cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
bicommissural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + commissural.
Senses: examples: text: In a first step, the interhemispheric midsagittal plane and the orthogonal plane through the bicommissural line between the anterior and posterior commissures were determined as reference planes.
ref: 2015 September 2, “Striatal Infarction Elicits Secondary Extrafocal MRI Changes in Ipsilateral Substantia Nigra”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to both the anterior and posterior commissures
borocaptate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Kawabata et al. reported that BNCT utilizing sodium borocaptate and boronophenylalanine simultaneously in combination with X-irradiation enhanced the survival of patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, in comparison with BNCT alone [18 ].
ref: 2015 September 2, “The Anti-Proliferative Effect of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy in a Prostate Cancer Xenograft Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The anion of a mercapto- derivative of a particular caged borane; it is used as a therapeutic source of boron
chromatoscanner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chromatoscanners
Etymology: From chromato- + scanner.
Senses: examples: text: Then, lipids were quantified by densitometric scanning at 400–650 nm with triolein, cholesteryl esters and ergosterol (ERG) as standards using a Shimadzu dual-wave length chromatoscanner CS-930.
ref: 2015 September 2, “A Yeast Mutant Deleted of GPH1 Bears Defects in Lipid Metabolism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: An optical device that is used to scan an object at multiple wavelengths
exofocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + focal.
Senses: examples: text: In animal models, exofocal neuron death in the ipsilateral midbrain has been described after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA).
ref: 2015 September 2, “Striatal Infarction Elicits Secondary Extrafocal MRI Changes in Ipsilateral Substantia Nigra”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Outside of a specific small area
glycoaminidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We therefore treated the samples with PNGase F, a glycoaminidase capable of cleaving asparagine and N-acetylglucosamine residues in order to focus on quantitative analysis of the deglycosylated C1 without significant interference from the IgG band.
ref: 2015 September 2, “Prion Protein Protects against Renal Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A glycosidase that catalyses the hydrolysis of an N-linked glycoside
hyperoxidative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + oxidative.
Senses: examples: text: In this study, we clearly demonstrate that oral pretreatment with the higher-luteolin diet (0.035% (wt/wt)) protected against cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophy as well as a hyperoxidative state in Ang II-infused rats.
ref: 2015 September 2, “A Food-Derived Flavonoid Luteolin Protects against Angiotensin II-Induced Cardiac Remodeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: More than usually oxidative
monodigit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + digit.
Senses: examples: text: "The bridge is the pride of the community of Newton Falls, the only town in the U.S. to have a monodigit zip code, 44444."
ref: 1997, Brian J. McKee, Historic American Covered Bridges:
glosses: consisting of one digit repeated several times
raw_tags: of a number
examples: text: […] the sequential severity of deficiency ranged from a partial defect of phalanges of the middle finger to a monodigit hand.
ref: 1982, {unattibuted}, Excerpta medica. Section 34: Plastic surgery - Volume 13
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: (of a hand) having only one finger
hypothiocyanate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypothiocyanates
Senses: examples: text: The biological role of SPO in adult saliva is considered to be the breakdown of H 2 O 2 produced by dental microflora, simultaneously protecting teeth and producing antibacterial hypothiocyanate from thiocyanate; it has been demonstrated that the major form of enzymatic H 2 O 2 consumption in normal human tracheal secretions is due to SPO [43 ].
ref: 2015 September 2, “Breastmilk-Saliva Interactions Boost Innate Immunity by Regulating the Oral Microbiome in Early Infancy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Misspelling of hypothiocyanite.
overinhalation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From over- + inhalation.
Senses: examples: text: The animals were euthanized using the overinhalation of isoflurane.
ref: 2015 September 2, “Scaffold-Free Tubular Tissues Created by a Bio-3D Printer Undergo Remodeling and Endothelialization when Implanted in Rat Aortae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Excessive inhalation
pentagalacturonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From penta- + galacturonic.
Senses: examples: text: Molecular dynamics simulation performed on the mutant N94A revealed the loss of the hydrogen bond formed by the hydroxyl group at O34 of pentagalacturonic acid and the crucial ND2 of Asn94 and the consequent detachment and rotation of the substrate away from the active site, and that on N94Q caused the substrate to drift away from its place due to the longer side chain.
ref: 2015 September 2, “New Insights into the Role of T3 Loop in Determining Catalytic Efficiency of GH28 Endo-Polygalacturonases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to pentagalacturonic acid and its derivatives
pentagalacturonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A breakdown product of polygalacturonic acid (pectic acid) containing five galacturonic acid units
thaumarchaea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thaumarchaea
Senses: examples: text: Archaea that contain these genes are now placed within a separate phylogenetic group, the thaumarchaea.
ref: 2014, Eldor Paul, Soil Microbiology, Ecology and Biochemistry, page 60:
text: Three exceptions to the bacterial dominance are noteworthy, having increased with the upwelling: Nitrosopumilus maritimus, a thaumarchaea; Thalassiosira pseudonana, a centric diatom; and Ostreococcus lucimarinus, a picoeukaryote (Fig 3, S2 Table).
ref: 2015 September 2, “Insights into the Microbial and Viral Dynamics of a Coastal Downwelling-Upwelling Transition”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: Previous studies have suggested that, like all microbes, thaumarchaea are infected by viruses and that viral predation has a profound impact on thaumarchaeal functioning and mortality, thereby regulating global biogeochemical cycles.
ref: 2019, JG Kim, “Spindle-shaped viruses infect marine ammonia-oxidizing thaumarchaea”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
synonyms: thaumarchaeote
glosses: Any of the phylum Thaumarchaeota of archaebacteria, or the phylum as a whole.
Derived terms: thaumarchaeal
thaumarchaeota
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the taxonomic name.
Senses: glosses: The archaea that are members of the phylum Thaumarchaeota.
Derived terms: thaumarchaeotal
transradial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + radial.
Senses: examples: text: Recently, the transradial access for CCA became of more interest, as it showed less local vascular complications at the entry site [43 ], but the utilization of a transradial approach still varies strongly among countries [44 ].
ref: 2015 September 2, “Acceptance of Combined Coronary CT Angiography and Myocardial CT Perfusion versus Conventional Coronary Angiography in Patients with Coronary Stents—Intraindividual Comparison”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: Through the radial artery
ultramicrostructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultramicrostructures
Etymology: From ultra- + microstructure.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, by TEM, we found that the ultramicrostructure accumulated a significant amount of fat.
ref: 2015 September 2, “Low Expression of Mfn2 Is Associated with Mitochondrial Damage and Apoptosis of Ovarian Tissues in the Premature Ovarian Failure Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: microstructure as revealed by an ultramicroscope
Related terms: ultramicrostructural
upconcentrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upconcentrates
form: upconcentrating
form: upconcentrated
form: upconcentrated
Etymology: From up- + concentrate.
Senses: glosses: To increase the concentration of one component of a mixture
upconcentrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: F6* has the correct molecular size (116 kDa) and is the most pure fraction, so it was dialyzed to 20 mM Tris, 0.2 M NaCl, pH 8 and upconcentrated to 0,3 mg/ml before being formulated with FCA and administrated to the animals.
ref: 2015 September 2, “The Influence of Sub-Unit Composition and Expression System on the Functional Antibody Response in the Development of a VAR2CSA Based Plasmodium falciparum Placental Malaria Vaccine”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: simple past and past participle of upconcentrate
acetowhitening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From aceto- + whitening.
Senses: examples: text: Black arrows indicate suspicious regions due to heterogeneity in acetowhitening and/or vascular abnormality.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Design of a Novel Low Cost Point of Care Tampon (POCkeT) Colposcope for Use in Resource Limited Settings”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The whitening of skin or mucous membrane after application of acetic acid solution (used to identify zones of squamous cell change)
Related terms: acetowhite
curglaff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Even as the curtains are being pulled in around you, you will probably experience the curglaff, which is another old Scots term, this time for the feeling you get when you're hit with cold water. Your heart gallops, your blood rushes, and, if you're Benjamin Franklin, you don't like it one little bit.
ref: 2012, Mark Forsyth, The Horologicon, →ISBN:
text: The recent spate of – welcome – technology IPOs sent the market into a curglaff when many offerings promptly started a freefall from their market highs, leaving many burned retail investors in their wake.
ref: 2013 March 9, Alex Wilhelm, “Stocks at all time highs? Not if you look at these recently public tech companies”, in TNW News:
text: Paul Morphy died of curglaff.
ref: 2013 July 16, “Obituaries”, in Georgia Chess Magazine:
glosses: The shock felt when one first plunges into cold water.
endolumen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endolumens
Etymology: From endo- + lumen.
Senses: examples: text: One adenoid cystic carcinoma of trachea displayed as polypiform mass and protruded into endolumen with a wide base, homogeneous density, and fairly smooth and regular margin.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Diagnostic Value of Multidetector CT and Its Multiplanar Reformation, Volume Rendering and Virtual Bronchoscopy Postprocessing Techniques for Primary Trachea and Main Bronchus Tumors”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The inside of a lumen
Related terms: endoluminal
endoxylanases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: GH5 and GH12 proteins are endoglucanases, GH1 and GH3 proteins are exoglucanases or enzymes targeting disaccharides, and GH30 proteins are exoglucanases and endoxylanases.
ref: 2015 September 3, “RNA-Seq Analysis of the Expression of Genes Encoding Cell Wall Degrading Enzymes during Infection of Lupin ( Lupinus angustifolius ) by Phytophthora parasitica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of endoxylanase
endoxylanase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoxylanases
Etymology: From endo- + xylanase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any xylanase that operates within a cell
goniosomatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goniosomatines
Etymology: From translingual Goniosoma + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: As we mentioned above, females of goniosomatine harvestmen increase their foraging activities during the period of egg production and leave the cave habitat on a daily basis, while males and NOFs may remain stationary inside the cave for three or more days [43, 33 ].
ref: 2015 September 3, “Egg Production Constrains Chemical Defenses in a Neotropical Arachnid”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any harvestman of the subfamily Goniosomatinae.
goniosomatines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goniosomatine
microconcentrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microconcentrators
Etymology: From micro- + concentrator.
Senses: examples: text: The PCR products were purified using a Microcon-100 microconcentrator in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions (Millipore, Bedford, MA, USA), and then sequenced using a BigDye Terminator Cycle-Sequencing kit (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, USA) and ABI Prism 3100 DNA sequencer (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, USA).
ref: 2015 September 3, “Reconstruction of the Evolutionary Dynamics of A(H3N2) Influenza Viruses Circulating in Italy from 2004 to 2012”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A very small concentrator
microdebrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdebriders
Etymology: From micro- + debrider.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore, in the ethmoidectomy procedure, the surgeon used a standard drill (Medtronic Xomed, Jacksonville FL) instead of the typical surgical instrument such as curette, Kerrison rogeur and microdebrider that is normally used for the real patient.
ref: 2015 September 3, “3D Rapid Prototyping for Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery: Applications in Image-Guidance, Surgical Simulation and Patient-Specific Modeling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A very small debrider
debrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debriders
Etymology: From debride + -er.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A device, used in ENT surgery, to remove polyps etc from the sinuses
Derived terms: english: the normal term
translation: the normal term
word: microdebrider
multiciliated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + ciliated.
Senses: examples: text: In this work of Schueler et al., DCDC2 protein has been identified to colocalize with alpha-tubulin to the axoneme of primary cilia of human renal tubule cells and cholangiocytes in human liver and to multiciliated ependymal cells and pia mater cells in mouse brain.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Everolimus Stabilizes Podocyte Microtubules via Enhancing TUBB2B and DCDC2 Expression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having multiple cilia.
nanochromatography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + chromatography.
Senses: examples: text: The peptides mixtures were analyzed by nanoLC-MS/MS using a nanochromatography system (Ulmitate, Dionex) coupled to a Q-Star (Applied Biosystems, Altringham, USA) or an LTQ-Orbitrap (Thermo Fisher Scientific) mass spectrometer.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Promoter-Dependent Translation Controlled by p54 nrb and hnRNPM during Myoblast Differentiation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: chromatography of nanosize samples
Related terms: nanochromatographic
neurobeachin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurobeachins
Senses: examples: text: Two SNPs, rs14920313 and rs14920355, were located in the doublecortin-like kinase 1 (DCLK1) gene, and rs313140585 was identified in the neurobeachin (NBEA) gene.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Promising Loci and Genes for Yolk and Ovary Weight in Chickens Revealed by a Genome-Wide Association Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that binds kinases to membranes
orbitotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From orbito- + temporal.
Senses: examples: text: The anterior edge of the maxilla is strongly concave at the base of the ascending process leaving a crescent-shaped portion of the supraoccipital process of the frontal anterior to a well-defined transverse orbitotemporal crest.
ref: 2015 September 3, “From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the orbit (of the eye) and the temple
paravermian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The posterolateral portion of both cerebellar hemispheres in crus II, lateral to the paravermian region, was activated by auditory stimulation at 40 Hz [36, 37 ].
ref: 2015 September 3, “Alterations of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Tinnitus Patients as Assessed Using Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the paravermis
polyinhalant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + inhalant.
Senses: examples: text: The study revealed the following classes of inhalant use: (1) severe polyinhalant use; (2) moderate polyinhalant use; (3) gas and permanent marker use; and (4) low-use.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Patterns of Inhalant Use among Incarcerated Youth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A mixture of inhalants.
pseudoalterin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Pseudoalteromonas + -in
Senses: examples: text: With pEV as expression vector and SM20429 as the host, a cold-adapted protease, pseudoalterin, which cannot be maturely expressed in E.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Development of a Cold-Adapted Pseudoalteromonas Expression System for the Pseudoalteromonas Proteins Intractable for the Escherichia coli System”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A metalloprotease isolated from deep-sea bacteria of a Pseudoalteromonas species.
recombineered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Because of its small size, the landing pad is easily recombineered into the desired location in the genome [8 ] by λ-Red mediated homologous recombination, and serves as a subsequent target for cleavage by I-SceI and recombination by λ-Red. Successful integration of the landing pad can be positively selected for through growth on medium containing tetracycline (for tetA landing pad) or galactose as the sole carbon source (for galK landing pad).
ref: 2015 September 3, “An Integrated System for Precise Genome Modification in Escherichia coli”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Modified by recombineering
sulfomucin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfomucins
Etymology: From sulfo- + mucin.
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of mucins containing sulfate esters.
sulfomucins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This distinguishes them from granules in adjacent cells and perhaps signals the presence of sulfomucins typical of some types of secretory cells [22 ].
ref: 2015 September 3, “Coordinated Feeding Behavior in Trichoplax, an Animal without Synapses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: plural of sulfomucin
alfils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alfil
dyet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyets
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of diet.
dyets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dyet
avenanthramides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avenanthramide
spurtingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From spurting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
ref: 2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:
glosses: So as to spurt.
whuddup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [wʌˈɾʌp]
Senses: glosses: what's up? (as a greeting)
wuddup
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: [wʌˈɾʌp]
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what's up (as a greeting)
hyperambitious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperambitious
form: most hyperambitious
Etymology: From hyper- + ambitious.
Senses: examples: text: Wall Street’s culture still attracts hyperambitious men and women who are willing to do whatever it takes — pulling consecutive all-nighters or working through holiday weekends — to differentiate themselves and to meet their bosses’ weighty expectations.
ref: 2015 October 3, William D. Cohan, “Deaths Draw Attention to Wall Street’s Grueling Pace”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very highly ambitious.
lookupable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lookupable
form: most lookupable
Etymology: From look up + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be looked up.
joumou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Then there’s a traditional soup called joumou, which is made of pumpkin and fried pork called griot.
ref: 2015 September 29, Shivani Vora, “Chef José Andrés on Giving and Getting Back in Haiti”, in New York Times:
glosses: Ellipsis of soup joumou.
nonrebel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrebels
Etymology: From non- + rebel.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, Mr. Luck’s beard is notable precisely because he is a nonrebel.
ref: 2015 October 2, Alex Williams, “For Andrew Luck, an Unruly Beard Is a Commercial Asset”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a rebel.
nonrebels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrebel
nonrebellious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rebellious.
Senses: glosses: Not rebellious.
nonrebelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rebelling.
Senses: glosses: Not rebelling.
hoverboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hoverboard
superliberal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superliberal
form: most superliberal
Etymology: From super- + liberal.
Senses: examples: text: So far, only superliberal Berkeley, Calif., has succeeded in adopting such a measure over industry objections.
ref: 2015 October 2, Margot Sanger-Katz, “The Decline of ‘Big Soda’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very politically liberal.
superliberal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superliberals
Etymology: From super- + liberal.
Senses: glosses: A person who is very politically liberal.
superliberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superliberal
oenophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oenophilic
form: most oenophilic
Etymology: From oeno- + -philic.
Senses: synonyms: vinophilic
glosses: Fond of wine.
Related terms: oenophile
oenophilia
starmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From star + making.
Senses: glosses: The process of turning somebody into a famous and successful entertainer.
rockhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockheads
Etymology: From rock + head.
Senses: examples: text: This type of area, with reasonably well-defined rockheads under glacial and lacustrine deposits, probably represents optimum conditions for the adoption of seismic exploration techniques.
ref: 2012, P. B. Attewell, I. W. Farmer, Principles of Engineering Geology, page 457:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: The surface of the bedrock beneath soil cover.
glosses: The fish Bothragonus swanii, a variety of poacher.
examples: text: Men seemed just as superfluous as women, a bunch of rockheads running around punching each other and getting hot and sweaty about guns.
ref: 2016, James Young, Rise of the Dust Child:
glosses: A stupid person.
rockhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockheads
Etymology: From rock + -head.
Senses: examples: text: […] an apparent betrayal of electronica's more oblique, less suburban ethos in favor of a record the rockheads like.
ref: 1997, New York Magazine, volume 30, number 15, page 65:
text: The rarest species was a Protestant although I'd bet that the majority of Ivy League rockheads in the 1950s were Prots.
ref: 2015, Edward A. Hagan, To Vietnam in Vain: Memoir of an Irish-American Intelligence Advisor, 1969-1970, page 46:
glosses: A fan of rock music.
rockheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockhead
Hofstadter's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Douglas Hofstadter (1945–), who introduced it in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid.
Senses: glosses: The self-referential adage that a task always takes longer than expected, even when Hofstadter's law is taken into account.
wikipedia: Gödel, Escher, Bach
Parkinson's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Cyril Northcote Parkinson in a humorous essay published in The Economist in 1955.
Senses: glosses: The adage that work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.
starmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starmakers
Etymology: From star + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Lavishly illustrated with 250 rare photographs, full of delightful anecdotes and little-known facts about stars and starmakers.
ref: 1980, American Film, volume 6, page 69:
glosses: One who works at turning others into famous and successful entertainers.
Related terms: starmaking
starmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starmaker
starsnout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: starsnouts
Etymology: From star + snout.
Senses: glosses: Any of various fishes in the genus Bathyagonus.
starsnouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of starsnout
tikkis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tikki
aloo tikki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aloo tikkis
Senses: glosses: A potato croquette from the Indian subcontinent.
alligatorfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alligatorfishes
form: alligatorfish
form: alligator fish
Etymology: From alligator + fish.
Senses: glosses: a bottom-dwelling marine fish of species Aspidophoroides monopterygius, family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic.
Synonyms: Aleutian alligator fish
Atlantic alligatorfish
alligatorfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alligatorfish
aloo tikkis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aloo tikki
demasculization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demasculizations
Etymology: From de- + masculization.
Senses: examples: text: Foot Newton sadly admits that "there are a number of contributing factors in the culture," including "years of violation of self-esteem and demasculization in a very patriarchal society ... or the lack of hope of anything every^([sic]) changing."
ref: 2009 February 17, Richard Ouzounian, “Studio Theatre's Tshepang: A brutal crime, a thread of hope”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: demasculinization
demasculizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demasculization
firehall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firehalls
Senses: examples: text: Now there are four in the firehall around the clock.
ref: 2009 February 18, Carola Vyhnak, “Volunteer firefighters filled a burning need”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative form of fire hall (“fire station”).
puckstopping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From puck + stopping.
Senses: examples: text: He couldn't protect the lead, the OT produced his most confident puckstopping of the night and the shootout, well, he didn't win it and didn't make a save.
ref: 2009 February 20, Damien Cox, “Valuable learning experience for young Pogge”, in Toronto Star:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: The state of being a goalkeeper
zweibeins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zweibein
vielbeins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vielbein
puckstopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckstoppers
Etymology: From puck + stopper.
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: goalkeeper, goaltender
firehalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firehall
yuft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yufts
Etymology: From Russian ю́фть (júftʹ).
Senses: examples: text: About 250,000 poods of yuft are prepared annually, of which about 150,000 poods are red yuft, manufactured chiefly for foreign markets.
ref: 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, page 295:
glosses: Russia leather.
balsamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balsamic
blinnies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With a German lad and a young Australian couple, I ate caviar, borscht, blinnies and beef stroganoff in the dining car, exchanged naughty jokes, played chess, and drank too much vodka.
ref: 2009 February 21, Nancy Cawley, “Ride of a lifetime”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: plural of blinny
Russia leather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Russia leathers
Senses: synonyms: Russia
yuft
glosses: A form of bark-tanned cow leather, made hard-wearing, flexible, and waterproof with the use of birch oil.
blinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blinnies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blini.
gulpable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gulpable
form: most gulpable
Etymology: From gulp + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A bit coarse, but highly gulpable as a house red.
ref: 2009 February 21, Gord Stimmell, “Many fine wines plus one for a coffee lover”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Synonym of quaffable.
synonyms: word: quaffable
puckstoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of puckstopper
microfear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfears
Etymology: From micro- + fear.
Senses: examples: text: And he told The New York Times that when he recently looked over Katie Couric's 2007 60 Minutes interview with Yankee infielder Alex Rodriguez, in which he denies using performance-enhancing drugs, Ekman spotted a hint of "microfear" around Rodriguez's lips when Couric asked if he was ever tempted to use illegal drugs.
ref: 2009 February 21, Hannah Hoag, “Reading the fine print of the human face”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A small amount of fear.
chefdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chef + -dom.
Senses: glosses: Collectively, all chefs.
examples: text: Still they keep coming, perhaps spurred on by the celebrity status that chefdom has achieved in the past decade.
ref: 2009 February 26, Corey Mintz, “Prepping for a culinary career”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The state of being a chef.
microfears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfear
bfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bfasts
Senses: examples: text: Just have to pick the bfast, lunch and dinner I feel most like eating today and – bingo!
ref: 2009 February 28, Megan Ogilvie, “Flex your plan for healthier eating”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Abbreviation of breakfast.
bfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bfast
wristing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Mayers scored at 6:39 of the first, wristing a flutterball past Elliott that had Sens fans booing their goaltender.
ref: 2009 March 1, Kevin McGran, “Surging Leafs sink Senators”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: present participle and gerund of wrist
lytarge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: litharge
Darwinistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Darwinistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Darwinistic manner.
massah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massahs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
massahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massah
mastah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastahs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
mastahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastah
Mastah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mastahs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Mastahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mastah
mastuh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mastuhs
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of master, representing African-American Vernacular English.
mastuhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mastuh
washproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more washproof
form: most washproof
Etymology: From wash + -proof.
Senses: examples: a washproof ink or pigment
a washproof adhesive bandage
glosses: Capable of being washed without damage or loss.
drizzlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drizzling
drizzleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more drizzleable
form: most drizzleable
Etymology: From drizzle + -able.
Senses: examples: text: If the caramel becomes too hard, let stand at room temperature until it warms up to a drizzleable state. Drizzle the maple mixture over the bars while they are still in the pan or after you have sliced and removed them from the pan.
ref: 2015, Kathy Patalsky, Healthy Happy Vegan Kitchen, page 59:
text: South of the border this type of salsa is generally quite smooth, easily drizzleable and quite spicy — perfect for dashing on soft tacos or stirring into soup.
ref: 1998, Rick Bayless, JeanMarie Brownson, Deann Groen Bayless, Salsas That Cook, page 13:
glosses: Suitable for drizzling.
inferible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The fact is inferible, from the notices of Gibbon, the intimation of Tacitus, and the informations of Ptolomy: but, it is from Hick’s Thesaurus, Somner, and Lye’s, Saxon Dictionaries, Ihre’s Glossarium-Suiogothicum, and the Icelandic word-books, that we must learn how many differences, and shades of discrimination, there are, between the several dialects of the Gothic tongue.
ref: 1807, George Chalmers, Caledonia: Or, An Account, Historical and Topographic, of North Britain, volume I, book ii: “The Pictish Period — 446 A.D. 843”, chapter ii: ‘Of the Romanized Britons of the Cumbrian Kingdom, in North Britain’, 251, footnote g
text: There was a meeting, indeed, of the regents, and others, at Perth, in October, 1290, when they heard of the lamented death of their sovereign: But, it is inferible, from the silence of Prynne, and Rymer, that they sent none of their proceedings to Edward.
ref: ibidem, book iv: “The Scoto-Saxon Period — 1097 A.D. 1306”, chapter ii: ‘Of the Civil History, during this Period’, 649, footnote s
text: Verbal, written and behavioral language is made up of social norms. At the same time, language is essential in the building of social norms, since individuals use language to exchange and share messages in order to share solutions, meanings, ends and means, implied in, and inferible from, the regularity of shared behaviors observable as social norms.
ref: 1999, Adolfo Critto, Choosing Models of Society and Social Norms: Improving Choices and Quality of Life, Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, chapter i: “Social Norms and Consistency”, § A.1.a., 2
text: The test to determine whether or not e#95;k is inferible from e#95;i,e#95;j,...,e#95;h reduces to find out whether a set A#61;U(e#95;#92;cap) is a subset of B#61;U(e#95;k).
ref: 2003, Josep Miró, “A Formulation for Language Independent Prelogical Deductive Inference” in Computer Aided Systems Theory — EUROCAST 2003: 9th International Workshop on Computer Aided Systems Theory: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, February 24–28, 2003: Revised Selected Papers (LNCS 2809), eds. Roberto Moreno-Díaz and Franz Pichler, Springer, ISSN 0302‒9743, § 3.1: ‘Comments’, 81
glosses: Alternative spelling of inferrible (synonym of inferable).
soggy biscuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: ookie cookie
glosses: A game where men masturbate in a circle, ejaculating onto a biscuit (or cookie or other food), with the last person to ejaculate forced to eat the biscuit; it is associated mainly with all-male hazing in environments like boarding schools and military training.
bumbleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bumbleberry
razzleberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razzleberry
wildberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wildberry
vibrogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vibrograms
Etymology: From vibro- + -gram.
Senses: glosses: The product of a vibrograph
non-finite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonfinite.
bailjumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bail + jumping; see jump one's bail.
Senses: glosses: The act of absconding while at liberty under bail bonds.
Ustinovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ustinovian
form: most Ustinovian
Etymology: From Ustinov + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Peter Ustinov (1921–2004), English actor, writer and dramatist.
Yoneda embeddings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yoneda embedding
Electra complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Electra complex
voiceovered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of voiceover
voiceovering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voiceover
vibrograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vibrogram
yo'self
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of yourself.
Related terms: yo'
yo'selves
yoself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: -ɛlf
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of yourself.
Related terms: yo
yoselves
wodanium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wodanium, named after the god Odin.
Senses: examples: text: It is known that Mine-commissioner Lampadius, of Freiberg, detected a new metal in this ore, differing as much from nickel as tellurium does from antimony, and to which he has given the name of wodanium.
ref: 1820 September 24, M. Stromeyer, “Chemical Examinaion of Wodan-Pyrites”, in The Annals of Philosophy, volume 16, page 214:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed chemical element, later found to be a mixture of copper, iron, lead, nickel, etc.
yo'selves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: yo'self
form: yo'
Senses: glosses: Yo' (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
Related terms: word: yerselves
word: yoselves
word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
yoselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: yoself
form: yo
Etymology: From yo + selves.
Senses: glosses: Yo (plural), used as the object of a verb or preposition, referring to the people being spoken to, previously mentioned.
Related terms: word: yerselves
word: yo'selves
word: Ime
word: me
word: myselfmemysen
word: mine
word: mymineme
word: we
word: us
word: ourselvesourselfoursen
word: oursourn
word: our
word: you
word: yourselfyoursen
word: yoursyourn
word: your
word: thou
word: thee
word: thyselftheeselfthysen
word: thine
word: thythine
word: youye
word: yourselves
word: you ally'all you guys
word: y'allselves
word: all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'
word: all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'
word: he
word: him
word: himselfhisselfhissen
word: hishisn
word: his
word: she
word: her
word: herselfhersen
word: hershern
word: ithit
word: itselfhitself
word: itshis
word: itshishits
word: they
word: them
word: themself
word: themselves
word: theirs
word: their
word: one
word: oneself
word: –
word: one's
word: themhem
word: 'em
word: themselvestheirsen
word: theirstheirn
word: The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun
word: including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete
word: archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
thickflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thickflowing
form: most thickflowing
Etymology: From thick + flowing.
Senses: examples: text: Thee, Telephus, thee, with thy thickflowing tresses
ref: 1860, Horace, The Odes of Horace:
text: Thickflowing sand - so finely sifted
ref: 1872, Alfred Domett, Ranolf and Amohia: A South-sea Day-dream:
text: Sealants (sealing materials) and compounds (filling materials) are thick-flowing pastes which solidify in the cold.
ref: 2006, Khananashvili, Mukbaniani, Gennady Zaikov, Elementorganic Monomers: Technology, Properties, Applications:
glosses: flowing thickly, viscous, viscid
smelly freckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smelly freckles
Senses: examples: text: QUESTION: Have you ever had ANY contact with Contact Singapore? Cos' if you havent,^([sic]) you're talking thru your smelly freckle --> (_*_)
ref: 2001 January 12, m0bius [username], “Re: The Angmorisation of Singapore”, in soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
text: You stick your smelly freckle in, you stick your smelly freckle out
ref: 2002, Kevin Bloody Wilson, “The Browneye Medley”, in Let Loose Live in the Outback:
text: Before anyone says I know I need to get out more and I will be watching next week as it is more heartening than yet another news report on a bloke at an airport with a grenade up his smelly freckle!!
ref: 2003 February 14, notme [username], “Chuckle Brothers”, in uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet):
glosses: The anus.
unsquare
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + square.
Senses: glosses: Not square.
pile it high, sell it cheap
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: pile 'em high, sell 'em cheap
Senses: glosses: Selling a product at a low price allows large volumes of the product to be sold.
facturd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfæk.tɜː(ɹ)d/
Forms: form: facturds
Etymology: Blend of factoid + turd.
Senses: examples: text: We can only give you some FACTURDS about their Lou, whose name is Lou Diamond Haeick, and let you be the judge.
ref: 2000 February 20, Go Onadiet Yaslob [username], “REPRINT: by request: Letters to the LouMaster”, in rec.gambling.sports (Usenet):
text: The smug pretentious know-it-all
Who posts facturds galore
ref: 2008 September 3, Ko-Ko [username], “Re: With a few slight sidelines.....”, in rec.music.opera (Usenet):
text: And on top of that, it's just a conspiracy facturd that she went onto the trunk to retrieve a piece of brain matter.
ref: 2011 August 10, Hank Sienzant, “Re: Jackie Onassis tapes (article)”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk (Usenet):
glosses: A particularly dubious, distasteful, or irrelevant factoid.
facturds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facturd
chewproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chewproof
form: most chewproof
Etymology: From chew + -proof.
Senses: examples: chewproof toys for a dog
glosses: Resistant to damage caused by chewing.
trap street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trap streets
Senses: examples: text: Trap streets are used as a weapon in corporate warfare, but in certain circumstances, trap streets can be used to fight a different kind of battle. Molly Metropolis certainly understood the importance of trap streets, and as she constructed her map of real train lines and paper ones, she included traps of her own.
ref: 2015, Catie Disabato, The Ghost Network, Melville House, →ISBN:
topics: cartography
geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A fictitious or inaccurately represented street on a map, inserted as a means of detecting plagiarism.
Hypernyms: copyright trap
Related terms: paper town
trap streets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trap street
guttating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guttate
guttates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guttate
stupid o'clock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: […] Is there an actual reason you've rung me at stupid o'clock, or did you just want to make me feel even worse about everything than I already do?'
ref: 2013, Pippa Wright, The Foster Husband, Pan Books, published 2013, →ISBN, page 47:
text: FUCKING DOGS!!!!! That's both nights now. Waking me up at stupid o'clock in the morning with that stupid noise that comes out of their stupid mouths and making my stupid heart pump right through my chest!
ref: 2014, Slam Daniels, The Bin Diaries: India, AuthorHouse, published 2014, →ISBN:
text: The thing is, we've all posted things online at stupid o'clock. That's why they call it stupid o'clock.
ref: 2015, James Goss, Haterz, Solaris, published 2015, →ISBN:
text: And that brings us to the end of the question-and-answer session for this truncated episode of the Drydock. Again, apologies for not being able to offer a full episode; however, at the time that I've got to this stage of the recording, I have about two to three hours before I need to go to sleep and then wake up at stupid o'clock to start the drive to Tankfest.
ref: 2019 June 30, Drachinifel, 29:34 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 048, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2022:
glosses: A time of day, usually very late at night or very early in the morning, considered unreasonable or when one is prone to poor judgment.
Synonyms: crack of dawn
oh dark thirty
wee small hours
silly o'clock
early morning
paramitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramita
kshanti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Sanskrit क्षान्ति (kṣānti).
Senses: topics: Buddhism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: patience, forbearance and forgiveness: one of the paramitas in Theravāda and Mahāyāna Buddhism.
crossbar switch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbar switches
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A matrix of switches with multiple input and output lines that form a crossed pattern between which a connection may be established by closing a switch located at each intersection.
crossbar switches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossbar switch
embryectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embryectomy
unbended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unbend