cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tardface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tardfaces
Etymology: From tard + face.
Senses: synonyms: word: addle-brain
word: addlehead
word: addle pate
word: airhead
word: baboon
word: beanbrain
word: beetlebrain
word: beetlehead
word: berk
word: bimbo
word: birdbrain
word: blockhead
word: blubberbrain
word: bonehead
word: Boeotian
word: boob
word: bozo
word: brainlet
word: brickhead
word: bubblehead
word: bubble brain
word: bufflehead
word: buffoon
word: Charlie
raw_tags: with "right" and/or "proper"
word: chowderhead
word: chucklehead
word: chump
word: cittern-head
word: clod
word: clodpate
word: clot
word: clown
word: crackhead
word: cretin
word: cuckoo
word: deadhead
word: dimbo
word: dim bulb
word: dimbus
word: dimwit
word: dingbat
word: ding dong
word: dingleberry
word: dingwad
word: dip
word: dipstick
word: doldrum
word: dolt
word: donut
word: doodle
word: doof
word: doofoid
word: doofus
word: dope
word: dork
word: drivel
word: drongo
word: drool bucket
word: dullard
word: dumb bunny
word: dumbbell
word: dumb cluck
word: dumbhead
word: dumble
word: dumbling
word: dumbnut
word: dumbo
word: dummkopf
word: dummy
word: dunce
word: dunderhead
word: dunderpate
word: eejit
word: fathead
word: featherbrain
word: fenderhead
word: fleabrain
word: fool
word: fopdoodle
word: galoot
word: gimboid
word: gomer
word: gonk
word: goober
word: goof
word: goofball
word: goofy
word: goose
word: goosecap
word: gorbuson
word: gudgeon
word: halfwit
word: ha'porth
word: hammerhead
word: idiot
word: ignoramus
word: imbecile
word: inbred
word: jackaninny
word: jellybrain
word: jerk
word: juggins
word: jughead
word: knothead
word: knucklehead
word: lackwit
word: lamebrain
word: log
word: loggerhead
word: lummox
word: lunk
word: lunkhead
word: maroon
word: meatball
word: meathead
word: mental midget
word: mome
word: momo
word: mongoloid
word: mongtard
word: monkey
word: moron
word: mouth breather
word: muggins
word: mushhead
word: muttonhead
word: mutt
word: nimrod
word: nincompoop
word: ninny
word: ninnyhammer
word: nit
word: nitwit
word: noddy
word: noodlehead
word: numbskull
word: oaf
word: peabrain
word: peagoose
word: pillock
word: pigwidgeon
word: pinhead
word: plank
word: plonker
word: prat
word: put
word: putz
word: retard
word: sap
word: saphead
word: schmo
word: silly
word: simp
word: simpleton
word: snapperhead
word: sot
word: space cadet
word: spanner
word: stupe
word: stupid
word: stupid-head
word: tomfool
word: tard
word: thickhead
word: thickskull
word: thicko
word: tonto
word: toolbox
word: tosspot
word: turkey
word: twit
word: wally
word: wantwit
word: wazzer
word: wazzock
word: witless wonder
word: yo-yo
word: zany
word: Vulgar:
word: ass
word: assclown
word: asshat
word: asshead
word: asstard
word: asswipe
word: buttbreath
word: dildo
word: dipshit
word: donkey dick
word: Alternative spelling of dumbass.
word: dumbfuck
word: dumbfucker
word: dumbshit
word: farthead
word: fuck-knuckle
word: fucktard
word: fuckwit
word: jackass
word: peckerhead
word: shitbrain
word: shithead
word: shitneck
word: shitwit
word: twat
glosses: A stupid person.
reindictment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reindictments
Etymology: From re- + indictment.
Senses: glosses: indictment again
reinforceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reinforce + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being reinforced.
reindictments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reindictment
reistafel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reistafels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rijsttafel.
reistafels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reistafel
DNP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DNPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dinitrophenol.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of dynamic nuclear polarization.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Nursing Practice.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dendroaspis natriuretic peptide.
examples: text: the most famous metabolic uncoupling agent is 2,4-dinitrophenol (DNP), a compound which has enjoyed a storied and controversial existence since its discovery approximately 100 years ago. DNP was originally used on an industrial scale to make explosives[…]
ref: 2022 January 6, Nathan Denton, Waisted: The Biology of Body Fat, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: 2,4-dinitrophenol, an organic molecule used in explosives and as a pesticide, an unsafe diet aid, and a suicide method
Related terms: sense: natriuretic peptides
word: ANP
sense: natriuretic peptides
word: BNP
sense: natriuretic peptides
word: CNP
DNPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DNP
rejuggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rejuggles
form: rejuggling
form: rejuggled
form: rejuggled
Etymology: From re- + juggle.
Senses: glosses: To juggle again.
rejuggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejuggle
rejuggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejuggle
rejuggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejuggle
relegable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Suitable for being relegated.
relend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relends
form: relending
form: relent
form: relent
Etymology: From re- + lend.
Senses: glosses: To lend again.
relending
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of relend
relends
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of relend
reliantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more reliantly
form: most reliantly
Etymology: From reliant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a reliant manner.
religiouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of religious
reliver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relivers
Etymology: From relive + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] a reliver of traumas tried to relieve his traumas by inflicting and externalizing them on others on a massive scale: shame and blame on you and you and you. Reliving traumas by externalizing them does not release their grip, however […]
ref: 2007, The Journal of Psychohistory, volume 35, numbers 1-4, page 63:
glosses: One who relives.
relivers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reliver
rellish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rellishes
form: rellishing
form: rellished
form: rellished
Senses: examples: text: Now Vlysses, I begin to relliſh thy aduice
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], column 2:
glosses: Obsolete form of relish.
rellish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rellishes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of relish.
rellished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rellish
rellishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rellish
rellishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rellish
rellishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rellish
reluctancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reluctancy
peasant blouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peasant blouse
hyperstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperstores
Etymology: From hyper- + store.
Senses: glosses: A hypermarket.
glosses: A big box.
hyperstores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperstore
Catullan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Catullan
form: most Catullan
Etymology: From Catullus + -an.
Senses: examples: text: He does so chiefly by employing graphic language (especially related to passive homosexual acts) which calls into sexual question the virility of the Catullan persona.
ref: 1996, Christopher John Nappa, The man and the mask : persona, character, and technique in the poems of Catullus:
topics: communications
journalism
literature
media
poetry
publishing
writing
glosses: Of or relating to the ancient poet Catullus.
remigial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to the remiges.
rended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rend
repandly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more repandly
form: most repandly
Etymology: From repand + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a repand manner.
household arts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Meronym: housework
text: For the Phaeacian women as far exceeded all other women in household arts as the mariners of that country did the rest of mankind in the management of ships.
ref: 1855, Thomas Bulfinch, chapter 23, in Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable:
text: The Vicar's wife was much the same,
In fairer form presented—
A lively, yet a quiet dame,
With home, sweet home, contented.
In parish, needs; and household arts,
A lesson to this glib age;
Well versed in pickles, jams, and tarts,
Piano, chess, and cribbage.
ref: 1895, R. D. Blackmore, "Buscombe; or, A Michaelmas Goose" in Fringilla: Some Tales In Verse
text: The Moroccan lady knows little of cooking, needlework or any household arts.
ref: 1920, Edith Wharton, chapter 5, in In Morocco:
text: The inventory collectively amounts to the ingredients of an ideally wholesome, happy home — tools for a set of forgotten skills, tastes and virtues I casually refer to as “the household arts” — a medium that includes warm sheets stacked on ironing boards, pies cooling on windowsills, Mason jars full of last summer’s gooseberries, and cans of Old Dutch Cleanser under the sink.
ref: 2011 January 19, Cintra Wilson, “A Primer for the Wholesome, Happy Home”, in New York Times, retrieved 03 Dec 2015:
synonyms: domestic arts
domestic science
domestic sciences
home economics
homemaking
;
householdry
qualifier: set phrase
glosses: Theory and practice involving the skills and specialized knowledge in performing the domestic tasks required to care for the home and its occupants.
Related terms: women's work
household art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: household arts
Senses: glosses: singular of household arts
antilymphocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + lymphocyte.
Senses: examples: text: The high prevalence of CMV infection in our sample may be because most of our patients had received kidneys from deceased donors who underwent polyclonal antilymphocyte globulin induction therapy (Thymoglobulin®), known as one of the primary risk factors for CMV infection [12 ,13 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “Hospital Admission following Acute Kidney Injury in Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Associated with a Negative Impact on Graft Function after 1-Year”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: That acts against lymphocytes
raw_tags: of an antibody
biolipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biolipids
Etymology: From bio- + lipid.
Senses: examples: text: This result indicates that in fact, the three cell lines are responsive to this biolipid.
ref: 2015 September 30, “LPA Induces Colon Cancer Cell Proliferation through a Cooperation between the ROCK and STAT-3 Pathways”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any lipid that has biological activity
bipartidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bipartite + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the number of candidatures and electoral choices were initially small and increased during the transition from bipartidism to pluripartidism [24 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “Stylized Facts in Brazilian Vote Distributions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The state or condition of having a two-party system.
brachygnathism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From brachy- + gnatho- + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: None of the lambs had malformation evocative of SBV infection (arthrogryposis-hydranencephaly syndrome, stiff neck, scoliosis, brachygnathism).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An underbite caused by a shortening of the upper mandible (in animals)
Related terms: brachygnathic
brachygnathia
brachygnathous
chalimus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chalimi
Senses: examples: text: Samples of nauplius, copepodid and chalimus stages consisted of pools of parasites.
ref: 2015 September 30, “A Survey of the ATP-Binding Cassette (ABC) Gene Superfamily in the Salmon Louse ( Lepeophtheirus salmonis )”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The post-copepodid stage of a caligid parasite, having a frontal filament for attaching to the host
equivalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalizations
Senses: examples: text: The reason for equivalization is to allow for household economies of scale–for example, cooking a meal for four people costs less than cooking four separate meals for one person.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Did Socioeconomic Inequality in Self-Reported Health in Chile Fall after the Equity-Based Healthcare Reform of 2005? A Concentration Index Decomposition Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of equivalisation.
equivalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: equivalizes
form: equivalizing
form: equivalized
form: equivalized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of equivalise.
equivalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of equivalize
equivalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We included estimates of the inequality ratio and inequality gap, based on equivalized household income quintiles.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Did Socioeconomic Inequality in Self-Reported Health in Chile Fall after the Equity-Based Healthcare Reform of 2005? A Concentration Index Decomposition Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Modified by equivalization
exodeviation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exodeviations
Etymology: From exo- + deviation.
Senses: examples: text: Patients with convergence insufficiency type exotropia, exodeviation greater at near than at distance of ≥10Δ, were excluded.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Predictive Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcome of Unilateral Lateral Rectus Recession”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A form of exotropia.
exodrift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exodrifts
Etymology: From exo- + drift.
Senses: examples: text: The rate of exodrift from one month after surgery until the last follow-up was 3.0±3.8 Δ/year (range, -2.3–15.7Δ/year).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Predictive Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcome of Unilateral Lateral Rectus Recession”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A tendency to exotropia
exodrifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Previous reports on unilateral LR recession commonly show extremely low rates of initial overcorrection and large exodrifts after surgery suggesting that the surgical dose may be increased.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Predictive Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcome of Unilateral Lateral Rectus Recession”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of exodrift
fungalysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fungalysins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of metallopeptidases found in mushrooms of the genus Coprinopsis.
fungalysins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Such metalloproteases have been reported as allergen from certain pathogenic molds such as Aspergillus fumigatus (Asp f 5) [38 ] and are popularly known as fungalysins.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Search for Allergens from the Pollen Proteome of Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.): A Major Sensitizer for Respiratory Allergy Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of fungalysin
glycoallergen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycoallergens
Etymology: From glyco- + allergen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any glycoside allergen.
glycoallergens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The antigenic nature of the sugar moiety of the glycoallergens was studied by meta-periodate modification of IgE-immunoblot.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Search for Allergens from the Pollen Proteome of Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L.): A Major Sensitizer for Respiratory Allergy Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glycoallergen
hyperseptation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + septation.
Senses: examples: text: Deletion of Smkin3 led to fewer septa and increased protoplast regeneration and aerial hyphae formation, whereas deletion of Smkin24 caused hyperseptation and sterility.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Germinal Center Kinases SmKIN3 and SmKIN24 Are Associated with the Sordaria macrospora Striatin-Interacting Phosphatase and Kinase (STRIPAK) Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Excessive septation
hypochordal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + chordal.
Senses: examples: text: In this regard, a thorough and explanatory embryology-based classification of bony malformations of the craniovertebral junction has been elaborated by Pang and Thompson [87 ], who indicate that malformations of the arch of the atlas emerge from disturbances of the lateral zone of the upper cervical sclerotome (posterior arch) and the hypochordal bow (anterior arch).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Possible Further Evidence of Low Genetic Diversity in the El Sidrón (Asturias, Spain) Neandertal Group: Congenital Clefts of the Atlas”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: ventral to the spinal cord
glosses: Relating to the hypochord
hypomyelinogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypo- + myelinogenesis.
Senses: examples: text: Infection by pestiviruses like border disease virus and bovine viral diarrhea virus are characterized by CNS dysplasia and hypomyelinogenesis in a similar way than following AKAV infection [40 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of insufficient myelin
microaggregate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microaggregates
Etymology: From micro- + aggregate.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we also found higher OC concentration in topsoil smaller aggregates, probably because smaller aggregates have larger surface area and then can absorb more OC. On the other hand, decomposition efficiency of microbe and enzyme on OC may be lower in smaller aggregates owing to greater physical protection, in the light of the theory that microaggregate is formed within macroaggregate structure [23 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “Topsoil and Deep Soil Organic Carbon Concentration and Stability Vary with Aggregate Size and Vegetation Type in Subtropical China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A microscopic aggregate
microaggregates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Previous studies had shown that the degree of protection to microaggregates on OC was higher than that of the macroaggregates, since the mean residence time (MRT) of OC in macroaggregates is less than in microaggregates [43 ,44 ,45 ]. von Lützow et al.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Topsoil and Deep Soil Organic Carbon Concentration and Stability Vary with Aggregate Size and Vegetation Type in Subtropical China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microaggregate
myceliogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mycelio- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Asexual reproduction occurs by myceliogenic germination of sclerotia directly resulting in new sclerotia or mycelium that eventually produces sclerotia.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Genetic Variation of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum from Multiple Crops in the North Central United States”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That forms mycelia
Derived terms: myceliogenically
osteomarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteomarkers
Etymology: From osteo- + marker.
Senses: examples: text: Extents of osteoblast differentiation were monitored by Alizarin red staining (A), and the mRNA levels of the PHD 1–3 and osteomarker marker genes were determined by RT-PCR (B).
ref: 2015 September 30, “Involvement of Prolyl Hydroxylase Domain Protein in the Rosiglitazone-Induced Suppression of Osteoblast Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any substance used as a marker in bone
M62 corridor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the M62 motorway that runs east-west across the north of England from Liverpool to Hull. The majority of professional rugby league teams are located in cities on or near the M62.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: M62, corridor. The area around the M62, including the conurbations of Merseyside, Warrington, Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire and Hull.
examples: text: The USARL’s first major event as the new governing body will be a fiesta in Florida as Leeds return to Jacksonville in January, facing the US Pioneers, a domestic representative team. Meanwhile, thanks to the heroic work of Romeo Monteith and his colleagues, Jamaica now has two divisions in their league. Our game is booming in the most unlikely of places. That M62 corridor is getting rather long.
ref: 2014 November 20, Gavin Willacy, “After losing the Four Nations final, are Australia gearing up for an Ashes tour?”, in The Guardian:
text: Those in the M62 corridor have more than a passing tendency to exhibit bitterness at rugby union’s global appeal and national media profile rather than simply celebrating the plus points of each other’s games.
ref: 2015 February 13, Mark Smith, “Super League Magic Weekend proves North East fans back big events”, in Newcastle Chronicle:
glosses: The area where rugby league dominates over rugby union; rugby league fandom.
these islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Circumlocution to avoid the word British in the phrase British Isles.
Senses: examples: text: Since the Lions only play outside the British Isles or these islands, the opportunity for Irish nationalists to insist that the former description should not be used has not been taken.
ref: 2001, John McGarry, Northern Ireland and the Divided World: Post-Agreement Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231:
text: In all documents jointly drawn up by the British and Irish governments, the archipelago is simply referred to as "these islands."
ref: 2010, World and Its Peoples, Marshall Cavendish, →ISBN, page 8:
text: The west coast from Kerry north to Donegal has high cliffs interspersed with sandy beaches and one major estuary, that of the Shannon, the largest river in these islands.
ref: 2010, Clive Hutchinson, Birds in Ireland, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 16:
text: Same-sex marriage proposals have been greenlit in Jersey and Guernsey - meaning that Northern Ireland is the only remaining part of these islands where marriage equality continues to be blocked.
ref: 2016 April 26, Nick Duffy, “Isle of Man finally passes same-sex marriage”, in Pink News:
glosses: The archipelago in the North Atlantic comprising Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding islands.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see these, islands.
Synonyms: Anglo-Celtic Isles
British Isles
British and Irish Isles
Islands of the North Atlantic
placentome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placentomes
Etymology: From placenta + -ome.
Senses: examples: text: Tissue samples were taken from extraembryonic structures (intercotyledonary membrane, placentome, umbilical cord, amniotic fluid, meconium), and organs including CNS (brain, cerebellum, brainstem, spinal cord), lymphoid organs (prescapular, mesenteric, submandibular, mediastinic lymphnodes, thymus and spleen), other inner organs and tissues (gonads, adrenal gland, liver and lung) and musculoskeletal structures (femoral cartilage, Musculus Semitendinosus) for viral RNA detection.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: All the tissue associated with placentation (the cotyledon and the caruncle)
Derived terms: interplacentome
microplacentome
Related terms: placentomal
placentomic
placentomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The Intercotyledonary membrane was sampled in the area surrounding the collected placentomes.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of placentome
pluripartidism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The number of candidates was lower during the military regime due to the several restrictions, increased after the restoration of pluripartidism in 1980 and attained a relative stabilization at a higher level after 1986.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Stylized Facts in Brazilian Vote Distributions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A multiparty system
polysialyltransferase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysialyltransferases
Etymology: From poly- + sialyltransferase.
Senses: examples: text: Considering gene function, ST8SIA2 could be related to the putative pathological mechanism of both schizophrenia and BD. Animal studies have shown that the amount of polySia synthesized by polysialyltransferase encoded by ST8SIA2 is crucial during brain development [42, 43 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “Association between ST8SIA2 and the Risk of Schizophrenia and Bipolar I Disorder across Diagnostic Boundaries”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any transferase that promotes polysialylation
precolostral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + colostral.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore in the current study, with no lamb showing SBV-associated abnormalities it is not surprising that all the precolostral sera were negative.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Experimental Infection of Sheep at 45 and 60 Days of Gestation with Schmallenberg Virus Readily Led to Placental Colonization without Causing Congenital Malformations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to receiving colostrum
protoperithecium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoperithecia
Etymology: From proto- + perithecium.
Senses: glosses: A structure that develops into a perithecium
Derived terms: protoperithecial
protoperithecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: These hyphal coils develop into pre-fruiting bodies named protoperithecia within 5 days.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Germinal Center Kinases SmKIN3 and SmKIN24 Are Associated with the Sordaria macrospora Striatin-Interacting Phosphatase and Kinase (STRIPAK) Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of protoperithecium
reserpinised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: reserpinized
Etymology: From reserpine + -ise + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, reserpinised heart perfused with 1 μM ISO displayed a rapid response similar to that seen in control heart.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Silymarin Constituent 2,3-Dehydrosilybin Triggers Reserpine-Sensitive Positive Inotropic Effect in Perfused Rat Heart”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Treated with reserpine
rhodocytin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The maximum concentration of rhodocytin, a potent CLEC-2 agonist, resulted in release of approximately 60% 5-HT or PDGF, whereas CASMCs stimulated 20% release from WT platelets.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Stimulate Platelets and Facilitate Thrombus Formation through Platelet CLEC-2: Implications in Atherothrombosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein found in venom of the viper Calloselasma rhodostoma
thecostracan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thecostracans
Etymology: From Thecostraca + -an.
Senses: examples: text: While nine barnacle species are recorded for the German sectors of the North and Baltic Sea [95 ], the total number of thecostracan species inhabiting the North Sea is unknown.
ref: 2015 September 30, “The Application of DNA Barcodes for the Identification of Marine Crustaceans from the North Sea and Adjacent Regions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any barnacle etc. of the class Thecostraca (formerly a subclass).
trigeminocervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪkəl
Etymology: From trigemino- + cervical.
Senses: examples: text: A recent experimental study showed that a dual antagonist of both orexin receptors 1 and 2 attenuated neurogenic dural vasodilation and trigeminocervical complex activation and reduced susceptibility to KCl-evoked cortical spreading depression in animal models of migraine [35 ].
ref: 2015 September 30, “The Prevalence and Characteristics of Primary Headache and Dream-Enacting Behaviour in Japanese Patients with Narcolepsy or Idiopathic Hypersomnia: A Multi-Centre Cross-Sectional Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the trigeminal nerve and the cervix
ultrafractionation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + fractionation.
Senses: examples: text: To assess the subcellular localization of LjABCG1, both sucrose density gradient ultrafractionation and aqueous two-phase partitioning system were performed, followed by western blot analysis using antibody against LjABCG1 and root culture of Lotus corniculatus, a close relative of L.
ref: 2015 September 30, “Molecular Characterization of LjABCG1, an ATP-Binding Cassette Protein in Lotus japonicus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: fractionation by means of an ultracentrifuge
articulatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From articulatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Very little research has, however, directly examined the limitations of native perception, especially for contrasts that are only minimally differentiated acoustically and articulatorily. […] We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, articulation.
briakinumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From -kin- (“interleukin”) + -umab (“human monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: examples: text: As another interleukin 12/23 antagonist, briakinumab, was withdrawn from further development in part due to concerns about cardiovascular safety, discussion has also emerged on cardiovascular safety of ustekinumab.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Patient Preferences for Biologicals in Psoriasis: Top Priority of Safety for Cardiovascular Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A human monoclonal antibody being developed to treat rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, and multiple sclerosis.
devitellinised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In situ hybridisations were performed on devitellinised embryos still wrapped around the yolk and on embryos with the yolk dissected away.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Divergent RNA Localisation Patterns of Maternal Genes Regulating Embryonic Patterning in the Butterfly Pararge aegeria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of devitellinized.
extraovarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛk.strəˌəʊˈvɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɛk.strəˌoʊˈvɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From extra- + ovarian.
Senses: examples: text: At mid-pregnancy, feline CLs require extraovarian luteotropic signals which most likely come from the placenta.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Non-Invasive Pregnancy Diagnosis in Big Cats using the PGFM (13,14-dihydro-15-keto-PGF 2α ) Assay”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Outside the ovary.
costophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From costo- + phrenic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of phrenicocostal.
synonyms: word: phrenicocostal
cytostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cytostructure.
hypothyroidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hypothyroid + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In the context of FERG, risk assessment was used to estimate the burden of dioxin-related hypothyroidy and impaired fertility.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Methodological Framework for World Health Organization Estimates of the Global Burden of Foodborne Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: hypothyroidism
interintromission
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + intromission.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, we calculated the intromission ratio (number of intromissions/(number of intromissions+number of mounts) and the interintromission interval (time from first intromission to ejaculation (or last copulatory event if the male did not achieve ejaculation)/number of intromissions).
ref: 2015 December 4, “Silent or Vocalizing Rats Copulate in a Similar Manner”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Between intromissions in sexual intercourse.
ovastacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovastacins
Etymology: From ovo- + astacin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An astacin found in oocytes, involved in the hardening of the zona pellucida
metaphasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metaphase + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: To obtain metaphasic chromosomes, root-tip spreads were prepared using pectinase (15 U/ml) and cellulase (80 U/ml) digestion prior to squashing in 45% acetic acid onto cleaned microscope slides as described by Schwarzacher et al.
ref: 2015 December 4, “The Molecular Cytogenetic Characterization of Pistachio ( Pistacia vera L.) Suggests the Arrest of Recombination in the Largest Heteropycnotic Pair HC1”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to metaphase.
metaphylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, cattle classified as having high risk of developing BRD, or any that were exhibiting signs of systemic illness or fever also received metaphylactic or therapeutic AMDs during initial processing; lower risk cattle and cattle without clinical BRD were not treated with AMDs at arrival.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Recovered from Feedlot Cattle and Associations with Antimicrobial Use”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to metaphylaxis.
Derived terms: metaphylactically
buccaneerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From buccaneer + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The criminal activities of buccaneers; piracy.
Rasch model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rasch models
Etymology: Named after Georg Rasch.
Senses: glosses: A psychometric model for analysis of categorical data, such as answers to a questionnaire, as a function of the trade-off between (a) the respondent's abilities, attitudes or personality traits and (b) the item difficulty.
pancreatogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pancreato- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: Importantly, markers of early pancreatogenesis (HNF4a, PROX1, FOXA2, PDX1) decreased between days 17 to 26 in both WT and ARX ko cells.
ref: 2015 December 4, “The Role of ARX in Human Pancreatic Endocrine Specification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of the pancreas.
paracopulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + copulatory.
Senses: examples: text: Several studies suggested that the emission of USVs by male rats induces paracopulatory behavior in females.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Silent or Vocalizing Rats Copulate in a Similar Manner”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Designating female animal behaviour that stimulates a male to initiate sexual intercourse.
Synonyms: proceptive
phytocompound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytocompounds
Etymology: From phyto- + compound.
Senses: examples: text: Phytochemical screening also indicated the presence of several bioactive phytocompounds and natural antioxidants that are responsible for its overall activity.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Wild Edible Fruit of Prunus nepalensis Ser. (Steud), a Potential Source of Antioxidants, Ameliorates Iron Overload-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Liver Fibrosis in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any chemical compound of plant origin.
phytocompounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytocompound
polyhormonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + hormonal.
Senses: examples: text: Many in vitro differentiation protocols generate polyhormonal endocrine cells that co-express insulin, glucagon and the transcription factor Aristaless Related Homeobox (ARX).
ref: 2015 December 4, “The Role of ARX in Human Pancreatic Endocrine Specification”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Involving or relating to more than one hormone.
aristaless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arista + -less.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Without an arista.
aristamere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aristameres
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: One of the segments of an arista.
aristameres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristamere
prohead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proheads
Etymology: From pro- + head.
Senses: examples: text: The concatemers are processed into mature chromosomes with cohesive ends, and packaged into prohead shells, during virion assembly.
ref: 2015 December 4, “DNA Packaging Specificity of Bacteriophage N15 with an Excursion into the Genetics of a Cohesive End Mismatch”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A procapsid.
proheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prohead
pseudoreplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudoreplication
subsensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛnsəɹi
Etymology: From sub- + sensory.
Senses: examples: text: Vibration, applied as a subsensory stimulus (i.e. below the sensory threshold) to the foot improves posture and balance in older adults, patients with diabetes, and individuals with stroke.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Effect of Tendon Vibration on Hemiparetic Arm Stability in Unstable Workspaces”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Below the threshold of sensory perception.
superpopulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superpopulations
Etymology: From super- + population.
Senses: examples: text: For each number of subtypes from N = 1 (all cells are indistinct and members of one superpopulation) to N = the number of cells recorded (all cells are unique and no meaningful crossover exists among them) there is some finite range of threshold linkage distances for which N subtypes appear from the data.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Turtle Dorsal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons Comprise Two Distinct Cell Types with Indistinguishable Visual Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The larger population from which a subpopulation is drawn.
superpopulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superpopulation
trilaminar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + laminar.
Senses: examples: text: It receives input from lateral geniculate nucleus (LGN) and thus exemplifies a trilaminar visual cortex that processes information from a well-defined spatio-temporal-chromatic visual input space.
ref: 2015 December 4, “Turtle Dorsal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons Comprise Two Distinct Cell Types with Indistinguishable Visual Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Formed of, or having, three laminae, or thin plates.
Synonyms: trilaminate
tuberculostearic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the name of the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, from which it was first isolated in 1927, and stearic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A saturated fatty acid, 10-methyloctadecanoic acid, produced by Actinomycetales bacteria.
Synonyms: TBSA
phytocomponents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytocomponent
devulgarise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: devulgarises
form: devulgarising
form: devulgarised
form: devulgarised
Etymology: From de- + vulgarise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of devulgarize.
devulgarised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of devulgarise
devulgarises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of devulgarise
devulgarising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of devulgarise
awardings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of awarding
Coandă effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Romanian aerodynamics pioneer Henri Coandă, who was the first to recognize the practical application of the phenomenon in aircraft development.
Senses: glosses: The tendency of a fluid jet to be attracted to a nearby surface.
Janus cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Janus cats
Etymology: After the Roman god with two faces.
Senses: glosses: A cat with diprosopus.
Janus cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Janus cat
vanishing twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanishing twins
Senses: glosses: A fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed by its twin.
Related terms: fetus papyraceus
vanishing twins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanishing twin
fetus papyraceus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A vanishing twin that, rather than being completely reabsorbed, is compressed by its growing twin to a flattened, parchment-like condition.
Congreve matches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Congreve match
Partium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Latin partium (“part, portion (genitive)”).
Senses: glosses: The region located to the north and west of Transylvania.
Bir Tawil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic بِير طَوِيل (bīr ṭawīl) or بِئْر طَوِيل (biʔr ṭawīl, literally “tall water well”).
Senses: glosses: A region of Africa, along the border between Egypt and Sudan, currently considered as terra nullius. It is declared by Egypt to be Sudanese and Sudan to be Egyptian, and claimed by neither country.
Synonyms: Bir Tawil Triangle
Coordinate terms: english: a region claimed by both Sudan and Egypt
translation: a region claimed by both Sudan and Egypt
word: Halaib Triangle
Related terms: sense: terrae nullae
word: Gornja Siga
sense: terrae nullae
word: Marie Byrd Land
quintipoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintipoints
Etymology: From Latin quinque (“five”) + point.
Senses: glosses: A point at which five borders meet.
Related terms: tripoint
quadripoint
quintipoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintipoint
bipoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipoints
Etymology: From bi- + point.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A primitive tool that is pointed at both ends.
Related terms: unipoint
unipoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unipoints
Etymology: From uni- + point.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A primitive tool with a single pointed end.
Related terms: bipoint
unipoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unipoint
bipoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bipoint
GIUK
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Greenland, Iceland, United Kingdom: the boundaries of a naval chokepoint in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
hyang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Hyang.
hyangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyang
gelongma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelongmas
Etymology: From Tibetan དགེ་སློང་མ་ (dge slong ma).
Senses: glosses: A female gelong.
gelongmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelongma
gelong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gelongs
Etymology: From Tibetan དགེ་སློང་ (dge slong).
Senses: glosses: A fully ordained Buddhist monastic observing the entire vinaya.
Related terms: gelongma
gelongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelong
Austral
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Polynesian language spoken on the Austral Islands of French Polynesia.
Related terms: Austral English
benefit corporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benefit corporations
Senses: glosses: A kind of corporate entity that seeks to have a positive impact on society and environment in addition to making profit.
benefit corporations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benefit corporation
atypicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atypicalities
Etymology: From atypical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being atypical
Synonyms: abnormality
unusualness
weirdness
strangeness
focality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focalities
Etymology: From focal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being focal.
examples: text: The electroencephalogram showed several focalities.
glosses: A focal entity, implying something that is different from its surroundings.
Derived terms: multifocality
helminthicide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helminthicides
Etymology: From helminth + -cide.
Senses: glosses: Any substance used to kill helminths.
helminthicides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helminthicide
gonioscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From gonioscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of gonioscopy.
intraplatelet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + platelet.
Senses: glosses: Within a single platelet.
interplatelet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + platelet.
Senses: glosses: Between platelets.
ketocarotenoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ketocarotenoid
stereophotogrammetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to stereophotogrammetry
trifluoromethylbenzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trifluoromethylbenzoates
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of trifluoromethylbenzoic acid.
trifluoromethylbenzoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trifluoromethylbenzoate
lactonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lactonization