cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scattergun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scattergun
form: most scattergun
form: scatter gun
form: scatter-gun
Etymology: From scatter + gun.
Senses: examples: text: UKIP's Facebook approach was the most 'scattergun', posting a slew of national messages, presumably in the hope that something might impact locally.
ref: 2016, Darren G. Lilleker, Mark Pack, Political Marketing and the 2015 UK General Election, page 127:
text: While the use of such language in judicial reasoning is not uncommon amongst the more senior Pakistani courts, the acceptance of all pleaded grounds, no matter how 'scattergun' the approach, certainly is.
ref: 2017, Helen Stalford, Kathryn Hollingsworth, Stephen Gilmore, Rewriting Children's Rights Judgments:
synonyms: all over the place
scattershot
glosses: Unfocused in approach or topic.
sclerochronological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sclero- + chronological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sclerochronology.
chemical structure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical structures
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The arrangement of chemical bonds between atoms in a molecule (or in an ion or radical with multiple atoms), specifically which atoms are chemically bonded to what other atoms with what kind of chemical bond, together with any information on the geometric shape of the molecule needed to uniquely identify the type of molecule.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A graphical representation of such an arrangement.
sclerochronology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sclerochronologies
Etymology: From sclero- + chronology.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of physical and chemical variations in the accretionary hard tissues of organisms, and the temporal context in which they are formed.
seagrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seagrass
sectorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more sectorial
form: most sectorial
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Adapted for cutting
glosses: Of or pertaining to sectors
Synonyms: sectoral
sectorial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: sectorials
Senses: glosses: A sectorial, or carnassial, tooth.
kersie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kersies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of kersey.
kersies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kersie
skyfies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skyfie
seismogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seismogeneses
Etymology: From seismo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any process that causes earthquakes
Related terms: seismogenic
selenomethionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: selenomethionines
Etymology: From seleno- + methionine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An amino acid related to methionine by the replacement of its sulfur atom by one of selenium
semicrystalline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-crystalline
Etymology: From semi- + crystalline.
Senses: glosses: Partially crystalline (and partially amorphous).
semifertile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-fertile
Etymology: From semi- + fertile.
Senses: glosses: Partially fertile
Related terms: semifertility
semiflexible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-flexible
Etymology: From semi- + flexible.
Senses: glosses: Partially flexible (and partially rigid)
semipurified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-purified
Etymology: From semi- + purified.
Senses: glosses: Partially purified.
semiquantitative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-quantitative
Etymology: From semi- + quantitative.
Senses: glosses: Partially quantitative (and partially qualitative).
Related terms: semiquantitate
serotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of serotype
serotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serotypings
Senses: glosses: classification according to serotype
Derived terms: immunoserotyping
serpentinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more serpentinized
form: most serpentinized
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Partially or completely converted into the secondary mineral serpentine
seryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛ.ɹɪl/
Forms: form: seryls
Etymology: From serine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from serine.
setal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more setal
form: most setal
Etymology: From seta + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae.
ref: 1991, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Volumes 31-32, page 83:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or having setae
shRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shRNAs
Senses: glosses: small hairpin RNA, or short hairpin RNA
shoeprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoeprint
shoeprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoeprints
Etymology: From shoe + print.
Senses: glosses: The impression (footprint) left by a shoe
siRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siRNAs
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: small interfering RNA (or short interfering RNA or silencing RNA)
Related terms: RNA
siRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These repeating sequences—in the form of so-called small interfering RNAs (siRNAs)—attack genes in the cell that are critical for survival.
ref: 2018 February 12, “Huntington Disease siRNA a "Super-Assassin" of Tumor Cells”, in ClinicalOMICs:
glosses: plural of siRNA
sialomucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sialomucins
Etymology: From sialo- + mucin.
Senses: glosses: Any mucin derived from sialic acid
siamang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siamangs
form: siamang
Etymology: From Malay siamang.
Senses: glosses: A large black gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus, from Sumatra
sibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sibilities
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sibilate
glosses: sibilation
sigmoidicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sigmoidicities
Etymology: From sigmoid + -icity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being sigmoid
glosses: A sigmoid shape
silicalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicalites
Etymology: From silica + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A polymorph of silica having a structure analogous to the zeolites
silicisponges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silicisponge
silicisponge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicisponges
Senses: glosses: Any sponge having a silica skeleton
silkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From silk + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking silk.
silvicultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From silviculture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or obtained by silviculture
simplexvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simplexviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any of the viruses in the Simplexvirus genus responsible for herpes simplex in humans.
Hyponyms: sense: virus responsible for human herpes
word: Human herpesvirus 1
sense: virus responsible for human herpes
english: species
translation: species
word: Human herpesvirus 2
sinistrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sinistral + -ity.
Senses: glosses: left-handedness
skeinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skeinlike
form: most skeinlike
form: skein-like
Etymology: From skein + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having characteristics of a skein.
snoRNAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snoRNA
snoRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snoRNAs
Senses: glosses: small nucleolar RNA
sociobiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociobiologists
Etymology: From socio- + biologist.
Senses: glosses: A biologist whose speciality is sociobiology
sociophysiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From socio- + physiology.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
physiology
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: An interdisciplinary field of research encompassing sociology and physiology
nanotorus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹəs
Forms: form: nanotori
Etymology: From nano- + torus.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theoretical nanotube bent into a torus, having some unique physical properties.
nondimensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-dimensional
Etymology: From non- + dimensional.
Senses: glosses: Not dimensional.
Derived terms: nondimensionalization
nondimensionalize
nondimensionally
Related terms: scalar
nonexpendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + expendable.
Senses: glosses: Not expendable.
nonfibrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonfibrous
form: most nonfibrous
Etymology: From non- + fibrous.
Senses: glosses: Not fibrous
nonfissionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fissionable.
Senses: glosses: Not fissionable.
nonfrequentative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + frequentative.
Senses: glosses: Not frequentative
nonglutinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + glutinous.
Senses: examples: text: T’ung-shan County in the Hsüchou district of Kiangsu was apparently famous for nonglutenous rice during the Han and Northern Wei dynasties (third century B.C. to third century A.D.).
ref: [1980, Elizabeth J. Perry, Rebels and Revolutionaries in North China, 1845-1945, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 25:
glosses: Not glutinous.
nonguided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + guided.
Senses: glosses: Not guided
nonhandicapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + handicapped.
Senses: glosses: Not handicapped.
noninteractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-interactive
Etymology: From non- + interactive.
Senses: glosses: Not interactive.
Derived terms: noninteractively
noniterative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + iterative.
Senses: glosses: Not iterative.
Derived terms: noniteratively
nonnutritive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonnutritive
form: most nonnutritive
Etymology: From non- + nutritive.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: nonnutritious
text: nonnutritive sweeteners
text: “The recommendation […] includes all synthetic and naturally occurring or modified nonnutritive sweeteners that are not classified as sugars found in manufactured foods and beverages, or sold on their own to be added to foods and beverages by consumers,” the W.H.O. said.
ref: 2023 May 15, April Rubin, “World Health Organization Warns Against Using Artificial Sweeteners”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not nutritive.
Related terms: nonnutrient
nonparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Not parasitic.
nonpowered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-powered
Etymology: From non- + powered.
Senses: glosses: Not powered.
nonresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonresponsive
form: most nonresponsive
Etymology: From non- + responsive.
Senses: glosses: Not responsive.
Synonyms: unresponsive
nonsexualized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonsexualized
form: most nonsexualized
Etymology: From non- + sexualized.
Senses: glosses: Not sexualized.
nonsingular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + singular.
Senses: glosses: Not singular.
topics: linear-algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Invertible.
raw_tags: of a matrix
nonsinusoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sinusoidal.
Senses: glosses: Not sinusoidal.
nonsoluble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonsoluble
form: most nonsoluble
Etymology: From non- + soluble.
Senses: glosses: Not soluble.
nontechnically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + technically.
Senses: glosses: In a nontechnical manner.
nontuberculous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nontuberculous
form: most nontuberculous
Etymology: From non- + tuberculous.
Senses: glosses: Not tuberculous.
nonwetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + wetting.
Senses: glosses: Not wetting.
notifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From notify + -able.
Senses: glosses: That may be notified.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: About which the authorities must be notified.
raw_tags: of a disease
home row
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home rows
Senses: glosses: The keys in the center row of a typewriter or computer keyboard on which the index fingers to little fingers of a typist's hands rest when not typing. On a standard qwerty keyboard, the home row is made up of the keys ASDF for the typist's left hand, and JKL; for the right hand.
Synonyms: home keys
metasyntactic variables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metasyntactic variable
Whiteacre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From white + acre.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A placeholder name of a fictitious or hypothetical estate in land commonly used to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of real property.
Related terms: Blackacre
Greenacre
Greenacre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From green + acre.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A fictitious or hypothetical estate in land, commonly used to discuss the rights of various parties to a piece of real property.
Related terms: Blackacre
Whiteacre
digital media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital medias
Senses: glosses: Media stored in digital rather than analog form.
digital medias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital media
electronic media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electronic medias
Senses: glosses: Media that uses electronics or electromechanical energy enabling an end user to access content.
electronic medias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electronic media
telegraph code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telegraph codes
Senses: glosses: A character encoding used to transmit information through telegraphy machines.
glosses: A mapping of arbitrary words to full sentences in a particular domain, to allow messages to be shortened and sent more cheaply by telegraph.
telegraph codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegraph code
curfewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From curfew + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Subject to a curfew
Derived terms: uncurfewed
dockland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: docklands
Etymology: From dock + land.
Senses: glosses: The land area surrounding a dock, especially the renovated or gentrified areas surrounding a former dock.
Derived terms: docklander
dovishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌv.ɪʃ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈdʌv.ɪʃ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈdʌv.ɪʃ.nɪs/
ipa: /ˈdʌv.ɪʃ.nɛs/
ipa: /ˈdav.ɪʃ.nəs/
ipa: /ˈdav.ɪʃ.nəs/
ipa: [ˈdav.ɪʃ.nɘs]
Etymology: From dovish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, quality, or condition of being dovish.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The condition of being a dove, as opposed to a hawk.
Related terms: hawkishness
liftmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liftman
liftman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liftmen
Etymology: From lift + -man.
Senses: synonyms: elevatorman
glosses: A person employed to operate a lift.
overinterpreting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overinterpret
overinterpret
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overinterprets
form: overinterpreting
form: overinterpreted
form: overinterpreted
form: over-interpret
Etymology: From over- + interpret.
Senses: glosses: To give an overinterpretation
glosses: To attach too much importance to an interpretation
taigs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taig
taig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /teɪɡ/
Forms: form: taigs
form: Taig
Etymology: From the Irish first name Tadhg, and thus probably cognate to Teagan and Tegan.
Senses: glosses: An Irish Catholic.
Related terms: english: an Irish Catholic
translation: an Irish Catholic
word: Fenian
word: Prod
english: an Irish Protestant, especially a Unionist
translation: an Irish Protestant, especially a Unionist
word: Orangey
gac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găk
ipa: /ɡæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: gack
homophone: gak
Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese gấc.
Senses: glosses: The Southeast Asian fruit Momordica cochinchinensis, a reddish spiny gourd with high lycopene content.
Synonyms: sense: Momordica cochinchinensis
word: baby jackfruit
sense: Momordica cochinchinensis
word: Cochinchin gourd
sense: Momordica cochinchinensis
word: spiny bitter gourd
sense: Momordica cochinchinensis
word: sweet gourd
Yucatec Maya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Mayan language spoken in the Yucatán Peninsula, northern Belize and parts of Guatemala.
true loves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of true love
Swaminarayan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit सवमिनारायन.
Senses: glosses: A deity worshiped in the Swaminarayan faith of Hinduism.
guest speakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest speaker
setose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more setose
form: most setose
form: setous
Etymology: Latin setosus, saetosus, from seta (“bristle”), saeta (“bristle”).
Senses: glosses: Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Derived terms: asetose
multisetose
slalomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slalomers
Etymology: From slalom + -er.
Senses: glosses: A skier who takes part in a slalom
Synonyms: slalomist
slalomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slalomists
Etymology: From slalom + -ist.
Senses: glosses: slalomer
hoved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: So how the hearts of the paps must have leapt as Madonna plus children – and lover Jesus – hoved into view off the coast of Italy this week.
ref: 2009, Liz Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug, "The Material Girl lives up to her name"
glosses: Misconstruction of hove, as past tense of heave.
shoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shoal
shoaling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoalings
Senses: examples: text: A thorough survey showing depths of channels and lagoons and seasonal directional flow of currents will be necessary for proper fish research because these factors affect seasonal movements and shoalings.
ref: 1946, William Vernon Brelsford, Fishermen of the Bangweulu Swamps:
glosses: The formation of a shoal.
Derived terms: shoaling wave
wave shoaling
shoaled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊld
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoal
gitanos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gitano
shoaling waves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoaling wave
gitanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gitana
screenscrape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: screenscrapes
form: screenscraping
form: screenscraped
form: screenscraped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of screen-scrape.
mamateek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mamateeks
Senses: glosses: A type of wigwam used by the Beothuk in Newfoundland.
oversweetened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + sweetened.
Senses: glosses: Excessively sweetened.
megagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megagon
geoglyphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geoglyph
grils
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gril
grils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gril
lytic infections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lytic infection
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dooks
form: dooking
form: dooked
form: dooked
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: The sun has gone down - what's that dooking sound? It must be trick or treating time. I glance across the bedroom floor and I see Chinook and Nikomi's ferret eyes.
ref: 2014, Timothy Smith, Chinook the Ferret's Halloween Adventure, page 1:
glosses: To make a certain clucking sound.
raw_tags: of a ferret
Derived terms: dooker
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooks
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A certain clucking sound made by ferrets.
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dooks
form: dooking
form: dooked
form: dooked
Etymology: From duck.
Senses: examples: text: But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...
ref: 1835, James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2:
glosses: Alternative form of duck.
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooks
form: doock
Etymology: From Dutch doek (“cloth, fabric, canvas”), from Middle Dutch doec, from Old Dutch *dōc, from Proto-West Germanic *dōk, from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“cloth”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwōg-, *dwōk- (“cloth”). See also duck (cloth).
Senses: glosses: A strong, untwilled linen or cotton.
Derived terms: dooky
sail-doock
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooks
Senses: glosses: A plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail, etc.
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I'm sick of people messing up my bathroom. […] I don't like seeing logs of dook at the bottom of the bowl when I go in there.
ref: 2016, A. F. Knott, The Trainee:
glosses: dookie; feces
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooks
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A heading or roadway following the dip of the strata.
dook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dooks
Senses: examples: text: Put up your dooks!
glosses: Eye dialect spelling of duke (“a fist”).
commotional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈməʊʃənəl/
rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Forms: form: more commotional
form: most commotional
Etymology: From commotion + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The office is very commotional.
glosses: Associated with commotion.
examples: text: It's quiet without Frank here. He's usually very commotional.
glosses: Often causing commotion.
unoverridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈoʊ.vɚ.ɹɪd.ən/
Etymology: From un- + overridden.
Senses: glosses: not overridden
thermophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermophile
spheroplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spheroplasts
Etymology: From sphero- + -plast.
Senses: examples: text: The localization of overexpressed TTHA1718 was then analysed by measuring 2D 1 H– 15 N HSQC spectra of spheroplasts and periplasmic extract, which were fractionated from TTHA1718-expressing 15 N-labelled cells by lysozyme-EDTA treatment using the conditions described previously 35 .
ref: 2009 March 5, Daisuke Sakakibara et al., “Protein structure determination in living cells by in-cell NMR spectroscopy”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, →DOI:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cell from which the cell wall has been removed
Related terms: spheroblast
spheroplasm
spheroplastic
spheroplasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spheroplast
tacrolimus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈkɹoʊ.lɪm.əs/
Etymology: From translingual t(sukubaensis) + (m)acrol(ide) + -imus (“immunosuppressant”).
Senses: examples: text: Itoh, S. & Navia, M. A. Structure comparison of native and mutant human recombinant FKBP12 complexes with the immunosuppressant drug FK506 (tacrolimus) .
ref: 2009 March 5, Kohsuke Inomata et al., “High-resolution multi-dimensional NMR spectroscopy of proteins in human cells”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An immunosuppressive drug obtained from Streptomyces tsukubaensis used mainly after organ transplantation.
Synonyms: fujimycin
FK-506
Hypernyms: macrolide
immunomodulator
falsifiably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From falsifiable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a falsifiable way.
polycythaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polycythaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of polycythemia.
polycythaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more polycythaemic
form: most polycythaemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of polycythemic.
polycythemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪsaɪˈθiːmɪk/
Forms: form: more polycythemic
form: most polycythemic
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or afflicted with, polycythemia.
erythrocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythrocytoses
Etymology: From erythrocyte + -osis.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of polycythemia.
synonyms: word: polycythemia
Derived terms: pseudoerythrocytosis
erythrocytoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythrocytosis
pennilessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From penniless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being penniless.
examples: text: I was thinking earlier that to know this city you must first become penniless, because pennilessness (real pennilessness, I mean not having $2 for the subway) forces you to walk everywhere and you see the city best on foot.
ref: 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 156:
glosses: The state or quality of being penniless.
Synonym of destitution (“extreme poverty”).
synonyms: word: moneylessness
word: ;
word: brokeness
word: ;
word: armth
word: beggary
word: destitution
word: impecuniosity
word: impecuniousness
word: indigence
word: mendicancy
word: mendicity
word: misery
word: neediness
word: pauperism
word: penury
word: poverty
word: privation
word: reduced circumstances
word: slender means
word: straitened circumstances
word: destitution
extra: extreme poverty
inits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of init
initing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of init
inited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of init
cloud over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clouds over
form: clouding over
form: clouded over
form: clouded over
Senses: examples: text: The sky is clouding over. I hope you have an umbrella.
text: Her eyes clouded over with grief as we told her what had happened.
glosses: To become cloudy or overcast.
clouds over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cloud over
clouding over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cloud over
clouded over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cloud over
snow bunting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow buntings
Senses: examples: text: Soon the snow buntings will arrive, bringing song. My favourite snow bunting song is the clearance song they make to land.
ref: 2018, Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth, And Other Stories (2023), page 117:
synonyms: snowflick
glosses: A bird of species Plectrophenax nivalis, having white plumage, widely distributed in northern latitudes.
varifocals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Spectacles having varifocal lenses.
varifocal lens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: varifocal lenses
Senses: glosses: A spectacle lens whose magnifying power varies from top to bottom, allowing them to be used for both distance use and for reading
child prodigy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: child prodigies
Synonyms: word: boy wonder
word: golden boy
word: phenom
word: quiz kid
word: whiz kid
word: wonderboy
word: wonderchild
word: wonderkid
word: wunderkind
Hypernyms: word: child
word: prodigy
word: skilled person
AmE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The authors, between them, have decades of experience teaching this material in Britain, Australia, Canada, and the USA. Although the two great dialect clusters of English – British and Australasian (BrE) and North American (AmE) – do differ syntactically in a few minor ways, the differences are almost always a matter of preferences rather than prohibitions, and they give rise to remarkably few difficulties for exposition.
ref: 2022, Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Brett Reynolds, A Student's Introduction to English Grammar, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page xiii:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of American English.
Related terms: english: Standard American
translation: Standard American
word: SAE
word: BrE
word: NZE
BrE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The authors, between them, have decades of experience teaching this material in Britain, Australia, Canada, and the USA. Although the two great dialect clusters of English – British and Australasian (BrE) and North American (AmE) – do differ syntactically in a few minor ways, the differences are almost always a matter of preferences rather than prohibitions, and they give rise to remarkably few difficulties for exposition.
ref: 2022, Rodney Huddleston, Geoffrey K. Pullum, Brett Reynolds, A Student's Introduction to English Grammar, 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, page xiii:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: English
<
natural language
<
language
coordinate_terms: AmE
;
NZE
glosses: Abbreviation of British English.
Related terms: word: RP
child prodigies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of child prodigy
go too far
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes too far
form: going too far
form: went too far
form: gone too far
Senses: examples: text: I don't mind if you make soup too, but asking for the family recipe is going too far.
text: I take it all, I let it slide
But hey, you went too far this time
ref: 2015 May 12, Rachel Platten, Jon Levine, Scott Jacoby, “Congratulations”, in Fight Song, performed by Rachel Platten:
synonyms: cross the line
overstep the mark
glosses: To exceed an unstated limit, especially of acceptable behaviour.
DCHP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
Synonyms: sense: Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
word: DC
DCHP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dicyclohexyl phthalate.
monoreme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoremes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A galley with a single row of oars on each side
Related terms: trireme
strengtheningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more strengtheningly
form: most strengtheningly
Etymology: From strengthening + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that strengthens, makes strong.
nuclear force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nuclear forces
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The force that acts between nucleons and binds protons and neutrons into atomic nuclei; the residual strong force
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: The strong interaction that binds quarks and gluons together to form nucleons; the colour force
wiltingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wiltingly
form: most wiltingly
Etymology: From wilting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a wilting manner.
polyreme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyremes
Etymology: poly- + Latin rēmus (“oar”). See trireme.
Senses: glosses: A very large galley with more than five rows of oars on each side.
peckingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more peckingly
form: most peckingly
Etymology: From pecking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pecking manner.
coughingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coughingly
form: most coughingly
Etymology: From coughing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a coughing manner.
clappingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clappingly
form: most clappingly
Etymology: From clapping + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clapping manner.
stewingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stewingly
form: most stewingly
Etymology: From stewing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a stewing manner.
steamingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more steamingly
form: most steamingly
Etymology: From steaming + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a steaming manner.
alto saxophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alto saxophones
Senses: glosses: A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the tenor saxophone but larger than the soprano saxophone, with a range of D♭₃ to A♭₅ or similar.
Derived terms: alto saxophonist
smokingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more smokingly
form: most smokingly
Etymology: From smoking + -ly.
Senses: examples: June 9, 1960, Charles Dickens, All the Year Round
[…] horses proud of the crimson and yellow shaving-brushes on their heads, and of the sharp tingling bells upon their harness that chime far along the glaring white road along which they trample smokingly […]
glosses: So as to produce, or appear to produce, smoke.
examples: text: He was short, dark, and smokingly sexy and sported a full beard (very rare in high school).
ref: 2011, Amy Montana, Dancing Through Midnight:
glosses: In a sexually attractive manner.
gub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gubs
Senses: examples: text: "...fucked-up Yank who's too screwed up to lift a forkful of scran into her gub?"
ref: 1994, "The acid House", Irvine Welsh, in Eurotrash
text: Except that the deal's off if some wee scrote of a doctor opens his gub.
ref: 2001, Christopher Brookmyre, Quite ugly one morning, page 147:
text: Between stuffin his gub and swallowin he didnay have much breath for talkin but he managed that as well.
ref: 2008, Mark McNay, Fresh, page 55:
glosses: Mouth.
Synonyms: sense: mouth
word: gob
gub
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gubs
form: gubbing
form: gubbed
form: gubbed
Senses: examples: text: We just got gubbed 5-1.
glosses: To defeat.
alto saxophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alto saxophone
stutteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stutteringly
form: most stutteringly
Etymology: From stuttering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: a stutteringly embarrassed apology
text: Whenever they sing to me, they smile. I think it’s Kayla’s favorite part, too, because she sings stutteringly along.
ref: 2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 27:
glosses: In a stuttering manner.
intermits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intermit
intermitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intermit
intermitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of intermit
losingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more losingly
form: most losingly
Etymology: From losing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that loses or will lose.
examples: text: Any very systematic arrangement of the Sunday-school, that is, any strict assimilation of it to one or the other of our public systems, would, in particular localities, be its death blow. It would be beyond the grasp of the village conductor, grown old in other modes of teaching, and neither very willing nor very able to learn new ones; or, inapplicable to the fewness of the scholars; as, in other situations again, it would losingly substitute in the place of the numerous voluntary instructors, each having under his own wing his own little separated flock, and bringing his attention to bear, with peculiar efficacy, upon this divided charge, large classes, with fewer instructors; and, as a necessary consequence, a less substantially beneficial influence.
ref: 1829, Anonymous, "Letter VII, The Instruction of the Poor", in Parochial Letters from a Beneficed Clergyman to His Curate, C. J. G. & F. Rivington, pages 96–97
glosses: In a manner that causes loss.
screenscrapes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of screenscrape
screenscraping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of screenscrape
screenscraped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screenscrape
unengagingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unengagingly
form: most unengagingly
Etymology: From unengaging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that is not engaging.
disengagingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more disengagingly
form: most disengagingly
Etymology: From disengaging + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that disengages.
commonplacely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more commonplacely
form: most commonplacely
Etymology: From commonplace + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a commonplace manner.
beloving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more beloving
form: most beloving
Senses: examples: text: You shall be more beloving than beloved.
ref: c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
glosses: Loving.
Derived terms: belovingly
Related terms: beloved
belovingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more belovingly
form: most belovingly
Etymology: From beloving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a beloving manner.
fillingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fillingly
form: most fillingly
Etymology: From filling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a manner that fills.
hypobaropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 2007, Bubnov SN, Nefedova TM, Drozhzhin AA, "Experience of hyperbaric oxygenation treatment of a patient with acute hypobaropathy" (in Russian), Aviakosm Ekolog Med 41 (3): 63–5. PMID 17902365
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Sickness caused by reduced atmospheric pressure, such as altitude sickness.
Related terms: altitude sickness
hypoxia
twinnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From twin + -able.
Senses: examples: text: This is the case in any mechanically twinnable crystal, eg calcite...
ref: 1970, Philosophical Magazine:
text: Death is always incongruous, for it never throws itself toward life as toward its twin or twinnable other.
ref: 2003, Reiner Schürmann, Reginald Lilly, Broken Hegemonies:
text: Are buildings that conform to a blueprint twinnable? The immediate answer is no because there are examples conforming to some odd-ball blueprints...
ref: 2004, Chat-Yin Ho, Pham Huu Tiep, Finite Groups 2003: Proceedings of the Gainesville Conference on Finite Groups:
glosses: That can be twinned.
acyclically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From acyclic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an acyclic manner; without cycles.
first-chance exception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first-chance exceptions
Senses: examples: text: At this stage, the exception is considered a first-chance exception. Checking the checkbox in the Thrown column forces the debugger to intervene...
ref: 2006, Jay Hilyard, Stephen Teilhet, C# Cookbook:
text: Here getting Early Crash Dump when a first-chance exception happens can help in component identification before corruption starts spreading across data.
ref: 2008, Dmitry Vostokov, Memory Dump Analysis Anthology, Volume 1:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An exception (error condition) when handled by a debugger, such that the programmer has the first chance to study it; such an exception would otherwise proceed to a handler or (in its absence) crash the program.
zooxanthellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooxanthella
movie theaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of movie theater
movie theatre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: movie theatres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of movie theater.
movie theatres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of movie theatre
babysitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of babysit
zooxanthella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zuːzanˈθɛlə/
ipa: /zəʊəzanˈθɛlə/
rhymes: -ɛlə
Forms: form: zooxanthellae
Etymology: From (deprecated) genus name Zooxanthella, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + -ella.
Senses: glosses: Any of the yellow pigmentary particles, or minute corpuscles of yellow coloring matter, found in certain radiolarians.
examples: text: One genus, the zooxanthellae, live in symbiosis with tropical corals and other animals including clams, jellyfish and nudibranchs, providing in some cases as much as 90 per cent of the nutrients the anima needs in return for a safe home.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 289:
text: The zooxanthellae produce carbohydrates, via photosynthesis, and the polyps harvest these carbohydrates, much as farmers harvest corn.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, chapter 7, in The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Henry Holt and Company:
glosses: Any of various typically yellow-brown dinoflagellates (originally grouped as genus Zooxanthella) now assigned to the genera Symbiodinium and Amphidinium, notably found in coral reefs.
Derived terms: zooxanthellal
zooxanthellate
dyscrasyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of dyscrasied.
dyscrasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyscrasy
-crasy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-kɹəsi/
Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixing, tempering”), often via Latin -crāsia and, additionally, Old French -crasie.
Senses: glosses: temperament, constituent pattern.
spookshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spookshows
Etymology: From spook + show.
Senses: examples: text: Now that you've learned the tricks, it's time to put on a spookshow.
ref: 2001, David Knoles, Spine-Tingling Magic Tricks:
text: ...full of characters who die screaming, but the Tom Baker-era spookshows have too much fun with the trappings of genre to be as ruthless.
ref: 2005, Kim Newman, Doctor Who:
text: Adding it up one way, then adding it up another just to see if he can make it come out any other way than the crazy spookshow equation it wears for a face.
ref: 2007, Norman Partridge, Dark Harvest:
text: "That spookshow downstairs was beyond belief," Karl said. "I mean that literally. I don't believe it had anything at all to do with ghosts."
ref: 2007, Scott Ciencin, Constance M Burge, High Spirits:
glosses: A show that involves ghosts.
examples: text: "Underneath the spookshow trappings, what is the bureau, anyway, but another intelligence agency?"
ref: 2005, Brian Hodge, Hellboy #1: On Earth as it is in Hell:
text: They're some kind of British spookshow, totally top secret.
ref: 2007, Chris Roberson, X-Men: The Return:
glosses: An organisation or situation that involves spies.
spookshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spookshow
predicables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predicable
predicably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From predicable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a predicable way.
aperiodically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aperiodically
form: most aperiodically
Etymology: From aperiodic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an aperiodic way.
unwhole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English unhole, unhol, unhal, from Old English unhāl (“unwhole; unhealthy; sick; infirm”), from Proto-Germanic *unhailaz (“not whole; unhealthy”), equivalent to un- + whole. Cognate with Old High German unheil, Old Norse úheill, Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (unhails).
Senses: synonyms: incomplete
partial
glosses: Not whole.
Websterism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Websterisms
Etymology: From Webster + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Again, the spelling of such words as "center" and "traveler" is not an Americanism, though to be found in a few American books, but a Websterism […]
ref: 1860, The North American Review:
text: […] this improvement will no longer figure as an Americanism or a Websterism.
ref: 1881, Isaac Pitman, Pitman's Journal of Commercial Education:
glosses: An orthographic convention due to Noah Webster (1758-1843), American lexicographer and spelling reformer.
Websterisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Websterism
bath book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bath books
Senses: glosses: A waterproof book for children that can be read in the bath.
bath books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bath book
attendings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attending
fallibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fallibility
reprivatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprivatizations
form: reprivatisation
form: re-privatisation
form: re-privatization
Etymology: From re- + privatization; coined as early as 1936. Possibly a calque of German Reprivatisierung (“reprivatization”).
Senses: examples: text: ‘Re-privatisation,’ as it is called, has, however, been under way in the cases of all three banks. Some 40 per cent of the G.D. Bank’s holding of Deutsche-Disconto shares had passed back into private hands by the end of 1935. The new advance of bank shares to above par ought to smooth the way for complete ‘re-privatisation.’
ref: 1936 August 1, The Economist:
text: POLITICAL OBSTACLES The process of nationalization and reprivatization went amazingly well in Sweden partly because it was remarkably free of political interference.
ref: 2009 March 8, Alan S. Blinder, “Nationalize? Hey, Not So Fast”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
hypernyms: denationalization
privatization
glosses: The process of, or an instance of, returning to private ownership.
Related terms: reprivatize
reprivatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reprivatization
grow-op
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grow-ops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of grow op.