cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
neife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neifes
Senses: examples: text: For the children of villeins were also in the same state of bondage with their parents; whence they were called in Latin, nativi, which gave rise to the female appellation of a villein, who was called a neife. [...] Neifes indeed had also an appeal of rape, in case the lord violated them by force.
ref: 1771, William, Sir Blackstone, “Of the Modern English Tenures”, in Commentaries on the Laws of England, volume 2, pages 93–94:
glosses: Alternative form of neif.
neifes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neife
acceptivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acceptive + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The reduction potential of nitroanilines decreases on increasing the solvent electron acceptivity for aprotic solvents.
ref: 1996, Saul Patai, The Chemistry of Amino, Nitroso, Nitro, and Related Groups, Part 1:
glosses: The quality of being acceptive.
aerosol bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerosol bombs
Senses: glosses: An early design for an aerosol can: a refillable hand-sized steel can charged with a pressurized liquefied gas and a product to be expelled as a mist or a foam.
topics: engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: A type of thermobaric weapon.
Synonyms: sense: aerosol can
word: bug bomb
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: thermobaric weapon
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: vacuum bomb
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: fuel-air explosive
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
word: FAE
bug bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bug bombs
Senses: glosses: An aerosol bomb filled with insecticide.
bug bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bug bombs
form: bug bombing
form: bug bombed
form: bug bombed
Senses: examples: text: How did you not know that they were bug bombing your apartment, bro?
ref: 2009, David Hornsby, “The World Series Defense” (04:33 from the start), in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 5, episode 6, spoken by Ronald 'Mac' McDonald (Rob McElhenney):
glosses: Synonym of fumigate.
synonyms: word: fumigate
paleoatmosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoatmospheres
form: palaeoatmosphere
Etymology: From paleo- + atmosphere.
Senses: examples: text: Of the various paleorecords available to science, ice cores from polar and high altitude ice sheets provide the most direct and highest resolution view of paleoatmospheres.
ref: 2013, Robert J. Delmas, Ice Core Studies of Global Biogeochemical Cycles, page 384:
glosses: An atmosphere, particularly that of Earth, at some unspecified time in the geological past.
Derived terms: paleoatmospheric
paleoatmospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoatmosphere
palaeoatmosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoatmospheres
Etymology: From palaeo- + atmosphere.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paleoatmosphere.
palaeoatmospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoatmosphere
bug bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bug bomb
bug bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bug bomb
aerosol bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerosol bomb
dare say
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dares say
form: dare say
form: daring to say
form: dared say
form: dared say
form: durst say
form: durst say
Senses: examples: text: The kitchen window was open. I asked Sydney if he had left it so.
‘I don’t know, — I dare say we did; I don’t fancy that either of us stood on the order of his coming.’
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
qualifier: originally
glosses: Alternative form of daresay.
xantholiniform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xantholiniform
form: most xantholiniform
Etymology: Xantholinus + -iform
Senses: glosses: Pertaining or relating to the genus Xantholinus.
magnorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnorders
Etymology: From Latin magnus (“large, great, important”) + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: megaorder
glosses: A taxon one rank above a superorder, and below gigaorder or a class. A magnorder is the highest taxonomic ranking of order.
Coordinate terms: gigaorder
superorder
grandorder
mirorder
order
suborder
infraorder
parvorder
magnorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnorder.
mirorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirorders
form: hyperorder
Etymology: From Latin mirus (“strange, wonderful”) + order.
Senses: examples: text: Primatomorpha is a mirorder of mammals.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic ranking just below grandorder and above order.
Coordinate terms: gigaorder
magnorder
superorder
grandorder
order
suborder
infraorder
parvorder
mirorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirorder
grandorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grandorders
Etymology: From grand + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxonomic ranking below superorder and above mirorder.
Coordinate terms: gigaorder
magnorder
superorder
mirorder
order
suborder
infraorder
parvorder
grandorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grandorder
viaggiatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more viaggiatory
form: most viaggiatory
Senses: glosses: That travels frequently
poonam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poonams
Senses: examples: text: She went on to explain, "Now only old women wear those coarse cotton saris, control cheeralu [cheeralu is the Telugu word for saris]. They are like gunnysacks. Poonams are modern. They are brightly colored and do not fade. But they cling to the body, and you need a separate underskirt and blouse to wear them." Still later she added, "What else will we wear? We work in the field all day -- in the sun, in the rain. Poonams don't tear. They don't fade. They don't crumple. Dirt and mud just wash away. they dry easily."
ref: 2003 November, Priti Ramamurthy, “Material Consumers, Fabricating Aubjects: Perplexity, Global Connectivity Discourses, and Transnational Feminist Research”, in Cultural Anthropology:
text: Egged on by their sisters-in-law, two widows gaily dressed themselves in the polyester saris they were not supposed to wear because poonams are considered too bright, too colorful, too clingy, and, all in all, just too sexy for widows, who are desexualized in the normative gender order.
ref: 2013, Wilma Dunaway, Gendered Commodity Chains, →ISBN, page 64:
text: Shantamma, a Dalit smallholder, once said to me, “People like us, people like you, everyone wears poonams (polyester saris) these days”
ref: 2014, Leela Fernandes, Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia, →ISBN:
glosses: A sari made of imported polyester, as opposed to a traditional cotton sari.
Related terms: punim
poonams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poonam
theoretize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theoretizes
form: theoretizing
form: theoretized
form: theoretized
form: theoretise
Senses: glosses: To form a theory or theoretical model which explains (something); explain by a theory.
Synonyms: word: theorize
sense: form a theoretical model of
word: theoreticize
theoretizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theoretize
theoretizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of theoretize
theoretized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theoretize
theoreticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: theoreticizes
form: theoreticizing
form: theoreticized
form: theoreticized
Etymology: From theoretic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of theoretize (“form a theoretical model of”).
synonyms: word: theoretize
extra: form a theoretical model of
glosses: To make (something) theoretical, to treat (something) as if it were (merely) theoretical.
theoreticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of theoreticize
theoreticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of theoreticize
theoreticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of theoreticize
lam into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lams into
form: lamming into
form: lammed into
form: lammed into
Senses: glosses: To run into (someone); to have a chance encounter with (someone).
examples: text: Then I drove the whole lot forth, mother and daughter, lamming into them with fist and foot.
ref: 1887, Benvenuto Cellini, chapter 29, in John Addington Symonds, transl., Autobiography:
text: The girl stared at him for a moment thunderstruck; then she lammed into the old horse with a stick she carried in place of a whip.
ref: 1900, Henry Lawson, “Andy Page's Rival”, in On the Track:
glosses: To attack physically.
examples: text: But certainly those eggs we got were as fresh as if they had been new laid. Fresh! Carrying them down to the boat one of my […] chaps dropped one on a rock and it smashed. How I lammed into the beggar!
ref: 1894 December 27, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “Æpyornis Island”, in The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents, London: Methuen & Co. […], published 1895, →OCLC, page 144:
text: It's all right. An Englishwoman there lammed into me last night, first about the atom bomb and then saying that I must be a fanatic.
ref: 1954, Saul Bellow, “The Gonzaga Manuscripts”, in Mosby's Memoirs and Other Stories, Penguin, published 1984, page 120:
text: 1968, Hansard, 16 July, 1968, "Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations Report," https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
I have to admit that it was for me a substantial eye-opener when, as a member of the T.G.W.U., I attended its summer school and heard one of the national officials lamming into the men in a way which I would not have believed possible if I had not heard it.
glosses: To attack verbally.
Synonyms: sense: both physical and verbal senses
word: lace into
word: light into
word: rip into
word: tear into
Three Laws of Robotics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American science fiction author Isaac Asimov in 1942, introduced in his short story "Runaround".
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
literature
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
robotics
science-fiction
sciences
glosses: A set of rules governing the behavior of robots.
Related terms: First Law of Robotics
robopsychology
robot
robotic
roboticist
robotics
Second Law of Robotics
Third Law of Robotics
Zeroth Law of Robotics
ototopical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oto- + topical.
Senses: examples: text: Ototopical antibiotics can fight some ear infections better than systemic antibiotics can.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Topical in the ear region, such as the ear canal.
half day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half days
Senses: glosses: A school day when the students are released early.
glosses: A work day when business closes early, or where a worker leaves early.
noyan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noyans
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Mongolian ᠨᠣᠶ᠋ᠠᠨ (noyan) and Middle Mongol [Term?].
Senses: glosses: a prince in feudal Mongolia
glosses: commander of tumens and mingghans, military units of 10,000 and 1,000 soldiers respectively
noyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noyan.
bio-physico-chemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + physico- + chemical.
Senses: examples: text: Organic matter in the soil is an exceedingly complex mixture of compounds that are responsible for much of the soil's bio-physico-chemical activity.
ref: 2007, Daniel Hillel, Soil in the Environment: Crucible of Terrestrial Life:
glosses: Alternative form of biophysicochemical.
rimjob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɪm.dʒɒb/
ipa: /ˈɹɪm.dʒɑb/
rhymes: -ɪmdʒɒb
Forms: form: rimjobs
form: rim job
form: rim-job
Etymology: From rim + job.
Senses: glosses: The sexual act of rimming; anilingus.
Related terms: buttjob
ream job
tea-gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-gowns
form: tea gown
form: teagown
Senses: examples: text: Eve crushed in a corner, a sorrowful, dainty shape in the silk and lace of her pretty tea-gown, with the white drawn face of a scared child […]
ref: 1893, Arthur Moore, A Comedy of Masks, page 309:
text: Across the white silken draperies of her tea-gown her two little hands are loosely locked together amongst the laces that adorn it, and from beneath its lowermost frill I can just see the point of a tiny satin slipper.
ref: 1868, Edwin Waugh, Dules-gate; or, a Frisk through Lancashire Clough, page 4:
text: There is probably no form of gown more replete with interest to the artistic designer, nor one that lends itself to greater individuality of expression, than the tea-gown.
ref: 1923, Country Life, volume 54, page 164:
text: '[H]er luggage contained only a chiffon negligée so elaborate as to be more a tea gown than a dressing-gown.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 9, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 269:
synonyms: tea dress
glosses: A loose-fitting semiformal gown, made of light fabrics, worn in the late 19th and early 20th century for entertaining, especially for afternoon tea.
Derived terms: tea-gowned
tea-gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tea-gown
lam out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lams out
form: lamming out
form: lammed out
form: lammed out
Senses: examples: text: Laboring men begin the Great Walkout - miners, fruit pickers, dock-wallopers, bus boys; by the thousands they quit their jobs, pocket their pills, and lam out for Florida.
ref: 1950 June 5, “Millennium Deferred”, in Time:
text: "Now, if you're afraid I'm going to lam out with these things."
ref: 1957 May, Jim Thompson, Alfred Hitchcock's Suspense Magazine, page 13, column 2:
glosses: Leave, depart; to run away from someone or something.
examples: text: "[…] If I shout, […] up you come, and lam out with your whip as hard as you can lick. Do you understand?"
ref: 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, “Lot No. 249”, in Tales of Twilight and the Unseen, John Murray, published 1922:
glosses: Lash out, strike out.
examples: text: Next day he corned Chum Frink and crowed, "Well, old son, I finished it last evening! Just lammed it out! I used to think you writing-guys must have a hard job making up pieces, but Lord, it's a cinch.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XIII, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, page 159:
glosses: Bang out.
Spartanness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spartan + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being Spartan (citizen of Sparta)
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of spartanness (austerity, lack of luxury)
incantates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of incantate
incantating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of incantate
incantated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of incantate
incantated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more incantated
form: most incantated
Senses: examples: text: The incantated jute strings were put on to free the patient from the possession of the spirit causing the disease.
ref: 1994, Vincent Fauveau, Matlab: Women, Children, and Health:
glosses: That is believed to have magical powers after incantations were spoken or sang over it.
raw_tags: of water or some object
hyperorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperorders
Etymology: From hyper- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: mirorder
hyperorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperorder
capaxorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capaxorders
Etymology: From Latin capax (“large, spacious”) + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: grandorder.
capaxorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capaxorder
gigaorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gigaorders
Etymology: From giga- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: The highest taxon of order, above magnorder and below a class.
gigaorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigaorder
megaorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaorders
Etymology: From mega- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: magnorder
megaorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaorder
nanorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanorders
Etymology: From nano- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon below order and hypoorder.
nanorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanorder
hypoorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypoorders
Etymology: From hypo- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon below nanorder and above minorder
minorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minorders
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A taxon below hypoorder and above suborder.
minorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minorder
hypoorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypoorder
Brentford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛntfəd/
Etymology: From Brent (“river”) + ford.
Senses: glosses: A town in the borough of Hounslow, in western Greater London, England, on the north side of the River Thames.
supercohort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercohorts
Etymology: From super- + cohort.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: A taxon one rank above the taxon cohort, and inferior to a class.
supercohorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercohort
hypergamist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypergamists
Etymology: From hypergamy + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who practices hypergamy.
Synonyms: word: hypergamist
Hypernyms: word: wedder
word: boyfriend
word: girlfriend
word: partner
word: spouse
Hyponyms: word: fame digger
word: fortune hunter
word: gold digger
Related terms: word: marry up
infralegion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infralegions
Etymology: From infra- + legion.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
zoology
glosses: A taxon below the rank of sublegion and above the rank of order.
infralegions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infralegion
skettle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛtəl
Forms: form: skettles
form: skettel
Senses: glosses: A promiscuous woman.
Synonyms: promiscuous woman
Derived terms: sket
baropodometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From baro- + podometric.
Senses: examples: text: For example Cuccia [50 ] showed a correlation between teeth clenching and an increase in plantar surface area (with a decrease in plantar loading) on a baropodometric platform; however the author investigated subjects during walking and not in static positions.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Craniomandibular System and Postural Balance after 3-Day Dry Immersion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the measurement of pressure between the foot and surface during walking
Related terms: baropodometer
baropodometry
desethylsimazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From des- + ethyl + simazine.
Senses: examples: text: We have identified an s-triazine hydrolase that catalyzes both the dechlorination and deamination reactions of diamino-s-triazines such as desethylsimazine and desethylatrazine [105 ] in all the strains of the P.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Genomic and Genetic Diversity within the Pseudomonas fluorescens Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic diamine 6-chloro-2-N-ethyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4-diamine
heptadienal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptadienals
Etymology: From hepta- + dienal.
Senses: examples: text: Our findings revealed that the expression levels of a large number of genes were modulated by the PUAs decadienal, heptadienal and octadienal.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Toxic Diatom Aldehydes Affect Defence Gene Networks in Sea Urchins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.
hyperflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperflows
Etymology: From hyper- + flow.
Senses: examples: text: The pregnancy-associated vasodilation, glomerular hyperflow, and hyperfiltration are substantially determined by relaxin, which is the vasodilator hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during pregnancy.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Chronic Nicotine Exposure Abolishes Maternal Systemic and Renal Adaptations to Pregnancy in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A greater than normal flow
nanobiophysical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + biophysical.
Senses: examples: text: These studies suggest that AFM force spectroscopy is overall a versatile nanobiophysical measurement technique capable of measuring adhesion and deflection forces as low as a few piconewtons (1 pN = 10 −12 N), and is therefore a powerful tool for relating variation in cell wall composition to variation in mechanical properties [14 ].
ref: 2016 February 26, “Mechanobiology of Antimicrobial Resistant Escherichia coli and Listeria innocua”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to nanoscale biophysics
normogravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From normo- + gravity.
Senses: examples: text: Exposure to microgravity induces sensorimotor changes which can participate in the deterioration of upright postural stability after returning to normogravity conditions [13 –15 ].
ref: 2016 February 26, “Craniomandibular System and Postural Balance after 3-Day Dry Immersion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A normal force of gravity
periinsular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + insular.
Senses: glosses: Surrounding an island
examples: text: They founda higher peak activation in the periinsular parieto-temporal cortex in low theta range (4-6Hz) for patients.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Electroencephalographic Patterns in Chronic Pain: A Systematic Review of the Literature”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the insula
potentiostatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From potentiostatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, AO was performed for 0.5 h at room temperature in 2.0 M acetic acid solution potentiostatically controlled at a voltage of 500 V with a current of 50 mA/cm 2 .
ref: 2016 February 26, “Apatite Formation and Biocompatibility of a Low Young’s Modulus Ti-Nb-Sn Alloy Treated with Anodic Oxidation and Hot Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: By means of a potentiostat
pseudoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + viral.
Senses: examples: text: The pseudoviral particles were produced using lentivector packaging system (Genepharma, Shanghai) according to the manufacturer's instructions.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Overexpression of microRNA-99a Attenuates Cardiac Hypertrophy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having the outward appearance of a virus
shigatoxigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, additional shigatoxigenic E.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Development of a Flow Cytometry-Based Method for Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli and Shigella Spp. Using an Oligonucleotide Probe”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That produce or release Shiga toxins
sialolithogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sialo- + lithogenesis.
Senses: examples: text: Zhu et al. explored the effect of salivary flow on sialolithogenesis using computational fluid dynamics analysis.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Role of the Accessory Parotid Gland in the Etiology of Parotitis: Statistical Analysis of Sialographic Features”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The production of sialoliths
superhydrophilicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + hydrophilicity.
Senses: examples: text: AO treatment induced TiO 2 formation on the Ti surface and the crystal structure of TiO 2 varied with electrochemical conditions during AO. TiO 2 exhibits photocatalicity and superhydrophilicity, and it is used as an environmental photocatalyst for degrading toxic organic pollutants, bacteria and viruses absorbed on its surface under ultraviolet (UV) light illumination.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Apatite Formation and Biocompatibility of a Low Young’s Modulus Ti-Nb-Sn Alloy Treated with Anodic Oxidation and Hot Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: very great hydrophilicity
Related terms: superhydrophilic
vestibulomasseteric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vestibulo- + masseteric.
Senses: examples: text: These authors showed the relation between the two systems, validating the existence of a vestibulomasseteric reflex.
ref: 2016 February 26, “Craniomandibular System and Postural Balance after 3-Day Dry Immersion”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or connecting, the vestibule and masseter
vibroecholocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vibro- + echolocation.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, information about host and substrate suitability could conceivably be garnered from many different vibrating sources, including vibration cues and signals generated by insect or plant hosts, or vibroecholocation signals produced by the egg-layer [14 –17 ].
ref: 2016 February 26, “Shaking Youngsters and Shaken Adults: Female Beetles Eavesdrop on Larval Seed Vibrations to Make Egg-Laying Decisions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: echolocation via the vibration of a body part
trench effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon of a fire rushing quickly up an inclined surface, due to a combination of the Coandă effect (which causes the fire to hug the inclined surface) and flashover (where the surface of a space near the fire — in this case the surface of the more elevated regions of the incline — is heated until it self-ignites).
Related terms: stack effect
tarawihs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarawih
taraweeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tarawih.
hypergamists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypergamist
memology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meme + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: However, not everyone is impressed by Dennett's memology. Mary Midgely argues that the concept of memes has a superficial appeal because it promises to unify the thought of the sciences and the humanities […]
ref: 2007, Trivium, volumes 37-38, page 32:
glosses: The study of memes.
Aukan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aukans
form: Aukan
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ndyuka.
synonyms: word: Ndyuka
Aukan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ndyuka.
synonyms: word: Ndyuka
Aukans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aukan
chip shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip shop
cowboy supper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowboy suppers
Senses: glosses: A meal of sausages, baked beans, and chips or mashed potatoes.
cowboy suppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowboy supper
baby's bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babies' bottles
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of baby bottle (this is the preferred British form)
babies' bottles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby's bottle
unfeudalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfeudalize
unhumanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhumanises
form: unhumanising
form: unhumanised
form: unhumanised
Etymology: From un- + humanise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unhumanize.
unhumanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhumanise
unhumanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unhumanise
unhumanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unhumanise
uniformitarianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uniformitarianists
Etymology: From uniformitarian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who believes in uniformitarianism.
uniformitarianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uniformitarianist
unneedfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unneedfully
form: most unneedfully
Etymology: From unneedful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: needlessly; unnecessarily
Sir Humphreys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sir Humphrey
thrifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thrift
mimiambic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mimiamb + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Watson and others (Ingallina 1980: 357, Fedeli 1979: 95–6) are convincing in their observations of mimiambic elements in Epode 5, but this is not necessarily proof that the poem needs be wholly comic in tone—especially given the existence of characters who were, in Watson's own words, "coarsely erotic, violent, sadistic and murderous, ... creature[s] virtually devoid of conscience".
ref: 2017, Maxwell Teitel Paule, Canidia, Rome’s First Witch:
glosses: Relating to mimiambs.
mimiambic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimiambics
Etymology: From mimiamb + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A work consisting of mimiambs.
mimiambus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimiambi
Senses: glosses: Synonym of mimiamb.
synonyms: word: mimiamb
mimiambi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mimiambus
ennealogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ennealogy
unfilmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfilmic
form: most unfilmic
Etymology: From un- + filmic.
Senses: glosses: Not filmic.
uncinematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncinematically
form: most uncinematically
Etymology: From uncinematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an uncinematic manner.
Fellinian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Fellinian
form: most Fellinian
Etymology: From Fellini + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Federico Fellini (1920–1993), Italian film director and screenwriter whose distinct style blended fantasy and baroque images with earthiness.
Lokele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Kele (Bantu ethnic group)
synonyms: word: Kele
extra: Bantu ethnic group
Ongian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ongian
form: most Ongian
Etymology: From Ong + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Walter J. Ong (1912–2003), American Jesuit priest, professor of English literature, cultural and religious historian and philosopher, who explored how the transition from orality to literacy influenced culture and changed human consciousness.
fly too close to the sun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies too close to the sun
form: flying too close to the sun
form: flew too close to the sun
form: flown too close to the sun
Etymology: In reference to the Greek myth of Icarus, who fell into the sea and drowned after flying too close to the sun on wings made of wax and feathers, despite having been warned by his father, Daedalus, who gave him the wings.
Senses: examples: text: Did Jackson fly too close to the sun? Should he have followed the Royals' advice -- the Royals' pleading, really -- that he play only baseball?
ref: 1991 March 19, Thomas Boswell, “BO LEARNS DISAPPOINTMENT”, in The Washington Post:
text: Descalzi's friends at Telemundo worry that he is taking on too much, accelerating too quickly. They know he can fly too close to the sun -- and plunge into self-destructive indulgence.
ref: 1996 March 3, Pamela Constable, “BACK TO YOU, GUILLERMO”, in The Washington Post:
text: When powerful men fly too close to the sun, two things can happen: they modify their course, or they come crashing down.
ref: 1998 October 26, Steve Lopez, “To Be Young And Gay In Wyoming”, in Time:
text: Studies indicate that women are more comprehensive thinkers and less attracted to excessive risk than are their male peers. It seems we have reached a fairly broad consensus on the meltdown: Guys were the ones flying too close to the sun.
ref: 2009 June 24, Linda Basch, “More women in finance, a more sustainable economy”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
text: Although superficially I had nothing in common with his characters apart from studying at Oxford, I couldn't avoid all sorts of emotional identification with them. This is the quintessential novel of Oxford gilded youth flying too close to the sun.
ref: 2010 September 24, Val McDermid, “Val McDermid's top 10 Oxford novels”, in The Guardian:
text: In the end, one could say with minimal originality, but considerable accuracy, that Bill Simmons simply flew too close to the sun. He miscalculated how much value ESPN put on him and on his unique abilities and talents.
ref: 2015 May 9, James Andrew Miller, “Inside the Shocking, Abrupt Divorce of Bill Simmons and ESPN”, in Vanity Fair:
glosses: To become overly ambitious or greedy; to overreach oneself; to reach for something unattainable or unachievable.
Brittonicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Brittonicisms
Etymology: From Brittonic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: There are number of obvious Brittonicisms in the Latin, and this perhaps has something to do with the fact that the source cited is a layman -- a cyfarwydd perhaps, doing a job for the Church without demanding his customary payment.
ref: 1985, P. Sims-Williams, “Some Functions of Origin Stories in Early Medieval Wales”, in T. Nyberg et al., editors, History and Heroic Tale: A Symposium, Odense UP, →ISBN, page 109:
text: That in learning the Old English language these Britons engaged in a fair amount of simplification or modeling, with the result that simplifications or Brittonicisms, which often amount to the same thing, were introduced into and became predominant in the lower-class speech of Brittonic areas, which included most of the country.
ref: 2003, Hildegard L. C. Tristram, The Celtic Englishes III, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag C. Winter, →ISBN, page 43:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A Brittonic feature of a language.
Brittonicisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Brittonicism
cherry bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry bomb
shotgun houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shotgun house
Southwellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Southwellian
form: most Southwellian
Etymology: From Southwell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Robert Southwell (c. 1561–1595), English Jesuit, poet, and Catholic martyr.
constancie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of constancy.
inconstancie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inconstancies
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of inconstancy.
cynicall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cynicall
form: most cynicall
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cynical.
divinitie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: divinities
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of divinity.
salti mortali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salti mortale
Senses: glosses: plural of salto mortale
kerfuffly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kerfuffly
form: most kerfuffly
Etymology: From kerfuffle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: There was quite a kerfuffly noise when the paper went through the door, a bit like something being scrunched or ripped.
ref: 2011, Anna Wilson, Kitten Kaboodle:
glosses: Characteristic of a kerfuffle.
tree surgeons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree surgeon
PHI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Philadelphia.
PHI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of protected health information.
laddock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ædək
Forms: form: laddocks
Etymology: From lad + -ock (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: Thereon he left the spinster, blest With guineas, birth and paddocks; For why him thought the counsel best Propounded by the laddocks.
ref: 1925, George Ratcliffe Woodward, Domestica:
glosses: A little lad; laddie
Related terms: lassock
laddocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laddock
sulphur shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur shelves
form: sulfur shelf
Senses: synonyms: sulfur fungus
glosses: A species of bracket fungus, Laetiporus sulphureus, found in Europe and North America.
sulphur shelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphur shelf
sulfur shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur shelves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulphur shelf.
sulfur shelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfur shelf
historics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of historic
future history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: future histories
Senses: glosses: A postulated history of the future that is used by authors in the subgenre of science fiction to construct a common background for fiction.
examples: (the speaker is a time traveller from the future) Well, lad, I would tell you more, but that's just future history that you must figure out on your own.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Future events perceived or analyzed chronologically, as compared to history.
future histories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of future history
dickrides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dickride
dickrode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of dickride
dickridden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of dickride
Gouin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gouins
Etymology: From French Gouin from Norman Gouin.
Senses: glosses: A surname. of French origin
Drouin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drouins
Etymology: From French Drouin, from Norman Drouin, corruption of Derouvin.
Senses: glosses: A surname. of French origin
glosses: A town in the West Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia.
telephonophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From telephone + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately these included telephonophobia which, as its name suggests, is a fear of telephones.
ref: 2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail:
glosses: A fear of talking on the telephone.
Synonyms: telephobia
B.I.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Bachelor of information technology.
indirect kiss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indirect kisses
Senses: examples: text: Freddie drank from the cup anyway. He looked at the faint red lipstick mark around the rim and said, “Does this count as an indirect kiss?”
ref: 2022, G. Rocket, Meet My Love:
glosses: The act of kissing an object that someone else kissed recently, symbolizing a kiss between the two people.
indirect kisses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indirect kiss
B.L.A.S.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bachelor of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
B.N.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Bachelor of Nursing.
Gouins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gouin
suonas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suona
Aksu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: äkso͞oʹ
Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur ئاقسۇ (aqsu, literally “white river”), from Chagatai آقسُو (Āqsū), اکسو (Aksū).
Senses: examples: text: The representative took the hint, and decided after consulting the masses to approach the Aksu Prefecture Administrative Office. When they arrived for negotiations, the office made an emergency call to the Xinjiang Autonomous Region Party Committee in Urumqi, which telegraphed back that the problem should be dealt with on the spot.
ref: 1995, Gregor Benton, Alan Hunter, editors, Wild Lily, Prairie Fire, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 223:
text: Shaya prison is located in remote Aksu Prefecture, about seven hundred miles southwest of the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi.
ref: 2013, Paul A. Marshall, Persecuted: The Global Assault on Christians, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: Units of the 5th Division of the 2nd Army also marched in from Yanqi, and, on 29 December 1949, arrived in Onsu (Wensu) County in Aksu Prefecture.
ref: 2014, Michael Dillon, Xinjiang and the Expansion of Chinese Communist Power: Kashgar in the Early Twentieth Century, Routledge, page 197:
glosses: A prefecture of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
examples: text: The Hans strove to capture the important trade route with the west through Hami, Aksu, Kashgar, Turfan and Khotan.
ref: 1946, Chandra Chakraberty, The Cultural History of the Hindus, Calcutta: Vijaya Krishna Brothers, page 267:
text: A report from the China mainland indicated that scores of demonstrating youths were killed last November in Aksu in the western province of Sinkiang, after 70,000 of them rusticated from Shanghai staged a demonstration.
They took over the office building of the "agriculture bureau" and demanded that the Peiping regime allow them to return to Shanghai. Communist "vice premier" Wang Chen was forced to hurry to Aksu from Peiping and instructed troops to suppress the youths by any means, even if it meant bloodshed.
ref: 1981 April 26, “Youths resist Communist pressure”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 16, Taipei, page 1:
text: From here the Silk Road bifurcates. In times of unrest, the caravans would move south through the sparse towns along the foot of the Kunlum Mountains, protected from robbers by the Taklimakan desert. But more often they would brave the great northern route with its line of rich oases - Turfan, Korla, Kuqa, Aksu - and hope to evade marauders from the grasslands just to the north.
ref: 1989, Colin Thubron, The Silk Road: Beyond the Celestial Kingdom, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 15:
glosses: A county-level city of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
glosses: Aksu River (Xinjiang).
glosses: Any of various places in Kazakhstan.
glosses: Any of various places in Turkey.
glosses: A surname from Turkish.
Synonyms: topics: location
word: Akesu
raw_tags: from Mandarin Chinese
in Xinjiang
word: A-k'o-su
topics: location
word: Aqsu
raw_tags: in Xinjiang
Related terms: Zhetysu
Onsu
Kizilsu
isodaucene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + daucene.
Senses: examples: text: GC analysis with electroantennographic detection indicated that the oil constituents n-decanol, 2-undecanone, undecanal, dodecanal, trans-caryophyllene, (E)-β-farnesene, α-humulene, n-dodecanol, isodaucene and dodecanoic acid were able to trigger antennal depolarization in Ae.
ref: 2016 March 1, “Evaluation of the Activity of the Essential Oil from an Ornamental Flower against Aedes aegypti : Electrophysiology, Molecular Dynamics and Behavioral Assays”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sesquiterpene (8aS)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-prop-1-en-2-yl-2,3,3a,4,5,8-hexahydro-1H-azulene
blebbability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bleb + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand a study in mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) demonstrates that stem cells have an inherently weak membrane-cortex adhesion, which increased blebbability thereby regulating cell migration and stiffness in comparison to differentiated cells.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Membrane Blebbing Is Required for Mesenchymal Precursor Migration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The ability to form blebs
cytobacteriological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + bacteriological.
Senses: examples: text: All the patients underwent routine urine test strip performed routinely, and if it was positive for any parameter, cytobacteriological urine tests were performed and the protein to creatinine ratio was measured in a urine sample.
ref: 2016 March 2, “Mechanisms Underpinning Increased Plasma Creatinine Levels in Patients Receiving Vemurafenib for Advanced Melanoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to cytobacteriology
cytobacteriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyto- + bacteriology.
Senses: glosses: Combined bacteriology and cytology
exometabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + metabolic.
Senses: examples: text: The exometabolic production of significant quantities acetate and lactate by S.
ref: 2016 March 2, “A Comparison of the ATP Generating Pathways Used by S . Typhimurium to Fuel Replication within Human and Murine Macrophage and Epithelial Cell Lines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to exometabolism
exometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exo- + metabolism.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: metabolism that occurs outside of the cell or organism
Derived terms: exometabolic
exometabolite
exometabolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exometabolites
Etymology: From exo- + metabolite.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we use a mutational approach coupled with exometabolite analysis to identify the metabolic routes by which S.
ref: 2016 March 2, “A Comparison of the ATP Generating Pathways Used by S . Typhimurium to Fuel Replication within Human and Murine Macrophage and Epithelial Cell Lines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A metabolite produced by exometabolism
exometabolites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exometabolite
exometabolomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + metabolomic.
Senses: examples: text: Using a mutational approach combined with an exometabolomic analysis, we showed that neither fermentative metabolism nor anaerobic respiration play major roles in energy generation in any of the cell lines studied.
ref: 2016 March 2, “A Comparison of the ATP Generating Pathways Used by S . Typhimurium to Fuel Replication within Human and Murine Macrophage and Epithelial Cell Lines”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to exometabolomics