cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
frequentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From frequent + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Galavotti regards this as an open problem, as some passages from his Philosophical Papers seem to suggest that Ramsey, like Carnap, admitted two notions of probability: one epistemic and subjective, and one empirical and close to frequentism.
ref: 2007 October 30, Margherita Benzi, “Maria Carla Galavotti, Philosophical Introduction to Probability”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:
text: Laplace continued his research throughout France’s political upheavals. In 1810 he announced the central limit theorem, one of the great scientific and statistical discoveries of all time. It asserts that, with some exceptions, any average of a large number of similar terms will have a normal, bell-shaped distribution. Suddenly, the easy-to-use bell curve was a real mathematical construct. Laplace’s probability of causes had limited him to binomial problems, but his final proof of the central limit theorem let him deal with almost any kind of data. In providing the mathematical justification for taking the mean of many data points, the central limit theorem had a profound effect on the future of Bayes' rule. At the age of 62, Laplace, its chief creator and proponent, made a remarkable about-face. He switched allegiances to an alternate, frequency-based approach he had also developed. From 1811 until his death 16 years later Laplace relied primarily on this approach, which twentieth-century theoreticians would use to almost obliterate Bayes’ rule. Laplace made the change because he realized that where large amounts of data were concerned, both approaches generally produce much the same results. The probability of causes was still useful in particularly uncertain cases because it was more powerful than frequentism. But science matured during Laplace’s lifetime. By the 1800s mathematicians had much more reliable data than they had had in his youth and dealing with trustworthy data was easier with frequentism. Mathematicians did not learn until the midtwentieth century that, even with great amounts of data, the two methods can sometimes seriously disagree.
ref: 2011, Sharon Bertsch McGrayne, The Theory That Would Not Die: How Bayes' Rule Cracked the Enigma Code, Hunted Down Russian Submarines, and Emerged Triumphant from Two Centuries of Controversy, Yale University Press, →ISBN, pages 30-31:
coordinate_terms: Bayesianism
glosses: An interpretation of probability in terms of frequency, often specifically as the limit of the relative frequency of an event as the sample size approaches infinity.
Related terms: frequentist
frequentistic
eaten out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat out
eats out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat out
eating out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat out
ate out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat out
blacks up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of black up
blacking up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of black up
peremptories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peremptory
Palaeoarchaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Paleoarchean.
Palaeoarchaean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Paleoarchean.
deadname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛd.neɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: deadnames
form: dead name
form: dead-name
Etymology: From dead + name, because the old name is dead (“no longer used”). Attested since at least 2010 as a noun and 2013 as a verb by the OED.
Senses: examples: text: And when people constantly refer to you as your deadname [a name that you previously went by], or use the incorrect pronouns, it really is like getting slapped with a wet fish.
ref: 2014, Natalia Moorin, “My Illness Is Not Your Inspiration”, in Damsel, University of Western Australia, page 21:
text: One of the articles in our last issue contained a major error: we referred to a transgender student by their deadname.
ref: 2018 February 27, Amy O'Kruk, “Apology to readers”, in Western Gazette, Western University, page 2:
text: “My deadname is everywhere because of my ID card, and not only do I have to look at it but lots of other people get to see. […]
ref: 2018, Alex McFadden, quoted in Noni Cole & Ruby Perryman, "The Unfair University ID Card", Farrago (University of Melbourne), Edition Three (2018), page 7
text: I know it hurts you when they look at you strange
Misgender you intentionally, use your deadname
ref: 2025, Kae Tempest, “I Stand On The Line”:
qualifier: especially LGBTQ
glosses: A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.
Hypernyms: birth name
Coordinate terms: maiden name
Related terms: dename
rename
deadname
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛd.neɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: deadnames
form: deadnaming
form: deadnamed
form: deadnamed
form: dead name
form: dead-name
Etymology: From dead + name, because the old name is dead (“no longer used”). Attested since at least 2010 as a noun and 2013 as a verb by the OED.
Senses: examples: text: Using trans peoples' dead names – names that they were born with which are either wrong through either legal or preferential means – has been and always will be an act of aggression, not just to the person you're deadnaming but to all trans people.
ref: 2015 June 17, Luca Kuchinka, “Caitlyn's story inspiring, spotlight should be shared”, in Estevan Mercury, page A7:
text: "Right now, it's unclear whether they are choosing to deadname me maliciously, or just can't be bothered to accommodate trans students in the way we require them to," he said.
ref: 2018, Alex, quoted in Sylvie Woods, "Students pay the price for 'tired' administration", Honi Soit (University of Sydney), Volume 90, Week 9 (2018), page 12
text: Felix's dad deadnames him despite supporting his top surgery and hormone therapy, and he hates his mom for leaving when he was 10.
ref: 2020 May 1, Kirkus Reviews, page 130:
glosses: To refer to someone (especially a transgender person) who has changed names by a previous name.
Related terms: english: act or instance of naming as the target of a death-curse
translation: act or instance of naming as the target of a death-curse
word: dead-naming
word: misgender
word: necronym
deadnames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deadname
deadnames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deadname
deadnaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deadname
deadnamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deadname
bai ji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baiji
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 白芨 (bái jī).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese orchid, Bletilla striata, the pseudobulbs of which are used in traditional Chinese medicine, but which is also widely grown for its ornamental flowers and foliage.
cleans up one's act
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clean up one's act
cleaning up one's act
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clean up one's act
cleaned up one's act
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clean up one's act
pressure points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressure point
artolater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artolaters
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄρτος (ártos, “bread”) + -later.
Senses: glosses: A worshipper of bread; one who takes part in artolatry.
Related terms: artolatry
contrapunctal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of contrapuntal.
snowhole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snowholes
form: snow hole
form: snow-hole
Etymology: From snow + hole.
Senses: glosses: A hole dug out of a bank of snow for use as a temporary shelter.
blogspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blog + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: Bloggers with a science background, like bloggers on most other topics, often demonstrate open scorn for the mainstream media (MSM in blogspeak).
ref: 2009 March 19, Geoff Brumfiel, “Science journalism: Supplanting the old media?”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7236, →DOI, page 276:
topics: blogging
glosses: The variety of language used in blogs.
saferoom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saferooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of safe room.
saferooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saferoom
blisterfoil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blisterfoils
form: blister foil
Etymology: From blister + foil.
Senses: glosses: A packaging material made from aluminium foil laminate, sometimes with a plastic surface film, that incorporates blisters each of which can contain a single pill.
rewilder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rewilders
Etymology: From rewild + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In this way, the reintroduction of the black rat, as well as being justice for the rats and excellent for biodiversity, would, according to the thinking rewilder, symbolise a mystical reconnection with what is most verminous in ourselves.
ref: 2009 January 4, Catherine Bennett, “Catherine Bennett: After beavers and wolves, why not bring back the black rat?”, in The Observer:
text: His services are increasingly in demand from a new generation of rewilders, including wealthy landowners wanting to bring back beavers, as well as harvest mice, wildcats and white storks.
ref: 2020 October 13, Patrick Barkham, “How maverick rewilders are trying to turn back the tide of extinction”, in The Guardian, retrieved 09 Nov 2020:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A person who advocates the reintroduction of animals into the wild as a means of conservation.
rewilders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Helpfully for rewilders, European law is on their side.
ref: 2009 January 4, Catherine Bennett, “Catherine Bennett: After beavers and wolves, why not bring back the black rat?”, in The Observer:
glosses: plural of rewilder
rumbustuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: With David Cameron expected to announce a reshuffle within days, Tebbit's intervention was a warning shot against those who see the rumbustuous former chancellor's return as the way to boost morale and counter a Labour party reinvigorated by Peter Mandelson.
ref: 2009 January 11, Toby Helm, “'Lazy' Kenneth Clarke would split Tory party, says Lord Tebbit”, in The Observer:
glosses: Misspelling of rumbustious.
kourai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Assumably from Ancient Greek κοῦραι (koûrai), if so, then it would be a doublet of korai?
Senses: examples: text: On view from the sixth century B.C. are two small Attic representations of kourai, dressed statues of maidens, said to represent the Athenian aristocracy in rites celebrating the goddess Athena.
ref: 2007 January 5, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: animate statues of beautiful maidens, forged out of gold by the divine smith Hephaistos, who attended the Olympian gods
janitoriat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: janitoriats
Etymology: From janitor.
Senses: examples: text: His narrator starkly conjures up the deadly class structure there, including “the pigs — the janitoriat of administrators and guards”; the urkas, “socially friendly elements” who did no work; “the snakes,” otherwise known as informants; and the “politicals,” or so-called fascists, like himself and his brother, who are regarded as “the enemies of the people.”
ref: 2007 January 9, Michiko Kakutani, “Love, Bludgeoned and Bent by the Camps”, in New York Times:
glosses: The people whose function is to protect leaders and similar important people from contact with the populace.
ausleses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “People are scared because they think they’re going to be super-duper sweet wines,” said Paul Grieco, a true riesling believer who is an owner and general manager of Hearth in the East Village, which always has ausleses on its wine list.
ref: 2007 January 17, Eric Asimov, “Ausleses Put Sweetness on the Table”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of auslese
multiplicitous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiplicitous
form: most multiplicitous
Senses: examples: text: Finally, this fair is multiplicitous in ways that few others are anymore.
ref: 2007 January 19, Holland Cotter, “Treasure Hunt for Grown-Ups With Money”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of multiplicious.
synonyms: word: multiplicious
weissburgunder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weissburgunders
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weißburgunder.
Senses: examples: text: The Germanic leitmotif found throughout Alto Adige (a k a South Tyrol) emerges in Tiefenbrunner’s stylish 2005 pinot bianco, also labeled weissburgunder.
ref: 2007 January 21, Howard G. Goldberg, “Italian by Birth, German in Style”, in New York Times:
glosses: A dry white wine from Germany and Austria
xynomavro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Even better is Thymiopoulos’ “young vines” xynomavro, which adds a bit of dried herb, spice and grit to the succulent mix.
ref: 2015 July 5, David Williams, “Greek wines bearing gifts”, in The Observer:
glosses: Misspelling of xinomavro.
xinomavro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xinomavros
Etymology: Greek Ξινόμαυρο (Xinómavro), literally "sour black".
Senses: examples: text: And as for the Naoussa wines, the xinomavros on which the company built its name?
ref: 2009, Wine & spirits, Winestate Publications, →OCLC, page 92:
glosses: A red wine grape variety from Macedonia in Greece.
dhungar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: There’s an Indian method called dhungar, which involves setting tiny bowls of smoldering charcoal within covered casseroles of cooked food.
ref: 2007 January 24, Dana Bowen, “Smokers Welcome: Try This at Home”, in New York Times:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A Rajput method of smoking food that uses ghee dripped onto a live coal.
carnaroli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːnəˈɹəʊlɪ/
ipa: /ˌkɑɹnəˈɹoʊli/
rhymes: -əʊli
Forms: form: Carnaroli
Etymology: From Italian carnaroli.
Senses: synonyms: carnaroli rice
glosses: A medium-grain variety of rice from around Pavia, used especially in risottos.
kanzuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese かんずり.
Senses: examples: text: Sautéed shrimp in a cream sauce of kanzuri, a combination of citrus and chili peppers, are a spicy, lightly crunchy knockout.
ref: 2007 February 4, “While a Pioneer Pauses”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese cooking paste made from red chili, rice malt, yuzu and salt
limboing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: In a later episode Eartha Kitt plays a contortionist who aids the I.M.F. by snaking her way through narrow air ducts in a foreign embassy, then limboing under various alarms to crack a vault holding stolen coded American intelligence secrets.
ref: 2007 February 4, Vincent Cosgrove, “Their Mission: Making the Impossible Look Easy Every Week”, in New York Times:
glosses: present participle and gerund of limbo
donut peach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: donut peaches
Senses: examples: text: It's shaped like a small, lumpy bagel. In fact, this is a "donut peach."
ref: 1993, Metropolis, volume 13, numbers 1-5, page 126:
text: Nor will they have the donut peach, a trendy, mutant fruit grown in California and sold at SoHo's Gourmet Garage.
ref: 1994 December 19, New York Magazine, volume 27, number 50, page 83:
text: The squat donut peaches smelled fake, like the sweet perfumed hair of a plastic doll.
ref: 2009, Stephanie Klein, Moose: A Memoir, page 30:
glosses: Synonym of flat peach.
synonyms: word: flat peach
tricursal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: being composed of three contours
motion detectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motion detector
mouth ulcers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth ulcer
freezes out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freeze out
freezing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freeze out
froze out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of freeze out
frozen out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of freeze out
projectible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more projectible
form: most projectible
Etymology: From project + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: Using this representation, we compute Koopman eigenfunctions through a regularized advection-diffusion operator, and employ these eigenfunctions in dimension reduction maps with projectible dynamics and high smoothness for the given observation modality.
ref: 2015, Dimitrios Giannakis, “Data-driven spectral decomposition and forecasting of ergodic dynamical systems”, in arXiv:
glosses: Alternative form of projectable.
outerplanarity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We show that Planar Support is fixed-parameter tractable when parameterized by the number of hyperedges in the input hypergraph and the outerplanarity number of the sought planar graph.
ref: 2015, René van Bevern, Iyad Kanj, Christian Komusiewicz, Rolf Niedermeier, Manuel Sorge, “Well-Formed Separator Sequences, with an Application to Hypergraph Drawing”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality or state of being outerplanar.
nonmeasurability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + measurability.
Senses: examples: text: Our probabilistic reasoning thus cannot disconfirm hypotheses of saturated nonmeasurability.
ref: 2017, Karen Bennett, Dean W. Zimmerman, Oxford Studies in Metaphysics, volume 10, page 265:
glosses: The quality or state of being nonmeasurable.
metrisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From metrisable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The fundamental 2-tensor also leads to a new class of invariant linear differential operators that are canonically associated to these geometries; included is a third equation studied by Gallot et al. We apply the results to study the metrisability equation, in the nullity setting described.
ref: 2015, A. Rod Gover, Vladimir S. Matveev, “Projectively related metrics, Weyl nullity, and metric projectively invariant equations”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality or state of being metrisable.
amarone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amarones
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Amarone.
metrisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of metrizable.
Derived terms: metrisability
surjunctive group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surjunctive groups
Senses: examples: text: We prove that pre-injective, post-surjective cellular automata over surjunctive groups are reversible.
ref: 2015, Silvio Capobianco, Jarkko Kari, Siamak Taati, “Post-surjectivity and balancedness of cellular automata over groups”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A group such that every injective cellular automaton with the group elements as its cells is also surjective.
surjunctive groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surjunctive group
antiulcerogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiulcerogenic
form: most antiulcerogenic
Etymology: From anti- + ulcerogenic.
Senses: examples: text: Hence, the current study was undertaken to evaluate the antiulcerogenic and anti-ulcer properties of aqueous and methanol extracts of stem bark Piptadeniastrum africanum .
ref: 2015 July 8, Gilbert Ateufack et al., “Gastroprotective and ulcer healing effects of piptadeniastrum Africanum on experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Preventing the onset of ulcers.
athyreosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /eɪˌθaɪɹiˈəʊsɪs/
Senses: examples: text: Next, we searched for patients with congenital hypothyroidism due to athyreosis or severe thyroid hypoplasia (designated as ‘A/Hypoplasia’).
ref: 2015 July 8, Yuji Oto et al., “The ratio of serum free triiodothyronine to free thyroxine in children: a retrospective database survey of healthy short individuals and patients with severe thyroid hypoplasia or central hypothyroidism”, in Thyroid Research, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Absence or complete dysfunction of the thyroid gland.
Related terms: athyreotic
athyreotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more athyreotic
form: most athyreotic
Senses: examples: text: Ito et al. explained the pathophysiology of decreased FT3 levels in their athyreotic adult patients as follows [ 8 ]: First, TSH secreting cells have T3 in their cytoplasm transported directly from the circulation.
ref: 2015 July 8, Yuji Oto et al., “The ratio of serum free triiodothyronine to free thyroxine in children: a retrospective database survey of healthy short individuals and patients with severe thyroid hypoplasia or central hypothyroidism”, in Thyroid Research, volume 8, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting athyreosis.
blastogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blasto- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Nonetheless, findings from blastogenic response of CD4 + and CD8 + T-cells and the production of IFN-ɣ and IL-4 by the lymphocyte subsets six months after RB51 revaccination indicate that there was no increase or improvement in the immunological response resulting from RB51-revaccination of adult cattle.
ref: 2015 July 8, Elaine MS Dorneles, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Andrey P. Lage, “Recent advances in Brucella abortus vaccines”, in Veterinary Research, volume 46, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to blastogenesis.
bronchiolization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronchiole + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: In IPF, bronchial epithelial cells of abnormal bronchioles in areas of bronchiolization and dense fibrosis indicate robust expression of FGF1, FGFR3 and FGFR4.
ref: 2015 July 3, BreAnne MacKenzie et al., “Increased FGF1-FGFRc expression in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis”, in Respiratory Research, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of bronchioles.
liegedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liegedoms
Etymology: From liege + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The status of being a liege.
liegedoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liegedom
marquee player
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marquee players
Senses: examples: text: Without a doubt, Brees was a marquee player. Before the season even started 10 or 11 of our games already were designated as television games.
ref: 2006, Joe Tiller with Tom Kubat, Tiller: Not Your Average Joe, Champaign, IL: Sports Pub, →ISBN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An outstanding athlete popular with audiences.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player whose salary is exempt from capping.
actinospore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinospores
Senses: examples: text: Mating would usually occur between descendant cells of one actinospore that intruded to an annelid, which essentially is self-fertilization [30 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “The Mitochondrial Genomes of a Myxozoan Genus Kudoa Are Extremely Divergent in Metazoa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: actinosporean
amphiphillic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: These strategies include modification with amphiphillic synthetic polymers such as poly(ethylene glycol)-thiols (PEG-SH), lipids, electrostatic layers of polyanionic and polycationic polymers, and most recently, proteins.
ref: 2015 July 6, “MUC1-Targeted Cancer Cell Photothermal Ablation Using Bioinspired Gold Nanorods”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of amphiphilic.
apicobasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From apico- + basal.
Senses: examples: text: They provide the apicobasal polarity of tubular cells and regulate the paracellular flux of molecules between urine and interstitium.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Shear Stress-Induced Alteration of Epithelial Organization in Human Renal Tubular Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to an apex and a base
Derived terms: apicobasally
atheroprone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more atheroprone
form: most atheroprone
Etymology: From athero- + prone.
Senses: examples: text: These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that asynchronous hemodynamics is atheroprone and indirectly indicate EC under asynchronous hemodynamics initiate an inflammatory state.
ref: 2015 July 6, “The Interaction between Fluid Wall Shear Stress and Solid Circumferential Strain Affects Endothelial Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That makes one prone to atherosclerosis
backslope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backslopes
Etymology: From back + slope.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, A and B were along the creek at the footslope, while C was at the backslope and D was at the shoulder.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Potential Efficiency of Riparian Vegetated Buffer Strips in Intercepting Soluble Compounds in the Presence of Subsurface Preferential Flows”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A downward slope away from the bank of a river, mountain, etc.
bioimage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioimages
Etymology: From bio- + image.
Senses: glosses: An image made by bioimaging
bioimages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Such systematic effects are always present in all bioimaging systems and hinder quantitative comparison between the cell model and bioimages.
ref: 2015 July 6, “A Computational Framework for Bioimaging Simulation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of bioimage
ha'n't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of han't.
calpox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: An orthopox model utilizing calpox virus was developed concomitant with our studies and showed that marmosets were indeed susceptible to low levels of a poxvirus by a natural route.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Susceptibility of Marmosets ( Callithrix jacchus ) to Monkeypox Virus: A Low Dose Prospective Model for Monkeypox and Smallpox Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys
capryl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: However, isopropanol and capryl alcohol drastically reduced its activity at the concentration of 30% (Table A in S1 File ).
ref: 2015 July 6, “A Novel Lipase as Aquafeed Additive for Warm-Water Aquaculture”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of octyl.
synonyms: word: octyl
cardiocytoprotection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + cytoprotection.
Senses: examples: text: Besides its vasodilator effect, direct cardiocytoprotection has been previously shown in case of simulated ischemia (SI) in 2D rat neonatal cardiac myocyte cultures with administration of the NO-donor S-Nitroso-N-acetyl-D,L-penicillamine (SNAP) [7 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Protection by the NO-Donor SNAP and BNP against Hypoxia/Reoxygenation in Rat Engineered Heart Tissue”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The cytoprotection of cardiac tissue
cardiovagal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + vagal.
Senses: examples: text: This BP-decrease induces baroreflex-mediated central cardiovagal inhibition and sympathetic activation resulting in a continuous HR-increase during VM-phase II, and peripheral vasoconstriction with BP increase during the VM-phase II late [19 ,25 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Central Autonomic Dysfunction Delays Recovery of Fingolimod Induced Heart Rate Slowing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the vagus nerve and blood pressure
catalysator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catalysators
Senses: examples: text: Then samples were freezed ^([sic]) in liquid nitrogen and transferred into anhydrous methanol for 24 hours at -20°C. All the following steps were done at -20°C. Samples were infiltrated for 24 hours with pure LR White containing 2% benzoyl peroxide as a catalysator.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Specialized Cortex Glial Cells Accumulate Lipid Droplets in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: catalyst
glosses: catalytic converter
cefathiamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Second, the antibiotic adopted in our RCT was cefathiamidine rather than cefazolin used in other studies.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Timing of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Elective Caesarean Delivery: A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The antibiotic 7-[α-[(N,N'-diisopropylamidino)thio]acetylamino]cephalosporanic acid
cerebrocortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cerebrocortices
Etymology: From cerebro- + cortex.
Senses: examples: text: In the cerebrocortex, anoxia leads to suppression of spontaneous electrical activity (i.e., spike arrest) [11, 12 ], silencing of AMPA and NMDA receptors [13 –16 ], and large GABA releases during anoxia that activate an inhibitory postsynaptic shunt and prevent presynaptic glutamate release [17, 18 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Transcriptomic Responses of the Heart and Brain to Anoxia in the Western Painted Turtle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: cerebral cortex
cilioretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From cilio- + retinal.
Senses: examples: text: Note that the cilioretinal vessels (black arrowheads) at the disc margin move into the PPA region as the disc tilt progresses.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Optic Disc Change during Childhood Myopic Shift: Comparison between Eyes with an Enlarged Cup-To-Disc Ratio and Childhood Glaucoma Compared to Normal Myopic Eyes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the ciliary body and the retina
Synonyms: retinociliary
coincubation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coincubations
Etymology: From co- + incubation.
Senses: examples: text: In our study, a significant decrease in glycation of bovine serum albumin was found on coincubation of Naringin at 100 μM. A number of AGE inhibitors, including aminoguanidine, improved diabetic complications in both animal models and clinical trials but are reported to possess numerous side effects [30 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Preconditioning L6 Muscle Cells with Naringin Ameliorates Oxidative Stress and Increases Glucose Uptake”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: incubation of two or more things together
megahack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megahacks
Etymology: From mega- + hack.
Senses: examples: text: And at the end of Journey, megahack James A. Michener saw fit to include an epilogue entitled “Reflections,” a masterpiece of self-delusion.
ref: 1999, Joe Queenan, Red Lobster, White Trash, & the Blue Lagoon, →ISBN:
glosses: A writer who is very much a hack.
examples: text: The megahack is widely considered to have been initiated by North Korea, upset at the portrayal of Kim Jong-un in Sony’s then-imminent comedy The Interview.
ref: 2015 July 10, Graeme Virtue, “Friday’s best TV”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A massive hack of a computer system.
examples: text: As for our current bald eagle restoration plan, hacking continued during 1986 with the release of 16 eagles at our megahack facility near Albany.
ref: 1987, The Eyas: A Newsletter from the National Wildlife Federation's Rapor Information Center:
topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A large-scale hack, or facility for releasing juvenile raptors.
megahacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megahack
megashark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megasharks
Etymology: From mega- + shark.
Senses: examples: text: That was about 3m years ago, when the globe was about 3-5F warmer on average, the Arctic 14.4F warmer, megasharks swam the oceans, and sea levels stood at least 20 ft above their current heights.
ref: 2015 July 10, “Scientists predict huge sea level rise even if we limit climate change”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A very large shark.
megasharks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megashark
synganglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synganglia
Etymology: From syn- + ganglion.
Senses: examples: text: It is thought that amitraz is a potential agonist of the octopaminergic system located in the tick synganglion.
ref: 2015 July 10, “SNP Analysis Infers that Recombination Is Involved in the Evolution of Amitraz Resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: acarology
biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A nerve mass located near the esophagus in certain ticks.
Related terms: synganglial
unconstrainted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + constraint + -ed, equivalent to un- + constrained.
Senses: examples: text: We therefore seek a method for response-function normalization method which involves manipulating empirical curves that result from unconstrainted empirical fits of the corrected survivorship data.
ref: 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Without constraints.
comigration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comigrations
Etymology: From co- + migration.
Senses: examples: text: For this purpose we assumed that the geographic distribution of the DI*A allele coding for Di a is not random but rather coincided with cultural traits according to the gene-culture comigration concept.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Revisiting the Diego Blood Group System in Amerindians: Evidence for Gene-Culture Comigration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: migration of two materials at the same time
concatemerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Blue arrows: RCA concatemerized product with higher molecular weight.
ref: 2015 July 6, “A Century of Shope Papillomavirus in Museum Rabbit Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Converted into a concatemer
lepetopsid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lepetopsids
Senses: examples: text: Similar partitioning of microbial food resources was observed for multiple polychaete species within the family Dorvilleidae in methane seep sediments off OR and CA [79 ], and for lepetopsid and lepetodrilid limpets at hydrothermal vents on the east Pacific Rise [80 ].
ref: 2015 July 10, “Biodiversity on the Rocks: Macrofauna Inhabiting Authigenic Carbonate at Costa Rica Methane Seeps”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any in the extinct family †Lepetopsidae of gastropods.
lepetopsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lepetopsid
myodynamia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Lumbar muscle strength (consisting of flexion, and rotation myodynamia) and lower limb proprioception function were assessed using the Tergumed Work Station (produced by Proxomed GmbH, Germany) and the Prokin proprioception evaluation and training system (produced by Tecnobody.
ref: 2015 July 10, “The Effect of Chinese Traditional Exercise-Baduanjin on Physical and Psychological Well-Being of College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Muscular strength.
Related terms: dynamic
conserveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conserve + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Probably, these results indicated a high level of similarities and conserveness of the L rohita gene content with Danio rerio and Cyprinus carpio than with Salmo salar and Ictalurus punctatus.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Construction, De-Novo Assembly and Analysis of Transcriptome for Identification of Reproduction-Related Genes and Pathways from Rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Conservation (condition of being conserved).
prophagic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prophage + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: GI and map position of pghP-like genes, GI of genomes or contigs and their size, number of prophagic regions identified within, and co-localization results are given in the worksheet “Table of PghP and PgsB” contained in the S1 Table .
ref: 2015 July 10, “γ-PGA Hydrolases of Phage Origin in Bacillus subtilis and Other Microbial Genomes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a prophage.
coronafacic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is composed of two components, the polyketide coronafacic acid (CFA) and coronamic acid (CMA) [5, 6 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Coronatine-Induced Laticifer Differentiation in the Rubber Tree by Subtractive Hybridization Suppression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polyketide component of the phytotoxin coronatine, a virulence factor of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.
coronamic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is composed of two components, the polyketide coronafacic acid (CFA) and coronamic acid (CMA).
ref: 2015 July 6, “Analysis of Differentially Expressed Genes Associated with Coronatine-Induced Laticifer Differentiation in the Rubber Tree by Subtractive Hybridization Suppression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclopropyl amino acid component of the phytotoxin coronatine, a virulence factor of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae.
cryocanalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cryo- + canalization.
Senses: examples: text: Numerous technologies and tools, such as stent, cryocanalization, electrocautery, and microdebrider, are developed for bronchoscopic interventions [1 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Effect of Acute Hypercapnia on Outcomes and Predictive Risk Factors for Complications among Patients Receiving Bronchoscopic Interventions under General Anesthesia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: canalization using a cryoprobe
BCNF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Boyce-Codd normal form.
cyanole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanoles
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, various concentrations of austrobailignan-1 were added to the topoisomerase-1 activity reaction mixture (including 250 ng pHOT-1 plasmid DNA, 0.3 U calf thymus DNA topoisomerase 1, 20 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0, 72 mM KCl, 5 mM MgCl 2, 5 mM dithiothreitol, 2 mM spermidine, 0.01% bovine serum albumin) for 30 min at 37°C, and the reaction was stopped by loading dye solution (2.5% SDS, 25 mM EDTA, pH 8.0, 15% ficoll-400, 0.05% bromophenol blue, and 0.05% xylene cyanole).
ref: 2015 July 6, “The Topoisomerase 1 Inhibitor Austrobailignan-1 Isolated from Koelreuteria henryi Induces a G2/M-Phase Arrest and Cell Death Independently of p53 in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of cyanol.
cyanopropyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanopropyls
Etymology: From cyano- + propyl.
Senses: examples: text: Gas chromatography was performed using a Varian 3400CX chromatograph fitted with a WCOT fused silica capillary column of 100 m x 0.25 mm x 0.20 μm, coated with polar highly substituted cyanopropyl CP-SIL 88 phase, as described in detail [24 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Blood Cell Palmitoleate-Palmitate Ratio Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of three isomeric univalent radicals in which a hydrogen atom of a propyl radical is replaced by cyanide e.g. N≡C-CH₂-CH₂-CH₂-
deciliation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deciliations
Etymology: From de- + ciliation.
Senses: examples: text: These results indicate that the perturbation of intercellular junctions and the deciliation of tubular cells generated by FSS are independent from F-actin rearrangement.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Shear Stress-Induced Alteration of Epithelial Organization in Human Renal Tubular Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The removal of cilia
decylplastoquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From decyl + plastoquinone.
Senses: examples: text: Incubation of the high-mass form in the presence of phytoene-containing liposomes and decylplastoquinone resulted in the formation of yellowish ζ-carotene (Fig 3C ).
ref: 2015 July 6, “Phytoene Desaturase from Oryza sativa : Oligomeric Assembly, Membrane Association and Preliminary 3D-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A decyl derivative of plastoquinone.
count to ten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: counts to ten
form: counting to ten
form: counted to ten
form: counted to ten
form: count to 10
Senses: examples: text: There is a temptation at this point to jump up and down, shouting about how often you have asked about that point. Instead, count to ten.
ref: 1994 June 10, Kay Ewbank, “Computers: Confessions of a database designer”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 10 Jul 2015:
text: Bok believes that media violence undermines . . . psychological mechanisms that allow people to bounce back and to count to 10 before they lash out.
ref: 2001 June 24, John Cloud, “Of Arms And The Boy”, in Time, retrieved 10 Jul 2015:
text: We need to step back, take a deep breath and count to ten.
ref: 2007 April 15, Gary Miller, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 Jul 2015:
glosses: An expression used to describe or recommend a process for pausing to regain one's composure when one is on the verge of losing one's temper.
count to 10
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counts to 10
form: counting to 10
form: counted to 10
form: counted to 10
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of count to ten.
every dog has his day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: cæsar [...] Yes, Rufio: I am an old man—worn out now—true, quite true. [...] Well, every dog has his day; and I have had mine: I cannot complain.
ref: 1898, [George] Bernard Shaw, “Cæsar and Cleopatra”, in Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil’s Disciple, Cæsar and Cleopatra, & Captain Brassbound’s Conversion, London: Grant Richards, […], published 1901, →OCLC, Act III, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of every dog has its day.
every dog must have his day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of every dog has its day.
every dog must have its day
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of every dog has its day.
Si.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sirach.
Sir.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sirach.
fly a desk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies a desk
form: flying a desk
form: flew a desk
form: flown a desk
Senses: glosses: To be assigned, as a member of a flying organization (air force, air line, etc.) to office duty, usually said of a person who is, or has previously been, qualified to fly an aircraft.
mad as a meat axe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very irate; crazy with rage.
Sancerre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /sɒ̃nˈsɛə(ɹ)/
Etymology: From French Sancerre.
Senses: glosses: A commune and canton in the eastern part of the Loire valley in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France.
Sancerre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sɒ̃nˈsɛə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Sancerres
Etymology: From French Sancerre.
Senses: examples: text: In the northern hemisphere, June 21 has the most daylight hours. Pack a picnic—a chilled bottle of Sancerre, cheese, olives, and a nice baguette—and hit the grassy knoll.
ref: 2008 January–February, Matt Bean, “Your cultural calendar: 7 things to look forward to this year”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 1, →ISSN, page 135:
text: Lunch has been ruined, the Sancerre runs dry, but somehow, somehow, they’ll find a way to carry on.
ref: 2012, Zadie Smith, NW, London: Penguin Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 152:
text: When I finally careered into the right place, 30 minutes late, he was sitting alone, looking sharp in a Timothy Everest navy wool suit, eating an appetizer, which he called “a chickpea thing” and drinking a glass of Sancerre.
ref: 2022 October 22, Maureen Dowd, “Ralph Fiennes, Master of Monsters”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A French wine from Sancerre.
Sancerres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sancerre
Kiowas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kiowa
screengrabbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of screengrab
Angkor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Khmer អង្គរ (ʼɑɑʼɑngkɔɔ, “Capital City”), from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of negara and Nagari.
Senses: glosses: A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
glosses: Ellipsis of Angkor Wat.
Derived terms: Angkorian
Angkor Wat
repeatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Misconstruction as repeat + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Repeatation-8 o Rest-1 minute o Holding-20sec 3. Bilateral shoulder lifts with hands behind the head o Sets-2 o Repeatation-8 o Rest-1 minute o Holding-20sec 4.[…]
ref: 2013, Scientific Research Journal of India (SRJI), Volume 2, Issue 3, page 340:
glosses: Misspelling of repetition.
Miller test
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɛst
Etymology: Developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A test for determining whether speech or expression can be labelled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
kiloword
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilowords
Etymology: From kilo- + word.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A unit of storage capacity, equal to 1024 words.
kilowords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiloword
Frito pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frito pies
Senses: glosses: An American baked casserole of chili, cheese, and Fritos-brand corn chips, sometimes with additional ingredients.
Frito pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Frito pie
nonblinded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blinded.
Senses: glosses: Not blinded.
nonblind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blind.
Senses: glosses: Not blind.
retheorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retheorizes
form: retheorizing
form: retheorized
form: retheorized
Etymology: From re- + theorize.
Senses: glosses: To theorize again or anew.
Related terms: retheorization
retheorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retheorize