pee-pee

pee-pee (countable and uncountable, plural pee-pees)

Probably a reduplication of pee, but compare French pipi, German Pipi, Italian pipì, Latin pipinna, Romanian pipi, Spanish pipí, Turkish pipi, and Greek πιπί (pipí).

[…]while passing the sponge over the upper part of the little fellow's thighs, the nurse cried out, "O, doctor! be very careful—don't touch his pee-pee—it's very sore;" and upon examining his penis I found it in a state of extreme erection.

1875, Lewis A. Sayre, Lectures on Orthopedic Surgery and diseases of the joints, page 14:

A pee-pee for making Wee-Wee.

Using the word familiar to Claude[…], I said that he seemed to be afraid that he would lose "his pee-pee", since he imagined that his sister and his mother had lost theirs[…]

2001, A.H. Brafman, Untying the Knot: Working with Children and Parents:

While washing her daughter's hair, Suzie looked up and asked her if she would wash her "pee-pee" too.

2001, R. Timothy Kearney, Caring for Sexually Abused Children, page 11:

When asked if Hubie touched her pee-pee or if she touched Hubie's pee-pee, she repeatedly replied, “No.”

2011, Sandra B. McPherson, Farshid Afsarifard, Equivocal Child Abuse, page 150:

She has also said her dad is mean and hurt her pee pee. She ask ^([sic]) a lot about if people are going to look at her pee pee (i.e. Doctors, different apts. we go to, that is her first question to me).

2014, Elsbeth Renee O'Lea, Trolls, Snakes and Shadow People, page 26:


gracilis

From Latin gracilis (“slender”). Doublet of gracile.

(anatomy) A slender superficial muscle of the inner thigh.


rectus

Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).

clipping

rectus abdominis
rectus abdominis#English

(anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.

(anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.


lactescent

en-adj

lactescent (comparative more lactescent, superlative most lactescent)

more lactescent (comparative)
most lactescent (superlative)

From Latin lactescens, present participle of lactescere.


malted milk

en-noun

malted milk (countable and uncountable, plural malted milks)

More dispensers fail with malted milk than with any one drink that I know about. There seems to be less knowledge of what a good malted milk should taste like than there is concerning any other drink.

1918, Irving P. Fox, The Spatula, volume 24, page 146:

One of the committee′s many marketing environment studies concerned malted milk consumption. The study revealed that while malted milk was a popular drink among young persons, virtually all of the consumption of the product took place outside the home.

1979, William F. O'Dell, Andrew C. Ruppel, Robert H. Trent, Marketing Decision Making: Analytic Framework and Cases, page 207:

Now that would be worth travelling half way 'round the country to see. Matty and Trev sharing a malted milk together!

2003 February 25, DAVO, “**Exclusive** Big Brother 3 details”, in aus.tv (Usenet):

Another example of this method comes from my youth, when we would go to a soda fountain for a malted milk. The soda clerk′s job was to sell eggs with the malted milk. If he didn′t have the skills, he would shyly say, “You probably don′t want an egg with your malted milk do you?” The answer would be a quick no. If he knew what you know now, he would hold an egg in each hand and say, “Which do you prefer, one egg or two in your malted milk?”

2009, J. R. Parrish, You Don′t Have to Learn the Hard Way: Making It in the Real World: A Guide for Graduates, page 33:

(US, Australia) A milkshake with malted milk powder added for flavour.


beady

en-adj

beady (comparative beadier or more beady, superlative beadiest or most beady)

beadier (comparative)
more beady (comparative)
beadiest (superlative)
most beady (superlative)

beady liquor


shampooer

A person (such as a hairdresser) who washes hair.


actin

en-noun

actin (countable and uncountable, plural actins)

→ Spanish: actina

From Ancient Greek ἀκτίς (aktís, “ray”), based on the shape of the filament formed, + -in.

2012, Elaine N. Marieb & Katja Hoehn, Human Anatomy & Physiology, 8th ed., chapter 9 "Muscles and Muscle Tissue", page 281.
Actin has kidney-shaped polypeptide subunits, called globular actin or G actin, which bear the active sites to which the myosin heads attach during contraction.

(biochemistry, uncountable) A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament).

(biochemistry, countable) One of the six isoforms of actin.


debridement

debridement (countable and uncountable, plural debridements)

(dentistry) The removal of the dental tartar that has accumulated over teeth, typically done using hand tools and ultrasound instruments.


brit milah

From Hebrew בְּרִית מִילָה (literally “covenant of circumcision”).

bor

בְּרִית מִילָה

(Judaism) The Jewish ceremony of circumcision normally performed on the eighth day of life.


cytohesin

(biochemistry, immunology) Any of a family of proteins, abundant in cells of the immune system, that are regulatory factors in lymphocytes.


oxyntomodulin

en-noun

oxyntomodulin (countable and uncountable, plural oxyntomodulins)

(biochemistry) A polypeptide hormone found to suppress appetite.


obliques

The good news. Three weeks into the programme I am rediscovering bits of my body I had forgotten existed; biceps, triceps, hamstrings and those funny muscles on the sides of the abdomen called obliques, the toning of which is supposed to eliminate the love handle.

2017 November 16, Jo Ellison, “Help: the gym has turned us into slobs”, in Financial Times:

Collectively, the abdominal muscles responsible for rotation of the trunk.


somatotrophin

somatotrophin (countable and uncountable, plural somatotrophins)


somatotropin

somatotropin (countable and uncountable, plural somatotropins)

(biology, medicine) Synonym of growth hormone


growth hormone

growth hormone (countable and uncountable, plural growth hormones)

growth hormones (plural)
as: GH (abbreviation)

A polypeptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland in many animals including humans, that promotes growth and regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

(often, in context) The human homologue specifically: human growth hormone.

A synthetic substance that produces similar effects in the body:


GH

(medicine, biochemistry) Initialism of growth hormone.


phylloquinone

phylloquinone (countable and uncountable, plural phylloquinones)

From phyllo- (“leaf”) + (naphtho)quinone.

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Synonym of phytomenadione.


phytonadione

(biochemistry, pharmacology) Alternative form of phytomenadione.


phytomenadione

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A yellow oily naphthoquinone C₃₁H₄₆O₂ that is obtained especially from alfalfa, cabbage, spinach, and other leafy green vegetables or made synthetically and that has a fast, potent, and prolonged biological effect. It is essential for the blood-clotting process, effective orally, and useful especially in treating hypoprothrombinemia induced by anticoagulant drugs (trademark Mephyton).


angiotensin

/ænd͡ʒɪəʊˈtɛnsɪn/

From angio- + (hyper)tens(ion) + -in. Compare also the morphologic parallels of vasopressin.

2001: In addition to stimulating the srteries to constrict, angiotensin also acts on the kidneys to suppress urine production, and acts on the brain to stimulate thirst and drinking behaviour. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)

(biochemistry) Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.

human recombinant soluble angiotensin-converting enzyme 2


menaquinone

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.


HGH

(medicine) Initialism of human growth hormone.


milch cow

From Middle English melche cow, mylche cowe.

(military, slang) A German WWII submarine designed to carry large cargoes of supplies and transfer them to other submarines.


moustachioed

Nor all passengers either - one moustachioed, behatted gent interviewed by the BBC lamented the loss of elegance that the trains represented, as he stood in the plastic Mk 3 buffet that today looks somehow chic and inviting. Time changes everything.

2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 52:

(of a man or his face) Possessing a moustache or moustachio.


haloenzyme

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that is activated by a cofactor.


apoenzyme

(biochemistry) An inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor.

apoentsyymi

an inactive haloenzyme lacking a cofactor


vitreous humor

(ophthalmology, US) The clear gel that fills the eyeball between the lens and the retina.


amygdalate

amygdalate (countable and uncountable, plural amygdalates)


vaginectomy

vaginectomy (countable and uncountable, plural vaginectomies)

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(surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the vagina.


epicardium

epicardium (plural epicardiums or epicardia)

New Latin, from Latin epi- (“over”) + Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”). Attested in English from the 19th century.

(anatomy) The layer of tissue between the pericardium and the heart.


proteorhodopsin

(biochemistry) Any of several proteins, found in marine bacteria, that are light-dependent proton pumps.


bacteriorhodopsin

(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps


abscisic acid

(biochemistry) A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.


plant hormone

(biochemistry) Any of many substances, produced by plants, that control or regulate their germination, growth, metabolism etc.


cementum

Borrowed from Latin caementum. Doublet of cement.

From a purely anatomic standpoint, root cementum is part of the tooth, but also part of the periodontium.

2005, Herbert F. Wolf, Klaus H. Rateitschak, Periodontology, page 14:

Cementum is the least known calcified tissue in vertebrates (Bosshardt and Schroeder 1996) and several questions about cementogenesis have not yet been answered.

2007, Ermanno Bonucci, Biological Calcification: Normal and Pathological Processes in the Early Stages, page 245:

Whether epithelial cells from Hertwig's sheath contribute to initial cementum formation is controversial as has already been discussed in Chap. 1.

2007, Pieter Johannes Slootweg, Dental Pathology: A Practical Introduction, page 8:

(anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.


choda

Borrowed from Hindi चोदा (codā, abusive term for “son”), from चोदना (codnā, “to copulate”), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀘𑁄𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀢𑀺 (*coddati), from Sanskrit चोदति (codati). Doublet of choad and chudai.

bor+

2001, Especially when a fashion editor wants to see sunken 11-year-old children wearing small scraps of cloth and wishing that was a choda instead of a pussy under there. alt.slack

2004, Why don't you go lick your choda in the corner and stay off our newsgroup. alt.atheism


dog bone

a bone that is given to a dog to chew on and play with, similar to a dog biscuit. They can be real bones, or they can be made of other materials like plastic or leather


close-cropped

en-adj

close-cropped (comparative more close-cropped, superlative most close-cropped)

more close-cropped (comparative)
most close-cropped (superlative)

Bradly could see the livid mark of scars on the close-cropped sandy skull. They were recent, and still showed contused edges[.]

1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 21:


phalloplasty

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sex reassignment surgery
sex reassignment surgery

(surgery) Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery.

siittimen korjausleikkaus

plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis


stiletto

en-noun

stiletto (plural stilettos or stilettoes or stiletti)

stilettos (plural)
stilettoes (plural)
stiletti (plural)

Borrowed from Italian stiletto. Doublet of stylet.

A woman's shoe with a tall, slender heel (called a stiletto heel).


birth control glasses

(plural only, US, military slang) The brown-framed prescription eyeglasses issued to new recruits in the U.S. military, and perceived as notoriously unattractive.


apoinducer

(biochemistry) A protein that binds to DNA to activate transcription, particularly in positive gene control mechanisms.


brachialis

Borrowed from Latin bracchialis, brachialis. Doublet of brachial.

(anatomy) A muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint, in conjunction with the biceps brachii.


coracoid process

coracoid process (plural coracoid processes)

Part of the scapula that projects towards the sternum in mammals


monocular

You are not such a foolish woman as to like to be seen with Fred Mostyn, that little monocular snob, after the aristocratic, handsome Basil Stanhope.

Of any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time.


monocular

The moony monocular set in his eye / Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye.

1911, Ambrose Bierce, “lord”, in The Devil’s Dictionary, New York, N.Y., Washington, D.C.: The Neale Publishing Company, →OCLC:


pilus

Borrowed from Latin pilus (“hair”). Doublet of pile.

(biochemistry) A bacterial protein that has several biochemical functions.


flavorubredoxin

(biochemistry) A flavoprotein that reduces nitric oxide (NO) to nitrous oxide (N₂O) under anaerobic conditions. It is an oxygen sensitive nitric oxide reductase that contributes to resistance to nitrosative killing by macrophages.


carpet burn

More unusual marks occur when a child is pushed against a patterned object, such as the imprint of a carpet or a carpet burn where the child's body skids along the carpet.

1996, Kim R.Oates, The Spectrum of Child Abuse: assessment, treatment, and prevention, page 51:

Sweet reunion, Jamaica and Spain
We're like how we were again
I'm in the tub you're on the seat
Lick your lips as I soak my feet
Then you notice lickle carpet burn
My stomach drops and my guts churn
You shrug and it's the worst
Who truly stuck the knife in first?

2007 Amy Winehouse - You Know I'm No Good(verse 3)

A skin injury caused by friction with a carpet or similar surface.


carious

en-adj

carious (comparative more carious, superlative most carious)

more carious (comparative)
most carious (superlative)

General American, Mary–marry–merry merger

From French carieux (“carious”), from carie (“decay (of bone or teeth)”) (from Latin cariēs (“rot, rottenness, corruption”), from careō (“to lack, be deprived of”), from Proto-Italic *kazēō (“to lack”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”).) + French -eux (“-ous”) (from Latin -ōsus (“full of, prone to”), from Old Latin -ōsos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-went-, *-wont- + *-to-)).

der

[I]f no Acid be contain’d in the Blood how comes it, I beſeech you, that in Carious or Virulent Ulcers, the Silver Probe becomes inſtantly of a Livid Colour, which can only be effected by an Acid not an Alkalous Menſtruum?

1700, Charles Leigh, “Of Distempers”, in The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: With an Account of the British, Phœnician, Armenian, Gr[eek] and Rom[an] Antiquities in Those Parts, Oxford: Printed for the author; and to be had at Mr. George West's, and Mr. Henry Clement's, booksellers there; Mr. Edward Evet's, at the Green-Dragon, in St. Paul's Church-yard; and Mr. John Nicholson, at the King's-Arms, in Little-Britain, →OCLC, book II, section IV (Of Acute Distempers in General, Particularly the Pestilential Fever Raging in Lancashire, in the Years 1693, 94, 95, 96), page 83:

Our disease is democracy. It is not the skin that festers—our very bones are carious, and their marrow blackens with gangrene. Which rogues shall be first, is of no moment—our republicanism must die, and I am sorry for it.

1806 March 10, Fisher Ames, “To the Same [letter to Thomas Pickering]”, in Works of Fisher Ames. Compiled by a Number of His Friends. To which are Prefixed, Notices of His Life and Character, Boston, Mass.: Printed and published by T. B. Wait & Co. Court-Street, published 1809, →OCLC, page 512:

My father’s museum contained several preparations of carious teeth.

1840, William Percivall, “Carious Teeth”, in Hippopathology: A Systematic Treatise on the Disorders and Lamenesses of the Horse; with their Modern and Most Approved Methods of Cure; …, volume II, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, Paternoster Row, →OCLC, section IX (Diseases of the Teeth, Pharynx, and Esophagus), page 179:

Many chinchillas suffer from carious-like changes of the cheek teeth and odontoclastic resorptions close to the gingiva[…]. While carious defects typically lead to localized, brownish discolorations of the occlusal surface and the interproximal area, odontoclastic resorption of the teeth is characterized more by an appearance of the lateral surfaces of the teeth resembling moth damage[…].

2015, Estella Böhmer, “Changes of the Cheek Teeth”, in Dentistry in Rabbits and Rodents, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 179, column 1:

Having caries (bone or tooth decay); decayed, rotten.


toner

en-noun

toner (countable and uncountable, plural toners)

→ Catalan: tòner

→ Czech: toner

→ French: toner

→ German: Toner

→ Portuguese: toner, tóner, tôner

→ Spanish: tóner

Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

то́нер

powder used in laser printers and photocopiers

Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face.

洗劑 /洗剂

cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores

A hair product used to reduce brassiness and increase shine in bleached and dyed hair.


vampirism

vampirism (usually uncountable, plural vampirisms)

(mythology) The state of being a vampire.


exudate

From exude + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .

1861, Stephen Jennings Goodfellow, Lectures on the Diseases of the Kidney, Generally Known as Brights Disease, and Dropsy:

When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate.

2005, Selma Tibi, The Medicinal Use of Opium in Ninth-century Baghdad:

A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.


subtilisin

subtilisin (countable and uncountable, plural subtilisins)

(biochemistry) A protease produced by soil bacteria of the genus Bacillus.


subtilase

subtilase (countable and uncountable, plural subtilases)

(biochemistry) A serine protease similar to subtilisin


vestibular

(dentistry) Of or pertaining to the surface of a tooth that is directed outward toward the vestibule of the mouth, including the buccal and labial surfaces, and opposite the lingual (or oral) surface.


Fromase

From French fromage (“cheese”) + -ase, coined as a trademark.

(biochemistry) A protease produced by the soil fungus Rhizomucor miehei, used as a vegetarian alternative to chymosin in the manufacture of some cheeses.


chymosin

chymosin (countable and uncountable, plural chymosins)

(biochemistry) The proteolytic enzyme rennin


rennin

rennin (countable and uncountable, plural rennins)

(biochemistry) A proteolytic enzyme, obtained from the gastric juice of the abomasum of calves, used to coagulate milk and make cheese.


chinstrap

A form of beard that follows the jawline but does not cover the rest of the chin.

A miniature look-alike of the Canada Goose, with a partial white necklace instead of a white chinstrap.

2003, Roger Tory Peterson, Peter Alden, Birds, page 10:

The dark slate-grey plumage contrasting strongly with white 'chinstrap' is shared only by Blue Eared-pheasant, but their ranges do not overlap.

2010, Phil McGowan, Steve Madge, Pheasants, Partridges & Grouse, page 313:

A band of colour below a bird's mouth, resembling the chinstrap of a helmet.


cariostat

A machine for detecting dental caries, especially in children.


skincare

The saleswoman told her that her face would look older unless she bought this line of skincare products.

The care and treatment of the skin, especially of the face.


bald wig

A headpiece worn usually by stage and film actors so as to appear bald on top without the necessity of shaving their scalps.


trouser snake

one-eyed trouser snake

housukäärme

euphemisms for "penis" that are derived from "snake"


clean-shaven

en-adj

clean-shaven (comparative more clean-shaven, superlative most clean-shaven)

more clean-shaven (comparative)
most clean-shaven (superlative)

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a clean-shaven man; a clean-shaven face; a clean-shaven leg

A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.

1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “How the Brigadier Triumphed in England”, in The Adventures of Gerard:

Having had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible.


psoas

en-noun

psoas (plural psoae or psoai or psoas or psoases)

psoae (plural)
psoai (plural)
psoas (plural)
psoases (plural)

From Ancient Greek ψόας (psóas, “of the muscle of the loins”), genitive singular of ψόα (psóa).

der

(anatomy) Either of two muscles, the psoas major and psoas minor, involved in flexion of the trunk.


gurn

Early 20th century: dialect variant of grin.

(British) A distorted facial expression; grimace.


retinal

en-noun

retinal (countable and uncountable, plural retinals)

/ˈɹɛt.əˌnæl/

/ˈɹɛt.əˌnɔl/

(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A yellow to orange aldehyde derived from vitamin A that is formed from rhodopsin by the action of light and in combination with proteins forms the visual pigments of the retinal rods and cones.


oupire

Borrowed from Polish upiór. Doublet of vampire.


bloodletting

From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing.

The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief.

1833, R. J. Bertin, translated by Charles W. Chauncy, Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart, and Great Vessels, Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blnachard, page 207:

(historical, medicine) The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person.

Yet another round of corporate bloodletting.

Only when the bankers and industrialists abroad realized that a ferocious class struggle in Germany was raging did they begin to relent somewhat on their economic bloodletting.

2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World:

(by extension) The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect.

In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[...]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials."

1981, “Mid-Century Rebels”, in Jeh-hang Lai, transl., edited by Patricia Buckley Ebrey, Chinese Civilization and Society: A Sourcebook, New York: The Free Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 230:

A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence.

blodsudgydelse

large amount of blood likely to be spilled through violence — see also bloodshed


cyclase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of a compound


red hair

red hair (countable and uncountable, plural red hairs)


prolactin

prolactin (usually uncountable, plural prolactins)

From pro- (from Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “before”)) + lact- (variation of lacto-, from Latin lac (“milk”)) + -in (modification of -ine).

af

from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πρό</i> (pró, “before”)

variation of lacto-, from Latin <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">lac</i> (“milk”)

Men get a dose of the hormone prolactin after orgasm and this acts as a sedative.

(biochemistry) A peptide gonadotrophic hormone secreted by the pituitary gland; it stimulates growth of the mammary glands and lactation in females.


beetle-browed

en-adj

beetle-browed (comparative more beetle-browed, superlative most beetle-browed)

more beetle-browed (comparative)
most beetle-browed (superlative)

Calling this beetle-browed disdainful young person, hair hanging in her face, jaws chewing pecan pie with mechanical precision, honey!

2001, “Middle Age: A Romance” by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 173)

(especially British English) Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.

(especially American English) Having thick, large, or projecting eyebrows.


flyaway

Unless the TV crew has its own flyaway, the locals can still defeat a story they couldn't prevent reporters from covering by cutting it off at the pass, when it is being birded through their facilities.

1995, David D. Pearce, Wary Partners: Diplomats and the Media, page 43:

satellite television
satellite television

(television) A portable satellite television antenna.


piehole

From pie + hole. Coined by Stephen King in his 1983 novel Christine.

“You trying to help your buddy right out of here, Junior?” “No,” I said. “Sir.” “Then shut your pie-hole.”

"[T]hey kin always do a mouth transplant on ya. Be a big improvement over the piehole you was born with."

2007, David Sherman, Dan Cragg, Firestorm, →ISBN, page 258:


firebox

From fire + box. In the sense of a redheaded woman, from box (“vagina”).

(vulgar) A redheaded woman or her red pubic hair.


complected

light-complected ― with a light complexion

The station agent was a barrel-shaped man deep in his middle age, pasty-complected and soft.

2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 181:

(US, in combination) Having a specified complexion; complexioned.


liver spot

A dark brown blemish on the skin, usually caused by exposure to the sun.


occipital

Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis.


unbraid

en-verb

unbraid (third-person singular simple present unbraids, present participle unbraiding, simple past and past participle unbraided)

unbraids (present singular third-person)
unbraiding (participle present)
unbraided (participle past)
unbraided (past)


flattop

From flat + top. Sense of “aircraft carrier” attributed to the message, “Scratch one flattop,” radioed during the Battle of the Coral Sea by LCDR Robert E. Dixon to the USS Lexington, whose commanding officer credited the pilot with coining the standard USN slang.

Well school's not so bad but the summer's better
Gives me more time to see my girl
Walk through the park beneath the shiny moon
Oh when we kiss she makes my flat top curl

1959 Jerry Keller, "Here Comes Summer" (lyrics)

(US) A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up then cut flat across the top.

(music) A type of stringed instrument, most often an acoustic guitar, with a flat top (as opposed to an archtop), with strings held in place with pins, and with a complex system of bracing struts on the top.

(cooking) A grill with a flat cooking surface rather than metal bars.


depilate

depilate (third-person singular simple present depilates, present participle depilating, simple past and past participle depilated)

depilates (present singular third-person)
depilating (participle present)
depilated (participle past)
depilated (past)

In Siena, the donkey upon which Bernardino had traveled so many miles was literally and thoroughly depilated in the mad rush for miracle-working relics.

1999, Franco Mormando, The Preacher’s Demons: Bernardino of Siena and the Social Underworld of Early Renaissance Italy, →ISBN, page 38:


constrictor

en-noun

constrictor (plural constrictors or constrictores)

constrictors (plural)
constrictores (plural)

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Borrowed from New Latin cōnstrictor, or from constrict + -or.

(anatomy) A muscle whose contraction narrows a vessel or passage or compresses an organ.

pharyngeal constrictor
pharyngeal constrictor#English

(anatomy) Each of the muscles which constrict the pharynx; ellipsis of pharyngeal constrictor..


ding-dong

Mid 16th century, imitative of the alternate chimes of a bell.
For sense of penis, compare Saterland Frisian Ding (“penis”), German Low German Dings (“penis”), English thing.

onomatopoeic

imitative

It was first blood to the Black Cats in the ding-dong clash when Bardsley, a right-footer playing on the left, collected the ball from just inside his own half and sped up to the edge of the area before launching an effort which appeared to confuse Petr Cech in goal.

2011 February 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 2 - 4 Chelsea”, in BBC:


ding-dong

imitative

Oh, no, man, I haven't got the time time / Too busy sucking on a ding-dong / She's busy sucking on my ding-dong

1968, “Sister Ray”, in Lou Reed (lyrics), White Light/White Heat, performed by The Velvet Underground:


compound eye

en:a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans

A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.


long-haired

en-adj

long-haired (comparative longer-haired, superlative longest-haired)

longer-haired (comparative)
longest-haired (superlative)

Of animals, having hair or fur with long strands.


laughter lines

Especially visible when smiling or laughing.

She wanted to hear his man's voice and see the laughter-lines come and go round his eyes.

Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye.


cornrow

Compound of corn + row, reflecting the figurative evocation of rows of corn in a cornfield.

The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:

Coolio, whose spindly and sprouting cornrows defined his look, went on to sell over 17 million records throughout his career.

2022 September 29, Eduardo Medina, McKenna Oxenden, “Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ Rapper, Dies at 59”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(chiefly in the plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.


curler

Oft considered the most even playing field on which to measure surf mastery, Slater’s innovative machine is a barrel-synthesizing environment and engineering feat. In a single round, The Wave produces a 6-foot curler capable of traveling 2,300 feet for up to one gnarly minute.

2021 August 25, Jilli Cluff, “Kelly Slater’s Artificial Wave Will Crown ‘The Ultimate Surfer’ on Hulu”, in GearJunkie:

There’s the mesmeric, thrumming beat. (Sound very much “on” for this one.) Dark purples and roiling seas under heavy storms. Then Manuel, barreling perfect curler after perfect curler.

2023 March 18, Sam Anderson, “Weekend Warm-Up: Liquid Lines, Entrancing Tunes, Mesmerizing Moments in ‘MALIA’”, in Explorersweb:

(surfing) A wave which breaks with a barrel


bandeaux

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From the French bandeaux, the plural form of bandeau, whence the English bandeau.

A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.


hair conditioner

en-noun

hair conditioner (countable and uncountable, plural hair conditioners)

(cosmetics) A type of shampoo product that aims to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing.


bloodstain

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A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.


cockhead

From cock + head; see cock (“penis (slang)”). Compare dickhead.

He says oh that feels great, could you squeeze a bit harder on my cockhead?

2003, Matt Bernstein Sycamore, Pulling Taffy, page 64:


neckbeard

A style of facial hair wherein the beard is allowed to grow down the chin and is trimmed to an even length over the entirety of the face.

Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.

2011, Andrew Lunny, PhoneGap Beginner's Guide:

(slang, derogatory) A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt and misogynistic.

niskaparta

socially-inept, self-important male nerd


vampiress

Here, the vampiress personifies righteous indignation, a one-woman lynch mob.

1975, Angela Carter, “The Art of Horrorzines”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 551:


bluey

bluey (countable and uncountable, plural blueys)

‘Doc’ […] shouldered his bluey and whistled up his lame fox-terrier before formally wishing them all well.

1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 318:

(Australian slang) A collection of clothes and other belongings rolled up into a bundle for carrying; a swag.

(Australian slang) A blue cattle dog, especially a blue heeler.

(Australian slang) A person with ginger hair.


blow-dry

en-verb

blow-dry (third-person singular simple present blow-dries, present participle blow-drying, simple past and past participle blow-dried)

blow-dries (present singular third-person)
blow-drying (participle present)
blow-dried (participle past)
blow-dried (past)


hair-tidy

1918 : The fireplace was choked up with rubbish. She poked among it but found nothing except a hair-tidy with a heart painted on it that belonged to the servant girl. - Katherine Mansfield, Prelude (Selected Stories, Oxford World's Classics paperback 2002, 81)

(historical) A dish used by women in the past to store the hair that fell while combing, and use it later for a bun, etc.


bucktoothed

en-adj

bucktoothed (comparative more bucktoothed, superlative most bucktoothed)

more bucktoothed (comparative)
most bucktoothed (superlative)

(dentistry, somewhat derogatory) Having buckteeth.


calvous

calvous (comparative more calvous, superlative most calvous)

more calvous (comparative)
most calvous (superlative)

67th Berlin International Film Festival
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John Lindley
Patrick Stewart

Borrowed from Latin calvus (“bald, hairless”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥h₂wós, from *kalw- (“bald; naked”) + *-wós (suffix forming adjectives from verb stems)) + -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality).

suffix

Hubert had given me his passport, in great excitement. [...] Admittedly most old, bloated, calvous Germans could double for me, and even if he hadn't been doppelganger material, with the beard I had started growing and the two black eyes, you'd need x-rays to spot the difference.

1994, Tibor Fischer, The Thought Gang, Edinburgh: Polygon Books, →ISBN; 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction edition, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, 1997, →ISBN, page 119:

(formal, medicine, rare) Lacking most or all of one's hair; bald, hairless.


hypermetropia

en-noun

hypermetropia (countable and uncountable, plural hypermetropias)

/ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)məˈtɹəʊpɪə/

From Ancient Greek ὑπέρμετρος (hupérmetros, “excessive”) + ὀπός (opós) (genitive of ὄψ (óps, “eye”)) + -ia.


estradiol

en-noun

estradiol (countable and uncountable, plural estradiols)

/ˌɛ.stɹəˈdaɪˌɔl/

Gender-affirming hormone therapy may involve testosterone for trans people assigned female at birth (AFAB) and estradiol and anti-androgens for trans people AMAB.

2021, Jane Y. Xu, Michelle A. O’Connell, Lauren Notini, Ada S. Cheung, Sav Zwickl, Ken C. Pang, “Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators: A Potential Option For Non-Binary Gender-Affirming Hormonal Care?”, in Front Endocrinol, →DOI:

(American spelling, biochemistry, pharmacology) A natural estrogenic hormone that is a phenolic alcohol estra-1,3,5-triene-3,17-diol (C₁₈H₂₄O₂) secreted chiefly by the ovaries of all vertebrates, that is a major and the most potent of the naturally occurring estrogens; the semisynthetic esterified compound is used medicinally to treat estrogen deficiency and breast cancer.


bewhiskered

en-adj

bewhiskered (comparative more bewhiskered, superlative most bewhiskered)

more bewhiskered (comparative)
most bewhiskered (superlative)

From be- + whiskered or bewhisker + -ed.

[…] another was an old, bewhiskered hobo, […]

1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:


pageboy

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A young male attendant at a wedding, generally between five and ten years of age.

brudedreng

young male attendant at a wedding ceremony


polygalacturonase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polymeric galacturonic acids and similar carbohydrates.


desoxycorticosterone

(biochemistry, steroids) US form of deoxycorticosterone.


(biochemistry, steroids) Alternative form of deoxycorticosterone.


pregnenolone

en-noun

pregnenolone (usually uncountable, plural pregnenolones)

(biochemistry, steroids) A steroid prohormone involved in the steroidogenesis of progesterone, mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, androgens, and estrogens.


prohormone

(biochemistry) A substance that is a precursor to a hormone, usually having minimal hormonal effect by itself


boldenone undecylenate

(biochemistry, steroids) The undecylenate ester of the anabolic steroid boldenone, developed for veterinary use, mostly for treatment of horses.


boldenone

(biochemistry, steroids) An anabolic steroid, 1-dehydrotestosterone, developed for veterinary use


progestogen

(biochemistry, steroids) Alternative spelling of progestagen


polypeptidase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme which catalyzes the hydrolysis of a polypeptide


polynucleotidase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes which catalyze the hydrolysis of polynucleotides to form oligonucleotides and eventually simple nucleotides.


phenethylamine

phenethylamine (countable and uncountable, plural phenethylamines)

(uncountable, organic chemistry, biochemistry) An aromatically substituted aliphatic amine, C₆H₅C₂H₄NH₂, which is a neurotransmitter in the brain; it has pharmacological properties similar to amphetamine.


uncombed

en-adj

uncombed (comparative more uncombed, superlative most uncombed)

more uncombed (comparative)
most uncombed (superlative)


bridgework

en-noun

bridgework (countable and uncountable, plural bridgeworks)

Just think. If you were some big shot like a casting director or something, I'd be staring into your bridgework, saying, 'Yes, Mr. Smearkase; no, Mr. Smearkase; not really, Mr. Smearkase. Oh! Mr. Smearkase, that's my knee!'

(dentistry) A partial denture that is anchored to existing teeth.


brownbagger

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(US, colloquial) A person who brings their own lunch to work.

(US, colloquial, derogatory) Synonym of butterface.


unblinking

en-adj

unblinking (comparative more unblinking, superlative most unblinking)

more unblinking (comparative)
most unblinking (superlative)


pubescence

en-noun

pubescence (countable and uncountable, plural pubescences)

The state of being in or reaching puberty.


galactopoiesis

The continued production of milk by the mammary gland.


golden shower

Two elderly women sat knitting on that part of the veranda which was screened from the sun by a golden shower creeper […]

1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther, published 1974, page 7:

Cassia fistula
Cassia fistula#Translingual


cyclooxygenase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze a cyclooxygenation reaction, but especially the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins (prostanoids); their inhibition is the mode of action of the NSAIDs aspirin and ibuprofen.


crista

crista (plural cristae or (obsolete) cristæ)

cristae (plural)
cristæ (obsolete plural)


hair-raising

en-adj

hair-raising (comparative more hair-raising, superlative most hair-raising)

more hair-raising (comparative)
most hair-raising (superlative)


let one's hair down

en-verb

let one's hair down (third-person singular simple present lets one's hair down, present participle letting one's hair down, simple past and past participle let one's hair down)

lets one's hair down (present singular third-person)
letting one's hair down (participle present)
let one's hair down (participle past)
let one's hair down (past)

Cut loose, let your hair down honey / Unwind, turn the lights down low / Relax, let's uncork the stopper / Come to papa, come on let's go

1962, Roy Bennett, Sid Tepper (lyrics and music), “Relax”, performed by Elvis Presley:

All week long I've been keepin' my cool / But tonight I'm gonna let my hair down / And get down with these down home blues

1982, George Jackson (lyrics and music), “Down Home Blues”, performed by Z. Z. Hill:


elflock

Never was even washerwoman more untidy. A cap all rags, from which the hair came straggling in elf-locks over a face which generally looked red-hot […]

1828, Mary Russell Mitford, “The Fisherman in his Married State”, in Our Village, London: G.B. Whittaker, page 278:

All went unshaven, and many had long, filthy elf-locks hanging about their faces, and ragged beards reaching to their girdles.

1904, Stanley J. Weyman, “XII. The Peasants' Camp”, in The Abbess of Vlaye:

The face which emerged was not reassuring.[…]. He was not a mongol but there was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.

1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 17, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

(now rare) A lock of hair that is tangled.


flatiron

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goggle-eyed

en-adj

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

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

[…] now and then we met a goggle-eyed pilgrim trudging along, and staring about him as if he waited only for night and opportunity to have additional reasons for hurrying to Jerusalem.

1783, William Beckford, Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents, Letter 13:

Urging a Harvard University audience to bridge "the gulf between scientific and nonscientific cultures," England's Sir Charles P. Snow, physicist and novelist, mapped the abyss by noting: "I've often asked distinguished English writers and the like a rather simple question, such as 'What idea, if any, do you have of the second law of thermodynamics?', and an air of goggle-eyed stupefaction comes over the party.

1974, Esther Pasztory, The Iconography of the Teotihuacan Tlaloc, Studies in Pre-Columbian Art and Archaeology No. 15, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington, D.C., p. https://books.google.ca/books?id=L0QClI2QOwQC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
The frequency of goggle-eyed figures and water symbolism in Teotihuacan art has misled investigators into assuming that ll figures with these associations represent Tlaloc.

1993, Bob Cryer, Hansard, Mines health and safety, 26 October, 1993, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/
The Minister knew that it was controversial, but as he is an arrogant, right-wing, goggle-eyed extremist, he does not care.

Having prominent eyes; with the eyes widely opened or protruding, either naturally or from astonishment or curiosity.


cobalmin

(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of cobalamin


cyanocobalmin

(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of cyanocobalamin


collenchyma

en-noun

collenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural collenchymas or collenchymata)

collenchymas (plural)
collenchymata (plural)

/kəˈlɛŋkəmə/

Ancient Greek κολλα (kolla, “glue”) + -enchyma (“tissue”)

(biology) A living, elongated, mechanical and flexible ground tissue with angular pectin depositions; present just under leaves, tendrils and stems of climbers; formed before vascular differentiation.

kolenchyma

a supporting ground tissue just under the surface of various leaf structures formed before vascular differentiation


fair-haired

en-adj

fair-haired (comparative more fair-haired or fairer-haired, superlative most fair-haired or fairest-haired)

more fair-haired (comparative)
fairer-haired (comparative)
most fair-haired (superlative)
fairest-haired (superlative)

Not noticeably belonging to any one group is often upsetting, and these feelings of isolation, of not fitting in, easily carry over into adolescence—a time when everyone, even the fairest-haired among us, must struggle awfully hard just to seem seminormal.

1997, Sandra Scarry, John Scarry, The Writer’s Workplace: Paragraphs to Essays; Building College Writing Skills, Fort Worth, Tex.: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, →ISBN, page 531:


mucoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of a group of widely-distributed natural compounds that exist as complexes of proteins with mucopolysaccharides


glycosyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the transfer of glycosyl groups between biological molecules, especially during the biosynthesis of glycoproteins


gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

en-noun

gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (plural gamma-hydroxybutyric acids)

gamma-hydroxybutyric acids (plural)
as: GHB (abbreviation)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry, pharmacology) A naturally-occurring biochemical of uncertain function; sometimes used as a recreational drug


supercision

Any of several forms of incision of the foreskin practised as an initiation ceremony in parts of Polynesia and the Philippines.


chicheme

A drink, found almost exclusively in Panama and Costa Rica, made from milk, hominy,cinnamon, and vanilla.


gastrocnemius

1670s, borrowed from New Latin gastrocnēmius, from Ancient Greek γαστροκνημία (gastroknēmía, “calf of the leg”), from γαστήρ (gastḗr, “paunch, belly”) + κνήμη (knḗmē, “leg”).

der

γαστροκνημία

affix

The muscle at the back of the calf, whose insertion is the Achilles tendon at the heel.


exsanguinate

en-verb

exsanguinate (third-person singular simple present exsanguinates, present participle exsanguinating, simple past and past participle exsanguinated)

exsanguinates (present singular third-person)
exsanguinating (participle present)
exsanguinated (participle past)
exsanguinated (past)

/ɪkˈsæŋɡwəˌneɪt/

PIE word
 *h₁ésh₂r̥
Learned borrowing from New Latin exsanguinātus (“depleted of blood, exsanguinated; lacking blood, bloodless”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Exsanguinātus is a participial adjective formed on ex- (“out, from”) + sanguī̆s (sanguin-) (“blood”) + -ātus.

абяскро́ўліваць

to drain (a living or dead body, or a body part) of blood

And I do have to admit that once the episode revealed that the girls killed their dads because of a chromosomal predisposition, I made a note to have my daughter tested for that "exsanguinate your father" gene!

1997, Phil Farrand, “First Season [Eve]”, in The Nitpicker’s Guide for X-philes, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing, →ISBN:

To kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss.

vuodattaa kuiviin

to kill (a person or animal) by means of blood loss


frontlet

From Old French frontelet, diminutive of frontel.


luciferase

Aptly enough, glowworms light up their underworld with a pair of chemicals that have a satanic etymology—luciferins and luciferases, after the Latin for “light bringer.”

2017 October 6, Ed Yong, “The Most Beautiful Death Trap”, in The Atlantic:

The novel coronavirus vaccine manufactured by Moderna does not contain luciferin, an organic compound involved in bioluminescence, or the enzyme luciferase, contrary to claims on social media.

2021 May 6, “Fact Check-Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine does not contain luciferin or luciferase”, in Reuters:

(biochemistry) Any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin.

luciferazo

biochemistry: any one of a group of enzymes that produce bioluminescence by oxidizing luciferin


streptavidin

en-noun

streptavidin (countable and uncountable, plural streptavidins)

(biochemistry) A tetrameric protein purified from Streptomyces avidinii that binds very tightly to the vitamin biotin


histone deacetylase

histone deacetylase (plural histone deacetylases)

(biochemistry) Any of a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine amino acids in proteins, especially the histone proteins of the nucleus


deacetylase

(biochemistry) Any of several classes of enzyme that remove acetyl groups from proteins


ligase

The glue is an enzyme called ligase, which stitches together loose sentences of DNA whenever it comes across them.

1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 244:

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the binding of two molecules; synthetase.


carnassial

/kəˈnɑːsɪəl/

One of the teeth used by a carnivore for shearing flesh, being the last upper premolar and the first lower molar.


mulo

Borrowed from Romani mulo (“dead (man)”).


macrodontia

(pathology, dentistry) The medical condition of having unusually large teeth.


map of Tassie

2001, Mark Brandon “Chopper” Read, 2012, 10.5: The Popcorn Gangster, unnumbered page,
Then we would start a massive international ad campaign to lure tourists and rich old settlers.
Something like . . . ‘Come and bury yourself in the map of Tassie.’
Could just work.

If this were elsewhere in Australia, say the Apple Isle, my start would probably have come in the form of a kitsch pair of undies tastelessly plastered with an invitation to view my map of Tassie.

2012, Roxy Jacenko, Strictly Confidential: A Jazzy Lou Novel, page 4:

Her skirt was rucked up to her map of Tassie as she rested, soaking up the last of the afternoon′s heat.

2012, Margareta Osborn, Bella′s Run, page 223:

Synonym of map of Tasmania (“pubic hair”)


riah

For quotations using this term, see Citations:riah.


precum

From pre- (“before”) + cum (“ejaculate”).

The shaft was fat, long and already half-hard. Ulrich didn't mean to pry, but he understood (as precum slicked his palm) that this was a man who liked to play for hours before he came.

1996, Carol Queen, Lawrence Schimel, Switch Hitters: Lesbians Write Gay Male Erotica and Gay Men Write Lesbian Erotica, Cleis Press, Page 186

Bert made precum like some kind of instant coffee; it was always available.

2000, Perry Brass, Angel Lust: An Erotic Novel of Time Travel, Belhue Press, page 57

[M]y penis was inserted into her vagina without a condom for a short period of time and I never knew if any precum got into her or not, but this is now six months later and her stomach does not look big at all. […]

2002, William Marsliglio and Sally Hutchinson, Sex, Men, and Babies: Stories of Awareness and Responsibility, NYU Press, pages 80-81

2005, Russell Kick (ed.), Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide To The Extremes of Human Sexuality (and everything in between) (page 295), The Disinformation Company
"Looking down at Patrick, at his big, lean body, his hard cock leaking precum on his belly, making him moan with stroke after stroke, then leaning over to kiss him while my condomized cock slides in and out of his yielding hole—it was all more than pornographic.


precum

en-verb

precum (third-person singular simple present precums, present participle precumming, simple past precame or precummed, past participle precum or (uncommon) precummed)

precums (present singular third-person)
precumming (participle present)
precame (past)
precummed (past)
precum (participle past)
precummed (participle past uncommon)

(slang) To release Cowper's fluid (pre-ejaculate).


pre-ejaculate

The clear, viscous fluid that is secreted from the penis before ejaculation.

尿道球腺液

にょうどうきゅうせんえき


Cowper's fluid

Named after the gland from which the fluid originates, the Cowper's or bulbourethral gland.

The clear, colorless, viscous fluid that is secreted from an aroused penis before ejaculation.


shagged

en-adj

shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)

more shagged (comparative)
most shagged (superlative)

From Old English sceacgede, from sceacga (“hair”), from Proto-Germanic *skaggiją (“beard, stem”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kek-, *(s)keg- (“to jump, move, hurry”).

inh

(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.

(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.

Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.


flexus

A flexid or flexus is said to abut when the enamel of the flexid or flexus touches the enamel of the opposite side of the tooth. The distal end or termination of the flexid or flexus is described as flattened, rounded or narrowed.

1955, Joseph Augustine Cushman, Raymond Cecil Moore, John Bernard Reeside, Journal of Paleontology, volume 29, page 130:

(dentistry) In infolding of enamel that separates lophs on an upper tooth.


endocrine system

en-noun

endocrine system (plural endocrine systems)

(physiology) A control system of ductless glands that secrete hormones which circulate via the bloodstream to affect cells within specific organs.


Goldie

A female given name from English for a girl with golden hair, mostly American usage around 1900. It was further popularized by actress Goldie Hawn


fossette

French, diminutive of fosse (“a fosse”).

(dentistry) A small depression in the crown of a tooth


lochia

Learned borrowing from Latin lochia, from Ancient Greek λοχεία (lokheía), neuter plural of λοχείος (lokheíos, “of childbirth”), from λόχος (lókhos, “childbirth”).

In April 1819, I attended a young married lady in her first pregnancy, in whose case the lochia began to diminish on the seventh day after parturition, [...]

1822, Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal:

Variations in the quantity, quality, or odour of the lochia not unnaturally excite great alarm in the mind of the patient, who regards any deviation in this secretion as a proof of serious disease. Yet very remarkable differences do occur, without any morbid affection of the uterus or vagina.

1866, Fleetwood Churchill, On the theory and practice of midwifery:

In three or four days the distinctly bloody character of the lochia is altered. They have a reddish watery appearance, and are known as the lochia rubra or cruenta [...]

1884, William Smoult Playfair, A Treatise on the Science and Practice of Midwifery, volume II (fifth edition), part III, chapter IX:

1921, the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, published by the American Gynecological Society
On the fifth day the coryza, cough and rash were all improved, but the patient was irrational; the lochia were thin, watery and odorless; …

1924: The Canadian nurse, published by the Canadian Nurses' Association
Check lochia and change sterile pad. If the patient's pulse is under 90, the fundus is firm and the lochia is normal, the patient may be left at the end ...

1927, The Indian Veterinary Journal, published by the Indian Veterinary Association
In one Magra ewe which gave birth to twins, lochia continued for 8 days …

1946: Nicholson Joseph Eastman and Emil Novak, Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey
By the fifth day, however, the lochia was normal in most of the patients and in only 4 patients was it heavy.

For the first three or four days after delivery the lochia are red; [...] three different types of lochia are distinguished: ‘lochia rubra’ or ‘red lochia’, ‘lochia serosa’ ‘serous lochia’, which appears five to six days after delivery, and ‘lochia alba’ meaning ‘white lochia’, the final lochial discharge [...]

1998, Giovanni Maciocia, Obstetrics & Gynecology in Chinese Medicine, page 609:

Normal post-partum vaginal discharge; blood, mucus, and placental tissue that are discharged from a female's vagina (similar to menstruation) for several weeks after she has given birth.


furred

en-adj

furred (comparative more furred, superlative most furred)

more furred (comparative)
most furred (superlative)


transthyretin

en-noun

transthyretin (countable and uncountable, plural transthyretins)

transthyretins (plural)
TTR (abbreviation)

From trans- (“denoting change or transfer”) + thyr(oxine) + ret(inol) + -in (“protein”).

af

(biochemistry) a protein found in human blood serum and cerebrospinal fluid that functions as a carrier of the thyroid hormone thyroxine and the retinol-binding protein


DNase

(biochemistry) Abbreviation of deoxyribonuclease.


deoxyribonuclease

(biochemistry, genetics) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of DNA.


vastus

From Latin vastus (“vast, immense, enormous, huge, monstrous”). Doublet of vast.

der

(anatomy) One of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.


talin

Talin showed two isoforms in rohu, where as talin-1 and talin-2 in model vertebrates produces two talins through alternative mRNA splicing [75 ].

2015 July 6, “Construction, De-Novo Assembly and Analysis of Transcriptome for Identification of Reproduction-Related Genes and Pathways from Rohu, Labeo rohita (Hamilton)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of a group of cytoskeletal proteins


living dead

(fiction, usually with the) The undead; zombies, vampires, etc.


geniohyoid

/d͡ʒɪˌnʌɪ.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

/d͡ʒɪˌniː.ə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪ.ɔɪd/

Borrowed from New Latin genīohyoīdeus, clipping of musculus genīohyoīdeus; from Ancient Greek γένειον (géneion, “the chin”) + Latin hyoīdēs (“U-shaped”) + Latin -eus (adjectival suffix); equivalent to genio- (“relating to the chin”) + hyoid.

af

(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the geniohyoid muscle.


depilatory

/dəˈpɪləˌtɔɹi/

When Bilkis Queen of Sheba discovered her legs by lifting her robe (Koran xxvii.), Solomon was minded to marry her, but would not do so till the devils had by a depilatory removed the hair.

1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar edition, volume IV, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC:

A preparation that removes hair from the body.


depressor

en-noun

depressor (plural depressors or (muscle) depressores)

depressors (plural)
depressores (plural)

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(anatomy) Any of several muscles whose contraction pulls down a part of the body.


Prince Valiant

This was the hairstyle of the protagonist of the US comic strip Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur.

(US) A hairstyle similar to a longer pageboy


procerus

/pɹəʊˈsɛə.ɹəs/

Borrowed from Latin prōcērus (“high, tall, long”), clipping of mūsculus prōcērus (“tall muscle”).

clipping

(anatomy) A roughly triangular facial muscle that arises from the fascia of the nasal bone and a cartilage in the side of the nose and inserts into the skin between the eyebrows, drawing down the medial part of the eyebrow and the skin of the forehead.


dingdong

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dingdong

en-verb

dingdong (third-person singular simple present dingdongs, present participle dingdonging, simple past and past participle dingdonged)

dingdongs (present singular third-person)
dingdonging (participle present)
dingdonged (participle past)
dingdonged (past)


oral hygiene

The practice of keeping the mouth clean in order to prevent cavities (dental caries), gingivitis, periodontitis, bad breath (halitosis), and other dental disorders.


topoisomerase

/ˌtɒpəʊˌaɪˈsɒməˌɹeɪs/

/ˌtɑpoʊˌaɪˈsɑməˌɹeɪs/

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that affect the topology of DNA, especially ones that relax supercoiling.


mump

Perhaps borrowed through obsolete Dutch mompen (“to cheat, swindle, deceive”), according to Kroonen, a derivative of Proto-Germanic *mump- (“to stain”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mm̥bʰ-neh₂- Also akin to German mimpfeln (“to mumble”), Icelandic mumpa (“to take into the mouth”). See also English mum.
While Kroonen claims Ancient Greek μέμφομαι (mémphomai, “I blame, accuse”) and the Germanic forms are reconcilable and related, Beekes rejects this, stating that Germanic -p- cannot here correspond to Greek -φ- and that this etymological connection is not widely considered reliable.


bedhead

en-noun

bedhead (countable and uncountable, plural bedheads)

From bed + head. Superficially similar to, but etymologically distinguishable from, forms built from -head.

Hand was looking flustered with me, though he was still only half-awake and his bedhead was ridiculous […]

2002, Dave Eggers, You Shall Know Our Velocity, Vintage Canada, published 2011:

She always came to the office late because she was an INSOMNIAC, lewd grin, bedhead, and miniskirt, the CEO laughing his head off down the hallway, old word style, but new to have this dirty kind of hilarious brunette.

2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:

(colloquial) The condition of having unkempt hair, generally as a result of having just woken up from sleep.


G-spot

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Abbreviation of Gräfenberg spot, popularized in The G Spot and Other Recent Discoveries About Human Sexuality, a pop-sci book published in 1982.

The very notion of a G-spot aroused so much interest, however, that this phrase not only stuck around but became metaphorical, as when Newsweek's Jonathan Alter wrote, “Smart politicians have always known that the G Spot of the American body politic is in the middle."

2009 March 31, Ralph Keyes, quoting Jonathan Alter, I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

By manipulating this note you have your finger on the G-spot of the blues; handle it with care!

2009 August 1, Chris Haigh, The Fiddle Handbook, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN:

But, although Iain Duncan Smith touched the G-spot of the Blackpool audience, I was reminded of Archie Rice's prophetic cry as he foresaw the end of the music halls and stand-alone British imperialism: “Don't clap too hard, we're all in a very old building."

2021 September 23, Michael Billington, Affair of the Heart: British Theatre from 1992 to 2020, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 113:

(by extension, humorous) A focal point; a place (real or metaphorical) where activity should be directed for the best result.


rib cage

(anatomy) A part of the skeleton within the thoracic area consisting of ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae.


maxillary

Borrowed from Latin māxillāris (“of or belonging to the jaw”), from māxilla (“the jawbone, jaw”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to maxilla + -ary.

af

In the RODENTIA the interorbital space is still larger, by reason of the size of the intermaxillary bones throwing the maxillary backwards and to the sides, where they form the inner orbitar wall, in which the palate bones occupy only a small space. The anterior wall is formed by a process of the maxillary, which contributes to form the zygomatic arch, while the malar is suspended in the middle between the process and that of the temporal bone.

Neoplastic localisations in the maxillaries can be distinguished between primitive tumour lesions with osteomedullary origin (osteoma, osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, myeloma, etc.) and secondary neoplasms of the maxillaries such as the hematogenous metastasis or the tumours which affect the maxillaries for their adjacency, for example, the lesions in the oral cavity and the salivary glands.

2014, Ignazio Pandolfo, Silvio Mazziotti, Orthopantomography, page 148:

A tendon extends from the inner surface of the dentary to the postero-lateral surface of the maxillary near the ball and socket joint.

1928, Edna May Keeler, A Comparative Study of the Muscles Controlling the Maxillary Tentacles of the Siluridae, page 42:

(anatomy) A tooth growing from the upper jawbone.


calmodulin

en-noun

calmodulin (countable and uncountable, plural calmodulins)

Two distinct anti-allergic drugs, amlexanox and cromolyn, bind to the same kinds of calcium binding proteins, except calmodulin, in bovine lung extract.

2006, Journal of the National Cancer Institute:

(biochemistry) A calcium-binding protein found in all nucleated cells


hirsuteness

The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.


hairiness

hairiness (countable and uncountable, plural hairinesses)

1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, Observ. XXVI,
We have had (says he) another of this kind brought us out of the East-Indies, which being planted was in shew like the former, but came not to perfection, the unkindly season not suffering it to shew the flower; but of the Cods that were brought, some were smaller, shorter, and rounder then the Garden kind; others much longer, and many growing together, as it were in clusters, and cover'd all over with a brown short hairiness, so fine, that if any of it be rubb'd, or fall on the back of ones hand, or other tender parts of the skin, it will cause a kind of itching […]

The fore-feet of the Yahoo differed from my hands in nothing else but the length of the nails, the coarseness and brownness of the palms, and the hairiness on the backs.

1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms):

Spanberg, the Russian navigator, landed, he says, in a great island from 43° to 50° lat., speaks of the uncommon hairiness of the natives, and of their wearing of silver in their ears.

1804, William Robert Broughton, A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, Book I, p. 92, footnote:

Small reddened but said stubbornly, “The cow likes my singing.” ¶ Cows are different from humans; perhaps the hairiness of their ears strains sound.

1942, Emily Carr, “Singing”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:


ceruloplasmin

ceruloplasmin (countable and uncountable, plural ceruloplasmins)

cerulo (derived from Latin caeruleus (“colored blue”)) + plasmin

(biochemistry) A blue metalloprotein that contains copper; it acts as a ferroxidase in association with transferrin.


dismutase

Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).

2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions.

Dismutase

any of several enzymes that catalyze dismutation reactions


towheaded

en-adj

towheaded (comparative more towheaded, superlative most towheaded)

more towheaded (comparative)
most towheaded (superlative)


dehydrogenase

This led to a search in the filtrate for a dehydrogenase which should activate lactate in preference to the other three substances.

1928, Marjory Stephenson, “On lactic dehydrogenase: A cell-free enzyme preparation obtained from bacteria”, in Biochemical Journal:

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the removal of hydrogen (a proton) from biological compounds.


trifocals

From tri- + focal (see focus). Coined by John Isaac Hawkins, their inventor, in 1826.

(optics) Spectacles with corrective lenses that have three different powers per eye.


hairlike

hairlike (comparative more hairlike, superlative most hairlike)

more hairlike (comparative)
most hairlike (superlative)

Near-synonym: furlike

The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks.

Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.


leukotriene

From leuko- + triene, coined by Swedish biochemist Bengt I. Samuelsson.

(organic chemistry) Any of several physiologically active lipids, related to the prostaglandins, that participate in allergic responses.

白三烯

any of several physiologically active lipids


electric toothbrush

en-noun

electric toothbrush (plural electric toothbrushes)

A toothbrush that uses electric power, usually supplied by a battery, to move the brush head rapidly.


periodontist

A dentist whose speciality is periodontics


jasmonic acid

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) An oxylipin lipid, containing a cyclopentanone ring, related to the prostaglandins; its esters, the jasmonates, are responsible for the smell of jasmine and act as plant hormones


mutton-chop whiskers

To judge from the photos Gerald's hippy phase had reached its counter-cultural extreme in a pair of mutton-chop whiskers and a floral tie.

2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 12, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:

Synonym of muttonchops (“facial hairstyle”)


gelled

In May, I go to a gastroenterologist. He has a signet pinkie ring and gelled hair.

2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:


wayfarers

I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby

1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:

I'm tense, my hair is slicked back. Wayfarers on, my skull is aching.

1991, Bret Easton Ellis, “Dry Cleaners”, in American Psycho, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 81:

(capitalized) A pair of Ray-Ban Wayfarer glasses.


snipped

Kathleen pointed to the area below the belt. "You know, you should be prepared. He's probably not snipped."

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


malocclusion

malocclusion (countable and uncountable, plural malocclusions)

First attested in 1888. Formed as mal- (“wrong”, “improper(ly)”: ultimately from the Classical Latin male, “badly”, “wrongly”; from malus, “bad”; compare the ben- element in benocclusion) + occlusion (“alignment of the teeth in closed jaws”).

(dentistry) A misalignment of the upper and lower sets of teeth.


hip bone

Holonyms: pelvis, os coxae

Meronyms: acetabulum, ilium, ischium, pubis

(anatomy) One of two roughly symmetrical skeleton parts, each composed of the fused iliac, ischial and pubic bones, that together form the sides of the pelvis.


manubrium

manubrium (plural manubria or manubriums)

(anatomy) The broad, upper part of the sternum.


elbow bone

(anatomy) Olecranon, at the elbow end of the ulna.


braincase

The part of the skull that contains the brain; the neurocranium.

boest ar penn

the part of the skull containing the brain


horchata

horchata (countable and uncountable, plural horchatas)

/(h)ɔːɹˈt͡ʃɑːtə/

Borrowed from Spanish horchata, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *hordeata (“(drink, food) made of barley”), from hordeum (“barley”), either via Catalan/Valencian orxata (possibly via a Mozarabic source), or via Italian orzata.
Also cognate to English and French orgeat (“almond syrup”) and Surinamese Dutch orgeade.

der

Manufacturers from the villages surrounding the capital of the region came each day to the city of Valencia with carts pulled by donkeys to sell fresh horchata, tiger nuts and barley water.

2011, Miguel-Angel Galindo, Domingo Ribeiro, Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economics: New Perspectives, Practices, and Policies, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 66:

A sweet beverage variously made with rice, chufa or morro seeds (or, historically, barley), water, sugar, and cinnamon, and sometimes with milk.


blood plasma

en-noun

blood plasma (usually uncountable, plural blood plasmas)

(hematology) The clear fluid portion of blood in which the red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets are suspended; forms serum upon clotting.


lumbrical

lumbricals of the foot
lumbricals of the hand

From New Latin lumbricalis, from lumbricus (“intestinal worm, earthworm”) + -alis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).

af

<i class="Latn mention" lang="en">-al</i>

(anatomy) Any of the four small muscles of the palm of the hand that arise from tendons of the flexor digitorum profundus, are inserted at the base of the digit to which the tendon passes, and flex the proximal phalanx and extend the two distal phalanges of each finger.

(anatomy) Any of four small muscles of the foot homologous to the lumbricals of the hand that arise from tendons of the flexor digitorum longus and are inserted into the first phalanges of the four small toes of which they flex the proximal phalanges and extend the two distal phalanges.


ringlet

From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).

(entomology) Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.


hair extension

desc

→ Japanese: エクステンション

→ Japanese: エクステンション

A length of hair which is attached to one's normal hair to make it longer.


shorthair

Any of several breeds of domestic cat with relatively short hair, slender body and large head.


horn-rimmed

A little bald-headed man with huge horn-rimmed spectacles, and a very handsome and athletic youth in a blue lounge-suit completed the group.

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

(of eyeglasses) Having the frames made from horn or tortoiseshell or a material that resembles it, and characterized by their bold appearance on the wearer's face, in contrast to metal frames, which appear less pronounced.


estro

With spiro and estro from Vanuatu / What the hell do you think that'll do to you?

2019, glass beach (lyrics and music), “yoshi’s island”, in the first glass beach album:

(transgender slang) Clipping of estrogen.


red-eye

en-noun

red-eye (countable and uncountable, plural red-eyes)

The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes.
The verb is derived from the noun.

Agkistrodon contortrix Linnaeus.—Cotton-mouth, Highland Moccasin, Rattlesnake Pilot, Red-eye.

[1905, F. N. Notestein, “The Ophidia of Michigan with an Analytical Key”, in Seventh Report of the Michigan Academy of Science: […], Lansing, Mich.: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., state printers, →OCLC, page 120:

Agkistrodon contortrix
Agkistrodon contortrix#Translingual

(countable) Any of various animals that have red eyes.

(US) Either of two subspecies of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), a venomous pit viper native to the United States: either the broad-banded copperhead or Texas copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix laticinctus), or the highland moccasin or northern copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix mokasen).


puppy dog eyes

A facial expression showing credulous or unsophisticated innocence or naivety.


aponeurosis

(anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.


furball

A ball of fur, especially one coughed up by a cat.


ferritin

From Latin ferrātus (“iron-bearing”) and -in; compare also ferri- and ferro-.

Coordinate term: transferrin (key protein of extracellular iron transport)

(biochemistry) Any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.

ferritina

any of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits


gastrin

gastrin (countable and uncountable, plural gastrins)

(biochemistry) A hormone that stimulates the production of gastric acid in the stomach


secretin

(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the duodenum, that serves to regulate its acidity


adrenocorticotrophin

adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic hormone


adrenocorticotropic hormone

adrenocorticotropic hormone (plural adrenocorticotropic hormones)

(biochemistry) A peptide hormone, secreted by the pituitary gland, that stimulates the secretion of other hormones


yarrum

Here's Pannum and Lap, and good Poplars of Yarrum, / To fill up the Crib, and to comfort the Quarron.

1652, Richard Brome, A Joviall Crew: or, the Merry Beggars, play, first performed 1641:


hirsutism

hirsutism (usually uncountable, plural hirsutisms)

(dermatology) Excessive and increased hair growth in locations where terminal hair is normally minimal or absent.


handlebar moustache

handlebar moustache (plural handlebar moustaches)

A pleasant, dapperly dressed man with a handlebar moustache that he regularly twists and tugs...

2003, Christopher Phillips, Socrates café: a fresh taste of philosophy, page 103:

A broad moustache worn long and curled up at the sides.


aromatase

aromatase (countable and uncountable, plural aromatases)

/əˈɹoʊ̯məteɪ̯s/

/əˈɹoʊ̯məteɪ̯z/

(biochemistry) An enzyme responsible for aromatization of androgen hormones into estrogens.


dehydroepiandrosterone

dehydroepiandrosterone (countable and uncountable, plural dehydroepiandrosterones)

(biochemistry) An androgen hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex; a synthetic version is used as a dietary supplement


protocone

(anatomy) A cusp in the corner of an upper molar tooth in mammals.


galactosidase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of a galactoside


methylase

(biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze methylation, especially of nucleic acids


pupillary

Borrowed from Latin pūpillāris, as if the form were *pūpillārius.

(law) Of or pertaining to person below a certain legal age, or to a ward.


gonial

"We have seen that the gonial diameter, being related to the head breadth, is higher among the northern groups and especially among Mongols."

1925, Sergeĭ Mikhaĭlovich Shirokogorov, Anthropology of Eastern China and Kwangtung Province, page 79:

(anatomy, dentistry) Of or pertaining to the gonion, the point at the apex of the mandible, or lower jaw.


cyclo-oxygenase

(biochemistry) Alternative spelling of cyclooxygenase


betalain

Coined to describe the pigments as derivatives from betalamic acid, from Latin bēta (“beet”), + -in.

Among the angiosperms, betalains are known only in the Caryophyllales, although they also occur in some Basidiomycetes.

1981, Arthur Cronquist, An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants, page 237:

Neither the red betacyanins nor the other kind of betalain pigments, the yellow betaxanthins, are at all structurally related to the anthocyanins, and anthocyanins and betalains do not occur together in the same plant.

1992, Frank B. Salisbury, Cleon W. Ross, Plant Physiology, 4th edition, page 325:

2004 — Luisa Tesoriere, Mario Allegra, Daniela Butera, & Maria A. Livrea. "Absorption, excretion, and distribution of dietary anioxidant betalains in LDLs: potential health effects of betalains in humans." American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 80: 941-945.
Betalains, known for a long time as safe colorants for food or other industrial purposes, are phytochemicals that were recently classified as antioxidants.

A class of red and yellow indole-derived water-soluble pigments found in beets and other plants of the Caryophyllales and used commercially as coloring agents.


gamma-aminobutyric acid

(biochemistry) An amino acid found in the nervous systems of vertebrates and acting as an inhibitory neurotransmitter. Abbreviated as GABA.


exoribonuclease

(biochemistry) A ribonuclease that catalyzes the exonucleolytic cleavage of nucleotides from a ribonucleotide chain.


bad breath

bad breath (countable and uncountable, plural bad breaths)

(medicine, dentistry, informal) Breath that produces an unpleasant or foul-smelling odor when exhaled.


male member

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The sense “penis” is a calque of Latin membrum virīle.

We have four female members, and three male members.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see male, member.


cathepsin

Borrowed from German Kathepsin, from Ancient Greek καθέψω (kathépsō), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).

affix

Grassmann and Dyckerhoff (1930) showed that cysteine and cyanide inhibited the action of ereptic aminopolyase, while they accelerated the action of proteases such as cathepsin.

1931, A Pirie, BE Holmes, “The cause of inactivation of the Rous sarcoma filtrate during incubation”, in British journal of experimental pathology:

(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.


molestache

> rivers looks like a kid toucher.
rivers definitely has the molestache action goin on.

2001 January 27, Scott “devotion100”, “Re: Weezer's mustaches”, in alt.music.weezer (Usenet):

I think that this level of arrogant cynicism is very instructive...you know...like how watching a mulleted drunk in a wife-beater, boxers and a molestache smacking his kids on COPS teaches us about how NOT to raise a family.

2002 December 28, C. Lee, “Re: i wonder what kind of movie we would come up with”, in alt.horror (Usenet):

2004 April 1, Douglas C. Niedermeyer (pseudonym), “Scary molestache completes coaching staff”, in the Daily Nebraskan, 2004 April 1 joke issue.

Also known as the “molestache,” this sexified upper lip hair is often seen on men wearing short shorts, Blue Blocker sunglasses, lots of gold jewelry, […]

2005 March 10, Bryce Donovan, “Easy ladies, there's enough Bryce to go around”, in The Post and Courier, Evening Post Publishing Company:

(He earned the name Mario Mugshot in my circle because he looks like Mario from Super Mario Bros, and he has a molestache and messy hair like you would see on a child molester in a mugshot)

2005 May 26, Thomas, “Re: Pistons will win Game 3”, in alt.sports.basketball.nba.det-pistons (Usenet):

2007 January 6, “Gurriato”, “Re: Estamos todos manipulados” (“Re: We are all being manipulated”), in alt.usage.spanish and other groups, Usenet,
He wears a britstache (also called a molestache, a combination of the words mustache and molest). El Renacuajo's mustache is scrawny and creepy, much like most wearers of the molestache.

(slang, rare) A type of scrawny or unkempt mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.


eyewear

American manufacturers are now describing spectacles as "eyewear".

1925, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, Sir Owen Seaman, editors, London charivari:

Use of safety eyewear by Jones saved his sight when he was holding a chisel, another employe lifted up a hammer to hit the chisel and accidentally struck Jones in the nose and safety glasses.

1974 October 14, “Wise Owl Club inducts two”, in St. Petersburg Times / Manatee Times, retrieved 2010-09-01, page 3:

ANSI divides sunglasses into three categories: fashion spectacles that shield eyes from only 70% of UV-B and less than 60% of UV-A; everyday eyewear that screens out 95% of UV-B and between 60% and 92% of UV-A; and special-purpose glasses that absorb almost 99% of ultraviolet rays.

1988 July 4, Anastasia Toufexis et al., “Health & Fitness: Do Your Shades Do the Job?”, in Time:

When one of the daily robberies ends with him accidentally merking the robber (a real player, which the NPCs aren’t supposed to be able to attack), Guy gets his hands on the victim’s sunglasses—a pair of eyewear that allows him to see, like “Rowdy” Roddy Piper in They Live, the secret messages (and, in this case, powerups and side missions and stats) scattered across his world.

2021 August 6, A. A. Dowd, “The Ryan Reynolds action-comedy Free Guy is a Truman Show for the Fortnite age”, in The A.V. Club:

A vision aid or similar device worn over the eyes, such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, or protective goggles.


neuropeptide

(biochemistry) Any of several peptides, such as endorphins, that function as neurotransmitters.

neuropèptid

peptide that function as a neurotransmitter


helicase

(biochemistry) An enzyme required for DNA unwinding.


caspase

Short for cysteine-aspartic acid protease.

(biochemistry) Any of several intracellular proteolytic enzymes that mediate apoptosis and pyroptosis.


respiratory system

en-noun

respiratory system (plural respiratory systems)

(anatomy) The system of organs serving for respiration.


double chin

A layer of subcutaneous fat under the chin, giving the appearance of having an extra chin.

have more chins than a Chinese phone book


hair dye

hair dye (countable and uncountable, plural hair dyes)

Any of various materials used to dye hair on the head.

染髮劑 /染发剂

any of various materials used to dye hair on the head


harpin

(biochemistry) A protein produced by certain plant pathogens


madarosis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις (madárōsis, “baldness, especially of the eyelids”).

bor+

(medicine, dermatology) The loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.


madarotic

From madarosis, from Ancient Greek μαδάρωσις (madárōsis, “baldness, especially of the eyelids”).

uder

(medicine, rare) Of or pertaining to the loss of eyebrows or eyelashes.


undercoat

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A layer of short hairs underneath the longer ones of an animal's fur


nondairy

Coordinate term: lactose-free (but not necessarily dairy-free)

Near-synonym: milkless

Plus, today there is a wide array of nondairy yogurt options, from coconut milk to oat milk–based, and more.

2020, Shawn Stevenson, Eat Smarter: Use the Power of Food to Reboot Your Metabolism, Upgrade Your Brain, and Transform Your Life, Little, Brown Spark, published 2021, →ISBN:


slick back

en-verb

slick back (third-person singular simple present slicks back, present participle slicking back, simple past and past participle slicked back)

slicks back (present singular third-person)
slicking back (participle present)
slicked back (participle past)
slicked back (past)

His hair was slicked back with gel.

I can see you / Your brown skin shining in the sun / You got your hair slicked back and those Wayfarers on, baby

1984, “The Boys of Summer”, in Don Henley (lyrics), Building the Perfect Beast:

To make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.


one-eyed trouser snake

en-noun

one-eyed trouser snake (plural one-eyed trouser snakes)

Christ, I’ve gotta go and shake the old one-eyed trouser snake, meself.

1970, Derek Maitland, The Only War We've Got, page 140:


selenoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of many proteins that include a selenocysteine or selenomethionine residue.


Nosferatu

/ˌnɒsfəˈɹɑːtuː/

Possibly from a Romanian word for vampire. The term achieved popular currency through Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula and F. W. Murnau's 1922 German film Nosferatu. See also: Wikipedia's article on the etymology of the word (and the references there).

"Friend Arthur, if you had met that kiss [...] you would in time, when you had died, have become nosferatu, as they call it in Eastern Europe, and would all time make more of those Un-Deads that so have filled us with horror."

1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula, published 1993, page 192:

Those of us who have dabbled much in the lore of the nosferatu tend to think of them as imaginative creations of the German and English Romantics, and not without reason.

2018 November, Kevin Jackson, “Something to Sink Your Teeth Into”, in Literary Review:

While it may have been capable of flight, it almost certainly spent its time on Hateg crawling about on its wrists, with its great leathery wings folded over its body like a shroud. A gigantic kind of Nosferatu comes to mind.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 26:


bingle

From bing (“thump, sudden bang”) + -le (diminutive suffix).

af

It is always an advantage if you have a sexy car, but if you pick her up in a rusty Datsun 180B you may as well say goodnight.[…]There is also the worst-case scenario of being involved in a bingle. If this happens you will definitely be finished and she will probably sneak off on you if she manages to escape injury.

2005, Johnny Blue, The Blue Riders' Club, page 144:

"I, uh . . . " I managed, "I seem to have had a bit of a bingle." I pointed a thumb behind me at the car.

2006, Lee Battersby, A Stone to Mark My Passing: Through Soft Air, page 138:

‘But you've still got your father′s car haven′t you?’
‘No. Had a bingle in it the other night, nothing major. I just hope to hell it′s fixed before he finds out.[…]’

2010, Felicity Young, Take Out, page 163:

(Australia, informal) A minor collision, especially between motor vehicles.


bingle

en-verb

bingle (third-person singular simple present bingles, present participle bingling, simple past and past participle bingled)

bingles (present singular third-person)
bingling (participle present)
bingled (participle past)
bingled (past)


bingle

(baseball, slang) A base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


bingle

(baseball, slang) To achieve a base hit in which the batter stops safely at first base.


vajayjay

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methyltransferase

(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes transmethylation


woolly-headed

en-adj

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

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

(possibly offensive) Synonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.


serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase

en-noun

serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (uncountable)

(biochemistry) An enzyme found in heart and liver tissues.


aspartate transaminase

(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of amino groups between biologically active compounds, especially between aspartic acid and glutamic acid


branchia

From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

der

A gill or other organ having the same function.


curlies

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When the condom gets caught on your curlies while you're trying to roll it off.

2001 December 1, Demetrios Hung, APA, “First helmet laws, now this...”, in rec.motorcycles (Usenet):


skin color

en-noun

skin color (countable and uncountable, plural skin colors)


clathrin

clathrin (countable and uncountable, plural clathrins)

(biochemistry) A fibrous protein that forms a polyhedral coat on the surface of the coated pits and vesicles of cells during endocytosis.


octopamine

From oct(opus) + -opamine (“dopaminergic agent, dopamine derivative”), because it was isolated from an octopus's salivary gland.

af

(biochemistry, pharmacology) An aromatic amine, 4-(2-amino-1-hydroxy-ethyl)phenol, related to noradrenaline, having similar characteristics to dopamine.


photoprotein

(biochemistry) Any of several proteins that generate light when oxidized, normally without the aid of an enzyme catalyst


sclerenchyma

en-noun

sclerenchyma (countable and uncountable, plural sclerenchymas or sclerenchymata)

sclerenchymas (plural)
sclerenchymata (plural)

/sklɪəɹˈɛŋkɪmə/

/skləɹˈɛŋkəmə/

(botany) A mechanical ground tissue, impermeable to water, which consists of cells having narrow lumen and thick, mineralized walls of lignin; present in stems, vascular bundles (of monocots), seed coverings, and vein and tips of leaves.

sklerenkima

a mechanical, supportive ground tissue in plants consisting of aggregates of cells having thick, often mineralized walls


dark-skinned

en-adj

dark-skinned (comparative more dark-skinned, superlative most dark-skinned)

more dark-skinned (comparative)
most dark-skinned (superlative)

Of a black person, having relatively dark-colored skin.


cooch

(US, obsolete) The hootchy-kootchy, a type of erotic dance.


styloid

From style or stylus + -oid (“-like, resembling”). Compare Ancient Greek στῡλοειδής (stūloeidḗs).


get wet

en-verb

get wet (third-person singular simple present gets wet, present participle getting wet, simple past got wet, past participle (UK) got wet or (US) gotten wet)

gets wet (present singular third-person)
getting wet (participle present)
got wet (past)
got wet (UK participle past)
gotten wet (US participle past)

I stood too close to the waterfall, and I got wet.

The steel of this tool isn't stainless, so if you get it wet, you need to dry it off promptly.

Some things can go in the water, like my dolphin boots, but other things, like books, are not so good when they get wet.

2004, Karen Hesse, The Music of Dolphins, page 84:

The station had an ingenious "worm" - a corrugated iron tunnel permitting First Class passengers to transfer from platform to hotel without fear of getting wet.

2022 August 24, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the Cotswold Line”, in RAIL, number 964, page 60:

(literally, transitive, intransitive) To come into contact with, or to put (something) into contact with, water, rain, mist, or another liquid.


territorial matrix

en-noun

territorial matrix (plural territorial matrices or territorial matrixes)

territorial matrices (plural)
territorial matrixes (plural)

The layer which surrounds chondrocytes in cartilage. It is basophilic, and stains metachromatically due to proteoglycans.


connexin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins that assemble to form gap junctions in vertebrates.


cadherin

/kædˈhɪəɹɪn/

From calcium-dependent adhesion molecules + -in.

(biochemistry) Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.


salt and pepper

His beard, once black, was now salt and pepper.

the salt-and-pepper effect on an untuned television screen


frizzies

(colloquial) Unkempt curly hair, especially of women.


pomate

From Medieval Latin pomatum (“cider, ointment”) either directly or via slightly earlier English pomatum, from Latin pōmum (“fruit, apple”) + -ātum (“-ate: forming nouns”). Doublet of pomatum, pomade, and pomace.

der

Patient he sits, while Master Puff, with pomate, tongs, and powder-pluff... gives each hair its proper station...

1774, Archibald Bruce, The Kirkiad..., Canto I, 18:

(now chiefly Scotland) Synonym of pomade, a kind of thick waxy hair product used as a styling gel.


haire

en-noun

haire (countable and uncountable, plural haires)


haemato-

Representing the combining form of Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).

Back in the late ’90s, when vampirism became fashionable owing to the international popularity of the novel Dracula … A subcircuit of the Buda-Pesth telephone exchange had apparently been reserved for the use of hæmatophages, as they were then known

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 801: [compare -phage]


hot-dog

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schizochroal

Coined by Clarke in 1888 (see citation), from Ancient Greek σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”) + χρώς (khrṓs, “surface”).

der

The first group may be designated by the term Holochroal; the second group by the term Schizochroal.

1888 November, John M. Clarke, “The structure and development of the visual area in the trilobite, Phacops rana, Green”, in Journal of Morphology, volume ii, number 2, Boston, page 254:

(of eyes) With compound lenses, each with separate cornea, each lens separated from others by deep scleral walls and forming an image; the corneal membrane extends downward into sclera.


segrosome

(biochemistry) A protein complex that functions during the segregation of plasmids or chromosomes during bacterial cell division


goo-goo eyes

N.d., Harry S. Sargent (attributed), "Just Because She Made Dem Goo-Goo Eyes", in, 1902, Jack Haverly, Negro Minstrels, Frederick J. Drake & Company, page 106,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes, she did up quick a chap about my size;
Now I wish I had that roll, and the watch and chain she stole,
Just because she made dem goo-goo eyes.

So why did you shoot goo-goo eyes at me?

2005, John Connolly, “The Reflecting Eye: A Charlie Parker Novella”, in Nocturnes, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 319:

I made the opposite of goo-goo eyes at him. Or at least, I tried. "I don't believe I need to make goo-goo eyes to hook up."

2006, Kelly McClymer, Getting to Third Date, Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 97:

(informal) A romantic look at something or someone.

гла́зки m or pl (glázki) (a flirting look, lit.: "little eyes")


lactoprotein

(biochemistry) Any protein (such as casein) present in milk


soy milk

en-noun

soy milk (countable and uncountable, plural soy milks)

(uncountable) A milky liquid made from soy beans and used as a beverage, cooking ingredient or substitute for dairy milk.


aminoacyl tRNA synthetase

aminoacyl tRNA synthetase (plural aminoacyl tRNA synthetases)

(biochemistry) Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis.

Aminoacyl-tRNA-Synthetase

any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the linkage of a tRNA molecule to an appropriate amino acid during protein synthesis


peroxiredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that mediate signal transduction in mammalian cells.


thioredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant proteins that are found in all mammalian cells.


sulphiredoxin

(biochemistry) Any of a family of antioxidant enzymes that work with peroxiredoxin


cymotrichy

(anthropology) The state of having wavy hair.


glomalin

(biochemistry) A glycoprotein found in soil, important in the storage of carbon


LANAP

(dentistry) Acronym of laser-assisted new attachment procedure.


drabber

1632, Philip Massinger, The City Madam

(obsolete) One who associates with drabs; a wencher.


katanin

(biochemistry) A heterodimeric protein which functions to sever microtubules


spastin

spastin (countable and uncountable, plural spastins)

(biochemistry) A protein, related to katanin, mutations of which lead to spastic paraplegia


roundhead

The roundhead screw and its fraternal twins, the button head and pan head screws, have a head that is flat on the bottom and hemispherical on top.

2000, Reed Karen, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Woodworking, →ISBN, page 182:

You can use flat-head screws and plug the holes, or you can use roundhead blue screws and let the heads project.

2010, H. H. Windsor, Mission Furniture: How to Make It, →ISBN, page 58: