cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
halofenozide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: An approach comparing the transcriptomic signature of halofenozide treatment with the natural molting process would be worthy of further investigation, to determine if halofenozide would be of value in EAB control.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Transcriptome Analysis of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), Agrilus planipennis : De Novo Assembly, Functional Annotation and Comparative Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A diacylhydrazine insecticide.
immunopathologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + pathologic.
Senses: examples: text: In 2005, Keegan et al reported on favourable responses to TPE in relation to immunopathologic pattern II (antibody/complement-associated demyelination) and treatment failure in patients with pattern I and III.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Response to Therapeutic Plasma Exchange as a Rescue Treatment in Clinically Isolated Syndromes and Acute Worsening of Multiple Sclerosis: A Retrospective Analysis of 90 Patients”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of immunopathological.
synonyms: word: immunopathological
vatalanib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In the CONFIRM-1 and -2 randomized trials of vatalanib plus FOLFOX4 for the first- and second- line therapy of mCRC, the oral inhibitor of VEGFR did not improve the efficacy of CT in the overall population.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Impact of Pre-Treatment Lactate Dehydrogenase Levels on Prognosis and Bevacizumab Efficacy in Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular drug that inhibits angiogenesis.
variegin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The C-terminal portion of the variegin chain exits the active site, binds at the “prime” subsites and continues along the thrombin surface to exosite I.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of a Novel Tick-Derived Inhibitor of Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A particular anticoagulant.
uroselectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Alfuzosin exhibits no pharmacological uroselectivity for any of the alpha-1 subtype receptors, however, it did prove to have less side-effects and blood pressure changes as reported in the literature.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Efficacy and Safety of Alfuzosin as Medical Expulsive Therapy for Ureteral Stones: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The property of being uroselective.
unpreferred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + preferred.
Senses: glosses: Not preferred.
unestimated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + estimated.
Senses: glosses: Not estimated.
transplatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The trans stereoisomer of cisplatin.
technicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From technical + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The process of making something technical.
examples: text: Currently, patients and staff appear to face twin threats of constraints of time and resources (e.g. difficulties getting appointments and limited consultation time) and increasing technicalization which reduces the capacity or opportunities for face-to-face communication.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Blame the Patient, Blame the Doctor or Blame the System? A Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Studies of Patient Safety in Primary Care”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The introduction of technology.
sporophorocystic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sporophorocyst + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to sporophorocysts.
spinophilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spine + -o- + -phile + -in.
Senses: examples: text: We have previously shown that spinophilin attenuates the α 2A AR-dependent hypotensive response; in spinophilin null mice, this response is highly potentiated.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Spinophilin Is Indispensable for the α 2B Adrenergic Receptor-Elicited Hypertensive Response”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1 catalytic subunit, highly enriched in dendritic spines.
nonviruliferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + viruliferous.
Senses: glosses: Not viruliferous.
nonbiotinylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + biotinylated.
Senses: examples: text: The 01–41 peptide was synthesized by Atlantic Peptides (Lewisburg, PA) in both the biotinylated and nonbiotinylated forms.
ref: 2015 August 6, “Identification and Mechanistic Analysis of a Novel Tick-Derived Inhibitor of Thrombin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not biotinylated.
aggrecans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aggrecan
antiplatelets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiplatelet
arthrotomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arthrotomy + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Among preclinical studies, 16 described arthrotomic implantation as a surgical procedure to treat focal osteochondral defects and 8 studies described intra-articular injections for an OA model.
ref: 2015 July 9, Francesco Perdisa et al., “Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Articular Cartilage: A Systematic Review on Preclinical and Clinical Evidence”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Relating to arthrotomy.
desulphated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + sulphated.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of desulfated.
extrapontine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + pontine.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Outside the pons.
foraminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Although the anterior operative approach is widely utilized for the treatment of cervical radiculopathy, the advantages of posterior cervical foraminotomy in selected cases of nerve root decompression in the posterolateral disc and for the treatment of foraminal stenosis have been well documented.
ref: 2015 July 28, Masashi Uehara et al., “Mini Open Foraminotomy for Cervical Radiculopathy: A Comparison of Large Tubular and TrimLine Retractors”, in Asian Spine Journal, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the foramen.
Derived terms: extraforaminal
foraminally
interforaminal
intraforaminal
juxtaforaminal
neuroforaminal
subforaminal
supraforaminal
transforaminal
vanadocenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanadocene
tantalocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metallocene containing a tantalum atom.
niobocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niobocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metallocene containing a niobium atom.
molybdocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molybdocenes
Etymology: See metallocene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metallocene containing a molybdenum atom.
hafnocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hafnocenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metallocene containing a hafnium atom.
tungstenocene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tungstenocenes
Etymology: From tungsten + -ocene (see metallocene derived terms).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A metallocene containing a tungsten atom.
hepaticojejunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hepatico- + jejunal.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of strictures of hepaticojejunal anastomoses after primary correction of bile duct injuries, the use of double balloon enteroscopy is a useful method for diagnosis and treatment.
ref: 2015 March 13, Łukasz Rdzanek et al., “Multiple plastic stents for benign extrahepatic biliary strictures: report of a case”, in Videosurgery and other Miniinvasive Techniques, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the hepatic duct and the jejunum.
hexamethyldisilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hexa- + methyl- + di- + silane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The silane Si₂(CH₃)₆. It is a colourless liquid, soluble in organic solvents
Related terms: hexamethyldisilanize
hyposaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyposaline
form: most hyposaline
Etymology: From hypo- + saline.
Senses: glosses: Having an abnormally low salinity.
immunolabelings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunolabeling
immunolabellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunolabelling
shokunin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shokunin
Etymology: From Japanese 職人.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese artisan or craftsman.
partograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: partographs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of partogram.
synonyms: word: partogram
Related terms: partographic
partographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partograph
orthodontically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From orthodontic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Patients were orthodontically treated during initial leveling and alignment for six months, following the same sequence of round archwires: 0.013, 0.014 and 0.016-in nickel-titanium archwires, according to the manufacturers's (Aditek) prescription (Damon system).
ref: 2015, Marcio Rodrigues de Almeida et al., “Dentoalveolar mandibular changes with self-ligating versus conventional bracket systems: A CBCT and dental cast study”, in Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, volume 20, →DOI:
glosses: By orthodontic means.
oleosin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleosins
Senses: examples: text: However, sensitization to Cor a 12, the oleosin from hazelnut, was detected in 10–25 % of the patients in most of the centers.
ref: 2015 August 2, Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber, Sabine Pfeifer, Merima Bublin, “Applications of Molecular Diagnostic Testing in Food Allergy”, in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A kind of structural protein found in vascular plant oil bodies and in plant cells.
oleosins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oleosin
nonskin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + skin.
Senses: glosses: Not relating to skin.
nonperfused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + perfused.
Senses: examples: text: The CE protocols provided better visualization of the “bald” zones within the capillary nonperfused zones (Figure 6).
ref: 2015 July 9, Chaitra Jayadev et al., “Enhancing Image Characteristics of Retinal Images of Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity Using a Novel Software, (RetiView)”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Not perfused.
nonimmunologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + immunologic.
Senses: examples: text: Various immunologic and nonimmunologic mechanisms have been implicated in hypersensitivity reactions induced by castor oil derivatives.
ref: 2015 July 29, Sung-Yoon Kang et al., “Intravenous tacrolimus and cyclosporine induced anaphylaxis: what is next?”, in Asia Pacific Allergy, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: Not immunologic.
multisugar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sugar.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to more than one sugar.
MANCOVA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Acronym of multivariate analysis of covariance, an extension of ANOVA methods to cover cases where there is more than one dependent variable and where the control of covariates is required.
nonperfusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + perfusion.
Senses: examples: text: With the CE protocol, tortuous loops were better detected in 43.5%, capillary nonperfusion regions in 26.1%, and neovascularization and hemorrhages in 13% each.
ref: 2015 July 9, Chaitra Jayadev et al., “Enhancing Image Characteristics of Retinal Images of Aggressive Posterior Retinopathy of Prematurity Using a Novel Software, (RetiView)”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: Absence of perfusion.
MOPS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: 3-(N-morpholino)propanesulfonic acid, a buffer that is a structural analog to MES.
purinoceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purinoceptor
pycnosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pycnoses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pyknosis.
retransplantations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retransplantation
spondylotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to spondylosis.
unidisciplinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + disciplinary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a single discipline.
unicompartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, uni- + compartment + -al.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: unicellular, monocellular, unicameral, unilocular
antonyms: compartmented
compartmentalized
;
recompartmentalized
hypernyms: decompartmentalized
coordinate_terms: bicompartmental
multicompartmental
glosses: Having or relating to a single compartment.
Related terms: unilobar
unilobular
ligustrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A new anticancer ligustrazine derivative, 3β-hydroxyolea-12-en-28-oic acid-3,5,6-trimethylpyrazin-2-methylester (T-OA, C 38 H 58 O 3 N 2), was previously reported.
ref: 2015 July 17, Chenze Zhang et al., “A New Ligustrazine Derivative-Selective Cytotoxicity by Suppression of NF-κB/p65 and COX-2 Expression on Human Hepatoma Cells. Part 3”, in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: tetramethylpyrazine
tetramethylpyrazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ligustrazine
glosses: An anti-inflammatory compound isolated from natto.
lectican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lecticans
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of proteoglycans that are components of the extracellular matrix.
Synonyms: hyalectan
Hyponyms: aggrecan
brevican
neurocan
versican
hyalectan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalectans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lectican.
synonyms: word: lectican
hyalectans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyalectan
lecticans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lectican
brevican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A lectican that is localised to the surface of neurons in the brain.
keratanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keratanases
Etymology: From keratan + -ase.
Senses: examples: text: (C) Immunoblotting of whole brain homogenates with the indicated antibodies following sequential digestion of the lysate with chondroitinase ABC, endo-β-galactosidase and keratanase I, SDS-PAGE on 5–15% gradient gels under non-reducing conditions, and transfer onto nitrocellulose membranes.
ref: 2009 February 11, Daniela Virgintino et al., “Differential distribution of aggrecan isoforms in perineuronal nets of the human cerebral cortex”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a keratan sulfate
juxtracrine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ICCs can form gap junctions with smooth muscle, and juxtracrine chemical synapses have been shown to form between ICCs and immune cells in rat bladder and other organs.
ref: 2009 February 20, Clinton Collins et al., “Potential for control of detrusor smooth muscle spontaneous rhythmic contraction by cyclooxygenase products released by interstitial cells of Cajal”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to any form of signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact.
intergrader
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + grader.
Senses: examples: text: The strengths of our study include (1) the use of a population-representative cohort of subjects aged 50 years and older in ROI; (2) the study population is racially homogeneous, over 99% being white; and (3) retinal photographs were graded in a masked fashion using standard protocols by the same person and therefore reducing intergrader variability.
ref: 2015 February 23, Kwadwo Owusu Akuffo et al., “Prevalence of age-related macular degeneration in the Republic of Ireland”, in The British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 99, →DOI:
glosses: Between graders.
intracochlearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intracochlear + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: However, the fine structures inside the cochlea, which are critical landmarks to identify the position of cochlear electrode arrays intracochlearly, were not demonstrated in any of those studies.
ref: 2015 February 13, Jing Zou et al., “Imaging cochlear implantation with round window insertion in human temporal bones and cochlear morphological variation using high-resolution cone beam CT”, in Acta Oto-Laryngologica, volume 135, →DOI:
glosses: Within the cochlea.
huebnerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huebnerite
northern fur seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern fur seal
Ervin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ervins
Etymology: English, Irish, and Scottish Gaelic surname, spelling variant of Irvin. Also Americanized from German Erwin.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
asparaguslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more asparaguslike
form: most asparaguslike
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of asparagus-like.
through the gate
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Through a gap between the bat and the batsman's shin pad.
sayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of said.
readed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: “Joosta so! And I am joosta same age, Nonna, I am thirty-two, like it was Comrade Gesu when his enemy put him in jail! I have readed about him—it is book what they give for wop to read in jail, because all church people have not know how bad rivoluzionario was Gesu!”
ref: 1928, Upton Sinclair, “The Detective Machine”, in Boston, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Albert & Charles Boni, page 242:
glosses: simple past and past participle of read
take up the mantle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes up the mantle
form: taking up the mantle
form: took up the mantle
form: taken up the mantle
Senses: examples: text: Educators took up this mantle enthusiastically.
ref: 1994, Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: Synonym of assume the mantle.
synonyms: word: assume the mantle
Synonyms: assume the mantle
pick up the mantle
Related terms: carry the mantle
takes up the mantle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of take up the mantle
taking up the mantle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of take up the mantle
taking up the mantle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act of one who takes up the mantle.
took up the mantle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of take up the mantle
for Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Suggesting large aid donations to the Third World.
Senses: examples: text: Every Christmas, my mother makes fruitcakes for Africa.
glosses: In abundance.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Africa.
went to the bathroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go to the bathroom
gone to the bathroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go to the bathroom
northern fur-seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern fur-seals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of northern fur seal.
northern fur-seals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of northern fur-seal
drum heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drum head
doughnut bumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doughnut bumpers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of donut bumper.
hedge maze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedge mazes
Senses: glosses: An outdoor garden maze in which the walls between passages are made of vertical hedges.
hedge mazes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedge maze
perinasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From peri- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: near the nose
anchor ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anchor balls
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A sphere, usually black, that is either attached to the vessel or to the anchor buoy, used as a signal to state the vessel is anchored
Needles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Needles
Senses: glosses: A set of three stacks of chalk off the western coast of the Isle of Wight, England.
Needles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Melnick-Needles osteodysplasty
Melnick-Needles syndrome
lee-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Used by the helm to announce that the vessel is tacking.
night-lifer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night-lifers
Etymology: From nightlife + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who goes out at night to enjoy the nightlife.
bed and breakfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed and breakfast
bone densities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bone density
Oppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒpi
Forms: form: Oppies
Senses: examples: text: I suggest you go somewhere else and use your talents where they will be admired, like maybe North Korea, and leave those poor children in their Oppies to have fun.
ref: 2010, Sam LLewellyn, The Minimum Boat:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Optimist (dinghy)
apusozoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apusozoa
form: apusozoans
Etymology: Apusozoa + -n
Senses: glosses: Any member of the Apusozoa, a phylum comprising several genera of flagellate protozoa.
apusozoans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apusozoan
endotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotoxicities
Etymology: From endo- + toxicity.
Senses: examples: text: Using a Shigella sonnei strain that was genetically modified to produce penta-acylated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) with reduced endotoxicity and to maintain the virulence plasmid encoding for the immunodominant O antigen component of the LPS, scale up of the process to GMP pilot scale was straightforward and gave high yields of GMMA with required purity and consistent results.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Production of a Shigella sonnei Vaccine Based on Generalized Modules for Membrane Antigens (GMMA), 1790GAHB”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality or degree of being endotoxic.
endotoxicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endotoxicity
homonegativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + negativity.
Senses: examples: text: The findings indicate that both forms of homonegativity are prevalent in Europe.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Relationships between Religion and Two Forms of Homonegativity in Europe—A Multilevel Analysis of Effects of Believing, Belonging and Religious Practice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Negative attitudes toward homosexuality.
homonegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homonegative
form: most homonegative
Etymology: From homo- + negative.
Senses: examples: text: Others suggest replacing homophobic with "homonegative" to reflect disapproval – not fear and hatred – of homosexuality and as a more accurate reflection of society as a whole.
ref: 2009, What to call someone who hates gays?, Toronto Star:
text: In many Eastern European countries homosexuals face blatant persecution, as the recent criminalization of homosexuality and repeated homonegative riots in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine demonstrate.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Relationships between Religion and Two Forms of Homonegativity in Europe—A Multilevel Analysis of Effects of Believing, Belonging and Religious Practice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Holding or expressing negative attitudes toward homosexuality.
immunophilins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immunophilin
pancreatectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pancreatectomize
pancreatectomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Finally, future in-depth “omic” studies on blood and islet specimen from partially pancreatectomized patients with reversible diabetes secondary to cholestasis may allow the identification of circulating biomarkers and adaptive traits of beta cells ensued by an acute onset of insulin resistance.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Blood Glucose Homeostasis in the Course of Partial Pancreatectomy – Evidence for Surgically Reversible Diabetes Induced by Cholestasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having undergone pancreatectomy.
Papanicolaou test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Papanicolaou tests
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Pap test.
synonyms: word: Pap test
Papanicolaou tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Papanicolaou test
peripubertal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + pubertal.
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, other studies found that peripubertal obesity in girls is associated with hyperandrogenemia.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Association of Obesity with Onset of Puberty and Sex Hormones in Chinese Girls: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Around the time of puberty.
hyperandrogenaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hyperandrogenemia.
pharmacopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + pathological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to pharmacopathology.
preimaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: pre- + imaginal
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, in our previous work, and in the work of other authors it has been revealed, that relatively low dose exposure (20–75 cGy) of fruit flies on immature preimaginal stages in some cases has long-term effects that lead to an increased life span and resistance to other stresses, such as hyperthermia.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Effect of Low Doses (5-40 cGy) of Gamma-irradiation on Lifespan and Stress-related Genes Expression Profile in Drosophila melanogaster”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Prior to the insect imago stage.
progranulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: progranulins
Etymology: From pro- + granulin.
Senses: examples: text: Haploinsufficiency of the human progranulin gene, GRN, causes frontotemporal dementia.
ref: 2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A precursor protein to granulin.
progranulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progranulin
punchout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punchouts
Etymology: Deverbal from punch out.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: strikeout
granulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granulins
Etymology: From granule + -in.
Senses: glosses: Any of a family of secreted glycosylated peptides that affect cell growth.
Derived terms: paragranulin
progranulin
granulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granulin
punch-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch-outs
Etymology: Deverbal from punch out.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of punchout.
punch-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from punch out.
Senses: examples: text: This pop-up book has a punch-out poster of the main character in the middle.
glosses: Capable of being punched out of its original place, typically with little physical effort.
punchouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punchout
pulsotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pulsotype
Danish longball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A game founded in Denmark, in which players have to hit a ball with a bat and run to the other side of a square
longball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longballs
Etymology: long + ball
Senses: examples: text: Wells, in the three hole, extended his streak of at-bats without a home run to 134, the longest longball drought of his career.
ref: 2009 June 14, RICHARD GRIFFIN, “Janssen struggles as Marlins take another”, in Toronto Star:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A home run.
Related terms: Danish longball
longballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longball
uninvasively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uninvasively
form: most uninvasively
Etymology: From uninvasive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Individual nematodes could thus be observed uninvasively under a stereomicroscope (×9–90) as required.
ref: 2015 August 7, “Life-History Traits of the Model Organism Pristionchus pacificus Recorded Using the Hanging Drop Method: Comparison with Caenorhabditis elegans”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In a manner that is not invasive.
opensider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opensiders
Etymology: From openside + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: openside flanker
opensiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opensider
catacombic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catacombic
form: most catacombic
Etymology: From catacomb + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Either way, the track’s a mellow belter, or a melter, or a bellow: jittery, propulsive percussion slide-steps over fluttery layered vocal stabs and catacombic bass.
ref: 2015 August 7, Phil Harrison, “ReviewAnything: a dog, the Tube Strike and more, rated and slated”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a catacomb.
undertrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undertrains
form: undertraining
form: undertrained
form: undertrained
Etymology: From under- + train.
Senses: examples: text: So the danger for me is that I overtrain, not undertrain.
ref: 2015 August 7, Kate Carter, “Mara Yamauchi: 'When you go out to run, there’s just nothing better'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To train less than required or normal.
undertrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undertrain
undertraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undertrain
kickabout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kickabouts
Etymology: From kick + about.
Senses: examples: text: Some kids were having a kickabout on the grass beside the walkway, cheering, groaning, calling for the ball, absorbed in the game, a self-contained universe marked out by jackets for goalposts and invisible touchlines.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 107:
glosses: An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
Synonyms: kickaround
Related terms: pick-up game
kickabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kickabout
unbullshit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbullshit
form: most unbullshit
Etymology: From un- + bullshit.
Senses: examples: text: The bullshitters have gotten pretty lazy, because they’ve thrown away all dictionaries and encyclopedias containing words or ideas that are unbullshit.
ref: 2015 August 7, Jeb Lund, “Jon Stewart is dead and Trump is alive. Why did the left help bullshitters win?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Not bullshit.
hiplife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of hip-hop + highlife
Senses: examples: text: Up the block at Nananom, a tiny music and sundries store, all the hiplife CDs were sold out.
ref: 2015 August 6, Liz Robbins, “Hiplife, a Sound Imported From Ghana, Arrives on a New York Stage”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Ghanaian style of music that fuses highlife and hip-hop.
midturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + turn.
Senses: examples: text: The ballet dancer stopped in midturn.
glosses: A point in time during a turn.
midmovement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + movement.
Senses: examples: text: His stop-motion photographs, by turn, recall the early images of Eadweard Muybridge, who captured men or horses in midmovement, or the staged photo sequences by performance artists like Gina Pane and Vito Acconci.
ref: 2015 August 6, Jason Farago, “Review: ‘Drawing Waves’ and ‘Borne Frieze,’ a Robin Rhode Twofer”, in New York Times:
glosses: A point in time during a movement.
ultravillain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultravillains
Etymology: From ultra- + villain.
Senses: examples: text: There is nothing wrong with that kind of line — he’s a newly fledged ultravillain in a comic-book movie, after all — but it needs to be earned, with gravity or wit.
ref: 2015 August 6, A. O. Scott, “Review: ‘Fantastic Four,’ the Reboot (Wanted or Not)”, in New York Times:
glosses: supervillain
ultravillains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultravillain
paedocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paedocracies
Etymology: From paedo- + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: Paedocracy too often functions within the industry not to explain the audience, but to explain them away, to contain their potential threat, to render obvious their need for protection, regulation, rule. The contradictions of recent sitcoms can be traced to the contradictions of TV paedocracy.
ref: 2012, Doyle Greene, Teens, TV and Tunes: The Manufacturing of American Adolescent Culture:
glosses: Rule by children.
Synonyms: infantocracy
paedocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paedocracy
Kafkatrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæfkəˌtræpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɑfkəˌtræpɪŋ/
Forms: form: kafkatrapping
Etymology: From Kafkatrap + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: The risk is that so-called "anti-racist" training and programming at Cornell will resemble such efforts at some other colleges, where sessions turning into race-shaming and racial kafkatrapping (use of denial of an accusation as proof of the accusation).
ref: 2021 February 24, William A. Jacobson, quotee, “Cornell Daily Sun interviews Professor William Jacobson on CRT [Critical Race Training] site”, in The Cornell Review, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Feb 2021:
glosses: gerund of Kafkatrap: the action of employing a Kafkatrap against (someone).
Kafkatrapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæfkəˌtræpɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɑfkəˌtræpɪŋ/
Etymology: From Kafkatrap + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Kafkatrap
infantocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: infantocracies
Etymology: From infant + -o- + -cracy.
Senses: examples: text: Well, it took a long time to dispose of our new fellow-travellers, for your infantocracy is the most absolute government under the sun.
ref: 1862, Dinah Maria Mulock, Domestic Stories by the Author of John Halifax, Gentleman, page 253:
text: The Spockian ploy is to announce one's sins and then go right ahead and compound them. All the man does is shed a few crocodile tears over the parents' unhappy lot and then proceed directly with his blueprint for infantocracy.
ref: 1968, Frederick C. Crews, The Patch Commission, page 25:
text: In Kundera's unsentimental vision, moreover, children serve as emblems of the mindless "infantocracy" overtaking contemporary culture in both East and West.
ref: 1992, The Journal of Narrative Technique, volumes 22-23, page 87:
glosses: Rule by children.
Synonyms: kindergarchy
paedocracy
infantocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infantocracy
salami attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salami attacks
Etymology: Referring to the thin slices in which salami is usually served.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An attack against a system that consists of many minor actions (such as stealing small amounts of funds from multiple bank accounts) and is thus relatively difficult to detect.
salami attacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salami attack
MIL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Milwaukee.
MIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MILs
Senses: coordinate_terms: FIL
glosses: Initialism of mother-in-law.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of malfunction indicator lamp.
Related terms: MIL-CD
coffyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffyns
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of coffin.
coffyns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffyn
Kola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊlə/
Etymology: From Russian Ко́ла (Kóla).
Senses: glosses: The Kola Peninsula.
glosses: A river on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
glosses: A town on the Kola Peninsula in Murmansk Oblast, Russia.
Derived terms: Kola Bay
Kola Peninsula
Kola Province
Related terms: kolinsky
kolonok
Kolsky
Kola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊlə/
Forms: form: Kolas
Senses: glosses: A surname.
liberty caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liberty cap
Devizes pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Devizes pies
Etymology: Associated with the town of Devizes in Wiltshire, England.
Senses: glosses: A traditional pie of offal cooked in a case of huff paste.
Devizes pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Devizes pie
huff paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Strong, stiff pastry traditionally used as a pie shell.
Woolton pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Woolton pies
Etymology: Named after Frederick Marquis, 1st Lord Woolton (1883–1964), who popularized the recipe after he became Minister of Food in 1940.
Senses: glosses: A dish of diced vegetables topped with potato pastry, introduced in wartime Britain when meat was not readily available.
Synonyms: Lord Woolton pie
Woolton pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Woolton pie
head groom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head grooms
Senses: glosses: A stablemaster.
tiples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiple
Morton's fork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Morton's forks
Etymology: Said to have originated with the collecting of taxes by John Morton, Archbishop of Canterbury in the late 15th century, who held that a man living modestly must be saving money and could therefore afford taxes, whereas one living extravagantly was obviously rich and could still afford them.
Senses: glosses: A false dilemma in which contradictory arguments lead to the same (unpleasant) conclusion.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A coup in contract bridge that forces an opponent to choose between letting declarer establish extra tricks in the suit led, or losing the opportunity to win any trick in the suit led.
circular knitting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: knitting in the round
rip, shit or bust
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: With extreme vigour and enthusiasm, where quality may be considered. However, efforts involve high risk, and therefore the potential for adverse outcomes. Vision exceeds regard for due care and consideration.
glosses: With vigour and enthusiasm, but without regard to quality of outcome.
tree lobster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree lobsters
Senses: glosses: Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis)
tree lobsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree lobster
Lord Howe Island stick insect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lord Howe Island stick insects
Senses: glosses: Dryococelus australis, a large stick insect.
Synonyms: tree lobster
Lazarus taxon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lazarus taxa
Etymology: Referring to the Biblical story of Lazarus, who was raised from the dead.
Senses: topics: biology
history
human-sciences
natural-sciences
paleontology
sciences
glosses: A taxon that disappears from the fossil record, suggesting extinction, only to reappear later.
wikipedia: Lazarus of Bethany
Coordinate terms: Elvis taxon
zombie taxon
Related terms: Lazarus effect
Lazarus taxa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lazarus taxon
Nebraska Man
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Hesperopithecus haroldcookii, a putative species of ape, heralded as the first higher primate of North America, but later found to have been classified incorrectly.
black carp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black carps
form: black carp
Senses: examples: text: The main fish species in freshwater ponds in China are silver carp, bighead carp, grass carp, common carp, crucian carp, black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus), mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella), etc. According to their live habitat, they can be divided relatively into pelagic and benthic fish.
ref: 2023 April 4, Shuang-Lin Dong, Xiang-Li Tian, Qin-Feng Gao, Yun-Wei Dong, Aquaculture Ecology, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 342:
glosses: Mylopharyngodon piceus, a cyprinid fish native to East Asia, cultivated for food and traditional Chinese medicine.
L-number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-numbers
Etymology: Short for Loricariidae number.
Senses: glosses: Any of the identification numbers used in an informal system for classifying catfish before they have a scientific name.
L-numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L-number
octopus bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octopus bushes
Senses: glosses: Heliotropium foertherianum, a flowering plant in the borage family, native to tropical Asia.
octopus bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of octopus bush
genetic pollution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The uncontrolled flow of genes into wild populations, as from domestic, feral, and non-native species.
zombie fungus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie fungi
Senses: glosses: Any parasitic fungus that alters the behavioral patterns of an insect.
zombie fungi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie fungus
eyeworm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyeworms
Etymology: From eye + worm.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Thelazia of nematode worms that parasitize the eyes of their hosts.
eyeworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeworm
Somogyi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Somogyis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Somogyi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Derived terms: Somogyi effect
paleovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoviruses
Etymology: From paleo- + virus.
Senses: topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: An ancient virus.
paleoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleovirus
duck-bill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck-bills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of duckbill.
pixilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixilations
Etymology: Blend of pixie + animation
Senses: glosses: A stop-motion technique where live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames.
pixilation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixilations
Etymology: Originally a misspelling, which has become accepted.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pixelation.
bagad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bagads
Etymology: Borrowed from Breton bagad.
Senses: glosses: A Breton band composed of bagpipes, bombards, and drums.
bagads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagad
post towns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post town
Special Olympians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Special Olympian
joromi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joromis
Senses: glosses: An embroidered blouse or jerkin.
joromis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of joromi
azonto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Ghanaian style of music and dance with accompanying hand movements.
batakari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: batakaris
Senses: glosses: A plaid shirt, similar to the dashiki, worn by men in Ghana.
batakaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of batakari
Leopoldville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Belgian king Leopold II.
Senses: glosses: Kinshasa
takky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takkies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of takkie.
overdetachment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + detachment.
Senses: examples: text: Overdetachment is a serious character flaw that cripples any possibility for intimacy.
ref: 2002, Paul J. Wadell, Becoming Friends, page 50:
text: The process of overdetachment may not stop at the failure to see the patient as a person but may go on to the unconscious fantasy that the best patient is one who is completely passive and submissive […]
ref: 2004, Janis McLarren Caldwell, Literature and Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Britain, page 153:
glosses: excessive emotional detachment
intraslab
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + slab.
Senses: examples: text: Determining whether the intraslab events occur within the crust or mantle portions of the slab is not only important for understanding the rupture process of these events, but also for estimating the maximum possible magnitude.
ref: 2003, Kenneth C Creager, Robert S Crosson, Intraslab earthquakes and 3-D slab structure in Cascadia, University of Washington, page 1:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Within a slab.
plench
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plenches
Etymology: Blend of pliers + wrench
Senses: examples: text: The plench produces sufficient torque to move a nut, but doesn't pass on torque to the astronaut. External torque to move socket wrench is produced by squeezing the handles.
ref: 1964 April, Popular Science, page 115:
glosses: A tool combining features of pliers and wrench, for use in microgravity.
plenches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plench
snugglable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snugglable
form: most snugglable
Etymology: From snuggle + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of snuggleable.