cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
aroeira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In another study carried out with andiroba (Carapa guianensis) and aroeira (Schinus molle) oils, solubilization of oily phase with organic solvent allowed only to obtain coarse emulsions; nanoemulsions (respectively with mean droplet around 240 and 130 nm) could finally be produced by a further high pressure homogenization step [52 ].
ref: 2016 January 8, “Development of a Larvicidal Nanoemulsion with Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Oil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The California pepper tree (actually native to South America, not California) (Schinus molle).
glosses: Any of the trees of genera Schinus and Astronium.
Related terms: pink peppercorn
elastinolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From elastin + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: TLR4 signaling promotes elastinolysis by mediating MMP-2 production in VSMCs. In addition, TLR4 is essential in maintenance of the basal IL-6 and MCP-1 expression in VSMCs [27 ], and contributes to a proinflammatory phenotype in VSMCs under stimulation.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Toll-Like Receptor 4 Is Essential in the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The biochemical breakdown of elastin
Related terms: elastinolytic
heterobonded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hetero- + bonded.
Senses: examples: text: In this chemical reaction, CH 4 is readily formed from the S-CH 3 groups of organosulfur compounds in a model system containing iron(II/III), H 2 O 2 and ascorbate that uses organic compounds with heterobonded CH 3 groups for CH 4 generation under ambient (1,000 mbar and 22°C) and aerobic (21% O 2 ) conditions.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Inhaled Methane Limits the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Dysfunction during Experimental Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: bonded via a heteroatom
homogenation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homogenations
Senses: examples: text: These differing responses can also be explained by membrane injury, as compared to isolated mitochondria, homogenation can disrupt mitochondrial membranes.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Inhaled Methane Limits the Mitochondrial Electron Transport Chain Dysfunction during Experimental Liver Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of homogenization.
synonyms: word: homogenization
hypernociception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + nociception.
Senses: examples: text: Reduction of neutrophil recruitment by pre-treating AIA mice with DF2156A, or even the depletion of these cells by using RB6-8C5 reduced all of the inflammatory parameters and hypernociception developed after AIA challenge, but could not prevent the metabolic changes.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Tumor Necrosis Factor, but Not Neutrophils, Alters the Metabolic Profile in Acute Experimental Arthritis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: An increased level of nociception
Related terms: hypernociceptive
immunostainable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + stainable.
Senses: examples: text: While dapagliflozin administration led to an increase in collagen I mRNA in SNX rat kidneys, this was not accompanied by a commensurate change in immunostainable collagen that was similarly increased in both treated and untreated SNX rats.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Sodium-Glucose Linked Cotransporter-2 Inhibition Does Not Attenuate Disease Progression in the Rat Remnant Kidney Model of Chronic Kidney Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: stainable with an immunostain
ingestional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ingestion + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, the short total and mean durations of phloem sap ingestion and high proportion of salivation during penetration of phloem vessels may point to the ingestional level of feeding deterrence [32, 33 ].
ref: 2016 January 8, “Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active γ- and δ-Decalactones and Their Effect on Aphid Probing, Feeding and Settling Behavior”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to, or involving ingestion
Derived terms: preingestional
nanodispersed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + dispersed.
Senses: examples: text: Characterization of nanoemulsions must involve determination of droplet size, since these nanodispersed system are classified according to droplet diameter.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Development of a Larvicidal Nanoemulsion with Pterodon emarginatus Vogel Oil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: dispersed in the form of nanodroplets
paramutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + mutable.
Senses: examples: text: An interesting genetic phenomenon is paramutation, where a methylated epiallele can silence a paramutable allele in heterozygous progeny with the acquisition of methylated DNA. However in this case, methylation appears to be rather the consequence of gene silencing than the cause.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Locus- and Site-Specific DNA Methylation of 19 kDa Zein Genes in Maize”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Able to undergo paramutation
Related terms: paramutability
periplaque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + plaque.
Senses: examples: text: While in the periplaque white matter (PPWM) an average of 750 CXCR7-expressing cells per mm 2 could be detected this number was significantly decreased to approximately 200 cells/mm 2 in actively demyelinating lesion areas (active) at the plaque border.
ref: 2016 January 8, “CXCR7 Is Involved in Human Oligodendroglial Precursor Cell Maturation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Surrounding a plaque
prealar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + alar.
Senses: examples: text: Only the prealar scales permit females of Cx.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Ecological Distribution and CQ11 Genetic Structure of Culex pipiens Complex (Diptera: Culicidae) in Italy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: anterior to an ala (wing)
preingestional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + ingestional.
Senses: examples: text: For example, long penetration time of non-phloem tissues as compared to total penetration time, high number of short vs. long probes before the first phloem phase, relatively long time to 1 st phloem phase within a probe, and a failure in finding sieve elements may be interpreted as preingestional effects of antifeedants that restrain aphid probing at the level of non-phloem tissues.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Optically Active γ- and δ-Decalactones and Their Effect on Aphid Probing, Feeding and Settling Behavior”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to ingestion
serononconcordant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sero- + nonconcordant.
Senses: examples: text: These items were combined to create measures of: any CLAI with regular partners (CLAI-R); any CLAI with regular serodiscordant or serononconcordant partners; and any CLAI with casual partners (CLAI-C) in the previous six months.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Willingness to Act upon Beliefs about ‘Treatment as Prevention’ among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: with one partner HIV positive and the other one unknown or uncertain (of a couple)
Related terms: serodiscordant
transmucosally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transmucosal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Post-operative medications consisted of buprenorphine (0.02mg/kg) administered transmucosally twice daily for 3–7 days as needed, and amoxicillin trihydrate/clavulanate potassium given orally twice daily (6.25mg/lb) for 10 days.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Viral Reservoirs in Lymph Nodes of FIV-Infected Progressor and Long-Term Non-Progressor Cats during the Asymptomatic Phase”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through or across a mucous membrane
unrejoinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rejoinable.
Senses: examples: text: This radiation-dependent (RD) model was implemented using differential equations for three DSB classes: quickly-rejoinable, slowly-rejoinable and unrejoinable.
ref: 2016 January 8, “Mechanistic Modeling of Dose and Dose Rate Dependences of Radiation-Induced DNA Double Strand Break Rejoining Kinetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That cannot be rejoined
summer branch drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
glosses: A syndrome in which a tree suddenly drops a large limb from its body, usually interpreted as being caused by stress due to heat waves, droughts or persistent hot weather.
Synonyms: summer branch drop syndrome
sudden limb drop
ETT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ETTs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of endotracheal tube.
NUT space
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NUT spaces
Etymology: From the rearranged initials of the authors of the paper, Newman, Tamburino and Unti (1963), who independently rediscovered the solution originally found by Taub (1951).
Senses: glosses: A particular solution of the Einstein field equations associated with massive objects that have a gravitomagnetic charge.
Synonyms: Taub-NUT space
autowallah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autowallahs
Etymology: From auto- + wallah.
Senses: examples: text: "I have hired an autowallah, Kulwinder Singh, to drop me to college every day," he says.
ref: 2016 May 29, “It’s bhangra and bhaichara for Africans in Punjab”, in The Times of India:
glosses: driver, chauffeur (especially of an autorickshaw)
bhaichara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भाईचारा (bhāīcārā).
Senses: examples: text: This isn't only because the Punjabi language is difficult to grasp by non-native speakers, but because Jalandhar, where these students live, doesn't exactly have a great reputation for African-Indian bhaichara, much like the rest of India.
ref: 2016 May 29, “It’s bhangra and bhaichara for Africans in Punjab”, in The Times of India:
glosses: Brotherhood; amity.
boreout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of bore + burnout
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, it is burnout that always gets noticed and people with boreout usually don't do much about their state of despondency.
ref: 2016 June 17, “Boreout is the new age burnout!”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A malaise due to excessive boredom at work
dandasana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit दण्डासन (daṇḍāsana).
Senses: examples: text: "To get into this pose, first sit in dandasana and bring your hands to the heart in prayer position.
ref: 2016 June 16, “Warm up yoga postures to help you straddle split”, in The Times of India:
qualifier: yoga
glosses: A stiff asana (yoga position) with the legs flat on the floor and the body upright.
eukaryogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eukaryo(te) + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: "The genome can be seen as 'primed' for eukaryogenesis.
ref: 2016 June 18, “Cells that made humans possible evolved via 'long, slow dance'”, in The Times of India:
glosses: The evolution of eukaryotic life.
geobags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You can even grow vegetables in geobags and go organic.
ref: 2016 June 16, “Grow your own vertical garden at home”, in The Times of India:
glosses: plural of geobag
ghiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I remember that he secretly used to cook aloo ki sabzi when my mom made dal or ghiya, which we hated.
ref: 2016 June 18, “I found my lost father in him...”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A type of squash (gourd) used in Indian cooking.
guybrows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of guy + eyebrows
Senses: examples: text: Once relegated to guybrows as men tend to have coarse hair, women are now choosing to wax their eyebrows than thread them more than ever.
ref: 2016 June 19, “Fashion goes high-brow”, in The Times of India:
glosses: Prominent eyebrows on a man
heropanti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who is the better hero and who has more heropanti?
ref: 2016 June 19, “Tiger Shroff: My father is the original hero, he doesn’t have to try like me. I fake it.”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A self-confident attitude
iftaar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iftaars
Senses: examples: text: Salman Khan to attend Baba Siddique's iftaar party with Iulia Vantur
ref: 2016 June 18, “Salman Khan-Iulia Vantur's song came as a surprise to Sultan's director”, in The Times of India:
glosses: Alternative form of iftar.
kakdi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kakdis
Senses: examples: text: Considered one of the best mid-meal snack or finger food in summer, cucumber (kakdi, kheera) is known to flush out toxins from the body.
ref: 2016 June 17, “Beat dehydration with these vegetables”, in The Times of India:
glosses: cucumber
khabri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khabris
Senses: glosses: police informer
glosses: sleuth
khabris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "People are interested in the whodunit stuff, and we are often seen as khabris (informers).
ref: 2016 June 12, “Chasing Ganeshas: Meet the art sleuths bringing India's stolen heritage home”, in The Times of India:
glosses: plural of khabri
kheera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kheeras
Etymology: From Persian خیار (xiyâr, “cucumber”), derived from Middle Persian 𐭧𐭩𐭠𐭥 (xyār). Cognate to Sanskrit क्षीरक (kṣīraka).
Senses: examples: text: Considered one of the best mid-meal snack or finger food in summer, cucumber (kakdi, kheera) is known to flush out toxins from the body.
ref: 2016 June 17, “Beat dehydration with these vegetables”, in The Times of India:
glosses: cucumber
Nipponic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Nippon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nippon (i.e. Japan); Japanese.
Nipponophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Nippono- + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: Japanophobia
antonyms: Nipponophilia
Japanophilia
glosses: A fear or hatred of Japan.
Related terms: Nipponophobe
Nipponophobic
Hibernocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hibernocentric
form: most Hibernocentric
Etymology: From Hiberno- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Centered on Ireland.
Hibernocentrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hiberno- + -centrism.
Senses: glosses: Centering on Ireland.
Scotophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scottophobia
Etymology: From Scoto- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear or hatred of Scotland.
Scottophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Scotto- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotophobia.
Scotophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scotophobic
form: most Scotophobic
form: Scottophobic
Etymology: From Scoto- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Fearing or hating Scotland.
Scottophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scottophobic
form: most Scottophobic
Etymology: From Scotto- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotophobic.
Scotophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scotophobes
form: Scottophobe
Etymology: From Scoto- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: In the early 1770s the bogey figure for opposition politicians was arguably not so much North in the Commons as Mansfield behind the curtain, the country's greatest lawyer (and another Caledonian to gratify the Scotophobes) keeping an irresolute Cabinet committed to waging war in America.
ref: 2004, Barry Coward, Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theory in Early Modern Europe: From the Waldensians to the French Revolution:
glosses: One who fears or hates Scotland.
Scottophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scottophobes
Etymology: From Scotto- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotophobe.
Scotocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scotocentric
form: most Scotocentric
form: Scottocentric
Etymology: From Scoto- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Centred on Scotland.
Scottocentric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Scottocentric
form: most Scottocentric
Etymology: From Scotto- + -centric.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scotocentric.
Scoto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: scoto-
form: Scotto-
Etymology: From Latin Scoto-, from Scotus (“Scottish; a Scot”).
Senses: examples: text: The Scoto-Norse originated in Viking colonies established in Scotland and its surrounding islands.
glosses: A combining form relating to Scotland or Scottish people.
glosses: A combining form relating to the Scotti of medieval Ireland, Scotland, and Wales.
Synonyms: Scotch
Scots
Scotto-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Variant of Scoto- under the influence of Scottish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Scoto-.
kimuchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese キムチ (kimuchi), from Korean 김치 (gimchi). Doublet of kimchi.
Senses: glosses: The Japanese variation of the Korean dish kimchi, usually having a milder flavor.
Related terms: kimchi
Grady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdi/
Etymology: From the Irish surname, from Ó Grádaigh (see O'Grady) or Mag Bhrádaigh (see McGrady).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A male given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A city in Lincoln County, Arkansas, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Webster County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A village in Curry County, New Mexico, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, United States.
Derived terms: Grady County
polonide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polonides
Etymology: From polonium + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any binary compound of polonium and a more electropositive element.
Derived terms: barium polonide
beryllium polonide
cadmium polonide
caesium polonide
calcium polonide
lead polonide
lithium polonide
magnesium polonide
mercury polonide
potassium polonide
rubidium polonide
sodium polonide
strontium polonide
zinc polonide
polonides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polonide
indide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: indides
Etymology: From indium + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any chemical compound of indium and a more electropositive element.
Derived terms: barium indide
gold indide
indides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indide
Bakar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From earlier Bukar, possibly derived from bukara (“wine jug”) due to the shape of the Bay of Bakar. Likely altered by folk etymology due to association with bakar (“copper”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia.
patriology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πατέρας (patéras, “father”) + -logy.
Senses: topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A discipline of Christian theology, involving the study of God the Father as revealed in Scripture.
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A complex of male-dominated or male-centered aspects of cultural and social life; patriarchy.
Related terms: patriological
Christology
pneumatology
shrab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shrabs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shrub (a drink of fruit juice, spirits, etc.)
shrabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrab
weazel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weazels
Senses: examples: text: […] set fire to the library, and stifle him in it like a weazel as he is […]
ref: 1840, Frances Trollope, chapter III, in The Vicar of Wrexhill, London: Richard Bentley, pages 304–5:
text: [H]e disappeared into his house much as a startled weazel makes for its hole.
ref: 1888, J[ames] M[atthew] Barrie, “The Old Dominie”, in Auld Licht Idylls, London: Hodder and Stoughton, […], →OCLC, page 138:
text: Now the first time that his small weazel-eyes happened to light on Billy Budd, a certain grim internal merriment set all his ancient wrinkles into antic play.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 8, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: Archaic form of weasel.
paint outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paint out
nonsimultaneously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nonsimultaneously
form: most nonsimultaneously
Etymology: From nonsimultaneous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonsimultaneous manner; not simultaneously.
medicine chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicine chests
Senses: glosses: A medicine cabinet.
dripping cake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dripping cakes
Senses: glosses: A traditional British cake made with dripping, currants and raisins.
Synonyms: dripper
dripping cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dripping cake
noncontiguity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + contiguity.
Senses: glosses: The property of not being contiguous.
belly-aching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belly-achings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bellyaching.
list prices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of list price
flatiron steak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatiron steaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flat iron steak.
poison ivies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison ivy
lathicharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lathicharges
Etymology: From lathi + charge.
Senses: examples: text: The alleged desecration of an ancient temple in Jammu triggered violence as protesters from right-wing groups torched vehicles and threw stones at cops who responded with lathicharge and teargas shells late on Tuesday night.
ref: 2016 June 18, “Mobile internet services restored in Jammu”, in The Times of India:
glosses: The police tactic of charging a crowd with lathis or batons in order to disperse it.
Synonyms: baton charge
lathicharges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lathicharge
multistarrer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multistarrers
Etymology: From multi- + star + -er.
Senses: glosses: A film featuring several movie stars.
multistarrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multistarrer
starrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starrer
unparliamentarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unparliamentarily
form: most unparliamentarily
Etymology: From unparliamentary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unparliamentary manner.
tonifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tonify
Marquezian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /mɑː(ɹ)ˈkɛziən/
Forms: form: more Marquezian
form: most Marquezian
form: Márquezian
Etymology: From Spanish Márquez + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014), Colombian writer.
batch job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batch jobs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A series of instructions executed by the operating system.
Related terms: batch file
batch processing
batch jobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batch job
phraselet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phraselets
Etymology: From phrase + -let.
Senses: glosses: A short musical phrase.
phraselets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phraselet
tonified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tonify
tonified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tonified
form: most tonified
Senses: examples: text: That tonified filly talkin' to me like that. She oughter be took down a peg or two.
ref: 2004, Lucia Pollock, Run, Annie, Run, →ISBN:
text: You can imagine no set of people more polished, powdered, tonified and Englified, than they are.
ref: 2011, Anne MacVicar Grant, J. P. Grant, Letters from the Mountains, →ISBN:
text: "A d—d highfalutin, tonified cuss he is," said Backus as soon as the prospector was out of earshot.
ref: 2015, Richard Baxter Townshend, Lone Pine : The Story of a Lost Mine:
text: Walking the tonified halls of Corrigan, Inc. made her feel like she was wearing a neon-orange sash across her chest that read "Trailer Park Queen – Doesn't Belong."
ref: 2015, Cassidy Coal, A Mile High Romance: The Complete Collection, page 80:
glosses: Highly fashionable or stylish; classy; tony.
examples: text: The accentual nature of H tones was said to be captured by this formal property not obtaining in “pure tone” languages with completely tonified underlying forms.
ref: 1984, George N. Clements, J. Goldsmith, Autosegmental Studies in Bantu Tone, →ISBN, page 75:
text: In fact, the claim is inherent in the H vs. ∅ underlying system that only languages that have this kind of opposition (as opposed to completely tonified underlying forms) will have globality.
ref: 1985, D. L. Goyvaerts, African Linguistics: Essays in Memory of M.W.K. Semikenke, →ISBN, page 251:
text: The existence of such processes requires that Djuka be regarded as an incompletely tonified language with underlyingly specified H-tones.
ref: 1989, Hubert Devonish, Talking in Tones: A Study of Tone in Afro-European Creole Languages, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: relying on tone as a determinant of meaning; tonal.
Shostakovichian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Shostakovichian
form: most Shostakovichian
Etymology: From Shostakovich + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Shostakovian
glosses: Of or relating to Dmitri Shostakovich (Russian: Дми́трий Шостако́вич; 1906–1975), Soviet composer and pianist.
manlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manlet
thinglets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thinglet
unsour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsours
form: unsouring
form: unsoured
form: unsoured
Etymology: From un- + sour.
Senses: examples: text: He'd worked in the dairy industry for thirty-one years, recalling how in the past, when regulations were less stringent, they'd worked out how to unsour old cream, which they made into butter for domestic consumption.
ref: 2005, Caroline Swain, Upon That Fish: A Portrait of New Zealand in 292 Lifts, page 220:
text: The breathing exercise did little to unsour her mood.
ref: 2016, Andrea R. Cooper, Claimed, page 5:
glosses: To remove the sourness from; to make no longer sour.
unsouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unsour
unsours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unsour
hyperhormonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperhormonal
form: most hyperhormonal
Etymology: From hyper- + hormonal.
Senses: glosses: Excessively hormonal.
hormoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hormone
hormoned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: By junior high, where every forty-one minutes the bell signaled a four-minute parade of hyper-hormoned bodies through sweat-scented halls, Gayle, with her long hair, clear golden skin, and high, tight curves, was, no contest, the finest girl.
ref: 1997, Virginia DeBerry, Donna Grant, Tryin' to Sleep in the Bed You Made:
text: The average day laborer in the fields could expect wages of around 35 cents a day. As a high-hormoned man (less skilled that^([sic]) the legendary male slaves of the Delta who picked 600 pounds in a good day), Lafe is likely above average.
ref: 2013, Candace Waid, The Signifying Eye: Seeing Faulkner's Art, page 327:
glosses: Having a specified kind or quantity of hormones.
hormoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hormone
scotophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more scotophobic
form: most scotophobic
Etymology: From scoto- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Fearing darkness.
Related terms: scotophobe
scotophobia
scotophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scotophobes
Etymology: From scoto- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: Through such substances the agoraphobes could come to like open spaces, and the 'scotophobes' enjoy the dark.
ref: 1974, Erwin Lausch, Manipulation; dangers and benefits of brain research:
glosses: One who fears darkness.
Related terms: scotophobia
scotophobic
scotophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scotophobe
Scotophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scotophobe
Scottophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scottophobe
gerontophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gerontophobic
form: most gerontophobic
Etymology: From geronto- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or exhibiting gerontophobia.
Related terms: gerontophobe
gerontophobia
gerontophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerontophobes
Etymology: From geronto- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: One who has gerontophobia.
Related terms: gerontophobia
gerontophobic
gerontophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerontophobe
robophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: robophiles
Etymology: From robo- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: Someone who likes robots and things associated with them.
glosses: Someone who is sexually attracted to robots.
robophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From robo- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Liking or favorable disposition toward robots and things associated with them.
glosses: Sexual attraction to robots.
Coordinate terms: robosexual
come to the party
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes to the party
form: coming to the party
form: came to the party
form: come to the party
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see come, party.
glosses: to agree to an outcome, to get on board.
nickel tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nickel tours
Senses: examples: text: Our nickel tour doesn't do justice to GA mechanics, but even a longer explanation would leave us scratching our heads and asking how such simple operators might do anything useful, let alone promote an effective, robust search for good stuff.
ref: 2004, Ian Parmee, Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture VI, →ISBN, page 4:
text: Just what I needed, another nickel tour by another roommate; “What was it with roommates and nickel tours?” I wondered.
ref: 2012, Thaddeus Deluca, At Bully Hills, →ISBN:
text: "Come on. Fix me a cup of sissy coffee and I'll take you on the nickel tour.” The nickel tour included such highlights as the spot where the uncomfortable floral couch held court in the parlor and a little borderline sexual stroking of the aforementioned chair rails in the dining room.
ref: 2016, Maggie Wells, Flip This Love, →ISBN:
text: “Come on, let’s give you the nickel tour,” he suggested. “Welcome aboard, Lieutenant Harper.”
ref: 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 14, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 267:
glosses: Synonym of fifty-cent tour.
synonyms: word: fifty-cent tour
nickel tours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nickel tour
fifty-cent tour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifty-cent tours
form: 50 cent tour
form: 50-cent tour
form: fifty cent tour
Etymology: An adaptation of earlier nickel tour accounting for inflation.
Senses: examples: text: Let me give you the fifty-cent tour of the office.
text: Spider then gave me the fifty-cent tour of the facility, showing me all the various departments and telling me their functions.
ref: 2001, John Fiduccia, Paranoid, →ISBN, page 291:
text: Investigator Bays quickly gave his young rookie the fifty-cent tour of downtown.
ref: 2009, Ronald Long, The Demise of a Texas King, →ISBN:
text: “Well,” she said boldly, “if you're looking for ways to keep out of the house, I'd be happy to take you on the fifty-cent tour of the island sometime.”
ref: 2010, Cynthia Baxter, Summer House, →ISBN:
synonyms: ten-cent tour
nickel tour
glosses: A fast and general introduction to a place.
fifty-cent tours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifty-cent tour
gerontologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gerontologically
form: most gerontologically
Etymology: From gerontological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gerontological way.
founderitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From founder + -itis.
Senses: glosses: A difficulty faced by organizations where a founder maintains disproportionate power and influence over a project.
dunetop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dunetops
Etymology: From dune + top.
Senses: glosses: The top of a dune.
dunetops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dunetop
smart grids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smart grid
smartgrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smartgrids
Senses: examples: text: In this paper, we consider the joint design of data compression and 802.15.4-based medium access control (MAC) protocol for smartgrids with renewable energy.
ref: 2016, Le Thanh Tan, Long Bao Le, “Joint Data Compression and MAC Protocol Design for Smartgrids with Renewable Energy”, in arXiv:
glosses: Alternative form of smart grid.
smartgrids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smartgrid
gutling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gutlings
Etymology: From gut + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: The Poets wanted no sport the while; who made themselves bitterly merry with descanting upon the lean skulls, and the fat paunches of these lazy gutlings: there was fleshhold enough for the rhyming Satyrists and the Wits of those times, whereon to fasten the sorest and the strongest teeth they had.
ref: 1854, Robert Sanderson (bp. of Lincoln.), William Jacobson (bp. of Chester), The works of Robert Sanderson
glosses: A glutton
statefinder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: statefinders
Etymology: From state + finder.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A kind of geometrical parameter used in studying dark energy models.
statefinders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of statefinder
watershedding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛdɪŋ
Etymology: From watershed + -ing.
Senses: glosses: An algorithmic method for the segmentation of seismic data into regions.
farkled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not working correctly; ruined; broken; hosed.
recarbonise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recarbonises
form: recarbonising
form: recarbonised
form: recarbonised
Etymology: From re- + carbonise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of recarbonize.
recarbonised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recarbonise
recarbonises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recarbonise
recarbonising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recarbonise
royalisin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A defensin-like peptide found in royal jelly.
skipman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skipmen
Etymology: From skip + -man.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: The man who loads and operates the skip in a mine.
skipmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skipman
gerontophiliac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerontophiliacs
Etymology: From geronto- + -philiac.
Senses: glosses: One who has gerontophilia.
Related terms: gerontophile
gerontophilia
gerontophilic
can belto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: can + belt (verb), modified to resemble bel canto
Senses: qualifier: singing
glosses: A vocal performance that is impressively powerful, but lacking in subtlety, nuance, and technical skill.
books of business
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of book of business
north side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪd
Forms: form: north sides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northside.
south side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: south sides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of southside.
chawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawls
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi चाळ (cāḷ), from Sanskrit. Doublet of cell.
Senses: examples: text: I came from a chawl, and when I started out main zyada baat nahi karta tha, mera haath zyada chalta tha (both laugh!
ref: 2016 June 19, “Tiger Shroff: My father is the original hero, he doesn’t have to try like me. I fake it.”, in The Times of India:
text: Dhirubhai Ambani's first home in Mumbai was nearly as humble as the ones the gawking labourers inhabit: a pigeonhole chawl four kilometres from Antilia, in the pushcart-clogged trading neighbourhood of Bhuleshwar.
ref: 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 419:
glosses: A type of residential tenement building found in India, typically for poor working-class people.
chawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawls
Etymology: From Middle English chaule, chavel, from Old English ċeafl (“jaw, jowl”). More at jowl.
Senses: glosses: Jaw or cheek.
raw_tags: of a person
glosses: Jowl; cheek; face.
raw_tags: of an animal
east side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪd
Forms: form: east sides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eastside.
west side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: west sides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of westside.
kirana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiranas
Etymology: From Hindi किराना (kirānā, “groceries, spices”).
Senses: examples: text: It means the 'nine-day rain' in Khasi," says the appropriately named Barisha, as she restocks the shelves at her kirana store.
ref: 2016 June 19, “Why the world's wettest place gets thirsty”, in The Times of India:
glosses: convenience store
sainik school
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sainik schools
Senses: glosses: A school that prepares children for a military academy.
samakonasana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: One look at the samakonasana aka straddle split and you know it's not for the faint-hearted.
ref: 2016 June 16, “Warm up yoga postures to help you straddle split”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A yoga position in which the legs are stretched out sideways on the floor
samiti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: samitis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi समिति (samiti).
Senses: examples: text: The alleged incident took place at the irrigation department guesthouse in Pehowa where Bedi and chairman of Haryana Staff Selection Commission Bharat Bhushan Bharti had gone to attend meeting related to the elections of block samiti chairman and vice-chairman.
ref: 2016 June 19, “Did Bedi beat journo? BJP sets up panel to find out”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A local political association
satvik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I was horrified to find out that he enjoys eating satvik food!
ref: 2016 June 17, “Perizaad Zorabian on how food rules her life”, in The Times of India:
glosses: lactovegetarian (in ayurvedic philosophy)
Related terms: rajasic
tamasic
sehar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Food blogger and doctor, Wasim M Mohindeen adds, "I try and stay away from spices during the sehar (the meal before dawn).
ref: 2016 June 16, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India:
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of suhur.
semishade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semi-shade
Etymology: From semi- + shade.
Senses: examples: text: Again, for balconies, we use semishade plants.
ref: 2016 June 16, “Grow your own vertical garden at home”, in The Times of India:
glosses: Partial shade (with some direct sunlight)
Sensex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: sensex
form: SENSEX
Etymology: Blend of sensitive + index.
Senses: examples: text: MUMBAI: Dalal Street investors are readying for a lower opening of the sensex on Monday as a knee-jerk reaction to RBI governor Raghuram Rajan's decision to not continue in his post after his term ends early September.
ref: 2016 June 18, “Dalal Street expects lower opening of sensex following Rajan's decision”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A stock market index of 30 well-established and financially sound companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange in India.
shikara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shikaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi शिकारा (śikārā).
Senses: examples: text: You can also take a shikara to a library right in the heart of the Dal.
ref: 2016 June 19, “Cafe culture brews in chinar country”, in The Times of India:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of small wooden boat
vaastu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The historical Amaravati is also on the banks of the river Krishna; vaastu also projects that a capital that has water on the northeast corner is auspicious.
ref: 2016 June 12, “Naidu's smart capital will not be made in a day, or in 10 years”, in The Times of India:
glosses: Alternative form of vastu.
vastu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vaastu
Etymology: From Sanskrit वास्तु (vā́stu, “homestead, house, building”).
Senses: examples: text: Very few know that plants also improve the vastu of a place.
ref: 2016 June 16, “Grow your own vertical garden at home”, in The Times of India:
glosses: A philosophy of architecture that has elements akin to feng shui
multilatina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multilatinas
Etymology: From multi- + Latina?
Senses: examples: text: This was in part due to European divestment efforts in 2012, which led to greater availability of new and appealing acquisition targets for the multilatinas within Latin America and in other world regions.
ref: 2014, Fernando Robles, Business in Emerging Latin America:
glosses: A Latin American company that has become a multinational by expanding into other Latin American countries or beyond.
side road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊd
Forms: form: side roads
Senses: examples: text: The side road to Baddidarach, on the other side of Lochinver, gives a striking view of the whitewashed village by the shore, a ridge rising behind it and, looming over everything, the sugar-loaf peak of Suilven in the heart of the deer forest beyond.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 261, about Lochinver:
glosses: Alternative form of sideroad.
iron road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron roads
Senses: glosses: A railway.
anticlinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From anticlinal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The secondary parietal layer divides anticlinally to form the tapetal and middle cell layers.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Analysis of the Maize dicer-like1 Mutant, fuzzy tassel, Implicates MicroRNAs in Anther Maturation and Dehiscence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an anticlinal manner
axenicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From axenic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The axenicity of the filtered samples was proven by PCR using the primers and cycling conditions described by Spoerner et al.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Macroalgal Morphogenesis Induced by Waterborne Compounds and Bacteria in Coastal Seawater”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being axenic
bacteroidete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacteroidetes
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the phylum Bacteroidetes
bacteroidetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, isolated bacteroidetes such as Algoriphagus sp. and Polaribacter sp. could individually trigger complete Ulva morphogenesis and thus provide a novel mode of action for bacterial-induced algal development.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Macroalgal Morphogenesis Induced by Waterborne Compounds and Bacteria in Coastal Seawater”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of bacteroidete
benzedeira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzedeiras
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese benzedeira.
Senses: glosses: A female folk-medicine healer
benzedeiras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The sampling included the following: caciques, Truká village chiefs who organize, speak for, guide and represent the people or the village, above all others; pajés, medical and spiritual leaders; benzedeiras, women who pray to heal the diseases of the body and soul; shrine chiefs, preparers of the conditions for the practices of traditional medicine and religion; and jurumeiros, specialists in the preparation of the jurema.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Assessing the Effects of Indigenous Migration on Zootherapeutic Practices in the Semiarid Region of Brazil”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of benzedeira
glucoregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gluco- + regulation.
Senses: examples: text: There are no standardized variables defined for calculating factor scores using PCA. Most researchers used four factors with HOMA or insulin instead of glucose, triglycerides to HDL ratio are also calculated to reduce number of factors, and blood pressure is calculated either using systolic blood pressure or MAP. Confirmatory analyses in these studies revealed higher factor loadings of waist circumference and glucoregulation measures than loadings of blood pressure and lipids [22, 26 ].
ref: 2016 January 9, “siMS Score: Simple Method for Quantifying Metabolic Syndrome”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: The metabolic regulation of glucose
Related terms: glycoregulation
hemolyse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hemolyses
form: hemolysing
form: hemolysed
form: hemolysed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hemolyze.
hemolysed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Cells were then hemolysed by 1 ml distilled water and proteins were hydrolysed by 4% v/v Perchloric acid.
ref: 2016 January 9, “H 2 O 2 -Induced Oxidative Stress Affects SO 4 = Transport in Human Erythrocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of hemolyse
immunoblocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + blocking.
Senses: examples: text: To further confirm the protective impact of NCM upon GOSD-treated brain cells was TGFβ1, GDNF and/or NT-3 dependent, the immunoblocking strategy was applied.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Molecular Mechanisms Responsible for Neuron-Derived Conditioned Medium (NCM)-Mediated Protection of Ischemic Brain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The creation of an immunoblockade
intercommissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + commissural.
Senses: examples: text: The theoretical pallidal target was 2 to 4 mm anterior to the midcommissural point, 19 to 22 mm lateral to the midline, and 3 to 6 mm below the intercommissural line.
ref: 2016 January 9, “Long-Term Clinical Outcome of Internal Globus Pallidus Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between commissures