cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
metroprolol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The mixture of six probes (phenacetin, metroprolol, midazolam, omeprazole, tolbutamide and bupropion) was given to rats by intragastric administration.
ref: 2015 June 15, Jinzhang Cai et al., “Effect of Radix Sophorae Tonkinensis on the activity of cytochrome P450 isoforms in rats”, in International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, volume 8:
glosses: Misspelling of metoprolol.
casquehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casqueheads
Senses: glosses: Any casquehead lizard (family Corytophanidae).
-olol
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ə.lɒl/
ipa: /əˌlɔl/
Etymology: From propranolol. By surface analysis, reduplication of -ol.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of compounds with the structure Ar–OCH₂CH(OH)CH₂NH–R used as β-adrenoceptor antagonists.
Related terms: -alol
multicopper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + copper.
Senses: examples: text: Laccases (benzenediol: oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.10.3.2) are multicopper oxidases that catalyze oxidation of an extensive array of recalcitrant phenolic and nonphenolic compounds with simultaneous reduction of molecular oxygen to water (Rivera-Hoyos et al. 2013).
ref: 2015 January 16, Gaurav Singh Kaira, Kusum Dhakar, Anita Pandey, “A psychrotolerant strain of Serratia marcescens (MTCC 4822) produces laccase at wide temperature and pH range”, in AMB Express, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Applied to a class of oxidase enzymes that oxidize their substrate by accepting electrons at a mononuclear copper centre and transferring them to a trinuclear copper centre.
casqueheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casquehead
postinjury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + injury.
Senses: glosses: After injury.
postembolization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + embolization.
Senses: glosses: After embolization.
oversimplicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + simplicity.
Senses: examples: text: By introducing the element of phenotype of primary cancer cells at earlier in vitro stages of drug development, PDX cell-screening allows us to find drugs that are active against real cancers in vivo and bridges the gap between the oversimplicity of conventional cell line-based screening and the intractable complexity of clinical studies.
ref: 2015 August 17, Keiki Sugimoto et al., “Discovery of a drug targeting microenvironmental support for lymphoma cells by screening using patient-derived xenograft cells”, in Scientific Reports, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Excessive simplicity.
nonglycemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Etymology: From non- + glycemic.
Senses: examples: text: Thiazolidinediones improve insulin sensitivity without hypoglycemic risk by activation of peroxisome proliferator-activated (PPAR)-γ with other nonglycemic effects, including anti-inflammatory and improved lipid profiles via PPAR-α/γ.
ref: 2015 August 5, P Iyngkaran, M Thomas, “Bedside–to-Bench Translational Research for Chronic Heart Failure: Creating an Agenda for Clients Who Do Not Meet Trial Enrollment Criteria”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: Not glycemic.
chamaeleontiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a chamaeleon
chamaeleontiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamaeleontiforms
Senses: glosses: Any iguana having the form of a chamaeleon
multinomially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From multinomial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Notice that LPGM and Mult-GM were designed for data that are approximately Poisson distributed, such as measurements from RNA-sequencing, and multinomially distributed, such as various types of gene variations, respectively.
ref: 2015 June 10, Marinka Žitnik, Blaž Zupan, “Gene network inference by fusing data from diverse distributions”, in Bioinformatics, volume 31, →DOI:
glosses: In a multinomial fashion.
three-ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A simplified game of pool in which players attempt to pot three object balls in as few shots as possible.
uninephrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uninephrectomies
Etymology: From uni- + nephrectomy.
Senses: examples: text: These are surgical, uninephrectomy or subtotal nephrectomy producing mild to severe RI, or acute pharmacologically induced changes to the heart or kidney.
ref: 2015 August 5, P Iyngkaran, M Thomas, “Bedside–to-Bench Translational Research for Chronic Heart Failure: Creating an Agenda for Clients Who Do Not Meet Trial Enrollment Criteria”, in Clinical Medicine Insights. Cardiology, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: The surgical removal of one of the two kidneys.
uninephrectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uninephrectomy
choanal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊənəl/
Etymology: From choana + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Related to the choana
Derived terms: antrochoanal
interchoanal
intrachoanal
nasochoanal
parachoanal
postchoanal
prechoanal
retrochoanal
zeiosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Costero and Pomerat (1951), who refer it to Ancient Greek ζείω (zeíō), alternative form of ζέω (zéō, “to boil”) + -osis. The authentic Ancient Greek term would be ζέσις (zésis, “boiling”).
The derivation was chosen because blebs are said to "resemble the behavior of a very dense fluid under intense boiling".
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: blebbing
glosses: The formation of blebs.
coronoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coronoid
biquandles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biquandle
turbulizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbulization
bioreagents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioreagent
corytophanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corytophanines
Etymology: Corytophanes + -ine
Senses: qualifier: herpetology (saurology)
glosses: Any lizard of the genus Corytophanes
Related terms: Corytophanes
corytophanid
corytophanines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corytophanine
biostereometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to biostereometrics.
challengingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From challenging + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, although the stimulus selection was clearly restricted, we propose that similar findings (at least in principle) should apply to a broader range of artistic artefacts despite potential variations in central stimulus-dimensions (such as subject matter, colorization, or image size) unless they alter the experience of processing ease or mental challengingness.
ref: 2015 August 27, “When Challenging Art Gets Liked: Evidences for a Dual Preference Formation Process for Fluent and Non-Fluent Portraits”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality or degree of being challenging.
dactyloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dactyl- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a finger
dactyloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dactyloids
Etymology: From dactyl- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Any lizard/anole of the family Dactyloidae.
deacceleration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deaccelerations
Etymology: From de- + acceleration.
Senses: glosses: The act of deaccelerating; retardation.
defaunation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defaunations
Etymology: From de- + fauna + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: For this reason, the symbolic dimensions of defaunation can be of direct relevance to any initiative aiming for sustainable wildlife management and biodiversity conservation in areas inhabited by hunter-gatherers (Franzen 2005; Lu 2001).
ref: 2016, Victoria Reyes-García, Aili Pyhälä, Hunter-gatherers in a Changing World, Springer, →ISBN, page 79:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: deforestation
glosses: The loss of animals from a habitat
Related terms: refaunation
cytotoxics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytotoxic
coastwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coast + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: To elucidate patterns at the regional scale that may be obscured by our coastwide analysis, we divided the coastline into three biogeographic regions, north of Cape Mendocino, CA (North), between Cape Mendocino and Point Conception, CA (Central), and south of Point Conception (South; Fig 1).
ref: 2015 August 27, “Patterns and Variation in Benthic Biodiversity in a Large Marine Ecosystem”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Along an entire coast.
entocarotid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: entocarotids
Etymology: From ento- + carotid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The inner branch of the carotid (artery)
cyanophycinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanophycinases
Etymology: From cyanophycin + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: However, our findings showed no differential expression of the cyanophycinase genes (cphA, cphB) responsible for this process in response to irradiation, confirming that the cells did not seem to experience N-limitation.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Temporal Gene Expression of the Cyanobacterium Arthrospira in Response to Gamma Rays”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]ₙ + H₂O ⇌ [L-Asp(4-L-Arg)]ₙ₋₁ + L-Asp(4-L-Arg).
eutheriodontian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eutheriodontians
Etymology: Eutheriodontia + -an
Senses: synonyms: eutheriodont
glosses: Any therapsid of the clade Eutheriodontia
eutheriodontians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eutheriodontian
concealability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From conceal + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, research shows that reactions to the disclosure of a stigmatized status in general may vary depending on the nature of the stigma, not only in terms of being responsible for the stigma, but the person’s control over it, its concealability, and its perceived threat to the recipient of the disclosure.
ref: 2015 August 27, “When”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being concealable.
gekkonomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gekkonomorphs
Senses: glosses: Any lizard of the clade Gekkonomorpha.
hindcasted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hindcast + -ed.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: calculated as a hindcast
hypselodont
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: having teeth that are continuously growing
UAF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌjuː eɪ ˈɛf/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Uganda Athletics Federation.
glosses: Initialism of Ukrainian Air Force.
glosses: Initialism of Ukrainian Armed Forces.
glosses: Ukrainian Armed Forces.
glosses: Unite Against Fascism.
glosses: Initialism of University Admissions Finland.
glosses: University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
glosses: University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of User Action Framework.
UAF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌjuː eɪ ˈɛf/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unidirectional air flow.
glosses: Initialism of universal access fund.
glosses: Initialism of university-affiliated facility.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of use after free: a class of software vulnerability where memory is erroneously used again after being deallocated.
iguanomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iguana + -morph.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of an iguana
iguanomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iguanomorphs
Etymology: From iguana + -morph.
Senses: glosses: Any lizard that has the form of an iguana, especially one of the suborder Iguania
iguanomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iguanomorph
semianechoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + anechoic.
Senses: glosses: Being a kind of anechoic chamber with a solid floor to support objects, rather than the mesh floor grille over absorbent tiles found in full anechoic chambers.
machairodontine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machairodontines
Senses: glosses: Any extinct carnivore of the subfamily Machairodontinae
magnitudinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From magnitude + -in- + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having (great) magnitude
WUXGA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of widescreen ultra-extended graphics array: a display resolution of 1920 × 1200 pixels with a 16:10 aspect ratio.
stacky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stack + -y.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Relating to stacks (generalizations of schemes and sheaves).
evaluatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From evaluative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, one may recall the mere exposure paradigm was initially proposed for evaluatively neutral stimuli, a condition that seems difficult to apply to challenging art, as disfluency experiences are genuinely negatively valenced.
ref: 2015 August 27, “When Challenging Art Gets Liked: Evidences for a Dual Preference Formation Process for Fluent and Non-Fluent Portraits”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an evaluative sense.
hypertranscriptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + transcriptional.
Senses: examples: text: This has been attributed to the hypertranscriptional state of the meiotic and post-meiotic spermatogenic cells, which facilitates transcription of otherwise silenced genes, such as those derived from retroposition or other means of gene duplication.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Evolution of Vertebrate Adam Genes; Duplication of Testicular Adams from Ancient Adam9/9-like Loci”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to hypertranscription.
musicophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musicophiles
Etymology: From music + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the methods used to examine the evaluation of pitch accuracy as a technical component of singing could easily be adapted to examine more general aspects, such as music preferences among musicophiles and non-musicophiles and would thus contribute to a better understanding of music perception and appreciation.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Layman versus Professional Musician: Who Makes the Better Judge?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: One who loves music.
Synonyms: melomaniac
Related terms: audiophile
musicophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musicophile
monofunctionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From monofunctional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: This compound, which monofunctionally interacts with DNA and more efficiently binds nucleobases than sulphur-containing biomolecules (5′-deoxyguanosine monophosphate and N-acetyl methionine were used as the model systems), showed extraordinary anticancer effectivity and no correlation with any other platinum-based anticancer drug at NCI-60 DTP Human Tumor Cell Line Screen, which favours phenanthriplatin for the future clinical testing.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Highly and Broad-Spectrum In Vitro Antitumor Active cis -Dichloridoplatinum(II) Complexes with 7-Azaindoles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a monofunctional manner.
intrasubspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + subspecific.
Senses: glosses: Within a subspecies.
intersubspecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + subspecific.
Senses: glosses: Between subspecies.
neurosporene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A carotenoid pigment that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of lycopene and a variety of bacterial carotenoids.
hypoestrogenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + estrogen + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Excessive BMD loss in patients and siblings compared to patients would lend support to hypoestrogenism as an endophenotype of psychotic disorder, not influenced by disease-related factors.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Bone Mineral Density as a Marker of Cumulative Estrogen Exposure in Psychotic Disorder: A 3 Year Follow-Up Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: estrogen deficiency
ozopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozopore
ozadene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozadenes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A defensive gland present in some arthropods, which secretes a foul-smelling substance to discourage predators.
Related terms: ozopore
ozadenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozadene
metareview
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metareviews
Etymology: From meta- + review.
Senses: glosses: A review of a review.
metareviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metareview
periportally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From periportal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In the hepatocyte transplantation model, DPPIV-positive hepatocytes entrapped periportally proliferated, and formed two-layered plates along portal veins.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Contribution of Mature Hepatocytes to Biliary Regeneration in Rats with Acute and Chronic Biliary Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Around the portal vein.
Portilloism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Portillo + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Those few ministers with the good sense to doubt the certitudes of Portilloism, and still maintain some contact with reality, may even have been alarmed by its effectiveness.
ref: 1993, New Statesman Society, page 25:
text: I don't much care whether that creed is called socialism, bolshevism, Portilloism or Harvey's Law, I know what I stand for and am happy to defend it.
ref: 2001, Richard G, “Smith promises early action to scrap Section 28”, in uk.gay-lesbian-bi (Usenet):
topics: government
politics
glosses: The political stance of Michael Portillo (born 1953), former Member of Parliament, Deputy Conservative Party leader and Cabinet Minister.
dihydrotanshinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dihydro + tanshinone.
Senses: glosses: A chemical constituent of Salvia miltiorrhiza.
succinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The supernatants were diluted to 2 mg/ml total protein before being assayed with succinylated casein.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Enabling Low Cost Biopharmaceuticals: A Systematic Approach to Delete Proteases from a Well-Known Protein Production Host Trichoderma reesei”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having undergone succinylation.
succinylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succinylation
herstorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herstorians
Etymology: Blend of her + historian
Senses: glosses: One who writes or studies herstory.
herstorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herstorian
ultracentrifugal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + centrifugal.
Senses: examples: text: In the present study, plasma exosomes of grazing cattle were prepared for analysis of c-miRNAs in exosomes without cellular RNAs by an ultracentrifugal method based on a method of Rani et al, and the c-miRNAs in the plasma samples were successfully profiled.
ref: 2015 August 27, “Grazing Affects Exosomal Circulating MicroRNAs in Cattle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to ultracentrifugation.
tripolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tripoli + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A variety of diatomaceous earth found in Tripoli, Libya.
Synonyms: diatomite
Mosby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmoʊzbi/
Senses: glosses: A surname.
technologization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From technologize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of technologizing.
side piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: side pieces
Etymology: Jocular reexpression of the concept of a piece of ass on the side.
Senses: examples: text: I was already putting two and two together that I was just a side piece — a booty call.
ref: 2004, Wendy Williams, Karen Hunter, Wendy's Got the Heat, page 104:
text: You basically told him you're cool with being his side piece as long you're number one.
ref: 2008, Lenora Adams, Baby Girl, page 105:
text: I'm just tired of being treated like a side piece and not a wife.
ref: 2014, Shelly Ellis, The Best She Ever Had, page 246:
glosses: A person with whom someone already in a relationship carries on a physical affair (not emotional affair) without having the intention of forming a serious relationship. Not gender specific.
Synonyms: word: mistress
word: bit on the side
word: side bitch
word: side chick
side pieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side piece
side plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of side plate
acetan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extracellular polymeric substance found in Acetobacter xylinum.
emulsan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extracellular polymeric substance found in Acinetobacter calcoaceticus.
glucuronan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucuronans
Senses: examples: text: In experiment with Cd salt containing media presence of glucuronan decreased Cd concentration both in shoots and roots comparing to control and to Str5 effect.
ref: 2006, Jean-Louis Morel, Phytoremediation of Metal-Contaminated Soils:
text: Although the oligoglucuronans expressed an elicitor capacity in PAL activity twice higher than that of the glucuronan polymer, its induction was less important than the oligoulvans.
ref: 2013, Hydroxybenzoic Acids—Advances in Research and Application, published 2013:
text: Glucuronans are often co-extracted together with ulvans from the cell wall of Ulva sp. with the use of hot water that often contains a calcium chelating agent such as sodium oxalate; ion-exchange chromatography as been used to eliminate glucuronans from the ulvan preparations.
ref: 2015, Se-Kwon Kim, Springer Handbook of Marine Biotechnology:
glosses: A polymer or oligomer of glucuronate, often extracted from various algae.
Derived terms: fucoglucuronan
oligoglucuronan
stewartan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extracellular polymeric substance found in Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii.
succinoglycan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An extracellular polymeric substance found in Alcaligenes faecalis var myxogenes and Sinorhizobium meliloti.
cyclosophorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclosophoran
galactosaminogalactan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An exopolysaccharide composed of galactose and N-acetylgalactosamine, found in the biofilm and cell wall of various fungi.
scleroglucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A polysaccharide formed by the fungus Athelia rolfsii and chemically analogous to schizophyllan.
welan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An exopolysaccharide produced by fermentation of sugar by bacteria of the genus Alcaligenes, used as a rheology modifier in industrial applications such as cement manufacturing.
pixelmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixelmaps
Etymology: From pixel + map.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Synonym of pixmap.
synonyms: word: pixmap
pixelmaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pixelmap
contones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contone
ragoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ragoos
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ragout.
ragoo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ragoos
form: ragooing
form: ragooed
form: ragooed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ragout.
ragoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ragoo
coinflip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinflips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coin flip.
coinflips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinflip
coin flip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coin flips
Senses: examples: text: And now we’ve reached a point where unless a series is some sort of record-breaking fluke megahit (Wednesday) or established super franchise (Stranger Things), a second or third season feels like not even a coinflip, but more like 10-20% shot, at best.
ref: 2023 January 17, Paul Tassi, “Netflix Has Created A Self-Fulfilling Cancelation Loop With Its New Shows”, in Forbes:
glosses: Synonym of coin toss.
synonyms: word: coin toss
coin flips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coin flip
chorus lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chorus line
J-Lo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪləʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪloʊ/
rhymes: -eɪləʊ
Forms: form: JLo
form: J.Lo
form: J Lo
form: J. Lo
Etymology: From her first initial and the first syllable of her surname. As a noun, after the widely appealing features of Lopez's buttocks.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing says J-Lo is back like a slinky, drapey dresslike garment and plenty of sideboob.
ref: 2009 January 11, “Red-hot carpet gowns”, in Metro Boston, MA:
glosses: Nickname for Jennifer Lopez (born 1969), American singer and actress
J-Lo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪləʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒeɪloʊ/
rhymes: -eɪləʊ
Forms: form: J-Los
form: JLo
form: J.Lo
form: J Lo
form: J. Lo
Etymology: From her first initial and the first syllable of her surname. As a noun, after the widely appealing features of Lopez's buttocks.
Senses: examples: text: Ace gave her an endearing slap on her J-Lo, causing a little jump her on her way out. Juana by all appearances seemed to be fine.
ref: 2010 March 10, Angelo A. Grenci Jr., Inabsentia: An intimate glimpse into the mind of a wanted man, Xlibris, page 177:
glosses: Large buttocks, usually attractive ones.
K-Stew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪˌst(j)uː/
Forms: form: KStew
form: K.Stew
form: K Stew
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kristen Stewart (born 1990), American actress.
R-Pattz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɑː(ɹ)ˌpæts/
Forms: form: RPattz
form: R.Pattz
form: R Pattz
Etymology: Abbreviation of Robert Pattinson + -z.
Senses: glosses: Robert Pattinson (born 1986), English actor.
Scar-Jo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈskɑː(ɹ)ˌdʒəʊ/
Forms: form: ScarJo
form: Scar.Jo
form: Scar Jo
Senses: glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of Scarlett Johansson.
Sam-Cam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sam Cam
form: SamCam
Senses: glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of Samantha Cameron (born 1971), English businesswoman and wife of politician David Cameron.
Li-Lo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪˌləʊ/
homophone: lilo
rhymes: -aɪləʊ
Forms: form: Lilo
form: LiLo
form: Li Lo
Etymology: From the first syllables of her name and surname.
Senses: glosses: Lindsay Lohan (born 1986), American actress and singer.
pleurodontan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pleurodont
pleurodontan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleurodontans
Senses: glosses: pleurodont
pleurodontans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleurodontan
qualifiably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From qualifiable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a qualifiable manner
scincomorphan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scincomorphans
Etymology: Scincomorpha + -an
Senses: glosses: Any lizard of the infraorder Scincomorpha
shinisaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shinisaurs
Senses: glosses: Any lizard of the genus Shinisaurus (Chinese crocodile lizard).
supratrigeminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪnəl
Etymology: From supra- + trigeminal.
Senses: glosses: dorsal to the trigeminal nerve
thermosalinograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermosalinographs
Etymology: From thermo- + saline + -o- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: An instrument that records, and graphically displays, temperature and salinity of seawater.
vomeropalatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vomeropalatines
Etymology: From vomero- + palatine.
Senses: glosses: A bone, in the roof of the mouth of some fish and reptiles, formed by the fusion of the vomer and palatine bones
Rushmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: An assimilated (labialised) variant of Rushmere.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: Abbreviation of Mount Rushmore.
glosses: A small city in Minnesota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Ohio, United States.
Related terms: Rushmoor
feens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feen
feening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feenings
Etymology: From feen + -ing. Compare English fiending.
Senses: glosses: An obsessive craving, usually for drugs or alcohol.
feening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From feen + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feen
Related terms: fiending
feened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feen
Dhanat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Thai.
hailfellows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hailfellow
crimplene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Crimplene.
ballsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of balls
ballses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of balls
ballsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of balls
leggeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of legged
clothesman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothesmen
Etymology: From clothes + -man.
Senses: glosses: Someone who sells clothes
Related terms: old-clothesman
clothesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothesman
t'were
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of 'twere.
nightriders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nightrider
bonbonnieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonbonniere
fawnskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fawnskins
Etymology: From fawn + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of a fawn
fawnskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fawnskin
tigerskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tigerskins
Etymology: From tiger + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of a tiger
drumskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drumskins
Etymology: From drum + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of a drum.
rabbitskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rabbitskins
Etymology: From rabbit + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of a rabbit.
tigerskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tigerskin
drumskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drumskin
rabbitskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rabbitskin
foxskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foxskins
Etymology: From fox + skin.
Senses: examples: text: The farmer flayed him as he had the bear, and so he had both bear-skin and fox-skin.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 113:
glosses: The pelt of a fox.
lionskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lionskins
Etymology: From lion + skin.
Senses: examples: text: Puzzle begged very hard to have the lionskin taken off him. He said it was too hot and the way it was rucked up on his back was uncomfortable: also, it made him look so silly.
ref: 1956, C. S. Lewis, The Last Battle:
glosses: The skin of a lion.
foxskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foxskin
lionskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lionskin
smokehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokeholes
Etymology: From smoke + hole.
Senses: examples: text: The ovens they now build are well vaulted, with vent-holes on the sides, just underneath the roof, and a chimney closed at top, having a smoke-hole on each side. Through these smoke-holes no spark can get, so as to set fire to the straw spread about it, and the whole kiln is thus preserved from taking fire, owing to the chimney’s being closed at top.
ref: 1788, John Trusler, “Travels through Siberia and Tartary”, in The Habitable World Described, volume 3, London, page 181:
text: Wind and rain fought it out on Cladich brae, and when it was not the wind that came bold through the smoke-hole in the roof, ’twas the rain, a beady slant that hissed on the peats like roasting herrings.
ref: 1896, Neil Munro, “Black Murdo”, in The Lost Pibroch, and Other Sheiling Stories, Edinburgh: W. Blackwood, page 129:
text: A splash of white on the floor came from the high moon, which was peering down through the smoke-hole in the roof.
ref: 1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, chapter 7, in The Hobbit, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2012:
text: Each of the large houses was the home of several families. The door and the smoke-hole were common to all, but each family had its own fire with its own things round it.
ref: 1941, Emily Carr, “Ucluelet”, in Klee Wyck, Oxford University Press:
text: Drifting sparks floated up and out of the smokehole.
ref: 1996, George R. R. Martin, A Game of Thrones:
glosses: A hole in the top of a building, especially a basic building or structure such as a tipi or yurt, through which smoke can exit.
wikipedia: Tlingit
smokeholes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokehole
Japanese marten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese martens
Senses: glosses: A marten of the species Martes melampus, found in Japan and Korea.
quartertone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quartertones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quarter tone.
quarter tones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarter tone
half-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of half-ass
half-assing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of half-ass
Tishbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tishbites
Etymology: From Tishbe + -ite.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant or a resident of Tishbe in Galilee
passive income
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passive incomes
Senses: examples: text: Players win when they get out of the rat race (salaried jobs) by amassing passive income (investments in real estate or the stock market).
ref: 2007 January 25, Penelope Green, “Barons Before Bedtime”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Aug 2015:
text: Passive income, or profits earned from so-called intangible sources such as interest, is taxed in the U.S. as it is earned.
ref: 2011 April 7, Matthew Caminiti, Paul Hughes, “Taxes 101: A Comparative Perspective”, in Businessweek, retrieved 27 Aug 2015:
text: Investing in a fully managed asset will provide a passive income and will ensure that you are not stuck with finding tenants, repairs and maintenance costs.
ref: 2015 July 30, Dale Anderson, Jeremy Solis, “Expert insights: is the UK a property safe haven?”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 27 Aug 2015:
topics: business
finance
glosses: An income that is made using little to no effort, such as pension income, rent, or interest, as opposed to normal employment.
smithereened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From smithereen + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Smashed into small fragments; pulverized.
pizzly bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzly bears
Etymology: Blend of polar bear + grizzly bear.
Senses: synonyms: grolar
grolar bear
pizzly
prizzly
glosses: A hybrid of the polar bear and the grizzly bear.
banhu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: banhus
Etymology: From Mandarin 板胡 (bǎnhú).
Senses: glosses: A two-stringed bowed string instrument (chordophone) of northern Chinese origin, held vertically, possessing a soundbox usually made of coconut shell and a front surface covered with a thin layer of wood.
Datooga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Datooga
Senses: glosses: A member of a pastoralist people of Tanzania.
Datooga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Their Nilotic language.
banjo-mandolins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of banjo-mandolin
mandolin-banjos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandolin-banjo
woolly monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woolly monkeys
Senses: glosses: A New World monkey in the genus Lagothrix.
Derived terms: brown woolly monkey
yellow-tailed woolly monkey
Related terms: woolly spider monkey
carnism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Latin root carnis (“flesh, meat”), + -ism. Coined by American psychologist Melanie Joy as an antonym of vegetarianism.
Senses: examples: text: Mass terms like “meat,” “hamburger,” and “leather” used instead of “dead animal,” “cow,” or “skin” encourage consumers to forget that they are eating or using a dead animal. ... The commercial influence of a pervasive and legalized meat industry is strong, which may account for why speciesism and the ideology of carnism are cultural values that Freeman found national news tends to impose on audiences, naturalizing and legitimizing the exploitation of farmed animals.
ref: 2012, Joshua Frye, Michael Bruner, The Rhetoric of Food: Discourse, Materiality, and Power, →ISBN, page 107:
text: Francophobia and anti-popery were coupled with and then merged into this ideology of carnism. As Hogarth historian Jenny Uglow writes: '[t]he oozing red meat, the feasts and freedoms— like the wearing of leather shoes instead of wooden clogs—set the English against the feeble, starving peasants of the Continent'.
ref: 2018, Piers Beirne, Murdering Animals, →ISBN, page 143:
antonyms: vegetarianism
veganism
glosses: The human ideology that supports the slaughter of certain animals and the consumption of their meat or other products (leather from skin, etc).
examples: text: Now we need a universal consensus about standards of decency toward ecosystems, individuals from other species, and Earth. We cannot do this unless we end carnism.
ref: 2013, Will Anderson, This Is Hope: Green Vegans and the New Human Ecology:
text: So violent systems such as carnism need to use a set of psychological and social defense mechanisms so that humane people participate in inhumane practices without fully realizing what they are doing. The primary defense of carnism is […]
ref: 2014, Julieanna Hever, The Vegiterranean Diet: The New and Improved Mediterranean Diet:
antonyms: vegetarianism
veganism
glosses: The practice of eating animal meat or using animal products (leather, etc).
evilutionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of evil + evolutionary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to evilution or evilutionists.
extended shinjitai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extended shinjitai
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 拡張新字体 (kakuchō shinjitai).
Senses: glosses: An unofficial shinjitai (new character form) created by analogy.
wikipedia: extended shinjitai
paramaleate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramaleates
Etymology: From paramaleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of paramaleic acid.
wine o'clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: (mm - how long till wine o'clock? Damn, I think it's still about 3 or 4 hours!)
ref: 2000 August 31, The Evil Queen [username], “Re: Where ya from?”, in soc.subculture.bondage-bdsm.femdom (Usenet):
text: Then I'd spend Saturday a bundle of hangover nerves, waiting for Saturday wine o'clock to make it disappear.
ref: 2014, Binki Laidler, Staying Sober: How to Control the Drink Demon, Accent Press, →ISBN:
text: Thank God it was wine o'clock.
I gulped, rather than sipped my glass of wine, then fell back in the armchair.
ref: 2014, Belinda Williams, The Boyfriend Sessions, Momentum, →ISBN:
glosses: The time of the first glass of wine (or alcoholic beverage) of the day.
Related terms: beer o'clock
drinks o'clock
assellote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assellotes
Senses: examples: text: All these habitats are species poor: aside from amphipod fauna, assellote isopods, trichopteran, plecopteran and ephemeropteran larvae, erpobdelid leeches and salamander larvae were also found, but no fishes were observed.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any isopod of the suborder Asellota
bioreactance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + reactance.
Senses: examples: text: Still, the LoA and PE values of our study were smaller than those obtained in PH patients for TD against direct Fick [13 ], thoracic bioimpedance against TD [14 ] and transthoracic bioreactance against TD or indirect Fick [15 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Non-Invasive Determination of Cardiac Output in Pre-Capillary Pulmonary Hypertension”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: biological or biochemical reactance
centrotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From centro- + temporal.
Senses: examples: text: All together, these findings provide additional insight into the neurophysiological mechanisms of epilepitogenisis and cognitive dysfunction associated with BECTS. Introduction Benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) (also known as rolandic epilepsy) is the most common form of idiopathic focal epilepsy syndrome in childhood.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Local Activity and Causal Connectivity in Children with Benign Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the central and temporal regions of the head (during electroencephalography), or the intersection of the two.
cytokinome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytokinomes
Etymology: From cytokine + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: Recently we have evaluated the cytokinome profile in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and/or chronic hepatitis C (CHC) infection and/or cirrhosis suggesting specific markers for the different stages of the diseases.
ref: 2015 July 31, “The Cytokinome Profile in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Type 2 Diabetes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: All the cytokines of an organism / person
dyslamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyslaminations
Etymology: From dys- + lamination.
Senses: examples: text: For example, the major feature of type I FCD is the cortical dyslamination.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Distributions of Irritative Zones Are Related to Individual Alterations of Resting-State Networks in Focal Epilepsy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: faulty lamination
ectosylvian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ecto- + Sylvian.
Senses: examples: text: Rather, cortical areas surrounding the posterior ectosylvian sulcus responded preferentially to the IRN stimulus when compared to narrowband noise, with group analyses revealing bilateral activity centred in the posterior auditory field (PAF).
ref: 2015 July 31, “High-Field Functional Imaging of Pitch Processing in Auditory Cortex of the Cat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Outside the lateral sulcus of the brain
intracranioventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cranioventricular.
Senses: examples: text: We use a mouse model of DEND syndrome (nV59M mice) to determine if subcutaneous or intracranioventricular administration of glibenclamide can affect neurological function.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Systemic Administration of Glibenclamide Fails to Achieve Therapeutic Levels in the Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Rodents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a ventricle of the brain
Derived terms: intracranioventricularly
intracranioventricularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intracranioventricular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Our results therefore suggest that little glibenclamide reaches the central nervous system when given systemically, that glibenclamide is rapidly removed across the BBB when given intracranioventricularly, and that any glibenclamide that does enter (and is below our detection limit) is insufficient to influence neuronal function as assessed by anaesthesia sensitivity.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Systemic Administration of Glibenclamide Fails to Achieve Therapeutic Levels in the Brain and Cerebrospinal Fluid of Rodents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a ventricle of the brain
lithocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithocytes
Etymology: From litho- + -cyte.
Senses: glosses: A cell, within a statocyst, that contains a statolith
lithocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For instance, a gravity-sensitive statocyst, consisting of statolith-containing lithocytes supported by four groups of ciliated cells (balancers), occurs in the sensory structure complex (“apical organ”) at the aboral pole of ctenophores [50 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Gene Expression Data from the Moon Jelly, Aurelia, Provide Insights into the Evolution of the Combinatorial Code Controlling Animal Sense Organ Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of lithocyte
macrocalcification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrocalcifications
Etymology: From macro- + calcification.
Senses: examples: text: The traditional teaching is that cancer is associated with microcalcification, while benign breast disease is associated with macrocalcification.
ref: 1997, Marc J. Homer, Mammographic Interpretation: A Practical Approach:
text: Microcalcification induces inflammation and promotes plaque rupture, whereas macrocalcification which refers to the sheet-like appearance of calcification acts as a barrier to inflammation and stabilizes the plaque [40 ,41 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “The Effect of Statin Therapy on Coronary Plaque Composition Using Virtual Histology Intravascular Ultrasound: A Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relatively large-scale calcification.
microarthropod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microarthropods
Etymology: From micro- + arthropod.
Senses: glosses: A very small arthropod
microarthropods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, soil-dwelling microarthropods, like Acari or Collembola, occur in comparatively low numbers and are therefore thought to have limited influence on decomposition processes in irrigated rice [38, 40, 41 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Effects of Residue Management on Decomposition in Irrigated Rice Fields Are Not Related to Changes in the Decomposer Community”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microarthropod