cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
paratympanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ænɪk
Etymology: From para- + tympanic.
Senses: examples: text: These sinuses invade nearly all the bones of the chondrocranium and several bony elements of the splanchnocranium, but patterns of postnatal paratympanic sinus development are poorly understood and documented.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Beyond the tympanum
Derived terms: paratympanic organ
paratympanic organ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratympanic organs
Senses: glosses: A mechanoreceptive sense organ in the middle ear of birds
periinterventional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + interventional.
Senses: examples: text: However, not only metabolic disturbances but also periinterventional complications such as wound healing, deep vein thrombosis and delayed graft function are more frequent in obese renal allograft recipients [48 ].
ref: 2015 September 24, “Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes on Kidney Transplant Waiting List- Prevalence, Metabolic Phenotyping and Risk Stratification Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Surrounding an intervention
pharmorubicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Transurethral resection (TUR) is essential to remove all visible lesions in NMIBC while radical cystectomy (RC) with lymphadenectomy is needed for MIBC. After surgery, Bladder irrigation using chemotherapeutic drugs like pharmorubicin has been recommended to lower recurrence and mortality[5 ].
ref: 2015 September 24, “G9a Inhibition Induces Autophagic Cell Death via AMPK/mTOR Pathway in Bladder Transitional Cell Carcinoma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of epirubicin.
synonyms: word: epirubicin
plasticly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The opportunity to plasticly change the relative investment in reproduction and growth would therefore have to occur early in life.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Population Variation in the Life History of a Land Fish, Alticus arnoldorum, and the Effects of Predation and Density”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of plastically.
pneumatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pneumatizes
form: pneumatizing
form: pneumatized
form: pneumatized
Senses: examples: text: The sacci cervicales pneumatize the cervical and dorsal vertebræ and the ribs.
ref: 1908, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, page 390:
glosses: To fill with air cavities.
pneumatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The nature of these braincase recesses, being evaginated pharyngeal epithelium that pneumatizes the skull and participate in the conformation of the middle ear, is well documented [3 ,5, 7 –9 ].
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pneumatize
polysaccharidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + saccharidic.
Senses: examples: text: However, it is likely that the particulate organic carbon (POC) detected by the CHN was affected by the presence of the extra-cellular polysaccharidic mucilage, which is copiously produced by O. cf.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Modelling the Stoichiometric Regulation of C-Rich Toxins in Marine Dinoflagellates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or composed of polysaccharides
Derived terms: exopolysaccharidic
lipopolysaccharidic
postinfundibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + infundibular.
Senses: examples: text: The infundibular diverticulum expands into two recesses: the rostrally situated preinfundibular recess which inflates the rostromedial corner of the quadrate, and the caudolaterally situated postinfundibular recess.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Behind an infundibulum
precingulum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precingula
Etymology: From pre- + cingulum.
Senses: glosses: A small ridge that leads to a cingulum on a tooth.
precingula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Amphicones of M 1 and M 2 incompletely fused; apices of paracone and metacone distinctly separate; cingulum well developed on molars and premolars; M 1, M 2, and DP 4 showing well-developed precingula with many cuspules.
ref: 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of precingulum
precingulid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precingulids
Etymology: From pre- + cingulid.
Senses: glosses: A small ridge that leads to a cingulid
examples: text: The presence of a slight precingulid indicates the probable presence of a small paraconid.
ref: 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A thin ridge on the mesial aspect of lower molar crowns; sometimes continuous with the ectocingulid
preinfundibular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + infundibular.
Senses: examples: text: The infundibular diverticulum expands into two recesses: the rostrally situated preinfundibular recess which inflates the rostromedial corner of the quadrate, and the caudolaterally situated postinfundibular recess.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In front of an infundibulum
proviverrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proviverrines
Senses: examples: text: The nasal aperture forms a more opened angle in the proviverrine Cynohyaenodon cayluxi and a slightly sharper angle in P.
ref: 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the hyaenodontid subfamily †Proviverrinae of extinct mammals.
proviverrines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The diversification of proviverrines in Europe, which were small-bodied and restricted to southern Europe during the earliest Eocene, was spurred by the disappearance of the subfamily’s presumed ecological competitors–Oxyaenodonta, and hyaenodonts from the clades Sinopinae and Arfiinae–during the Ypresian (between Dormaal (reference-level MP7) and Avenay (reference-level MP8+9) [13 ,17 ,23 ]).
ref: 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of proviverrine
readenylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + adenylation.
Senses: examples: text: The processes of deadenylation and readenylation of the t-PA mRNA are controlled by nucleotide sequences found in the 3'untranslated region (UTR).
ref: 1995, Pia Glas-Greenwalt, Fibrinolysis in Disease:
text: It did not change during the cell cycle, indicating that these changes were dependent on the presence of CPE, and poly(A) tails were generally long, maintaining the long poly(A) tails acquired co-transcriptionally, and therefore indicating that CPEs are required for deadenylation of the mature transcript as well as for later readenylation at specific cell cycle phases.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Global Analysis of CPEBs Reveals Sequential and Non-Redundant Functions in Mitotic Cell Cycle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A second or subsequent adenylation, especially one following deadenylation.
reenergization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹiːˌɛnə(ɹ)d͡ʒaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: reenergizations
Etymology: From re- + energization.
Senses: examples: text: Fluorescence was followed over 60 sec and 1,2’-DNA efflux was triggered after rapid reenergization with 5 μl of 1 M glucose and monitored for another 250 sec.
ref: 2015 September 24, “In Vivo Evolution of Bacterial Resistance in Two Cases of Enterobacter aerogenes Infections during Treatment with Imipenem”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: energization following previous deenergizing
subcarotid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Etymology: From sub- + carotid.
Senses: examples: text: These include a caudodorsally extended subcarotid recess (Fig 5C ), which communicates with the pharyngotympanic sinus at the proximal terminus of the pharyngotympanic tube, and a rostrolateral communication with the junction of the recessus epitubaricum of the pharyngotympanic sinus [34 ] and its derivative, the pterygoid diverticulum.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Below the carotid arteries
subtympanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + tympanic.
Senses: examples: text: The apertures of the tympanic membrane and the subtympanic foramen were selected as reasonable vectors for air-borne sound energy, and the surface areas of these apertures (A x ) were measured.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Ontogeny of the Middle-Ear Air-Sinus System in Alligator mississippiensis (Archosauria: Crocodylia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Below the tympanum
superoxidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + oxidative.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, SP-D can promote activation of macrophages and neutrophils by enhancing the production of nitrogen species and superoxidative burst [13 ].
ref: 2015 September 24, “Protective Role of Surfactant Protein D in Ocular Staphylococcus aureus Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or causing superoxidation
teratodontine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teratodontines
Senses: examples: text: The only other hyaenodonts known at that time were the teratodontine Dissopsalis, which was present in Africa and Asia [134 ] and the koholiine Metapterodon, which was possibly present in Asia [135 ].
ref: 2015 September 24, “A New Large Hyainailourine from the Bartonian of Europe and Its Bearings on the Evolution and Ecology of Massive Hyaenodonts (Mammalia)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any hyaenodont of the subfamily Teratodontinae
transcondylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + condylar.
Senses: examples: text: The anteroposterior axis was perpendicular to the plane defined by the superoinferior axis and the transcondylar axis.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Effect of Laterally Wedged Insoles on the External Knee Adduction Moment across Different Reference Frames”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Across a condyle
transmalleolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
Etymology: From trans- + malleolar.
Senses: examples: text: The anteroposterior axis was perpendicular to the plane defined by the superoinferior axis and the transmalleolar axis.
ref: 2015 September 24, “Effect of Laterally Wedged Insoles on the External Knee Adduction Moment across Different Reference Frames”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Across a malleolus
Yandex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈjan.dɛks/
Etymology: The name initially stood for “Yet Another iNDEXer”. The Russian word я (ja) corresponds to the English personal pronoun “I”, making Яndex a bilingual pun on index.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A search engine owned by the company of the same name.
Yandex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈjan.dɛks/
Forms: form: Yandexes
form: Yandexing
form: Yandexed
form: Yandexed
Etymology: The name initially stood for “Yet Another iNDEXer”. The Russian word я (ja) corresponds to the English personal pronoun “I”, making Яndex a bilingual pun on index.
Senses: examples: text: We knew nothing of history—decent odds that three of the four of us couldn’t tell you what year Jesus was born—but we staked our futures by predicting it. We took bets: The war would finish in a year, two, five. Browsing old newspapers and Yandexing court reports, we found sentences to fit each prediction. A year for assaulting an ethnic minority. Two to five for armed robbery. Three to seven for narcotics smuggling.
ref: 2011 winter, Anthony Marra, “Palace of the People”, in The Tsar of Love and Techno: Stories, London; New York, N.Y.: Hogarth, published 2015, →ISBN, page 263:
text: Do they say “Let’s Yandex it” the way U.S. Internet users say, “Let’s Google it?” Probably not — even though Yandex (YNDX) is Russia’s largest search engine, with more than 60% of the market. […] Run a search of “Yandexed” and you come up with about 400 results. Run a search of “Googled” and you get closer to 68 million.
ref: [2013 May 16, Vance Cariaga, “Firmly Entrenched ‘Russian Google’ Sees Growth Ahead”, in Investor’s Business Daily, Los Angeles, Calif., →ISSN, page A5:
text: I went to Moscow this fall and while there, I quit drinking forever. I hadn't planned this, so, like anyone finding himself in an ancient metropolis with unexpected free time on his hands, I pulled out my phone and Yandexed "video game museum Москва."
ref: 2015 January 21, Ilya Zarembsky, “Take a Photo Tour of Long-Forgotten Soviet Russian Arcade Games”, in Vice, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2020:
text: They SENT me the bl^%$^dy things in an email. I though it might be faulty malware until I looked at the file headers. //RIFFDG??WEBPVP8 8G// Then I Yandexed it.
ref: 2020 March 7, Shadow, “Any freeware to convert a WEBP image file to JPEG or PNG on WIN XP?”, in alt.comp.freeware (Usenet), archived from the original on 05 Dec 2024:
glosses: To search for (something) on the Internet using the Yandex search engine.
colour fastness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorfastness
form: colourfastness
Senses: glosses: the quality of being colourfast
spectral theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛktɹ(ə)l ˈθɪəɹi/
Forms: form: spectral theories
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Those theories extending the eigenvalue and eigenvector theory of a single square matrix to a much broader theory of the structure of operators in a variety of mathematical spaces.
Hypernyms: theory
spectral theories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspɛktɹ(ə)l ˈθɪəɹiːs/
Senses: glosses: plural of spectral theory
War of the Rebellion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the War of the Rebellion
Senses: glosses: The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.
voetgangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voetganger
War Between the States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the War Between the States
Senses: glosses: The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.
War of Northern Aggression
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the War of Northern Aggression
Senses: glosses: The American Civil War of 1861 to 1865.
basilophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
ref: 1981, Ernst Grumach, Kadmos - Volumes 20-22, page 151:
text: That his basilophorous name was used generally only during Psammetichus II's reign is confirmed by the tomb of Horira himself, probably dating to Apries' years of rule;
ref: 2000, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology - Volume 86, page 78:
text: A mason's graffito associated with workmen gangs whose basilophorous names contain the nomen of Mycerinus was found on a block which probably belonged to mastaba G.VI.S = M.VII.
ref: 2015, Peter Der Manuelian, Thomas Schneider, Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: Incorporating the king's name.
theophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: An objection to the Kenite hypothesis has been raised by T. J . Meek, on the basis that Jochebed, the name of Moses' mother, is a theophorous name containing as a prefix the element yō, implying that the family of Moses were Yahweh worshippers.
ref: 1975, G Parke-Taylor, (Yehovah): The Divine Name in the Bible, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Names of this sort, theophorous or basilophorous, were regularly given to foreigners residing in Egypt from the New Kingdom onwards, if not earlier; even Joseph was no exception.
ref: 1981, Ernst Grumach, Kadmos - Volumes 20-22, page 151:
text: The majority of the theophorous elements are based on Yah rather than el. Daiches believed that this was intended to make a clear theological distinction from el, which was a widely used Semitic term for a divinity.
ref: 2015, Daniel L. Smith-Christopher, The Religion of the Landless, →ISBN, page 36:
glosses: Synonym of theophoric
synonyms: word: theophoric
regular coffees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regular coffee
squeemish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squeemish
form: most squeemish
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of squeamish.
glosses: Misspelling of squeamish.
bifolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bifold
American dollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: American dollars
Senses: glosses: Synonym of US dollar.
synonyms: word: US dollar
trifolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trifold
South Bend
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: But on that Sunday it was filled with Episcopalians from around the country who had traveled to South Bend to attend his campaign launch.
ref: 2019 August 16, Daniel Burke, “How Pete Buttigieg found God”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2021:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, named after the southern bend of the St. Joseph River.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Barton County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township and unincorporated community therein, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Young County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Pacific County, Washington.
Derived terms: South Bender
Related terms: East Bend
North Bend
West Bend
St. Joseph River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The name of two rivers in Michigan, USA.
Dead River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Maine.
glosses: Various other rivers in the US.
black currawong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black currawongs
Senses: glosses: A type of currawong from Tasmania.
coffee machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee machine
ghoulification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From ghoul + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of somebody turning into a ghoul.
bosker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bosker
form: most bosker
form: boska
Etymology: Unknown. Commonly aligned with bonzer and boshter, though exact connection not established.
Senses: examples: text: They were bosker horses. Until I went to work for Bill I didn't know how good racehorses are.
ref: 1946, Frank Sargeson, That Summer, and Other Stories, page 31:
text: But her dadda had fallen off a dray and hurt his back so they'd come down to the city to get jobs, only there weren't any and she'd had to go out and char and do laundry work when she could get it and then her dadda got put in the hospital and was still very crook so wasn't it lucky she'd got this nice job as housemaid in this posh house and the money was bosker and one night off a week into the bargain and old Mrs Bult was lovely to her and so was his aunty, although you had to mind your p's and q's with her!
ref: 1963, Sumner Locke Elliott, Careful, He Might Hear You, →ISBN, page 127:
text: So we all stuck our feet into cow-pats, and after walking over the frost it was bosker and warm sure enough.
ref: 1965, Frank Sargeson, Collected stories, page 50:
text: ‘And they’d got two boska kids. She’s a proper Lady and Phil’s a real Jack Robertson.’
ref: 1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 93:
glosses: excellent; wonderful; bonzer.
bosker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boskers
form: boska
Etymology: Unknown. Commonly aligned with bonzer and boshter, though exact connection not established.
Senses: examples: text: “You're a bosker, Millicent," Tom exclaimed fervently.
ref: 1912, Laura Bogue Luffman, A Question of Latitude, page 238:
text: Thank Mona for me, will you. Gee, isn't she a bosker!
ref: 2013, Archie Foley, Margaret Monroe, Portabello & the Great War, →ISBN:
text: "Ain't he a bosker?" enthusiastically commented Andrew, coming in to see what I had thought of this doctor, who was the idol of Noonoon.
ref: 2014, Miles Franklin, Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
strangely warmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strangely warmed
form: most strangely warmed
Etymology: First used by Anglican/Methodist theologian John Wesley.
Senses: examples: text: He may indeed have known St. Botolph's Church there at the gate where the heart of John Wesley was “strangely warmed” in his encounter with the Moravians as he listened to the scholarly words of Martin Luther's preface to Paul's letter to the Romans.
ref: 2012, Kenneth L. Vaux, The Ministry of Vincent Van Gogh in Religion and Art, page 31:
qualifier: Methodism
glosses: Experiencing a fervent spiritual experience.
wikipedia: John Wesley
boshter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more boshter
form: most boshter
Etymology: Unknown. Commonly aligned with bonzer and bosker, though exact connection not established.
Senses: examples: text: An' p'r'aps the owner uv the station 'll drive over with some boshter girls who been stayin' at the homestead, an' they'll come trippin' alorng the board, steppin' over the fleeces in their dinky little shoes an' stockin's yer can fair see through, an' as they step about yer pen or pass yer, yer nearly cut yer sheep, 'coz yer tryin' ter sniff up every bit uv the boshter scent wot they smells of.
ref: 1919, C. Hampton Thorp, A Handful of Ausseys, page 131:
text: That kim up to the station I wus at; A boshter tabby, not too thin ner fat, En watto fer a hottie — ut the start.
ref: 1956, Louis Lavater, The Sonnet in Australasia, a Survey and Selection., page 12:
text: So glad to hear you're coming down to tear the Christmas poultry. It's boshter.
ref: 1988, Patricia Fullerton, Hugh Ramsay: His Life and Work, page 130:
text: Hey, mate! Tell Captain Vincent I said he's a boshter seaman.
ref: 2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street, →ISBN, page 322:
text: "A boshter night for a walk," I remarked, buttoning my coat about me.
ref: 2007, Mary Anneeta Mann, Anzac to Understanding, →ISBN, page 745:
glosses: Excellent; wonderful.
boshter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boshters
Etymology: Unknown. Commonly aligned with bonzer and bosker, though exact connection not established.
Senses: examples: text: I remember once when l was repairin' a fault on the Coolgardie line sixty miles out a thunderstorm came on. It was a boshter!
ref: 1910, Bernard Dubois, The High Light: A Souvenir Volume, page 36:
text: That the champion Black-red Modern Game cockerel at the P. & K. Club's show was a “boshter."
ref: 1921, Australian Garden and Field - Volume 48, page 54:
text: "A boshter!" cried Billdad. "It'll knock 'em stiff." Was not Billdad a public performer himself, did not Billdad know?
ref: 1922, Edward Dyson, The Grey Goose Comedy Company, page 60:
text: He's quite a boshter - people say he's like me so you can guess his beauty.
ref: 1995, Peter Fitzpatrick, Pioneer Players: The Lives of Louis and Hilda Esson, →ISBN, page 69:
glosses: Someone or something impressive and wonderful.
boshters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boshter
boskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bosker
boy howdy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪ ˈhaʊdi/
Senses: examples: text: Boy howdy. There was indeed no rest for the wicked.
ref: 2005, Mark Alan Norris, Everything and Then Some, →ISBN, page 140:
text: I greeted Shannon's request enthusiastically, "Boy, howdy!"
ref: 2010, Joe Barfield, Formula 2000, the Dream, →ISBN:
text: "Talk to me, Zaidu. What do you mean?" she asked quietly. "I'm more than a little confused here. I know what's happening in my life." Boy howdy, did she!
ref: 2013, Honor James, The Rogue Hunter's Mate, →ISBN, page 60:
text: “Boy howdy, are you ever. You're on number four but there's no Doppler shift!"
ref: 2014, Steven Gould, Exo: A Jumper Novel, →ISBN:
glosses: Expresses strong support or agreement.
examples: text: "Boy, howdy! Where do you get that stuff, you rummy?"
ref: 1918 October 26, George Pattullo, “Places of Dreadful Night”, in George Horace Lorimer, editor, The Saturday Evening Post, volume 191, number 17, Philadelphia: Curtis Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 15:
text: Boy howdy, boy howdy, boy howdy! I was buried alive in noise, and the heat and cinders stung my neck and legs and the bottoms of my feet.
ref: 1992, Hugh Ruppersburg, Georgia Voices: Fiction, →ISBN, page 460:
text: Boy, howdy, is it cold! This is not Paris, as in "gay Paree," in France.
ref: 2002, Carole Marsh, Heroes & Helpers, →ISBN, page 43:
text: l saw her just a standin' there with her little blue suitcase and l said, 'Boy howdy, would l like to crawl into her pants!'
ref: 2004, Will Hancok, All 'Bout Me, an Arkansas Tail, →ISBN, page 171:
text: If there wasn't a dragging brake beam to rip me down the back, I was go'n make it! Boy howdy, I did some fancy praying.
ref: 2007, Olive Ann Burns, Cold Sassy Tree, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: Expresses emphasis.
yestermorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yestermorrows
Etymology: Blend of yesterday + tomorrow
Senses: examples: text: If we fail to take into consideration the works of these interpreters of “yestermorrow,” we will be failing to monitor the pulse of contemporary thought and feeling.
ref: 1963 October, Harley W. Parker, “The museum as a communication system”, in Curator: The Museum Journal, volume 6, number 4:
text: This sets up an important guide in studying management history and one which could serve as a real beacon—"yestermorrow" —the idea of yesterday, today and tomorrow, a continuum of behavior.
ref: 1973 August, RJ Whiting, “Management History: Goals and Rationale”, in Academy of Management Proceedings:
text: People are the ultimate core resource required to bridge from past success to future success — or "yestermorrow."
ref: 1992, RJ Bruno, “The evolution to market-driven quality”, in Journal of Business Strategy, volume 13, number 5:
text: I'll just put it back when I get home,” he thought, not at all suspecting it might be many long yestermorrows again before that might be so.
ref: 2014, Doug Cariou, Once Upon an Island, →ISBN:
glosses: A day in the sequence of days from past to future, emphasizing the connection between past and future events.
examples: text: Conceived in that journey, I was born in space. A child so birthed in desolations, homeless between yestermorrow and noon's midnight must have a proper name.
ref: 1970, Ray Bradbury, Reflections from the Man Who Landed on the Moon in 1929:
text: sombre lustre augers yestermorrows nowwhens in some other tense - future present past perfect
ref: 1997, Carol Lee Sanchez, From Spirit to Matter: New and Selected Poems, 1969-1996, page 106:
text: Susan Platz had always had the most distinctive voice - smoky and raspy one minute like her role in Who's That Bitch?, and then sometimes it would sound tender, like in The Zone of Eternal Yestermorrows, then it might sound old, then young, like in The Space-time Straddler.
ref: 2013, Oliver Neale, Electronic Sue, →ISBN, page 241:
glosses: A time outside of time; A time that cannot be fit into the normal timeline, possibly due to relativistic effects.
yestermorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Blend of yesterday + tomorrow
Senses: examples: text: “Father,” she faltered, in a low, shyvoice, “I heard you preach here yestermorrow.”
ref: 1877, ES Holt, For the Master's Sake: A Story of the Days of Queen Mary:
text: Didst not see, she sent up sober sauce with the urchin yestermorrow ? "
ref: 1885, Emily Sarah Holt, The lord mayor, page 332:
glosses: In the recent past; the other day.
yestermorrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yestermorrow
blood-thirsty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blood-thirsty
form: most blood-thirsty
Senses: examples: text: […] Diodorus also relates of Caligula, predecessor to Nero, that his nurse used to moisten the nipples of her breast frequently with blood to make Caligula take the better hold of them; which, says Diodorus, was the cause that made him so blood-thirsty and cruel all his life-time after, that he not only committed frequent murder by his own hand, but likewise wished that all human kind wore but one neck that he might have the pleasure to cut it off.
ref: 1711 December 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “WEDNESDAY, December 12, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 246; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 229:
glosses: Alternative form of bloodthirsty.
unitary states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unitary state
gets to know
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of get to know
getting to know
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of get to know
got to know
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of get to know
gotten to know
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of get to know
locksport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lock + sport.
Senses: glosses: The hobby of cracking locks open, such as by lock picking.
revolving-door syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of revolving door syndrome.
Chromebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chromeboxes
Senses: examples: text: You can view a complete list of supported Chromebooks, Chromeboxes and Chromebases below: (followed by a list of devices from various manufacturers)
ref: 2016 May 19, Dan Graziano, “These are the Chromebooks that support Android apps”, in CNET:
text: The first Chromebooks shipped in 2011, and have since been joined by Chromeboxes and Chromebits headless clients that connect to a keyboard, mouse and display and a small number of all-in-ones.
ref: 2017 November 23, Nik Rawlinson, “Should I roll out Chrome OS across my business?”, in IT PRO:
text: Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).
ref: 2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style personal computer (this style of PC is the size of a home modem or home network router)
Hypernyms: network computer
Related terms: Chromebase
Chromebit
Chromebook
Wintel
Chromebit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chromebits
Senses: examples: text: The first Chromebooks shipped in 2011, and have since been joined by Chromeboxes and Chromebits headless clients that connect to a keyboard, mouse and display and a small number of all-in-ones.
ref: 2017 November 23, Nik Rawlinson, “Should I roll out Chrome OS across my business?”, in IT PRO:
text: Chrome OS tablets may be the new hotness, but the vast majority of devices that have shipped with Google’s Chrome operating system over the years have been laptops… also known as Chromebooks. But a few years ago we also saw the introduction of a few other categories including Chromeboxes (mini desktop computers), Chromebits (PC-on-a-stick devices), and Chromebases (all-in-one, iMac-like desktops).
ref: 2019 February 4, Brad Linder, “Chromebases are still a thing”, in Liliputing:
text: There are a lot of Chromebooks and Chromeboxes and Chromebits and what-nots out in the wild, but almost all of them are lower spec cheaper models.
ref: 2020 January 18, Jerry Hildenbrand, “Steam for Chrome OS would make Chromeboxes even more awesome”, in Android Central:
glosses: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style picocomputer (a stick that plugs into a screen, the size of a highlighter pen)
Related terms: Chromebase
Chromebook
Chromebox
Wintel
Chromebase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chromebases
Senses: glosses: a generic ChromeOS-based network-terminal-style all-in-one personal computer
Hypernyms: english: a type of personal computer which combines the system unit and screen into one device
translation: a type of personal computer which combines the system unit and screen into one device
word: all-in-one
Related terms: Chromebit
Chromebook
Chromebox
Wintel
chromebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromebooks
Senses: examples: text: For the avoidance of doubt, tablets, chromebooks, and similar lightweight devices are not a sensible choice for this type of work.
ref: 2014, Conrad Bessant, Darren Oakley, Ian Shadforth, Building Bioinformatics Solutions:
text: Along my journey I have seen several different chromebook incarnations, and have almost always used the latest and greatest chromebook as the text vehicle for each retelling of the story: from the original very-affordable ARM-powered Samsung chromebook to the outrageously overpriced and (then) top-of-the-range Chromebook Pixel.
ref: 2017, Tony Loton, Your Chromebook: The Essential Guide to Cloud Computing with Google Pixelbook and other Chromebooks, page 10:
text: Incremental expansion occurred over the next two years resulting in students across five grade levels enjoying daily access to their own chromebook.
ref: 2018 Spring, J. Scott Cascone, Joseph P. Vespignani, “Technological Confusion or Infusion: An Effective and Sustainable Procedural Framework for Digital Learning”, in Educational Viewpoints, page 74:
text: Google Assistant is spreading into more and more devices — you might be familiar with it from your smartphone, or your smart speaker, or your smart display, but it’s also arriving on more and more chromebooks, too.
ref: 2019 October 9, David Nield, “Everything You Can Do With Google Assistant on a Chromebook”, in Gizmodo:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Chromebook.
angiokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiokinases
Etymology: From angio- + kinase.
Senses: examples: text: We believe that this study could provide a basis for developing angiokinase inhibitors having high affinity for the epidermal growth factor receptor, from the pyrimidine scaffold.
ref: 2015 September 25, “Structure-Activity Relationship of Indole-Tethered Pyrimidine Derivatives that Concurrently Inhibit Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Other Angiokinases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that promotes angiogenesis
angiokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Therapeutic agents that concurrently inhibit epidermal growth factor receptor and other angiokinases could be useful alternatives to combination therapies for epidermal growth factor receptor-dependent cancers.
ref: 2015 September 25, “Structure-Activity Relationship of Indole-Tethered Pyrimidine Derivatives that Concurrently Inhibit Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor and Other Angiokinases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of angiokinase
arthrocele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arthroceles
Etymology: From arthro- + -cele.
Senses: examples: text: The CIA animal model is characterized by arthrocele, synovitis, cartilage destruction and bone erosion [25 ], and is generally considered an adequate representation of the pathogeneic processes of human RA.
ref: 2015 September 25, “Anti-Arthritic Effect of Chebulanin on Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The swelling of a joint; a hernia of the synovium through the capsule of a joint
chebulanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Terminalia chebula, from which it was first isolated, + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Here, we evaluate the anti-arthritic effect of chebulanin, an abundant anti-inflammatory agent isolated from Terminalia chebula, in collagen induced arthritis in DBA/1 mice by intragastric administration.
ref: 2015 September 25, “Anti-Arthritic Effect of Chebulanin on Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular topoisomerase inhibitor
ribodepletion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ribo- + depletion.
Senses: examples: text: Briefly, RNA sample quality was determined using an Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer and Qubit, before ribodepletion using a Ribo-Zero Magnetic kit (Epicentre) for Gram-negative bacteria.
ref: 2015 September 25, “CytR Is a Global Positive Regulator of Competence, Type VI Secretion, and Chitinases in Vibrio cholerae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: RNA depletion
Related terms: ribodeplete
unzoki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unzoki
Etymology: From Japanese ウンゾキ (unzoki).
Senses: examples: text: After an AAP of 20–98 days, each adult individual was transferred to a healthy yuzu, tankan mandarin, unzoki, or orange jessamine seedling for an IAP of 4–23 days.
ref: 2015 September 25, “Changes in Variable Number of Tandem Repeats in ‘ Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ through Insect Transmission”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A type of mandarin (of species Citrus keraji)
acetowhite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aceto- + white.
Senses: examples: text: VIA was considered negative when no acetowhite lesions were detected; positive when dense, opaque, well-defined acetowhite lesions involving the squamocolumnar junction were seen; and suspicious for cancer if a friable exophytic mass or ulcerative lesion was present on initial visualization.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Evaluation of Cervical Cancer Screening Programs in Côte d’Ivoire, Guyana, and Tanzania: Effect of HIV Status”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Affected by acetowhitening.
anisochronies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, it requires to precisely process temporal anisochronies, temporal envelops^([sic]) (i.e. durations), beat and metrical structure, to store an auditory temporal representation of sounds as well as to have good sensorimotor skills allowing a precise reproduction of the internalized representations.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Music Training Increases Phonological Awareness and Reading Skills in Developmental Dyslexia: A Randomized Control Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of anisochrony
antitrypanosomally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antitrypanosomal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The antitrypanosomally active extract of Micromonospora sp.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Biodiversity, Anti-Trypanosomal Activity Screening, and Metabolomic Profiling of Actinomycetes Isolated from Mediterranean Sponges”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an antitrypanosomal manner
atelectotrauma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To avoid lung collapse at the end of expiration and the development of atelectotrauma, the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is crucial.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Do Sustained Lung Inflations during Neonatal Resuscitation Affect Cerebral Blood Volume in Preterm Infants? A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of atelectrauma.
benadrostin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As illustrated in Fig 4B and 4C, respectively, the loss of an amide group was corroborated to m/z 152.035 for 2,3-dihydroxybenzamide as indicated by the fragment ion at m/z 109.03 [C 6 H 5 O 2 ] and m/z 178.015 for benadrostin that gave a fragment ion at m/z 137.02 [C 7 H 5 O 3 ].
ref: 2015 September 26, “Biodiversity, Anti-Trypanosomal Activity Screening, and Metabolomic Profiling of Actinomycetes Isolated from Mediterranean Sponges”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The compound 8-hydroxy-2H-1,3-benzoxazine-2,4(3H)-dione, which is an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase
coimmunostain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coimmunostains
form: coimmunostaining
form: coimmunostained
form: coimmunostained
Etymology: From co- + immunostain.
Senses: glosses: To stain using two different immunostains
coimmunostained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The cells were fixed and coimmunostained with the centrin-2 (green) and CEP135 (red) antibodies.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Integrity of the Pericentriolar Material Is Essential for Maintaining Centriole Association during M Phase”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of coimmunostain
craniotomize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: craniotomizes
form: craniotomizing
form: craniotomized
form: craniotomized
Etymology: From craniotomy + -ize.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: To perform or to undergo craniotomy.
craniotomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Young (20–25 day old) mice were anesthetized with isoflurane and craniotomized under aseptic conditions.
ref: 2015 September 26, “Developmental Markers Expressed in Neocortical Layers Are Differentially Exhibited in Olfactory Cortex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of craniotomize
deglycosylase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deglycosylases
Etymology: From de- + glycosyl + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: To deglycosylate the WT hENT1 and ∆IL6, 100 μg of the proteins were incubated with 10 μl of the deglycosylase mix (NEB) at 37°C and analyzed by SDS-PAGE. Each experiment was performed in triplicate on different batches of oocytes.
ref: 2015 September 26, “The Role of Flexible Loops in Folding, Trafficking and Activity of Equilibrative Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of glycosyl groups
energy bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of energy bar
Chiumbi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Portuguese Chiumbi.
Senses: glosses: A village in Huambo Province, Angola.
unappreciable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unappreciable
form: most unappreciable
Etymology: From un- + appreciable.
Senses: examples: an unappreciable distance
glosses: Too small or insignificant to be noticed.
holisticness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From holistic + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being holistic.
BOIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Budapest Open Access Initiative.
bleed edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleed edges
form: bleed-edge
Senses: topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: On maps, where some mapping extends beyond the neatline indicating detail which may be found on adjoining sheets.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: An edge where bleed occurs.
Related terms: neatline
sheetline
bleed edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleed edge
bleed-edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bleed-edges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bleed edge.
dermatophilosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dermatophilus, the causative agent, + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: In Israeli dairy herds, the high prevalence of infectious cutaneous diseases such as dermatophilosis and pseudotuberculosis, caused by Dermatophilus congolensis and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis respectively, might be attributed to the extensive adoption of evaporative cooling systems in these herds [10 ].
ref: 2015 September 26, “Diversity of Bacterial Biofilm Communities on Sprinklers from Dairy Farm Cooling Systems in Israel”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A form of exudative dermatitis found in the tropics
bleed-edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleed-edge
dicotylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: According to our results, the deciduous willow (Fig 2B ) and the dicotylous wormwood litter (Fig 2C) showed greater decreases in the DOC concentration in the litter compared with the coniferous cypress litter (Fig 2A) and the monocotylous sedge litter (Fig 2D), respectively, due to presenting higher litter quality (unpublished data).
ref: 2015 September 26, “Soil Fauna Affects Dissolved Carbon and Nitrogen in Foliar Litter in Alpine Forest and Alpine Meadow”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: dicotyledonous
chiefhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiefhoods
Etymology: From chief + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a chief.
fructosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fructosidases
Etymology: From fructoside + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: Levansucrase expressed a specific fructosidase activity of 2.9 units per milligram (U mg -1 ), where 1 unit is defined as the amount of enzyme releasing 1 μmol of glucose per minute at a working temperature of 37°C and a sucrose concentration of 100 g L −1 at pH 6.0 (50 mM potassium phosphate buffer).
ref: 2015 September 26, “Valorization of Cheese and Tofu Whey through Enzymatic Synthesis of Lactosucrose”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of a fructoside
NGP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NGPs
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Initialism of natural growth promoter, feed additives for farm animals.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of neighbouring group participation, a chemistry principle.
NGP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Nagpur Junction railway station in India.
qualifier: film industry
glosses: Initialism of National General Pictures, a distribution and film production company.
qualifier: game console
glosses: Initialism of Next Generation Portable (“codename of the handheld game console PlayStation Vita”).
qualifier: renewable energy
glosses: Initialism of Nevada Geothermal Power Inc., a renewable energy developer.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of Neo Geo Pocket a handheld video game system produced by SNK.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Cessna NGP.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Naval air station Corpus Christi.