cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
foreslope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreslopes
Etymology: From fore- + slope.
Senses: examples: text: The steepness of the foreslope affects the rate of single-vehicle accidents.
ref: 1995, Hugh W. McGee, Warren Edward Hughes, K. Daily, Effect of Highway Standards on Safety, Issue 374
glosses: An upward slope of a mountain, etc.
foreslopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreslope
upcurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upcurrents
Etymology: From up- + current.
Senses: examples: text: There was no time to take evasive action, and the airship was caught in a violent upcurrent.
ref: 2014, Michael Allaby, Tornadoes:
glosses: An upward-moving current.
upcurrents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upcurrent
downcurrent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downcurrents
form: down-current
Etymology: From down- + current.
Senses: examples: text: Missing units may be attributed to either the lack of proper sized material in the source or the successive, downcurrent sedimentation of the coarser materials first and the finer materials last.
ref: 2012, Paul E. Potter, James Maynard, Wayne A. Pryor, Sedimentology of Shale: Study Guide and Reference Source:
glosses: A downward-moving current.
downcurrents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downcurrent
down-current
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down-currents
Etymology: From down- + current.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of downcurrent.
down-currents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of down-current
sea load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea loads
Senses: examples: text: On most merchant ships with a relatively light sea load it is usual to fit three generators with two sharing the sea load. On ships with a higher sea load four generators are the usual fit, but sized so that three of these share the sea load.
ref: 2002, D. G. M. Watson, Practical Ship Design:
glosses: The weight of the payload on a vessel.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sea, load.
sea loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sea load
kreotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kreotoxins
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρέας (kréas, “flesh, meat”) + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: Kreotoxism is poisoning by decayed or infected meats, the basic poison being kreotoxin, produced by the growth and development of the plant micro—organism kreotoxiccon.
ref: 1921, The Eclectic Medical Journal - Volume 81, page 482:
text: 39 cases of facial spas and 11 cases of blepharospasm, on whom common therapy had no effect, were locally injected kreotoxin A.
ref: 2002, Huang Ju-Ming, “Clinical study on the treatment of facial spas and blepharospasm with kreotoxin A”, in Zhejiang Clinical Medical Journal, volume 1:
text: Methods including oral administration or intramuscular injection of analgesic drugs, local application of nitroglycerin ointment, and injection of kreotoxin have been commonly used to alleviate postoperative pain.
ref: 2016 March, Feng Xiang, Jing-Juan Feng, “Postoperative analgesic effect of methylene blue compound in anal diseases”, in International Journal of Clinical Experimental Medicine, volume 9, number 3:
glosses: Any basic (pH > 7) toxin produced by bacteria or fungi in meat.
kreotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kreotoxin
semifree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-free
Etymology: From semi- + free.
Senses: examples: text: […] the common impressions are that serfdom and not slavery was the characteristic pattern of medieval rural society and that manufacturing and other urban pursuits were conducted by free or semifree labor.
ref: 1985, William D. Phillips, Slavery from Roman Times to the Early Transatlantic Trade:
glosses: Partially free (in various meanings, including in mathematics, characterizing software, etc).
Synonyms: half-free
mesoparasite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesoparasites
Etymology: From meso- + parasite.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A parasitic copepod that lives partly embedded in its host, usually with the anterior end forming an anchor process.
mesoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoparasite
lobose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lobose
form: most lobose
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having broad, thick pseudopodia, as certain ameboid protozoans.
flagellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Mistakenly formed, either as a Latin-style plural of flagella by taking the latter to be a singular noun while actually it is a plural (namely the plural of flagellum) or by mistaking -ae (a feminine plural) as a possible plural of nouns in -um (neuter).
Senses: glosses: plural of flagellum
Related terms: bacteriae
helioflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helioflagellates
Etymology: From helio- + flagellate.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A freshwater protozoan of the class Zoomastigophorea.
helioflagellates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helioflagellate
IFOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of IFO
eutrophically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more eutrophically
form: most eutrophically
Etymology: From eutrophic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: In some cases, there has been decoupling of algal growth responses to river P loading in eutrophically impaired rivers, and recovery trajectories may be non-linear and characterised by thresholds and alternative stable states […]
ref: 2015, John C. Rodda, Mark Robinson, Progress in Modern Hydrology: Past, Present and Future:
glosses: In a eutrophic manner.
phytoparasites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoparasite
phytoparasitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + parasitic.
Senses: glosses: Of, or related to phytoparasites.
overdrafting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdraftings
Senses: glosses: The process of extracting groundwater beyond the safe yield or equilibrium yield of the aquifer.
overdraftings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdrafting
highwall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highwalls
Etymology: From high + wall.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: The unexcavated face of exposed overburden and coal in a surface mine.
highwalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of highwall
broadbean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broadbeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broad bean.
broadbeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broadbean
pseudolabium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪbiəm
Forms: form: pseudolabia
Etymology: From pseudo- + labium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: (of Spirurida nematodes) Any of the folds of tissue at the opening of the vulva.
Synonyms: pseudolip
pseudolip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudolips
Etymology: From pseudo- + lip.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A pseudolabium.
sociotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sociotherapeutic
form: most sociotherapeutic
Etymology: From socio- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sociotherapy.
sociotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociotherapists
Etymology: From socio- + therapist.
Senses: glosses: One who practises sociotherapy.
sociotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociotherapist
sociotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sociotherapies
Etymology: From socio- + therapy.
Senses: glosses: A social science and form of social work involving the study of groups and individuals with the aim of improving lives and social conditions.
sociotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sociotherapy
sociotherapeutically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sociotherapeutic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, sociotherapy.
Helstonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛlˈstəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /hɛlˈstoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Helstonians
Etymology: From Helston + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A person from Helston in Cornwall, England.
Helstonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Helstonian
Helston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛl.stən/
rhymes: -ɛlstən
Etymology: From Cornish Hellys (“old court”) + -ton.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW6527).
Derived terms: Helstonian
pseudolips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudolip
pseudolabia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudolabium
Yayoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 弥生.
Senses: glosses: An ethnic group of the Japanese archipelago during the Yayoi period (300 BCE–300 CE).
Yayoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
ccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Abbreviation of currency.
catylist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of catalyst.
outprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outprograms
form: outprogramming
form: outprograming
form: outprogrammed
form: outprogrammed
form: outprogramed
form: outprogramed
Etymology: From out- + program.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Dupree continued, 'But I knew something the robot didn't.'
'What?' asked Molly. 'What did I teach you to do when you're outmatched, outwitted and outprogrammed?'
'You bring the crazy,' said everyone except Alice.
ref: 2014, Michael Fry, The Odd Squad: King Karl:
text: It's like trying to outprogram the greatest programmer of them all. No matter how sophisticated we get, he's light years ahead of us.
ref: 2014, Jim Menick, Lingo:
glosses: To surpass in computer programming ability.
Synonyms: outcode
outprograms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outprogram
outprogramming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outprogram
outprogrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outprogram
oozoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of oozooid.
oozooid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oozooids
Etymology: From oo- + zooid.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A zooid that develops from an egg and reproduces by budding
Related terms: blastozooid
oozooids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oozooid
bowled over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bowl over
bowls over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bowl over
bowling over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bowl over
VORTAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VORTACs
Etymology: Blend of VOR + TACAN
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A radiobeacon consisting of a colocated VOR and TACAN installation.
footpedal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footpedals
Etymology: From foot + pedal.
Senses: glosses: A pedal (foot-operated lever).
footpedals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footpedal
OLS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OLSs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of optical landing system.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Abbreviation of ordinary least squares.
Synonyms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: meatball
Coordinate terms: english: Approach Lighting System
translation: Approach Lighting System
word: ALS
english: Instrument Landing System
translation: Instrument Landing System
word: ILS
english: Microwave Landing System
translation: Microwave Landing System
word: MLS
english: Precision Approach Path Indicator
translation: Precision Approach Path Indicator
word: PAPI
outreness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From outre + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outréness.
CUA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of IBM Common User Access: a standard describing how user interfaces should look and function.
nonconfectionery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + confectionery.
Senses: examples: text: What was a chocolate factory has now expanded to produce nonconfectionery items.
glosses: Not confectionery.
show cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: show caves
Senses: glosses: A cave that is managed as a commercial tourist attraction.
show caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show cave
heuweltjie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heuweltjies
Etymology: From Afrikaans, from Dutch heuveltje (“hillock”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of large mound, of disputed origin, above or near the surface of the landscape in parts of South Africa.
heuweltjies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heuweltjie
antitremor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tremor.
Senses: examples: text: We have observed that treatment with bromocriptine and levodopa prolongs the antitremor effectiveness of levodopa in monkeys with unilateral VMT lesions of the brain stem.
ref: 2012, Franz Hefti, William J. Weiner, Progress in Parkinson Research, page 64:
glosses: Preventing or countering tremors.
antiovulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiovulants
Etymology: From anti- + ovulant.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anovulant.
synonyms: word: anovulant
antiovulants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiovulant
simian crease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simian creases
Etymology: So called because it resembles the usual condition of non-human simians.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: simian line
glosses: A crease that extends across the palm of the human hand, formed by the fusion of the two palmar creases, found especially in people with Down syndrome.
simian creases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of simian crease
Scots elm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Scots elms
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wych elm (Ulmus glabra)
synonyms: word: wych elm
extra: Ulmus glabra
Scots elms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Scots elm
great auks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of great auk
zebra mule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zebra mules
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zebrule.
synonyms: word: zebrule
zebra mules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zebra mule
zero-days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero-day
zero days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zero day
potato chip of the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: potato chips of the sea
Etymology: So called because they are a common and plentiful food source for marine creatures.
Senses: qualifier: kenning
glosses: A pteropod.
potato chips of the sea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potato chip of the sea
Barents
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Barents Sea
examples: text: The establishment of the Baltic and Barents cooperation councils was therefore an expression of a Nordic willingness to play an active part and indicative that the societies of the North are willing to consider new patterns of interaction.
ref: 1993, Arctic Challenges: Report from the Nordic Council's Parliamentary Conference in Reykjavik 16-17 August 1993, →ISBN, page 50:
text: Oil and gas production is potentially one of the most important growth industries in Barents Russia.
ref: 2004, Bjørn Brunstad, Big Oil Playground, Russian Bear Preserve Or European Periphery?, →ISBN, page 39:
glosses: The regions of Norway and Russia that border the Barents Sea.
glosses: Willem Barents
twincestuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twincestuous
form: most twincestuous
Etymology: Blend of twin + incestuous
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to or engaging in twincest.
aaawesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɔːːsəm/
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of awesome.
greeeat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of great.
teeerrible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of terrible.
looove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of love.
looove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loooves
form: loooving
form: loooved
form: loooved
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of love.
Related terms: lurve
loooves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of looove
loooving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of looove
loooved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of looove
tensores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛnˈsɔɹˌiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of tensor
waaater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: H.-MAIDEN. I don't understand! Your beds were slept in.
BILL. An oo slep in em?—Damn cold it was, too...
H.-MAIDEN. But you had a water-bottle.
BILL (can hardly believe himself ). Waaater... bottle?
ref: 1932, Lionel Britton, Spacetime Inn, page 80:
text: I want to fill up this can with water.
No. There's a water shortage. Go down to the beach and fill it up.
Noooo. I want to fill it from the faucet. Here.
You can't. I just told you why. Now run along.
I want to fill it up with waaater.
ref: 1979, Lucy R. Lippard, I See/You Mean: A Novel, page 122:
text: My lips were cracked, my throat parched. Desperately, I cried, "Waaater."
ref: 1987, Karen Sommer, Satch and the Motormouth, page 100:
text: She slumped backward against her chair, her head lolling sideways. “I see waaater,” she said in the high-pitched tones of a young girl. “Oceans of waaater.”
ref: 1990, Mollie Ashton, Terms of Surrender, page 147:
text: Maybe the waaater from my side, when go inside your spriiing, eh?
ref: 2004, Juliet S. Kono, Hoʻolulu Park and the Pepsodent Smile and Other Stories, page 96:
glosses: Elongated form of water.
deeeath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of death.
cuuute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cuuuter
form: cuuutest
Senses: examples: text: We are not cute. The ones who always say, 'Ooh, they're sooo cuuute,' wouldn't like us if they knew us.
ref: 1986, Christopher P. Andersen, The New Book of People: Photographs, Capsule Biographies, and Vital Statistics of Over 500 Celebrities, page 197:
text: “He's so cuuute,” I'd hear them croon. “He'd make a perfect grandfather, neh?”
ref: 1995, Gabrielle Bauer, Tokyo, My Everest: A Canadian Woman in Japan, page 181:
text: You'd make such a great little man, you know, like one of those cuuute little Mexicans or Filipinos. Cuuute.
ref: 2005, Peter Bacho, Entrys, page 96:
text: “He's so-o-o-cuuute!” 'Yes, he is,” confirmed Sheeni.
ref: 2009, C. D. Payne, Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp, page 465:
text: “But it's cuuute!” Emily once called a pimple “cuuute,” so Zoe wasn't reassured.
ref: 2017, Sally Hepworth, The Mother's Promise: A Novel, page 30:
glosses: Elongated form of cute.
hard gainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hard gainer
goodie-goodie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goodie-goodies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goody-goody.
goodie-goodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodie-goodie
cuuuter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cuuute: more cuuute
cuuutest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cuuute: most cuuute
ethopoeia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethopoeiae
form: ethopoeias
form: ethopoiia
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθοποιία (ēthopoiía). Equivalent to etho- + -poeia.
Senses: examples: text: The situation envisioned is the contest for a prize described in Herodotus 8.123 and cast in the form of ethopoeia.
ref: 2003, George Alexander Kennedy, Progymnasmata: Greek Textbooks of Prose Composition and Rhetoric, →ISBN, page 165:
text: In ancient narrative literature, ethopoeia is a frequently used literary tool.
ref: 2014, Koen De Temmerman, Crafting Characters: Heroes and Heroines in the Ancient Greek Novel, →ISBN:
text: This is a reference to a type of drama-based pedagogy called ethopoeia, which formed a central component of the humanist grammar school curriculum.
ref: 2015, David S. Thompson, Theatre Symposium, Vol. 23: Theatre and Youth, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: A rhetorical technique in which the speaker or author presents an imaginary speech by a real person, portraying that person's known characteristics and propensities.
examples: text: In their ethopoeias of the ideal lover, de la Torre, Ribera, and Luduefia emphasize, as we have seen, eloquence, good physical proportions, youth, elegance, discretion and honesty.
ref: 1976, E. Michael Gerli, Alfonso Martínez de Toledo, →ISBN, page 115:
text: The speeches in the De Gelesuintha all can be described as ethopoeiae, that is speeches intended to communicate the emotional condition of their speakers.
ref: 2001, Ralph W. Mathisen, Danuta Shanzer, Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul, page 302:
text: An ethopoeia is delimited by some few arguments from past, present, and future time, while exhortation, as an hypothesis dealing with acknowledged particulars, takes its amplification from final headings.
ref: 2003, George Alexander Kennedy, Progymnasmata, →ISBN:
text: One of the most elaborate extant examples of this genre is a speech by Libanius, an ethopoeia of Medea as she is about to kill her children.
ref: 2012, Irene Peirano, The Rhetoric of the Roman Fake, →ISBN, page 258:
glosses: An instance of this technique.
debugee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debugees
Etymology: From debug + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of debuggee.
troglobious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Analyzable as troglobite + -ious. Compare also amphibious.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Entirely restricted to a cave environment, never emerging into the outside world.
postdisplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + displacement.
Senses: glosses: After displacement.
predisplacement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + displacement.
Senses: glosses: Prior to displacement.
folk illnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of folk illness
oleylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oleyl + amine.
Senses: examples: text: Oleic acid and oleylamine were then injected into the mixture, which was then heated to 200°C for 2 h, heated to 350°C for 1.5 h, cooled to room temperature, treated with acetone to precipitate MnMEIO nanoparticles, centrifuged (12,000 rpm) to remove solvent and unreacted reagents, and redispersed in chloroform to yield MnMEIO nanoparticles.
ref: 2016 February 18, “Development of Bifunctional Gadolinium-Labeled Superparamagnetic Nanoparticles (Gd-MnMEIO) for In Vivo MR Imaging of the Liver in an Animal Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated fatty amine with the chemical formula C₁₈H₃₅NH₂, used as a surfactant and in the synthesis of nanoparticles.
booleanize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: booleanizes
form: booleanizing
form: booleanized
form: booleanized
Etymology: From Boolean + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To reduce (data values) to Boolean values, so that each one is either true or false.
booleanized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of booleanize
booleanizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of booleanize
booleanizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of booleanize
Cape Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The people of the Western Cape of South Africa, descended from Dutch and other European immigrants and their Asian and African slaves, who remained more or less loyal subjects of European powers into the 19th century.
glosses: Afrikaner people
Cape Dutch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Dutch dialect of South Africa, which developed into Afrikaans.
chitobioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chitobiose
corrgram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corrgrams
form: corrgramme
Etymology: Blend of correlation + gram
Senses: examples: text: The correlation coefficient by corrgrams indicates a positive correlation (blue colour) and negative correlation (red colour) with the colour intensity indicative of the strength of the correlation.
ref: 2016 February 13, “Metagenomic Sequencing of the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Upper Bronchial Tract Microbiome Reveals Functional Changes Associated with Disease Severity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A colour-mapped matrix of correlation strengths in multivariate analysis.
Related terms: correlogram
corrgrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corrgram
coprostanoligenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From coprostanol + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, each hierarchically clustered community contained both our proposed coprostanoligenic as well as non-coprostanoligenic bacteria.
ref: 2016 February 13, “An Integrated Metabolomic and Microbiome Analysis Identified Specific Gut Microbiota Associated with Fecal Cholesterol and Coprostanol in Clostridium difficile Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Producing coprostanol.
counterregulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From counter- + regulative.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of counterregulatory.
synonyms: word: counterregulatory
debugees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debugee
counteraccuse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: counteraccuses
form: counteraccusing
form: counteraccused
form: counteraccused
Etymology: From counter- + accuse.
Senses: glosses: To make a counteraccusation.
counteraccused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of counteraccuse
counteraccuses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counteraccuse
counteraccusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counteraccuse
countercorrelation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercorrelations
Etymology: From counter- + correlation.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anticorrelation.
synonyms: word: anticorrelation
countercorrelations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercorrelation
demoulding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of demolding.
Steller's jay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Steller's jays
Etymology: Named after the naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller.
Senses: synonyms: long-crested jay
mountain jay
pine jay
glosses: Cyanocitta stelleri, a jay native to western North America, related to the blue jay, but with a black head and upper body.
wikipedia: Georg Wilhelm Steller
Steller's jays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Steller's jay
submunicipal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + municipal.
Senses: examples: a submunicipal council election
glosses: Below the municipal level.
NAFEC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center.
glosses: Initialism of North East Asia Foundation for Education and Culture.
advantame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A non-caloric sweetener synthesized from isovanillin and aspartame.
antimatter rocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimatter rockets
Senses: glosses: A proposed form of rocket that would use antimatter as direct or indirect propellant
alloimmunised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + immunised.
Senses: examples: text: However it is also suitable for testing for polymorphic single-gene (Mendelian) disorders such as sickle cell disease [1 ] or β-thalassaemia [11 ] (HBB gene), or α(0)-thalassemia [12 ] (SEA allele), or in detecting rhesus-positive fetuses in alloimmunised pregnancies [13 ].
ref: 2015 November 12, “A Non-Invasive Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) Assay to Detect Paternal CFTR Mutations in the Cell-Free Fetal DNA (cffDNA) of Three Pregnancies at Risk of Cystic Fibrosis via Compound Heterozygosity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of alloimmunized.
alloimmunized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From allo- + immunized.
Senses: glosses: immunized via alloimmunization
amplifiabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: PCR amplifiabilities are indicated as “✓” for successful amplification or “×” for failed amplification).
ref: 2015 November 12, “Evaluating DNA Extraction Methods for Community Profiling of Pig Hindgut Microbial Community”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of amplifiability
amylomaltase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amylomaltases
Etymology: From amylo- + maltase.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, Kotoński and Sobiech [14 ] found a lower amylomaltase activity in the red and white muscles of carp during winter, when compared to that in summer.
ref: 2015 November 12, “The Activity of Neutral α-Glucosidase and Selected Biochemical Parameters in the Annual Cycle of Breeding Carp ( Cyprinus carpio L.)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes the transglycosylation of maltose or maltodextrins
analgesize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: analgesizes
form: analgesizing
form: analgesized
form: analgesized
Etymology: From analgesic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To reduce pain by use of an analgesic.
analgesized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: For intracollicular vector injections, the head region was topically analgesized by applying lidocaine hydrochloride (5%, Xylocaine, AstraZeneca, UK) to the scalp.
ref: 2015 November 12, “Tackling Glaucoma from within the Brain: An Unfortunate Interplay of BDNF and TrkB”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of analgesize
couplish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more couplish
form: most couplish
form: coupleish
form: couple-ish
Etymology: From couple + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of a (romantic or sexual) couple.
coupleish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coupleish
form: most coupleish
Etymology: From couple + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of couplish.
couple-ish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more couple-ish
form: most couple-ish
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of couplish.
amylomaltases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylomaltase
Gatorade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/
Forms: form: Gatorades
Etymology: From gator + -ade; the drink was created at the request of Florida Gators football head coach Ray Graves.
Senses: examples: text: While Brown distracted the usually hyperfocused Mangini, safety Kerry Rhodes and linebackers Eric Barton and Jonathan Vilma grabbed a cooler of Gatorade and surreptitiously assumed their positions according to plan.
ref: 2007 January 1, Karen Crouse, “With Wild-Card Spot Clinched, Jets Can Finally Talk Playoffs”, in The New York Times:
text: I may also recommend that they take Peltier Electrolytes from Crayhon Research, which is kind of like glorified Gatorade, but which works well to replenish some of the cell's missing elements.
ref: 2009, Connie Strasheim, Insights Into Lyme Disease Treatment, →ISBN:
text: I like to say it's Gatorade for the soul.” Phoebe turned to Lucy.
ref: 2010, Anne Canadeo, A Stitch Before Dying, →ISBN, page 50:
text: I've got a thirst, baby, and you smell like my Gatorade.
ref: 2013, Greg Figueroa, Emily Feliciano, Pick-up Line Comebacks For Women, page 4:
glosses: A sports drink sold by The Gatorade Company.
examples: text: The beverage selection is a unique feature of Ole Cafe, with a variety of canned gatorades, assorted fruit drinks and "slushies" on the line.
ref: 1990, School Foodservice Journal - Volume 44, page 48:
text: We figure that we save nearly $200 a year in mixing our own Gatorade,” she boasts.
ref: 2001, Mary Hance, Ms. Cheap's Guide to Getting More for Less, →ISBN:
text: I had lots of homemade Gatorade, two big burgers and a few minutes later I was cruising like the machine again.
ref: 2002, Ronald J. Mikos, Dragon's Breath, →ISBN:
text: Add a splash of lemon or lime and a hefty pinch of a high quality sea salt and you've just created a homemade Gatorade without all the extra sugars, neon colors, or added ingredients.
ref: 2011, Suzanne Boothby, The After Cancer Diet: How To Live Healthier Than Ever Before, →ISBN:
text: Well, there's water, and then there's quarter-waters. Ghetto Gatorade.
ref: 2011, Patrice Evans, Negropedia, →ISBN:
glosses: Any sports drink resembling or based on Gatorade.
Gatorade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡeɪtəɹeɪd/
Forms: form: Gatorades
form: Gatorading
form: Gatoraded
form: Gatoraded
Etymology: From gator + -ade; the drink was created at the request of Florida Gators football head coach Ray Graves.
Senses: examples: 2010, "Fly", season 3, episode 10 of Breaking Bad
Jesse: Yo, if this is supposed to be all like, major league and all, we should have equipment maintainer guys. And water boys, you know? "Yo, Gatorade me, bitch!" Get us a couple of flunkies in here. Treat us right.
glosses: To serve a Gatorade to.
glosses: To give someone a Gatorade shower.
Gatorades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gatorade
Gatorades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Gatorade
angustidontid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angustidontids
Senses: glosses: Any crustacean of the family †Angustidontidae
angustidontids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The lower Famennian deposits from the Kowala quarry which are rich in phosphatic cuticle of arthropods (thylacocephalans, phyllocarids and angustidontids) and carbonaceous compressions of non-biomineralized algae [34 ], have not provided any signs of animal soft tissue preservation until now.
ref: 2015 November 12, “First Record of Soft Tissue Preservation in the Upper Devonian of Poland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of angustidontid
aurapten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Citrus, as members of the Rutaceae, can synthesize both coumarins and furanocoumarins and are rich in dimethylallylated and/or geranylated compounds (see Fig 1 ) such as bergamottin (5-geranyloxypsoralen), aurapten (7-geranyloxycoumarin) or imperatorin (8-dimethylallyloxypsoralen).
ref: 2015 November 12, “The Distribution of Coumarins and Furanocoumarins in Citrus Species Closely Matches Citrus Phylogeny and Reflects the Organization of Biosynthetic Pathways”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of auraptene.
link exchanges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of link exchange
push presents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of push present
bioconstructor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioconstructors
Etymology: From bio- + constructor.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any organism that builds a structure that survives the death of the organism
bioconstructors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The highest coverage of bioconstructors, particularly Lithophyllum incrustans and Mesophyllum spp., is found on the outcrops located at a depth of 23–25 m and at a distance ≥10 km from the coast.
ref: 2015 November 12, “Calcareous Bio-Concretions in the Northern Adriatic Sea: Habitat Types, Environmental Factors that Influence Habitat Distributions, and Predictive Modeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of bioconstructor
biofluoresce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biofluoresces
form: biofluorescing
form: biofluoresced
form: biofluoresced
Etymology: From bio- + fluoresce.
Senses: examples: text: Marine organisms biofluoresce by absorbing the dominant blue light, and reemitting it at a longer, lower energy wavelength, visually resulting in green, orange, and red fluorescence.
ref: 2015 November 12, “Adaptive Evolution of Eel Fluorescent Proteins from Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Produces Bright Fluorescence in the Marine Environment”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To exhibit biofluorescence
Related terms: biofluorescent
biofluorescence
biofluorescently
bioluminesce
Englishish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Englishish
form: most Englishish
Etymology: From English + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of English people or their language or culture.
overlard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overlards
form: overlarding
form: overlarded
form: overlarded
Etymology: From over- + lard.
Senses: glosses: To cover or coat with lard.
examples: text: Father D'Arcy defends Catholic theology against those who accuse it of overlarding the idea of God with definitions, and he remarks with perfect truth […]
ref: 1921, New Catholic World, volume 113, page 160:
text: The doubts arise from the effects of plaintiff's attorney's conduct in an atmosphere of fulsome overlarding.
ref: 1943, Reports of Selected Cases Decided in Courts of the State of New York Other Than the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court: Miscellaneous Reports, page 603:
glosses: To garnish or strew excessively.
biostabilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biostabilizations
Etymology: From bio- + stabilization.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, biofilm growth could significantly enhance biostabilization, with biofilm-infused bed sediments requiring more energy for erosion relative to clean sediment.
ref: 2015 November 12, “Biostabilization and Transport of Cohesive Sediment Deposits in the Three Gorges Reservoir”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: biological stabilization
Related terms: biostability
selfish DNA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A DNA sequence that spreads by forming additional copies of itself within the genome and makes no specific contribution to the reproductive success of its host organism.
Hyponyms: transposon
homing endonuclease gene
supernumerary B chromosome
brachylophosaurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brachylophosaurins
Senses: examples: text: The left dentary of MOR 2919 is larger than any other brachylophosaurin dentary (Table 1 ), and preserves the complete series of 43 tooth rows.
ref: 2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any hadrosaur of the tribe Brachylophosaurini.
brachylophosaurins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The caudoventral flange of MOR 2919 is dorsoventrally deep, as in other brachylophosaurins, but relatively wider anteroposteriorly than in Brachylophosaurus.
ref: 2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of brachylophosaurin
biofluoresced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of biofluoresce
overlarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlard
overlards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overlard
overlarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overlard
overlarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overlardings
Senses: examples: overlardings of hypocrisy
glosses: The act of one who overlards.
biofluorescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of biofluoresce
biofluoresces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of biofluoresce
QG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of quantum gravity.
biostabilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biostabilization
byakangelicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These compounds include imperatorin, heraclenin, and heraclenol from the xanthotoxin cluster and cnidicin, phellopterin, byakangelicol, and byakangelicin from the isopimpinellin cluster.
ref: 2015 November 12, “The Distribution of Coumarins and Furanocoumarins in Citrus Species Closely Matches Citrus Phylogeny and Reflects the Organization of Biosynthetic Pathways”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The coumarin 9-[(2R)-2,3-dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy]-4-methoxyfuro[3,2-g]chromen-7-one, an aldose reductase inhibitor.
Related terms: byakangelicol
Gideons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gideon
stadialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stadialists
Etymology: From stadial + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of stadialism.
stadialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stadialist
stadialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stadial + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The theory that a society, culture, etc. passes through a series of developmental stages.
Related terms: stadialist
illeagle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of illegal.
illeagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of illegal.
stadially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From stadial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: By, or in terms of, developmental stages.
turbulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbulators
Senses: glosses: A device that turns a laminar flow into a turbulent flow.
Related terms: turbulate
turbulation
turbulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbulator
intrastadial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + stadial.
Senses: glosses: Within a single developmental stage.
CALL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of computer-assisted language learning.
kitchen sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of home sign.
synonyms: word: home sign
home sign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: home signs
form: homesign
Senses: synonyms: kitchen sign
glosses: The gestural communication system, less than a complete sign language, developed by a deaf child who lacks input from a language model in the family.
examples: text: LeZotte also gives readers a sense of M.V.S.L. (Martha's Vineyard Sign Language), used by the islanders through the mid-1900s but never fully documented, by combining "home signs" she used as a child with variations of American Sign Language.
ref: 2020 April 27, Meg Medina, “A Deaf Girl Finds Her Voice on Martha's Vineyard in the 19th Century”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2022:
glosses: A particular sign in such a system.
Derived terms: homesigner
airfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airfalls
Etymology: From air + fall.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The deposition of material (such as ash) ejected from a volcano.
airfalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airfall
bottom dead center
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: BDC
antonyms: top dead center
TDC
hypernyms: dead center
glosses: A position in the cycle of a piston engine wherein the piston is at the bottommost point in its stroke. In a four-stroke cycle, BDC occurs twice: at the end of the intake stroke and at the end of the power stroke.
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: BDC
antonyms: top dead center
TDC
hypernyms: dead center
glosses: The reference mark on a flywheel (and engine block) indicating that the engine is in this position, when aligned.
Duffy antigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Duffy antigens
Etymology: Named after the patient in which it was discovered.
Senses: glosses: An antigen located on the surface of red blood cells, encoding a glycosylated membrane protein that is a non-specific receptor for several chemokines.
Duffy antigens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Duffy antigen
chicken fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chicken fights
Senses: glosses: A game, often played in a lake or swimming pool, where two people, each sitting on a teammate's shoulders, attempt to knock each other down.
chicken fights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chicken fight
Viennese cutlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Viennese cutlets
Senses: glosses: Wiener schnitzel
Viennese cutlets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Viennese cutlet
auriculariaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Auriculariaceae + -ous
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the family Auriculariaceae of saprobic basidiomycete fungi.
Leskovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Leskovian
form: most Leskovian
Etymology: From Leskov + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Nikolai Leskov (1831–1895), Russian novelist.
umqan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An Aleut burial practice involving burial mounds typically located on the edge of bluffs.
velo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin vēlum (“cloth, sail, velum”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to a velum, usually the velum palatinum (soft palate, palatum molle)
Derived terms: velocardiofacial
velopalatal
velopharyngeal
velopharyngoplasty
velopharynx
veloplasty
velo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: See velocipede.
Senses: glosses: Related to cycling.
Derived terms: velodrome
velotaxi
veloway
double depression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The combination of depression and dysthymia.