cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Cheyne-Stokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tʃeɪnˈstəʊks/
ipa: /tʃeɪnˈstoʊks/
Etymology: From the names of Scottish physician John Cheyne (1777–1836) and Irish physician William Stokes (1804–1878).
Senses: examples: text: He recognized Cheyne-Stokes tendencies in his respiration—but like everything the symptom served only to turn him in toward his emotion.
ref: 1934, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night: A Romance, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC; republished as chapter IX, in Malcolm Cowley, editor, Tender is the Night: A Romance … With the Author’s Final Revisions, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1951, →OCLC, book III (Casualties: 1925), page 154:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormal pattern of breathing involving apnea alternating with periods of compensatory hyperventilation and with smooth, gradual transitions between the two, characteristic of those in a coma or suffering cardiac or cerebral episodes.
wikipedia: John Cheyne
William Stokes
depressive realism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The controversial hypothesis that people suffering from depression actually have a more accurate perception of reality than those who do not have it.
self-assuredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self-assured + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: For what makes the child in question so appealing is that with words and gestures he is able to communicate to us this understanding of self as well as a (consequent) self-assuredness, a self-assuredness that has no resemblance to what we normally think of as cockiness.
ref: 2006, Thomas J. Cottle, A Sense of Self: The Work of Affirmation, Massachusetts: University of Massachusetts Press, page 37:
glosses: The quality of being self-assured.
vasectomee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vasectomees
Etymology: From vasectomy + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: If the prospective vasectomee or his wife suggests the procedure, the doctor is obligated to explain its drawbacks, even if he regards them as academic or rare.
ref: 1978, H. J. Roberts, Is Vasectomy Safe?: Medical, Public Health, and Legal Implications:
glosses: One who has undergone a vasectomy.
Hypernyms: sterilizee
sterilizee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sterilizees
Etymology: From sterilize + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps a third category is required — nonvoluntary sterilization, or sterilization in the absence of the prospective sterilizee's consent or refusal.
ref: 2000, Carol C. Donley, What's Normal?: Narratives of Mental & Emotional Disorders, page 79:
glosses: One who has undergone sterilization.
Hyponyms: vasectomee
castratee
Natsumi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Kiyomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese きよみ (Kiyomi).
Senses: examples: text: Yamaguchi and Hedican also wanted to start a family, and their wishes came true when daughter Keara Kiyomi Hedican was born on October 1, 2003.
ref: 2013, Judy L. Hasday, Kristi Yamaguchi, Infobase Publishing, page 76:
glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Ayami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Momo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese もも (Momo).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
multipeakon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + peakon.
Senses: examples: text: We consider multipeakon solutions, and to some extent also multishockpeakon solutions, of a coupled two-component integrable PDE found by Geng and Xue as a generalization of Novikov's cubically nonlinear Camassa-Holm type equation.
ref: 2016, Hans Lundmark, Jacek Szmigielski, “Dynamics of interlacing peakons (and shockpeakons) in the Geng-Xue equation”, in arXiv:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one peakon.
nanoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoscope
nanostrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanostring
presortedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From presorted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: We show that this model is meaningful for the notion of presortedness, while still being mathematically tractable.
ref: 2016, Nicolas Auger, Mathilde Bouvel, Cyril Nicaud, Carine Pivoteau, “Analysis of Algorithms for Permutations Biased by Their Number of Records”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality of being presorted.
synchrophasors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synchrophasor
Seiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
splash sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splash stick
Saeko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Terumi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Kotone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
albumblatts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albumblatt
nonprinter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonprinters
Etymology: From non- + printer.
Senses: glosses: One who does not work as a printer.
nonprinters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonprinter
merdaughters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of merdaughter
uberisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Uber + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more. “The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées.
ref: 2015 July 4, Maureen Dowd, “Paris When It Sizzles”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Non-Oxford British standard spelling of Uberization.
Uberization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uberisation
form: uberisation
form: uberization
Etymology: From Uber + -ization. From the brand name Uber, referring to a decentralized ridesharing service.
Senses: examples: text: This Uberization of activism allows corporate sponsors to call the tune: Consider how for-profit colleges leaned on vulnerable students for political pressure, how Comcast enlisted its philanthropic beneficiaries to support the Time Warner merger or the way that the beverage industry hired protesters to oppose soda taxes.
ref: 2015 August 6, Edward T. Walker, “The Uber-ization of Activism”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Aug 2015:
text: Yet the FAA, as a matter of policy, has made Uberization difficult, say industry observers. Operators say the certification process is cumbersome and favors large, well-established airlines with deep pockets — in other words, it ensures the same four carriers will continue to dominate the industry.
ref: 2015 July 30, Christopher Elliott, “It’s time for the Uber of air travel”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Aug 2015:
text: The worst aspect of the "Uberization" of our economy may not be the transformation of workers who could once earn a living wage into "independent contractors" who can barely make ends meet (though that's bad enough); it may be the spreading myth that any economic function can be shoehorned into the Uber format of service-on-demand at a rock-bottom price.
ref: 2016 February 1, Michael Hiltzik, “Why you should be skeptical about an 'Uber for healthcare'”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2016:
text: Uberization affects much more than taxis and health insurance: it is pervasive throughout the economy and very real to detergent companies and tax authorities alike.
ref: 2018, David Dunne, Design Thinking at Work, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 96:
topics: business
commerce
synonyms: Uberfication
Uberification
qualifier: American and Oxford British spelling
glosses: The transformation of an existing industry or economy with the help of computing platforms, especially mobile applications, and temporary employment schemes.
wikipedia: Uber
Related terms: Uberize
gig economy
platform capitalism
Blank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * As a Dutch and German surname, from the adjective blank (“shining, pale, white”).
* As an English and Jewish surname, spelling variant of Blanc, Blanck.
Senses: examples: text: The same preoccupation with developing a conceptual framework is evident in David Blank's Venezuela: Politics in a Petroleum Republic, a modified version of Blank's early theses.
ref: 1987, Latin American Research Review, page 238:
glosses: A surname.
examples: text: Miss Compton, in 'Other People's Worries,' asks rhetorically whether a young rip was not in the Blank divorce case.
ref: 1922, The Saturday Review, volume 133, page 359:
glosses: Used as an anonymous placeholder for a person's name.
Related terms: Blankshire
coaggregate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coaggregates
form: coaggregating
form: coaggregated
form: coaggregated
Etymology: From co- + aggregate.
Senses: examples: text: The two groups of bacteria physically coaggregate with each other especially amongst strains isolated from the same anatomical sites [14, 26 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Sialic Acid Binding Protein, Hsa, in Streptococcus gordonii DL1 also Mediates Intergeneric Coaggregation with Veillonella Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To aggregate along with another material
coaggregated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: To see if the hsa mutation had the same effect on other Veillonella strains that coaggregated with S.
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Sialic Acid Binding Protein, Hsa, in Streptococcus gordonii DL1 also Mediates Intergeneric Coaggregation with Veillonella Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of coaggregate
Makiko
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese まきこ (Makiko).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
endoperoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoperoxidases
Etymology: From endo- + peroxidase.
Senses: examples: text: COX called also as prostaglandin endoperoxidase synthase is a membrane—bound hemoprotein and glycoprotein enzyme that catalyzes conversion of cell membrane phospholipids, involved in the synthesis of prostanoids comprising: prostaglandin (PG), prostacyclin (PGI) and the thromboxanes (TXA) and exists as 3 isoforms (COX-1, -2 and -3).
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any peroxidase that is associated with an endoperoxide
glucolipotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gluco- + lipo- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: It is reported that MRP8 produced by infiltrating macrophages might exert glucolipotoxic effects upon diabetic glomeruli, potentially leading to mesangial expansion, podocyte injury, glomerular sclerosis and albuminuria.
ref: 2015 November 26, “An Atherogenic Paigen-Diet Aggravates Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetic OLETF Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to glucolipotoxicity
haplosufficiency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From haplo- + sufficiency.
Senses: examples: text: This group of intragenic revertant mutations was also tested for haplosufficiency by crossing homozygous gon-2(q388sup) hermaphrodites with gon-2(q388) males at restrictive temperature and scoring the offspring.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Novel Alleles of gon-2, a C . elegans Ortholog of Mammalian TRPM6 and TRPM7, Obtained by Genetic Reversion Screens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of being haplosufficient.
Hibernophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hiberno- + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: Irishphobia
glosses: Dislike of Ireland or the Irish people, or people of Irish descent.
Hibernophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Hibernophobic
form: most Hibernophobic
Etymology: From Hiberno- + -phobic.
Senses: glosses: Having a dislike of Ireland or the Irish people.
Fuyumi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Japanese.
Hibernophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hibernophobes
Etymology: From Hiberno- + -phobe.
Senses: glosses: One who dislikes Ireland or the Irish people.
Hibernophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hibernophobe
hyperthermals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Similar to other Paleogene hyperthermals the negative δ 13 C excursion might be attributed to the addition of huge amounts of 13 C depleted carbon to ocean and atmosphere.
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Impact of the Latest Danian Event on Planktic Foraminiferal Faunas at ODP Site 1210 (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of hyperthermal
interstimuli
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + stimuli.
Senses: examples: text: We used 3000ms as the interstimuli interval and 400ms as the inter-trial interval because the auditory span was 200-300ms and the processing time of 250ms should be sufficient for recognizing a speech signal [51 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Tale of Two Features: Perception of Cantonese Lexical Tone and English Lexical Stress in Cantonese-English Bilinguals”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of interstimulus.
intranodular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + nodule + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: Prussian blue staining was performed to quantify intranodular and background liver iron content.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Detection of Endogenous Iron Reduction during Hepatocarcinogenesis at Susceptibility-Weighted MR Imaging: Value for Characterization of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Dysplastic Nodule in Cirrhotic Liver”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within a nodule (often with reference to a thyroid nodule or a liver nodule).
Related terms: english: within a node; often with reference to a lymph node
translation: within a node; often with reference to a lymph node
word: intranodal
micronektonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micronekton + -ic or micro- + nektonic.
Senses: examples: text: Each cell was spatially integrated to obtain the relative acoustic biomass or nautical area-scattering coefficients (NASC) [35 ,38 ] in m 2 nmi -2, which is used as a proxy for micronektonic organisms density, assuming that the composition of scatterers did not change significantly in space or time.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Characterizing a Foraging Hotspot for Short-Finned Pilot Whales and Blainville’s Beaked Whales Located off the West Side of Hawai‘i Island by Using Tagging and Oceanographic Data”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to micronekton
microtrash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + trash.
Senses: examples: text: Five condors had been free-flying initially and were then brought into captivity for medical treatment for various reasons including lead exposure, microtrash, or injury.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Seroepidemiologic Survey of Potential Pathogens in Obligate and Facultative Scavenging Avian Species in California”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Small pieces of trash in the environment that are dangerous to wildlife when ingested
monododecyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + dodecyl.
Senses: examples: text: Phospholipids were obtained from Avanti Polar Lipids Inc. (Alabaster, AL, USA), while the detergents n-dodecyl-β-D-maltoside (DDM) and n-decyl-β-D-maltoside (DM) were from GLYCON Biochemicals GmbH (Luckenwalde, Germany) and lauryldimethylamine-N-oxide (LDAO) and octaethylene glycol monododecyl ether (C 12 E 8 ) were from Anatrace (Maumee, USA).
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A single dodecyl group in a compound
monoglutamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thus, the intracellular pteroyl polyglutamates are deconjugated to their respective monoglutamates after cellular degradation, which eventually leads to an artifactual increase of the measured plasma folate level.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Quantitation of 5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid in Dried Blood Spots and Dried Plasma Spots by Stable Isotope Dilution Assays”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of monoglutamate
monopalmitoyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + palmitoyl.
Senses: examples: text: We have also shown that 16:0 MPPA and monopalmitoyl phosphatidyl choline are antimicrobial against a range of gram positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus spp [11 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “Dual Action of Lysophosphatidate-Functionalised Titanium: Interactions with Human (MG63) Osteoblasts and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A single palmitoyl group in a compound
nanotopography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotopographies
Etymology: From nano- + topography.
Senses: examples: text: AFM revealed a clear nanotopography on both membranes (Fig 4B and 4C ).
ref: 2015 November 26, “Ultrathin Polyimide Membrane as Cell Carrier for Subretinal Transplantation of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Derived Retinal Pigment Epithelium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: nanoscale topography
Related terms: nanotopographical
neuroimagery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + imagery.
Senses: examples: text: The modality of MI (KI or VI) seems to influence the consistency of brain activation across MI neuroimagery studies.
ref: 2015 November 26, “What Do Eye Gaze Metrics Tell Us about Motor Imagery?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: neuroimaging
oligohistidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligohistidines
Etymology: From oligo- + histidine.
Senses: examples: text: For example, attachment of oligohistidine tags to the periplasmic termini of membrane proteins often interferes with folding and drastically impairs expression in Escherichia coli.
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An oligomer of histidine
pantetheinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The conserved pantetheinylated serine residues are indicated by the open triangle.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Modified by pantetheinylation
pantetheinylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pantetheinyl + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: We can rule out misfolding of recombinant Acp12p as a reason for this, because we have observed pantetheinylation of this protein by the A.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Reaction with pantothenic acid
perivitellin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + vitellin.
Senses: examples: text: In brief, C57BL/6 oocytes were microinjected with the highly concentrated lentivirus solution into the perivitellin space and cultured overnight.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Inducible Knock-Down of the Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Mice Disturbs Regulation of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System and Attenuates Heart Failure Induced by Pressure Overload”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of perivitelline.
phosphoglycoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphoglycoproteins
Etymology: From phospho- + glycoprotein.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, osteopontin is a large phosphoglycoprotein adhesion molecule with pleiotropic effects that include promotion of macrophage accumulation.
ref: 2015 November 26, “An Atherogenic Paigen-Diet Aggravates Nephropathy in Type 2 Diabetic OLETF Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any phosphoglyceric glycoprotein
phosphopantetheinylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphopantetheinylates
Etymology: From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.
phosphopantetheinylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: phosphopantetheinylates
form: phosphopantetheinylating
form: phosphopantetheinylated
form: phosphopantetheinylated
Etymology: From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: It is a broad spectrum PPTase which is able to phosphopantetheinylate the ACP components of both cytosolic and mitochondrial FAS systems, as well as the aminoadipate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, associated with lysine degradation.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To react with phosphopantetheine.
Related terms: phosphopantetheinylation
phosphopeptidomimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phosphopeptide + -o- + mimetic.
Senses: examples: text: The effect of the phosphopeptidomimetic PM-242H on ( g ) STAT6 phosphorylation and ( h ) Ccl26 mRNA expression were further determined in IL-13-stimulated A549 cells.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Long-Acting Beta Agonists Enhance Allergic Airway Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That mimics the action of a phosphopeptide
polyacidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + acidic.
Senses: examples: text: It is believed that these proteins accumulate because they contain polyacidic sequences (Asp-Gly-Asp) that promote cell adhesion [25 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “Polymorphisms in Fibronectin Binding Proteins A and B among Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Isolates Are Not Associated with Arthroplasty Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a polyacid
polycloning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + cloning.
Senses: examples: text: The oligonucleotides were annealed and cloned into the pmirGLO vector (Promega Corporation, USA) between the XhoI/XbaI restriction sites of the polycloning site (PCS), resulting in the miRNA target region in the correct 5´ to 3´ orientation and immediately downstream of the luciferase gene.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Comprehensive Survey of miRNA-mRNA Interactions Reveals That Ccr7 and Cd247 (CD3 zeta) are Posttranscriptionally Controlled in Pancreas Infiltrating T Lymphocytes of Non-Obese Diabetic (NOD) Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the production of multiple types of cloning
Derived terms: polycloning site
phosphopantetheinylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphopantetheinylate
phosphopantetheinylates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phosphopantetheinylate
porphyromonad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porphyromonads
Etymology: Clipping of translingual Porphyromonadaceae
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the family Porphyromonadaceae.
porphyromonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It maybe, that the higher pH of cat and dog saliva favours the growth of porphyromonads either directly or indirectly by slowing the growth of competing species.
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Pyrosequencing Investigation of Differences in the Feline Subgingival Microbiota in Health, Gingivitis and Mild Periodontitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of porphyromonad
preanesthetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preanesthetizes
form: preanesthetizing
form: preanesthetized
form: preanesthetized
Etymology: From pre- + anesthetize.
Senses: glosses: To anesthetize prior to surgery
preanesthetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: All the animals were preanesthetized with azaperone (Stresnil, Jansen Pharmaceutica N.V., Belgium, 4 mg/kg of body weight, i.m.)
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of preanesthetize
preimpregnated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + impregnated.
Senses: examples: text: The last plasma sample was obtained after a further 90 min. vP (30 μl) was immediately spotted onto preimpregnated filter cards as described above, and a further 60 μl of plasma was frozen in centrifuge tubes without additives until extraction.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Quantitation of 5-Methyltetrahydrofolic Acid in Dried Blood Spots and Dried Plasma Spots by Stable Isotope Dilution Assays”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: impregnated prior to some other operation
prepyloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + pyloric.
Senses: examples: text: The data obtained in this study indicate that postganglionic sympathetic nerve fibers supplying prepyloric area of the porcine stomach originate from the coeliac-cranial mesenteric ganglion complex (CCMG).
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Influence of Prolonged Acetylsalicylic Acid Supplementation-Induced Gastritis on the Neurochemistry of the Sympathetic Neurons Supplying Prepyloric Region of the Porcine Stomach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: anterior to the pylorus
Tarifit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tarifit tarifit.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Riffian (“a Zenati Berber language of northern Morocco”).
synonyms: word: Riffian
extra: a Zenati Berber language of northern Morocco
prismatoolithid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prismatoolithids
Senses: examples: text: Elongatoolithid and prismatoolithid ootaxa are attributed to Oviraptorosauria [57 ,59 –64 ] and non-oviraptorosaur maniraptorans [46 ,65 ], respectively, based on eggshell microstructure similarities with eggs of known taxonomic identity.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Eggshell Porosity Provides Insight on Evolution of Nesting in Dinosaurs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any fossil egg of the oofamily Prismatoolithidae.
repelleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Cell pellets were washed by suspension with distilled water and repelleted.
ref: 2015 November 26, “OmpW of Caulobacter crescentus Functions as an Outer Membrane Channel for Cations”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of repellet
subhemolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + hemolytic.
Senses: examples: text: Theoretically, long-term blood flow rates ≥ 3.0 L/min can result in the induction of subhemolytic trauma of erythrocytes [10 ,11 ], which may lead to changes in cell geometry, shortening of cell life span, and Hb leakage, albeit without complete rupture of RBCs [37 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “Technical-Induced Hemolysis in Patients with Respiratory Failure Supported with Veno-Venous ECMO – Prevalence and Risk Factors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That is insufficient to cause hemolysis
submember
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submembers
Etymology: From sub- + member.
Senses: glosses: A member of a subordinate group, taxon etc.
submembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: As for the ZIP family, some submembers possess an extra TM which flips the C-terminal back in the cytosol.
ref: 2015 November 26, “A Versatile Strategy for Production of Membrane Proteins with Diverse Topologies: Application to Investigation of Bacterial Homologues of Human Divalent Metal Ion and Nucleoside Transporters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of submember
taurinomethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From taurine + -o- + methyl.
Senses: examples: text: For example, alterations in the taurinomethyl modification of mitochondrial tRNA causes mitochondrial diseases [8 ].
ref: 2015 November 26, “Immuno-Northern Blotting: Detection of RNA Modifications by Using Antibodies against Modified Nucleosides”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical formed by replacing a hydrogen atom of the amino group of taurine by a methylene group
transthiolation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transthiolations
Etymology: From trans- + thiolation.
Senses: examples: text: E2 accepts thioester-linked ubiquitin from E1 to their own active-site cysteine via a transthiolation reaction.
ref: 2015 November 26, “Genome-Wide Identification, Phylogenetic and Expression Analyses of the Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzyme Gene Family in Maize”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction in which a thiol group is moved from one molecule to another
repelleting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repellet
repellets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repellet
trochospiral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trochospirals
Etymology: From trocho- + spiral.
Senses: examples: text: They have a slight variation in trochospiral chamber arrangements with a wider umbilicus
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Impact of the Latest Danian Event on Planktic Foraminiferal Faunas at ODP Site 1210 (Shatsky Rise, Pacific Ocean)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A spiral growth pattern in foraminifers.
veillonella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veillonellae
form: veillonellas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any bacterium of the genus Veillonella.
veillonellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They are closely associated with the streptococci via cell-cell coaggregation as well as metabolic complementation—lactic acid produced by the streptococci serves as major carbon source for veillonellae, and the consequential lactate removal raises local pH, thus relieving the streptococci from toxicity of their own metabolic waste.
ref: 2015 November 26, “The Sialic Acid Binding Protein, Hsa, in Streptococcus gordonii DL1 also Mediates Intergeneric Coaggregation with Veillonella Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of veillonella
trochospirals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trochospiral
swing bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swing bins
Senses: glosses: A rubbish bin with a lid that swings closed after use.
swing bins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swing bin
renillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renilla
transthiolations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transthiolation
prismatoolithids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prismatoolithid
veillonellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veillonella
tautosyllabically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tautosyllabic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In the same syllable.
heterosyllabically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From heterosyllabic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In different syllables.
Ikaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Icaria
Senses: glosses: An island of Greece, of the northeast Aegean Sea.
Icaria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌaɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ɪˈ-/
ipa: /ˌaɪˈkɛɹi.ə/
ipa: /ɪˈ-/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ikaria.
deorbit burn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deorbit burns
Etymology: From deorbit + burn.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A firing of the engines of a spacecraft to enable it to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere.
shop floors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shop floor
floormen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floorman
floorman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floormen
Etymology: From floor + -man.
Senses: glosses: One who works on the shop floor of a retail establishment.
glosses: A casino employee who oversees the gambling activity, settling disputes and so on.
glosses: A bookmaker's assistant.
Related terms: floorwoman
floorwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floorwomen
Etymology: From floor + woman.
Senses: glosses: A female floorman.
floorwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floorwoman
anti-martingale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anti-martingales
Etymology: From anti- + martingale.
Senses: topics: gambling
games
glosses: A reversed martingale betting strategy that increases the bet after a win and reduces it after a loss.
anti-martingales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anti-martingale
self-exclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-exclusions
Etymology: From self- + exclusion.
Senses: glosses: The banning of a customer from a casino or betting shop at the customer's own request, used to combat gambling addiction.
self-exclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-exclusion
blacklistable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From blacklist + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being blacklisted.
iodinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodinases
Etymology: From iodine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of thyroperoxidase.
synonyms: word: thyroperoxidase
Derived terms: deiodinase
iodinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iodinase
Elephant
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The 105th sura (chapter) of the Quran.
political corrector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political correctors
Senses: glosses: One or that which politically corrects somebody or something.
castratee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castratees
Etymology: From castrate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who has undergone castration.
Hypernyms: sterilizee
mutilatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mutilatees
Etymology: From mutilate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is mutilated.
mutilatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutilatee
castratees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castratee
censoree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: censorees
Etymology: From censor + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is censored.
prosecutee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosecutees
Etymology: From prosecute + -ee.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of defendant.
synonyms: word: defendant
friskee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friskees
Etymology: From frisk + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is frisked.
appeasee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appeasees
Etymology: From appease + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is appeased.
need-not
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: need-nots
Senses: examples: text: Such abundance must be laid out on superfluous recreations, buildings, ornaments, furniture, equipage, attendants, entertainments, visitations, braveries, and a world of need-nots […]
ref: 2007, Baxter's Practical Works, Volume 1: A Sum of Practical Theology, and Cases ...:
text: They implanted desires for need-nots and luxuries, and unscrupulously inflamed them.
ref: 2014, Alvin Jackson, The Oxford Handbook of Modern Irish History:
glosses: Something that is not needed or is excessive.
need-nots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of need-not
euthanasee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euthanasees
Etymology: From euthanasia + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: In cases of euthanasia, for instance, death is not bad relative to the alternative for the euthanasee.
ref: 2002, Sats: Nordic Journal of Philosophy, Volume 3, Issue 2:
glosses: One who is, or seeks to be, euthanized.
euthanasees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of euthanasee
censorees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of censoree
sterilizees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sterilizee
prosecutees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosecutee
friskees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friskee
appeasees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appeasee
e-training
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + training.
Senses: glosses: training conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet
cybertraining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + training.
Senses: glosses: training conducted via electronic media, especially via the Internet
crems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crem
Fujimori
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fujimoris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 藤森 (Fujimori).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
Derived terms: Fujimorism
Fujimorist
flame structure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flame structures
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure left by a type of soft-sediment deformation in which sediment saturated with water flowed upward due to forces put on it from above.
megafragment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafragments
Etymology: From mega- + fragment.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large fragment.
enacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnæktɚ/
ipa: /ɪˈnæktə/
rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
homophone: enactor
Forms: form: enacters
form: enactor
Etymology: From enact + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who enacts.
enacters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enacter
H-shackle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: H-shackles
Senses: glosses: A shackle shaped like an H, or two Us joined together to give a waisted appearance, instead of the more usual single U shackle, or D-shackle.
communicabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communicability
befreckled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more befreckled
form: most befreckled
Etymology: From be- + freckled.
Senses: glosses: Covered in freckles.
last-wordism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From last word + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The restaurant-bar, serving American food, is a prime example of last-wordism. The entrance is embellished with lighted color photographs of a dozen or so major cities of the world, from San Francisco to Calcutta to Sydney, each with a big brass clock showing the time in that city.
ref: 1967, Sydney Clark, All the best in Hawaii, page 168:
text: The futility of last-wordism at the Court is reflected in the apparent shyness of past perpetrators: They do not make second attempts to get the last word.
ref: 2010, Ross E. Davies, “The Last Word”, in The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process, volume 229:
text: Sad to relate, Colomb responded to this trenchant corrective with a graceless three-column exercise in last-wordism, in The Times of September the 7th. Maurice Bourke, convalescing at Battenberg's Rhineland Schloss, had "never read such rot as Columbus has written.
ref: 2013, Andrew Gordon, Paul Wilderson, The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, →ISBN:
glosses: A tendency or attempt to have the last word in any argument, decision, or endeavor.
leeside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leesides
Etymology: From lee + side.
Senses: examples: text: Payload packaging considerations are of great importance and tend to favor low L/D vehicles since these have open leesides with good view factors for radiators and antennae (Ref. 33).
ref: 1991, James Evans Lyne, Physiologically Constrained Aerocapture for Manned Mars Missions:
text: The leeside slope angle of these dunes (Figure 19.8d) shows a wide spread from 1 to 58° (steeper than than the angle-of-repose probably due to intense eddying in the leeside), with a mean of 8.4°.
ref: 2008, Avijit Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management, →ISBN, page 405:
text: Therefore, in steady conditions, a mean wave set-up is established on the leeside of the structure.
ref: 2015, Ping Wang, Julie D Rosati, Jun Cheng, Coastal Sediments 2015, →ISBN:
glosses: The side of something that provides the most shelter from some prevailing force such as wind, rain, waves, etc.
leesides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leeside
Li-Fi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Harald Haas, the inventor of the technology, after Wi-Fi and as an abbreviation of light fidelity.
Senses: examples: text: Since Li-Fi uses just the light, it can be used safely in aircrafts^([sic]) and hospitals that are prone to interference from radio waves.
ref: 2012, Jyoti Rani, Prerna Chauhan, Ritika Tripathi, “Li-Fi (Light Fidelity)-The future technology In Wireless communication”, in International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, volume 7, number 11:
text: The beauty of Li-Fi is that it uses existing infrastructure, avoiding the need for thousands of radio masts, as the current spectrum requires.
ref: 2014, Infinite Magazine 2013-2014:
text: The vision is that a Li-Fi wireless network would complement existing heterogeneous RF wireless networks, and would provide significant spectrum relief by allowing cellular and wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) systems to off-load a significant portion of wireless data traffic.
ref: 2015, Svilen Dimitrov, Harald Haas, Principles of LED Light Communications, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: A bidirectional, high-speed, networked wireless communication technology similar to Wi-Fi but using visible light instead of radio waves.
Synthia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Synthias
Etymology: A rare (non-standard) spelling of Cynthia.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Derived terms: word: Syndy
word: Syndi
word: Syndee
word: Sindy
word: Sindi
word: Sindee
word: Synth
word: Sinth
word: Syn
word: Sin
dickpic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪkˌpɪk/
Forms: form: dickpics
form: dick pic
Etymology: From dick (“penis”) + pic (“picture”).
Senses: examples: text: […] Russia is demanding we remove all content that purportedly glorifies homosexuality, suicide, and drugs or face the prospect of getting interdicted, and here in the Emirates they are insisting we not just block the amateur dickpics or vids but also immolate their posters […]
ref: 2015, Joshua Cohen, Book of Numbers:
text: To a question that seemed to be “is it legitimate for the government to obtain a copy of your dickpic?,” people are unanimously opposed. Nobody considers it legitimate for a government to access people's dickpics. […] From here on out, Snowden wilfully plays with Oliver on the possible and eventual destination of Oliver's dickpic inside the vast network of agencies and data-centers.
ref: 2018, Julie A. Webber, The Joke Is on Us, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 154:
text: “It’s like howling into the void for most guys,” he explained, “and like searching for a diamond in a sea of dick pics for most girls.”
ref: 2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic:
synonyms: DP
glosses: A photograph of a penis, taken for sexual purposes.
hopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔp.jɐ/
ipa: /ˈhɔp.jɐʔ/
Forms: form: hopias
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). See also Early Manila Hokkien 香餅 /香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, literally “fragrant pastry”), Indonesian bakpia. Compare Cebuano hopya.
Senses: glosses: A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.)
Derived terms: black mongo hopia
brownie hopia
cheese hopia
chinese hopia
chocolate fudge hopia
condol hopia
custard hopia
dice hopia
hopia combi
hopia dice mongo
hopia dice ube
hopia mochaccino
hopia red mongo
Japanese hopia
macapuno hopia
macapuno pandan hopia
mongo hopia
pork hopia
ube hopia
Related terms: lumpia
popiah
imitatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imitatees
Etymology: From imitate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One that is imitated
circumcisee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circumcisees
Etymology: From circumcise + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is circumcised.
assassinatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: assassinatees
Etymology: From assassinate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is assassinated.
Synonyms: assassinee
four-dimensionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From four-dimensional + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ontological position stating that an object's persistence through time resembles its extension through space.
apologee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apologees
Etymology: From apology + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One that receives an apology
membering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of member
riggin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rigging.
defendin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of defending.
cracklin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crackling.
stumblin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of stumbling.
slingin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of slinging.
investigatin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of investigating.
hookin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hooking.
pinchin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of pinching.
interruptin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of interrupting.
staggerin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of staggering.
sobbin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of sobbing.
crashin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of crashing.
gigglin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of giggling.
hootin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hooting.
shiftin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of shifting.
snowin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of snowing.
lynchin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of lynching.
chatterin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of chattering.