cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fanboyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fanboy
not-so-hot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A hyphenated compound of not + so + hot.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of not so hot.
bad actor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad actors
Senses: examples: text: More needs to be done to combat financial crime, a senior lawyer at HSBC has said as he called for global collaboration over the rules imposed on banks to keep “bad actors” out of the financial system.
ref: 2016 September 26, Jill Treanor, quoting Stuart Levey, “Global collaboration needed on ‘bad actor’ rules, says HSBC legal chief”, in The Guardian:
text: The top-ranking Democrat on the Senate intelligence committee has warned that YouTube’s powerful recommendation algorithm may be “optimising for outrageous, salacious and often fraudulent content” or susceptible to “manipulation by bad actors, including foreign intelligence entities”.
ref: 2018 February 5, Paul Lewis, quoting Mark Warner, “Senator warns YouTube algorithm may be open to manipulation by 'bad actors'”, in The Guardian:
topics: law
glosses: An individual or entity with a prior criminal conviction, or who has been sanctioned by the court or regulator.
glosses: A person with malicious intent.
examples: text: At this stage of the game excitement ran high; all were on their feet and crowding close upon the Chair – all were talking at once. One Democratic brother loudly called another a G-d d--d fool and then apologised. The Convention was a Pandemonium of bad actors.
ref: 1857 September 12, “The County Convention”, in The Evansville Daily Journal, page 2:
text: But the soldiers continue to suffer and die by the thousands, and the country to bleed at every pore. How long shall these things be and the bold, bad actors who have arranged the drama dare to show their faces among an outraged constituency?
ref: 1862 December 27, “The Neros at Washington”, in Dayton Daily Empire, page 2:
glosses: An ill-intentioned, mean, badly behaved or ill-tempered person.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, actor.
Synonyms: topics: law
word: criminal
topics: law
word: wrongdoer
topics: law
word: malefactor
bad actors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bad actor
lighter-than-air
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That is lighter than air, describing materials or aircraft.
undermate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undermates
Etymology: From under- + mate.
Senses: examples: text: Twice I actually hired myself as an under-mate in a Greenland whaler, and acquitted myself to admiration.
ref: 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC:
glosses: A junior officer on board a ship.
autopolyploidization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopolyploidizations
Etymology: From autopolyploid + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: The proposed hypotheses to explain the evolutionary history of this most widespread Anthoxanthum species include autopolyploidization of A.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid
Yorkshire caviar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A hovering bar zips around the restaurant while foodie-types dig in to the cultured food, from corn-fed chicken to fish and chips with Yorkshire caviar.
ref: 2008, Oliver Berry, Belinda Dixon, Devon, Cornwall and Southwest England, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, page 86:
text: 2009, 24 April, Oldfield Restaurants, Passion for Real Food, quoted in "Fishcakes with Yorkshire Caviar", The Journal
To serve, spoon a reheated dollop of Yorkshire caviar alongside.
text: Downstairs in the kitchen Phil always had a box or two of Batchelors marrowfat dried peas soaking in a bucket together with a sodium tablet, which he would transform the next day into a grey-green lumpy mass of 'Yorkshire caviar', the humble but delicious mush of peas served with mint sauce and vinegar.
ref: 2012, Paul O'Grady, Still Standing: The Savage Years, Random House, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: mushy peas.
gadopentetate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gadopentetates
Etymology: From gadopentetic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: The VIF represents vascular gadopentetate concentration measured in units of signal intensity change from baseline as a function of time, i.e., ΔSI(t) = SI(t)–SI(baseline), where SI(baseline) was obtained by averaging the signal intensity from frames 5–10, after achieving steady state but prior to contrast agent administration [22 ].
ref: 2015 July 25, “Dependence of DCE-MRI biomarker values on analysis algorithm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of gadopentetic acid.
georeferentiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + referentiation.
Senses: examples: text: The georeferentiation was based on data from “Catalogue of Keys from the Federal States, Municipalities and Localities” [Catálogo Único de Claves de Áreas Geoestadísticas Estatales, Municipales y Localidades].
ref: 2015 July 25, “Leptospirosis in Mexico: Epidemiology and Potential Distribution of Human Cases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The assignment of a georeference to a location
glycopattern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycopatterns
Etymology: From glyco- + pattern.
Senses: examples: text: Among these, the GlcNAc binder DSA showed a stronger binding signal than the others (see Fig 5A ), which indicated that GlcNAc was a dominant glycopattern in DENV-2.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Characterization of N-Glycan Structures on the Surface of Mature Dengue 2 Virus Derived from Insect Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The pattern of glycosides in a biological sample
glycopatterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, the binding signal produced by PHA-E was stronger than those produced by other lectins, except DSA, which indicated that glycopatterns inclusive of bisected GlcNAc and biantennary N-glycans are in high abundance on DENV-2 (shown in Fig 5C ).
ref: 2015 July 25, “Characterization of N-Glycan Structures on the Surface of Mature Dengue 2 Virus Derived from Insect Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glycopattern
graphoepitaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grapho- + epitaxy.
Senses: examples: text: However the present samples lack any features to guide alignment, as is the case with graphoepitaxy, which assists in significantly lowering the observed defect density.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Automated Defect and Correlation Length Analysis of Block Copolymer Thin Film Nanopatterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The growth of an aligned layer of single crystal, from a seed, on the surface of a substrate
hemidiaphragm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemidiaphragms
Etymology: From hemi- + diaphragm.
Senses: examples: text: Neuronal cell entry of BoNT/A followed by entry of BoNT/E was further demonstrated by sequentially exposing hemidiaphragm muscle preparations and selectively blocking BoNT/A with 3,4-DAP. This resulted in a recovery similar to BoNT/A and not BoNT/E, confirming sequential cell entry of the toxins [18 ].
ref: 2015 July 25, “Botulinum Neurotoxins Can Enter Cultured Neurons Independent of Synaptic Vesicle Recycling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Either the left or right half of the diaphragm
Related terms: hemidiaphragmatic
heptamerize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heptamerizes
form: heptamerizing
form: heptamerized
form: heptamerized
Etymology: From heptamer + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Such mutants that cannot heptamerize have been shown to be more effective antigens.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Immunization with a Recombinant, Pseudomonas fluorescens -Expressed, Mutant Form of Bacillus anthracis -Derived Protective Antigen Protects Rabbits from Anthrax Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To form a heptamer
Related terms: heptamerization
hysteromyoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hysteromyomas
form: hysteromyomata
Etymology: From hystero- + myoma.
Senses: examples: text: All patients underwent fresh ET during the first cycle and did not receive any medication for 3 months prior to IVF/ICSI. Patients were excluded if they had hysteromyoma, adenomyosis, ovarian tumor, endometriosis, polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS), hyperprolactinemia, thyroid disease, adrenal disease, diabetes, or a chromosomal aberration(determined by karyotype).
ref: 2015 July 25, “Clinical Outcomes of In Vitro Fertilization among Chinese Infertile Couples Treated for Syphilis Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A uterine myoma
infiltrability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infiltrabilities
Senses: examples: text: Our experiments re-confirmed that mosses and lichens functioned better than PCs by decreasing soil buck density, increasing water holding capacity and infiltrability.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Response of Surface Soil Hydrology to the Micro-Pattern of Bio-Crust in a Dry-Land Loess Environment, China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The ability (of a soil etc.) to undergo infiltration (of water).
Related terms: infiltrable
lanthipeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lanthipeptides
Senses: examples: text: Notably, each of these two clusters, encoding a lanthipeptide and a bacteriocin, respectively, is shared with S.
ref: 2015 July 25, “A Genomic, Transcriptomic and Proteomic Look at the GE2270 Producer Planobispora rosea, an Uncommon Actinomycete”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any peptide containing lanthionine
mechanonociception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mechano- + nociception.
Senses: examples: text: In somatosensory neurons TRPM8 serves as a specific transducer channel for cold stimuli, a mechanism that would involve it in mechanonociception is not known [41 ].
ref: 2015 July 25, “Differential Contribution of TRPA1, TRPV4 and TRPM8 to Colonic Nociception in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: mechanical nociception
Related terms: mechanonociceptive
multicloning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + cloning.
Senses: examples: text: The mouse Obif or Obif mutations cDNA that were added to the FLAG tag at the C-terminus were inserted into the multicloning site of pBMN-I-GFP (Nolan-GFP).
ref: 2015 July 25, “Obif, a Transmembrane Protein, Is Required for Bone Mineralization and Spermatogenesis in Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: multiple cloning
myoadenylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + adenylate.
Senses: examples: text: Our goal was to diagnose the following four types of metabolic myopathies: Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies, lipid oxidation disorders, glycogenoses, and myoadenylate deaminase deficiency.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Diagnostic Algorithm for Glycogenoses and Myoadenylate Deaminase Deficiency Based on Exercise Testing Parameters: A Prospective Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: adenosine monophosphate in muscle tissue
neuroaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroaxes
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, we examined the formation of heterokaryons in the entire anterior-posterior neuroaxis: retina, olfactory bulb, cortex, hippocampus, cerebellum, and the spinal cord.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Cell Fusion along the Anterior-Posterior Neuroaxis in Mice with Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of neuraxis.
nucleotypic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Because nuclear genome size of may affect several phenotypic and developmental characteristics irrespective of the information coded in the DNA (i.e., the nucleotypic effect; [71 ]), we speculate that the variation we found in nuclear genome size represents adaptation to different environmental conditions.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Evolutionary and Taxonomic Implications of Variation in Nuclear Genome Size: Lesson from the Grass Genus Anthoxanthum (Poaceae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Describing any effect due solely to the size of an organism's (nuclear) genome
glosses: Relating to a nucleotype
oculotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oculo- + -tropic.
Senses: examples: text: Contrarily to epithelial-genital strains, LGV and oculotropic strains do not encode a functional cytotoxin [81, 85 ].
ref: 2015 July 25, “Chlamydia trachomatis In Vivo to In Vitro Transition Reveals Mechanisms of Phase Variation and Down-Regulation of Virulence Factors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having an affinity for, or moving towards the eye
oligopyrimidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligopyrimidines
Etymology: From oligo- + pyrimidine.
Senses: examples: text: However, mTOR-sensitive translatomes commonly include mRNAs with a 5’ terminal oligopyrimidine tract (TOP), such as those encoding ribosomal proteins, but not ISGs. Because these translatomes were obtained under conditions when ISG expression is not induced, we examined the mTOR-sensitive translatome in human WISH cells stimulated with IFN β.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Assessment of mTOR-Dependent Translational Regulation of Interferon Stimulated Genes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A portion of DNA or RNA containing several consecutive pyrimidine bases
paucimannose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pauci- + mannose.
Senses: examples: text: They found that N-linked glycans on DENV virions derived from mammalian cells were a mix of high-mannose sugars and complex sugars, while a mix of high-mannose sugars and paucimannose sugars were found on mosquito-derived virions.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Characterization of N-Glycan Structures on the Surface of Mature Dengue 2 Virus Derived from Insect Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having few mannose moieties
subcoriaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + coriaceous.
Senses: examples: text: Leaf narrowly obovate-oblanceolate, 6–10 x 1.2–1.8 cm, minutely emarginate at apex, the mid-vein protruding abaxially into a small apicule, gradually tapering toward the base into a deeply conduplicate petiole with strongly ancipitous margins, subcoriaceous.
ref: 2015 July 25, “Specklinia dunstervillei, a New Species Long Confused with Specklinia endotrachys (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Slightly leathery
subpectoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + pectoral.
Senses: examples: text: Transvenous ICD implantation followed institutional standards with device placement either in a left-sided subpectoral or subcutaneous pocket and with the right ventricular lead positioned in the right ventricular apex.
ref: 2015 July 25, “ICD Shock, Not Ventricular Fibrillation, Causes Elevation of High Sensitive Troponin T after Defibrillation Threshold Testing—The Prospective, Randomized, Multicentre TropShock-Trial”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Beneath the pectoralis major
in state
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue. As he drew near the throne, a rushing whirlwind arose in the corner of the hall and, lo! from the roof beams floated down a monstrous black serpent that coiled itself up on the very seat of majesty. The Emperor fell in a swoon.
ref: 1925, Luo Guanzhong, translated by Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
glosses: With pomp and ceremony.
examples: text: Her grandparents moved in state last year.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, state.
Derived terms: lie in state
Related terms: in a state
unadept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unadepts
Etymology: From un- + adept.
Senses: examples: text: And thus for a time I was occupied by exploded systems, mingling, like an unadept, a thousand contradictory theories and floundering desperately in a very slough of multifarious knowledge […].
ref: 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:
glosses: Someone who is not an adept.
unadept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unadept
form: most unadept
Etymology: From un- + adept.
Senses: glosses: Not adept; unproficient.
deoxyanthocyanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deoxyanthocyanins
Etymology: From deoxy- + anthocyanin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compounds derived from an anthocyanin by loss of a hydroxy group
Related terms: deoxyanthocyanidin
diabody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diabodies
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dimer of a fragment of an immunoglobin
Related terms: triabody
triabody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triabodies
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A trimer of a fragment of an immunoglobin
Related terms: diabody
dimethoxyphenylethylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdaɪmɛθɑksiˌfiːnəlˌɛθələˈmiːn/
ipa: /ˌdaɪmɛθɒksiˌfiːnəlˌɛθələˈmiːn/
Forms: form: dimethoxyphenylethylamines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any dimethoxy derivative of phenylethylamine, some of which have biochemical action
duodenojejunostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duodenojejunostomies
Etymology: From duodeno- + jejunostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The creation of a connection between the duodenum and the jejunum
eigenfeature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenfeatures
Etymology: From eigen- + feature.
Senses: glosses: Any of a set of specific features which, together, allow for face recognition
eigenmatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenmatrices
Etymology: From eigen- + matrix.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The counterpart of eigenvectors for operators over spaces of matrices.
fluoroplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoroplastics
Etymology: From fluoro- + plastic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any plastic formally derived from another by replacing some or all hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon chain by atoms of fluorine
furanyne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furanynes
form: furan-yne
Etymology: From furan + -yne.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing a furan ring joined to an alkyne
gabbronorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gabbronorites
Etymology: From gabbro + norite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A form of gabbro containing some norite and other inclusions.
ganglioblocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganglioblockers
Etymology: From ganglio- + blocker.
Senses: glosses: Any substance that inhibits transmission of nerve impulses from a ganglion
gaussoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gaussoids
Etymology: From Gauss + -oid.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A Gaussian curve.
genovariant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genovariants
Etymology: From geno- + variant.
Senses: glosses: A genetic variant
geocell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocells
Etymology: From geo- + cell.
Senses: glosses: Any of the many cells in a cellular confinement system.
geospacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geospacers
Etymology: From geo- + spacer.
Senses: glosses: A gridlike material used in a cellular confinement system.
geonet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geonets
Etymology: From geo- + net.
Senses: glosses: A network of geocells sometimes forming a geospacer
graminid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graminids
Senses: glosses: Any grass of the family Gramineae.
glosses: Any member of a clade within the order Poales containing families closely related to the Gramineae.
heteronucleophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteronucleophiles
Etymology: From hetero- + nucleophile.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any heterocyclic nucleophile in which the nucleophilic atom is a heteroatom
field maple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: field maples
Senses: glosses: A maple tree of the species Acer campestre.
Synonyms: sense: Acer campestre
word: hedge maple
sense: Acer campestre
word: common maple
Swiss pine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swiss pines
Senses: glosses: A pine tree of the species Pinus cembra, native to alpine Europe, North Africa, and western Asia.
Synonyms: sense: Pinus cembra
word: Swiss stone pine
sense: Pinus cembra
word: arolla pine
sense: Pinus cembra
word: Austrian stone pine
sense: Pinus cembra
word: stone pine
sour gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sour gases
Senses: glosses: natural gas, or any other gas, containing significant amounts of hydrogen sulfide
Pyongyangite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pyongyangites
Etymology: From Pyongyang + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Pyongyang.
Pyongyangites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pyongyangite
ripeish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪpɪʃ
Etymology: From ripe + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat ripe.
unaltruistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unaltruistically
form: most unaltruistically
Etymology: From unaltruistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unaltruistic manner.
nonaltruistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + altruistically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonaltruistic manner.
prisonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prisonous
form: most prisonous
Etymology: From prison + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Their sloping ceilings, cumbrous rusty locks and grates, and heavy wooden bins and beams, slowly mouldering withal, had a prisonous look, and he had the haggard face of a prisoner.
ref: 1870 April–September, Charles Dickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1870, →OCLC:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a prison.
antialtruism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + altruism.
Senses: glosses: opposition to altruism
antialtruistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antialtruistic
form: most antialtruistic
Etymology: From anti- + altruistic.
Senses: glosses: opposed to altruism
DPST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DPSTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of double pole, single throw: a type of electrical switch.
gunpower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gun + power.
Senses: examples: a battleship with superior gunpower
glosses: firepower from guns
brass ceiling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brass ceilings
Etymology: From brass (“indicating high-ranking officers”) + ceiling (“suggesting a barrier to upward advancement”).
Senses: examples: ref: 2004, Dorothy Moses Schulz, Breaking the Brass Ceiling: Women Police Chiefs and Their Paths to the Top, Greenwood Publishing, →ISBN:
ref: 2007, Breaking Through the Brass Ceiling: Elite Military Women's Strategies for Success, ProQuest., →ISBN:
glosses: An unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.
Related terms: glass ceiling
bamboo ceiling
cotton ceiling
brass ceilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brass ceiling
coreshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From core + shine.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of Rho Oph 9, we were unable to reliably disentangle the coreshine emission from background variations and the strong local PAH emission.
ref: 2015, J. Steinacker, M. Andersen, W.-F. Thi, R. Paladini, M. Juvela, A. Bacmann, V.-M. Pelkonen, L. Pagani, C. Lefèvre, Th. Henning, A. Noriega-Crespo, “Grain size limits derived from 3.6 μm and 4.5 μm coreshine”, in arXiv:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: infrared light scattered by unusually large grains of dust in the denser core regions of molecular clouds
geoparser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geoparsers
Etymology: From geo- + parser.
Senses: examples: text: Many state-of-the-art geoparsers and temporal parsers suffer from low recall.
ref: 2015, Wei Zhang, Yang Yu, Osho Gupta, Judith Gelernter, “Recognizing Extended Spatiotemporal Expressions by Actively Trained Average Perceptron Ensembles”, in arXiv:
glosses: A program or algorithm that performs geoparsing.
geoparsers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geoparser
geoparsing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + parsing.
Senses: glosses: The process of parsing text that identifies a place into an unambiguous geographic reference.
photocounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + counting.
Senses: examples: text: The role played by spectral statistics of random matrices is highlighted in approximating the overall photocounting distribution when acting intensities are modeled by a non-central Wishart random matrix.
ref: 2015, Elvira Di Nardo, “On photon statistics parametrized by a non-central Wishart random matrix”, in arXiv:
glosses: The counting of photons.
recombinative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In this context, vibrational bath engineering allows to promote ^([sic]) fast, directional charge transfer and to suppress recombinative losses.
ref: 2015, Dmitry V. Zhdanov, Tamar Seideman, “Quantum optimal environment engineering for efficient photoinduced charge separation”, in arXiv:
glosses: Relating to recombination.
submonoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submonoid
subregularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sub- + regularity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being subregular.
thermofluctuational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thermofluctuation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to thermofluctuation.
anonychia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From an- + onych- + -ia.
Senses: examples: text: (c) Koilonychias left great toe and anonychia small toe of same side.
ref: 2015, Subhash Kashyap, Vinay Shanker, Neelam Sharma, “Ectodermal Dysplasia-Skin Fragility Syndrome: A Rare Case Report”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The absence of nails.
antiadhesion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + adhesion.
Senses: examples: text: An example is the use of antiadhesion barriers.
ref: 2014 June 3, Jon S. Thompson, “Short Bowel Syndrome and Malabsorption – Causes and Prevention”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: Preventing adhesion.
antimyoclonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + myoclonic.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, PER has shown broad-spectrum antiepileptic activity when administered orally in preclinical animal models, including antimyoclonic activity.
ref: 2015 August 8, Estevo Santamarina et al., “Use of perampanel in one case of super-refractory hypoxic myoclonic status: Case report”, in Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Preventing myoclonus.
antioedematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + oedematous.
Senses: examples: text: The third phase of oedema is sensitive to most clinically effective anti-inflammatory drugs, which have been frequently used to assess the antioedematous effect of natural products.
ref: 2015 August 18, Michael Gebrehiwot et al., “Evaluation of the wound healing property of Commiphora guidottii Chiov. ex. Guid.”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of antiedematous.
antiedematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + edematous.
Senses: glosses: Preventing edema
BDAC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium chloride.
cardiocirculatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cardio- + circulatory.
Senses: examples: text: Estradiol, on the other hand, has been found to improve cardiovascular and hepatic function following cardiocirculatory shock.
ref: 2014 March 28, Markus Albertsmeier et al., “Gender-Specific Effects on Immune Response and Cardiac Function after Trauma Hemorrhage and Sepsis”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to cardiocirculation.
choanozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choanozoa
form: choanozoans
Etymology: From translingual Choanozoa + -an.
Senses: examples: text: It suggest that the imported aCCA gene replaced the ancestral eukaryotic eCCA gene, leading to a number of independent losses of the eCCA gene in the choanozoan groups.
ref: 2015 June 27, Heike Betat et al., “The ancestor of modern Holozoa acquired the CCA-adding enzyme from Alphaproteobacteria by horizontal gene transfer”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:
glosses: Any member of the Choanozoa, a phylum of protists.
choanozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choanozoan
colonoscopically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From colonoscopic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of, or in terms of, colonoscopy.
collybistin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A protein that acts as a regulator of the localization of gephyrin.
curzerene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: GC-MS analysis confirmed that the major constituents of the essential oil of C. guidottii is α-santalene, although furanoeudesma-1,3-diene and curzerene also occurred in large amounts (Table 2).
ref: 2015 August 18, Michael Gebrehiwot et al., “Evaluation of the wound healing property of Commiphora guidottii Chiov. ex. Guid.”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A bioactive isolate of Caribbean corals.
cytohistologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + histologic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cytohistological.
synonyms: word: cytohistological
cytohistological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cyto- + histological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to cytohistology.
dermopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermopathies
Etymology: From dermo- + -pathy.
Senses: examples: text: D-Penicillamine-induced degenerative dermopathy can manifest as a combination of manifestations of skin fragility over bony prominences and pressure areas and cutis laxa-like features, as was seen in one of our case.
ref: 2015, Sujay Khandpur et al., “D-penicillamine Induced Degenerative Dermopathy”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: disease of the skin
Related terms: dermopathologist
dermopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermopathy
dyspigmented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dyspigmented
form: most dyspigmented
Etymology: From dys- + pigmented.
Senses: examples: text: On examination a solitary nodule, which used to bleed on slightest trauma, was seen over an area of atrophic looking dyspigmented 8 × 10 cm plaque, situated in the interscapular region.
ref: 2015, Banashree Majumdar et al., “Recurrent Pyogenic Granulomas with Underlying Arteriovenous Malformation: An Exclusively Rare Entity”, in Indian Journal of Dermatology, volume 60, →DOI:
glosses: Badly or wrongly pigmented.
elastotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Relating to elastosis.
epoxomicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A naturally-occurring selective proteasome inhibitor with anti-inflammatory activity.
hepacivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hepaciviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: HCV is a member of Flaviviridae family and genus hepacivirus reported back in 1989.
ref: 2015 June 23, Abrar Hussain et al., “Phylogenetic and 2D/3D Analysis of HCV 1a NS4A Gene/Protein in Pakistani Isolates”, in Hepatitis Monthly, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Any of the genus Hepacivirus of viruses in the family Flaviviridae.
Related terms: hepaciviral
hepaciviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepacivirus
hepaciviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to hepaciviruses.
hepaprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hepaprotective
form: most hepaprotective
Senses: examples: text: The aim of the present study is to investigate hepaprotective effect of ZMYL against CDDP-induced hepatotoxicity.
ref: 2015 August 18, Can Gong et al., “Hepatotoxicity and pharmacokinetics of cisplatin in combination therapy with a traditional Chinese medicine compound of Zengmian Yiliu granules in ICR mice and SKOV-3-bearing nude mice”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of hepatoprotective.
synonyms: word: hepatoprotective
hyperendemicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + endemicity.
Senses: examples: text: Studies were done in Kerala by Anoop et al., reveal ^([sic]) hyperendemicity of dengue in the region with the presence of multiple serotypes and high rates of co-infection.
ref: 2015, Rahul Unnikrishnan et al., “Clinical and laboratory profile of dengue in the elderly”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being hyperendemic.
hyponatremic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyponatremic
form: most hyponatremic
Etymology: From hyponatremia + -ic or hypo- + natremia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: 58% of the hyponatremic patients were found to be symptomatic.
ref: 2015, Rahul Unnikrishnan et al., “Clinical and laboratory profile of dengue in the elderly”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting or relating to hyponatremia.
Coordinate terms: hypocalcemic
hypocupremic
hypoferremic
hypokalemic
hypomagnesemic
interloop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + loop.
Senses: examples: text: Early reports of the LILT showed a high complication rate with anastomotic stenosis, staple line leakage, interloop abscess and fistulae formation, and hemiloop necrosis resulting from vascular compromise, but with more experience the complication rate has been reduced.
ref: 2014 June 6, Aparna Rege, “The Surgical Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome – Autologous Reconstruction versus Transplantation”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: Between loops.
isovalerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isovalerates
Etymology: From isovaleric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of isovaleric acid.
Derived terms: ketoisovalerate
isovalerates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isovalerate
khaini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaini
Senses: examples: text: Six different brands of khaini products [ Table 1 ] had an average of 6.65 ± 2.69 mg nicotine per gram of tobacco.
ref: 2015, Priyamvada Sharma, Pratima Murthy, Parul Shivhare, “Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology, volume 47, →DOI:
glosses: A form of chewing tobacco used in India, containing slaked lime.
micromechanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From micromechanical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The basic concept of bonding to enamel and dentin is essentially an exchange process involving replacement of minerals removed from the dentin by resin monomers, which, upon setting, become micromechanically interlocked in the created porosities.
ref: 2015 July 15, Sang-Bae Lee et al., “Catechol-Functionalized Synthetic Polymer as a Dental Adhesive to Contaminated Dentin Surface for a Composite Restoration”, in Biomacromolecules, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: By means of, or in terms of, micromechanics.
nanohydrogels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanohydrogel
untriumphant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untriumphant
form: most untriumphant
Etymology: From un- + triumphant.
Senses: glosses: Not triumphant.
unjubilant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unjubilant
form: most unjubilant
Etymology: From un- + jubilant.
Senses: glosses: Not jubilant.
nonprescribed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + prescribed.
Senses: examples: text: Improvement in depressive symptoms in patients with the cardiometabolic disease at 12 months was not any better in patients prescribed with anti-depressants when compared with the nonprescribed group.
ref: 2015, Bhautesh Dinesh Jani et al., “The effects of anti-depressants on depression symptom scores at 12 months follow-up in patients with cardiometabolic disease: Results from a large primary care cohort”, in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Not prescribed.
pathohistological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From patho- + histological.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, biopsy technique and orientation in the pathohistological assessment are very important, and correct classification in small superficial biopsies can be impossible.
ref: 2014 February 3, Johanna Munding, Andrea Tannapfel, “Epidemiology of Colorectal Adenomas and Histopathological Assessment of Endoscopic Specimens in the Colorectum”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of histopathological; Relating to pathohistology.
synonyms: word: histopathological
extra: Relating to pathohistology
papillomatoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papillomatosis
papillomatotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to papillomatosis.
peripyloric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + pyloric.
Senses: examples: text: 325 lymph nodes were peripyloric.
ref: 2014 February 3, Hartwig Riediger et al., “Intraoperative Schnellschnittuntersuchungen parapylorischer Lymphknoten bei der pyloruserhaltenden Pankreaskopfresektion: Gibt es eine klinische Relevanz?”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: Around the pylorus.
mucusless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mucus + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without mucus.
postintubation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + intubation.
Senses: glosses: After intubation.
ASNAC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic (university course).
pneumoperitoneal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pneumo- + peritoneal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pneumoperitoneum.
Chilaiditi syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Greek radiologist Dimítrios Chilaiditi.
Senses: glosses: A rare condition involving pain caused by transposition of a loop of large intestine (usually transverse colon) in between the diaphragm and the liver.
Related terms: Chilaiditi's sign
redilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: redilations
Etymology: From re- + dilation.
Senses: examples: text: From the technical perspective STEP has many clear advantages over LILT as it is easily reproducible, precludes the need of an anastomosis, requires minimal mesenteric dissection, reducing the chance of vascular compromises, and above all it can be performed primarily or repeatedly in patients who develop redilation of their bowel after a LILT or STEP procedure.
ref: 2014 June 6, Aparna Rege, “The Surgical Approach to Short Bowel Syndrome – Autologous Reconstruction versus Transplantation”, in Viszeralmedizin, volume 30, →DOI:
glosses: dilation again
strandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stranded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Motifs are displayed above or below the line depending on strandedness.
ref: 2015 April 23, Angad Garg, Bruce Futcher, Janet Leatherwood, “A new transcription factor for mitosis: in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the RFX transcription factor Sak1 works with forkhead factors to regulate mitotic expression”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of having strands.
taxadiene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A diterpene, the first committed intermediate in the synthesis of taxol.
zarda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Hindi ज़र्दा (zardā); Urdu زردہ.
Senses: examples: text: Hookah samples collected from urban “hookah bars” from Bengaluru were found to contain nicotine content of 0.8 mg/g, while, in zarda, average nicotine was 20.35 mg/g.
ref: 2015, Priyamvada Sharma, Pratima Murthy, Parul Shivhare, “Nicotine quantity and packaging disclosure in smoked and smokeless tobacco products in India”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology, volume 47, →DOI:
glosses: The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
glosses: A sweet South Asian dish of boiled rice with milk, sugar and spices.
Related terms: zerde
ethnohistorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + historical.
Senses: examples: text: Ethnographic and ethnohistorical studies indicate the possibility that Huichols derive from various groups who settled in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Demographic History of Indigenous Populations in Mesoamerica Based on mtDNA Sequence Data”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to ethnohistory.
Derived terms: ethnohistorically
ethnohistories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnohistory
ethnohistorian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnohistorians
Etymology: From ethno- + historian.
Senses: glosses: One who studies ethnohistory.
ethnohistorians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnohistorian
chips off the old block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chip off the old block
hedonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedonometers
form: hedonimeter
Senses: glosses: An imaginary device used to gauge happiness or pleasure.
Related terms: hedonometric
hedonometrics
hedonometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedonometer
hyperaggregability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + aggregability.
Senses: examples: text: Since platelets play a critical role in atherogenesis and its complications, we also investigated platelet activation in these patients, especially in the light of reports that platelets of vegetarians and vegans show hyperaggregability to agonists.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Fish-Free Diet in Patients with Phenylketonuria Is Not Associated with Early Atherosclerotic Changes and Enhanced Platelet Activation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality of being hyperaggregable.
milligravities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milligravity
pylorospasm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pylorospasms
Etymology: From pyloro- + spasm.
Senses: glosses: spasm of the pyloric muscle
pylorospasms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pylorospasm
subtournament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtournaments
Etymology: From sub- + tournament.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A tournament that forms part of another tournament.
subtournaments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtournament
untransparently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untransparently
form: most untransparently
Etymology: From untransparent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While he plans to seek the majority of donations after leaving the White House, the fund-raising process inevitably begins while the president is still in the Oval Office, where influence and future library contributions can regrettably be untransparently interwoven.
ref: 2015 August 21, “Presidential Libraries”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an untransparent manner.
postbath
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bath.
Senses: examples: text: It is a tableau in which postbath steam rises off muscular necks and horses stride lazily through the trees.
ref: 2015 August 20, Joe Drape, “A Barrier Breaker in the Steward’s Room”, in New York Times:
glosses: After a bath.
blogspam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blog + spam.
Senses: synonyms: blam
glosses: promotional material posted to a weblog, often one specifically created for the purpose
Hessdalen light
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hessdalen lights
Senses: glosses: An unexplained light sometimes seen in the Hessdalen valley in Norway.
Hessdalen lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hessdalen light
endoneuraminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoneuraminidases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (2->8)-alpha-sialosyl linkages in oligo- or poly(sialic) acids.
endogalactosaminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + galactosaminide + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-galactosaminidic linkages in poly(D-galactosamine).
mycodextranase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycodextranases
Etymology: From mycodextran + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->4)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in alpha-D-glucans containing both (1->3)- and (1->4)-bonds.
fucoidanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fucoidanases
Etymology: From fucoidan + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (1->2)-alpha-L-fucoside linkages in fucoidan without release of sulfate.
chitosanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chitosanases
Etymology: From chitosan + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that catalyses the endohydrolysis of beta-(1->4)-linkages between D-glucosamine residues in a partly acetylated chitosan.
extraluminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + luminal.
Senses: examples: text: The infection of pancreatic necrosis was presumed when extraluminal gas emerged in the peripancreatic and / or pancreatic tissues on contrast-enhanced CT or when percutaneous fine-needle aspiration was positive for bacteria and / or fungi on Gram stain and culture.
ref: 2015 August 20, “The Decrease of Peripheral Blood CD4+ T Cells Indicates Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Severe Acute Pancreatitis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside the lumen.
Derived terms: extraluminally
fertigate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fertigates
form: fertigating
form: fertigated
form: fertigated
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: To carry out fertigation on.