cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
megalodisc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megalodiscs
Etymology: From megalo- + disc.
Senses: examples: text: After adjusting for age, the frequency of glaucomatous-type discs risk and the frequency of glaucoma were about four times higher and 3.2 times higher, resp., in the megalodisc group than in the remaining eyes.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Glaucomatous-Type Optic Discs in High Myopia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An abnormally large optic disc
megalodiscs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Highly myopic megalodiscs as compared to normal sized discs or small discs had a 3.2 times higher risk for glaucomatous optic nerve neuropathy.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Glaucomatous-Type Optic Discs in High Myopia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of megalodisc
melibionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From melibiose + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, this substrate and the derived oligogalactosides (lactose, lactitol, melibionic acid, melibiose, lactulose, raffinose, and stachyose) were efficiently utilized by R.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Genome and Phenotype Microarray Analyses of Rhodococcus sp. BCP1 and Rhodococcus opacus R7: Genetic Determinants and Metabolic Abilities with Environmental Relevance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to melibionic acid and its derivatives
melibionic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A disaccharide formed from glucose and gluconic acid
microdiffusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdiffusions
Etymology: From micro- + diffusion.
Senses: examples: text: In particular, the emerging consensus that the complexes I-III-IV occur mostly as supercomplexes further complicates attributing shifts in the CoQ redox state to a specific location in the mitochondrial ETC as electron transfer in these supercomplexes appears to occur via tunnelling or microdiffusion of CoQ/CoQH 2 rather than via a mobile CoQ pool in mitochondrial membranes [72 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “Host Coenzyme Q Redox State Is an Early Biomarker of Thermal Stress in the Coral Acropora millepora”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: diffusion through microscopic pores
midplantar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + plantar.
Senses: examples: text: The filament touch the midplantar surface of the ipsilateral paw and measurements were taken automatically as we described previously [16, 17, 25, 31 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “PD98059 Influences Immune Factors and Enhances Opioid Analgesia in Model of Neuropathy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the middle of the sole of the foot
pentaploidy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The secondary resistant IB128 cell line was also characterized by an unbalanced pentaploidy of the short arm of chromosome 17 including the TP53 gene.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Secondary Resistance and Clonal Selection in Sarcoma during Treatment with Nutlin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The condition of being pentaploid
phytosulfokine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phytosulfokines
Etymology: From phyto- + sulfokine.
Senses: examples: text: PSK1 is a precursor of the 5-amino acid signaling peptide phytosulfokine, which can function as an autocrine-type growth factor to regulate cellular dedifferentiation and proliferation in plants [44 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “Small RNA and Degradome Sequencing Reveal Complex Roles of miRNAs and Their Targets in Developing Wheat Grains”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any sulfokine of plant origin
sulfokine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sulfo- + -kine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A pentapeptide (tyrosine - isoleucine - tyrosine - threonine - glycine) with a sulfate group attached to each of the two tyrosine moieties
Derived terms: phytosulfokine
pimasertib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Recent data showed that combining the MDM2-p53 protein-protein interaction inhibitor SAR405838 and the MEK inhibitor pimasertib resulted in synergic anti-tumor activity in several K-RAS, N-RAS and B-RAF mutant tumor models [44 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “Heterogeneous Mechanisms of Secondary Resistance and Clonal Selection in Sarcoma during Treatment with Nutlin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular inhibitor of Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
plurivacuolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pluri- + vacuolar.
Senses: examples: text: Under these conditions, the cultures contained only plurivacuolar adipocytes, with nil presence of fibroblasts (checked by microscope observation).
ref: 2015 October 2, “Glycerol Production from Glucose and Fructose by 3T3-L1 Cells: A Mechanism of Adipocyte Defense from Excess Substrate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having several vacuoles
preaddressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + addressed.
Senses: examples: text: For recruited children, parents provided an oral consent for the D0 swabbing and, as requested by the ethics committees, a written informed consent for the D9 contact (information letter and consent form given, or read and sent by post by the practitioner at the D9 contact with a pre-stamped and preaddressed envelop for the return to the GP).
ref: 2015 October 2, “Striking Similarities in the Presentation and Duration of Illness of Influenza A and B in the Community: A Study Based on Sentinel Surveillance Networks in France and Turkey, 2010-2012”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: addressed in advance
precystectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + cystectomy.
Senses: examples: text: Our findings suggest that current precystectomy models for prediction of LN metastasis should be improved further.
ref: 2015 October 2, “External Validation of Models for Prediction of Lymph Node Metastasis in Urothelial Carcinoma of the Bladder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to a cystectomy
procyanidolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + cyanidol + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the degree of polymerization, dipolymer–tetramers are usually called oligomeric procyanidins, and others are usually called procyanidolic polymers [45 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “Efficacy of Procyanidins against In Vivo Cellular Oxidative Damage: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That promotes the production of cyanidol
cyanidol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyanide + -ol?
Senses: glosses: Synonym of catechol.
synonyms: word: catechol
remyelinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remyelinates
form: remyelinating
form: remyelinated
form: remyelinated
Etymology: From re- + myelinate.
Senses: examples: text: A PNG bridge provides a permissive, directional substrate to encourage and guide long-distance regeneration, and resident Schwann cells provide trophic support and can remyelinate the axons.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Peripheral Nerve Transplantation Combined with Acidic Fibroblast Growth Factor and Chondroitinase Induces Regeneration and Improves Urinary Function in Complete Spinal Cord Transected Adult Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To recoat with myelin following previous demyelination
serosubtypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The results are based on laboratory surveillance of the serogroups, serotypes, serosubtypes and sequence types of meningococcal strains, isolated from patients with IMD, in Belgium during the time period 1997–2012.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Changes in Meningococcal Strains in the Era of a Serogroup C Vaccination Campaign: Trends and Evolution in Belgium during the Period 1997–2012”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of serosubtype
symbiosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From symbiosome + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The CoQ pool likely provides an early line of antioxidant defence because ROS leaking from Symbiodinium cells would need to cross the host-derived symbiosomal membrane, which like all animal membranes is expected to contain CoQ/CoQH 2 [32, 70 ].
ref: 2015 October 2, “Host Coenzyme Q Redox State Is an Early Biomarker of Thermal Stress in the Coral Acropora millepora”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to a symbiosome
thyromimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thyromimetic
form: most thyromimetic
Etymology: From thyro- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: That mimics the action of the thyroid gland or of its hormones
thyromimetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thyromimetics
Etymology: From thyro- + mimetic.
Senses: glosses: Any such substance
thyromimetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Studies are ongoing to test the possible beneficial effects of other thyromimetics.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Further Insights into the Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome: Clinical and Functional Characterization of a Novel MCT8 Mutation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of thyromimetic
transretinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɪnəl
Etymology: From trans- + retinal.
Senses: examples: text: These mice were examined using manganese-enhanced MRI to assess effects of PBM on transretinal calcium channel function in vivo.
ref: 2015 October 2, “Photobiomodulation Mitigates Diabetes-Induced Retinopathy by Direct and Indirect Mechanisms: Evidence from Intervention Studies in Pigmented Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Across or through the retina
ultrasupernatant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasupernatants
Etymology: From ultra- + supernatant.
Senses: examples: text: This fraction should be much “cleaner” than exosomal RNA preps isolated using commercial exosome isolation kits; in particular, the P3 pellet should be relatively free of cell debris and microvesicles (which are likely to be removed in the P1 and P2 fractions, respectively) and soluble protein complexes (which are likely to remain in the ultrasupernatant).
ref: 2015 October 2, “Plasma Exosomal miRNAs in Persons with and without Alzheimer Disease: Altered Expression and Prospects for Biomarkers”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The supernatant produced by ultracentrifugation
fortitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fortition
Beauvais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A cathedral city, the capital of Oise department, Picardy, Hauts-de-France, France.
glosses: A surname.
wrist watch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wrist watches
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wristwatch.
Pde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: 10 Station Pde
glosses: Abbreviation of parade.
raw_tags: in street addresses
satoyamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of satoyama
death cult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌlt
Forms: form: death cults
Senses: examples: text: Although this Death-Cult calls itself scientific, we have not yet heard of any careful or other collecting of statistics about appearances through mediums of the same deceased person at more than two places at once.
ref: 1889 February 24, The Path, volume 3, page 351:
text: As regards the significance of the use of plants in the death cult of the Egyptians, we must make a distinction between the edibles which were ordinarily placed in earthen vessels on the floor of the sepulchre […]
ref: 1892 August 13, The Literary Digest, volume 5:
text: We meet the same pattern at the Panathenaia dedicated to Athena, because death cults both in the Agora (market place) and on the Acropolis were of major importance in connection with the cult of the goddess.
ref: 2008, Evy Johanne Håland, Women, Pain and Death: Rituals and Everyday Life on the Margins of Europe and Beyond:
synonyms: thanatolatry
necrolatry
glosses: A religious movement that worships death or the dead.
glosses: A religious group that requires demonstrations of faith involving the risk of death.
Derived terms: death cultist
death cultist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death cultists
Etymology: From death cult + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member of a death cult.
Savoy opera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Savoy operas
Etymology: Named after the Savoy Theatre, home of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
Senses: glosses: A genre of opera with light, comedic themes (less risqué than those of the operetta) which was popular in 19th century Britain; especially the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
glosses: A piece in this genre.
Synonyms: comic opera
Related terms: operetta
hindlook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hind + look. Compare hindsight.
Senses: examples: text: Significance of a Hindlook
ref: 1884, Isaac Kaufman Funk, The Homiletic Monthly - Volume 8 - Page 921:
text: Needless to say, if we could use the title "The Insect Hindlook for 1939" we could be much more accurate.
ref: 1939, Illinois State Horticultural Society, Transactions - Page 351:
text: It might have been better in the House if you were still there, but I am glad you are here taking a hindlook at this.
ref: 1969, Crime in the National Capital
text: True, things may have appeared hard at the time they presented themselves but on a hindlook they reveal themselves to have played a contributive part in the growth of the soul.
ref: 1983, M.P. Pandit, Commentaries on the Mother's Ministry, volume 1:
glosses: A look back; a look in review; afterlook.
marine mammal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marine mammals
Senses: examples: text: The influence of the temperature of the Gulf-stream upon animal life in the ocean is very curious. The whale so sedulously shuns its warm waters, as almost to indicate their track by its absence ; while yet abundantly found on each side of it. The physical reasons are doubtless the same which prevent this great marine mammal from ever crossing the equator from one hemisphere to the other — a fact now well ascertained.
ref: 1857 April, Philippe de Kerhallet, “The Atlantic Ocean”, in Edinburgh Review, volume CV, number CCXIV, page 371:
glosses: A mammal which lives partly or wholly in the ocean, or at least is heavily dependent on the ocean for its lifestyle; such as cetaceans, sirenians, seals, the sea otter or the polar bear.
Synonyms: sea mammal
Hypernyms: word: fish
word: mammal
word: animal
multisecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈsɛkjələ/
ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈsɛkjəlɚ/
ipa: /ˌmʌltaɪˈsɛkjələr/
Forms: form: more multisecular
form: most multisecular
Etymology: From multi- (“many”) + secular (“of or related to centuries”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the multisecular stability of its primeval basin […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 17: Ithaca]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 624:
glosses: Of or related to a span of several centuries, centuries-old.
Synonyms: secular
plurisecular
sea mammal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea mammals
Senses: glosses: Synonym of marine mammal.
synonyms: word: marine mammal
First Communion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: First Communions
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The first time that a person, usually a child, receives the sacrament of Communion.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The celebration of the former, consisting of a solemn mass and generally a following private party.
fuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌstɚ/
ipa: /ˈfʌstə/
Forms: form: fusters
Etymology: From Middle English fuster, fuystour, fuystor, from Anglo-Norman fuster, Old French fuyster, fust, ultimately from Latin fūstis. Compare French fût, Old French fustier.
Senses: examples: text: There were the Fusters, not to be confused with Fusters who wove fustians ; the Sadler's Fusters made the wooden frame for saddles, which used to be much more elaborate affairs than our modern saddles are.
ref: 1924, Proceedings and Reports of the Belfast Natural History and Philisophical society, page 65:
text: There were some leather-workers, as 4 or 5 curriers or tanners, 2 kissers, 6 or 7 saddlers or fusters.
ref: 1951, Eilert Ekwall, Two early London subsidy rolls, page 86:
text: It was the task of the fusters, or joiners, to make the wooden saddlebows while the painters were employed to decorate the completed saddles.
ref: 1995, Kingsley M. Oliver, Hold fast, sit sure: the history of the Worshipful Company of Saddlers of the City of London 1160-1960, page 18:
glosses: A saddle tree maker.
dimpsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It's getting dimpsy.
glosses: Alternative form of dimpsey.
co-dominance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of codominance.
looksie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: looksies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of look-see.
played God
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of play God
plays God
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of play God
non-vascular plants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-vascular plant
caliphally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more caliphally
form: most caliphally
Etymology: From caliphal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] but as one reason for this was deliberate action on the part of his ḥājibs it may not be so curious an omission as all that — Hishām goes on to explain his search, both among members of the caliphally qualified Quraysh and among members of other tribes, for a suitable candidate to succeed him.
ref: 1993, David Wasserstein, The caliphate in the West: an Islamic political institution in the Iberian peninsula:
text: Although there is no caliphally granted title on these coins, this, too, constitutes an expression of independence, since a malik usually only issues coins (copper and silver) of a recognisably different type: not aniconic, as these are, but bearing the image of a horse and rider.
ref: 2012, A.C.S. Peacock, The Seljuks of Anatolia: Court and Society in the Medieval Middle East:
glosses: In the manner of a caliph.
success stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of success story
fusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuster
fusters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fuster
fustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fuster
fustered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fuster
fustered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fustered
form: most fustered
Senses: examples: text: “No one so fustered as your loiterer.” And he stepped out from the shadow of the house.
ref: 1905, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, The Courtship of Morrice Buckler, →ISBN:
text: "Kid's got an awful grouch to-day," said the sailmaker as Migg shouldered by. “”Tain't like him to be fustered up.” But Migg had a right to be “fustered ” when he peered through the steam filled laundry and realized that there was as nasty a job of repair work as he would ever see outside of battle.
ref: 1918, J.B. Lippincott Company, Clear the Decks!: A Tale of the American Navy To-day, page 168:
text: Phillip is plainly fustered instead of being friendly.
ref: 1932, School Activities - Volumes 4-6, page 7:
text: “This is preposterous!” said the King, fustered. “Father, you're not going back on your word, are you?”
ref: 2013, Jerri Kay Lincoln, Dancing with Unicorns: A Unicorn Wisdom Book, page 107:
text: He rubbed the sweat from his broad forehead. He looked fustered, as usual. In a hurry to have the visit over.
ref: 2013, Margaret Berry, 'Till Death Us Do Part, →ISBN:
glosses: Upset; worked up.
Craft Masonry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The lowest three degrees (Apprentice, Journeyman, and Master) of Freemasonry.
field cricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field crickets
Senses: glosses: A cricket of the subfamily Gryllinae, found in fields and gardens.
field crickets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of field cricket
Q-carbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: The "Q" comes from quenched, due to the method of creating Q-carbon, by melting a layer of amorphous carbon atop an appropriate substrate and quickly cooling (quenching) it.
Senses: examples: text: Using laser beams similar to what doctors use for laser eye procedures, the researchers raised and rapidly cooled the temperature of the amorphous carbon, leading to the discovery of the Q-carbon that has a molecular structure stronger than a common crystal.
ref: 2015 December 2, ittorio Hernandez, “Newly discovered type of solid carbon creates diamond at room temperature”, in International Business Times AU:
text: Q-carbon is ferromagnetic, something no other phase of carbon is known to be, and it even glows when exposed to energy. But, exciting as these things are, the most proximate application for Q-carbon is in back-conversion to more natural carbon crystals: With a simple melting process, Q-carbon can be turned to diamond under forgiving conditions.
ref: 2015 December 11, Graham Templeton, “Q-carbon is harder than diamond, incredibly simple to make”, in Extreme Tech:
text: To make the boron-doped Q-carbon, the researchers coat a substrate with a mixture of amorphous carbon and boron.
ref: 2017 July 25, Brian Wang, “New analysis suggests there is five times more water in earth's mantle than in old theory”, in Next Big Future:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An allotrope of carbon that is superhard, ferromagnetic and electroconductive.
Coordinate terms: amorphous carbon
diamond
carbon nanotube
fullerene
graphene
graphite
bwthyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊθɪn/
Forms: form: bythynnod
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Welsh bwthyn. Possibly cognate with Scottish Gaelic bothag, Scots and Scottish English bothy.
Senses: examples: text: When I got home I called in the bwthyn where our welter-weight, Wil Shon Morgan, lived.
ref: 1943, Michael Gareth Llewelyn, Sand in the Glass:
text: In its simplest form, the bwthyn is a one-roomed or two-roomed cottage and was the most widespread house type of the Welsh countryside up to the present century.
ref: 1976, John B. Hilling, The historic architecture of Wales: an introduction:
text: We arrived at the bwthyn where a peat fire burnt at one end and a very black kettle hung over it and the smell of the peat acted as an excellent dissinfectant^([sic]) ... But oh! the dirty muddle inside was awful.
ref: 1998, Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England), The Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorian:
glosses: A small Welsh cottage.
-zza
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Australian origin. Combination of -z and -er.
Senses: examples: Boris → Bozza, Sharon → Shazza, Charlotte → Chazza
glosses: Forms nicknames, especially of personal names.
feels like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of feel like
feeling like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel like
felt like
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feel like
aswang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aswangs
form: asuang
Senses: glosses: A shapeshifting evil creature in Philippine mythology
confidence intervals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confidence interval
confidence levels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confidence level
hylaeosaurus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hylaeosauri
Senses: glosses: A herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived about 165 million years ago during the Cretaceous period
Hypernyms: sense: dinosaur
word: nodosaurid
sense: dinosaur
word: ankylosaurian
sense: dinosaur
word: dinosaur
burn notices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burn notice
Reeves' shad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reeves' shads
Senses: glosses: A fish, Tenualosa reevesii.
three-lips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: three-lips
Senses: glosses: A fish, Opsariichthys uncirostris.
non-official covers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-official cover
Merkelvellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Merkelvellian
form: most Merkelvellian
Etymology: Blend of Merkel + Machiavellian
Senses: examples: text: This Merkelvellian approach has put the fear of god up everybody: everybody's worried about unemployment; everybody's worried about the housing market; everybody's worried about the banking system.
ref: 2013 May 7, Kiran Moodley, quoting Yogesh Dewan, “Why 'Merkelvellianism' Could Backfire for Angela”, in CNBC:
text: Disillusioned that her telephone diplomacy with Putin failed, she's poised to go for more, to push her reputation as a tough Merkelvellian with the gloss of Mutti, a mother.
ref: 2014 April 23, Suzanne Fields, “A Cold German Spring for Merkel and Putin”, in The Washington Times:
text: German pundits called her Merkelvellian when she outsmarted, isolated or just outlasted anyone who might mount a challenge to her.
ref: 2015 December 9, “Person of the Year: Angela Merkel”, in TIME:
glosses: Pertaining to the tactics of German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
T-piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T-pieces
Etymology: From T (“capital letter”) + piece.
Senses: glosses: A pipe connector which forms a junction in the shape of a T.
topics: video-games
glosses: The tetromino in the shape of a T, as used in the video game Tetris.
tally shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tally shop
Frexit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛɡ.zɪt/
ipa: /ˈfɹɛk.sɪt/
rhymes: -ɛksɪt
Etymology: Blend of France + exit, possibly as an adaptation of Brexit.
Senses: examples: text: And while brexit is still on the agenda, after the European Parliament elections from May 22-25 it is quite legitimate to ask ourselves the question whether there is a danger of losing France - in other words is there a risk of a frexit?
ref: 2014 May 31, Adelina Marini, “Is It Time for a Frexit?”, in euinside:
text: The Front National won the French elections with calls for an immediate restoration of the franc and a referendum on Frexit.
ref: 2014 June, World Commerce Review, volume 8, number 2, page 3:
text: If Brexit happens can Frexit — France exiting the existing EU — be far behind?
ref: 2015, Denis MacShane, Brexit: How Britain will Leave Europe, page 9:
text: In France, opinion polls show that the far-right National Front, led by self-styled "Madame Frexit" Marine Le Pen, is now more popular than the center-right Republicans or ruling Socialists.
ref: 2015 November 9, Ian Bremmer, Time, volume 186, number 19, page 12:
text: It no longer advocates Frexit from the EU or leaving the euro currency.
ref: 2018 June 4, Maïa de La Baume, “Populist plan for 2019 election puts EU in crosshairs: The next European Parliament could well have more Euroskeptic voices. But can they work together?”, in Politico:
text: Her European policy is Frexit by stealth – unilaterally reducing payments to the EU budget and breaking EU laws she does not like.
ref: 2022 April 8, John Lichfield, “Get ready for a scary fortnight in French politics: a Le Pen presidency really is possible”, in The Guardian:
text: In a sort of shadow “Frexit”, the one-time member of the European Parliament calls for “disobeying” EU deficit rules and regulations.
ref: 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: Brexit
Czexit
Grexit
Huxit
Polexit
Roexit
glosses: The possible act of France leaving the European Union.
fishworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishworkers
Etymology: From fish + worker.
Senses: glosses: A laborer in the fishing industry.
CNN effect
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined during the first Gulf War when unusually large numbers of people were watching the CNN network news, which provided 24-hour coverage of the war.
Senses: examples: text: Concern about flying anywhere is the reason most often given for canceling trips. But some people say they are staying home for other reasons as well. Some potential travelers are riveted to their television sets, captivated by the constant news reports about the war, a condition that some people are calling the “CNN effect.”
ref: 2003 January 28, Eben Shapiro, “Fear of terrorism is curbing travel”, in The New York Times:
text: “We could see some more profit taking as retailers release somewhat tepid results, since the quarter included bad winter weather and the CNN effect,” said Tim Ghriskey of Ghriskey Capital Partners, a money manager in Bedford Hills, N.Y.
ref: 2003 May 19, “Leading Indicators Index to Be Posted”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: Uncertainty over the outcome in Iraq and the so-called CNN effect, which had folks glued to the TV for news, made for an unusually quiet spring for summer vacation rental agents.
ref: 2003 May 25, Chris Reidy, “Rentals off to a slow start”, in The Boston Globe:
text: In the 21st century, the "CNN effect" has been replaced by the Twitter effect.
ref: 2014 June 3, Suzanne Franks, “#BringBackOurGirls: the verdict”, in The Guardian:
text: Oliver Chen, a retail analyst at Cowen, warned of what he called a “CNN effect” of consumers becoming more frugal with holiday purchases, and devoting more attention to news watching.
ref: 2015 November 17, Hiroko Tabuchi, “Strong Sales at Walmart, Home Depot and TJX”, in New York Times:
glosses: The theorized negative effect on the economy, and other aspects of social life, caused by people staying home to watch television news during a crisis such as a war.
comajor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comajors
Etymology: From co- + major.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, in addition to my molecular biology major, I was enrolled in a scientific philosophy comajor along with all other members of the honours program, leaving me with time to also do a psychology minor.
ref: 2015, Bryan Grieg Fry, Doctor Venom, →ISBN:
text: Dr. Gönen also received an MS in industrial engineering (1973) and a PhD comajor in industrial engineering (1978) from Iowa State University, as well as an MBA from the University of Oklahoma (1980).
ref: 2014, Turan Gonen, Electrical Power Transmission System Engineering, →ISBN:
glosses: One of multiple main areas of study of a student working toward a degree at an institute of tertiary education.
comajor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comajors
form: comajoring
form: comajored
form: comajored
Etymology: From co- + major.
Senses: glosses: To concentrate on one of multiple areas of study as a student in a college or university.
comajors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comajor
comajors
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comajor
comess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Antillean Creole komès, from French commerce. Doublet of commerce.
Senses: examples: text: As Jasmine told me emphatically, "facts" are knowledge -- of correct practices and their meanings -- and provide the antidote to the comess of mixed ways of knowing and of behaving.
ref: 2004, Aisha Khan, Callaloo Nation, →ISBN, page 211:
text: Somewhere in the comess, Beti had lost her headpiece.
ref: 2012, Connie Wilkins, Steve Berman, Heiresses of Russ 2012, →ISBN, page 260:
text: The seer man revealed that the "comess" (conflict, trouble, confusion) this man was experiencing was linked to cuckoldry (perhaps his own; this part of the story was left vague), explaining that the neighbors "had worked obeah” on him and his family, "put[tin] graveyard dirt and many other things in a buried heap" under the outside stairs.
ref: 2014, J.W. Pulis, Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity, →ISBN, page 268:
glosses: Noise and confusion.
QE2
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
glosses: Any number of things named for Queen Elizabeth II.
complementology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From complement + -ology.
Senses: examples: text: The chapters from prominent experts cover the essentials as well as the hottest issues in complementology.
ref: 2007, Janos Szebeni, The Complement System: Novel Roles in Health and Disease, →ISBN:
text: This led to many reports of increased frequency of infections among complement-deficient patients and to the legitimization of complementology as a bona fide part of immunology.
ref: 2008, Richard A. Kaslow, Janet McNicholl, Adrian V. S. Hill, Genetic Susceptibility to Infectious Diseases, →ISBN, page 156:
text: Nevertheless, the obvious similarities in killing by complement and by lymphocytes were considered early [126] and led to continuous cross-fecundation between complementology and cellular immunology.
ref: 2012, Klaus Rother, Gerd Till, The Complement System, →ISBN, page 239:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The branch of immunology that deals with complement (one of four proteolytic cascades in blood).
complementologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementologists
Etymology: From complement + -ologist.
Senses: examples: text: I feel that books like these fill a gap insofar as up to now the complementologist had to collect his laboratory methods from widely differing books among which the classics of Kabat and Mayer and Weir are known to each of us.
ref: 1985, D. T. Fearon, Complement - Volume 2, page 237:
text: As more information becomes available about the cell membrane-associated complement components and receptors, additional applications for the clinical complementologist will become available.
ref: 1997, Noel R. Rose, Manual of Clinical Laboratory Immunology, page 180:
text: For this reason, as explained below, complementologist colleagues with neologist vein might find substantial reason to consider updating this deeply rooted misnomer.
ref: 2007, Janos Szebeni, The Complement System: Novel Roles in Health and Disease, →ISBN:
text: For the bacterial species it represents a virulence factor; for the complementologist it demonstrates the important role C5a and C5a des-Arg play in the inflammatory response.
ref: 2012, . Whicher & S.W. Evans, Biochemistry of Inflammation, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A person who studies or makes clinical use of complementology.
complementologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complementologist
consulate general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consulates general
Senses: glosses: The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign country.
consulates general
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consulate general
hilsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hilsas
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi हिल्सा (hilsā).
Senses: glosses: Tenualosa ilisha, a fish in the herring family, and a popular food fish in South Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Tenualosa ilisha
word: hilsa shad
sense: Tenualosa ilisha
word: ilish
hilsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hilsa
ilish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ilish
Etymology: From Bengali ইলিশ (iliś).
Senses: glosses: A fish, the hilsa.
Derived terms: sorshe ilish
biomineralizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biomineralizer
microtips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microtip
ecarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A reagent used to monitor anticoagulation, derived from the venom of the saw-scaled viper, Echis carinatus.
Derived terms: ecarin clotting time
flatulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flatulations
Etymology: From flatulate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: Flatulence.
glosses: An act of flatulating.
borgi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːɡi/
ipa: /ˈbɔɹɡi/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ɡi
Forms: form: borgis
Etymology: Blend of border collie + corgi.
Senses: examples: text: As a gesture of confidence, or perhaps resignation, she has provided Lissa and me early Christmas presents—in the form of a six-week-old Corgi (Lissa’s) and six-week-old half brother Borgi (corgi/Border Collie).
ref: 2003, The American Oxonian, page 84:
text: BORGI PUPPIES, (Border Collie X Corgi), M/F, shots, $250-$350.
ref: 2004 December 23, The Modesto Bee, page G -4:
text: Her home was filled with her own herd which she loved: horses, Border Collies, Corgis, Borgis, and cats.
ref: 2015 October 19, “Kellie Diane Stanley-Bennett: February 5, 1976- September 12, 2015”, in Merced Sun-Star, volume 127, number 191, page 6A:
glosses: A crossbreed dog resulting from the breeding of a border collie and a corgi.
subhelices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subhelix
bioinactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + inactive.
Senses: glosses: Not bioactive.
spheroliths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spherolith
secoisolariciresinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular lignan.
phytodepurative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From phyto- + depurative.
Senses: examples: text: Water mint isolates, by changing the proportion of apical, elongating and mature root zone, may regulate the release of nutrients, gases, anti-microbial or signalling compounds, which are important chemical mediators between plant and rhizospheric microorganisms and, as already discussed, can also affect the phytodepurative properties of the plant.
ref: 2015 December 8, “In Vitro Morphogenesis of Arabidopsis to Search for Novel Endophytic Fungi Modulating Plant Growth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Causing or relating to phytodepuration.
monoparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + parametric.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to a single parameter.
uniparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + parametric.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to a single parameter.
diparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + parametric.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to two parameters.
biparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + parametric.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to two parameters
Derived terms: biparametrically
Related terms: biparameter
triparametric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + parametric.
Senses: glosses: Having or relating to three parameters.
mitoribosomal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mitoribosome + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Particularly interesting is the recent finding that its partner protein MTO1 interacts with mitoribosomal proteins in an RNA-independent manner, which suggests that MTO1 helps in the assembly or stability of mitoribosomes.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Defective Expression of the Mitochondrial-tRNA Modifying Enzyme GTPBP3 Triggers AMPK-Mediated Adaptive Responses Involving Complex I Assembly Factors, Uncoupling Protein 2, and the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to mitoribosomes.
Derived terms: antimitoribosomal
metabotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metabotypes
Etymology: Short for metabolic type.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, we found that these time-resolved metabotypes were discriminated into five distinct clusters.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Metabolomic Responses of Guard Cells and Mesophyll Cells to Bicarbonate”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A metabolic type; the kind of metabolism that an individual has.
metabotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metabotypes
form: metabotyping
form: metabotyped
form: metabotyped
Etymology: Short for metabolic type.
Senses: glosses: To identify and classify metabotypes
Related terms: metabotypic
metabotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metabotype
matairesinol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: To examine the specificity of the effect of red LED on the lignan production in U18i-CPi-Fk, we compared accumulation of pinoresinol aglycone and matairesinol aglycone in the F.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Generation of Triple-Transgenic Forsythia Cell Cultures as a Platform for the Efficient, Stable, and Sustainable Production of Lignans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A plant lignan that occurs with secoisolariciresinol in numerous foods such as oil seeds, whole grains, vegetables, and fruits.
intracortically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intracortical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Within the cortex.
immunomodulative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + modulative.
Senses: examples: text: In herbal medicine, cumin oil is known to possess several pharmacological activities, such as antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, antiepileptic, anti-infertility, anticancerous and immunomodulative effects due to presence of active chemical constituents.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Physio-Biochemical Composition and Untargeted Metabolomics of Cumin ( Cuminum cyminum L.) Make It Promising Functional Food and Help in Mitigating Salinity Stress”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of immunomodulatory.
synonyms: word: immunomodulatory
forisome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forisomes
Senses: examples: text: This statement is supported by in-vitro experiments data where extracted forisomes responded to application of aphid salivary compounds.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Application of Brown Planthopper Salivary Gland Extract to Rice Plants Induces Systemic Host mRNA Patterns Associated with Nutrient Remobilization”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins occurring in the sieve tubes of Fabaceae.
forisomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forisome
hyperexpansion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperexpansions
Etymology: From hyper- + expansion.
Senses: examples: text: The resultant partial occlusion of the small airways by sloughed epithelial cells, inflammatory cells, respiratory secretions and mucous plugs as observed microscopically may lead to air trapping, lung hyperexpansion and increased airway resistance causing respiratory distress.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Kinetics of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Memphis Strain 37 (M37) Infection in the Respiratory Tract of Newborn Lambs as an RSV Infection Model for Human Infants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: excessive expansion
hyperexpansions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperexpansion
homoplasmicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homoplasmic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: The positive clone was subjected to three consecutive rounds of single colony isolation on plates of solid medium to ensure homoplasmicity.
ref: 2015 December 8, “Identification and Structural Analysis of Amino Acid Substitutions that Increase the Stability and Activity of Aspergillus niger Glucose Oxidase”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being homoplasmic.
deleobuvir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -buvir (“RNA polymerase (NS5B) inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An experimental drug for the treatment of hepatitis C.
hypertestosteronaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hypertestosteronemia.
overadjustment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overadjustments
Etymology: From over- + adjustment.
Senses: examples: text: These CD4 T cell-related variables were associated with ethnicity and were excluded from the initial model, to prevent overadjustment.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Gag-Specific CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Proliferation in Adolescents and Young Adults with Perinatally Acquired HIV-1 Infection Is Associated with Ethnicity — The ANRS-EP38-IMMIP Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: excessive adjustment
overadjustments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overadjustment
noninfarct
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + infarct.
Senses: examples: text: After RSE treatment for 90 days, there was no comparable fibrosis in noninfarct and infarct regions.
ref: 2015 December 10, “The Long-Term Consumption of Ginseng Extract Reduces the Susceptibility of Intermediate-Aged Hearts to Acute Ischemia Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not of or relating to an infarct.
papillates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of papillate
nonpapillate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + papillate.
Senses: glosses: Not papillate.
interbarb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + barb.
Senses: examples: text: During fieldwork we observed that both species of mites usually lie along the rachis of the feather, and do not occupy the sides of the barbs (except in highly parasitized hosts), suggesting that the body length should match the interbarb width.
ref: 2015 December 10, “Niche Partitioning of Feather Mites within a Seabird Host, Calonectris borealis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Between barbs.
Uberize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Uberizes
form: Uberizing
form: Uberized
form: Uberized
form: Uberise
form: uberise
form: uberize
Etymology: From Uber + -ize. From the brand of the company Uber, which disrupted the taxicab industry by creating a business model allowing private drivers to be paid for providing a similar service.
Senses: examples: text: Yes, more companies are offering 401(k) plans, but in the Uberized "gig economy" fewer workers may even have an employer to offer them.
ref: 2016 January 7, Michael Hiltzik, “Conservatives are still trying to prove there's no retirement crisis – but workers may know better”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jan 2016:
text: Participate in any of today's industry conferences or university business courses, and you will likely hear at least one individual who affirms that they have invented, or conceptually designed, a platform that will “uberize” industry X, Y, or Z.
ref: 2017, Loick Menvielle, The Digitization of Healthcare: New Challenges and Opportunities:
text: New gangs ‘Uberise’ Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence [title]
ref: 2018 December 14, “New gangs 'Uberise' Europe's cocaine supply and bring more violence”, in The Guardian:
text: To be active in the twenty-first century revolution and avoid being “Uberized”, lawyers must revolutionize their thinking modes and practices to have the capacity to innovate.
ref: 2021, Antoine Masson, Gavin Robinson, editors, Mapping Legal Innovation: Trends and Perspectives, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 65:
text: What is less often appreciated, though, is just how much, and how steadily, the structure and technology of gig work have expanded beyond our most obviously “Uberized” jobs.
ref: 2023 April 13, Lauren Hilgers, “When Your Boss Is an App”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Apr 2023:
topics: economics
sciences
qualifier: American and Oxford British spelling
glosses: To introduce a platform to an existing market or industry that provides direct transactions between sellers and buyers, often using mobile technology.
wikipedia: Uber
Derived terms: Uberization