cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cauterizing stone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊn
Forms: form: cauterizing stones
Senses: examples: text: Bazarov came into his father’s room and asked him if he had a cauterizing stone.
“Yes. What do you want it for?”
“I need it...to burn a cut.”
ref: 1994, Constance Garnet, transl., edited by Elizabeth Cheresh Allen, Fathers and Sons, translation of Отцы и дети (Ottsy i dety) by Ivan Turgenev, published 1862, →ISBN, page 198:
glosses: Lunar caustic; silver nitrate used for cauterizing.
xiaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xiao
Virginia snakeroot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Virginia snakeroots
Senses: glosses: A vine native to the eastern US and historically used as a medicinal herb, Aristolochia serpentaria
Synonyms: serpentary
snagrel
serpentaria
dansos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of danso
upper respiratory tracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upper respiratory tract
little brown jug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little brown jugs
Senses: glosses: A low-growing plant native to the eastern US with inconspicuous green or brown flowers shaped like tiny jugs, Hexastylis arifolia.
glosses: Any of several other plants belonging to the genera Hexastylis or Asarum, all of which have similar flowers.
glosses: The jug-like flower of one of these plants.
third countries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of third country
trainor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trainors
Etymology: Borrowed from Cebuano trainor, itself from English trainer.
Senses: glosses: A person who trains another; a coach, a trainer.
anternet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæntəˌnɛt/
ipa: /ˈæn(t)ɚˌnɛt/
Etymology: Blend of ant + internet
Coined by Balaji Prabhakar, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford University.
Senses: examples: text: Long before researchers invented the Internet, ants invented something kind of like an anternet, and the two networks work pretty much the same way.
ref: 2012, The Ant Internet, IEEE Spectrum
text: 2013, Stanford course explores social networking in the 18th century – and in nature, Stanford News
She and Balaji Prabhakar, a professor of electrical engineering and of computer science, last year published a paper showing that the ants' "anternet" algorithm follows the same rules as the protocols that regulate data traffic congestion on the Internet.
glosses: The means by which ants communicate with each other, analogous to the TCP/IP algorithm that the internet uses to control the flow of data.
soul tie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soul ties
Senses: qualifier: spiritual warfare
glosses: A metaphysical connection between a person and someone or something else, formed by being extremely close to them.
Related terms: soul fragment
Angeles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʔaŋ.hɛ.lɛs/
Etymology: From Spanish Ángeles.
Senses: glosses: An independent city, the largest city in Pampanga, Philippines.
glosses: A river in Puerto Rico.
glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Related terms: Los Angeles
Port Angeles
local times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local time
Quint
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: A nickname for Quinton
Reus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan Reus.
Senses: glosses: A city in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain.
Manresa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Barcelona, Spain.
guest of honor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guests of honor
Senses: glosses: US standard spelling of guest of honour.
Mozillian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mozillians
Etymology: From Mozilla + -ian. Mozilla originated from Mosaic + -zilla. NCSA Mosaic from mosaic.
Senses: examples: text: It's a way for us to allow Mozillians in our community to associate themselves to^([sic]) product, project and technology groups […]
ref: 2011, Aakash Desai, “Re: Mozillians and "Groups"”, in mozilla.mozillians (Usenet):
text: In addition to new products and initiatives, we've worked hard this year to get programs and infrastructure in place that support Mozillians.
ref: 2012, Jono Bacon, The Art of Community: Building the New Age of Participation, page 512:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A member or supporter of Mozilla, a community that develops and supports free software.
wikipedia: en:Mozilla
en:NCSA Mosaic
Mozillians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mozillian
Enoesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Enoesque
form: most Enoesque
Etymology: From Eno + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the work of Brian Eno (born 1948), English musician best known for his pioneering work in electronic and ambient music.
videocard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videocards
Senses: examples: text: The videocard is responsible for drawing every polygon, texture, and particle effect in every game you play.
ref: 2004, Will Smith, Maximum PC Guide to Building a Dream PC, page 97:
text: DirectX 10 promises an almost obscene step up in the level of eye candy you can expect from an A-list game, which is the great news. The bad news is, you'll need a new videocard to get those gorgeous graphics.
ref: 2007, Maximum PC, number Winter, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of video card.
illiterally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more illiterally
form: most illiterally
Etymology: From illiteral + -ly. Attested since the 18th century.
Senses: glosses: In an illiteral manner.
videocards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videocard
dorsiflexional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dorsiflexion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to dorsiflexion.
acmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From acme + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus dance, frenzy and symbol at the acmic point of ritual.
ref: 1975, Femi Osofisan, The Nostalgic Drum: Essays on Literature, Drama and Culture, page 75:
glosses: peak
bathylimnetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbæθiˈlɪmnɛtɪk/
Etymology: From bathy- + limnetic.
Senses: glosses: Living in the depths of a lake or marsh.
Related terms: bathylimnion
chaordic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of chaotic and ordered + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Partially chaotic and partially ordered
qualifier: Of a system; process or organization; Of a system; process or organization
glosses: Governed by or intentionally organized around a blend of chaotic and ordered elements or influences.
cleidoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /klaɪˈˈdoʊ.ɪk/
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Enclosed in a protective shell that limits the interchange of fluids
raw_tags: of an egg
dexiotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the form of a right-handed spiral
Derived terms: dexiotropically
empaestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more empaestic
form: most empaestic
form: empaistic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐμπαιστικός (empaistikós, “embossed”), from ἐμπαίω (empaíō), from παίω (paíō, “strike”).
Senses: examples: text: Semper called attention to the empaestic character of the reliefs, and his remarks have often been repeated.
ref: 1897, “Two Reliefs from Assos”, in American journal of archaeology, page 512:
text: The empaestic pictures of the Jews in the minds of those who dislike them are seldom devoid of any grain of truth: yet such images are always falsifications of the truth.
ref: 1949, Jewish Affairs, volume 4, page 11:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Embossed, especially of Ancient Greek art.
clidomancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cleidomancy.
trapezocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Neologism, from Greek τράπεζα (trápeza, bank) + -cracy. Attested in 2011 in the writings of Yanis Varoufakis. Saw increasing Internet usage during and after the Occupy Wall Street protests.
Senses: examples: text: Hope may not, currently, shine brightly. The light on the hill may be dim, imperceptible. But if there is a light, it comes from the original idea of democracy as the only possible antidote to trapezocracy and to the calamities that it has in store for us.
ref: 2011, Y. Varoufakis, J. Halevi, N. Theocarakis, Modern Political Economics: Making Sense of the Post-2008 World, Routledge:
topics: government
politics
glosses: political domination by banks; bankocracy.
enphytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, en- + phyt(o)- + -otic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: word: epiphytotic#Adjective
word: panphytotic#Adjective
word: ;
english: nonhuman animals
translation: nonhuman animals
word: enzootic#Adjective
word: epizootic#Adjective
word: panzootic#Adjective
english: humans
translation: humans
word: ;
word: endemic#Adjective
word: epidemic#Adjective
word: pandemic#Adjective
glosses: That is present constantly from year to year without causing extensive damage.
raw_tags: of a plant disease
enphytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enphytotics
Etymology: By surface analysis, en- + phyt(o)- + -otic.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: word: epiphytotic#Noun
word: ;
english: nonhuman animals
translation: nonhuman animals
word: enzootic#Noun
word: epizootic#Noun
word: panzootic#Noun
english: humans
translation: humans
word: ;
word: endemic#Noun
word: epidemic#Noun
word: pandemic#Noun
glosses: A disease that is consistently prevalent in a population of plants in a limited region, season, or climate.
raw_tags: of a plant disease
epaenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more epaenetic
form: most epaenetic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of epænetic.
guanylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From guanyl + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to guanylic acid (guanosine monophosphate) or its derivatives.
Derived terms: deoxyguanylic
guanylate
guanylyl
Irish setters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irish setter
navel string
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navel strings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of navel-string.
adhesionolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adhesion + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: examples: text: For cardiac surgeons, two weeks may not be a usual time frame for a reoperation that results in significant difficulties with adhesionolysis in cardiac surgery patients.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Effect of Temperature-Sensitive Poloxamer Solution/Gel Material on Pericardial Adhesion Prevention: Supine Rabbit Model Study Mimicking Cardiac Surgery”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of adhesiolysis.
antimyeloperoxidase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + myeloperoxidase.
Senses: examples: text: To develop an animal model for antimyeloperoxidase (MPO)-associated necrotizing crescentic glomerulonephritis (NCGN), we immunized Brown Norway rats with MPO and localized a neutrophil lysosomal enzyme extract, primarily consisting of MPO and elastinolytic enzymes, plus H₂O₂, the substrate of MPO, to the glomerular basement membrane (GBM).
ref: 1993 April, Elisabeth Brouwer, “Antimyeloperoxidase-associated proliferative glomerulonephritis: an animal model”, in Journal of Experimental Medicine, volume 177, number 4, page 905:
text: They were then incubated with the first antibodies: rabbit antimyeloperoxidase antibodies (1:200, RB-373; Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, Massachusetts) for neutrophil staining, rat antimouse Mac-3 antibodies (1:500; BioLegend, San Diego, California) for macrophage staining, rabbit anti-CD3 polyclonal antibodies (1:100; ab5690, Abcam, Cambridgeshire, UK) and rat anti-CD19 monoclonal antibodies (1:500; ab25232, Abcam, Cambridgeshire, UK) for lymphocyte staining.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Mechanical Stimulation by Postnasal Drip Evokes Cough”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: That counters the affects of myeloperoxidase.
archaeocete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archaeocetes
Senses: examples: text: Our estimates further show that the most recent common ancestor of extant Osedax appeared during the Late Cretaceous (ca. 74.8 Ma), indicating that the radiation of Osedax would be concomitant with the occurrence of large marine reptiles and teleost fishes in the oceans [56, 57 ] rather than with the origin and radiation of large archaeocete cetaceans during the Eocene (ca. 50 Ma; [58 ]).
ref: 2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any extinct cetacean of the parvorder Archaeoceti
upwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upwind
upwound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upwind
day schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day school
Norvicensian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Norvicensians
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: A pupil or alumnus of Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School), a selective English independent day school in Norwich, England.
Norvicensians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Norvicensian
basoflagellomere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basoflagellomeres
Etymology: From baso- + flagellomere.
Senses: examples: text: Face silvery white pollinose; antenna extensively dark, from all black in most males to basoflagellomere more than 2/3r dark brown in females and some males; […]
ref: 1990, F. Christian Thompson, “Two immigrant synanthropic flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) new to North America”, in Entomological News, volume 101, number 2, page 69:
text: For instance, the basoflagellomere varies from being yellow to being blackish; the pile on T3 may or may be all black or black with orange pile anteriorly.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A basal flagellomere.
mass spectrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mass spectrometer
omegatron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.mɪ.ɡəˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /oʊˈmeɪ.ɡəˌtɹɑn/
ipa: /-ˈmɛɡ.əˌ-/
Forms: form: omegatrons
Etymology: From omega + -tron.
Senses: glosses: A kind of mass spectrometer using the principles of cyclotron acceleration.
omegatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omegatron
bimetallics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimetallic
spectrotron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɛk.tɹəˌtɹɒn/
ipa: /ˈspɛk.tɹəˌtɹɑn/
Forms: form: spectrotrons
Etymology: From spectro- + -tron.
Senses: glosses: A frequency-harmonic element with many stable states.
spectrotrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrotron
binucleolated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + nucleolated.
Senses: examples: text: Epidermal cells contained a large, elongated and binucleolated nucleus surrounded by abundant rough endoplasmic reticulum, and granular inclusions intermingled (Fig 4A and 4B ).
ref: 2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having two nucleoli
cofferfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofferfishes
form: cofferfish
Etymology: From coffer + fish.
Senses: glosses: boxfish
cofferfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cofferfish
biosourced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + sourced.
Senses: examples: text: Glycerol, a byproduct in biodiesel production, is one of the most widely available biosourced chemicals, making it an attractive target of investigations.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Catalytic Gas-Phase Glycerol Processing over SiO 2 -, Cu-, Ni- and Fe- Supported Au Nanoparticles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having a biological or biochemical source
biotoxicosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biotoxicoses
Etymology: From bio- + toxicosis.
Senses: examples: text: Ten disease categories were used: infectious disease, which was sub-divided into viruses, bacteria, fungi, helminthes, and protozoa; non-infectious disease, which was sub-divided into neoplasia, biotoxicosis, and congenital/metabolic; and trauma, which was sub-divided into anthropogenic (such as entanglement or ship strike) and non-anthropogenic/unknown source (such as shark bite).
ref: 2015 November 19, “A Systematic Review of Changes in Marine Mammal Health in North America, 1972-2012: The Need for a Novel Integrated Approach”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: toxicosis due to a biotoxin
biotoxicoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biotoxicosis
basoflagellomeres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basoflagellomere
calmidazolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In contrast, LaCl 3 and calmidazolium markedly suppressed the GA-induced increase in NADPH oxidase activity.
ref: 2015 November 19, “A Role for Reactive Oxygen Species Produced by NADPH Oxidases in the Embryo and Aleurone Cells in Barley Seed Germination”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chloroaromatic imidazolium 1-[bis(4-chlorophenyl)methyl]-3-[2,4-dichloro-β-(2,4-dichlorobenzyloxy)phenethyl]imidazolium that blocks calcium channels in smooth muscle cells
baby beefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby beef
baby beeves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby beef
chemoorganoheterotrophic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chemo- + organo- + hetero- + -trophic.
Senses: examples: text: These microorganisms, horizontally transmitted, are chemoorganoheterotrophic bacteria housed in bacteriocytes within the roots that degrade the organic compounds sequestered in the bone.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Bone-Eating Worms Spread: Insights into Shallow-Water Osedax (Annelida, Siboglinidae) from Antarctic, Subantarctic, and Mediterranean Waters”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That employs organic compounds as an external source of energy.
Related terms: chemoorganoheterotroph
chemoorganoheterotrophy
clactonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Edge damage and single clactonian notch: 6.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 – 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of Clactonian.
aflop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈflɒp/
Etymology: From a- + flop.
Senses: examples: text: He was tall, about 50 years old, with salt-and-pepper hair all aflop.
ref: 2010, James Y. Bartlett, Death in a Green Jacket, page 31:
glosses: floppy
Clactonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /klækˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /klækˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Clacton + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Clacton (especially from Clacton-on-Sea)
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Belonging or relating to a class of ancient tools fashioned from flakes chipped off flint cores.
Clactonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klækˈtəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /klækˈtoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Clactonians
Etymology: From Clacton + -ian.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: One of the ancient people who fashioned Clactonian tools.
Clacton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæk.tən/
rhymes: -æktən
Senses: examples: text: Altogether about 1,000 teenagers poured into Clacton, which is on England's Essex coast 70 miles from London.
ref: 1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Ellipsis of Clacton-on-Sea.
Clactonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clactonian
Clacton-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and coastal resort in Tendring district, Essex, England. (OS grid ref TM1715).
depectinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + pectin + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: One study showed that depectinization, clarification, and filtration using a rotary vacuum pre-coat filter was found to be more effective than using ultrafiltration for the removal of patulin from apple juice [26 ].
ref: 2015 November 19, “Identification of Key Factors Involved in the Biosorption of Patulin by Inactivated Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The removal of pectin
retriggerings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retriggering
eleostearic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Enzymes from the DGAT2 family are major actors in various plants accumulating unusual fatty acids (FAs), such as eleostearic acid in Tung tree (Vernicia fordii) [11 ] or ricinoleic acid in Castor bean (Ricinus communis) [21 ].
ref: 2015 November 19, “Molecular Characterization of the Elaeis guineensis Medium-Chain Fatty Acid Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase DGAT1-1 by Heterologous Expression in Yarrowia lipolytica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to an eleostearic acid or its derivatives
eleostearic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eleostearic acids
form: elaeostearic acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: elaeomargaric acid
glosses: Either of two isomers of octadecatrienoic acid.
written in someone's face
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of written all over someone's face.
whrrr
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of whrr.
whrr
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: whrrr
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A whirring sound.
reradicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɹædɪkəlaɪz/
Forms: form: reradicalizes
form: reradicalizing
form: reradicalized
form: reradicalized
Etymology: From re- + radicalize.
Senses: glosses: To radicalize again.
reradicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reradicalize
reradicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reradicalize
reradicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reradicalize
reradicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + radicalization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of reradicalizing.
endodomain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endodomains
Etymology: From endo- + domain.
Senses: examples: text: More than half of the residue pairs, 44 out of 76, are located in the endodomain of gp41 with 7 pairs coevolving between residues located in the highly immunogenic region, known as the Kennedy epitope.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Coevolution Analysis of HIV-1 Envelope Glycoprotein Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: An internal, or an end domain of a gene or other structure
unfleshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfleshy
form: most unfleshy
Etymology: From un- + fleshy.
Senses: glosses: Not fleshy.
endozoochorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endo- + zoochorous.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, anemochorous (seed dispersal by wind) and ectozoochorous (external transport of seeds by animals, in their fur for example) processes would be more likely to determine the patterns of species distribution than endozoochorous processes in the future ecosystems invaded by D.
ref: 2015 November 19, “The Wide Potential Trophic Niche of the Asiatic Fruit Fly Drosophila suzukii : The Key of Its Invasion Success in Temperate Europe?”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to dispersal of seeds via ingestion by animals
Derived terms: endozoochorously
euryoecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὐρύς (eurús, “wide”) + Ancient Greek οἰκέω (oikéō, “to dwell”). By surface analysis, eury- + -oecious.
Senses: examples: text: […] be stenoecious for that factor, while those with a large amplitude are designated euryoecious. […] Euryoecious species, by contrast, do not reflect the character of their habitat in regard to the variable for which they have a broad range.
ref: 1971, Martin Alexander, Microbial Ecology, page 135:
text: Both clades appear to harbor widespread euryoecious species.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Global Habitat Suitability and Ecological Niche Separation in the Phylum Placozoa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: euryokous
glosses: Able to live in variable habitats or conditions.
femorotibialis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, the comparatively reduced femoral trochanter and patella of UNSM 20030 would limit the area available for the attachment of several muscles (i.e., the lateral and medial obturatorius, medial and cranial iliotrochantericus, medial femorotibialis, and medial gastrocnemius) crucial to orienting the hindlimb for the power stroke and providing propulsive force during diving, thus possibly limiting the speed of Fumicollis hoffmani.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The femorotibial joint
frontalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontalizations
Etymology: From frontal + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Differences in topography (i.e., frontalization) between groups were also observed.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Deficient Event-Related Theta Oscillations in Individuals at Risk for Alcoholism: A Study of Reward Processing and Impulsivity Features”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Movement towards the front
glosses: Modification of an image of a face to show a frontal view
Related terms: frontalize
gynostemiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynostemium
hesperornithiform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hesperornithiforms
Senses: examples: text: Flight loss among marine divers started in the Cretaceous, among the hesperornithiforms and perhaps separately in the baptornithids.
ref: 2002, Gregory S. Paul, Dinosaurs of the Air, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 151:
text: This study presents a new taxon of hesperornithiform from the Smoky Hill Member, Fumicollis hoffmani, the holotype of which is among the more complete hesperornithiform skeletons.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: Comprehensive studies of hesperornithiforms show how some of these birds independently evolved large sizes (at least twice) during their long evolutionary history.
ref: 2016, Luis M. Chiappe, Meng Qingjin, Birds of Stone, Johns Hopkins University Press, page 238:
glosses: Any of the clade †Hesperornithes of extinct toothed birds.
Ulsterisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ulster + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: The first indication of the Ulsterisation policy came in April 1974 when the new Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Merlyn Rees, announced that he intended to restore 'the full responsibility of law and order to the police'.
ref: 1987, John Darby, Northern Ireland: the background to the conflict, Syracuse Univ Pr, →ISBN:
glosses: The devolution of security and policing to Northern Irish forces such as the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
glosses: The devolution of security and policing to local forces in any area with an active insurgency.
examples: text: Suarez told the Carter administration that 'Ulsterisation' of the Basque problem would present a serious threat to Spain's precarious democratic regime.
ref: 1978, Jane's Information Group, Foreign Report:
text: India being also at the forefront of the anti-colonial battle in the world, any official recognition of territorial limits for a would-be Pakistan on Indian territory could have led to the Ulsterisation of India.
ref: 2012, Jean-Jacques Chardin, The Déjà-vu and the Authentic: Reprise, Recycling, Recuperating in Anglophone Literature and Culture, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, →ISBN, page 170:
ref: 2016 May 9, David Torrance, “The Ulsterisation of Scottish politics is complete”, in The Herald:
glosses: The rise of nationalism in a region, and consequent rejection of traditional left/right politics in favour of nationalist/unionist politics.
hesperornithiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The identification of Fumicollis highlights once again the significant diversity of hesperornithiforms that existed in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of hesperornithiform
indubiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more indubiously
form: most indubiously
Etymology: From indubious + -ly. Attested since the 17th century.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of without a doubt.
synonyms: word: without a doubt
hypandrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypandria
Senses: examples: text: We also use the term, aedeagal hood, to refer to a morphologically variable structure at the apex of the hypandrium, a position shared with the hook-like, superior lobes which are dorsal relative to aedeagal hood (Fig 2 ).
ref: 2015 November 19, “Neotropical Copestylum Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) Breeding in Fruits and Flowers, Including 7 New Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A plate, formed from fused coxites, covering the genitalia of a male insect
Derived terms: hypandrial
hypandria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypandrium
antimicrowave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimicrowave
form: most antimicrowave
Etymology: From anti- + microwave.
Senses: examples: text: You can find plenty of antimicrowave literature from the same electromagnetic-field-paranoia industry that fuels worries about cell phones or power lines causing cancer, despite all available evidence to the contrary.
ref: 2012, Ken Jennings, Because I Said So!:
text: To reheat, I usually just heat them up in the microwave for about 2 minutes, wrapped in a paper towel, but if you are antimicrowave, try thawing them in the refrigerator overnight and then heating them, either in a steamer for about 15 minutes, or, like they do in Mexico, on a griddle […]
ref: 2013, Joni Marie Newman, Fusion Food in the Vegan Kitchen:
glosses: Opposing the use of microwave ovens.
hyperprolific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + prolific.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, it has been shown that expression of SPP1 is higher in the uterine endometrium of the Meishan pig, a highly prolific pig breed, than in the hyperprolific Large White breed, suggesting the association of SPP1 with placental efficiency during pregnancy [47 ].
ref: 2015 November 19, “Analysis of Stage-Specific Gene Expression Profiles in the Uterine Endometrium during Pregnancy in Pigs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: More than usually prolific
iliotrochantericus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For example, the comparatively reduced femoral trochanter and patella of UNSM 20030 would limit the area available for the attachment of several muscles (i.e., the lateral and medial obturatorius, medial and cranial iliotrochantericus, medial femorotibialis, and medial gastrocnemius) crucial to orienting the hindlimb for the power stroke and providing propulsive force during diving [12 ], thus possibly limiting the speed of Fumicollis hoffmani.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Identification of a New Hesperornithiform from the Cretaceous Niobrara Chalk and Implications for Ecologic Diversity among Early Diving Birds”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A muscle, associated with the ilium and the trochanter, in the pelvis of birds
interpleural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Etymology: From inter- + pleural.
Senses: examples: text: However, in their experiments, mice were anethetized and changes in interpleural pressure following mechanical stimulation were recorded to detect cough [10 ].
ref: 2015 November 19, “Mechanical Stimulation by Postnasal Drip Evokes Cough”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between layers of the pleura
waaambulance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wambulance.
waambulance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wambulance.
intertragal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + tragal.
Senses: examples: text: In a third control group, we left everything intact except for a surgical slit at the intertragal notch, which we use in all groups to better visualize the eardrum during cochlear function tests.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Chronic Conductive Hearing Loss Leads to Cochlear Degeneration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Between parts of the tragus
Nicey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, diminutive of Eunice.
Related terms: nicey-nicey
intrastranded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + stranded.
Senses: examples: text: Presumably, it correlates with different geometry of DNA and RNA duplexes and in consequence different hydrogen bonds and base stacking interactions including inter- and intrastranded interactions.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Structural Aspects of the Antiparallel and Parallel Duplexes Formed by DNA, 2’-O-Methyl RNA and RNA Oligonucleotides”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: intrastrand
isobolography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The isobolography is a very precise and rigorous pharmacodynamic method to determine the type of interactions between active agents, which exhibit a broad range of concentrations.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Assessment of Interactions between Cisplatin and Two Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors in MCF7, T47D and MDA-MB-231 Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines – An Isobolographic Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The production of isobolograms
superhorny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superhorny
form: most superhorny
Etymology: From super- + horny.
Senses: examples: text: Shock Box was the skankiest bar in Hasted, complete with a cheesy jukebox, cheap pints, and a sweaty club in the basement that seethed every weekend with a superhorny boarding-school crowd.
ref: 2011, Kate Kingsley, Kiss & Break Up, page 201:
text: “And speaking of brazen hussy, I'm down with creating some wannabe superhorny teenage memories right here and now. Interested?”
A deep, searing kiss was the answer. Interested.
ref: 2015, Alice Clayton, Nuts:
glosses: Very horny; extremely sexually aroused.
isobolographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From isobolographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of isobolography.
macrovesicles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pan et al. found that overexpressed miR-130b in HeLa-229 cells can be packaged into macrovesicles and shuttled into recipient primary cultured porcine adipocytes to reduce fat deposition by suppressing its target gene PPAR-α, involving in regulation of fat deposition[48 ].
ref: 2015 November 19, “MiR130b-Regulation of PPARγ Coactivator- 1α Suppresses Fat Metabolism in Goat Mammary Epithelial Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of macrovesicle
membranogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From membrano- + -genesis.
Senses: examples: text: These molecules are involved in the process of embryo implantation, membranogenesis, placentation, organogenesis and endometrial remodeling.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Analysis of Stage-Specific Gene Expression Profiles in the Uterine Endometrium during Pregnancy in Pigs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The production of a membrane
Related terms: membranogenic
microflake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microflakes
Etymology: From micro- + flake.
Senses: glosses: A very small flake
microflakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The ochre processing Toolkit 1, discovered in layer CP, is composed of a Haliotis midae (abalone) shell used as a container for storing and mixing a pigmented red ochre compound that is a mixture of ochre, bone, charcoal, quartz and quartzite microflakes and quartz grains.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Techno-Cultural Characterization of the MIS 5 (c. 105 – 90 Ka) Lithic Industries at Blombos Cave, Southern Cape, South Africa”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of microflake
unhorny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhorny
form: most unhorny
Etymology: From un- + horny.
Senses: examples: text: I close my eyes again, this time trying to get unhorny. It's probably going to take quite a bit of work.
ref: 2022, Keith Guthmiller, Pandemia, →ISBN:
glosses: Not horny; not sexually aroused or arousing.
micromorphologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + morphologic.
Senses: examples: text: Geological coring and trenching was opportunistic across the sites to open additional sediments for OSL dating and sediment sampling for micromorphologic, magnetic and other stratigraphic analyses.
ref: 2015 November 19, “New Archaeological Evidence for an Early Human Presence at Monte Verde, Chile”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: micromorphological
ultra-horny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultra-horny
form: most ultra-horny
Etymology: From ultra- + horny.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally horny.
mitogynogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In teleosts, double haploids (DHs) induced by mitogynogenesis are often sterile.
ref: 2015 November 19, “Gonadal Transcriptome Analysis in Sterile Double Haploid Japanese Flounder”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A form of gynogenesis in which the first cleavage of the embryo is inhibited
Related terms: mitogynogenetic
Oribe ware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oribe wares
Etymology: Named after the daimyo Furuta Oribe (1544–1615), though his contribution is disputed.
Senses: glosses: Japanese pottery made with a green copper glaze and bold painted designs.
wikipedia: Furuta Oribe
Oribe wares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Oribe ware
orientating responses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orientating response
cocktail music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Typically played in cocktail bars.
Senses: examples: text: […] now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music and the opera of voices pitches a key higher.
ref: 1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: lounge music
degunkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degunker
dashtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dashtop
albumblatt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈælbəmˌblæt/
/ˈɑːlbəmˌblɑːt/
Forms: form: albumblatts
form: albumblatter
Etymology: From German Albumblatt (“album leaf”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A short instrumental composition, usually performed on the piano and light in character.
long fingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long finger
uberchic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uberchic
form: most uberchic
Etymology: From uber- + chic.
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, over the hill in Noe Valley, megastrollers brake for bakeries and boutiques, and lesbians load up on uberchic footwear and baby togs.
ref: 2010, Alison Bing, John A. Vlahides, Lonely Planet San Francisco City Guide, page 56:
text: The 195 rooms in two buildings are a rock-star world of cream leather, mirrors, silver-and-blue motifs and, in the uberchic Flava lounge bar-cum-restaurant, a white tiger (with blue stripes).
ref: 2010, Andrew Burke, Celeste Brash, Austin Bush, Thailand's Islands and Beaches, page 99:
glosses: Highly fashionable.
spells off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spell off
uberized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uberize
make the angels blush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes the angels blush
form: making the angels blush
form: made the angels blush
form: made the angels blush
Senses: examples: text: The things you say, Jake McCullough, I swear, you'd make the angels blush!
ref: 2000, Charlotte Simms, Silver Caress:
text: I got a big lump of cash up front and a lifetime of alimony checks that would make the angels blush.
ref: 2012, Diane Fanning, Bite the Moon:
glosses: To cause great embarrassment.
uberizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uberize
unrandy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrandy
form: most unrandy
Etymology: From un- + randy.
Senses: examples: text: Certain unrandy Pacific salmon are said never to return back up their birth rivers, but instead prefer to live out their cautious careers in unsexual but less demanding bachelorhood or spinsterhood.
ref: 1970, Herbert Eliot French, Of rivers and the sea, page 189:
glosses: Not randy.
pathological science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathological sciences
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A scientific pursuit in which the scientific method has been abandoned in favor of interpretations which conform to the desire of the observer.
pathological sciences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pathological science
paint shaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paint shakers
Senses: glosses: A machine that vigorously shakes a can of paint in order to blend different colors.
paint shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paint shop
painted turtles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of painted turtle
executive toy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: executive toys
Senses: glosses: Any small recreational novelty item, such as a pinscreen or Newton's cradle, kept on an employee's desk in an office for the purpose of stimulating creativity or relieving stress.
executive toys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of executive toy
sealpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sealpoints
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seal point.
sealpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sealpoint
seal points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seal point
chocolate point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate points
Senses: glosses: A colourpoint cat with dark brown markings.
chocolate points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chocolate point
lilac point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lilac points
Senses: glosses: A colourpoint cat with pale brown markings, not as dark as chocolate point.
lilac points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lilac point
paint shakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paint shaker
countdowning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countdown
countdowned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countdown
sodium-potassium pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The enzyme sodium-potassium adenosine triphosphatase, found in the plasma membrane of all animal cells, that pumps sodium out of cells while pumping potassium into cells.
cold days in Hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cold day in Hell
cuts above
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cut above
lives of their own
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of a life of its own
Gen-Xers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gen-Xer
p-hacking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: P-hacking
Etymology: Blend of p-value + hacking, from "p" for probability. Coined by researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, in 2014.
Senses: examples: text: Cherry-picking promising findings, also known by such terms as data dredging, significance chasing, significance questing, selective inference, and “p-hacking,” leads to a spurious excess of statistically significant results in the published literature and should be vigorously avoided.
ref: [2016, Ronald L. Wasserstein, Nicole A. Lazar, “The ASA Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose”, in The American Statistician, volume 70, number 2, →DOI:
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
synonyms: data dredging
data snooping
glosses: The practice of reanalysis of data until a desired result is obtained which is statistically significant.
Related terms: hacking
p
probability
p-value
p-hacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: P-hacking
Etymology: Blend of p-value + hacking, from "p" for probability. Coined by researchers Uri Simonsohn, Leif D. Nelson, and Joseph P. Simmons, in 2014.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of p-hack
TE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TEs
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of transporter-erector.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: jumping gene
transposon
glosses: Initialism of transposable element.
LOQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOQs
form: LoQ
Senses: examples: text: Therefore LOD and LOQ evaluation is only necessary for water.
ref: 2003, Paul De Bièvre, Helmut Günzler, Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis, →ISBN, page 253:
text: For this reason, many regulatory agencies define another limit, the limit of quantitation (LOQ), which is higher than the LOD and should have better precision.
ref: 2004, James W. Robinson, Eileen M. Skelly Frame, George M. Frame II, Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis, →ISBN, page 59:
text: It is generally accepted that the LOQ is linked to method performance expectations including accuracy and precision.
ref: 2005, Jack Cazes, Encyclopedia of Chromatography - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 1448:
text: The required precision for the LOQ is determined (usually = 10%), and for this value the concentration equal to the LOQ is read on the graph.
ref: 2016, Piotr Konieczka, Jacek Namiesnik, Quality Assurance and Quality Control in the Analytical Chemical Laboratory, →ISBN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Limit of quantification (or limit of quantitation); the lowest concentration of a substance that can be accurately measured under specified experimental. conditions.
LOQs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LOQ