cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
glassless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlæsləs/
Etymology: From glass + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The glassless windows of the old house looked menacing.
text: Nearly every station has its quota of wrecked rolling stock, sometimes on a great scale; once fine stations, where the structure stands, are glassless and open to the sky.
ref: 1946 July and August, “Notes and News: Travel Conditions in Germany”, in Railway Magazine, page 252:
glosses: Without glass.
Derived terms: glasslessness
Pegah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Peggah
Etymology: From Persian پگاه (pagâh, “dawn”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian female given name پگاه (pagâh).
acetazolamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌsiː.təˈzɒl.əm.ʌɪd/
ipa: /əˌsɛt.əˈzɒl.əm.ʌɪd/
ipa: /əˌsiː.təˈzəʊ.ləm.ʌɪd/
ipa: /ˌæs.ət.əˈzoʊ.ləˌmaɪd/
ipa: /ˌæs.ət.əˈzɑl.əˌmaɪd/
ipa: /ˌæs.ət.əˈzoʊ.ləm.ɪd/
ipa: /ˌæs.ət.əˈzɑl.əm.ɪd/
Forms: form: acetazolamides
form: acetazoleamide
Etymology: Blend of acetamide + azole.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: Acetazolam
apoacetazolamide
Dazamide
Diamox
Storzolamide
hypernyms: antiglaucoma agent
anticonvulsant
diuretic
glosses: A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
allelomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allelomorphic
form: most allelomorphic
Etymology: From allelo- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an allelomorph
macadams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macadam
macadams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macadam
healths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of health
action items
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of action item
emergents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emergent
tomalley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tə-măl′ē
enpr: tŏm′ăl′ē
ipa: /təˈmal.iː/
ipa: /ˈtɒmˌal.iː/
note: Received Pronunciation, conservatism
ipa: /təˈmæl.iː/
note: Received Pronunciation, conservatism
ipa: /ˈtɔːmˌæl.iː/
ipa: /təˈmæl.i/
ipa: /ˈtɔmˌæl.i/
ipa: /ˈtɒmˌæl.i/
ipa: /ˈtɑmˌæl.i/
ipa: /təˈmæl.iː/
ipa: /ˈtɔmˌæl.iː/
ipa: /təˈmɛl.iː/
ipa: /ˈtɒmˌɛl.iː/
ipa: /təˈmal.i/
ipa: /ˈtɔmˌal.i/
ipa: /ʈoˈmal.iː/
ipa: /ˈʈɔmˌal.iː/
rhymes: -æli
rhymes: -ɔːmæli
homophone: tamale
Forms: form: tomalleys
form: tumale
Etymology: Derived from Kari'na tamali /tumale (“a sauce of lobster liver”).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
synonyms: mustard
hypernyms: hepatopancreas
glosses: The hepatopancreas of a crustacean.
hyperreal number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperreal numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of a set of numbers which extends the set of real numbers by including infinitesimals and infinities, and is used in nonstandard analysis.
Synonyms: hyperreal
Hyponyms: nonstandard number
capacitates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of capacitate
capacitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of capacitate
capacitated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of capacitate
capacitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more capacitated
form: most capacitated
Senses: examples: text: We consider uniqueness and multiplicity of market equilibria in a short-run setup where traded quantities of electricity are transported through a capacitated network in which power flows have to satisfy the classical lossless DC approximation.
ref: 2018, Krebs et al, "Uniqueness and multiplicity of market equilibria on DC power flow networks". doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.05.016
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Constrained by maximum throughput, often applied to physical networks transporting flows.
Derived terms: uncapacitated
Lib.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Liberal.
glosses: Abbreviation of Library.
glosses: Abbreviation of library science.
Lib.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Liberal.
Related terms: english: Bachelor of Library Science
translation: Bachelor of Library Science
word: B.Lib.
jarks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jark
jarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jark
jarking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jark
jarked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jark
azint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azints
Senses: glosses: One form of harmonic malfunction
Changsha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˈ)t͡ʃæŋˈʃɑ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ-/
enpr: chängʹshäʹ
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: Ch'ang-sha
Etymology: From Mandarin 長沙 /长沙 (Chángshā).
Senses: examples: text: Changxa commands over eleven Cities, as Changxa, Siangtan, Siangin, Ninghiang, Lieuyang, Liling, Jeyang, Sianghang, Xeu, Ganhoa, Chaling.
ref: [1669 [1665], John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China, London: John Macock, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 14:
text: The most important place for trade in Hunan is Siangtan, 90 li south of Changsha.
ref: 1868, Albert S. Bickmore, “Sketch of a Journey from Canton to Hankow, through China”, in American Journal of Science and Arts, volume XLVI, page 16:
text: A Communist report from Hunan has quoted "a ranking comrade of the Party Central" as having issued this instruction: "Athletes should be trained from childhood." It is believed that Mao made the remark.
Accordingly, most of the table tennis winners have been teenagers. The youngest at an athletic meet in Changsha in 1973 was a boy of 14.
ref: 1976 July 25, L. Chen, “Athletics under Maoist politics”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 29, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
english: Free China Weekly
translation: Free China Weekly
text: In a restaurant in Changsha, the capital of central China's Hunan province, Hu Mingliang and Sun Wenlin exchanged their wedding rings, and received blessings from over 200 friends, relatives, as well as LGBT rights activists from around the country.
ref: 2016 May 17, Cherie Chan, “Chinese gay couple marry despite court ruling”, in DW News, archived from the original on 18 May 2016, LGBT RIGHTS:
text: Lynn (Yao Honggui) and her boyfriend, Zhang (Liu Long), are shacked up in a hotel in the city of Changsha in Hunan province.
ref: 2023 March 9, Manohla Dargis, “‘Stonewalling’ Review: A Young Woman’s Exchange Value”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2023, Movies:
glosses: A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Hunan, in south-central China.
glosses: A county of Changsha, Hunan, China.
glosses: A former island in the Yangtze estuary in eastern China, now part of Chongming Island.
glosses: A town in Kaizhou district, Chongqing, China.
glosses: A township in Zongyang, Tongling, Anhui, China.
glosses: A village in Huangqi, Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Jiangxi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jiang Xi
raw_tags: from Hanyu Pinyin
form: Kiangsi
form: Chiang-hsi
form: Kyang-si
form: Jianxi
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 江西 (Jiāngxī).
Senses: examples: text: Qingyun Hu, a former officer of the Peoples Supreme Court of Jiangxi Province in China, was diagnosed as having leukemia in 1997.
ref: 2001, “People with Cancer”, in Falun Gong Stories: A Journey to Ultimate Health, Golden Lotus Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: At least four people have died in the partial collapse of a workers’ dormitory in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi, state media report^([sic – meaning reports]).
ref: 2021 November 23, “At least 4 killed in southern China dormitory collapse”, in AP News, archived from the original on 23 Nov 2021:
glosses: A province in southern China. Capital: Nanchang.
wikipedia: Cambridge University Press
Related terms: Gangseo
quinoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quinoproteins
Etymology: From quino- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that have quinones as cofactors.
pure name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pure names
Senses: examples: text: A MAC address can be considered a pure name, as it gives no indication of where on a network the device can be found.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A name that reveals no usable information about the entity it identifies.
impure name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impure names
Senses: examples: text: The absolute path to a file is an impure name: it contains a clear hierarchical structure.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A name that contains useful information about the entity it identifies.
pure names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pure name
impure names
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impure name
Hagia Sophia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːɡiə soʊˈfiə/
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek and Ancient Greek Ἁγία Σοφία (Hagía Sophía, “Holy Wisdom”). Compare Sofia, Sophia.
Senses: glosses: A mosque in Istanbul, Turkey
glosses: the former patriarchal church of Greek Orthodoxy, operated as a museum 1935–2020.
Synonyms: word: Great Church
word: Agia Sofia
english: Turkish
translation: Turkish
word: Aya Sofya
buzzword bingo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In this global take on buzzword bingo, the three contenders will be awarded points depending on how many overseas countries – and leaders – they namecheck in the course of tomorrow's 90-minute debate.
ref: 2010 April 21, John Plunkett, “The Guardian leaders' debate game”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A humorous bingo-style game where participants prepare bingo cards with buzzwords and tick them off as they are uttered during an event, such as a meeting or speech. The goal of the game is to tick off a predetermined number of words in a row and then yell "Bingo!".
Synonyms: word: bullshit bingo
converger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convergers
Etymology: From converge + -er. The learner sense was coined by educational theorists David A. Kolb and Roger E. Fry in the 1970s.
Senses: antonyms: diverger
glosses: One who, or that which, converges.
topics: education
glosses: A learner who prefers to focus on the practical application of abstract ideas, hence primarily technical subjects.
examples: text: In this work, we present a one-step second-order converger for state-specific (SS) and state-averaged (SA) complete active space self-consistent field (CASSCF) wave functions.
ref: 2022, Benjamin Helmich-Paris, “A trust-region augmented Hessian implementation for state-specific and state-averaged CASSCF wave functions”, in The Journal of Chemical Physics, volume 156, number 20, →DOI, abstract:
qualifier: chiefly quantum chemistry
glosses: An iterative method, especially an iterative ab initio method for solving the electronic Schrödinger equation.
directrice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: directrices
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of directrix (“female director; line defining a curve or surface”).
young ladies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of young lady
oligospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligospermias
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Low volume of semen.
Related terms: oligozoospermia
agenesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: agenesis
suricate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suricates
Etymology: Borrowed from French suricate.
Senses: glosses: The meerkat, a member of the mongoose family.
green bottle fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green bottle flies
form: green-bottle fly
form: greenbottle fly
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the flies in the genus Lucilia (alias Phaenicia).
Synonyms: greenbottle
teratospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From terato- + -spermia.
Senses: examples: text: Stringent exclusion criteria were employed to exclude regular alcohol drinkers, heavy smokers, the men with chronic diseases, urogenital infections, varicocele and other diseases which might lead to dysspermia, azoospermic men, and the men with 100% of immotile sperm, 100% teratospermia and incomplete data.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Relationship between Lipids Levels of Serum and Seminal Plasma and Semen Parameters in 631 Chinese Subfertile Men”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of teratozoospermia.
synonyms: word: teratozoospermia
Related terms: teratospermic
abacates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abacate
yuans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I knew a young woman of twenty who lived in the town of Tinghsiang in the province of Shansi. She worked in a clothing cooperative and earned thirty yuans a month.
ref: 1960, Suzanne Labin, “The Schoolmistress Shuen, the Midwife Yu, the Feminist Mee and a Group of Chinese Women”, in Edward Fitzgerald, transl., The Anthill: The Human Condition In Communist China, New York: Frederick A. Praeger, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 312:
glosses: plural of yuan
tsiganes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsigane
sifflet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sifflets
Etymology: From French sifflet.
Senses: glosses: A theatrical whistle.
vacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /væˈʃeɪ/
Forms: form: vachers
Etymology: From French vacher (“cowherd”). Doublet of vaquero.
Senses: examples: text: Thus they fought, totally regardless of Alabama, the blows and shouts of the vachers, each striving for victory
ref: 1841, C. Austin Woodruff, “Adventure and Scenery in the Far South-West”, in The Southern Literary Messenger:
glosses: A keeper of stock or cattle; a herdsman.
Related terms: vachery
underminer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underminers
Etymology: From undermine + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who undermines.
underminers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underminer
bed-wet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bed-wets
form: bed-wetting
form: bed-wet
form: bed-wet
form: bed-wetted
form: bed-wetted
form: bedwet
Etymology: Back-formation from bed-wetting, bed-wetter. Ultimately from bed + wet.
Senses: glosses: To wet the bed: to experience bed-wetting or enuresis, to urinate while asleep.
bedwet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bedwets
form: bedwetting
form: bedwet
form: bedwet
form: bedwetted
form: bedwetted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bed-wet.
paranoïa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The acute mental confusion , the paranoïa may be developed secondarily among hystericals; they require a new psychological study, and claim no further attention in the description of the mental state of hystericals.
ref: 1901, “Deliriums”, in Caroline Rollin Corson, transl., The Mental State of Hystericals: A Study of Mental Stigmata and Mental Accidents, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, The Knickerbocker Press, translation of original by Pierre Janet, pages 482–483:
text: The second set of authors,—those who draw a distinct line of demarkation between the acute psychoses in question and chronic paranoïa are headed by Herz (15); Fritsch (16) and Meynert pointed out especially the fact that in all these acute psychoses the characteristic traits were a condition of confused consciousness and a difficulty in orientation; these traits seemed to them so characteristic that they applied the term confusion (verwirrheit) to the whole group of these acute diseases; they did not include in this group chronic paranoïa; no distinction was made, however, between acute mental confusion and acute paranoïa.
ref: 1902, Journal of Mental Pathology, pages 80–81:
text: They drum through the garden with insulting accusation of theft! Is a Guggenheim worth stealing?—or this, paranoïa of chronic mistrust?[…]From the train’s arrival in Venezia, before one steps aboard the vaporetti, they know: any nobody is grist for a mill. The common ingredient is paranoïa.
ref: 1996, Dachine Rainer, edited by James Hogg, Giornale Di Venezia (Salzburg Studies in English Literature: Poetic Drama & Poetic Theory; volume 167), University of Salzburg, pages 32 and 91:
text: After the challenge that the Devès marshaled in the Jeandet Affair, the hostility of the administration bordered on paranoïa.
ref: 2000, David Robinson, Paths of Accommodation: Muslim Societies and French Colonial Authorities in Senegal and Mauritania, 1880–1920 (Western African Studies), Athens, Oh.: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 109:
text: a. the furniture becomes an enemy: (a sort of) paranoïa.
ref: 2001, Claire Bazin, Jane Eyre [de] Charlotte Brontë (Lectures d'une œuvre), Paris: éditions du temps, →ISBN, page 75:
text: Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theory attributes an essential role to paranoïa as regards the constitution of subjectivity: «Sans cette dimension paranoiac, il n’y a pas de sujet. Il n’y a pas non plus d’ecriture» («Without this paranoid dimension, there can be no subject. Without it, writing is also impossible»).[…]We watch this writing subject whose writing, perhaps, is as much a function of his doubts, his paranoïa, and marginality. But the doubts, the paranoïa, and the contradictions are not a sign of failure.[…]Above all, TPA is a lesson and a reminder that paranoïa is both the permanent condition of the writing subject and what creates the permanent possibility of resignifying processes.
ref: 2002, Clive Thomson, “Mikhail Bakhtin’s Toward a Philosophy of the Act: Performance and Paranoïa”, in Dialogue. Carnival. Chronotope., number 1, pages 85 and 89:
glosses: Rare form of paranoia.
boat race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boat races
Senses: examples: text: The Oxford and Cambridge boat race is held on the Thames every year.
text: The District went to Putney to take advantage of Boat Race traffic, and it would capitalise on the shows and exhibitions held at Earl's Court and Olympia.
ref: 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 60:
coordinate_terms: regatta
glosses: A race between rowing crews.
glosses: The face.
examples: text: "Now," Herbie says, dropping his voice away down low, in case old Cap Duhaine may be around somewhere listening, "it is the third race, and the horse is a horse by the name of Never Despair. It is a boat race," Herbie says. "They are going to shoo in Never Despair. Everything else in the race is a cooler," he says.
ref: 1944, Damon Runyon, “A Story Goes With It”, in Stories à la Carte:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A fixed horse race, with a specific horse arranged to win in advance.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A contest in which one competitor boat-races the other(s)
boat race
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: boat races
form: boat racing
form: boat raced
form: boat raced
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of boat-race.
dichloroindophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichloroindophenols
Etymology: From di- + chloro- + indophenol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A blue dye used in the laboratory analysis of photosynthesis
Beta Centauri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A blue giant star about 500 light years away that is the second brightest star in the constellation of Centaurus
synbio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɪnˈbaɪoʊ/
Etymology: Clipped compound.
Senses: examples: text: Synthetic biology, or synbio, has leapt into scientific, commercial, and social discourse with amazing speed.
ref: 2009, Mark Bünger, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Clipping of synthetic biology.
wikipedia: Clipped compound
Related terms: biotech
mbio
molbio
etacrynic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to etacrynic acid or its derivatives
etacrynic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛt.əˌkɹɪn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
Forms: form: ethacrynic acid
Etymology: From eth(yl) + acry(loyl) + (phe)n(oxy) + (acet)ic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A powerful diuretic drug used in the treatment of fluid retention, especially that associated with heart, liver, and kidney disorders.
close to home
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: closer to home
form: closest to home
Senses: glosses: Affecting people close to, or within, one's family circle.
examples: text: to hit close to home
text: […] when you laugh about people who feel so very lonely / […] I wish I could laugh / but that joke isn't funny anymore / it's too close to home / and it's too near the bone
ref: 1985, Johnny Marr, Morrissey, “That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore”, in Meat is Murder, performed by The Smiths:
text: Watching another icon's anguished passing was evidently far too close to home for him to comfortably endure.
ref: 2006 April 15, Nick Kent, “What a drag”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Smiling, Pichai said he never watched the popular show [Silicon Valley]. “Too close to home,” he remarked. “You watch TV to relax.”
ref: 2022 September 7, Jennifer Elias, quoting Sundar Pichai, “Google CEO says he hopes to make company 20% more efficient, hints at potential cuts”, in CNBC:
text: Friends warned me against watching Baby Reindeer, the hit Netflix series about the comedian Richard Gadd and “Martha”, the character based on his alleged real-life stalker. It was too close to home, they said.
ref: 2024 May 14, Paul Burston, “Should Baby Reindeer’s creator have written about his alleged stalker? I did the same thing – and it helped me heal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Affecting one personally through deep familiarity.
Peirce's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the logician and philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce.
Senses: examples: Consider Peirce's law, ((P→Q)→P)→P). If Q is true, then P→Q is also true so the law reads "If truth implies P then deduce P" which certainly makes sense. If Q is false, then (P→Q)→P≡(P→⊥)→P≡¬P→P≡¬P→P and ¬P≡¬P→⊥≡¬¬P so the law reads ¬¬P→P, which is intuitionistically false but equivalent to the classical axiom ¬P∨P.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The classically valid but intuitionistically non-valid formula ((P→Q)→P)→P of propositional calculus, which can be used as a substitute for the law of excluded middle in implicational propositional calculus.
wikipedia: Charles Sanders Peirce
Beta Canis Majoris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: β CMa
form: β Canis Majoris
Etymology: From its Bayer designation Beta Canis Majoris.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The fourth-brightest star in the constellation Canis Major.
Synonyms: Mirzam
Rigil Kent
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alpha Centauri
implicational propositional calculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A minimalist version of propositional calculus which uses only the logical connectives → ("implies") and ⊥ ("false").
Hypernyms: propositional calculus
Related terms: Peirce's law
interregional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-regional
Etymology: From inter- + region + -al.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: transregional
antonyms: intraregional
coordinate_terms: local
localized
;
regional
locoregional
;
interstate
interprovincial
intercity
;
national
nationwide
countrywide
federal
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or connecting two or more regions.
Derived terms: interregional migration
interregionalism
trestleboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trestleboards
Etymology: From trestle + board.
Senses: glosses: A drawing board used by Freemasons.
drawing boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drawing board
blow up in one's face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows up in one's face
form: blowing up in one's face
form: blew up in one's face
form: blown up in one's face
Senses: examples: text: Whether the specific pecking order of the game I let them play today had anything to do with the fact that it blew up in my face after five minutes is a question that can be answered only in empirical terms.
ref: 1972, James Whittaker, Albert Trieschman, editors, Children Away from Home: A Sourcebook of Residential Treatment:
text: If I took the risk to speak with my friend and the whole thing blew up in my face, I'd probably feel ashamed and exposed whenever I thought about it for a very, very long time.
ref: 1999, Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams, Barbara E. Watkins, Life after trauma: a workbook for healing:
text: So I wish you luck, but don't come crying to me when it blows up in your face.
ref: 2002, Joan Barfoot, Critical injuries, page 118:
glosses: To fail disastrously.
Related terms: hoist by one's own petard
trestleboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trestleboard
Gatesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Gatesian
form: most Gatesian
Etymology: From Gates + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The central critique of the applicability of Gatesian revisionism for a narrative of African American women's literary tradition was framed by Hortense Spillers in 1985...
ref: 1999, Katherine Clay Bassard, Spiritual interrogations:
text: In a Gatesian sense, Naylor signifies on Cane in her work...
ref: 2001, Shirley A Stave, Gloria Naylor: strategy and technique, magic and myth:
text: Further, Walker is signifying in a Gatesian way on a particularly racialized history...
ref: 2004, Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Seeing the unspeakable: the art of Kara Walker:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Henry Louis Gates (born 1950), American critic and scholar, or his theories or writings.
examples: text: ...paint a grandiose picture about what Microsoft could do, the Gatesian vision.
ref: 1992, James Wallace, Jim Erickson, Hard drive: Bill Gates and the making of the Microsoft empire:
text: Friends and vague listeners may have heard me urging a "Gatesian" computerized approach...
ref: 2008, James A Duke, Mary Jo Bogenschutz-Godwin, Andrea R Ottesen, Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America:
text: The projector and the computer bump into each other in Gatesian cyberspace, and we're off.
ref: 2008, David P Reiter, Primary Instinct:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Bill Gates (born 1955), American businessman and co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.
baptizands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baptizand
metadiscussion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metadiscussions
Etymology: From meta- + discussion.
Senses: glosses: Discussion about the rules or nature of discussion itself.
metadiscussions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metadiscussion
metadiscursive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: more metadiscursive
form: most metadiscursive
Etymology: By surface analysis, meta- + discursive, or, by surface analysis, metadiscourse + -ive.
Senses: synonyms: metadiscoursal
glosses: Being or pertaining to metadiscourse.
Related terms: discoursive
discursive
end marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of end mark
unromantically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unromantically
form: most unromantically
Etymology: From unromantic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unromantic way.
requisitely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more requisitely
form: most requisitely
Etymology: From requisite + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a requisite way; necessarily.
pooper-scoopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pooper-scooper
acepromazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phenothiazine derivative antipsychotic drug.
Synonyms: acetylpromazine
acetylpromazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌsiːtɪlˈpɹəʊməzɪn/
ipa: /əˌsiːtəlˈpɹoʊməzɪn/
Senses: examples: text: The combination of ketamine and acetylpromazine, a phenothiazine tranquilizer, produces light surgical anesthesia in most rat strains.
ref: 2008, Yanlin Wang-Fischer, Manual of Stroke Models in Rats, page 74:
glosses: Acepromazine.
aminoethylpiperazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amino- + ethyl + piperazine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A derivative of piperazine, a corrosive liquid ethyleneamine with one primary, secondary and tertiary nitrogen atom.
meltier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of melty: more melty
meltiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of melty: most melty
piperazines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piperazine
adonitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ribitol.
adipamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adipamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A solid amide, hexanedioic diamide, having the form of a creamy-white powder.
adipamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adipamide
acridine orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cationic dye, prepared from coal tar and creosote oil, often used in epifluorescence microscopy.
allethrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allethrins
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of related synthetic pyrethroids used in insecticides to paralyse the nervous system.
allethrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allethrin
anthrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthrones
form: anthranone
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: benzanthrone
bazouanthrone
dianthrone
anthrones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthrone
phenazon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of phenazone.
phenazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenazones
form: phenazon
Etymology: Shortening of the IUPAC name 1,2-dihydro-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenyl-3H-pyrazol-3-one, taking the first syllable phen of phenyl, az from pyrazole, and -one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular analgesic.
Hypernyms: pyrazolone
Derived terms: propyphenazone
phenazones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phenazone
kallikrein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæl.əˈkɹiː.ɪn/
ipa: /kəˈlɪk.ɹi.ɪn/
Forms: form: kallikreins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κᾰλλίκρεᾰς (kăllíkreăs, “sweetbread, pancreas”) + -in, from κᾰλλι- (kălli-, “beautiful”) + κρέᾰς (kréăs, “flesh, meat”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: kallidinogenase
kininogenin
glosses: A hypotensive protease that liberates kinins from blood plasma proteins and is used therapeutically for vasodilation.
Derived terms: prekallikrein
Related terms: anophensin
ecallantide
haemaphysalin
kinin
kallikreins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kallikrein
kininogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪˈnɪn.əd͡ʒ.ən/
Forms: form: kininogens
Etymology: From kinin + -o- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a set of proteins defined by their primary role as precursors for kinin
Derived terms: kininogenase
kininogenolysis
kininogenolytic
kininogens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kininogen
bradykinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɹæd.ɪˈkʌɪ.nɪn/
ipa: /ˌbɹeɪ.dəˈkaɪ.nɪn/
Forms: form: bradykinins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús, “slow, brady-”) + Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion”) + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound released in the blood in some circumstances which causes contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels. It is a peptide with nine amino-acid residues.
Derived terms: lysyl-bradykinin
methionyl-lysyl-bradykinin
bradykinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bradykinin
nonapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonapeptides
Etymology: From nona- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide formed from nine amino acids
Hypernyms: peptide
nonapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonapeptide
decapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛkəˈpɛptaɪd/
Forms: form: decapeptides
Etymology: From deca- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligopeptide formed from ten amino acids.
Hypernyms: peptide
Derived terms: cyclodecapeptide
decapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decapeptide
proteose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proteoses
Etymology: From protein + -ose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mixture of peptides produced by the hydrolysis of proteins.
proteoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proteose
kinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kinins
Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek κῑνέω (kīnéō) meaning "to move or stimulate" + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The kinin work comes at a time when "there has not been a whole lot of interest in the common cold," Dr. Couch said, adding that he believed scientists had begun to view cold research as "a hopeless area."
ref: 1987 October 6, Gina Kolata, “Clever Strategy Shows Promise Against Colds”, in The New York Times:
text: Indeed, it’s possible to create the full storm of cold symptoms with no cold virus at all, but only a potent cocktail of the so-called inflammatory mediators that the body makes itself[,] among them, cytokines, kinins, prostaglandins and interleukins, powerful little chemical messengers that cause the blood vessels in the nose to dilate and leak, stimulate the secretion of mucus, activate sneeze and cough reflexes and set off pain in our nerve fibers.
ref: 2010 October 4, Jennifer Ackerman, “How Not to Fight Colds”, in The New York Times:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various structurally related polypeptides of the autacoid family, such as bradykinin and kallikrein, that act locally to induce vasodilation and contraction of smooth muscle.
Derived terms: adipokinin
cholecystokinin
holokinin
kininase
kininogen
tachykinin
kinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kinin
unprojectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + projectable.
Senses: glosses: Not projectable.
anthanthrene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing six fused benzene rings.
fricatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fricatively
form: most fricatively
Etymology: From fricative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fricative way.
fricativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fricative + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being fricative.
photosensitivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photosensitivity
photosensitiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photosensitive + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Photosensitivity.
keratolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kerato- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to keratolysis.
keratolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratolytics
Etymology: From kerato- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that promotes keratolysis.
keratolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kerato- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The removal of dead surface skin cells, used to treat various types of wart.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The periodic exfoliation of the epidermis.
Derived terms: keratolytic
projectingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more projectingly
form: most projectingly
Etymology: From projecting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a projecting way.
Synonyms: extrusively
juttingly
extrusives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extrusive
Sirian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: Syrian
Etymology: From Sirius + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of the star Sirius.
Sirian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: Syrian
Forms: form: Sirians
Etymology: From Sirius + -an.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An inhabitant of (an exoplanet orbiting) Sirius.
cardiovert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cardioverts
form: cardioverting
form: cardioverted
form: cardioverted
Etymology: Back-formation from cardioversion.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, only 21% of patients were successfully cardioverted with a 100-J monophasic shock and the cumulative success rate was only approximately 80%.
ref: 2009, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal, editors, Electrophysiology: A Companion Guide for the Cardiology Fellow During the EP Rotation, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 164:
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: defibrillate
glosses: To perform (or attempt) cardioversion: to correct cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) using electric current or medication.
Derived terms: cardioverter
cardioverts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cardiovert
cardioverting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cardiovert
cardioverted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cardiovert
isoestragole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + estragole.
Senses: glosses: Anethole.
Hallmark holiday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hallmark holidays
form: hallmark holiday
Etymology: From the Hallmark Cards greeting card company.
Senses: examples: text: See? Valentine's Day is not just a Hallmark holiday after all.
ref: 1999, Karen Rauch Carter, Jeff Fessler, Move Your Stuff, Change Your Life: How to Use Feng Shui to Get Love, Money, Respect, and Happiness, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 88:
text: […] that the whole funeral and gravestone thing was just a racket, was this ridiculous tradition, rooted in commerce, a Hallmark holiday sort of thing, […]
ref: 2001, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Vintage Books, →ISBN, page 224:
text: Honestly, it didn't much matter to me that Marina had forgotten Mother's Day, though I did feel bad on my mother's behalf. As any parent can tell you, what hurts far more than no card on a Hallmark holiday are the casual slights, the eye rolls your child thinks you don't see, the muttered "whatevers," the unasked-for-and-unwanted criticism of your clothing, your speech habits, your existence.
ref: 2008, Holly Chamberlin, Tuscan Holiday, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: An ostensible holiday, or, by extension, any occasion, invented or popularized for profit.
azinphos-methyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An acetylcholinesterase inhibitor formerly used as an organophosphate insecticide.
vetivazulene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of vetiver + azulene
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An azulene, 4,8-dimethyl-2-isopropylazulene, obtained from vetiver oil.
guaiazulene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An azulene, 1,4-dimethyl-7-isopropylazulene, obtained from guaiac wood oil.
limonoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limonoids
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of phytochemicals, found in citrus fruit and certain other plants, believed to have various therapeutic effects.
Hypernyms: furan
Hyponyms: azadirachtin
limonin
nomilin
Derived terms: protolimonoid
limonoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limonoid
surtext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surtexts
Etymology: From sur- + text.
Senses: glosses: The explicit or surface meaning of a literary text, as opposed to the subtext.
surtexts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surtext
tetranortriterpenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetranortriterpenoid
last post
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: last posts
Senses: examples: text: Twenty minutes is allowed for the duration of the roll-call, the commencement and finish of which are sounded on the bugle, and are called the first and last ‘posts.’
ref: 1876 September 30, “Drummers and Fifers”, in Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art, volume 4, number 666, page 629:
glosses: The sounding of a bugle, signalling the evening hour to bed down, also used at military funerals and remembrance services.
Coordinate terms: word: Taps
Related terms: first post
photoisomerisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoisomerisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of photoisomerization.
photoisomerisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photoisomerisation
pyruvates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyruvate
oxaloacetates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxaloacetate
microencapsulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microencapsulates
form: microencapsulating
form: microencapsulated
form: microencapsulated
Etymology: From micro- + encapsulate.
Senses: glosses: To embed by means of microencapsulation.
microencapsulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microencapsulate
microencapsulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microencapsulate
megacolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacolons
Etymology: From mega- + colon.
Senses: glosses: Abnormal dilatation of the colon, not caused by mechanical obstruction.
glosses: A colon thus enlarged.
Derived terms: toxic megacolon
megacolons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacolon
lest we forget
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From Rudyard Kipling's 1897 poem Recessional.
Senses: glosses: Used in Remembrance Day ceremonies as a caution against forgetting those who died in war.
glosses: Used on ANZAC Day memorials as a caution against forgetting those who fell in the First World War
Avogadrian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Avogadrian
form: most Avogadrian
Etymology: From Avogadro + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian physicist, or his work.
avobenzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chemical ingredients — such as avobenzone, oxybenzone and homosalate — absorb the UV rays. Both types of sunscreen can degrade or wash off over time, so it’s important to reapply every two hours, and more frequently if you’re swimming or sweating.
ref: 2023 July 15, Dana G. Smith, “Why Sunscreen Is the Only Anti-Aging Product You Need”, in The New York Times:
text: As documented in a recent FDA study, chemical sunscreens, with active ingredients like oxybenzone, octocrylene, octinoxate, homosalate, and avobenzone, are applied to the skin and then can remain in the blood plasma at significant levels for days to weeks after application[.]
ref: 2024 June 21, Danielle Sinay, quoting Madhu Shetti, “Is Sunscreen Bad for You? TikTok’s Anti-SPF Movement, Explained”, in Glamour:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: butylmethoxydibenzoylmethane
glosses: An oil-soluble ingredient, derived from dibenzoylmethane, used in sunscreen products to absorb ultraviolet light.
narcoleptically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more narcoleptically
form: most narcoleptically
Etymology: From narcoleptic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a narcoleptic way.
amoxycillin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amoxycillins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: UK spelling of amoxicillin.
amylobarbitone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylobarbitones
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of amobarbital.
amobarbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæm.oʊˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/
Forms: form: amobarbitals
form: amylobarbitone
Etymology: From am(yl) + -o- + barbital.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: amytal
glosses: A barbiturate administered especially in the form of its sodium salt C₁₁H₁₇N₂NaO₃ as a hypnotic and sedative; and as a supposed truth serum.
Related terms: sodium amytal
blue heaven
dronedarone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹəˈnɛd.əˌɹoʊn/
Etymology: From droned- (of unknown origin) + -arone (“antiarrhythmic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A benzofuran derivative intended to treat cardiac arrhythmia.
aminophylline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminophyllines
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
zingiberene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Zingiber + -ene.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A monocyclic sesquiterpene, the predominant constituent of the oil of ginger.
Related terms: zingiberone
yohimbine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jəʊˈhɪm.biːn/
ipa: /joʊˈhɪmˌbiːn/
Forms: form: yohimbines
Etymology: From yohimbe + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Aphrodisin: A proprietary preparation compounded of the aphrodisiac yohimbine, together with aronacein, extract of miura puama, and other ingredients.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 28:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A toxic crystalline compound obtained from the bark of the yohimbe tree, used as an adrenergic blocking agent and also as an aphrodisiac in the treatment of impotence.
Derived terms: hydroxy-yohimbine
Related terms: yohimbic acid
yohimbines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yohimbine