cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
blandishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more blandishing
form: most blandishing
Senses: examples: text: There was one Rumsey, a creature of Shaftesbury's, a man of very blandishing manners, with a sly, foxy expression of countenance, likely to put a physiognomist on his guard.
ref: 1844, Emma Robinson, Whitefriars, page 6:
text: Mrs. Spivens could be very blandishing and fascinating when people had money to spend; but a poor girl wanting father—there was something too prosaic in that common every-day occurrence to rouse even into momentary compassion the pinions of Mrs. Spiven's lofty soul.
ref: 1869, Jenny's Geranium, Or, The Prize Flower of a London Court, page 28:
text: There unquestionably are times in the life of every one, when either through a dislike of contemplating gloomy realities, or from an unwillingness to rack the mind by the investigation of abstract truth, or mazy science, a disposition is felt for resigning one's self to the enjoyment of those more blandishing scenes which the rainbow pencil of fancy is ever ready to paint.
ref: 2015, Lucia McMahon, Deborah Schriver, To Read My Heart: The Journal of Rachel Van Dyke, page 353:
glosses: Tending to charm and flatter; smooth and flattering, especially when disingenuous.
Derived terms: blandishingly
blandishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blandish
blandished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blandish
blarneys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blarney
blarneying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blarney
blarneyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blarney
bleches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blech
blithers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blither
blithers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blither
blithered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blither
ore body
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ore bodies
form: orebody
Senses: glosses: A large deposit of a mineral or minerals, below the earth's crust.
blubs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blʌbz/
rhymes: -ʌbz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blub
blubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blub
blubbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈblʌbɪŋ/
Forms: form: blubbings
Senses: examples: text: Herbie had taken out a handkerchief and blown his nose loudly, muttering something about "Foolish. Blubbings. Foolish. Unmanly, the blubbings."
ref: 1989, John Gardner, The Secret Families:
glosses: Crying; whining; blubbering.
blubbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /blʌbd/
rhymes: -ʌbd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blub
blunges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blunge
blunging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blunge
blunged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blunge
bogeying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bogey
bogeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bogey
bombinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bombinate
bombinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bombinate
bombinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bombinate
bonging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bong
bonged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bong
running the gauntlet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: running the gantlet
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of run the gauntlet
running the gauntlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: running the gantlet
Senses: glosses: A form of physical punishment by which a person is compelled to run through a double line of soldiers who attempt to strike him as they pass
Related terms: run the gamut
cognosce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cognosces
form: cognoscing
form: cognosced
form: cognosced
Etymology: From Latin cognosco.
Senses: examples: text: […] directing him to enquire whether the Person sought to be Cognosced is Insane, who is his nearest Agnate, and whether such Agnate is of lawful age […]
ref: 1869, Hugh Barclay, I. S. H. Laidlaw, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13:
glosses: To determine a person to be insane or mentally incompetent.
topics: law
glosses: To examine; to give judgment.
Derived terms: cognoscible
glycerolphospholipid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycerolphospholipids
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glycerophospholipid.
glycerolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glycerol + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any reaction of an ester with glycerol, but especially the reaction of triglycerides with glycerol to form monoglycerides and diglycerides
gondoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gondoic acid or its derivatives
Related terms: gadoleic
gondoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The unsaturated fatty acid cis-icos-11-enoic acid (an isomer of gadoleic acid) present in fish and vegetable oils
gossypol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɒs.ɪ.pɒl/
ipa: /ɡɑs.ɪˌpɔl/
Forms: form: gossypols
Etymology: From Latin gossypium (“cotton”) + -ol.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of toxic polyphenols found in the seeds of the cotton plant.
Derived terms: hemigossypol
gramisterol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A sterol found in wheat germ and other vegetable oils
halvarine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halvarines
Senses: glosses: A form of reduced-fat margarine from Holland.
helianthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhiːliːˈænθəs/
Forms: form: helianthuses
Etymology: From the genus name. Compare helio- (“sun”), antho- (“flower”).
Senses: glosses: Any plant, of the genus Helianthus, having large flower heads with dark disk florets and showy yellow rays; the sunflowers
hypanthium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypanthia
form: hypanthiums
Etymology: From hypo- + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos) + -ium.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
bookcrosses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bookcross
bookcrossed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bookcross
botanise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: botanises
form: botanising
form: botanised
form: botanised
Senses: examples: text: We were incompetent to map the country we passed through, to chart the waters, to geologise, botanise, zoologise, astronomise, or to any other ise.
ref: 1906, James Barr, Laughing through a wilderness, page 261:
text: This is a land of very great interest, even to those who do not specially botanise or 'zoologise.'
ref: 1931, Cambridge Public Library Record - Volume 3, Issue 11, page 90:
text: He sleeps by day because to be awake in sunlight would be, for him, an irresistible temptation to botanise, zoologise, nephelologise, and do no work.
ref: 1992, Andro Linklater, Compton Mackenzie: A Life, page 265:
glosses: Alternative spelling of botanize.
botanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of botanise
botanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of botanise
botanised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of botanise
brunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brunch
brunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brunch
bruxes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of brux
bruxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of brux
bruxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brux
budded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bud
budded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdɪd/
Senses: glosses: That has developed buds
Derived terms: multibudded
unbudded
buffaloing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buffalo
buffaloed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buffalo
buffering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buffer
buffering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bufferings
Senses: examples: text: Based on these requirements, the most practical bufferings for intrabuilding cabling are tight buffer and composite buffer. Both of these buffering designs are readily connectorized and offer small bend radii […]
ref: 1994, Fiber Optic Designs and Applications, page 26:
glosses: The use of a buffer.
Derived terms: autobuffering
multibuffering
pause buffering
w-buffering
z-buffering
peladophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish pelado (“bald”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Mention may also be made here to peladophobia, fear of baldness, particularly manifested in men. In the more severe cases of peladophobia, the social intercourse of the patient is much restricted, developing into what is virtually a phobia of society.
ref: 1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session, page 190:
text: Andrew fears bald people (peladophobia). As a child, he inadvertently insulted a bald man in a grocery store and was promptly clapped on the ears by the old man and screamed at.
ref: 2008, James Garner, Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears, Castle Books, →ISBN, page 105:
text: You can have pluviophobia, the fear of being rained on, or peladophobia, the fear of bald people, but there is no medical term for the fear of doors.
ref: 2010, Vanessa Woods, Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, Gotham Books, →ISBN:
glosses: The fear of baldness or bald people.
phronemophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An aversion to thinking.
peniaphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πενία (penía, “poverty”) + -phobia. Related to Latin penuria (“poverty”).
Senses: examples: text: Piggy banks are helpful for persons with "peniaphobia," an abnormal fear of poverty.
ref: 1994, Charlotte Foltz Jones, Mistakes That Worked, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 38:
text: Maybe you have peniaphobia, but God wants you live among and minister to the poor […]
ref: 1998, Brian Shipman, WWJD: Daily Time with Jesus, B & H Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 358:
text: Our strategy is not driven by brobdingnagian principles: it is quite simply to excel in whatever we do and my personal optimism for the future stems from the knowledge that our entrepreneurial Agencies are driven to achieve. Perhaps this is due to peniaphobia but more likely it stems from a passion to establish the mission™ as the most respected and regarded Agency group in the UK.
ref: 2013, The Mission Marketing Group PLC, Interim Report 2013: For the Six Months Ended 30 June 2013, page 6:
synonyms: aporophobia#Noun
glosses: The fear of poverty or poor people; antipathy toward them; both.
Related terms: miserliness
gamophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gamo- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: He has on him a perpetual gamophobia, and an instinctive antipathy to births and marriages, which makes him carefully avoid that part of the newspapers in which they so constantly appear.
ref: 1808, Edward Dubois, Fashionable Biography; or, Specimens of Public Characters by a Connoisseur, W. Lewis, page xlv:
text: "I've got gamophobia," Anne said. "That's fear of marriage. I should've gotten it a lot sooner. My marriages had the shelf life of buttermilk."
ref: 1997, Joseph Wambaugh, Floaters, Random House, published 1997, →ISBN, page 243:
text: He explained that a recent University of Indiana study indicated that almost twice as many men as women had gamophobia, fear of marriage, but that almost twice as many women as men had genophobia, fear of sex.
ref: 2005, C. L. McGranaghan, The Analyst, a Corporate Novel, →ISBN, page 57:
glosses: The fear of marriage.
Synonyms: gametophobia
Related terms: gamophobe
gamophobic
eosophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἠώς (ēṓs, “dawn”) + -phobia.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:eosophobia.
glosses: A morbid fear of dawn or daylight.
hagiophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hagio- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: As regards Michael Zilk, Father Aurelian was perfectly justified in assuming that he was possessed with a devil, since all the signs favored this presumption, such as sudden paroxysms, abnormal bodily strength, hagiophobia, or strange dread of holy things, and demoniac ecstasy.
ref: 1895 November, E. P. Evans, “Recent Recrudescence of Superstition”, in The Popular Science Monthly, page 73:
text: Perhaps they are afraid that veneration of the saints may lead to putting them in the place of God as objects of worship. If they ever outgrow this hagiophobia they may some day venerate the Gloomy Dean as a saint.
ref: 1930, Selden Peabody Delany, Why Rome, The Dial Press, page 54:
text: When in the midst of the growing antagonism pusillanimous purveyors recite segments from hagiology and incite the masses with hagiophobia the violence may become uncontrollable since its cause becomes a virtual crusade.
ref: 1970, Julian A. Joffe, Studies in the History of Civilization, Philosophical Library, published 1970, page 70:
glosses: The fear, dislike, or hatred of holiness and/or of holy things.
myrmecophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myrmeco- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Ants are a special kind of bug. I think they are easily squashed by the foot; I'm sure I've unintentionally squashed a number of them with my feet in my adult life, and when I was a young child I believe I used to squash an occasional ant either for sport or more likely as a reaction to some feeling of myrmecophobia.
ref: 2001 January 30, R Fontana, “Re: nat”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet):
text: Possibly it was fear of ants, which by the way, is myrmecophobia.
ref: 2007, Claire Cook, Life's a Beach, Hyperion, →ISBN, page 134:
text: My wife suffers from myrmecophobia. I've spread enough toxic substances to turn our property into a superfund site.
ref: 2011 July 9, Max, “Re: Reviews On Roadtrek Motorhomes?”, in rec.outdoors.rv-travel (Usenet):
glosses: The fear of ants.
chronophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + φοβος (phobos, “fear”).
Senses: glosses: Fear of the passing of time, or more generally of time itself.
batrachophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos, “frog”) + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: ranidaphobia
glosses: Fear of frogs.
aurophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: If this be true, it certainly shows the power of suggestion, idiosyncrasy or aurophobia to an extent scarcely equaled by Mr. Bryan himself, who was said to be sorely distressed a short time ago on account of finding gold in his well.
ref: 1898, Western Druggist, volume 20, page 258:
text: Slaves are we then to a superstition — aurophobia — for there is never enough; fear of insecurity will not be remedied by any amount, whether counted in hundreds of thousands or millions.
ref: 1961, Morris Goldstein, Lift Up Your Life: A Personal Philosophy for Our Times, Philosophical Library, published 1961, page 87:
text: The other main reason for the aurophobia that prevails in many quarters is that the monetary use of gold implies fixed parities, […]
ref: 1972, Paul Einzig, A Textbook on Monetary Policy, Macmillan, page 223:
glosses: The fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth.
melophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From melo- + -phobia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδία (melōidía, “music”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear”), “fear of music”.
Senses: examples: text: All the senses, he says, are flattered by wine. “In my youth, when I worked very hard, I used to drink a great deal of tea at breakfast, and, notwithstanding my passion for music, I detested morning concerts. Since I have analysed and experimented upon the cause of my sensations, I am satisfied that my melophobia was caused by the astringent action of the tea on my nervous system in general, and on my acoustic nerves in particular. […]
ref: 1861, "What Wine Does for Us", Charles Dickens (editor), All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal, December 7, page 248
synonyms: musicophobia
antonyms: melomania
melophilia
glosses: Aversion to music
Related terms: melophobe
melophobic
dendrophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛndɹəˈfəʊbɪə/
Forms: form: dendrophobias
Etymology: From dendro- + -phobia.
Senses: examples: text: Related to dendrophobia but less well known are hylophobia (fear of forests), nyctohylophobia (fear of dark wooded areas or forests at night) and xylophobia (fear of wooden objects).
ref: 2013, Peter Young, Oak, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 118:
glosses: A morbid fear of trees.
anemophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anemo- (“wind”) + -phobia. In some uses apparently a calque of Chinese 惡風 /恶风 (“aversion from wind (due to the coldness it brings about)”), a term used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Senses: examples: text: Out­side storms assail the creaking home and can lead to the devel­opment of anemophobia, the fear of winds, as well as phono­phobia, the fear of noise.
ref: [1971 January 13, Hal Boyle, “According To Boyle”, in The Circleville Herald, 88th year, number 10, Circleville, Oh., page 4, column 3:
text: Symptoms at the beginning of infection are anemophobia, low back pain, and a buoyant pulse in strong patients.
ref: 1982, Keisetsu Ōtsuka, Dōmei Yakazu, Tōtarō Shimizu, Natural Healing with Chinese Herbs, page 521:
text: The label on the company's literature states that the herb can be used in the therapy of rheumatism, obstetrical rheumatism, headache, anemophobia, paralysis, back neuralgia, bone pain, acute or chronic neuralgia and other pain caused by rheumatism.
ref: 1982, Robert J. Peshek, Searching for Health, page 61:
text: However, it differs from the latter in that a muscle-resolving drug is used in a conformation with fever, generalized aching, and hidrosis though the fever is not resolved by perspiration, and there are also the accompanying symptoms of chillphobia and anemophobia — a condition or conformation known as "surface weakness".
ref: 1984, Bulletin of the Oriental Healing Arts Institute of U.S.A.:
synonyms: ancraophobia
glosses: A fear of or aversion from wind.
verbophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From Latin verbō (“word”) + -phobia.
Senses: synonyms: logophobia
antonyms: logophilia
glosses: A fear of words.
Related terms: adverbophobia
Roch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Rechedham, from Old English Reċedhām, of Brythonic origin, from the intensive Proto-Brythonic prefix *ar- + *koɨd (“wood”), meaning "river opposite of the wood." More at Roch.
Senses: glosses: A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.
glosses: A village in Nolton and Roch community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8721).
Derived terms: taxonomic: English town
word: Rochdale
english: Welsh community
translation: Welsh community
word: Nolton and Roch
Related terms: english: alternative spelling for the river
translation: alternative spelling for the river
word: Roach
word: Riemann-Roch theorem
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch theorem
Rosaleen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Róisín, a diminutive of Rose.
Senses: examples: text: It had all been rather sudden, but he was sure we should all soon grow very fond of Rosaleen (such a very theatrical name, don't you think, dear? I mean definitely rather bogus.)
ref: 1948, Agatha Christie, Taken at the Flood, HarperCollins, published 2002, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A female given name from Irish.
broths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɔθs/
ipa: /bɹɔðz/
ipa: /bɹɑθs/
ipa: /bɹɑðz/
ipa: /bɹɒθs/
ipa: /bɹɒðz/
Senses: glosses: plural of broth
brownstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brownstone
tensile strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensile strains
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The relative elongation of a material when subjected to tension.
Related terms: english: tensile strength
translation: tensile strength
word: ultimate tensile strength
shear stresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shear stress
Roxanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Persian, variant of Roxana.
Lake Ladoga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ladoga.
synonyms: word: Ladoga
dendro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dendr-.
death's-head hawkmoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: death's-head hawkmoths
Senses: glosses: A moth of any of the genus Acherontia, characterized by the skull-like pattern on its back.
dessert spoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dessert spoons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dessertspoon.
Dutchman's pipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dutchman's pipes
Senses: glosses: A plant of the genus Aristolochia.
glosses: A night-blooming cereus, of the species Epiphyllum oxypetalum.
glosses: A yellow bird's-nest or pinesap, of the species Monotropa hypopitys.
Synonyms: sense: Aristolochia
word: birthwort
sense: Aristolochia
word: pipevine
Derived terms: taxonomic: Aristolochia gigantea
word: Brazilian Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia californica
word: California Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia macrophylla
alt: syn. Aristolochia durior
word: common Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
word: Dutchman's pipe cactus
alt: Aristolochia littoralis Aristolochia elegans
word: elegant Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia maxima
word: Florida Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia odoratissima
word: fragrant dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia ringens
word: gaping Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia gigantea
word: giant Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia anguicida
word: harlequin Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia cordifolia
word: heartleaf Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia foetida
word: Jalisco Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia manshuriensis
word: Manchurian Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia labiata
word: mottled Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia acuminata
word: native Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia reticulata
word: Texas Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia watsonii
word: Watson's Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia fimbriata
word: white-veined Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia tomentosa
word: woolly Dutchman's pipe
taxonomic: Aristolochia wrightii
word: Wright's Dutchman's pipe
dwarf sperm whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dwarf sperm whales
Senses: glosses: Any of the small whales of the sperm whale superfamily, in species Kogia sima.
Coordinate terms: sense: small sperm whale
taxonomic: Kogia breviceps
word: pygmy sperm whale
pygmy sperm whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygmy sperm whales
Senses: glosses: One of the two small whales in the sperm whale superfamily (Kogia breviceps).
Coordinate terms: sense: small sperm whale
taxonomic: Kogia sima
word: dwarf sperm whale
ASMX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Active Server Method File, A file type used by Microsoft Windows servers.
Related terms: ASP
Rt. Rev.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rt. Rev.s
Senses: glosses: Right Reverend (an ecclesiastical title)
Rt Rev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rt Rev
form: Rt. Rev.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of right reverend (an ecclesiastical title).
hyperlipidaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperlipidaemias
Etymology: From hyper- + lipid + -aemia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hyperlipidemia.
hyperlipidemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperlipidemias
Etymology: From hyper- + lipid + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An excess quantity of lipid in the blood; a symptom of several medical conditions.
Hypernyms: dyslipidemia
Hyponyms: hypercholesterolemia
Related terms: hyperlipidemic
hyperlipidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + lipidemic.
Senses: examples: text: We investigated the anti-hyperlipidemic effect and the underlying mechanism of wedelolactone, a plant-derived coumestan, in HepG2 cells and high-fat diet (HFD)−induced hyperlipidemic hamsters.
ref: 2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from hyperlipidemia.
Derived terms: antihyperlipidemic
hyperlipidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperlipidemics
Etymology: From hyper- + lipidemic.
Senses: glosses: A person who has hyperlipidemia.
hyperlipoproteinemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperlipoproteinemias
Etymology: From hyper- + lipoprotein + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of hyperlipidemia in which there is an excess of lipoprotein in the blood
hypertriglyceridemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypertriglyceridemias
Etymology: From hyper- + triglyceride + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of hyperlipidemia in which there is an excess of triglycerides in the blood
Derived terms: antihypertriglyceridemia
Related terms: hyperglyceridemia
hyperglyceridaemia
hypocholesterolemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypocholesterolemias
Etymology: From hypo- + cholesterol + -emia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of hypolipidemia in which there is a deficiency of cholesterol in the blood
illipe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illipes
form: illipi
form: iluppai
form: illupi
Etymology: From Tamil இலுப்பை (iluppai, “mahwa tree”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several tropical trees whose nuts yield a fat having similar properties to cocoa butter.
Derived terms: illipene
inositide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inositides
Etymology: From inositol + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any phospholipid containing inositol; phosphatidylinositol.
Derived terms: phosphoinositide
bone-fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bone-fires
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bone fire.
intraesterification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intraesterifications
Etymology: From intra- + esterification.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The redistribution of the fatty acids of an oil or fat having a specific triglyceride makeup to give a more random distribution; a form of interesterification
off the charts
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: off the chart
Senses: examples: text: Advance sales quickly went off the charts.
text: A key feature of mainstream Western media today is the relentless China-bashing. It is off the charts and tiring, often involving regurgitated trivia or fabricated stories with no evidence to support callous statements about the country, demonstrating a deep lack of understanding. But such stories continue to be churned out with no end in sight.
ref: 2023 February 21, Chandran Nair, “Anti-China Rhetoric Is Off the Charts in Western Media”, in The Diplomat:
glosses: Outside of the normal range of measurement; beyond expectations.
Related terms: word: off-the-charts
word: through the roof
off-the-charts
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more off-the-charts
form: most off-the-charts
Senses: examples: text: The off-the-charts sea temperatures and Antarctic sea ice loss were seen as the most shocking.
ref: 2023 August 28, Damian Carrington, Nina Lakhani, Oliver Milman, Adam Morton, Ajit Niranjan, “‘Off-the-charts records’: has humanity finally broken the climate?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Exceeding the normal range of measurement.
Related terms: word: off the charts
argonaute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argonautes
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins responsible for the gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference
biocentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocentres
form: biocenter
Etymology: From bio- + centre.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of a number of institutions, often attached to a university, that are centres for biotechnology research and development
bipotential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bipotential
form: most bipotential
Etymology: From bi- + potential.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characterised by bipotentiality
Derived terms: bipotentially
bipotentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bipotentialities
Etymology: From bi- + potentiality.
Senses: glosses: The capacity to develop in either of two different ways, especially to become either male or female
glosses: The presence of both male and female reproductive organs in an individual; hermaphroditism
cyclin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclins
Etymology: From cycle + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase
Derived terms: retrocyclin
cytokinin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cytokinins
Etymology: From cytokine + -in.
Senses: examples: text: The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.
ref: 2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:
text: SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and 'cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.
ref: 2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.
enucleation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enucleations
Etymology: From Latin ēnucleātus, perfect passive participle of ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel, stone, etc. from (a fruit, grape)”). Equivalent to enucleate + -ion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The surgical removal of an intact organ, especially of the eye and of cysts and tumors.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: The removal of the nuclear body of a cell.
examples: text: Perhaps this enucleation of Aristotle's theory is enough, without further commentary.
ref: 1957, Gerald Frank Else, Aristotle's Poetics: The Argument, page 162:
glosses: Explanation.
Synonyms: ophthalmectomy
Derived terms: nonenucleation
self-enucleation
Related terms: enucleability
enucleate
enucleative
enucleator
genual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: PIE word
 *ǵónu
From New Latin genuālis, from Latin genū (“knee”).
Senses: examples: text: The phyllocoptine species Paraciota tetracanthae Mohanasundaram (1984) exemplifies a minimal number of leg setae in lacking all but the genual seta of leg I and the tarsal setae of both legs.
ref: 1996, E.E. Linquist, Eriophyoid Mites: Their Biology, Natural Enemies and Control, page 23:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a genu or to the knee.
Derived terms: ectogenual
endogenual
infragenual
perigenual
pregenual
subgenual
supragenual
Related terms: genu
genuflect
infomediary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infomediaries
Etymology: Blend of information + intermediary. Coined in 1997 by John Hagel in a Harvard Business Review article, "The Coming Battle for Customer Information".
Senses: glosses: An Internet site that deals in information pertaining both to businesses offering goods and services and to potential customers.
AION
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of anterior isch(a)emic optic neuropathy.
Related terms: AAION
NAION
nitrobenzoate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrobenzoates
Etymology: From nitro- + benzoate.
Senses: glosses: A benzene group with a nitrogen dioxide substituent, usually as part of a greater molecule such as methyl nitrobenzoate.
Derived terms: thionitrobenzoate
intraocular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: intra-ocular
Etymology: From intra- + ocular.
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Inside or within the eye.
Derived terms: intraocularly
intraocular pressure
NAION
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of non-arteritic AION.
Related terms: AION
AAION
AAION
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of arteritic AION, Arteritic anterior ischaemic optic neuropathy (UK), Arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (US).
Related terms: AION
NAION
hospital corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospital corners
Etymology: Beds in a hospital might be made up in this way.
Senses: glosses: A crisp fold formed at the corner of a bed by tucking the sheet or blanket tightly under the edges of the mattress.
pranayamas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pranayama
pantechnicons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantechnicon
peeresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peeress
percolators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of percolator
phoenixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phoenix
phoenixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of phoenix
pilchards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilchard
piranhas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piranha
playhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playhouse
playpens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playpen
plebeians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plebeian
plectrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plectrum
hell-bent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: more hell-bent
form: most hell-bent
form: hellbent
form: hel-bent
form: hel bent
Etymology: From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.
Senses: examples: text: He was hell-bent on coming first, no matter what.
text: If somebody had asked me why I was so hell-bent on grabbing a piece of Penny Hardwick's chest, I wouldn't have known what to say. And if somebody were to ask Penny why she was so hell-bent on stopping me, I'll bet she'd be stumped for an answer too.
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN, page 16:
text: The PP has seized on the possibility of an amnesty to rally support and to portray the PSOE leader as craven, dependent on Catalan separatists and hellbent on remaining in office.
ref: 2023 September 26, Sam Jones, “Spain elections: Feijóo launches doomed bid to lead country”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
info_templates: extra_data: words: on
‘something’
expansion: [with on ‘something’]
synonyms: dead set#Adjective
glosses: Recklessly determined to do or achieve (something).
Derived terms: word: hellbender
word: hell-bent for leather
hell-bent
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɛlˌbɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
Forms: form: more hell-bent
form: most hell-bent
Etymology: From hell (“in a manner that uses all of the strength, speed, or effort that a person can summon”) + bent (“determined, insistent”), that is, in the sense “determined like hell”.
Senses: glosses: In a recklessly determined manner; determinedly, wholeheartedly.
poinsettias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poinsettia
pom-poms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pom-pom
portcullises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portcullis
portcullises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of portcullis
post-mortems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of post-mortem
postmistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postmistress
powerhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerhouse
slave to fashion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slaves to fashion
Senses: examples: text: She was a girl of imposing appearance and winning manners. But this staggered him. If she were such a slave to fashion and observance, she was not the woman for his wife.
ref: 1853, T. S. Arthur, “Going to the Springs; or, Vulgar People,”, in Heart-Histories and Life-Pictures:
text: The orders were simple: keep it plain, keep it proletarian. Apparently, Lenin was never a slave to fashion when he was alive, so officials thought he should not be one in death.
ref: 1998 May 4, Arlyn Gajilan, Beth Kwon, “Tales from the Ruler's Crypt”, in Newsweek:
glosses: A person who is particularly concerned that their clothing and physical appearance conforms to the current, accepted style.
Synonyms: fashion victim
pilis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pili
erythroid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɪθɹɔɪd/
Forms: form: more erythroid
form: most erythroid
Etymology: From erythro- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Having a red colour; reddish
glosses: Of or pertaining to the erythrocytes, especially to their development
Derived terms: erythroid aplasia
erythroid hypoplasia
erythroidine
erythroid leukosis
myeloerythroid
nonerythroid
erythroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɪθɹɔɪd/
Forms: form: erythroids
Etymology: From erythro- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of normoblast.
synonyms: word: normoblast
hydrocolloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocolloids
Etymology: From hydro- + colloid.
Senses: glosses: Any material that forms a colloid (especially a gel) when mixed with water
glosses: Such a material, made from agar, used to make dental impressions
Related terms: hydrocolloidal
gallicism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallicisms
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Gallicism.
intergenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + genic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing the noncoding sections of nucleic acid between genes
Derived terms: intergenically
intergenic region
intergenic spacer
morphometrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From morpho- + metrics.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of shape.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The study of the relationships between the form and function of organisms.
Derived terms: geomorphometrics
histomorphometrics
micromorphometrics
neuromorphometrics
multivariant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multivariant
form: most multivariant
Etymology: From multi- + variant.
Senses: glosses: Characterised by multiple variables
glosses: Having multiple degrees of freedom
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Multivariate
Related terms: multivariation
anembryonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌanɛmbɹɪˈɒnɪk/
Forms: form: more anembryonic
form: most anembryonic
Etymology: From an- + embryonic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Without an embryo.
Derived terms: anembryonic pregnancy
phosphorelay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphorelays
Etymology: From phospho- + relay.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The multi-stage process, involving the movement of phosphoryl groups by histidine kinases, of bacterial signal transduction
Related terms: phosphorylate
phosphorylation
recapitulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recapitulate
tropho-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɒfəʊ/
ipa: /ˈtɹəʊfəʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”).
Senses: topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: nourish; nourishment.
Related terms: -trophic
-trophy
choleretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more choleretic
form: most choleretic
Etymology: From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic).
Senses: examples: text: This drug has a strong choleretic effect.
glosses: Stimulating the production of bile by the liver.
Derived terms: anticholeretic
hypercholeretic
Related terms: cholagogic
choleric
cholekinetic
cholepoietic
cholestatic
choleretic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choleretics
Etymology: From German cholereticum, from modern Latin choleresis (“bile secretion from the liver”) (modelled on diuretic).
Senses: examples: text: Phenobarbital is a powerful choleretic.
glosses: A drug which stimulates the production of bile by the liver.
Related terms: cholagogue
cholekinesis
choleresis
cholepoiesis
cholestasis
lignoceric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ligno- + ceric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lignoceric acid or its derivatives.
Synonyms: tetracosanoic
choleretics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choleretic
lignoceric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The saturated fatty acid n-tetracosanoic acid, having twenty-four carbon atoms; it is found in wood tar
Synonyms: tetracosanoic acid
Related terms: lignocerate
lipemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːmɪk
Forms: form: more lipemic
form: most lipemic
form: lipaemic
Etymology: From lipemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or suffering from lipemia
Derived terms: antilipemic
hypolipemic
anembryonic pregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anembryonic pregnancies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A form of early miscarried pregnancy in which the embryo fails to develop, though the gestational sac appears to grow normally.
Synonyms: empty sac
anembryonic gestation
lipemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipemias
form: lipaemia
Etymology: From lip- + -emia.
Senses: examples: text: The absence of lipemia in the 28 cases undergoing treatment, although many of them were severe, is a striking fact, and probably to be accounted for by the partial or complete fasting.
ref: 1917, Elliott Proctor Joslin, The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus, Lea & Febiger, page 102:
text: The studies cited above do not permit a decision as to whether the observed lipemias represent a direct action of estrogen or whether the effect is mediated through another organ.
ref: 1947, Oscar Riddle, Studies on Carbohydrate and Fat Metabolism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, page 111:
text: In patients with increased platelet aggregation, fat-loading produced a somewhat higher degree of lipemia than in the normal volunteers.
ref: 1982, G. Hornstra, Dietary Fats, Prostanoids and Arterial Thrombosis, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers (Wolters Kluwer), page 72:
text: It is important to note that Lipemia can also be seen as an artifact when a blood sample is collected from a pet that has just recently eaten. In general, a fast of 12 hours is recommended to eliminate postprandial lipemia. If lipemia persists greater than 12 hours, the patient should be evaluated for diseases that may produce altered fat metabolism.
ref: 2010, Andrew J. Rosenfeld, Sharon M. Dial, Clinical Pathology for the Veterinary Team, Wiley-Blackwell, page 158:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An excess of lipids or lipoproteins in the blood.
Synonyms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipidaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipidemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipoidaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: hyperlipoidemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: lipaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: lipidaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: lipidemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: lipoidaemia
topics: medicine
sciences
word: lipoidemia
Derived terms: hypolipemia
lipemic
normolipemia
Related terms: lipidemia
lipogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipogeneses
Etymology: From lipo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The biochemical production of fat, especially the conversion of carbohydrate into fat so that it may be stored as a long-term source of energy when food is scarce
Derived terms: neolipogenesis
de novo lipogenesis
Related terms: lipogenic
lipolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipolyses
Etymology: From lipo- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The hydrolysis of lipids.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reverse of lipogenesis in which stored fat is broken down.
Derived terms: antilipolysis
cryolipolysis
phospholipolysis
Related terms: ketosis