cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
chromatomaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The standard curve for hydroxyproline was prepared by the double dilution method with a starting dilution of 497 μg/mL, the following equation was fitted to the prepared standard curve for Hyp: Y = 0.113069 × X ± 0.00491671 (Y: the area ratio of Hyp to nicotinamide in chromatomaps, X: the concentration of Hyp).
ref: 2016 January 1, “A New Method for Xenogeneic Bone Graft Deproteinization: Comparative Study of Radius Defects in a Rabbit Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of chromatomap
coimmunoreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + immunoreactivity.
Senses: examples: text: This observation may indicate a different population of cells, most probably NSC. In order to answer this question, we assessed the coimmunoreactivity of nestin (a NSC marker) with ApoE in the SGZ. LXR agonist treatment of 3xTg-AD mice increased the area of nestin staining as compared with untreated 3xTg-AD animals by 2 folds (P = 0.01).
ref: 2016 January 1, “Role of Liver X Receptor in AD Pathophysiology”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: immunoreactivity caused by two antigens at the same time
collagenolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪsɪs
Etymology: From collagen + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: In the light of these previous studies, it was unlikely that with inhibition of TGF-β1 activity collagen content will decrease, due to the aforementioned evidence and additionally, because downregulation of TGF-β1 did not promote collagenolysis or collagen breakdown directly [12 ,36 ].
ref: 2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The chemical breakdown of collagen
devascularized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + vascularized.
Senses: examples: text: Otherwise, if the surgeon applies a medial approach and ligates the major vessels in the case of unresectable lesions, causing ischemia and necrosis at the devascularized colonic segment, the surgeon will face an awkward dilemma.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Open Right Hemicolectomy:Lateral to Medial or Medial to Lateral Approach?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: From which the blood vessels have been removed
extralymphoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + lymphoid.
Senses: examples: text: These cells remain resident within extralymphoid tissues following immune responses and provide rapid protective immunity against previously encountered pathogens [14, 18, 35 ].
ref: 2016 January 1, “Tregs Modulate Lymphocyte Proliferation, Activation, and Resident-Memory T-Cell Accumulation within the Brain during MCMV Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Outside of the lymphatic system
macrocolumn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocolumns
Etymology: From macro- + column.
Senses: glosses: A relatively large-scale column
macrocolumns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The cortex is modeled as a collection of macrocolumns.
ref: 2016 January 1, “A Pharmacokinetics-Neural Mass Model (PK-NMM) for the Simulation of EEG Activity during Propofol Anesthesia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of macrocolumn
satyrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From satyr + -ism.
Senses: glosses: An extremely high or excessive libido in men or boys.
Synonyms: satyromania
satyriasis
myoneurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + neur- + -in.
Senses: examples: text: In that essence, the effect of such SNPs can be mediated through one of the other genes in 3q26 locus that were found to actually play a role in controlling expression either by activating or repressing the transcription of various genes such as encoding myoneurin (MYNN) including telomerase.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Associations of TERC Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms with Human Leukocyte Telomere Length and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of zinc finger proteins whose members have been implicated in regulatory functions of gene expression
nephrophane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, nephro- + -phane.
Senses: examples: text: The modified theory is shown to give better prediction for glucose flux across a nephrophane membrane.
ref: 2016 January 1, “The Balance of Fluid and Osmotic Pressures across Active Biological Membranes with Application to the Corneal Endothelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A form of cellulose used to construct dialysis membranes
Related terms: cellophane
preimplanted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + implanted.
Senses: examples: text: Group C (basal) was considered as the preimplanted scar samples and they were not implanted in the nude mice.
ref: 2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: implanted before some other operation
daily breader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: daily breaders
form: daily-breader
Etymology: From daily bread + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The early morning crowds [at a railway station] were known as "daily breaders", until the importation of the term "commuter" from the USA.
ref: 2000, Vic Mitchell, Keith Smith, Ealing to Slough, including the Heathrow Branch, Middleton Press, →ISBN:
glosses: A commuter.
deacclimatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + acclimatization.
Senses: examples: text: After completion of the first half of the study, subjects returned to sea level for one month to insure deacclimatization.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Ibuprofen Blunts Ventilatory Acclimatization to Sustained Hypoxia in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: acclimatization to an original climate or system (after being acclimatized to another)
Related terms: deacclimate
dysspermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dys- + -spermia.
Senses: examples: text: Stringent exclusion criteria were employed to exclude regular alcohol drinkers, heavy smokers, the men with chronic diseases, urogenital infections, varicocele and other diseases which might lead to dysspermia, azoospermic men, and the men with 100% of immotile sperm, 100% teratospermia and incomplete data.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Relationship between Lipids Levels of Serum and Seminal Plasma and Semen Parameters in 631 Chinese Subfertile Men”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any abnormality of the spermatozoa or the semen.
isocapnia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + -capnia.
Senses: examples: text: This will slightly increase the isocapnic HVR by the well-known multiplicative interaction between O 2 and CO 2 as carotid body stimuli, but more importantly it allows us to maintain isocapnia even if HVD should decrease ventilation, and increase P e ’ CO2 during the protocol [4 ].
ref: 2016 January 5, “Ibuprofen Blunts Ventilatory Acclimatization to Sustained Hypoxia in Humans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A state of constant arterial carbon dioxide concentration (especially in arterial blood)
Related terms: isocapnic
lipofected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lipofected
form: most lipofected
Senses: examples: text: Lipid-RNA complexes last a long time in lipofected cells, thus impeding precise RNA quantification [34 ].
ref: 2016 January 5, “Challenging the Roles of NSP3 and Untranslated Regions in Rotavirus mRNA Translation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: infected with a lipofection
macrosyntenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From macro- + syntenic.
Senses: examples: text: However, both qkib and qkia in the zebrafish share multiple genes, on a macrosyntenic level, with human QKI.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Characterization and Expression of the Zebrafish qki Paralogs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Related to macrosynteny
mediotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From medio- + temporal.
Senses: examples: text: Each side of the mediotemporal region on Neurogam—processed SPECT 3D images was assessed by simple in-house unpublished semiquantitative scale (0 –negative, 1 –borderline, 2 –positive).
ref: 2016 January 5, “Moderate Changes in the Circadian System of Alzheimer's Disease Patients Detected in Their Home Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In the middle of the temporal region
microfloras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Microfloras from stools of each Pglyrp-deficient strain separated from WT microflora in the Principal Coordinate Analysis (PCoA), with microfloras from Pglyrp1 -/- and Pglyrp3 -/- mice showing the most distinct separation from the microflora in WT mice (Fig 1A ).
ref: 2016 January 5, “Pglyrp -Regulated Gut Microflora Prevotella falsenii, Parabacteroides distasonis and Bacteroides eggerthii Enhance and Alistipes finegoldii Attenuates Colitis in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microflora
microspirometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + spirometry.
Senses: examples: text: The reason for the observed differences might be due that they studied populations with different characteristics or to the fact that microspirometry was performed by staff with higher experience in lung function assessment compared with our staff, who received a 2-hour session training.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Validity and Reliability of a Portable Device in Non-Specialized Healthcare Settings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: spirometry using a microspirometer
microspirometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microspirometers
Etymology: From micro- + spirometer.
Senses: glosses: A small, hand-held spirometer
Related terms: microspirometry
oligospermatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, seminal plasma TG, TC, LDL and HDL levels in patients with oligospermatism, asthenospermia and teratozoospermia were higher than those with normal sperm concentration, motility or morphology.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Relationship between Lipids Levels of Serum and Seminal Plasma and Semen Parameters in 631 Chinese Subfertile Men”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of oligospermia.
synonyms: word: oligospermia
prechylomicron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prechylomicrons
Etymology: From pre- + chylomicron.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, CD36 was reported to be part of the prechylomicron transport vesicle and to be important for the vesicle’s budding from the endoplasmic reticulum [14 ].
ref: 2016 January 5, “Deregulated Lipid Sensing by Intestinal CD36 in Diet-Induced Hyperinsulinemic Obese Mouse Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A structure that develops into a chylomicron
somatotopical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Flickering photic stimulation synchronizes brain activity, and it is thought that the synchronization of brain oscillations can result in temporal integration, the binding of salient stimulus features across different sensory cortices, increased spatial discreteness, and somatotopical specificity.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Rhythmical Photic Stimulation at Alpha Frequencies Produces Antidepressant-Like Effects in a Mouse Model of Depression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of somatotopic.
trabectome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trabectomes
Senses: examples: text: Based on above findings, surgical procedures on SC (e.g., canaloplasty, iStent and Eypass implantation) and the TM (e.g., trabectome) have been launched worldwide.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Schlemm’s Canal and Trabecular Meshwork in Eyes with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma: A Comparative Study Using High-Frequency Ultrasound Biomicroscopy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An instrument used in minimally-invasive glaucoma surgery
transcutol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BAY 60–2770 was dissolved in the vehicle consisting of transcutol 10%, cremophor 20% and H2O^([sic]) 70% and was administered by daily oral gavage.
ref: 2016 January 5, “Nitric Oxide Resistance Reduces Arteriovenous Fistula Maturation in Chronic Kidney Disease in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The solvent 2-(2-ethoxyethoxy)ethanol
baggage carousels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baggage carousel
metre gauge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meter gauge
form: meter gage
Senses: examples: text: The first thing that strikes the stranger is the sharpness of the curves on the metre gauge; it is not unusual for a long train to be travelling in three directions at once, and the engine is frequently in full view of the windows of the ninth or tenth carriage.
ref: 1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 263:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A track gauge of one metre.
Related terms: word: metre-gauge
word: standard gauge
word: narrow gauge
word: broad gauge
leaf peeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activity of traveling to view and photograph the changing colors of the fall foliage, particularly in New England.
Related terms: leaf peeper
microspirometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microspirometer
satyriasists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satyriasist
hypersexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypersexual
hyposexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyposexual
immerser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immersers
Etymology: From immerse + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who immerses, as for example one who carries out baptism by immersion.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who tends to immerse themselves in things, becoming deeply involved.
immersers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immerser
Chian earth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkiənˌɜɹθ/
Etymology: From its origin on Chios, a Greek island.
Senses: examples: text: CHIAN earth, in pharmacy, one of the medicinal earths of the ancients, the name of which is preſerved in the catalogues of the materia medica but of which nothing more than the name has been known for many ages in the ſhops.
It is a very denſe and compact earth, and is ſent hither in ſmall flat pieces from the iſland of Chios, in which it is found in great plenty at this time. It ſtands recommended to us as an aſtringent. They tell us, it is the greateſt of all coſmetics, and that it gives a whiteneſs and ſmoothneſs to the ſkin, and prevents wrinkles, beyond any of the other ſubſtances that have been celebrated for the ſame purpoſes.
ref: 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183:
glosses: A soft, dense, flaky, greyish-white earth found on the island of Chios, anciently used as an astringent and cosmetic.
borken
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Borken
Senses: glosses: past participle of bork (“to break”).
borken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more borken
form: most borken
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Broken; wrongly designed or configured.
bronchospasmolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bronchospasm + -o- + -lytic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Countering bronchospasm.
bronchospasmolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bronchospasmolytics
Etymology: From bronchospasm + -o- + -lytic.
Senses: glosses: Any drug used to treat bronchospasm.
bronchospasmolytics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchospasmolytic
fabrefaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fabrefactions
Etymology: From Latin fabrēfacĕre.
Senses: examples: text: O servile labour! in superstitious attendance. O toylsome labour! in prestigious fabrefaction. O lost labour and time! to be instituted and educated to such a practice or profession.
ref: 1652, John Gaule, Πῦς-μαντία. The Mag-Astro-Mancer, or the Magicall-Astrologicall-Diviner posed and puzzled:
text: […] according to the sense of the Stoics, than of the Platonists, whose inferior generated gods also (being first made) were supposed to have had a stroke in the fabrefaction of mankind.
ref: 1667, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted, and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, page 347:
text: In all his fabrefactions there was the strong impress of his own individuality; the individuality not only of the born and laboriously trained artificer […]
ref: 1899, Royal Society of the Arts. Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, vol. 47, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, pg. 612
glosses: the process or act of creating or developing, as of a work of art
fabrefactions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fabrefaction
Oriental Orthodox Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the three major divisions of Eastern Christianity, distinguished by its miaphysite Christology, not to be confused with Eastern Orthodox Church and the Church of the East.
Related terms: Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Miaphysitism
monophysitism
Orthodox Church
cribside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crib + side.
Senses: examples: text: The mother and father knelt at the cribside.
glosses: A position at the side of an infant's crib.
cradleside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cradle + side.
Senses: examples: text: The mother and father knelt at the cradleside.
glosses: A position at the side of an infant's cradle.
richlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of richly: more richly
richliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of richly: most richly
kitschly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃli
Forms: form: more kitschly
form: most kitschly
Etymology: From kitsch + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a kitsch way.
kitschness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kitsch + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: kitschiness
glosses: The quality of being kitsch.
Fitchley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪt͡ʃli/
rhymes: -ɪtʃli
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hitchley
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃli
Senses: glosses: A surname.
madliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of madly: most madly
madlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: comparative form of madly: more madly
sadliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: superlative form of sadly: most sadly
cliffbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cliff-bound
Etymology: From cliff + -bound.
Senses: examples: text: a cliffbound island
glosses: Bounded by cliffs.
hopbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hopbushes
Etymology: From hop + bush.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Dodonaea of flowering plants in the soapberry family, especially Dodonaea viscosa.
Derived terms: common hop bush
hopbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hopbush
ungraveled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + graveled.
Senses: glosses: Without a gravel surface.
ungravelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gravelled.
Senses: glosses: Without a gravel surface.
regravel
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regravels
form: regraveling
form: regravelling
form: regraveled
form: regraveled
form: regravelled
form: regravelled
Etymology: From re- + gravel.
Senses: examples: text: I have already said that my Ministry is planning to regravel this road during the next Financial Year.
ref: 1973 November 15, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, volume 32, page 222:
glosses: To replace the gravel on (a surface).
regraveled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regravel
regravels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regravel
regravelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regravel
regraveling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regravel
regravelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regravel
gravellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravelling
gravelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graveling
gravelin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravelins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gravelling.
gravelins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravelin
Gigi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒid͡ʒi/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Gigi. Sometimes a pet form of English names such as Virginia or Genesis.
Occasionally from initials G.G. (e.g. George General 'Gigi' Gryce).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from French.
glosses: A male given name.
detax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detaxes
form: detaxing
form: detaxed
form: detaxed
Etymology: From de- + tax.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of untax.
synonyms: word: untax
Related terms: detaxation
detaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detax
detaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detax
detaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detax
retaxation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retaxations
Etymology: From re- + taxation.
Senses: glosses: The act of taxing something again; recalculation of tax.
retaxations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retaxation
corfe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corfes
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: Obsolete form of corf.
corfs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cages, with tubs containing coal, guided in shafts, also superseded the old use of wicker corfs, by being much safer and better […]
ref: 1854, North of England Institute of Mining, Mechanical Engineers, Transactions:
text: These corfs were also hauled along the tracks using pit ponies rather than the women and boys who had previously been employed for the task.
ref: 2000, Charles Kernot, The Coal Industry:
text: Descent into a coal mine, early nineteenth century. Notice the wicker corfs that carried coal or people and the naked candle flame […]
ref: 2013, Mary Beggs-Humphreys, The Industrial Revolution, page 15:
glosses: plural of corf
onsetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onsetters
Etymology: From on + setter.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A worker at the bottom of a mineshaft who exchanges the empty and full corves.
onsetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onsetters
Etymology: From onset + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Compared to normative stayers, increasing hyperactivity and maltreatment during childhood were associated with a likelihood of being a late onsetter.
ref: 2008, Anna Hyun, Factors Associated with Stability and Change in Offending Among School Enrolled Adolescents and Their Transitions into Emerging Adulthood:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: One who undergoes the onset of a condition.
onsetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of onsetter
washstall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washstalls
Etymology: From wash + stall.
Senses: glosses: A washrack for an animal.
washstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washstall
MacManus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
McManus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McManuses
form: Manus
form: McMains
form: McManis
form: McManners
form: McMannis
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mághnais (“son of Magnus”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
sceptrumgenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A steroidal sapogenin obtained from Isoflexis sceptrum.
Calhounian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Calhounian
form: most Calhounian
Etymology: From Calhoun + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to John C. Calhoun (1782–1850), American statesman and political theorist, best remembered for his defense of slavery and for advancing the concept of minority rights in politics, in the context of defending Southern values from perceived Northern threats.
superinfluenza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + influenza.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of superflu.
synonyms: word: superflu
superpackages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superpackage
subpackages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpackage
subpackages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subpackage
retier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retiers
Etymology: From retie + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who reties.
glosses: Something that reties.
retier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retiers
form: retiering
form: retiered
form: retiered
Etymology: From re- + tier.
Senses: glosses: To tier again; to arrange in a new hierarchy.
retiered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retier
retiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retier
retiers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retier
retiering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retier
respackle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respackles
form: respackling
form: respackled
form: respackled
Etymology: From re- + spackle.
Senses: examples: text: She wouldn't let me look at myself, but every so often Liza would shimmy up and gush, "Wow, honey! You look fabulous!" and then mutter something to the makeup artist, who would get the big palette out again and respackle my face.
ref: 2012, Hester Browne, The Runaway Princess, page 310:
glosses: To spackle again.
respackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of respackle
respackling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of respackle
respackled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of respackle
mercying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mercy
mercied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mercy
mercied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mercied
form: most mercied
Senses: examples: text: Christ watereth with His blessing all things. If every thing that a saint hath be blessed, and every thing (to speak so) mercied, and christianed, even " his basket and his dough"
ref: 1853, The Present testimony, and original Christian witness revived:
text: Hast thou no mercied feeling In thy proud and cruel soul, As thus thou seest one kneeling, With no effort to control The tears that are unseemly, Where pride should stem the tide, And scorn give place to pity, for Gustave's stricken bride ? ”
ref: 1892, Junius Lackland Hempstead, Parnassian Niches, page 162:
text: Smells like newly cut grass from a farmer's sickle seemed so clean and symbolic of the freshness of a “mercied” heart.
ref: 1997, Gordon MacDonald, The Life God Blesses, →ISBN:
glosses: Tempered by mercy; merciful.
repackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repacking
repackagable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From repackage + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be repackaged.
brakeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brakelines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brake line.
brakelines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brakeline
brake line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake lines
form: brakeline
Etymology: From brake + line.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A line that conveys fluid from a vehicle's brake pedal to the brakes when they are applied.
brake lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brake line
crowdwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowd work
Etymology: From crowd + work.
Senses: glosses: Crowdsourced work.
examples: text: His set usually includes a few minutes of crowdwork.
qualifier: stand-up comedy
glosses: The process or an instance of working the crowd.
crowdwork
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crowdworks
form: crowdworking
form: crowdworked
form: crowdworked
form: crowd work
Etymology: From crowd + work.
Senses: examples: text: In both the Global North and the Global South, women reported more frequently than men that they crowdworked because they preferred to, or could only, work from home. In particular, the response 'can only work from home' had a ten percentage-point difference between women and men in the Global South (17 per cent for women versus 7 per cent for men) and an eight percentage-point difference in the Global North (13 percent for women versus 5 per cent for men).
ref: 2021 November 19, Janine Berg, Uma Rani, “Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork”, in Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism, Geneva: Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 97 from 93 to 110:
glosses: To perform crowdsourced work.
Related terms: crowdworker
crowdworking
rolodex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rolodexes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rolodex.
rolodex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rolodexes
form: rolodexing
form: rolodexed
form: rolodexed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rolodex.
pilocereine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The trimer of lophocereine.
lophocereine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Lophocereus + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A toxic glycoside found in the cactus Lophocereus schottii.
shatavarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shatavarins
Etymology: From shatavari + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of steroidal saponins found in Asparagus racemosus.
shatavarins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shatavarin
antioxytocic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antioxytocic
form: most antioxytocic
Etymology: From anti- + oxytocic.
Senses: glosses: Countering uterine contractions, thus delaying childbirth.
antioxytocic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antioxytocics
Etymology: From anti- + oxytocic.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that counters uterine contractions.
antioxytocics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antioxytocic
antioxytocin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + oxytocin.
Senses: glosses: Countering the hormone oxytocin.
antiabortifacient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + abortifacient.
Senses: glosses: Preventing miscarriage.
antiabortifacient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiabortifacients
Etymology: From anti- + abortifacient.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that prevents miscarriage.
antiabortifacients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiabortifacient
gonyaulax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ancient Greek γόνυ (gónu, “knee”) + αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”)
Senses: examples: text: Recently, a gonyaulax toxin was purified from an axenic culture of the alga, Gonyaulax catanella, and this toxin has been shown to be chemically identical with saxitoxin (Schantz et al., 1966).
ref: 1974, Harold Judson Humm, Bioactive compounds from the sea, page 116:
text: Oval, strongly pigmented cells with a gonyaulax-like girdle displacement.
ref: 2003, Monographs on Oceanographic Methodology, page 409:
text: Most shellfish lose their toxins almost completely within four to six weeks after a gonyaulax outbreak.
ref: 2011, Charlie White, Living off the Sea:
glosses: An alga of the genus Gonyaulax.
goniatitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From goniatite + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: To the naked eye the lateral lobes appear nearly goniatitic or faintly serrated, but by means of a lens denticulations in the ogival arch, which forms the base of the principal lateral lobe, can be made out distinctly.
ref: 1908, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India: Palæontologia Indica:
text: In terms of hard-part morphology, goniatites are diagnosed by the simple to goniatitic form of their sutures.
ref: 2006, Robert Wynn Jones, Applied Palaeontology, page 140:
text: The Goniatitida were characterised by a smooth, undulated or bended suture ('goniatitic'), whereas the Ceratitida possessed sutures that were posteriorly zig-zagging but anteriorly smooth ('ceratitic').
ref: 2015, Jens Boenigk, Biodiversity and Earth History, page 84:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a goniatite, especially the characteristic wavy patterns of their fossils.
video journalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videojournalism
Senses: glosses: A form of journalism where the journalist shoots, edits and often presents his/her own video material.
cobblings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cobbling
gongora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gongoras
Etymology: From the genus name; after Antonio Caballero y Góngora.
Senses: examples: text: The gongoras seem to thrive best in mesh plastic pots.
ref: 1992, Joyce Stewart, Orchids at Kew, page 64:
text: Always, of course, there was the hope of encountering one of those breathstopping orchids — maybe a mormodes, or a gongora, or some flashy epidendrum.
ref: 1992, The Orchid Digest, volumes 57-58, page 168:
text: The floras of Venezuela, the Guyanas and Brazil are poor in respect to gongoras.
ref: 1996, Orchids: The Magazine of the American Orchid Society:
glosses: An orchid of the genus Gongora.
wikipedia: Antonio Caballero y Góngora
gongoras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gongora
littling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: littlings
Etymology: From Middle English *litling, from Old English litling, lytling, lȳtling (“a little one, child”), equivalent to little + -ling.
Senses: glosses: A little one; a child.
littlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of littling
maffles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of maffle
smockings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smocking
herborizings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herborizing
cardiothoracics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: cardiothoracic medicine
Berk-Tabatznik syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Discussed in a 1961 paper by M. E. Berk and B. Tabatznik.
Senses: glosses: An extremely rare disorder of unknown cause, characterized by short stature, congenital optic atrophy, and brachytelephalangy.
Keutel syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Identified by J. Keutel et al in 1972.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormal diffuse cartilage calcification, hypoplasia of the mid-face, peripheral pulmonary stenosis, hearing loss, short distal phalanges of the fingers, and mild mental retardation.
cybermessage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybermessages
Etymology: From cyber- + message.
Senses: glosses: A message sent by computer.
cybermessages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybermessage
Kallman syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Described in a paper published in 1944 by Franz Josef Kallmann, a German-American geneticist.
Senses: glosses: A rare genetic condition characterized by anosmia or hyposmia and a failure to start or to complete puberty.
shatavari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: asparagus root
glosses: A species of asparagus, Asparagus racemosus, found throughout the Indian Subcontinent and used as a traditional herbal medicine.
Derived terms: shatavarin
brachytelephalangy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brachy- + tele- + -phalangy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Unusually short length of the distal phalanges.
Related terms: brachytelephalangic
in the eyes of the law
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: legally (from a legal perspective)
aieee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: The truth is I didn't really think about any of that, just lunged forward, grabbed the guy's wrist, and clamped down good and tight. “Aieee,” he screamed, or something like that, very unpleasant down deep in my ears.
ref: 2013, Spencer Quinn, A Fistful of Collars: A Chet and Bernie Mystery, page 237:
glosses: Alternative form of aiee.
aiee
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: aieee
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: He caught her as she went past and pulled her around. She threw up her hands and closed her good eye. Aiee, she cried. Aiee.
ref: 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain, page 239:
glosses: A shout of pain or alarm.
Salter-Harris fracture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Salter-Harris fractures
Etymology: Described by Robert B. Salter and W. Robert Harris.
Senses: glosses: A fracture that involves the epiphyseal plate or growth plate of a bone.
Salter-Harris fractures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Salter-Harris fracture
glowerer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glowerers
Etymology: From glower + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who glowers.
glowerers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glowerer
SLC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
ipa: /ɛsɛlsiː/
Forms: form: SLCs
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Acronym of space launch complex.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of single-level cell.
Related terms: sense: single level cell
english: triple-level cell
translation: triple-level cell
word: TLC
sense: single level cell
english: quad-level cell
translation: quad-level cell
word: QLC
sense: single level cell
english: multi-level cell
translation: multi-level cell
word: MLC
sense: space launch complex
english: launch complex
translation: launch complex
word: LC
SLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /slɪk/
rhymes: -ɪk
ipa: /ɛsɛlsiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Salt Lake City.
examples: text: "We continuously strive to improve our processes and indeed have updated our systems accordingly. Ultimately, however, it is for the student to make a proper declaration to SLC [Student Loans Company]^([sic]) to draw down funding," LSST said in a statement.
ref: 2014 May 21, Andrew McGettigan, Shiv Malik, John Domokos, “Private sector and students profit at the college they call 'the ATM'”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Student Loans Company.
VSAT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VSATs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Acronym of very small aperture terminal.
ASDS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASDSes
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: Initialism of autonomous spaceport drone ship.
HAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HABs
Senses: coordinate_terms: VAB
HIF
glosses: Initialism of horizontal assembly building.
glosses: Initialism of heavy assembly building.
glosses: Initialism of harmful algal bloom.
VAB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VABs
Senses: coordinate_terms: VIF
glosses: Initialism of vehicle assembly building.
coordinate_terms: HAB
glosses: Initialism of vertical assembly building.
analyist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of analyst.
robot chess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: board-games
chess
computer-games
games
glosses: The game of chess involving a robot able to play with physical pieces autonomously, i.e. without human guidance.
Related terms: computer chess
oh my Zeus
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: oh my Zeus !
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oh my God.
synonyms: word: oh my God
is there a problem
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: is there a problem?
no, thanks
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: no thanks
form: no thank you
Senses: examples: text: “No, thanks” is a violently British way to refuse something. That is just one step away from “oh, I couldn’t possibly”.
ref: 2014 September 14, Tim Carvell, Josh Gondelman, Dan Gurewitch, Jeff Maurer, Ben Silva, Will Tracy, Jill Twiss, Seena Vali, Julie Weiner, “Scottish Independence”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 1, episode 17, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
glosses: Politely refuses something offered.
Related terms: yes, please
no thanks to
I'm not interested
I don't want it
thank you
thank you very much
thank you all
what should I do
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: what should I do?
are you doing anything tomorrow
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Asks if someone is busy tomorrow, possibly to invite them to do something if they are available. ("Tomorrow" can be replaced by other dates, such as "are you doing anything on the weekend", etc.)
eustressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eustress
when is closing time
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: when is closing time?
City of Hate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In reference to the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Senses: glosses: Derogatory name for Dallas: a major city in Texas, United States.
how many languages do you speak
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to ask the interlocutor how many languages he or she speaks.
Related terms: what languages do you speak?
competitive exclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: competitive exclusions
Etymology: Coined by Russian biologist George Gause.
Senses: examples: 2016, Kaj-Kolja Kleineberg & Marián Boguñá, Competition between global and local online social networks, Nature
In ecology theory, the principle of competitive exclusion states that multiple species in competition for the same resource cannot coexist, as even the slightest advantage of one species over the other is successively amplified; a mechanism referred to as “rich get richer” or preferential attachment. This eventually leads to the extinction of the inferior species.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The principle that states that two species who are very similar, and compete for the same resources, cannot coexist indefinitely, as the one with the slight advantage will outperform the other and eventually drive it into extinction.
wikipedia: George Gause
propygostylar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + pygostyle + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: The propygostylar joint of the pigeon differs from the other intercorporal joints; it is primarily a hinge joint.
ref: 1988, Julian J. Baumel, Functional Morphology of the Tail Apparatus of the Pigeon (Columba livia), Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →ISBN, page 13:
qualifier: bird anatomy
glosses: On the spine, immediately in front of the pygostyle (describing a joint or vertebra).
widdly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪdəli/
Forms: form: more widdly
form: most widdly
Etymology: From widdle + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 25 November 2016, Malcolm Jack, Judas Priest review – a fans-only affair picks up in the final act in The Guardian
The new material is largely a fans-only affair – anyone not entertained by widdly guitar solos would have been advised to bring a book for the likes of Halls of Valhalla..
text: Not even the Seventies' prevailing trend for widdly, interminable guitar frottage in could mask Gwynne's basic lack of talent. As soon as the Dream Team's tour finished, Gwynne was told, in no uncertain terms, to fuck off.
ref: 2004, Patrick Browning, The Smell of Old Dreams:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characterized by a lot of long fast guitar riffs
widdlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of widdler
Juras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Jura Mountains
if and when
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: [T]o his son Thomas Battersbee, if and when he should attain the age of 21; but if he should die under that age then to his daughter Sophia, if and when she should attain that age...
ref: 1819, John Wilson, Cases in Chancery [1818-1819], page 90:
text: Since, as many parents have found to their sorrow, you cannot force a child to sleep, most find it easier on everybody to accept this nightwalking if and when it occurs
ref: 1980, Louise Bates Ames, Frances Lillian Ilg, Your Three-year-old: Friend Or Enemy, page 81:
text: Still, one cannot completely ignore the differences in the nature of the paper trail the two sets of rules give us if and when we want to look back at a particular decision.
ref: 2006, Dennis D. Riley, Bryan E. Brophy-Baermann, Bureaucracy and the Policy Process: Keeping the Promises, page 318:
glosses: At the time of an event, contingent on that event happening at all.
Related terms: if and only if
antiactin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-actin
Etymology: From anti- + actin.
Senses: examples: text: To ensure equal loading of each prepared sample, β-actin from whole-cell lysates was stained using goat antiactin antibodies (Santa Cruz Biotechnology).
ref: 2016 January 6, “Statins Attenuate Helicobacter pylori CagA Translocation and Reduce Incidence of Gastric Cancer: In Vitro and Population-Based Case-Control Studies”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That binds to actin
raw_tags: of an antibody
antiatherogenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Low HDL-C is therefore considered an independent risk factor for an increased risk of coronary artery disease, although pathways to its potential antiatherogenicity, are still not well understood.
ref: 2016 January 6, “The Combined Effect of Common Genetic Risk Variants on Circulating Lipoproteins Is Evident in Childhood: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being antiatherogenic