cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cocainise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cocainises
form: cocainising
form: cocainised
form: cocainised
Etymology: From cocaine + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cocainize.
cocainised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cocainise
cocainises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cocainise
cocainising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cocainise
cocaptains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocaptain
cocarboxylases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocarboxylase
cocarcinogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + carcinogenic.
Senses: glosses: Being or relating to a cocarcinogen.
coccoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coccoid
cochairing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cochair
cochaired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cochair
cockfightings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cockfighting
cocksurenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocksureness
creeping fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creeping figs
Senses: glosses: A creeping vine that grows on vertical surfaces such as walls, Ficus pumila
Synonyms: climbing fig
creeping figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creeping fig
cocomposer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocomposers
Etymology: From co- + composer.
Senses: glosses: One who jointly composes a work with somebody else.
cocomposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocomposer
cocoonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocooning
cocultivations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocultivation
codeines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codeine
codevelop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: codevelops
form: codeveloping
form: codeveloped
form: codeveloped
form: co-develop
Etymology: From co- + develop.
Senses: glosses: To develop together.
codevelops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of codevelop
codeveloping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codevelop
codeveloped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codevelop
codicologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codicology
codillas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codilla
codirected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of codirect
codirects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of codirect
codirecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of codirect
strangler fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strangler figs
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of kinds of figs (genus Ficus) that sprout on branches of other trees and crowd them out as they mature.
Hyponyms: sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus altissima
sense: fig that strangles trees
english: Florida strangler fig
translation: Florida strangler fig
word: Ficus aurea
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus benghalensis
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus benjamina
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus burtt-davyi
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus citrifolia
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus craterostoma
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus tinctoria
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus macrophylla
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus obliqua
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus virens
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus watkinsiana
sense: fig that strangles trees
word: Ficus henneana
strangler figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strangler fig
coeducationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From coeducational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a coeducational manner.
coelostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coelostat
coequalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coequality
coesites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coesite
bahareque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish bahareque.
Senses: examples: text: Even though some participants think adobe houses are more beautiful and safe than bahareque constructions, others have chosen bricks and cement as alternatives to reinforce or extend their basic constructions.
ref: 2015, Claudia Nieto-Sanchez et al., “Positive deviance study to inform a Chagas disease control program in southern Ecuador”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, volume 110, →DOI:
glosses: Construction material similar to adobe, consisting of clay or mud reinforced with sticks or canes.
coexerted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coexert
coexerts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coexert
coexerting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coexert
sacred fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacred figs
Senses: synonyms: bo tree
bodhi tree
peepul
pippala tree
ashwattha tree
glosses: The bodhi tree, Ficus religiosa, venerated by Buddhists because they believe the Buddha attained enlightenment while sitting underneath such a tree.
sacred figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacred fig
explanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of explant
crevicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, stimulation may increase the flow of gingival crevicular fluid and this may result in false increases in the concentration of antioxidants in saliva.
ref: 2015 January 9, Haziel Diana Jenifer et al., “The influence of cigarette smoking on blood and salivary super oxide dismutase enzyme levels among smokers and nonsmokers—A cross sectional study”, in Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine, volume 5, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or related to a crevice, such as the gingival crevice.
Derived terms: extracrevicular
intracrevicular
mistletoe fig
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mistletoe figs
Senses: glosses: A Southeast-Asian fig that grows as a shrub or small tree, Ficus deltoides
mistletoe figs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistletoe fig
intradomicile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + domicile.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to the area inside a domicile.
intradomicile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intradomiciles
Etymology: From intra- + domicile.
Senses: examples: text: Whether regular or occasional, all the participants referred to self-fumigation as the most effective preventive measure to control bug presence in intradomiciles.
ref: 2015, Claudia Nieto-Sanchez et al., “Positive deviance study to inform a Chagas disease control program in southern Ecuador”, in Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, volume 110, →DOI:
glosses: The area inside a domicile.
Related terms: extradomicile
peridomicile
intradomiciles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intradomicile
cofinancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cofinance
cofinanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cofinance
cogenerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogeneration
coggled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coggle
coggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coggle
coggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coggle
coggling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coggle
cognosced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cognosce
cognoscing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cognosce
coheiresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coheiress
coheritors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coheritor
cohesivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cohesiveness
cohobated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cohobate
cohobates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cohobate
cohobating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cohobate
coilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coiler
mockernut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mockernuts
Senses: glosses: Carya tomentosa, a common North American hickory bearing large nuts with only a small edible part.
coilability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From coil + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being coilable.
coinvent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coinvents
form: coinventing
form: coinvented
form: coinvented
Etymology: From co- + invent.
Senses: glosses: To invent jointly.
coinvented
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coinvent
coinvents
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coinvent
coinventing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of coinvent
venularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From venular + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Ren et al. 36 insisted that human MSC can differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells but do not accelerate the capillarization and venularization of hepatic sinusoids, finally leading to the partial improvement of liver function in mice with CCl4-mediated chronic liver fibrosis.
ref: 2013 February 28, Sang-Tae Choi et al., “Therapeutic potentials occurring during the early differentiation process of mesenchymal stem cells in a rats model with thioacetamide-induced liver fibrosis”, in Korean Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, volume 17, →DOI:
glosses: The formation of venules.
coitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coition
colemanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colemanite
colinearities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colinearity
colistins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colistin
colitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colitis
colleagueships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colleagueship
NARTH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality.
collectivisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collectivism
collegialities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collegiality
collinearities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collinearity
colonialize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colonializes
form: colonializing
form: colonialized
form: colonialized
Etymology: From colonial + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make colonial.
Derived terms: decolonialize
colonialized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colonialize
colonializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colonialize
colonializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colonialize
colorfastnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorfastness
colorfulnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colorfulness
colourers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colourer
colportages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colportage
columbiums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of columbium
comanagements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comanagement
lattermost
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From latter + -most.
Senses: glosses: Last.
entente cordiale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ententes cordiales
form: entente-cordiale
Etymology: Borrowed from French entente cordiale.
Senses: examples: text: His Reception and Speech at the City Hall. Entente Cordiale Between the Mayor and the President.
ref: 1861 February 21, “The Incoming Administration: Mr. Lincoln in New-York”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Jul 2015:
text: Bonaparte's first act after providing lucrative positions for his family was to write another letter, couched in language of a most fraternal nature, to the King of England, asking for peace. "Dear Cousin George," he wrote, ". . . let us restore the entente cordiale and go about our business without any further scrapping."
ref: 1895, John Kendrick Bangs, chapter 9, in Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica:
text: [F]ewer and fewer authors are turning from journalism to literature, though the ‘entente cordiale’ between the two professions seems as great as ever.
ref: 1902, William Dean Howells, “The Man of Letters as a Man of Business”, in Literature and Life:
text: [H]e grew unpleasantly sensitive to a drop in the temperature of the entente cordiale which had thus far obtained between himself and the gambler.
ref: 1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 10, in The Day of Days:
text: [E]mbarrassment . . . had decided Bryce not to mention the matter of the girl to John Cardigan until the entente cordiale between Pennington and his father could be reestablished.
ref: 1918, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 24, in The Valley of the Giants:
text: After a decade of scorched-earth warfare, Louella ("Lollipop") Parsons had sat down to public lunch with her rival, Hedda Hopper. The entente cordiale did not last, of course.
ref: 1963 February 15, “The Press: Through a Keyhole Darkly”, in Time, retrieved 08 Jul 2015:
text: The new and surprising entente cordiale between Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger, whose mutual antipathy has been a recurring feature of the Premier League era, appears to have its roots on a Scottish golf course.
ref: 2009 April 30, Matt Scott, “Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsène Wenger will be sharing a pizza next”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 08 Jul 2015:
glosses: A friendly relationship, especially one between parties who might otherwise be adversaries or, at least, wary of one another.
entente-cordiale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ententes-cordiales
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entente cordiale.
comelinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comeliness
commemoratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From commemorative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a commemorative manner.
comitatuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comitatus
commencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commencer
commercialisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commercialism
commercialistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commercialistic
form: most commercialistic
Etymology: From commercialist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting commercialism
commonages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commonage
commonsensible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more commonsensible
form: most commonsensible
Etymology: Blend of common sense + sensible
Senses: glosses: Synonym of commonsensical.
synonyms: word: commonsensical
Derived terms: commonsensibly
communalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of communalize
communalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of communalize
communalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of communalize
communicatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communicatees
Etymology: From communicate + -ee.
Senses: glosses: The person who is communicated to, or who receives a communication.
communicatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communicatee
communizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communization
commutativities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commutativity
complexest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of complex: most complex
complins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of complin
cherry pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cherry pies
Senses: examples: text: “This is great! Do you see all the food? Look, they have cherry pie! Yay! My favorite!” Sara exclaimed as she took a large helping of cherry pie and shoveled it onto her plate.
ref: 2013, Grace Snow, Jack Wilde, Elements: Prism’s Edge, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse LLC, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: A pie baked with a cherry filling.
glosses: Heliotropium arborescens.
glosses: Any of various willowherbs
Synonyms: sense: Heliotropium arborescens
word: common heliotrope
sense: Heliotropium arborescens
word: heliotrope
cherry pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cherry pie
comprized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comprize
comprizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comprize
comprizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comprize
custard pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of custard pie
computerphobias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of computerphobia
concelebrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concelebrate
concelebrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concelebrate
concelebrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of concelebrate
concelebrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concelebration
mermaidy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mermaidy
form: most mermaidy
Etymology: From mermaid + -y.
Senses: glosses: mermaidlike
concertedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From concerted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: One can argue in favor of some substantial degree of concertedness, which means that the second methylene group has been partly rotated before the rotation of the first group is complete.
ref: 2013, Norman H. March, Chemical Physics of Free Molecules, page 240:
glosses: The quality of being concerted.
conchologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conchology
concreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of concreate
concreates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of concreate
concreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of concreate
concretisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concretism
concupiscences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concupiscence
condemnors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condemnor
condescendences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condescendence
condolers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of condoler
conducivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conduciveness
CONELRAD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of control of electromagnetic radiation, a method of emergency broadcasting to the public of the United States in the event of enemy attack during the Cold War, rapidly switching the television or radio transmitter stations to make the broadcasts unsuitable for bombers that might attempt to home in on the signals.
swinging dick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swinging dicks
Etymology: From swinging + dick (“penis”). Appeared in US military and prison slang from the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: "Simple. They're all scared shitless of Polack and Artie, so they hate their guts. They know Polack is running the joint, and there ain't a swingin' dick can do a motherin' thing about it."
ref: 1970, James Blake, “The Widow, Bereft”, in Martha Foley, David Burnett, editors, The Best American Short Stories 1971:
text: If he could make millions of dollars come out of those phones, he became that most revered of all species: a Big Swinging Dick.
ref: 1989, Michael Lewis, Liar's Poker:
text: Nate took over from the watch commander and addressed all the uniformed patrol personnel in the room. "I want every swinging dick out there on the firing line, in vests and with maximum ordnance," he said.
ref: 2008, James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown:
text: Why didn't you request a country clearance like every other swinging dick?”
ref: 2009, Avery Dick, Dick:
text: It's always the girl's fault isn't it? Well as I see it, there was a swinging dick involved in this picture
ref: 2009, Leonard Osborns, Decisions:
glosses: A man, especially one who exhibits bravado or machismo.
examples: text: I explained to her in my best stage whisper that I had been seriously wounded in the war, and I was now more a Hemmingwayesque embittered celibate than a swinging dick.
ref: 2008, Craig Maddox, Robbie, page 248:
text: A boozing, pill-popping, swinging dick until the end of time.
ref: 2010, Joe R Lansdale, The Best of Joe R. Lansdale, page 26:
text: Simon had obviously been a big swinging dick around here, and I wondered how many of them had taken a turn on that swing...
ref: 2014, Alice Clayton, Rusty Nailed, page 154:
glosses: A man who is sexually very active.
examples: text: Entertained and amused, they giggle at his swinging dick till the guardy remembers his calling and wrestles the mad man from the building
ref: 1995, Kwame Dawes, Prophets, Peepal Tree, →ISBN, page 35:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see swinging, dick.
Related terms: swing one's dick around
swinging dicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swinging dick
Ravenloftian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ravenloftian
form: most Ravenloftian
Etymology: From Ravenloft (a fictional fantasy setting) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Book of Secrets by David Colon
I hope the Ravenloftian DM will be able to use the new Darklings to terrify those players who read every Monstrous Compendium and know what every monster does.
text: These dread doppelgängers, like many Ravenloftian creatures, are a twisted rendition of the original.
ref: http://www.monstropedia.org/index.php?title=Doppelg%C3%83%C2%A4nger_%28Dungeons_%26_Dragons%29&oldid=8616[ Monsterpedia article on "Doppelganger"]
glosses: Similar to the Gothic horror setting Ravenloft.
entitativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.tɪˌteɪ.tɪv.ɪ.ti/
ipa: /ˈɛn.tɪ.tə.tɪv.ɪ.ti/
Etymology: From entitative + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Although there may be different bases for group entitativity in non-Western contexts, Yuki et al. (2005) observe that this does not undermine the significance of group memberships for cognition and behavior.
ref: 2014 August 25, Sammyh S Khan et al., “Efficacy and well-being in rural north India: The role of social identification with a large-scale community identity”, in European Journal of Social Psychology, volume 44, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The perception of a group as a single entity, distinct from its members.
strawberry blondes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry blonde
69ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of 69
69ed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of 69
superstability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superstabilities
Etymology: From super- + stability.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality of being superstable.
contrapunto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrapuntos
Etymology: From Spanish contrapunto.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: counterpoint
Okinawa rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Okinawa rails
Senses: glosses: A species of rail, Gallirallus okinawae, endemic to Okinawa Island in Japan.
parafilm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Trade name; short for paraffin film.
Senses: examples: text: If sporophyte regeneration persistently fails, check that regeneration conditions are correct and ensure that plates are being sealed with parafilm.
ref: 2015 July 3, Andrew R G Plackett, Ester H Rabbinowitsch, Jane A Langdale, “Protocol: genetic transformation of the fern Ceratopteris richardii through microparticle bombardment”, in Plant Methods, volume 11, →DOI:
glosses: plastic film used to seal laboratory containers
paralumbar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + lumbar.
Senses: examples: text: The transducer is placed at the paralumbar fossa and then moved ventrally to the midline.
ref: 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located next to the lumbar region
paramesocolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + mesocolic.
Senses: examples: text: Internal herniation of contents within a peritoneal sac of the right paramesocolic hernia formed abdominal cocoon which simulated volvulus neonatorum.
ref: 2013 July 4, Ramnik V Patel et al., “Neonatal obstructed Treitz’s hernia with abdominal cocoon simulating volvulus neonatorum”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located next to the mesocolon
parapatellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + patellar.
Senses: examples: text: A medial parapatellar approach without tourniquet was used in all patients.
ref: 2015 June 26, Michael Dan et al., “Blood loss in primary total knee arthroplasty—body temperature is not a significant risk factor—a prospective, consecutive, observational cohort study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located next to the patella
pediculectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: pediculectomies
Etymology: From pedicule + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: If necessary, a facetectomy or pediculectomy was also performed.
ref: 2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Removal of vertebral pedicles (or sections of them)
polymenorrhagia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + menorrhagia.
Senses: examples: text: After 3 years of embolisation, the patient started having chronic pelvic pain, dysmenorrhoea and polymenorrhagia along with inability to conceive.
ref: 2013 July 4, Nilanchali Singh et al., “Xanthomatous oophoritis following uterine artery embolisation: successful conservative surgical management with favourable outcome”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A shortening of the menstrual cycle (more frequent periods)
preantral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + antral.
Senses: examples: text: Analysis of non-atretic quiescent (primordial) and growing (primary, preantral, and antral) follicle numbers revealed that immature follicles were gradually lost after chemotherapy.
ref: 2015 May 12, Dongmei Lai et al., “Human endometrial mesenchymal stem cells restore ovarian function through improving the renewal of germline stem cells in a mouse model of premature ovarian failure”, in Journal of Translational Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: That develops before antral structures
predeath
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + death.
Senses: examples: text: A cyclic compression force was then applied as conditioning (40 ± 10 N at 0.5 Hz for 15 min) to remove excess fluid from the discs and to return the disc to its predeath height [ 11 ].
ref: 2015 July 1, Jung-Hoon Kim et al., “A biomechanical comparison of 360° stabilizations for corpectomy and total spondylectomy: a cadaveric study in the thoracolumbar spine”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: prior to death
Synonyms: anthumous
antemortem
prehumous
premortem
prephosphorylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prephosphorylations
Etymology: From pre- + phosphorylation.
Senses: examples: text: Prephosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p had an inhibitory effect on its subsequent phosphorylation with protein kinase C; however, prephosphorylation with protein kinase C had no effect on the subsequent phosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p.
ref: 2014 May 29, Wen-Min Su, Gil-Soo Han, George M. Carman, “Cross-talk Phosphorylations by Protein Kinase C and Pho85p-Pho80p Protein Kinase Regulate Pah1p Phosphatidate Phosphatase Abundance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae*”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 289, →DOI:
glosses: prior phosphorylation
quantificationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From quantificational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we also performed a meta-analysis to calculate the difference in the SFCT between high myopic eyes and normal control eyes quantificationally.
ref: 2015 July 3, Shiming Wang et al., “Choroidal thickness and high myopia: a cross-sectional study and meta-analysis”, in BMC Ophthalmology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: By means of quantification
quasibinomial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + binomial.
Senses: examples: text: Variation in frequencies of the ND4 substitution among rivers was negatively correlated to latitude (parameter estimate = −0.12, SE = 0.05, P = 0.02) and summer temperature (estimate = −0.027, SE = 0.13, P = 0.057), and positively correlated to longitude (estimate = 0.04, SE = 0.01, P = 0.006) using a quasibinomial link to correct for overdispersion (residual deviance = 60.580 on 25 degrees of freedom).
ref: 2015 July 3, Sofia Consuegra et al., “Patterns of natural selection acting on the mitochondrial genome of a locally adapted fish species”, in Genetics, Selection, Evolution : GSE, volume 47, →DOI:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing a generalisation of binomial distributions
regorafenib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If tumor progression occurs during third-line therapy, patients are exposed to all standard therapeutic agents, except regorafenib.
ref: 2015 July 4, Benoist Chibaudel et al., “STRATEGIC-1: A multiple-lines, randomized, open-label GERCOR phase III study in patients with unresectable wild-type RAS metastatic colorectal cancer”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular oral multi-kinase inhibitor
repressibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repressibilities
Etymology: From repress + -ibility.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being repressible
examples: text: The repressibility of both circuits was tested by generating λCl repressors from an HrpRS AND gate in a separate plasmid.
ref: 2015 June 16, Adison Wong et al., “Layering genetic circuits to build a single cell, bacterial half adder”, in BMC Biology, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: The extent to which something is repressible
reprograming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reprogram
reprograming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reprogramings
Senses: examples: text: [ 33 ], they investigated the MYC-driven reprograming of miRNAs in HBs, identified two relevant miRNA cluster acting in an opposite way. miR-371-3 was the miRNA cluster that was up-regulated.
ref: 2015 May 20, Furong Wei et al., “Diverse functions of miR-373 in cancer”, in Journal of Translational Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative form of reprogramming.
rhombencephalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: All experiments were carried out at least in triplicate and included L. innocua (negative control) and an internal control strain (L104, from bovine rhombencephalitis, MLVA complex A) for normalization.
ref: 2015 July 3, Claudia Guldimann et al., “Increased spread and replication efficiency of Listeria monocytogenes in organotypic brain-slices is related to multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) complex”, in BMC Microbiology, volume 15, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: inflammation of the hindbrain, especially of the brainstem
roflumilast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Thereby, we could determine the benefit–harm balance of roflumilast for various scenarios, clarifying considerably its potential indications.
ref: 2015 July 2, Milo A. Puhan et al., “Quantitative benefit–harm assessment for setting research priorities: the example of roflumilast for patients with COPD”, in BMC Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular antiinflammatory drug
rotavapor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rotavapors
Senses: examples: text: Shikimic acid was eluted with 25 % aqueous acetic acid and concentrated on rotavapor.
ref: 2015 May 17, Saptarshi Ghosh, Uttam Chand Banerjee, “Generation of aroE overexpression mutant of Bacillus megaterium for the production of shikimic acid”, in Microbial Cell Factories, volume 14, →DOI:
glosses: A rotary evaporator
Related terms: rotavaporate
rotavapors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotavapor
gettogether
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gettogethers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of get-together.
Kamo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 加茂 or 賀茂 (Kamo).
Senses: glosses: Any of various places in Japan, most notably Kamo, Niigata.
glosses: A surname.
sauvagine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: CRF and related peptides, such as sauvagine, bind to the extracellular regions of CRF 1 R and activate the receptor.
ref: 2014 May 16, Katerina Spyridaki et al., “Structural-Functional Analysis of the Third Transmembrane Domain of the Corticotropin-releasing Factor Type 1 Receptor”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 289, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A particular oligopeptide that functions as a neuropeptide
spondylectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: spondylectomies
Etymology: From spondyl- + -ectomy.
Senses: examples: text: A classic corpectomy, which leaves the posterior column intact, is no better in terms of stability/stiffness than a total spondylectomy, when the total spondylectomy is carried out using a shorter cage followed by compression using posterior instrumentation.
ref: 2015 July 1, Jung-Hoon Kim et al., “A biomechanical comparison of 360° stabilizations for corpectomy and total spondylectomy: a cadaveric study in the thoracolumbar spine”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: removal of all parts of one or more vertebrae above the sacrum
subtoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒksɪk
Etymology: From sub- + toxic.
Senses: examples: text: The cells were then treated with Oligonol at subtoxic concentrations and examined for lipid metabolism, cytokine production, and insulin signaling using quantitative RT-PCR and western blot analysis.
ref: 2015 June 16, Jae-Yeo Park et al., “Oligonol suppresses lipid accumulation and improves insulin resistance in a palmitate-induced in HepG2 hepatocytes as a cellular steatosis model”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Less than toxic
superoperon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superoperons
Etymology: From super- + operon.
Senses: glosses: A large, multi-functional operon
Related terms: superoperonic
superoperons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, recent research showed that the amount of genetic material that can be moved horizontally may include small gene fragments, entire operons, superoperons that encode complex biochemical pathways, and whole chromosomes [ 54 ].
ref: 2015 July 4, Jiangtao Guo et al., “Horizontal gene transfer in an acid mine drainage microbial community”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16, →DOI:
glosses: plural of superoperon
suprajacent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: During the decompression stage of the procedure, it was possible to improve exposure by excising the anteroinferior corner of the suprajacent vertebra.
ref: 2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Synonym of superjacent.
synonyms: word: superjacent
thrombophylactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thrombophylactic
form: most thrombophylactic
Etymology: From thrombo- + phylactic.
Senses: examples: text: Our study results contrast previous reports showing no significant difference between low-molecular-weight heparin and rivaroxaban and may reflect the surgeon effect on thrombophylactic preference not accounted for by multivariable analysis [ 26 ].
ref: 2015 June 26, Michael Dan et al., “Blood loss in primary total knee arthroplasty—body temperature is not a significant risk factor—a prospective, consecutive, observational cohort study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: protective against thrombosis
thyrocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Rapidly proliferating thyrocytes are likely more vulnerable to mutagens such as radiation, chemical carcinogens and oxidative stress, and may accumulate a higher number of genetic alterations.
ref: 2015 June 18, Michael B. Zimmermann, Valeria Galetti, “Iodine intake as a risk factor for thyroid cancer: a comprehensive review of animal and human studies”, in Thyroid Research, volume 8, →DOI:
glosses: plural of thyrocyte
transbronchial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + bronchial.
Senses: examples: text: Genomic DNA was isolated from paraffin-embedded tissues, which were obtained by transbronchial lung biopsy or from cytologic materials, such as bronchial lavage fluid and pleural effusions.
ref: 2015 May 27, SongRan Liu et al., “Radiotherapy for asymptomatic brain metastasis in epidermal growth factor receptor mutant non-small cell lung cancer without prior tyrosine kinase inhibitors treatment: a retrospective clinical study”, in Radiation Oncology (London, England), volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Through a bronchus, especially by means of a bronchoscope
transpedicular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + pedicular.
Senses: examples: text: The authors consider single-stage posterior-only transpedicular debridement, interbody fusion, and instrumentation as a radical treatment.
ref: 2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Through a pedicle
transrectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transrectal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ultrasonogram of the bladder obtained transrectally using a 5.0-MHz linear transducer in a 4-year-old Braunvieh x Brown Swiss cow with uroperitoneum caused by rupture of a persistent urachus.
ref: 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI:
glosses: Through (the wall of) the rectum
transsternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From trans- + sternal.
Senses: examples: text: [ 7 ] reported a postoperative mortality of 33 % as a result of bleeding and sepsis following a modified transsternal approach.
ref: 2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Through the sternum
tricortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + cortical.
Senses: examples: text: The tricortical iliac crest bone grafts also have good biomechanical performance and can withstand strong compression forces.
ref: 2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation with allograft through an extraperitoneal anterior approach”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
glosses: Connected to three cortical plates
trocarisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trocarization
form: trocharisation
form: trocharization
Etymology: From trocar + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: Renal trauma caused by blunt force, entrapment, falls, puncture or accidental trocarisation may rupture the renal capsule leading to leakage of urine into the perirenal tissues.
ref: 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical use of a trocar.
trypticase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Bacteria were plated on trypticase soy agar (TSA), incubated at 37 °C for 15 h and subsequently diluted using the McFarland optical density standard.
ref: 2015 July 3, Claudia Guldimann et al., “Increased spread and replication efficiency of Listeria monocytogenes in organotypic brain-slices is related to multilocus variable number of tandem repeat analysis (MLVA) complex”, in BMC Microbiology, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: A commercial bacterial growth medium
Derived terms: trypticase soy agar
unifocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From uni- + focal.
Senses: examples: text: For the patient with unifocal colonization, he was admitted to SICU for septic shock secondary to acute cholangitis.
ref: 2015 July 3, Yi Xin Liew et al., “Candida Surveillance in Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) in a Tertiary Institution”, in BMC Infectious Diseases, volume 15, →DOI:
glosses: Having a single focus (location)
uroperitoneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uro- + peritoneum.
Senses: examples: text: The cause of uroperitoneum often can be determined and the condition corrected surgically.
ref: 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI:
glosses: The presence of urine in the peritoneal cavity
vesicoumbilical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vesico- + umbilical.
Senses: examples: text: The bladder mucosa is discoloured and thickened, has numerous erosions and ulcerations and is covered with fibrin (from Braun et al. [ 11 ]) Immediately after umbilical cord rupture, the urachus retracts into the abdominal cavity toward the apex of the bladder, and its peritoneal covering gives rise to the vesicoumbilical ligament.
ref: 2015 July 3, Ueli Braun, Karl Nuss, “Uroperitoneum in cattle: Ultrasonographic findings, diagnosis and treatment”, in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica, volume 57, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the urinary bladder and the umbilicus
Synonyms: omphalovesical
zygopophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zygopophyses
Etymology: From zygo- + apophysis.
Senses: examples: text: However, without the intervertebral disc, the shear stress between L5 and S1 can cause accelerated degradation of the zygopophysis, leading to back pain.
ref: 2015 May 10, Jian-Hua Li et al., “Surgical treatment of lumbosacral tuberculosis by one-stage debridement and anterior instrumentation with allograft through an extraperitoneal anterior approach”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: One of the articular processes of the neural arch of a vertebra
pointily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pointily
form: most pointily
Etymology: From pointy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pointy manner
Chinese finger trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese finger traps
Senses: glosses: A gag toy, used to play practical jokes, that traps the victim's fingers in both ends of a small cylinder woven from bamboo.
Synonyms: Chinese finger puzzle
Chinese handcuffs
Chinese thumb cuff
fingercuffs
Chinese finger traps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese finger trap
Chinese finger puzzle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese finger puzzles
Senses: glosses: A Chinese finger trap.
Chinese handcuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Chinese finger trap.
Chinese thumb cuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese thumb cuffs
Senses: glosses: A Chinese finger trap.
Chinese finger puzzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese finger puzzle
Chinese thumb cuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese thumb cuff
huggee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: huggees
Etymology: From hug + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person who is hugged
diaphonous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Alabaster-skinned and statuesque in micro-shorts and a diaphonous black cape, Welch has the crowd eating out of her hand from the opening Kiss With a Fist, a paean to dysfunctional relationships that suggests Tori Amos fronting the Banshees.
ref: 2009 September 21, Ian Gittins, “Florence and the Machine”, in Guardian:
glosses: Misspelling of diaphanous.
egg tarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg tart
landbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landbanks
form: land bank
Etymology: From land + bank.
Senses: examples: text: To establish a current circulating credit upon any Land-bank […] has hitherto proved difficult.
ref: 1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, page 340:
glosses: A bank which issues notes based on the security of landed property.
glosses: An area of land held in reserve by a house-building firm.