cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
knob twiddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knob twiddlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of knob-twiddler.
knob twiddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knob twiddler
knob-twiddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knob-twiddler
buwang
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: buwangs
form: buwanging
form: buwanged
form: buwanged
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buang.
lyngbyatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lyngbyatoxins
Etymology: Lyngbya + toxin
Senses: glosses: A blistering agent produced by Moorea producens (formerly Lyngbya majuscula) and possibly other cyanobacteria.
extralemniscal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + lemniscal.
Senses: examples: text: In the extralemniscal pathway, the ventral tier of VPM projects mainly to L4 and L6 [67 ] in the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2).
ref: 2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In addition to the lemniscal (system) (deals with cruder levels of touch and pressure, pain and temperature)
fractionatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fractionated + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) were precipitated wholly or fractionatedly from each available plasma sample in the cohort with a uniform protocol.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Extracellular Vesicle Proteins Associated with Systemic Vascular Events Correlate with Heart Failure: An Observational Study in a Dyspnoea Cohort”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Following fractionation
glycerophosphorylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycero- + phosphorylation.
Senses: examples: text: Since we were unable to assign the mass of this neutral loss to any part of the glycerophosphorylation, it is possible that this unusual modification has a different chemical nature.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Histone H1 Variants in Arabidopsis Are Subject to Numerous Post-Translational Modifications, Both Conserved and Previously Unknown in Histones, Suggesting Complex Functions of H1 in Plants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphorylation with a glycerophosphoric acid (or derivative)
hyperhydroxymethylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + hydroxymethylated.
Senses: examples: text: Our results indicate that simulated microgravity induced alterations in the methylome (~60% of the differentially methylated regions or DMRs are hypomethylated and ~92% of the differentially hydroxymethylated regions or DHMRs are hyperhydroxymethylated).
ref: 2016 January 29, “A Study of Alterations in DNA Epigenetic Modifications (5mC and 5hmC) and Gene Expression Influenced by Simulated Microgravity in Human Lymphoblastoid Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Excessively hydroxymethylated
interzygomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Etymology: From inter- + zygomatic.
Senses: examples: text: The 3-mm coronal CT slabs were reformatted from contiguous axial slices of the orbit, which includes the space between the interzygomatic line and the orbital apex.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Correlation between Extraocular Muscle Size Measured by Computed Tomography and the Vertical Angle of Deviation in Thyroid Eye Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between zygomata
intrauterinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intrauterine + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Tetracyclines administered intrauterinely were the most frequently applied topical antimicrobial drugs (88.7%).
ref: 2016 January 29, “Effect of Antimicrobial Consumption and Production Type on Antibacterial Resistance in the Bovine Respiratory and Digestive Tract”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within the uterus
jiaogulan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 絞股藍／绞股蓝 (jiǎogǔlán).
Senses: examples: text: Finally, there is an evidence that natural products of the putative anti-diabetic plants milk-thistle (Silybum marianum), and jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) stimulate insulin secretion, inhibit gluconeogenesis, or reduce triglycerides and insulin resistance [25 –27 ].
ref: 2016 January 29, “Biomolecular Characterization of Putative Antidiabetic Herbal Extracts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The dioecious, herbaceous climbing vine Gynostemma pentaphyllum
microbiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + biotic.
Senses: examples: text: Larsen et al. comparing the skin microbiota from 102 fish specimens showed that Proteobacteria was the predominant phylum in skin, followed by Firmicutes and Actinobacteria, and each fish had its own specific skin microbiotic community [12 ].
ref: 2016 January 29, “Symbiotic Bacteria in Gills and Guts of Chinese Mitten Crab ( Eriocheir sinensis ) Differ from the Free-Living Bacteria in Water”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to microbiota
Derived terms: antimicrobiotic
microimprinted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + imprinted.
Senses: examples: text: Surfaces that harbour topographical patterns or microimprinted adhesion molecules designed to introduce asymmetry to cell shape are known to influence cell speed and directionality.
ref: 2016 January 29, “A Unidirectional Cell Switching Gate by Engineering Grating Length and Bending Angle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: microscopically imprinted
microswine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪn
Forms: form: microswine
Etymology: From micro- + swine.
Senses: examples: text: Microswine with characteristics such as we have seen in the Panepinto hybrid strain afford the investigator a supple, soft skin surface which is similar to humans and may be manipulated easily by injection of DNA or the application of DNA vehicles.
ref: 1996, Mike E. Tumbleson, Advances in Swine in Biomedical Research, volume 2, page 674:
text: Yucatan™ miniature and microswine, weighing 20–45 kg, were purchased from Sinclair Bio-resources (Windham, MA).
ref: 2016 January 29, “Increased Expression of Phosphorylated Polo-Like Kinase 1 and Histone in Bypass Vein Graft and Coronary Arteries following Angioplasty”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A breed of swine derived from repetitive inbreeding of small (Yucatan) swine.
67
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of 6-7.
68
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 68s
Etymology: *(Sex): By analogy with 69, a mutual oral sex position.
*(Food): An antonym of 86 (“to temporarily remove an item from the menu”) via a reversal of the numbers.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
glosses: A sex position in which one partner lays on top of the other, with their genitalia facing the other partner's head, in order for said partner to perform oral sex.
68
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: 68s
form: 68ing
form: 68ed
form: 68ed
Etymology: *(Sex): By analogy with 69, a mutual oral sex position.
*(Food): An antonym of 86 (“to temporarily remove an item from the menu”) via a reversal of the numbers.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sexology
sexuality
glosses: To have sex in the 68 position.
topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: To put an item back on the menu.
75
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 75s
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Ellipsis of French 75.
adhocratical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /adhəˈkɹatɪkəl/
ipa: /ædhəˈkɹædɪkəl/
Forms: form: more adhocratical
form: most adhocratical
Etymology: From adhocracy + -ical or adhocratic + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Practically for all interrogated organizations only the desire to strengthen attributes of other (clan, adhocratical and market) cultures is common. The desire to strengthen clan characteristics of the organization is visible more obviously than any other: expressiveness of the general values, the help and study on the part of the leaders, stability of relations, mutual trust and care of people.
ref: 2004, Sławomira Partyckiego, editor, Człowiek a rynek [People and the Market] (Prace Wydziału Nauk Społecznych [Works of the Faculty of Social Sciences]; 92), volume 2, Lublin, Poland: Katedra Mikrostruktur Społecznych i Współczesnych Teorii Socjologicznych, Tow. Nauk. Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego [Department of Social Microstructures and Contemporary Sociological Theory, Catholic University of Lublin], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 69:
english: People and the Market
translation: People and the Market
topics: business
qualifier: organizational theory
glosses: Relating to an adhocracy; adhocratic.
Synonyms: word: adhocratic
Related terms: adhocrat
adhocracy
adhocratically
southernwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From southern + wort.
Senses: examples: text: To prevent which, take Southernwort and Hellebore each a handful, bruife and boil'd 'em in two quarts of Cow's Milk; give half a pint at a time, and so wash them in Water wherein Holly has been boil'd, then let'em blood, and it will prevent the falling of the Hair, and Diseases attending it.
ref: 1710, James Lambert, The Countryman's Treasure:
text: Others commonly take three Ounces of the Seeds of Smallage, and three Ounces of Hylop, and as much Southernwort, and boil 'em well in Oil and Wine mingled together, and give the Horse to drink: Keep the Horse warm, and let him neither drink cold Water, nor eat dry dusty Hay.
ref: 1734, Gervase Markham, Markham's Master-piece:
text: Boil the bulbs (roots) of the white lilly in cream, and put it on the sore in form of a plaster. Southernwort has the same effect.
ref: 1850, Johann Georg Hohman, The Long Lost Friend, Or, Faithful & Christian Instructions Containing Wonderous and Well-tried Arts & Remedies, for Man as Well as Animals:
glosses: Synonym of southernwood.
synonyms: word: southernwood
adhocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad hocrats
form: ad-hocrats
Senses: glosses: plural of adhocrat.
ad hocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad hocrats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adhocrat.
ad hocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ad hocrat (alternative form of adhocrats).
ad-hocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad-hocrats
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of adhocrat.
ad-hocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ad-hocrat (alternative form of adhocrats).
cylindrospermopsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cylindrospermopsins
Etymology: Fron Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii (species from which the toxin was first isolated) + -in
Senses: glosses: A toxin produced by cyanobacteria
Derived terms: deoxycylindrospermopsin
single market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single markets
Senses: glosses: A trade bloc with some common product-regulation policies in which most trade barriers have been removed.
friendgirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friendgirls
form: friend girl
Etymology: From friend + girl.
Senses: examples: text: Newfoundlanders are contrary people who often speak or act back foremost, saying friendgirl, ashore for aboard, boy for man, gaffer for boy, and young fellow for any unmarried man under middle age.
ref: 1984, University of Manchester, Department of English (contributor), PN Review - Volume 11, page 42:
glosses: A female friend, as opposed to a girlfriend or lover.
glosses: A girlfriend, although of less intensity.
Related terms: guyfriend
friendboy
friend girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friend girls
form: friendgirl
Senses: glosses: a female friend.
Related terms: guyfriend
laundry mat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laundry mats
Senses: glosses: Eggcorn of laundromat.
lovergirl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lovergirls
form: lover girl
Etymology: From lover + girl.
Senses: examples: text: In her memory he never told her to get rid of it. But later, when she was freezing in basement apartments in the Bronx and working her fingers to the bone, she reflected that he had told her exactly that. But like lovergirls everywhere, she had heard only what she wanted to hear.
ref: 2007, Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Faber and Faber (2009), page 137:
coordinate_terms: loverboy
glosses: A female lover, especially a young one.
dental drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dental drills
Senses: synonyms: dentist's drill
glosses: A small, high-speed drill used during dental procedures.
dentist's drill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dentists' drills
Senses: glosses: A small, high-speed drill used during dental procedures.
26.2
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 26.2s
Etymology: The distance of a marathon, 26.2 miles.
Senses: examples: Meronym: 13.1
glosses: A marathon.
deathpool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathpools
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of death pool.
deadpool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deadpools
Senses: examples: text: The base of the saddle dam is at an approximate elevation of 10,080 feet, which appears to be about 25 feet above the minimum pool water level. This option would necessitate complete drainage of the reservoir (to deadpool) so that this could be engineered to accommodate a stable channel and inlet area for the micro-tunnel.
ref: 2009, Arapaho National Forest (N.F.), Roosevelt National Forest (N.F.), Pawnee National Grassland, Long Draw Reservoir Special Use Authorization: Environmental Impact Statement, page 16:
text: The hydraulic head is the difference between the normal maximum water surface elevation and the deadpool (e.g. the water level below which water can no longer be discharged) elevation.
ref: 2010, Los Vaqueros Reservoir Expansion Project: Environmental Impact Statement, page 33:
text: Now many dams are approaching deadpool, without enough water to even flow past the dam or turn the electric generators, and more and more rivers don't even reach the sea, even the mighty Nile.
ref: 2016 July 28, Paul Sequoia Rauch, Forsaken Earth: The Ongoing Mass Extinction, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: Alternative form of dead pool (“a point at which a reservoir no longer has enough water”).
glosses: Alternative form of dead pool (“a game of predicting when people will die”).
deadpool
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deadpools
form: deadpooling
form: deadpooled
form: deadpooled
Senses: examples: ref: 2009 January 3, Robin Wauters, “JournalSpace Drama: All Data Lost Without Backup, Company Deadpooled”, in Michael Arrington, Erick Schonfeld, editors, TechCrunch, archived from the original on 07 Jan 2009
text: After burning through $10.5 million in capital that was raised over the three years of its operation, and unable to generate enough revenue to keep the website afloat, the company began looking for a new buyer. Judy's Book was deadpooled in October 2007.
ref: [2011?], “Judy's Book”, in The Social Networking Handbook: Everything You Need to Know about Social Networking, [United States?]: [Tebbo], →ISBN, page 633:
text: The lbs market is evolving so rapidly that some well-known names (Gowalla, Brightkite, Babbleville) have already gone under—“deadpooled” is the industry term—or been acquired (such as Loopt, which prepaid card specialist Green Dot will use to enter the mobile wallet business).
ref: 2013, Richard D. Easton, Eric F. Frazier, “Where Are We? gps and gnss Today”, in GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones, Lincoln, Neb.: Potomac Books, →ISBN:
text: Although the influx of start-ups was relatively higher previously, many start-ups have deadpooled too.
ref: 2023 July 31, “Web3 start-ups’ growth stalls amid regulatory uncertainty”, in Businessline, Chennai, Tamil Nadu: The Hindu Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: business
glosses: Of a company or project, to fail, to shut down, or to go bankrupt.
Elie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛli/
Etymology: Variously a form of Elijah used in Romanian, French, and some other languages, or short for names like Eliezer.
Senses: examples: Elie Faure (author of a 1922 History of Art)
Elie Wiesel (author of Night)
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Elie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛli/
Senses: glosses: A village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4900).
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Cartier, Manitoba, Canada.
cable man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cable men
Senses: glosses: A man that works for the cable television service and installs cable television.
delivery man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delivery men
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of deliveryman.
pizza girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza girls
form: pizza-girl
Senses: glosses: A woman who delivers pizza to people.
pizza woman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza women
Senses: glosses: A woman employed to deliver pizza to customers' homes.
pizza lady
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizza ladies
Senses: glosses: A woman who delivers pizza to people.
27th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of twenty-seventh.
28th
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of twenty-eighth.
Laborite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Laborites
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: a member or supporter of the Australian Labor Party, a centre-left political party of Australia.
glosses: Misspelling of Labourite (“UK political party member, Labour Party”).
Related terms: Labor Party
Labor Party
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Labor Party
form: Labour Party
Etymology: From labor + party.
Senses: glosses: A political organization representing labor.
glosses: Any of a number of political parties of various nationalities, often opposed to conservative parties.
Derived terms: Laborite
Related terms: Conservative party
firebaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firebath
fire-bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-baths
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of firebath.
fire-baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire-bath
NYRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Youth Rights Association.
little egret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little egrets
Senses: glosses: A species of egret, Egretta garzetta, family Ardeidae, widely distributed throughout the Old World, the Caribbean, and Eastern North America.
midwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + wall.
Senses: examples: text: Our previous data showed that concentric LVH was associated with progression to dialysis, and that an increased LA diameter and a decreased LVEF and midwall fractional shortening were associated with a rapid renal function decline [7 ].
ref: 2016 January 29, “Association of the Ratio of Early Mitral Inflow Velocity to the Global Diastolic Strain Rate with a Rapid Renal Function Decline in Atrial Fibrillation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The middle of a wall
Malaccan Creole Portuguese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Malacca Creole Portuguese.
synonyms: word: Malacca Creole Portuguese
Kristang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malay Kristang, from Portuguese cristão. Cognate with Japanese キリシタン (kirishitan, “early Japanese Christianity”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Malacca Creole Portuguese.
synonyms: word: Malacca Creole Portuguese
multivibrissa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multivibrissae
Etymology: From multi- + vibrissa.
Senses: glosses: An array of multiple vibrissae
nongaussianity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongaussianities
Etymology: From non- + gaussianity.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, it needs some criteria to sort these ICs. In this paper, we use negentropy as a criterion to measure the nongaussianity of ICs. Then, the IC with maximum negentropy will be separated first.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Oil Adulteration Identification by Hyperspectral Imaging Using QHM and ICA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being nongaussian
prepolymerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prepolymerizes
form: prepolymerizing
form: prepolymerized
form: prepolymerized
Etymology: From pre- + polymerize.
Senses: glosses: To polymerize prior to some other process
prepolymerized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Thereafter, the mixture was prepolymerized at 40°C for 12 h under stirring.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Fabrication of a Selective and Sensitive Sensor Based on Molecularly Imprinted Polymer/Acetylene Black for the Determination of Azithromycin in Pharmaceuticals and Biological Samples”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of prepolymerize
propionylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: In summary, lysines within the H1.2 C-terminal domain were found to be methylated, acetylated, formylated and crotonylated, and those of the H1.1 C-terminal domain, dimethylated, acetylated, formylated, crotonylated and propionylated.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Histone H1 Variants in Arabidopsis Are Subject to Numerous Post-Translational Modifications, Both Conserved and Previously Unknown in Histones, Suggesting Complex Functions of H1 in Plants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of propionylate
propionylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: propionylates
form: propionylating
form: propionylated
form: propionylated
Etymology: From propionyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with propionic acid or one of its derivatives; to introduce one or more propionyl groups into a substance.
Derived terms: depropionylate
propionylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propionylations
Etymology: From propionyl + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: While the majority of modifications detected in Arabidopsis H1s, including phosphorylation, acetylation, mono- and dimethylation, formylation, crotonylation and propionylation, have also been reported in H1s of other species, some others have not been previously identified in histones.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Histone H1 Variants in Arabidopsis Are Subject to Numerous Post-Translational Modifications, Both Conserved and Previously Unknown in Histones, Suggesting Complex Functions of H1 in Plants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of a substance with propionic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more propionyl groups into a substance
shyeah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Shyeah, right," Kitty snorted with a smirk.
ref: 2000, Stan Lee, Mike Zeck, X-Men Legends, page 115:
text: “Shyeah!” the cabbie spat. “They act like they're Christians. They pretend. But they're really al-Qaeda.
ref: 2012, Annia Ciezadlo, Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love, and War, page 5:
glosses: Alternative form of yeah.
rebed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebeds
form: rebedding
form: rebedded
form: rebedded
Etymology: From re- + bed.
Senses: glosses: To supply with a new or replacement bed or bedding
rebedded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Cages were cleaned and rebedded twice a week by the facility’s animal care technician.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Differences in Anticipatory Behaviour between Rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) Housed in Standard versus Semi-Naturalistic Laboratory Environments”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of rebed
sonoelastography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sono- + elastography.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, other non-invasive methods have been developed for the detection of HF, such as ultrasonographic diagnosis, transient sonoelastography, computed tomography (CT), dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) MRI, and MR elastography [14 –18 ].
ref: 2016 January 29, “Intravoxel Incoherent Motion MR Imaging for Staging of Hepatic Fibrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A form of ultrasonography used to image soft tissue
Related terms: sonoelastographic
transthalamic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + thalamic.
Senses: examples: text: However, both the function of that transthalamic pathway and the nature of the messages that are relayed through the POm from one cortical area to another remain unclear.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Control of Somatosensory Cortical Processing by Thalamic Posterior Medial Nucleus: A New Role of Thalamus in Cortical Function”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Across or through the thalamus
channelographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From channelography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to channelography.
dallisgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dallisgrasses
Etymology: After A. T. Dallis, a farmer of Georgia (US), who grew the species.
Senses: synonyms: Dallas grass
dallis grass
sticky heads
glosses: Any of the grasses in the genus Paspalum.
dallisgrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dallisgrass
FEA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of finite element analysis.
Synonyms: sense: finite element analysis
english: finite element method
translation: finite element method
word: FEM
coalings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coaling
e-forum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-forums
form: e-fora
Etymology: From e- + forum.
Senses: glosses: An Internet forum.
cyberfora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberforum
e-forums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-forum
e-fora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-forum
e-skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of e-skin
rebeds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebed
rebedding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebed
playgrouper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playgroupers
Etymology: From playgroup + -er.
Senses: glosses: A child who attends a playgroup.
playgroupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playgrouper
sweet shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweet shop
fifinella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifinellas
Etymology: Coined by the author Roald Dahl.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e […] began the traditional Gremlin wedding rites. […] All the unmarried Fifinellas gathered at one side of the room, Gidge turned away from them and tossed the paper flowers over her shoulder. There was a quick scramble and when it was over Mitz emerged holding the prize.
ref: 2016, John Rodgers, The Green Lady and Friends, page 36:
glosses: A female gremlin.
wikipedia: Roald Dahl
fifinellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifinella
Texas toasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Texas toast
four-wheeling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: off-roading in a vehicle with four-wheel drive
camucamu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Myrciaria dubia, a small bushy riverside tree of the Amazon rainforest.
velvet bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velvet beans
Senses: glosses: Any of several legumes.
Mucuna pruriens.
glosses: Any of several legumes.
Mucuna pruriens subsp. deeringiana.
glosses: Any of several legumes.
Pseudarthria hookeri.
velvet beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velvet bean
guavaberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guavaberries
Etymology: From guava + berry.
Senses: glosses: Myrciaria floribunda, a Caribbean fruit tree.
glosses: The small tangy edible fruit of this tree.
Synonyms: rumberry
rumberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumberries
Senses: glosses: Synonym of guavaberry.
synonyms: word: guavaberry
rumberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumberry
guavaberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guavaberry
silajit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shilajit.
footstove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footstoves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foot stove.
foot stoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot stove
footstoves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footstove
now-nowism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From now now + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Excessive focus on the present, or on immediate gratification.
chabudai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chabudai
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 卓袱台.
Senses: glosses: A short-legged Japanese table.
korsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of korsi
circle inversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circle inversions
Senses: examples: text: The first of these is obtained by the method of circle inversion first discovered by Peaucellier.
ref: 1875, A. B. Kempe, On Some New Limkages: Messenger of Mathematics, volume 4, page 121:
text: Nikolai Joukowski (1847-1921) was a Russian mathematician who did research in aerodynamics (James and James, 1992). He used circle inversion in the complex number plane to study airfoil shapes.
ref: 1997, Mathematical Association of America, MAA Notes, numbers 41-42, page 169:
text: As is common with nonlinear projections, it is possible to come up with many variants of circle inversions.[…]An obvious (but perhaps not very useful) extension of circle inversion is sphere inversion, where the spaces inside and outside a sphere are swapped.
ref: 2011, David Salomon, The Computer Graphics Manual, page 88:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: inversive geometry
glosses: A transformation that maps any point P ≠ O to the point P’ on the ray from O through P for which OP × OP’ = r², and which maps O to the point at infinity.
raw_tags: for a given circle with centre O and radius r
Synonyms: word: transformation
Related terms: sphere inversion
circle inversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circle inversion
picro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”).
Senses: glosses: bitter
mudguarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mudguard + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a mudguard.
birdnap
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: birdnaps
form: birdnapping
form: birdnaping
form: birdnapped
form: birdnapped
form: birdnaped
form: birdnaped
Etymology: From bird + -nap.
Senses: glosses: To steal or abduct a bird.
Derived terms: birdnapper
birdnapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of birdnap
birdnaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of birdnap
birdnapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of birdnap
CICO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of calories in, calories out.
heterostrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + -strophy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Twisting in a different direction.
-strophy
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “a turn, bend, twist”).
Senses: glosses: Used to form nouns indicating a turn or twist of the indicated kind
jangle pop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A 1980s genre of alternative rock music that marked a return to the jangly guitar melodies of the 1960s.
framegrabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: framegrabbers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of frame grabber.
videostream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videostreams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of video stream.
video stream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video streams
form: videostream
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stream of video data.
videostreams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videostream
video streams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video stream
framegrabbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of framegrabber
frame grabber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frame grabbers
form: framegrabber
Senses: glosses: An electronic device that captures digital still frames from an analog video signal or a digital video stream.
frame grabbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frame grabber
roach stomper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roach stompers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of roach killer.
synonyms: word: roach killer
roach stompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roach stomper
roach killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roach killers
Senses: glosses: A kind of boot with a very long, pointed toe.
Synonyms: roach stomper
winkle-picker
Related terms: waffle stomper
roach killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roach killer
hayless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hay + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without hay.
oatless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oat + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without oats.
stableless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stable + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a stable.
restable
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restables
form: restabling
form: restabled
form: restabled
Etymology: From re- + stable.
Senses: glosses: To return (an animal) to its stable.
restabled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restable
restables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of restable
restabling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restable
logologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logologists
Etymology: From logology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies logology.
logologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logologist
mesostich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesostichs
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) and στίχος (stíkhos, “line”).
Senses: glosses: An acrostic that spells out a word or message with its middle letters.
Related terms: telestich
mesostichs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesostich
toast point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toast points
Senses: glosses: A triangular slice of bread that has been toasted after the crusts have been cut off.
toast points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toast point
gaggiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gaggy: most gaggy
New York strip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: New York strips
Senses: glosses: Synonym of strip steak.
synonyms: word: strip steak
Derived terms: Texas strip
New York strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New York strip
pull-apart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pull-aparts
Senses: glosses: A kind of sweet or savory food made with baked dough.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structural basin where two overlapping faults or a fault bend create(s) an area of crustal extension undergoing tension, which causes the basin to sink down.
pull-aparts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pull-apart
canned air
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mixture of gases supplied in a spray can, used for cleaning electronic equipment etc.
SSDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of sudden sniffing death syndrome.
sudden sniffing death syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sudden death by cardiac arrest as a result of using inhalants.
Synonyms: SSDS
Black Forest ham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Black Forest hams
Senses: glosses: A variety of dry-cured smoked ham produced in the Black Forest region of Germany.
Black Forest trifle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Black Forest trifles
Senses: glosses: A trifle made with chocolate and cherries, similiar to a Black Forest gâteau.
Sackville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sackvilles
Etymology: From the Norman habitational surname, from the town of Sauqueville, in Normandy.
The town in New Brunswick is named after British politician George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716 - 1785).
The civil parish is named after the town.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norman.
glosses: A civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A town in southeastern New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Sydney in the City of Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia, named after George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.
preacher's kid syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The supposed tendency for the children of clergy to rebel against religion and the church.
Black Forest hams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Black Forest ham
Black Forest trifles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Black Forest trifle
Helsinki syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Helsinki Syndrome
Etymology: Probably due to the 1988 film Die Hard in which an ignorant TV expert calls Stockholm syndrome "Helsinki syndrome":
*
1988, Jeb Stuart (screenplay), Die Hard:
Gail Wallens (a news anchor, live on air): ...author of "Hostage/Terrorist, Terrorist/Hostage, a Study in Duality." Dr. Hasseldorf, what can we expect in the next few hours?
Dr. Hasseldorf: Well, Gail, by this time the hostages should be going through the early stages of the Helsinki Syndrome.
Harvey Johnson (Gail's co-anchor): As in Helsinki, Sweden?
[a crew member facepalms]
Senses: examples: text: "It's called Helsinki Syndrome.” Dr. Pantu said to the Doctor over the telephone. “The kidnapped, or hostages, begin to identify with their captors."
ref: 1991, William Carney, Hide and Seek, page 203:
text: In the same field as brain washing but acting with almost immediate effect is a response now called the “Helsinki Syndrome" after an event that occurred in that city. Bank robbers took captive some bank staff after a robbery went wrong.
ref: 1993, John Sword, Window on Mankind: Evolution and Human Behaviour, page 78:
text: Danny claimed he fell in love with Jeannie, but what seemed to Storms more likely was that she had developed some kind of Patti Hearst-like, Helsinki-syndrome, teenage crush on him.
ref: 1995, Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, A Stranger in the Family, page 289:
text: It's the Helsinki syndrome, Striker. We've encountered it before in the SAS. When hostages are totally dependent on their captors and do not know whether they'll live or die, they begin to identify with the terrorists.
ref: 1997, Don Pendleton, Night of the Jaguar, page 329:
text: Niles wanted to know if Dr. Davis was familiar with the Helsinki Syndrome, where hostages were brainwashed into thinking of their captives as friends.
ref: 1999, Lee Butcher, Sex, Money and Murder in Daytona Beach, page 342:
text: This is a variation of the Helsinki Syndrome, in which hostages come to sympathize with their captors.
ref: 2001, Quinton Skinner, Do I Look Like a Daddy to You?:, page 90:
text: And had she even once mentioned that in reality Beauty was a hostage suffering from Helsinki syndrome?
ref: 2001, Lynda Simmons, Just the Way You Aren't, page 117:
text: I've read about the Helsinki syndrome, when the victim becomes attached to his or her tormentor.
ref: 2007, Vanda Juknaitė, Bernard Ivan Tamas, Laima Srouginis, My Voice Betrays Me, page xix:
glosses: Stockholm syndrome.
wikipedia: Die Hard
Aldrin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aldrins
Senses: examples: text: The astronaut Buzz Aldrin was the second person to walk on the Moon.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Aldrin cycler
Oslo process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Oslo process
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A peace process between Israel and Palestine, begun with the Oslo Accords.
capulana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capulanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese capulana, from Ronga kapulana.
Senses: glosses: A type of sarong worn primarily in Mozambique.
capulanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capulana
Cardew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cardews
form: Carthew
Etymology: From Cumbric *cayr (“a fort”) + Cumbric *düv (“black”).
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in the City of Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY340492).
glosses: A habitational surname.
pig-nosed turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pig-nosed turtle
nitrofen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The herbicide 2,4-dichloro-1-(4-nitrophenoxy)benzene.
fluorodifen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fluoro- and diphenyl.
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
uricolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to uricolysis.
ganglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ganglingly
form: most ganglingly
Etymology: From gangling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gangling fashion.
run into one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs into one
form: running into one
form: ran into one
form: run into one
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To hit a home run.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, into, one.
zeroconf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: zero-configuration networking
Giroud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Girouds
Etymology: From French Giroud.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French
Related terms: Giraud
predilutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predilute
prediluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of predilute
predilutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predilution
prefilterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prefiltering
biophysiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + physiography.
Senses: glosses: The branch of biology that deals with the natural history of living organisms; descriptive biology.
Related terms: biophysiographic
biophysiographical
biophysiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + physiographic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biophysiography.
biophysiographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + physiographical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to biophysiography.
bionergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bioenergy.
boral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Proprietary name, shortened from the chemical name.
Senses: glosses: aluminium borotartrate, an astringent and antiseptic.
bonelet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonelets
Etymology: From bone + -let.
Senses: glosses: A little bone; an ossicle.
bonelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonelet
Dutchophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutchophone
biurate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biurates
Etymology: From bi- + urate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A urate containing twice as much of the uric acid constituent as an ordinary urate.
biurates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biurate
bisalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bisalts
Etymology: From bi- + salt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An acid salt.
bisalts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bisalt
bipp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by James Rutherford Morison, British surgeon, from the initial letters of the ingredients.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of one part bismuth, two parts iodoform, and one part paraffin, blended to form a paste, applied as an antiseptic to wounds previously cleaned and dried.
wikipedia: James Rutherford Morison
pouch of Morison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pouches of Morison
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Morison's pouch.
synonyms: word: Morison's pouch
pouches of Morison
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pouch of Morison
FAST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FASTs
form: fast
form: Fast
form: F.A.S.T.
form: F. A. S. T.
Etymology: Abbreviation. Coined in recognition of the word fast, e.g. (medical sense) describing the need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.
Senses: glosses: Acronym of focused assessment with sonography for trauma.
glosses: Acronym of firefighter assist and search team.
coordinate_terms: AVOD
glosses: Acronym of free advertising-supported streaming television
FAST
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: fast
form: Fast
form: F.A.S.T.
form: F. A. S. T.
Etymology: Abbreviation. Coined in recognition of the word fast, e.g. (medical sense) describing the need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
coordinate_terms: CVA
FASTER
glosses: Acronym of facial drooping, arm weakness, speech difficulty, time, a mnemonic for diagnosing a CVA or stroke.
FAST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: fast
form: Fast
form: F.A.S.T.
form: F. A. S. T.
Etymology: Abbreviation. Coined in recognition of the word fast, e.g. (medical sense) describing the need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope.
FAST
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fast
form: Fast
form: F.A.S.T.
form: F. A. S. T.
Etymology: Abbreviation. Coined in recognition of the word fast, e.g. (medical sense) describing the need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.
Senses: examples: text: What’s more, FAST goals work well across a wide range of industries. Technology companies such as Google, Intuit, and Netflix use an approach called objectives and key results (OKRs) to put these principles into action. FAST goals are also used in companies in more traditional industries, including AB InBev, Burger King, and Kraft Heinz.
ref: 2018 June 5, Charles Sull and Donald Sull, “With Goals, FAST Beats SMART”, in MIT Sloan Management Review, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2018:
glosses: An acronym for remembering desirable characteristics for goal-setting: frequently discussed, ambitious, specific, transparent.
Related terms: DUMB
HARD
SMART
SMARTER
hemoperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hemo- + peritoneal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to hemoperitoneum.