cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
intrico
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭntrēʹkō
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːkəʊ/
Forms: form: intrichi
form: intricoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian intrico (“tangle”).
Senses: glosses: an intricacy; a web of intrigue
tryptophan synthetase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme found in plants and bacteria, but not in animals, which catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of tryptophan.
Synonyms: tryptophan synthase
tryptophan synthase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme found in plants and bacteria, but not in animals, which catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of tryptophan.
Synonyms: tryptophan synthetase
rocoto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹəˈkəʊtəʊ/
Forms: form: rocotos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rocoto, from Quechua ruqutu.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A kind of chili pepper of the species Capsicum pubescens grown in Peru and Bolivia.
intrichi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭntrēʹkē
ipa: /ɪnˈtɹiːkiː/
Etymology: From the Italian intrichi, the plural form of intrico (“tangle”).
Senses: glosses: plural of intrico
doline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolines
form: dolina
Etymology: From a Slavic (most likely Russian or Slovene) word dolina ("valley"), perhaps via German Doline.
Senses: glosses: A depression (basin, hollow) in karstic terrain/limestone.
glosses: Any sinkhole.
ovoviviparous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊvəʊvɪˈvɪpəɹəs/
ipa: /ˌoʊvoʊvɪˈvɪpəɹəs/
Etymology: From ovo- + viviparous, from ovo “egg” + vive “life, alive, living” + pare “produce, bring forth.”
Senses: examples: text: The anaconda is an ovoviviparous reptile.
glosses: Of or pertaining to such kind of animals such as some reptiles whose eggs hatch inside their body
Derived terms: ovoviviparously
ovoviviparousness
Related terms: oviparous
ovoviviparity
viviparous
lactoovovegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæk.təʊˌəʊ.vəʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌlæk.toʊˌoʊ.voʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: lactoovovegetarians
form: lacto-ovo-vegetarian
form: lacto-ovo vegetarian
Etymology: From lacto- + ovo- + vegetarian.
Senses: glosses: A vegetarian who also eats eggs and dairy products.
lactoovovegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlæk.təʊˌəʊ.vəʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌlæk.toʊˌoʊ.voʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: lacto-ovo-vegetarian
form: lacto-ovo vegetarian
Etymology: From lacto- + ovo- + vegetarian.
Senses: glosses: Describing such a person or diet.
propulsor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propulsors
Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin prōpellō (“propel”) + -or.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A propellor enclosed in a short cylinder, that can typically be swivelled to change the angle of thrust.
glosses: Any object that propels or produces a propulsive force.
electric violin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric violins
Senses: glosses: A violin equipped with an electronic output of its sound.
camposanto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camposantos
form: campisanti
form: campo santo
Senses: glosses: A burial place or cemetery, in Italian- or Spanish-speaking regions.
cardioplegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioplegias
Etymology: From cardio- + -plegia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The deliberate, temporary cessation of cardiac activity before heart surgery
Derived terms: cryocardioplegia
celomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From celoma + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the celoma
celoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: celomas
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A cavity in the mesoderm of a vertebrate embryo that gives rise to the pleural, pericardial and peritoneal cavities
Derived terms: celomatic
copresent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: co-present
Etymology: From co- + present.
Senses: examples: text: Events that are so distant from each other that signals from one cannot reach the other within the time interval occupied by these events are not copresent. Thus, to take an example, a concert in Boston can be copresent with a soccer match in Sydney, but not with a soccer match on, say, Alpha Orionis: the present as it is defined relative to the soccer match extends some ninety light minutes into space, and so includes Sydney, but not Alpha Orionis, which is several hundred light years away.
ref: 2007, Yuval Dolev, Time and Realism: Metaphysical and Antimetaphysical Perspectives, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 198:
text: For most of human history, oral language was used for face-to-face communication where people were co-present with each other in space and time. But think about what happened when humans invented the technology of audio recording.
ref: 2011, James Paul Gee, Elisabeth R. Hayes, Language and Learning in the Digital Age, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: Present along with others.
Related terms: copresence
copresent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: copresents
form: copresenting
form: copresented
form: copresented
form: co-present
Etymology: From co- + present.
Senses: examples: text: They copresented the TV show.
glosses: To present along with others.
destrocardia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A congenital cardiac malformation in which the heart is facing to the right instead of the left
referment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: referments
form: refermenting
form: refermented
form: refermented
form: re-ferment
Etymology: From re- + ferment.
Senses: examples: text: In the Low Countries, I’d developed a taste for refermented fruit beers.
ref: 1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 42:
glosses: To ferment again.
Related terms: refermentation
referment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ɹɪˈfɜː(ɹ)mənt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mənt
ipa: /ɹiːfə(ɹ)ˈmɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Etymology: From refer + -ment.
Senses: examples: a. 1645, William Laud, autobiography
There was a Referment made from his Majesty to my Lord's Grace of Canterbury, My Lords of Durham and Rochester , and my self , to Hear and Order a Matter of Difference in the Church of Hereford.
glosses: The act of referring; reference.
refermentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refermentations
Etymology: From re- + fermentation.
Senses: glosses: The act of fermenting again, the fermentation of something that has already been fermented.
refermentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refermentation
retrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retrench
retrenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retrenchings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who retrenches.
retrenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retrench
refinances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refinance
refinanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refinance
reentries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reentry
TEST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TESTs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Treadmill Exercise Stress Test.
TEST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of testosterone.
cordotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cordotomies
form: chordotomy
Etymology: From cord + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for selectively disabling pain-conducting nerve paths in the spinal cord to relieve chronic pain.
velate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin velatus, past participle of velare (“to veil”). See veil.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a veil; veiled.
glosses: Having a velum.
chordotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chordotomies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Alternative spelling of cordotomy.
craniotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniotomies
Etymology: From cranio- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.
Derived terms: craniotomize
minicraniotomy
postcraniotomy
recraniotomy
Related terms: craniectomy
Patagonian weasel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patagonian weasels
Senses: glosses: A small mustelid, Lyncodon patagonicus.
craniectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: craniectomies
Etymology: From cranio- + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, to relieve intracranial pressure
Derived terms: hemicraniectomy
minicraniectomy
Related terms: craniectomize
craniotomy
mustelid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mustelids
Senses: examples: text: 1998, Vivian Banci, Chapter 5: Wolverine, Thomas E. Kucera, American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection, Diane Publishing, page 99,
Relative to smaller mustelids, the wolverine has a robust appearance, rather like a small bear.
text: Mustelid diversity is well reflected in the Neogene fossil record, in spite of the fact that mustelids are among the rarest of fossil carnivores.
ref: 1998, Jon A. Baskin, “9: Mustelidae”, in Christine M. Janis, Kathleen M. Scott, Louis L. Jacobs, Gregg F. Gunnell, Mark D. Uhen, editors, Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Cambridge University Press, page 169:
text: The mustelid head has a low, flat skull and short face with small ears and eyes.
ref: 2004, Fred Cooke, The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide, University of California Press, page 134:
glosses: Any carnivorous mammal of the diverse weasel family Mustelidae, which also includes badgers, otters, martens, mink and wolverines.
mustelids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mustelid
Himalayan griffon vulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan griffon vultures
Senses: glosses: An Old World vulture, Gyps himalayensis.
Himalayan marmot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan marmots
Senses: glosses: A marmot living on the Himalayan mountains, Marmota himalayana, closely related to the groundhog.
Synonyms: Tibetan snow pig
oxygens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxygen
Stoliczka's mountain vole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stoliczka's mountain voles
Senses: glosses: A species of rodent, Alticola stoliczkanus, found in the Himalayan region.
Himalayan shrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan shrews
Senses: glosses: An Asian species of shrew, Soriculus nigrescens.
space exploration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space explorations
Senses: glosses: Investigation of interplanetary or interstellar space, its properties, biology and the bodies within it; usually with the use of spacecraft.
Himalayan field rat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan field rats
Senses: glosses: A rat that lives in the Himalayas and southeast Asia; taxonomic name Rattus nitidus.
Temminck's tragopan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Temminck's tragopans
Etymology: Named after Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.
Senses: glosses: A species of pheasant, Tragopan temminckii.
tragopan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɡəpan/
Forms: form: tragopans
Etymology: From Latin tragopān (“bird found in Ethiopia”), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”) + Πάν (Pán, “Pan”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of Asian pheasant of the genus Tragopan.
Synonyms: horned pheasant
Derived terms: Blyth's tragopan
Cabot's tragopan
satyr tragopan
Temminck's tragopan
western tragopan
tragopans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tragopan
Himalayan striped squirrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Himalayan striped squirrels
Senses: glosses: An Asiatic striped squirrel, Tamiops mcclellandii.
takins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of takin
omoplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omoplates
Etymology: From French omoplate, from Ancient Greek ὠμοπλάτη (ōmoplátē, “shoulder blade”), from ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + πλάτη (plátē, “something flat or broad”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The scapula.
Derived terms: omoplatoscopy
smuggest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smug: most smug
lizardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lizardly
form: most lizardly
Etymology: From lizard + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] the eyes of replicants creator Dr. Eldon Tyrell are magnified by large lenses in his glasses, giving him a lizardly look.
ref: 2009, James W. Roman, Bigger Than Blockbusters: Movies that Defined America, page 258:
glosses: Reminiscent of or similar to a lizard.
examples: text: Only the taloned fingers at the "shoulders" of their wings showed the lizardly blood, and their orange bills full of sharp fishy teeth.
ref: 1988, B. W. Clough, The Name of the Sun, volume 3, page 126:
text: But whatever malign emotions we tried to pin on to the lizard, we knew that they weren't the lizard's emotions at all, only ours. The lizard was simply going about its lizardly business in a simple, straightforward lizardly way.
ref: 1989, Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine, Last Chance to See:
glosses: Pertaining to lizards; lizard-related.
Synonyms: sense: similar to a lizard
word: lizardlike
sense: similar to a lizard
word: lacertilian
collegiately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more collegiately
form: most collegiately
Etymology: From collegiate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a community or of a group of colleagues.
glosses: In the manner of an undergraduate institution of higher education.
publically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more publically
form: most publically
Etymology: From public + -ally.
Senses: examples: U.S. International Trade Commission, Remediation and Nature and Landscape Protection Services
Several of the publically-available offers include changes affecting the classification of the definition of the environmental services covered by their commitments.
glosses: Rare spelling of publicly.
isoprenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoprene
specific gravities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specific gravity
relative densities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relative density
azuki beans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azuki bean
Ivalo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Finnish Ivalo.
Senses: glosses: village in Inari Municipality, located in Finland's Lapland province.
Jägers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jäger
Jägermeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jägermeister
frogmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frogman
mold fossil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mold fossils
Senses: glosses: A fossil formed when sediment fills the inside or covers the outside of a dead organism and the organism's remains do not persist, leaving just the shape and texture of the rock to indicate the organic material that was there.
Related terms: cast fossil
mold fossils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mold fossil
dihedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈhiːdɹɒn/
Forms: form: dihedra
form: dihedrons
Etymology: From di- + -hedron.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyhedron having two faces
margarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: margarins
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of margarine.
enchondroma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enchondromas
form: enchondromata
Etymology: From en- + chondro- + -oma.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.
Derived terms: enchondromatosis
enchondromatous
SES
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The SES in Western Australia is another operational arm of the Fire and Emergency Services Authority.
ref: 2005, Michael Eburn, Emergency Law, page 101:
glosses: Initialism of State Emergency Service, any of various state-based emergency service organisations, staffed by volunteers and operating within state legislation.
examples: text: It has often been suggested that Australian governments by adopting the SES model are gradually following United States practice where senior levels of the public service are staffed by political appointments of the president.
ref: 1999, Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh, John Wanna, Patrick Moray Weller, Public Sector Management in Australia: New Challenges, New Directions, page 152:
glosses: Initialism of Senior Executive Service, a high-ranking position classification of the civil service (public service).
qualifier: cloud computing
glosses: Initialism of Simple Email Service.
SES
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SESes
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of sustainer engine start.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of second engine start.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of secondary engine start.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of small Edison screw.
glosses: Initialism of socioeconomic status; the economic and social position in relation to others, based on various factors such as income, occupation and education.
Related terms: english: sustainer engine
translation: sustainer engine
word: SE
english: sustainer engine cutoff
translation: sustainer engine cutoff
word: SECO
english: main engine start
translation: main engine start
word: MES
phrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Forms: form: more phrenic
form: most phrenic
Etymology: From New Latin phrenicus, from Ancient Greek φρήν (phrḗn, “diaphragm”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the diaphragm
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Relating to the mind or mental activity
Derived terms: aristophrenic
cacophrenic
cardiophrenic
costophrenic
electrophrenic
epiphrenic
gastrophrenic
hepatophrenic
juxtaphrenic
lienophrenic
musculophrenic
phrenic artery
phrenic ganglion
phrenic nerve
phrenic plexus
splenophrenic
subphrenic
ganglial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ganglion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a ganglion
Derived terms: paraganglial
synganglial
rectifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rectification
straw donor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straw donors
Etymology: Compare earlier straw man.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes political contributions provided by an anonymous third party
jacobian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian.
jacobian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacobians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian.
five-second rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-second rules
Senses: examples: text: Accompanied by six graphs, two tables and equations whose terms include “bologna” and “carpet,” it’s a thorough microbiological study of the five-second rule: the idea that if you pick up a dropped piece of food before you can count to five, it’s O.K. to eat it.
ref: 2007-05-09, Harold McGee, The New York Times, "The Five-Second Rule Explored, or How Dirty Is That Bologna?", page F3
text: UNFORTUNATELY, THE FIVE-SECOND RULE IS A MYTH.
ref: 2010, Sandy Donovan, Does an Apple a Day Keep the Doctor Away?:
text: Here are five facts to remember for those who are tempted to apply the five-second rule.
ref: 2012, William A. Dando, Food and Famine in the 21st Century, page 201:
text: Often, people call out the five-second rule because they think that if you get food off the floor quickly enough, there won't be any germs on it.
ref: 2015, Curious George Discovers Germs:
glosses: Any rule that allows or prohibits certain behavior for five seconds after some event, especially:
The belief that food dropped on the ground is still hygienic to eat provided it is picked up within five seconds of touching the ground.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any rule that allows or prohibits certain behavior for five seconds after some event, especially:
A rule that a closely-guarded player cannot hold the ball for more than five seconds without dribbling, passing, rolling, or shooting the ball.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any rule that allows or prohibits certain behavior for five seconds after some event, especially:
A rule that a player who throws in the ball from out of bounds must get rid of it in less than five seconds.
Related terms: two-second rule
three-second rule
ten-second rule
inferiorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inferiorly
form: most inferiorly
form: inferiourly
Etymology: From inferior + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an inferior manner.
glosses: In an inferior direction.
Synonyms: word: inferiorly
Hypernyms: word: unequally
Derived terms: anteroinferiorly
interatrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + atrial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located between the atria of the heart.
Derived terms: interatrial groove
interatrial septum
Tiziano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tiziano.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Titian.
Tarquinio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tarquinios
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tarquinio.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
fistulotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fistulotomies
Etymology: From fistula + -otomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical procedure of opening, or removal of a fistulous tract.
staple character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: staple characters
Senses: examples: text: The mad scientist was a staple character in many horror films.
topics: broadcasting
communications
entertainment
film
journalism
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
television
theater
writing
glosses: A stock character, especially one that is overused.
hysterotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hysterotomies
Etymology: From hystero- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: uterotomy
metrotomy
hypernyms: procedure
operation
surgery
treatment
therapy
coordinate_terms: hysterectomy
uterectomy
metrectomy
hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy
oophorosalpingectomy
salpingo-oophorectomy
oophorectomy
ovariectomy
oophorotomy
ovariotomy
salpingectomy
salpingotomy
salpingostomy
glosses: The surgical procedure of making an incision in the uterus, commonly combined with a laparotomy during a caesarean section.
Derived terms: abdominohysterotomy
colpohysterotomy
laminotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laminotomies
Etymology: From lamino- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord
Derived terms: hemilaminotomy
Related terms: rachiotomy
cyclomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkləˈmætɪk/
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
qualifier: network analysis
glosses: Used to describe the number of circuits in a network; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus the number of graphs.
examples: text: This finding reveals that the drawing of a CFG for a given program or component is not necessary in the cyclomatic analysis.
ref: 2007, Yingxu Wang, Software Engineering Foundations: A Software Science Perspective, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 820:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Of or relating to a software metric that measures the complexity of a program based on the number of linearly independent paths through the source code.
Derived terms: cocyclomatic
cyclomatic complexity
cyclomatic number
Related terms: circuit rank
ould
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊld/
ipa: /aʊl/
rhymes: -aʊld
rhymes: -aʊl
Forms: form: oulder
form: ouldest
form: oul
form: oul'
Etymology: Dialectal pronunciation of old, preserving 17th-century English.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:ould.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of old.
Derived terms: ould fella
ould one
Ould Sod
vertebral arch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertebral arches
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The posterior part of a vertebra.
leukotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukotomies
Etymology: From leuko- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Alternative spelling of leucotomy.
microtomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtomies
Etymology: From micro- + -tomy.
Senses: glosses: The preparation of very thin slices of animal or plant tissue by means of a microtome.
Derived terms: cryomicrotome
cryomicrotomy
microtomic
microtomist
ultramicrotomy
antianginal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn-tī-ăn-jī-nəl
ipa: /æn.taɪ.æn.d͡ʒaɪ.nəl/
Forms: form: antianginals
Etymology: From anti- + angina + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug used in the treatment of angina pectoris, a symptom of ischaemic heart disease.
antianginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăn-tī-ăn-jī-nəl
ipa: /æn.taɪ.æn.d͡ʒaɪ.nəl/
Etymology: From anti- + angina + -al.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used in the treatment of angina pectoris.
immunohistochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunohistochemistries
form: IHC
Etymology: From immuno- + histochemistry.
Senses: topics: biology
chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The analytical process of finding proteins in cells of a tissue microtome section exploiting the principle of antibodies binding specifically to antigens in biological tissues.
Derived terms: fluoroimmunohistochemistry
bogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogons
Etymology: From bogus (“fake, phony”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”).
Senses: examples: text: Chain book sellers are, by and large, bogon and bozon emitters like nothing you've ever seen.
ref: 1996, John Novak, “Re: TOR is Fucking with Us All”, in rec.arts.sf.written.robert-jordan (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The imaginary elementary particle of bogosity; the anti-particle to the cluon.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An invalid Internet Protocol packet, particularly one sent from an address that is not in use.
Derived terms: bogon filter
Related terms: bogosity
cluon
bogon filter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogon filters
Senses: glosses: Any device that limits or suppresses the flow of bogons.
glosses: An imaginary device capable of preventing high-bogosity material from reaching its destination.
Related terms: spam
bogosity
cluon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cluons
Etymology: from clue (“idea, inkling”) + -on (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles or fundamental units”)
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: clutron
glosses: The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon.
glosses: A person who is well-informed, or says well-informed things.
Related terms: bogon
clutron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clutrons
Etymology: From clue (“idea, inkling”) + -tron (“suffix used to form names of elementary particles”).
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A cluon (hypothetical particle of cluefulness).
Andean cat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Andean cats
Senses: examples: text: The Andean cat (Leopardus jacobitus) is rarely found below 3000 m (9840 ft) and, in Peru at least, is known to range up to at least 5100 m (16,728 ft).
ref: 2008, Mark Carwardine, Animal Records, page 44:
text: Other precious wild highland species include foxes and tarukas (Andean deer), the mysterious Andean cat and the titi monkey.
ref: 2010, Anja Mutic, Kate Armstrong, Paul Smith, Bolivia, Lonely Planet, page 50:
text: For example, the native woodlands demolished for cash crops such as GMO soybeans in Argentina have a major impact on the habitats of animals such as pumas, jaguars, Andean cats and tapirs, which cannot live outside this particular ecosystem (Robin 2010: 271).
ref: 2013, Rob White, “15: Eco-global criminology and the political economy of environmental harm”, in Nigel South, Avi Brisman, editors, Routledge International Handbook of Green Criminology, page 253:
glosses: A species of cat, Leopardus jacobitus, that lives in the Andes.
Synonyms: Andean mountain cat
glide ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glide ratios
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The instantaneous ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall for a glider.
glosses: The maximum ratio of horizontal speed to rate of fall that a glider can maintain.
Related terms: glide number
lift-to-drag ratio
lift-to-drag ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lift-to-drag ratios
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The instantaneous ratio of lift to drag of an aerodynamic article such as an a wing, entire aircraft or bird.
glosses: The maximum ratio of lift to drag of an aerodynamic article such as an a wing, entire aircraft or bird can achieve.
Related terms: glide ratio
derecognise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: derecognises
form: derecognising
form: derecognised
form: derecognised
Etymology: From de- + recognise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of derecognize.
katharometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæθəɹɒmitəɹ/
Forms: form: katharometers
Etymology: Ancient Greek καθαρός (katharós, “pure”) + meter
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
Related terms: katharobe
thermodynamics
labella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlə
Senses: glosses: plural of labellum
Synonyms: sense: plural of labellum
word: labellums
labellums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labellum
Synonyms: sense: plural of labellum
word: labella
acault
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ət͡ʃaʊ/
Forms: form: acaults
Etymology: A mistranslation of Burmese အခြောက် (a.hkrauk /⁠ăhcauʔ⁠/, “dry article; homosexual man”), from အ (a. /⁠ă⁠/, noun-forming prefix) + ခြောက် (hkrauk /⁠hcauʔ⁠/, “dry”). Apparently introduced before 1987 by Coleman et al. (see quotation below) who had an "inability to speak the local languages" and a "lack of training in anthropology".
Senses: examples: text: According to a recent travelers' report (Coleman, Celgon, and Gooren, 1987), the hijra community of India (see this chapter) has a counterpart in Burma, where men who live as women are called acault (pronounced a·chow').
ref: [1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-Between, →ISBN, page 100:
text: Because Manguedon is the spirit who controls success and good fortune, acault become an important intermediary between those seeking good fortune and success and the -^([sic]) spirit god.
ref: 1990, Eli Coleman, “Paradigatic Changes in Our Understanding of Homosexuality”, in Sexology: An Independent Field, page 117:
text: A Burmese acault tells an ethnographer he is a woman only by his sexual role; otherwise, he expresses himself through his penis and its orgasms.
ref: 2000, Richard Grossinger, Embryogenesis: Species, Gender, and Identity, →ISBN, page 664:
text: Recall in any event that is not unusual, as Coleman et al. (1992:317) reported, for a male to have sexual relations with an acault or, presumably with someone in one of the other lexically marked subject positions, […]
ref: 2009, Michael G. Peletz, Gender Pluralism: Southeast Asia Since Early Modern Times, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: A male who has special role in Myanmar folk religion and behaves in a way usually associated with women.
Related terms: word: berdache
word: two-spirit
word: and the usage notes about those terms
roman: gà-təəi
word: Thai กะเทย
alert five
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: On an aircraft carrier, the state where fighters and crew are on guard, standing by in the aircraft, strapped in and ready to be launched in five minutes or less.
ambient pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambient pressures
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: Pressure of the surrounding medium on an object, such as a gas or liquid, which comes into contact with the object.
awning window
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: awning windows
Senses: glosses: A window that is hung horizontally, hinged on top, so that it swings outward.
Related terms: casement window
steatotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more steatotic
form: most steatotic
Etymology: From steatosis + -otic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to or affected by steatosis: infiltrated with fatty nodules (used especially of the liver).
Derived terms: antisteatotic
microsteatotic
Related terms: word: steatosis
english: strictly hypernymic; sometimes loosely synonymous in medical usage
translation: strictly hypernymic; sometimes loosely synonymous in medical usage
word: fatty
lancetfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancetfish
lanternfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanternfish
myctophid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪkˈtɒfɪd/
Forms: form: myctophids
Etymology: From translingual Myctophidae, from Ancient Greek μυκτήρ (muktḗr, “nose”) + ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”).
Senses: examples: text: The astronesthes, or 'eater of the stars,' so called because it feeds entirely upon other 'star-lit' fish called myctophids, is not only endowed with a number of small, luminous organs upon its body, but its fins, and the greater part of its chin-barbels, also emit a bright light.
ref: 1933, Walter Sydney Berridge, All about Fish and Other Denizens of the Seas & Rivers, page 67:
text: You're a lucky guy to be eating anything right now. Instead you might easily be feeding the tunny fish and tarpon, to say nothing of the astronesthes and myctophids--
ref: 2021, Edward Stratemeyer, Don Sturdy on the Ocean Bottom:
glosses: Any of the small deep-sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, known for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
Synonyms: lanternfish
Related terms: anglerfish
myctophids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myctophid
bonnet bellflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonnet bellflowers
Senses: glosses: Any of several plants of the genus Codonopsis.
lionfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lionfish
lumpfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lumpfish
loaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loach
marlins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marlin
maskinonges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maskinonge
lampreys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Conversation commenced by Lady Mandeville's refusing some lampreys,—a dish, en passant, greatly resembling stewed adders.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 174:
glosses: plural of lamprey
milters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milter
monkfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monkfish
mudskippers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mudskipper
pillowbeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪləʊˌbɪə/
ipa: /ˈpɪloʊˌbɪɚ/
ipa: /-bɛː(ɹ)/
Forms: form: pillowbeers
form: pillow bear
form: pillowbere
form: pillow-bere
form: pillowbier
Etymology: From earlier pillowbere, from pillow + bear (“pillowcase”), from Middle English bēre (“pillowcase”), from Old English *bera (as in Old English hlēorbera (“cheek-cover”)), of obscure and uncertain origin.
Senses: examples: text: When Zoylus was sicke, he knew not where / Saue his wrought night cap, and laune Pillow-bere:
ref: 1599, Joseph Hall, Virgidemiarum: The three last bookes : Of byting Satyres, page 85:
text: Ne was there such another Pardoner, For in his male had he a pillowbere, Which as he sayd was our Ladyes vayle.
ref: 1635, Simon Birckbek, The Protestants Evidence, taken out of good records, page 64:
text: she had so well covered herself with a pillowbeer which she there found, that her regard to decency was not in the least violated by the presence of so many men as were now in the room.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society, published 1973, page 337:
glosses: A pillowcase.
flavivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaviviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: Any arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus, many of which are transmitted by ticks or mosquitos
Derived terms: antiflavivirus
panflavivirus
Related terms: flaviviral
flavivirology
arbovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arboviruses
Etymology: From ar(thropod) + bo(rne) + virus.
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
virology
glosses: Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
Hyponyms: sense: arthropod-transmitted virus
word: tibovirus
Coordinate terms: sense: arthropod-transmitted virus
word: robovirus
Derived terms: arbovirosis
integrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: integrases
Etymology: From integrate + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of an infected cell
Derived terms: -tegravir
mimivirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mimiviruses
Etymology: Blend of microbe + mimicking + virus. From the genus name translingual Mimivirus
Senses: glosses: A virus, of the genus Mimivirus, associated with some amoebas; it has a very large capsid and complex genome
glosses: Ellipsis of Acanthamoeba polyphaga mimivirus (“APMV”).
Hypernyms: giant virus
girus
virus
Related terms: mamavirus
ruliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ruly: most ruly
neurogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The creation and development of neurons
Derived terms: antineurogenesis
midneurogenesis
Related terms: neurogenic
ruly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːli/
rhymes: -uːli
Forms: form: rulier
form: more ruly
form: ruliest
form: most ruly
Etymology: From Middle English rewly, ruly, rewely, reweliche, from Old English hrēowlīċ (“grievous, pitiful, sad, wretched, cruel”), equivalent to rue + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Pitiable; miserable.
ruly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːli/
rhymes: -uːli
Forms: form: rulier
form: more ruly
form: ruliest
form: most ruly
Etymology: From Middle English rewly, reoly, reowliche, from Old English hrēowlīċe (“cruelly”), equivalent to rue + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Pitiably; miserably.
ruly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːli/
rhymes: -uːli
Forms: form: rulier
form: ruliest
Etymology: Back-formation from unruly, or perhaps a continuation of Middle English rewly, ruly, reuli (“subject to a religious rule, regular”), equivalent to rule + -ly, rule + -y; or perhaps from Old French rulé, reulé, rieulé (“ruled”), past participle of rieuler (“to rule”). More at rule.
Senses: examples: text: What is certain is that everything they see is strange: the lifeless neatness of the courtyard, the straightness of the paths, the ruly gang of labourers in their dull uniforms and with their ageless, polished faces.
ref: 2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 224:
text: 1610: John Marston, Histrio-Mastix, page 28 (quarto): [Perpetuana:] Nay Ile be matchlesse for a carckanet,/Whose Pearles and Diamonds plac'd with ruly rocks/Shall circle this faire necke to set it forth [.]
glosses: Neat and orderly.
neurogenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurogenins
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A transcription factor involved in the differentiation of neurons
Related terms: neurogenesis
primase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primases
Etymology: From prime + -ase?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An RNA polymerase involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis.
prolyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.lɪl/
ipa: /ˈpɹoʊ.ləl/
ipa: /ˈpɹəʊ.lɪl/
Forms: form: prolyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from proline.
Derived terms: prolyl dipeptidase
prolyl endopeptidase
prolyl hydroxylase
prolyl isomerase
proneural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + neural.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Involved in neurogenesis
proneural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proneurals
Etymology: From pro- + neural.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Such a gene or protein
virophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪɹəfeɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: virophages
Etymology: From viro- + -phage.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: Any virus that infects other viruses.
Related terms: bacteriophage
phage
virovore
camphorated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more camphorated
form: most camphorated
Senses: glosses: Treated or impregnated with camphor.
Derived terms: uncamphorated
boet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bo͝ot
ipa: /bʊt/
rhymes: -ʊt
Forms: form: boets
Etymology: From Afrikaans boet (“brother, comrade”), from a Zealandic, West Flemish boet (“boy, youth”), probably a hypocoristic form of broeder (“brother”).
Senses: glosses: A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
glosses: A familiar form of address: pal, mate.
tribrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribrids
Etymology: Blend of tri- + hybrid
Senses: glosses: An organism, object, or method comprising three disparate individual components
glosses: A hybrid having three components
tribrid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of tri- + hybrid
Senses: glosses: Having three components
Derived terms: tribrid vehicle
tribrid modeller
tribrid vehicle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribrid vehicles
Senses: glosses: A vehicle that can use three different types of fuel, or has three different means of propulsion.
interventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + ventricular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located between the ventricles of the heart.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Related to comparison of the two ventricles.
Related terms: interventricular foramen
interventricular septum
undotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Etymology: From un- + dotted.
Senses: examples: text: 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XVIII, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt
[…] nothing save the limitless expanse of ocean undotted by a solitary sail stretched out before me.
text: Luxenberg then returns to the undotted form (rasm) of the word to determine whether another reading (dotting) of it produces an Arabic or Aramaic word or root that makes more sense.
ref: 2006, Harald Motzki, “Alternative Accounts of the Qur’ān's formation”, in Jane Dammen McAuliffe, editor, The Cambridge Companion to the Qur’ān, Cambridge University Press, page 69:
glosses: Lacking dots
rugosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rugosas
Senses: glosses: A plant of the rose species Rosa rugosa, or of any hybrid developed from it.
Synonyms: beach rose
saltspray rose
myocardiocyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myocardiocytes
Senses: glosses: Any of the cells that make up the myocardium.
Ezechiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: word: Ezech.
glosses: Alternative form of Ezekiel (“biblical character and book”).
roughhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roughhouse
roughhousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of roughhouse
roughhoused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of roughhouse
registrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of registrant
nases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nase
parrotfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parrotfish
pickerels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickerel
platies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platy
necessity is the mother of innovation
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: More recent variant, focusing on innovating existing processes etc. rather than inventing new things.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of necessity is the mother of invention.
pomfrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomfret
tribrid modeller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribrid modellers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A CAD system that is capable of modelling three-dimensional objects as combinations of surfaces, solids and polygons
porbeagles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porbeagle
puffers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puffer