cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Da Costa's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Jacob Mendes Da Costa, who investigated and described the disorder during the American Civil War.
Senses: glosses: A syndrome whose symptoms resemble those of heart disease, but without the physiological abnormalities; it is now considered a manifestation of an anxiety disorder.
Synonyms: cardioneurosis
soldier's heart
Related terms: Krishaber's disease
Mendes da Costa syndrome
cardioneurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cardio- + neuro- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: Da Costa's syndrome
gynesine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trigonelline
coffearine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trigonelline
caffearin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trigonelline
caffearine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trigonelline
coffearin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: trigonelline
Related terms: coffee
carboxyamidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: peptidyl-glycinamidase
carboxamidopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: peptidyl-glycinamidase
peptidyl-glycinamidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of C-terminal glycinamide from polypeptides.
Synonyms: carboxyamidase
carboxamidopeptidase
glycinamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycinamide
cariogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cariogenic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cariogenic.
Derived terms: anticariogenicity
caerulein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caeruleins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cerulein.
cerulein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceruleins
form: caerulein
Senses: glosses: ceruletide
glosses: A fast dyestuff with chemical formula C₂₀H₈O₆, made by heating gallein with strong sulfuric acid. It dyes mordanted fabrics green.
caeruletide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ceruletide.
cardiospasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiospasms
Etymology: From cardio- + spasm.
Senses: glosses: achalasia of the cardia (part of the esophagus)
cardiospasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiospasm
capillaropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From capillaropathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to capillaropathy.
calcimedins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calcimedin
cephamycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephamycin
cephaloglycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cefaloglycin.
cellulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of polysaccharide found exclusively within the oomyceteous fungi of the order Leptomitales.
cephacetrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cefacetrile.
cementoblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementoblastomas
form: cementoblastomata
Senses: glosses: A benign neoplasm of the cementum of the teeth.
cementoblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementoblastoma
cementoblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementoblastoma
unwincingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unwincingly
form: most unwincingly
Etymology: From unwincing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Without wincing.
cellodextrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellodextrins
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of glucose polymers of varying length resulting from cellulolysis
Hyponyms: cellobiose
cellotriose
cellotetraose
cellopentaose
cellohexaose
Derived terms: cellodextrinase
oligocellodextrin
cellodextrins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cellodextrin
cellohexaose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oligosaccharide, consisting of six glucose residues, formed by hydrolysis of cellulose.
nanosome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosomes
Etymology: From nano- + -some.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale liposome.
Derived terms: nanosomic
nanosomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanosome
celiotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celiotomies
Senses: glosses: laparotomy
celiotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celiotomy
cephalhematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalhematomas
form: cephalhematomata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cephalohematoma.
cephalhaematoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalhaematomas
form: cephalhaematomata
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cephalohematoma.
cephalhematomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalhematoma
cephalhematomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalhematoma
cephalhaematomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalhaematoma
cephalhaematomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalhaematoma
gigantiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: gigantiform cementoma
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of very large size.
cementoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementomas
form: cementomata
Etymology: From cementum + -oma.
Senses: glosses: An odontogenic tumor of cementum.
cementomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementoma
cementomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementoma
caput succedaneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A neonatal condition involving a serosanguinous, subcutaneous, extraperiosteal fluid collection with poorly defined margins caused by the pressure of the presenting part of the scalp against the dilating cervix during delivery.
extraperiosteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + periosteal.
Senses: glosses: Outside the periosteum.
Derived terms: extraperiosteally
cementoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementoblasts
Etymology: From cementum + -o- + -blast.
Senses: glosses: A cell that forms from the follicular cells around the root of a tooth, and whose biological function is cementogenesis.
Derived terms: cementoblastic
cementoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementoblast
centibar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centibars
Etymology: From centi- + bar.
Senses: glosses: A unit of pressure, one hundredth of a bar; symbol cbar.
centibars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centibar
cementogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cement + -o- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Forming cementum.
cementogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to cementogenesis.
Sharpey's fibres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sharpey's fibers
Etymology: Scottish anatomist William Sharpey described them in 1846.
Senses: glosses: A matrix of connective tissue consisting of bundles of strong collagenous fibres connecting periosteum to bone.
ethnophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnophobic
form: most ethnophobic
Etymology: From ethno- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Having a fear or hatred of people of a particular ethnicity.
centroacinar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or designating, a type of spindle-shaped cell in the exocrine pancreas.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Centriacinar.
cementocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cementocytes
Senses: glosses: An entrapped cementoblast forming part of the cementum.
cementocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cementocyte
serosanguinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sero- + sanguinous.
Senses: glosses: serosanguineous (comprising or relating to both serum and blood).
cerebellitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cerebellum + -itis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the cerebellum
Derived terms: hemicerebellitis
cercomonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cercomonads
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A small flagellate of the order Cercomonadida, widespread in aqueous habitats and common in soils.
cercomonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cercomonad
cephradine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cefradine.
cardiack
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of cardiac.
cervicography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cervico- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic medical procedure in which pictures are taken of the dilation of the cervix in the early stages of labour
Related terms: cervicograph
cervicographic
cervicographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cervicography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cervicography or a cervicograph
chagoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chagomas
Etymology: From Chagas + -oma.
Senses: glosses: An inflammatory nodule at the bite site of the reduviid bug which transmits Chagas disease.
chagomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chagoma
chenopodium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chenopodiums
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Chenopodium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
chenopodiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chenopodium
chenopodiaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Chenopodiaceae + -ous
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the family Chenopodiaceae (goosefoots) (now subfamily Chenopodioideae).
chenodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chenodeoxycholic acid
Romana's sign
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Romaña's sign
Etymology: Named after Argetine researcher Cecilio Romaña, who first described the phenomenon.
Senses: glosses: The unilateral painless periorbital swelling associated with the acute stage of Chagas' disease.
chenodeoxycholyltaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: taurochenodeoxycholic acid
taurochenodeoxycholic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A bile acid formed in the liver by conjugation of chenodeoxycholate with taurine, usually as the sodium salt. It acts as detergent to solubilize fats in the small intestine.
Synonyms: chenodeoxycholyltaurine
ursodeoxycholyltaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: tauroursodeoxycholic acid
cestodiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cestode + -iasis.
Senses: glosses: infection by cestodes
chemolithotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + litho- + -trophy.
Senses: glosses: The property of being chemolithotrophic.
Related terms: -trophy
chemolithotroph
chemolithotrophic
chemotroph
chemotrophy
chemotrophic
lithotroph
lithotrophy
lithotrophic
chemiatry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chem- + -iatry.
Senses: glosses: iatrochemistry
chemoceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoceptors
Senses: glosses: chemoreceptor
chemoceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoceptor
chemoception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chemoreception
chalicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “gravel”), + -osis.
Senses: glosses: A form of pneumoconiosis affecting the lungs or bronchioles, found chiefly among stonecutters.
Synonyms: flint disease
flint disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chalicosis
chemoorganotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoorganotrophs
Etymology: From chemo- + organotroph.
Senses: glosses: Any chemoorganotrophic organism.
chemoorganotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chemo- + organotrophy.
Senses: glosses: The property of being chemoorganotrophic.
chemoorganotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoorganotroph
cheilitides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cheilitis
cheilosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cheilo- + -osis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of one or both of the corners of the mouth
Related terms: cheilitis
yellow man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow men
form: yellowman
Senses: qualifier: now considered an ethnic slur and offensive
glosses: An Asian man or someone with Asian heritage
examples: text: Got in a little hometown jam / So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man.
ref: 1984, Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the U.S.A.”:
qualifier: now considered an ethnic slur and offensive
glosses: Asian people collectively; Asian culture.
cervicothoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cervico- + thoracic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cervix and thorax.
ceruminoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ceruminomas
form: ceruminomata
Senses: glosses: A ceruminous adenoma.
ceruminomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceruminoma
ceruminomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ceruminoma
chitodextrinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitodextrinases
Etymology: From chitodextrin + -ase.
Senses: glosses: chitinase
chitodextrinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitodextrinase
chlorbutol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chlorobutanol
chlormequat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklɔː(ɹ)məkwɒt/
Senses: examples: text: For 50 years, products with chlormequat residue were banned from US imports, and the chemical’s domestic use was limited to ornamental plants. But in 2018, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began allowing international imports of grain from countries where chlormequat is approved for use, including Canada and EU nations.
ref: 2024 February 22, Adrienne Matei, “A chemical linked to fertility problems in animals has been found in oats in the US. Should we be worried?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A plant growth regulator used on ornamental plants, typically as the chloride salt.
Synonyms: chlorcholine
chlorocholine
chlorocholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorcholine.
chlorcholine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chlormequat
chlordan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlordans
Senses: examples: text: Of all the materials which have been tested at the Savannah laboratory against DDT-resistant strains of flies, chlordan has given the best results.
ref: 1950, Public Works, volume 81, page 50:
glosses: Alternative form of chlordane.
chlordantoin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clodantoin.
chlophedianol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of clofedanol.
choledocholithiasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From choledocho- + lithiasis.
Senses: glosses: The presence of gallstones in the common bile duct.
strawberry gallbladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawberry gallbladders
form: strawberry gall bladder
form: strawberry gall-bladder
Etymology: From the typically stippled appearance of the mucosal surface on gross examination, which resembles a strawberry.
Senses: glosses: A gallbladder exhibiting cholesterolosis.
choledocholithotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choledocholithotomies
Etymology: From choledoch + -o- + lithotomy.
Senses: examples: text: Two months later, he opened the duct of another patient and took out gallstones – the first choledocholithotomy.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 578:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The removal of the gallstone from the bile duct in a case of choledocholithiasis.
choledocholithotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choledocholithotomy
cholescintigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cholescintigraphy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cholescintigraphy.
cholescintigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chole- + scintigraphy.
Senses: glosses: A nuclear imaging procedure to evaluate the health and function of the gall bladder.
Derived terms: cholescintigraphic
choly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholies
Etymology: Clippings. Formed with -y.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Cholecystitis.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A cholecystectomy.
Derived terms: lap choly
Related terms: appy
ductus choledochus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The common bile duct.
cholecystostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystostomies
Senses: glosses: The surgical creation of a stoma in the gallbladder, which can facilitate placement of a tube for drainage.
cholecystostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholecystostomy
cholangiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cholangio- + -graphic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cholangiography.
cholangiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cholangio- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The diagnostic imaging of the bile duct by means of X-rays.
Hyponyms: alt: FNC
word: fine-needle cholangiography
Derived terms: alt: FNC
word: fine-needle cholangiography
chole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃoʊleɪ/
Forms: form: cholay
Etymology: From Hindi छोले (chole, “chickpeas”).
Senses: synonyms: chana
qualifier: Indian cooking
glosses: Chickpeas, or a curry consisting mainly of chickpeas.
chole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃoʊleɪ/
ipa: / ˈkoʊli/
ipa: /ˈtʃoʊleɪ/
Forms: form: choles
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of cholecystectomy.
Derived terms: lap chole
cholangiogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholangiograms
Etymology: From cholangio- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A diagnostic image produced by cholangiography.
cholangiograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholangiogram
canal of Hering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canals of Hering
Etymology: Named after Ewald Hering.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of the intrahepatic bile ductules, part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.
wikipedia: Ewald Hering
canals of Hering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of canal of Hering
space of Disse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaces of Disse
Etymology: Named after German anatomist Joseph Disse (1852–1912).
Senses: glosses: The perisinusoidal space, a location in the liver between a hepatocyte and a sinusoid, containing the blood plasma.
cholelith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choleliths
Etymology: From chole- + -lith.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of gallstone.
synonyms: word: gallstone
Related terms: cholelithogenesis
choleliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholelith
cholangiole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholangioles
Etymology: From cholangio- + -ole.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: canal of Hering
Derived terms: cholangiolar
cholangioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholangiole
chlorthalidone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlortalidone.
thiazidelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thiazide + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Chlortalidone is a thiazidelike diuretic: it acts similarly to the thiazides but does not contain the benzothiadiazine molecular structure.
glosses: Resembling a thiazide.
chlorpropham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A plant growth regulator and herbicide used as a sprout suppressant for numerous types of plant.
chlorphenamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chlordimeform
chlorfenamidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chlordimeform
Tzeltalan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Tzeltalan
form: most Tzeltalan
Etymology: From Tzeltal + -an.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Tzeltal people of Mexico, or their language.
Ch'olan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Belonging or relating to a branch of the Mayan language family of Mexico.
cholecystoenterostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystoenterostomies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cholecystenterostomy.
cholecystenterostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholecystenterostomies
Senses: glosses: A surgical procedure in which the gall bladder is joined to the small intestine, to allow bile to pass from the liver to the intestine when the common bile duct is obstructed.
cholecystoenterostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholecystoenterostomy
cholecystenterostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholecystenterostomy
chlorophyllase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chlorophyllases
Etymology: From chlorophyll + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The main enzyme in chlorophyll metabolism; the catalyst for the hydrolysis of chlorophyll to produce chlorophyllide and phytol.
chlorophyllases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chlorophyllase
cholestene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholestenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of derivatives of cholestanes that have a double bond
Derived terms: cholestenoic
cholestenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestene
cholestadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholestadienes
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of derivatives of cholestanes that have two double bonds.
Derived terms: cholestadienol
cholestadienes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestadiene
chloropropamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chlorpropamide.
chloroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chloromas
form: chloromata
Etymology: From chloro- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
synonyms: chloroleukaemia
green cancer
glosses: A myeloid sarcoma, often green in tint.
Derived terms: chloromatous
chloromas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroma
chloromata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chloroma
cholestadienols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestadienol
cholestanones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestanone
cholestanols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestanol
cholestenones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholestenone
headwheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headwheels
Etymology: From head + wheel.
Senses: glosses: A rotating component in a videotape system, bearing the magnetic heads used to record and reproduce signals.
headwheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of headwheel
tuliptree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuliptrees
Etymology: From tulip + tree.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tulip tree.
Lake Wobegon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by American radio personality Garrison Keillor in 1976, from lake + woebegone, but explained as derived from an Ojibwe word with the meaning "the place where we waited all day in the rain [for you].".
Senses: examples: text: I put Lake Wobegon (pop. 942) on the western shore of the lake, for the beautiful sunrises. I said it took its name from an Ojibway word that means “the place where we waited all day for you in the rain,” and its slogan was “Sumus quod sumus” (We are who we are), […]
ref: 2001 August 26, Garrison Keillor, “In Search of Lake Wobegon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Sep 2021:
glosses: A fictional place in the radio show A Prairie Home Companion, “where all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average”. Serves as a proxy for the American small town, particularly the American small town of the Upper Midwest.
Derived terms: Lake Wobegon effect
Ianthe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɪˈænθi/
rhymes: -ænθi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἰάνθη (Iánthē, literally “purple/violet flower”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the 3,000 Oceanids, the daughters of Oceanus and Tethys.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Cretan girl who married Iphis after Isis turned Iphis from a woman into a man.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 98 Ianthe, a main belt asteroid.
ectrodactylous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting ectrodactyly.
tulip poplar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tulip poplars
Senses: glosses: A poplar tree of species Liriodendron tulipifera.
Synonyms: sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: tulip tree
sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: American tulip tree
sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: tuliptree
sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: whitewood
sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: fiddle-tree
sense: Liriodendron tulipifera
word: yellow poplar
Arethusa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌæɹɪˈθjuːzə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀρέθουσα (Aréthousa, literally “The Waterer”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A nereid nymph, who became a fountain.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the Hesperides nymphs.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 95 Arethusa, a main belt asteroid.
chondroplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroplasties
Etymology: From chondro- + -plasty.
Senses: glosses: surgery to reshape the cartilage
Derived terms: chondroplastic
osteochondroplasty
chondroplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroplasty
chondroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chondroplasty + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chondroplasty.
Derived terms: osteochondroplastic
chondrotome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrotomes
Etymology: From chondro- + -tome.
Senses: glosses: A surgical instrument for cutting cartilage.
chondrotomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondrotome
choreoathetosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chorea + -o- + athetosis.
Senses: glosses: The occurrence of involuntary movements in a combination of chorea (irregular migrating contractions) and athetosis (twisting and writhing).
choreoathetotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to choreoathetosis.
Kelley-Seegmiller syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after J. Edwin Seegmiller and W. N. Kelley.
Senses: glosses: Lesch-Nyhan syndrome
wikipedia: J. Edwin Seegmiller
Undina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 92 Undina, a main belt asteroid; named for the eponymous heroine of Undine, a popular novella by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué.
Related terms: Undine
undine
chorioepithelioma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorioepitheliomas
form: chorioepitheliomata
Etymology: From chloro- + epithelioma.
Senses: glosses: A malignant fast-growing tumor that develops from trophoblastic cells, generally in the uterus after fertilization of an egg by a sperm.
chorioepitheliomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioepithelioma
chorioepitheliomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioepithelioma
Antiope
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ænˈtaɪ.əpi/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Amazon, daughter of Ares and sister to Melanippe and Hippolyte, (and possibly Orithyia), queens of the Amazons,. She was the wife of Theseus, and the only Amazon known to have married.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The daughter of the Boeotian river god Asopus, according to Homer.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 90 Antiope, a main belt asteroid.
chromophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chromophobic
form: most chromophobic
Etymology: From chromo- + -phobic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: resistant to staining
Thisbe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of a pair of ill-fated lovers, whose story forms part of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 88 Thisbe, a main belt asteroid; named for Thisbe, heroine of said Roman tale.
overhunt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overhunts
form: overhunting
form: overhunted
form: overhunted
Etymology: From over- + hunt.
Senses: examples: text: Steller's sea cow was overhunted and became extinct in the 18th century.
glosses: To hunt (an animal, a piece of land, etc.) too much.
overhunts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overhunt
overhunted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overhunt
hairy hedgehog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairy hedgehogs
Senses: glosses: A gymnure
hairy hedgehogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hairy hedgehog
panda ant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panda ants
Senses: glosses: velvet ant (Mutillidae spp.)
goosh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gooshes
form: gooshing
form: gooshed
form: gooshed
Etymology: Imitative? The sense "gush" (at least) is related to gush. The sense "smush" may be related to smoosh.
Senses: examples: text: The ground gooshed in places, soggy from the winter rains.
ref: 1990, Sandra Dengler, East of Outback (Australian Destiny Book #4), Baker Books, →ISBN:
text: In a way, it's rather useful to have your body remind you on a regular basis that there's healthy red stuff gooshing around inside you, just below the surface […]
ref: 1999, H. Mel Malton, Cue the Dead Guy: A Polly Deacon Mystery, page 202:
text: I waded out, my hair streaming water down my back, my toes gooshing deliciously in the mud.
ref: 2006, Evelyn Vaughn, Grail Keepers Duo, page 71:
glosses: To move in a messy, liquid manner.
examples: text: More fluid gooshed forth, arching beautifully and descending to strike Prior's arm. It was hot and gooey and repulsive.
ref: 2002, Piers Anthony, Pornucopia:
text: In layman's terms, your husband/boyfriend/donor spooges into a jar and then the contents of that jar are gooshed up your puss with a turkey baster. SCIENCE!
ref: 2016, Jessi Klein, You'll Grow Out of It, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
text: As the coffee gooshes into a cup, I imagine that dysfunctional family dynamic.
ref: 2018, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Trust Me: A Novel, Forge Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To gush.
examples: text: Calvin: Here's a bug plodding resolutely across the dirt. […] If he's mocking me, I'm gonna goosh him.
ref: a. 1994, Bill Watterson, Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat, Andrews McMeel, page 153
text: It was like walking on gooshed together marshmallows: a bit sticky, but doable. Have you ever gooshed marshmallows? It's kind of messy, but lots of fun. You take a few of those large marshmallows in your fingers and pull them apart and stuff them together over and over until they become one big sticky blob.
ref: 2010, Joe Knotts, The Green Bear Stories, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Risu looked for the bees but they were nowhere to be found—not even a gooshed one, and surely she must've gooshed at least a few during her frantic swatting. Pesky things. A movement to the left attracted her eye.
ref: 2019, Stanley Bruce Carter, The Depraved Dances of Taram Zhod, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:
glosses: To smush, to smash.
goosh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Imitative? The sense "gush" (at least) is related to gush. The sense "smush" may be related to smoosh.
Senses: examples: text: What girls are saying is: "Don't treat me like that, treat me like this." Which Nancy Sinatra initially did with "These Boots Are Made For Walking"! […] And it's not the same as "Take another piece of my heart, now," and "Baby love, baby love" — all that kind of goosh.
ref: 1980 October, Jane Goldman, quoting Debbie Harry, “Talking To Blondie”, in Forum:
text: And, hey, if they're evil in one life, they might be good in another (if there's any truth at all in that goosh about "I have stood at your side, LTT, in a gazillion battles and faced you in as many" that various and sundry have spewed at Rand.
ref: 1997 December 20, Kristi, “Wheel Repeating (was Re: Egwene)”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
glosses: That which is gushy; cloying sentimentality
gooshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of goosh
gooshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goosh
gooshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of goosh
liopleurodon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liopleurodons
Etymology: From the genus name (from Ancient Greek λεῖος (leîos) + pleuro- + -odon).
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus †Liopleurodon of large carnivorous marine plesiosaurs, apex predators of the Middle to Late Jurassic seas that covered Europe.
liopleurodons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liopleurodon
chromophil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromophils
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chromophile.
chromophils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chromophil
chromatolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪsɪs
Forms: form: chromatolyses
Etymology: From chromato- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.
jackwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jackwagons
Senses: examples: text: Maybe we should chug on over to mamby-pamby land where maybe we can find some self confidence for you, you jackwagon!
ref: 2010, Geico Drill Sergeant Therapist (commercial):
glosses: An objectionable person; a jerk; a jackass.
jackwagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jackwagon
Nissl body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nissl bodies
Etymology: Named after Franz Nissl, a German psychiatrist, who developed a way to stain them.
Senses: synonyms: Nissl granule
Nissl substance
glosses: A large granular body found in neurons, believed to be primarily concerned with the synthesis of proteins for intercellular use.
Related terms: Nissl method
Nissl bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nissl body
chondroglossus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroglossi
Etymology: See chondro- and glosso-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondroglossi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroglossus
women of the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woman of the night
choroideraemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of choroideremia.
choroideremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From choroid + Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “lonely”) + -ia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An X-linked recessive retinal degenerative disease.
Related terms: choroideremic
chorditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the vocal cords
chondromatous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to chondromata.
Derived terms: osteochondromatous
sidecap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidecaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of side cap.
sidecaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidecap
geolocalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geolocalises
form: geolocalising
form: geolocalised
form: geolocalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of geolocalize.
pisscutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisscutters
Etymology: From piss + cutter. As side cap tends to easily fall off the head when bowing down, it cuts off the stream of urine when one looks down while urinating.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A side cap.
pisscutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pisscutter
Freia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 76 Freia, a main belt asteroid.
geolocalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geolocalise
chorioblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorioblastomas
form: chorioblastomata
Senses: glosses: chorioepithelioma
chorioblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioblastoma
chorioblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioblastoma
chromomycosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chromo- + mycosis.
Senses: glosses: chromoblastomycosis
phaeosporotrichosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chromoblastomycosis
Fonseca's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chromoblastomycosis
chorioadenomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioadenoma
chorioadenomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorioadenoma
chillwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chill + -wave. Coined tongue-in-cheek on the blog Hipster Runoff in 2009.
Senses: examples: text: As music created and shaped by the lens of blogs, music forums, and other forms of online comment, chillwave was subject to a backlash almost as soon as it had been labeled and defined.
ref: 2016, Sheila Whiteley, Shara Rambarran, editors, The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 418:
glosses: A genre of music of the late 2000s, characterized by effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines.
wikipedia: Hipster Runoff
Pedroso's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chromoblastomycosis
discoish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more discoish
form: most discoish
Etymology: From disco + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Naturally he tried to fly the rather perverse opinion that Roxy's late '70s discoish period was really the best stuff, rather than the avant-pop and math-fizz of their earlier experimental stuff.
ref: 2008, Dana Spiotta, Eat the Document, page 74:
synonyms: discoesque
glosses: Reminiscent of disco music.
avantpop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of avant-garde + pop
Senses: glosses: An American artistic movement which derived from postmodernism in the 1990s, characterized by the reuse of existing mass media materials (cinema, pop music, television, etc.) in an avant-garde manner.
golden ages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golden age
interpolational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From interpolation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to interpolation.
Klytia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈklɪti.ə/
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An Oceanid, who was known for her unrequited love for Helios.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 73 Klytia, a main belt asteroid.
New Weird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From new + weird (fiction), attributed to M. John Harrison (2002).
Senses: examples: text: The most detailed response to Harrison's set of questions came from Stephanie Swainston, an author who has described New Weird fiction as exercises in world building characterised by a heterogeneity of sources, genres and details.
ref: 2016, Ken Gelder, editor, New Directions in Popular Fiction, Springer, →ISBN, page 184:
coordinate_terms: slipstream
glosses: A literary genre that began in the 1990s, influenced by horror and speculative fiction, but often crossing genre boundaries.
wikipedia: M. John Harrison
Feronia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A Roman goddess of wildlife, fertility, health and abundance.
glosses: 72 Feronia, a main belt asteroid.
eastern white pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern white pines
Senses: glosses: A large pine tree native to eastern North America, Pinus strobus.
Synonyms: sense: eastern white pine
word: white pine
sense: eastern white pine
word: northern white pine
sense: eastern white pine
word: Weymouth pine
sense: eastern white pine
word: soft pine
Panopaea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: two of the Nereids. Panope is also the name of one of the daughters of Thespius and Megamede and mother of Heracles' son, Threpsippas.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 70 Panopaea, a main belt asteroid.
chondroblastoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondroblastomas
form: chondroblastomata
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A rare bone tumor, usually benign and slow-growing, that originates from chondroblasts
chondroblastomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroblastoma
chondroblastomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondroblastoma
chondrodystrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrodystrophies
Etymology: From chondro- + dystrophy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: perosis
glosses: A skeletal disorder caused by various genetic mutations, affecting the development of cartilage.
Coordinate terms: osteochondrodysplasia
Derived terms: chondrodystrophoid
Related terms: chondrodysplasia
chondropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondropathies
Etymology: From chondro- + -pathy.
Senses: glosses: disease of the cartilage
Derived terms: chondropathic
osteochondropathy
chondropathic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chondropathy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to chondropathy.
chondropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondropathy
black cherry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black cherries
Senses: glosses: A tree of species Prunus serotina
Synonyms: sense: Prunus serotina
word: wild black cherry
sense: Prunus serotina
word: rum cherry
sense: Prunus serotina
word: mountain black cherry
Related terms: taxonomic: Prunus padus
word: bird cherry
taxonomic: Prunus virginiana
word: chokecherry
taxonomic: Prunus virginiana
word: bitter-berry
taxonomic: Prunus virginiana
word: Virginia bird cherry
Reichel's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Friedrich Paul Reichel.
Senses: glosses: synovial chondromatosis
wikipedia: Friedrich Paul Reichel
uncomputability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + computability.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being uncomputable.
red cardinal flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red cardinal flowers
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cardinal flower.
synonyms: word: cardinal flower
uncomputably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From uncomputable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Some numbers are uncomputably large.
glosses: To an uncomputable degree.
computabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computability
downy rattlesnake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downy rattlesnakes
Senses: glosses: An orchid of species Goodyera pubescens, native to much of eastern North America
Synonyms: sense: Goodyera pubescens
word: rattlesnake plantain
congenericity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From congeneric + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being congeneric.
eastern coneflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eastern coneflowers
Senses: glosses: Rudbeckia fulgida
glosses: Echinacea purpurea
Synonyms: sense: Rudbeckia fulgida
word: orange coneflower
Danae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæneɪ.iː/
ipa: /ˈdæni.iː/
ipa: /ˈdænə.iː/
Forms: form: Danaë
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The mother of Perseus by Zeus.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 61 Danaë, a main belt asteroid.
glosses: A female given name.
chymus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: chyme
chroot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɹuːt/
Forms: form: chroots
form: chrooting
form: chrooted
form: chrooted
Etymology: From the name of the Unix command, short for “change root”.
Senses: examples: text: Running a server in a chrooted environment greatly enhances overall system security on a Unix system.
ref: 2004, Jeremy D. Zawodny, Derek J. Balling, High Performance MySQL: Optimization, Backups, Replication, Load Balancing & More, O'Reilly, →ISBN, page 235:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To change the apparent root directory for a running process, affecting whether or not it can access certain files etc.
chroots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chroot
chrooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chroot
chrooted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chroot
cinnamedrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of cinnamyl + ephedrine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The psychostimulant 2-[methyl-[(E)-3-phenylprop-2-enyl]amino]-1-phenylpropan-1-ol.
Elpis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.pɪs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐλπίς (Elpís, literally “Hope”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The goddess and personification of hope.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: 59 Elpis, a main belt asteroid.