cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
psychopharmacological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psychopharmacology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Three of the crack-related homicides were attributed to the psychopharmacological consequences of ingesting crack (increased violence, excitability, and irrationality), and eight homicides were attributed to the economic compulsion to engage in crime in order to subsidize drug use.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 4, in Illusion of Order:
text: As a compromise in an age of psychopharmacological doubt, this seems about right.
ref: 2009 January 25, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Checking In”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain
Synonyms: psychopharmacologic
pyrotechnical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyrotechnical
form: most pyrotechnical
Etymology: From pyro- + technical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pyrotechnics
examples: text: […] Desmond Richardson, whose smooth integration of pyrotechnical razzle-dazzle and sure acting might well have pleased Mr. Butler.
ref: 2007 April 12, Jennifer Dunning, “Adam and Eve After Eden and Billie Holiday Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling fireworks
quarterpipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quarterpipes
Senses: examples: text: On his fourth run, Robinson pulled a no-handed back flip over the ramp’s 70-foot gap and launched a flair 18 feet above the 27-foot quarterpipe.
ref: 2007 August 4, Matt Higgins, “Dramatic Fall Exposes the Risk in Extreme Sports”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of quarter-pipe.
protofilaments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protofilament
racialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: racializes
form: racializing
form: racialized
form: racialized
form: racialise
Etymology: From racial + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: There’s a growing consensus that a large proportion of racialized decisions is not driven by any conscious race discrimination, but that it is often just driven by unconscious, or subconscious, attitudes.
ref: 2007 May 2, Alan Schwarz, “Study of N.B.A. Sees Racial Bias in Calling Fouls”, in New York Times:
glosses: To categorize or treat in racial terms.
examples: text: If Mr. [W. B.] Yeats had not broken clean away from his Irish forerunners his poetry would not have delighted anybody save the resolute patriot. We say this not because we wish to rob Ireland of her legitimate glory, but because we think her glory will be dimmed if Irish poetry be too selfishly racialized.
ref: 1902 March 8, “Literature”, in The Athenænum, number 3880, page 299:
text: As a race, negroes sing well and dance well, but they have made no distinct contribution to the play-life of nations. It is a matter of no little significance that the negro, while he has been singing his own melodies into the heats of all nations, has yet no folk-games, no race, pageants, no adequate rhythmic movements to accompany his own music. His games are pitiful imitations. The dance, to the degree he has racialized it, is not among the achievements he is proud to claim.
ref: 1918, A. M. Trawick, “The Play Life of Negro Boys and Girls”, in James E. McCulloch, editor, Southern Sociological Congress, page 356:
glosses: To adapt or alter to conform with the ethnic qualities of a particular race.
Derived terms: anti-racialize
racialization
Related terms: ethnize
ethnization
ethnicize
ethnicization
racialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of racialize
racializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of racialize
racializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of racialize
presyncope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presyncopes
form: pre-syncope
Etymology: From pre- + syncope.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: near-syncope
coordinate_terms: syncope
glosses: Lightheadedness, muscular weakness, and feeling faint, although not reaching the extent of fainting (passing out).
pre-syncope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-syncopes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of presyncope.
false trevally
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false trevallies
Senses: glosses: A fish of the species Lactarius lactarius.
Synonyms: sense: Lactarius lactarius
word: big-jawed jumber
sense: Lactarius lactarius
word: milk trevally
sense: Lactarius lactarius
word: milkfish
sense: Lactarius lactarius
word: laktarid
sophomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sophomaniac
deer tick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deer ticks
Senses: glosses: A hard-bodied tick of species Ixodes scapularis, of the eastern and northern Midwestern United States, one of four species of tick that is carrier of Lyme disease.
Synonyms: sense: Ixodes scapularis
word: black-legged tick
Coordinate terms: sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: sheep tick
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: castor bean tick
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
english: western Eurasia
translation: western Eurasia
word: Ixodes ricinus
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: taiga tick
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: Ixodes persulcatus
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: western black-legged tick
sense: carriers of Lyme disease
word: Ixodes pacificus
superintendant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of superintendent.
glosses: Archaic spelling of superintendent; the preferred form in the early 1800s.
amening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amen
ummed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of um
amened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of amen
unglamorously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unglamorously
form: most unglamorously
Etymology: From unglamorous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unglamorous manner.
vice chair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice chairs
form: vice-chair
Etymology: From vice- + chair.
Senses: glosses: vice chairman, vice chairperson
vice chairman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice chairmen
form: vice-chairman
Senses: glosses: A person who takes on the responsibilities of a chairman in his absence
Anglicanisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Anglicanism
anchorpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anchorperson
androstenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: androstenols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A steroid alcohol with a musk-like, found in human sweat and also in truffles.
annamox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the initial syllables.
Senses: glosses: anaerobic ammonia oxidation: a bacterial process during nitrogen fixation.
anthraquinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthraquinone
biocommunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biocommunity
biocommunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocommunities
Etymology: From bio- + community.
Senses: glosses: A biological community; an ecology
biomechanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biomechanical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to biomechanics.
cactuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cactuslike
form: most cactuslike
form: cactus-like
Etymology: From cactus + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having characteristics of a cactus
cathodoluminescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cathodoluminescences
Etymology: From cathode + -o- + luminescence.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television).
wikipedia: cathodoluminescence
Derived terms: cathodoluminescence microscope
Related terms: cathodoluminescent
cetomimids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cetomimid
cetomimid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cetomimids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any whalefish of the family Cetomimidae.
chemisorptions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemisorption
chemolithoautotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemolithoautotroph
chipmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chip-making
Etymology: From chip + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of chips (electronic devices).
clonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clonable
form: most clonable
form: cloneable
Etymology: From clone + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be cloned.
clonotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clonotypic
form: most clonotypic
Etymology: From clonotype + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a clonotype
Derived terms: anticlonotypic
nonclonotypic
colimitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colimitations
Etymology: From co- + limitation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The limitation of the growth of a population by two or more independent substances.
colliculuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colliculus
reperforator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reperforators
Etymology: From re- + perforator.
Senses: examples: text: If an error is indicated the reperforator deletes the errored line from the tape and signals the transmitter to repeat the line of data.
ref: 1958, Electronic Industries Association Engineering Dept., Proceedings of the EIA Conference on Automation Systems for Business and Industry, page 88:
text: The reperforator punches the routing indicator, along with the message body, into a tape
ref: 1960, Ehrhard A. Rossberg with Helmut E. Korta, Teleprinter Switching, page 217:
text: Creed's, earlier a world leader in teletype and reperforator equipment, could not or would not manage the transition to manufacture the tape punches
ref: 2005, John Robert Ferris, Intelligence and Strategy: Selected Essays, page 176:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A device for punching a duplicate perforated paper tape of incoming messages for later retransmission.
reperforators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reperforator
cefuroxime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛf.jəˈɹɑkˌsim/
ipa: /səˈfjʊɹ.əˌzim/
Etymology: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + fur(yl) + oxime.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A second-generation cephalosporin antibiotic.
Derived terms: cefuroxime axetil
azitromycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azitromycins
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An azalide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
commissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: From commissure + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a commissure
Derived terms: bicommissural
circumcommissural
infracommissural
intercommissural
midcommissural
noncommissural
paracommissural
pericommissural
postcommissural
precommissural
subcommissural
supracommissural
azitromycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azitromycin
compartmented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compartmented
form: most compartmented
Etymology: From compartment + -ed.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: partitioned
synonyms: compartmentalized
antonyms: uncompartmented
uncompartmentalized
compartmentless
unpartitioned
partitionless
dividerless
;
decompartmentalized
glosses: Divided into compartments.
examples: text: large-compartmented hardware boxes
glosses: Having (a specified type of) compartments.
Derived terms: english: secure compartmented information
translation: secure compartmented information
word: SCI
english: secure compartmented information facility
translation: secure compartmented information facility
word: SCIF
cordycepin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From translingual Cordyceps, a genus of fungus from certain species of which the compound was formerly extracted, + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The results with cordycepin are less clear-cut. With cordycepin, low levels cause considerable inhibition of mRNA synthesis with little effect on embryo growth, suggesting that new mRNA may not be a requirement for early growth.
ref: 1982, A. Marcus, S. Rodaway, “Chapter 13: Nucleic Acid and Protein Synthesis During Germination”, in Harry Smith, Donald Grierson, editors, The Molecular Biology of Plant Development, page 347:
text: 2011, Bao-qin Lin, Shao-ping-Li, Chapter 5: Cordyceps as an Herbal Drug, Iris F. F. Benzie, Sissi Wachtel-Galor (editors), Herbal Medicine: Biomolecular and Clinical Aspects, 2nd Edition, page 84,
Many active ingredients, such as cordycepin, polysaccharides, and ergosterol, have been isolated from various Cordyceps species and account for a range of bioactivities (Table 5.3).
text: Cordycepin (4, 83), isolated as a crystalline metabolic product from cultures of Cordyceps militaris, exhibits inhibitory activity toward the growth of many strains of Bacillus subtilis (84).
ref: 2012, Shan-ching Sung, “Chapter 6: Inhibitors of RNA and DNA Biosynthesis”, in R Hochster, editor, Metabolic Inhibitors: A Comprehensive Treatise, volume 3, page 184:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A deoxy form of adenosine.
covariation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: covariations
Etymology: From co- + variation.
Senses: glosses: covariance
Derived terms: autocovariation
cryoregimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryoregime
cryoregime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryoregimes
Etymology: From cryo- + regime.
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A permanently cold environment
dancelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dancelike
form: most dancelike
form: dance-like
Etymology: From dance + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a dance.
depressionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more depressionary
form: most depressionary
Etymology: From depression + -ary.
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Characteristic of a depression
detunable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From detune + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be detuned.
devolatilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: devolatilizations
Etymology: From de- + volatile + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The removal of volatile material.
Related terms: devolatilize
escape characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escape character
dextrality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dextral + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state of being dextral
escape sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escape sequences
Senses: examples: text: In the C programming language, the backslash is an escape character; for example, \n is an escape sequence which represents a newline.
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: An escape character together with subsequent characters, not output as written, but specifying a particular behaviour.
escape sequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escape sequence
diagenetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diagenetically
form: most diagenetically
Etymology: From diagenetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a diagenetic manner
glosses: With regard to diagenesis
dsRNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dsRNAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of double-stranded RNA.
double-stranded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having two strands.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: That have two helical strands of nucleic acid that wind around each other and are connected by hydrogen bonds.
Synonyms: ds
Derived terms: ds
Related terms: single-stranded
electromobility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electromobilities
Etymology: From electro- + mobility.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: electrophoretic mobility
examples: text: Seen in this context, innovation in electromobility (eMobility) takes on a special significance. eMobility is not only an alternative drive technology that can be substituted for the combustion engine that has dominated until now, it could revolutionize transport altogether because it differs decisively from conventional automobility.
ref: 2012, Weert Canzler, “eMobility in Germany: Prospects for and barriers to sustainable mobility”, in Måns Nilsson, Karl Hillman, Annika Rickne, editors, Paving the Road to Sustainable Transport, page 260:
text: Between 1907 and 1941 the U.S. manufacturer “Detroit Electric” produced more than 12.000 electric cars and over 500 electric trucks. After almost one century of shadowy existence the topic of electromobility is more up to date than ever.
ref: 2014, Holger Bodenmüller, Prospects of individual electromobility, page 6:
text: The TU Munich is broadly positioned in the field of electromobility, working across the board from basic research to application-based research.
ref: 2016, Markus Lienkamp, Status Electromobility 2016: Or How Tesla Will Not Win:
glosses: Synonym of emobility.
synonyms: word: emobility
endomesodermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endomesodermal
form: most endomesodermal
Etymology: From endomesoderm + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the endomesoderm
endomesoderm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endomesoderms
Etymology: From endo- + mesoderm.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An embryonic blastomere that has not yet differentiated into mesoderm and endoderm, almost in the middle
Derived terms: endomesodermal
endomesodermic
a/s/l
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asl (“age, sex, location”).
endplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endplate
euxinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːkˈsɪnɪk/
ipa: /ˈjuːkˌsɪnɪk/
rhymes: -ɪnɪk
Etymology: In reference to the Black Sea, in Ancient Greek called Εὔξεινος Πόντος (Eúxeinos Póntos, “Hospitable Sea”), which is known for anoxic bottom waters.
Senses: topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having restricted hydrologic circulation, leading to stagnant or anaerobic conditions.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Depleted in dissolved oxygen and containing dissolved hydrogen sulfide.
Related terms: Euxine
euxinia
excitoprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more excitoprotective
form: most excitoprotective
Etymology: From excito- + protective.
Senses: glosses: protective against excitotoxicity
Related terms: excitoprotection
femtobarns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femtobarn
femtobarn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femtobarns
Etymology: From femto- + barn.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of area equal to a billionth of a millionth (10⁻¹⁵) of a barn
ferrofluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ferrofluid
fishapod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishapods
Etymology: A blend of fish + tetrapod, Coined by American paleontologist Neil Shubin circa 2006. Analyzable as fish + -a- + -pod
Senses: examples: text: In these conditions, ‘fishapods’, able to do push-ups on proto-limbs to gulp fresh air from just above its river habitat, would have had an edge over those relying only on gills to extract meagre oxygen from the murky water.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 12:
topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: Any of several extinct creatures of the subclass Tetrapodomorpha having features both of fish and tetrapods, especially Tiktaalik.
freshwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freshwater
tuteur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tuteurs
Etymology: From French tuteur.
Senses: glosses: A four-sided pyramid- or obelisk-like trellis designed to help train climbing plants.
gabbroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gabbroic
form: most gabbroic
Etymology: From gabbro + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing gabbro
Derived terms: metagabbroic
glycolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glycolytic
form: most glycolytic
Etymology: From glyco- + -lytic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to or producing glycolysis
Derived terms: antiglycolytic
glycolytically
hyperglycolytic
nonglycolytic
proglycolytic
gravitactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹævɪˈtæktɪk/
Forms: form: more gravitactic
form: most gravitactic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gravitaxis
gravitaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gravi- + taxis.
Senses: glosses: movement in the direction of higher or lower gravitational field
Related terms: gravitaxic
gyrotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gyro- + taxis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any directed locomotion resulting from a combination of gravitational and viscous torques in a flow.
gyrotactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒaɪɹəˈtæktɪk/
Forms: form: more gyrotactic
form: most gyrotactic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gyrotaxis
Derived terms: gyrotactically
gyrotactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gyrotactic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: With regard to gyrotaxis.
heteroblasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The state of being heteroblastic
heterodimerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heterodimerizations
Etymology: From heterodimer + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The formation of a heterodimer.
heteroduplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heteroduplex
hexagonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more hexagonally
form: most hexagonally
Etymology: From hexagonal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a hexagonal manner
unremunerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unremunerated
form: most unremunerated
Etymology: From un- + remunerated.
Senses: glosses: Not remunerated; unpaid
hexanediol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexanediols
Etymology: From hexane + diol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric diols derived from hexane, but especially 1,6-hexanediol that has many industrial uses
hopanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hopane
hopane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hopanes
Etymology: From Hope + -ane; see hopanoid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A hopanoid hydrocarbon
Derived terms: bacteriohopane
bacteriohopanepolyol
bacteriohopanetetrol
bacteriohopanoid
hopanoic
hopanoid
huntingtin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huntingtins
Etymology: From Huntington + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein whose polymorphism is associated with Huntington's disease.
inducibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inducibly
form: most inducibly
Etymology: From inducible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inducible manner
glosses: With regard to induction
intrapathway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-pathway
Etymology: From intra- + pathway.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Within a pathway.
kerogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kerogenous
form: most kerogenous
Etymology: From kerogen + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing kerogen
kilohms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilohm
kilohm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilohms
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kiloohm.
kynurenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kynurin.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to kynurenic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: kynurenate
kynurenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κῠ́ων, κῠνός (kŭ́ōn, kŭnós, “dog”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”); so called because discovered in dog urine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.
logomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: logomachs
Senses: glosses: Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
Related terms: logomachy
picketer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picketers
Etymology: From picket + -er.
Senses: examples: text: At the first show at U.C.L.A., picketers ended up joining the ticket line to see what the play was about.
ref: 2007 June 9, Sharon Waxman, “What’s in a Slur? A New Play Searches for Answers”, in New York Times:
text: While hourly workers ponder the agreement, salaried workers at G.M., many of whom encountered picketers blocking plant entrances when they arrived for work on Monday and Tuesday, said they, too, were thankful the strike did not drag on, because there was no upside for them.
ref: 2007 September 27, Nick Bunkley, Mary M. Chapman, “Off the Picket Line at G.M., Relieved but Wary”, in New York Times:
synonyms: picket
picketeer
glosses: Someone who pickets; one participating in a demonstration or posted on a picket line.
picketers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picketer
ponderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pondering
cutlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutline
toxotai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toxotes
homoerotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more homoerotically
form: most homoerotically
Etymology: From homoerotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a homoerotic way.
bioclimatology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + climatology.
Senses: glosses: The interdisciplinary field of science that studies the interactions between the biosphere and the Earth's atmosphere on time scales of the order of seasons or longer (in opposition to biometeorology).
Derived terms: bioclimatologist
Literary Chinese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The written Chinese language used from the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.) to the early 20th century. In Chinese, 文言 (wényán, “literary writing”).
glosses: The written Chinese language used from the Zhou Dynasty (1045 B.C.E.) (especially the Spring and Autumn Period), through to the end of the Han Dynasty (220 C.E.). In Chinese, 古文 (gǔwén, “Ancient Writing”). The language of many classics of Chinese literature.
glosses: Written Chinese for this entire period, without distinction.
Synonyms: Classical Chinese
m-word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: m-words
form: M-word
Senses: glosses: The word motherfucker, regarded as a vulgar word.
glosses: Any word beginning with m that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context, like midget or murder.
Related terms: sense: ‘x’-word euphemisms
word: a-word
word: b-word
word: c-word
word: d-word
word: e-word
word: f-word
word: g-word
word: G-word
word: h-word
word: i-word
word: j-word
word: k-word
word: l-word
word: n-word
word: o-word
word: p-word
word: q-word
word: Q-word
word: r-word
word: s-word
word: t-word
word: u-word
word: v-word
word: w-word
word: x-word
word: y-word
word: z-word
word: related terms C-bomb
word: f-bomb
word: f-slur
word: L-bomb
word: n-bomb
word: Q-slur
word: r-slur
latitudinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From latitudinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to latitude.
Derived terms: palaeolatitudinally
litotically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more litotically
form: most litotically
Etymology: From litotic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a litotical manner.
glosses: With regard to litotes.
litotical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /laɪˈtɒtɪkəl/
Forms: form: more litotical
form: most litotical
Senses: synonyms: litotic
glosses: Of or pertaining to litotes.
recombinantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more recombinantly
form: most recombinantly
Etymology: From recombinant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
ref: 2002, Gilbert S. Banker, Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, page 699:
glosses: In a recombinant manner.
lophotrochozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lophotrochozoan
lophotrochozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lophotrochozoans
Etymology: Lophotrochozoa + -an
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any protostome animal of the superphylum Lophotrochozoa.
macrovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + vascular.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the larger blood vessels
Related terms: microvascular
magnetoresistive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more magnetoresistive
form: most magnetoresistive
Etymology: From magneto- + resistive.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to magnetoresistance; exhibiting magnetoresistance.
magnetostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to magnetostatics
Derived terms: magnetostatically
magnetostatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magneto- + statics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of static magnetic fields.
megalomycterid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalomycterids
Senses: glosses: Any of several largenose fish of the family Megalomycteridae which were shown in 2009 to be males of whalefish in the family Cetomimidae.
Related terms: word: tapetail
english: the larval forms, also once thought to be a separate family
translation: the larval forms, also once thought to be a separate family
word: mirapinnid
megalomycterids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megalomycterid
mesentoblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesentoblasts
Senses: glosses: Any stem cell from which mesoderm develops
billy-goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billy-goats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of billy goat.
methylguanosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylguanosines
Etymology: From methyl- + guanosine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A methyl derivative of guanosine that is added to the "front" end of a eukaryotic messenger RNA shortly after the start of transcription.
micromeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromere
micromere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromeres
Etymology: From micro- + -mere.
Senses: glosses: An unusually small blastomere formed by unequal cleavage of a fertilized ovum.
immunosupression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of immunosuppression.
nannygoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nannygoats
Senses: examples: text: High on Ben Howth rhododendrons a nannygoat walking surefooted, dropping currants.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[8]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of nanny goat.
nanny-goat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanny-goats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nanny goat.
Irkutsk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /iɹˈkʊtsk/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ирку́тск (Irkútsk).
Senses: glosses: An oblast of Russia in Siberia.
glosses: A city, the administrative center of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia.
Kemerovo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ке́мерово (Kémerovo).
Senses: glosses: An oblast of Russia in Siberia.
glosses: A city, the administrative center of Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
herpetophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑρπετόν (herpetón, “creeping animal”) + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear of reptiles, amphibians, and similar animals.
grobian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grobians
Etymology: From German Grobian (“brute”).
Senses: examples: text: [B]eware of men who love not fly leaves neither regard margins, but write notes over the latter, and light their pipes with the former. […] To such fellows it matters not that they make a book dirty and greasy, cutting the pages with their fingers, and holding the boards over the fire till they crack. All these slatternly practices, though they destroy a book as surely as the flames of Caesar's soldiers at Alexandria, seem fine manly acts to the grobians who use them.
ref: 1892, Andrew Lang, The Library, second edition, page 41-42:
glosses: A coarse, uncouth, uncivilized and possibly violent fellow.
Derived terms: grobianism
anathematization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: anathematizations
Etymology: From anathematize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: He must have been a boy of spirit and resource, to get here on a stopped allowance of five sous a week; but he did it somehow, and he burst in on his father, and pleaded his sister's cause. Venerable parent promptly resorts to anathematization, and turns him out.
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “The Man from Somewhere”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, book the first (The Cup and the Lip), page 11:
text: Michelangelo very naturally seconded the anathematization of the Bolognese by Julius, not so much for the insult to the Pope as for the wretched lack of taste they had shown in destroying a work of art.
ref: 1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Michelangelo”, in Little Journeys Vol. 4: Eminent Painters:
synonyms: anathemization
condemnation
vilification
glosses: The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
Related terms: anathematizer
falconets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of falconet
piss and vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "I know what's a matter. Young fella, all full a piss an' vinegar. Wanta be a hell of a guy all the time."
ref: 1940, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Viking, page 248:
text: Everyone wants that: the vigor, fire, piss and vinegar. You really believe that you're taking on the world.
ref: 2008 October 2, David Fricke, “Q&A: Metallica's James Hetfield”, in Rolling Stone, retrieved 21 Feb 2009:
synonyms: spit and vinegar
glosses: Exuberance or enthusiasm, especially to an excessive degree; bravado; youthful energy.
Derived terms: full of piss and vinegar
Related terms: piss and wind
full of piss and vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: full of beans
glosses: Exuberant or enthusiastic, especially to an excessive degree; brazen.
Related terms: full of the devil
vim and vigor
secretarybird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secretarybirds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of secretary bird.
mesentoblasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesentoblast
huntingtins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huntingtin
hexanediols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexanediol
fishapods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishapod
endomesoderms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endomesoderm
gameshows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gameshow
heart blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heart block
phallotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phallotoxin
salchows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salchow
salchows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of salchow
wackyparses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wackyparse
five o'clock shadows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five o'clock shadow
fashion models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fashion model
runway models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runway model
garmentos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garmento
diurnal arcs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diurnal arc
star signs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of star sign
celestial objects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celestial object
collegiate churches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collegiate church
church planters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of church planter
bus ministries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bus ministry
felix culpas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of felix culpa
obeah doctors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obeah doctor
lay preachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay preacher
lay readers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay reader
lay speakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lay speaker
local preachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local preacher
religious orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religious order
religious naturalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religious naturalist
bazas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baza
binds on pickup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bind on pickup
binding on pickup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bind on pickup
bound on pickup
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bind on pickup
binds on equip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bind on equip
binding on equip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bind on equip
bound on equip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bind on equip
1-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 1-up
graphics whores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphics whore
fetch quest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fetch quests
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: FedEx quest
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: An in-game quest (mission) in which an object or objects must be acquired and brought back to the quest-giver or given to some other designated party.
fetch quests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fetch quest
answering machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of answering machine
dungeon crawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dungeon crawlers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dungeon crawl.
dungeon crawlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dungeon crawler
game engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: game engines
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: A video game's software engine, which executes the core functionality of the game. It may also include the graphics engine.
game engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of game engine
software engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: software engines
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The core logic of a computer program, without such peripheral aspects as user interface, etc.
software engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of software engine
webcartoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webcartoonists
Etymology: From web + cartoonist.
Senses: topics: comics
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A person who creates webcomics.
webcartoonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webcartoonist
parrs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parr
dingbatters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dingbatter
oceanside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ocean + -side.
Senses: examples: text: In Sri Lanka's oceanside capital, the war is celebrated.
ref: 2009 February 13, Rick Westhead, “`How many more boys have to die?'”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Located on the coast of an ocean.
Synonyms: seaside
dogwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dogwash
paraphrasable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From paraphrase + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, we may find ourselves saving the wrapper even after all the paraphrasable "content" is absorbed.
ref: 1988 February 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Form Counts”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Able to be paraphrased
Derived terms: paraphrasably
parabens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraben
paraben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parabens
Etymology: From para- hydroxybenzoate.
Senses: examples: text: I got breast cancer this year, and now avoid products containing parabens.
ref: 2007 February 19, “Products for the Skin (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of a group of chemicals used as preservatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, wherein the hydrogen of a parahydroxybenzene molecule is replaced by an alkyl group
Derived terms: butylparaben
ethylparaben
methylparaben
propylparaben
backwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backwash
eutrophicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eutrophicates
form: eutrophicating
form: eutrophicated
form: eutrophicated
Etymology: From eutrophic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: To become eutrophic.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: To cause to become eutrophic.
Synonyms: eutrophy
Related terms: eutrophication
eutrophic
blue notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue note
pancuronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæŋ.kjʊˈɹəʊ.ni.əm/
ipa: /ˌpæŋ.kjəˈɹoʊ.ni.əm/
rhymes: -əʊniəm
Etymology: From p(iperidine) + an(drostane) + -curonium (“neuromuscular blocking agent”).
Senses: examples: text: Pancuronium bromide has been used frequently for muscle relaxation during cardiac anesthesia and has been reported to provide superior hemodynamics compared with vecuronium (171) or with metocurine or metocurine-pancuronium combinations.
ref: 2001, Michael P. Eaton, Peter L. Bailey, “Chapter 10: Cardiovascular Pharmacology of Anesthetics”, in Fawzy G. Estafanous, Paul G. Barash, J. G. Reves, editors, Cardiac Anesthesia: Principles and Clinical Practice, 2nd edition, page 305:
text: The second chemical is pancuronium bromide, a relative of curare.
ref: 2007 March 2, Adam Liptak, “Florida Panel Urges Steps for Painless Executions”, in New York Times:
text: The only long-acting relaxant that is still used in some institutions is pancuronium.
ref: 2009, Charles J. Coté, Jerrold Lerma, Robert M. Ward, Ralph A. Lugo, Nishan Goudzougian, “Chapter 6: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Children”, in Charles J. Coté, Jerrold Lerman, I. David Todres, editors, A Practice of Anesthesia for Infants and Children, page 131:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic steroid which is used as a neuromuscular blocking agent.
Derived terms: pancuronium bromide
oversensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversensitivities
Etymology: From over- + sensitivity.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: hypersensitivity
text: While this must be hard on Kate and Gerry McCann, it is also a sign that their campaign was extraordinarily successful, so successful that a culture of oversensitivity has long swirled in the slipstream.
ref: 2009 January 11, Barbara Ellen, “Barbara Ellen: Rachida - this was an act of weakness, not strength”, in The Observer:
synonyms: oversensitiveness
glosses: The state or quality of being excessively sensitive.
overplotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Forms: form: more overplotted
form: most overplotted
Etymology: From over- + plotted.
Senses: examples: text: Pursuing its preposterous, overplotted premise, Time merrily confuses myth with fact--Romeo and Juliet and Arthur never lived, or they did so under other names.
ref: 1988 July 1, Lawrence Bommer, “Channel This, or Die, Yuppie Scum!; Time in a Battle”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
media
television
theater
glosses: Having an excessively elaborate plot.
overfunded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overfund
Derived terms: overfundedness
overextension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overextensions
Etymology: From over- + extension.
Senses: examples: text: Other nations sensed American overextension.
ref: 2009 February 13, David Brooks, “The Worst-Case Scenario”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or quality of being overextended; extension beyond normal, correct, or appropriate bounds or limits.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Application of a term to too many referents, as for example when a child uses cat to refer to all animals.
Coordinate terms: underextension
overfund
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overfunds
form: overfunding
form: overfunded
form: overfunded
Etymology: From over- + fund.
Senses: examples: text: But it is not likely to contain contributions from G.M.’s pension plan, even though the plan is overfunded, they added.
ref: 2007 September 22, Micheline Maynard, “Accord on One Key Issue Is Reported in G.M. Talks”, in New York Times:
glosses: To supply with more funds than necessary or appropriate
overexpanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overexpand
nanocurie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocuries
Etymology: From nano- + curie.
Senses: glosses: A unit of radioactivity equal to 10⁻⁹ curie
happy hours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of happy hour
microstrip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microstrips
Etymology: From micro- + strip.
Senses: glosses: A thin conducting strip, separated from another conductor by a layer of dielectric, used to conduct microwaves