nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Moxonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Moxon + -ian. Pronunciation: /mɒkˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /mɑkˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to Edward Moxon (1801–1858), British poet and publisher, significant in Victorian literature.
Word: pillings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: priggings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prigging Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sholto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of Scottish origin. 1. A surname. Example: Thus, although I spoke of Mr. Sholto’s death, I said nothing of the exact manner and method of it. With all my omissions, however, there was enough to startle and amaze them.
Word: rattings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: robe montante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French robe montante. 1. A high-necked dress.
Word: botchwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From botch + work. 1. Inferior and shoddy work. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman. From handicraft the way is open to rise in art but not from botchwork. Example: Yet, to make good speed on the right track, we must not start overloaded; not too many things to be undertaken, lest they prove hasty botchwork.
Word: stowadore Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stevedore. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: osh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tajik ош (oš). See aush. 1. A Tajik dish of rice cooked with meat and oil; a kind of pilaf. Labels: uncountable
Word: stowadores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stowadore. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shallowings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shallowing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megachange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mega- + change. 1. A very large or significant change. Labels: informal Example: On the other hand, a megachange might take the form of a completely new system or a very major revision of an existing system. The changes that either form of megachange would create would fundamentally alter the way work is done.
Word: megachanges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megachange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: culpeo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish (zorro) culpeo, from Mapudungun culpeu. Pronunciation: /kʊlˈpeɪ.əʊ/ 1. A canid of species (Lycalopex culpaeus), native to the Andes region of South America.
Word: parallelings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paralleling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bum chums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bum chum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skelpings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skelping Labels: form-of, plural
Word: houting Part of Speech: noun 1. Coregonus oxyrinchus, an allegedly extinct European whitefish in the Salmonidae family.
Word: houtings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereometrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stereometric + -ally. 1. By means of, or in terms of, stereometry. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stereometrician Part of Speech: noun 1. One who studies or carries out stereometry.
Word: stereometricians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereometrician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skygazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + gazer. 1. A stargazer.
Word: skygazing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + gazing. 1. stargazing Labels: uncountable
Word: skygazers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skygazer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kalashamon Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Kalash (“language”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kalashi Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Kalasha. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: red lemonades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red lemonade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sky's-the-limit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sky is the limit. 1. A very high amount, or position. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: And when the plants go from ground level to sky's-the-limit, birds can safely travel up and down, too. Example: If you are buying everything new, the total cost of a computer setup can vary tremendously, from $1,000 to sky's-the-limit, depending upon the number and caliber of components you get.
Word: eggs in moonshine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the name of a dish, referred to in 16th- and 17th-century English cookbooks, made of egg yolks lightly poached in sweetened rosewater. See also moonshine, culinary sense (US). https://web.archive.org/web/20160721010231/http://www.foodsofengland.co.uk/eggsinmoonshine.htm 1. A fanciful notion; an unrealistic or ludicrous concept. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: You may discourse of Hermes' ascending spirit, of Orpheus' enchanting harp, of Homer's divine fury, of Tyrtaeus' enraging trumpet, of Pericles' bouncing thunderclaps, of Plato's enthusiastical ravishment, and I wot not what marvellous eggs in moonshine: but a fly for all your flying speculations when one good-fellow with his odd jests, or one mad knave with his awk hibber-gibber, is able to put down twenty of your smuggest artificial men, that simper it so nicely and coyly in their curious points. Example: […] your Majesty knows I think the Horn—and that bit of broken stone over there—and your great King Peter—and your Lion Aslan—are all eggs in moonshine.
Word: nasotracheally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nasotracheal + -ly. 1. Through the nose and trachea. Labels: not-comparable Example: Similarly the procedure can be performed with the horse nasotracheally intubated under general anesthesia […]
Word: transendoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + endoscopic. 1. Through an endoscope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transendoscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From transendoscopic + -ally. 1. Through an endoscope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudoinfection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + infection. 1. The presence of pathogenic microorganisms in a host without an actual infection Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pseudoinfections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoinfection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: old-fashioned look Part of Speech: noun 1. A glance of disdain or disapproval. Labels: idiomatic Example: He produced his Agreement and, as he put it in – that is to say, tendered it as evidence – he gave me an old-fashioned look; and that, of course, told me that the rotten thing wasn't stamped. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see old-fashioned, look. Example: The sepia photographs had an old-fashioned look.
Word: old-fashioned looks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of old-fashioned look Labels: form-of, plural
Word: O.S. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of OS. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: big licks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of big lick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unsored Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sored. 1. Of a horse: not having been mutilated by soring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bluh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative; compare blah, blech, etc. Pronunciation: /blʌ/ 1. Expressing disgust or discontent; blah. Labels: colloquial, rare Example: Bluh. I shut the magazine. I knew it was just a silly quiz, but it was annoying that I couldn't even get a crush match in a magazine—or real life. Example: What do guys think when they come to a party dipped in Axe perfumes? As if girls have nothing to do but behave like honey bees to suck their nectar. Bluh! 2. When repeated or combined with blah, used to denote tedious talking; blah. Example: Bluh bluh bluh bluh bluh, ” Klaus said, as the three children got out of the taxi and headed toward the peeling white door of Aunt Josephine's house. Example: Thanks for calling blah blah blah bluh blah blah blah where it's a great day to start a new career. My name is Carey. How can I help you on this blah bluh blah blah blah?"
Word: muddlesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From muddle + -some. 1. Characterised or marked by muddling; confusing, lacking in order; tending to muddle. Example: 1945, Lawrence Wolfe, The Reilly Plan: A New Way of Life, London: Nicholson & Watson, cited by George Orwell in a review published in Tribune, 25 January, 1946, in Sonia Orwell and Ian Angus (eds.), The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell, Volume IV, London: Secker & Warburg, 1968, p. 91, […] the abolition of the muddlesome, costly and wasteful apparatus of the kitchen Example: Lucy peered at the pictures with her face close to the page, and though they had seemed crowded and muddlesome before, she found she could now see them quite clearly.
Word: jet fuel Part of Speech: noun 1. The fuel that powers a jet aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The fuel that powers a jet aircraft. Labels: countable, excessive, humorous, sometimes, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: (often synonymous) lamp oil 3. Strong home-brewed alcoholic drink; moonshine; everclear. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: paint thinner Example: Sometimes I wish I were still out on the back porch, drinking jet fuel with the boys, getting louder and louder as the empty cans drop out of our paws like booster rockets falling back to Earth and we soar up into the summer stars.
Word: Carnegie unit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Used since 1906. Derives from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, which was itself named after Andrew Carnegie. 1. A standard measure of academic credit, based on the amount of time spent in class, rather than the mastery of the material, representing 120 hours of instructional contact time over the course of a year. Labels: US
Word: Carnegie Unit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Carnegie unit. Labels: alt-of
Word: Carnegie Units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Carnegie Unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Carnegie units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Carnegie unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blank slate Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that is clear and empty, or free from preconceptions and biases. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: tabula rasa, clean slate 2. Synonym of blank canvas. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blank, slate.
Word: blank slates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blank slate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue-stocking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bluestocking. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: blue-stockings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue-stocking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: post-irony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + irony. 1. A state in which earnest and ironic intents become muddled. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A return from irony to earnestness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: postirony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + irony. 1. Alternative form of post-irony. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: In doing this in art, architecture, literature, and some philosophical outputs it tends to adopt styles that embody these approaches — pastiche, improvisation, irony, and postirony collage and hybridity among them. Example: Postirony is only one term in use for the group of writers I investigate in this book, the others being post-postmodernism and new sincerity. However, not one of these labels seems applicable without causing problems.
Word: post-ironies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of post-irony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: postironies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postirony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delessite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Delesse + -ite, after Achille Delesse 1. A magnesium-rich form of chamosite that is a member of the chlorite group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Several delessites and chloropals occurring in basalts have a composition very close to that of the glass.
Word: delessites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delessite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delessitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From delessite + -ic. 1. Containing or relating to the mineral delessite.
Word: Kook Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Dutch Kook, an occupational surname for a baker or cook * Variant spelling of the Korean surname 극 (geuk); compare Kuk. 1. A surname.
Word: Poor Part of Speech: name 1. A surname
Word: chromonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chromo- + -onym. 1. A term used for a color.
Word: palliator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palliate + -or. 1. An apologist; one who justifies or excuses atrocities by citing extenuating circumstances or positive aspects. Example: We never have been, are not, and never will be, directly or indirectly, the apologists or palliators of duelling. Example: He was unquestionably the ablest debater that the British parliament ever produced, but his fame has not, like that of his great opponent, stood the test of time ; and the present generation, removed from the fascination of his fervid eloquence, can scarcely applaud the political penetration of the eulogist of the French Revolution, and the palliator of its atrocious excesses. 2. Someone or something that palliates; A person or thing that soothes or reduces difficulties. Example: The only charm within the hated walls of my prison had ceased to exist ; the galling chain of slavery threatened to crush me — for the soother, the palliator, the dear, dear friend of my bosom no longer felt a participation in my sorrows. Example: A sense of humour is man's true palliator. 3. A medical professional who provides palliative care. Example: I dislike to be a tinker; a mere palliator and work in line with old women. Years ago I found that patients were on and off the doctor's books indefinitely, and I grew tired of seeing them reappear, and I sought and found a better way to get rid of them. Example: The worst motivation and professional circumstances for the palliator would be the slowly dawning frustration of a scientifically orientated doctor who realizes the failure of a scientific career. 4. A device that allows a patient to control the amount of pain medication that is added into an intravenous drip; infusion pump. Example: A more sophisticated device is the Newcastle interactive palliator, in which a continuous low-dose intravenous infusion is combined with patient-operated demand increment. Example: While my normal practice is to explain the system to the patient preoperatively, it is not necessary to show the palliator to the patient at this time, and patients can operate PCA satisfactorily where no preoperative instruction has been possible.
Word: palliators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palliator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syndeticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syndetic + -ity. Equivalent to syndeton + -icity. 1. The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly Labels: uncountable Example: Values within affordances were ranked and assigned metric values. Standardized canonical discriminant function coefficients of .835, .515, and .298 for complexity, concreteness, and syndeticity. 3. The state or quality of being syndetic, particularly Labels: uncountable Example: For topological recurrence we need a different notion of largeness for subsets of S, namely that of syndeticity. A subset of E of N is said to be syndetic if it has bounded gaps. Equivalently, E C N is syndetic if N is the union of finitely many shifts.
Word: Karamay Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur قاراماي (qaramay), from قارا (qara, “black”) + ماي (may, “oil”). Alternatively, from қара (qara) + май (mai). Named after the now scenic spot Black Oil Mountain (in Chinese 黑油山) 2 kilometres away from the city centre. 1. A prefecture-level city in northern Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: On 18 June 1985 I spent three hours birdwatching at an artificial lake near the power station in the Karamay Oilfield in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, Peoples^([sic – meaning People's]) Republic of China. The site is approximately 46°N, 85°E, close to the oil town of Karamay and within 300 kms of the border with Kazakhstan in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It is a desert region with rocky outcrops, dry ravines, rock and gravel desert plains, and saline flats. Example: In 1955 a large petroleum field was discovered at Karamay, to the north in the Junggar Basin; it was brought into production in 1958-59 and has since become one of China’s major domestic sources of oil.
Word: Kelamayi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Mandarin 克拉瑪依 /克拉玛依 (Kèlāmǎyī). 1. Synonym of Karamay: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name. Example: The first and second wells to strike oil at K'o-la-ma-i were drilled in 1955 and 1956, respectively. Example: The exploitation of Xinjiang's rich mineral resources began in earnest in the 1950s, at first in cooperation with the USSR. Petroleum has been found in the western Dzungarian Basin near the city of Karamai (Kolamayi).
Word: paraffle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈɹæ.fəl/ 1. An ostentatious display.
Word: bippy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Pacifier sense from a brand name. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪ.pi/ 1. An unspecified part of the anatomy, usually used in the phrase "you bet your (sweet) bippy". Labels: colloquial Example: Does this new law give us the right to trespass anywhere we like? You bet your sweet bippy it does. 2. A pacifier. Labels: childish, rare Example: Maybe it has something to do with infant pacifiers. I've heard them called bippies. And if bippies are pacifiers, and pacifiers are nipple imitators, maybe bippies have something to do with breasts. Example: […]you can bet your baby's last bippy (pacifier) that it was considered by high up mucky-mucks to be an aggressive act of war […]
Word: Kartikeya Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिकेय (kārttikeya). 1. war god, the son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati, and the commander of Deva army. Labels: Hinduism
Word: chloride of lime Part of Speech: noun 1. bleaching powder Labels: uncountable Example: A rat scampered across the tin cans and burst sandbags, and trench atmosphere reasserted itself in a smell of chloride of lime.
Word: Meghanada Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit मेघनाद (meghanāda). 1. The son of Ravana in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Word: archaeolipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaeo- + lipid. 1. Any archaeal lipid
Word: archaeolipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archaeolipid Labels: form-of, plural Example: Such extensive uptake is a key feature of UDA ascribed to the highly negatively charged archaeolipids of the TPL, which are recognized by a receptor specialized in uptake and not involved in downstream signaling.
Word: archaeosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaeo- + -some. 1. Any liposome based upon an archaeolipid.
Word: archaeosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archaeosome Labels: form-of, plural Example: Later, we found that 3 sc doses of Trypanosoma cruzi (a protozoan trypanosomatide parasite close to Leishmania) total antigens adjuvanted with the same archaeosomes, were sufficient to protect Balb c mice from a lethal challenge with trypomastigotes of the Tulahuen strain [16 ].
Word: punnery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pun + -ery. 1. The act or art of creating puns. Labels: uncountable
Word: benzoxaborole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bicyclic organic heterocycle having a structure in which the nitrogen of a benzoxazole has been replaced by boron Example: In a recent study, benzoxaborole analog, a boron-containing compound, has been reported to affect (inhibit) the TLR-mediated response, supporting our speculation concerning the involvement of TLR pathway in manifestation of the effect of boron [35 ].
Word: benzoxaboroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benzoxaborole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oxaborole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxa- + borole. 1. A five-membered heterocycle having three carbon atoms, one oxygen atom, one boron atom and two double bonds; it, and its derivatives, are formally derived from an oxazole by replacing the nitrogen atom with one of boron
Word: oxaboroles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxaborole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biosustainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + sustainable. 1. biochemically sustainable Example: Furthermore, yeast production strains with genes integrated at Ty sequences have been reported for the industrial production of resveratrol [10 ], confirming the possibility of implementing our EasyCloneMulti vector set in industrial applications for biosustainable metabolite production.
Word: cospecies Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From co- + species. 1. Shared by two or more species. Labels: not-comparable Example: These interactions are essential for the assembly of an exopolysaccharides-rich matrix and the development of cospecies biofilms.
Word: fibroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + -scopy. 1. fibre optic endoscopy Labels: countable, uncountable Example: OSA is associated with specific remodelling and airway neutrophilic inflammation A total of 31 patients underwent fibre-optic fibroscopy and bronchial biopsies.
Word: hypoacusis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + -acusis. 1. Partial deafness. Labels: uncountable Example: Filled black symbols denote individuals with hematuria and/or proteinuria, hypoacusis or renal failure.
Word: microatheromatous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + atheromatous. 1. Characterised by the presence of microatheromas Labels: not-comparable Example: This indicated that microatheromatous vascular disease, either in the parent vessel or in the proximal portion of the penetrating artery, played an important role in larger and symptomatic lacunar strokes[36, 37 ].
Word: microatheroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + atheroma. 1. A microscopic atheroma
Word: monocultured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + culture + -ed. 1. Grown as a monoculture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: axenic, monocultural Example: The intercropping system altered bacterial community structures in the rhizosphere as opposed to that in monocultured crops.
Word: mutanobactins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutanobactin Labels: form-of, plural Example: Interestingly, mutanobactin B caused a significant increase in pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as IL-6 and Il-12, suggesting that mutanobactins may play an important role in modulating immune response.
Word: osteolineage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + lineage. 1. A lineage of bone cells Example: MDA-MB231 cells were cultured in the presence of CM from KM105-derived osteolineage cells for three days.
Word: polyinosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + inosine. 1. A polymeric form of inosine Labels: uncountable Example: MPMs were adhered to tissue culture plates that were coated with type I collagen and left untreated (control) or treated with active FAP in the presence or absence of polyinosine, which is used to antagonize SR-A binding [31 ].
Word: prelinearized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + linearized. 1. linearized prior to some other procedure Labels: not-comparable Example: However, the costs for the required prelinearized bacmids of the flashBAC system are relatively high leading to a major drawback when in high throughput expression screening.
Word: prephase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + phase. 1. A prior phase; the condition before a particular phase Example: Eleven of 50 patients (22%) treated with CHOP began treatment with either prephase prednisone or dose-reduced mini-CHOP, including 6/31 (19%) HIV-positive and 5/19 (26%) HIV-negative patients.
Word: pseudoacinus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + acinus. 1. A disrupted or distorted form of an acinus
Word: pseudopalisade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + palisade. 1. A hypercellular zone that typically surrounds necrotic tissue Example: They proposed two potential mechanisms of pseudopalisade formation: (a) tumour cells at greatest distance from arterial supplies become hypoxic due to increased metabolic demands, leaving a central necrotic core; (b) microvascular occlusion or collapse within the neoplasm could lead to perivascular hypoxia.
Word: reequilibration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + equilibration. 1. equilibration following a disruption of equilibrium Example: This approach of the crisis, as an inevitable process of reequilibration, provoked much debate in the 1930s [9 ].
Word: spermiogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermio- (“spermatozoa”) + -gram. 1. Synonym of semenogram. Example: Assuming that the anaesthesia has no influence on the spermiogram quality, we can compare spermiograms of mole-rats with those of other rodents studied.
Word: transganglionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + ganglionic. 1. Between ganglia Labels: not-comparable Example: Targeting the ascending dorsal columns (DC) is useful because transganglionic labelling from the sciatic nerve allows sprouting or regeneration to be assessed in a specific labelled subpopulation of fibres, for which lesion completeness can be confirmed in the brainstem.
Word: transganglionically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From transganglionic + -ally. 1. Between ganglia Labels: not-comparable Example: Animals were injected with 3μl cholera toxin subunit B (CTB; 10mg/ml) (103B, List Laboratories Inc., Campbell, CA) in the sciatic nerve to transganglionically label ascending dorsal column axons in the spinal cord.
Word: lose the dressing room Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a team manager: to lose the respect and trust of one's players. Example: But it is very clear that (using football parlance) 'the management has lost the dressing room', following earlier misjudged decisions about reducing operating costs.
Word: chir Part of Speech: noun 1. A freshwater whitefish species that lives in the Arctic-draining basins of Eurasia and North America, also known as schokur or broad whitefish
Word: lose time Part of Speech: verb 1. To run slow and not keep accurate time. 2. To fall behind schedule. Example: On the third day the train lost time more and more. She raged with painful impatience. No good, at every station the train sat longer. Example: There are the engines that develop ill-health and begin to lose time, or the wagons that develop hot boxes and have to be removed, initiating delays that steadily pile up—or at worst, the weather lays its hand on the whole District. 3. To waste time. Example: Possibly I might be blamed a bit for my truantry, but the recapture of the Hispaniola was a clenching answer, and I hoped that even Captain Smollett would confess I had not lost my time. Example: Well, tomorrow can wait, losing time in this place Till the sun is awake, be like a magnet on me
Word: Amala Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अमला (amalā). 1. The Hindu goddess Lakshmi. 2. A female given name used in India.
Word: handicappable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From handicap + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈhændɪkæpəbl̩/ 1. Able to be handicapped (able to be subjected to handicap). Labels: not-comparable
Word: automobilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From automobile + -ization. 1. The process of automobilizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: septopus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with octopus, substituting the prefix septo- for octo-. 1. An octopus or octopus-like creature with only seven legs. Labels: humorous, rare
Word: chitosanolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chitosan + -o- + -lytic. 1. That hydrolyzes chitosans Labels: not-comparable Example: Chitinolytic activity staining analysis confirmed that the protein with a molecular mass of 20.5 kDa was a chitosanolytic enzyme exhibiting both chitosanase activity (Fig 2B) and chitinase activity (Fig 2C).
Word: deesterify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + esterify. 1. To remove ester linkages, typically by hydrolysis
Word: deesterified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deesterify Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Pectin is secreted in highly methyl-esterified form and subsequently deesterified by pectin methylesterases (PMEs; EC 3.1.1.11).
Word: dioscoresides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dioscoreside Labels: form-of, plural Example: Comparing the NMR data with those of dioscoresides C and E [24 ,25 ], 9 was determined to contain the same aglycone as dioscoreside E, but difference chemical shifts of H 2 -26 (δ 3.53 and 4.06).
Word: extrachloroplast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + chloroplast. 1. That exists outside of a chloroplast Labels: not-comparable Example: FAD2 and FAD3 are located inER and primarily affect desaturation of the extrachloroplast lipids, whereas the others (FAB2, FAD4, FAD5, FAD6, FAD7, and FAD8) are located in the plastids and affect plastid lipid desaturation [3 ].
Word: heptadecylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From heptadecyl + -ic. 1. Relating to the heptadecyl radical Labels: not-comparable Example: The FAMEs were then resuspended in 0.5 ml hexane for GC-MS analysis. 100 μg of heptadecylic acid (17:0, Sigma-Aldrich, USA) was added to each sample prior to the FAME extraction as an internal standard.
Word: heptadecyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heptadec- + -yl. 1. Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C₁₇H₃₅, formally derived from heptadecane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
Word: hordatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hordeum (“barley”) + ? 1. Any of a class of benzofuran glucopyranosides found in ungerminated barley Example: Bottom: Mass spectrum with indicated peaks of hydroxycinnamic acid amides as hordatine precursors (m/z 250–350) and of hordatine A, B, C, and D (D not detected, grey font), hydroxylated hordatines (-OH), and hexose-modified derivates (Hex / 2 Hex) at m/z 550–1000.
Word: hordatines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hordatine Labels: form-of, plural Example: Lipids in the endosperm co-localized in dependency on their fatty acid compositions with changes in the distributions of diacyl phosphatidylcholines during germination. 26 potentially antifungal hordatines were detected in the embryo with tissue-specific localizations of their glycosylated, hydroxylated, and O-methylated derivates.
Word: hypoglobus Part of Speech: noun 1. downward displacement of the eye in the orbit Labels: uncountable Example: Adverse clinical outcome of globe position like enophthalmos and hypoglobus is influenced by both orbital volume and the shape of the restored orbital contour, which are influenced by the position of the implant within the orbit.
Word: intercranial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + cranial. 1. Within the cranium Labels: not-comparable Example: The intercranial volume in each MRI image was manually segmented [13 ].
Word: interfluvium Part of Speech: noun 1. An interfluvial region Example: We are therefore confident that the assumption of robust traits in dung beetles is valid, at least within geographically close primary forest sites (i.e. 90 km) located within the same interfluvium.
Word: maltosylated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From maltosyl + -ated. 1. Modified by the addition of a maltosyl radical Labels: not-comparable Example: This is shown in Fig 3 for the hordatine B in its non-glycosylated, glycosylated, and maltosylated form.
Word: maltosyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maltose + -yl. 1. A univalent radical derived from maltose Labels: uncountable
Word: mesangioproliferative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mesangio- + proliferative. 1. Characterised by proliferation of mesangial cells Example: Induction of a mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis in these mice results in prolonged proliferation and apoptosis in the glomerulus [14 ].
Word: mevalolactone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl English valerian Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English valeric German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one ▲ English -ic English -onic English mevalonic Latin lacder. English lacto- ▲ English -one English lactone English mevalolactone From mevalonic acid + lactone. 1. The lactone of mevalonic acid Labels: uncountable Example: Compounds that were negatively correlated with fatty acid odor were mevalolactone, quinic acid, 2-oxoglutaric acid, N,N-dimethylhistidine, and pyruvic acid (Table 3 ).
Word: microtrenched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + trenched. 1. Having microscopic trenches Labels: not-comparable Example: The laser is also used to engrave a 63 μm-thick double-side adhesive tape (8018PT; 3M Corp, Maplewood, MN) to carve out the borders surrounding the microfluidic patterns on the PMMA. The microtrenched patterns and microstructures on the PMMA slide were drawn using CorelDraw (Corel, Ottawa, Canada) and then transferred to the laser scriber for direct machining on the substrate.
Word: normoglutaminemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From normo- + glutaminemic. 1. Having normal levels of glutamine in the blood Labels: not-comparable Example: In summary patients with chronic liver failure, whether acutely decompensated or not, were normoglutaminemic as a group when there was an indication for ICU admission.
Word: procercus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + cercus. 1. A short structure from which cerci develop Example: MR-13 exhibits six setae on each procercus and bifid S III setae on the labrum (Fig 2 ), the former feature suggests that this specimen should belong to the dampfi group while the latter suggests its ascription to the zernyi-cinerella groups.
Word: pseudofunctionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + functionalization. 1. A deleterious mutation that does not actually add function Labels: uncountable Example: One such selection fate was the pseudofunctionalization of the duplicate [49 ].
Word: tetrathiolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + thiolate. 1. Any compound containing four thiolate groups Example: Increased uncoupling of eNOS due to different factors—elevated levels of ADMA [53, 54 ], reduced association with Hsp90 [55 ], decreased tetrahydrobiopterin levels [56 ], oxidation of tetrathiolate cluster by hydrogen peroxide, nitric oxide or peroxynitrite [57 –59 ]—reduce consumption of arginine through the NO pathway leading to vasoconstriction in pulmonary artery [54, 60 ].
Word: tetrathiolates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetrathiolate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thioguanosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thio- + guanosine. 1. The compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by replacing the guanine by thioguanine Labels: uncountable Example: Several drug classes which are listed top on the list include topoisomerase inhibitors (camptothecin, ellipticine, doxorubicin, etoposide, thioguanine, thioguanosine), multiple histone deacetylase inhibitors (trichostatin A, vorinostat, 5162773, 5186223), PARP inhibitors (1,5-isoquinolinediol, 3-aminobenzamide, phenanthridinone), proteasome inhibitors (MG132, 1,4 chrysenequinone) and cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) inhibitors (alsterpaullone, 02974170002B, GW-8510).
Word: trichodysplasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + dysplasia. 1. A disease, sometimes found in organ transplant recipients, characterised by reddened papules, especially on the face Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Clinical syndromes attributed to these viruses include post-transplant nephropathy, hemorrhagic cystitis, progressive multifocal encephalopathy, trichodysplasia spinosum, WHIM syndrome, pruritic skin rash, and gastro-esophageal disease.
Word: tubuloepithelial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tubulo- + epithelial. 1. tubular epithelial Labels: not-comparable Example: Unilateral ureteral obstruction increased proliferation and apoptosis rates of tubuloepithelial and interstitial cells, however, no differences were observed in the tubulointerstitium of mice lacking Itga8 and wild type controls regarding fibroblast or proliferating cell numbers as well as markers of endoplasmic reticulum stress and apoptosis after unilateral ureteral obstruction.
Word: typaspidoside Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of stanol saponins found in aspidistra plants Example: Comparison of the NMR data of 6 with those of 5, the structure of 6 was elucidated as 26-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(25S)-furost-5-en-3β,22α,26-triol-7- one-3-O-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→2)-[β-D-xylopyranosyl-(1→3)]-β-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→4)-β-D-galactopyranoside, named typaspidoside G. Compound 7 was isolated as a white amorphous powder.
Word: khur Part of Speech: noun 1. The Asiatic wild ass.
Word: Pac-Man defense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the arcade game Pac-Man (1980), in which the character being chased can sometimes turn round and eat its pursuers. 1. A response to an attempted hostile takeover of a company, in which the target company, or a 'white knight' acting on its behalf, tries to turn the situation round by acquiring all or much of the other company.
Word: devil's threesome Part of Speech: noun 1. Sexual intercourse between one woman and two men. Labels: slang Example: Before she could reply, he added hastily, “As long as it's not a devil's threesome.” […] “A devil's threesome?”, she asked pointedly. “Let me guess, is that two guys and one girl?” Mason shuddered again and made a face. He nodded.
Word: interwall Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + wall. 1. Between walls. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interbyte Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + byte. 1. Between bytes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interbit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + bit. 1. Between bits (binary digits). Labels: not-comparable
Word: unbitterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unbitter + -ly. 1. Without bitterness. Example: […] he took the much deeper seclusion of Mount as a sort of “retreat,” in which he could look out upon the before and after, and if he sometimes “pined for what was not,” yet could do it unenviously and unbitterly, wondering at rather than objecting to the strange misses and blunders of life.
Word: unrancorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unrancorous + -ly. 1. Without rancor.
Word: unfoxy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foxy. 1. Not foxy.
Word: unfoxlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foxlike. 1. Not foxlike.
Word: firewise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fire + wise. 1. Aware of the risks of fires and how to put them out.
Word: aridify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From arid + -ify. 1. To make arid. Labels: transitive
Word: aridified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aridify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aridifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aridify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aridifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aridify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bossaball Part of Speech: noun 1. An originally Spanish team sport, similar to volleyball, played on an inflatable court with a trampoline on each side of the net. Labels: uncountable
Word: pan-yard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of panyard (“pannier; bag or basket”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: Called up at three o'clock, and was a-horseback by four; and as I was eating my breakfast I saw a man riding by that rode a little way upon the road with me last night; and he being going with venison in his pan-yards to London, I called him in and did give him his breakfast with me, and so we went together all the way.
Word: pan-yards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pan-yard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: JRT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Jack Russell terrier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JRTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of JRT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Weylian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Weyl + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Hermann Weyl (1885–1955), German mathematician, theoretical physicist and philosopher.
Word: womyn's land Part of Speech: noun 1. A feminist commune inhabited only by women. Example: Womyn's lands were typically larger and more open than earlier urban communes: some women lived on the land long-term, but many welcomed others to visit for shorter periods; some urban communities also had ongoing connections with rural communities.
Word: womyn's lands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of womyn's land Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lyellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lyell + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Charles Lyell (1797–1875), British lawyer and geologist.
Word: vixeny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vixen + -y. 1. Like a vixen.
Word: Gehenom Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gehinnom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gehennom Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gehinnom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gehinom Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Gehinnom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intermittentness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From intermittent + -ness. 1. The quality of being intermittent. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jollofs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jollof Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jolofs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jolof Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keytap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + tap. 1. A keypress. Example: Lee Cheng popped on the phone line. "Right. I'm tracing it." More keytaps, this time with a few beeps thrown in. Example: She was writing code in quick little flurries of keytaps.
Word: keytaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keytap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 4x4s Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of 4x4 Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jianzi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 毽子 (jiànzi). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiˈæn.(d)zə/, /d͡ʒiˈæn.(d)zi/ 1. A traditional Chinese sport in which players try to keep a weighted shuttlecock in the air with their bodies, usually by kicking. Labels: uncountable
Word: booblessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boobless + -ness. 1. The condition of being boobless. Labels: rare, slang, uncountable
Word: breastlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breastless + -ness. 1. The condition of being breastless. Labels: uncountable
Word: unapparently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From un- + apparently or unapparent + -ly. 1. Not apparently; in an unapparent manner. Example: This variant is present in the USA and is one of the most common variants to be detected in unapparently infected birds.
Word: Senegambians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Senegambian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mundingo Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Mandingo. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Mundingos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mundingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mundingoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mundingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From animate + -able. 1. Capable of being animated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: city water Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From city + water. 1. The municipal water supply, delivered by water mains. Labels: uncountable
Word: kick volleyball Part of Speech: noun 1. Anglicised form of sepak takraw. Labels: Anglicised, alt-of, uncountable
Word: post-postmodernism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + postmodernism. 1. A wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture which are emerging from and reacting to postmodernism. Labels: uncountable Example: But it should be stressed that the post-postmodernism outlined here is not an achieved position that exists rigidly across Franzen's three novels. If postmodernism, as Patricia Waugh argues, represents a mood of intense “dissatisfaction or loss of […] Example: As we have seen, post-postmodernism was first associated with writers in the nineties, such as David Foster Wallace, who sought to differentiate themselves from postmodern writers of the preceding generation (Barth, Pynchon, and others), […]
Word: sushi belt Part of Speech: noun 1. A conveyor belt that carries food to diners in a sushi restaurant.
Word: sushi belts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sushi belt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sign-value notation Part of Speech: noun 1. A written representation for numbers consisting of a series of numeric signs whose values, added together, yield the number represented. Labels: uncountable
Word: pedestrian hacker Part of Speech: noun 1. A typical hacker; a person who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access without using extraordinary equipment or brilliance. Example: According to Leahy, programs allowed out of the United States are "so weak that, according to a January 1996 study conducted by world-renowned cryptographers, a pedestrian hacker can crack the codes in a matter of hours. Example: Of course, different people (and different organizations) have different amounts of these resources. In 2006, Bart Preneel estimated that a task of size 274 would take a pedestrian hacker one year to complete. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pedestrian, hacker. Someone who is mediocre at their craft. Example: Well, then, how come you can play golf against Jack Nicklaus or Gary Player or Lee Trevino with some hope for beating them? The answer is, of course, you can't -- not unless you have a handicap. This is the great equalizer, the instrument that gives the most pedestrian hacker a shot at an even match. Example: Since John happens to be about the best non-professional writer/editor on earth, I knew that I was taking an awful chance, but as it happened he had other commitments and had to pass up the opportunity of showing me up for the pedestrian hacker that I really am.
Word: bhikkhuni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Pali bhikkhunī, from Sanskrit भिक्षुणी (bhikṣuṇī). 1. A Buddhist nun.
Word: bhikkhunis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bhikkhuni Labels: form-of, plural
Word: predecessorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From predecessor + -ial. 1. Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a predecessor; preceding; replaced; descendant. Example: Notwithstanding categorical imputations sacramentally integrated similitudes undedicated warrants antecedent Paulopetrine typology casually unworthy hypostaticism predecessorial superincission archidiaconal arch-amphibians osify elpidize redintegration status lymphaticus.
Word: successorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From successor + -ial. 1. Of, pertaining to, or subsisting as, a successor; subsequent; supersessive Labels: not-comparable Example: To yet another source of recognition of legitimate successorial authority, in which charisma may be transmitted by ritual means from one bearer to another.
Word: sovereigness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sovereign + -ess. 1. A female sovereign. Labels: rare
Word: amyloidopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amyloid + -o- + -pathy. 1. The presence of amyloid peptide plaques in the brain Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, it has been suggested that J20 transgenic model has its limitations in representing the full aspects of amyloidopathy in AD cases [16 ]; and it would be desirable to examine synaptosomal mitochondrial dysfunction in different animal models with a better representation of amyloidopathy in AD brains.
Word: anticytokine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + cytokine. 1. That opposes the action of cytokines. Labels: not-comparable Example: Briefly, the anticytokine antibody-conjugated beads were added to individual wells of a flat bottom plate (96-well), 50 μl of prediluted standards or samples was added after washing, and the plate was incubated at room temperature with shaking at 850 rpm for 1 h.
Word: anticytokine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + cytokine. 1. An agent or molecule that opposes the action of cytokines. Example: We therefore hypothesized that, analogous to the mouse model, humans with Lyme arthritis express a predominant Th1 pattern in their affected joints. We also addressed the issue of whether the cytokine pattern found in the joints can be manipulated by cytokines or anticytokines.