cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intracoronal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + coronal.
Senses: examples: text: Heithersay analyzed cervical resorption cases and reported that 24.1% were caused by orthodontic treatment, 15.1% by dental trauma, 5.1% by surgery (e.g., transplantation or periodontal surgery), and 3.9% by intracoronal bleaching.
ref: 2015 July 14, Mohammad E. Rokaya et al., “Evaluation of Extraradicular Diffusion of Hydrogen Peroxide during Intracoronal Bleaching Using Different Bleaching Agents”, in International Journal of Dentistry, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Within the corona
kinurenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is conceivable, therefore, that these two molecules might exert opposite influences on the production of HLA-G by MSCs, with kinurenine acting as a stimulator and tryptophan operating a sort of negative feedback.
ref: 2015 July 24, Rachele Ciccocioppo et al., “Ex vivo immunosuppressive effects of mesenchymal stem cells on Crohn’s disease mucosal T cells are largely dependent on indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity and cell-cell contact”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of kynurenine.
satellite DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An array of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA
macrosatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrosatellites
Etymology: From macro- + satellite.
Senses: examples: text: The genetic region involved in FSHD does not encode any protein but rather contains a 3.3 kb macrosatellite D4Z4 repeat [ 180 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, Mao Nie et al., “Noncoding RNAs, Emerging Regulators of Skeletal Muscle Development and Diseases”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of satellite DNA.
synonyms: word: satellite DNA
mannosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: During Mtb infection, MBL recognizes mannosylated lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) and phosphatidylinositol mannosides (PIMs) [ 10 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, Jonathan Kevin Sia, Maria Georgieva, Jyothi Rengarajan, “Innate Immune Defenses in Human Tuberculosis: An Overview of the Interactions between Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Innate Immune Cells”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: plural of mannoside
microbiopsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbiopsies
Etymology: From micro- + biopsy.
Senses: examples: text: (2005) [ 27 ] have developed a rotational microbiopsy module which has been integrated into a WCE specifically to perform a biopsy of the small intestines.
ref: 2015 July 15, Stephen Woods, Timothy Constandinou, “Engineering Micromechanical Systems for the Next Generation Wireless Capsule Endoscopy”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Very small-scale biopsy
neurobrucellosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + brucellosis.
Senses: examples: text: So, a diagnosis of neurobrucellosis was made.
ref: 2015 July 14, Angela Quirino et al., “Professional Acquisition of M. bovis in Calabria Region (Southern Italy): A Challenging Case of Osteomyelitis in a Migrant Patient from Bulgaria”, in Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: brucellosis that affects the nervous system
neurodepressant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + depressant.
Senses: examples: text: Tests showed that when this toxin is injected via ICV, it immediately induces sleep and additionally exerts marked antiepileptic action, preventing signs of penicillin-induced epileptiform activity, suggesting a potentially strong neurodepressant action in mammals [ 58 ].
ref: 2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:
glosses: That depresses the activity of the nervous system
neurodepressant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurodepressants
Etymology: From neuro- + depressant.
Senses: glosses: Any such material
nucleocytosolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nucleo- + cytosolic.
Senses: examples: text: A previous study found that histone acetylation and deacetylation was directly regulated by nucleocytosolic acetyl-CoA abundance [ 40 ].
ref: 2015 August 8, Yiming Zhang et al., “Adaptive mutations in sugar metabolism restore growth on glucose in a pyruvate decarboxylase negative yeast strain”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the cytosol and the nucleus
octadecapeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octadecapeptides
Etymology: From octadeca- + peptide.
Senses: examples: text: Even though it has not been tested yet on specific models of AD, apamin, a stable octadecapeptide isolated from bee Apis mellifera, has been proven an important tool in learning and memory studies as it is considered a blocker of small conductance calcium-activated K + channels in the CNS.
ref: 2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, volume 21, →DOI:
glosses: A polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties
oleodistillate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleodistillates
Etymology: From oleo- + distillate.
Senses: examples: text: Sunflower seed oil, particularly in its oleodistillate form (SOD), is believed to improve the skin barrier [ 33 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, Allison L. Goddard, Peter A. Lio, “Alternative, Complementary, and Forgotten Remedies for Atopic Dermatitis”, in Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine : eCAM, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Any oil that has been purified by distillation (typically at low pressures)
overtube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overtubes
Etymology: From over- + tube.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the nature and location of the foreign bodies, we used a wide diversity of endoscopic devices (retrieval basket, biopsy forceps, polypectomy snare, transparent distal protective hood, and overtube) to perform the procedures.
ref: 2015 July 15, Chih-Chien Yao et al., “Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A protective tube used during endoscopy, typically during removal of a foreign body
overtubes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overtube
peptidoglican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The aim of our study, therefore, was to investigate the effects of MSCs on mucosal T-cell lines (TCLs) specific for the muramyl dipeptide (MDP), a motif common to peptidoglican of the bacterial cell wall against which the abnormal immune response is mounted, which represents the main effector arm of tissue damage in this pathological condition.
ref: 2015 July 24, Rachele Ciccocioppo et al., “Ex vivo immunosuppressive effects of mesenchymal stem cells on Crohn’s disease mucosal T cells are largely dependent on indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activity and cell-cell contact”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of peptidoglycan.
pericaryon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cells in the unexposed group had well-distributed nuclear chromatin, clear pericaryon, normal mitochondria, regular smooth endoplasmic reticulum, and rough endoplasmic reticulum without degranulation.
ref: 2015 August 8, Yu-xiao Liu et al., “Exposure to 3G mobile phone signals does not affect the biological features of brain tumor cells”, in BMC Public Health, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of perikaryon.
Nandhana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The twenty-sixth year of the 60-year cycle of the Tamil calendar.
portohepatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From porto- + hepatic.
Senses: examples: text: [ 4 ] “a persistence of portions of the omphalomesenteric (vitelline) venous system from the second month of fetal life is the most likely explanation for the portohepatic venous malformation.” Some small intrahepatic portosystemic shunts ( Table 1 ) located between the portal branches and hepatic veins disappear spontaneously by age 1 to 2 years [ 6, 7 ].
ref: 2015 July 14, Kalyan Paudel, Eric K. Hoffer, “Transhepatic Embolization of Congenital Intrahepatic Portosystemic Venous Shunts with Associated Aneurysms”, in Case Reports in Medicine, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting the portal vein and the hepatic vein; relating to the hepatic portal vein
postcaustic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + caustic.
Senses: examples: text: In our study, 66 out of 226 (29.2%) incidents of foreign bodies' ingestion were associated with underlying pathologies including esophageal and hypopharyngeal cancer, postcaustic injury benign stenosis, esophageal stricture, and anastomoses.
ref: 2015 July 15, Chih-Chien Yao et al., “Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract of Adults”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Following destruction of tissue
povidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Approximately 2 ml venous blood was obtained after thorough cleansing of the patients’ skin for 2 min with povidine iodine and allowing the skin to dry before taking blood.
ref: 2015 August 9, Bua John et al., “Risk factors and practices contributing to newborn sepsis in a rural district of Eastern Uganda, August 2013: a cross sectional study”, in BMC Research Notes, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of povidone.
preinduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preinductions
Etymology: From pre- + induction.
Senses: examples: text: For reversal of established EAE, we followed up a cohort of mice being subject to preinduction of EAE.
ref: 2015 July 14, Lanfang Zhang, Yixian Guo, Chang-Qing Xia, “Infusion of Sulfosuccinimidyl-4-[N-maleimidomethyl]cyclohexane-1-carboxylate-Conjugated MOG35–55-Coupled Spleen Cells Effectively Prevents and Reverses Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis in Mice”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: induction prior to some other process
Related terms: preinduce
preinduction
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + induction.
Senses: glosses: Prior to induction
samsum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, it has been reported that samsum ant venom (SAV) inhibits the IGF-I mediated phosphorylation of ERK and AKT, but not p38MAPK [ 126 ].
ref: 2015 July 15, Kallirroi Voudouri et al., “Insulin-Like Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Signaling in Breast Cancer Cell Growth: Focus on Endocrine Resistant Disease”, in Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam), volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Any of certain black ants in species Pachycondyla sennaarensis (syn. Brachyponera sennaarensis)
semiconductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + conductance.
Senses: examples: text: Oedema results in disruption of cellular membranes, not only the outer cellular membrane by opening of stretch activated channels that counteract the volume increase, with dissipation of the semiconductance of the membrane, but also endoplasmic reticulum (ER), Golgi apparatus, mitochondrial membranes, and cytoskeletal microtubules.
ref: 2015 July 15, Pascal Rowart et al., “Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”, in Journal of Immunology Research, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Partial conductance.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The conductance of a semiconductor.
octadecapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octadecapeptide
microbiopsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbiopsy
thermogenics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science of heat production.
Related terms: thermogenic
thermophylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thermophylic
form: most thermophylic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Resistant to the destructive effects of heat.
thermostabile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thermostabile
form: most thermostabile
Senses: glosses: Dated form of thermostable.
flippery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flippery
form: most flippery
Etymology: From flipper + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “You were both squished up inside, trapped by those flippery things. You were locked up and hanging from a chain. But now you're free!” The sea monster smiled happily. He was clearly very pleased with himself.
ref: 2012, Steve Cole, Astrosaurs 4 Book Set: Riddle of the Raptors:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of flippers.
stramonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stramonium
thromboplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thromboplastic
form: most thromboplastic
Etymology: From thrombo- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: Causing or accelerating the formation of blood clots.
thymitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thymo- + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the thymus gland
thymoprivous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to or caused by the removal or atrophy of the thymus.
thrombolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From thrombolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a thrombolytic manner; so as to break down blood clots.
encumberedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From encumbered + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being encumbered.
unencumberedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unencumbered + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being unencumbered.
koanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more koanic
form: most koanic
Etymology: From koan + -ic.
Senses: glosses: koanlike
Quist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Adrian Quist
Hamiltonicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hamilton + -icity.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being Hamiltonian.
Synonyms: Hamiltonianness
Hamiltonianness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hamiltonian + -ness.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The property of being Hamiltonian.
Synonyms: Hamiltonicity
Tijuana Bible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tijuana Bibles
form: Tijuana bible
Etymology: From Tijuana, deriving from the incorrect belief that these were smuggled across the US-Mexico border, plus Bible, used ironically in this context due to the publications' pornographic nature. Attested since the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: MR BARNES. I would say that the most prevalent [pornographic literature] would be the type known to us, or in the language of the people who deal in it, ... the Tijuana Bible, a small [cartoon] booklet about 2 by 3 inches, that is very lewd and very obscene in its character. ... [I]t [shows all types of sexual perversions].
ref: 1955, Mr. Bobo, Mr. Barnes, US Senate, Hearing Before the Subcommitee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency, page 374:
text: “You acquainted with the Tijuana Bibles?” ¶ “I've heard a lot goes on in those border towns but not much that calls for religious reference works.” ¶ “These bibles they don't use, they make, and fast as they come off the presses they go over the border.”
ref: 1972, Bernard Wolfe, Memoirs of a not altogether shy pornographer, page 18:
text: It was a Tijuana bible. They sold them in the newspaper kiosk in the Jardin Obregon, under the counter.
ref: 1984, Ernest Brawley, The Alamo Tree, page 209:
synonyms: blue bible
bluesie
eight-pager
Jo-Jo book
Tillie and Mac book
two-by-four
glosses: A kind of palm-sized pornographic comic book produced in the United States from the 1920s to the early 1960s.
Tijuana Bibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tijuana Bible
ungay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungay
form: most ungay
Etymology: From un- (“non-, not”) + gay.
Senses: examples: text: With specious baits they dangle the lure of cheapness as the sole attraction. Cheap clothes represent the falsest of all economies. Their life is not only short, it is exceedingly unpleasant and obviously ungay.
ref: 1922, The Nation and Athenæum, volume 32, page 359:
glosses: Not gay; not cheerful or merry.
examples: text: I had not come out yet and he was out but wasn't; quite ungay, I would say, and yet gay.
ref: 2011, Allan Bérubé, My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History:
glosses: Not homosexual.
examples: That movie was gay.
Are you kidding me? That was the most ungay movie ever made!
glosses: Not gay (all senses)
ungay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungays
form: ungaying
form: ungayed
form: ungayed
form: un-gay
Etymology: From un- (“de-, dis-”) + gay.
Senses: examples: text: He was too preoccupied by too many different feelings to think rationally and realize that he was doing it again, trying to “ungay” himself.
ref: 2009, J. R. Dewesse, To Be Loved: Because It Was Forbidden:
text: “That is what I believed until Sukuma ungayed me.” “I think you need to be resting at this time instead of trying to get ungayed!”
ref: 2011, Nsedu B. Onyile, Ten Days With Minor:
text: “[...] At first I thought he was trying to ungay me or something.” Monty laughed.
ref: 2013, EM Linley, Snow Job:
text: “[...] You know there are still programs out there to un-gay the gays!” Julian exploded.
ref: 2016, Cris Gutierrez, Through the Fire:
glosses: To make not gay or less gay.
coenuroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coenurosis
thorter-ill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The disease coenurosis in sheep.
Synonyms: leaping-ill
louping-ill
dehelminthizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehelminthization
dehelminthization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dehelminthizations
Etymology: From de- + helminth + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The removal of parasitic worms from the infected host.
dehelminthize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dehelminthizes
form: dehelminthizing
form: dehelminthized
form: dehelminthized
Etymology: From de- + helminth + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To remove the parasitic worms from (an infected host).
Related terms: dehelminthization
dehelminthized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dehelminthize
dehelminthizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dehelminthize
dehelminthizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dehelminthize
thyreo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of thyro-.
Derived terms: thyreostatic
thyreostasis
cukservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cukservatives
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cuckservative.
trichogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tricho- + -genous.
Senses: glosses: Promoting the growth of hair.
lines up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of line up
lining up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of line up
lined up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of line up
linin' up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lining up.
nonascetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonascetic
noncomprehensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncomprehension
noncomprehender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncomprehenders
Etymology: From non- + comprehender.
Senses: examples: text: It is noteworthy that comprehenders were higher in working memory span than noncomprehenders.
ref: 1995, P. A. Allen, T. R. Bashore, Age Differences in Word and Language Processing, page 182:
glosses: One who fails to comprehend something.
noncomprehenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncomprehender
noncompounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncompounders
Etymology: From non- + compounder.
Senses: glosses: A Jacobite who was not a compounder.
noncompounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncompounder
noncompliants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncompliant
noncompletions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncompletion
noncompearance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + compearance.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: Failure to appear in court.
poke someone's eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pokes someone's eye out
form: poking someone's eye out
form: poked someone's eye out
form: poked someone's eye out
Senses: examples: text: Hey, watch where you're throwing that thing! You could've poked Jeff's eye out.
glosses: To damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.
pokes someone's eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poke someone's eye out
poking someone's eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poke someone's eye out
poked someone's eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poke someone's eye out
compearance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compearances
Etymology: From compear + -ance.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: Appearance before a judge in court.
compearances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compearance
noncomparabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncomparability
noncommunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncommunity
noncommunications
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + communications.
Senses: glosses: Not of or relating to communications.
noncommunicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncommunicants
Etymology: From non- + communicant.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: One who is not a communicant.
noncommunicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncommunicant
nonclassrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonclassroom
noncapitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncapital
noncolleges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncollege
noncombustibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncombustible
noncolourfast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + colourfast.
Senses: examples: text: Historians who work with the phenomenon of religion in early modern England seem sometimes to want to keep the theology and sociology of the topic apart, like white and noncolourfast garments in the wash-cycles of meaningful historical explanation.
ref: 2002, Peter Marshall, Alec Ryrie, The Beginnings of English Protestantism, page 37:
glosses: Alternative form of noncolorfast.
noncognizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cognizable.
Senses: glosses: Not cognizable.
noncivilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + civilised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noncivilized.
nonbuildings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbuilding
nonbuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + built.
Senses: glosses: Not built.
nonavailabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonavailability
prickish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prickish
form: most prickish
Etymology: From prick + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The lost cause of psychoanalysis, so infused with a non-intellectual bias, dominated by partisan interests, and characterized by a stunning degree of ill-will and prickish behaviour, has finally made way for a new cause – actually an old one – that of rigorous, informed scholarship.
ref: 2005, Todd Dufresne, Killing Freud, A&C Black, page 162:
glosses: having the characteristics of a prick; being unpleasant, rude or annoying.
even the score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: evens the score
form: evening the score
form: evened the score
form: evened the score
Etymology: By analogy to scorekeeping in sports.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: pay off old scores, pay back in someone's own coin
text: When the student pulled a prank on the principal, the principal evened the score by giving the student a suspension.
synonyms: settle the score
settle a score
glosses: To seek or obtain revenge against someone.
Related terms: keep score
scoreboard
scorekeeper
scorekeeping
evens the score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of even the score
evening the score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of even the score
evened the score
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of even the score
nonviolences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonviolence
nonutilitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonutilitarian
nonutilitarianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + utilitarianism.
Senses: glosses: A philosophy that is not utilitarian.
nonuniversals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonuniversal
nonterrestrials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonterrestrial
nonmurderous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + murderous.
Senses: glosses: Not murderous.
nonexploitatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + exploitatively.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not exploitative.
homorganics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homorganic
nonfricatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfricative
nonfulfilments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfulfilment
nongovernments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongovernment
nonhospitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhospital
nonimmunised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonimmunized.
nonimportations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonimportation
nonindependences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonindependence
dependees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependee
noninterests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninterest
noninterferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninterference
noninterventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonintervention
non-interventions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-intervention
nonintrusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + intrusion.
Senses: examples: text: Privacy refers to the fundamental rights of nonintrusion, the freedom to act in personal matters, and the protection of personal information.
ref: 2012, Sana Loue, Mental Health Practitioner's Guide to HIV/AIDS, page 151:
glosses: Absence of, or freedom from, intrusion.
glosses: Opposition to the appointment of a clergyman to a parish, by a patron, against the wishes of the parishioners.
nonintruding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intruding.
Senses: glosses: Not intruding.
nonpickled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pickled.
Senses: glosses: Not pickled.
nonspaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spaced.
Senses: glosses: Not spaced or separated.
unticklish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unticklish
form: most unticklish
Etymology: From un- + ticklish.
Senses: glosses: Not ticklish; not responsive to being tickled.
nonionised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ionised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonionized.
nonjudgementally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + judgementally.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonjudgmentally.
nonjuries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonjury
nonlibraries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlibrary
nonsuperimposable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + superimposable.
Senses: glosses: Not superimposable.
nonmetropolitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmetropolitan
nonnarratives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonnarrative
nonregulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonregulation
nonromantics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonromantic
nonobjectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonobjectivity
nonratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ratable.
Senses: glosses: Not ratable.
nonpalatals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpalatal
nonaffricate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaffricates
Etymology: From non- + affricate.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Any sound that is not an affricate.
nonaffricates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaffricate
nonprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonprogram
nonproliferations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonproliferation
nonproprietaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonproprietary
nonprovided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + provided.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Of a school: not operated and funded by the school board.
school boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of school board
nonradiating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + radiating.
Senses: glosses: Not radiating.
preaspirated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + aspirated.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
coordinate_terms: aspirated
glosses: Affected by preaspiration.
raw_tags: of a consonant
nonrepresentatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrepresentative
unboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: unbored
Forms: form: unboards
form: unboarding
form: unboarded
form: unboarded
Etymology: From un- + board.
Senses: glosses: To leave a passenger vehicle such as a train or ship; to disembark.
examples: text: Bitterne: The Railway Heritage Trust has made a second grant, this time for £25,466, for station restoration works. The money will be spent on unboarding and restoring the windows, and on preserving historic paint details.
ref: 2024 March 6, Howard Johnston, “Regional News: Southern”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 26:
glosses: To remove boards from.
Synonyms: offboard
unboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unboard
unboards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unboard
nonreappointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreappointments
Etymology: From non- + reappointment.
Senses: glosses: Failure to reappoint somebody.
nonreappointments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonreappointment
nonrun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + run.
Senses: glosses: Of stockings, etc.: made with interlocking stitches to prevent runs from forming.
nonspecialised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + specialised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonspecialized.
nonstandardised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + standardised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonstandardized.
nonsynthesised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + synthesised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonsynthesized.
nincumpoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nincumpoops
Senses: examples: text: May'ſt thou paſs for a Nincumpoop all the World over, / From Paris to France, and from England to Dover.
ref: 1706, Michael de Cervantes Saavedra [i.e., Miguel de Cervantes], “How Don Quixote Took His Leave of the Duke, and what Happen’d between Him and the Witty Wanton Altisidora, the Duchesses Damsel”, in John Stevens, transl., The History of the Most Ingenious Knight Don Quixote de la Mancha. […], 2nd revised and amended edition, volume II, London: Printed for R. Chiswell, S. and J. Sprint, R. Battersby, S. Smith, and B. Walford, M. Wotton and G. Conyers, →OCLC, page 335:
text: Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop, a fooliſh fellow; alſo one who never ſaw his wife's ****.
ref: [1785, [Francis Grose], “Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC:
text: What, do you give it up so? you poor, ſpiritleſs nincumpoops! I would roar till I burſted firſt, before I would give it up so to such a low-liv'd, beggarly rabble.
ref: 1802, Joanna Baillie, “The Election: A Comedy, in Five Acts”, in A Series of Plays: In which It is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger Passions of the Mind. […], 2nd edition, volume II, London: Printed for T[homas] Cadell, Jun. and W[illiam] Davies, […], →OCLC, act I, scene i, pages 4–5:
text: No, but I take you for a man, Peter, who when good fortune throws something in his way, would indeed be a nincumpoop if ever he slighted her favours.
ref: 1835, Catherine G[eorge] Ward, chapter V, in The Fisher’s Daughter, or The Wanderings of Wolf, and the Fortunes of Alfred. […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Published by William Burnett, […], →OCLC, page 82:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of nincompoop.
nickumpoop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nickumpoops
Senses: examples: text: The Ship of Fools Fully Fraught and Richly Laden with Asses, Fools, Jack-daws, Ninnihammers, Coxcombs, Slender-wits, Shallowbrains, Paper-Skuls, Simpletons, Nickumpoops, Wiseakers, Dunces, and Blockheads. Declaring their several Natures, Manners, and Constitutions; the occasion why this Ship was built, with the places of their intended Voyage, and a lift of the Officers that bear Command therein [book title].
ref: [1662?], The Ship of Fools [...], London: Printed by J[ohn] W[inter] for J[ohn] Clark, […], →OCLC, title page:
text: Mous[trappa]. O you huffing Son of a Whore. / Drink[allup]. You rotten Jack in a box. / Bean[tosser]. You foul mouth'd Nickumpoop.
ref: 1674 (first performance), T[homas] Duffett, The Mock-Tempest: or The Enchanted Castle. […], London: Printed for William Cademan […], published 1675, →OCLC; republished in Montague Summers, “The New Tempest or The Enchanted Castle”, in Shakespeare Adaptations: The Tempest, The Mock Tempest, and King Lear. […], London: Jonathan Cape […], 1922, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 114:
text: Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop, a fooliſh fellow; alſo one who never ſaw his wife's ****.
ref: [1785, [Francis Grose], “Nickumpoop, or Nincumpoop”, in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, London: […] S[amuel] Hooper, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of nincompoop.
nickumpoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nickumpoop
nincumpoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nincumpoop
nonconfrontations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconfrontation
nonconservatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconservative
nonconstants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconstant
noncontemporaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncontemporary
noncooperations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncooperation
noncoverages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncoverage
litteratrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of litteratrice
nondeductibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + deductibility.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The quality of not being deductible.
nonderivatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonderivative
nondeviants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondeviant
nondifferentiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondifferentiation
nondiscriminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondiscrimination
nonengagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonengagement
nonenforceability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + enforceability.
Senses: glosses: The property of not being enforceable.
nondocumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondocumentary
nonenfranchised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + enfranchised.
Senses: glosses: Not enfranchised.
nondispersion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dispersion.
Senses: glosses: Not involving or relating to dispersion.
brushups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushup
VIBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of VIB
new phone, who dis
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: My phone rings, interrupting my thoughts. Glancing down at the screen, I smile when I see Laurie's name. “Yeah?” I answer pointedly. “New phone, who dis?” Laurie starts to laugh.
ref: 2015, Serena Grey, Lost In You, page 142:
text: They'll get to heaven's gates one day, trying to hit Saint Peter with the “I'm outside, open the door” text, and Saint Peter will be all “New phone. Who dis?”
ref: 2016, Luvvie Ajayi, I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual, page 147:
text: The text contained just four words: Are you in town? I didn't know if I wanted to jump up and down and scream, Yes, yes, YES! or if I wanted to throw my phone at the screen. I briefly considered texting back, New phone. Who dis? But I just couldn't do it, so I opted for brevity.
ref: 2017, Jaime Primak Sullivan, The Southern Education of a Jersey Girl: Adventures in Life and Love in the Heart of Dixie, page 22:
glosses: Used to express or feign ignorance in order to avoid unwanted communication, typically in response to a text message from an unknown or unrecognized number, implying that the recipient has a new phone and thus does not recognize the sender's contact information.
Fahy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fahys
Etymology: Variant of Fahey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: An unknown-gender given name.
culturings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of culturing
contractarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contractarian
start off on the right foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: text: Audio (AU)
Forms: form: starts off on the right foot
form: starting off on the right foot
form: started off on the right foot
form: started off on the right foot
Senses: synonyms: get off on the right foot
antonyms: start off on the wrong foot
glosses: To begin well.
get off on the right foot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets off on the right foot
form: getting off on the right foot
form: got off on the right foot
form: got off on the right foot
form: gotten off on the right foot
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of start off on the right foot.
trail head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trail heads
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trailhead.
Freshwater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place name:
A large village and civil parish in the west of the Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ3387).
glosses: A place name:
A settlement on Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A place name:
A designated place at Conception Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: A place name:
A neighbourhood of Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.
glosses: A place name:
An unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
glosses: A place name:
A northern suburb of Sydney in Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A place name:
A suburb of Cairns in Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Freshwater Bay
well played
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: WP
glosses: Used to praise performance in a sport or game.
glosses: Synonym of touché (“acknowledges the appropriateness or superiority of an argument in a discussion”).
synonyms: word: touché
extra: acknowledges the appropriateness or superiority of an argument in a discussion
gold-bronze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gold + bronze.
Senses: examples: text: Their naked poles shone with that lovely goldbronze color that is itself like the material distillation of a magic light.
ref: 1937, Thomas Wolfe, I Have a Thing to Tell You:
text: Oil, silver, gold-bronze paint and pencil on canvas, 140.5 x 140 cm.
ref: 2012, Esther Selsdon, Jeanette Zwingenberger, Egon Schiele:
glosses: The color resembling gold and bronze.
encephalitogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encephalitis + -genous.
Senses: examples: text: As regards the first point, we only found the encephalitogenous salivary virus twice out of thirteen cases examined.
ref: 1924, Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene - Great Britain, Journal of State Medicine - Volume 32, The Michigan University Press, page 218
text: The salivas containing the virus are divided by the authors into keratogenous and encephalitogenous, according as their inoculation on the rabbits cornea produces a simple corneal pustule or transmits encephalitis to the animal.
ref: 1922, Ministry of Health • Department of Health and Social Security - Great Britain, Reports on Public Health and Medical Subjects - Issue 11, The Chicago University Press, page 142
text: As antigens were used both human encephalitogenous protein and an antigen from sarcoma of bone associated with the tumor.
ref: 1979, Excerpta Medica Foundation, Excerpta Medica - Section 33: Orthopedic Surgery - Volume 24, The California University Press, page 206
text: Veratti and Sala's suggestion agrees with the observations of Doerr and Schnabel and Levaditi, Harvier, and Nicolau on carriers of the herpetic and encephalitic virus, and with those of Danila and Stroe regarding certain encephalitogenous but not keratogenous viruses.
ref: 1924, H. Milford - Medical Research Council, Medical Science Abstracts and Reviews - Volume 10, The Oxford University Press • The Michigan University Press, page 371
text: Eighty per cent of healthy persons have a keratogenous salivary virus which is identical with the herpetic and encephalitic viruses. In fifteen per cent of persons, besides the keratogenous salivary virus, there is also a kerato-encephalitogenous virus which is in all points similar to von Economo's virus.
ref: 1924, Royal Army Medical Corps - Great Britain, Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps - Volume 42, The California University Press, page 72
text: The addition of encephalitogenous factor and egg albumin to MS plasma liberates serotonin but does not do so in control subjects; in MS cases encephalitogenous factor is more active than egg albumin.
ref: 1967, Excerpta Medica Foundation, Excerpta Medica: Neurology and neurosurgery - Section 8A - Volume 20 - Issues 7-12, The California University Press, page 657
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of encephalitogenic.
synonyms: word: encephalitogenic
the customer is always right
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Service staff should give high priority to customer satisfaction.
Derived terms: the customer is almost always right
Related terms: customer-oriented
Edwardses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Edwards
vanishing creams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanishing cream
reckons with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reckon with
reckoned with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reckon with
reckoning with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reckon with
zygogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zygo- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to zygogenesis.
zoccolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoccolo
zeppoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zeppola
glosses: plural of zeppole
zeppoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeppolis
Senses: examples: text: Zeppolis are fried dough with raisins coated with sugar.
ref: 2022, Mary Theresa Policare, Life in the New World: Pittston, Pennsylvania (HB) (page 15)
glosses: Alternative form of zeppola.
zincolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zinco- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (archaic) electrolysis
zincolyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zincolytes
Etymology: From zinco- + -lyte.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (archaic) electrolyte
zincolytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zincolyte
zinck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zincks
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Alternative form of zink.
zincks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinck
zoogonidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoogonidium
zoomorphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zoo- + -morphy.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being zoomorphic.
zoophytologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoophytologists
Etymology: From zoophytology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies zoophytology.
zoophytologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoophytologist
zandoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zandolis
form: zandoli
Senses: glosses: Anolis oculatus, the Dominican anole or tree lizard.
zandolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zandoli
zoosporous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zoospore + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to zoospores.
zootomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Many animal species had been thoroughly studied, although most of the zootomies do not appear to have benefited greatly from microscopic examination.
ref: 1996, Marian Fournier, The fabric of life: microscopy in the seventeenth century, page 141:
glosses: plural of zootomy