cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
allylate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allylates
form: allylating
form: allylated
form: allylated
Etymology: From allyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo allylation
Derived terms: diallylated
monoallylated
allylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allylate
altohyrtin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: altohyrtins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: spongistatin
spongistatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spongistatins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of complex marine macrolide spiroketals that have antitumour activity
amidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amidation
amidoamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidoamines
Etymology: From amido + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amine that also has an amide group (typically a monoamide of a diamine)
aminoalkyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoalkyls
Etymology: From amino- + alkyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amino derivative of an alkyl radical
Derived terms: aminoalkylation
Related terms: aminoalkanol
aminyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminyls
Etymology: From amine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any radical derived from a primary amine or secondary amine
Derived terms: aminyl oxide
aminyl radical
aminyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminyl
ammoxidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ammoxidations
Etymology: Blend of ammonia + oxidation
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of ammonia and oxygen with any of several classes of organic compound
angelicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angelicins
Etymology: From angelica + -in, as it was obtained from angelica root, either Angelica atropurpurea or Coleopleurum gmelini
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a tricyclic heterocycle that is an isomer of psoralen
safariboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safariboats
form: safari boat
Etymology: From safari + boat.
Senses: glosses: A boat designed to take people on diving, surfing or cruising trips (safaris).
arylates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arylate
autoreact
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoreacts
form: autoreacting
form: autoreacted
form: autoreacted
Etymology: From auto- + react.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: To react against the organism that produced it.
autoreactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoreactivities
Etymology: From auto- + reactivity.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The condition of being autoreactive.
azahetero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aza- + hetero-.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Used to identify a nitrogen heteroatom as a substituent in a molecule
sabbatiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabbatisers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sabbatizer.
azaphosphatrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azaphosphatranes
Etymology: From aza- + phosphatrane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of very strong phosphorus-containing amine bases that have a cagelike structure
Derived terms: proazaphosphatrane
azaphosphatranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azaphosphatrane
azastannatrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azastannatranes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compounds formally derived from the azaphosphatranes by replacement of the phosphorus atom by tin
azastannatranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azastannatrane
azepinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: azepinones
Etymology: From azepine + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any heterocyclic ketone derived from (a hydrogenated form of) azepine.
azepinones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azepinone
autoreactivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autoreactivity
nonadopter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonadopters
Etymology: From non- + adopter.
Senses: glosses: One who does not adopt (a new technology etc.).
nonadopters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonadopter
sloughis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sloughi
skibobber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skibobbers
Etymology: From skibob + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix).
Senses: glosses: A participant in the sport of skibobbing.
skibobbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skibobber
skibob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skibobs
Senses: glosses: A bicycle-type frame attached to skis instead of wheels, used in the sport of skibobbing.
skibob
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skibobs
form: skibobbing
form: skibobbed
form: skibobbed
Senses: glosses: To take part in the sport of skibobbing.
skibobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skibob
SoCo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Abbreviation.
Senses: glosses: Southern Comfort (liquor).
mitreless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mitre + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a mitre (ceremonial religious headgear).
worklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worklike
form: most worklike
Etymology: From work + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The Letters [of Jean Rhys], alas, are nowhere as interesting as the novels. We do get to see another side of Rhys, which is nowhere evident in the fiction — a dreary, work-like attitude which belies the faded, expiring tone of the novels.
ref: 1985 February 2, Tim Broadbent, “Kindred Spirits (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 10:
text: In reality, training, for some children, is worklike and potentially could lead to significant harm by adversely affecting the child's development.
ref: 1993, Martin J Lee, Coaching children in sport: principles and practice:
synonyms: workish
worky
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling work.
sunder out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sunders out
form: sundering out
form: sundered out
form: sundered out
Etymology: From sunder (“to separate”) + out.
Senses: examples: text: The critics, however, sunder out one of the number and arbitrarily assign it to a different document from the rest.
ref: 1891, Hebraica
text: It is still possible, of course, for a critic to sunder out of P as a whole this section or that, and to say of it, this is post-exilic, it belongs to a late supplemental stratum of P.
ref: 1908, Princeton Theological Seminary, The Princeton theological review:
glosses: To separate or set apart from others; split out; segregate.
examples: text: As to the broad field of religious mysticism and the literature essentially Freudian in method, they have been sundered out for treatment by others in special articles of this number of the BULLETIN.
ref: 1926, American Psychological Association, Psychological bulletin:
glosses: To apportion; allot; assign.
examples: But none save Arthur there availed, To sunder out the blade --King Arthur Made King
glosses: To remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.
examples: text: Religion, ritual, art, moral regulation have been sundered out of their original fusion, appreciated for a moment, and then dispensed.
ref: 1988, James W. Carey, Media, myths, and narratives: television and the press:
text: Garnets are found not only in soapstone and the aforementioned talc-slates, but also indeed scattered singly in granite, further also sundered out, in the surface soil in and around Philadelphia.
ref: 1976, Johann David Schöpf, Edmund Maute Spieker, Geology of eastern North America:
glosses: To break out; divide or scatter about.
Synonyms: separate out
boucan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boucans
Senses: examples: text: These savages were so fond of this cookery, and of such endurance, that an Indian returning from the chase, fatigued and hungry, would often wait patiently by the boucan, or as they called it, the barbecu, the best part of a day, until a fish […]
ref: 1877, Angus Bethune Reach, Leonard Lindsay: or, The Story of a Buccaneer, page 41:
text: The process is thus described: "The bones being taken out, the flesh was cut into convenient pieces and salted, and the next day was taken to the boucan". […] From adopting the boucan of the Carribees, the hunters in Hispaniola, the Spaniards excepted, came to be called boucaniers,
ref: 1891, James Burney, History of the Buccaneers of America, page 49:
text: “Put them on the platforms in the boucans,” ordered Bart, pointing to a row of the curing huts. “We surrendered,” protested the officer, his face white under the moon. “What manner of brutes are ye? Would you roast us alive?”
ref: 1922, Adventure, page 10:
text: "You will find it very unpleasant in the boucans after the charcoal gets properly started and the ammonia comes from the burning bones and hides."
ref: 2005, J. Allan Dunn, The Golden Dolphin and Other Pirate Tales from the Pulps, Wildside Press LLC, →ISBN, page 212:
glosses: Alternative spelling of buccan.
boucans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boucan
jactance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French jactance.
Senses: synonyms: jactation
glosses: Boasting; bragging; showing off.
pertinant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pertinant
form: most pertinant
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pertinent.
writin'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of writing.
writin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of writing.
seein'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of seeing.
goin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡəʊɪn/
ipa: /ɡoʊɪn/
rhymes: -əʊɪn
rhymes: -oʊɪn
Senses: examples: text: A gents' toilet room might be found in a house that caters for the cheaper class of theatrical patronage, where the slangy language of the "goin' to the mat this aft?" style prevails. A gents toilet room is not found in the Southern Hotel. It either "men's" or "gentlemen's".
ref: 1898, The Hotel/Motor Hotel Monthly, volume 6, page 27:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of going.
fakin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of faking.
knockin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑkɪn/
rhymes: -ɒkɪn
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of knocking.
stockin'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stockin's
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of stocking.
stockin's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stockin': pronunciation spelling of stockings.
benzenethiol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: benzenethiols
Etymology: From benzene + thiol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: thiophenol
benzodioxol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A radical derived from benzodioxole
biflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛlət
Etymology: From bi- + flagellate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two flagella.
Synonyms: biflagellated
biflagellate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛlət
Forms: form: biflagellates
Etymology: From bi- + flagellate.
Senses: glosses: Any organism that has two flagella.
biflagellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /baɪˈflæd͡ʒəleɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: biflagellate
bioconvective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bioconvective
form: most bioconvective
Etymology: From bio- + convective.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to bioconvection
pokes fun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poke fun
poking fun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poke fun
poked fun
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of poke fun
kick some tires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks some tires
form: kicking some tires
form: kicked some tires
form: kicked some tires
Etymology: See kick the tires.
Senses: examples: text: ... on standard equipment, options, warranties, safety equipment, fuel-economy ratings and – of course – prices, so you can go kick some tires in confidence.
ref: 1993, Road & Track, volume 45, page 142:
text: Kick some tires. What is the fund’s expense ratio, and how does it compare with those of its peers?
ref: 2001, Brian O’Connell, Bill Griffeth, CNBC creating wealth: an investor’s guide to decoding the market, →ISBN, page 181:
glosses: To shop for a vehicle or other item to purchase or in which to invest.
bistriazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bistriazoles
Etymology: From bis- + triazole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having two triazole rings
bistriazoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bistriazole
amber fluid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amber fluids
Senses: examples: text: Merrymakers brought their own beer. Those not provisioned with the amber fluid found a ready supply in the dressing room of the Hilton Base Ball Club at three cents a glass.
ref: 1995, Alan A. Siegel, Smile: A Picture History of Olympic Park, 1887-1965, page 8:
text: Beer was lumped in with the rest of booze, and for 13 awful years, not one legal drop of precious amber fluid could be found between San Francisco and New York City.
ref: 2004, Duane Swierczynski, The Big Book O' Beer: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Greatest Beverage on Earth, page 21:
text: […]for a range of amber fluids, all brewed on the premises.
ref: 2009, Ron Crittall, Lee Atkinson, Marc Llewellyn, Lee Mylne, Frommer's Australia 2010, page 503:
text: Suddenly, in 1988, a vote was taken to legalise real beer in a year's time, and on 1 March 1989 the amber fluid finally flowed again.
ref: 2010, Fran Parnell, Etain O'Carroll, Brandon Presser, Iceland, Lonely Planet, page 51:
glosses: Beer.
Synonyms: amber liquid
amber nectar
afternoon tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afternoon teas
Senses: examples: text: Afternoon tea remains at its present price of 4s, but the prices of all other main meals have risen by 1s. Thus a full breakfast now costs 10s, lunch 13s 6d and dinner 14s 6d or 16s 6d according to train.
ref: 1964 May, “News and Comment: BR meal prices up again”, in Modern Railways, page 293:
text: As with luncheon, afternoon tea was often a women's gathering for reasons that take us back to the reign of Charles II.
ref: 2007, Andrea Broomfield, Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History, page 59:
text: Everyone should indulge in a formal afternoon tea at least once while in London. This relaxing, drawn-out, civilized affair consists of three courses, all elegantly served on fine china: dainty finger sandwiches (with the crusts cut off, of course); then fresh-baked scones served with jam and deliciously decadent clotted cream (the rich, thick cream is also known as Devonshire cream); and lastly, an array of bite-size sweets. All the while, an indulgent server keeps the pot of your choice fresh at hand.
ref: 2010, Darwin Porter, Danforth Prince, Frommer's England 2011: With Wales, page 165:
text: At all the places listed below, it's perfectly acceptable to order one afternoon tea and one cream tea (at about £5) and split the afternoon tea goodies.
ref: 2010, Rick Steves, Rick Steves′ England 2011, page 179:
text: The British tradition of afternoon tea is still observed on the last Friday of each month, from January to August, at the hilltop mansion of the governor-general in Nassau.
ref: 2011, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Bahamas 2012, page 67:
glosses: A formal afternoon meal comprising light snacks, accompanied by tea.
examples: text: After afternoon tea we all combine again for a plenary session, followed by the UniForum NZ AGM.
ref: 1993, AUUGN, page 53:
text: In looking at meal structures, Douglas (1972) made a clear distinction between the afternoon tea which is a snack and the high tea which is classified as a light meal.
ref: 1995, David Marshall, Food Choice and the Consumer, page 270:
glosses: A small meal or snack eaten between lunch and dinner (supper); a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from work or from a conference.
Synonyms: tea
high tea
teatime
meal
Coordinate terms: morning tea
Derived terms: English as afternoon tea
morning tea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morning teas
Senses: examples: 1993 December, AUUGN: AUUG Inc. Newsletter, Volume 14, Number 6, page 53,
Thursday usually opens with a keynote session prior to morning tea and then breaks to stream sessions before and after lunch. […] The only thing it doesn′t include is breakfast, and many delegates just wait for our scrumptious morning teas anyway.
2000, Maggie Alderson, Pants On Fire, Penguin Books Australia, unnumbered page,
‘You know what this means, don′t you?’ said Maxine, smiling broadly.
‘No?’ I wondered if I had to pack up my office straight away.
‘You have to buy morning tea.’
‘What?’
‘Morning tea. A cake. A big cake for all of us. […] ’
2004, Coralie Mathews, Healthy Children: A Guide For Child Care, 2nd Edition, Elsevier, Australia, page 187,
He rushes in every day, greeting the staff and other children, and is busy with a variety of activities until morning tea time. He helps pack up the tables that are needed for morning tea and wipes them over before going to wash his hands. Morning tea comes on a trolley and Almeido happily places platters of fresh and dried fruit and individual bowls on each table.
glosses: A small meal or snack eaten between breakfast and lunch; a period of time set aside for this purpose, taken as a break from schoolwork, work, a conference, etc.
Related terms: elevenses
afternoon tea
carbaalanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbaalanates
Etymology: From carba- + alanate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of anions derived from alanates by replacement of hydrogen atoms by alkyne radicals e.g. Al(C≡C-R)₄⁻
Related terms: carbaalane
carbaalane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbaalanes
Etymology: From carba- + alane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of alanes having alkyne substituents e.g. Al(C≡C-R)₃
Related terms: carbaalanate
carbaalanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbaalane
carbaalanates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbaalanate
country park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country parks
Senses: glosses: An area where people can enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.
glosses: An area where people can enjoy recreation in a countryside environment.
one designated as such by the former Countryside Commission.
Coordinate terms: national park
country parks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country park
shadowily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shadowily
form: most shadowily
Etymology: From shadowy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a shadowy manner.
favoristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: favouristic
Senses: glosses: Characterized by favoritism.
ethnopharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmacology.
Senses: glosses: The scientific study correlating ethnic groups, their health, and how it relates to their physical habits and methodology in creating and using medicines.
Derived terms: ethnopharmacologic
Related terms: ethnopharmacological
ethnopharmacologist
ethnopharmacy
ethnopharmacological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethno- + pharmacological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnopharmacology.
Derived terms: ethnopharmacologically
antiherpesvirus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + herpesvirus.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Preventing or countering herpesvirus.
trifluridine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antiherpesvirus drug, used primarily on the eye
Synonyms: trifluorothymidine
mushlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mushlike
form: most mushlike
Etymology: From mush + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling mush; mushy, pulpy.
paplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paplike
form: most paplike
Etymology: From pap + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling pap; pappy.
entecavir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈtɛk.əˌvɪɹ/
Forms: form: baraclude
Etymology: From [Term?] + -cavir (“carbocyclic nucleoside”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An oral antiviral drug used in the treatment of hepatitis B infection.
phosphorothioates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphorothioate
halers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haler
fomivirsen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfoʊ.mɪˈvɪɹ.sən/
Etymology: From pho(sphorothioate) + [Term?] + -virsen (“antiviral antisense oligonucleotide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug used in the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in immunocompromised patients, including those with AIDS.
fondacos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fondaco
Gurkhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gurkha
tenofovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antiretroviral drug.
lexicomanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lexicomane
nonepistemological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + epistemological.
Senses: glosses: Not epistemological.
didanosine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈdan.əʊ.siːn/
ipa: /daɪˈdæn.əˌsin/
Forms: form: dideoxyinosine
form: ddI
form: DDI
Etymology: From did(eoxy) + -a- + (i)nosine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A reverse transcriptase inhibitor drug C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₃ which inhibits the replication of HIV and is used in the treatment of AIDS, especially in combination with zidovudine. It is a synthetic analog of a purine nucleoside.
edoxudine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antiviral drug effective against herpes simplex.
nonfalsified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + falsified.
Senses: glosses: unfalsified
unfalsified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + falsified.
Senses: glosses: Not falsified.
Synonyms: nonfalsified
enfuvirtide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛnˈfju.vɚˌtaɪd/
Etymology: From [Term?] + fu(sion) + -vir- (“antiviral”) + -tide (“peptide, glycopeptide”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An HIV fusion inhibitor, the first of a novel class of antiretroviral drugs.
tromantadine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mantadine (“adamantane derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug derived from adamantane and used to treat herpes simplex.
moroxydine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈɹɒksɪdiːn/
Senses: glosses: A heterocyclic biguanidine used as an antiviral drug.
salvage therapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salvage therapies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: rescue therapy
glosses: A more drastic form of treatment given when an ailment (especially HIV or a tumour) does not respond to standard treatment.
salvage therapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of salvage therapy
inosine pranobex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A combination of inosine, acetamidobenzoic acid and dimethylaminoisopropanol, used as an antiviral drug.
foscarnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɑˈskɑɹ.nɪt/
Etymology: From fos- (“phosphorous derivative”) + car(boxylic acid).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Phosphonoformic acid when used as a drug, synonym of foscarnet sodium.
vicriviroc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -viroc (“chemokine CC motif receptor 5 antagonist”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A pyrimidine CCR5 entry inhibitor of HIV-1.
victimhoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of victimhood
boceprevir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -previr (“hepatitis C virus protease inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A protease inhibitor being studied as a treatment for hepatitis C.
cidofovir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈdoʊ.fəˌvɪɹ/
ipa: /saɪˈdɑf.əˌvɪɹ/
Etymology: From cy(tosine) + [Term?] + -fovir (“phosphonic acid derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug C₈H₁₄N₃O₆P·2H₂O (trademark Vistide) administered intravenously for the treatment of cytomegalovirus retinitis in patients with AIDS.
Derived terms: brincidofovir
emtricitabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛm.tɹɪˈsaɪ.təˌbin/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor C₈H₁₀FN₃O₃S (trademarks Atripla, Complera, Emtriva, Stribild, Truvada) administered orally typically in conjunction with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV infection.
peramivir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -amivir (“neuraminidase inhibitor”).
Senses: examples: text: In the United States, peramivir is not likely to be used for routine treatment of seasonal or pandemic flu, partly because most primary-care physicians do not administer intravenous infusions.
ref: 2009 September 22, Andrew Pollack, “New Drugs May Attack Flu, but Not in Time”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A neuraminidase inhibitor being developed as an antiviral drug to treat influenza.
neuraminidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuraminidase
stavudine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstæv.jəˌdin/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -vudine (“zidovudine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: dideoxy-4-thymidine
d4T
glosses: A synthetic antiretroviral nucleoside drug C₁₀H₁₂N₂O₄ that is an analog of thymidine and a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, administered orally against HIV infection.
viramidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The drug taribavirin.
taribavirin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viramidine
Etymology: From [Term?] + ribavirin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An experimental antiviral drug, a prodrug of ribavirin.
arbidol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug against influenza.
adefovir dipivoxil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I joined Gilead Sciences in 1990, and by 1999 we were in the final stage of about five or six years of work in creating the drug adefovir dipivoxil to treat H.I.V. The drug wasn’t approved by the F.D.A. for H.I.V. because the data showed evidence of kidney toxicity.
ref: 2009 October 11, Amy Zipkin, “On the Discovery Trail”, in New York Times:
glosses: An oral nucleotide-analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitor used to treat hepatitis B.
pleconaril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antiviral drug being developed for prevention of asthma exacerbations and common cold symptoms in asthmatic subjects exposed to picornavirus respiratory infections.
vidarabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈdæɹ.əˌbin/
ipa: /vaɪˈdæɹ.əˌbin/
Forms: form: adenine arabinoside
form: ara-A
Etymology: From [Term?] + -arabine (“arabinofuranosyl derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug C₁₀H₁₃N₅O₄·H₂O, a form of arabinofuranosyladenine, which is active against herpes simplex and varicella zoster viruses.
varicellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of varicella
ibacitabine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ibacitabin
Etymology: From I (“iodine”) + [Term?] + -citabine (“cytarabine or azacytidine derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular antiviral drug.
ibacitabin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ibacitabine.
Copernican
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Copernican
form: most Copernican
Etymology: From Copernicus + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the influential astronomer.
glosses: Of or pertaining to one or more of his theories.
Derived terms: Copernican model
Copernican principle
Copernican system
Copernican time principle
Copernican
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Copernicans
Etymology: From Copernicus + -an.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of the theories of Copernicus.
Copernican
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Copernicus + -an.
Senses: glosses: The epoch in the lunar geologic timescale that occurred between 1.1 billion years ago to the present day.
podofilox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: podophyllotoxin
nonsubtractive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subtractive.
Senses: glosses: Not subtractive.
colorimetrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorimetrists
Etymology: From colorimetry + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who is involved in colorimetry.
colorimetrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorimetrist
extraspectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + spectral.
Senses: topics: colorimetry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Producible by a combination of wavelengths but not by any single wavelength.
xanthophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /zæn.θəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From xantho- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: For example, early Christian examples of xanthophobia, or fear of the color yellow, have been given artistic expression in the numerous examples depicting Judas Iscariot dressed in yellow betraying in the Garden of Gethsemane with a treacherous kiss [...]
ref: 2016, Jonathan Faiers, May Westerman Bulgarella, Colors in Fashion, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 262:
text: For example, he construed from my xanthophobia that I must first have serialised my reminiscences in the yellow-backed Holywell Street Journal, of dubious and questionable memory.
ref: 2021, Nick Dunn-Meynell, edited by David Macrum, A Proof Reader’s Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Andrews UK, →ISBN, page 187:
text: 'Way I heard it, the dad has xanthophobia,' Koenig said.
ref: 2024, M. W. Craven, Nobody's Hero, Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: Fear of the colour yellow.
examples: text: One function of xanthophobia in loggerhead hatchlings may be to reduce the attraction of light sources with a substantial participation of long-wavelength light.
ref: 1991 December 13, Blair E. Witherington, Karen A. Bjorndal, “Influences of Wavelength and Intensity on Hatchling Sea Turtle Phototaxis: Implications for Sea-Finding Behavior”, in Copeia, volume 1991, number 4, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, pages 1067–8:
text: The aversion to yellow light, or xanthophobia, that loggerhead hatchlings show sets them apart from other sea turtle species.
ref: 1996, in FMRI Technical Reports number 2, Florida Marine Research Institute, page 10
text: In contrast, loggerhead hatchlings showed an aversion to light in the green-yellow to yellow region of the spectrum (560 to 600 nm) (Figure 5.2). Although this xanthophobia (yellow light aversion) is unique to loggerheads, green turtles are less strongly attracted to yellow light than to light of other wavelengths.
ref: 1997, Kenneth J. Lohmann et al., “Orientation, Navigation, and Natal Beach Homing in Sea Turtles”, chapter 5 of John A. Musick et al. (editors), The Biology of Sea Turtles, CRC Press, page 111
glosses: An aversion to yellow light.
crosscultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crosscultural
form: most crosscultural
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cross-cultural.
crossclass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + class.
Senses: glosses: Spanning several classes or categories.
crosslinguistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cross-linguistic
Etymology: From cross- + linguistic.
Senses: examples: ref: 2012, Anetta Kopecka, Bhuvana Narasimhan, Events of Putting and Taking: A Crosslinguistic Perspective:
synonyms: crosslingual
cross-language
glosses: Spanning more than one language.
Derived terms: crosslinguistically
Related terms: interlingual
interlinguistic
intralingual
intralinguistic
translinguistic
metalinguistic
loviride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From (dich)lo(ro) + -vir- (“antiviral”) + (am)ide.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antiviral drug against HIV.
dressing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dress up
dresses down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dress down
dressing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dress down
dressing down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dressing downs
Senses: examples: text: He received a severe dressing down from the head teacher.
glosses: A sustained rebuke or censure.
dressed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dress down
scramble competition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɹæmbəl kɒmpətɪʃən/
Forms: form: scramble competitions
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and thus never the amount it needs.
Related terms: contest competition
contest competition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɒntɛst kɒmpətɪʃən/
Forms: form: contest competitions
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all and the resource is partitioned unequally among contestants, thus some obtain all they need and others less than they need.
Related terms: scramble competition
trypophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹɪpəˈfəʊbi.ə/
enpr: trĭ'pə-fōʹbē-ə
ipa: /ˌtɹɪpəˈfoʊbi.ə/
rhymes: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρῦπα (trûpa, “hole”), compare Ancient Greek τρυπάω (trupáō, “bore”), + -phobia (from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear, phobia”)), said to have been coined by a blogger from Ireland in 2005.
Senses: examples: text: Images of lotus seed heads are often reported as inducing trypophobia. Sufferers of trypophobia report that it is the visual percept that is particularly aversive.
ref: 2013 October, G[eoff] G. Cole, A[rnold] J. Wilkins, “Fear of Holes”, in Psychological science, volume 24, number 10, →DOI, →PMID, pages 1980–1985:
text: 2015, Irena Milosevic, Trypophobia (Fear of Holes), Irena Milosevic, Randi E. McCabe (editors), Phobias: The Psychology of Irrational Fear, ABC-CLIO (Greenwood), page 401,
In particular, individuals with trypophobia are fearful of clusters of holes that are found in a variety of objects and matter such as skin, coral, honeycombs, seed pods, and even aerated chocolate.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: An irrational or obsessive fear of irregular patterns or clusters of small holes, such as those found in honeycombs.
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Related terms: trypophobe
trypophobic
melanoheliophobia
spoon excavators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoon excavator
grammalogue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæməˌlɒɡ/
Forms: form: grammalogues
Senses: qualifier: shorthand
glosses: A symbol, letter or letters standing for a whole word.
shabbats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shabbat
socialisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of socialisation
knive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /naɪv/
rhymes: -aɪv
Forms: form: knives
form: kniving
form: knived
form: knived
Etymology: Attested since at least 1733. Knife (verb), which is now 150 times more common, is first attested in the 1860s. Related to knife (“short blade”, noun); compare strife (noun), strive (verb).
Senses: examples: text: all small weak Shoots should be cut close to the main Stems; and (generally speaking) nipping with your Nails, is a better Way than kniving of them.
ref: 1733, Practical Husbandman and Planter:
text: Our brains always ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us.
ref: 1917/1918, Wilfred Owen, “Exposure”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: The Greeks were always fighting, drunk, and kniving each other.
ref: 2009, Kathleen Mapes, Sweet Tyranny, →ISBN, page 161:
text: I could feel my fingernails kniving into my palms.
ref: 2010, James Lee Burke, The Convict And Other Stories, →ISBN:
text: Great sheets of rain began kniving horizontally like slashing shards.
ref: 2014, Steve Ruedlinger, Almost Paradise, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: Rare form of knife.
Derived terms: knive up
more than one can poke a stick at
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of more than one can shake a stick at.
stink-cats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stink-cat
arrestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arrestors
Etymology: From arrest + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arrester.
arrestors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrestor
most significant bytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of most significant byte
most significant bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of most significant bit
least significant bytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of least significant byte
least significant bits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of least significant bit
loialty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loialties
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of loyalty.
loialties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loialty
antifermion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifermions
Etymology: From anti- + fermion.
Senses: examples: text: To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.
ref: 2001, Giovanni C. Bonsignori, Nucleus-nucleus Collisions, →ISBN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a (specified) fermion
antisoliton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisolitons
Etymology: From anti- + soliton (by analogy with antiparticles).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A soliton with the negative amplitude of a given soliton
antisymmetrized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Made antisymmetric.
topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: Modified by an antisymmetrizer.
determinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more determinated
form: most determinated
Senses: glosses: determined
glosses: determinate
Derived terms: undeterminated
zods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zod
gateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gate + -able.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having a gate that may be externally controlled
raw_tags: of a circuit
Related terms: word: gateability
gravitoelectric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gravito- + electric.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing the component of a gravitational field analogous to the electric component of an electromagnetic field
Coordinate terms: gravitomagnetic
get one's skates on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's skates on
form: getting one's skates on
form: got one's skates on
form: got one's skates on
form: gotten one's skates on
Senses: examples: text: If I don't get my skates on now I'm going to be late!
glosses: To start doing something quickly; to stop procrastinating; to hurry up.
Synonyms: get a move on
hurry up
interqubit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + qubit.
Senses: glosses: Between qubits
multinucleon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multinucleon
form: most multinucleon
form: multi-nucleon
Etymology: From multi- + nucleon.
Senses: glosses: Involving, or composed of multiple nucleons
nanofilms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanofilm
nanofilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanofilms
Etymology: From nano- + film.
Senses: glosses: A film of nanoscale thickness
nanojunctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanojunction
nanojunction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanojunctions
Etymology: From nano- + junction.
Senses: glosses: A junction involving nanoscale components
nematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nematically
form: most nematically
Etymology: From nematic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nematic manner
oscillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oscillons
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of soliton observed in a granular environment.
Related terms: oscillate
overionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overionizations
Etymology: From over- + ionization.
Senses: glosses: Excessive ionization
recollimation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recollimations
Etymology: From re- + collimation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: collimation subsequent to broadening
raw_tags: of a beam
Related terms: recollimated
ingender
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ingenders
form: ingendering
form: ingendered
form: ingendered
Senses: examples: text: And here I speak of the generation whereby they do ingender, and not of that whereby they are ingendered, because it would be too long to entreat, how the children of light are ingendered, and how they come in at the door, […]
ref: 1758, The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester, volume 1, page 25:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of engender.
in for the kill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: If you go hunting and want to bring something back to eat, you have to be in for the kill.
text: After bashing up his victim, the murderer went in for the kill.
glosses: Intending to kill or destroy someone or something.
superclouds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercloud
ingenders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ingender
ingendering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ingender
ingendered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ingender
supercloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superclouds
Etymology: From super- + cloud.
Senses: examples: text: There is, however, a significant difference between the contraction of the stars of a cluster from the original gas cloud, and the contraction of whole galaxies from the supercloud that gives rise to a group or galaxies. While the stellar cluster cloud fragments into stars, the turbulence in the contracting supercloud fragments it into pieces which themselves are further subdivided, and galaxies are formed by the gradual attachment of smaller pieces to one another. The rotational property of the Galaxy is explained by the original relative motions of the constituent pieces, and the more compact the Galaxy became, the more marked would be the effect of its original angular momentum; the flatness of the disc is a result of this rotation.
ref: 1965, John Vincent Peach, Creation and Cosmology, Burns & Oates, →ISBN, pages 49-50:
text: “Regular strings of H II regions and superclouds in spiral galaxies: clues to the origin of cloudy structure.”
ref: 1986, Marcia Bartusiak, Thursday's Universe, Omni Press, Times Books, →ISBN, page 281:
text: The molecular component of the interstellar medium is observed to be fragmented at all scales ranging from that of the supercloud complexes to that of the protostellar cores, forming a hierarchy which is not self-similar.
ref: 1987, Protoétoiles et Nuages Moleculaires (Protostars and Molecular Clouds), page 15:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large cloud of stellar material.
recollimations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recollimation
superdeformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superdeformations
Etymology: From super- + deformation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The deformation of an atomic nucleus to such an extent that it becomes far from spherical
Related terms: superdeformed
undistinguishability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + distinguish + -ability.
Senses: glosses: indistinguishability
the rest is history
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Sarah and I got married back in 1956 and the rest is history.
text: And we said, “We're all going to agree on one name, and we're all going to start using it.” We voted on “sourceware” versus “open source,” and “open source” won. We had the press conference at five, and the rest is history.
ref: 2009, Andrew Stellman, Jennifer Greene, quoting Tim O'Reilly, Beautiful Teams: Inspiring and Cautionary Tales from Veteran Team Leaders, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: One does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.
Related terms: handwave
wave of the hand