cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
fructation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The nonenzymatic reaction of proteins with fructose
enfeoffeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From enfeoff + -eth.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enfeoff
take by surprise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes by surprise
form: taking by surprise
form: took by surprise
form: taken by surprise
Senses: examples: text: Kazakhstan's shooting team was taken by surprise when a spoof national anthem from the film Borat was used at a medal ceremony in Kuwait.
ref: 2012 March 23, Barry Neild, “Borat's version of Kazakh anthem played at Kuwait medal ceremony”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Both the South Korean government and US forces in the region appear to have been taken by surprise by Trump’s declared suspension of joint exercises.
ref: 2018 June 12, Julian Borger, “US to suspend military exercises with South Korea, Trump says”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: No substitute bus services could be organised, and it is almost as though the train operator has been taken by surprise by the non-attendance of staff who appear to have made themselves unavailable - whether or not the diagram concerned was covered by overtime.
ref: 2023 December 13, 'Industry Insider', “Delivering a robust timetable”, in RAIL, number 998, page 68:
glosses: To occur to someone when unexpected; to surprise.
the boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Me and the boys are gonna go hang out for a bit.
text: I realized, as one of them was explaining to me the details of his targets’ security routines, that intercepted nudes were a kind of informal office currency, because his buddy kept spinning in his chair to interrupt us with a smile, saying, “Check her out,” to which my instructor would invariably reply “Bonus!” or “Nice!” The unspoken transactional rule seemed to be that if you found a naked photo or video of an attractive target—or someone in communication with a target—you had to show the rest of the boys, at least as long as there weren’t any women around.
ref: 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The speaker's group of male friends. This phrase is often put after "me and" if the speaker is referring to themselves and their friends.
nail plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nail plate
cut nail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪl
Forms: form: cut nails
Senses: glosses: A nail having a tapering rectangular shape, produced by cutting from a sheet of iron or steel, now primarily used for masonry and historical renovations.
wikipedia: Nail (fastener)#Cut
Synonyms: square nail
Related terms: nail plate
cut nails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut nail
transungual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + ungual.
Senses: examples: text: transungual drug delivery system
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Through the nail plate.
Related terms: transdermal
Ballina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in County Mayo, Ireland.
glosses: A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
glosses: A town in the Northern Rivers region, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A location in Cazenovia, Madison County, New York, United States.
ethanamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The systematic IUPAC name for acetamide.
Cazenovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and township in Woodford County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Pipestone County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town and village in Madison County, New York, named after Theophilus Cazenove.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Richland County and Sauk County, Wisconsin.
five-day fever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Trench fever.
Related terms: three-day fever
gametocytogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gameto- + cytogenic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to gametocytogenesis
gastroscintigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gastro- + scintigraphy.
Senses: glosses: gastric scintigraphy
Carrick-on-Shannon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in and the county town of County Leitrim, Ireland.
chickeniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chickeny: most chickeny
chickenier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chickeny: more chickeny
gelistagnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: soil science
glosses: Having frozen subsoil that results in a surface buildup of water
glucocapparin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sulphated glucosamine [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] N-sulfooxyethanimidothioate
glucocleomin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gluco- + [Term?] + -in.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The thioglucoside [[3-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]sulfanylpentylidene]amino] sulfate
glucocochlearin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glucosinolate [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] (2S)-2-methyl-N-sulfooxybutanimidothioate
glucohexokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glucohexokinases
Etymology: From gluco- + hexokinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: glucose hexokinase
Drumsna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
glucolepidiin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The glucosinolate [(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl] N-sulfooxypropanimidothioate
grassfinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grassfinches
Senses: glosses: Any Australian finch of the genus Poephila.
grassfinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grassfinch
Ballymoney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 9526).
Limavady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪməˈvædi/
Etymology: From Irish Léim an Mhadaidh.
Senses: glosses: A market town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
feeding stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feeding stuffs
Senses: examples: text: The report [...] adds the disclosure that the BRB, in conjunction with trade interests, is considering establishment of agricultural concentration depots, which would cater for animal feeding stuffs, fertilizers and farm products; [...]
ref: 1964 August, “BR in 1963 - "we have turned the financial corner"”, in Modern Railways, page 114:
glosses: Alternative form of feedingstuff.
Synonyms: feedstuff
polyvictimization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyvictimizations
Etymology: From poly- + victimization.
Senses: examples: text: Even more than to determine who is vulnerable to victimization, there is a need to figure out which children are vulnerable to polyvictimization.
ref: 2008, David Finkelhor, Childhood Victimization: Violence, Crime, and Abuse in the Lives of Young People, Oxford University Press, →ISBN:
text: Adult protective services professionals indicate that polyvictimization is a common form of abuse on their caseloads ranging from 15% to 25% (Ramsey-Klawsnik & Heisler, 2014).
ref: 2018, Pearl S. Berman, Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning: Integrating Theory With Clinical Practice, SAGE Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: victimization of someone, especially a young person, along multiple axes or through multiple forms of abuse
Related terms: polyvictimized
polyvictimizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyvictimization
feeding stuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feeding stuff
issit
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Senses: synonyms: izzit
glosses: Alternative form of is it.
pin on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pins on
form: pinning on
form: pinned on
form: pinned on
Senses: examples: text: The police pinned the theft on my brother.
text: US reputational damage is not confined to Europe. There was dismay among the G7 countries that a joint statement on tackling the pandemic could not be agreed because Trump insisted on calling it the “Wuhan virus” – his crude way of pinning sole blame on China.
ref: 2020 April 12, Simon Tisdall, “US's global reputation hits rock-bottom over Trump's coronavirus response”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To place the blame for (something) on (someone), especially unjustly.
ELLs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ELL
ungentleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ungentlemen
Etymology: From un- + gentleman.
Senses: examples: text: I was just curious because I wasn't sure if someone like you could even get a date, with you being too good for us ungentlemen and all.
ref: 2012, Christie Rushenberg, Cravings, page 81:
text: That man, that ungentleman, was Sebastian's long-time friend. And even though they had not seen each other in many years, there was always the possibility that he would recognize her. Oh, this would not do.
ref: 2013, Sharon Cullen, Loving the Earl:
text: It was the act of a bounder, an ungentleman; in essence, he was accused of cheating.
ref: 2014, Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport, page Rob Steen:
glosses: A man who lacks the refinement of a gentleman; a ruffian.
Related terms: ungentlemanly
ungentlemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ungentleman
algebrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: algebrists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of algebraist.
TVOC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TVOCs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of total volatile organic compound, a measure of the pollution load of VOCs (volatile organic compounds), often specified in mg/m³.
ungirth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ungirths
form: ungirthing
form: ungirthed
form: ungirthed
Etymology: From un- + girth.
Senses: examples: text: Suffice it that the Lord Abbot had ordered these, our zealous and faithful vassals, instantly to set forth to guard thee from imminent peril–Ye may ungirth your horses, children, and dismiss; and, tomorrow, each who was at this rendezvous may send to the convent kitchen for a quarter of a yard of roastbeef, and a black-jack full of double ale.
ref: 1820, Sir Walter Scott, The Monastery:
text: The man remonstrated, saying he was going a long journey; that his horse was his property and would be lost in Smyrna, and alleged several other good reasons for refusing compliance : but Mustafa made no other reply than that he would have the horse, and, raising his whip, used such threatening gestures that the Christian dismounted, and prepared to ungirth the saddle.
ref: 1846, Charles Lewis Meryon, Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope:
text: Here is Maryland, whose massive columns wheeled into line with those of Virginia in the contest for glory, and whose State-house at Annapolis was the theatre of a spectacle of a successful commander, who, after liberating his country, gladly ungirthed his sword and laid it down upon the altar of that country.
ref: 1861, John Tyler, quotee, Official Journal of the Conference Convention, page 7:
text: Mr Peter, who in the sister isle would, unmistakably, be simple "Pat," helps us to ungirth our mules, which immediately roll and luxuriate in the warm dust, kicking up their heels, and squeezing myriads of flies to death.
ref: 1871, Peeps at foreign countries, page 108:
text: Whenever he entered a house he would ungirth his horse and carry the heavy sacks into the house with him.
ref: 1969, Robert Edward Gard, This is Wisconsin, page 277:
glosses: To unfasten or remove a girth or belt from.
ungirths
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungirth
ungirthing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungirth
ungirthed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungirth
North Macedonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North Macedonian
ungloss
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒs
Forms: form: unglosses
form: unglossing
form: unglossed
form: unglossed
Etymology: From un- + gloss.
Senses: examples: text: 'Twere good sport To prick them forward to the escalade, At stormy midnight from the soaking trench! It would ungloss the butterflies!
ref: 1838, The Siege of Antwerp. A Historical Play. In Five Acts, page 25:
text: Already death is busy at your roots, a bug-rite to ungloss you of green glamor
ref: 1958, Harold Witt, The Death of Venus, page 5:
text: Rousseau's trees and leaves and branches are shiny-green enamel. Ungloss them. Smudge them black, the lion has finished eating the leopard, the stillness is eternal . . . that is my head.
ref: 1977, Nancy Dean, Myra Stark, In the looking glass: twenty-one modern short stories by women, page 11:
glosses: To remove the gloss from; to make less glossy.
examples: text: Therefore, unless courts can "ungloss" the complete diversity and matter-in-controversy limitations of § 1332, some claims made by intervenors of right — those state-law claims that destroy complete diversity or fail to exceed $75,000 — are structurally incapable of being integrated into the federal case.
ref: 2002, Jay Tidmarsh, Roger H. Trangsrud, Complex Litigation: Problems in Advanced Civil Procedure, page 84:
text: I hadn't even realized what I had done in the original poems, but yes, I glossed over, and yes, made pretty. But then to ungloss, sort of like a poetic ungloss, I can think of fictional unglossings like Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina, but I can't think of a poetic unglossing of that kind of childhood narrative.
ref: 2009, Kate Eichhorn, Heather Milne, Prismatic Publics:
text: The patient, in saying 'that's the strange thing' is making explicit the fact that, in selecting the possibility of disturbed sleeping habits as a manifestation of anxiety, the counsellor has correctly or legitimately used the documentary method. That is, the patient recognises that given an underlying pattern of anxiety, attempts to ungloss this pattern might involve the use of the documentary method of interpretation in order to suggest candidate unglosses, i.e., typical manifestations or appearances of such a pattern.
ref: 2016, Text and talk as social practice, page 67:
glosses: To reverse the process of glossing; to make explicit what has been glossed over.
ungloss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒs
Forms: form: unglosses
Etymology: From un- + gloss.
Senses: examples: text: The repetition of line 576-7 'always taken pride of my figure' in line 584 serves to mark the end of this gloss-within-an-ungloss followed by candidate ungloss and decision (lines 574-582) and to make a return to the larger ungloss which began in line 574.
ref: 1988, 48, Sociolinguistics - Volumes 17-18:
text: The patient, in saying 'that's the strange thing' is making explicit the fact that, in selecting the possibility of disturbed sleeping habits as a manifestation of anxiety, the counsellor has correctly or legitimately used the documentary method. That is, the patient recognises that given an underlying pattern of anxiety, attempts to ungloss this pattern might involve the use of the documentary method of interpretation in order to suggest candidate unglosses, i.e., typical manifestations or appearances of such a pattern.
ref: 2016, Text and talk as social practice, page 67:
glosses: A detail that has been made explicit through unglossing; an unglossing.
examples: text: I hadn't even realized what I had done in the original poems, but yes, I glossed over, and yes, made pretty. But then to ungloss, sort of like a poetic ungloss, I can think of fictional unglossings like Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina, but I can't think of a poetic unglossing of that kind of childhood narrative.
ref: 2009, Kate Eichhorn, Heather Milne, Prismatic Publics:
glosses: The act of unglossing.
unglosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungloss
unglosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ungloss
unglossing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungloss
unglossing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unglossings
Senses: examples: text: I hadn't even realized what I had done in the original poems, but yes, I glossed over, and yes, made pretty. But then to ungloss, sort of like a poetic ungloss, I can think of fictional unglossings like Dorothy Allison's Bastard out of Carolina, but I can't think of a poetic unglossing of that kind of childhood narrative.
ref: 2009, Kate Eichhorn, Heather Milne, Prismatic Publics:
glosses: A detail that is made explicit through unglossing.
unglossings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unglossing
unhabituate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhabituates
form: unhabituating
form: unhabituated
form: unhabituated
Etymology: From un- + habituate.
Senses: examples: text: It is in loneliness and retirement — the solitude which unhabituates men to that sharp definiteness of thought which is needful for its expression to another, in the seasons of mist and gloom, which make external nature no scene for the wanton eye to revel in the contemplation of, in the absence of the beautifully elaborated forms of art, and amid such prospects of nature as engender dim and indefinite feelings in the heart, rather than present distinctly outlined images for the eye and the fancy ;
ref: 1841, Francis Whaley Harper, The powers of the Greek tenses, and other papers, pages 8–9:
text: Almost immediately in their legal education, they are habituated to a certain way of thinking about law, and the role I see myself as having here besides habituating them to think about law in that way is to unhabituate them to thinking about law in those sorts of ways.
ref: 1996, Paul F. Campos, Pierre Schlag, Steven Douglas Smith, Against the Law, page 141:
text: Learning to “see” around these strategies and unhabituate the reader's eye is more about selectively recentering demoted experiences than transparently reproducing foregrounded historiographical “rescue attempts.”
ref: 2018, Stephen R. Davis, The ANC's War against Apartheid:
glosses: To reverse or overcome the effects of habituation.
unhabituates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unhabituate
unhabituating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unhabituate
unexpounded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexpounded
form: most unexpounded
Etymology: From un- + expounded.
Senses: glosses: not expounded, simple
physical distancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: social distancing
socially-isolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: At a time when the world is reverting to its smallest constituent parts — from international system to nation state to city to socially-isolated family unit — it might seem premature to speculate about what happens when the crisis passes.
ref: 2020 April 2, Australian Institute of International Affairs: Australian Outlook:
glosses: Characterised by personal separation of individuals due to the practice of social distancing and self-isolation.
micromounter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromounters
Etymology: From micromount + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who engages in micromounting, especially as a hobbyist.
micromounting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micromount + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The craft and hobby of collecting micromounts.
micromount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromounts
Etymology: From micro- + mount.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral specimen that is too small to be appreciated without an optical aid, and is permanently mounted for such a purpose.
Derived terms: micromounter
micromounting
salad burnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salad burnet
haemospermia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hematospermia.
halocapnine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The sulfated amino acid (E)-2-amino-3,4-dihydroxy-17-methyl-2-(sulfomethyl)octadec-5-enoate
hemionid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemionids
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hemione.
synonyms: word: hemione
hemionids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemionid
hepatoprotectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hepatoprotector
heptadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heptadines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cyproheptadine.
heterobifunctionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hetero- + bifunctionality.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The condition of being heterobifunctional
hispidose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having radiating branches that themselves have radiating branches
histoprocessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From histo- + processing.
Senses: glosses: The processing of tissue samples
holotrich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holotrichs
Senses: glosses: Any ciliate of the order Holotricha
holotrichs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holotrich
holotricin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimicrobial peptide present in some insects
homoisoflavane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homoisoflavanes
Etymology: From homo- + isoflavane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any homoisoflavonoid form of an isoflavane
homoisoflavanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homoisoflavane
homotetranucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homotetranucleotides
Etymology: From homo- + tetranucleotide.
Senses: glosses: The homonucleotide form of a tetranucleotide
homotetranucleotides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homotetranucleotide
hydrophiines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrophiine
hypercompetition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + competition.
Senses: topics: biology
economics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An elevated level of competition (between companies or organisms)
brolationship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brolationships
Etymology: Blend of bro (“male comrade or friend”) + relationship.
Senses: examples: text: Dudes in a brolationship share more feelings with each other than with their girlfriends.
ref: 2013 February 12, Patrick Nguyen, “Bromance, Bro”, in The Lighthouse, University of Alberta, page 5:
text: This is Jensen, one of Jordan's best friends. They live two houses apart. They both do the same things: they sleep, eat, and cause trouble. And their brolationship has never been broken.
ref: 2017, Jensen Abhau, The Chronicles of the Toilet Ghost, unnumbered page:
text: “I think this is going to be the beginning of a beautiful brolationship.”
ref: 2018, Sergio Pereira, The Not-So-Grim Reaper, unnumbered page:
glosses: The camaraderie or bond between male friends.
Synonyms: bromance
hyperdiversify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperdiversifies
form: hyperdiversifying
form: hyperdiversified
form: hyperdiversified
Etymology: From hyper- + diversify.
Senses: glosses: To produce hyperdiversification
hyperdiversified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperdiversify
hyperdiversified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: diversified to a greater than normal extent
hyperfragmented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperfragment
hyperfragmented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: fragmented to a greater than normal extent
hyperhydricity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The result of excessive hydration
hypermelanosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + melanosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Excessive melanosis.
hypermyelinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypermyelinates
form: hypermyelinating
form: hypermyelinated
form: hypermyelinated
Etymology: From hyper- + myelinate.
Senses: glosses: To myelinate excessively
Related terms: hypermyelination
hypocoagulopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocoagulopathies
Etymology: From hypo- + coagulopathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease caused by hypocoagulation
Related terms: hypercoagulopathy
hyposideremia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, hypo + sider(o)- + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
antonyms: hypersideremia
hypernyms: sideremia
glosses: A deficiency of iron in blood plasma; anemia due to it.
Related terms: word: hemosiderosis
word: hyposideremic
word: siderosis
MRCP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Member of the Royal College of Physicians.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Membership of the Royal College of Physicians.
Related terms: sense: magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography
word: ERCP
EUS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of endoscopic ultrasound.
Hema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Bahema
Bahima
glosses: An ethnic group of Nilotic origin who are concentrated in parts of Ituri Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Hema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit हेमा (hemā, “gold”).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.
Gayatri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री (gāyatrī).
Senses: glosses: an ancient metre of twenty-four syllables (variously arranged, but generally as a triplet of eight syllables each), any hymn composed in the गायत्री metre RV. x, 14 ; 16 & 130, 4 VS. AV. etc.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
Derived terms: Gayatri Mantra
Gayatri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gayatris
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit गायत्री (gāyatrī).
Senses: glosses: A composition in the Gayatri metre.
Xenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Xenites
Etymology: From Xena + -ite.
Senses: examples: text: Thank you so much for the story on Xena. I'd read the article online (the Xenites had it transcribed in full before the ink was dry).
ref: 1999, Karen Kiss, letter printed in "Reader Forum", The Advocate, 30 March 1999, page 6
text: Each Xenite has his or her own tale of why this show meant so much, and it's something I truly believe Lucy or Renee will never understand.
ref: 2002, AJW, "How Xena Changed My Life", in How Xena Changed Our Lives: True Stories by Fans for Fans (ed. Nikki Stafford), page 3
text: […] she was in a Xena chatroom called The Pub when a Xenite in New York City invited her to come and visit.
ref: 2017, Liz Millward, Janice G. Dodd, Irene Fubara-Manuel, Killing Off the Lesbians: A Symbolic Annihilation on Film and Television, page 141:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the television series Xena: Warrior Princess.
Synonyms: Xenaphile
Mohini
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मोहिनी (mohinī).
Senses: glosses: a fascinating woman.
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
ictidosaurian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ictidosaurians
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tritheledontid.
synonyms: word: tritheledontid
ictidosaurians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ictidosaurian
ideoventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of idioventricular.
illimaquinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ilimaquinone.
Mallika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मल्लिका (mallikā).
Senses: glosses: Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
glosses: A female given name from Sanskrit.
immunomorphometrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of immunomorphometric.
imputational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to imputation
interandean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Between the peaks of the Andes
interclinician
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + clinician.
Senses: glosses: Between clinicians
interdiastemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + diastemal.
Senses: glosses: Between diastemata
intermodulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intermodulates
form: intermodulating
form: intermodulated
form: intermodulated
Etymology: From inter- + modulate.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To modulate each other
raw_tags: of interacting waves
Related terms: intermodulation
intradomestically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intra- + domestically.
Senses: glosses: In an intradomestic manner
intramyonuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + myonuclear.
Senses: glosses: Within a myonucleus
intraseason
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + season.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intraseasonal.
isoandrosterone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + androsterone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of epiandrosterone.
synonyms: word: epiandrosterone
isocalorific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + calorific.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or producing the same amount of heat
glosses: Synonym of isocaloric.
synonyms: word: isocaloric
isohedonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + hedonic.
Senses: glosses: Equally pleasurable
isosakuranetin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + sakuranetin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The flavonoid (2S)-5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one
kaimonolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaimonolides
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of macrolide inhibitors of plant growth present in some bacteria
Haines Borough
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough of Alaska, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. See also Haines.
Minchinhampton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A market town and civil parish in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8700).
obligala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obligalas
Etymology: Blend of obligatory + gala.
Senses: examples: text: If Missy Pennington had let her qualms about writing an "obligala" story stop her, we would have missed reading her sexy, humorous "Hardball."
ref: 1998 July 25, GravesPA2, “No rules, just ruminations”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Of course, I'm halfway through my giftfic which I think should be this year's version of the obligala, so everyone who's speculating, get writing instead!! C'mon, folks, it's Christmas -- get over all the complaints on the season so far and have a little fun with it!
As for what they were ... well, I'm not giving away my story, but Mulder's had to be a video. It was the right size and shape, and when he shook it, that's what it sounded like.
ref: 1998 December 14, soco...@mindspring.com, “Speculation and giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: KEYWORDS: parody, Mulder/Scully romance, Skinner/Mrs. Scully romance, cliches galore, obligala, badfic, fluff, sap
ref: 2000 October 28, kel...@my-deja.com, “NEW: A Helping Hand (1/4)”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
qualifier: The X-Files fandom slang
glosses: A formal ball which two characters (usually Fox Mulder and Dana Scully) are required to attend as a set-up in romantic fan fiction.
Oldfield Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban area in Bath, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7364).
Netflixian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Netflixian
form: most Netflixian
Etymology: From Netflix + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In short, we need Netflixian innovations in education, where we create new ways of seeing old structures and habits of being, not the Blockbuster approach, where we keep our heads down and continue doing what we've always done.
ref: 2010, Sam Chaltain, American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, →ISBN, page 41:
text: If you aren't willing to work to create something new and different, if you aren't trying to do something Zuckerbergian, your goal isn't the problem. Your approach is the problem. If you aren't willing to find a new way to fill an ongoing and nearly universal need, if you aren't willing to do something Netflixian, your goal isn't the problem. Your approach is the problem.
ref: 2018, Jeff Haden, The Motivation Myth: How High Achievers Really Set Themselves Up to Win, New York, NY: Penguin Random House, →ISBN, page 89:
text: That comes at an increasing price to the BBC – £211.5m for the latest package until 2022 – but there seems little evidence that ultra-modern viewing habits and the Netflixian disregard for pesky, rigid scheduling has made a dent in MOTD’s appeal.
ref: 2019 July 26, Adam Hurrey, “55 years in, the culturally bulletproof Match of the Day can handle the latest threat from its rivals”, in The Daily Telegraph:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the streaming service provider Netflix, especially with respect to its innovative approach.
ESV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ESVs
Senses: topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of end-systolic volume.
Related terms: sense: end-systolic volume
word: EDD
sense: end-systolic volume
word: EDV
sense: end-systolic volume
word: EF
sense: end-systolic volume
word: ESD
sense: end-systolic volume
word: SV
ESV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Initialism of English Standard Version.
lachryphagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lachry- + -phagy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The condition of being lachryphagous.
Coordinate terms: lachryphage
lachryphagous
Related terms: lachrymal
lachrymate
lachrymation
lachrymator
lachrymose
lachrymosity
lachryphagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lachry- + -phagous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That feeds on tears
Coordinate terms: lachryphage
lachryphagy
Related terms: lachrymal
lachrymate
lachrymation
lachrymator
lachrymose
lachrymosity
lasiodiplodin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The lactone (4S)-14-hydroxy-16-methoxy-4-methyl-3-oxabicyclo[10.4.0]hexadeca-1(12),13,15-trien-2-one
sinus node
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinus nodes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of sinoatrial node.
synonyms: word: sinoatrial node
sinus nodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinus node
laterocidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclodecapeptide antibiotic present in Bacillus laterosporus
laterosporulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laterosporulins
Senses: glosses: A bacteriocin present in the bacterium Brevibacillus laterosporus
lignol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of aromatic alcohols derived from lignan
lignols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lignol
linguaflexids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linguaflexid
lithochromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From litho- + chromic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lithochromatic.
or not
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɔ˨ nɔt˨]
ipa: [ə.nɔt˨]
Forms: form: anot
form: ornot
Etymology: Calque of Hokkien 抑無 /抑无 (a̍h-bô / á-bô, literally “or not; or no; or none”). See also Hokkien 是毋是 (sī-m̄-sī / sǐ-m̄-sǐ, “whether or not”), 是抑毋是 (sī á-m̄-sī / sǐ á-m̄-sǐ, “isn't?”, literally “is it? or is it not?”), Mandarin 是不是 (shìbùshì, “whether or not”), forming a question, and similar interrogative expressions with 不, 無 /无, 唔 and other dialectal synonyms.
Senses: examples: text: You want to go see snow or not, Ma?
ref: 2009, Jean Tay, Boom, Epigram Books, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
text: Can or not ?
ref: 2020 January 26, JustGreat, “I ordered Pizza Hut”, in SG Talk:
glosses: Final interrogative particle, forming a yes/no question from a declarative statement.
Synonyms: is it
or not
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɔ˨ nɔt˨]
ipa: [ə.nɔt˨]
ipa: [ɔ˨ nɔt˨]
ipa: [ə.nɔt˨]
Forms: form: anot
form: ornot
Senses: glosses: Emphasizes that a particular claim or idea makes no difference regarding what can or has happened.
examples: text: "I bet the green car will make it unscathed!" said Mildred. Suddenly, there came a loud crunch from the racetrack. "Or not," she sighed.
glosses: A sardonic response to a new event that contradicts what the speaker has just stated.
Related terms: on second thought
longidorid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longidorids
Senses: glosses: Any nematode of the family Longidoridae
longidorids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longidorid
lymphocytomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lymphocytoma + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of lymphocytoma
Oldfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oldfields
form: Offield
Etymology: From Old English eald (“old”) + feld (“field”).
Senses: glosses: A placename:
A hamlet in Keighley parish, Metropolitan Borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0037).
glosses: A placename:
A river in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A community in Chatham-Kent municipality, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
An unincorporated community in Christian County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: oldfield mouse
Oldfield Park
oldfieldthomasiid
eperopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eperopolises
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “landmass, country, continent”) + -polis (“city”).
Senses: glosses: An immense conurbation covering a significant part of a continent, forming something significantly larger than a megalopolis.
self-serious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more self-serious
form: most self-serious
Etymology: From self- + serious.
Senses: examples: text: This is not to say that there is a self-serious bone in Bill's body. He's a kid on a trike with a slingshot and a peashooter -- always has been, always will be.
ref: 1995, Bill Garner, Seriously Now, Pelican Publishing:
text: Elizabeth had never recorded any period of her existence, failing to grasp the point of an exercise so self-absorbed and self-serious.
ref: 1998, Douglas Hobbie, This Time Last Year: A Novel:
text: New Age is goofy, yet self-serious, with no sense of irony.
ref: 2005, Paul Harvey, Philip Goff., The Columbia Documentary History of Religion in America:
text: Relatable in neither its bizarrely specific plotting nor its broadly generic emotions, Dear Evan Hansen is so self-serious that it almost plays like self-parody, only without any “so bad it’s good” fun. We may all be striving for human connection right now, but we’re unlikely to find any here.
ref: 2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:
glosses: Taking oneself too seriously, pretentiously and humorlessly convinced of one's own seriousness.
St Anne's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6272).
glosses: Synonym of St Anne's on the Sea, Lancashire.
synonyms: word: St Anne's on the Sea
word: Lancashire
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Anne's College, Oxford.
glosses: Alternative form of St Annes.
Derived terms: St Anne's Park
self-seriousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From self- + seriousness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being self-serious.
seriositude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From serious + -itude, with the spelling changed to suggest a faux-Latin derivation.
Senses: examples: text: 2008, September 11. "Caprious Deities", VCR Reporter.com.
I would argue that their best films are Fargo and Barton Fink, the two that straddle comedy and seriositude most ambiguously.
text: I think when you're refuting accusations of wrongdoing, seriositude is the way to go.
ref: 2015, March 10. John Cole, "Hill's Presser", Balloon-juice.com. Comment by user "Bystander"
glosses: Seriousness, especially self-seriousness.
dignitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dignity + -itude, originally a parody of uneducated speech.
Senses: examples: text: I pranced along with the dignitude o' a queen, and didn't condescend fur tu give none o' the men sect a glance, and 'twasn't my conduct what injuced him fur tu redress me.
ref: 1877, Mary Kyle Dallas, The Grinder Papers, G. W. Carleton & Company:
text: A ghost-seer's dignitude does not stand on end if 'e twigs that 'is cackle is met with a smile.
ref: 1895, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch, volumes 100-109, page 197:
text: 2019. Scott Lemieux, "Republicans Again Uphold the Equal Sovereign Dignitude of the States", Lawyers, Guns & Money.
glosses: Dignity, especially an overblown or false sense of dignity.
St Anne's Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Bristol, England (OS grid ref ST6272).
Zionites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zionite
Saltford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From salt + ford.
Senses: glosses: A large village in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST6867).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Huron County, Ontario, Canada.
image film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: image films
Senses: glosses: A short film portraying a company, institution, brand or product in an advertisement-like way.
image films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of image film
Warder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Warders
Etymology: Habitational surname, from the village of Wardour, Wiltshire, named with Old English weard (“guard”) + ōra (“bank, slope”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
wikipedia: Wardour, Wiltshire
vazirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vazir
Aleppo soap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Aleppo soaps
Senses: examples: text: Made from mixing oil from laurel (bay) trees with olive oil and soda, Aleppo soap uses no chemicals or other additives.
ref: 2013 May 13, Golda Arthur, “Aleppo soap: War threatens an ancient tradition”, in BBC:
synonyms: ghar soap
laurel soap
savon d'Alep
Syrian soap
glosses: A handmade, hard bar soap associated with the city of Aleppo, Syria.
vezirship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vezirships
Senses: glosses: Dated form of viziership.
vazirship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vazirships
Senses: glosses: Dated form of viziership.
wazirship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wazirships
Senses: glosses: Dated form of viziership.
vezirships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vezirship
vazirships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vazirship
wazirships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wazirship
NALSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Legal Services Authority.
glosses: Acronym of Native American Law Students Association.
wheelgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheelguns
Etymology: From wheel + gun.
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Synonym of revolver.
synonyms: word: revolver
wheelguns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheelgun
Stokes-Adams syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Adams-Stokes syndrome.
synonyms: word: Adams-Stokes syndrome
Stokes-Adams attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stokes-Adams attacks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Adams-Stokes attack.
synonyms: word: Adams-Stokes attack
Stokes-Adams attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stokes-Adams attack
Adams-Stokes attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Adams-Stokes attacks
Senses: glosses: A fainting spell caused by Adams-Stokes syndrome.
Adams-Stokes attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Adams-Stokes attack
Adams-Stokes syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after two Irish physicians, Robert Adams (1791–1875) and William Stokes (1804–1877), though it appears to have been described earlier.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A condition characterized by periodic fainting spells in which there is intermittent complete heart block or other high-grade arrhythmia that results in loss of spontaneous circulation and inadequate blood flow to the brain.
Related terms: Adams-Stokes attack
subscriber trunk dialling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This NER microwave radio telephone link will bring subscriber trunk dialling facilities to no fewer than 3,000 railway telephones at York, Newcastle, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Leeds and points as far north as Berwick-upon-Tweed.
ref: 1964 August, “The NER's microwave radio-telephone begins work”, in Modern Railways, page 130:
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
synonyms: STD
glosses: A system of automatic connection of trunk calls through dialling a phone number without operator assistance.