cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transchalcone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transchalcones
Etymology: From trans- + chalcone.
Senses: examples: text: In a docking study between transchalcone and PPA, Trp 59 and Tyr 62 were reported to be the important aromatic amino acid residues in pi-pi interactions involving the two aromatic rings of ligand and side chain [54 ].
ref: 2015 October 16, “Gedunin and Azadiradione: Human Pancreatic Alpha-Amylase Inhibiting Limonoids from Neem (Azadirachta indica) as Anti-Diabetic Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The trans isomer of a chalcone
pseudopeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudopeptide
alveologenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alveolo- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: The knockout of ESR1 in mice suggests its crucial role in alveologenesis during lactation [67 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Food Deprivation Affects the miRNome in the Lactating Goat Mammary Gland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of the alveoli of the lungs
transchalcones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transchalcone
biocarrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocarriers
Etymology: From bio- + carrier.
Senses: glosses: A plastic former, of an intricate shape, that holds biological agents in water-purification plants.
glosses: Any biological agent that can carry a drug etc into the body.
biocarriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Intrinsic characteristics of aptamers make them easy to incorporate into biocarriers to penetrate the BBB and improve target delivery.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Inhibition of BACE1 Activity by a DNA Aptamer in an Alzheimer’s Disease Cell Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of biocarrier
biocollection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocollections
Etymology: From bio- + collection.
Senses: examples: text: Breast milk is in high demand for biological experiments and a lot of facilities may resort to freezing to create biocollection.
ref: 2015 October 17, “MiRNA Analysis by Quantitative PCR in Preterm Human Breast Milk Reveals Daily Fluctuations of hsa-miR-16-5p”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A collection of biological material
Rùm
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rum
form: Rhum
Senses: glosses: An island of the Inner Hebrides, in Highland council area, Scotland, United Kingdom.
Small Isles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small archipelago in the Inner Hebrides, Highland council area, Scotland, consisting of the inhabited islands of Canna, Rùm, Eigg and Muck, as well as some smaller islands and skerries.
glosses: A group of five small uninhabited islands on the east coast of Jura, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
biorelevant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biorelevant
form: most biorelevant
Etymology: From bio- + relevant.
Senses: examples: text: Dissolution experiments are done both with biorelevant media and with SDS solution.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Release of a Poorly Soluble Drug from Hydrophobically Modified Poly (Acrylic Acid) in Simulated Intestinal Fluids”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: biologically relevant
chondrotoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chondrotoxic
form: most chondrotoxic
Etymology: From chondro- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: Breu et al. and Chu et al. showed chondrotoxic effects of 0.5% bupivacaine in both vitro and vivo studies [39 ,41 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “A Single-Dose Intra-Articular Morphine plus Bupivacaine versus Morphine Alone following Knee Arthroscopy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: toxic to cartilaginous tissue
Derived terms: chondrotoxicity
chondrotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chondrotoxicities
Etymology: From chondro- + toxicity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being chondrotoxic
coumarines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Another series 28 pulvinic acid derivatives was experimentally evaluated for their antioxidant capacity, and the obtained data was used for the construction of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) models, which additionally pointed out coumarines as potential antioxidants [5 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “In Silico Discovery of Novel Potent Antioxidants on the Basis of Pulvinic Acid and Coumarine Derivatives and Their Experimental Evaluation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of coumarine
Petrovitch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petrovich
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fidenza
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and comune in Parma province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
MCSD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MCSDs
Senses: topics: arts
design
glosses: Initialism of member of the Chartered Society of Designers, (a professional body for designers).
MCSD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Merced City School District, (a California school district headquartered in Merced).
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Metropolitan State University of Denver, (also known as "Metropolitan State College of Denver", a public university in Denver, Colorado).
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Muscogee County School District, (the county government agency which operates the public schools of Muscogee County, Georgia).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Microsoft Certified Solution Developer.
topics: sciences
glosses: Initialism of Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division.
Sovietophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sovietophilia
Etymology: From Soviet + -o- + -philia.
Senses: glosses: Appreciation and admiration for the Soviet Union.
Related terms: Sovietophile
Sovietophilic
Sovietophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sovietophilic
form: most Sovietophilic
Etymology: From Sovietophilia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Appreciating and admiring the Soviet Union.
Sovietophile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sovietophile
form: most Sovietophile
Etymology: From Soviet + -o- + -phile.
Senses: glosses: One who likes or loves the Soviet Union.
sold-out-ness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sold-out + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Over the violence and the proud loyalties, over the sold-out-ness and the cruel indifference, there is light reclothing us in a kind of strange innocence.
ref: 2007, Michael P. Knowles, The Folly of Preaching: Models and Methods:
glosses: The state or condition of being sold-out.
squadrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squadrols
Etymology: Blend of squad + patrol, as in patrol car.
Senses: examples: text: My story--hippie-rad editor turned journalism professor--and Michael's--he rocked a squadrol on Michigan Avenue, now he owns a business in Rogers Park--are typical enough to merit coverage.
ref: 1988 September 23, Abe Peck, “'68 Sources”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2015:
glosses: A squad car that also serves as an ambulance.
squadrols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squadrol
squad cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squad car
principledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From principled + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps counterintuitively, the key to learning more may be to stick for longer with the more coarse-grained description of our attitudes as being about degrees of principledness.
ref: 2010, Christopher Woodard, Reasons, Patterns, and Cooperation:
glosses: The state or condition of being principled.
bacteriotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bacterio- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to bacteriotherapy.
bacteriotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bacteriotherapy
hairy panic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A grass, Panicum effusum, native to Australia.
fancast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancasts
Etymology: Blend of fan + broadcast
Senses: glosses: A video and/or audio broadcast produced by fans of a work or subject.
fancast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fancasts
Etymology: From fan + cast.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fan cast.
fancast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fancasts
form: fancasting
form: fancast
form: fancast
form: fancasted
form: fancasted
Etymology: From fan + cast.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fan cast.
fancasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fancast
glosses: Alternative spelling of fan casts.
fancasts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fan casts.
semiprozine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semiprozines
Etymology: From semipro + zine.
Senses: glosses: A semiprofessionally edited publication.
Related terms: fanzine
prozine
semiprozines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiprozine
unprincipledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unprincipled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unprincipled.
principledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more principledly
form: most principledly
Etymology: From principled + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a principled manner.
chondrotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chondrotoxicity
Polybius squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polybius square
Nemeth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Németh, from német (“German”). The system of braille is named for Abraham Nemeth.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A form of braille for encoding mathematical and scientific notation.
Gabbie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Diminutives + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: 'And Gabbie?'
'Gabbie?'
'Gabriella Patten. Have you spoken to her?'
'Gabbie.' Lynley mused over the diminutive as he tucked into his cornflakes.
ref: 1994, Elizabeth George, Playing for the Ashes, Bantam, →ISBN, page 355:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Gabriella or Gabrielle.
Shiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Shiva, from Sanskrit शिव (Śivá, “the auspicious one”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
Shiv
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Siobhan and its other anglicised spellings.
Senses: examples: text: 'Hiya, Shiv. It's Bobby Hogan here.' Detective Inspector Bobby Hogan. She'd asked him before not to call her Shiv. A lot of people tried it. Siobhan, pronounced Shi-vawn, shortened to Shiv. When people wrote her name down, it turned into all sorts of erroneous spellings. She remembered that Fairstone had called her 'Shiv' a few times, attempting familiarity. She hated it, and knew she should correct Hogan, but she didn't.
ref: 2003, Ian Rankin, A Question of Blood, Orion, →ISBN, page 19:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Siobhan.
separational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From separation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: […] by ‘separational Lines,’ [I mean] Lines which have no common point, however far produced.
ref: 1885, Charles L. Dodgson, Euclid and His Modern Rivals, 2nd edition, London: Macmillan, page 22:
text: The love of the infant for the mother is so strong and so enduring that the very survival of the species is dependent on multiple separational factors or forces. Many mothers sever the strings with apparent ambivalence, and this feat is not commenced with ease.
ref: 1971, Harry F. Harlow, James L. McGaugh, Richard F. Thompson, chapter 3, in Psychology, San Francisco: Albion, page 52:
text: Where chemical reactions produce mixtures of geometrical isomers instead of pure compounds, various separational methods are available.
ref: 1977, C. F. Bell, chapter 3, in Principles and Applications of Metal Chelation, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 54:
glosses: Relating to separation.
Related terms: separative
endospheric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endosphere + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Overall, the results indicate that the Glera PGP endospheric culturable microbiome could contribute, by structural root changes, to obtain water and nutrients increasing plant adaptation and survival.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Beneficial Bacteria Isolated from Grapevine Inner Tissues Shape Arabidopsis thaliana Roots”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to an endosphere
exonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exon + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Since the average gene has a mean of 8.8 exons each a mean of 145 base pairs (bp) long, the average gene has a mean exonal sequence length of ~1,300 bp [40 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Analytical and Clinical Validation of a Digital Sequencing Panel for Quantitative, Highly Accurate Evaluation of Cell-Free Circulating Tumor DNA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to an exon
extrasellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + sellar.
Senses: examples: text: In a recent post-marketing study, adult patients with childhood-onset craniopharyngeoma^([sic]) had HRQoL similar to patients with childhood-onset extrasellar tumours, or to patients with childhood-onset idiopathic congenital hypopituitarism [27 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Health-Related Quality of Life of Young Adults Treated with Recombinant Human Growth Hormone during Childhood”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Beyond the sella turcica
glatiramoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glatiramoids
Etymology: From glatiramer + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: A closely related but nonequivalent glatiramoid molecule was used as a control to establish assay sensitivity.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Equivalent Gene Expression Profiles between Glatopa ™ and Copaxone ®”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any compound derived from a glatiramer.
glatiramoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They used the in vitro stimulation of murine T cells with various glatiramoids, including GA reference standards and drug products manufactured by Teva Pharmaceuticals [29 ,35 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Equivalent Gene Expression Profiles between Glatopa ™ and Copaxone ®”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of glatiramoid
gymnemagenin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The method involves the initial hydrolysis of gymnemic acids, the active ingredients, to a common aglycone followed by the quantitative estimation of gymnemagenin, using gymnemagenin as reference standard.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Immunomodulatory Effect of Gymnema sylvestre (R.Br.) Leaf Extract: An In Vitro Study in Rat Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A triterpenoid aglycone of gymnemic acid
histoquantification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From histo- + quantification.
Senses: examples: text: Simpson et al. identiﬁed variations in vertebral cancellous bone architecture in the sagittal plane at increasing states of intervertebral disc disorganization of the T12-L5 lumbar spine, using 2D histoquantiﬁcation.
ref: 2005 February 24, He Gong, “Regional variations in microstructural properties of vertebral trabeculae with aging”, in Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, volume 23, number 2, page 174:
text: The histoquantification of testicular sections were scored with Jhonsen score (Fig 11C).
ref: 2015 October 17, “Water Spinach, Ipomoea aquatica (Convolvulaceae), Ameliorates Lead Toxicity by Inhibiting Oxidative Stress and Apoptosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: histological quantification
hyperadiponectinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + adiponectinemia.
Senses: examples: text: Accordingly, the findings of reverse association of BMI and ADPN and lower BMI among high ADPN group may partly explain reduced impact of hyperadiponectinemia on survival outcome in our study cohort.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Association of Adiponectin with High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Clinical Outcomes in Peritoneal Dialysis Patients: A 3.5-Year Follow-Up Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of raised levels of adiponectin in the blood
hyperdivergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + divergent.
Senses: examples: text: The hyperdivergent facial morphology may play a role in the development of TMJOA. The stability of the TMJ disc depends on the integrity of the joint ligaments and the forces applied over the TMJ. Hyperdivergent facial morphology is prone to disc displacement because of the poor reciprocal fitting of the articular surfaces, that is, less contact area is observed between condylar head and glenoid fossa compared with hypodivergent facial morphology [27 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Cephalometric Analysis of the Facial Skeletal Morphology of Female Patients Exhibiting Skeletal Class II Deformity with and without Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: More than normally divergent.
Related terms: hyperdivergence
hypodivergent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + divergent.
Senses: examples: text: The hyperdivergent facial morphology may play a role in the development of TMJOA. The stability of the TMJ disc depends on the integrity of the joint ligaments and the forces applied over the TMJ. Hyperdivergent facial morphology is prone to disc displacement because of the poor reciprocal fitting of the articular surfaces, that is, less contact area is observed between condylar head and glenoid fossa compared with hypodivergent facial morphology [27 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Cephalometric Analysis of the Facial Skeletal Morphology of Female Patients Exhibiting Skeletal Class II Deformity with and without Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Less than normally divergent.
Related terms: hypodivergence
intrasuprasellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + suprasellar.
Senses: examples: text: In regards to the postoperative CSF leakage, we reported an overall 6.9% rate, with 10% of cases occurring in extended approaches and 5.3% in standard approaches; all these lesions were intrasuprasellar cysts and all underwent a total removal.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Management of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Within the suprasellar region
methanobactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanobactins
Senses: examples: text: This carrier was hypothesized to be similar to methanobactin, highly modified peptide of methanotrophs, which carries copper from the environment to bacteria.
ref: 2015 October 17, “The Features of Copper Metabolism in the Rat Liver during Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A copper-binding peptide present in some methanotroph bacteria
microabscessation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microabscessations
Etymology: From micro- + abscessation.
Senses: examples: text: Gross lesions, specifically microabscessation, pulmonary consolidation, and splenomegaly were recorded for each rabbit at the time of necropsy.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Prior Inoculation with Type B Strains of Francisella tularensis Provides Partial Protection against Virulent Type A Strains in Cottontail Rabbits”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of very small abscesses
microsequencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + sequencing.
Senses: examples: text: The purified of 33 kDa protein was subjected to N-terminus amino acid microsequencing using protein / peptide sequencer (ABI, Waltham, MA).
ref: 2015 October 17, “Efficient Secretion of Recombinant Proteins from Rice Suspension-Cultured Cells Modulated by the Choice of Signal Peptide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The sequencing of very small amounts of protein or polypeptides
mirabilysin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: mirabilis + lyse + -in
Senses: examples: text: The most reasonable explanation of these results that both native monomers and designed conjugates (in spite of the presence of PEG-linker or D-Lys in case of DK5 and its derivatives) appear to be the substrates for extracellular protease ZapA (also known as mirabilysin) produced by this strain.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Synthesis and Evaluation of Biological Activity of Antimicrobial – Pro-Proliferative Peptide Conjugates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A Proteus mirabilis metalloprotease virulence factor
Synonyms: ZapA
monoaxenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + axenic.
Senses: examples: text: The effect observed for the root tissue is consistent with reports for monoaxenic cultures of Cichorium intybus grown in the presence of Benzo[a]pyrene [27 ] and Zea mayz seedlings cultured in the presence of monoterpenes [37 ], where increases in the total fatty acid content in the roots after the xenobiotic application were observed.
ref: 2015 October 17, “The Fatty Acid Profile Analysis of Cyperus laxus Used for Phytoremediation of Soils from Aged Oil Spill-Impacted Sites Revealed That This Is a C18:3 Plant Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
coordinate_terms: axenic
monocultured
monocultural
glosses: Grown in the presence of a single other species.
monosialoganglioside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monosialogangliosides
Etymology: From mono- + sialo- + ganglioside.
Senses: examples: text: From these, more complex glycosylsphingolipids, such as lactosylceramide, globotriaosylceramide, monosialoganglioside and others can be synthesized by incorporation of additional sugar residues by different glycosyltransferases [30 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Elisidepsin Interacts Directly with Glycosylceramides in the Plasma Membrane of Tumor Cells to Induce Necrotic Cell Death”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A ganglioside containing a single sialic acid residue
multirepeat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + repeat.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, multiple copies of THY domains are often found in invertebrate β-thymosins, which are called multirepeat β-thymosins [12 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Molecular and Physiological Characterization of Two Novel Multirepeat β-Thymosins from Silkworm, Bombyx mori”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having multiple repeat units
Kichua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kichuas
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of Quechua.
Kichuas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kichua
kinhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kin + -hood.
Senses: glosses: Kinship.
miswak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miswaks
form: miswaak
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مِسْوَاك (miswāk), derived from Persian سواک (sevâk, “a teeth cleaning twig made from the arak tree”), originated from pre-Islamic Persia.
Senses: glosses: A chewstick used particularly by Muslims for cleaning the teeth, made from twigs of trees of species Salvadora persica.
miswaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miswak
miswaak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miswaaks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of miswak.
miswaaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miswaak
eta reduction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eta reductions
Senses: glosses: Eta conversion.
chocolate bomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate bombs
Senses: topics: food
lifestyle
glosses: A chocolate-based dessert consisting of a block or shell of some form of chocolate (which may have been shaped artistically) that has a filling or is stuffed with special or surprise ingredients, which is subsequently served with a topping of molten chocolate or previously coated with a chocolate ganache and served.
chocolate bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate bomb
balloon animals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon animal
nasomaxillary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪləɹi
-æksɪlɛəɹi
Etymology: From naso- + maxillary.
Senses: examples: text: The reduced condylar growth may enhance the development of N-Me from nasomaxillary complex growth and dentoalveolar development [25 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “Cephalometric Analysis of the Facial Skeletal Morphology of Female Patients Exhibiting Skeletal Class II Deformity with and without Temporomandibular Joint Osteoarthrosis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or connecting, the nasal bone and the upper jaw
oblique mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oblique marks
Etymology: A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
Senses: examples: text: The oblique mark ∖ above the letters implies that the notes must come in succession, the upper one first, as this mark ／ signifies a contrary succession.
ref: 1804, William Bingley, North Wales, volume II, page 338:
text: Any fraction may be made by typing the numerator, the oblique mark (/), and the denominator. The oblique mark is struck with the small finger of the right hand.
ref: 1941, Rupert Pitt Sorelle, Gregg Typing, page 266:
text: Your fourth finger on your right hand strikes semicolon (;) on the home row, reaches up slightly for p, and down to the bottom row slightly right for the oblique mark (/).
ref: 2003, Frank P. Donnelly, Touch N Type, page 20:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, sometimes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\⟩.
synonyms: word: slash
extra: imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\⟩
word: sometimes
extra: imes (generally proscribed) inclusive of similar marks such as the backslash ⟨\⟩
oblique marks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oblique mark
norbadione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌnɔː(ɹ)bəˈdaɪəʊn/
Senses: examples: text: The pulvinic acid scaffold, which is an important structural motif of norbadione A (Fig 1 ), was used as a starting point for the synthesis of 18 related compounds, whose experimental evaluation confirmed their antioxidant activity [4 ].
ref: 2015 October 17, “In Silico Discovery of Novel Potent Antioxidants on the Basis of Pulvinic Acid and Coumarine Derivatives and Their Experimental Evaluation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a group of pigments, related to pulvinic acids, found in Boletus mushrooms
Derived terms: norbadione A
nutriregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The nutrition model of food deprivation used in this study was a large challenge, so further studies should be performed with a diet that could be applied by livestock farmers in order to identify the nutriregulation of miRNA under breeding conditions.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Food Deprivation Affects the miRNome in the Lactating Goat Mammary Gland”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: regulation by nutrients
pediocin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pediocins
Etymology: From Pediococcus + -cin.
Senses: examples: text: Bacteriocin with similar molecular weights reported from past studies included pediocin A from Pediococcus acidilactici [34 ] and bacteriocin ST33LD from Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Purification and Characterization of Bacteriocin Produced by Weissella confusa A3 of Dairy Origin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any of a class of bacteriocin from bacteria of the genus Pediococcus
sphenoidotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphenoidotomies
Etymology: From sphenoid + -otomy.
Senses: examples: text: As described elsewhere [28 –32, 40 ], the approach is realized through both nostrils with a middle turbinectomy on one side, resection of the posterior portion of the nasal septum and a wider anterior sphenoidotomy.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Management of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The creation of an opening in the wall of the sphenoid sinus
transsellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + sellar.
Senses: examples: text: Out of 21 patients with cysts with an intra and suprasellar location, we performed an extended approach in those cases with a larger suprasellar component and when the transsellar route could damage the pituitary gland or didn’t let to access and/or empty the suprasellar component of the lesion.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Endoscopic Endonasal Approach in the Management of Rathke’s Cleft Cysts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through, or across the sella turcica
wukipolyomavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wukipolyomaviruses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Further, the finding of these vole PyVs may suggest that the wukipolyomavirus ancestor might have existed in a rodent-like animal.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Identification of Two Novel Members of the Tentative Genus Wukipolyomavirus in Wild Rodents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any poliomavirus of the genus Wukipolyomavirus
wukipolyomaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In conclusion, the finding of novel vole-borne PyVs may suggest an evolutionary origin of ancient wukipolyomaviruses in rodents and may offer the possibility to develop a vole-based animal model for human wukipolyomaviruses.
ref: 2015 October 17, “Identification of Two Novel Members of the Tentative Genus Wukipolyomavirus in Wild Rodents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of wukipolyomavirus
oblique stroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oblique strokes
Etymology: A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
Senses: examples: text: The oblique, short for oblique stroke or line, is written /, originally the French way of writing or printing a comma.
ref: 1953, Eric Partridge, You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies, page 155:
text: They are normally in the form "Case 79/87", in which the two digits after the oblique stroke (slash) indicate the year.
ref: 2004, Trevor C. Hartley, European Union Law in a Global Context, page 18:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
synonyms: word: slash
extra: /
Derived terms: stroke
oblique strokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oblique stroke
poliomavirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poliomaviruses
Senses: glosses: Any virus of the family Polyomaviridae
oblique dash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oblique dashes
Etymology: A clarification of the intended sense of oblique.
Senses: examples: text: No punctuation has been inserted in the records of cases... The oblique dash in punctuation is freely used. Where it is used as a mere flourish in conjunction with other punctuation it has been ignored, where it terminates an entry the dash has been read as a full-stop, and where it occurs in the middle of an entry it has been read as a comma.
ref: 1934, E.E. Rich, The Staple Court Books of Bristol, page vi:
text: In (9.2) and in the following equations an oblique dash (/) before an index r denotes differentiation with respect to χᵣ.
ref: 1962, Giuseppe Grioli, Mathematical Theory of Elastic Equilibrium (Recent Results), page 132, n. 1
text: Where Moore's and Finzi's datings differ substantially, both are given, separated by an oblique dash, with Moore's first.
ref: 1985, Stephen Banfield, Sensibility and English Song, page 456:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
synonyms: word: slash
extra: /
oblique dashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oblique dash
Loreto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Ancona, Marche, Italy.
glosses: A region in Peru.
glosses: A province in Loreto region, Peru.
glosses: A municipality of Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
glosses: A municipality of the Dinagat Islands, Philippines.
magical thinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But, at first, by mere magical thinking […] Omens are gradually separated from ordinary probable signs […] as necessary infallible signs (or tendencies) if cunning can find them out, connected by some supernatural law with the unknown future that certainly awaits us, and as a kind of Magic.
ref: 1920, Carveth Read, The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions:
text: “What we see in the UK paper is a lot of magical thinking about how an invisible border would work in the future,” said the senior EU official, giving the most detailed response yet from Brussels on the recent series of papers that emerged from Whitehall.
ref: 2017 August 25, Jennifer Rankin, “UK accused of 'magical thinking' over Brexit plan for Irish border”, in The Guardian:
text: This magical thinking feels as if it really might catch on / Mama wants some answers / Do you remember where it all went wrong?
ref: 2018, Alex Turner, “Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
text: What Harry does not realise, however, is that his magical thinking about Diana’s “disappearance” extends to multiple other aspects of his life.
ref: 2023 January 17, Tina Brown, “Spare by Prince Harry review – magical thinking in Montecito”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The attribution of causal or synchronistic relationships between actions and events which seemingly cannot be justified by reason and observation.
ungooglable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungooglable
form: most ungooglable
Etymology: From un- + googlable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ungoogleable.
I'll go to the foot of our stairs
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: “Well, I'll go to the foot of our stairs,” said Elsie, totally flabbergasted.
ref: 2010, Anna Champney, Buried Past, Hidden Secrets, page 540:
text: “Did you hear that boys, I'm a girl, well I'll go to the foot of our stairs, I would never have known if he hadn't told me” she said, smiling at the Lad and by now enjoying the attention she was getting.
ref: 2015, Peter Knowles, Short Story Collection:
glosses: Expressing astonishment.
undermedication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + medication.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the problem of overmedication, there is some evidence that undermedication also may be occurring, though its extent and causes are unknown.
ref: 1988, Helene L. Lipton, Philip Randolph Lee, Mark S. Freeland, Drugs and the Elderly: Clinical, Social, and Policy Perspectives:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Insufficient medicating; underuse of medication.
councilmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: councilmanships
Etymology: From councilman + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The position or role of a councilman.
councilmanships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of councilmanship
mismedication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mismedications
Etymology: From mis- + medication.
Senses: examples: text: There is ample documentation of overmedication, undermedication, and mismedication of nursing home residents.
ref: 2010, Professor Richard R Abood, Pharmacy Practice and the Law:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Inappropriate use of medication, or use of a wrong medication.
mismedications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismedication
multisyllabicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + syllabic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Because so many of the best utterances of men have been simply phrased, we inevitably respond with profound revulsion against linguistic combinations which are decentralized by multisyllabicity.
ref: 1964, United States. Office of Education, Cooperative Research Program:
glosses: The state or condition of being multisyllabic.
demedication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + medication.
Senses: examples: text: This happens through a demedication and deconditioning process and being deeply felt by our facilitator.
ref: 2015, Wayne Vriend, Jillian Vriend, Christopher Tydeman, Living As If: Embrace Collapse, Heal Your Heart and Soul, and Find ...:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Elimination or reduction of the use of a medication, or reduction of the level of a medication in the body.
unvaliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unvaliant
form: most unvaliant
Etymology: From un- + valiant.
Senses: examples: text: […] and an unvaliant, impudent, affronted pleading for untruth, tyranny and wickednesse, which is neither a product of prudence, nor magnanimity.
ref: 1669, James Stewart, Jus Populi Vindicatum, or the People's Right, to defend themselves and their Covenanted Religion, vindicated:
text: […] and none but such as were unvaliant and despicable would long continue without the privilege of cutting their hair, after they had attained to years of maturity.
ref: 1777, Joseph Strutt, The Chronicle of England, volume 1:
text: Even the unvaliant James would have dared to tackle him single-handed; but he represented the unknown and terrible majesty of the law.
ref: 1898, David Christie Murray, This Little World: A Novel, page 67:
text: To those in the law enforcement community, the tape captured what they already believed: Marschke was weak-kneed or, at least, unvaliant.
ref: 1998, Alex Kotlowitz, The Other Side of the River, page 138:
glosses: Not valiant.
Derived terms: unvaliantly
unvaliantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unvaliantly
form: most unvaliantly
Etymology: From unvaliant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not valiant.
crazy pants
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crazy pants
form: most crazy pants
Senses: examples: text: “That girl is crazy pants.”
I laughed. “Crazy pants?”
ref: 2012, Myra McEntire, Timepiece: An Hourglass Novel:
glosses: Alternative form of crazypants.
peckhorn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peckhorns
form: peck horn
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An alto horn or mellophone.
trigpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigpoints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trig point.
Related terms: trigpointing
trigpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trigpoint
triangulation pillar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triangulation pillars
Senses: glosses: A concrete pillar used by the Ordnance Survey as a point for taking theodolite measurements, used in determining the exact shape of the country in a mid-20th-century retriangulation project.
Synonyms: triangulation station
trigpoint
trig pillar
trigonometrical station
triangulation pillars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triangulation pillar
trigpointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From trigpoint + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The recreational activity of searching for trigpoints.
retriangulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retriangulations
Etymology: From re- + triangulation.
Senses: glosses: Triangulation again.
glosses: The use of triangulation pillars to compute a more modern and accurate triangulation of Great Britain.
retriangulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retriangulation
retriangulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retriangulates
form: retriangulating
form: retriangulated
form: retriangulated
Etymology: From re- + triangulate.
Senses: glosses: To triangulate again.
Related terms: retriangulation
retriangulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retriangulate
retriangulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retriangulate
retriangulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retriangulate
geohash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geohashes
Etymology: From geo- + hash.
Senses: glosses: An alphanumeric encoding of latitude and longitude, based on recursive division of the Earth into smaller and smaller regions.
geohash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geohashes
form: geohashing
form: geohashed
form: geohashed
Etymology: From geo- + hash.
Senses: glosses: To encode (a geographic location) in this form.
geohashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geohash
geohashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geohash
geohashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geohash
geohashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of geohash
cuckoldress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckoldresses
Etymology: From cuckold(e)r + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: He had the effrontery not just to cuckold the Empress but also to cuckold the cuckoldress, Countess Bruce, by beginning an adulterous affair with a Court beauty, Countess Ekaterina Stroganova, who left her husband and child for him.
ref: 2010, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Catherine the Great and Potemkin:
text: A cuckoldress (or hotwife) is on the receiving end of this fetish, and is usually a wife who enjoys engaging in marriage sport-fucking as much as her husband.
ref: 2011, Eva Christina, The Book of Kink:
text: She will always seek the man—one after another—and so Perlimplín has married an archetypal “cuckoldress” with an insatiable thirst.
ref: 2014, Rupert C Allen, Psyche and Symbol in the Theater of Federico Garcia Lorca:
glosses: A female cuckolder; a woman who cuckolds her husband or partner.
cuckoldresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuckoldress
Ivy Leaguer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ivy Leaguers
Etymology: From Ivy League + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who was educated at an Ivy League institution.
Ivy Leaguers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ivy Leaguer
peckhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peckhorn
calltip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calltips
Etymology: From call + tip.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A pop-up reminder of the signature of a function or method, to aid the programmer while writing code.
calltips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calltip
rhodo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhodos
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Spring bulbs and lush wisteria flourish early, followed by flowering peach and pear trees, azaleas, rhodos, peonies and roses.
ref: 2009 August 22, Lorraine Hunter, Toronto Star:
glosses: A rhododendron.
rhodos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhodo
megafestival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafestivals
Etymology: From mega- + festival.
Senses: examples: text: Yet, in urban Ontario, the plowing match is probably the least known megafestival there is.
ref: 2009 September 23, Jim Coyle, “City slicker MPPs get lesson in real economy”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A very large-scale festival.
megafestivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megafestival
postcommute
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + commute.
Senses: glosses: After a commute.
pondness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pond + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In “The Catfish,” he’s not much interested in the pondness of pond or the fishiness of fish.
ref: 2009 September 20, Daisy Fried, “Dark Glamour”, in New York Times:
text: Dunwoody Pond, then, is a matrix containing all of the possible meanings of pondness. The pond is an archetype, a mold so to speak of primordial dimensions; it is embedded with natural forms; it is the material enclosing objects of study.
ref: 2014, Susan Naramore Maher, Deep Map Country: Literary Cartography of the Great Plains:
glosses: The quality of being a pond.
therapeuticize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: therapeuticizes
form: therapeuticizing
form: therapeuticized
form: therapeuticized
Etymology: From therapeutic + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the characters might be in need of therapy, but Mr. Roos’s screenplay has already been therapeuticized, with every angle, emotion, feeling spelled out.
ref: 2009 September 17, Manohla Dargis, “Watching a Nation Fall Apart, Entertainingly”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make therapeutic; to bring into the realm of therapy.
therapeuticized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of therapeuticize
therapeuticizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of therapeuticize
therapeuticizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of therapeuticize
nonhipster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhipsters
Etymology: From non- + hipster.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a hipster.
nonhipsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhipster
brownstoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brownstoners
Etymology: From brownstone + -er.
Senses: examples: text: By the way, Brooklyn, with its striking diversity and population of 2.5 million people, encompasses a whole lot more than brownstoners and Russian immigrants (who may be simply the ones who draw more of Mr. Prokhorov’s attention).
ref: 2009 September 27, Clifford J. Levy, “Brooklyn, Meet Your Oligarch”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who inhabits a brownstone building.
brownstoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brownstoner
undercovering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercoverings
Etymology: From under- + covering.
Senses: examples: text: At the moment of the killing, the black fabric covering the rotating platform is stripped off by some of the ever-present gremlin people to reveal blood red undercovering.
ref: 2009 October 9, Anthony Tommasini, “Family Dysfunction Bathed in Cosmic Neon”, in New York Times:
glosses: A covering that goes under something else.
undercovering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From under- + covering.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undercover
undercoverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undercovering
prefashionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fashionable.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Jacobs once described another of these films, “Blonde Cobra” (1959-63), edited from footage shot by Bob Fleischner, as a “look in on an exploding life, on a man of imagination suffering prefashionable Lower East Side deprivation and consumed with American 1950s, ’40s, ’30s disgust.”
ref: 2009 October 11, Manohla Dargis, “Deconstructing Cinema in Order to Reveal It”, in New York Times:
glosses: Prior to becoming fashionable.
angel dusting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From angel dust + -ing.
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The misleading marketing practice of including a minuscule amount of an active ingredient in a product (such as food or cosmetics), insufficient to give any measurable benefit.
zonkedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zonked + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The boy sits beside him and two of them are locked in a parenthesis of mutual zonkedness.
ref: 2009 October 4, Geoff Pevere, “The Death of Bunny Munro presents debauched anti-hero”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The quality of being zonked.