roundhead

You roundhead whore, sock it up, or me will kill you, begar.

1672, John Lacy, The Old Troop: Or, Monsieur Raggou. As it was Acted at the Theatre Royal, page 11:

Colonel Middleton was dismounted amongst the king's forces, of whom one, taking him for a commander of their's, mounted him again, and bid him make haste, and kill a roundhead ; and so he escaped.

1840, Daniel Defoe, Memoirs of a Cavalier, page 331:

The parliament, which either could not or would not be prorogued till the end of October, busied itself exceedingly regarding the queen's residence with her children, and testified the utmost jealousy of her confessor, father Phillipss, who underwent several examinations; and may portentous hints were dropped by the roundhead orators in the house of commons respecting the queen's establishment of Capuchins at Somerset-house.

2010, Agnes Strickland, Elizabeth Strickland, Lives of the Queens of England from the Norman Conquest, →ISBN, pages 276–277:

He added that they 'fell upon all that have short hair' and cried out, 'A roundhead! A roundhead!'

2014, Peter Ackroyd, Civil War: The History of England, →ISBN:

The roundheads in the school showers easily equalled the cavaliers.

1992, John Hoyland, Fathers and Sons, page 94:

Since penile preference is so tied up with personal aesthetics and body image, it seems both logical and fair to leave the choice of cavalier or roundhead to the owner of the organ, thus avoiding the sort of life-long pain expressed in a comment like this:[…]

2008, “Objections of a sentimental character: The subjective dimension of foreskin loss”, in Matatu, number 37, →OCLC, page 158:

I knew about the English Civil War, Cavaliers (wrong but romantic) versus Roundheads (right but repulsive), but I didn't think that was what he was talking about. I shook my head. “It means our willies aren't circumcised,” he explained. “Are you a cavalier or a roundhead?”

2013, Ellen Datlow, Hauntings, →ISBN, page 155:

(slang) A male whose penis is circumcised.

The top of the caisson will be at the same level as the bag-work foundation of the pier, and a roundhead, composed of 45-ton granite faced concrete blocks, will be built on it.

1899, Junior Institution of Engineers (London, England), Journal and Record of Transactions: 1899-1900 - Volume 10, page 251:

The smallness of the damage done at Purfleet is remarkable, when it is remembered that the impact of a large steamship is sufficient to cut deeply into solid masonry piers, and that only in 1907 the effect of a collision against the souther breakwater of the Admiralty Harbour, Dover, was to sever the roundhead entirely from the body of the pier, in addition to causing other serious injuries.

1921, L.G. Mouchel & Partners, Mouchel-Hennebique Ferro-concrete:

The breakwater, and in particular the roundhead, has been the responsibility of Jersey Harbours for many years but day to day maintenance and isolated repairs were becoming more frequent, punctuated by emergency repair works to the face of the roundhead at the extreme end of the breakwater.

2009, Michael Grantham, Carmelo Majorana, Valentina Salomoni, Concrete Solutions, →ISBN, page 123:

A circular platform at the end of a pier or breakwater.

Any of various agarics of the genus Stropharia.


punani

en-noun

punani (countable and uncountable, plural punanis)

From Jamaican Creole punani, perhaps from Akan oponaani. Possibly influenced by English poon (“vagina”) from French putain, or from Hawaiian Puanani (“beautiful flower”).

(uncountable, vulgar, slang) Sexual intercourse with a woman.


deaminase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses deamination


MOB

(dentistry) Initialism of mesio occlusal buccal.


muscle fiber

muscle fiber (countable and uncountable, plural muscle fibers)

(anatomy) A single cell of a muscle; each muscle fiber contains many myofibrils, the contractile unit of muscles.


myofibril

(anatomy) Any of the cylindrical organelles, found within muscle cells, that are the contractile unit of muscles.


vertebral column

vertebral column (plural vertebral columns)

(anatomy) The series of vertebrae that protect the spinal cord; the spinal column.


almond milk

almond milk (countable and uncountable, plural almond milks)

A milky liquid made from almonds and used as a milk substitute, cooking ingredient or beverage.


bonnyclabber

Said to be from Irish bainne (“milk”) + clábair (“muddied”) (see English clabber) or Scots Gaelic cognates thereof, with the anglicization of the first element influenced by bonny.

(Scotland and US dialects) Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.


actomyosin

actomyosin (countable and uncountable, plural actomyosins)

(biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres.

aktomiosina

a protein complex found in muscle fibres


spectacled

silmälasikuvioinen

having an appearance of wearing spectacles


hydrogenase

From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase.

It is clear from the experiments cited already that we are dealing with a bacterial enzyme comparable with the dehydrogenases, the substrate in this case being molecular hydrogen. […] In order to conform with the accepted terminology we suggest that this enzyme be called "hydrogenase."

1930, Marjory Stephenson, LH Stickland, “Hydrogenase: a bacterial enzyme activating molecular hydrogen”, in Biochemical Journal:

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.


smoothened

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Dan L. Lindsley
segment polarity gene

Ultimately the same as etymology 1. The gene encoding the protein was first identified in Drosophila melanogaster as a segment polarity gene and initially named smooth (smo) by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard et al. in 1984. This was later revised to smoothened by Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm in 1992, because the former name already described another locus.

transmembrane protein
transmembrane protein

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein belonging to the group of G protein-coupled receptors that is a key component of the hedgehog signaling pathway.


amalgamator

(dentistry) A device for preparing amalgam.


ceramidase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that separates the two parts of ceramide.


vasopressin

vasopressin (countable and uncountable, plural vasopressins)

/ˌveɪzəʊˈpɹɛsɪn/

From vasopressor + -in, circa 1927; see details at vasopressor § Etymology.

(biochemistry) An antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland.

抗利尿激素

an antidiuretic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland


aerenchyma

aerenchyma (plural aerenchymas or aerenchymae)

aerenchymas (plural)
aerenchymae (plural)

→ Irish: aereincíoma

(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants.

aerenkyymi

airy tissue found in the roots of aquatic plants


beetroot red

(organic chemistry) A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.


deciduous tooth

deciduous tooth (plural deciduous teeth)

(anatomy) Any tooth that falls out as later teeth grow in or as other existing teeth move to take its place.

(particularly) (anatomy) A baby tooth or milk tooth which is replaced by later permanent teeth in animals displaying diphyodonty.


canine tooth

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So called because canine teeth are prominent in dogs.

One of the pointed teeth behind the incisors and in front of the premolar teeth.


aleurone

aleurone (countable and uncountable, plural aleurones)

/əˈl(j)ʊəɹəʊn/

1865/70; from Ancient Greek ἄλευρον (áleuron, “flour, meal”).

der

(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.

糊粉

protein content of the embryo, endosperm or perisperm of cereals


ornithine transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reaction between carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine to form citrulline and phosphate.


ornithine carbamoyltransferase

ornithine transcarbamylase
ornithine transcarbamylase

(biochemistry) The enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase.


cellulase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose.


aminopeptidase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein

aminopeptydaza

any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid


apolipoprotein

(biochemistry) Any polypeptide or protein that can serve as an apoprotein by binding with a lipid to form a lipoprotein.


deformylase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that removes the formyl group from some amino acids (especially from methionine).


formyl methionine

(organic chemistry) The formylated form of the amino acid methionine; it initiates peptide synthesis in bacteria


metalloprotease

A recent study focused on the enzymatic and cytotoxic functions of jellyfish metalloproteases and identified diverse proteolytic effects including gelatinolytic, caseinolytic, and fibrinolytic activities.

2015 June 18, Mahdokht Jouiaei et al., “Ancient Venom Systems: A Review on Cnidaria Toxins”, in Toxins, volume 7, →DOI:


metalloproteinase

(biochemistry) Any of several proteinases that have a metal atom (often zinc) at their active centre


proteinase

Thrombin is another endogenous serine proteinase that can be released from fibrin clot following gingival tissue injury or inflammation.

2017, E. S. Rovai, M. Holzhausen, “The Role of Proteinase-Activated Receptors 1 and 2 in the Regulation of Periodontal Tissue Metabolism and Disease”, in Journal of immunology research, →DOI:


sphingomyelinase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyzes the cleavage of phosphodiester bonds in sphingomyelin


gelatinase

(biochemistry) Any of several proteolytic enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of gelatin.


jawline

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Sandra swooned over Pierce's manly jawline.

The lower edge of the side of the face (below the cheek), defined by the jawbone.


serpigo

en-noun

serpigo (usually uncountable, plural serpigos or serpigoes or serpigines)

serpigos (plural)
serpigoes (plural)
serpigines (plural)

(archaic) A dry, scaly eruption on the skin; especially, a ringworm.


aprotinin

(biochemistry) A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding

aprotiniini

protease inhibitor used in surgery to reduce bleeding


contactin

(biochemistry) Any of several glycoproteins active in cell adhesion.


galactosyltransferase

The gene is the recipe for galactosyl transferase, an enzyme, i.e. a protein with the ability to catalyse a chemical reaction.

1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 138:

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of galactose entities.


calpain

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that regulate calcium in the body.


neuregulin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that have functions in the development of the nervous system.


neurexin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins found in nerve tissue


neurofascin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins involved in cell adhesion.


paranodin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane neuronal glycoprotein that has a role in cell adhesion


phosphodiesterase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of phosphodiester links in nucleic acids.


spectrin

spectrin (countable and uncountable, plural spectrins)

(biochemistry) A contractile protein found on the surface of the membranes of blood cells


sulfotransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase enzyme that catalyses the transfer of sulfate groups


tetraspan

(biochemistry) Any of a family of membrane glycoproteins whose multimolecular complexes have four transmembrane domains


pteroylglutamic acid

(biochemistry, organic chemistry, dated) folic acid, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction.


yapper

If you want your pack to be a deterrent against burglars or muggers, forget about small dogs, yappers though they be. Focus on the larger breeds, particularly working stock with strong instinctual drives.

2004, Theresa Mancus, Who moved my bone?: a guide for multi-dog households, page 25:

I have to admit I would have a lot more tolerance for cell phone yappers on my one-hour train ride to and from work if they were actually learning — instead of yelling […]

2007, Training, volume 44, numbers 1-10, page 6:


lactiferous

The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands.

1997, Comprehensive Toxicology: Reproductive and endocrine toxicology, page 258:


omohyoid

/əʊ.məʊˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

Borrowing from New Latin ōmohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “shoulder”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to omo- + hyoid. Doublet of omohyoideus.


epidermin

(biochemistry) A protein related to fibrin.


acetylglucosaminyltransferase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that adds acetylglucosamine to heptose residues of bacterial cell walls


peptidoglycan

A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls


cholinesterase

The little tablets she has to take inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 11:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of choline-based esters (acetylcholine or butyrylcholine).


ataxin

(biochemistry) Any of several proteins, found in several organs of the body, that have an association with ataxia


streptokinase

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An enzyme produced by some streptococci which is involved in breaking down red blood cells by activating plasminogen to produce plasmin. It is used to treat blood clots and inflammation.


stand on end

en-verb

stand on end (third-person singular simple present stands on end, present participle standing on end, simple past and past participle stood on end)

stands on end (present singular third-person)
standing on end (participle present)
stood on end (participle past)
stood on end (past)

The horrifying tales he told made my hair stand on end.

(of hair) To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.

esborronar

to stand erect, bristle, especially from fear


adenyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from or to adenyl groups in nucleic acids


lactamase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the opening of a lactam ring, especially one that deactivates a lactam-containing antibiotic


earhole

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From Middle English ere hol, herehole, equivalent to ear + hole.

A puncture in the ear, usually in the earlobe, such as for earrings.


isocitric acid

(organic chemistry) An isomer of citric acid that is involved in the citric acid cycle


ephrin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that are involved in cell signalling


interdental

After he was struck by lightning, Melnyk suffered chronic problems with his teeth, despite brushing and flossing and using interdentals and even a Water Pic.

2012, The Malahat Review, numbers 178-181, page 79:

(dentistry) A small toothbrush for cleaning in between adjacent teeth.


pair of glasses

en-noun

pair of glasses (plural pairs of glasses)

A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


pair of eyeglasses

pair of eyeglasses (plural pairs of eyeglasses)


pair of specs

(colloquial) A pair of lenses set in a frame worn on the nose and ears in order to correct deficiencies in eyesight or to ornament the face.


pair of spectacles

pair of spectacles (plural pairs of spectacles)


pedodontist

A dentist who specializes in pedodontics, the care of children's teeth.


pedodontics

A branch of dentistry that specializes in the care of children's teeth.


parvin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins involved in actin binding.


palatal expander

palatal expander (plural palatal expanders)

(dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better.


expander

(dentistry) A device used to widen the upper jaw so that the bottom and upper teeth will fit together better; a palatal expander.


catenin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that have a role in cell adhesion


baby formula

baby formula (countable and uncountable, plural baby formulas or baby formulae)

baby formulas (plural)
baby formulae (plural)

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estriol

estriol (countable and uncountable, plural estriols)

/ˈɛˌstɹaɪˌɔl/

(American spelling, biochemistry, steroids, pharmacology) A relatively weak natural estrogenic hormone that is a glycol C₁₈H₂₄O₃ found in the body chiefly as a metabolite of estradiol, is the main estrogen secreted by the placenta during pregnancy, and is the estrogen typically found in the urine of pregnant women.


beaky

en-adj

beaky (comparative beakier, superlative beakiest)

beakier (comparative)
beakiest (superlative)

beaky nose

[…] Hector thunder'd threats aloud,
And rush'd enraged before the Trojan crowd;
Then swift invades the ships, whose beaky prores
Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending shores;

1718, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, “Book XV”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume IV, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:

[…] he emerged from the signals room with his drooping mustache, his beaky nose, his stupid, staring eyes […]

1972, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, chapter 25, in H. T. Willetts, transl., August 1914, published 1971, page 238:


penised

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Snakes, worms, and long-penised lizards copulate with women, while less frequently, men have intercourse with the mouths of stingrays...

1987, Thomas Gregor, Anxious Pleasures: The Sexual Lives of an Amazonian People, page 55:

(chiefly in combination) Having a (specified number or type of) penis


tomentum

(botany) A mass of filamentous hairs on the leaf of a plant.

tomento

matted woolly down on the surface of a plant

(zoology) A covering of fine, soft hairs; a pubescence.

(anatomy) A network of fine blood vessels between the pia mater and the cerebral cortex.


ying-yang

...wouldn't have to staunch anybody's leg wounds or haunt the hospital corridors waiting for a peek at one of my troopers with tubes up his ying-yang.

1982, Robert Merkin, The South Florida book of the dead:

Do you say it's Dad's tallywacker, his ying-yang, his wienie? Or do you say, "That's Daddy's penis"?

2004, Kevin Leman, Kathy Flores Bell, A chicken's guide to talking turkey with your kids about sex:

It was half over and so far nobody had noticed his ying-yang hanging out.

2006, Brandon James, Jeanne Carmen: My Wild, Wild Life As a New York Pin Up Queen:


amanitin

Amanita phalloides
Amanita phalloides#Translingual

Amanita virosa
Amanita virosa#Translingual

(biochemistry) A deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.


carboxyhemoglobin

en-noun

carboxyhemoglobin (usually uncountable, plural carboxyhemoglobins)

(biochemistry) The stable complex of carbon monoxide with hemoglobin; it prevents the normal complexing with oxygen and thus leads to anoxia


hemeprotein

(biochemistry) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.


monooxygenase

(biochemistry) Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active in the metabolism of many foreign compounds


myoglobin

myoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural myoglobins)

(biochemistry) A small globular protein, containing a heme group, that carries oxygen to muscles.


sudorific

en-adj

sudorific (comparative more sudorific, superlative most sudorific)

more sudorific (comparative)
most sudorific (superlative)

From New Latin sudorificus, from sūdor (“sweat”) (from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd- (“sweat; to sweat”)) + -ificus (from Proto-Italic *-fakos (suffix forming adjectives that denote bringing or making), ultimately related to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”)).

der

[...] I took my leave of them, & 'ran like a Lamp-lighter', the rest of the way to the Theatre; and in a most violent perspiration, clambered into the Shilling Gallery, where scarcely I cᵈ gain admission, the rest of the House being extremely crowded, wᶜʰ did not diminish the sudorific state of my person.

c. 1751, Roger Lonsdale, quoting Charles Burney, “Childhood and First Years in London, 1726–51”, in Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, published 1965 (1986 printing), →ISBN, page 35:

Fear, the product of guilt, is a true night-plant. Like some of those gigantic fungi the botanists tell of, it springs up in the dark, and in an hour of restless tossing, sudorific, horripilating wretchedness, canopies our bed with a phantom toad-stool of gigantic size. The load that the conscience can jauntily stagger under in the broad light of day, [...] will, in the gloom and silence of the night, wear its bearer to his knees.

[1873], W[illiam] S[tarbuck] Mayo, chapter XVII, in Never Again (The Library of Favourite Authors, British and Foreign; I), London: Ward, Lock, & Tyler, Warwick House, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, page 192:

In a state of perspiration; covered in sweat; sudoriferous, sweaty.


dehydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of the elements of water from a compound, often leaving a double bond.


esterase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester


hydratase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the addition or removal of the elements of water; a hydrase


peptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptides into amino acids; a protease.


transpeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amino or peptide group from one molecule to another


cupin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins and enzymes that have a domain in the form of a small barrel


hydroxylase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of compounds by the introduction of hydroxyl groups.


melanopsin

A type of photopigment (an opsin) found in the retina; it is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms

melanopsin-containing retinal ganglion cell


carboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.

羧化酶

any enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction


desaturase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of single to double bonds, especially in the production of essential fatty acids.


elongase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the elongation of an aliphatic chain, but especially one that elongates a fatty acid


immunoglobulin E

(immunology) A class of antibody (or immunoglobulin "isotype") found in mammals.


immunoglobin

(immunology, biochemistry) Any protein that functions as an antibody


deadenylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction


oculate

en-adj

oculate (comparative more oculate, superlative most oculate)

more oculate (comparative)
most oculate (superlative)

From Latin oculātus, from oculus (“eye”).


polyhedrin

(biochemistry) A protein that forms the crystalline matrix of viral polyhedral bodies


beauty parlor

(US, Philippines) A salon where hairdressers, beauticians, and cosmeticians work.


discoid

(dentistry) A disk-shaped dental excavator designed to remove the carious dentin of a decayed tooth


underbite

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A malocclusion, in which the lower teeth extend past the upper ones

underbid

condition of lower teeth extending past upper ones


acyltransferase

/ˌeɪsʌɪlˈtɹɑːnzfəɹeɪz/

(biochemistry) Any of several transferase enzymes that catalyze the transfer of acyl groups between lipids.

asyylitransferaasi

any of several enzymes that catalyse the transfer of acyl groups between lipids


peladophobia

Mention may also be made here to peladophobia, fear of baldness, particularly manifested in men. In the more severe cases of peladophobia, the social intercourse of the patient is much restricted, developing into what is virtually a phobia of society.

1925, Transactions of the Section on Dermatology and Syphilology of the American Medical Association at the Annual Session, page 190:

Andrew fears bald people (peladophobia). As a child, he inadvertently insulted a bald man in a grocery store and was promptly clapped on the ears by the old man and screamed at.

2008, James Garner, Arthur H. Bell, Phobias and How to Overcome Them: Understanding and Beating Your Fears, Castle Books, →ISBN, page 105:

You can have pluviophobia, the fear of being rained on, or peladophobia, the fear of bald people, but there is no medical term for the fear of doors.

2010, Vanessa Woods, Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo, Gotham Books, →ISBN:


argonaute

(biochemistry, genetics) Any of a group of proteins responsible for the gene silencing phenomenon known as RNA interference

Argonauta

any of a group of proteins responsible for RNA interference


cyclin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins whose presence in a cell varies through its cycle, and that regulates this cycle by forming a complex with kinase


cytokinin

The rate-limiting step for cytokinin biosynthesis involves a group of isopentenyltransferase (IPT) enzymes.

2015 April 23, Simon Moore et al., “Spatiotemporal modelling of hormonal crosstalk explains the level and patterning of hormones and gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana wild-type and mutant roots”, in The New Phytologist, volume 207, →DOI:

SE onset depends on a complex network of interactions among plant growth regulators, mainly auxins and 'cytokinins, during the proembryogenic early stages, and ethylene and gibberellic and abscisic acids later in the development of somatic embryos.

2015 August 18, Clelia De-la-Peña et al., “The role of chromatin modifications in somatic embryogenesis in plants”, in Frontiers in Plant Science, volume 6, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a class of plant hormones involved in cell growth and division.


lipoxygenase

polyunsaturated fatty acid
polyunsaturated fatty acid

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids


prothrombin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, produced in the liver, that is converted into thrombin during bleeding and subsequent clotting.


bimeter

It is unfortunate that the bimeter cannot be used in dentulous cases.

1951, Jerome Meyer, Oral Rehabilitation, page 528:

(dentistry) A type of gnathodynamometer having an adjustable central-bearing point.


gnathodynamometer

(dentistry) An instrument used to measure the force applied in closing the jaws.


pentosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of a pentose


xylosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any glycosyltransferase that catalyzes the transfer of xylose.


apoprotein

(biochemistry) The polypeptide part of a conjugated protein; for example, an apolipoprotein plus a lipid particle yields a lipoprotein.


conjugated protein

en-noun

conjugated protein (plural conjugated proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein that consists of both a polypeptide (the apoprotein) and a prosthetic group such as a lipid (in lipoproteins), sugar (in glycoproteins) or porphyrins and metals (in hemoglobin etc)


slicked-back

en-adj

slicked-back (comparative more slicked-back, superlative most slicked-back)

more slicked-back (comparative)
most slicked-back (superlative)

→ Swedish: backslick

His slicked-back hair made the villain look cool.

(of a hairstyle) Treated with a wet-look gel and combed straight back


man cave

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man + cave, suggesting the caves in which prehistoric people sometimes lived.

(LGBTQ) The vulva or vagina of a trans man.


suprachiasmatic

When I tell you that the suprachiasmatic nucleus is composed of 20,000 brain cells, or neurons, you might assume it is enormous, consuming a vast amount of your cranial space, but actually it is tiny.

2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 18:

Situated above the optic chiasm; specifically, designating a nucleus or region in the paraventricular region of the hypothalamus.


somatocrinin

(biochemistry) A hormone, produced in the hypothalamus, that promotes the secretion of growth hormones.


corticotropin

en-noun

corticotropin (countable and uncountable, plural corticotropins)

adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic hormone#English

(biochemistry, endocrinology) Synonym of adrenocorticotropic hormone


silicatein

silicatein (countable and uncountable, plural silicateins)

(biochemistry) An enzyme used by sponges to capture silicate and build silica nanostructures


jade stalk

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Then he inserts the Jade Stalk in her interior.

(in East Asian literature) The penis, especially in reference to sex.


jade gate

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the female’s feet are lifted toward the heavens and the jade stalk is inserted deeply into the jade gate.

The vagina, especially in reference to sex.


cryopyrin

(biochemistry) A nucleotide-binding and leucin-rich protein which activates the inflammasome in response to toxins.


pleckstrin

Abbreviation of platelet + leukocyte C kinase substrate + KSTR (amino acids) + string.

abbreviation of

(biochemistry) A protein found in platelets


straight razor

A razor with a blade that can fold into its handle.


cut-throat razor

en-noun

cut-throat razor (plural cut-throat razors)


cuticulin

cuticulin (countable and uncountable, plural cuticulins)

(biochemistry) A structural protein, in the cortical layer of large ascarids, which does not exhibit the striations characteristic of collagen, and which is not attacked by collagenase


vanadium-associated protein

vanadium-associated protein (plural vanadium-associated proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein, such as hemovanadin, that contains vanadium in an associated molecule


vanadium bromoperoxidase

(biochemistry) A haloperoxidase, used by some algae to synthesize halogen compounds, that has a requirement for the element vanadium


haloperoxidase

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that oxidize organic halogen compounds; they are hemoproteins or similar


tube steak

A rhyming allusion to cube steak and the item's shape.

I want to slip my tube steak into your sister. What'll you take in trade?

1987, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Herr, Gustav Hasford, directed by Stanley Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket, spoken by Joker (Matthew Modine):


plasmin

plasmin (countable and uncountable, plural plasmins)

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme that dissolves the fibrin in blood clots.


have one's ears lowered

en-verb

have one's ears lowered (third-person singular simple present has one's ears lowered, present participle having one's ears lowered, simple past and past participle had one's ears lowered)

has one's ears lowered (present singular third-person)
having one's ears lowered (participle present)
had one's ears lowered (participle past)
had one's ears lowered (past)

Hair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's ears and the term is based on the humorous supposition that the same effect could have been achieved by moving the ears lower down the person's face.

When you need a haircut, you go to a barber, so here I am at Tommy's Bronxville's tonsorial prepared to get clipped. Or, as we said as kids, have my ears lowered.

2006 June 25, “Cutting to the Chase at Barber Shop”, in New York Daily News:

(idiomatic, humorous, dated) To get a haircut.


ferredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron and sulfur-containing proteins, found in green plants, that function in electron transport and in photosynthesis.


ossein

en-noun

ossein (countable and uncountable, plural osseins)

(biochemistry) The collagen component of bone


lyase

(biochemistry) Any of many classes of enzyme that catalyze the breaking of a specific form of bond


multienzyme

(biochemistry) Any protein having two or more catalytic functions


rubredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of iron-sulfur proteins found in some bacteria


pre

From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-.


pre

pre (countable and uncountable, plural pres)

The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets... After the pres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable.

2007 September 21, Nina Ubaldi, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:


pre

en-verb

pre (third-person singular simple present pres, present participle preing, simple past and past participle pred or preed)

pres (present singular third-person)
preing (participle present)
pred (participle past)
pred (past)
preed (participle past)
preed (past)

This view alone is reason enough to book up this place for a girl's weekend. Imagine preing outside the city lights, playing the Lemonade visual album full blast on Apple TV.

2017 May 26, Paige McPhee, “13 Toronto Staycations For The Ultimate Girls Weekend”, in Narcity, archived from the original on 2021-10-23:

It's your average Saturday night and you're preing with your mates so you won't have to waste tonnes of money in some average bar. No one can come up with a good drinking game, so you just resort to the classics: Beer Pong and Ring of Fire.

2022 February 28, Malou Baumann, “A round-up of all the best drinking games”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 2022-07-06:

Fight Night, one of the most notorious student nights of the year, returns this month. Getting dressed up with your friends, preing way too hard, and finally Ubering to the AO Arena where the hip flask you smuggled in definitely comes in handy.

2022 November 10, Myfanwy Fleming-Jones, “Manchester Student Fight Night – All you need to know!”, in The Mancunion, archived from the original on 2022-11-26:


dry socket

The severe pain of a "dry socket" after tooth extraction can be relieved by injections of vitamin B₁ (thiamine hydrochloride) Dr. Joseph P. Osterloh, of San Francisco, reports.

1942 August 8, “Vitamin B Relieves Pain After Tooth Extraction”, in The Science News-Letter, volume 42, number 6, page 89:

(dentistry) An inflammation, usually acutely painful, of the alveolar bone following extraction of a tooth.


permed

en-adj

permed (comparative more permed, superlative most permed)

more permed (comparative)
most permed (superlative)


cohesin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins responsible for binding the sister chromatids during mitosis


neurotrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that stimulate the growth of nerve cells


sidebang

(colloquial, US) A hairstyle that consists of long hair brushed forward over one eye, similar to a fringe haircut, but worn on one side only.


cycler

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We took samples from the tubes in the cycler at regular intervals

(biochemistry) Ellipsis of thermal cycler.; a machine for creating multiple copies of DNA sequences.


roached

From the noun roach (“curve, edge of a sail”).

(US) Having a style of trimming a horse's mane so that the hair stands straight up from the neck, similar to the natural growth pattern of a zebra's mane, or a mohawk haircut on a human.


permanent wave

(British) A series of waves in the hair produced by means of chemical substances and heat; a perm


curling tongs

Tongs, usually electrically heated, used for curling or waving the hair.

kulma

heated tongs for curling or waving the hair


cuproenzyme

(biochemistry) Any metalloenzyme that contains one or more copper atoms


cuproprotein

(biochemistry) Any metalloprotein that contains one or more copper atoms


mother's milk

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From Middle English moderis mylke, equivalent to mother + -'s + milk.

Breast milk; milk produced by a human or animal mother for her offspring to nurse.


coochie

Possibly a clipping of hootchy-kootchy. Alternatively, possibly from cunt with influence from American slang term cookie (“vulva”). References to coochee dance (with various spellings) are attested from the end of the 19th century. The sense of “vagina or vulva” is attested from the early 20th century.

That fat sum bitch don’t even get coochie, yet he trust to tell me what to do with mine? Please.


coochy

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From cooch + -y.
Possibly the Dutch word "kutje" (vagina) is taken over in the English language and pronounced as coochy


animal dentistry

The field of dentistry applied to the care of animals.

odontologia veterinária

the field of dentistry applied to the care of animals


ghrelin

en-noun

ghrelin (usually uncountable, plural ghrelins)

From g(rowth) h(ormone)-rel(easing peptide) + -in (suffix forming names of chemical compounds), influenced by Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow”): see the December 1999 quotation.

cog

We designate the GH-releasing peptide ‘ghrelin’ (ghre is the Proto-Indo-European root of the word ‘grow’).

1999 December 9, M[asayasu] Kojima et al., “Ghrelin is a Growth-hormone-releasing Acylated Peptide from Stomach”, in Nature, volume 402, number 6762, →DOI, →PMID, abstract, page 656:

Both human and rat ghrelins are 28 amino acid peptides, in which Ser3 is modified by a fatty acid, primarily n-octanoic acid.

2006, Masayasu Kojima, Kenji Kangawa, “Ghrelin, an Endogenous Ligand for the Growth Hormone Secretagogue Receptor”, in Fred Nyberg, editor, The Somatotrophic Axis in Brain Function, Burlington, Mass.: Elsevier Academic Press, →ISBN, section III.A (Purification of Ghrelin), figure 2 caption, page 27, column 1:

[W]hen you increase ghrelin levels, you stimulate that growth hormone to kick in, and growth hormone builds you not only up but out as well. Your stomach secretes ghrelin in pulses every half hour, sending subtle chemical impulses to your brain—almost like subliminal biological messages (carrot cake, carrot cake, carrot cake).

2006, Michael F[redric] Roizen, Mehmet C[engiz] Oz, with Ted Spiker, Lisa Oz, and Craig Wynett, You, on a Diet: The Owner’s Manual for Waist Management, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, →ISBN, page 44:

Ghrelin is a 28‐amino acid acylated peptide predominantly secreted by the stomach but also by the brain. In mammals, ghrelin stimulates both GH [growth hormone] secretion and appetite, and it is the only GI [gastrointestinal] hormone with confirmed orexigenic properties[…].

2009, Hélène Volkoff, Saraj Unniappan, Scott P. Kelly, “The Endocrine Regulation of Food Intake”, in Nicholas J. Bernier, Glen Van Der Kraak, Anthony P. Farrell, Colin J. Brauner, editors, Fish Neuroendocrinology (Fish Physiology; 28), London, Amsterdam: Academic Press, →ISBN, section 2 (Endocrine Regulation), page 434:

Currently, ghrelin is considered as a “hunger hormone” that signals the brain the need to initiate food consumption. […] After food ingestion, plasma levels of ghrelin drastically decrease. Some but not all studies provided the evidence that in the cephalic phase of food ingestion the vagal efferent system promotes ghrelin secretion[…].

2011, Palmiero Monteleone, “New Frontiers of Endocrinology in Eating Disorders”, in Roger A. H. Adan, Walter H. Kaye, editors, Behavioral Neurobiology of Eating Disorders (Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; 6), Heidelberg, Dordrecht: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, part III (Genetics, Gender and Heritability), page 194:

That is because sleep affects two appetite-controlling hormones, leptin and ghrelin.

2022 February 26, Ruth Alexander, “The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep”, in BBC News, BBC, retrieved 2022-02-27:

(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted in the stomach when empty, that increases appetite and secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.


globin

Borrowed from German Globin, from Latin globus.

(biochemistry) Any globular protein that incorporates a globin fold.

Injuries and conditions that cause an acid pH environment cause the globin (protein) molecule to separate from the ferrihemate (iron-containing) component of the myoglobin molecule.

2005, Sharon G. Childs, “Rhabdomyolysis”, in Orthopaedic Nursing, volume 24, number 6, →PMID, page 445:

Globin switches in yolk sac–like primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells [title of article]

2008 February 8, Caihong Qiu, Emmanuel N. Olivier, Michelle Velho, Eric E. Bouhassira, “Globin switches in yolk sac–like primitive and fetal-like definitive red blood cells produced from human embryonic stem cells”, in Blood, volume 111, number 4, →DOI:

The results showed that the globin expression in the erythroid cells in individual clones changed in a time-dependent manner.

2008 October 2, Feng Ma et al., “Generation of functional erythrocytes from human embryonic stem cell-derived definitive hematopoiesis”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 105, number 35, →DOI:

(biochemistry) One of several polypeptides that are the protein components of haemoglobin or myoglobin.


micropenis

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The jury has heard claims that Clifford has a "micropenis" measuring two and half inches, while one woman told the court the publicist's penis was "enormous".

2014 March 26, “Max Clifford's penis 'neither freakishly small nor enormous', lawyer tells court”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN:


tryptophan synthetase

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in plants and bacteria, but not in animals, which catalyses the final step in the biosynthesis of tryptophan.


integrase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that integrates viral DNA into that of an infected cell


primase

(biochemistry) An RNA polymerase involved in the initiation of DNA synthesis.


tricuspid

(dentistry) Having three cusps, e.g. a molar tooth


snausage

A variant of the more usual sausage, from Snausages (“a brand of dog treat”), perhaps a blend of snack + sausage.

nutella! oh, the memories ;) one time i was just too fucking lazy to smear it on, so i made dominick <my ex> dip his snausage into the jar, and i think i gained 2 or 3 pounds that night.

1996 May 22, “Sabine the Diva Chick”, “nutella!”, in alt.fan.aimee-lortskel (Usenet):

And there's Peeper Geoffie hiding in the bushes, peering through windows, rubbing his snausage against his little yellow raincoat.

1999 December 13, “J.R. Dean”, “Geoff Miller's Guilty Conscience?”, in scruz.general (Usenet):

Who is in charge, Kerry or his snausage? If he cannot master his groin, then he ain't worth a shit.

2004 February 12, “Venger”, “Re: Rumor leads to Kerry's pants!!”, in alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys (Usenet):


mozy

The clown, who shaves but once a week, is of course very mozy when he comes under the barber's hands.

1830, Robert Forby, The Vocabulary of East Anglia: An Attempt to Record the Vulgar Tongue of the ... - Page 223


porin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that cross cellular membranes and act as pores through which small molecules can diffuse


convertase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds


furin

en-noun

furin (countable and uncountable, plural furins)

From FUR (acronym of FES Upstream Region) + -in.

(biochemistry) A protease found in certain animal cells


proprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein that is cleaved by a convertase to form a smaller protein or biologically-active polypeptide


antihelix

antihelix (plural antihelices or antihelixes)

antihelices (plural)
antihelixes (plural)

(anatomy) The curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.


anoctamin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of transmembrane proteins associated with the channelling of chloride ions


aquaporin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that form water-permeable pores in the membrane of biological cells.


rose-colored glasses

Phrase appears as early as 1830 according to OED. From rose-color or rose-colored (meaning "pleasant"), from the notion that roses are widely regarded as uncommonly beautiful.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rose-colored, glasses.


labiaplasty

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Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure.

2019, Suzannah Weiss, The Establishment, The Insidious Reasons Doctors Are Botching Labiaplasties:

Labiaplasty—surgery for reshaping or resizing the inner labia—is the fastest growing type of plastic surgery in the world: in 2016, 45 per cent more labiaplasty procedures were carried out than in 2015, […]

2019, Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-Education, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:

When performed poorly, a labiaplasty — a procedure to reduce the size of the labia minora, and one of the fastest-growing cosmetic surgeries worldwide — can also damage nerves, leading to genital pain and loss of sexual sensation.

2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:

(surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.


milk replacer

milk replacer (countable and uncountable, plural milk replacers)

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Liquid nutrition having nutritional qualities comparable to mother's milk that is given to young animals when mother's milk is not available.

maidonvastike

liquid nutrition that is given to young animals


milk substitute

milk substitute (plural milk substitutes)

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Liquid that replaces milk (usually and especially cow's milk) in a diet or a recipe (for adults).

maidonkorvike

liquid that replaces milk in a diet or recipe

infant formula and milk replacer

baby formula; liquid that replaces milk for baby humans or animals


pulpotomy

(dentistry) The surgical removal of part of the dental pulp


pulpectomy

(dentistry) The surgical removal of all of the dental pulp.


fibrinogen

fibrinogen (countable and uncountable, plural fibrinogens)

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A protein that in humans plays a role in the formation of clots.

纖維蛋白原 /纤维蛋白原

protein that in humans plays a part in the forming of clots


fibroin

(biochemistry) A tough elastic protein that is the main component of silk and of spider's webs


oncoprotein

(genetics, oncology, biochemistry) A protein that is coded for by an oncogene.


gluteus

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From Ancient Greek γλουτός (gloutós, “rump, buttock”).

der

(anatomy) Any of the several muscles of the nates, each of which arises from the pelvis and inserts into a femur.

бедрен мускул

(anatomy) one of the several muscles of nates


tonofilament

(biochemistry) A structural filament of keratin present in the cytoplasm


hypovolemia

en-noun

hypovolemia (countable and uncountable, plural hypovolemias)

(pathology) A state of decreased blood plasma volume.


yellow-haired

I was down at the New Amsterdam / Staring at this yellow-haired girl

1993, “Mr. Jones”, performed by Counting Crows:


temporary tooth

temporary tooth (plural temporary teeth)


two-percent milk

(US) Milk containing two percent butterfat.


one-percent milk

(US) Milk containing one percent butterfat.


knucklebone

Such a bone once used in knucklebones and other children's games of chance.


duction

duction (countable and uncountable, plural ductions)


dry eye

dry eye (countable and uncountable, plural dry eyes)

dry eye syndrome
dry eye syndrome#English

(uncountable) An eye disease caused by decreased tear production; short for dry eye syndrome.


glycosylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that splits a glycoside into a glycone and aglycone


activase

(genetics, biochemistry) Any enzyme that activates a gene


pego

Lately, he has come to dread Sugarʼs overtures of love, for his pego has remained flaccid when he would most wish to have use of it.

2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 758:


cullion

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From Middle English coilon, borrowed from Old French coillon (“testicle, vile fellow, coward, dupe”), from Vulgar Latin *cōleōnem, from Latin cōleus (“sack, scrotum”). Doublet of culeus and cojones.

der

[…] the kings enimies were vanquished, and put to flight, in which flight, the earle of Dowglas, for hast, falling from the crag of an hie mounteine, brake one of his cullions, and was taken, and for his valiantnesse, of the king frankelie and freelie deliuered.

1587, Raphael Holinshed, “Henrie the fourth, cousine germane to Richard the second, latelie depriued”, in Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, London: John Harison et al, page 523:

As touching the galls, which by ouermuch riding on horseback be incident to the twist and the inner parts of the thigh, as euery man knoweth full well, which do burne and chaufe the skin in those parts; the fomie slime which a horse yeeldeth, as well from his mouth as his cullions, is soueraigne therefore, if the place be annointed therwith.

1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXVIII.] 15.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 334:

(obsolete, usually in the plural) Synonym of testicle.


periodontitis

en-noun

periodontitis (usually uncountable, plural periodontitides)

From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “around”) + ὀδούς (odoús, “a tooth”) + -itis.

An untreated gingivitis may lead to periodontitis, both forms of periodontal disease.

Schlein reports favorable results from the use of Besredka's antivirus in cases of ulcerous stomatitis, acute pulpitis and periodontitides.

1932, The Journal of Periodontology, volume 3, page 29:

(dentistry, periodontology) A serious form or stage of periodontal disease which may lead to loss of bone and falling out of teeth.


periodontium

From peri- + Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús) + -ium.

af

Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ὀδούς</i> (odoús)

periodontal ligament
periodontal ligament

The specialized tissues that both surround and support the teeth, maintaining them in the maxillary and mandibular bones; the tissues including alveolar bone, cementum, gums and periodontal ligament.


boonga

(Australia, slang, ethnic/racial slur) Indigenous Australian.


synchondrosis

Borrowed from New Latin synchondrōsis, equivalent to syn- + chondro- + -osis.

(anatomy) A form of only slightly-moveable articulation between bones joined by hyaline cartilage, as in the spinal vertebrae.


IGF

(medicine) Initialism of insulin-like growth factor.


put hair on someone's chest

en-verb

put hair on someone's chest (third-person singular simple present puts hair on someone's chest, present participle putting hair on someone's chest, simple past and past participle put hair on someone's chest)

puts hair on someone's chest (present singular third-person)
putting hair on someone's chest (participle present)
put hair on someone's chest (participle past)
put hair on someone's chest (past)

When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.

1998 February 17, Tom Becker, “School Speaker Talks About Life as Addict”, in Los Angeles Times, retrieved 2010-10-10, page B2:

(idiomatic) To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.


stereocilin

(biochemistry) A protein associated with the stereocilia of the inner ear.


soleus

Clipping of musculus soleus, a relative adjective to Latin solum.

At one, three, six, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours' postburn period, the bilateral soleus muscles were removed and immediately incubated in Kreb-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer […]

1995, Kiyonori Harii, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, page 488:

A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf.


procumbent

en-adj

procumbent (comparative more procumbent, superlative most procumbent)

more procumbent (comparative)
most procumbent (superlative)

From Latin pro (“forward”) + cumbĕre (“to lie down”).


conjugase

pteroylglutamic acid
pteroylglutamic acid

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that promote the hydrolysis of folic acid conjugates and the production of glutamic acid and pteroylglutamic acid


glucuronidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a glucuronide; a glycuronidase


kinesin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that convert chemical into mechanical energy and power the movement of vesicles and organelles along microtubules


phenylacetic acid

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) The carboxylic acid C₆H₅-CH₂-COOH that is a plant auxin


phosphoglucomutase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the interconversion of isomers of glucose phosphates


antitrypsin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of serum proteins that inhibit trypsin and similar proteolytic enzymes


serpin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that inhibit serine proteases (especially trypsin)


prolamin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of plant storage proteins that have a high proline content, found in cereals.


muscleblind

From muscle + blind. The muscleblind gene in Drosophila flies is necessary to the development of muscles and eye photoreceptors.

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that are RNA-binding factors.


uteroferrin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein, containing two atoms of iron, that is a major secretory product of a pig's uterus under the influence of progesterone.


squinty

squinty (comparative squintier, superlative squintiest)

squintier (comparative)
squintiest (superlative)


make eyes

en-verb

make eyes (third-person singular simple present makes eyes, present participle making eyes, simple past and past participle made eyes)

makes eyes (present singular third-person)
making eyes (participle present)
made eyes (participle past)
made eyes (past)

She was saucy the next [moment], moving her head up and down, making "eyes" at Robert and making "mouths" at Beaudelet.

1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening, page 85:

Can't you tell by the way I run / Every time you make eyes at me

1964, Michael Nesmith (lyrics and music), “Different Drum”:

Stop making the eyes at me / I'll stop making the eyes at you

2005, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor”, performed by Arctic Monkeys:

(usually with "at") To flirt with (someone) by making obvious glances.

Augen machen

latter also has another sense, see entry


neuroligin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that bind to neurexins


green fluorescent protein

en-noun

green fluorescent protein (plural green fluorescent proteins)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of protein produced by bioluminescent jellyfish of the genus Aequorea, that is used in biological research to trace the biosynthesis and movement of proteins in living organisms

緑色蛍光蛋白質

りょくしょくけいこうたんぱくしつ


long face

Why the long face? Is something wrong?

Come on, don't look so worried! Now, Chewy is not gonna want to come to a house of long faces, is he? Come on Malla, let's see a little smile. There that's better.

1978 November 17, 14:01 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special (Science Fiction), spoken by Mark Hamill, →OCLC:

An expression of sadness and disappointment or gloom.


diphyodonty

Ancient Greek διφυής (diphuḗs, “double”) + ὀδόντος (odóntos) (genitive of ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”)).

uder

The condition, in some animals, of having only one set of replacement teeth following a first erupted set.


cyclophilin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that bind to ciclosporin


fishbone

He choked on a fishbone.


dystrobrevin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that bind to dystrophin in the costamere of skeletal muscle cells


dystrophin

en-noun

dystrophin (countable and uncountable, plural dystrophins)

(biochemistry) A cytoplasmic structural protein that is deficient in some forms of muscular dystrophy


nephrin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins necessary for the proper functioning of the renal filtration barrier


podocin

podocin (countable and uncountable, plural podocins)

(biochemistry) A protein which lines the podocytes and whose mutations can cause nephrotic syndrome


syntrophin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that are associated with dystrophin


utrophin

utrophin (countable and uncountable, plural utrophins)

(biochemistry) A cytoskeleton protein homologous with dystrophin


psoas major

(anatomy) The psoas muscle involved in the flexion of the trunk and thigh.


rennet stomach

The fourth stomach of a ruminant, the abomasum.


adaptin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles

adaptina

protein that mediates the formation of vesicles by clathrin-coated pits


jugal

(anatomy) A bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds; the equivalent of a malar in mammals.


quadratojugal

(anatomy) A small jaw bone found in the skull of most reptiles, amphibians and birds.


nucha

From Middle English nucha, nuche, nuca, nuka, nuke (“spinal cord”), borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha (“spinal cord; nape of the neck”). Doublet of nuque.

der

(anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.


opaquer

(dentistry) A substance used to block out dark colours of staining, underlying dental work, etc.


hystricism

A disease of the hair where the hairs stand erect.


balden

en-verb

balden (third-person singular simple present baldens, present participle baldening, simple past and past participle baldened)

baldens (present singular third-person)
baldening (participle present)
baldened (participle past)
baldened (past)

Now Champou's partner was the Court barber, and by the use of a peculiar hair oil which the two of them had concocted, they soon managed to balden the pates of all the male aristocracy of the place.

At 65 years old, the top of his head had baldened, but gray patches surrounded his ears.

2010, Jordan Belcher, Tre Pound, page 123:


hair tie

A circular piece of elastic used to hold hair in place.


hoo-hah

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It was also very scenic, and we all love to enjoy our scenery from a train window. If it had been a line passing nowhere of note, I doubt there would have been so much of a 'hoo-hah' over its demise.

2021 July 14, Pip Dunn, “Woodhead 40 years on: time to let go”, in RAIL, number 935, page 38:

Alternative spelling of hoo-ha (fuss, uproar)

Here I been thinkin' she's a prude an' she's been out back barin' her hoo-hah the whole fuckin' time.

2004, Steven Lance, Vulgarian Goulash: Second Serving, page 85:

He picked up a ginormous speculum that looked alarmingly like a .44, and headed towards her hoo-hah.

2010, Pamela DuMond, Cupcakes, Lies, and Dead Guys:


manscape

manscape (third-person singular simple present manscapes, present participle manscaping, simple past and past participle manscaped)

manscapes (present singular third-person)
manscaping (participle present)
manscaped (participle past)
manscaped (past)

Is it that hard to manscape? You know, get an electric razor, trim up your shrubbery, blow out your front yard a bit?

2007, Jen Lancaster, Bright Lights, Big Ass:

College News presents a working guide of the dos and don’ts of manscaping, taken from suggestions of college students themselves: Dos: […] / – Facial shaving/beard trimming / – […] – Controlling pubic hair / […] Embrace leg hair / Donts: – Excessive chest hair / – Long nose hairs / – Ear hair / – Adventurous shoulder and back hair / – Unibrows / – Wild beards […] / Follow these directions, and you’ll be making sure that the man in your life is properly manscaped.

2009 September 30, Sara DiRienzo, “The Art of Manscaping”, in College News:

Manscaping, otherwise known as the art of shaving, waxing and cleaning up the superfluous fur on a man […], is a must in this day and age.

2009 October 6, Molly Kissler, “How To: Manscape”, in State Press Magazine:

“I'm Jamie,” he said, reaching out to shake Ophelia's hand. “Nice to meet you. And I don't manscape. But Gabriel does.”

2012, Molly Harper, Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, →ISBN:

Many tools can be used to “manscape” including a razor and shaving cream, cordless body trimmers, and even scissors.

2014, Mike Baldasarre, A Boy's Basic Guide to Puberty, →ISBN, page 15:

He manscapes, gets manicures, and I'm pretty sure he mansplains with the best of them, but when we're in the same room, the hairs on my arms rise.

2017, Sarina Bowen, Tanya Eby, Man Hands: Volume 1, →ISBN:

(neologism) To trim or shave a male's hair, typically other than the hair atop and behind his head. The term applies most frequently to facial hair, including that of the eyebrows, ears, and nostrils; somewhat frequently to shoulders and back; less frequently to buttocks and pubes; infrequently to arms and legs.


GM-CSF

(biochemistry) Initialism of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor.


en-noun

granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (plural granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factors)

A cytokine protein secreted by macrophages, T cells, mast cells, endothelial cells and fibroblasts.

granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor


pentraxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins characterised by calcium-dependent ligand binding.


netrin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins involved in axon guidance


allozyme

Near-synonyms: isoenzyme, isozyme

[…] suggesting the two are different stages of the same species. The identity of the two species is further suggested by allozyme analysis […]

1997, “Hydrothermal Vent Fauna”, in Advances in Marine Biology: The Biogeography of the Oceans, page 111:

(genetics, biochemistry) Either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene.

allozima

either form of an enzyme specified by an allelic gene


gustducin

(biochemistry) A protein associated with the sensation of taste


transducin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins associated with the visual process


nutsack

A bag in which nuts are carried or stored.

(slang, vulgar) An objectionable person (especially a man).


grey-haired

Now, I'm a grey-haired git with a sense of arrogance born of surviving this long in RAIL.

2024 January 10, Christian Wolmar, “A time for change? ... just as it was back in issue 262”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 60:


recombinase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that mediate recombination of DNA fragments among chromosomes


ovalbumin

From Late Latin ovi albumen (“egg white”), + -in.

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein which is the primary constituent of egg white.


phenoloxidase

In one widely accepted model, the oxidation of catechols (o-diphenols) to o-quinones by cuticular phenoloxidase takes place and then these quinones diffuse into the cuticle […]

1991, Gregory W. Narr, Nicholas Cohen, Phylogenesis of Immune Functions, →ISBN, page 48:

(biochemistry) An enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation, and which is often involved in melanization processes

fenoloxidase

an enzyme which catalyzes phenol oxidation


autokinase

Shortened from "autophosphorylation-dependent protein kinase."

an autokinase domain

(biochemistry) A protein kinase or domain which promotes autophosphorylation


autophosphatase

an autophosphatase reaction

In addition, KaiC, which can act both as an autokinase and an autophosphatase, undergoes robust daily phosphorylation cycles that depend on its physical interactions with KaiA and KaiB.

2006, U. Schibler, “Circadian time keeping”, in Kalsbeek et al., editors, Hypothalamic Integration of Energy Metabolism, →ISBN, page 273:

(biochemistry, noun adjunct) A phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself


ferroportin

(biochemistry) A transmembrane protein that transports iron.


ferroxidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of iron ions


haptoglobin

(biochemistry) A protein in blood plasma that binds free hemoglobin released from erythrocytes and thereby inhibits its oxidative activity.


hemopexin

(biochemistry) A serum globulin that binds heme and porphyrins


phycoerythrin

/ˌfaɪkəʊ.iˈɹɪθɹɪn/

(biochemistry) A red, light-harvesting protein found in cyanobacteria, red algae and cryptomonads.


tubulin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins used as the material for microtubules.

tubuliini

The protein tubulin is composed of dimers of 110000 to 120000 daltons.

1975, E. M. F. De Robertis et al., Cell Biology, →ISBN, page 690:

(biochemistry) Specifically, the dimer of α-tubulin and β-tubulin.


bisphosphatase

an inositol bisphosphatase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation


carboxykinase

a pyruvate carboxykinase

(biochemistry) A kinase that also catalyzes decarboxylation


condensin

(biochemistry) A large protein complex that plays a central role in chromosome assembly and segregation in eukaryotic cells.


coatomer

From coat + -o- + -mer. Coined in a 1991 paper in Nature by Waters, Serafini & Rothman. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v349/n6306/abs/349248a0.html

(biochemistry) A soluble seven-protein complex which is a precursor of coat protein I (COPI), which plays a key role in Golgi apparatus vesicle formation


dexamethasone

dexamethasone (countable and uncountable, plural dexamethasones)

From dex- + -a- + -methasone (“prednisone or prednisolone derivative”).

af

Many dexamethasones act as anti-inflammatory agents.

Lee showed her how to feed the baby with the dexamethasone syrup.

2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 245:

Dexamethasone, a widely available and affordable generic steroid, was shown to cut the risk of death by a third for Covid patients on ventilators, and by nearly a fifth for those on oxygen therapy.

2021 March 23, Natalie Grover, Denis Campbell, “Dexamethasone hailed as lifesaver for up to a million Covid patients worldwide”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(pharmacology, biochemistry) A synthetic member of the glucocorticoid-class of steroid hormones, having the chemical formula C₂₂H₂₉FO₅, and used especially as an anti-inflammatory agent.


chevelure

/ˌʃɛvəˈljʊɚ/


metallothionein

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that bond to heavy metals


myostatin

en-noun

myostatin (countable and uncountable, plural myostatins)

Perhaps from myo- (“muscle”) + Latin statos, status, sto (“remain, stand, fix, set"”) or Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis, “inactivity, a freezing, state of motionlessness, arrest, a standing”). myo- + -statin?

uder

(biochemistry) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.


nitroreductase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of nitro groups


activin

en-noun

activin (countable and uncountable, plural activins)

A peptide that participates in the regulation of the menstrual cycle, cell proliferation, apoptosis, metabolism, and many other diverse functions.

activina

a peptide that participates in diverse bodily functions


dynein

From dyne + -in, from the Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμῐς (dŭ́nămĭs, “force”).

der

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyze ATP and thus provide motive power for motile structures such as microtubules.


troponin

en-noun

troponin (countable and uncountable, plural troponins)

From tropomyosin. Coined by the Japanese researcher Setsuro Ebashi in 1963.http://jb.oxfordjournals.org/content/vol59/issue4/index.dtl

(biochemistry, medicine) A complex of three regulatory proteins that is integral to muscle contraction in skeletal and cardiac muscle, or any member of this complex. The level of troponin in the blood is often used as an indicator of heart damage.

troponina

regulatory protein of skeletal and cardiac muscle


ashen-faced

en-adj

ashen-faced (comparative more ashen-faced, superlative most ashen-faced)

more ashen-faced (comparative)
most ashen-faced (superlative)

Having a pallor (pale face) due to fear or similar emotion


moon-face

en-noun

moon-face (countable and uncountable, plural moon-faces)

(medicine) A swollen and rounded face in a non-obese patient, most often associated with Cushing's syndrome or treatment with corticosteroids.


fetoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of several antigens produced in a developing embryo, of which the most common is alpha-fetoprotein.


formin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins involved in the polymerization of actin which associate with the fast-growing barbed end of an actin filament


methylprednisolone

methylprednisolone (countable and uncountable, plural methylprednisolones)

The patient was treated with methylprednisolone, cyclophosphamide, and azathioprine, as well as burn center protocol care with daily tankings.

1993, Virginia Medical Quarterly, volumes 120–121, page 44:

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A synthetic glucocorticoid, C₂₂H₃₀O₅, used chiefly in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders.


pyrophosphatase

(biochemistry) An acid anhydride hydrolase that acts upon diphosphate bonds


nonvital

Such an occurrence could provoke a vital response from a patient when a nonvital tooth was being tested (a "false-positive").

1998, J.W. Myers, “Demonstration of a possible source of error with an electric pulp tester”, in Journal of Endodontics, volume 24, number 3:

(dentistry) Not containing living nerve tissue


pannexin

(biochemistry) Any member of a family of transmembrane proteins found in vertebrates, homologous to the invertebrate innexins


endoribonuclease

(biochemistry) Any ribonuclease that is an endonuclease


flagellin

(biochemistry) The main protein in the flagella of bacteria.


phosphorylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the production of glucose phosphate from glycogen and inorganic phosphate


zyxin

Human zyxin is a 572 amino acid protein; sequence analysis suggests that its biochemical properties are similar to those of avian zyxin.

1999, Beth E. Drees, Mary C. Beckerle, “Zyxin”, in Thomas Kreis, Ronald Vale, editors, Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix, Anchor, and Adhesion Proteins, →ISBN, page 96:

(biochemistry) A certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it


vinculin

focal adhesion plaque
focal adhesion plaque

(biochemistry) A membrane-cytoskeletal protein in focal adhesion plaques, involved in linkage of integrin adhesion molecules to the actin cytoskeleton


unfoldase

Hsp70 is also known to have a protein unfoldase activity that is important for translocation of proteins across the membranes of organelles; […]

1993, Malcolm G. Parker, Steroid Hormone Action, →ISBN, page 71:

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes protein unfolding


glass eye

You can play a lot of tricks with a glass eye because you can take it out and pop it back in again any time you like. You can bet your life Mrs. Twit knew all the tricks.

An artificial eyeball, not necessarily made from glass, intended to replace a missing or removed eye.


shoad

en-verb

shoad (third-person singular simple present shoads, present participle shoading, simple past and past participle shoaded)

shoads (present singular third-person)
shoading (participle present)
shoaded (participle past)
shoaded (past)

From Middle English shode, schode, from Old English ġescēad (“separation, distinction, discretion, understanding, argument, reason, reckoning, account, statement, accuracy, art, manner, method”), from Proto-Germanic *skaidą (“separation, distinction”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, divide, separate”). Related to Old English scādan (“to separate, divide, part, make a line of separation between”). More at shed.

cog

Among the fragments shoaded down the sloping surface of the ground are pieces of edgewise intraformational conglomerate.

1941, Royal Society of South Australia, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, page 307:

The discovery of davidite at Radium Hill was made in 1906, by Mr. A. J. Smith, who mistook the black shoaded mineral for tin ore.

1958, Australian Atomic Energy Commission, Australian Atomic Energy Symposium, 1958, page 44:

Several outcrops were originally pegged in the hope that the shoaded black mineral would prove to be tin ore.

2013, Arthur John Gaskin, H. R. Samson, Ceramic and Refractory Clays of South Australia, page 7:

They are to be seen projecting in relief from the outcrops and shoaded on the surface.

1911, Sir Douglas Mawson, Walter Howchin, Chiastolites from Bimbowrie, South Australia, page 196:


jughandle

A jughandle is the Jersey way of making a left turn without creating gridlock...

2006, Lillian Africano, You Know You're in New Jersey When...:

(US) A ramp or slip road on the right-hand side of the road, used for making left turns.


bowl cut

(hairstyling) A haircut where the hair is cut short on the sides and back and allowed to grow long on the top, as though only the hair not covered by an inverted bowl had been removed.


hairspray

en-noun

hairspray (countable and uncountable, plural hairsprays)


hairspray

en-verb

hairspray (third-person singular simple present hairsprays, present participle hairspraying, simple past and past participle hairsprayed)

hairsprays (present singular third-person)
hairspraying (participle present)
hairsprayed (participle past)
hairsprayed (past)


pogonophile

(uncommon) One who loves or studies beards.


temporin

en-noun

temporin (countable and uncountable, plural temporins)

Rana temporaria
Rana temporaria#Translingual

(biochemistry) Any of a family of peptides isolated originally from the skin secretion of the European red frog, Rana temporaria.


acetylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes acetylation or deacetylation


androstenedione

androstenedione (countable and uncountable, plural androstenediones)

(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid sex hormone C₁₉H₂₆O₂ that is secreted by the testes, ovaries, and adrenal cortex and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of testosterone and estrogen.


goateed

Still, he believed deeply in the sixty-three-year-old goateed vegetarian and knew that with the program of careful diet, bodybuilding, swimming, and running up eight-story sand dunes, he would not be where he was now.

2008, David Maraniss, chapter 15, in Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World, →ISBN, page 296:


paracaspase

(biochemistry) Any of a family of caspases found in animals and slime moulds


naturalista

From natural + -ista. Compare natural (“hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated”).

(US) A person with Afro-textured hair who embraces their natural hairstyle; a follower of the natural hair movement.


calcineurin

calcineurin (countable and uncountable, plural calcineurins)

… the European Dermatology Forum consensus group has recently published guidelines favoring the use of topical calcineurin inhibitors as a first-line option for face and neck on a bidaily [twice-daily] basis …

2016 June, Khaled Ezzedine, Nanette Silverberg, “A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Vitiligo in Children”, in Pediatrics, volume 138, number 1, →DOI, page e20154126:

(biochemistry) A protein phosphatase that stimulates the growth and differentiation of T cells


brainpan

From Middle English brayn panne, from Old English bræġnpanne, corresponding to brain + pan.

Many a time but for a Sallet, my braine-pan had bene cleft with a brown Bill.

1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ix]:

Yet, whether thwart or flatly it did lyte, / The tempred steele did not into his braynepan byte.

1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

(now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The skull.

‘And a hard word it is,’ said Richie, ‘as my brainpan kens to this blessed moment.’

1822, Walter Scott, The Fortunes of Nigel:

(now chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) The brain or mind.


out of the corner of one's eye

I caught sight of him out of the corner of my eye.

(of a look or glance) Sideways, obliquely, askance


gephyrin

From Ancient Greek γέφυρα (géphura, “bridge”) + -in.

der

(biochemistry) A protein associated with synapses.


intersectin

(biochemistry) An adaptor protein involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis


whiskery

en-adj

whiskery (comparative more whiskery, superlative most whiskery)

more whiskery (comparative)
most whiskery (superlative)

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It is, of course, the most whiskery old cliché, but clichés usually have their basis in fact, and this one certainly does: Historically, the French have paid extraordinary—some would say excessive—attention to what they eat and how they eat it.

2001, Peter Mayle, “The Inner Frenchman”, in French Lessons: Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew, New York: Knopf, page 8:

I checked it out, and there were some good—if whiskery—stories.

2009 January 14, Simon Hoggart, “Simon Hoggart’s Sketch: Short-selling sermons as God takes on Mammon”, in The Guardian:


updo

Ruthie Alpern, as she was then known, was a poised and chatty blonde with an updo and a winning smile.

2009 January 15, David Segal, Alison Leigh Cowan, “Madoffs Shared Much, but How Much?”, in New York Times:

A woman's hairdo in which most hair is kept above the neck


hepcidin

en-noun

hepcidin (usually uncountable, plural hepcidins)

From hep(ato)- (“liver”) + -cide (“killing”) + -in (“compound”), because of its origin and bacteria-killing properties.

affix

The known genetic defects of iron metabolism 14, 25, 26 frequently involve proteins that function as iron transporters/exporters (for example, ferroportin 18), as receptors for iron-binding proteins (for example, transferrin receptor 27 and hemochtomatosis 28), or to regulate the activity of these transporters or receptors (for example, hepcidin 29).

2008 November 26, Masako Kohyama, Wataru Ise, Brian T. Edelson, Peter R. Wilker, Kai Hildner, Carlo Mejia, William A. Frazier, Theresa L. Murphy, Kenneth M. Murphy, “Role for Spi-C in the development of red pulp macrophages and splenic iron homeostasis”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:

A hormone produced by the liver that regulates iron homeostasis in mammals.


collagenase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that breaks the peptide bonds in collagen.


rattail

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From rat + tail: all of the nonliteral senses come from something else's fancied resemblance to the tail of a rat.

In the North Atlantic, Russians pioneered the harvesting of rattails, a ubiquitous deep fish with big eyes and a long tail that swishes back and forth in a sinuous motion.

1995 December 26, William J. Broad, “Creatures of the Deep Find Their Way to the Table”, in The New York Times:

en:ray-finned fish of family Macrouridae

Any of the large dark-colored deep-sea fish of the Macrouridae family of ray-finned fish.

A fish, a California chimera (Hydrolagus colliei, syn. Chimaera colliei).

All of which could explain why, when I had my hair styled in a tight ponytail for the shoot accompanying this feature, most people who saw me thought I looked "unapproachable" (which might simply be a polite way of saying: "You looked like you had a rattail and a Croydon facelift").

2013 July 28, Elizabeth Day, The Observer:

A hairstyle characterized by a long lock of tail-like hair dangling from the back of the head; the dangling lock itself.

The flowering plant Stachytarpheta cayennensis.


antiplaque

en-adj

antiplaque (comparative more antiplaque, superlative most antiplaque)

more antiplaque (comparative)
most antiplaque (superlative)

The extract of one plant common in Illinois, Sanguinaria canadensis, or bloodroot, is an ingredient in brand name antiplaque toothpastes; and the National Cancer Institute has contracted with the University of Illinois to help test the antitumor properties of tropical plants.

1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader:

(dentistry) Acting to prevent or remove plaque.


unsnipped

I could overlook an unsnipped tip, but this clueless? He had never heard the words synagogue or temple? I couldn't handle it.

2006, Francesca Segrè, “Girl Meets Goy”, in Ruth Ellenson, editor, The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, Plume, →ISBN, 2, page 12, unnumbered page:


gingerism

/ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚɪzm̩/

Gingerism is popular with comedians and audiences, and just as addicts take methadone instead of heroin, ginger gags are a safe, controlled substitute for ....

1997, Oliver Double, Stand Up!: On Being a Comedian, page 219:

A young girl asked the website: "What is the difference between racism, gingerism and sexism? "Nothing, that's what.

2004 July 22, “Red alert over an annoying prejudice.”, in Huddersfield Daily Examiner:

Gingerism in the workplace could form the basis of formal grievances or constructive dismissal cases, an employment lawyer has warned.

2007 June 14, “Red hair bullying cases could end up in court”, in The Register:

(British, Australia, New Zealand) Prejudice or discrimination against people with red hair.


unstyled

[…] the unstyled backyard images by Lise Sarfati, who began her career as a photojournalist.

2009 January 23, Roberta Smith, “Fashion Forward (Not for the Fainthearted)”, in New York Times:


xiphihumeralis

The tendon of the xiphihumeralis is also connected with its inner surface near its insertion.

1901, Jacob Ellsworth Reighard, Herbert Spencer Jennings, Anatomy of the cat (2nd edition), H. Holt and Company, page 147:

The xiphihumeralis muscle (M. xiphihumeralis) is the fourth muscle the pectoralis group ^([sic]). It originates from the xiphoid process of the sternum and inserts on the humerus (hence the name xiphihumeralis).

2003, Phillip E. Cochran, Laboratory manual for comparative veterinary anatomy and physiology, Cengage Learning, →ISBN, page 144:

A long, flat strip of pectoral muscle comprising a band of parallel fibres, found in felines.


allophycocyanin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of accessory pigments to chlorophyll

aloficocianina

any of a group of accessory pigments to chlorophyll


bacterioferritin

(biochemistry) An oligomeric protein, similar to ferritin, found in various bacteria


biglycan

en-noun

biglycan (countable and uncountable, plural biglycans)

(biochemistry) A small leucine-rich repeat proteoglycan which is found in a variety of extracellular matrix tissues, including bone, cartilage and tendon


granzyme

(biochemistry) Any of a series of serine proteases that are released by cytoplasmic granules within natural killer cells


lamin

From lamina + -in, from their involvement in the nuclear lamina.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of fibrous proteins that provide structure, and regulate transcription in a cell nucleus


lubricin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of water-soluble glycoproteins that provide lubrication to articular cartilage.


tearless

en-adj

tearless (comparative more tearless, superlative most tearless)

more tearless (comparative)
most tearless (superlative)

My tearless retina takes pictures that can prove

1982, Judas Priest, “Electric Eye”, in Screaming for Vengeance:

Instead, a shrug and tearless eyes

2009 January 29, John Updike, “Requiem”, in New York Times:


actinin

(biochemistry) Any of several microfilament proteins that have a function in the attachment of actin fibres in muscle cells

actinina

protein responsible for the attachment of actin fibres in muscle cells


complexin

We next examined which complexin sequences mediate spontaneous and evoked fusion.

2009 January 23, Anton Maximov et al., “Complexin Controls the Force Transfer from SNARE Complexes to Membranes in Fusion”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI:

A type of protein found in nerve tissue.


chaperonin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of chaperone proteins


longbeard

(poetic) Synonym of greybeard (“an old man”)

For those who have never navigated “Fairways,” as some longbeards call the original store — there are satellites in Harlem and Brooklyn and on Long Island, with another planned for New Jersey — it is a low-ceilinged warren under pitiless fluorescents.

2009 January 31, Glenn Collins, “A Slow New York Passage, Up to Organic Food”, in New York Times:

Synonym of greybeard (“experienced long-time member of a group”)


titin

titan + -in. From being a titanic (titan) protein (-in); a very large protein, the largest known prior to the discovery of PKZILLAs.

In order to measure the pattern of force-dependent stretching of TR, we designed a DNA construct encoding for I27 2 -T R -I27 2 [TR flanked by two molecules of the I27 (27th immunoglobular domain of human cardiac titin), which has well-characterized mechanical properties.]

2009 January 30, Armando del Rio et al., “Stretching Single Talin Rod Molecules Activates Vinculin Binding”, in Science:

(biochemistry) A protein important in the contraction of striated muscle tissues.


pancreatic juice

en-noun

pancreatic juice (plural pancreatic juices)

A liquid secreted by the pancreas, containing a variety of enzymes.


foretop

From Middle English fore-top, for-top, equivalent to fore- + top.

(obsolete) The lock of hair which grows on top of the forehead; the corresponding part of a wig.


myrosin

An enzyme found in mustard plants, which hydrolyzes sinigrin.


decarboxylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a carboxyl group, effectively removing carbon dioxide from a compound.


dehalogenase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a halogen atom from an organic halide


demethylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the removal of a methyl group from a compound


deubiquitinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deubiquitination reaction


vitellin

vitellin (countable and uncountable, plural vitellins)

(biochemistry) A protein found in egg yolk.


dikinase

(biochemistry) Any kinase that transfers two phosphate groups


endoglin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein located on the surface of cells


renin

renin (countable and uncountable, plural renins)

(biochemistry) A circulating enzyme released by mammalian kidneys that converts angiotensinogen to angiotensin I. Due to its activity which ultimately leads to the formation of angiotensin II and aldosterone, this hormone plays a role in maintaining blood pressure.


arrestin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells.

arrestina

any of a group of proteins that regulate signal transduction within cells


calpastatin

(biochemistry) A protein (with a corresponding gene of the same name) that is an endogenous calpain inhibitor


crystallin

crystallin (countable and uncountable, plural crystallins)

(biochemistry) A globulin found in the lens of the eye.


ethmosphenoid

(anatomy) Relating to, or joining the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.

etmosfenoid

relating to, or joining the ethmoid and sphenoid bones


exoglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any glycosidase enzyme that hydrolyses a terminal glycosidic bond


glycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside


expansin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of non-enzymatic proteins, found in plant cell walls, that have many functions related to growth


exportin

(biochemistry) A protein that transports other cargo proteins from the nucleus of a cell to the cytoplasm.


fibrillarin

(biochemistry) A component of several ribonucleoproteins.


filamin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins.


fractalkine

(biochemistry) The human form of the chemokine protein


dhampir

(mythology, fiction, fantasy) A half-human, half-vampire hybrid.


giantin

(biochemistry) A large protein present in the membrane of the Golgi body.


glucohydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyse the hydrolysis of sugars containing a glucose residue


glucosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a glucosyl group


glycosylhydrolase

(biochemistry) Any of many enzymes that hydrolyse glycosides


golgin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of coiled-coil proteins that tether vesicles to the Golgi apparatus


hyaluronidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of hyaluronic acid


hypsodont

(dentistry) Describing teeth that have large crowns (characteristic of herbivores)


ipRGC

intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell#English

Abbreviation of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell


kafirin

From kafir + -in, in reference to kaffir corn.

(biochemistry) Any of a group of storage proteins found in sorghum.


lipocalin

(biochemistry) Any of a group of proteins that transport lipids and similar molecules


hairstyling

hairstyling (countable and uncountable, plural hairstylings)

At Fekkai, for example, the solid oak communal hairstyling stations are designed to encourage clients to talk to one another […].

2007 April 5, Natasha Singer, “These Salons Forgo Beauty Sleep”, in New York Times:


sidelock

(firearms) The design of a gun that has the lockwork mounted to the inside of a plate; compare boxlock.


carboxyl methyltransferase

carboxyl methyltransferase (plural carboxyl methyltransferases)

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the methylation of a carboxyl group


claudin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that control the flow of molecules through the epithelium


defensin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of cysteine-rich proteins that are active against bacteria, fungi and viruses


enhanceosome

(biochemistry, genetics) A protein complex that binds to the enhancer region of a gene


glutenin

glutenin (countable and uncountable, plural glutenins)

Coordinate term: gliadin

The gliadin chains fold onto themselves in a compact mass, and bond weakly with each other and with the glutenin proteins. The glutenins, however, bond with each other in several ways to form an extensive, tightly knit network.

2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

(biochemistry) The glutelin protein of wheat.


myrosinase

From μύρον (múron, “myrrh”) + σίναπι (sínapi, “mustard”) (according to German Wikipedia).

(biochemistry) Any of several defense-related enzymes, in plants such as mustard, that hydrolyze glycosides, thus releasing potentially toxic substances.


nickase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that causes nicks (breaks in one strand) of nucleic acid, allowing it to unwind


nonsyntaxin

(biochemistry) Any protein that is not a syntaxin


nucleoplasmin

nucleoplasmin (countable and uncountable, plural nucleoplasmins)

(biochemistry) A chaperone protein that functions in the building of nucleosomes


nucleotidyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that transfers nucleotide residues


occludin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of plasma-membrane proteins located at tight junctions


oestriol

oestriol (countable and uncountable, plural oestriols)

(British spelling, biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estriol.


oestrone

oestrone (countable and uncountable, plural oestrones)

(British spelling, biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of estrone.


palmitoyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase involved in palmitoylation


paraxis

(biochemistry) A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites


perforin

perforin (countable and uncountable, plural perforins)

From perforate + -in, alluding to its action on the cell membrane.

(biochemistry) A cytolytic protein found in natural killer cells.


huntingtin

huntingtin (countable and uncountable, plural huntingtins)

Huntington's disease
Huntington's disease

(biochemistry) A protein whose polymorphism is associated with Huntington's disease.


neutravidin

(biochemistry) A deglycosylated version of avidin


brushable

en-adj

brushable (comparative more brushable, superlative most brushable)

more brushable (comparative)
most brushable (superlative)

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kesh

(Sikhism) The practice of allowing one's hair to grow naturally, one of the five Ks.


carrier protein

en-noun

carrier protein (plural carrier proteins)

(biochemistry) Any protein whose function is to transport small molecules (or other proteins) through biological membranes


phosphotransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group (phosphorylation)


phytase

(biochemistry) A phosphatase, present in cereals, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of phytic acid into inositol and phosphoric acid.


plakoglobin

plakoglobin (countable and uncountable, plural plakoglobins)

(biochemistry) A catenin protein that is a component of desmosomes.


polyprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein (especially ones produced by viruses) that cleave to produce a number of polypeptides, some of which act as hormones


detangle

en-verb

detangle (third-person singular simple present detangles, present participle detangling, simple past and past participle detangled)

detangles (present singular third-person)
detangling (participle present)
detangled (participle past)
detangled (past)

We know that mycorrhizal fungi form and re-form their connections with plants, tangling, detangling and retangling.

2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 190:

(transitive) To disentangle, remove tangles from (especially hair).


synapsin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses


buccolingual

/ˌbʌkoʊˈlɪŋɡwəl/

(dentistry) Relating to buccal (inner cheek) and lingual (tongue) surfaces, as:

(dentistry) In a location on the buccal and lingual aspect (of a tooth or its socket).

(dentistry) In a direction with buccal and lingual vectors.


bone morphogenetic protein

en-noun

bone morphogenetic protein (plural bone morphogenetic proteins)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins that encourage the formation of bone and cartilage


elongator

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteins associated with histone acetylation


endoglycosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that releases oligosaccharides from glycoproteins or glycolipids


snow on the rooftop

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(idiomatic, euphemistic, often humorous) Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.

there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace


paxillin

paxillin (countable and uncountable, plural paxillins)

(biochemistry) A signal transduction adaptor protein


phosphoribosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any transferase that transfers a phosphoribosyl group


presenilin

From presenile + -in, since they were first identified in screens for mutations causing early onset forms of familial Alzheimer's disease.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins


probasin

(biochemistry) A protein expressed in the epithelial cells of the prostate.


procapsid

(biochemistry) A capsid that contains no viral nucleic acid.


prominin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of polytopic membrane proteins found in all animals


pseudokinase

(biochemistry) A protein containing a catalytically inactive kinase domain.


pyrin

(biochemistry) A protein that regulates the body's inflammatory response to trauma.


cofilin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins which disassemble actin filaments


haircutter

One who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser.

Friseur

one who cuts hair; a barber or hairdresser

Any of various mechanical or electrical devices used to cut hair.


vadge

And I'd tell him about my vadge and how it felt and he'd tell me what it looked like to him and how he loved it. We could go on for quite a while until the words did what they were supposed to do and then we'd do it.

2011, William Kennedy, Chango's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:

She wished Jas would stop, because her vadge could not take much more of this blissful torture.

2014, Eden Davis, Dare to Be Wild, page 56:


beta-lactamase

(biochemistry) An enzyme produced by certain bacteria, responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics such as penicillin.


amyloglucosidase

(biochemistry) A form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches

amiloglucosidasi

a form of amylase used industrially to produce sugars from starches


carbonic anhydrase

carbonic anhydrase (plural carbonic anhydrases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the conversion of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate


pinin

pinin (countable and uncountable, plural pinins)

(biochemistry) A protein associated with desmosome


hexokinase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose


phosphofructokinase

(biochemistry) Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates


glucanase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that breaks down a glucan


glucoamylase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside bond in starches and dextrins


glucosidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides


lactose intolerance

lactose intolerance (usually uncountable, plural lactose intolerances)

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lactose intolerant

en-adj

lactose intolerant (comparative more lactose intolerant, superlative most lactose intolerant)

more lactose intolerant (comparative)
most lactose intolerant (superlative)

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securin

(biochemistry) A protein involved in anaphase triggering.


stargazin

From stargaze + -in, since modifications of the protein caused mice to gaze upward in experiments.

(biochemistry) A brain-specific transmembrane protein associated with a form of epilepsy


steptavidin

(biochemistry) A protein, having a structure containing four cavities, that has a high affinity for biotin


stomatin

en-noun

stomatin (countable and uncountable, plural stomatins)

(biochemistry) An erythrocyte membrane protein.


ligninase

(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that break down lignin


pectinase

(biochemistry) Any protease that break down pectin.