cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
oxadiazinane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxadiazinanes
Etymology: From oxa- + diazinane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A six-membered saturated heterocycle containing three carbon atoms, two nitrogen atoms and one oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound
hutters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hutter
red pussy hairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red pussy hair
RCHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RCH
RPHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RPH
diazinane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diazinanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A six-membered saturated heterocycle containing four carbon atoms and two nitrogen atoms; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: piperazine
Derived terms: oxadiazinane
phenacyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenacyls
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aromatic ketonic radical C₆H₅-CO-CH₂-
Derived terms: levophenacylmorphan
phenacyl bromide
musions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musion
phthalimido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from phthalimide by removing the imido hydrogen atom
thiadiazol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiadiazols
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A five-membered unsaturated heterocycle containing two carbon atoms, one sulfur atom, two nitrogen atoms and one double bond; any derivative of this compound
triaza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + aza.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Three aza nitrogen atoms in a molecule
triazinane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triazinanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The six-membered aromatic heterocycle containing three carbon atoms and three nitrogen atoms; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: triazinone
Related terms: cyanuric acid
crémant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kɹeɪˈmɒ̃n/
Forms: form: crémants
Etymology: From French crémant, originally the present participle of crémer.
Senses: examples: text: Though it’s no longer open, a London restaurant, Bubbledogs, specialized in American hot dogs with Champagne from small producers. Other sparkling wines like cava, crémant and sparkling riesling would be delicious, too.
ref: 2022 July 21, Eric Kim, “Welcome to Chicago, Hot Dog Town, U.S.A.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A type of French sparkling wine.
taris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tari
repunit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repunits
Etymology: Blend of rep(eated) + unit.
Senses: examples: text: 11, 111, and 1,111 are repunits.
text: The only known prime repunits are R2, R19, R23, and more recently R317 (discovered by Williams in 1978) and R1031 (discovered by Williams & Dubner in 1986). Moreover, Dubner has determined that for every other prime p less than 10000, the repunit Rp is composite.
ref: 1991, Paulo Ribenboim, The Little Book of Big Primes, page 172:
glosses: A repdigit consisting only of one or more occurrences of the digit 1.
Hypernyms: repdigit
manies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of many
omnipotents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omnipotent
goudrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goudron
tear apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɚ əˈpɑɹt/
Forms: form: tears apart
form: tearing apart
form: tore apart
form: torn apart
Senses: examples: text: She tore her ex-boyfriend’s clothes apart in fury.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tear, apart.
examples: text: The bomb tore apart most of the town hall.
text: Johnny: You are lying! I never hit you! You are tearing me apart, Lisa!
ref: 2003, The Room:
glosses: to destroy
examples: text: Love, love will tear us apart again
ref: 1979, Joy Division, “Love Will Tear Us Apart”:
synonyms: rive
glosses: to cause to separate
examples: text: But Celtic could smell blood and they tore the Reds apart in the 12th minute.
ref: 2011 February 1, Keir Murray, “Aberdeen 0 - 3 Celtic”, in BBC:
text: That never looked likely and, to the Terriers' credit, they fought hard and defended well at times against a City side capable of tearing apart almost any team at any level.
ref: 2024 January 7, Gary Rose, “Manchester City 5-0 Huddersfield Town”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: take apart
glosses: to severely defeat
chop up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chops up
form: chopping up
form: chopped up
form: chopped up
Senses: glosses: To separate or divide something that was whole.
To cut or chop (meat, etc.) into separate pieces.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To separate or divide something that was whole.
To convert a sampled audio file into short segments.
glosses: To separate or divide something that was whole.
To divide money or proceeds up between partners, investors, etc.
examples: text: The wind chopped up the lake.
glosses: To cause a body of water to become choppy.
glosses: To punch (someone).
examples: text: Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopt up.
ref: 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: […], London: […] R[ichard] Sare, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To seize or devour greedily.
pick apart
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: picks apart
form: picking apart
form: picked apart
form: picked apart
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pick, apart.
glosses: To review or analyse in great detail
glosses: To review or analyse in great detail
To criticise (especially small details).
examples: text: The quarterback picked apart the secondary defense in the first half.
text: Moyes, who never won a derby at Liverpool in 11 years as Everton manager, did not find the Etihad any more forgiving as City picked United apart in midfield, where Toure looked in a different class to United's £27.5m new boy Marouane Fellaini, and in defence as Aguero tormented Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand.
ref: 2013 September 22, Phil McNulty, “Man City 4-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To overcome by skilled execution.
achaete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A proneural gene, often associated with scute, that is required for the formation of many larval and adult sense organs
adenosylhomocysteine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An adenosyl derivative of homocysteine that is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cysteine
adenosylmethionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An adenosyl derivative of methionine that is a common co-substrate involved in transmethylation
Derived terms: adenosylmethioninase
alkyllysinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alkyl + lysine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of enzymes that catalyses the removal of alkyl (especially methyl) groups from lysine
anticancerous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticancerous
form: most anticancerous
Etymology: From anti- + cancerous.
Senses: glosses: anticancer
antimetastasis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + metastasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That inhibits metastasis
antimetastatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimetastatic
form: most antimetastatic
Etymology: From anti- + metastatic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: antimetastasis
antithrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antithrombotic
form: most antithrombotic
Etymology: From anti- + thrombotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That inhibits the formation of thrombi
antithrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antithrombotics
Etymology: From anti- + thrombotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any drug having this property
artemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artemias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: The brine shrimp (of genus Artemia)
astrocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From astrocyte + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormal increase in the number of astrocytes due to the destruction of nearby neurons
Synonyms: astrogliosis
Related terms: astrocytotic
astrogliosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: astroglioses
Etymology: From astroglia + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: While astrogliosis provides protection against inflammation, it is also obstructive in the progress of neuranagenesis after CNS insults.
ref: 2012, Issues in Neurology Research and Practice, →ISBN, page 1374:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An abnormal increase in the number of astrocytes due to the destruction of nearby neurons.
Synonyms: astrocytosis
Related terms: astrogliotic
astroglioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astrogliosis
artemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of artemia
bilobalide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bilobalides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sesquiterpenoid lactone, found in Ginkgo leaves, that has neuroprotective properties
clofibrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kloʊˈfaɪˌbɹeɪt/
Forms: form: clofibrates
Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + fibro- + -ate (“ester”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A compound C₁₂H₁₅ClO₃ used especially to lower abnormally high concentrations of fats and cholesterol in the blood.
Derived terms: fibracillin
-fibrate
nicofibrate
concanavalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concanavalins
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any of a family of glycoprotein lectins found in the jack bean
nonrealtime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + realtime.
Senses: examples: nonrealtime applications of digital machines
glosses: Not realtime.
cystathionine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An intermediate, 2-amino-4-(2-amino-2-carboxy-ethyl) thio-butanoic acid, in the biosynthesis of cysteine.
Derived terms: cystathionase
cystathioninuria
selenocystathionine
cytophysiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cytophysiological
form: most cytophysiological
Etymology: From cyto- + physiological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cytophysiology
Derived terms: cytophysiologically
cytophysiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyto- + physiology.
Senses: glosses: The physiology of cells
deferoxamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛfəˈɹɒksəmiːn/
Forms: form: deferoxamines
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A siderophore, produced by the actinobacterium Streptomyces pilosus, that is used as a chelating agent used to remove excess iron from the body
deiminase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deiminases
Etymology: From de- + imine + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any hydrolase that hydrolyses imines
demethylimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + methyl + imine + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of methylimine residues from amino acids such as methylarginine
densitometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to densitometry
glosses: Obtained by use of a densitometer
Derived terms: cytodensitometric
densitometrically
immunodensitometric
microdensitometric
photodensitometric
radiodensitometric
tomodensitometric
videodensitometric
destained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of destain
destained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more destained
form: most destained
Senses: glosses: From which a stain has been removed
diphenyltetrazolium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From diphenyl + tetrazolium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any diphenyl derivative of a tetrazolium ion.
ferricenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferriceniums
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cation derived from ferrocene
ginkgolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ginkgolide
ginkgolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ginkgolides
Senses: examples: text: Standardized extracts of ginkgo biloba contain at least 6% ginkgolides; these agents are very potent inhibitors of the PAF receptor (194).
ref: 1998 May, M. F. McCarty, “Nitric oxide deficiency, leukocyte activation, and resultant ischemia are crucial to the pathogenesis of diabetic retinopathy/ neuropathy — preventive potential of antioxidants, essential fatty acids, chromium, ginkgolides, and pentoxifylline”, in Medical Hypotheses, volume 50, number 5, →DOI, page 440:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of diterpenoid lactones found in Ginkgo.
glutardialdehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dialdehyde pentane-1,5-dial that has a number of industrial uses
glycometabolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glyco- + metabolism.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The metabolism of sugars and other carbohydrates
Related terms: glycometabolic
histostaining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From histo- + staining.
Senses: glosses: The staining of histological samples
Derived terms: immunohistostaining
huperzine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huperzines
Etymology: From translingual Huperzia + -ine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of sesquiterpenoid alkaloids, found in the firmoss Huperzia serrata, thought to aid memory.
firmoss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mɒs/
Forms: form: firmosses
Etymology: From fir + moss.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of lycophyte plants of the genus Huperzia
Derived terms: northern firmoss
shining firmoss
hydroxydopamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydroxydopamines
Etymology: From hydroxy + dopamine.
Senses: glosses: Any hydroxy derivative of dopamine, but especially 6-hydroxydopamine that is used experimentally to induce Parkinson's disease in animals
hyperhomocysteine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + homocysteine.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A very high level of homocysteine
hyperhomocysteinemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperhomocysteinemic
form: most hyperhomocysteinemic
Etymology: From hyperhomocysteinemia + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to hyperhomocysteinemia
hypermutates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hypermutate
hypermutate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hypermutates
form: hypermutating
form: hypermutated
form: hypermutated
Etymology: From hyper- + mutate.
Senses: glosses: To cause, or to undergo hypermutation
immunopathogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunopathogeneses
Etymology: From immuno- + pathogenesis.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The pathogenesis of a disease relating to the immune system
Related terms: immunopathogen
immunopathogenetic
immunopathogenic
macrogol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrogols
Etymology: Based on macro- + glycol, the latter a shortening of polyethylene glycol.
Senses: glosses: Polyethylene glycols used to treat constipation
Fenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fē-nē-ən
enpr: fēn′yən
ipa: /ˈfiː.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˈfiː.njən/
ipa: /ˈfi.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˈfi.njən/
ipa: /ˈfiː.njən/
ipa: /ˈfi.njɪn/
ipa: /ˈfi.ne.ɪn/
rhymes: -iːniən
Etymology: Partly from both of the following:
* from Old Irish Féni (“originally the legendary people who inhabited Ireland; later the Irish people generally, especially those belonging to the social class of free citizens”, plural); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring; to transport”) (whence wagon and wain; referring to the use of chariots); and
* from Irish fian, fiann (“roving band of (legendary) warrior-hunters”) (generally a view taken by English-speaking scholars, possibly due to the similarity between Old Irish Féni and Irish féine, féinne, the genitive singular forms of fian and fiann), from Old Irish fían, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”);
+ English -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from; related to’; and forming nouns with the sense ‘one from or related to’). The adjective is attested slightly earlier than the noun.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to roving bands of hunter-warriors in ancient Ireland, especially the band led by the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill in Irish mythology; (generally) of or relating to the people of ancient Ireland.
glosses: Of or relating to organizations opposing British rule in Ireland, especially the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood which were active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
glosses: Of or relating to a Roman Catholic, chiefly one of Irish descent or ethnicity.
glosses: Of or relating to the Scottish association football club Celtic Football Club.
Derived terms: Fenian Cycle
Fenianism
Fenianist
Fenian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fē-nē-ən
enpr: fēn′yən
ipa: /ˈfiː.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˈfiː.njən/
ipa: /ˈfi.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˈfi.njən/
ipa: /ˈfiː.njən/
ipa: /ˈfi.njɪn/
ipa: /ˈfi.ne.ɪn/
rhymes: -iːniən
Forms: form: Fenians
Etymology: Partly from both of the following:
* from Old Irish Féni (“originally the legendary people who inhabited Ireland; later the Irish people generally, especially those belonging to the social class of free citizens”, plural); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to bring; to transport”) (whence wagon and wain; referring to the use of chariots); and
* from Irish fian, fiann (“roving band of (legendary) warrior-hunters”) (generally a view taken by English-speaking scholars, possibly due to the similarity between Old Irish Féni and Irish féine, féinne, the genitive singular forms of fian and fiann), from Old Irish fían, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”);
+ English -ian (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘from; related to’; and forming nouns with the sense ‘one from or related to’). The adjective is attested slightly earlier than the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Do you compare your psalms / To the tales of the bare-arm'd Fenians?
ref: 1816, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Antiquary. […], volume III, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: A member of a roving band of hunter-warriors in ancient Ireland, especially the band led by the hero Fionn mac Cumhaill in Irish mythology; (generally) a person of ancient Ireland.
antonyms: Orangey
Prod
glosses: A member of an organization opposing British rule in Ireland, especially the Fenian Brotherhood and Irish Republican Brotherhood which were active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; (generally) an Irish nationalist or republican.
examples: text: It was sound advice for anyone visiting Northern Ireland in 1999 and remains so today: do not refer to Protestants as "Prods", or to Catholics as "Fenians" or "Taigs", and whatever you do don't refer to your visit as "being out here".
ref: [2023 August 23, Rory Carroll, “Files reveal terms ministers were warned not to use in Northern Ireland”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2025:
synonyms: taig
Tim
antonyms: Orangey
Prod
glosses: A Roman Catholic person, chiefly one of Irish descent or ethnicity.
synonyms: taig
Tim
glosses: A supporter of the Scottish association football club Celtic Football Club.
take a long walk on a short pier
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a long walk on a short pier
form: taking a long walk on a short pier
form: took a long walk on a short pier
form: taken a long walk on a short pier
form: take a long walk off a short pier
Senses: examples: text: Well, it was a busy day and I was really cut down to size — in fact, once I was told to take a long walk on a short pier.
ref: 1952, Hospitals: the journal of the American Hospital Association, volume 26, page 40:
text: She smiled, but she wasn't the same Tina who had told her banker dad to take a long walk on a short pier.
ref: 2001, Tad Crawford, The Money Mentor: A Tale of Finding Financial Freedom, page 183:
glosses: Used to tell someone to go away, or that their request will not be met.
Synonyms: get lost
go jump in the lake
beat it
push off
go away
fuck off
take a hike
piss off
bugger off
clear off
away with you
on with you
forget you
vamoose
scram
hit the road
skedaddle
Related terms: go die in a fire
go jump off a bridge
go jump off a cliff
go play in traffic
go to hell
go to the devil
pongos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pongo
cat milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cat milks
Senses: glosses: Milk formulated to be suitable for cats.
volatil
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more volatil
form: most volatil
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of volatile.
street shoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ordinary shoes worn during everyday life, in contrast to those worn for some special occasion such as an athletic activity.
glosses: Shoes worn outdoors, in contrast to houseshoes worn indoors.
street clothes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ordinary clothes worn during everyday life, in contrast to formal attire or those worn for occasions such as work or athletic activity.
malondialdehyde
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: malondialdehydes
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The dialdehyde propane-1,3-dial, normally existing in the tautomeric enol form.
Synonyms: MDA
midblastula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + blastula.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A stage, in the development of an embryo, at which zygotic gene transcription is activated
mispriming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mis-priming
Etymology: From misprime + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misprime
mispriming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misprimings
form: mis-priming
Etymology: From mis- + priming.
Senses: glosses: Faulty priming
monomethyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mono- + methyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A single methyl group in a molecule
Derived terms: monomethylfumarate
monosubstituted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + substituted.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a single substituent
neurotoxicological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + toxicological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to neurotoxicology
Derived terms: neurotoxicologically
nonadherent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-adherent
Etymology: From non- + adherent.
Senses: glosses: That does not adhere.
nonadherent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonadherents
form: non-adherent
Etymology: From non- + adherent.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not an adherent.
peroxidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more peroxidative
form: most peroxidative
Senses: glosses: That causes peroxidation
Derived terms: antiperoxidative
lipoperoxidative
phosphospecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phosphospecific
form: most phosphospecific
form: phospho-specific
Etymology: From phospho- + specific.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing an antibody that binds to phosphorylation-induced conformational changes in a protein.
Derived terms: antiphosphospecific
Related terms: phosflow
phosphoflow
pioglitazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪ.əˈɡlɪt.əˌzoʊn/
Etymology: From py(ridyl) + -o- + -glitazone (“thiazolidinedione derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A thiazolidinedione derivative taken orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₉H₂₀N₂O₃S·HCl to treat type 2 diabetes by decreasing insulin resistance.
Derived terms: hydroxypioglitazone
polycarbonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + carbonic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a polycarbonic acid or its derivatives, the polycarbonates
telepathize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telepathizes
form: telepathizing
form: telepathized
form: telepathized
form: telepathise
Etymology: From telepath + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Suppose we assume that the percipient does precognitively telepathize the two-seconds-in-the-future psychological state of the agent's brain/mind.
ref: 1978, Paul E. Meehl, “Precognitive Telepathy I: On The Possibility of Distinguishing it Experimentally from Psychokinesis”, in Noûs, volume 12, number 3, page 249:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: To establish contact with or to receive via telepathy.
examples: text: It does not seem to make sense to speak of learning to telepathize.
ref: 1962, W. I. Matson, “Against Induction and Empiricism,”, in Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society, volume 62, page 152:
topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: To engage in telepathic communication.
telepathise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: telepathises
form: telepathising
form: telepathised
form: telepathised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of telepathize.
MONGO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MONGOs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of my own NGO.
play with a full deck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays with a full deck
form: playing with a full deck
form: played with a full deck
form: played with a full deck
Senses: examples: text: I think we all realize he's not playing with a full deck.
ref: 1965, George Carlinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu-trYf96xo#t=268
text: Someday our grandchildren will look up at us and say, "Where were you, Grandma, and what were you doing when you first realized that President Reagan was, er, not playing with a full deck?"
ref: 1987 April, Barbara Ehrenreich, “The Unfastened Head of State”, in Mother Jones, volume 12, number 3, page 10:
text: [E]very single person, who Grandma said were family members, appeared to be either mentally ill, retarded, or strung out on drugs. Grandma seemed to be playing with a full deck, but no one else was.
ref: 2009, Julie Lyons, chapter 1, in Holy Roller, →ISBN:
text: “My father’s favorite saying was, ‘Are you alright?’ and ‘Are you playing with a full deck?’” recalled Darren.
ref: 2014 June 4, Cary Shuman, “Former Chelsea High Football Standout and Pop Warner Coach Joe Leonard Dies at 84”, in Chelsea Record, US, retrieved 14 Oct 2015:
glosses: To behave in a manner suggesting that one is of normal intelligence, alert, and mentally stable.
raw_tags: in the negative
of a person
examples: text: The Bulls were closer to playing with a full deck Monday night when coach Tom Thibodeau announced that Derrick Rose and Pau Gasol would be in the starting lineup.
ref: 2014 November 24, Fred Mitchell, “Monday's recap: Bulls 97, Jazz 95”, in Chicago Tribune, retrieved 14 Oct 2015:
qualifier: team sports
glosses: To play a game with the availability of a team's full roster of players.
Synonyms: sane
Related terms: full-deckism
iTouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iTouches
Etymology: Blend of iPod + touch
Senses: glosses: iPod Touch.
pulvinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pulvinoids
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An area of tissue that swells on a permanent basis to reorient a plant part, most often a leaf or leaflet.
leaf sheath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf sheaths
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A structure at the base of a leaf's petiole that partly surrounds or protect the stem or another organ that it subtends.
exstipulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: estipulate
Etymology: From ex- + stipulate?
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not bearing stipules.
extrapetiolar stipule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extrapetiolar stipules
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stipule located 90° from the point of insertion of its corresponding petiole.
ochrea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ochreas
form: ochreae
Etymology: Latin
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of ocrea.
glosses: A greave or legging.
stipel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stipels
Senses: examples: text: The phaseoloid clade is characterised by some members of all groups having stipels, and desmodioid root nodules which export ureides […]
ref: 2000, Patrick S. Herendeen, Anne Bruneau, P. S. Pollard, Advances in Legume Systematics (part 9, page 13)
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stipule associated with a leaflet rather than a complete leaf.
Derived terms: stipellar
stipellate
exstipellate
stipella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stipellae
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of stipel.
stipellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stipel + -ar.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or constituting a stipel.
stipellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stipel + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having stipels.
exstipellate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ex- + stipellate.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not bearing stipels.
pseudostipule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudostipules
Etymology: From pseudo- + stipule.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An often modified basal pair of leaflets of a compound leaf appearing very close to the stem.
bracteole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bracteoles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A small leaf of leaf-like structure directly subtending a flower or inflorescence whose stalk itself is subtended by a bract.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A bract subtending an individual flower rather than an inflorescence.
Derived terms: bracteolar
bracteolate
hypsophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypsophylls
Etymology: From hypso- + -phyll.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A bract or bracteole.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the flower parts derived from leaves, including petals, sepals, tepals, and bracts.
involucel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: involucels
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: involucret
glosses: An involucre that forms at the base of a flower cluster within a compound inflorescence.
Derived terms: involucellate
phyllary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phyllaries
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An individual bract within an involucre or involucel.
cataphyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cataphylls
Etymology: From cata- + -phyll; intended as translation of German Niederblatt, literally, “lower leaf”.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
Related terms: cataphyllary
bicarinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bicarinated
Etymology: From bi- + carinate.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Dividing into two points at the end.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Having two keels.
Hotot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hotots
Etymology: Ellipsis of Blanc de Hotot, from French Blanc de Hotot (“White of Hotot”), after Hotot-en-Auge (a commune in Normandy, France).
Senses: glosses: A breed of rabbit, characterized by having short ears and being all white except for black rings around the eyes.
Derived terms: Dwarf Hotot
cataphylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cataphyll
phyllaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phyllary
involucels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of involucel
hypsophylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypsophyll
bracteoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bracteole
pseudostipules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudostipule
stipellae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stipella
stipels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stipel
ochreas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ochrea
balloon club
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon clubs
Senses: glosses: A club for ballooning enthusiasts.
terrestrial telescope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terrestrial telescopes
Senses: examples: text: Fort Hancock, at Sandy Hook, has been supplied with an immense terrestrial telescope, to be used for vessels at sea.
ref: 1898 April 12, “Harbor and Coast Defense”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Feb 2010, page 4:
glosses: A telescope which, unlike most telescopes used for astronomical purposes, contains an arrangement of lenses presenting an erect (non-inverted) image to the observer, suitable for observation of objects on the Earth's surface.
examples: text: Though its light-collecting mirror is modest by terrestrial telescope standards . . . its precision focus and perch above Earth's distorting atmosphere make Hubble's observations the benchmark by which all other observatories are measured.
ref: 2009 May 10, Irene Klotz, “Space shuttle ready to fix Hubble for grand finale”, in Reuters, UK, retrieved 06 Feb 2010:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An astronomical telescope which is physically located on the surface of the Earth, as distinct from a telescope located in outer space.
theogony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɪˈɒɡənɪ/
ipa: /θɪˈɑːɡənɪ/
Forms: form: theogonies
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεογονία (theogonía).
Senses: examples: text: This Phoenician history includes the cosmogony and theogony of the Phoenicians. In the theogony, Ourianos (Sky) has four children by his wife-sister Gē (Earth): Ēlos (interpreted as Kronos), Baitlos, Dagōn (Sitōn), and Atlas.
ref: 1939, J. Philip Hyatt, “The Deity Bethel and the Old Testament”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, volume 59, number 1, page 86:
glosses: The origination of gods or a narrative describing the origin of gods.
raw_tags: in ancient religion
Derived terms: theogonic
Related terms: cosmogony
heroogony
telephone answering machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telephone answering machines
Senses: glosses: Synonym of answering machine.
synonyms: word: answering machine
temporary restraining order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: temporary restraining orders
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A restraining order which expires at a specified point in time, in particular a restraining order issued prior to an inter partes hearing.
Synonyms: TRO
TRO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TROs
Senses: examples: text: “Likewise, where the duration of the order exceeds the ordinary duration for TROs as set forth in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, classification as a TRO is unlikely.” Serv. Emps., 598 F.3d at 1067.
ref: 2025 June 19, “Gavin Newsom v. Donald J. Trump”, in United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, page 11:
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of temporary restraining order.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of traffic restriction order.
Related terms: EPO
ROAH
fog lamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fog lamp
S.O.L.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more S.O.L.
form: most S.O.L.
form: s.o.l.
Senses: glosses: shit out of luck, meaning that luck has run out; an impasse has been reached (figuratively or literally)
postmitochondrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + mitochondrial.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the stages of apoptosis following the disruption of the mitochonrdria
reassortants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reassortant
financial crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: financial crises
Senses: glosses: An episode of sharp instability in the global or a local financial system in which financial assets lose a significant proportion of their value, often caused by the bursting of an economic bubble.
Related terms: bank run
bubble
economic crisis
recession
regulatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more regulatable
form: most regulatable
Etymology: From regulate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be regulated
economic crisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: economic crises
Senses: glosses: A crisis caused by the general demand for goods within an economy falling below their supply, either temporarily or on a protracted basis, typically resulting in widespread bankruptcies of unproductive businesses and falling prices.
Related terms: bank run
bubble
contingencies fund
financial crisis
recession
sterical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: steric
casting couch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casting couches
form: casting-couch
Senses: examples: text: ...when a writing test at a radio station turned into the casting-couch routine. She was typing a piece of copy when she realized the station manager had locked the door and was caressing her shoulders.
ref: 1978 June, Caryl Rivers, “Sexual Harassment: The executive's alternative to rape”, in Mother Jones Magazine, volume 3, number 5, page 22:
text: What the term "casting couch" hints at is that roles or jobs are given in exchange for sexual favors.
ref: 1982, Martin A. David, The dancer's audition book, page 111:
text: casting couch: This refers to the alleged practice by some Hollywood producers and directors of furnishing an office with a couch, upon which would-be actresses perform special services in return for casting consideration...
ref: 2005, Dave Knox, Strike the baby and kill the blonde: an insider's guide to film slang, page 45:
text: It wasn’t sexual assault, Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers argue in his defense, just the casting couch, with benefits for everyone who took a seat.
ref: 2020 January 29, Patricia Hurtado, “Weinstein Prosecutors Build Case That Casting Couch Was Trap”, in Bloomberg News:
glosses: The now illegal practice of soliciting sexual favors from a job applicant in exchange for employment, particularly in the entertainment industry.
examples: text: There was a wide damask covered divan in a shadowy corner, like a casting couch.
ref: 1940, Raymond Chandler, chapter 8, in Farewell, My Lovely:
glosses: An actual couch or sofa used for this practice.
casting-couch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: casting-couches
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of casting couch.
thermocycling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermo- + cycling.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The use of a thermocycler to amplify DNA segments
thiobarbituric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From thio- + barbituric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to thiobarbituric acid or its derivatives
thiobarbituric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The heterocyclic compound 2-thioxodihydropyrimidine-4,6(1H,5H)-dione that is used in biochemical assay
transregulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transregulator
transregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transregulators
Etymology: From trans- + regulator.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A transfected genetic regulator
unexchanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unexchanged
form: most unexchanged
Etymology: From un- + exchanged.
Senses: glosses: Not exchanged
unmethylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + methylation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The removal of methyl groups from a previously methylated molecule
touch bases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches bases
form: touching bases
form: touched bases
form: touched bases
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of touch base.
bar hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bar hops
form: bar hopping
form: bar hopped
form: bar hopped
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of barhop.
biological immortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The phenomenon in which some organisms such as hydra or jellyfish do not age.
Related terms: senescence
veena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈviːnə/
Forms: form: veenas
form: vina
Etymology: From Hindi वीणा (vīṇā), and its source, Sanskrit वीणा (vīṇā), which is related to Middle Persian wn' (win, “veena, lute”).
Senses: examples: text: When he wanted to test any of the principles he was enunciating or elucidating, he went over to the veena which sits in a glass case now and played for hours and substantially extended the vocabulary and scope of the instrument.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 339:
text: Shanmugavadivu continued to earn her income through her veena performances, and by introducing her daughters to the stage as soon as they were able.
ref: 2017, Sunil Khilnani, Incarnations, Penguin, page 375:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A plucked stringed instrument with five or seven steel strings stretched on a long fretted finger-board over two gourds, used mostly in Carnatic Indian classical music.
quintennial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quin- (“5”) + -ennial (“year”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quinquennial.
synonyms: word: quinquennial
quintennial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quintennials
Etymology: From quin- (“5”) + -ennial (“year”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of quinquennial.
synonyms: word: quinquennial
gurglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gurglets
Senses: examples: text: From the ceiling hangs a net in which your cap, a few oranges, a brush, &c., find a place, and in each corner you can put some useful article. Without, a rattan basket hangs, containing a tumbler and gurglet, or earthenware bottle.
ref: 1855, John Welsh Dulles, Life in India, Palankeen Travelling:
text: In token thereof, he went first to the litter, and, from the cot or box opposite the one he had occupied in coming, produced a sponge and a small gurglet of water, with which he washed the eyes, face, and nostrils of the camel
ref: 1880, Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, Book 1, Chapter 2:
glosses: Alternative form of goglet.
gilda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gildas
Etymology: Spanish gilda
Senses: glosses: A Spanish snack consisting of olives and chili pepper served on a small stick (like a toothpick), often with anchovy.
vasodilatation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vasodilatations
Etymology: From vaso- + dilatation.
Senses: glosses: dilatation of a blood vessel
Synonyms: vasodilation
virosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viroses
Etymology: From virus + -osis.
Senses: examples: text: In her investigations on the viroses of tobacco and potato and on cucumber mosaic in solanaceous hosts, Hoggan showed that the presence or absence of vacuolate bodies , and in some cases the combined presence of vacuolate bodies and striate material have undoubted value for the identification of certain viroses.
ref: 1931, Phytopathology, volume 21, numbers 1-6, page 590:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease caused by a virus.
Derived terms: coronavirosis
ranavirosis
virotic
aerosil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerosils
Etymology: Shortened from aero- + silica.
Senses: glosses: A very fine, pyrogenic form of silica.
manglest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: mangle + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of mangle
aerosils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerosil
architectured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more architectured
form: most architectured
Etymology: From architecture + -ed.
Senses: glosses: designed (according to a form of architecture, or as if by an architect)
aristotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aristotypes
Etymology: From aristo- + -type.
Senses: glosses: A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
glosses: A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
glosses: A print made by such a process.
Related terms: hettotype
hettotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛtətaɪp/
Forms: form: hettotypes
Senses: glosses: A low-symmetry crystallographic structure type related to an aristotype
citra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chitra (“Indian art genre”).
bolt cutter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolt cutters
Senses: synonyms: bolt cropper
glosses: A metal tool, resembling a large pair of pliers, used to cut or sheer bolts.