take him out,” Tommy explained.
ref: 2018, Ron Fish, The Tupi Field:
glosses: To surpass in turning; to turn better than.
overleveraged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overleveraged
form: most overleveraged
form: over-leveraged
Etymology: From over- + leveraged.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Subject to excessive leverage
prioritisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prioritisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prioritization.
bli neder
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Hebrew בלי נדר (“without a vow”).
Senses: examples: I will do this bli neder.
glosses: A qualification of an undertaking to do something, such that the commitment does not include the strength of a vow.
Synonyms: best efforts
rateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rateable
form: most rateable
form: ratable
Etymology: From rate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Liable to incur the payment of rates.
glosses: Able to be evaluated with a rating.
Derived terms: rateable value
rateably
rateable value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rateable values
Senses: glosses: An official estimate of the value of a property, used as a basis for local taxation.
recapitalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recapitalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of recapitalization.
rentback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rentbacks
Etymology: From rent + back.
Senses: glosses: The sale and subsequent renting of a property, as an alternative to foreclosure
reprioritises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reprioritise
reprioritise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprioritises
form: reprioritising
form: reprioritised
form: reprioritised
Etymology: From re- + prioritise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reprioritize.
reprioritising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprioritise
reprofile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprofiles
form: reprofiling
form: reprofiled
form: reprofiled
Etymology: From re- + profile.
Senses: examples: text: Staff have worked since February 10 to remove debris from the River Nith, install rock armour protection and strengthen the riverside before rebuilding and reprofiling the embankment.
ref: 2020 April 8, “Network News: ... and Kilmarnock line after landslips”, in Rail, page 16:
glosses: To profile again.
reprofiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reprofile
reprofiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reprofiled
form: most reprofiled
Senses: glosses: profiled again
reuseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reuseable
form: most reuseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reusable.
revalorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revalorise
revalorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revalorises
form: revalorising
form: revalorised
form: revalorised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of revalorize.
revalorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: revalorizes
form: revalorizing
form: revalorized
form: revalorized
Etymology: From re- + valorize.
Senses: glosses: To reevaluate the value of something.
revalorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of revalorize
securitisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: securitisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of securitization.
shareholdings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shareholding
smartcard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartcards
Senses: examples: text: The West Midlands public transport smartcard Swift has had its most successful year to date, having been used more than 50 million times in 2019.
ref: 2020 January 15, “Network News”, in Rail, page 8:
glosses: Alternative form of smart card.
switchover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switchovers
form: switch-over
Etymology: From switch + over.
Senses: examples: text: After the digital switchover, analogue television broadcasts were no longer transmitted.
text: Switchover between power modes no longer needs to be done in stations or when stationary, as the units have a dynamic changeover facility which allows them to switch power source on the move.
ref: 2024 May 29, Pip Dunn, “Local heroes are a winner in East Anglia”, in RAIL, number 1010, page 47:
glosses: A complete change or switch from one state, system or course of action to another.
taskforce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taskforces
Senses: examples: text: There's a ministerial taskforce that just looks at this very issue, and our chairman attends that with one or two of our team.
ref: 2020 December 30, Nigel Harris interviews Mark Thurston, “All eyes are on HS2's eastern leg”, in Rail, page 30:
glosses: Alternative spelling of task force.
unallowable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unallowable
form: most unallowable
Etymology: From un- + allowable.
Senses: glosses: Not allowable
glosses: For which an allowance may not be claimed
underinvestment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underinvestments
Etymology: From under- + investment.
Senses: glosses: An insufficient investment.
unsustainably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsustainably
form: most unsustainably
Etymology: From unsustainable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unsustainable manner
uprate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uprates
form: uprating
form: uprated
form: uprated
Etymology: From up- + rate.
Senses: examples: text: The '360s' are due to be released from the Anglia franchise in August next year, after which they will be uprated for 110mph operation and refurbished to make them suitable for their new outer-suburban role.
ref: 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 53:
text: The hotel also had its listed status uprated from Grade II to Grade II*.
ref: 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Heritage group opposes Liverpool Street revisions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 26:
glosses: To give a higher rating to.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: To put a higher value of postage on (a letter) than required by the official rate.
uprate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uprates
Etymology: From up- + rate.
Senses: glosses: An increase in a rating
uprated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uprate
uprated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uprated
form: most uprated
Senses: glosses: That has been given a higher rating
glosses: upgraded
uprating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uprate
uprating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upratings
Senses: examples: text: It is a revelation how uprating of a diesel locomotive by even 200 or 300 h.p. can affect its performance; the fact is that such uprating does not mean any addition to the h.p. output needed to move itself, so that the additional h.p. is almost entirely available at the drawbar.
ref: 1961 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 338:
glosses: The assignment of a higher rating.
glosses: An upgrade.
upratings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uprating
workstrand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: workstrands
Etymology: From work + strand.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, the LIS is a key player in the Education and Training Workstrand, a group of topic specific professionals who inform the LISMG.
ref: 2000, B Anagnostelis, “Innovations online”, in Health Libraries Review:
text: ... Sustainable Cities, ‘Investing in Child and Youth Development’ (ICYD) workstrand which began in 2003 and was completed in June 2006
ref: 2006, PS Peteru, “Youth participation with local councils: a snapshot of office reflections involving young people in …”, in repositoryaut.lconz.ac.nz:
text: Twenty five agencies participated in the ASCP, which involved six workstrand areas
ref: 2008, WC Council, “Effective Relationships and Collaborative Arrangements between Central and Local Government”, in waitakere.govt.nz:
text: This workstrand builds directly on the pioneering work of the EVE project which transformed curatorial attitudes to digital surrogates
ref: 2008, J Gardner with J Green, A Abu-Zayed, S Milward, et al., “CHARTER Project Plan”, in exeter.openrepository.com:
text: “This workstrand has estimated that around £16bn per year is spent on IT across the wider public sector...."
ref: 2009 April 21, “£7.2bn cuts in government back-office and IT spend”, in Computing:
topics: management
glosses: A group of sequentially related elements of a project.
adenomatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adenomatoses
Etymology: From adenoma + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of cancer characterized by multiple adenomas within an organ or system
Derived terms: adenomatotic
fibroadenomatosis
anelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From an- + elastic.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: materials science
glosses: Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
Derived terms: anelastically
anelastic creep
anelastic spectrum
Related terms: inelastic
nonelastic
amphid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.fɪd/
Forms: form: amphids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμφιδέα (amphidéa, “anything that binds or is bound around”), from ἀμφιδέω (amphidéō, “to bind around”) + -ᾱ (-ā, action noun suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
nematology
zoology
glosses: One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode.
Hypernyms: sensillum
Derived terms: amphidal
amphidial
amphid salt
Related terms: phasmid
amphids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphid
blue-skies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: blue skies
form: blue-sky
form: bluesky
Senses: glosses: Unrealistic or impractical.
examples: text: blue-skies research
text: These options can be presented either as 'blue skies', i.e. no constraints are imposed by the existing systems, or as 'pragmatic reality', i.e. building on the existing systems. It is better to take a blue skies approach to strategic information […]
ref: 1992, Gary Heap, Alfie Windsor, A structured approach to systems development, McGraw-Hill:
synonyms: theoretical
antonyms: real-world
coordinate_terms: greenfield
glosses: Of no immediate practical application.
Related terms: blue-sky thinking
allantoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allantoins
Etymology: From allant- + -in; this substance concentrates in the allantois during development in most mammals.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A diureide of glyoxylic acid, used in various pharmaceutical and cosmetic products; or a derivative of this compound
Derived terms: allantoinase
adenomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adenomatosis
aneuploidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aneuploidy
arboreality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From arboreal + -ity.
Senses: examples: strict arboreality
glosses: The quality of being arboreal, of living in trees
antifibrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fibrotic.
Senses: examples: an antifibrotic treatment
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Acting to inhibit or reduce fibrosis
Derived terms: antifibrotically
antifibrotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifibrotics
Etymology: From anti- + fibrotic.
Senses: examples: text: An antifibrotic was administered.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that inhibits or reduces fibrosis
atheoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + theoretical.
Senses: examples: atheoretical research
glosses: Independent of theory
Derived terms: atheoretically
atheoreticality
athermotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + thermotactic.
Senses: examples: text: If the major thermosensory neuron, AFD, is ablated, most animals become athermotactic, that is, they will move randomly on a temperature gradient […]
ref: 2004, Noelle L'Etoile, “Chemosensory Transduction in Caenorhabditis elegans”, in Frings & Bradley, editors, Transduction Channels in Sensory Cells, →ISBN, page 82:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not moving in relation to heat; lacking thermotaxis
atrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈtɹoʊfɪk/
ipa: /əˈtɹɑfɪk/
ipa: /eɪˈtɹɒfɪk/
ipa: /əˈtɹɒfɪk/
Etymology: From atrophy + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy.
examples: Coordinate term: hypertrophic
glosses: Sunken, recessed, and indented.
raw_tags: of a scar
Derived terms: anatrophic
antiatrophic
atrophically
atrophic vaginitis
cerebroatrophic
encephalatrophic
fibroatrophic
lipoatrophic
nonatrophic
panatrophic
scleroatrophic
Related terms: trophic
autofluorescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autofluorescences
Etymology: From auto- + fluorescence.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: microscopy
glosses: Self-induced fluorescence.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: microscopy
glosses: The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
Derived terms: autofluorescent
autofluorescently
hyperautofluorescence
hypoautofluorescence
Related terms: autofluoresce
autokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autokinases
form: auto-kinase
Etymology: Shortened from "autophosphorylation-dependent protein kinase."
Senses: examples: an autokinase domain
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein kinase or domain which promotes autophosphorylation
Related terms: autophosphatase
autophosphatase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autophosphatases
form: auto-phosphatase
Etymology: From auto- + phosphatase.
Senses: examples: text: an autophosphatase reaction
text: In addition, KaiC, which can act both as an autokinase and an autophosphatase, undergoes robust daily phosphorylation cycles that depend on its physical interactions with KaiA and KaiB.
ref: 2006, U. Schibler, “Circadian time keeping”, in Kalsbeek et al., editors, Hypothalamic Integration of Energy Metabolism, →ISBN, page 273:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: noun adjunct
glosses: A phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself
Related terms: autokinase
autophosphorylase
autoradiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From autoradiograph + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance
Derived terms: autoradiographically
microautoradiographic
biogeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + geographical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to biogeography.
Derived terms: biogeographically
chronobiogeographical
palaeobiogeographical
panbiogeographical
phylobiogeographical
Related terms: biogeographic
bifacially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bifacial + -ly.
Senses: examples: a bifacially flaked point
glosses: With, or so as to have, two faces
Coordinate terms: monofacially
trifacially
Related terms: facially
bifacial
benzylhydantoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzylhydantoins
Etymology: From benzyl + hydantoin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydantoin into which a benzyl group has been substituted
basinwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From basin + -wide.
Senses: examples: basinwide water quality management
glosses: Occurring throughout a basin
autoregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autoregulate
fellmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛlmʌŋɡə/
Forms: form: fellmongers
Etymology: From fell + monger.
Senses: glosses: One who sells or works with animal hides and skins.
fellmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛlmʌŋɡə/
Forms: form: fellmongers
form: fellmongering
form: fellmongered
form: fellmongered
Etymology: From fell + monger.
Senses: glosses: To prepare animal skin for tanning.
Related terms: fuller
tanner
autoregulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoregulates
form: autoregulating
form: autoregulated
form: autoregulated
Etymology: From auto- + regulate.
Senses: examples: an autoregulating heater
glosses: To regulate itself or oneself
Derived terms: autoregulatable
autoregulation
autoregulative
autoregulatory
autokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autokinase
benzylhydantoins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benzylhydantoin
allantoins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allantoin
autoregulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autoregulate
autoregulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autoregulate
spawners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spawner
north by west
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between north and north-northwest, specifically 348.75°, abbreviated as NbW.
artificial intelligences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artificial intelligence
NbW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of north by west.
spawner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɔnɚ/
ipa: /ˈspɔːnə/
Forms: form: spawners
Etymology: From spawn + -er.
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: henfish
hen
glosses: A female fish, often specifically a salmon, which is physiologically ready to spawn
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program which spawns objects or processes as needed
examples: text: […] at this point, there are enemy birds that fly out of the pipe and attack the player's avatar. The pipes themselves are "enemy spawners" […]
ref: 2006, Alice J. Robison, Inventing fun: videogame design as a writing process, page 77:
topics: video-games
glosses: An object in a simulated game world that spawns further objects.
copperleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copperleafs
form: copperleaves
form: copper leaf
Etymology: From copper + leaf.
Senses: glosses: Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
glosses: Other similar-looking species of Acalypha
Synonyms: sense: Acalypha wilkesiana
word: Jacob’s coat
Jacob's coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Referring to the Biblical Jacob.
Senses: glosses: copperleaf
magnesiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more magnesiferous
form: most magnesiferous
Etymology: From magnes- + -i- + -ferous, from magnesium.
Senses: examples: a magnesiferous rock
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Containing magnesium
Synonyms: magnesian
Hypernyms: metalliferous
Related terms: magnesic
magnetiferous
manganiferous
CDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDSs
form: CDSes
form: CDS
Senses: examples: text: The cost of that funding is partially influenced by the price of an instrument known as a credit default swap — essentially, a form of insurance that one party buys to protect against the possibility that another party will default. The higher the risk of default, the higher the price of the C.D.S., and the higher the cost of funding.
ref: 2023 March 15, Michael J. de la Merced, Maureen Farrell, “Credit Suisse to Borrow Up to $54 Billion From Central Bank”, in The New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of credit default swap.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of child-directed speech, a simplified form of speech used by adults when talking to infants.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of chief of the defence staff.
glosses: Initialism of cognitive dysfunction syndrome.
topics: law
qualifier: Maryland
glosses: Initialism of Controlled Dangerous Substances.
examples: text: The idea of the CDS speaks to the different way people view cats and dogs, says Kate Meghji, chief operating officer at the Humane Rescue Alliance in Washington DC.
ref: 2024 August 15, Madeleine Aggeler, “Find a stray cat? That might be the cat distribution system at work”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Initialism of cat distribution system.
volley-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of volleyball.
CLN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CLNs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of credit-linked note.
hydraulic fracturing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: oil industry
glosses: A technique in which a mixture of water and sand is forced down an oil well (or similar) in order to create fractures in the oil-bearing rock and thus release more oil.
Synonyms: fracing
fracking
hydrofracking
total return swap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: total return swaps
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A financial derivative that transfers both the credit risk and market risk of an underlying asset.
Synonyms: TRS
fracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fracking.
come out with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes out with
form: coming out with
form: came out with
form: come out with
Senses: examples: text: He came out with a very dubious excuse.
glosses: To say (something) unexpectedly.
examples: text: Just come out with it already — you think you're too good for me!
synonyms: spit out#Verb
antonyms: conceal
hide
obfuscate
sugarcoat
glosses: To say (something) in a plainspoken way instead of euphemistically or obliquely, after reluctantly hesitating to do so.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: announce, introduce, release, reveal
text: We're coming out with the new product on Tuesday.
glosses: To make (something) public or available to the public.
Related terms: english: plainspoken; intransitive but otherwise antonymous to the sense
translation: plainspoken; intransitive but otherwise antonymous to the sense
word: beat around the bush
word: out with it
word: spit it out
proppant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑpənt/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒpənt/
Forms: form: proppants
Etymology: From prop + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: The use of resin coated proppants is an area that should increase the chance of success of fracturing for sand control by eliminating the chance for proppant to flow out of the fracture.
ref: 1995, P. A. Fletcher, C. T. Montgomery, G. G. Ramos, R. J. Guillory, M. J. Francis, “Optimizing hydraulic fracture length to prevent formation failure in oil and gas reservoirs”, in Jaak J. K. Daemen, Richard A. Schultz, editors, Rock Mechanics: Proceedings of the 35th U.S. Symposium, page 296:
text: In general, bigger proppant yields better permeability, but proppant size must be checked against proppant admittance criteria through the perforations and inside the fracture. Figure 17.9 shows permeability of various kinds of proppants under fracture closure stress.
ref: 2007, Boyun Guo, William C. Lyons, Ali Ghalambor, Petroleum Production Engineering: A Computer-Assisted Approach, page 17/259:
text: Holding an estimated 36% of the ceramic and about 6% of the general proppant markets globally, the firm is one of the largest suppliers of this specialized product in the world. Proppants are granular structures, such as ceramic or sand, contained in the liquids that companies use to fracture the inside of an oil or natural gas well in order to increase the flow of the hydrocarbons.
ref: 2007, Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett′s Energy Industry Almanac: 2008:
glosses: Sand or similar particulate material suspended in water or other fluid and used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to keep fissures open.
Synonyms: sense: water-suspended material used in fracking
word: propping agent
comedogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comedogens
Etymology: From comedo + -gen.
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A substance that exacerbates or induces acne.
Derived terms: comedogenic
comedogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comedogen
Maunday Thursday
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Maundy Thursday.
Maunday money
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Maundy money.
Derived terms: Maunday coin
Maundy coin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maundy coins
Etymology: Maundy + coin
Senses: glosses: Any of the specially minted coins given out by the reigning monarch on Maundy Thursday. Face values are 1, 2, 3, and 4 pence.
Related terms: Maundy money
malleate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæl.i.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.i.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: more malleate
form: most malleate
Etymology: First attested in 1884; from malleus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Malleate trophi are present in such common rotifers as Brachionus, Keratella, and Lecane.
ref: 2009, James H. Thorp, Alan P. Covich, editors, Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition, page 181:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
examples: text: The spire has stronger rib-striæ than C. bequaerti; last whorl finely and closely malleate, with several weak spiral threads.
ref: 1919, Henry Augustus Pilsbry, “A Review of the Land Mollusks of the Belgian Congo”, in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, number 40, page 313:
topics: biology
malacology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a surface with shallow round indentations, resembling copper that has been hammered.
raw_tags: of a shell
malleate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈmæl.i.eɪt/
Forms: form: malleates
form: malleating
form: malleated
form: malleated
Etymology: First attested in 1598; borrowed from Latin malleātus, perfect passive participle of malleō (“to beat with a hammer”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Man is a mechanic, and works beautiful forms out of natural organisms. He cuts, bores, malleates, melts, casts in matrices, and spins, various articles.
ref: 1878, James Milleson, The Embryonic System of Nature, page 12:
glosses: To beat into shape with a hammer.
Related terms: malleability
malleable
malleableness
malleably
mallet
calcites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcite
piezoresistive effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piezoresistive effects
Senses: examples: text: Silicon displays a marked piezoresistive effect.
glosses: The change of electrical resistance in a substance as the pressure on it changes.
Related terms: piezoelectric effect
piezoelectric effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piezoelectric effects
Senses: examples: text: Human bones display a piezoelectric effect.
glosses: The production of electrical potential in a substance as the pressure on it changes.
Related terms: piezoresistive effect
pyroelectric effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyroelectric effects
Senses: examples: text: Quartz crystals are piezoelectric, but they do not display pyroelectric effect.
glosses: The production of electrical potential in a substance as the temperature increases.
Related terms: piezoelectric effect
sensuosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensuosities
Senses: glosses: sensuousness
cruftiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crufty: most crufty
Bhumi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bhoomi
Etymology: From Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi).
Senses: synonyms: Bhudevi
glosses: The earth element in the Hindu elemental tradition.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Bhūmi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Bhumi.
bhūmi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhūmis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bhumi.
bhumi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhumis
Etymology: From Sanskrit भूमि (bhūmi).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: One of the ten hierarchically arranged stages through which bodhisattva passes to the path to awakening in the Mahayana tradition.
fuckwitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fuckwitted
form: most fuckwitted
Senses: examples: text: But this fuckwitted spastic is too immobilised and confused to work that out and by then I'm well away, bristling with excitement and satisfaction.
ref: 1998, Irvine Welsh, Filth, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN:
text: […] jokes about stingy Jews, which make my blood boil and ensure lifelong hatred against the fuckwitted joker.
ref: 2003, Emma Gold, Easy:
glosses: Stupid; having the intelligence of a fuckwit.
Derived terms: fuckwittedness
Related terms: fuckwit
fuckwittery
disableable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disableable
form: most disableable
form: disablable
Etymology: From disable + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being disabled.
scæne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scænes
Senses: examples: text: [Here Should : Be A Scæne of the Solemnitye of Pænius his ffunerall : mournd by Caracticus :]
Here should A Scæne · be betwene Iunius, & Petillius : (Iunius mocking Petillius for being in loue wᵗʰ Bonducas Daughter that Killd her selfe : to them : Enterd Suetonius : (blameing Petillius for the […]
ref: 1926: John Young Walker MacAlister, Alfred William Pollard, Ronald Brunlees McKerrow, the Library Association, Frank Chalton Francis, the Bibliographical Society of Great Britain, and Project Muse, The Library, page 152 (Oxford University Press)
text: Scæne 4.
Enter the sewer, passe by with seruice againe, the seruing- […]
Valen. O sea sicke Iest, and full of the scuruie.
Scæne 5.
[…] come on you precious rascall, sir.
Valentine. He giue you a health I faith; for the heauens you mad Capriccio, hold hooke and line.
(Exeunt.)
Scæne 6.
Enter Lord Paulo Ferneze, his boy following him.
ref: 1963: Ben Jonson, Charles Harold Herford, Percy Simpson, and Evelyn Mary Spearing Simpson, Ben Jonson, pages 110, 111, and 112 (Clarendon Press)
roman: Pau. Boy.
glosses: Archaic spelling of scene.
scænes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scenes
Senses: glosses: plural of scæne
south by east
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between south and south-southeast, specifically 168.75°, abbreviated as SbE.
SbE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of south by east.
south by west
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The compass point halfway between south and south-southwest, specifically 191.25°, abbreviated as SbW.
SbW
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of south by west.
tri-focused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + focused.
Senses: glosses: Having three times the focus.
examples: text: This trifocused project will reduce expenses, improve customer satisfaction, and increase our profits.
glosses: Having three foci or goals.
subhumans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subhuman
sheathings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sheathing
dress shields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dress shield
secularises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of secularise
secularised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of secularise
slipperier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of slippery: more slippery
slipperiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of slippery: most slippery
slippery slopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slippery slope
selvages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of selvage
Shakespeareans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Shakespearean
spacemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spaceman
snoozes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snooze
snoozes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snooze
glosses: plural of snooz
snoozing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of snooze
snoozed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of snooze
superimposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of superimpose
superimposing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superimposings
Senses: examples: text: The remainder of the poem consists of superimposings of the poet's fantasies of the Leech-Gatherer upon his physical presence (rather as the poet had attributed feelings to the hare).
ref: 1987, Kenneth R. Johnston, Gene W. Ruoff, The Age of William Wordsworth, page 209:
glosses: Alternative form of superimposition.
stigmatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stigmatises
form: stigmatising
form: stigmatised
form: stigmatised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of stigmatize.
stigmatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stigmatise
stigmatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stigmatise
stigmatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stigmatise
sublimates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sublimate
sublimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublimate
sublimated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sublimate
sublimated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sublimated
form: most sublimated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of a substance, changed from a solid into a gas without passing through the liquid state, with or without being heated.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychoanalysis
psychology
sciences
glosses: Modified from the natural expression of a sexual or primitive instinct into a socially acceptable manner.
'rents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɛnts/
Forms: form: rents
Senses: glosses: Clipping of parents.
stratifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stratify
stratifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stratify
sundials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sundial
syphons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syphon
syphons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of syphon
syphoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of syphon