cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
preproduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preproduce
preproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preproduce
unwayward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwayward
form: most unwayward
Etymology: From un- + wayward.
Senses: examples: text: Last night’s programme – the first of a series of three – was another unwayward beast from the Worsley stable.
ref: 2015 October 9, “Unforgotten review – magnificent cast, dodgy dialogue”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Not wayward.
scopey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scopey
form: most scopey
Etymology: From scope + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There’s no rush, he’s only four, he’s big and scopey and when he jumps fences, he’ll be really exciting.
ref: 2015 October 9, Chris Cook, “Horse by horse guide to Paul Nicholls’ stable for the new jumps season”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Of a horse: capable of performing jumps in a stylish and skilful manner.
novicey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more novicey
form: most novicey
Etymology: From novice + -y.
Senses: examples: text: When I later asked my native informants for their views on the Ladies in Red, I heard nothing but praise, usually backed up with accounts of the idiotic questions, novicey mistakes and ridiculous requests my informants had overheard […]
ref: 2005, Kate Fox, The Racing Tribe: Portrait Of A British Subculture, page 162:
glosses: Characteristic of a novice; inexperienced; amateurish.
airtanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airtankers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of air tanker.
airtankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airtanker
unclerically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unclerically
form: most unclerically
Etymology: From unclerical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] every individual is bound not only to promote his own welfare, but the interest and comfort of his neighbour also, so far as he has it in his power; and, in the instance referred to, the maxim has been most unclerically disregarded.
ref: 1842, William Tait, Magdalenism, page 74:
text: I am wildly, hopelessly and quite unclerically crazy about you!
ref: 1930, Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage:
glosses: In an unclerical manner.
syrmak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syrmaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shyrdak.
syrmaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syrmak
shyrdak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shyrdaks
Etymology: From Kyrgyz шырдак (şırdak).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Curran places his dance in a warm setting, marked by reds and rusts; a vinyl printed collage of shyrdak felt rugs from the Tien Shan mountains hangs on the back wall, and stencils identical to the patterns from it are projected on to the red stage like textured spotlights.
ref: 2015 October 8, Gia Kourlas, “Review: Seán Curran Company in a Cross-Cultural Exchange”, in New York Times:
glosses: A colourful stitched felt rug, traditionally hand-made in Central Asia.
shyrdaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shyrdak
passout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passouts
Senses: examples: text: At West Virginia, the introduction of general-admission alcohol sales was paired with the elimination of so-called passouts.
ref: 2015 October 8, Marc Tracy, “Beer Here! Beer Here?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of pass-out.
glosses: A graduate.
passouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passout
sheeyit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shit, representing African-American Vernacular and Southern US English.
off the lay
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: having stopped laying eggs for some reason.
raw_tags: of domestic poultry
offn
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of off, representing African-American Vernacular English.
offn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of off, representing African-American Vernacular English.
milertary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of military.
Tezza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Terry + -zza.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given names Terry or Terence.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The British politician Theresa May (born 1956), Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016 and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019.
Related terms: Tez
Shazza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sharon + -zza.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Sharon.
art deco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Art Deco.
peoplewatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: people watching
Etymology: From people + watching.
Senses: glosses: The act or habit of observing people and their behavior as a recreational activity.
Hyponyms: girlwatching
Related terms: people-watch
Rye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reay
Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Rea.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun rye.
* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads whose name derive from Old Norse rjóðr (“forest clearing”); see the verb ryðja (“to clear”).
* As a Danish surname, from the town Ry in Skanderbord.
* The town in England is perhaps derived from Old English riþ (“river, stream”) whence also rith; compare ree.
Senses: glosses: A small town and civil parish in Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ9220).
glosses: A hamlet in Odiham parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7750).
glosses: A river in North Yorkshire, England, that flows through Ryedale to join the Derwent.
glosses: A commune in Jura department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Cleveland County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A small statutory town in Pueblo County, Colorado.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Manatee County, Florida.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Adair County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A coastal suburban city in Westchester County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A large town in Westchester County, New York.
glosses: A coastal suburb in the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A nickname of the given name Ryan.
Derived terms: Rye Brook
Rye-Rye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A nickname of the given name Ryan.
foot-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot-balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of football.
Pushkinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pushkinists
Etymology: From Pushkin + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies the works of the Russian author Alexander Pushkin.
Related terms: Pushkinism
foot ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foot balls
Senses: examples: text: We beg to call special attention to our line of Regulation "J" Foot Balls in both the Rugby and Association shapes. We guarantee them in every way.
ref: 1891, Foot Ball Rules as Recommended to the University Athletic Club by the Rules Committee, page 28:
glosses: Archaic form of football.
bleep tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleep test
daiji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tai ji.
Deco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Art Deco.
synonyms: word: Art Deco
wooden spoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wooden spoonists
Etymology: From wooden spoon + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P, of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist."
ref: 1911, Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London:
text: Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with the wooden spoonist as well as credited with the champion.
ref: 1956, Arthur Harold Booth, British hustings, 1924-1950:
text: 'From the position of “wooden spoonist” [Gloucestershire] rose to the honourable position of fourth in the list, and became once again a team whose drawing capacity as regards “gate” was unsurpassed by any other County.'
ref: 2012, Simon Rae, W. G. Grace: A Life, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of wooden spooner: a last-place finisher.
synonyms: word: wooden spooner
extra: a last-place finisher
biobag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biobags
Etymology: From the trademark BioBag, formed from bio- + bag.
Senses: examples: text: Sold by www.ecoutlet.co.uk and also by several supermarkets, biobags break down in a matter of months. In a compost bin or wormery, they disappear even faster, but composting pet waste is controversial.
ref: 2009, Anna Shepard, How Green are My Wellies?:
text: Here are convenient solutions for all those inconvenient truths that plague our minds: dog-waste biobags ($4.95), biodegradable packing peanuts ($6.99 to $39.99), a Solio Hybrid 1000 solar charger ($79.95) that can power your cellphone.
ref: 2009 April 9, Mike Albo, “An Environmental Cleanup in Every Aisle”, in New York Times:
glosses: A biodegradable bin liner.
biobags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biobag
springlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spring + -long.
Senses: examples: text: The Hall of Famer Al Simmons of the Philadelphia Athletics made a similar splash in 1930, homering in his first at-bat on opening day after ending a springlong holdout.
ref: 2009 May 5, Pat Borzi, “Mauer’s Return Gives Twins a Boost in A.L. Central Race”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lasting for the whole spring season.
deadender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadenders
Senses: examples: text: But for a second, anyway, I could imagine what it’s like to be among the Limbaugh-Cheney deadenders who loathe Obama.
ref: 2009 May 3, Frank Rich, “Enough With the 100 Days Already”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of dead-ender.
deadenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadender
hyperfancy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperfancy
form: most hyperfancy
Etymology: From hyper- + fancy.
Senses: examples: text: Ken stared, open mouthed. “Wow, Dad. You look...hyperfancy! Nice threads!”
ref: 2010, Randy Washburn, Barbara Kreger Washburn, Cruise Into Darkness, page 80:
text: REMEMBER: The Beatles’ ‘‘Revolution 9’’ took as its starting point a long, edited-out coda to ‘‘Revolution 1’’ and became nothing less than hyperfancy musique concrète when the band added heterogeneous sound clips, tape loops, back-masking and sound effects.
ref: 2009 May 3, Virginia Heffernan, “World Music”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very fancy.
kanjira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kanjiras
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Mahadevan also sang winningly (but often wordlessly) throughout the concert’s second half, alongside Mr. Hussain, the mandolinist U. Shrinivas and the percussionist V. Selvaganesh, whose specialty is the kanjira, a small hand drum with an expressive range of pitch.
ref: 2009 May 1, Nate Chinen, “Bringing Along Friends Who Can Add to the Beat”, in New York Times:
glosses: A South Indian frame drum, similar to the tambourine.
kanjiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kanjira
prefinalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefinalists
Etymology: From pre- + finalist.
Senses: examples: text: They included a participant in a top reality television show and Barbara Matera, 28, an announcer on the leading government television channel, a prefinalist in the 2000 Miss Italy contest, and a university graduate.
ref: 2009 April 30, Rachel Donadio, “Premier’s Roving Eye Enrages Wife, but Not His Public”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who reaches the stage that precedes the finals of a contest.
prefinalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefinalist
spacklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spackling
earmarkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From earmark + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In bookstores (you remember them), windows and prime-space tables display language books — not images on screens but easy-to-read print on paper pages happily bound together and easily earmarkable, underlinable and turnable.
ref: 2009 April 26, William Safire, “Wide World of Words”, in New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being earmarked.
nonplusment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nonplus + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps unsurprisingly — apologies to the good people of 1956 Miami — the reception amid the swizzle sticks and shuffleboards was general nonplusment.
ref: 2009 April 26, Charles Isherwood, “A Long Wait for Another Shot at Broadway”, in New York Times:
glosses: The condition of being nonplussed; nonplussedness.
midtap
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + tap.
Senses: examples: text: My restless sock feet stopped midtap, on the very floor those gentlemen trod in their calfskin shoes and spats.
ref: 2009 April 26, Elizabeth Giddens, “The House of Much History”, in New York Times:
text: Olivia began to tap her fingers on her glass, but froze midtap. She had an idea.
ref: 2012, Sienna Mercer, Flying Solo:
glosses: During the action of tapping.
Kevs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kev
Sharons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sharon
printbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From print + bound.
Senses: examples: text: For reasons known only to printbound publishers, books about words are suddenly the talk of the town.
ref: 2009 April 26, William Safire, “Wide World of Words”, in New York Times:
glosses: Restricted to the use of print.
underlinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From underline + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In bookstores (you remember them), windows and prime-space tables display language books — not images on screens but easy-to-read print on paper pages happily bound together and easily earmarkable, underlinable and turnable.
ref: 2009 April 26, William Safire, “Wide World of Words”, in New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being underlined.
overpropulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + propulsion.
Senses: examples: text: “When Varly does something unorthodox-looking, he’s usually recovering from maybe an error or overpropulsion on his part to a certain place on the ice, and he has to rein himself back in,” said Dave Prior, the Capitals’ goaltending coach.
ref: 2009 April 22, Jeff Z. Klein, “Capitals Put Their Trust in Little-Known Goaltender”, in New York Times:
glosses: excessive propulsion
barro negro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish barro negro (“black clay”).
Senses: glosses: A style of pottery from Oaxaca, Mexico, distinguished by its black metallic sheen and unique designs.
pheenom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He was a physical specimen as a 17-year-old pheenom in 1936, and he is still a force of nature — barrel-chested, thick shoulders, powerful arms he developed carrying buckets of water from the Raccoon River to his family farm in Van Meter, Iowa.
ref: 2009 April 21, George Vecsey, “At 90, Feller Can Still Bring It”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of phenom.
fetishy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fetishy
form: most fetishy
Etymology: From fetish + -y.
Senses: examples: text: While plenty of people called the Coca-Cola headquarters to complain about New Coke’s taste, I’ll bet no one called to complain about the visionary in the fetishy eyeglasses in charge of the situation.
ref: 2009 August 19, Alex Kuczynski, “Pulp Friction”, in New York Times:
text: The traditional female silhouettes now flicker over fetishy leather boots. When a woman's face appears it is that of Bond's torturer, not his love interest.
ref: 2015, Adrian Daub, Charles Kronengold, The James Bond Songs: Pop Anthems of Late Capitalism, page 191:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a (sexual) fetish.
multihyphened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multihyphened
form: most multihyphened
Etymology: From multi- + hyphened.
Senses: examples: text: But none of those is true for Mr. de Rothschild, who belongs instead to a multihyphened class of overachievers: eco-adventurer and green-evangelist.
ref: 2009 April 19, Jesse Mckinley, “After the Silver Spoon, a Green Life”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of multihyphenated.
synonyms: word: multihyphenated
hypercalcinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + calcinemia.
Senses: examples: text: In terms of the mechanism and relevance of the high expression of ICAM-1 in sarcoidosis patients, current research has demonstrated that alveolar macrophages associated with the sarcoidosis granulation tissue could synthesize and release 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol, leading to hypercalcinemia.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Screening for Differentially Expressed Proteins Relevant to the Differential Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis and Tuberculosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An excessive level of calcium in the blood
superattached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superattached
form: most superattached
Etymology: From super- + attached.
Senses: examples: text: “I made a home of it and was superattached to it, but I couldn’t afford to keep it.”
ref: 2009 April 19, Joyce Cohen, “Leaving the Nest (Again)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very emotionally attached.
calcinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, prolonged calcinemia and increased elimination of calcium with the urine may cause formation of kidney stones along the urine elimination pathways, calcification of the walls of the vessels, ligaments, muscles, etc.
ref: 2015, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich Parin, Weightlessness: medical and biological research, page 214:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of calcium (ions) in the blood.
Derived terms: hypercalcinemia
hypocalcinemia
yichus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈjɪxəs/
Forms: form: yiches
form: yikhes
Etymology: From Yiddish יחוס (yikhus).
Senses: examples: text: Capers Funnye is a knowledgeable, committed Jew and, as an Obama relative, has exceptional yichus.
ref: 2009 April 19, “Obama’s Rabbi”, in New York Times:
glosses: noble origins; pedigree
glosses: clout, worth, reputation
hypercolonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypercolonisation
Etymology: From hyper- + colonization.
Senses: examples: text: Here, we show that inactivation of dsdA does not lead to hypercolonization.
ref: 2015 September 15, “dsdA Does Not Affect Colonization of the Murine Urinary Tract by Escherichia coli CFT073”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: excessive colonization (by an organism)
Related terms: hypercolonize
hypercolonize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈkɑl.ə.naɪz/
Forms: form: hypercolonizes
form: hypercolonizing
form: hypercolonized
form: hypercolonized
form: hypercolonise
Etymology: From hyper- + colonize.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to a dsdA mutant, dsdC mutants hypercolonize relative to wild type, suggesting that there are mechanisms of D-serine dependent virulence gene expression that are independent of DsdC [31 ].
ref: 2015 September 15, “dsdA Does Not Affect Colonization of the Murine Urinary Tract by Escherichia coli CFT073”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To colonize excessively.
Derived terms: hypercolonization
cyberorganization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberorganizations
Etymology: From cyber- + organization.
Senses: glosses: An organization that operates in cyberspace or on the Internet.
cyberorganizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberorganization
hypercompliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + compliant.
Senses: examples: text: This hypothesis agrees with the study of Bellezza and associates who reported that plastic and hypercompliant deformation of the LC occurred in the early stage of experimental glaucoma.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Defects of the Lamina Cribrosa in High Myopia and Glaucoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Excessively compliant
Related terms: hypercompliance
hypercolonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hypercolonize
hyperfiltrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + filtrating.
Senses: examples: text: The present investigation is the first to compare the effects of acetazolamide to those of an equipotent natriuretic agent and the first to investigate these effects in hyperfiltrating non-diabetic obese subjects.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Effect of Acetazolamide on Obesity-Induced Glomerular Hyperfiltration: A Randomized Controlled Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: that are undergoing hyperfiltration
hyperfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + fused.
Senses: examples: text: Both ARSACS patient-derived cell lines and sacsin-knockdown (KD) neuronal cultures show enlarged and hyperfused mitochondria with dissipated mitochondrial membrane potential and altered localization [12 ].
ref: 2015 September 15, “High-Throughput Screening for Ligands of the HEPN Domain of Sacsin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That are fused together more than normally
hypofiltrating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + filtrating.
Senses: examples: text: Is the hypofiltrating effect of acetazolamide maintained in the long-term?
ref: 2015 September 15, “Effect of Acetazolamide on Obesity-Induced Glomerular Hyperfiltration: A Randomized Controlled Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: that are undergoing hypofiltration; that causes hypofiltration
hypofiltration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + filtration.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A decrease in the rate of glomerular filtration of the kidneys
immunometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + metabolism.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, a novel research area termed immunometabolism has emerged from the study of AT’s roles in metabolism and immunity, which contribute to the pathogenesis of obesity-associated dysfunctions [23, 24 ].
ref: 2015 September 15, “Characterization of In Vitro Engineered Human Adipose Tissues: Relevant Adipokine Secretion and Impact of TNF-α”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the interaction between the immune system and metabolism
Related terms: immunometabolic
immunometabolite
immunoprobe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunoprobes
form: immunoprobing
form: immunoprobed
form: immunoprobed
Etymology: From immuno- + probe.
Senses: glosses: To detect the effects of biotinylation by means of an antibody
immunoprobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunoprobes
Etymology: From immuno- + probe.
Senses: glosses: An antibody so used
bolombatto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).
ref: 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: A traditional string instrument of West Africa, consisting of four strings stretched over a gourd.
immunoprobed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Target proteins were identified using primary antibodies and immunoprobed using a horseradish peroxidase-conjugated secondary antibody and chemiluminescent substrate.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Optical Isomers of Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin and Fluvastatin Enantiospecifically Activate Pregnane X Receptor PXR and Induce CYP2A6, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 in Human Hepatocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of immunoprobe
immunosensor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunosensors
Etymology: From immuno- + sensor.
Senses: examples: text: However, developing a lab-independent electrochemical immunosensor is necessary to facilitate the replacement of current existing lab-dependent detection systems.
ref: 2015 September 15, “A Point-of-Care Immunosensor for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Clinical Urine Samples Using a Cuneated Polysilicon Nanogap Lab-on-Chip”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A device that detects the reaction of an antibody with an antigen and produces an electrical signal
Derived terms: fluoroimmunosensor
magnetoimmunosensor
piezoimmunosensor
immunosensors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The development of independent point-of-care (POC) electrochemical immunosensors will overcome these limitations and promises a number of significant advantages, including simplicity, fast response, suitability for onsite testing, high sensitivity and time and cost savings.
ref: 2015 September 15, “A Point-of-Care Immunosensor for Human Chorionic Gonadotropin in Clinical Urine Samples Using a Cuneated Polysilicon Nanogap Lab-on-Chip”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of immunosensor
bikery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bike + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: […] not that these riders are inept or in any way unable to wield a spanner, they just have no interest in this aspect of classic bikery.
ref: 2006, Rex Bunn, Classic Motorcycling: A Guide for the 21st Century, page 179:
glosses: The art or skill of riding a bicycle or motorbike.
intermedullary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + medullary.
Senses: examples: text: P and A were determined at the posterior and anterior intersection of the internal capsule and the medial intermedullary lamina respectively.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Using MDEFT MRI Sequences to Target the GPi in DBS Surgery”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between medullae
magiritsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαγειριτσα (mageiritsa).
Senses: examples: text: Next Saturday night, a traditional Greek Easter dinner will include roasted lamb and magiritsa, the traditional egg-lemon soup.
ref: 2009 April 12, Kris Ensminger, “Lamb Aplenty”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Greek soup made from lamb offal.
nonthespian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonthespians
Etymology: From non- + thespian.
Senses: examples: text: (The theater already has one nonthespian tenant: its second-floor ballroom and viewing balcony house the architecture offices of Antinozzi Associates.)
ref: 2009 April 12, Lisa Prevost, “Revival in Progress; Stay Tuned”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a thespian.
nonthespians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonthespian
iodopovidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + povidone.
Senses: examples: text: After cleaning the surgical areas with iodopovidone, the swine were then instrumented with a right internal jugular pulmonary artery catheter through an 8 French introducer, a right femoral vein 10 French introducer and a right femoral artery triple lumen catheter.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Inhaled Carbon Monoxide Protects against the Development of Shock and Mitochondrial Injury following Hemorrhage and Resuscitation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Synonym of povidone-iodine.
synonyms: word: povidone-iodine
iridociliary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪliəɹi
Etymology: From irido- + ciliary.
Senses: examples: text: In this report choroidal, ciliochoroidal and iridociliary melanomas were analyzed for GNAQ and GNA11 mutations which were subsequently correlated to the location of tumor origin.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Distribution of GNAQ and GNA11 Mutation Signatures in Uveal Melanoma Points to a Light Dependent Mutation Mechanism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the iris and the eyelashes
lactoglycerol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + glycerol.
Senses: examples: text: Roots were preserved up to eight weeks in lactoglycerol consisting of 86% glycerol (Carl Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany), 80% lactic acid (Carl Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany) and ultra-purified water with a ratio of 1:1:1 before preparing microscope object slides.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Degradation of Root Community Traits as Indicator for Transformation of Tropical Lowland Rain Forests into Oil Palm and Rubber Plantations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An aqueous solution of lactic acid and glycerol that is used in cytology
lateropedal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From latero- + pedal.
Senses: examples: text: The position of the Schwabe organ is ventral to the lateral nerve cord, and slightly lateral and posterior to the origin of the first lateropedal connective [3; Fig 1F ], corresponding precisely to the location of the larval eye [13; Fig 1E ].
ref: 2015 September 15, “Is the Schwabe Organ a Retained Larval Eye? Anatomical and Behavioural Studies of a Novel Sense Organ in Adult Leptochiton asellus (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) Indicate Links to Larval Photoreceptors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the side of a foot (or similar appendage)
dalaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dalaals
Senses: glosses: An intermediary or go-between.
glosses: A pimp.
Related terms: dalal
dilal
dalaals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dalaal
liberalitte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of liberality.
Farc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Santos’s peace deal with the Farc – at the time, the most powerful guerrilla insurgency in the western hemisphere – led to 7,000 combatants laying down their rifles and gave Colombians the hope of a more peaceful chapter in their country’s bloody history.
ref: 2025 February 26, Luke Taylor, “Colombia risks return to violent past, says architect of landmark peace deal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of FARC.
Hedjaz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hejaz:
A mountainous geographic area in northwest Saudi Arabia which gave rise to early Islam and which contains the sites of many holy places
glosses: Alternative form of Hejaz:
A former kingdom in modern Saudi Arabia, existing between 1924 and 1932, when it merged with Najd to form the present state of Saudi Arabia
Iasi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iași
form: Jassy
Etymology: From Romanian Iași of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A city in Romania.
glosses: A county of Romania around the city.
waste water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wastewater.
Portsmouth defence
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Portsmouth defence
Senses: topics: law
glosses: gay panic defense
nonwasting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + wasting.
Senses: examples: a nonwasting disease
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not wasting.
topics: business
finance
law
glosses: Of an asset: not undergoing a gradual decrease in value over time.
wukkin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of wuk
wukked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wuk
dat's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: /dæts/
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of that's, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: That is.
Tironian note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tironian notes
Etymology: Calque of Latin nota Tīrōniāna
Senses: glosses: Any one of thousands of signs in a system of shorthand developed in the 60s BC by Cicero’s scribe Marcus Tullius Tiro.
Godzirra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹə
-ɪɹə
Senses: examples: text: KSMO Channel 62. Good station, too! Went from those horrible midnight Godzirra movies to some prime stuff.
ref: 1992 August 30, rd...@cstp.umkc.edu, “Cellular Frequencies”, in alt.folklore.urban (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025, retrieved 05 Jun 2025:
text: As one, the [Japanese] tourists turned and ran, screaming, "Godzirra! Godzirra!" Bewildered, Nessie grabbed his bags and jumped into the hotel shuttle.
ref: 1994, David Vierling, “Loch Ness Monster Found—in the Bermuda Triangle!”, in Eshter M. Friesner and Martin H. Greenberg, editor, Alien Pregnant by Elvis, New York: DAW Books, via The Internet Archive, →ISBN, page 228:
text: The one I remember had Godzilla suddenly scream (the last chord still reverberating) and go hopping off, Bambi's antler well embedded in Godzirra's foot.
ref: 2010 July 25, Dillon Pyron, “The next SyFy Death Match will be between”, in alt.tv.scifi.channel (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Jun 2025, retrieved 05 Jun 2025:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of Godzilla, representing Japanese-affected English.
trollistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trollistic
form: most trollistic
Etymology: From troll + -istic.
Senses: glosses: having troll-like aspects; exhibiting troll-like behavior; troublemaking
trollism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From troll + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The practice of trolling, or making inflammatory postings.
trollist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trollists
Etymology: From troll + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A troll; one who makes inflammatory postings.
trollistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more trollistically
form: most trollistically
Etymology: From trollistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: I hope that you didn't take my last tweet trollistically.
glosses: in a trollistic fashion; as if done in a trollistic fashion
trollists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trollist
nonwasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + wasted.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not wasted.
shocks and awes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shock and awe
shocking and awing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shock and awe
shocking and aweing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shock and awe
shocked and awed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shock and awe
booktuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booktubers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of BookTuber.
BookTuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈbʊk.t͡ʃuːbə/
note: without the yod-coalescence
ipa: /ˈbʊk.tjuːbə/
ipa: /ˈbʊk.tubɚ/
Forms: form: BookTubers
form: Booktuber
form: booktuber
Etymology: Blend of book + YouTuber, equivalent to book + -Tuber.
Senses: examples: text: And last but certainly not least, to all the online book geeks (booktubers, tweeps, and bloggers), my sincere gratitude, as always, for your support and encouragement!
ref: 2012, "Acknowledgements," in Daniel Marks, Velveteen, Delacorte Press (2012), page 450
text: Thank you to the readers, librarians, booksellers, BookTubers, and bloggers who celebrate stories all over the world.
ref: 2015, "Acknowledgements," in Leigh Bardugo, Six of Crows, Henry Holt and Company (2015), page 464
text: Booksandquills: Sanne Vliegenthart (yes, that is her actual name) is also a long-time BookTuber.
ref: 2015 September, Helga Pearson, “Book Tube: Video Killed the Blog Star”, in Authors Magazine, page 17:
glosses: A YouTube videoblogger who reviews or discusses books.
BookTubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BookTuber
booktubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booktuber
aweing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of awe
Booktuber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Booktubers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of BookTuber.
Booktubers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Booktuber
dere's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of there's, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: glosses: There is, there's (dere is)
der's
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Nonstandard spelling of there's, reflecting any of a variety of accents with th-stopping.
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of there's.
los'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of lost, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lost.
ev'ything
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
ev'ythang
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
ev'ythin'
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
e'rythang
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing African-American Vernacular English.
e'ryting
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing Caribbean English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
everytin'
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing Caribbean English.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
evrythin
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
everytang
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Compare thang.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of everything, representing Southern US English.
ev'rythang
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Pronunciation spelling of everything.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of everything.
troubleshooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of troubleshoot
rightsowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪts.əʊnə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: rightsowners
Etymology: From rights + owner.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rightsholder.
synonyms: word: rightsholder
rightsowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rightsowner
trollface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trollfaces
Etymology: Compound of troll (“grotesque creature which lives in hills or under bridges”) + face.
Senses: examples: text: You brought them home, old trollface, but you did it your own way, not mine.
ref: 1985, Byrna Barclay, The Last Echo, NeWest Press, →ISBN, page 32:
text: "Hi, dollface," he said to me.
"Hi, trollface," Tracy answered for both of us.
ref: 1992, Susan Wojciechowski, Promises to Keep, Knopf, →ISBN, page 3:
text: "Hey, I'm sure Mrs. Trollface has some horror lined up for me, too. We can have detention together."
ref: 2014, Holly Hook, Torn, unnumbered page:
glosses: An ugly, unpleasant, or otherwise objectionable person.
trollface
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trollface
Etymology: Compound of troll (“person who provokes others for personal amusement or to cause disruption”) + face.
Senses: examples: text: Geek revelers. This is a very rare antagonism. Maybe it doesn't even exist. But if it exists, Gigablog leaves here a fantasy tip. Carnatroll is a mask with the face of the most famous meme on the internet, the Trollface.
ref: 2011 February 28, “‘Troll Face’ mask promises to delight geek partygoers”, in Uol News, Rodrigo Vitulli:
text: Thanks to the Trollface meme, those with a secret affinity for the hilarious ways of trolling now have a figure to worship.
ref: 2011 March 24, “Land of a million memes”, in The Gateway, volume 101, number 42, University of Alberta, page 18:
text: People took trollface and pasted it into other comics, whenever a character was either being a pest or generally annoying people.
ref: 2012, Sean Rockey & Alexander Bevier, "Memes", The Current (Green River Community College), Volume 46, Issue 10, 7 May 2012, page 9
text: The trollface is a visual representation of what someone might look like when engaging in trolling.
ref: 2013, Roger Whitson, Jason Whittaker, William Blake and the Digital Humanities: Collaboration, Participation, and Social Media, Routledge, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: An illustration of a face with a cartoonishly wide, maniacal grin (from a comic drawn by Carlos Ramirez and originally posted on the 4chan community), typically featured in image macros to convey trolling, mockery, or humorous intent.
trollfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trollface
Trollface
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of trollface.
payoff pitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: payoff pitches
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitch thrown on a count of three balls and two strikes.
film-set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: film-sets
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of film set.
film-sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of film-set
filmset
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: filmsets
form: filmsetting
form: filmset
form: filmset
Etymology: From film + set.
Senses: examples: text: These concordances have been filmset, a process by which material is composed on film guided by appropriate programs that sense in the input stream "escape codes" which indicate a change in type font, size, or special characters.
ref: 1975, ADVANCES IN COMPUTERS - Volume 13, →ISBN, page 56:
text: The electronic capabilities of today's new typesetting programs enable us to filmset type with optimum lines - comparable with the setting of Johannes Gutenberg's famous 42-line Bible.
ref: 2012, Peter Karow, Font Technology: Methods and Tools, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: To typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
filmset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From film + set.
Senses: examples: text: But Private Angelo is considered to be Britain's first filmset commercially distributed book.
ref: 1958, Books of the Month - Volume 73, page 3:
text: To some extent the actual thickness of the filmset letters can be controlled to suit differing paper surfaces.
ref: 2007, John Lewis, Typography: Design and Practice, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: Created using a process of filmsetting.
filmset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filmsets
Etymology: From film + set.
Senses: examples: text: Blood is one of the easiest things to arrange on a filmset.
ref: 2012, William Boyd, Bamboo, →ISBN, page 449:
text: Some of Peters's filmset designs, together with those for the store and for an ideal art centre, were put on display at Bullock's Wilshire not long after the store's opening.
ref: 2012, Michael Windover, Art Deco: A Mode of Mobility, →ISBN, page 153:
text: True enough, Spain has become a filmset to me, the whole of it barely more real than Fort Bravo itself.
ref: 2014, Samantha Harvey, Dear Thief, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: Alternative form of film set.
eyeshadowed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eyeshadow + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing eyeshadow.
inbreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inbreaths
Etymology: From in + breath.
Senses: glosses: A breath taken in; an inhalation.
Coordinate terms: outbreath
Related terms: inbreathe
outbreath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outbreaths
Etymology: From out- + breath.
Senses: examples: text: Before beginning the exercise, time your breathing for a few minutes, and calculate your average number of outbreaths per minute.
ref: 1978, Tarthang Tulku, Kum Nye relaxation. Pt. 2. Movement exercises, page 228:
glosses: A breath given out; an exhalation.
Coordinate terms: inbreath
Related terms: outbreathe
inbreaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inbreath
outbreaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outbreath
Tatmadaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese တပ်မတော် (tapma.tau).
Senses: glosses: The armed forces of Myanmar (Burma).
calamine brass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Brass produced by a particular alloying technique using the zinc ore calamine directly, rather than first refining it to metallic zinc.
pyrometallurgically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pyrometallurgical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By means of pyrometallurgy.
smart shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smart shops
Senses: glosses: A retail establishment that specializes in the sale of psychoactive substances.
smartshop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartshops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smart shop.
smart shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smart shop
smartshops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smartshop
filmsets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filmset
filmsets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filmset
mohinga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese မုန့်ဟင်းခါး (mun.hang:hka:).
Senses: examples: text: “Now we are friends. Eat your mohinga.”
ref: 2017, Salman Rushdie, The Golden House, Jonathan Cape, published 2017, page 264:
glosses: A Burmese soup made with rice noodles and fish.
filmsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of filmset
filmsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filmsettings
Senses: examples: text: There is too, at this point in time, an aesthetic disadvantage to filmsetting in that the range of type faces specially designed for it is still extremely limited.
ref: 1968, Dorothy A. Harrop, Modern book production, page 59:
text: However, filmsettings are sometimes made deliberately over size, with the intention that they shall be photographically reduced - some of the machines cannot cope with type sizes smaller than about eight or ten point.
ref: 1979, E. L. Dellow, A First Course in Proof Correcting, page 110:
text: But on the filmsetting machine, the matrix case, which on the hot-metal caster had contained metal matrices, now contained tiny photographic negatives of each character.
ref: 2006, Simon Loxley, Type: The Secret History of Letters, →ISBN, page 183:
text: In filmsetting it is almost impossible to define where 'widows' will occur when copy marking or setting at the keyboard.
ref: 2007, John Lewis, Typography: Design and Practice, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: Photocomposition of type.