amygdalase

amygdalase (countable and uncountable, plural amygdalases)

amygdalin beta-glucosidase
amygdalin beta-glucosidase

(biochemistry) Either of two enzymes: beta-glucosidase and amygdalin beta-glucosidase.


linamarase

(biochemistry) beta-D-glucosidase, an enzyme found in many plants including cassava and the butter bean; an enzyme which breaks down linamarin and produces cyanohydrines and thus hydrogen cyanide


arbutinase

(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.


exocellulase

(biochemistry) Any cellulase that hydrolyse glycoside links at the ends of cellulose chains


atroxase

Crotalus atrox
Crotalus atrox#Translingual

(biochemistry) An endopeptidase enzyme, found in the venom of the diamondback rattlesnake Crotalus atrox, that catalyzes the cleavage of His⁵-Leu, Ser⁹-His, His¹⁰-Leu, Ala¹⁴-Leu and Tyr¹⁶-Leu of insulin B chain.


arylamidase

en-noun

arylamidase (countable and uncountable, plural arylamidases)

cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase
cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.

arilamidase

the enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase


aminopolypeptidase

aminopolypeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural aminopolypeptidases)


inulase

inulase (countable and uncountable, plural inulases)


inulinase

inulinase (countable and uncountable, plural inulinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, 1-beta-D-fructan fructanohydrolase, that catalyses the endohydrolysis of (2->1)-beta-D-fructosidic linkages in inulin.


isopullulanase

isopullulanase (countable and uncountable, plural isopullulanases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, pullulan 4-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of pullulan to isopanose (6-alpha-maltosylglucose).


isopropylmalic acid

(organic chemistry) An intermediate in leucine biosynthesis, synthesized from oxoisovalerate by 2-isopropylmalate synthase and converted into isopropyl-3-oxosuccinate by 3-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase.


isoamylase

isoamylase (countable and uncountable, plural isoamylases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme, glycogen 6-alpha-D-glucanohydrolase, that catalyses the hydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic branch linkages in glycogen, amylopectin and their beta-limit dextrins.


iminodipeptidase

iminodipeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural iminodipeptidases)

(biochemistry) The enzyme Cytosol nonspecific dipeptidase.


imidodipeptidase

imidodipeptidase (countable and uncountable, plural imidodipeptidases)

(biochemistry) The enzyme X-Pro dipeptidase.


piece of pork

Your piece of pork, your wife's best friend, your percy, or your cock.

1983, Graham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry Gilliamet al., Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, 01:01:39-01:01:43:


antigingivitic

(pharmacology, dentistry) Countering gingivitis.


shot spot

I pretended to be the Chief Executive from Zurich, setting a shot spots competition. This was my protest at the failure of the laundry system to wash out the semen stains from the sheets.

2009 April 29, Malachi O'Doherty, “Archive for April, 2009: More Libya Stuff”, in Malachi O'Doherty—The journalism and recordings of a Belfast writer, retrieved 2013-08-22:

I carefully looked and saw Mary Ann sprawled naked on the bed. . . . I saw a wet shot spot clearly visible next to her. I slumped momentarily confronted with the unmistakable visual evidence of their passion.

2010 Sept. 1, SirenSeeker, "Marking My Women Ch. 05," literotica.com (retrieved 22 August 2013)

(slang, vulgar) A stain left on a surface by the ejaculation of semen.


mechanoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts chemical energy into mechanical energy and hence into movement


babymaker

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(derogatory) Somebody who gives birth to a baby.


cryptocyanin

cryptocyanin (usually uncountable, plural cryptocyanins)

Cryptocyanin, a copper-free hexameric protein in crab (Cancer magister) hemolymph, has been characterized and the amino acid sequence has been deduced from its cDNA.

1999 March 2, Nora B. Terwilliger, “Cryptocyanin, a crustacean molting protein: Evolutionary link with arthropod hemocyanins and insect hexamerins”, in PNAS, volume 95, number 5:

We have studied expression patterns of members of the hemocyanin gene family, hemocyanin, cryptocyanin, and phenoloxidase, in Cancer magister to better understand the molecular basis of the complex regulation and physiological transformations that occur during molting.

2013, Metalloproteins—Advances in Research and Application: 2013 Edition:

Cryptocyanin is also synthesized in the hepatopancreas R cells.

(biochemistry) A hexameric protein associated with moulting in crustaceans


vetispiradiene synthase

vetispiradiene synthase (plural vetispiradiene synthases)

(biochemistry) A lyase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction trans,trans-farnesyl diphosphate ⇌ vetispiradiene + diphosphate.


premnaspirodiene oxygenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (-)-vetispiradiene + 2 NADPH + 2 H⁺ + 2 O₂ ⇌ solavetivone + 2 NADP⁺ + 3 H₂O.


coin purse

(informal) a type of theatrical performance undergarment used to hide male genitalia, by stuffing it into a pouch with a drawstring, to simulate being nude


love spuds

We crossed paths at the hospital a few months ago after his wife convinced him to get a vasectomy following the delivery of their fifth child. Knowing I'd be among the crew wielding a scalpel in the area of his love spuds allowed Bobby and me to reconnect in no time.

2010, Annelise Ryan, Scared Stiff, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 220:

The Labrador would lie on his stomach with his legs splayed out behind and then proceed to move back and forth as if he were in the missionary position and going for glory. His love spuds would sort of squeeze under his body as he moved back, and then pop out again as he moved forward.

2011, Michael Riddel, Life, A Little Brown Dog and Shite Like That, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 55:

They saw his you-know-whats: his family jewels, his nuggets, his love spuds. His balls.

2012, Susin Nielsen, The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen, Tundra Books, →ISBN, page 10:


giggle berries

His nose starts squirting blood right before I kick him square in the twig and giggle berries.

2008, Stephanie Hale, Twisted Sisters, Berkley JAM, →ISBN, page 72:

Or, "Pardon me, Brad, while I reach down and scratch my giggle berries."

2008, Zombies Ate My Headlines, Carbolic Smoke Books, →ISBN, page 167:

"Cowboys," he explained. "They cut 'em off the bulls to calm 'em down."
"Hmmm, you'd think it would have the exact opposite effect," I retorted to the delight of the waitstaff. But the moment Sam saw them smile he drove the knife deep into the table and pushed the plate of deep-fried giggle berries against my chest.

2010, Mark DeCarlo, A Fork on the Road: 400 Cities/One Stomach, Lyons Press, →ISBN, page 188:


kallistatin

(biochemistry) A serin protein, found in human plasma, that contains binding sites for heparin


deathhawk

A mohawk hairstyle with voluminous teased or backcombed hair, common in the deathrock subculture.


neuraxin

(biochemistry) A structural protein in rats.


entactin

(biochemistry) A protein that is a component of the basement membrane and (along with perlecan) connects the networks formed by collagens and laminins to each other.


notatin

From notatum + -in, named after Penicillium notatum, from which it was extracted.


mitofusin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of GTP-binding proteins embedded in the outer membrane of the mitochondria


hoohaa

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Team Jacob

Of course, there are those two camps I mentioned earlier in this chapter: Team Edward and Team Jacob. Over time, Team Jacob has grown to the point where a lot of fans prefer Jacob to Edward.

2009, Lois H. Gresh, The Twilight Companion: The Unauthorized Guide to the Series, St Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 89:

However, Team Jacob members on the Anglophone boards were even more emphatic in their dismissal of Edward, and several posters argued that his behavior was abusive.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 200:

Team Jacob argues that Jacob's warmth, support, and wolfy exuberance should have won Bella away from her vampire swain.

2010, Liv Spencer, Love Bites: The Unofficial Saga of Twilight, ECW Press, →ISBN, page 192:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Jacob Black.


Team Edward

However, the continued conflict between Team Jacob and Team Edward shows that the series is sufficiently open to allow for the shipping of both Bella/Edward and Bella/Jacob.

2010, Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Rebecca Williams, “Transnational Twilighters: A Twilight Fan Community in Norway”, in Melissa A. Click, Jennifer Stevens Aubrey, Elizabeth Behm-Morawitz, editors, Bitten by Twilight: Youth Culture, Media, & the Vampire Franchise, Peter Lang Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 202:

To Team Edward, the canon pairing with the stoic, troubled, immortal 17-year-old is unquestionable.

Although the tension between Team Edward and Team Jacob fans is usually expressed in playful banter, there is the possibility that this group conflict will erupt into hostility.

2011, Melissa Burkley, “Prejudice in Twilight”, in E. David Klonsky, Alexis Black, editors, The Psychology of Twilight, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 72:

(fandom slang) The faction of Twilight fandom which prefers Bella Swan in a romantic relationship with Edward Cullen.


beardism

Meanwhile, early in 2001, the Equal Opportunities Branch of Britain's Home Office conducted "sensitivity groups" whose members were asked to note their "beardism" (i.e., beard-racism), or negative associations to facial hair.

2001, Allan Peterkin, One Thousand Beards: A Cultural History of Facial Hair, page 147:

When the Americans first took me on there was great debate about it. They thought it might be seen as shifty or untrustworthy. They said, 'Oh he's got a beard!'; 'Well, maybe it's a European thing'; 'Oh hey, that's OK then'. Beardism is rampant.

2013, Janet Trewin, Presenting on TV and Radio: An insider's guide:

(rare) Prejudice against bearded people.


pogonophobic

en-adj

pogonophobic (comparative more pogonophobic, superlative most pogonophobic)

more pogonophobic (comparative)
most pogonophobic (superlative)

They are part of a noble pogonophobic tradition dating back to early Christian times, when clean-shaven Romans guarded Western civilisation against shaggy savages.

1997, Kharak Singh, Apostasy among Sikh youth: causes and cures, page 175:

[…] knows I'm pogonophobic. When I hired him he hadn't grown his beard. Nowadays I'm not important enough to fire him.

2001, Carole Morin, Penniless in Park Lane, page 61:

Did you hear of the pogonophobic barber, / Who suddenly decided that he wanted fame? / But on the stage he developed nomatophobia, / And couldn't bear to hear his own name.

2006, Natalie Kristina Goldstraw, Superlative: Echoes of the Postmodern Condition:


chondronectin

(biochemistry) A cartilage matrix protein that mediates the attachment of chondrocytes to collagen


bicortical

(dentistry) Connected to two cortical plates


monocortical

(dentistry) Connected to a single cortical plate


nanohydroxyapatite

(dentistry) A very fine hydroxyapatite powder used, mixed with other materials, to help remineralization


shoulder-length

With her shoulder-length platinum blonde hair, she was easy to spot from afar.

(of hair, clothing, jewellery, or similar) Reaching the shoulders.


doe eyes

Large, wide-open (purportedly innocent-looking) eyes.


bradavidin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of homotetrameric biotin-binding proteins found in bacteria of the genus Bradyrhizobium


fibropellin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that assist in epidermal growth by the promotion of proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal and epithelial cells


tamavidin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of avidin-like biotin-binding proteins found in the tamogitake mushroom (of genus Pleurotus).


xenavidin

(biochemistry) An avidin found in frogs of the genus Xenopus


zebavidin

(biochemistry) An avidin found in zebrafish.


carbamoyl phosphate

An anion, produced from bicarbonate, ammonia and phosphate, that acts as an intermediary metabolite in land animals.


jaw beard

A thin beard that grows along the jaw and around the chin.


amidoligase

(biochemistry) Any ligase that catalyses the binding of an amido group, but especially one that catalyses the transfer of such a group from glutamine


cytoglobin

(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells


fetidin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of hemolytic and antibacterial glycoproteins present in the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia fetida


lysenin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida, that induce erythrocyte lysis.


phallobase

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(entomology) the base (proximal part) of the phallus


excisionase

(biochemistry) A bacteriophage protein that regulates the assembly of the excisive intasome and inhibits viral integration


intasome

(biochemistry) A nucleoprotein complex active in integration of DNA from a bacteriophage into a host.


hydrogenlyase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of hydrogen from a compound, but especially one that converts formic acid into carbon dioxide and molecular hydrogen


chaoptin

(biochemistry) A photoreceptor cell-specific membrane glycoprotein


neuroplastin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane immunoglobin protein.


neurothelin

(biochemistry) A cell-surface glycoprotein associated with the blood/brain barrier


zebrin

From zebra + -in, because of the stripes.

(biochemistry, neuroscience) Any of the molecules expressed by subsets of Purkinje cells that reveal the underlying zone-and-stripe architecture of the cerebellum.


distoangular

a distoangular impacted tooth

(dentistry) Angled backward, towards the rear of the mouth.


mesioangular

a mesioangular impacted tooth

(dentistry) Angled fully 90 degrees sideways.


traumatic alopecia

en-noun

traumatic alopecia (plural traumatic alopecias)

(medicine) A condition where the subject pulls their own hair out, causing bald patches.


symbionin

(biochemistry) An aphid endosymbiont-specific chaperonin protein


v-word

(humorous) Any word beginning with v that is not normally taboo but is considered (often humorously) to be so in the given context.


carbonmonoxyhemoglobin

carbonmonoxyhemoglobin (usually uncountable, plural carbonmonoxyhemoglobins)

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxyhemoglobin


coactosin

(biochemistry) An actin-binding protein originally isolated from Dictyostelium


lichenase

(biochemistry) Any glucanase that can hydrolyse lichenins


metaxylem

metaxylem (countable and uncountable, plural metaxylems)

(biology) The part of xylem, developing after protoxylem, that has larger cells and vessels.


xyloglucanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks down xyloglucans.


calexcitin

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein associated with learning in invertebrates


desuccinylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that promotes desuccinylation


myohemerythrin

(biochemistry) The oxygen-carrying protein found in the muscles of some marine invertebrates


hypochloremic

en-adj

hypochloremic (comparative more hypochloremic, superlative most hypochloremic)

more hypochloremic (comparative)
most hypochloremic (superlative)

By surface analysis, hypo- + chlor- + -emia + -ic.


antichymotrypsin

(biochemistry) Any serpin that inhibits chymotrypsin


exoglucanase

(biochemistry) any glucanase / cellulase that is active outside of the organism that produced it


tautomerase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a tautomerization reaction


curled hair

I know that you could present our case to the committee as well as though we all went, and put it in its true light, so that they can not help but see that the proposed taking off of the duty on curled hair would not only be an injury to us as manufacturers, but more so to our workmen, who now, as you know, earn good wages, and at the same time the proposed removal of the duty on curled hair would not benefit them in the least, for as a manufacturer of mattresses I would say that were the price of hair mattresses one-half what they now are, which of course is impossible, it would still be beyond their power and purse to indulge in such luxury even should they earn the same wages as now;

1888, W.S. Gambell, “Tariff Statements”, in Testimony Taken by the Subcommittee on the Tariff of the Senate Committee on Finance in Connection with the Bill H.R. 9051, page 1146:

Reports in our local newspapers Tuesday, January 7, 1913, stated that Mr. Charles Delaney, of Philadeplphia, Pa., has been agitating before the Ways and Means Committee to place curled hair on the free list. Mr. Delaney, owner of the curled-hair works in Philadephia, Pa., and Toronto Canada, as well as South America, is able by employing cheap laber to manufacture a cheaper hair, and placing curled hair on the free list would mean an open market for him, thereby seriously ruining the curled-hair business in this country.

1913, Jacob Hannemann, “Brief of the Hair Spinners' Union No. 10399, Chicago, Ill.”, in United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6497, page 5376:

The purpose of the rules is to protect industry, trade, and the purchasing public from unfair trade practices in respect to curled hair and curled hair mixtures in the several forms and products in which it is used and passed through the channels of distribution and trade to users, re-sellers, and ultimate consumers. The curled hair used in the industry consists, mainly, of horse mane, horse tail, cattle tail and hog hair.

1940, United States. Federal Trade Commission, Trade Practice Rules for the Curled Hair Industry as Promulgated January 12, 1940, page 1:

Curled hair is used in the manufacture of mattresses and in upholstering furniture and automobiles.

1945, United States. Dept. of the Treasury, Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws-volume 80, page 14:

The hair of the manes and tails of horses, tails of cattle, and hair of hogs, prepared for use in upholstery.


deiodase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the removal of iodine from iodothyronine; its deficiency causes goitre


afroed

(of a person) Having the hair styled into an afro.


selenophosphate synthetase

en-noun

selenophosphate synthetase (plural selenophosphate synthetases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a selenophosphate


memapsin

(biochemistry) membrane-associated aspartic protease


diphallia

(medicine, urology) A rare medical condition in which a male infant is born with two penises.


penile duplication

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arthropodin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins found in the cuticles of insects.


umkhwetha

umkhwetha (plural abakwetha or abakhwetha)

Among the Xhosa, a young male undergoing a group circumcision rite to mark the arrival of adulthood.


omohyoideus

Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdeus, ellipsis of mūsculus ōmohȳoīdeus (“omohyoid muscle”). Doublet of omohyoid.


stork bite

From the stork as imagined in folklore as the bringer of new babies, since the marking is congenital.

nevus flammeus nuchae
nevus flammeus nuchae


plant milk

en-noun

plant milk (countable and uncountable, plural plant milks)

Plant milks can, nevertheless, have a dark side, as when any crop is produced in mass quantities.

2020 January 29, Annette McGivney, “Almonds are out. Dairy is a disaster. So what milk should we drink?”, in The Guardian:

Any milk-like drink that is derived from a plant source.


pocket rocket

And then Torry suggested we climb in bed together while I told him the rest of the story, and I could tell from the way his pocket rocket was standing all straight out and stiff that he probably wouldn't be able to pay attention to the story anyhow.

2009, Nicola Cuti, Moonie and the Spider Queen, page 113:


dental hygienist

dental hygienist (plural dental hygienists)

A licensed dental professional who specializes in preventive oral health, typically focusing on techniques in oral hygiene.


dermatopontin

dermatopontin (usually uncountable, plural dermatopontins)

extracellular matrix
extracellular matrix

(biochemistry) An extracellular matrix protein


pogonophobia

From pogono- + -phobia. First use appears c. 1852.

(rare) A strong dislike or aversion to beards or beardedness.


Philly fade

(US, informal) A hairstyle where the sides are faded at the temples.


dead-eyed

en-adj

dead-eyed (comparative more dead-eyed, superlative most dead-eyed)

more dead-eyed (comparative)
most dead-eyed (superlative)

[…]they do not explain the incredible pathos of Paul Anthony Heaven reading his lecture to a crowd of dead-eyed kids picking at themselves and drawing vacant airplane- and genitalia-doodles on their college-rule note-pads, […]

1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 911:

The prisoners watched me from inside their cells, watched dead-eyed and silent as I was dragged past.

2011, Andrew Klavan, The Final Hour, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 20:

The dead-eyed man regarded me without the slightest change of expression.

2011, Joe Schreiber, Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, pages 132–133:

With a staggering walk, ragged clothes, and a terrifying dead-eyed stare, the zombie is an instantly recognizable monster of the big screen.

2013, Janos Jantner, Drawing Horror-Movie Monsters, The Rosen Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 18:

Having eyes that lack emotion or seem vacant.


bottom surgery

en-noun

bottom surgery (countable and uncountable, plural bottom surgeries)

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I am a 37-yr-old female-to-male living full-time as a man since 1980, when I had my mastectomy. Recently completed my bottom surgery ("genitoplasty").

1998 December 13, Lou Sullivan, [Correspondence from Lou Sullivan to Paul Johnson (December 13, 1988)]:

Again, there is not a good bottom surgery option for an FTM. I can see why they skip that step. And it is very easy for an FTM to be stealth.

2005 February 13, Jennifer Usher <jennisuzan@earthlink.net>, “Re: A Rationale for SRS”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet), retrieved 2022-10-17:

According to Henry Benjamin, for example, most trans folx were thought to "have no overt sex life at all," at least prior to medical interventions, and particularly bottom surgeries.

2021, Lucie Fielding, “Unimaginable Bodies”, in Lucie Fielding, Trans Sex: Clinical Approaches to Trans Sexualities and Erotic Embodiments, e-book edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page [unumbered]:

Sex reassignment surgery
sex reassignment surgery#English

(LGBTQ, surgery) Sex reassignment surgery performed on the reproductive organs, particularly the genitals.


front bum

[…] you had still started to notice a few changes, a metabolic slowdown that left you wondering whether, on top of being alone for the rest of your life, you were also going to end up with one of those stomachs that could only be described as a “front bum.”

2016, Marissa Stapley, Mating for Life: A Novel, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 122:

(Canada, US, slang) A bipartite mass of abdominal fat.


atrogin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of F-box proteins expressed during muscle atrophy


sarcospan

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein, located within skeletal muscle, the loss of which is associated with muscular dystrophy.


quadrate bone

(anatomy) A bone between the base of the lower jaw and the skull in most vertebrates other than mammals. In reptiles and birds it articulates the lower jaw with the skull; in mammals it is represented by the incus.


adracalin

nuclear pore complex
nuclear pore complex

(biochemistry) A component of nuclear pore complex implicated in Triple-A syndrome


nightwalker

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* night + walker
* (vampire): since they are traditionally said to avoid sunlight and go out at night.

(archaic, euphemistic) A prostitute who looks for clients on the streets.


infant formula

infant formula (countable and uncountable, plural infant formulas or infant formulae or infant formulæ)

infant formulas (plural)
infant formulae (plural)
infant formulæ (plural)

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The great desideratum, in devising an infant's formula for food, is to make it, until he be nine months old, to resemble as much as possible a mother's own milk.

1888, Pye Henry Chavasse, Wife and Mother: Or, Information for Every Woman, page 272:

No extra ingredients to calculate, because it's a complete infant formula.

1944, Rocky Mountain Medical Journal, volume 41, page 291:

Reconstituted powdered infant formula is probably a common vehicle in transmitting Salmonella to infants, given its major role in the infant diet, but contamination of formula is more likely to occur from the preparer or preparation environment than from the manufacturing process.

2004, Enterobacter Sakazakii and Other Microorganisms in Powdered Infant Formula, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations:

Health professionals and caregivers are faced with a bewildering array of infant formulas for non-breastfed infants.

2007, Don M. Roberton, Practical Paediatrics:

Before the early 1900s, mothers who couldn't breast-feed for medical reasons didn't have the option of infant formula and often used wet nurses, or women who were employed to breast-feed children other than their own.

2018, Kristin Lawless, Formerly known as food, →ISBN, page 85:

A manufactured food simulating human breast milk, designed to be fed to babies and infants under twelve months of age.

milk replacer

the analogue for nonhuman animals, especially livestock


sparklepire

From the bloated, purple-faced, shroud-wrapped corpse feared throughout Europe in the 18th century to the ‘sparklepire’ brought into vogue by Stephenie Meyer, the vampire as a concept has come a long way since its folkloric origins, and horror and paranormal romance authors have brought the entire concept to an interesting evolutionary point.

2009 August 16, Janet Neilson, “The Evolution of Vampire in Fiction”, in Hub Magazine, number 95, page 5:

This probably includes: talking donkeys, gods, flying dragons, garden fairies, vampires, sparklepires, ghosts, and Harry Potter.

2012 April 2, Kermit [username], “Re: I am now a Creationist”, in talk.origins (Usenet):

KEVIN: Well, that's your classic vamp. Now factor in your Nosferatu, your Twilight sparklepires, your Thirty Days of Night nocturnal shark people and the hundred of variations on the classic...

2012 October 11, Freezer [username], “[MSTing] Unbreak My Spark - Part 4”, in rec.arts.tv.mst3k.misc (Usenet):

(fandom slang, humorous) A vampire who sparkles, such as those featured in the Twilight series.


glampire

Well, it's basically a supernatural Dawson's Creek—a humiliatingly addictive soap opera in the meadows, with glampire Edward (Pattinson) as Dawson and Native American beefcake Jacob (Taylor Lautner) as Pacey.

2009 November 19, Aaron Mesh, “Women Who Run With the Werewolves: New Moon Reviewed”, in Willamette Week:

“Because they couldn't even tell a real vampire from a glampire. Lucy didn't know anything.”

2011, Hannah Jayne, Under Wraps, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 171:

[…] Anyway, you have to go to Annandale today. It's your cure day surprise. You get to kill a glampire."
"Christ. One of those vampire poseurs?"
"Oh yes. With the white face paint and dopey satanic rituals and everything. […]

2011, Drew Magary, The Postmortal, Penguin Books, →ISBN:

(slang, sometimes used attributively) A glamorous or beautiful vampire; a person who pretends to be a vampire.


gingerphobia

Last night, Tate staged a nice running gag on racism by creating a world in which the majority had an irrational hatred of "gingers", meaning redheads. Women of that persuasion were forced to hide from gingerphobia in Russet Lodge, a "ginger refuge".

2005 July 22, Ian Bell, “Those who pay the PR rarely get to call a tune as perfect as this one”, in The Herald, Glasgow:

There is a phenomenon called "gingerism" (prejudices against red-headed people) and "gingerphobia" (fear of red-headedness) in Scotland today.

2007 August 9, “Genetics Gets to the Roots of Why It Is Better to Be Red Than Dead in Cold Climates”, in Cape Times, South Africa:

Although Western civilisation needs new categories of thought-crime like a hole in the head, the idea of gingerphobia as a hate crime is probably no more absurd than many other categories.

2013 January 9, Ed West, “Why is gingerism so common in Britain?”, in The Telegraph:

(UK, informal) Fear, dislike, or hatred of people with red hair.


pectase

pectase (countable and uncountable, plural pectases)


dental formula

dental formula (plural dental formulas or dental formulae)

dental formulas (plural)
dental formulae (plural)

(anatomy, dentistry, zoology) A brief notation used by zoologists to denote the number and type of teeth of a mammal.


white-haired

From Middle English white-heered, white-harid, white-herede, whyte-harede, white hared, equivalent to white + haired. Compare Old Norse hvít-hárr and hvít-hærðr (“white-haired”).

Having white hair, especially from old age.


granulation tissue

granulation tissue (plural granulation tissues)

New connective tissue and tiny blood vessels that form on the surfaces of a wound during the healing process.


metoidioplasty

From meta- (“change”) + Ancient Greek αἰδοῖον (aidoîon, “genitals”) + -plasty.

der

sex reassignment surgery
sex reassignment surgery

A form of female-to-male sex reassignment surgery in which the clitoris, enlarged by testosterone therapy, is enhanced in size and appearance to provide a penis.


dysbindin

(biochemistry) dystrobrevin-binding protein in muscle cells


exotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that is active outside of the cell or organism that created it


geminin

(biochemistry) A nuclear protein that inhibits DNA replication


scramblase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.


fur pie

Back in New Jersey, Christ, you should see Ocean City on Memorial Day. Fuckin' fur-pie everywhere. Wall-to-wall beavers. Two piece bikinis with little hairs stickin' out around the crotch.

1983, W. D. Ehrhart, Vietnam-Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir, McFarland, →ISBN, page 123:

His face is maybe twelve inches from Sabrina's fur pie, and the guy is fucking snoring.

1993, Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease, Knopf, published 1993, →ISBN:

Man: Porno Video Palace.
Amélie Poulain: I'm calling about the ad.
Man: You're over 18?
Amélie Poulain: Yes.
Man: Shaved?
Amélie Poulain: Sorry?
Man: Are you shaved? Fur pie doesn't sell.

2001, Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Guillaume Laurant, Amélie, 01:00:49-01:01:07 (official English subtitles)


somatoliberin

From somato- + Latin līberāre- (“to set free”) + -in.


odontophobia

en-noun

odontophobia (usually uncountable, plural odontophobias)

Odontophobia, or the fear of dental work, seems equally plausible, as does pentheraphobia - fear of the mother-in-law.

2008 October 1, “Scared of this? You must be lutraphobic”, in The Daily Mail:

In fact, in dentistry, there is often a widespread condition of odontophobia among patients.

2019 October 8, Rosa De Stefano, “Psychological Factors in Dental Patient Care: Odontophobia”, in Medicina, →DOI:

People with dentophobia, also called odontophobia, have a fear of dentists. Someone with dentophobia may have extreme anxiety at the thought of going to the dentist or while in the dentist’s office.

2022 March 25, “Dentophobia (Fear of Dentists)”, in Cleaveland Clinic:


tooth powder

tooth powder (countable and uncountable, plural tooth powders)

1918, Hannah Teresa Rowley, Mrs. Helen Louise (Wales) Farrell, Principles of Chemistry Applied to the Household
Precipitated calcium carbonate, a very fine powdery form, is used as a basis for many tooth powders and pastes. As whiting it finds a wide use in cleaning metals of their tarnishes.

A powder for cleaning the teeth; a dentifrice.


chiasmatic

(anatomy) Of or relating to the optic chiasma.


butter tooth

(anatomy, dentistry) Either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw.


labside

Labside prosthesis modification was required, necessitating a delay before final insertion.

Relating to activities that happen in the dental laboratory, as opposed to chairside activities.


cramp bone

He could turn crampbones into chessmen.

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, chapter 17, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:

The patella of a sheep, formerly used as a charm against cramp.


button nose

Surprisingly, the film is delightful—mostly because of 15-year-old Hayley Mills, the blonde button nose who played the endearing delinquent in Tiger Bay.

1961 July 7, “Cinema: Adults Are Boobs”, in Time, retrieved 2014-05-17:

(idiomatic) A person having such a nose.


snub nose

A nose that is flat and broad, and turned upward at the tip.


hair wax

hair wax (countable and uncountable, plural hair waxes)

A thick hairstyling product containing wax, used to assist with holding the hair.


Donkey Kong

Named after the Nintendo video game character Donkey Kong.

Let's get one thing straight, donkey kongs--I SERVE *NO ONE* BUT MYSELF, AT *ALL* TIMES, […]

1995 August 8, Zoogz Rift [username], “I'm not on this planet to serve YOU, ASSHOLES”, in rec.sport.pro-wrestling (Usenet):

HEY DONKEY KONGS!
IF YOU RACIST SAY THAT THE "TAMILS CURSE IS HAUNTING SL CRICKET" […]

1996 January 26, P. DE SILVA, “Re: IS TAMILS CURSE HAUNTING SL CRICKET TEAM?!”, in soc.culture.sri-lanka (Usenet):

Well, if the retarded islamic DONKEY KONGS without any question, believe that HEAVEN awaits these dog shit heads after committing atrocity against humanity - both islamic and non-islamic, karmic reality is a better alternative.

1998 November 3, PAKI BASH [username], “Re: Too hot for Hindu Hoodlums?”, in soc.culture.indian (Usenet):

(slang, derogatory) An uncivilized or ill-mannered person; a boor.


rhamnodiastase

rhamnodiastase (countable and uncountable, plural rhamnodiastases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in Rhamnus dahurica, used in the hydrolysis of flavonoid glycosides.


transglucosidase

(biochemistry) A kind of enzyme capable of converting starch into oligosaccharides.


French braid

en-verb

French braid (third-person singular simple present French braids, present participle French braiding, simple past and past participle French braided)

French braids (present singular third-person)
French braiding (participle present)
French braided (participle past)
French braided (past)

Barbara French braided my hair—isn't it pretty?

1998, Mary Downing Hahn, As Ever, Gordy:

She French braided her hair pulling it straight back from her face.

2002, Kathryn M White, The Killer Wore White: “Who Wanted the Women Dead?”, page 15:

She French braided his forelock, and wrapped white tape around the bottom of each thick braid.

2012, Caroline Akervik, A Horse Named Viking, page 87:


misty-eyed

en-adj

misty-eyed (comparative more misty-eyed, superlative most misty-eyed)

more misty-eyed (comparative)
most misty-eyed (superlative)


Stokerian

Stokerian (comparative more Stokerian, superlative most Stokerian)

more Stokerian (comparative)
most Stokerian (superlative)

Of or relating to Bram Stoker (1847–1912), Irish novelist and short story writer, best known for his 1897 Gothic novel Dracula.


Afro pick

A comb with loose teeth, usually used on kinky hair, and sometimes worn in the hair.


happy button

I asked Shane how a mutt like Doc could lasso someone like Shanteel. He ventured that Doc was probably hung like Man O' War and knew how to work a woman's happy button.

2008, Tom Renz, Angels Hour, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 142:

"Ah-huh. You made me come that way and I want you to do it again and while you're at it you can take turns licking my happy button."

2011, Dee Dawning, “Felicity Jones”, in Threesomed: An Erotic Menage Anthology, →ISBN:

He found the folds hiding Alex's happy button.

2013, Jon L. Pope, The Exhibitionist, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 355:


love button

I press on my clitoris, swirl my two fingers over my love button, emitting a low moan.

2012, Man Swappers, Cairo: Strebor Books, →ISBN, pages 275–276:

He proceeded to taste me, his tongue tossing my love button around in his mouth.

2013, Jusme, "Twins", in Busy Bodies: Chocolate Flava 4 (ed. Zane), Atria Books (2013), page 247

She was yearning for him; her love button had never been so swollen in her life.

2014, JaQuavis Coleman, The White House, Akashic Books, published 2014, →ISBN, page 46:


Venus mound

The hand slipped lower to cover her Venus mound, and India felt her breath catch in her throat.

1999, Bertrice Small, Bedazzled, Brava Books, published 1999, →ISBN:

The line of her skimpy panties rested just above her Venus mound.

2008, Devyn Quinn, Sins of the Night, Aphrodisia, published 2008, →ISBN:

His fingers touched the crisp dark curls of her Venus mound, […]

2009, Catherine March, The Brigadier's Daughter, Harlequin, published 2011, →ISBN, page 124:


pum-pum

Go to a nightclub / To have some fun / Looking at pum-pum / Pum-pum come, pum-pum goes, it's alright

2008, “Pum-Pum”, in Repentance, performed by Lee "Scratch" Perry:

[…] she dismissed these queasy impressions as part of her dream and tried to roll over, when she felt a clammy hand flutter down atop her pum-pum and brush it ecstatically […]

2013, Anthony C. Winkler, Dog War, page 74:

(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica, anatomy) The vulva.


muttonchop

From mutton + chop. The hairstyle is named after the typical shape of these cuts.

He had a fresh complexion, eyes of that common uncertain shade of gray, and was closely shaven except for the incipient muttonchops on his ruddy cheeks.

1905, Willa Cather, “The Marriage of Phaedra”, in Troll Garden:

(figurative, in the plural) A facial hairstyle consisting of sideburns without a beard.


badly packed kebab

en-noun

badly packed kebab (plural badly packed kebabs)

From a likening of the appearance of the external female genitalia to that of a messy doner kebab (with the pita representing the labia majora and the meat representing the labia minora).

> What was the url for that webpage you found, with the naked woman called
> Tinkerbell? She was big!
>
>
LOL, she had a badly packed kebab too. I can't find it, she was on blueyonder though if anyone wants to google for it.

2005 August 28, PMD [username], “Re: Has anybody seen”, in alt.talk.bollocks (Usenet):

Babs? Urgh no! Mebee^([sic]) 25 years ago, but she'd have a 'badly packed kebab' by now!

2006 January 12, bobby [username], “Re: Can I just make a public service announcement here”, in alt.sports.soccer.sunderland (Usenet):

In brief, with the expletives deleted (which also served to make the story considerably shorter), it involved various quantities of cider, alcho-pops and shots, going to the kebab shop, getting said kebab, walking home, stopping to answer the call of nature on the grass and falling asleep mid-pee. Her badly packed kebab had been on view for all to see.

2011, John Donoghue, Police, Crime & 999: The True Story of a Front Line Officer, Matador, →ISBN, page 107:

(UK, slang, vulgar) The vulva, especially one with wrinkly, protruding labia.


cunt lips

I wanted to make her come before she did it herself, and slid down the bed until my mouth was on her tender cunt lips.

1992, Letters to Penthouse III: Hot, Bothered, and Ready, Warner Books, published 2007, →ISBN:

Hold your cunt lips apart with two fingers of one hand. Insert the speculum sideways, longest handle facing your body.

2002, Inga Musico, Cunt: A Declaration of Independence, Seal Press, →ISBN, page 70:

I drop my head back again, close my eyes and, wrapping my arms under my legs just behind my ankles, I pull my cunt lips apart as wide as I can.

2008, Mitzi Szereto, editor, The New Black Lace Book of Women's Sexual Fantasies, Black Lace, →ISBN, page 121:


beef flaps

Of course I couldn't help myself and I had to take a quick peek at her squating^([sic]) in the bushes her beef flaps hanging down like the undercarriage on a 747.

1991 October 19, John N. Young, “Change of mind by Youngie - Controversial”, in alt.tasteless (Usenet):

If you listen very closely, you can hear her beef flaps slap together everytime^([sic]) she walks into a scene.

2003 March 24, RJ, “Re: Brady Girl Question”, in alt.tv.brady-bunch (Usenet):

Naiive female, dost thy believe the world revolves around thy wrinkled, overly droopy beef flaps?

2005 June 27, Roy. Just Roy., “Re: Musings on the future”, in alt.slack (Usenet):


fanny flaps

Ewwwww, just hope to God she had plastic surgery on her fanny flaps.

2002 March 8, Wobblemetits [username], “Re: Party Party Party”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united.scum-haters (Usenet):

'This is where Lady Luck parts her fanny flaps and lets you dip your fingers in her pudding, if you get my drift. […]

2013, Chris Ryan, Most Wanted Mission 2, Coronet, →ISBN:

On the train there, it was dark because at one point I saw her fanny flaps in full view. I swear she wasn't wearing no knickers.

2014, Robb Peters, D. A. Diary, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 40:


meat flaps

I bet her meat flaps are^([sic]) smell like rancid dumpster swill.

2001 November 6, Jake778899 [username], “oh Robin”, in alt.fan.howard-stern (Usenet):

A little clitoral resurfacing here, an aesthetic snip of the meat flaps there, and you're ready to spread for Playboy.

2007, Jonathan Selwood, The Pinball Theory of Apocalypse, Harper Perennial, →ISBN, page 22:

And I haven't bought a cup from McDonald's since that old lady spilled some on her crotch, burned her meat flaps, and sued for $2 million.

2008, Jim Norton, I Hate Your Guts, Simon Spotlight Entertainment, →ISBN, page 39:


vertical lips

I moved her vertical lips aside to allow for easy access.

2007, Marissa Monteilh, Dr. Feelgood, Dafina Books, published 2011, →ISBN, page 59:

Her moist vertical lips part as she lowers her knee and therefore her pelvis, down around me.

2008, Robert L. Dark, Ruthless, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 83:

Chelsea squealed as Shady pressed his tongue against her vertical lips getting a good taste of her clit.

2014, S. K. Collins, Wide Open, Strebor Books, →ISBN, page 16:


Kanye glasses

This style of sunglasses, which first became popular in the 1980s, was re-popularized in the early 2010s by American rapper Kanye West.

It used to be trucker hats and Ray-Bans, followed by Kanye glasses and Day-Glo jewelry.

2010, Patrice Evans, Negropedia: The Assimilated Negro's Crash Course on the Modern Black Experience, Three Rivers Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 181:

Finally, someone even approaching futuristic enough to pull off those damn Kanye glasses.

2012, Vice Magazine, Dos & Don'ts: 2013 Daily Calendar, Chronicle Books, →ISBN:

My freshman year, I cheered beside a guy with a huge Afro and Kanye glasses and a guy in a toga.

2013, Alyssa Newton, "Football season is here again Jag Fans", The Vanguard (University of South Alabama), Volume 53, Number 3, 12 August 2013, page 17

A style of sunglasses which have frames containing horizontal slats as opposed to tinted lenses.


axe wound

I'd love to shove my love pump into her axe wound. Only thing is, I bet she wouldn't mentally be there, cuz she'd be thinking how fat and ugly she looked naked and all.

2001, Nunnaya Bidniz, “Re: I give up!!”, in misc.fitness.weights (Usenet):

Have you ever tried waxing your armpits? […] I don't think my missus would welcome a wax attack on her axe wound […]

2008, Beav, “Re: ot: Christmas Lights On Houses”, in uk.rec.motorcycles (Usenet):

Are you saying she only likes it in her axe wound?

2012, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, The Inbetweeners Scriptbook, page 562:


smartglasses

Google Glass smartglasses are finally available in the UK for £1,000, two years after they were extravagantly launched by skydivers in the US.

2014 June 24, “Google Glass go on sale in the UK for £1,000”, in The Guardian:

Glasses worn to provide software functions through augmented reality.


maltokinase

maltokinase (countable and uncountable, plural maltokinases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the chemical reaction ATP + maltose ⇌ ADP + alpha-maltose 1-phosphate.


(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction 5,10-methenyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin + H₂O ⇌ 5-formyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin.


daywalker

(fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.


oryzin

Aspergillus oryzae
Aspergillus oryzae#Translingual

(biochemistry) A predominant extracellular alkaline endopeptidase of the mold Aspergillus oryzae.


aspergillopepsin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of pepsins found in Aspergillus fungi.


fox evil

(obsolete) Loss of hair through disease; alopecia.


Buffista

> Well, to *you* I yield precedence, but the rest of these whippersnappers
> ought to bow to my half-century. And I've been a Buffista from Day One.

2002 February 19, Bill Reid (quoting Charles Stanley), “Re: Am I the only old man here?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Of course if they entice the 'Buffy crowd', there'll be a lot of Buffistas reading Jinx High for the first time and complaining about it ripping off the Buffy episode "The Witch" (my first usenet post about Buffy was to abml about a certain rather obvious plot resemplance^([sic]) there).

2005 August 31, William George Ferguson, “Re: New release of Tregarde series?”, in alt.books.m-lackey (Usenet):

We didn't discuss it further, and continued sitting on our asses watching the TV. But a couple weeks later, late at night, another Buffista pondered the idea online.

2007, Allyson Beatrice, Will the Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?: True Adventures in Cult Fandom, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 189:

(slang) A fan of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Buffyite

46 and proud to be a Buffyite. One of the best shows on the tube.

1998 May 25, Georg McLaughlin, “Re: Newbie (ages ?)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Buffyites [felt] the show had slipped this year, falling into a very administration-like (and un-Buffy-like) us vs. them moral schema.

2005, Rhonda Wilcox (quoting Eric Alterman), Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I. B. Tauris & Co Ltd (2006), unnumbered page

Although Internet communities are virtual, it is the hypothesis of this paper that the virtcom can become a real community, by means of which Buffyites and Angelites can regularly interact.

2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Buffy, Angel, and the Creation of Virtual Communities”, in Mary Kirby-Diaz, editor, Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom, McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 18:


Buffyholic

Anyway, I was thinking that some of us Buffyholics could meet there and perhaps organize a Denver "goober" for Buffy's season premiere.

1998 August 13, barklage [username], “Starcon 98 (Denver)”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Cordesman was introduced to Buffy by Buffyholics in his family, watched an episode or two, perceived analogies between the show and America's approach to threats of biological warfare, and developed Buffy into compounds that expressed his views on security.

2003, Michael Adams, Slayer Slang: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Lexicon, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 100:

Before “Prophecy Girl,” I thought Buffy was a pretty cool show with some great moments, way better than anything else on the box. In its wake, I was an obsessive Buffy'''holic.

2009, Justine Larbalestier, “A Buffy Confession”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 78:


vampireyness

If I remember correctly, the episode $teve's talking about also featured Nick getting caught on camera by a TV news crew, and he was unable to hypnotise her to make her forget because she had physical evidence of his vampireyness.

2001 July 28, Adam James Fitzpatrick, “Re: A few questions about Angel 2.21 - SPOILERS”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

For reasons that defy explanation, they're PUNS. Monstrous puns. Puns so eye-rollingly BAD, they're an abomination to the vampire's refined senses. This affront to their immortal good taste leaves them writhing in agony—exposing all manner of vampireyness.

2013, Rita Harris, Heather Harwood, Your Guide to Spotting and Outing Bloodsuckers at Work, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 4:

Age Suitability: Teens and above due to vampireyness and possible bad language.

2013, Nine Worlds Geekfest 2013 Programme and Schedule, page 53:

(informal) The state or quality of being vampirey.


Buffaholic

For all you UK Buffaholics out there, there's an SMG interview in this week's (month's?) TV Hits magazine.

1999 January 14, Jonathan Nickson, “SMG interview”, in alt.fan.sarah-m-gellar (Usenet):

I'm am^([sic]) always online late Tuesday....gotta see what the Buffaholics thought about the new ep. I love Feb sweeps <G>.

2001 February 10, Karen Marie, “Re: Smackdown & Thunder”, in alt.pro-wrestling.wwf (Usenet):

I am a 36-yr-old mother of two pre-shcoolers and I am a proud Buffaholic (not too mention Angelholic).

2001 December 18, Sharon V, “True Age Demographic”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):


Buffian

Sorry to have missed meeting the Canberra Buffians.

2000 January 17, Rachel, “Re: Inaugural ACT Buffy Meet”, in aus.tv.buffy (Usenet):

In all this time it still hasn't occurred to you that Buffians couldn't possibly give less of a shit about ratings?

2001 May 31, Forge [username], “Re: Wonky wins in Finale Ratings! Outraged DA fans demand recount!”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

Yay - 'nother Buffian :D

2002 June 2, Trin, “Re: ROLL CALL!”, in uk.religion.pagan (Usenet):


chignolin

(biochemistry) A synthetic decapeptide that folds into a beta-hairpin structure in water.


paraconule

(dentistry) A conule located between a paracone and a metacone.


dynactin

dynactin (countable and uncountable, plural dynactins)

(biochemistry) dynein activator complex: a multi-subunit protein found in eukaryotic cells that aids in bidirectional intracellular transport by binding to dynein and kinesin-2 and linking them to the organelle or vesicle to be transported.


dextranase

dextranase (countable and uncountable, plural dextranases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the endohydrolysis of (1->6)-alpha-D-glucosidic linkages in dextran.


dextransucrase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction sucrose + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)n ⇌ D-fructose + (1,6-alpha-D-glucosyl)n⁺1.


dihydroorotase

dihydroorotase (countable and uncountable, plural dihydroorotases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts carbamoyl aspartic acid into 4,5-dihydroorotic acid in the biosynthesis of pyrimidines.


digastricus

Unadapted borrowing from New Latin digastricus, ellipsis of mūsculus digastricus (“digastric muscle”). Doublet of digastric.

ellipsis

digastric muscle
digastric muscle#English


dimethylallyltranstransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts dimethylallylpyrophosphate and isopentenyl pyrophosphate into farnesylpyrophosphate.


dimethylargininase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction N-omega,N-omega'-methyl-L-arginine + H₂O ⇌ dimethylamine + L-citrulline.


dolichyldiphosphatase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction dolichyl diphosphate + H₂O ⇌ dolichyl phosphate + phosphate.


drosulfakinin

en-noun

drosulfakinin (countable and uncountable, plural drosulfakinins)

(biochemistry) An immunoreactive neuropeptide present in Drosophila


exodeoxyribonuclease

(biochemistry) Any of a group of esterases that catalyze the division of DNA.


uromodulin

Tamm-Horsfall protein
Tamm-Horsfall protein


mammaglobin

(biochemistry) A particular secretoglobin protein, associated with breast cancer


livetin

(biochemistry) A protein found in egg yolk.


caldesmon

From calcium + desmo- + -on, from Ancient Greek δεσμός (desmós, “band, bond”).

der

A particular calmodulin-binding protein.


carnosinase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of Xaa!His dipeptides.


peptidyl-glycinamidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of C-terminal glycinamide from polypeptides.


canal of Hering

en-noun

canal of Hering (plural canals of Hering)

(anatomy) Any of the intrahepatic bile ductules, part of the outflow system of exocrine bile product from the liver.


chlorophyllase

chlorophyllase (countable and uncountable, plural chlorophyllases)

(biochemistry) The main enzyme in chlorophyll metabolism; the catalyst for the hydrolysis of chlorophyll to produce chlorophyllide and phytol.


chondroglossus

(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.


clostripain

It was isolated from Clostridium histolyticum.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteinases that cleaves proteins on the carboxyl peptide bond of arginine.


cobalt chelatase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + hydrogenobyrinic acid a,c-diamide + Co²⁺ + H₂O ⇌ ADP + phosphate + cob(II)yrinic acid a,c-diamide + H⁺.


subclavius

Borrowed from New Latin subclavius, from sub- (“under”) + clavicula (“collar bone, clavicle”) + -ius (suffix to form an adjective).

affix

(anatomy) A muscle which (in humans) originates from the first costal cartilage and inserts on to the undersurface of the clavicle, acting to elevate the first rib or fix the clavicle.


creatininase

(biochemistry) An amidohydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of creatinine to creatine, which can then be metabolised to urea and sarcosine by creatinase.


cricoarytenoid

/ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˌæɹ.əˈtiˌnɔɪd/

/ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.əˈɹɪt.n̩ˌɔɪd/

From crico- + arytenoid, or borrowed from New Latin cricoarytaenoīdēs.

cricoarytenoid muscle
cricoarytenoid muscle

(anatomy) Of or relating to the cricoarytenoid muscle.


cricoarytenoid

/ˌkɹaɪ.koʊˌæɹ.əˈtiˌnɔɪd/

/ˌkɹaɪ.koʊ.əˈɹɪt.n̩ˌɔɪd/

cricoarytenoid muscle
cricoarytenoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Ellipsis of cricoarytenoid muscle..


cricothyroideus

Borrowed from New Latin cricothyroīdeus, clipping of musculus cricothyroīdeus (“cricothyroid muscle”).

clipping

cricothyroid muscle
cricothyroid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of cricothyroid muscle.


scrotoplasty

en-noun

scrotoplasty (countable and uncountable, plural scrotoplasties)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-scrotoplasty.wav

(surgery) Plastic surgery to construct or repair the scrotum.


sepiapterin reductase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of various carbonyl substances, including derivatives of pteridines.


seroma

(pathology) A pocket of clear serous fluid that sometimes develops in the body after surgery.


sternocleidomastoideus

Borrowed from New Latin sternocleidomastoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternocleidomastoīdeus (“sternocleidomastoid muscle”).

clipping

sternocleidomastoid muscle
sternocleidomastoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of sternocleidomastoid muscle.


sternohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin sternohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus sternohȳoīdeus (“sternohyoid muscle”). Doublet of sternohyoid.

sternohyoid muscle
sternohyoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of sternohyoid muscle.


stylopharyngeus

Borrowed from New Latin stylopharyngeus, clipping of mūsculus stylopharyngeus (“stylopharyngeal muscle”). Doublet of stylopharyngeal.

(anatomy) A slender muscle in the head that arises from the base of the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts into the side of the pharynx, and acts with the contralateral muscle in swallowing to increase the transverse diameter of the pharynx by drawing its sides upward and laterally.


styloglossus

Borrowed from New Latin styloglōssus, clipping of mūsculus styloglōssus (“styloglossal muscle”).

(anatomy) A small muscle that arises from the styloid process of the temporal bone, inserts along the side and underpart of the tongue, and functions to draw up the sides of the tongue to create a trough for swallowing.


stylohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin stylohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus stylohȳoīdeus (“stylohyoid muscle”). Doublet of stylohyoid.

stylohyoid muscle
stylohyoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of stylohyoid muscle.


hairlore

"Smoot documents his ... ah ... problem, one might safely say, with a three-volume history of hairlore, in which it is shown that abundant hair has always symbolized vitality, virility, the will to triumph, and its lack, poverty and impotence.

1979, Robert Coover, Hair O' The Chine: a documentary film script; [ill. by Robin McDonald]., Bruccoli-Clark Layman:

1988, Remar Sutton, Body worry, Penguin (Non-Classics) →ISBN
Barbers are the priests of hair lore, so you may listen to what they've learned from any confessionals, but don't automatically take their word as correct.

1992, Norma J. Roberts, Columbus Museum of Art, Elijah Pierce, woodcarver, University of Washington Press →ISBN
More than a mere ornamental surface, hair and hair preparation are elements of an essential body of emic material referred to as African American hairlore, and it can be a near metaphysical index to one's very soul, being, psychology, […]

Baldness also has a further symbolic connection with one's restoration to grace. Giles Constable's magisterial study of beard- and hair-lore in the Middle Ages demonstrates that the shaving of one's hair could signify 'a separation from […]

2002, Timothy S. Jones, David A. Sprunger, Marvels, Monsters, and Miracles: Studies in the Medieval and Early Modern Imaginations, Western Michigan Univ Medieval:

[…] as much to my strong belief in the diaspora as a heuristic construct for interpreting much of African American expressive invention as it does to my larger, shared fascination for the powerful dynamic of hair-lore in African diaspora everyday life.

2010, Robert Baron, Nick Spitzer, Public Folklore, Univ. Press of Mississippi, →ISBN, page 112:

(rare) Knowledge about hair; hair folklore.


bamboo hair

trichorrhexis invaginata
trichorrhexis invaginata


thermitase

Obtained from Thermoactinomyces vulgaris. See -ase.

(biochemistry) A peptidase enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of proteins.


geniohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin genīohyoīdeus, clipping of musculus genīohyoīdeus (“geniohyoid muscle”).

geniohyoid muscle
geniohyoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of geniohyoid muscle.


Twilighter

If you look at the town, and around the ever-increasing number of tourists who have come to take pictures with anything that says “Forks,” you will find signs heralding businesses' support of the Twilight books—irresistible to the voracious Twilighter (as Meyer's fans call themselves).

2010, Tracey Baptise, Stephenie Meyer, Chelsea House, →ISBN, page 47:

A prequel on Carlisle would answer all of these questions and give Twilighters a better understanding of the leader of the Cullen family.

2010, Michelle Pan, Bella Should Have Dumped Edward: Controversial Views & Debates on the Twilight Series, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 83:

For one “Twilighter” in particular, the friendships she formed formed helped her through a particularly rough patch, when her husband's kidney failed and he was in need of a transplant.

2014, Michelle Groover, “Twilight and Twitter: An Ethnographic Study”, in Claudia Bucciferro, editor, The Twilight Saga: Exploring the Global Phenomenon, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, pages 85–86:

(fandom slang) A fan of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the related films.


Twimom

For "Twilight" fans, the Runaways' iconic power may be difficult to grasp. (And for many of those girls' Twimoms, it may be difficult to remember.)

2010 April 9, Ann Hornaday, “Kristen Stewart has style and substance in hard-rocking 'The Runaways'”, in The Washington Post:

The next six hours consisted of 40-something-year-old TwiMoms who couldn't wait to get a glance of Carlisle, rude people trying to cut in line, and an insane lady bringing her fussy baby who wouldn't stop crying.

2012, Julith Perry, "'Breaking Dawn' renews series", The Mentor (Manhattan High School, Manhattan, Kansas), Volume 100, Issue 11, 27 November 2012, page 6

Even though we're writing legal teens doing legal things, we did get our fair share of shit for being “TwiMoms” writing “TwiPorn.”

2013, Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, BenBella Books, published 2013, →ISBN:

(fandom slang) A mother who likes Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.


fanpire

The self-proclaimed fanpires gawked, squealed and begged for autographs and photos with the stars.

2008 November 18, Derrik J. Lang, “Fans flock to 'Twilight' premiere in Los Angeles”, in USA Today:

Have you devoured the "Twilight" books? Are you obsessed with Edward? Can you recite the entire "Twilight" movie? Do you have Bella on the brain? Then you just might be a "Twilight" fanpire.

2009 July 16, “An event to sink your teeth into”, in The Charleston Gazette:

That their emotional relationship is foregrounded over sex may also explain why the mothers of Meyer's “fanpires” are great enthusiasts of the books, too.

2012, Victoria Nelson, Gothicka: Vampire Heroes, Human Gods, and the New Supernatural, Harvard University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 136:

(fandom slang) A fan of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight book series or the associated films.


Twifan

Naff ending and slow pacing notwithstanding, you can't really call this swoonfest a terrible movie (unless you want to be tweeted to death by Twifans).

2010 April 8, “To tide over the Twi-hards”, in Daily News, South Africa:

There are even goodies, too, for Twifans whose love of cooking is just as strong as their love for vampires and werewolves.

2010, Amanda McGuire Rzicznek, "'Twilight' cookbook adds spice", The BG News (Bowling Green State University), Volume 104, Issue 159, 7 July 2010, page 8

As any Twifan could tell you, long before Snowqueens Icedragon changed some names in her popular fic “Master of the Universe” and published it as Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James, the wank surrounding her, her attitudes, and her relationship to the fandom had already reached epic proportions.


levanase

(biochemistry) levan hydrolase, an enzyme that catalyses the random hydrolysis of (2->6)-beta-D-fructofuranosidic linkages in (2->6)-beta-D-fructans (levans) containing more than three fructose units.


ethanolaminephosphotransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction CDP-ethanolamine + 1,2-diacylglycerol ⇌ CMP + a phosphatidylethanolamine.


Brazilian wax

Getting a Brazilian wax will make you feel cleaner down there and improve your sex life.

2009, Molly Aldrich, How to Get the Perfect Brazilian Wax […] , iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1:

"I also have many clients, who schedule a Brazilian wax every four to five weeks, and not necessarily for someone special but for their own benefit.

2011 July 6, Svetlana Burckhardt, Confessions of a Brazilian Waxing Queen, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 52:

The removal of all or most of the pubic hair, sometimes leaving a small strip or triangle of hair on the mons pubis.


cresolase

monophenol monooxygenase
monophenol monooxygenase


ballsac

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antigingivitis

(pharmacology, dentistry) Countering gingivitis.


bedicked

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I stand by my original post any woman who's fool enough to buy into staying home cleaning, cooking and caring for kidddies^([sic]) while the bedicked one escapes to his job is crazy !!!

1997 August 2, Jean Coyle, “Re: Do WOMEN have rights??? (Was: Re: Do men have rights? The socialization of men prevents this )”, in soc.men (Usenet):

Except of course the bedicked ones, who will presently be flooding Pearl Harbor to celebrate war and carnage as only young men can.

2013, Aiken Avery, The Disaster Tourist, unnumbered page:

She [Empress Wu] was the subject of a 16th-century porno novel entitled The Lord of Perfect Satisfaction which involved an older Wu getting it off with a handsome, bedicked youth, who she would call ‘Daddy’ in the novel.

2017, Hannah Jewell, 100 Nasty Women of History, page 63:

(slang, vulgar) Having a penis or a representation/replica of a penis.


dGTPase

(biochemistry) A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction dGTP + H₂O ⇌ deoxyguanosine + triphosphate.


bollock sack

[…] slit open the bollock sack, got hold of the slippery eggs and pulled them out, first one, then the other, then snipped the cords and flung them from him.

1974, Richard Gardner, Richard Cummings, The Adventures of Don Juan, page 87:

“I seem to recall it was late one night, after considerable wine, and you said his wife had the face of a horse's bollock sack?”


titty juice

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shavee

It must have been a serious affair for the last score of shavées. When the betting became loud, 6 to 4 on time, I am surprised the barber got his patients to sit.

1822, John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ, volume 1, page 243:

The barber was shaving some one in the next chair to me, and he asked his patient—barbers and surgeons were one and the same in days gone by, so I do not see why the shavee should not be called a patient.

1888, The Book Buyer, volume 5, page 61:

(rare) A person who has their hair shaved off.


circumfetishist

It's not my or the cirp site owners' fault that the vast bulk of proper medical and scientific papers, as opposed to the crap opinion pieces by US and religious circumfetishists, come down heavily against routine circumcision --as does every medical authority in the world including the American Academy of Pediatrics!!!!

2001 April 15, Maze chris, “BS was RE: debra series -PLEASE READ-”, in alt.fan.prettyboy (Usenet):

Countries around the world that only have about 1% circ rate have only a fraction of the HIV infection of the U.S. which back in the middle '70's had the highest rate of new infection in the world and at that time we had a total male circ rate of about 80%. To circumcise an infant, or for an adult male to get cut on the word of some "senior researcher" is just the dumbest thing in the world. These circumfetishists are telling an unsuspecting and uneducated public that they are bound to inevitably engage in some unprotected sex with promiscuous male or female partners.

2003 July 26, Maze [username], “Re: HIV and cirucmicision resolved?”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

EVEN IF every argument presented by circumfetishists were TRUE - cutting another person's genitals would still be wrong

2007 September 26, Darling Regan, “Phalluses and Fallacies: Some faulty ways of thinking that lead to circumcision”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

(by extension, derogatory) An advocate of routine male circumcision.


pro-circer

Notice that many of the pro-circers completely deny the feelings of men who have been circumcised and regret that fact.

1999 February 8, Dawson William, “Re: 4skin mythology 5”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

Some pro-circers claim that an uncut man cannot satisfy a woman because the foreskin causes him to climax before she does.

2000 April 8, Chazz, “Re: Which would a woman prefer??”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

Why aren't pro-circers also all up in the faces of protecting teen and adult women from the possible risk of breast cancer by advising them to completely remove the troublemakers?

2005 September 24, Taylor, “Re: Penile cancer: importance of circumcision ...”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

A supporter of male infant circumcision.


anti-circer

What we anti-circers hope to accomplish is to protect a newborn's right to his full range of penile sensation, which will of course develop as he grows older.

1998 March 29, Max Varazslo, “Re: No answers yet...”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

And how come you consider this particular African to be credible when your fellow anti-circers have made a point of dismissing ALL African studies regarding circ status and HIV to be fatally flawed?

2000 December 7, prhagen, “Re: The Foreskin is Necessary”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

Why are anti-circers even discussing UTIs if "bodily rights" are so all-important?

2004 February 14, Jake Waskett, “Re: 50% of Married Women do not know if their husband is circumcised”, in alt.circumcision (Usenet):

One who opposes male infant circumcision.


anti-circumcisionist

Some anti-circumcisionists would outlaw the practice of infant circumcision, even for religious reasons.

1986, Bernard Ohanian, "Primal Cut: The Fight Over Circumcision", Mother Jones, April/May 1986, page 28

Pro-circumcisionists have marshalled as many arguments in its favour as anti-circumcisionists have marshalled against it.

1999, Godfrey B. Tangwa, “Circumcision: An African Point of View”, in George C. Denniston, Frederick Mansfield Hodges, Marilyn Fayre Milos, editors, Male and Female Circumcision, Kluwer Academic, →ISBN, page 183:

Entrenched customs die hard, and the task facing anti-circumcisionists is daunting. They can take heart, however, from the precedents: foot binding and widow burning, once widespread in China and India, respectively, have been abolished.

2003, Suzanne LaFont, Constructing Sexualities: Readings in Sexuality, Gender, and Culture, Prentice Hall, →ISBN, page 131:


pro-circumcisionist

The question might be raised: if the Jerusalem Council decided against the pro-circumcisionists, in what way did it respect their participation?

1997, Terence L. Nichols, That All May be One: Hierarchy and Participation in the Church, The Liturgical Press, →ISBN, page 78:

The target of his ire are clearly groups like Norm UK, which since its inception five years ago, has proved to be a thorn in the flesh of the pro-circumcisionists.

2000, Q News: The Muslim Magazine, numbers 315-326, page 12:


Dracula sneeze

From a likening of the positioning of the arm during such a sneeze to stereotypical depictions of the fictional vampire Dracula holding one side of his cape over his face, specifically from Bela Lugosi in Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and Tom Mason (double for Lugosi) in Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959).

Wang also encouraged the use of the "Dracula sneeze," or sneezing into the crease of your elbow as you bring your arm to your face.

2009 September 9, Patrick Cowles, “H1N1 plagues campuses”, in The Daily Titan, volume 85, number 4, California State University, Fullerton, page 3:

Regarding prevention, the school has begun encouraging sick community members to use the “Dracula sneeze,” sneezing into their elbows to avoid getting germs on their hands and then onto doorknobs and plumbing fixtures.

2009, Jeremy B. Merrill & Russell M. Page, "Swine Flu Hogs Campus Spotlight", The Claremont Port Side (Claremont Colleges), Volume 7, Issue 1, October 2009, page 7

Use a closed fist or assume the Dracula sneeze pose to temper germ transmission.

2011, Phineas Mollod, Jason Tesauro, The Modern Gentleman, 2nd Edition: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice, Ten Speed Press, →ISBN, page 177:

(informal) The act of sneezing into the crook of one's elbow so as to help prevent the spread of germs.

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
Bela Lugosi
Dracula
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Tom Mason (actor, born 1920)


screwface

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“Oh, and tell your girl to stop giving me the screwface.”

2005, Tracy M. Bush, A Blues for Mary, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 134:

She put on a screwface—an unfriendly facial contortion that denotes anger and frustration—then broke into the chant of a popular reggae protest song.

2011, Alvin Glen Edwards, Once in an Island, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 38:

Klinsmann had to know from observing the cranky screwface Dempsey displayed in public that this was no moonbeam of a player.

2014, George Vecsey, Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer, Times Books, →ISBN, page 249:

facial expression
facial expression#Noun

(African-American Vernacular, slang) A contorted facial expression of anger, frustration, or aggression.


befur

en-verb

befur (third-person singular simple present befurs, present participle befurring, simple past and past participle befurred)

befurs (present singular third-person)
befurring (participle present)
befurred (participle past)
befurred (past)

From Middle English *befurren (suggested by Middle English befurred), equivalent to be- (“on, all over”) + fur.

(transitive) To cover or clothe with fur.


Suebian knot

A historical male hairstyle ascribed to the tribe of the Germanic Suebi.


beady-eyed

en-adj

beady-eyed (comparative more beady-eyed, superlative most beady-eyed)

more beady-eyed (comparative)
most beady-eyed (superlative)


maturase

(genetics, biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that splice introns; any gene that codes for such a protein


hypercupremia

An abnormally high level of copper in the blood (above the reference range), which if it is high enough and/or persistent enough can produce copper toxicity (in any of various diseases, including Wilson's disease).


hypocupremia

An abnormally low level of copper in the blood (below the reference range).


exolipase

(biochemistry) Any form of lipase acting as an exoenzyme


sulfurase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses a reaction involving elemental sulfur.


master eye

One's dominant eye, from which visual input is preferred.


fibrolase

(biochemistry) fibrinolytic proteinase: a hydrolase enzyme found in the venom of the southern copperhead snake


chaetophobia

From Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē, “flowing hair”). By surface analysis, chaeto- + -phobia.

der

Andrew pulled it out of her reach. "You idiot, I suffer from Chaetophobia. You have no idea of what you've done."

(rare) fear of hair and/or hairy people or animals


dentophobia

Also realize that dentophobia can be a self-fulfilling prohepcy...

2006, Bill Dorfman, Billion Dollar Smile: A Complete Guide to Your Extreme Smile Makeover, →ISBN, page 170:

I've had many problems lately and I desperately need your help. First of all, I have been diagnosed with dentophobia. Because of that, I just can't bring myself to make an appointment even though I'm in terrible pain. I'm not sure if I'll need a root canal or just a filling. Please give me some ideas for how to overcome this phobia.

2009, Wendy Conklin, Differentiation Strategies for Language Arts, →ISBN, page 144:

That's because a visit to the dentist—if someone with dentophobia even makes it to the dentist—is likely to result in the classic fight-or-flight symptoms:...

2014, Sara Latta, Scared Stiff: Everything You Need to Know about 50 Famous Phobias, →ISBN, page 67:

There are nearly as many reasons people fear going to the dentist as there are teeth in the mouth. Indeed, dentophobia—the term is from the Latin word dens, meaning "tooth", and sometimes known as odontophobia...

Fear of dentists or their medical procedures.


eceriferum

(biochemistry) An aldehyde decarbonylase involved in the conversion of aldehydes to alkanes; it is implicated in the inability of some pollens etc to produce wax


thyrohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus thyreohȳoīdeus (“thyrohyoid muscle”). Doublet of thyrohyoid.

clipping

thyrohyoid muscle
thyrohyoid muscle#English

(anatomy) Alternative form of thyrohyoid muscle.


chordin

(biochemistry) A particular bone morphogenetic protein antagonist


parchorin

(biochemistry) An intracellular chloride-channel protein


selenoenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that contains a selenium atom.


thioltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a thiol group


FGC

en-noun

FGC (countable and uncountable, plural FGCs)

female genital cutting
female genital cutting#English

(uncountable) Initialism of female genital cutting.


overjet

(dentistry) The extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors over the mandibular central incisors.

sobressaliência

the extent of horizontal overlap of the maxillary central incisors


overclosure

overclosure (countable and uncountable, plural overclosures)

(dentistry) Quality or degree of being overclosed.


calumenin

endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmic reticulum

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein localized in the endoplasmic reticulum


rostral bone

The edentulous ossification that forms the ceratopsian beak.


tousle-headed

en-adj

tousle-headed (comparative more tousle-headed, superlative most tousle-headed)

more tousle-headed (comparative)
most tousle-headed (superlative)

2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text
Goren: a native Jerusalemite, a tousle-headed intellectual with the watery blue eyes of a dreamer, and a Jew.


chesticle

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(bodybuilding slang) A roundly defined pectoral muscle.


trapezium bone

(anatomy) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.

trapézcsont

a bone of the carpus at the base of the thumb


greater multangular

en-noun

greater multangular (plural greater multangulars)


lesser multangular

lesser multangular (plural lesser multangulars)


dark-haired

en-adj

dark-haired (comparative more dark-haired or darker-haired, superlative most dark-haired or darkest-haired)

more dark-haired (comparative)
darker-haired (comparative)
most dark-haired (superlative)
darkest-haired (superlative)

And M. [Henri-François-Alphonse] Esquiros, in describing the Dutch generally, speaks of beauties both blondes and brunettes, ‘for black hair is not uncommon in the Netherlands.’ These words seem to imply that black hair does not preponderate; and, if not, there must be a marked difference between the Dutch and the English. Here again is confirmation of the opinion that the modern English are somewhat more dark-haired than the ancient Saxons.

1866, Luke Owen Pike, “The Evidence of Physical Characteristics”, in The English and Their Origin. A Prologue to Authentic English History., London: Longmans, Green, and Co., pages 145–146:

Perhaps people felt by some form of symbolism or imitative magic that if the very first foot over the threshold was that of a dark-haired man, so might that hearth be safe for a whole year from the marauding Northmen. We listened to the chimes of Big Ben on the radio, and then as the last notes of the Old Year died away, Humphrey, who was the darkest-haired man present, ran to the door so as to come in and first foot us.

1968, Cherry Evans [pseudonym; Cherry Drummond, 16th Baroness Strange], Creatures Great and Small, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 88:

Maura was sixteen, with the Salter good looks. Darker-haired than her big sister Bridie, but she had the same soft grace.

2017, James Patterson with Alison Joseph, The Exile, New York, N.Y.: BookShots / Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 48:

Having hair of a dark color, usually dark brown.


silvery-haired

Alternative form of silver-haired (“having greyish-white hair”).


ginger-haired

having ginger-coloured hair, reddish-yellow or orangey-brown.


lactonase

en-noun

lactonase (countable and uncountable, plural lactonases)

(biochemistry) A metalloenzyme, produced by certain bacteria, that targets and inactivates acylated homoserine lactones (AHLs)


leucyltransferase

(biochemistry) A transferase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-leucyl-tRNA + protein ⇌ tRNA + L-leucyl-protein.


leghemoglobin

leghemoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural leghemoglobins)

(biochemistry) A hemoprotein found in the nitrogen-fixing root nodules of leguminous plants.


lumbrokinase

lumbrokinase (countable and uncountable, plural lumbrokinases)

(biochemistry) A collective name for various fibrinolytic enzymes present in various earthworms, especially Lumbricus bimastus and Lumbricus rubellus.


bald cap

A wig-like cap simulating the appearance of a bald or partially bald head, worn primarily by actors and clowns.


babycino

I squeezed my way into the crowded café [...] trying not to sweep babycinos off tables with my coat.

2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 139:


love tunnel

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His walk from the Surf Hotel at a quarter of three in the morning went through darkly opaque streets, past shuttered concessions, ossiferous silhouettes of roller coasters, purple plaster serpents coiled across the entrance of a love tunnel, and the debris of trivial dramas.

2005 October 19, Robert Lagerstrom, The Professor, and Other Tales of Coney Island, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 44:

Not far from Skansen is Sweden's oldest amusement park, Gröna Lund, which opened in 1883 and features attractions including a love tunnel and a haunted house.

2020 March 18, DK Eyewitness, DK Eyewitness Europe (Travel Guide), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC:

Synonym of tunnel of love (amusement park attraction).


overeruption

overeruption (countable and uncountable, plural overeruptions)

Overeruption can cause interferences in the occlusion and difficulty when constructing dentures.

(dentistry) The physiological movement of a tooth lacking an opposing partner in the dental occlusion.


MJDF

(UK, dentistry) Initialism of Membership of the Joint Dental Faculties: an examination taken by dentists.


Virchow's node

(anatomy) A lymph node in the left supraclavicular fossa that may indicate cancer in the abdomen if it is hard and enlarged.


phallometer

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keratinase

(biochemistry) A proteolytic proteinase enzyme produced in the presence of keratin-containing substrate.


flexor carpi ulnaris

(anatomy) A muscle in the anterior compartment of the human forearm.


labioplasty

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domino mask

A small, often rounded mask covering only the eyes and the space between them.


Spuffy

In contrast, the Spuffy 'shipper may be an older, more highly-educated career professional, but she must use the Internet to access the fanfiction she desires to read, because it is not available anywhere else.

2013, Mary Kirby-Diaz, “Ficcers and 'Shippers: A Love Story”, in Jennifer K. Stuller, editor, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Intellect Books, →ISBN, page 44:

Spuffy—as Spike/Buffy are often called—changed all that.

2013, Michelle Sagara West, “For The Love Of Riley”, in Glenn Yeffeth, editor, Seven Seasons of Buffy: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors Discuss Their Favorite Television Show, BenBella Books, →ISBN, page 71:

Relations between these viewers – who had come to self-identify as 'Spike-Buffy relationship fans' or 'Spuffy shippers' for short – and the writers of the show reached their nadir at the end of season six, when the writers decided to show the Spuffy shippers just how wrong they were by writing a scene in which Spike attempts to rape Buffy: […]

2014, Joseph Crawford, The Twilight of the Gothic?: Vampire Fiction and the Rise of the Paranormal Romance, University of Wales Press, →ISBN, pages 129–130:

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Spike and Buffy Summers from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Bangel

My only hope at this point is that SMG refuses to appear on Angel in the future, thus saving us from the inevitable Bangel ending for that series.

2003 May 14, Chris Zabel, “Re: How Does Joss Whedon Feel...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

She never seemed to have any trouble writing Bangel or Spuffy scenes.

2004 November 1, EBailey140 [username], “Re: What is it about Riley...”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

And we get Andrew's definitive judgement on the Bangel versus Spuffy controversy, […]

2009 March 13, Stephen Tempest, “Review of BtVS 8.23 'Predators and Prey”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):

(fandom slang) The ship of characters Buffy Summers and Angel from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.


Steroline

(fandom slang) The romantic pairing of the characters Stefan Salvatore and Caroline Forbes from the American television series The Vampire Diaries.


odontometer

(dentistry) A device for measuring teeth, used in orthodontia and for creating crowns.


hard on

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bepenised

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However much Nina Gordon, Louise Post, and their bepenised rhythm section sound like the Breeders, you could tell the two apart in a blindfold test (probably).

2000, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s, page 324:

It would be a good thing to have a woman president after the 43 bepenised ghouls and functionaries who’ve occupied the office. (OK, there were a few who weren’t half-bad — you wouldn’t need more than one hand to count them.)

2015, Doug Henwood, My Turn: Hillary Clinton Targets the Presidency, page XIV:

Bepenised female cave bugs of the genus Neotrogla routinely have sex for seventy hours straight.

2022, Chris Panatier, Stingers, unnumbered page:


vaginaed

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[…] why their women, the legendary lioness Maniatisses, are wide-vaginaed and bear manly and brave men; […]

1978, Giannēs Anapliōtēs, The Real Zorbas and Nikos Kazantzakis, Hakkart, →ISBN, page 11:

Whatever the mother goddess is, whether it's Mary in the Catholic iconography or some large-breasted, fat-bellied, prominently vaginaed figurine dug up in some prehistoric site, […]

2006, Dominic Dromgoole, Will and Me: How Shakespeare Took Over My Life, Pegasus Books, published 2007, →ISBN, page 281:

[…] given law's understanding of the phrase post-operative as involving full genital reassignment surgery, the monster concept assists us to comprehend legal understandings of phallic women and vaginaed men.

2010, Andrew N. Sharpe, Foucault's Monsters and the Challenge of Law, Routledge, →ISBN, page 102:


on fleek

term-label

(African-American Vernacular, Gen Z, slang)

Lexico
Newsweek
The Fader
Urban Dictionary

Origin unknown. Early entries for fleek in the Urban Dictionary date to 2003 (defined as “smooth, nice, sweet”) and 2009 (“awesome”); perhaps as a blend of fly (“well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool”) + sleek. The term was popularized by a video posted on the online video-hosting service Vine on June 21, 2014 by Chicago-area teen Kayla Newman, under her username “Peaches Monroee”, in which Newman, who had just had her eyebrows done for the first time, proudly declared “eyebrows on fleek”. She claimed that the term “just came to [her] out of the blue”. Lexico suggests it is “apparently an arbitrary formation”.

blend

"I'm definitely pro-eyebrow, but don't go overboard. You gotta have your eyebrows filled in just the right amount for them to be on fleek," [said] Senior Raven Johnson.

2014 October 16, Ryan Ghisetti, “New brow-raising trend emerges”, in Gillen Martin, Zoe Ziegler, editors, The Arcata High School Pepperbox, volume 87, number 1, Arcata, Calif.: Arcata High School, page 30, column 2:

One day their weave might be “on fleek” (looking good) then the next morning they wake up looking like Django when he was chained, and that's a scary sight.

2015 April, Wanya Williams, “Keepin’ It Real or Keepin’ a Weave”, in Sarah Asch, Riley Kuffner, Holly Parkin, editors, The Tam News, volume X, number VI, Mill Valley, Calif.: Tamalpais High School, page 23, column 3:

Her hair was on fleek or whatever them dumb hoes be saying on Instagram.

2015 April 1, Deborah Collins, “TC”, in Down Bad, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:

"I used to say Natalia looked fit,"” she [Emer] explains, "but now I'm like, 'Your eyebrows are on fleek.'"

2017 December 22, Annie Lord, “Exploring the Future of Makeup with the Highly-contoured Teens of Beautycon”, in Vice, New York, N.Y.: Vice Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-07-11:

(slang, of eyebrows or hair) Sleek and perfectly groomed or styled; well-groomed.


fleek

en-adj

fleek (comparative more fleek or fleeker, superlative most fleek or fleekest)

more fleek (comparative)
fleeker (comparative)
most fleek (superlative)
fleekest (superlative)

Unknown; see on fleek, which may or may not have pre-dated this form. See Merriam-Webster's notes at "on fleek".

(slang, chiefly describing eyebrows) Alternative form of on fleek


resting bitch face

en-noun

resting bitch face (countable and uncountable, plural resting bitch faces)

A brassy blonde steps forward, and you can tell by her resting bitch face, that ultra-cruel look in her eyes, that she's the one in charge of this quasi-hostage situation.

2013, Addison Moore, 3:AM Kisses, →ISBN:

This guy's hair is a little longer, way blonder, and the smile on his face is a sharp contrast to the resting bitch face the General wears.

2015, Tracey Ward, This is the Wonder, →ISBN:

Well hell, if that's what he wanted all along I would have given him my resting bitch face at the beginning of the shoot and saved us all some time.

2015, Adrian R. Hale, A Taste of Bliss, →ISBN:

(slang, vulgar, derogatory) An angry or unpleasant look that does not accurately reflect the way a person is feeling or that the person assumes when not consciously controlling their expression.


wenis

The exact origin of the term is unknown, although it likely originated in the 1990s or earlier as a humorous corruption of the word penis, or perhaps as a blend of wiener + penis.

unk

unknown

“Did you know your wenis is showing?” “My what?” “Your wenis!” How hilarious. This joke — which I didn't get — was on me. “You got punk'd, girlfriend!” squealed Caitlin when I told her. Kitch had heard that one before. “Wenis is the medical term for the flabby skin on the elbow,” he said. I stood in front of the mirror, fingering my wenis. Flabby, was it?

2010, Tilda Shalof, Camp Nurse: My Adventures at Summer Camp, page 94:

“[…] Or know that this”—he tickled her elbow—“is the sexiest wenis I've ever seen.”

2011, Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi, A Shore Thing, page 136:

I learned to appreciate skin where skin didn't matter before. Like the wenis of an elbow.

2016, Amber L. Johnson, Critical Autoethnography: Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life, page 92:

(slang) The skin on the outside of the elbow.


brohawk

Your brohawk.

2004, Andrew Schwab, It's All Downhill From Here: On The Road With Project 86, Relevant Books, →ISBN, page 193:

Other fighters started filing in: tribal-tattooed, creatine-slamming, brohawk-sporting dudes; […]

2009, Christopher Curtis, "Stop, drop and fight", The Link (Concordia University), Volume 30, Issue 16, 1 December 2009, page 22

Residents of the third floor of Memorial Hall and their “brohawks.”

2011, Noah Walker, "'Bro Night' in Memorial", The Collegian (Grove City College), Volume 72, Number 9, 11 November 2011, page 4 (image caption)

(slang) A Mohawk hairstyle worn by a bro.


hipster glasses

“I think we totally need to talk about the StarMart thing,” a girl with chunky hipster glasses and a blunt, black bob says, and rapidly the rest of the council agrees.

2012, Madeleine George, The Difference Between You and Me, Viking, →ISBN:

He had these watery blue eyes behind a pair of black hipster glasses and was holding a fancy camera.

2012, Emily Ecton, Project Jackalope, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 79:

He was wearing hipster glasses, jeans, a red-and-white striped shirt, and red sneakers.

2014, Heather Vogel Frederick, Absolutely Truly, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 137:

Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by members of the hipster and nerd subcultures.


cat-eye

Due to the shape that is reminiscent of the eyes of a domestic cat.

Alternative form of cat's eye (“glass marble with colourful inclusions”)


beardly

en-adj

beardly (comparative more beardly, superlative most beardly)

more beardly (comparative)
most beardly (superlative)

Beards and nobility go hand in hand, so it will come as no surprise to most that members of the great lordly houses are wont to vaunt their beardly heritage.

2011, Upton Uxbridge Underwood, Gilbert Alter-Gilbert, Jack Passion, Poets Ranked by Beard Weight:

I leaned far off the safety of my board, so low that if my beard had been any longer its tip would have brushed the rumbling pebbles. But my beard was not long then, barely able to brush the hollow above my sternum, and I snatched up the coffer without bodily or beardly harm.

2013, D F Lewis, Horror Without Victims - Page 196:

Of, relating to, or resembling a beard; beardish.


moo juice

From moo (“noise made by a cow”) + juice (“extracted liquid”).

com

I swore off moo juice when I got out of diapers.

2006, Sheila Wood Foard, Harvey Girl, →ISBN, page 76:


Clytie knot

It resembles the knot on the head of the bust of Clytie by G. F. Watts.

A loose, low coil of hair at the back of the head.


emydin

A protein found in the eggs of the tortoise.


glucase

(dated, biochemistry) Any enzyme that converts starch into glucose.


rape face

(Internet slang) A disturbing facial expression with a wide smile and big bright eyes.


aminomutase

(biochemistry) Any mutase that moves an amino group.


baby shampoo

en-noun

baby shampoo (countable and uncountable, plural baby shampoos)

A shampoo formulated to cause less irritation than normal shampoo if it gets into a person's eyes.


reading glasses

Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text.

نظارة طبية

spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia


calcimedin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of calcium-dependent proteins that bind phospholipids.


calphobindin

From calcium, phospho-, bind, and + -in.

(biochemistry) A calcium-dependent protein that binds some phospholipids


carboxyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a carboxyl group (one that carries out transcarboxylation).


transcarboxylase

(biochemistry) Synonym of carboxyltransferase


chelatase

The properties of these zinc-protoporphyrin chelatases, particularly the one in R. spheroides, are described in detail and their possible metabolic functions discussed.

1964, A Neuberger, “Studies on the biosynthesis of porphyrin and bacteriochlorophyll by Rhodopseudomonas spheroides. 5. Zinc–protoporphyrin chelatase”, in Biochemical Journal:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes chelation, especially that of a specified metal ion


razor burn

razor burn (countable and uncountable, plural razor burns)

skin irritation caused by shaving improperly, or with a blunt razor


chondroitinsulfatase

(biochemistry) Any sulfatase that sulfates chondroitin.


cobaltochelatase

(biochemistry) Any chelatase that chelates cobalt ions


deoxyribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a deoxyribosyl moiety (between bases)


erabutoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of neurotoxic proteins found in venom of the sea snake of the genus Laticauda


fetoglobulin

(biochemistry) A plasma globulin that is present especially in the fetus


glucanohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glucan


glycanohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses a glycan


glyceridase

(biochemistry) Any hydrolase that hydrolyses glycerides


hexadecapeptide

(biochemistry) Any oligopeptide that has sixteen amino acid components


nerd glasses

The conference room is full of teenagers who are being addressed by a middle-aged man with a beard and a Hawaiian-style black-and-yellow shirt with Asian letters in lieu of tropical flowers. He has translucent brown nerd glasses, and he wears a pair of furry bear ears on top of his head.

2008, Benjamin Nugent, American Nerd: The Story of My People, Simon & Schuster, published 2009, →ISBN, part 2, 133:

This is where grassroots trends like fedoras, graffiti prints, plaid shirts, nerd glasses, messenger bags, and granny boots originated.

2012, Lois Joy Johnson, The Wardrobe Wakeup: Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at Any Age, Running Press, →ISBN, page 254:

Steven also acknowledged that his presentation of self—wild locs, nerd glasses, and holey hipster jeans for our first interview—encourages whites to speak to him.

2014, Zandria F. Robinson, chapter 3, in This Ain't Chicago: Race, Class, and Regional Identity in the Post-Soul South, University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page 111:

Plastic eyeglasses with thick, horn-rimmed (typically black) frames, characteristically worn by nerds and members of the hipster subculture.


mannosylphosphoryltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers mannosyl phosphate residues


melanotropin

melanocyte-stimulating hormone
melanocyte-stimulating hormone#English

(endocrinology, biochemistry) Synonym of melanocyte-stimulating hormone


molybdoflavoprotein

(biochemistry) Any flavoprotein containing molybdenum


molybdoprotein

(biochemistry) Any metalloprotein containing molybdenum


monophosphokinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that transfers a single phosphate group


nitrophenylphosphatase

(biochemistry) Any phosphatase that hydrolyses nitrophenyl phosphate


nucleosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a nucleoside, separating the base and the sugar


ovoglycoprotein

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein found in hen's egg white


ovomacroglobulin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of macroglobulins found in hen's eggs


ovostatin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteinase inhibitors found in hens' eggs.


peroxygenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of an alcohol by reaction with hydrogen peroxide


prepilin peptidase

prepilin peptidase (plural prepilin peptidases)

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes a signal peptide from maturing pilins


propionylcholinesterase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of propionylcholine


pseudoisoenzyme

(biochemistry) A variant conformation of an enzyme (that appears to be an isoenzyme)