cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
keystroked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keystroke
keystroking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keystroke
khalifahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khalifah
khalifat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khalifats
Senses: glosses: Dated form of caliphate.
khalifats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khalifat
keyster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keysters
Senses: examples: text: "What's all the keysters for? Moving out?"
ref: 1931 Dashiell Hammett, The Glass Key, Vintage Books, (1972), Chapter IV, "The Dog House", part 1, pg. 72
glosses: Alternative spelling of keister (“suitcase”).
keysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keyster
khilafat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khilafats
Etymology: From Urdu خلافت.
Senses: glosses: caliphate
khilafats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khilafat
kiester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiesters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of keister.
kiesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiester
kikumon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kikumon
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 菊紋.
Senses: glosses: The Imperial crest of Japan, a stylized chrysanthemum used as a mon by the Japanese emperor and his family.
keratinophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From keratin + -o- + -philic.
Senses: examples: a keratinophilic fungus
glosses: Capable of thriving on keratin.
hunty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhʌnti/
Forms: form: hunties
Etymology: Blend of honey + cunt.
Senses: examples: text: "What? Oh, I...no," Alan replied. "Fine. I'm fine. This is fine."
"Spit it out, hunty."
ref: 2014, Brian Olsen, Caitlin Ross and the Commute from Hell, unnumbered page:
text: Gay culture equips its practitioners with a way of reading the world, each other, and themselves (and I do mean reading, hunty).
ref: 2014, W. C. Harris, Slouching Towards Gaytheism: Christianity and Queer Survival in America, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 205:
text: Excuse me? I thought that you were completely and totally in love with your Seanie Poo! That delicious specimen of a man is for the gods, hunty! Yeeesss!
ref: 2015, Yoshe, Crazy in Love 2, Urban Books, LLC (2015), unnumbered page
qualifier: LGBTQ slang
glosses: An irreverent or sarcastic term of endearment.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: witch-hunty
kinescoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kinescope
kinescoping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kinescope
kingsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kingside
werejaguar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werejaguars
Etymology: From were- + jaguar.
Senses: examples: text: The rain god appears as a werejaguar, part human, part snarling beast.
ref: 1971, Horizon, page 73:
text: A pottery figure of a Mexican god who was thought to assume the shapes of many animals. Here he is shown as a werejaguar.
ref: 1973, Nancy Garden, Werewolves, Lippincott (1973), page 115 (image caption)
text: Before your eyes, the shaman has transformed himself into a werejaguar!
ref: 2008, Buried Treasures: Young Explorers' Guide, QA International, →ISBN, page 33:
topics: fiction
human-sciences
literature
media
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
publishing
sciences
glosses: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a jaguar.
werejaguars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werejaguar
werecrocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: werecrocodiles
Etymology: From were- + crocodile.
Senses: examples: text: Werecrocodile legends are quire common wherever crocodiles are found.
ref: 2000, Rosalyn Greene, The Magic of Shapeshifting, Red Wheel/Weiser, →ISBN, page 77:
text: As though responding to some unseen signal, one of the submerged werecrocodiles reared up in a spray of water and transformed into its human shape
ref: 2005, Kameron Franklin, Maiden of Pain: The Priests, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN:
text: The werecrocodile laughed at him, the feral grin of a predator displaying nightmarish fangs.
ref: 2012, Ilona Andrews, “Retribution Clause”, in P. N. Elrod, editor, Hex Appeal, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 32:
topics: fiction
literature
media
publishing
glosses: A shapeshifter who can assume the form of a crocodile.
werecrocodiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of werecrocodile
witch-hunty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more witch-hunty
form: most witch-hunty
Etymology: From witch hunt + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the more witch-hunty questions were subsequently withdrawn — e.g., "How many NPR staff have previously worked for Pacifica stations?"
ref: 1994, Extra!, volumes 7-8, page 32:
text: It feels witch-hunty inasmuch as Bonds is getting disproportionate attention for an issue that extends far beyond him.
ref: 2006 March 10, Colin William, “Re: MLB: "Latest revelations seal the deal for Bonds' legacy" (espn.com)”, in alt.sports.baseball.atlanta-braves (Usenet):
text: In the past, it had been assumed that riders were not using drugs unless proven otherwise, now, 'the speculation got very wearing. It got very witch-hunty. As soon as anyone was going well the fingers would be pointed.'
ref: 2012, William Fotheringham, Roule Britannia: Great Britain and the Tour de France, Yellow Jersey Press, →ISBN, page 237:
glosses: Characteristic of a witch-hunt.
evening grosbeaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evening grosbeak
allogrooming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈa.lə.ɡɹuː.mɪŋ/
Etymology: From allo- + grooming.
Senses: examples: text: We also utilize SNA to characterize the agonistic (fighting and chasing) as well as other social (sniffing and allogrooming) behavioral interactions of mice.
ref: 2015 July 31, “A Social Network Approach Reveals Associations between Mouse Social Dominance and Brain Gene Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The grooming of an animal by another member of the same species.
Related terms: allogroom
allogroomed
anchihaline
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anchihaline
form: most anchihaline
form: anchialine
Etymology: Apparently coined from Ancient Greek ἄγχι (ánkhi, “near”) + ἅλινος (hálinos, “saline”).
Senses: examples: text: These included other Niphargus species from deep cave lakes and coastal anchihaline caves [23 ] and Gammarus and Echinogammarus amphipods that live only in permanently watered streams [21 ,24 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Pertaining to independent or semi-independent bodies of water near to the sea, especially in coastal hollows.
appendicularian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpənˌdɪkjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæpənˌdɪkjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: Modern Latin Appendicularia + -n.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Pertaining to the class Appendicularia of tailed tunicates.
appendicularian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæpənˌdɪkjʊˈlɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌæpənˌdɪkjəˈlɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: appendicularians
Etymology: Modern Latin Appendicularia + -n.
Senses: examples: text: Consumption of appendicularians by Thunnus spp. increased with larval length to a maximum when nearly 80% of the larvae 7–11 mm body length had appendicularians in their guts, suggesting a preferential behavior for consuming this gelatinous zooplankton despite the availability of several types of prey.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnusthynnus ) Larvae from the Gulf of Mexico and NW Mediterranean Spawning Grounds: A Comparative Stable Isotope Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: larvacean
glosses: A member of this class.
appendicularians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of appendicularian
barophilicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barophilic + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Enzymes from aquatic fungi show distinct physiological characteristics, such as high salt tolerance or barophilicity, which are highly prized in industrial applications [42 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Identification of Habitat-Specific Biomes of Aquatic Fungal Communities Using a Comprehensive Nearly Full-Length 18S rRNA Dataset Enriched with Contextual Data”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The fact or quality of being barophilic.
biopanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopannings
Etymology: From bio- + panning.
Senses: examples: text: Next, affinity maturation of hz1E11 was performed by the randomization of CDR-L3 and H3 residues followed by stringent biopanning selection.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Affinity Maturation of Monoclonal Antibody 1E11 by Targeted Randomization in CDR3 Regions Optimizes Therapeutic Antibody Targeting of HER2-Positive Gastric Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A technique used to filter out selected target peptides or antibodies.
bromosulfophthalein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In case of the ex-vivo perfusion, we further assessed liver function (bile production, bromosulfophthalein clearance) and Western blot analysis of phosphorylated adenosine monophosphate activated protein kinase (AMPK), mitogen activated protein kinases family (MAPKs) and endoplasmic reticulum stress (ERS) parameters (GRP78, PERK, IRE, eIF2α and ATF6).
ref: 2015 July 31, “Carbonic Anhydrase Protects Fatty Liver Grafts against Ischemic Reperfusion Damage”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A dye used in various medical tests of liver function. Abbreviated to BSP.
circumglobal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circumglobal
form: most circumglobal
Etymology: From circum- + global.
Senses: examples: text: Consumer production is highest in a circumglobal band around the equator, in other upwellings in low and mid latitudes, the North Pacific and in the south Atlantic Ocean east of Argentina (Fig 2B, S2 Fig ).
ref: 2015 July 31, “Predicting Consumer Biomass, Size-Structure, Production, Catch Potential, Responses to Fishing and Associated Uncertainties in the World’s Marine Ecosystems”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Around the world; spanning the globe.
Derived terms: circumglobally
exumbrellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exumbrella + -ar.
Senses: examples: text: However, high levels of AurPaxA mRNA expression were detected in individual cells that were located at the base of the exumbrellar ectoderm in a close association with the FMRFamide-immunoreactive neuronal network (Fig 4F), suggesting that AurPaxA may be involved in the development of the exumbrellar nerve net.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Gene Expression Data from the Moon Jelly, Aurelia, Provide Insights into the Evolution of the Combinatorial Code Controlling Animal Sense Organ Development”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Relating to the exumbrella.
exumbrella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exumbrellas
form: exumbrellae
Etymology: From ex- + umbrella.
Senses: glosses: The outer surface of the umbrella of a jellyfish.
Derived terms: exumbrellar
homoplasious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homoplasious
form: most homoplasious
Etymology: From homoplasy + -ious.
Senses: examples: text: They are characterized instead by lists of homoplasious polythetic characters that are not easily retrievable from the publications [70 –73 ].
ref: 2015 July 31, “Making Mosquito Taxonomy Useful: A Stable Classification of Tribe Aedini that Balances Utility with Current Knowledge of Evolutionary Relationships”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Homoplastic.
Derived terms: homoplasiously
hyperfair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + fair.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, selection strongly favored responders that accepted fair or hyperfair offers.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Rational Constraints and the Evolution of Fairness in the Ultimatum Game”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: computing
engineering
game-theory
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Excessively fair, typically describing an offer involving more than fifty percent of the stake.
rare as a four-leaf clover
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Exceptionally rare.
flaperons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flaperon
Bevs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bev
EVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EV
biotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From biotype + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: This method of biotyping is tedious and time consuming (21–35 days).
ref: 2015 July 31, “The Asian Rice Gall Midge ( Orseolia oryzae ) Mitogenome Has Evolved Novel Gene Boundaries and Tandem Repeats That Distinguish Its Biotypes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The identification of different bacteria types based on reaction to biochemical tests.
sensationalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sensational + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: In a public lecture hosted by the British Association for Psychopharmacology and Bristol’s MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (where I work), Professors George Davey Smith and David Nutt stripped away the sensationalisation and misinformation around statins and SSRIs. They come from very different fields, George is an epidemiologist and David a psychiatrist, but both fields can help us understand the efficacy and safety of drug treatments.
ref: 2015 July 31, Suzi Gage, “The Drugs Work: George Davey Smith and David Nutt discuss statins and SSRIs”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of sensationalization.
unpinnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpinnable
form: most unpinnable
Etymology: From un- + pin + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It’s an unpinnable meld of neo-R&B, synthpop and funk-soul that’s so sultry, its radical experimentalism goes down deceptively easy.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Pop & Rock Listings for July 31-Aug. 6”, in New York Times:
glosses: That cannot be pinned down; ephemeral, mercurial.
odourprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odourprints
form: odorprint
Etymology: From odour + print, after fingerprint.
Senses: examples: text: In its ongoing efforts to nail the bad guys, the US Department of Homeland Security is investing heavily in the sniff test: "odourprint".
ref: 2009 March 29, Tracy McVeigh, “US Department of Homeland Security announces plans to invest heavily in body odour profiling research”, in The Observer:
text: The next step would be to try to identify a specific odourprint that may be associated with anxiety.
ref: 2011, Joe Schwarcz, Dr. Joe's Health Lab, page 74:
glosses: A uniquely distinctive odour, as used to represent or identify a person.
odourprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odourprint
odorprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odorprints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of odourprint.
pummelingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pummelingly
form: most pummelingly
Etymology: From pummeling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ‘ABCD 2’ (No rating, 2:27, in Hindi) This Bollywood sequel about a dance troupe (the title comes from “Any Body Can Dance”) heading to an international hip-hop competition in Las Vegas is a contrived affair with limp drama and a pummelingly loud soundtrack.
ref: 2015 June 25, “Movie Listings for June 26-July 2”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that pummels; extremely, excessively.
Malla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mallas
Etymology: Borrowed from Nepali मल्ल (malla). Borrowed also from Catalan Malla, a habitational surname from the municipality of Malla, Barcelona.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: Malla, Barcelona
ondy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Alternative form of undé.
first reader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first readers
Senses: topics: education
media
publishing
synonyms: early reader
glosses: A book for children who are learning to read, usually consisting of pictures and some basic words or phrases.
glosses: Synonym of publisher's reader (see reader).
synonyms: word: publisher's reader
extra: see reader
Prealps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pre- + Alps.
Senses: glosses: The foothills at the base of the Alps.
Asellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Aselli + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Gaspare Aselli (or Asellio; c. 1581–1626), Italian physician noted for the discovery of the lacteal vessels of the lymphatic system.
missell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: missells
form: misselling
form: missold
form: missold
Etymology: From mis- + sell.
Senses: examples: text: The company is accused of misselling insurance policies.
text: HS2 has never had that. It was missold, misnamed and misconceived. It was promoted as a piece of engineering, rather than as a vital part of the railway.
ref: 2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 45:
glosses: To sell something wrongly or fraudulently.
missell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
missell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missells
Etymology: From Middle English mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Norman mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Old French mesel (“leprous, leper”), from Late Latin misellus (“leper”), from miser (“wretched, wretch”) + -ellus (“-elle”). Doublet of measles.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mesel, in its various senses.
missells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of missell
misselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of missell
misselling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missellings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who missells.
digestability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digestabilities
Etymology: From digest + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: There have been numerous studies spanning several decades on the effects of feed restriction on rumen fermentation activity and these generally show that as long as maintenance requirements are met, as was the case in group R, there is a negative relationship between level of feed intake and digestability.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Illumina MiSeq Phylogenetic Amplicon Sequencing Shows a Large Reduction of an Uncharacterised Succinivibrionaceae and an Increase of the Methanobrevibacter gottschalkii Clade in Feed Restricted Cattle”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Quality or degree of being digestable.
digestabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digestability
digestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more digestable
form: most digestable
Etymology: Improper English spelling based on Old French digestible.
Senses: glosses: digestible
Derived terms: undigestable
trichopterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichopteran
ephemeropteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephemeropterans
Etymology: From translingual Ephemeroptera + -an.
Senses: examples: text: All these habitats are species poor: aside from amphipod fauna, assellote isopods, trichopteran, plecopteran and ephemeropteran larvae, erpobdelid leeches and salamander larvae were also found, but no fishes were observed.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are “Ecological Clones” at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any insect of the order Ephemeroptera, the mayflies.
ephemeropterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ephemeropteran
etiopathological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From etiopathology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Various studies have suggested oxidative stress as an etiopathological factor in reproductive disorders and increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are believed to be causative in idiopathic POF.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Increased Incidence of Mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase 1 Gene Mutations in Patients with Primary Ovarian Insufficiency”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to etiopathology.
Derived terms: etiopathologically
hemipteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemipteroid
hemipteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemipteroids
Etymology: From Hemiptera + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: However, a few hymenopterans and hemipteroids do possess the ancestral insect mitogenome gene order.
ref: 2015 July 31, “The Asian Rice Gall Midge ( Orseolia oryzae ) Mitogenome Has Evolved Novel Gene Boundaries and Tandem Repeats That Distinguish Its Biotypes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A hemipteran or one of the closely related thrips and lice within the Exopterygota
insolubilisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insolubilisations
Senses: examples: text: Hence it is likely that insolubilisation of B outside the cytoplasm might constitute another mechanism of B toxicity tolerance.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Physiological and Molecular Responses to Excess Boron in Citrus macrophylla W”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of insolubilization.
insolubilisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insolubilisation
insolubilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insolubilises
form: insolubilising
form: insolubilised
form: insolubilised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard form of insolubilize.
insolubilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insolubilise
insolubilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of insolubilise
insolubilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of insolubilise
insolubilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insolubilizations
Senses: glosses: The process of insolubilizing.
insolubilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insolubilization
unwarnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwarnable
form: most unwarnable
Etymology: From un- + warnable.
Senses: glosses: Not warnable.
warnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more warnable
form: most warnable
Etymology: From warn + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Still others argue that 9/11 was not a warnable event.
ref: 2014, Roger Z. George, James B. Bruce, Analyzing Intelligence, Second Edition, page 166:
glosses: That can be warned against.
examples: a warnable offence
glosses: For which a warning may be given.
rotisserieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rotisserie
rotisseried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rotisserie
nonbarbecued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + barbecued.
Senses: examples: text: For a barbecue house, Bubba's is quite civilized. There is a written menu, and there are actually nonbarbecued items on the menu to eat, including hamburgers, nachos, and grilled cheese sandwiches.
ref: 1999, Jane Stern, Michael Stern, Eat Your Way Across the U.S.A., page 126:
glosses: Not barbecued.
intraduodenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + duodenal.
Senses: examples: text: They have shown that intravenous or intraduodenal administration of obestatin stimulates pancreatic protein and trypsin output in anesthetized rats.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Obestatin Accelerates the Recovery in the Course of Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Acute Pancreatitis in Rats”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within the duodenum.
Derived terms: intraduodenally
mesozooplankton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesozooplanktons
Etymology: From meso- + zooplankton.
Senses: examples: text: The comparative trophic ecology of GOM and MED BFT larvae was assessed using SIA of larvae in relation to baseline feeding levels defined by the micro and the mesozooplankton size fractions.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnusthynnus ) Larvae from the Gulf of Mexico and NW Mediterranean Spawning Grounds: A Comparative Stable Isotope Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: zooplankton measuring from 0.2 to 20 millimetres
mesozooplanktonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + zooplanktonic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mesozooplankton.
microvascularity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + vascularity.
Senses: examples: text: An increase in the microvascularity and neovascularity of these tumors leads to increased rCBV.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Comparison of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient and Intravoxel Incoherent Motion for Differentiating among Glioblastoma, Metastasis, and Lymphoma Focusing on Diffusion-Related Parameter”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being microvascular.
multicomparison
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + comparison.
Senses: examples: text: Differences in secretion of individual apolipoproteins compared to ApoE were analyzed using one way ANOVA associated with Dunnett’s multicomparison test.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Several Human Liver Cell Expressed Apolipoproteins Complement HCV Virus Production with Varying Efficacy Conferring Differential Specific Infectivity to Released Viruses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Involving more than one comparison.
nonarteritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + arteritic.
Senses: examples: text: Researchers have access to different rodent models of systemic (diabetes, hypertension) and ocular (glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy, hereditary optic nerve and retinal) diseases.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Compact Laser Doppler Flowmeter (LDF) Fundus Camera for the Assessment of Retinal Blood Perfusion in Small Animals”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Not arteritic.
postflexion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + flexion.
Senses: examples: text: This maternal signature was discernible until larvae attained postflexion stages.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Trophic Ecology of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna ( Thunnusthynnus ) Larvae from the Gulf of Mexico and NW Mediterranean Spawning Grounds: A Comparative Stable Isotope Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: After the flexion stage of larval development.
prodelphinidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prodelphinidins
Etymology: From pro- + delphinidin.
Senses: examples: text: A study with pure prodelphinidin B3 and C2 showed that they inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and caspase-3 activation.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Procyanidins Negatively Affect the Activity of the Phosphatases of Regenerating Liver”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The polymeric tannins, composed of gallocatechin, that yield delphinidin during depolymerization under oxidative conditions.
protumoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + tumoral.
Senses: examples: text: The current studies also imply that macrophages may play harmful roles in advanced GC. This finding is in harmony with studies that suggest that the immune microenvironment may be protumoral rather than antitumoral, despite some conflicting data.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Promoting the development of tumors.
protumorigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more protumorigenic
form: most protumorigenic
Etymology: From pro- + tumorigenic.
Senses: examples: text: Conflicting data has shown antitumorigenic or protumorigenic functions on macrophages in particular, however our data indicates macrophages play a protumorigenic role in GC patients.
ref: 2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Promoting tumorigenesis.
reparameterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reparameterizes
form: reparameterizing
form: reparameterized
form: reparameterized
form: reparametrize
Etymology: From re- + parameterize.
Senses: examples: text: We obtained the 3D B-spline curve passing through these points to reparameterize the curve based on its chord length.
ref: 2015 July 31, “An Example-Based Multi-Atlas Approach to Automatic Labeling of White Matter Tracts”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: To parameterize again or differently.
Related terms: reparameterization
reparameterized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reparameterize
reparameterizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reparameterize
reparameterizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reparameterize
tricellulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricellulins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A transmembrane protein found in tight junctions.
tricellulins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricellulin
sleep with one eye open
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps with one eye open
form: sleeping with one eye open
form: slept with one eye open
form: slept with one eye open
Etymology: Some animals sleep with one eye open, so as to remain alert to threats.
Senses: examples: text: Sleep with one eye open
You have no idea what I'm capable of
Keep claiming holier than thou
My knife can stab more holes than you can count
How dare you sleep where a king once slept
And dry the tears of where his queen has wept
ref: 2019, “Brimstone”, performed by Whitechapel:
glosses: To remain vigilant at all times, especially by remaining partially awake or sleeping only lightly so as to avoid being caught off guard.
nice weather for ducks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: fine weather for ducks
lovely weather for ducks
great weather for ducks
glosses: Rainy weather.
wet wipes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wet wipe
wipette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wipettes
Etymology: From wipe + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: They are ordered to wear gloves on the way home from work or to carry wipettes in their cars and trucks.
ref: 1994, Wesley McNair, The Quotable Moose: A Contemporary Maine Reader, page 231:
glosses: A wet wipe.
wipettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wipette
vice girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vice girls
Senses: examples: text: It seems odd to worry about being unfaithful to a vice girl but I guess I was developing feelings for her and I was caught out twice in the bizarre situation of being made to feel unfaithful to a sex worker […]
ref: 2013, Lee Huxley, I Took the Sex Gods to Thailand, page 139:
glosses: A female prostitute.
vice girls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vice girl
coconstructional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more coconstructional
form: most coconstructional
Etymology: From coconstruction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to coconstruction; jointly constructing something.
nonplayful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + playful.
Senses: glosses: Not playful.
Spearman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Spearmans
Etymology: From spear + man, an occupational surname for a soldier armed with a spear.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Hansford County, Texas, United States.
Derived terms: Spearman correlation
Spearman's g
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
Spearman's rho
Spearman test
bottom drawer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The lowest drawer in a piece of furniture might be expected to contain less important items.
Senses: glosses: The situation where information is hidden or discarded because it is undesirable in some way, e.g. unfavourable research results.
essayistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more essayistically
form: most essayistically
Etymology: From essayistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an essayistic fashion.
nonfinding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfindings
Etymology: From non- + finding.
Senses: glosses: That which is not found, e.g. by a jury or as an academic research result.
nonfindings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfinding
Nussbaum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Nussbaumian
adjuvantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From adjuvant + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: […] radiation used adjuvantly with surgery was associated with an improved median survival compared with radiation alone and was associated with a 9.3 % reduction in the risk of death.
ref: 2015 July 29, Eunmi Gil et al., “Predictors and patterns of recurrence after curative liver resection in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, for application of postoperative radiotherapy: a retrospective study”, in World Journal of Surgical Oncology, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: As an adjuvant or supplementary treatment.
Derived terms: neoadjuvantly
antihypolipidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + hypolipidemic.
Senses: examples: text: The majority of studies demonstrate that SDG interferes with the development of different types of diseases like cardiovascular, diabetic, lupus nephritis, bone, kidney, menopause, reproduction, mental stress, immunity, atherosclerosis, hemopoietic, liver necrosis and urinary disorders due to its various biological properties including anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimutagenic, antimicrobial, antiobesity, antihypolipidemic and neuroprotective effects.
ref: 2015 July 28, Muhammad Imran et al., “Potential protective properties of flax lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside”, in Nutrition Journal, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: Countering hypolipidemia.
antiobesogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + obesogenic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, herbal-based biopolymers as fenugreek having antiobesogenic properties might offer effective added advantages as prebiotic towards the enhancement of probiotic bacterial growth in the gastrointestinal environment.
ref: 2015 July 14, Rostyslav V. Bubnov et al., “Probiotics and immunity: provisional role for personalized diets and disease prevention”, in The EPMA Journal, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: Countering the onset of obesity.
reconsents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconsent
reconsented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconsent
odorivector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odorivectors
Etymology: odor (“smell”) + vector (“bearer”)
Senses: examples: text: It is generally accepted that odorivector molecules must reach chemosensors physically; liaison by radiation through distance has never been proved and seems highly unlikely.
ref: 1964 July 24, Andrew Dravnieks, “Physicochemical basis of olfaction”, in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, volume 116, number 2:
text: So, on the one hand, the odorivector gives the observer cues about polysensory space, that is if all the mechanical envelopes, viz., acoustic and haptic, coincide and so constitute, with the osmotic, a hermetic space; and he interprets the cues by 'associative concatenation'.
ref: 1981, Guy Ankerl, Experimental Sociology of Architecture:
glosses: A material that emits an odor.
brassicasterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brassicasterols
Etymology: From Brassica + sterol.
Senses: examples: text: However, this leads to the accumulation of unwanted side-products like ergosterol and brassicasterol that cannot be converted to pregnenolone by CYP11A1, due to the presence of a double bond between carbon atoms 20 and 22 in the side-chain of these substrates, resulting in a reduced efficiency of the whole-cell system.
ref: 2015 July 29, Adrian Gerber et al., “Functionalized PHB granules provide the basis for the efficient side-chain cleavage of cholesterol and analogs in recombinant Bacillus megaterium”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A 28-carbon sterol synthesized by several unicellular algae and some terrestrial plants, and sometimes used as a biomarker.
Derived terms: epibrassicasterol
dietology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diet + -ology
Senses: examples: text: Designing person-related probiotic strains and smart physiologic low-dose treatments in order to correction the gut microbiome is an important impact to personalized dietology and is a challenge for medicine of the future.
ref: 2015 July 14, Rostyslav V. Bubnov et al., “Probiotics and immunity: provisional role for personalized diets and disease prevention”, in The EPMA Journal, volume 6, →DOI:
glosses: The study of diets (nutritional regimes).
Derived terms: dietologist
enterodiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From entero- + diol.
Senses: examples: text: The biological activity of SDG results from their conversion to the mammalian lignans enterolactone (EL) and enterodiol (ED) by the intestinal microflora in the upper part of the large bowel.
ref: 2015 July 28, Muhammad Imran et al., “Potential protective properties of flax lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside”, in Nutrition Journal, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: A lignan formed by the action of intestinal bacteria on lignan precursors found in plants.
entomologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From entomology + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond lack of access to prevention and treatment, entomologic factors such as predominance of outdoor biting vectors may be related to the observed elevated malaria prevalence in school-age children and adults.
ref: 2015 July 24, Jenny A. Walldorf et al., “School-Age Children Are a Reservoir of Malaria Infection in Malawi”, in PLoS ONE, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of entomological.
synonyms: word: entomological
tierceron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪə(ɹ)səɹɒn/
Forms: form: tiercerons
Etymology: From French tierceron, from tierce (“third”) + -eron.
Senses: examples: text: It would carry us too far from our subject to trace the consequences of the introduction of the tierceron; it must suffice to say that it immediately affected the curvature and the moulding of the vaulting ribs and the composition of the springer.
ref: 1901, Thomas Lennox Watson, The double choir of Glasgow Cathedral: a study of rib vaulting, page 92:
topics: architecture
glosses: A type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs.
semeiologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semeiologists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of semiologist.
semeiologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semeiologist
guacharaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guacharacas
Senses: synonyms: cocrico
rufous-vented chachalaca
glosses: A bird, Ortalis ruficauda.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A percussion instrument in the form of a partly hollowed tube with ridges carved in its outer surface, played with a wire fork.
beach cabbage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beach cabbages
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Scaevola taccada, native to the tropical shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Synonyms: sense: Scaevola taccada
word: sea lettuce
sense: Scaevola taccada
word: beach naupaka
bitter almond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bitter almonds
Senses: glosses: A tree of the species Prunus amygdalus (order Rosales).
hypernyms: almond
coordinate_terms: sweet almond
glosses: The seed of this tree, which is unpalatably bitter and bears many times the cyanide of the sweet almond.
synonyms: ghoeboontjie
wild almond
glosses: A tree of the species Brabejum stellatifolium (order Proteales).
freq
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: frēk
ipa: /fɹiːk/
homophone: freak
rhymes: -iːk
Forms: form: freqs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of frequency.
freqs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freq
California sycamore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California sycamores
Senses: glosses: A tree of the species Platanus racemosa
Synonyms: sense: Platanus racemosa
word: western sycamore
sense: Platanus racemosa
word: California plane tree
sand lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand lettuces
Senses: glosses: A plant of the species Dudleya caespitosa, succulent perennials native to California.
Synonyms: sense: Dudleya caespitosa
word: sealettuce
sense: Dudleya caespitosa
word: sea lettuce
sense: Dudleya caespitosa
word: coast dudleya
matrimony vine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matrimony vines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of wolfberry.
synonyms: word: wolfberry
Synonyms: sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Chinese wolfberry
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Chinese boxthorn
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Himalayan goji
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Tibetan goji
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: mede berry
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: barbary matrimony vine
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Duke of Argyll's tea tree
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: Duke of Argyll's tea plant
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: murali
sense: Lycium barbarum
word: red medlar
Mexican beech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mexican beeches
Senses: glosses: A beech tree of the species Fagus mexicana (syn. Fagus grandifolia subsp. mexicana)
Synonyms: sense: Fagus mexicana
word: haya
mountain avens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An arctic-alpine flowering plant of the species Dryas octopetala
Synonyms: sense: Dryas octopetala
word: eightpetal mountain-avens
sense: Dryas octopetala
word: white dryas
sense: Dryas octopetala
word: white dryad
meandros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meandroi
Etymology: Ancient Greek [Term?]
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Greek key (“a decorative border constructed from a continuous line”).
synonyms: word: Greek key
extra: a decorative border constructed from a continuous line
steatodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Steatoda + -ism.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The symptoms associated with the bite of spiders of the genus Steatoda.
hemopressin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alpha hemoglobin fragment that binds cannabinoid receptors.
god draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: god draws
form: God draw
Senses: examples: text: After sideboarding in 4 blasts and 3 primitive justices, you cannot and will not lose, unless they get the god draw of all god draws (which I've never actually seen).
ref: 1996 December 3, John Robertson, “Re: Red Burn/Hammer deck needs help vs. Turbo Stasis”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
text: With a god draw a lot of decks will have you dead 2nd turn.
ref: 1998 June 9, Ian, “Re: Pandemonium”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
text: Game one: Opponent gets the god draw and kills me by turn four.
ref: 2000 March 9, minkster [username], “PTQ Roanoke winners report”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet):
qualifier: collectible card games
glosses: A draw which is especially suited to a player's needs; an optimal draw.
god draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of god draw
hepatonephrotoxicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hepato- + nephrotoxicity.
Senses: examples: text: The SDG polymer complex can significantly prevent liver and renal damage from paracetamol induced hepatonephrotoxicity in rabbits.
ref: 2015 July 28, Muhammad Imran et al., “Potential protective properties of flax lignan secoisolariciresinol diglucoside”, in Nutrition Journal, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being hepatonephrotoxic.
God draw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: God draws
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of god draw.
God draws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of God draw
hydroxymethylglutarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A salt or ester of hydroxymethylglutaric acid.
lumefantrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lumefantrine.
microbialitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microbialite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to microbialite.
microfabrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfabric
mosquitogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mosquitogenic
form: most mosquitogenic
Etymology: From mosquito + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: The entomological studies conducted in the area revealed high BI and CI and favourable mosquitogenic conditions.
ref: 2015, P.V. Barde et al., “Emergence of dengue in tribal villages of Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh, India”, in The Indian Journal of Medical Research, volume 141, →DOI:
glosses: Promoting the breeding of mosquitoes.
neurodiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + diagnostic.
Senses: examples: text: However, a universal definition has not been established because advances in basic neuroscience and clinical neurodiagnostic technologies have changed the classifications and nomenclature over time.
ref: 2014 November 5, Mai Sakai et al., “Arachidonic Acid and Cerebral Ischemia Risk: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies”, in Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra, volume 4, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to neurodiagnosis.
Derived terms: neurodiagnostically
nitrosothiols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nitrosothiol
periduodenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + duodenal.
Senses: glosses: Around the duodenum.
polyhydroxyalkanoates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyhydroxyalkanoate
sulfurylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfurylase
thrombolitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thrombolite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to thrombolites.
tricistronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + cistronic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of three cistrons