cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cardiocytoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + cytoprotective.
Senses: examples: text: Here we evaluated the response of EHTs to hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) and the effect of known cardiocytoprotective molecules.
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: Relating to, or offering, cardiocytoprotection.
cytoprotectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cytoprotective + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Although Alkbh8 acts cytoprotectively as part of an anti-oxidant defense system in untransformed cells, augmented Alkbh8 expression to tolerate increased ROS levels associated with some cell transformations could represent an adaptive response.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Alkbh8 Regulates Selenocysteine-Protein Expression to Protect against Reactive Oxygen Species Damage”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a cytoprotective manner.
densiometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From densiometry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Once more significant differences were observed for CTR w/o LIF. (E)- Protein levels for Hexokinase I and II, GAPDH and PKM1/2 were determined by western Blot and quantified by densiometric evaluation.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Dichloroacetate, the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex and the Modulation of mESC Pluripotency”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to densiometry or to densiometers
depolymerise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: depolymerises
form: depolymerising
form: depolymerised
form: depolymerised
Etymology: From de- + polymerise.
Senses: examples: text: This may indicate that lignin-modifying enzymes in vivo are not able to depolymerise PSS, and perhaps also do not efficiently decompose other unreactive synthetic polymers.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Potential of Wood-Rotting Fungi to Attack Polystyrene Sulfonate and Its Depolymerisation by Gloeophyllum trabeum via Hydroquinone-Driven Fenton Chemistry”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of depolymerize.
Almeria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌælməˈɹi.ə/
/ˌɑːlməˈɹi.ə/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Almería:
A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Almería, Andalusia, Spain.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Almería:
A province of Andalusia, Spain, around the city.
examples: Meronyms: Caucab, Iyosan, Jamorawon, Lo-ok, Matanga, Pili, Poblacion, Pulang Bato, Salangi, Sampao, Tabunan, Talahid, Tamarindo — barangays of Almeria
glosses: A municipality of Biliran, Philippines.
depolymerising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of depolymerise
depolymerises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of depolymerise
deproteinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deproteinises
form: deproteinising
form: deproteinised
form: deproteinised
Etymology: From de- + protein + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: For CNS dialysates, samples (20μl) were analysed without further treatment; plasma (50μl) was deproteinised with 10 μl 26% perchloric acid, centrifuged at 13,000 g for 10 min at 4°C, and 20 μl used for analysis.
ref: 2015 July 6, “A Model of Post-Infection Fatigue Is Associated with Increased TNF and 5-HT 2A Receptor Expression in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of deproteinize.
deproteinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deproteinise
deproteinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deproteinise
deproteinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deproteinise
epoching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of epoch
epoched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of epoch
foldchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foldchanges
form: fold change
Etymology: From fold + change; see twofold, threefold, etc.
Senses: examples: text: Unigenes with foldchange expression between the tolerant and sensitive genotypes was ≥ 4 or ≤ -4 we consider for further investigation at the PGE as potential targets of selection in the evolution of Al tolerance.
ref: 2015 July 6, “De Novo Transcriptome Assembly and Identification of Gene Candidates for Rapid Evolution of Soil Al Tolerance in Anthoxanthum odoratum at the Long-Term Park Grass Experiment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: sciences
glosses: A measurement of change in value, expressed as a ratio, so that for example a value changing from 30 to 60 represents a foldchange of 2.
foldchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foldchange
haircoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haircoats
Etymology: From hair + coat.
Senses: examples: text: More specifically, animals in the highest dose group had definable clinical signs on day two, decreased activity, anterior abdominal matting of haircoat, and an unkempt appearance.
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:
topics: sciences
glosses: The coat of hair on the skin of certain animals.
haircoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haircoat
hypoxically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypoxic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: In tumors and other hypoxically stress tissues, many of the upregulated genes regulate vascular endothelial function [37 ].
ref: 2015 July 6, “Transcriptomic Responses of the Heart and Brain to Anoxia in the Western Painted Turtle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, hypoxia.
ichthyoplanktologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichthyoplanktologists
Etymology: From ichthyo- + planktologist.
Senses: examples: text: Our results reveal important differences in the accuracy of the taxonomic identifications carried out by different ichthyoplanktologists following morphology-based methods.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Molecular Identification of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnus thynnus, Scombridae) Larvae and Development of a DNA Character-Based Identification Key for Mediterranean Scombrids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: One who studies ichthyoplanktology.
ichthyoplanktologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ichthyoplanktologist
immunolocalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunolocalises
form: immunolocalising
form: immunolocalised
form: immunolocalised
Etymology: From immuno- + localise.
Senses: examples: text: In accordance with previous studies we immunolocalised both PEPCK and G6PC to the proximal tubules of the kidney cortex.
ref: 2015 July 6, “In an Ovine Model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Prenatal Androgens Suppress Female Fetal Renal Gluconeogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of immunolocalize.
immunolocalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of immunolocalise
immunolocalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immunolocalise
immunolocalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of immunolocalise
immunopositivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + positivity.
Senses: examples: text: Other antigen positive tissues common to both the hemorrhagic variola macaque model and the MPXV marmoset models include epithelial, testicular, adrenocortical, and hepatic, as well as endothelial cell immunopositivity.
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: The quality of being immunopositive.
interproton
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + proton.
Senses: examples: text: The sequential assignment for the 5´ r(CCGC A GCGG) 2 duplex in NOESY spectra collected at 300 ms mixing time at two different temperatures, 288 and 308 K, show that the interproton distance between A5H8 and G6H8 increases with increasing temperature.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Structural Insights Reveal the Dynamics of the Repeating r(CAG) Transcript Found in Huntington’s Disease (HD) and Spinocerebellar Ataxias (SCAs)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between protons.
imprecisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imprecision
intertrabecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + trabecular.
Senses: examples: text: Typically, osteoporosis causes the amount of trabecular bone to be reduced and the bone to become thinner, while the intertrabecular space enlarges and the interconnected structure of trabecular bone is disrupted.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Assessment of the Impact of Zoledronic Acid on Ovariectomized Osteoporosis Model Using Micro-CT Scanning”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between trabeculae.
intraliposomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + liposomal.
Senses: examples: text: The concentrations of total MPS and intraliposomal MPS, (obtained after treatment with Dowex 2X-800 anion exchanger at pH 5, which binds all free drug) and MPS hydrolysis products were quantified using the previously developed HPLC protocol of Anderson and Taphouse, 1981, as described in detail by Avnir et al.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Nano-Drugs Based on Nano Sterically Stabilized Liposomes for the Treatment of Inflammatory Neurodegenerative Diseases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between liposomes.
Derived terms: intraliposomally
leporipoxvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leporipoxviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: If it is possible to confirm there is no inhibition, a differential diagnosis could be undertaken in negative samples, including Rabbit Oral Papillomavirus, which would not be amplified by the primers used in this study, Shope fibromavirus or Myxoma virus, both caused by two leporipoxviruses (Poxviridae), for which the clinical presentation is slightly different.
ref: 2015 July 6, “A Century of Shope Papillomavirus in Museum Rabbit Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the genus Leporipoxvirus of viruses, in the family Poxviridae, associated with myxomatosis in lagomorphs.
leporipoxviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leporipoxvirus
microdamage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdamages
Etymology: From micro- + damage.
Senses: examples: text: This uncoupling may be induced by targeted remodeling trying to repair the running induced microdamage in bone.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Changes in Serum Levels of Myokines and Wnt-Antagonists after an Ultramarathon Race”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: damage at a microscopic level
microdamage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microdamages
form: microdamaging
form: microdamaged
form: microdamaged
Etymology: From micro- + damage.
Senses: glosses: To cause microscopic damage
microfoci
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfocus
microinverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microinverters
Etymology: From micro- + inverter.
Senses: examples: text: The analysis shows the strengths of the associations of microinverter temperature with ambient temperature, PV module temperature, irradiance and AC power of the PV systems.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Microinverter Thermal Performance in the Real-World: Measurements and Modeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A device used in photovoltaics to convert direct current, generated by a single solar module, to alternating current
Related terms: nanoinverter
microinverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microinverter
microstratification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microstratifications
Etymology: From micro- + stratification.
Senses: examples: text: This pattern can be explained by seasonal differences in the strength of microstratification at the surface of the lake.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Century-Long Warming Trends in the Upper Water Column of Lake Tanganyika”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: stratification on a microscopic scale
midshaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midshafts
Etymology: From mid- + shaft.
Senses: examples: text: An axial load was applied to the top of the callus at the femoral midshaft, with a maximum force of 4 N.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Exposure to 100% Oxygen Abolishes the Impairment of Fracture Healing after Thoracic Trauma”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The midpoint of a shaft.
millidegree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millidegrees
Etymology: From milli- + degree.
Senses: examples: text: The cryogenic system will not be affected by temperature fluctuations of a few millidegrees.
glosses: One thousandth of a degree.
midshafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midshaft
millidegrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millidegree
osteochondroblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteochondroblast + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: For example, smooth muscle cells (SMCs) have been shown to the origin of osteochondroblastic cells.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Vascular Adventitia Calcification and Its Underlying Mechanism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to osteochondroblasts.
overdistention
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + distention.
Senses: examples: text: We acknowledge that the tidal volume utilized for the SHVT group is far from the one utilized in the clinical setting, however, this choice was based on our previous studies supporting that 20 ml/kg was the minimal level of overdistention in healthy rats causing an identifiable injury comparable to that experienced by ALI patients.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Lung Transcriptomics during Protective Ventilatory Support in Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: excessive distention
pairwised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Though it should be treated with caution that the PP analysis didn’t show significant difference between OXC and VPA for primary outcomes, the other pairwised comparisons in PP analysis had similar results with that in the ITT analysis.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Comparative Long-Term Effectiveness of a Monotherapy with Five Antiepileptic Drugs for Focal Epilepsy in Adult Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misconstruction of pairwise.
palmitoleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmitoleates
Etymology: From palmitoleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: The endogenous conversion of palmitate into palmitoleate and of stearate into oleate is catalyzed by Δ9 stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD), a lipogenic enzyme highly sensitive to global energetic homeostasis.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Blood Cell Palmitoleate-Palmitate Ratio Is an Independent Prognostic Factor for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any salt or ester of palmitoleic acid.
palmitoleates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palmitoleate
parasympathetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From parasympathetic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Similar to parasympathetically mediated HR-slowing, Fingolimod-related HR-slowing is reversed by atropine or mitigated by alpha 1-receptor-agonists.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Central Autonomic Dysfunction Delays Recovery of Fingolimod Induced Heart Rate Slowing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: By the parasympathetic system.
perialveolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːələ(ɹ)
-əʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From peri- + alveolar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Around the alveoli.
postmining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + mining.
Senses: examples: text: Worker bees were collected from hives located in a polluted postmining area in South West Sardinia (Italy) that is also exposed to dust emissions from industrial plants.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Honey Bees ( Apis mellifera, L.) as Active Samplers of Airborne Particulate Matter”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having previously undergone a period of mining.
previtellogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vitellogenic.
Senses: examples: text: Post-mortem examination of ovarian development revealed that 25 out of 30 ESS flies had previtellogenic ovaries (Panel b in S3 Fig ).
ref: 2015 July 6, “Mating Reverses Actuarial Aging in Female Queensland Fruit Flies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to previtellogenesis.
prosomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prosomere + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Based on the prosomeric model [40–42], prethalamus corresponds to prosomere 3 (p3).
ref: 2015 July 6, “Conserved Noncoding Sequences Regulate lhx5 Expression in the Zebrafish Forebrain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to prosomeres.
reduceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: While the physical access to lethal means only seems to be reduceable for the overall population via legislation or restrictive measures, the awareness of single, specifically lethal suicide methods might be influenceable via social processes of model learning steered by the media.
ref: 2015 July 6, “What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of Suicidal Acts? An Epidemiological Analysis in Four European Countries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of reducible.
romiplostim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, treatment of aplastic anemia patients with thrombopoietin mimetics, such as eltrombopag and romiplostim, have demonstrated clinical efficacy.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Inhibition of Thrombopoietin/Mpl Signaling in Adult Hematopoiesis Identifies New Candidates for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Maintenance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A fusion protein analog of thrombopoietin.
Z-drug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Z-drugs
Etymology: Most of their names start with the letter Z, e.g. zopiclone, zaleplon, zolpidem.
Senses: examples: text: Estimates of effect size direction, while not attributable to a specific intervention or intervention type, were mixed with 47 % of trials being positive, 41 % negative, and 12 % undetermined, suggesting a lack of clarity regarding how to best deprescribe benzodiazepines and Z-drugs.
ref: 2015 July 4, André S. Pollmann et al., “Deprescribing benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in community-dwelling adults: a scoping review”, in BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology, volume 16, →DOI:
synonyms: word: Z
glosses: Any of a group of nonbenzodiazepine drugs with effects similar to benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.
Z-drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Z-drug
signatureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From signature + -less.
Senses: examples: text: For all subsequent phases, we used a fully web-based recruitment and data collection process comprising signatureless electronic consent (e-consent) form, registration form and questionnaire (Table 1).
ref: 2015 July 6, “How to Establish and Follow up a Large Prospective Cohort Study in the 21st Century - Lessons from UK COSMOS”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Without a signature.
e-consent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + consent.
Senses: examples: text: The main application areas that need e-consent are those that support coordinated health care. This is characterized by data-sharing among multiple teams of health care professionals and institutions […]
ref: 2003, Jianying Zhou, Moti Yung, Yongfei Han, Applied Cryptography and Network Security:
glosses: consent given electronically, e.g. by filling in an online form
syntenies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synteny
transdiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + diagnostic.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, when tested as a linear trend indexing transdiagnostic psychosis liability from controls to BPD to FEP, the association was large and significant.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Data Gathering Bias: Trait Vulnerability to Psychotic Symptoms?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to transdiagnosis.
transdiagnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trans- + diagnosis.
Senses: glosses: holistic diagnosis across more than one disorder, rather than individually for each
Related terms: transdiagnostic
ulipristal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌju.lɪˈpɹɪ.stəl/
Etymology: From uli- (of unknown origin) + (mife)prist(one) + a(cety)l.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A selective progesterone receptor modulator used in the acetate form for emergency contraception and to treat uterine fibroids.
unadjuvanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + adjuvanted.
Senses: examples: text: The longitudinal serological and ELISA data were analyzed using a linear mixed model (assuming compound symmetry) with the unadjuvanted (30-) dose a reference and time as a continuous variable.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Matrix M H5N1 Vaccine Induces Cross-H5 Clade Humoral Immune Responses in a Randomized Clinical Trial and Provides Protection from Highly Pathogenic Influenza Challenge in Ferrets”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not adjuvanted.
nonadjuvanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + adjuvanted.
Senses: glosses: Not adjuvanted.
nonski
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ski.
Senses: examples: text: That sign, and others like it, encourage an affluent senior market to visit our area during the nonski months.
ref: 2015 July 6, Paul Post, “Adirondack Town Mystery: Who Stole Marker for a Civil War Photographer?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or relating to the sport of skiing.
nonskiing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + skiing.
Senses: glosses: Not relating to, or not taking part in, the sport of skiing.
subreddit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subreddits
form: sub-Reddit
form: sub-reddit
form: subReddit
Etymology: From sub- + Reddit.
Senses: examples: text: They wanted to give voice to their feeling, in one moderator’s words, that the company’s bosses ‘‘do not respect the work that is put in by the thousands of unpaid volunteers who maintain the communities of the 9,656 active subreddits,’’ as the individual forums are called.
ref: 2015 July 21, Adrian Chen, “When the Internet’s ‘Moderators’ Are Anything But”, in The New York Times:
text: We measure the similarity between entire subreddits both in terms of user similarity and topical similarity.
ref: 2015, Jack Hessel, Alexandra Schofield, Lillian Lee, David Mimno, “What do Democrats do in their Spare Time? Latent Interest Detection in Multi-Community Networks”, in arXiv:
text: Online forums dedicated to incel culture are a reliable way to see how the term evolved and is used today. A subreddit, or forum on Reddit, called r/incels was one of the most visible meeting places for self-identified incels until it was banned by Reddit in 2017 for “violent content.”
ref: 2023 March 16, AJ Willingham, “What does the term ‘incel’ mean?”, in CNN:
glosses: Any of the subforums, generally intended for discussion of a specific topic, on the Reddit web site.
Derived terms: subredditor
subreddits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subreddit
kakiage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 搔き揚げ (kakiage).
Senses: examples: text: Chefs in Japan may vary the list, but it’s inevitably shrimp heads to start and kakiage to finish because shrimp are considered to be the marquee ingredient, the item by which tempura is judged. Mr. Matsui challenges himself to seal them in the sheerest possible coating so diners taste sweet, succulent seafood with a whisper of crispness.
ref: 2015 July 7, Florence Fabricant, “With Tempura Matsui, Fine Tempura Dining Arrives in New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: tempura made with mixed vegetable strips, sometimes with shrimp or squid, and formed into small round fritters
quasilegal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + legal.
Senses: examples: text: To try to bolster the abilities of the Ukrainian regular forces and reduce Kiev’s reliance on these quasilegal paramilitaries, the United States Army is training the Ukrainian national guard.
ref: 2015 July 7, Andrew E. Kramer, “Islamic Battalions, Stocked With Chechens, Aid Ukraine in War With Rebels”, in New York Times:
glosses: Legal to a certain extent or in a certain way; of dubious or tenuous legality.
examples: text: Last November the college's quasi-legal, independent Disciplinary Committee put a male student on mild probation for allegedly raping a woman student.
ref: 1982 February 6, J. Menzer, “Sexual Harassment”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 4:
glosses: Having some elements of legal authority; semiofficial in terms of law.
sacubitril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The other ingredient, sacubitril, inhibits an enzyme known as neprilysin, a new mechanism of action for a heart failure drug.
ref: 2015 July 7, Andrew Pollack, “F.D.A. Approves Heart Drug Entresto Said to Cut Death Risk by 20%”, in New York Times:
glosses: An antihypertensive drug used in combination with valsartan to treat heart failure.
unrestructured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + restructured.
Senses: examples: text: These are the same vulture funds now flying over Greece, holding unrestructured private debt and gloating at the prospects of unwarranted profits at the expense of others’ misfortune.
ref: 2015 July 8, “Argentina’s Debt”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not restructured.
Related terms: unreconstructed
geissoschizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An intermediate of many related compounds found in the Strychnos genus.
glycochenodeoxycholate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycochenodeoxycholic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of glycochenodeoxycholic acid.
intercrystallite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + crystallite.
Senses: examples: text: The loosely packed particles were verified by plenty of intercrystallite spaces observed in these premature cubic structures, as shown in Fig 4c .
ref: 2015 July 8, “Ceria Nanotube Formed by Sacrificed Precursors Template through Oswald Ripening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between crystallites.
interlimb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + limb.
Senses: examples: text: Simulating others’ actions in our own motor system might help to coordinate the actions using the same mechanisms that exist for interlimb coordination.
ref: 2015 July 8, “Modulation of Rolandic Beta-Band Oscillations during Motor Simulation of Joint Actions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between limbs.
paracellularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From paracellular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Small molecules have an added advantage of being absorbed paracellularly through the nasal epithelium after which, these molecules can then directly enter the CNS through the olfactory or the trigeminal nerve associated pathway.
ref: 2015 July 8, “Selective CNS Uptake of the GCP-II Inhibitor 2-PMPA following Intranasal Administration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a paracellular fashion.
robustize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: robustizes
form: robustizing
form: robustized
form: robustized
Etymology: From robust + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Kilocalories, a heavy right-skewed variable, were log-transformed to help robustize inference, and also, importantly, to avoid a few large observations from biasing results.
ref: 2015 July 8, “Food Sharing among Hadza Hunter-Gatherer Children”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To make robust.
robustized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of robustize
robustizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of robustize
robustizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of robustize
submucosally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From submucosal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Clinically, 13.8% of NPCs spread submucosally, and endoscopic detection misses as high as 51.4% of NPC patients with submucosal growth pattern.
ref: 2015 July 8, “Nasopharyngeal Epstein-Barr Virus Load: An Efficient Supplementary Method for Population-Based Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Screening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Below the mucosal tissue.
cinchonines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinchonine
cinchonisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinchonism
cinerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cinerator
circinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From circinate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a circinate fashion.
circumfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circumfusion
circumambiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From circumambient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a circumambient manner.
cirls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cirl
cirrhotics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cirrhotic
cisplatins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cisplatin
citolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citola
citriculturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citriculturists
Etymology: From citriculture + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who cultivates citrus fruits.
citriculturists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citriculturist
citrinins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citrinin
citronellals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of citronellal
clamantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clamantly
form: most clamantly
Etymology: From clamant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clamant manner.
clandestinities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clandestinity
clannishnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clannishness
clamworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clamworms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clam worm.
clamworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clamworm
clapperclaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clapperclaw
classisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of classism
clavierist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clavierists
Etymology: From clavier + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays the clavier.
clavierists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clavierist
claybanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of claybank
cleanabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanability
cleannesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanness
cleanlinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleanliness
clearages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearage
clecks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cleck
clecking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cleck
clecking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cleckings
Senses: glosses: A brood.
clearnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearness
cleistogamously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cleistogamous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cleistogamous fashion.
clencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clenchers
Etymology: From clench + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who clenches.
clenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clencher
clericalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clericalism
cleveites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleveite
cleves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleve
clicketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clicket
clickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clicket
clientages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clientage
clints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clint
shitcakes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From shit + cakes.
Senses: examples: text: Holy shitcakes! The remaining olive in my martini is no comfort as I register the presence of Evelyn and John B, two of Eli's artist friends.
ref: 2006, Doris Friedensohn, Eating as I Go: Scenes from America and Abroad:
text: "Shitcakes!" Charlie exclaimed, shaking his head in bewilderment. "You really do dance your own tango."
ref: 2012, Jackie Collins, Dangerous Kiss:
glosses: An expression of shock and dismay.
WhatsApp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Whatsapp
form: whatsapp
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: He spends half of his day chatting to people on WhatsApp.
text: Like many people, in the pandemic, my life digitized. My work shifted online; my friendships retreated onto FaceTime and WhatsApp; I used a dating app for the first time; I started doing online yoga.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: WTS
glosses: An instant messaging service founded in 2009 and acquired by Facebook in 2014.
Derived terms: WhatsApper
WhatsApp University
WhatsApp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WhatsApps
form: Whatsapp
form: whatsapp
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: A WhatsApp buzzed through.
ref: 2015, Jenny Stallard, “Monday, 19 October”, in Boyfriend by Christmas, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 251:
glosses: A message sent via WhatsApp.
examples: text: Can I get your WhatsApp?
glosses: An account or number on WhatsApp.
WhatsApp
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: WhatsApps
form: WhatsApping
form: WhatsApped
form: WhatsApped
form: Whatsapp
form: whatsapp
Etymology: Blend of what's up + app, coined as a trademark.
Senses: glosses: To contact (someone) via WhatsApp.
examples: text: People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets.
ref: 2018 November 30, Alex Blasdel, “Bowel movement: the push to change the way you poo”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To send (something) via WhatsApp.
cosurfactant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosurfactants
Etymology: From co- + surfactant.
Senses: examples: text: In general, when SMFs consisting of oil, surfactant, and/or cosurfactant (cosolvent) are placed in an in vitro dissolution medium or in gastrointestinal fluid in vivo, homogeneous oil-in-water microemulsions form spontaneously with mild agitation.
ref: 2015 June 23, In-hwan Baek et al., “Design of a gelatin microparticle-containing self-microemulsifying formulation for enhanced oral bioavailability of dutasteride”, in Drug Design, Development and Therapy, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: A surfactant acting in tandem with another surfactant to enhance its properties.
cosurfactants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosurfactant
deimmunize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deimmunizes
form: deimmunizing
form: deimmunized
form: deimmunized
Etymology: From de- + immunize.
Senses: examples: text: We anticipated that a globally deimmunized catalytic domain would have broad utility as a fusion partner to any number of different bacterial targeting moieties, including both native and engineered cell wall binding domains.
ref: 2015 June 17, Kristina Blazanovic et al., “Structure-based redesign of lysostaphin yields potent antistaphylococcal enzymes that evade immune cell surveillance”, in Molecular Therapy. Methods & Clinical Development, volume 2, →DOI:
glosses: To remove immune properties from.
deimmunizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deimmunize
deimmunizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deimmunize
deimmunized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deimmunize
hypervascularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + vascularity.
Senses: examples: text: On imaging studies, the liver metastases of GCTs are characterized by thickened walls with hypervascularity and nodular excrescences.
ref: 2015 May 7, Fumihiko Fujita et al., “A recurrent granulosa cell tumor of the ovary 25 years after the initial diagnosis: A case report”, in International Journal of Surgery Case Reports, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: Excessive vascularity.
Derived terms: nonhypervascularity
transuterine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + uterine.
Senses: examples: text: Since the transmission of parasites through breast feeding (postnatal), amniotic fluid or by transuterine route are unlikely ( Virreira et al.
ref: 2015, Yves Carlier et al., “Congenital Chagas disease: an update”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, volume 110, →DOI:
glosses: Across or through the uterus.
angiostimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angiostimulatory
form: most angiostimulatory
Etymology: From angio- + stimulatory.
Senses: examples: text: Tumor angiogenesis relies on the abnormal switch in the balance between positive and negative regulators, usually triggered by the release of angiostimulatory mediators from neoplastic and inflammatory cells.
ref: 2015 June 4, Devandir Antonio de Souza Junior et al., “The Role of Mast Cell Specific Chymases and Tryptases in Tumor Angiogenesis”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Stimulating the growth of blood vessels.
hyperproduce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperproduces
form: hyperproducing
form: hyperproduced
form: hyperproduced
Etymology: From hyper- + produce.
Senses: examples: text: This strain never turned red, indicating that β carotene was not hyperproduced by this strain.
ref: 2015 June 3, Ahmad Farhad Talebi et al., “Biochemical Modulation of Lipid Pathway in Microalgae Dunaliella sp. for Biodiesel Production”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To produce to an excessive degree; to produce too much of.
hyperproduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyperproduce
hyperproducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hyperproduce
hyperproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: In a critical climate that venerates slick, hyperproduced Top 40 pop, why is she immune to praise?
ref: 2007 December 13, Sam Anderson, “Taster’s Choice”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2017:
glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperproduce
all dogged up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dogged up
form: all dogged-up
Etymology: Perhaps inspired by decked out or dog's dinner.
Senses: examples: text: Part one of the wind up was in place. Part two required that we should prepare him to win her heart and be there to witness his attempt. The following afternoon we had him all dogged up in borrowed gear.
ref: 2013, Peter Joseph Troy, Below Decks; from Pantry Boy to Steward in the British Merchant Navy, 1954-1961:
text: We were quite warm when we got to Lucerne—but we all “dogged up” for dinner anyway.
ref: 2012, Judith Kitchen, Half In Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate:
text: 1986, Through Streets Broad and Narrow. Gabriel Fielding. Pg. 99.
by the time he had reached Mitchell's where Dymphna would surely be at a corner table, there would be seven or eight people with him, all dogged-up, and several attractive girls.
synonyms: dressed up
endimanched
glosses: Wearing stylish and fancy clothing, having dressed up.
dogged up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dogged up
form: most dogged up
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of all dogged up.
dog out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dogs out
form: dogging out
form: dogged out
form: dogged out
Senses: qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To approach (someone) in a sexual manner.
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To verbally or physically abuse (someone).
examples: text: "The first obstacle you need to overcome is your attitude about black people being dogged out by the entire white race."
ref: 2002, Ricardo Sherman, Back in the Daze:
text: And that wasn't the half of it; now she was in the position to be taken advantage of big time, to be dogged out.
ref: 2014, Robert Earl, Miami Contingent:
text: Looking back it seemed the more money she lined his pockets with, the more he would dog her out.
ref: 2014, Jasmine Johnston, A Hustlaz Night:
text: She think Trey dogged her ass out.
ref: 2007, Dwayne S. Joseph, Roy Glenn, Jihad, Gigolos Get Lonely Too:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: To mistreat (someone), especially for a pimp or abusive man to mistreat a woman by prostituting her.
Synonyms: punk
whore out
pimp out
dogs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dog out
dogging out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dog out
dogged out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dog out
clitellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the clitellum.
blue-balls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blue-ball
blue-balling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From blue balls.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blue-ball
blue-balled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blue-ball
looked the other way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of look the other way
looks the other way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of look the other way
looking the other way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of look the other way
tops off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of top off
topped off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of top off
topping off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of top off
cloamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cloam
cloaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cloam
cloams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloam
cloams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cloam
clofibrates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clofibrate
clomiphenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clomiphene
closenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closeness
closestools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of closestool
clouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clour
cloured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of clour
clours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clour
clours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clour
clownishnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clownishness
cloxacillins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloxacillin
clublands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clubland
clupeoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clupeoid
coaeval
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coeval.
coaeval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coaevals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coeval.
coaevals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaeval
desai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desais
form: desaye
form: dessaye
Senses: glosses: In west and south India, a native official in charge of a district, often held by heredity; a petty chief.
coagulabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coagulability
coagulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coagulation
coalifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coalification
coaltars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaltar
coapted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coapt
coapts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coapt
coapting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coapt
coarbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coarb
coarsenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coarseness
coarsish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coarse + -ish.
Senses: examples: coarsish sand
coarsish manners
glosses: Somewhat coarse.
coastwards
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From coast + -wards.
Senses: glosses: Towards the coast.
Italian Stallion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Italian Stallion
Etymology: In reference to Rocky Balboa's nickname from Rocky (1976).
Senses: examples: text: He's the Italian Stallion. He likes being called that. He enjoys knowing he can manipulate women.
ref: 2012, Christine Feehan, Murder Game, page 92:
text: Danny had christened himself the Italian Stallion years ago in reference to his family's Italian heritage and the name had stuck.
ref: 2009, Garry Lyon, Felice Arena, Specky Magee and the Battle of the Young Guns:
text: She likes the Italian Stallion, over there. I think he makes her wet. She likes his moves and firm ass.
ref: 2000, Samuel E. Stone, Shades, page 128:
glosses: A nickname for a handsome man of Italian descent.
wikipedia: Rocky
Rocky Balboa
coattend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coattends
form: coattending
form: coattended
form: coattended
Etymology: From co- + attend.
Senses: glosses: To attend together.
coattended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coattend
coattends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coattend
coattending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coattend