cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
transendocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transendocytoses
form: trans-endocytosis
Etymology: From trans- + endocytosis.
Senses: examples: text: An increasing quantity of evidence supports a force-driven mode of activation of the Notch signalling pathway, whereby exposure of the critical S2 site in the Notch NRR occurs upon mechanical unfolding of the protein during transendocytosis of the Notch extracellular domain into the ligand presenting cell.
ref: 2015 July 30, Natalie L. Stephenson, Johanna M. Avis, “Mutational analysis of the Notch2 negative regulatory region identifies key structural elements for mechanical stability”, in FEBS Open Bio, volume 5, →DOI:
glosses: The movement of material from one cell to another
Related terms: transendocytic
underlayered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Each tube was then underlayered with 15 mL of hypertonic Ficoll.
ref: 2015 August 18, Jiexia Chen et al., “Serum biomarkers VEGF-C and IL-6 are associated with severe human Peripheral Artery Stenosis”, in Journal of Inflammation (London, England), volume 12, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of underlayer
underlayering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underlayer
ureteropyeloscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ureteropyeloscopies
Etymology: From uretero- + pyeloscopy.
Senses: examples: text: The basic requirement for such a conservative approach is the confirmation of a low-grade UTUC on ureteropyeloscopy with endoscopic biopsy of the UT.[ 3 4 5 6 ] However, recent studies have shown that the accuracy of endoscopic biopsy for UT tumors is not optimal.[ 7 8 ] UT urine cytology has been widely used and plays an essential role to detect UTUC.[ 9 10 11 12 ] There are wide ranges of the sensitivity of UT urine cytology on detecting UTUC in the literature.[ 13 14 15 ] Several studies have shown that high-grade UTUCs are detected quite reliably by UT cytology.[ 14 16 ] On the other hand, the sensitivity of UT cytology for low-grade lesions is poor.[ 16 17 ] A combined endoscopic biopsy and urine cytology approach has been shown to improve the sensitivity of detecting UTUC.[ 18 19 ] The Johns Hopkins Hospital template (JHHT) of reporting urinary cytopathology was proposed recently, and it is a seven-tiered diagnostic system.[ 20 21 ] This template is intended to improve the predictability of indeterminate urine cytology diagnoses.
ref: 2015 July 28, Longwen Chen et al., “Upper tract urinary cytology to detect upper tract urothelial carcinoma: Using the Johns Hopkins Hospital template and evaluation of its feasibility”, in CytoJournal, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: pyeloscopy of the ureter
ureteropyeloscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ureteropyeloscopy
ureteropyeloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ureteropyeloscopy.
unshoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unshoots
form: unshooting
form: unshot
form: unshot
Etymology: From un- + shoot.
Senses: glosses: To shoot back (the bolt of a door); to allow opening.
examples: text: Anyway, we can't unshoot him, can we? Can't change a thing.
ref: 2007, Jack Coughlin, Donald A[lan] Davis, Kill Zone: A Sniper Novel, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 4:
text: You can't ungrow a baby, or unshoot a bullet, or unfight a war. How could I have ever thought you could?
ref: 2015, Catherine Banner, The Heart at War (The Last Descendants Trilogy; Book III), [Toronto, Ont.]: Doubleday Canada, →ISBN, page 385:
glosses: To undo the effects of shooting (someone).
unshooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unshoot
unshoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unshoot
unsolacing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsolacing
form: most unsolacing
Etymology: From un- + solacing.
Senses: glosses: Not affording solace; not comforting.
unfire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unfires
form: unfiring
form: unfired
form: unfired
Etymology: From un- + fire.
Senses: examples: text: You can't unfire a gun.
glosses: Hypothetically, to undo the firing of (a weapon).
examples: text: J. J. Jameson: [talking to Peter Parker] Where you been? Looked for you all morning! Why don't you pay your phone bill? Mad scientist goes berserk and we don't have pictures! […] Where were you? Photographing squirrels? You're fired!
Receptionist: Chief, the planetarium party.
J. J. Jameson: Oh, right. You're unfired. I need you to come here. What do you know about high society? […] Don't answer that. My society photographer got hit in the head by a polo ball. You're all I got.
ref: 2004, Spider-Man 2 (film)
glosses: To hire again (a person who was fired).
Synonyms: rehire
unfiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfire
unfires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfire
mirror balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirror ball
unsoftly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsoftly
form: most unsoftly
Senses: glosses: In a way that is not soft.
upknit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upknits
form: upknitting
form: upknitted
form: upknitted
Senses: examples: text: Commerce, the cardinal condition and prerogative of peace, would work on with its myriads of interweaving shuttles, overwebbing and upknitting the divisions, meshing the sinews, and quenching the animus of war […]
ref: 1848, Elihu Burritt, Bond of Brotherhood, page 69:
text: Repose her restless spirit needs to upknit
Her ravelled strength […]
ref: 1873, Thomas Cooper, The Paradise of Martyrs, page 198:
glosses: To knit together; to unite.
upknits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upknit
upknitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upknit
upknitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upknit
upfillings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upfilling
unwealth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + wealth.
Senses: glosses: Absence of wealth; poverty.
uncoping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coping.
Senses: examples: uncoping stress
glosses: Characterized by an inability to cope; maladapted to coping.
chokered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From choker + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: A chokered neck's elegant line is underscored when augmented by a cascade of matching necklaces.
ref: 2004, Harold Koda, Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed, page 26:
glosses: Wearing a choker.
chokhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chokha
nabobery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naboberies
form: nabobry
form: nabobbery
Etymology: From nabob + -ery.
Senses: examples: 2001, Archie Baron, An Indian Affair, London: Channel 4 Books, Chapter 7, p. 169,
Respecting Indian ways and mastering Indian politics, intrigues and all, may have been the key to his success and the Company’s survival in the subcontinent. But to many in Britain this reeked of Oriental despotism and ‘un-British’ nabobery.
glosses: The behaviour of a nabob (generally disparaging).
examples: text: Our hero’s regiment was shortly afterwards ordered to India, where he escaped all the horrors of that pestilential clime, and may, for what we know to the contrary, be seen daily, about three o’clock, enjoying a tiffin at the great nabobery in Hanover Square [i.e. the Oriental Club in London].
ref: 1841, William Lennox, chapter 3, in Compton Audley, volume 3, London: Richard Bentley, page 69:
text: the gilded dome of Sezincote in the Cotswolds, that most enchanted of the naboberies
ref: 1978, Jan Morris, chapter 27, in Farewell the Trumpets, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, published 1980, page 552:
glosses: A building frequented by nabobs or characteristic of a nabob.
examples: text: […] old Jack though deserted by princes, though censured by an ungrateful world, and persecuted from age to age by Critic and Commentator, and though never rich enough to hire one literary prostitute, shall find a Voluntary defender; and that too at a time when the whole body of the Nabobry demands and requires defence;
ref: 1777, Maurice Morgann, An Essay on the Dramatic Character of Sir John Falstaff, London: T. Davies, page 112:
text: I refer to the talentless daughter of some rich man—the youthful feminine flower of Berlin Nabobry—who holds herself wonderfully gifted.
ref: 1893, Moritz Moszkowski, “Music Lessons: A Chat”, in Music: A Monthly Magazine, volume 4, Chicago, page 76:
text: It was considered very chic in the 1870’s to own a vineyard and a private winery. Many of these survive, converted into châteaux by today’s successors to the nabobery.
ref: 1966, Stuart Nixon, Redwood Empire, New York: Dutton, page 73:
synonyms: elite
upper crust
glosses: Very wealthy people collectively (generally disparaging).
naboberies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nabobery
fluccan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluccans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flucan.
flookan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flookans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flucan.
fluccans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluccan
flookans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flookan
nagari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nagaris
Etymology: From Indonesian nagari, ultimately from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
nagaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nagari
floating ground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floating grounds
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A reference point for electric potential in a circuit which is not connected to the actual earth ground.
floating grounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating ground
market makers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of market maker
geestring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geestrings
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of G-string (loincloth).
geestrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geestring
nargilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nargillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narghile.
nargily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nargilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narghile.
nargilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nargily
nargillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nargilly
cafegee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cafegees
Senses: glosses: A person employed to make coffee in Turkey or Syria.
cafegees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cafegee
narghily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narghilies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narghile.
narghilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: narghillies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of narghile.
narghillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narghilly
narghilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of narghily
FRCSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FRCS
FEBSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FEBS
nauplial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a nauplius.
necktie social
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: necktie socials
Senses: glosses: Synonym of necktie party.
synonyms: word: necktie party
necktie parties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necktie party
necktie socials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of necktie social
truthaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truthophobia
Etymology: From truth + -a- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An aversion to hearing the truth.
Related terms: alethophobia
dependence grammar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dependence grammars
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dependency grammar.
dependence grammars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependence grammar
neckatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neckatees
Senses: glosses: A gorget; a handkerchief worn around a woman's neck.
neckatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neckatee
shadow social
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shadow socials
Senses: glosses: A social fundraising event where the women's shadows were cast on a sheet and bid upon by the men.
shadow socials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shadow social
zemstwo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zemstwos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of zemstvo.
zemstwos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zemstwo
nemesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nemesias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Nemesia.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Nemesia in the family Scrophulariaceae.
nemesias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nemesia
nereides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nereid
truthophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From truth + -o- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of truthaphobia.
nervular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a nervule.
Derived terms: adnervular
internervular
netts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nett
newshawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newshawks
Etymology: From news + hawk.
Senses: examples: text: You didn’t have to peek out the door to know who was tearing her heart out in the street, keening over her dead brother even while the cops and newshawks were on their way.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig:
glosses: A keen investigative reporter.
newshawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newshawk
newswriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newswritings
Etymology: From news + writing.
Senses: glosses: writing for the news media
newswritings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newswriting
newswriters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newswriter
neutretto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neutrettos
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The muon neutrino.
neutrettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neutretto
Muggeridgian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muggeridgian
form: most Muggeridgian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Muggeridgean.
Muggeridgean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Muggeridgean
form: most Muggeridgean
form: Muggeridgian
Senses: examples: text: Even a Muggeridgean distaste for the doubtful blessings of a technological society might find, not the idea, but the rhetoric of the conclusion a bit too assertive: […]
ref: 1969, University of Edinburgh Journal, volume 24, page 77:
glosses: Of or relating to Malcolm Muggeridge (1903–1990), British journalist and writer.
neuraxonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to a neuraxon.
heresiologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In terms of heresiology.
heresiological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to heresiology.
niggliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of niggly: most niggly
nimbused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nimbus + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Furnished with a nimbus, or halo.
nizamate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nizamates
Etymology: From nizam + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).
Senses: glosses: A region ruled over by a nizam.
nizamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nizamate
nodalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nodalizes
form: nodalizing
form: nodalized
form: nodalized
Etymology: From nodal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To decompose (a model) into a set of interlinked nodes.
nodalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of nodalize
nodalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nodalize
nodalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nodalize
nodaviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nodavirus
nodaviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to nodaviruses.
nurhag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nurhags
Senses: glosses: A nuraghe.
nurhags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nurhag
nuttery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nutteries
Etymology: From nut + -ery.
Senses: glosses: An orchard where nuts are grown.
synonyms: nuttiness#English:_craziness_or_zaniness
glosses: Craziness or zaniness.
Related terms: nutty
tree nut
nutteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuttery
nyctalops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nyctalopes
Senses: glosses: A person who has nyctalopia, night blindness.
regius professor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: regius professors
form: Regius Professor
form: Regius professor
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin rēgius professor.
Senses: examples: text: All doctors, in whatever faculty, were called likewise professores, and possessed and equal capacity to claim and occupy the chair (cathedra) on solemn inceptions and other occasions; this privilege was first restricted, by the Elizabethan statutes, to the three regii professores.
ref: 1841, George Peacock, Observations on the Statutes of the University of Cambridge, London: John W. Parker. Cambridge: J. and J. J. Deighton, page 34:
text: In Oxford there are some forty professors, of whom seven or eight are regius professors appointed by the Crown, and paid by revenues derived from the Crown.
ref: 1874, Report: Ordered by the House of Assembly to be Printed, page 16:
text: For very good reasons, the College professors were keen to exclude the new regius professors - who often received a mere £50 per year from the Crown - from a share in the College revenue, and so men like the chemist Thomas Thomson and the engineer Lewis Gordon (unlike the five older regius professors of astronomy, church history, civil law, medicine, and anatomy) were without administrative and academic power in the Glasgow institution.
ref: 1989, Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise, Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin, →ISBN, page 27:
text: Sir Henry Acland, regius professor from 1857 to 1895, fought a series of good and largely successful fights to develop biological sciences at the university, overcoming the objections of anti-Darwinians, antivivisectionists, and others committed to tranquil inertia.
ref: 2002, Michael Bliss, William Osler: A Life in Medicine, →ISBN, page 310:
glosses: A professor who holds a position created by or filled by a royal patron.
regius professors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of regius professor
JIF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JIFs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of journal impact factor.
glosses: Abbreviation of JFIF.
altmetrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From alternative metrics.
Senses: glosses: Non-traditional metrics proposed as an alternative to the traditional ways to measure impact factors
Related terms: altmetric
bibliometrics
scientometrics
altnames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of altname
solar cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar cycles
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The nearly periodic 11-year change in the Sun's activity, measured from a minimum of activity to the next.
Synonyms: sunspot cycle
solar cycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar cycle
restholds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resthold
Conan the Bacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A play on Conan the Barbarian.
Senses: glosses: The bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans, which is highly resistant to various stresses (especially radiation).
wikipedia: Conan the Barbarian
Related terms: polyextremophile
polyresistant
Regius Professors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Regius Professor
Regius professor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Regius professors
Senses: examples: text: When indeed a Popish monarch may fill our throne, and the successor of St. Peter shall be the spiritual head of our Church; then shall your “esoterics,” alias “Church principles,” be in the ascendant in our Universities, and Who shall say that we may not have a Thorp lecturer in each of our Colleges, Neale and Webb scholarships, Regii professores supplying the places of those who shall now be superannuated, all teaching, and empowered to confer degrees in the, symbolism of mystical divinity:—the professor of music, not dealing as he now must, with crotchets and quavers, but in the far higher branches of the sacramentality of sounds, with their correspondent colours, instruments, bearing, &c. &c., and so of others?
ref: 1845, Clergymen of the Church of England, editors, The Christian’s Monthly Magazine and Church of England Review, volume IV, London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., pages 364–365:
text: Prior to the passing of the ordinance of the Scottish University Commissioners, the Regius professors then in office had their share of the graduation fees as well as the parliamentary salary, and the Commissioners reserved to the then holders of those Regius Chairs the privilege of still taking their share of the graduation fees so long as they lived;
ref: 1874, Reports from Commissioners - Volume 22:
text: The agitation thus begun by Hooper, which received in1551 the 'support of Peter Martyr and Martin Bucer, foreign divines who had become Regius professors of divinity at Oxford and Cambridge, finally enlisted the sympathy of the young king, who probably gave the weight of his personal authority to a revision the history of whose making is not recorded.
ref: 1898, Hannis Taylor, The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution, →ISBN:
text: The previous chapter outlined some of the contrasts in the thinking of Garrod and Osler, the two Regius professors.
ref: 2003, Barton Childs, Genetic Medicine: A Logic of Disease, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Alternative form of regius professor.
Regius professors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Regius professor
microamplifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microamplifiers
Etymology: From micro- + amplifier.
Senses: glosses: A very small amplifier.
microamplifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microamplifier
Baltasar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Balthazar.
unprintableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unprintable + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unprintable.
Synonyms: unprintability
Related terms: printableness
poppism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.pɪ.zəm/
Forms: form: poppisms
Senses: glosses: The act of making a smack sound with the lip.
Related terms: smack one's lips
grand feu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɡɹændˈfjuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from French.
Senses: glosses: The temperature at which ceramics are fired
glosses: The technique of firing ceramics at a high temperature
glosses: Ceramics fired using this technique
Bessi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An ancient independent Thracian tribe who lived in a territory ranging from Moesia to Mount Rhodope in Northern Thrace.
incretion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incretions
Senses: glosses: An internal secretion.
incretions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incretion
Antisthenean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antisthenean
form: most Antisthenean
form: Antisthenian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient philosopher Antisthenes.
Antisthenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Antisthenian
form: most Antisthenian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Antisthenean.
power alley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: power alleys
Senses: examples: text: At Oakland Coliseum, it's 388 feet from home plate to the power alley.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The areas of deep right-center and deep left-center field where home runs are most likely to be hit.
topics: audio
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The line between two subwoofers where both are in phase.
abyssic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: abyssal
retroquire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retroquires
Etymology: From retro- + quire.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of retrochoir.
Synonyms: back-choir
retroquires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retroquire
intersterile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + sterile.
Senses: glosses: Unable to interbreed and produce offspring.
Related terms: intersterility
interunions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interunion
interworks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of interwork
pressure cuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pressure cuffs
Senses: glosses: A sphygmomanometer consisting of an inflatable cuff that compresses the forearm.
pressure cuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pressure cuff
intriguants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intriguant
inundators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inundator
intussuscept
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intussuscepts
form: intussuscepting
form: intussuscepted
form: intussuscepted
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To cause or undergo intussusception.
intussuscepting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of intussuscept
intussuscepts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of intussuscept
iodating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of iodate
iodated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iodate
isallobaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to isallobars.
isallobar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isallobars
Etymology: From iso- + allo- + bar.
Senses: examples: text: Seasonal variations of atmospheric pressure are illustrated by the isallobaric chart […] which gives the differences between mean pressure in July–August, and in January–February. The position of the isallobars on this chart is largely indicative of the role of monsoonal factors […]
ref: 1965, L. V. Kool', “The pressure field of the Atlantic trade-wind belt and its changes with height”, in Oceanology, volume 5, numbers 4-6, page 35:
text: Successive values of pressure provide figures for the barometric tendency, permitting the plotting of isallobars […] This is called tendency analysis.
ref: 1977, Edward Linacre, John E. Hobbs, Ann McGrath, The Australian climatic environment, page 153:
text: If your barometer has dropped 0.05 of an inch in the last three hours, you are on the -0.05 isallobar.
ref: 1977, Blair & Ketchum's Country Journal, volume 4, page 27:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A line joining points of equal pressure change during a specific time interval, especially over three hours.
Derived terms: isallobaric
Related terms: allobar
allobaric
anallobar
katallobar
isallobars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isallobar
isoclinics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isoclinic
isodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isodynamic
undercarriaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From undercarriage + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having an undercarriage.
haanepoot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haanepoots
Senses: glosses: A kind of large, fleshy South African grape.
haanepoots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haanepoot
stock sheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stock sheet
Sleeping Beauty syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Kleine-Levin syndrome.
unsuppressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsuppressable
form: most unsuppressable
Etymology: From un- + suppressable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unsuppressible.
suppressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suppressable
form: most suppressable
Etymology: From suppress + -able.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of suppressible.
halomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of soil: containing enough salt to affect plant growth.
hayband
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haybands
Etymology: From hay + band.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he Pontypool family had come down upon the property, which was being nailed into boxes, and packed into hampers, and swaddled up with haybands, and buried in straw, and locked under three keys in green baize plate-chests, and carted away[…]
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 2, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
glosses: A crude rope made from hay.
haybands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hayband
hearsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of hearsay.
hedgebill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgebills
Etymology: From Middle English hege byllys pl; equivalent to hedge + bill.
Senses: glosses: A hedger's tool resembling a sickle.
hedgebills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedgebill
helilift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: helilifts
form: helilifting
form: helilifted
form: helilifted
Senses: glosses: To transport (troops) by helicopter.
helilift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helilifts
Senses: glosses: The operation of transporting troops by helicopter.
helilifting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of helilift
helilifted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of helilift
helilifts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of helilift
helilifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of helilift
fuzzer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuzzers
Etymology: From fuzz + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You should be able to write a simple fuzzer that hits your arguments to make sure your program is properly checking inputs. Actually, I would take this time to write a fuzzer to just learn how they are built.
ref: 2006 August 5, “indentify^([sic]) if argument is char or float”, in comp.lang.c (Usenet), message-ID <1154846659.167840.131380@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>:
text: Found this bug on my own, no need for a fuzzer
ref: 2010 April 6, MC Frontalot, “Zero Day” (track 1), in Zero Day ft. Dual Core, YTCracker, and Jane Silence:
text: In exchange for this additional complexity it is more efficient in finding bugs than fuzzers that blindly generate inputs with rand.
ref: 2015 December 4, Dmitry Vyukov, “RFC: upstreaming fuzzing coverage support”, in linux-kernel mailing list, message-ID <CACT4Y+Y7qjRCnwUZc60ZOvXyQTrV+o7mToEUgh5hzKVFc48PnA@mail.gmail.com>:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program that performs fuzz testing.
fuzzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuzzer
helvetium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Proposed name for the chemical element astatine.
Derived terms: anglohelvetium
namechanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: namechangers
Etymology: From name + changer.
Senses: glosses: Someone who or something which changes their or someone else's name.
anglohelvetium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anglo-helvetium
Etymology: Anglo- and Helvetia + -ium. It was reportedly discovered in an English and Swiss collaboration.
Senses: glosses: Proposed name for the chemical element astatine.
namechangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of namechanger
holohedries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holohedry
hemiagnosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemiagnosias
Etymology: From hemi- + agnosia.
Senses: glosses: hemispatial agnosia
hemiagnosias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemiagnosia
hemianopsic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hemiopic
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or relating to hemianopsia.
hemiopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: hemianopsic
herpetoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more herpetoid
form: most herpetoid
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a reptile.
herpetoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herpetoids
Senses: topics: fantasy
glosses: A reptilian creature.
herpetoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of herpetoid
Hasse diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hasse diagram
Black Lady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: card-games
games
glosses: A combative variant of whist, similar to the game of hearts.
NOBLE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives.
Michigans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Michigan
Montanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Montana
harangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harang
harangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harang
haranged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harang
haranging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harang
hicatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hicatees
form: hiccatee
form: hickatee
form: hicotee
Senses: glosses: A river turtle, Dermatemys mawii.
Synonyms: Central American river turtle
hiccatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hiccatees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hicatee.
hicatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hicatee
hiccatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hiccatee
hiccoughy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hiccoughy
form: most hiccoughy
form: hiccupy
Etymology: From hiccough + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The shop was driven by a hiccoughy old gas engine which sometimes packed up, to the great delight of all the juveniles.
ref: 1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
glosses: Resembling or characterized by hiccoughs.
ice shelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ice shelf
Jerseys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jersey
hickatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hickatees
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hicatee.
hickatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hickatee
hickeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hickery
flare angels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flare angel
Hipparchian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the ancient Hipparchus.
hogtieing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hogtie
hootier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of hooty: more hooty
hootiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of hooty: most hooty
hoydening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hoyden
hoydened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hoyden
lanthanide contractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lanthanide contraction
hulloes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hullo
humefy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humefies
form: humefying
form: humefied
form: humefied
Senses: glosses: To make moist or liquid.
humefied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humefy
humefies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humefy
humefying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humefy
hummaum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hummaums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hummum.
hummaums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hummaum
hundredor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hundredors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hundreder.
hundredors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hundredor
hydronaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydronauts
Etymology: From hydro- + -naut.
Senses: glosses: An undersea explorer, such as a submariner.
hydronauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydronaut
hygristor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hygristors
Senses: glosses: A humidity sensor that works by measuring electrical resistance.
hygristors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hygristor
hypermanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermanic
form: most hypermanic
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or exhibiting, hypermania.
hyposensitize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyposensitizes
form: hyposensitizing
form: hyposensitized
form: hyposensitized
Etymology: From hypo- + sensitize.
Senses: glosses: To treat by hyposensitization.
hyposensitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyposensitize
hyposensitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hyposensitize
hyposensitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hyposensitize
ride on a rail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides on a rail
form: riding on a rail
form: rode on a rail
form: ridden on a rail
Senses: examples: text: ...they'd be along pretty soon and give me 'bout half an hour's start, and then run me down if they could; and if they got me they'd tar and feather me and ride me on a rail, sure. I didn't wait for no breakfast--I warn't hungry.
ref: 1884 December 10, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XIX, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: (Tom Sawyer’s Comrade) […], London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To be subjected to a punishment most prevalent in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries in which an offender was made to straddle a fence rail held on the shoulders of two or more bearers. The victim was then paraded around town or taken to the city limits and dumped by the roadside.
wikipedia: Riding a rail
Related terms: tar and feather
hoohaas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoohaa
bumshoving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bum + shoving.
Senses: examples: text: “Cycling isn't permitted in the gardens, but I dare say you can walk your bike.” ¶ Leo hadn’t learnt his mock-pompous tone yet. “I dare say bumshoving isn't permitted either,” he said.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: Anal sex.
examples: 2015, “Rowing,” william-rowing.blogspot.ca, 27 June, 2015,http://william-rowing.blogspot.ca/2015/06/the-catch.html
Bumshoving ¶ […] It will occur if you fail to hold your core whilst driving with the legs, leading to your arse going backwards faster than the blade handle, and thus the angle you're rocked over to increasing.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: Giving way of the hips during the drive phase.
amnioexchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amnioexchanges
Etymology: From amnio- + exchange.
Senses: examples: text: Animal research conducted has aimed at reducing the inflammatory effects on the bowel in utero, including amnioexchange or intra uterine coverage of the defect [15].
ref: 2015 July 1, Jamie Harris et al., “Early Closure of Gastroschisis After Silo Placement Correlates with Earlier Enteral Feeding”, in Journal of Neonatal Surgery, volume 4:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal, dilution or replacement of amniotic fluid.
asplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asplasias
Senses: examples: text: If present, cysts are typically found at the corticomedullar border. (f) Cerebellar vermis asplasia and elongated superior cerebellar peduncles result in the Molar Tooth Sign on axial MRI, which is pathognomonic for Joubert syndrome.
ref: 2015 May 19, Sandra Habbig, Max Christoph Liebau, “Ciliopathies - from rare inherited cystic kidney diseases to basic cellular function”, in Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics, volume 2, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several forms of anemia (erythroblastopenia)
Synonyms: Diamond–Blackfan anemia
bicinchronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The protein content of the homogenate was determined using the bicinchronic acid protein assay kit (Pierce, Rockford, IL, USA); the specific activities of sucrase, maltase, leucine aminopeptidase, and trypsin were determined as described previously [ 15 – 17 ].
ref: 2014 December 9, Insurk Jang et al., “Effects of a lipid-encapsulated zinc oxide supplement on growth performance and intestinal morphology and digestive enzyme activities in weanling pigs”, in Journal of Animal Science and Technology, volume 56, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of bicinchoninic.
calcitroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From calcitriol + -oic.
Senses: examples: text: If 1,25-dihydroxyvitmain D does not interact with VDREs, it is further degraded by CYP24A1 (24-hydroxylase) to the inactive form, calcitroic acid [ 29 ].
ref: 2015 August 19, Dylan T. Dahlquist, Brad P. Dieter, Michael S. Koehle, “Plausible ergogenic effects of vitamin D on athletic performance and recovery”, in Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, volume 12, →DOI:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to calcitroic acid or its derivatives
centrofrontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From centro- + frontal.
Senses: examples: text: The centrofrontal and the centroparietal areas involving the contralateral regions to the movement of a body part appear to be associated with the SMR activity and the production of a satisfactory motor activity based on external and internal information with respect to the body, respectively.
ref: 2015 July 28, Irma Nayeli Angulo-Sherman, David Gutiérrez, “A Link between the Increase in Electroencephalographic Coherence and Performance Improvement in Operating a Brain-Computer Interface”, in Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, volume 2015, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: central and frontal
cilioskeleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cilioskeletons
Etymology: From cilio- + skeleton.
Senses: examples: text: They consist of a microtubular-based cilioskeleton, the ciliary axoneme, which is surrounded by a specialized cellular membrane.
ref: 2015 May 19, Sandra Habbig, Max Christoph Liebau, “Ciliopathies - from rare inherited cystic kidney diseases to basic cellular function”, in Molecular and Cellular Pediatrics, volume 2, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of axoneme.
synonyms: word: axoneme
conidiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: conidiates
form: conidiating
form: conidiated
form: conidiated
Senses: glosses: To form conidia
Related terms: conidiation
conidiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having conidia
Derived terms: aconidiate
hyperconidiate
conidiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Strains that conidiated poorly, showed limited growth in VMM, did not have matching phenotypes between mat A and mat a strains or did not demonstrate consistent results between experimental replicates were discarded.
ref: 2015 August 19, Morgann C Reilly et al., “Deletion of homologs of the SREPB pathway results in hyper-production of cellulases in Neurospora crassa and Trichoderma reesei”, in Biotechnology for Biofuels, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of conidiate
deshielded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + shielded.
Senses: examples: text: NHO 4 resulted in the appearance of a single broad resonance at δ =13.17 ppm, which most likely represents a significantly deshielded alcoholic proton. In contrast, a broad signal is observed at δ =4.65 ppm in the presence of NHO 3.
ref: 2015 July 1, Stefan Naumann, Anthony W Thomas, Andrew P Dove, “N-Heterocyclic Olefins as Organocatalysts for Polymerization: Preparation of Well-Defined Poly(propylene oxide)**”, in Angewandte Chemie (International Ed. in English), volume 54, →DOI:
glosses: From which a shield has been removed
detectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: detectivities
Senses: examples: text: It should be noted that all of these photoresponse performances such as the photocurrent, the detectivity, and the relative responsivity were quite improved compared to those of photodetectors based only on a single CdTe NW.
ref: 2015 August 19, Kwang Heo et al., “Bi-Assisted CdTe/CdS Hierarchical Nanostructure Growth for Photoconductive Applications”, in Nanoscale Research Letters, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: The (relative) effectiveness of a detector