cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transdifferentiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of transdifferentiate
transdifferentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transdifferentiate
transdifferentiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Subject to transdifferentiation
turntablists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turntablist
vaquitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaquita
vespids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vespid
adnominalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adnominalize
adnominalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adnominalize
adnominalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adnominalize
adversatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adversative
cills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cill
septins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of septin
hopanoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hopanoid
methanotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methanotroph
hydrocodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrocode
declaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of declaw
declawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of declaw
refits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refit
refitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refit
refitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refittings
Senses: glosses: The act by which something is refitted; a refit.
rehangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehang
rehangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehang
rehanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehang
rehanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehang
reinfections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinfection
tracklistings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tracklisting
Melchiors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Melchior
bookstalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookstall
desyatinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desyatina
sazhens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sazhen
gigapixels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigapixel
refuters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refuter
regularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regularize
regularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regularize
delinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delink
delinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delinkings
Senses: glosses: The process of something being delinked.
delinked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delink
tamponades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tamponade
prentices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prentice
prenticing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prentice
prenticed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prentice
lawsons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lawson
chrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chron
abatjours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abatjour
forebrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forebrain
protoreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoreceptor
larceners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larcener
narcomaniacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narcomaniac
pitchpoles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pitchpole
pitchpoling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pitchpole
pitchpoled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pitchpole
zuffolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zuffolo
zoosperms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoosperm
vizierates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vizierate
clickos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clicko
numericizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of numericize
numericizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of numericize
numericized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of numericize
sulphanilamides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphanilamide
deworms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deworm
deworming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deworm
deworming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dewormings
Senses: examples: text: The vet recommended regular dewormings.
glosses: The elimination of parasitic worms from an animal.
dewormed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deworm
dewaters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dewater
dewatered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dewater
neurotransmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neurotransmission
cytochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cytochrome
moresomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moresome
cameleers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cameleer
bequivers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bequiver
bequivering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bequiver
bequivered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + quivered.
Senses: examples: text: Whenever Apollo, or any other bequivered god, or mortal, catches me affecting such maudling company […] he is welcome to transfix me with his sharpest arrow.
ref: 1819, Jane Porter, The Scottish Chiefs, page 348:
text: How unhappy is the condition of lovers / and of whoever is subject to the bequivered god!
ref: 2010, “English Translation of Parthenio”, in Louise George Clubb, transl., Pollastra and the Origins of Twelfth Night: Parthenio, commedia (1516) with an English Translation, translation of Parthenio by Giovanni Pollastra, →ISBN, page 173:
text: He remembered the prayer he'd promised to arrow up for her boy — a prayer which remained bequivered in his soul.
ref: 2015, Andy Kind, The Unfortunate Adventures of Tom Hillingthwaite, →ISBN, page 31:
glosses: Furnished with, or carrying, a quiver for arrows; or, sheathed as in a quiver.
Synonyms: quivered
bequivered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bequiver + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bequiver
ruricolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ruricolist
landskips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landskip
oppidans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oppidan
papules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papule
plasmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /plæzˈmɒnɪk/
ipa: /plæzˈmɑnɪk/
rhymes: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From plasmon + -ic.
Senses: topics: engineering
nanotechnology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to plasmons, the quasiparticles resulting from the quantization of plasma oscillations.
Derived terms: magnetoplasmonic
nanoplasmonic
optoplasmonic
photoplasmonic
plasmonically
Related terms: plasmonics
photonic
phononic
macroworld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmækɹoʊˌwɝld/
Forms: form: macroworlds
form: macro-world
Etymology: From macro- + world.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps there is indeterminacy in the macroworld, but quantum theory cannot justify such a claim.
ref: 2002, James Franklin Harris, Analytic Philosophy of Religion, →ISBN, page 226:
glosses: A world or reality on a larger scale, thus for example the social scale when discussing individual affairs, or the human scale when discussing particle physics.
Related terms: microworld
nanoworld
macroworlds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroworld
rille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rilles
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rille (“channel”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
planetology
glosses: A long, narrow depression that resembles a channel, found on the surface of various lunar and planetary bodies.
Synonyms: rima
Related terms: mare
graben
flatuency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flatus + -ency.
Senses: glosses: flatulence
ducs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duc
permittivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permittivity
chalumeaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chalumeau
freemartin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freemartins
Etymology: Late 17th century. Etymology unknown.
Senses: glosses: A female calf, born as twin with a bull calf, but sexually imperfect (often infertile).
examples: text: "Has your cat been spayed?" "I didn't need to: she's a freemartin."
glosses: Any female animal born sterile or otherwise infertile.
Derived terms: freemartinism
band-pass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bandpass
Etymology: First emerged in the context of early radio communication; attested in patents filed by Western Electric in 1919.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Letting through only a specific range of electromagnetic frequencies.
Derived terms: band-pass filter
Related terms: bandreject
high-pass
low-pass
passband
bandpass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: From the “highpass-lowpass” filter, “bandpass-bandreject” filter, or the flat amplifier, the signal, after suitable amplification with adjustable gain, may be fed to a meter which gives the root mean square value of the voltage, …
ref: 1950, Machinery and Production Engineering, volume 77, number 2, Machinery Publishing Company, page 636:
glosses: Alternative spelling of band-pass.
bandpass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandpasses
Senses: glosses: A bandpass filter
rilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rille
surface clutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Unwanted echoes usually occur as distributed clutter, as surface clutter (such as land and sea echoes) or as volume clutter (such as rain, chaff).
ref: 2004, Rajeev Bansal, Handbook of Engineering Electromagnetics, →ISBN, page 405:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: volume clutter
glosses: Unwanted radar or sonar wave reflection arising from the land or sea surface.
downlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/
Forms: form: downlinks
Etymology: From down- + link.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.
downlink
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/
Forms: form: downlinks
form: downlinking
form: downlinked
form: downlinked
Etymology: From down- + link.
Senses: glosses: To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.
flowtop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfloʊtɑp/
Forms: form: flowtops
Etymology: From flow + top.
Senses: examples: text: they formed as gas vented from fixed sources at depth, ripping continuous openings through the moving flowtop.
ref: 2007 September 21, Jaeger et al., "Athabasca Valles, Mars: A Lava-Draped Channel System" in Science 317(5845), page 1710 http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/317/5845/1709
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The solid crust on a moving lava flow.
flowtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flowtop
hydrovolcanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪdɹoʊvɑlˈkænɪk/
ipa: /ˌhaɪdɹəvɒlˈkænɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Etymology: From hydro- + volcanic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the interaction between groundwater or surface water and magma.
Synonyms: phreatomagmatic
Related terms: phreatic
interdepositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪntɚˌdɛpəˈzɪʃənəl/
Etymology: From inter- + depositional.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Occurring between depositions, such as between episodes of volcanism.
ponded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pond
ponding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pondings
Senses: topics: business
construction
geography
hydrology
manufacturing
natural-sciences
glosses: The excessive accumulation of water in low-lying areas, remaining 48 hours after the end of rainfall under conditions ordinarily conducive to drying.
glosses: The accumulation of water on a flat roof, potentially leading to leakage.
ponding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pond
debouche
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈbuːʃ/
Forms: form: debouches
form: debouching
form: debouched
form: debouched
Etymology: From French déboucher (“to unblock, uncork; to finish; to culminate”), from dé- (“un-”) + boucher (“to block, stop”).
Senses: examples: text: he debouched by the great high road through the forest, in the rear of the Austrian and Bavarian armies, while General Moreau attacked in front.
ref: 1839, Mathieu Dumas, Memoirs of His Own Time, volume 2, page 192:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To enter into battle.
raw_tags: of a body of soldiers
examples: text: He chose a place called Colmnakill, about six miles farther down the Spey, where a tributary stream, debouching into that river, gave him protection on one side
ref: 1829, Robert Chambers, History of the Rebellions in Scotland, page 57:
topics: geography
hydrology
natural-sciences
glosses: To discharge into a larger body of water such as a lake or sea.
raw_tags: of a river or stream
subaqueous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈeɪ.kwi.əs/
ipa: /sɐˈbæek.wi.əs/
ipa: /sɐˈbæek.wi.ɘs/
Forms: form: sub-aqueous
form: subaquæous
Etymology: From sub- + aqueous.
Senses: examples: subaqueous deposits
glosses: Existing below the water surface.
examples: a subaqueous helmet
glosses: Designed for underwater use.
examples: text: subaqueous light
text: The room was dimly lit by a subaqueous light filtering through a green blind, and Rita had to edge her way round a double bed that barely allowed room to reach a bedside table, for the room, like every other apartment in the house, was clogged with old furniture.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 11:
glosses: Weak and filtered.
Synonyms: word: subaquatic
word: submerged
word: underwater
word: subaqueous
Hyponyms: word: submarine
word: undersea
word: submerged
word: sunk
word: benthal
word: benthic
word: benthopelagic
Derived terms: subaqueously
Related terms: word: submarine
word: deep
word: subterranean
subaqueously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /sʌˈbeɪkwi.əsli/
Etymology: From subaqueous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Taking place underwater.
periglacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɛɹɪˈɡleɪʃəl/
rhymes: -eɪʃəl
homophone: paraglacial stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: From peri- + glacial.
Senses: examples: text: * During the Anglian glaciation, the ice caps were smaller than during earlier glacial events, but conditions in the periglacial areas around the ice were far more severe.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 167:
topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the area around the edge of a glacier.
Derived terms: periglacially
Related terms: periglaciation
supermicroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + microscopy.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Very powerful microscopy, such as atomic force microscopy or electron microscopy.
Derived terms: supermicroscopic
Related terms: supermicroscope
nanoantenna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoantennas
form: nanoantennae
Etymology: From nano- + antenna.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale antenna-like structure for sending and transmitting electromagnetic waves.
Related terms: nanotool
nanoantennas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoantenna
nanoantennae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoantenna
German virgin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: German virgins
Etymology: A pun on nine nine and German nein nein (“no, no”).
Senses: topics: card-games
poker
glosses: A poker hand in Texas hold 'em, consisting of two nine cards.
purey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pureys
Etymology: From pure + -y.
Senses: examples: 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 76,
[…] an unclouded blue marble (known to marble shooters, at least in the twenties, as a "purey"), […]
glosses: A marble, of the sort used in playing marbles, that is one solid color through and through.
apparitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apparitional
form: most apparitional
Etymology: From apparition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: People enough, first and last, had been in terror of apparitions, but who had ever before so turned the tables and become himself, in the apparitional world, an incalculable terror?
ref: 1908, Henry James, chapter 2, in The Jolly Corner:
text: Since the people of this period carved innumerable vulvas on the walls of the caves, it is natural to assume that the monthly rhythms of the vulva were closely attended to, and that ovulation was no invisible event but was a subtle tidal pulse that seemed to be drawn by the apparitional light of the full moon.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 105:
topics: lifestyle
religion
synonyms: ghostly
immaterial
spectral
glosses: Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions
pureys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purey
make off with
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes off with
form: making off with
form: made off with
form: made off with
Senses: examples: text: "Supposing now that some of them were to slip into the boat at night and cut the cable, and make off with her? That would be a pretty go, that would."
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: To steal (something) and flee.
glosses: To run away together with someone.
examples: text: "Gaston: The Beast will make off with your children! He'll come after them in the night!"
ref: 1991, Horward Ashman, The Mob Song - Beauty and the Beast:
glosses: To capture (someone) and flee.
Related terms: make off
debouching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of debouche
debouched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of debouche
subvocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊkəl
Etymology: From sub- + vocal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining words or statements formed in thought and expressed inwardly but not, or not yet, uttered aloud.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated speech that is inaudible or barely audible; subtonic.
Derived terms: subvocalization
subvocalize
subvocally
subvocally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From subvocal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a subvocal manner.
parrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrats
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of parrot.
subtonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + tonic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to imperfectly articulated sounds or utterances that are inaudible or barely audible, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (Guide to Pronunciation, 1833).
subtonic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtonics
Etymology: From sub- + tonic.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The note immediately below the upper note of a musical scale.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: An imperfectly articulated sound or utterance, as characterized by Dr. James Rush (Guide to Pronunciation, 1833).
langot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: langots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of langoti (“Indian loincloth”).
lingot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lingots
Etymology: Borrowed from French lingot, from English ingot.
Senses: glosses: A linget or ingot.
glosses: A mould for casting metals.
orange pekoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orange pekoes
Senses: glosses: A high-quality grade of black tea from India and Sri Lanka.
exoribonuclease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoribonucleases
Etymology: From exo- + ribonuclease.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ribonuclease that catalyzes the exonucleolytic cleavage of nucleotides from a ribonucleotide chain.
Related terms: endoribonuclease
exoribonucleases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exoribonuclease
subvocalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: subvocalizes
form: subvocalizing
form: subvocalized
form: subvocalized
Etymology: From sub- + vocalize.
Senses: glosses: To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without uttering them aloud.
Related terms: subvocalization
subvocalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subvocalizations
Etymology: From sub- + vocalization.
Senses: glosses: The formation in thought of words or statements, which are expressed inwardly but not uttered aloud.
glosses: Subvocal words or statements so formed.
transwell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹænzwɛl/
Forms: form: transwells
Etymology: From trans- + well, originally from the Transwell brand of inserts.
Senses: examples: text: In one experiment, Pneumocystis was inoculated into transwells and treated according to the cultivation protocol for 56 days (Table 4).
ref: 2005, Melanie T. Cushion, Peter D. Walzer, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, page 655:
topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A membrane insert used for cell cultures, between agar wells.
transwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transwell
farnesylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: farnesylates
form: farnesylating
form: farnesylated
form: farnesylated
Etymology: From farnesyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To attach a farnesyl group to a protein.
Derived terms: farnesylation
farnesyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: farnesyls
Etymology: From farnesol + -yl. Thus ultimately from Farnese via Vachellia farnesiana (sweet acacia tree) and its namesake Odoardo Cardinal Farnese.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from farnesol.
wikipedia: Odoardo Cardinal Farnese
Derived terms: farnesylate
farnesyl pyrophosphate
farnesylpyrophosphate
farnesyltransferase
Related terms: farnesene
farnesoid
biosensing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + sensing.
Senses: examples: text: All sensing and biosensing techniques developed for the determination of various classes of coronaviruses are useful to recognize the newly immerged coronavirus, i.e., SARS-CoV-2.
ref: 2021, Y. Orooji, H. Sohrabi, “An Overview on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Other Human Coronaviruses and Their Detection Capability via Amplification Assay, Chemical Sensing, Biosensing, Immunosensing, and Clinical Assays”, in Nano-micro letters, volume 13, number 1, →DOI, →PMID:
topics: biotechnology
engineering
medicine
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of nanoscale or microscale biological sensors.
Related terms: biosensor
biomarker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/
ipa: /ˈbaɪəʊˌmɑːkə/
Forms: form: biomarkers
Etymology: From bio- + marker.
Senses: examples: text: The goal of combining biomarkers is usually to increase the predictive power beyond that afforded by an individual molecular biomarker.
ref: 2017, Sudhir Srivastava, Biomarkers in Cancer Screening and Early Detection, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 263:
text: “We are very interested in the concept of biomarkers, including digital biomarkers; in other words, the pattern of your accessing the internet may allow us to detect whether or not you are going to turn out to be vulnerable or not,” said Fineberg, although she admits at present this is just a theoretical idea.
ref: 2018 October 8, Nicola Davis, quoting Naomi Fineberg, “Cyberchondria and cyberhoarding: is internet fuelling new conditions?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A substance used as an indicator of a biological state, most commonly disease.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any measurable phenomenon that indicates the presence of life.
Derived terms: glycobiomarker
immunobiomarker
multibiomarker
neurobiomarker
psychobiomarker
Related terms: biomark
biomarking
biochemical
bioindicator
biomolecule
biosignature
phatter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of phat: more phat
biomarkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomarker
phattest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of phat: most phat
reeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reeve
angiomyogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angio- + myogenesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The regeneration of myocardial tissue.
Related terms: angiomyogenic
angioneogenesis
Kantean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kantean
form: most Kantean
Etymology: From Kant + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kantian.
Kantean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kanteans
Etymology: From Kant + -ean.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kantian.
nucular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnukjəlɚ/
enpr: no͞oʹkyələr
ipa: /ˈnjuːkjələ/
enpr: nyo͞oʹkyələ
Etymology: Respelling representing a mispronunciation of nuclear by metathesis and epenthesis or by association with nuke.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of nuclear.
nucular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnukjəlɚ/
enpr: no͞oʹkyələr
ipa: /ˈnjuːkjələ/
enpr: nyo͞oʹkyələ
Forms: form: more nucular
form: most nucular
Etymology: From nucule + -ar.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Nut-shaped; of or relating to a nucule — a section of a compound (usually hard) fruit.
chemoattractant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemoattractants
Etymology: From chemo- + attractant.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A substance inducing positive chemotaxis in motile cells.
Related terms: chemoattractand
chemorepellent
chemoattractants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoattractant
karanteen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: karanteen
Senses: glosses: A saltwater fish of any of several varieties found in the waters near southern Africa.
A strepie, bamboo fish or striped karanteen (Sarpa salpa).
glosses: A saltwater fish of any of several varieties found in the waters near southern Africa.
A white karanteen or karanteen sea bream (Crenidens crenidens).
transendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹænzɛndoʊˈθiliəl/
Etymology: From trans- + endothelial.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Across the endothelium.
karstology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From karst + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: The symposium on physical speleology had six sessions, at which 33 papers were presented, on the origin and morphology of caves, economic speleology, cave sediments, climatology of caves, caves around the Mediterranean, regional karstology, general karstology . . .
ref: 1962, Rane L. Curl, "Speleology," Science, New Series, vol. 137, no. 3526, p. 285
glosses: A field within geomorphology, specializing in the study of karst formations.
Derived terms: karstological
karstologist
anthropomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthropomorphs
Etymology: From anthropo- + -morph.
Senses: glosses: A figure in ancient art resembling a human being.
examples: text: The aspect which attracts me to the idea of anthropomorphs *is* their differences from humans, particularly in the ways it shapes their social behavior.
ref: 1992 October 15, Simon Raboczi, “The 'humanity' of furries”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
glosses: An anthropomorphic character.
daddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdædiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of daddy
glosses: plural of daddie
pancreases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreas
glosses: plural of pancrease
rousers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rouser
microvessel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌvɛsl̩/
Forms: form: microvessels
Etymology: From micro- + vessel.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A very small blood vessel, such as a capillary or arteriole.
microvessels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microvessel
archetyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of archetype
archetyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of archetype
encephalomyocarditis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˌsɛfəloʊmaɪoʊkaɹˈdaɪtɪs/
rhymes: -aɪtɪs
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non-human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system.
Synonyms: EMC
Derived terms: encephalomyocarditic
ascites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈsaɪtiːz/
Forms: form: ascites
Etymology: From Latin ascītēs, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσκίτης (askítēs), from ἀσκός (askós, “wineskin”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
Synonyms: hydroperitoneum
seroperitoneum
abdominal dropsy
Derived terms: ascitic
ascitogenic
chylous ascites
Related terms: ascetic
extravasation
third spacing
sensationalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sensationalize
sensationalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sensationalize
sensationalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sensationalize
antisense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/
/ˌæntiˈsɛns/
Forms: form: antisenses
Etymology: From anti- + sense.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.
Derived terms: antisense therapy
nonantisense
antisense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌæntaɪˈsɛns/
/ˌæntiˈsɛns/
Etymology: From anti- + sense.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Complementary to a strand coding for RNA or protein.
raw_tags: of a strand of nucleic acid
antisenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisense
sensationalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sensationalises
form: sensationalising
form: sensationalised
form: sensationalised
Etymology: From sensational + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sensationalize.
sensationalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sensationalise
sensationalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sensationalise
sensationalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sensationalise
poopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poopy
subsumes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of subsume
subsuming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subsume
subsumed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subsume
bratstvo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bratstvos
form: bratstva
Senses: glosses: A union of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
macadamia nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macadamia nut
Indian summers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indian summer
crackpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crackpot
cremating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cremate
cremates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cremate
Guoyu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kuo-Yü
form: Kuoyu
Etymology: From Mandarin 國語／国语 (guóyǔ, literally “nation-language” or “country-language”).
Senses: glosses: The standardized spoken Chinese language, also referred to as Standard Mandarin. The term remains in common use in the Republic of China (Taiwan) and colloquially in Hong Kong (along with Putonghua). In mainland China, Guoyu or Taiwan Guoyu is used to refer to Taiwanese Mandarin (standard), as opposed to mainland standard Mandarin.
glosses: The language the Emperor of China spoke.
Synonyms: sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Mandarin
sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Mandarin Chinese
sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Standard Mandarin
sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Standard Spoken Chinese
sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Standard Chinese
sense: standardized spoken Chinese
word: Putonghua
competes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpiːts/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of compete
coincides
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coincide
naturalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: naturalized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of naturalise
natively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈneɪtɪvli/
Etymology: From native + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He spoke French natively, having been born there, and English almost as well.
text: This is because by definition, a pidgin is not learned natively.
ref: 2019, Nico Hess, Introducing Global Englishes, page 229:
glosses: In the manner of a native, especially a native speaker.
examples: text: This is a Microsoft Windows application, so you can't run it natively on an Apple Mac.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the computer or architecture in question; without the use of emulation, etc.
raw_tags: of software
examples: text: The experiment showed only what the mass must always be— natively incapable of controlling their passions, natively eager for their enjoyment, and natively envious of the original superiority of birth, affluence, and knowledge.
ref: 1835 October, “William Pitt: No. VIII”, in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 38, page 455:
text: The vines of some species are always found natively in limy soils, and varieties of such species generally succeed well in such soils.·
ref: 1909, Thomas Volney Munson, Foundations of American Grape Culture, page 118:
text: Since a transsexual is a person with natively male genitalia who nevertheless has had a lifelong sense of femaleness, the purpose of surgery should logically be to provide such a person with anatomy and sexual response as close as possible to that of any other woman.
ref: 1976 August 21, Amalthea, “The Sexual Politics of Transsexual Surgery”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 8, page 8:
text: Several useful fetures of disordered regions are, however, discernable, and we consider them in the context of a few of the structurally and biochemically characterized biologic systems in which the function of natively unfolded proteins has been investigated.
ref: 2013, George Plopper, David Sharp, Eric Sikorski, Lewin's Cells, page 220:
text: The sin of Adam, by which we are brought under condemnation, is ours originally, natively, and intrinsically; and the nature which we inherit and originally possess is the very nature by which the apostasy was wrought.
ref: 2022, Samuel J. Baird, The Elohim Revealed, page 430:
glosses: In the manner that occurs naturally; without intervention or training.
examples: text: On the other hand, some subjects are not natively interesting, but they become interesting when we study them extensively, that is, they have an acquired interest.
ref: 1900, The Coming Age - Volumes 3-4, page 236:
text: In sizing up his first season with the Smart Set, Indianapolis-based columnist Will M. Lewis concluded that Dudley's portrayal of George Washington Bullion "belongs to the Hogan class; not so natively funny, but with better judgement. […]"
ref: 2009, Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff, Ragged but Right, page 91:
text: Even natively fictive characters can be used as a commentary on real-life politicians such as Donald Trump.
ref: 2023, Tobias Kunz, Lukas R.A. Wilde, Transmedia Character Studies, page 211:
glosses: Inherently, innately.
meronyms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meronym
dwarf planets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dwarf planet
it never rains but it pours
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: it never rains but that it pours
form: when it rains, it pours
Etymology: Attested as early as the early 18th century. The modern form of the expression first appeared in print as early as 1772. For quotations using this term, see Citations:it never rains but it pours.
Senses: synonyms: misfortunes never come singly
glosses: Unfortunate events occur in quantity.
Coordinate terms: bad things come in threes
hydrogen cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrogen car
hydrogen vehicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrogen vehicle
terebinth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terebinths
Etymology: From Middle English therebynte, from Old French terebinthe, from Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos), from Pre-Greek. Related to turpentine and terpene.
Senses: glosses: A Mediterranean tree (Pistacia terebinthus and, possibly, Pistacia palaestina)
Derived terms: terebinthine
Related terms: terebene
terebic
terpene
terpineol
terpin
tarpin
turpentine
second opinion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second opinions
Senses: examples: text: After my doctor told me that my illness was psychosomatic, I sought a second opinion.
glosses: An appraisal or diagnosis by a knowledgeable professional, such as a lawyer or physician, who has been consulted in order to confirm or disconfirm the advice or view of another person previously consulted.
on earth
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on Earth
Senses: examples: text: Really, if the lower orders don’t set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility.
ref: 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act I]:
text: A. Fink-Nottle: But it's absolute balderdash, Bertie. I mean, listen to this: "Sure and begorrah, I don't know what's after being the matter with you, Michael." I mean, what on earth is this "what's after being" stuff mean?
B.W. Wooster: My dear old Gussie, that is how people think Irish people talk.
ref: 1992 April 26, “Hot Off the Press”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 3, Episode 5:
text: How on earth are we supposed to hold our heads high as the 'mother of parliaments' when we allow to continue the practice of almost openly buying a seat in parliament?
ref: 2013 October 31, Rowena Mason, quoting David Steel, “Lord Steel criticises culture of spin and tweeting in modern politics”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
Synonyms: word: the dickens
second opinions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of second opinion
disconfirm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disconfirms
form: disconfirming
form: disconfirmed
form: disconfirmed
Etymology: From dis- + confirm.
Senses: examples: text: The empirical data obtained in a test—or, as we shall prefer to say, the observation sentences describing those data—may then either confirm or disconfirm the given hypothesis, or they may be neutral with respect to it.
ref: 1943, Carl G. Hempel, “A Purely Syntactical Definition of Confirmation”, in The Journal of Symbolic Logic, volume 8, number 4, page 122:
text: As a result, if facts disconfirm the officially sanctioned theoretical vision, they are subordinated.
ref: 2016 September 14, Paul Romer, “The Trouble with Macroeconomics”, in Working paper, page 15:
glosses: To establish the falsity of a claim or belief; to show or to tend to show that a theory or hypothesis is not valid.
Synonyms: infirm
Related terms: disconfirmable
disconfirmation
disconfirmatory
standard ruler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard rulers
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any astronomical object of known diameter whose distance can then be calculated from the angle it subtends
Related terms: standard candle
predicative adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predicative adjective
flavonoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flavonoid
remigrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remigrate
meshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of mesh
meshing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meshings
Senses: examples: text: the meshings of gears
glosses: The act by which something meshes or interlocks.
Derived terms: intermeshing
remeshing
meshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mesh
meshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a meshed fabric used to make breathable garments
glosses: Having a mesh.
examples: text: Brew'd with her sorrow, mesh'd upon her cheeks:
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: mashed; brewed
Derived terms: unmeshed
mountain lions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain lion
doxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doxy
glosses: plural of doxie
arch dells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arch dell
beeswaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beeswax
beeswaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beeswax
beeswaxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beeswax
beeswaxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beeswax
compact disks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compact disk
compact discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compact disc
geekette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geekettes
Etymology: From geek + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: The New York Times called it “another signal moment for bloggers,” while over at HardwareGeeks.com (“a community for sophisticated geeks and geekettes”), they were flying the victory flag: […]
ref: 2005 March, William Powers, “Sleeping With the Enemy”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A female geek.
Synonyms: nerdette
COMUSNAVCENT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of US Naval Forces Central Command.
affluentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affluential
sexagenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexagenarian; Individuals in their sixth decade of life.
colorways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorway
tronc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troncs
Etymology: From French tronc des pauvres (“poor box”).
Senses: glosses: A monetary pool, in which tips are collected and later shared out between all staff, e.g. in a restaurant.
Derived terms: troncmaster
Saffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Saffer
digital forensics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: forensics
glosses: The analysis of digital media to detect forgery or manipulation.