cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
roin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roins
form: roining
form: roined
form: roined
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman runger, ultimately of imitative origin.
Senses: examples: text: Yet did he murmure with rebellious sound, / And softly royne, when salvage choler gan redound.
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To growl; to roar.
roin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roins
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman roigne, roin et al., of uncertain origin. Compare roynish.
Senses: glosses: A scab; a scurf, or scurfy spot.
moshavot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moshava
open-book
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: open book
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Designating exams in which specified external resources, potentially including textbooks, glossaries, study notes, calculators, etc. may be used.
Coordinate terms: open-notes
take-home
contrafagotto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrafagottos
form: contrafagotti
Etymology: From Italian contrafagotto.
Senses: glosses: contrabassoon
Nehru jacket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛə.ɹuː ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
ipa: /ˈneɪ.ɹu ˈdʒæk.ɪt/
Forms: form: Nehru jackets
Etymology: After Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India, who wore such a jacket.
Senses: glosses: A hip-length tailored unisex coat with a mandarin collar, modelled on the South Asian achkan or sherwani and briefly popular in the West in the 1960s and 1970s.
wikipedia: Jawaharlal Nehru
Derived terms: Nehru-jacketed
protatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: protactic
glosses: Of or pertaining to protasis.
apodotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apodotic
form: most apodotic
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to apodosis.
orgasmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orgasmer
open book
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: open books
Senses: examples: text: There is one, with a dark and thoughtful eye,
Who is to all others a mystery;
But his soul is to me an open book,
And I read his mood in his slightest look; ...
ref: 1860, Abby Maria Hemenway, “The Priest and The Maiden”, in Poets and Poetry of Vermont:
text: This is the secret of Hegel, and the key to his hieroglyphics, and, if consistently used to interpret the sayings of his logic, it becomes an open book.
ref: 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error or the Science of Intellection:
text: On the surface of the ground or through the swaying branches of the trees the spoor of man or beast was an open book to the ape-man, but even his acute senses were baffled by the spoorless trail of the airship.
ref: 1921, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan the Untamed:
text: 2009, May 21, Barack Obama, speech, Protecting Our Security and Our Values
But I have never argued – and never will – that our most sensitive national security matters should be an open book.
glosses: Something whose salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted.
examples: text: He is an open book. Everyone can see that he removes nothing, conceals nothing, reserves nothing for himself.
ref: 1986, Adrienne von Speyr, Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Christian State of Life:
text: Chapter 3: Are You an Open Book? How Much Do I Need to Disclose?
ref: 1997, Matthew J. DeLuca, Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions:
text: Emile's most striking characteristic is that he hides nothing. He is an open book, acting the same in private as in public — "Emile is worse at disguising his feelings than any man in the world."
ref: 2002, Linda Lange, Feminist Interpretations of Jean-Jacques Rousseau:
glosses: A person who through naivete responds candidly to questions or openly displays their emotions or intentions.
topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: An open book decomposition.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An inside angle in the rock.
Synonyms: sense: person who is candid
word: one who wears one's heart on one's sleeve
Related terms: word: open-book contract
word: en clair
sense: open publication
english: e.g., open-access monograph
translation: e.g., open-access monograph
word: open access book
word: open secret
word: wear one's heart on one's sleeve
closed-book
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Designating an examination in which external resources such as calculators, glossaries, and study notes are prohibited.
Coordinate terms: take-home
QTL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QTLs
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of quantitative trait locus: a locus (gene) that is among the factors affecting a trait whose values of interest are continuous rather than merely two.
QTLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of QTL
electrino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrinos
Etymology: Coined by Humphrey Maris in 2000, from electron + -ino.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
coordinate_terms: positrino
glosses: A hypothetical particle resulting from the breakup of an electron.
electrinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electrino
housetrucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housetruckers
Etymology: From housetruck + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who lives in a housetruck.
housetruckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housetrucker
breadmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛdˌmeɪkɚ/
Forms: form: breadmakers
Etymology: From bread + maker.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bread maker.
breadmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breadmaker
integralities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of integrality
integralness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From integral + -ness.
Senses: glosses: integrality
prosperer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosperers
Etymology: From prosper + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who prospers
epic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈep.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛpɪk
Forms: form: epics
form: epick
Etymology: From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).
Senses: examples: text: The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.
synonyms: epopee
epos
glosses: An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
examples: text: The book was an epic in four volumes.
text: These epics nearly always had runaway trains, nincompoops floundering with the controls and a collapsed bridge just ahead!
ref: 1958 February 24, David Gunston, “Railways on the Screen”, in Railway Magazine, page 88:
glosses: A series of events considered appropriate to an epic; any work of literature, film, etc. having heroic deeds and adventures as its subject matter.
examples: text: Epics are shown in a separate list from user stories. This is because it is the user stories that are developed, not epics. Epics are decomposed into child user stories.
ref: 2019, Leslie Munday, Using Agile In A Quality Driven Environment, page 56:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A large or extended user story.
Derived terms: art epic
epiclike
heroic epic
miniepic
national epic
epic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈep.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛpɪk
Forms: form: more epic
form: most epic
form: epick
Etymology: From Middle French épique, from Latin epicus, from Ancient Greek ἐπικός (epikós), from ἔπος (épos, “word, story”).
Senses: examples: text: Beowulf is an epic poem.
text: The main theme of epic poetry is, of course, the hero, his life, his greatness of character, his deeds and his death.
ref: 1983, Jan Knappert, Epic Poetry in Swahili and other African Languages, page 58:
synonyms: epical
glosses: Of or relating to an epic.
examples: text: The epic defense was rewarded with the highest military decorations
text: China's epic traffic jam "vanished" [title of article]
ref: 2010 August 25, Agence France-Presse, “China's epic traffic jam 'vanished'”, in Google News, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2010:
glosses: Momentously heroic; grand in scale or character
examples: text: The after-prom party was truly epic.
text: You made an epic mistake.
text: Then tell him his daughter's an epic shag.
ref: 2018, Anthony McCarten, Bohemian Rhapsody (motion picture), spoken by Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek):
synonyms: extraordinary
momentous
remarkable
glosses: Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.
synonyms: extraordinary
momentous
remarkable
glosses: Extending beyond the usual or ordinary.
Extremely impressive or remarkable.
Derived terms: antiepic
epically
epic doom
epic fail
Epic Greek
epicism
epicist
epicness
epicosity
epic poetry
nonepic
superepic
unepic
epic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛp.ɪk/
ipa: /ˈep.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛpɪk
Forms: form: epick
Etymology: From epi-, from Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí, “on top of”).
Senses: topics: category-theory
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That is an epimorphism.
raw_tags: of a morphism
true-false
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Somehow he got one true-false question wrong out of twenty.
text: Grading the twenty-question true-false quiz took only 30 seconds per student.
glosses: Allowing only the answers "true" or "false".
Coordinate terms: multiple-choice
open-ended
Related terms: closed question
polar question
yes-no question
Nehru jackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nehru jacket
shear legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shearlegs
form: sheerlegs
form: sheer legs
Senses: examples: text: Apart from its unique public viewing gallery, the depot features 40-ton capacity shear legs which will be complemented shortly by an overhead lifting crane.
ref: 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, pages 412, 414:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A form of derrick, consisting of three poles and a block and tackle, used to hoist and lower heavy weights, especially the masts of sailing ships.
Synonyms: sheers
contrafagotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contrafagotto
three hots and a cot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Rhyming expression from the idea of three hot meals daily and a bed to sleep on.
Senses: examples: text: “I've never been to jail before,” [Neal] said. “But there is a bright side: three hots and a cot at taxpayer expense.”
ref: 1996 January 29, Unknown, “JUST FOLKS
 Homeless man who went on-line jailed on charge of stealing batteries”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
glosses: Prison.
examples: text: It is, said the Rev. Eugene Boutilier, emergency services issues manager for the United Way, an important part of the mix of services that better-endowed cities are trying to provide to street people. "We need more than just three hots and a cot," he said.
ref: 1987 February 28, Jay Mathews, “Homeless Shelter Officials Differ on Problem’s Scope, Nature”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2023:
text: The voluntary prisoner in search of "three hots and a cot" is a persistent figure in American popular culture.
ref: 2009 May 10, David Streitfeld, “The Recession Made Them Do It”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Oct 2022:
text: Doe raises the necessary money for its residents' wages; the city provides the money for "three hots and a cot".
ref: 2015 September 25, Sam Thielman, “New York City owes homeless aid organization $2.5m in unpaid funds”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
text: I guess I don't have much self-esteem. I'm grateful for the three hots and a cot for four weeks.
ref: 2017, Nancy Price, Blonde Broads, College Station, T.X.: Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: Basic food and shelter.
swaybar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swaybars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sway bar.
swaybars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swaybar
sway bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sway bars
form: swaybar
Senses: glosses: An anti-sway bar.
sway bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sway bar
anti-sway bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-sway bar
anti-roll bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-roll bar
scotia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskoʊʃə/
Forms: form: scotias
Etymology: From Latin scotia, from Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía, “dark, shadowy”).
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.
Synonyms: trochilus
Hypernyms: molding
amnioreduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amnioreductions
Etymology: From amnio- + reduction.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of excess amniotic fluid.
Related terms: amniocentesis
scotias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotia
colorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorisms
form: colourism
Etymology: From color + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Black America used to be, and perhaps still is, a pigmentocracy, which means that the social hierarchy is based largely on colorism.
ref: 2011, Don Lemon, Transparent, Las Vegas: Farrah Gray, →ISBN:
text: This type of preferential colorism isn’t only found in the church aisles, it’s at family gatherings, on the dating scene, in the classroom, on the playground—it’s everywhere.
ref: 2019, Alicia Williams, “2019 Kirkus Prize Finalists: Alicia D. Williams on Writing Genesis Begins Again”, in Kirkus Reviews, retrieved 15 Apr 2021:
text: Colorism from your own people feels worse than racism – at the very least your own family and people should welcome you, no?
ref: 2019 April 18, Pariha Laila Begum, quotee, “Shades of Black: how readers responded to our series on the colorism taboo”, in The Guardian:
text: Eliminating racism and colorism is, of course, a worthy pursuit, but it’s also impossible to do in the abstract.
ref: 2020 July 29, E. Tammy Kim, “The Perils of “People of Color””, in The New Yorker:
text: Like those, James’s season still gave noticeably less screen time to its Black contestants—and because of James’s Blackness, the colorism that has always plagued The Bachelor became more visible.
ref: 2021 March 15, Kovie Biakolo, “The Bachelor’s “Groundbreaking” Season Was a Representation Nightmare”, in Vanity Fair:
text: Like many other parts of the world, colourism is rampant in India.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 166:
glosses: Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.
examples: text: Turner's colorism with its cosmic world view had nothing to do with realism, in spite of its impasto handling of colour. […] Turner's images are based on the far-sighted and purely objective views of the 18th century which he imbued with new meaning through his colorism based on colour theory and plein-air painting.
ref: 2002, Robert Suckale, edited by Ingo F. Walther, Masterpieces of Western Art, Taschen, →ISBN, page 419:
qualifier: painting
glosses: A style of painting characterised by the use of intense color.
amnioreductions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amnioreduction
colorisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorism
VDRL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VDRLs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Venereal Disease Research Laboratory test.
Oyster cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oyster card
shysterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shysterish
form: most shysterish
Etymology: From shyster + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Like a shyster; fraudulent, disreputable, dishonest.
jerkwad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jerkwads
Etymology: From jerk + -wad.
Senses: examples: text: And frankly, jerkwad, you're not worthy to lick the dirt off his briefcase.
ref: 2001, William Bernhardt, Murder One, Ballantine, →ISBN, page 110:
text: Hidge said, "Someone with a license, jerkwad."
ref: 2001, Bill Roorbach, The Smallest Color, Counterpoint, 2003 pbk ed., p. 222
text: You're not crazy, just extremely annoying. Go soak your head, jerkwad.
ref: 2003 December 16, “Confidentials”, in Weekly World News, page 23:
glosses: A jerk; an obnoxious person.
jerkwads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerkwad
Subscriber Identity Modules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Subscriber Identity Module
SIM cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SIM card
dragonslayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dragonslayers
Etymology: From dragon + slayer.
Senses: glosses: One who slays a dragon.
dragonslayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dragonslayer
spark gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spark gap
key signatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of key signature
air pumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air pump
day time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day times
Senses: examples: text: “Well, what’s more dangerous than coming here in the day time!—anybody would suspicion us that saw us.”
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXVI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 202:
glosses: Alternative spelling of daytime.
unrepressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + repressed.
Senses: examples: text: The trumpeter Wallace Roney, a leading disciple of the Davis sound and style, played with exacting purpose and unrepressed enthusiasm, carving up the song.
ref: 2008 May 12, Nate Chinen, “Recalling Miles Davis by Crossing Cultures”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not repressed.
hamartoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamartomas
form: hamartomata
Etymology: From hamartia + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A benign mass of disorganized tissue.
wikipedia: hamartoma
Derived terms: hamartomatosis
hamartomatous
villainize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: villainizes
form: villainizing
form: villainized
form: villainized
form: villainise
Etymology: From villain + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Managers and leaders villainize those who interfere with their needs and desires — those who do not support the organization. Workers and outsiders villainize managers and leaders for not sharing benefits and rewards created by business.
ref: 1997, Richard H. Reeves, Business, commerce, and social responsibility: beyond agenda:
glosses: To represent as a villain.
Derived terms: villainization
Related terms: demonize
vilify
printing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈpɹɪnɪŋ/
Forms: form: printings
Etymology: By surface analysis, print + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: In those days, printing was big business in this city. Giant web-fed presses churned out countless tons of printed matter annually.
synonyms: imprintery
glosses: The process or business of producing printed material by means of inked type and a printing press or similar technology.
examples: text: They delivered a huge batch of printing yesterday, so you can expect an invoice shortly.
glosses: Synonym of printed matter.
synonyms: word: printed matter
examples: text: She owns a copy of the first printing, which is a favorite among book collectors because some of the typos in it seem like Freudian slips.
glosses: Synonym of print run (“all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch”).
synonyms: word: print run
extra: all the copies of a publication that have been printed in one batch
examples: text: The instructions said, "Please sign your name and then print your name below your signature," so he wrote out his name underneath in the neatest printing that his hand could muster.
antonyms: cursive#Noun
hypernyms: handwriting
glosses: Handwritten characters that are not joined up.
Derived terms: 3D printing
block printing
carbon printing
lenticular printing
letter-quality printing
nature printing
non-printing
offset printing
pad printing
printing form
printing frame
printing house
printing-house
printing in
printing ink
printing out
printing paper
printing press
printing roll
printing shop
rat printing office
relief printing
rotary printing press
screen printing
silk-screen printing
skip printing
stretch printing
three-dimensional printing
viscosity printing
woodblock printing
printing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɪntɪŋ/
note: in fast speech
ipa: /ˈpɹɪnɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, print + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of print
ovi-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ovo-.
crémaillère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crémaillères
Etymology: Borrowed from French crémaillère.
Senses: glosses: An indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification.
crémaillères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crémaillère
ŏ
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A dictionary transcription for the LOT vowel
suck someone's cock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks someone's cock
form: sucking someone's cock
form: sucked someone's cock
form: sucked someone's cock
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, cock.
glosses: To brownnose, to curry favor with someone.
Synonyms: suck someone's dick
dickride
Related terms: suck cock
suck my cock
gourami
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʊˈrɑːmi/
Forms: form: gouramis
form: gouramies
Etymology: From French gourami, from Malay gurami, from Javanese ꦒꦸꦫꦩꦶ (gurami).
Senses: glosses: An edible freshwater fish of the family Osphronemidae.
Derived terms: climbing gourami
croaking gourami
dwarf gourami
kissing gourami
gouramis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gourami
lip bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lip bears
Senses: glosses: A sloth bear, Melursus ursinus.
Siamese twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siamese twins
Etymology: Chang and Eng Bunker, conjoined twins from Siam (modern Thailand), were known as the "Siamese twins".
Senses: examples: text: the two stood together; the old miser leaning against the herb-doctor with something of that air of trustful fraternity with which, when standing, the less strong of the Siamese twins habitually leans against the other.
ref: 1857, Herman Melville, chapter XXI, in The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade:
text: The village sign on the green depicts the Biddenden Maids, the Siamese twins Elizabeth and Mary Chulkhurst, who were born about 1135, joined at the hip and shoulder. They lived until the age of 34 when they died within a few hours of each other.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 58:
glosses: A conjoined twin; one of two people physically joined together.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Either of a pair of words that occur together as an idiomatic expression or collocation, as in "hammer and sickle", "short and sweet", or "spick and span".
Derived terms: Siamese Twin Galaxies
Siamese Twin Galaxy
Siamese Twins
Siamese Twins Galaxies
Siamese Twins Galaxy
Siamese twins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Siamese twin
conjoined twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjoined twins
Senses: glosses: One of the two identical twins who are born attached together in utero.
Synonyms: word: Siamese twin
Related terms: joined at the hip
conjoined twins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjoined twin
cephalopagus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalopagi
Etymology: From cephalo- + -pagus.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Joined at the back of the head and fused in the upper portion of the body, with the bottom portions separate.
raw_tags: of conjoined twins
Related terms: cephalothoracopagus
exclusive-or
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exclusive-ors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of exclusive or.
conjey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 1938, Isaline Blew Horner (translator), 'Vinaya-pitaka 1, 290-94, condensed
I allow, monks, […] a constant supply of conjey.
glosses: Alternative spelling of congee (“rice gruel”).
Chagatai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑːɡətaɪ/
Forms: form: Chagatay
form: Chaghatai
form: Chaghatay
form: Jagatai
form: Jagatay
form: Jaghatai
form: Jaghatay
form: Jaghatāy
form: Chighatay
form: Chighatāy
form: Chighatoy
Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Чагата́й (Čagatáj), from Uyghur چاغاتاي (chaghatay), from Chagatai چغتای (čaġatay), from Middle Mongol ᠴᠠᠭᠠᠲᠠᠶ (čaɣatay).
Senses: glosses: A male given name of historical usage, most famously borne by the Mongol ruler Chagatai Khan (1183–1242), second son of Genghis Khan and first khan of the Chagatai Khanate, a medieval Mongol and later Turkicized khanate of Central Asia (divided after the 14th century).
synonyms: Chagataic
glosses: An extinct literary Turkic language used in Central Asia and Bashkortostan between the 15th and the 20th century.
synonyms: Chagatai Tajiks
glosses: An ethnic group of Uzbekistan.
raw_tags: with article
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Chagatai terms
underne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of undern.
unders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of under
unders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There she stood in the door in her unders, her chest a-heavin'. She had her blue sun dress rolled up in a ball in her hand, and her hair was all tossed about and wild-like.
ref: 2008, Barbara Williams, Shoot-Out at Jasper Creek, page 136:
glosses: Underwear.
lip bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lip bear
sloth bears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloth bear
aldermanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aldermanly
form: most aldermanly
Etymology: From alderman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or like, an alderman.
aldermanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more aldermanly
form: most aldermanly
Etymology: From alderman + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of an alderman.
IEC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Electrotechnical Commission.
glosses: Initialism of information, education and communication.
AVL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Audio, video, and lighting, for a performance
AVL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Adelson-Velsky and Landis, name of the three inventors of the data structure called an AVL tree.
fishing expeditions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishing expedition
filar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more filar
form: most filar
Etymology: From Latin filum (“a thread”).
Senses: examples: text: a filar microscope
text: a filar micrometer
text: a filar eyepiece
glosses: Having a thread across the field of view.
Derived terms: bifilar
quadrifilar
trifilar
unifilar
kiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kile
bedes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bede
honest to God
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: honest-to-God
Etymology: Compare swear to God. Originally used as a sentence adverb or interjection, modifying entire clauses or utterances; honest itself is used this way, as in “Honest, I had no idea!” (meaning “I'm telling the truth, I had no idea!”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of honest-to-God.
honest to God
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: honest-to-God
Etymology: Compare swear to God. Originally used as a sentence adverb or interjection, modifying entire clauses or utterances; honest itself is used this way, as in “Honest, I had no idea!” (meaning “I'm telling the truth, I had no idea!”).
Senses: examples: text: Honest to God, I thought you already knew!
glosses: Honest; truly, really; used to emphasize that a statement is true.
examples: text: She is honest to God brilliant.
glosses: Truly, really.
Synonyms: alt: bowdlerised
word: honest to goodness
english: polytheistic
translation: polytheistic
word: honest to gods
Related terms: hand to God
recessionista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˌsɛʃəˈnɪstə/
rhymes: -ɪstə
Forms: form: recessionistas
Etymology: From recession + -ista, after the pattern of fashionista.
Senses: examples: text: Well, things are very different now the downturn has started to take its toll. This year, credit crunched recessionistas are more likely topics of conversation, according to the people at Collins dictionaries at least.
ref: 2009 January 14, Hilary Osborne, “Empty of pocket, rich in diction: The credit crunched dictionary”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Someone who can dress stylishly on a tight budget.
Synonyms: frugalista
home cinemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of home cinema
recessionistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recessionista
hospitalers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospitaler
globular clusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of globular cluster
open clusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open cluster
star clusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star cluster
iron-sulfur clusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron-sulfur cluster
bisontes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin bisōntēs. Compare Middle English bysontes, bysountes.
Senses: examples: text: Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag.
ref: 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VIII.] Of Scythian beasts, and those that are bred in the North parts.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, pages 199–200:
text: The Romans were drawn by camels; and Pliny tells us that Mark Antony made use of lions. Heliogabalus did the same; and also of boars, stags, wild asses, bisontes, and oryges, a sort of animal with one horn, which Ptolemy, according to Athenæus, drew his carriage with.[…]Asses, wild—Bears—Bisontes—Boars—Buffaloes—Bulls, and foreign ones—Camels—Camelopards—Crocodiles—Crocotta, an animal between a dog and a wolf.
ref: 1826, John Ranking, “Sports and Combats in the Circus and Amphitheatre; […]”, in Historical Researches on the Wars and Sports of the Mongols and Romans: […], London: […] for the author and sold by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, […]. And G. Lawford, […], pages 321 and 334:
text: The Buffalo dance is one of the principal ceremonies of the year among many tribes. It takes place before the hunting season of the Bison, and has been fully described by Pennant.[…]Like the rest of the Bisontes, the Yaks are more fond of mountainous woods and valleys, than the open plains, keeping on the south side in winter, and on the north in summer.
ref: 1827, [Georges] Cuvier, The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization, […]. The Class Mammalia […]., volume the fourth, London: […] Geo[rge] B[yrom] Whittaker, […], pages 404–405:
text: On the Rhine, skulls of gigantic Bisontes and Uri occurred, and Dr. Boué found human bones mixed with others of extinct species at Lahr.
ref: 1848, Cha[rle]s Hamilton Smith, The Natural History of the Human Species, Its Typical Forms, Primæval Distribution, Filiations, and Migrations, Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, […]; London: Samuel Highley, […], page 95:
text: Deer, as gigantic in proportion to existing species, were the contemporaries of the old uri and bisontes, and may have disputed with them the pasturage of that ancient land; […]
ref: 1861, Robert Chambers, Edinburgh Papers […]. Ice and Water: A Review of the Superficial Formation, London; Edinburgh: William and Robert Chambers, page 18:
glosses: plural of bison
buers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buer
daylight robberies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daylight robbery
games of skill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game of skill
guessing games
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guessing game
mesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mester
araq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arak.
annullations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annullation
baby carriages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby carriage
banana republics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banana republic
interrogative pronouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interrogative pronoun
possessive determiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possessive determiner
possessive adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possessive adjective
reflexive possessive pronouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflexive possessive pronoun
silds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sild
significant others
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of significant other
dampproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dampproof
form: most dampproof
Etymology: From damp + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Resistant to the effects of damp.
dampproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dampproofs
form: dampproofing
form: dampproofed
form: dampproofed
Etymology: From damp + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make resistant to the effects of damp.
Derived terms: dampproofer
Related terms: rainproof
waterproof
dampproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dampproof
dampproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dampproof
thermostabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermostability
nitrosoethylurea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nitroso + ethyl + urea.
Senses: glosses: A highly potent mutagen with molecular formula C₃H₇N₃O₂.
nonhomeostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + homeostatic.
Senses: glosses: Not homeostatic.
semustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛməstiːn/
Senses: glosses: A drug used in chemotherapy, structurally similar to lomustine.
uramustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A derivative of nitrogen mustard and uracil, used in chemotherapy as an alkylating agent.
Synonyms: uracil mustard
uracil mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: uramustine
hydroxydaunorubicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /haɪˌdɹɒksɪˌdɔːnəˈɹuːbɪsɪn/
Etymology: From hydroxy + daunorubicin.
Senses: glosses: doxorubicin
decitabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dɪˈsaɪ.tə.biːn/
Etymology: From de(oxy)- + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (trademark Dacogen), a cytosine analogue that hypomethylates DNA by inhibiting DNA methyltransferase.
Derived terms: guadecitabine
azacitidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪzəˈsɪtɪdiːn/
Senses: glosses: A cytidine analogue used in the treatment of myelodysplastic syndrome.
scobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scobe
belotecan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bɛˈlɒtɪkæn/
Senses: glosses: A semisynthetic camptothecin analogue used in chemotherapy.
carmofur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)məfɜː(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: A pyrimidine analogue derived from fluorouracil and used as an antineoplastic agent.
gove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Forms: form: goves
form: goaf
form: goff
form: goof
Senses: examples: text: Gove just in the barn, it is out of despair
ref: 1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC:
glosses: A mow; a rick for hay.
gove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊv/
rhymes: -əʊv
Forms: form: goves
form: goving
form: goved
form: goved
Senses: glosses: To stare stupidly.
ortataxel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɔː(ɹ)təˈtæksəl/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
teniposide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛˈnɪpəsaɪd/
Senses: glosses: A podophyllotoxin derivative used in chemotherapy.
tesetaxel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɛsɪˈtæksəl/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
daunomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɔn.əˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: daunomycins
Etymology: From Italian Daunia (“ancient region of Apulia”) + -o- + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of daunorubicin.
clofarabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + f(luor)- + -arabine (“arabinofuranosyl derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A purine nucleoside antimetabolite used in the treatment of leukaemia.
larotaxel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌlæɹəˈtæksəl/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
amrubicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From am(ino)- + -rubicin (“daunorubicin derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anthracycline used in the treatment of lung cancer.
vindesine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From des(acetyl) + vin(blast)ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antimitotic vinca alkaloid used in chemotherapy.
streptozotocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A naturally-occurring chemical that is particularly toxic to the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas in mammals, used to treat certain cancers.
prednimustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From predni(solone) + mustine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug used in chemotherapy, the ester formed from prednisolone and chlorambucil.
chlormethine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɔɹ.məˌθin/
Forms: form: mechlorethamine
Etymology: From chlor- + meth- + (am)ine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nitrogen mustard administered by injection in the form of its hydrochloride C₅H₁₁Cl₂N·HCl in the palliative treatment of neoplastic diseases (as Hodgkin lymphoma and leukemia).
carmustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound related to mustard gas, used as an alkylating agent in chemotherapy.
Synonyms: bis-chloronitrosourea
fotemustine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /fəʊtɪˈmʌstiːn/
Senses: glosses: A nitrosourea alkylating agent under investigation for use in the treatment of melanoma.
busulfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bjuːˈsʌlfæn/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
treosulfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An alkylating agent used to prepare a patient's bone marrow for a transplant.
carboquone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bəkwəʊn/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
tiazofurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /taɪˌeɪzəʊˈfjʊəɹɪn/
Senses: glosses: An inhibitor of IMP dehydrogenase under investigation for use in the treatment of cancer.
seliciclib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlɪˈsɪklɪb/
Senses: glosses: A drug being researched for the treatment of certain lung cancers and other disorders.
alvocidib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ælˈvɒsɪdɪb/
Senses: glosses: A drug being researched for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and arthritis.
atrasentan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ætɹəˈsɛntæn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -entan (“endothelin receptor antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug being researched for the treatment of various cancers.
verteporfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌvɜː(ɹ)tɪˈpɔː(ɹ)fɪn/
Senses: glosses: A benzoporphyrin derivative used as a photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy to eliminate the abnormal blood vessels in the eye associated with conditions such as the wet form of macular degeneration.
pegaspargase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Formed from asparaginase with the prefix peg-.
Senses: glosses: An antineoplastic agent used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukaemia.
PEGylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /pɛɡɪleɪt/
Forms: form: PEGylates
form: PEGylating
form: PEGylated
form: PEGylated
form: pegylate
Etymology: From PEGyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To subject to PEGylation (To react polyethylene glycol (PEG) with a protein such as interferon in order to disguise its presence to the immune system).
Derived terms: PEGylated
PEGylation
Related terms: PEG
PEGyl
strawberry trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry tree
asparaginase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asparaginases
Etymology: From asparagine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of asparagine to aspartic acid, used in chemotherapy.
asparaginases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asparaginase
etoglucid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛtəˈɡluːsɪd/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
efaproxiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛfəˈpɹɒksɪɹæl/
Senses: glosses: An allosteric effector of haemoglobin that increases its oxygen-carrying capacity and can be used to increase the efficacy of certain chemotherapy drugs.
talaporfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A photosensitizer used in chemotherapy.
Synonyms: aspartyl chlorin
lonidamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A derivative of indazole-3-carboxylic acid, known to inhibit aerobic glycolysis in cancer cells.
anagrelide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug that inhibits the maturation of platelets from megakaryocytes, used in the treatment of thrombocytosis and leukaemia.
promegakaryocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promegakaryocytes
Etymology: From pro- + megakaryocyte.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A precursor cell for a megakaryocyte, arising from a megakaryoblast.
promegakaryocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promegakaryocyte
mitobronitol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + (di)bro(mo) + (man)nitol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A brominated analogue of mannitol, used as an anticancer drug.
tipifarnib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɪˈpɪfə(ɹ)nɪb/
Senses: glosses: A farnesyltransferase inhibitor with possible anticancer applications.
bexarotene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɛkˈsæɹ.əˌtin/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -arotene (“arotinoid derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular oral antineoplastic drug.
alitretinoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.ɪˈtɹɛt.n̩ˌoʊ.ɪn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + tretinoin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular antineoplastic drug.
demecolcine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy, closely related to colchicine.
oblimersen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɒblɪˈmɜː(ɹ)sən/
Senses: glosses: An antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide being studied as a possible treatment for several types of cancer.
elsamitrucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɛlsəˈmɪtɹəsɪn/
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
mitoguazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mito- (“nucleotoxic agent”) + gua(nylhydr)azone.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
acitretin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Probably from aci(d) + tr(ans)- + -retin (“retinol derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A retinoid that is used to treat psoriasis.
Synonyms: etretin
Derived terms: etretinate
elesclomol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛskləmɒl/
Senses: glosses: A drug that triggers apoptosis in cancer cells.
altretamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular antineoplastic drug.
olaparib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular anticancer drug.
temozolomide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then, a rigorous study found that if a drug, temozolomide, was added to radiation, median survival time was 14.6 months.
ref: 2009 August 28, Gina Kolata, “Kennedy Case Shows Progress, Obstacles in Cancer Fight”, in New York Times:
glosses: A particular drug used to treat brain tumors.
actarit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anti-inflammatory drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
triethylenemelamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From triethylene + melamine.
Senses: glosses: A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
triaziquone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈæzɪkwəʊn/
Senses: glosses: A particular alkylating drug used in chemotherapy.
aceclidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ace(tate) + -clidine (“muscarinic receptor agonist/antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A parasympathomimetic miotic agent that is used to treat narrow angle glaucoma.