cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
scurfin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular forkhead protein involved in immune system responses.
postradiotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + radiotherapy.
Senses: examples: text: The main potential applications are postprostatectomy and postradiotherapy, diabetes associated erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie's disease.
ref: 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After radiotherapy.
postprostatectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + prostatectomy.
Senses: examples: text: The main potential applications are postprostatectomy and postradiotherapy, diabetes associated erectile dysfunction, and Peyronie's disease.
ref: 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: After prostatectomy.
postherniation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + herniation.
Senses: examples: text: Changes in colonic topography during the herniation and postherniation period.
ref: 2015 August 22, Jelly HM Soffers et al., “The growth pattern of the human intestine and its mesentery”, in BMC Developmental Biology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: After herniation.
resecrete
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resecretes
form: resecreting
form: resecreted
form: resecreted
Etymology: From re- + secrete.
Senses: examples: text: It is also resecreted into the gastrointestinal tract through enterohepatic circulation.
ref: 2015 August 2, Elsa M. Janle et al., “Green Tea Increases the Concentration of Total Mercury in the Blood of Rats following an Oral Fish Tissue Bolus”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To secrete again.
resecreted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resecrete
resecretes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resecrete
resecreting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resecrete
recellularize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recellularizes
form: recellularizing
form: recellularized
form: recellularized
Etymology: From re- + cellularize.
Senses: examples: text: However, it is more realistic to hope, in the medium run, partial replacements of the heart with recellularized matrices reinforcing portions of the failing myocardium or with direct cellular therapy with SC.
ref: 2015 August 2, J.-F. Stoltz et al., “Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century”, in Stem Cells International, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: To cellularize again.
recellularized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recellularize
recellularizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recellularize
recellularizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recellularize
tibiotalar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tibio- + talar.
Senses: examples: text: The exact dimension of the cyst and its distance from the lateral knee joint line and the tibiotalar joint line were marked on the skin.
ref: 2015 August 23, Andreas Toepfer et al., “Bilateral diaphyseal bone cysts of the tibia mimicking shin splints in a young professional athlete—a case report and depiction of a less-invasive surgical technique”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the tibia and talus.
latinidad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Latinidad
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish latinidad, from Latin Latīnitās. Doublet of Latinity.
Senses: examples: text: It has also been described as a circulation of discourses that displace centers of power that tend to essentialize or fetishize latinidad.
ref: 2005, Laura C. Valdez-Pagliaro, Writing Latinidad: Mexican Latino and Latina writers contextualizing language, narrative, and culture, page 2:
text: In my attempt to better understand Latino masculinities I have developed a framework that combines latinidad and gender.
ref: 2008, Jennifer Domino Rudolph, "Roncamos Porque Podemos": Racialization, Redemption, and Mascu-latinidad, →ISBN:
text: As the first epigraph to this chapter suggests, Esperanza's response insisted on queer Latina/o ownership of the cultural and political legacy of latinidad and advocated for its central role in figuring queer lives and communities.
ref: 2012, Ramon Rivera-Servera, Performing Queer Latinidad: Dance, Sexuality, Politics, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Drawing on numerous instances in which distinct genre performances butted against one another, this chapter analyzes how musicians justified these boundaries as necessary for distinguishing between diverse strains of latinidad, but also a trend toward musicians collaborating across genre in an attempt to construct a pan-Latino vision of belonging to the city.
ref: 2015, Samuel K. Byrd, The Sounds of Latinidad, →ISBN:
glosses: The constellation of attributes common to many Latin American cultures and peoples.
transforaminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + foraminal.
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of this paper is to compare the clinical and radiological results of local bone grafts with a cage to morselized impacted bone grafts without cage, in patients undergoing transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) surgery.
ref: 2015 August 19, Chaoliang Lv et al., “Comparative effectiveness of two different interbody fusion methods for transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: cage versus morselized impacted bone grafts”, in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Through the foramen.
treponemicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more treponemicidal
form: most treponemicidal
Senses: examples: text: In the early 1980’s its use was abandoned, not because of lack of efficacy, but because it did not achieve consistent treponemicidal penicillin concentrations in the CSF.
ref: 2015 August 19, Susan Tuddenham, Khalil G. Ghanem, “Emerging trends and persistent challenges in the management of adult syphilis”, in BMC Infectious Diseases, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Destructive to treponemes.
Related terms: treponemicide
trilithium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + lithium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Three lithium atoms in a molecule.
umeclidinium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -clidinium (“muscarinic receptor agonist/antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An anticholinergic drug used in the bromide form, in combination with vilanterol, for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
vilanterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -terol (“phenethylamine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A long-acting beta-2 agonist drug, used in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
capillaroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to capillaroscopy.
Derived terms: capillaroscopically
videocapillaroscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to videocapillaroscopy.
Flammer syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the Swiss ophthalmologist Josef Flammer.
Senses: glosses: A complex of clinical features caused mainly by vascular dysregulation. Symptoms include cold hands and feet and low blood pressure.
viruria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From viro- + -uria.
Senses: examples: text: Once there is detection of BK viruria and viremia, the treatment strategy for BKV infection is not uniform and will need further investigation.
ref: 2015 August 21, Nirupama Gupta et al., “Review article: BK virus in systemic lupus erythematosus”, in Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of a virus in the urine.
tenfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenfoots
Etymology: From ten + foot.
Senses: qualifier: Hull
glosses: A ten-foot-wide alleyway, typically located behind residential properties.
Synonyms: back alley
back street
alley
tenfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenfoot
East Yorkshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: East Riding of Yorkshire
Hullish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hull + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Why can't things just be simple, like where you would have, say, a county like Somerset, [...]. Anyway, if Hull is going to stay not part of a county, I say what I said before, make it a completely independant^([sic]) country [...]. You could even develop your own language - Hullish. Your nationality would be Hullinian.
ref: 2002 November 12, Eddykins, “(Off Topic) Gas-Board etc.”, in alt.silly.little.newsgroup (Usenet):
text: > Perhaps Gran was speaking dialect? That's just as proper. After all,
> Wisbech museum is in the Fens!
Gran spoke a fine, clear East Hullish!
ref: 2003 September 13, "RR" (initially quoting "Liz"), “Bring back OMO!”, in uk.education.staffroom (Usenet):
text: The canals, compost heaps, and tenfoots (Hullish for laneway) of O'Brien's poems recall the mouldy suburban landscapes of Raymond Briggs's Fungus the Bogeyman, and no less than in Briggs.
ref: 2013, The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary British and Irish Poetry, →ISBN:
glosses: The dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.
Hullish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Hull + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Oooo, a Hullish Helen - hello :)
ref: 2001 December 11, "tuppence", The Staff Room Web Ring Welcomes, uk.education.staffroom, replying to "Helen Tatterton" from Hull
text: Dara will have left, I hope, with a newfound conviction that Irish is the Hullish vernacular of choice.
ref: 2012, David Wheatley, Vacuous and Unknown, in Sketches, Dispatches, Hull Tales and Ballads: the Humber Writers celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Dickens
text: I remember those happy Hullish years fondly.
ref: 2014, Mark Batty, A Heart Still in Hull: Huddled Together: Drama 50: Fifty years of Hull University Drama Department:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Hull.
zero dark thirty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oh dark thirty.
synonyms: word: oh dark thirty
codydramol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of co-dydramol.
burclover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burclovers
Senses: glosses: Any of various European and North African herbs of the genus Medicago.
burclovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burclover
NKRO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of n-key rollover: a keyboard feature that prevents ghosting and blocking.
Numpad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Use NumPad (0-9) for better control. [written on a sign at the beginning of the game]
ref: 1991, SkiFree:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of numeric keypad.
overtravel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + travel.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The distance a pressed switch on a keyboard continues to move after its actuation.
Related terms: pretravel
psyker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaɪkɚ/
rhymes: -aɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: psykers
Etymology: From psychic + -er.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: a person who uses psychic powers.
historic site
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: historic sites
Senses: glosses: a place where an important event in history took place
glosses: a physical location protected by law as a memorial to an historic event or person
swan neck deformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swan neck deformities
Senses: glosses: A deformed position of the finger, in which the joint closest to the fingertip is permanently bent toward the palm while the nearest joint to the palm is bent away from it.
swan neck deformities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swan neck deformity
Fisherman's Wharf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of San Francisco.
boutonniere deformity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boutonniere deformities
Senses: glosses: A deformed position of the fingers or toes, in which the joint nearest the knuckle is permanently bent toward the palm while the farthest joint is bent away from it.
boutonniere deformities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boutonniere deformity
Upper Market
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An area of San Francisco.
Union Square
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Once used for rallies and support for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Senses: glosses: An area of San Francisco.
metrolingual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪŋɡwəl
Etymology: From metro- + lingual.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Describing the form of language used by diverse ethnic and cultural groups in a shared urban environment
Related terms: metrolingualism
metrolingualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From metrolingual + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The use of language by diverse ethnic and cultural groups in a shared urban environment
aethalium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aethalia
form: æthalium
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Aethalium.
Senses: glosses: A flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.
Derived terms: pseudoaethalium
formbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formbooks
Etymology: From form + book.
Senses: glosses: A book that lists the current form of racehorses (position in recent races, times fallen, weights carried etc)
subtechnical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + technical.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Describing terminology that is used in a non-technical manner, but that has a more specific meaning in a technical or scientific field
polymerics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From polymer + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The science and technology of the production of polymers
formbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formbook
aethalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aethalium
Retr0bright
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From retro- + bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.
Senses: examples: text: Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!
ref: 2009 April 15, capknight, “Re: Apple Power Supply Questions”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
text: retr0bright works well but the plastic does indeed need to be ABS.
ref: 2012 March 9, JC, “Re: Cleaning my routed STTNG - how to restore the ships?”, in rec.games.pinball (Usenet):
text: If you want to try this method, you can find Retr0bright recipes and instructions online.
ref: 2020, Greg Farrell, Game Boy Modding: A Beginner's Guide to Game Boy Mods, Collecting, History, and More!, page 51:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases.
Retr0bright
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Retr0brights
form: Retr0brighting
form: Retr0brighted
form: Retr0brighted
Etymology: From retro- + bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.
Senses: examples: text: These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards […]
ref: 2009 October 13, atfphot...@gmail.com, “Re: What's in your Apple?”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
text: This IIc is cleaning up really nice. Going to Retrobright it soon!
ref: 2017 June 28, cb meeks, “Re: Yet another IIc in my collection”, in comp.sys.apple2 (Usenet):
text: Do you need to retrobright your machine if it has some yellowing?
ref: 2021, Jamie Lendino, Faster Than Light: The Atari ST and the 16-Bit Revolution, page 270:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.
ribbon cable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ribbon cables
Senses: glosses: A cable with many conducting wires running parallel to each other on the same flat plane; often used for internal peripherals in a computer.
ribbon cables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ribbon cable
rotary encoder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotary encoders
Senses: glosses: An electromechanical device that converts the angular position or motion of a shaft or axle into an analog or digital code.
Synonyms: shaft encoder
rotary encoders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotary encoder
shaft encoder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaft encoders
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rotary encoder.
synonyms: word: rotary encoder
shaft encoders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaft encoder
away from home
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Away; at the venue of an opposing team or competitor.
examples: The robber took a gamble on the owners being away from home.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see away, from, home.
on the road
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: Some salesmen spend a lot of time on the road.
glosses: travelling, away from home.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: away
glosses: At the venue of an opposing team or competitor.
glosses: Of a purchased vehicle: including everything required in order to start driving, such as registration and taxes.
glosses: Not in prison.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, road.
Related terms: road trip
on the street
elaine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of olein.
Japanese sea perch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese sea perch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Japanese seaperch.
Japanese seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanese seaperch
form: Japanese sea perch
Senses: glosses: Any of three species of highly appreciated marine food fish found in the coastal waters of western Pacific from Kyushu to southern Hokkaido and in the Sea of Japan, Sebastes cheni, Sebastes inermis, Sebastes ventricosus.
Synonyms: sense: Sebastes cheni
word: white seaperch
sense: Sebastes inermis
word: red seaperch
sense: Sebastes ventricosus
word: black seaperch
seaperch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seaperches
form: seaperch
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sea perch, used especially in compound terms, e.g. Japanese seaperch.
Derived terms: black seaperch
rainbow seaperch
red seaperch
Waigieu seaperch
white seaperch
seaperches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seaperch
pixie cut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pixie cuts
Senses: examples: text: Shoulder-length, curled hair was ideal, although some women would wear braids tied with rubber bands for the games. Pixie cuts for women were still at least a decade away […]
ref: 2010, Mary Beth Klatt, Chicago's Fashion History: 1865-1945, page 111:
synonyms: pixie
glosses: A women's hairstyle, generally short on the back and sides of the head and slightly longer on the top.
switchplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: switchplates
Etymology: From switch + plate.
Senses: glosses: The wallplate in which a switch, such as a light switch, is housed.
switchplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of switchplate
sobrasada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sobrasadas
Senses: examples: text: A Brazilian friend told me once that when he arrived in Spain, he developed a taste for sobrasada (a very typical charcuterie from the Balearic islands). And so my friend would often buy sobrasada and bring it to the breakfast table every morning.
ref: 2012, Celia de Anca, Beyond Tribalism: Managing Identities in a Diverse World, Springer, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of sobrassada.
sobrasadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sobrasada
wallplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallplates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wall plate.
wallplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallplate
SPST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SPSTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of single pole, single throw: a type of electrical switch.
tenkeyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: TKL
Etymology: From tenkey + -less.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Lacking a numeric keypad.
raw_tags: of a keyboard
itcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: itchers
Etymology: From itch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who itches
glosses: Something that causes itching
Derived terms: belly itcher
itchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of itcher
butterhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterheads
Etymology: From butter + head.
Senses: glosses: Butterhead lettuce.
examples: text: Yeah, if one of my sisters ever brought home a fuckin' butterhead, you know what my old man would do?
glosses: A person of East Asian descent.
butterhead lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterhead lettuces
Senses: examples: text: Satur Farms in Cutchogue, N.Y., grows lush heads of herbaceous, velvety tender green and red butterhead lettuce, picking them daily and trucking them to several New York markets, including Fresh Direct, where they are $3.29 each, and Gourmet Garage, $3.99.
ref: 2007 June 13, Florence Fabricant, “A New Yogurt Maker, With an Eye on Earth”, in New York Times:
glosses: Boston lettuce
Bibb lettuce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bibb lettuces
form: bibb lettuce
Etymology: Named for John Bibb, a 19th-century American vegetable grower.
Senses: synonyms: Boston lettuce
Bibb
butterhead lettuce
glosses: A variety of head lettuce with loose arrangement of leaves, known for its sweet flavor and tender texture.
get one's shirt out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's shirt out
form: getting one's shirt out
form: got one's shirt out
form: got one's shirt out
form: gotten one's shirt out
Etymology: From the custom of taking one's shirt off before fighting (after becoming annoyed).
Senses: examples: text: "All right, sir, all right," said Chizzlem, lighting a huge cigar; "there it is, don't get your shirt out about it. I daresay I'll get along well enough without you. Though why you should be ashamed at what some of the flyest men do regularly, I can't tell."
ref: 1883, Robert Harborough Sherard, A Bartered Honour: A Novel, Volume 1, Remington, page 183:
text: I dare him, says he, and I doubledare him to send you round here again or if he does, says he, I'll have him summonsed up before the court, so I will, for trading without a licence. And he after stuffing himself till he's fit to burst. Jesus, I had to laugh at the little jewy getting his shirt out.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Episode 12: The Cyclops:
glosses: To become angry or annoyed; to lose one's temper.
Related terms: keep one's shirt on
shirty
shirtiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shirty + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or characteristic of being shirty.
light microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: light microscopes
Senses: examples: text: A big world beyond the limits of the ordinary light microscope now lies open to exploration.
ref: 1942 December 14, “Science: Seeing by Electron Waves”, in Time, retrieved 25 Aug 2015:
text: [M]acromolecular assemblies. . ., which include viruses, are too large to study by conventional X-ray diffraction methods, but too small to be seen under a light microscope.
ref: 1982 October 19, Harold M. Schmeck Jr., “Chemistry prize goes for research into intimate details of virus structure”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Aug 2015:
text: Unlike the most powerful electron microscopes—which can see down to the scale of individual molecules—or fluorescent-based microscopes—which rely on the use of coloured dyes—the new light microscope does not need to interfere in any way with the living material it is used to study.
ref: 2011 March 2, Steve Connor, “‘Limitless’ microscope to aid virus research”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 25 Aug 2015:
glosses: A scientific instrument which provides a magnified view of very small objects that are illuminated with visible light which then passes through optical lenses.
Synonyms: LM
optical microscope
Derived terms: light microscopy
Related terms: electron microscope
optical microscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: optical microscopes
Senses: glosses: Synonym of light microscope.
synonyms: word: light microscope
lumpia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlumpiə/
Forms: form: lumpia
form: lumpias
Etymology: (Philippines): Borrowed from Tagalog lumpiya, from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ).
(Indonesia): Borrowed from Indonesian lumpia, from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ).
Compare Spanish lumpiá, Dutch loempia, Cebuano lumpya.
Senses: synonyms: popiah
glosses: A kind of spring roll.
Derived terms: fresh lumpia
lumpia wrapper
gong farmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gong farmer
Wenchang chicken
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A chicken dish from the Wenchang city area in Hainan, China, made with a small, fleshy variety of free-range chicken that is fed coconut and peanut bran.
hawker centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hawker centres
Senses: examples: text: The unemployment situation is aggravated by the recent decision of the Municipal authorities to close down five hawker-centres.
ref: 1948 March 10, “Big Unemployment Problem in S'pore”, in Malaya Tribune, Singapore:
text: Separate tenders are invited for any one or all of the following: Erection & Completion of 3 Blocks of 12-Storey Shops & Flats with 2-Storey Annexes, One 2-Storey Hawker Centre, 2 Dustbin Compounds/Stores ....
ref: 1966 June 24, “Housing and Development Board”, in The Straits Times, Singapore:
glosses: An outdoor complex of stalls selling street food.
hawker centres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hawker centre
Patna rice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Patna rices
Senses: glosses: A mild-flavoured long-grain white rice, a variety of Oryza sativa, extensively cultivated around Patna in India.
ethnoknowledge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + knowledge.
Senses: glosses: traditional folk knowledge
Hyponyms: ethnomedicine
get thee behind me
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Originally uttered by Christ in the King James Bible, Matthew 16:23: “get thee behind me, Satan”; Latin vāde retrō, Satanā; Ancient Greek ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, Σατανᾶ (húpage opísō mou, Satanâ).
Senses: examples: text: “Jesu Maria!” exclaimed the younger. “Oh, fie, Sister Seraphina! Fie, fie!--VADE RETRO--get thee behind me!”
ref: 1824, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 16, in Redgauntlet:
text: Peter most assuredly would have risen in his wrath, would have said to his distinguished-looking temptress, "Get thee behind me, Miss Ramsbotham."
ref: 1904, Jerome K. Jerome, chapter 4, in Tommy and Co.:
text: Get thee behind me, Derrida! Skeptical postmodernists may have reduced the certainties of Western intellectual life to a pile of gaudy plastic tchotchkes, but Pope John Paul II is fighting back.
ref: 1998 October 15, Tony Karon, “Postmodern Papacy?”, in Time, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2016:
text: Get thee behind me, Santa. Curious news from Germany, where a group has launched a campaign to persuade people to turn their backs on Santa Claus and return to St Nicholas instead.
ref: 2005 November 26, Ian Irvine, “btw”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 25 Aug 2015:
glosses: Do not tempt or torment me; I reject you, your statements, or your beliefs.
wikipedia: King James Bible
stone xylophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stone xylophones
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical instrument (a lithophone) consisting of pieces of stone as sounding bars that produce tuned sounds when struck, like a xylophone.
stone xylophones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone xylophone
on talking terms
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: They weren't on talking terms last time we saw them.
text: It is more professional to accept differences, no matter what the grievance, and walk away on talking terms.
text: We are on talking terms with him about his business.
glosses: able to talk with someone, either in general or about the particular topic
examples: text: Reality and I were simply not on talking terms.
glosses: in agreement or harmony with (something)
examples: text: After completing the last lesson, the student should be on “talking terms” with anyone who discusses the subject of algebra.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, talking, terms.
anhydromuropeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anhydromuropeptides
Etymology: From anhydro- + muropeptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A muropeptide containing a (normally terminal) anhydrosugar
biopeptide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biopeptides
Etymology: From bio- + peptide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any peptide of biological origin.
biopeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This may be due either to the lower interaction with the extracellular matrix, or the lower degradation of biopeptides that stimulate cell migration.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Differential Expression and Enzymatic Activity of DPPIV/CD26 Affects Migration Ability of Cervical Carcinoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of biopeptide
bifan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bifans
Etymology: From bi- + fan.
Senses: examples: text: Other regular 4-node motifs confirmed the presence of diamond, biparallel and bifan motifs (often built by two regulatory and two regulated genes).
ref: 2015 July 30, “An Integrative Approach for Mapping Differentially Expressed Genes and Network Components Using Novel Parameters to Elucidate Key Regulatory Genes in Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A network motif in which two outputs link to the same two inputs
biparallel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + parallel.
Senses: examples: text: Other regular 4-node motifs confirmed the presence of diamond, biparallel and bifan motifs (often built by two regulatory and two regulated genes).
ref: 2015 July 30, “An Integrative Approach for Mapping Differentially Expressed Genes and Network Components Using Novel Parameters to Elucidate Key Regulatory Genes in Colorectal Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Being or relating to a network motif in which an output links to two inputs, each of which act as outputs to the same, fourth input.
centrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From centro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: As a test for centrophobia, we measured the time fish spent in the centre of the tank in the horizontal plane.
ref: 2015 July 30, “A TALEN-Exon Skipping Design for a Bethlem Myopathy Model in Zebrafish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A dislike of being in the centre.
Related terms: centrophobic
centrophobism
centrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more centrophobic
form: most centrophobic
Etymology: From centro- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, these behavior changes observed in col6a1 ama605003 mutants were not induced by anxiety (Fig 11 ) since the mutant fish did not display thigmotaxis, a centrophobic stress behavior [57 ].
ref: 2015 July 30, “A TALEN-Exon Skipping Design for a Bethlem Myopathy Model in Zebrafish”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to centrophobia
diphenism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Though recent studies have revealed a more or less pronounced influence of genotype on caste differentiation, whether a female larva grows into a worker or a queen is typically controlled by the environment, making caste diphenism one of the most conspicuous and abundant cases of phenotypic plasticity.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Multiple Convergent Origins of Workerlessness and Inbreeding in the Socially Parasitic Ant Genus Myrmoxenus”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of two distinct phenotypes in a population
Related terms: diphenic
diphenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to diphenism
flowless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flowless
form: most flowless
Etymology: From flow + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without flow.
Derived terms: flowlessness
flowlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flowless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Lack of flow.
ectopeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ectopeptidases
Etymology: From ecto- + peptidase.
Senses: examples: text: Considering the interaction of DPPIV/CD26 with extracellular matrix components and through regulation of E-cadherin, matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), and tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMPs), it remains to be more clearly established whether tumor progression is more affected by the ectopeptidase activity or non-proteolytic mechanisms.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Differential Expression and Enzymatic Activity of DPPIV/CD26 Affects Migration Ability of Cervical Carcinoma Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of endopeptidase.
synonyms: word: endopeptidase
RTMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RTM
bitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bitchers
Etymology: From bitch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: bitchy-pants, grumpy pants
text: In any big outfit, including this one, you're going to get some bitchers and some moaners.
ref: 1998, Saul W. Gellerman, How People Work:
coordinate_terms: bitch
glosses: One who bitches or complains.
Related terms: bitch and moan
bitchiness
kwitcherbitchin
bitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bitcher
monme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monme
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of momme.
shakus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shaku
Patidar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A caste found primarily in the state of Gujarat, India.
crowdlending
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crowd + lending.
Senses: glosses: crowdfunding in the form of a loan that must later be repaid
blasely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blasely
form: most blasely
Etymology: From blase + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “There is an air of impunity in which that video shows the assault was committed. The police knew they were on CCTV, and still did it, then arrogantly and blasely washed away the blood.”
ref: 2015 August 26, Joshua Robertson, “Queensland CCC's inaction in former police officer brutality case questioned”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative form of blasély.
blasély
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blasély
form: most blasély
form: blasely
Etymology: From blasé + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a blasé manner.
vulvoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vulvoplasty
scorestreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorestreaks
Etymology: From score + streak; compare earlier killstreak.
Senses: examples: text: Those who prioritise scorestreaks are using Nomad’s Rejack ability, which provides a death-defying injection of nanoparticle serum: if an opponent manages to kill you, you can bring yourself back from the dead and continue your current streak.
ref: 2015 August 26, “Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 – five things we learned from the beta test”, in The Guardian:
topics: video-games
glosses: An unbroken streak (continuous series) of scoring, acquired without one's player character being killed.
scorestreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorestreak
ungrabbable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ungrabbable
form: most ungrabbable
Etymology: From un- + grabbable.
Senses: examples: text: Under Armour already tests new products on campus, including a new so-called ungrabbable fabric, using athletes as part of its research-and-design process.
ref: 2015 August 25, Marc Tracy, “Under Armour Seeks to Do for Maryland What Nike Did for Oregon”, in New York Times:
glosses: That cannot be grabbed.
rebarring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebar
rebarred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Supported with steel reinforcing bars.
rebarred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebar
jerkweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jerkweed
cuntbiscuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cuntbiscuit
Shunga
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊŋə/
Etymology: Possibly from Sanskrit शुङ्ग (śuṅga, “fig tree”).
Senses: examples: text: Under Shunga patronage, the core of the Great Stupa, thought to date from the era of the Mauryan emperor Ashoka (r. ca. 273–232 B.C.), was enlarged to its present diameter of 120 feet, covered with a stone casing, topped with a balcony and umbrella, and encircled with a stone railing.
ref: 2000, “Shunga Dynasty (ca. 2nd–1st century B.C.)”, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
glosses: Of or relating to the ancient Indian Shunga Empire that flourished between 187 and 78 B.C.E.
nadsat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: […] Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, narrated by its teenage punk of a protagonist in an argot called nadsat, which is composed (a psychologist in the book explains) of "odd bits of rhyming slang. A bit of gypsy talk, too. But most of its roots are Slav." […] Despite the dazzling tour de force Burgess brings off, l have not included A Clockwork Orange in my discussion for several reasons. First, nadsat is primarily a parody of the exclusiveness and ephemerality of teenage slang: […]
ref: 1974, Style, volume 8, Fayetteville, Ark.: University of Arkansas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 475:
text: Concocted from various sources including rhyming slang, modified Russian and Slavic vocabularies, and a dash of pure invention on Burgess's part, nadsat captivated [David] Bowie, particularly after he had heard it spoken aloud in Stanley Kubrick's celebrated film adaptation. […] Within days of seeing Kubrick's film in January 1972, David had incorporated the nadsat word "droog" (Russian for "friend", and the term given by Alex to his fellow hoodlums) into the lyric of his latest song 'Suffragette City'.
ref: 2016, Nicholas Pegg, “[The Songs from A to Z] Girl Loves Me”, in The Complete David Bowie, new (7th) expanded and updated edition, London: Titan Books, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nadsat.
Nadsat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːdsət/
ipa: /ˈnɑdsət/
Forms: form: Nadsats
form: nadsat
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian -надцать (-nadcatʹ, “-teen”). The word was coined by English author Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) in his 1962 dystopian novel A Clockwork Orange.
Senses: examples: text: […] Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, narrated by its teenage punk of a protagonist in an argot called nadsat, which is composed (a psychologist in the book explains) of "odd bits of rhyming slang. A bit of gypsy talk, too. But most of its roots are Slav." […] Despite the dazzling tour de force Burgess brings off, l have not included A Clockwork Orange in my discussion for several reasons. First, nadsat is primarily a parody of the exclusiveness and ephemerality of teenage slang: […]
ref: 1974, Style, volume 8, Fayetteville, Ark.: University of Arkansas, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 475:
text: The Iraqi Misinformation Minisiter speaks about ACO in Nadsat!
ref: 2003 April 24, Alex Thrawn, “The Iraqi Misinformation Minisiter speaks about ACO in Nadsat!”, in alt.movies.kubrick (Usenet):
text: In order to get a full sense of the effect of Burgess's and [Floriana] Bossi's respective Nadsats, it is necessary to examine a complex narrative unit of source and target texts. This will also enable the reader to appreciate the musicality of the original Nadsat.
ref: 2011, Brigid Maher, “Apples and (Clockwork) Oranges: Intention, Invention and Intervention”, in Recreation and Style: Translating Humorous Literature in Italian and English (Benjamins Translation Library; 90), Amsterdam; Philadelphia, Pa.: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 121:
text: Nadsat has been called many things, such as a constructed language, slang, register, and sociolect. Its definition is not single layered since one could argue in favour of all the cases. In the introduction to the 1996 edition [of A Clockwork Orange], Blake Morrison refers to it as a language: […] However, it can be said that Nadsat is also a register since Alex is capable of speaking standard English when he wants to (with his parents at times, for example) […] Furthermore, Nadsat can also be defined as a 'sociolect' as this term stands for any language spoken by a particular social (sub)group and is based on social, cultural, economic and institutional criteria[…]. Nadsat is spoken (not written) by Alex, his group of friends and by other teenage subgroups; other characters in the novel (the doctors, government officials) use standard English words without Russian transliterations. Moreover, Nadsat can be viewed as slang since its vocabulary and expressions seem to be of inferior value in comparison with standard English.
ref: 2017, Anna Bogic, “Anthony Burgess in French Translation: Still ‘as Queer as a Clockwork Orange’”, in Marc Jeannin, editor, Anthony Burgess and France, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, pages 219–220:
glosses: The Russian-influenced argot used by the teenage protagonists in Anthony Burgess's novel A Clockwork Orange (1962).
wikipedia: Andrew Biswell
Anthony Burgess
Brad Mays
W. W. Norton & Company
endofungal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + fungal.
Senses: examples: text: The ethyl acetate extract of QTYC-45 and sterile QTYC-45 exhibited a difference in retention time of 10.8 min (S3 Fig, peak marked with*), indicating that the compound (10.8 min, peak marked with *) was produced by the endofungal bacteria itself.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Diversity, Bacterial Symbionts and Antibacterial Potential of Gut-Associated Fungi Isolated from the Pantala flavescens Larvae in China”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
qualifier: living
glosses: within a fungus
endosomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + somatic.
Senses: examples: text: Coming to the pharmacokinetic profiles of baicalein, studies from different research group reported that baicalein is an active endosomatic constituent [13 ].
ref: 2015 July 30, “Baicalein, a Bioflavonoid, Prevents Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury by Up-Regulating Antioxidant Defenses and Down-Regulating the MAPKs and NF-κB Pathways”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Within the body of an organism
entopeduncular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ento- + peduncular.
Senses: glosses: Within a peduncle
European ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European ashes
Senses: glosses: The common ash (Fraxinus excelsior), native to most of Europe.
exocarboxypeptidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exocarboxypeptidases
Etymology: From exo- + carboxypeptidase.
Senses: examples: text: All of these results clearly indicated that both DPP-IV and peptidase (s) (at least exocarboxypeptidase M) contributed to the ex vivo instability of two active GLP-1 peptides, similar to the observation of the peptides in their in vivo metabolism [38 ].
ref: 2015 July 30, “Degradation and Stabilization of Peptide Hormones in Human Blood Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An exoenzyme carboxypeptidase
exocarboxypeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The observation that AG36 decreased faster than G36A and AG36-1C (no G36A-1C) in the first 30 minutes (S2 Fig ) demonstrated that the natural amidation on the C-terminal end of G36A prevented the peptide [37 ] from the -1C truncation by C-terminal exocarboxypeptidases.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Degradation and Stabilization of Peptide Hormones in Human Blood Specimens”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of exocarboxypeptidase
helional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The highest score of helional is -12.26kcal/mol and it forms three H-bonds, one salt bridge and one pi-pi interaction (Fig 12 ), which results in the most stable interaction as compared to other ligands.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Computational Approaches for Decoding Select Odorant-Olfactory Receptor Interactions Using Mini-Virtual Screening”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic aldehyde 3-(1,3-benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-methylpropanal that is used commercially as a fragrance
histoscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: histoscores
Etymology: From histo- + score.
Senses: glosses: Any of several histological scores.
histoscores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The differences in the histoscores between two groups were compared using the student T test.
ref: 2015 July 30, “BAI1-Associated Protein 2-Like 1 (BAIAP2L1) Is a Potential Biomarker in Ovarian Cancer”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of histoscore
buncoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bunco
ileocecum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ileoceca
Etymology: From ileo- + cecum.
Senses: examples: text: We demonstrated that OMV-associated PrtV was biologically active by showing altered morphology and detachment of cells when the human ileocecum carcinoma (HCT8) cells were treated with OMVs from the wild type V.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Outer Membrane Vesicle-Mediated Export of Processed PrtV Protease from Vibrio cholerae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The ilium and the cecum
immunoreacted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + reacted.
Senses: examples: text: We initially isolated proteins immunoreacted with Ts4 from the testicular TS extract using immunoprecipitation.
ref: 2015 July 30, “Chemical Characterization of N -Linked Oligosaccharide As the Antigen Epitope Recognized by an Anti-Sperm Auto-Monoclonal Antibody, Ts4”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: reacted immunologically