cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reactive minds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reactive mind
doingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doing + -ness.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The state of doing something; action.
Related terms: beingness
car chases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car chase
preconvictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preconviction
wildberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildberries
Etymology: From wild + berry.
Senses: examples: text: wildberry flavor (Popsicle Water Ice)
ref: 1992, Corinne T. Netzer, The Corinne T. Netzer 1992 Calorie Counter, page 72:
text: Spoon 2 tablespoons of the wildberry gelatin mixture into each of the cups of orange gelatin mixture.
ref: 2003, W. Park Kerr, Viva Margarita, page 31:
text: Wildberry Smoothie Large, 24 fl. oz.
ref: 2009, Alex A. Lluch, The Complete Calorie Fat & Carb Counter, page 53:
glosses: A combination of wild cherries and strawberries, raspberries, blackberries or other berries. Used in ice cream and other food products, as well as in cosmetics.
examples: text: An estimation of the wildberry crop surplus due to bees' pollination is very difficult.
ref: 1969, International Apicultural Congress, page 434:
text: You've never picked wildberries there, have you?
ref: 1992, Vera Morris, Hansel and Gretel, page 9:
text: suitability interpretations for understory plant communities: high wildberry abundance, moderate willow abundance and high cottonwood abundance
ref: 1998, Kenai River Crossing: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1, page 58:
text: In the case of wildberries, we estimated for each secondary sampling unit the total biomass of edible ripened fruits.
ref: 2002, Écoscience, page 47:
glosses: Any undomesticated species of berry that is found in the wild, often one that is edible and cultivated on a small scale; a wild berry. Wildberries tend to be smaller than the related domesticated varieties.
Hyponyms: sense: mixture of berries
word: triple berry
Related terms: bumbleberry
razzleberry
Native American giver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Native American givers
Etymology: Modern adaptation of Indian giver, making ironic use of the more acceptable term Native American.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Indian giver.
synonyms: word: Indian giver
wardless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ward + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a ward.
framing devices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of framing device
pave the road to hell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paves the road to hell
form: paving the road to hell
form: paved the road to hell
form: paved the road to hell
Etymology: From the proverb the road to hell is paved with good intentions.
Senses: examples: text: In the other direction, treatments that were decried in their time as paving the road to hell, including vaccination, transfusions, anesthesia, artificial insemination, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilization, have become unexceptional boons to human well-being.
ref: 2015, Steven Pinker, “The moral imperative for bioethics”, in The Boston Globe:
glosses: To lead to a disaster by acting with good intentions.
activist investor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: activist investors
Senses: glosses: a person or a group purchasing and using an equity stake in a publicly traded corporation to put public pressure on its management, with the goal of effecting a change
fuglers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fugler
echolalics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echolalic
cymserine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A drug related to physostigmine.
yuremamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A phytoindole alkaloid isolated from the bark of Mimosa tenuiflora.
psychotridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid, found in some species of Psychotria, with analgesic effects.
eseroline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An opioid agonist drug that is a metabolite of physostigmine.
hodgkinsine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hodgkins + -ine.
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid found in plants of the Psychotria genus, and others, with antiviral, antibacterial and antifungal effects.
phytoindoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phytoindole
radicivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin rādīx (“root”) + -vorous.
Senses: examples: text: Of these, many are radicivorous, but they are easily distinguished from the Hepialideous larvae […]
ref: 1843, Henry Noel Humphreys, John Obadiah Westwood, British moths and their transformations, arranged in a ser. of […] , volume 1:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: That feeds on plant roots.
revolutionarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From revolutionary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: When Kasabian look revolutionarily outré next to your band, you know you have to branch out.
ref: 2009 October 4, Miranda Sawyer, “Miranda Sawyer: Sounding Off”, in Guardian:
glosses: In a revolutionary manner
FODMAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɑd.mæp/
ipa: /ˈfɒd.mæp/
Forms: form: FODMAPs
Senses: examples: text: Although there may be a small subset of non-coeliacs who react to gluten through some as yet undiscovered pathway, he believes that for the vast majority, reducing the fodmap content of their diet could go a long way to easing their symptoms.
ref: 2015 August 16, Linda Geddes, “Leave it out: are food intolerances fact or fad?”, in The Observer:
text: The doctor says to avoid cruciferous vegetables and download a low-FODMAP diet app (FODMAP stands for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols).
ref: 2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
text: Most bread in the United States is fermented much faster — for just an hour or two — leaving more gluten and FODMAPs that can cause symptoms.
ref: 2025 July 24, Alice Callahan, “Is the Bread in Europe Better for You?”, in The New York Times:
topics: gastroenterology
medicine
sciences
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Acronym of fermentable oligosaccharide(s), disaccharide(s), monosaccharide(s), and polyol(s).
manseng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mansengs
Senses: examples: text: But gros manseng’s sibling, petit manseng, is the real star, adding still more depth and intensity of tropical fruit to a wine such as Château de Cabidos Petit Manseng Sec Cuvée Comte Philippe 2009 (£15.95, South Downs Cellars ).
ref: 2015 August 16, David Williams, “Wines from the southwest of France”, in The Observer:
glosses: Any of several grape varieties and associated wines from southwest France
mansengs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The two mansengs are also found in Producteurs Plaimont’s dessert wine Saint Albert Pacherenc du Vic Bilh 2011 (£14.26, 37.5cl, Corney & Barrow ), while petit manseng joins petit corbu for the mineral white from Alain Brumont’s Bouscassé.
ref: 2015 August 16, David Williams, “Wines from the southwest of France”, in The Observer:
glosses: plural of manseng
apronitin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Preliminary studies utilizing Platelet-Rich-Plasma (PRP) [ 26 ], anakinra (an interleukin-1 antagonist) [ 26 ] or apronitin (a MMP-inhibitor) [ 28 ] have produced encouraging results, suggesting that substances targeting IL-1β or inhibiting MMPs may be useful.
ref: 2015 July 9, Catherine Baugé et al., “TOL19-001 reduces inflammation and MMP expression in monolayer cultures of tendon cells”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antifibrinolytic trypsin inhibitor
batticon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The surgical area was painted with batticon.
ref: 2015 July 8, Bilgehan Erkut, Oruc Alper Onk, “Effect of N-acetylcysteine and allopurinol combination to protect spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury induced by aortic cross-clamping in rat model”, in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: iodine suspended in povidone solution
buccolabial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪbiəl
ipa: /ˌbʌkoʊˈleɪbil̩/
Etymology: From bucco- + labial.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, consistent with our neurofilament staining, at later embryonic (E13.5 and E14.5) and early postnatal (P0) stages, the zygomatic, temporal, superior buccolabial, inferior buccolabial and marginal mandibular nerve branches of the facial (VII) nerve were observed in controls (Figure 3 e, g, i) and appeared truncated or absent in Nestin - Cre; Shox2 flox/ − mutant animals (Figure 3 f, h, j; arrows).
ref: 2015 July 9, Jessica M Rosin, Deborah M Kurrasch, John Cobb, “Shox2 is required for the proper development of the facial motor nucleus and the establishment of the facial nerves”, in BMC Neuroscience, volume 16, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the cheek and the lip.
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to buccal (inner cheek) and labial (inner lip) surfaces, as:
In a location on the buccal and labial aspect (of a tooth or its socket).
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to buccal (inner cheek) and labial (inner lip) surfaces, as:
In a direction with buccal and labial vectors.
Related terms: buccoapical
buccocervical
buccogingival
buccolingual
buccopalatal
cephalography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cephalo- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: The methods most often used in the past have included photography and two-dimensional lateral cephalography.
ref: 2015 July 9, Andreas F. Hellak et al., “Influence of maxillary advancement surgery on skeletal and soft-tissue changes in the nose — a retrospective cone-beam computed tomography study”, in Head & Face Medicine, volume 11, →DOI:
glosses: radiography of the head
Related terms: cephalograph
cephalographic
cephalogram
cheilognathouranoschisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheilognathouranoschises
Etymology: From cheilo- + gnatho- + urano- + schisis.
Senses: examples: text: The criteria for inclusion in the patient group were: […] Craniofacial anomalies or syndromes, or any form of cheilognathouranoschisis
ref: 2015 July 9, Andreas F. Hellak et al., “Influence of maxillary advancement surgery on skeletal and soft-tissue changes in the nose — a retrospective cone-beam computed tomography study”, in Head & Face Medicine, volume 11, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A cleavage of the lip, alveolar ridge and palate
collagenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collagenizations
Etymology: From collagen + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Tissue samples were evaluated for the following histological criteria: extent of re-epithelialization, maturation and organization of the epidermis, granulation tissue formation, collagenization, and inflammatory cells and scar formation in the dermis.
ref: 2015 July 8, Kyungjin Lee et al., “Effect of Ampelopsis Radix on wound healing in scalded rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of collagen, especially the replacement of normal tissue with collagen
coproantigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coproantigens
Etymology: From copro- + antigen.
Senses: examples: text: Diagnosis of F. hepatica was previously based on coprological techniques alone, but with the advent of coproantigen, copro-PCR and enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) for the diagnosis of F. hepatica in sera and milk, detection of F. hepatica has become more sensitive [ 4, 5 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Yris Bloemhoff et al., “Determining the Prevalence and Seasonality of Fasciola hepatica in Pasture-based Dairy herds in Ireland using a Bulk Tank Milk ELISA”, in Irish Veterinary Journal, volume 68, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of antigens found in feces
cystically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cystic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Evidence of the cystically dilated glands and the cytological features typical of DC are reported in only one case of GALT-carcinoma by Rubio in 2002 [ 15 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Hala Kannuna et al., “DOME/GALT type adenocarcimoma of the colon: a case report, literature review and a unified phenotypic categorization”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: As a result of cysts
enterocytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From enterocyte + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Correspondingly, increased endotoxin in portal system worsens tight junction dysfunction via decreasing intestinal occludin and claudin-1 expressions and increasing enterocytic apoptosis.
ref: 2015 July 8, Tian-Yu Zhao et al., “IGF-1 decreases portal vein endotoxin via regulating intestinal tight junctions and plays a role in attenuating portal hypertension of cirrhotic rats”, in BMC Gastroenterology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to or associated with enterocytes
Derived terms: intraenterocytic
transenterocytic
extroversible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The extroversible open bulb with hooks (B) is surrounded by fibrous inflammatory tissue, while the neck (N) at the point of attachment has disrupted the muscle layers of the host (m), and the body of parasite (P) impairs the intestinal folds, which show a high number of mucous cells in its epithelium (arrows).
ref: 2015 July 8, Giampaolo Bosi et al., “Enteric neuromodulators and mucus discharge in a fish infected with the intestinal helminth Pomphorhynchus laevis”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Capable of extroversion.
Related terms: extroversive
gastroprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gastroprotective
form: most gastroprotective
Etymology: From gastro- + protective.
Senses: examples: text: Piptadeniastrum africanum stem bark extracts thus have gastroprotective and ulcer healing effects, which could result from their activities by stimulating important cellular mechanisms such as migration and proliferation of epithelial cells that may have a cytoprotective effect by stimulating the release of prostaglandins.
ref: 2015 July 8, Gilbert Ateufack et al., “Gastroprotective and ulcer healing effects of piptadeniastrum Africanum on experimentally induced gastric ulcers in rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: protective against gastropathy
glycofraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycofractions
Etymology: From glyco- + fraction.
Senses: examples: text: CEA contains 28 potential N-liked glycosylation sites, and the glycofraction includes mannose, galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, fucose and sialic acid [ 8 ].
ref: 2015 June 27, Chuncui Huang et al., “Glycomic profiling of carcinoembryonic antigen isolated from human tumor tissue”, in Clinical Proteomics, volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: A fraction that contains carbohydrates
tweenification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tween + -ification.
Senses: glosses: Conversion to the norms or fashion of tweens.
trangam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trangams
Senses: examples: text: Hey day! vvhat's here? vvhat a Devil's the meaning of all theſe Trangams and Gimcracks, Gentlemen?
ref: 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “Of Some Quarrels that Happen’d after Peg was Taken into the Family”, in John Bull Still in His Senses: Being the Third Part of Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 24:
text: And meet time it was, when yon usher, vinegar-faced rogue that he is, began to inquire what popish trangam you were wearing […]
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], The Abbot. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC:
synonyms: word: bauble
word: bric-a-brac
word: fandangle
word: fangle
word: fizgig
word: folderol
word: gewgaw
word: kickshaw
word: knick-knack
word: mathom
word: tat
word: tchotchke
word: trangam
word: trinket
word: whim-wham
glosses: A showy or worthless article.
trangams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trangam
woods oyster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woods oysters
Senses: examples: text: My hobby is gathering the spores of some of the most delicious of the wild varieties of mushrooms, such as morels, giant puffballs and woods oysters, then cultivating them.
ref: 1958, Journal of Lifetime Living, volume 24, page 15:
glosses: Synonym of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)
synonyms: word: oyster mushroom
extra: Pleurotus ostreatus
woods oysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woods oyster
tree oyster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tree oysters
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oyster mushroom.
synonyms: word: oyster mushroom
tree oysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tree oyster
soft butch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soft butches
Senses: glosses: A lesbian who exhibits some butch traits (short hair, men's clothing, etc.) without wholly fitting the masculine butch stereotype.
soft butches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soft butch
ITE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ tiː ˈiː/
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of in the ear.
ITE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌaɪ tiː ˈiː/
Forms: form: ITEs
Senses: examples: text: Many electronic products fall under Information Technology Equipment (ITE) — equipment that enters, stores, displays, retrieves, transmits, processes, switches, or controls data or telecommunication messages. As of 2003 almost all worldwide safety standards for ITE are based on IEC 950/60950, Safety of information technology equipment
ref: 2004, John R. Barnes, Robust electronic design reference book, volume 2, Boston: Kluwer Academic, →ISBN, page L14:
glosses: Initialism of information technology equipment.
examples: text: ITE doing comprehensive review of worker education courses.
ref: 1993 June 6, The Sunday Times, NEWS FOCUS Best programme for unskilled may be phased out within 5 years:
text: The first regional campus, the ITE College East, was built in 2005. The remaining two, ITE College West and ITE College Central, will be completed by 2009 and 2011, respectively.
ref: 2008, Fredriksen Birger, Sing Kong Lee, Chor Boon Goh, Toward a Better Future: Education and Training for Economic Development in Singapore since 1965, →ISBN, pages 125–126:
text: In 2011, Mr Haikal graduated from the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) with a diploma in technical engineering in machine technology and went on to complete his national service.
ref: 2016 December 2, The New Paper, ITE student making strides at Google:
text: Mr Tharman, who is also Coordinating Minister for Economic and Social Policies, said that the ITE has been "a remarkable success" and one that many did not expect when the vocational training institute was set up in 1992.
ref: 2017 May 26, The Straits Times, ITE to be key anchor for SkillsFuture: DPM Tharman Shanmugaratnam:
text: With the hub's opening, ITE College Central has become the first institute of higher learning to offer all of National Heritage Board's signature heritage education programmes, which include adopting a heritage trail and creating a heritage appreciation elective module.
ref: 2017 February 17, The Straits Times, ITE's new NE Hub speaks for itself:
glosses: Initialism of Institute of Technical Education.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An in the ear hearing aid.
puzzlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puzzlist
iroijlaplap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iroijlaplaps
Senses: glosses: A paramount chief in the Marshall Islands.
Related terms: iroij
iroijlaplaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iroijlaplap
EnenKio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unrecognised separatist Micronesian microstate in the Northern Marshall Islands.
Atlantium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: His Imperial Majesty George II, ruling over the Empire of Atlantium, has stated that nations whose identities are determined by their geographic boundaries or ethnic majority are gradually forcing themselves into a state of extinction. The Empire of Atlantium provides an alternative to the conventional terms of nationhood by offering a secular, democratic, republican monarchy that welcomes global, economic, and political union.
ref: 2005, Cabinet - Issues 17-20, page 91:
text: Citizenship to the Empire of Atlantium is open to all those who have a similar goal for them to consider joining.
ref: 2011, Mohammad Bahareth, Micronations, page 1987:
text: In the Empire of Atlantium they believe that territorial claims as the basis for legitimate statehood are all but meaningless in the modern globalized world.
ref: 2015, Nick Middleton, An Atlas of Countries That Don't Exist:
glosses: An unrecognised secular micronation based in New South Wales, Australia.
Bumbunga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A salt lake located in South Australia's Mid North.
glosses: A small town near this lake.
iroij
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iroijs
form: iroijes
Senses: glosses: A male chief in the Marshall Islands.
Related terms: leroij
iroijlaplap
iroijs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iroij
iroijes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iroij
leroij
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A female chief in the Marshall Islands.
Related terms: iroij
Freedonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹiːˈdəʊ.nɪ.ə/
ipa: /fɹiˈdoʊ.ni.ə/
ipa: [fɹiˈdoʊ.njə]
rhymes: -əʊniə
Forms: form: Fredonia
Etymology: Popularized by the 1933 Marx Brothers film Duck Soup.
Senses: examples: text: Hail, hail Freedonia, mightiest of mighty nations! Hail, hail Freedonia, land of the brave and free!
ref: 1933, Bert Kalmar et al., Duck Soup:
text: That little terraformed planetoid, outside the mines and the drift, had been the base of supplies for Freedonia.
ref: 1949 February, Jack Williamson, “Seetee Shock”, in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, page 37:
text: Suppose Thorndike and Williams, citizens of the country of Freedonia, become embroiled in a dispute as to whether Freedonia ought to attack the country of Sylvania.
ref: 2004, Steven M. Cahn, A New Introduction to Philosophy, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 96:
text: You are an advertising executive in Freedonia. Since before you were born, it has been illegal to advertise cigarettes on Freedonia television, one of the many limits on cigarette ads.
ref: 2022 [2011], Chris Roberts, Jay Black, Doing Ethics in Media: Theories and Practical Applications, Routledge, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: Slobbovia
Sylvania
glosses: Used as a placeholder country name in textbook problems, classroom examples, etc.
examples: text: The principality of Freedonia (www.freedonia.org), an earnest collective of secessionist superlibertarians based in Boston, falls into the first category.
ref: 2000 March 24, Alex Blumberg, “It's Good to Be King”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2005:
glosses: A self-proclaimed micronation (full name: the Principality of Freedonia) located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Derived terms: Freedonian
luiginos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luigino
osterias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteria
overincarcerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overincarcerated
form: most overincarcerated
Etymology: From over- + incarcerated.
Senses: examples: text: For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.
ref: 2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of whom a disproportionate number are in prison.
chhing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A chhing player holds one cymbal in each hand and strikes them together.
ref: 2010, Henry Spiller, Focus: Gamelan Music of Indonesia, page 27:
glosses: Alternative form of ching (“Thai cymbals”).
overpoliced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overpoliced
form: most overpoliced
Etymology: From over- + policed.
Senses: examples: text: For things like drugs and nonviolent offenses, they’re being hideously overpoliced and overincarcerated.
ref: 2015 August 12, Michael Kimmelman, “David Simon and Cory Booker on ‘Show Me a Hero’ and the Future of Cities”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessively policed.
overpoliced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + policed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpolice
pleathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleather + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: While many men in the crowd admired the singers’ hair, Miguel Estevez Figueredo stood by a red leather wall in the back of the club, speaking over the din and ignoring the repeated brushes of pleathered shoulders as fans pushed toward the stage.
ref: 2015 August 14, Jason Horowitz, “Forget Retro. The Men of Havana Embrace the Reggaeton Look.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Dressed or upholstered in pleather.
rifugios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rifugio
histometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From histo- + -metric.
Senses: examples: text: Definitive histometric data on the increased density of piscine intestinal mucous cells and the qualitative changes in the glycoconjugates secreted in response to helminth infection has been studied in detail by the current authors.
ref: 2015 July 8, Giampaolo Bosi et al., “Enteric neuromodulators and mucus discharge in a fish infected with the intestinal helminth Pomphorhynchus laevis”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to histometry
scarpariello
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: examples: text: Robert Oliva’s favorite dish is the chicken scarpariello.
ref: 2015 August 13, Joanne Starkey, “Review: A Classically Italian Menu at Restaurant Joanina in Huntington”, in New York Times:
glosses: An Italian piquant sauce of crushed tomatoes, basil and cheese.
hyperimmunized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + immunized.
Senses: examples: text: The egg yolks from hyperimmunized hens were physically separated from the egg white and first mixed gently with eight volumes of cold distilled water (acidified with 0.1 M HCl to give pH 4.0) to avoid possible disruptions of egg yolk granules due to the presence of high concentrations of acid.
ref: 2015 July 9, Naiyana Gujral, Ju Won Suh, Hoon H. Sunwoo, “Effect of anti-gliadin IgY antibody on epithelial intestinal integrity and inflammatory response induced by gliadin”, in BMC Immunology, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: Excessively immunized, and thus containing a large quantity of (specific) antibodies.
hyperimmunized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From hyper- + immunized.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperimmunize
riks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rik
bumbleheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bumbleheaded
form: most bumbleheaded
Etymology: From bumble + headed.
Senses: glosses: bumbling; foolish and inept
unsharable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Call it ‘‘dark data’’: the trail of information collected by companies like Amazon, Seamless and Uber about what we really do in our free time, about our splurges and snack preferences — all those unsharable details that we rarely boast about on our feeds.
ref: 2015 August 13, Jenna Wortham, “Personal (Search) History”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of unshareable.
uncontiguous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + contiguous.
Senses: examples: text: The straightened Danube was a vast improvement for international riverine transport, but in the process, four large uncontiguous bulges of Croatia became stranded alone on the Serbian side, and one small pocket of Serbia, on what was now the far bank, became attached to the Croatian mass.
ref: 2015 August 11, Gideon Lewis-Kraus, “Welcome to Liberland, the World’s Newest Country (Maybe)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not contiguous.
ultradetailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultradetailed
form: most ultradetailed
Etymology: From ultra- + detailed.
Senses: examples: text: Its perpetual flow of real-time, ultradetailed metrics allows the company to measure nearly everything its customers do: what they put in their shopping carts, but do not buy; when readers reach the “abandon point” in a Kindle book; and what they will stream based on previous purchases.
ref: 2015 August 15, Jodi Kantor, “Inside Amazon: Wrestling Big Ideas in a Bruising Workplace”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having a very high level of detail.
Aversa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aversas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Aversa.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
glosses: A city and comune in Caserta province, Campania, Italy.
immunofluoropositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immuno- + fluoro- + positive.
Senses: examples: text: Note the “reservoir-like” appearance of the met-enkephalin immunofluoropositive endocrine cell (middle and right images). b An open type endocrine cell that is immunofluororeactive to both the anti-met-enkephalin (left image) and to the anti-serotonin (middle image) anti-sera.
ref: 2015 July 8, Giampaolo Bosi et al., “Enteric neuromodulators and mucus discharge in a fish infected with the intestinal helminth Pomphorhynchus laevis”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Showing a positive reaction to immunofluorescence
immunofluororeactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunofluororeactive
form: most immunofluororeactive
Etymology: From immuno- + fluoro- + reactive.
Senses: examples: text: Note the “reservoir-like” appearance of the met-enkephalin immunofluoropositive endocrine cell (middle and right images). b An open type endocrine cell that is immunofluororeactive to both the anti-met-enkephalin (left image) and to the anti-serotonin (middle image) anti-sera.
ref: 2015 July 8, Giampaolo Bosi et al., “Enteric neuromodulators and mucus discharge in a fish infected with the intestinal helminth Pomphorhynchus laevis”, in Parasites & Vectors, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: Showing a reaction to immunofluorescence
immunosenescent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsənt
Etymology: From immuno- + senescent.
Senses: examples: text: Restoration of response to vaccination in immunosenescent aged mice by CASAC likely reflects the benefits of multiple TLR triggering on DC function [ 14, 24, 25 ] and provision of IFN-γ could substitute for lack of IFN-γ from CD8+ memory cells during the early phase of immune response.
ref: 2015 June 25, Gee Jun Tye et al., “The combined molecular adjuvant CASAC enhances the CD8+ T cell response to a tumor-associated self-antigen in aged, immunosenescent mice”, in Immunity & Ageing : I & A, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Affected with immunosenescence
immunoturbidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immuno- + turbidity.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we evaluated HbA1c levels collected on a novel matrix paper and measured through immunoturbidity, up to 14 days after DBS collection.
ref: 2015 July 8, Claudio A. Mastronardi et al., “The use of dried blood spot sampling for the measurement of HbA1c: a cross-sectional study”, in BMC Clinical Pathology, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The use (or the outcome) of immunoturbidimetry
intracameral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + cameral.
Senses: examples: text: Doses of intracameral cefuroxime lower than recommended for POE prophylaxis can also result from dilution errors with unlicensed formulations.
ref: 2015 July 8, Christine Purslow et al., “Budget impact assessment of Aprokam® compared with unlicensed cefuroxime for prophylaxis of post-cataract surgery endophthalmitis”, in BMC Ophthalmology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Within or into a chamber (typically of the eye).
Derived terms: intracamerally
Targa top
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Targa tops
Etymology: Named after the Porsche 911 Targa, a car model of the 1960s.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A semiconvertible car body style with a removable roof section and a full-width roll bar behind the seats.
Targa tops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Targa top
isocentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocentres
form: isocenter
Etymology: From iso- + centre.
Senses: examples: text: In this technique, the isocentre was placed on the centre of the PTV boost.
ref: 2015 July 9, Moamen M. O. M. Aly, Gerhard Glatting, Lennart Jahnke, Frederik Wenz, Yasser Abo-Madyan, “Comparison of breast simultaneous integrated boost (SIB) radiotherapy techniques”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England), volume 10, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
qualifier: medical imaging; radiation therapy; medical imaging; radiation therapy
glosses: The point through which the central ray of the radiation beam passes
Derived terms: isocentric
isocenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocenters
Etymology: From iso- + center.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isocentre.
isocenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isocenter
trianglist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trianglists
Etymology: From triangle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A percussionist who plays the triangle
trianglists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trianglist
isocentres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isocentre
lumazine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: DNA vaccines encoding ribosomal L7/L12, lumazine synthase ( BLS ), P39 (a putative periplasmic binding protein), Omp16 (outer membrane protein) and BAB1_0278 genes have demonstrated to confer protection against B. abortus challenge in mice [ 22, 23, 27, 42 ].
ref: 2015 July 8, Elaine MS Dorneles, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Andrey P. Lage, “Recent advances in Brucella abortus vaccines”, in Veterinary Research, volume 46, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The phenolic heterocycle 2,4-dihydroxypteridine that is related to riboflavin
Derived terms: lumazine synthase
lymphoglandular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ændjʊlə(ɹ)
-ændʒʊlə(ɹ)
-ænʒʊlə(ɹ)
Etymology: From lympho- + glandular.
Senses: examples: text: De Petris speculated that that DC is the malignant counterpart of the lymphoglandular complex and it may represent a precursor of LELC in view of the tumor-associated lymphoid stroma and the presence of less well differentiated areas [ 1 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Hala Kannuna et al., “DOME/GALT type adenocarcimoma of the colon: a case report, literature review and a unified phenotypic categorization”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Containing both lymphoid and glandular tissue
kight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kights
Senses: examples: text: And yet the ſillie kight, well weyde in each degree,
 May ſerue ſometimes (as in his kinde) for mans commoditie.
 The kight can weede the worme from corne and coſtly ſeedes,
 The kight cã kill the mowldiwarpe, in pleaſant meads yͭ breeds:
 Out of the ſtately ſtreetes the kight can clenſe the filth,
 As mẽ can clẽſe the worthleſſe weedes frõ fruteful fallow tilth; […]
ref: 1575, George Gascoigne, “Councell to Duglasse Diue Written vpon This Occasion. …”, in The Posies of George Gascoigne Esquire. […], printed at London: For Richard Smith, […], →OCLC; republished in William Carew Hazlitt, compiler, The Complete Poems of George Gascoigne […] In Two Volumes, volume I, [London]: Printed for the Roxburghe Library, 1869, →OCLC, page 370:
text: […] Monſieur de Sanſſac was appointed to attend vpon him [Francis I of France] with all ſorts of Haukes, wherein the ſaide Emperour ſemed to take great delight, eſpecially with flying at the Kight, which the French call Voler le Milan, […]
ref: 1600, Thomas Danett, chapter 13, in A Continuation of the Historie of France, from the Death of Charles the Eight where Comines [i.e., Philippe de Commines] Endeth, till the Death of Henry the Second, London: Printed by Thomas East for Thomas Charde, →OCLC, page 91:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of kite (“bird of prey”).
kights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kight
Nachtmaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nachtmaals
Senses: glosses: Eucharist
Nachtmaals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nachtmaal
naivest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of naive: most naive
meningothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In the CNS, SFTs are usually dura-based, meningioma-like masses and are known to arise from the ubiquitous CD34-positive dendritic interstitial cells of meningeal coverings without meningothelial differentiation.
ref: 2015 July 9, Zhengrong Wu et al., “Rapid recurrence and bilateral lungs, multiple bone metastasis of malignant solitary fibrous tumor of the right occipital lobe: report of a case and review”, in Diagnostic Pathology, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the cellular layers of the meninges
Derived terms: nonmeningothelial
Nagmaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nagmaals
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Nachtmaal.
Nagmaals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nagmaal
microdegeneration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdegenerations
Etymology: From micro- + degeneration.
Senses: examples: text: Several factors have been implicated in TP pathogenesis, most of which may cause localized inflammatory reactions and also microdegeneration.
ref: 2015 July 9, Catherine Baugé et al., “TOL19-001 reduces inflammation and MMP expression in monolayer cultures of tendon cells”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: microscopic degeneration
microdontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From microdontia + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The presence of a variety of oral manifestations, such as fusion of upper lip to the gingival margin, presence of multiple frenula, abnormally shaped and microdontic teeth and congenitally missing teeth requires multidisciplinary dental treatment, with consideration for the high incidence of cardiac defects in these patients.
ref: 2013 July 9, Shilpa S Sasalawad et al., “Ellis-van Creveld syndrome”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to microdontia
nametape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nametapes
Etymology: From name + tape.
Senses: glosses: A kind of nametag that can be sewn onto clothing.
nametapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nametape
nankin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nankins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nankeen.
nankins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nankin
monomethylfumarate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From monomethyl + fumarate.
Senses: examples: text: The active antipsoriatic agent monomethylfumarate inhibits the expression of proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-6, interleukin-1 alpha [ 6 ] and increases the secretion of interleukin-4 and interleukin-10 by helper T-cells [ 7 ].
ref: 2015 July 8, Nele Dammeier et al., “Case report of a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy under treatment with dimethyl fumarate”, in BMC Neurology, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The monomethyl ester of fumaric acid
I could eat a brick
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Synonym of I could eat a horse.
synonyms: word: I could eat a horse
afterlength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterlengths
form: after length
form: after-length
Senses: examples: text: Some luthiers believe it to be important to tune the afterlengths.
topics: arts
crafts
entertainment
hobbies
lifestyle
lutherie
music
glosses: The shorter length of string between the bridge and the tailpiece of a stringed instrument, on the other side from that which is usually played.
narcein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narceins
Senses: glosses: Dated form of narceine.
narceins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narcein
narceines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narceine
afterlengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afterlength
odontoclastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From odontoclast + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: External cervical resorption is the loss of dental hard tissue as a result of odontoclastic action; it usually begins on the cervical region of the root surface of the teeth.
ref: 2013 July 9, Padma Gandi, Saraswathi Disha, “Treatment of maxillary central incisor with external root resorption using mineral trioxide aggregate: 18 months follow-up”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to odontoclasts
pavine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pavines
Senses: glosses: An alkaloid found in poppy species.
Derived terms: isopavine
after length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after lengths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of afterlength.
odontoclast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: odontoclasts
Etymology: From odonto- + -clast.
Senses: glosses: A form of osteoclast associated with absorption of the roots of deciduous teeth
Derived terms: odontoclastic
platycerine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular pavinane alkaloid.
after lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of after length
odontoclasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of odontoclast
after-length
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: after-lengths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of afterlength.
after-lengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of after-length
narcist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narcists
Etymology: Syncopic form of narcissist.
Senses: examples: text: Kronfeld describes the narcists as “mostly reserved, tender, often delicate cool natures who love solitude and are literally self-sufficient.”
ref: 1931, Eugen Kahn, Psychopathic Personalities, page 125:
text: Experts in matters analytic speak of Napoleon as a narcist, but he was too much more than that to be measured in the cup of mere vanity.
ref: 1936, Florence Guy Seabury, Love is a Challenge:
text: Many narcists seem to build all their love energy into the life ambition to stamp their will upon the world.
ref: 1963, The Psychoanalytic Review, volume 10, page 61:
glosses: Synonym of narcissist.
synonyms: word: narcissist
Derived terms: narcistic
narcists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narcist
osteoanabolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + anabolic.
Senses: examples: text: Tetrapeptide (Forteo®) is a recombinant human parathyroid 1–34 (a PTH analogue) that has an osteoanabolic effect in intermittent injection.
ref: 2015 July 8, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Abdollahi, “Targeting metabolic disorders by natural products”, in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: That generates new bone
Related terms: osteoanabolism
tar babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tar baby
paraumbilical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + umbilical.
Senses: examples: text: A hyperpigmented scar lesion on the right side of the face; bilateral inguinal, paraumbilical hyperpigmented scar lesions; and paronychia of the thumbs were noted on admission (Fig. 1 ).
ref: 2015 June 23, Ezgi Ulusoy et al., “Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist deficiency with a novel mutation; late onset and successful treatment with canakinumab: a case report”, in Journal of Medical Case Reports, volume 9, →DOI:
glosses: Beyond, or near, the umbilicus.
crowdy-crawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowdy-crawns
form: crowdy crawn
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of sheepskin-covered hoop (a crowd) used as a frame drum, originating in the traditional music of Cornwall, England.
crowdy-crawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crowdy-crawn
crowdy crawn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crowdy crawns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crowdy-crawn.
autothysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek roots αὐτός (autós, “self”) and θυσία (thusía, “sacrifice”); proposed by Maschwitz and Maschwitz in 1974 to describe the defensive mechanism of the carpenter ant Camponotus saundersi.
Senses: examples: text: Another example of autothysis, or defensive suicidal rupturing, can be found in Neocapritermes taracua.
ref: 2018 April 29, Killian Fox, The Observer:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A process by which an animal destroys itself via internal rupture or explosion of an organ.
crowdy crawns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crowdy crawn
perturbagen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perturbagens
Etymology: From perturb + -gen.
Senses: examples: text: To address this problem, we have previously proposed a parametrization of perturbagen-target systems in which we characterize each system by its responsiveness (the probability that a perturbagen has an effect on a target) and its uniqueness (the probability that a perturbagen or target is different from others) [ 18 ].
ref: 2015 July 9, Maja Temerinac-Ott, Armaghan W Naik, Robert F Murphy, “Deciding when to stop: efficient experimentation to learn to predict drug-target interactions”, in BMC Bioinformatics, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: A substance (typically a peptide) designed to disrupt intracellular processes, providing information about the operation of pathways and networks within a cell.
nathemore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of neverthemore.
nathemo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of neverthemore.
pleuropulmonary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pleuro- + pulmonary.
Senses: examples: text: The DICER1 familial tumour susceptibility syndrome confers an increased risk most commonly for pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) but also ovarian sex cord-stromal tumours; Sertoli-Leydig cell tumor [SLCT], juvenile granulosa cell tumour [JGCT] and gynandroblastomas.
ref: 2015 July 3, Katrina Anna Mason et al., “Nasal Chondromesenchymal Hamartoma (NCMH): a systematic review of the literature with a new case report”, in Journal of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, volume 44, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the pleura and the lungs