cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dolphinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dolphinlike
form: most dolphinlike
Etymology: From dolphin + -like.
Senses: examples: text: He used gravity and the tension created by cooling glass to manipulate the piece into a dolphinlike shape.
ref: 2007 January 12, Grace Glueck, “Fun With Studio Crafts: When the Traditional Gets Quirky”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dolphin.
Synonyms: delphine
frau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹaʊ/
rhymes: -aʊ
Forms: form: fraus
Etymology: Borrowed from German Frau. Doublet of frow, vrou, and vrouw.
Senses: examples: text: To Germantown, Pa., the German frauen carried their domestic industry of the hand knitting of woolen hose, and before 1775 there were one hundred and fifty knitting frames at Germantown and in the vicinity of the Brandywine; […]
ref: 1911, John Howard Brown, E[dith] M[ary] Norris, editors, Lamb’s Textile Industries of the United States: Embracing Biographical Sketches of Prominment Men and a Historical Resumé of the Progress of Textile Manufacture from the Earliest Records to the Present Time, volume I, Boston, Mass.: James H. Lamb Company, page 149:
text: Witch: / Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! / You damned old beast! You cursed old sow! / You leave the kettle and singe the frau.
ref: 1961, Goethe, translated by Walter Kaufman, Faust, line 2465:
text: It presents Dürer’s mother as a sharp-nosed, world-weary German frau looking wryly out at life from under a decorous wimple.
ref: 2007 January 12, Grace Glueck, “Fun With Studio Crafts: When the Traditional Gets Quirky”, in New York Times:
glosses: A woman, especially a German woman.
Derived terms: house frau
fraus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frau
lacquerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lacquerlike
form: most lacquerlike
Etymology: From lacquer + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Three large aluminum panels are suspended low and horizontally from the gallery’s ceiling, each painted in lacquerlike acrylic with one of the three primary colors.
ref: 2007 January 12, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling lacquer.
furnituremaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furnituremakers
Etymology: From furniture + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Esherick (1887-1970), a studio craft pioneer, is represented by “Music Stand” (1962), an elegantly simple frame of cherry wood crossbars supported on three curving legs. Mr. Maloof’s “Settee #3/87” (1987), in richly grained tiger maple and ebony, has a classic plain shape, with slight tweaking of the double chair as stripped down by Shaker furnituremakers.
ref: 2007 January 12, Grace Glueck, “Fun With Studio Crafts: When the Traditional Gets Quirky”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: cabinetmaker
glosses: One who makes furniture.
Related terms: cabinetmaking
furnituremaking
furnituremakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furnituremaker
variety is the spice of life
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here.
ref: 1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 341:
glosses: Variety is what makes life interesting.
nonharmony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + harmony.
Senses: examples: text: “Bounded by Allegiance,” from “Isa,” was one highlight of Wednesday’s concert: Mr. Kjellson croaked in lovely nonharmony with the keyboardist Herbrand Larsen, who is also the band’s only crooner; Ivar Bjornson, the lead guitarist, played a sinuous solo; fans defied the club’s bouncers by starting a short-lived mosh pit.
ref: 2007 January 12, Kelefa Sanneh, “Nice Night for a Norse Shout-Along (Bring Devil Horns)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lack of harmony; unmelodiousness.
moshpits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moshpit
nonsanctioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sanctioned.
Senses: examples: text: The real issue is choosing a parentally nonsanctioned one.
ref: 2007 January 12, Ginia Bellafante, “Tales of the Urban Jungle and a Forest Full of Music”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not sanctioned.
Synonyms: unapproved
unsanctioned
outdrive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outdrives
form: outdriving
form: outdrove
form: outdriven
Etymology: From Middle English outdriven, equivalent to out- + drive.
Senses: glosses: To drive a vehicle, etc. farther or better than.
examples: text: In friendly matches, she hit off the back tees used by men, and with her solid build she usually outdrove them, averaging 240 yards with wood-shaft clubs.
ref: 2007 January 12, Frank Litsky, “Maureen Orcutt, 99, Golf Champion, Dies”, in New York Times:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To make a drive (stroke with a driver) farther or better than.
glosses: To drive out; to repel.
outdrives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outdrive
outdriving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outdrive
outdrove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of outdrive
outdriven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of outdrive
remobilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: remobilizes
form: remobilizing
form: remobilized
form: remobilized
Etymology: From re- + mobilize.
Senses: examples: text: The result, officials said, is that soldiers who have already done a tour in Iraq in the last five years can now be sent back to Iraq if their entire unit is remobilized.
ref: 2007 January 12, David S. Cloud, “Military Eases Its Rules for Mobilizing Reserves”, in New York Times:
glosses: To mobilize again.
remobilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remobilize
remobilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remobilize
remobilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remobilize
twilightish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more twilightish
form: most twilightish
Etymology: From twilight + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: They are horizontal, twilightish, untheatrical spaces, and pulse-slowing.
ref: 2007 January 12, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling twilight; crepuscular.
untheatrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more untheatrically
form: most untheatrically
Etymology: From untheatrical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an untheatrical way.
antiban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + ban.
Senses: examples: text: Armed with binoculars and wearing a bucket hat covered with antiban buttons — “Keep fighting, Keep hunting,” read one — she knew the best vantage points.
ref: 2007 January 13, Joshua Robinson, “The Changing Times Take the Fox Out of the Fox Hunt”, in New York Times:
glosses: In opposition to a ban.
recreative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From recreate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Between the two extremes of college men the unsocial dig and the flunking swell, lies the majority, who, acknowledging the duty and merit of hard work, see the value in social and recreative line, but are at somewhat of a loss, seemingly, how to proportionize the time given to the different sides of college life, or how far to allow themselves to go on the more attractive side.
ref: 1892, Occident - Volume 22, page 36:
text: Tribute acts, by contrast, are purely recreative.
ref: 2007 January 13, Allan Kozinn, “Interpreting the Beatles Without Copying”, in New York Times:
glosses: Being, or pertaining to, recreation.
examples: text: recreative power
glosses: Creating anew.
Synonyms: rec
recreational
Derived terms: recreatively
recreativeness
recreative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recreatives
Etymology: From recreate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: For, theſe are onely Cynthias recreatiues / Made vnto Phœbus, and are feminine; […]
ref: 1615, Samuel Daniel, “The Prologue”, in Hymens Triumph. A Pastorall Tragicomædie. […], London: […] [John Legate] for Francis Constable, […], →OCLC, signature ¶3, recto:
text: And in this kinde I knovv fevv recreatiues that poſſeſſe vs more, then the humour of building, in reſpectthey both ſatisfie our ovvne preſent inuention, and ſerue to our poſteritie, as perpetuall remembrances, and memorials of their progenitors, […]
ref: 1620, “A Discourse of Rome”, in Horæ Subseciuæ. Observations and Discourses., London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Edward Blount, […], →OCLC, page 382:
text: Among the most delightful of mental recreatives may be classed the exhilarating pleasures of intellectual intercourse; they constitute the very life-fluid of our social being.
ref: 1853, an Epicure [pseudonym; Frederick Saunders], “The Talkative and the Taciturn”, in Salad for the Solitary, New York, N.Y.: Lamport, Blakeman & Law, […], →OCLC, page 44:
glosses: A recreative thing or activity.
underwearless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From underwear + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Beckham already has a following in the American entertainment media, which chronicles her shopping exploits somewhere between Lindsay Lohan’s underwearless antics and celebrities’ emerging from private jets to tell the rest of us which car to drive if we want to save the world from choking on pollution.
ref: 2007 January 13, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Lukewarm Los Angeles, Hot Spots for Beckham”, in New York Times:
antonyms: underweared
glosses: Without underwear.
Hyponyms: knickerless
pantyless
Derived terms: underwearlessness
seise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seises
form: seising
form: seised
form: seised
form: seize
Etymology: From Middle English seisen, from Old French seisir (“to put in possession of", "to take possession of”), from Early Medieval Latin sacīre, from Frankish *sakjan (“to sue, bring a legal charge against”), from Proto-Germanic *sakōną (“to charge, seek legal action against”), from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to track”). Cognate with Old High German sahhan (“to argue, scold”), Old English sacian (“to strive, contend”). More at sake.
Senses: examples: text: There a baron was created and seised by the king in a single act. His tenure was a function of his personal relationship with his lord king.
ref: 1997, Nigel Saul, The Oxford illustrated history of medieval England, page 74:
topics: law
glosses: To vest ownership of an estate in land (to someone).
examples: text: He then died intestate; and I observed that his heir-at-law was not actually seised of Whiteacre, the possession of which became vacant on his ancestor's death
ref: 1878, Joshua Williams, The Seisin of the Freehold, page 55:
text: Where the appeal committee is seised, it shall meet at the earliest 14 days, except in duly justified cases, and at the latest 6 weeks, after the date of referral.
ref: 2011, Article 3 section 7, Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011, Official Journal of the European Union L 55/15
topics: law
glosses: To put in possession.
glosses: To seize.
Synonyms: sense: (with of) to put in possession
word: possess
seised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of seise
seising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of seise
seising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seisings
Senses: glosses: Dated form of seizing (“lashing or binding with a cord”).
seises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of seise
utopianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utopianists
Etymology: From utopian + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “He was a utopianist, after all,” she said.
ref: 2007 January 13, Celia Mcgee, “The Burgeoning Rebirth of a Bygone Literary Star”, in New York Times:
glosses: A believer in utopianism.
utopianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utopianist
calypsonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kælɪpˈsəʊnɪ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: calypsonians
Etymology: From calypso + -n- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The fourth and newest volume (subtitled “African Dreams and the Piccadilly High Life”) is scattered with calypsonians like Lord Kitchener, Young Growler and Young Tiger, and high-life bands like the African Messengers.
ref: 2007 January 14, Ben Ratliff, “If You’re Going to London, Nashville or San Francisco”, in New York Times:
glosses: A calypso musician.
calypsonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calypsonian
chimings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪmɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of chiming
comping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of comp
comping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compings
Senses: glosses: The practice of entering many competitions in order to win as many prizes as possible.
examples: text: Weir punctuates things with some offbeat compings. Indeed, at around 15:00, it is hard to know if we are still in the song.
ref: 2013, David Malvinni, Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation, page 46:
text: Compings should never be memorized but should be applied in a completely extemporaneous manner.
ref: 2010, Ronny Lee, Jazz Guitar Method, page 111:
glosses: Musical accompaniment.
Related terms: comper
comped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of comp
crepey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crepey
form: most crepey
Etymology: From crepe + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Mix a little moisturiser with foundation under the eyes and over the neck if the skin is crepey: this will thin out the foundation a little...
ref: 2003, Janet Simms, A practical guide to beauty therapy:
text: The patient had a crepey appearance of skin prior to blepharoplasty.
ref: 2004, Joseph A Mauriello, Techniques in Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery:
text: My fat cells went condo and my skin is all crepey.
ref: 2007 January 14, Henry Alford, “Books on Broadway”, in New York Times:
glosses: Saggy and crinkly, like crepe paper.
raw_tags: of skin
demicelebrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demicelebrities
Etymology: From demi- + celebrity.
Senses: glosses: Minor fame.
examples: text: Many are demicelebrities themselves.
ref: 2007 January 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “TV dramas rip the cover off magazine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
synonyms: word: C-lister
word: minicelebrity
word: sublebrity
word: minor celebrity
extra: a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous
coordinate_terms: microcelebrity
noncelebrity
pseudocelebrity
semicelebrity
subcelebrity
glosses: Synonym of minor celebrity (“a celebrity of little importance or significance; someone famous for being famous”).
demicelebrities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demicelebrity
didacticisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didacticism
easternize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: easternizes
form: easternizing
form: easternized
form: easternized
form: easternise
Etymology: From eastern + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: It would suit me very well,” he tells her, “if, at this point, I could easternize your Western eyes, your Western heart.”
ref: 2007 January 14, Liesl Schillinger, “Siberian Fields”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: westernize
glosses: To make eastern in character.
Derived terms: easternization
easternise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: easternises
form: easternising
form: easternised
form: easternised
Etymology: From eastern + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of easternize.
easternizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of easternize
easternizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of easternize
easternized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of easternize
easternises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of easternise
easternising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of easternise
easternised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of easternise
thwomp
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /θwɔmp/
Etymology: Imitative; compare thwack and whomp.
Senses: glosses: The dull sound of something landing heavily, or of something being struck hard.
spaceworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spaceworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being spaceworthy.
gobernadora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gobernadoras
Etymology: From Spanish.
Senses: examples: text: […] the inquisitor of Valladolid advanced to the royal platform and demanded that the young Prince and Dona Juana, the gobernadora, should swear […]
ref: 1868, The Edinburgh Review:
text: When the news of Alvarado's death reached his widow in Guatemala, she called all the alcaldes and regidores to the palace and proclaimed herself gobernadora […]
ref: 1941, Hans Christian Adamson, Lands of new world neighbors:
text: Not terribly conflicted by the part she must play, she seems beyond reproach, as effective and inscrutable in battle as she is as a gobernadora.
ref: 2007 January 14, Maggie Galehouse, “Conquer and Convert”, in New York Times:
glosses: A female governor in Spanish-speaking regions.
hurrahing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hurrah
hurrahing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hurrahings
Senses: examples: text: National Guards and Soldiers of the line […] fall into disorderly street-processions, constitutional unmilitary exclamations and hurrahings.
ref: 1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter III, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book II (Nanci), page 79:
glosses: A cry of hurrah.
hurrahed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hurrah
Hooray Henries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hooray Henry
magazineland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magazine + land.
Senses: examples: text: Besides, I told myself, everyone out in magazineland would understand that in my first week I had to go with whatever was in the inventory.
ref: 2006, Edward Kosner, Pete Hamill, It's News to Me: The Making and Unmaking of an Editor:
text: And why do executives think viewers and readers will care about a backstage peek into magazineland?
ref: 2007 January 14, Lola Ogunnaike, “TV Dramas Rip the Cover Off Magazines”, in New York Times:
text: Media Industry Newsletter named Greg "one of the best PR people in magazineland."
ref: 2008, Michael Miller, Online Marketing Heroes:
glosses: The industry that publishes magazines.
melodramatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: melodramatizes
form: melodramatizing
form: melodramatized
form: melodramatized
Etymology: Blend of melodrama + dramatize
Senses: examples: text: It’s tempting to compare Abe Foxman with Al Sharpton, another portly, bellicose, melodramatizing defender of ethnic ramparts.
ref: 2007 January 14, James Traub, “Does Abe Foxman Have an Anti-Anti-Semite Problem?”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make melodramatic.
Synonyms: chew the scenery
ham
ham it up
overact
tear a cat
melodramatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of melodramatize
melodramatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of melodramatize
melodramatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of melodramatize
melodramatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: melodramatises
form: melodramatising
form: melodramatised
form: melodramatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of melodramatize.
melodramatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of melodramatise
melodramatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of melodramatise
melodramatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of melodramatise
melomakarona
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: melomakarono
Etymology: From Greek μελομακάρονα (melomakárona) or μελομακάρονο (melomakárono).
Senses: examples: text: Earlier in the day, his mother had prepared soup for the female lead and melomakarona, or Greek honey cookies, for the crew.
ref: 2007 January 14, Jeff Vandam, “Lights, Camera, Honey Cookies: A Soap Opera, Greek Style”, in New York Times:
glosses: Greek honey macaroons with crushed walnuts, traditionally served at Christmas.
precapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + capitalist.
Senses: examples: text: She aligns it with the old precolonial, precapitalist, pre-Christian religions, and with Carnival.
ref: 2007 January 14, Robert Pinsky, “All Together Now”, in New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to precapitalism, a time before capitalism.
precapitalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precapitalists
Etymology: From pre- + capitalist.
Senses: glosses: A member of a precapitalist society.
precapitalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precapitalist
pushrod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pushrods
form: push rod
Etymology: From push + rod.
Senses: examples: text: The cam-within-a-cam concept has existed for decades, but perfecting it for production might just add another decade to the life of the pushrod engine.
ref: 2007 January 14, Don Sherman, “Making Modern Horsepower the Old-Fashioned Way”, in New York Times:
topics: automotive
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: A rigid reciprocating rod that, by its movement, transmits force to actuate a mechanism.
A rod in a piston engine that actuates rocker arms above the cylinder head.
examples: text: An internal-gear hub with a hollow axle may be re-oiled by removing the pushrod or indicator spindle and squirting oil into the end of the axle.
ref: 2000, 2008, “Internal-Gear Hubs”, in Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Technical Info, archived from the original on 23 Aug 2019:
text: Push Rod (81.85 mm) for Axle Length 168 mm
ref: 2018, “NEXUS 3-SPEED HUB w/Coaster Brake”, in Manuals & Technical Documents:
topics: cycling
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sports
glosses: A rigid reciprocating rod that, by its movement, transmits force to actuate a mechanism.
A rod in an internal gear hub that actuates the shifting mechanism.
examples: text: On 17 August 2005, a Saab 2000, at the ramp, with controls locked, was subjected to jet blast of around 126 kt (233 km/h) from a passing B747. This resulted in the bending of the left aileron control pushrod, causing it to fail at the time of takeoff. The crew had to make an emergency landing.
ref: 2013 May 24, Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la sécurité de l'aviation civile, “1.16.9.5: Known events”, in Report: Accident on 9 August 2007 off the coast of Moorea (French Polynesia) to the DHC6-300 registered F-OIQI operated by Air Moorea, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2021, page 55:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rigid reciprocating rod that, by its movement, transmits force to actuate a mechanism.
A rod used in the transmission of flight control inputs to an aircraft's control surfaces.
pushrods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pushrod
scaldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scalding
semiluxury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + luxury.
Senses: examples: text: Howard Davidowitz, who has studied consumer habits firsthand for decades, said that in the last three years he has seen more cash purchases at luxury boutiques like Louis Vuitton and semiluxury chains like Coach. Mr. Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates, a retail consulting firm, suspects now that $2,000 handbags and $700 shoes are commonplace, more women pay in fresh bills from the A.T.M. to cover their tracks.
ref: 2007 January 14, Shivani Vora, “Money Doesn’t Talk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a class of goods between standard and luxury.
Related terms: semiluxurious
streety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːti
Forms: form: more streety
form: most streety
Etymology: From street + -y.
Senses: examples: text: ...more of a streety kind of mixture of martial arts and grappling.
ref: 2003, Frederick S Clarke, Cinefantastique:
text: A group of girls talking in a mix of languages, in a streety English hip-hop and a swoony lyricism spiked with Spanish.
ref: 2005, Lori M Carlson, Oscar Hijuelos, Red hot salsa:
text: The makers of a new DVD called “Mash SF” — full of streety stunts (and painful-looking crashes) in the manner of a skate video but with bikes — were recently recruited to contribute to the influential Japanese style Web site Honeyee.com .
ref: 2007 January 14, Rob Walker, “Biker Chic”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of the street, as a place of unpolished modern culture; streetwise.
dear Lord
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Oh, dear Lord, how I do miss your po' sister! I never hed to ask her to git anything; she done it without askin'. She wor too good to live, she wor!
ref: 1887, Mary Andrews Denison, Cracker Joe:
text: We thought he must have been delayed... we thought... dear Lord, he can't be dead.
ref: 1992, Kat Martin, Gypsy Lord:
glosses: Expressing strong emotion, such as teariness or frustration.
Synonyms: sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
teariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From teary + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being teary.
stubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more stubbled
form: most stubbled
Etymology: From stubble + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The crew assistants ferried coffee to higher-ups, and a stubbled young actor in a brown velvet blazer paced about, wearing an iPod. He had the magazine-ready looks of a soap opera actor, and that is what he was — the co-star of a Greek soap opera that chose this Greek-heavy neighborhood as its actual and on-screen location.
ref: 2007 January 14, Jeff Vandam, “Lights, Camera, Honey Cookies: A Soap Opera, Greek Style”, in New York Times:
glosses: Covered in stubble; stubbly.
stubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From stubble + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stubble
tintable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tint + -able.
Senses: examples: text: John Van Dine, the chief executive of Sage Electrochromics in Faribault, Minn., a manufacturer of electronically tintable glass, said that with dynamic glazing, the heat of the sun never gets into the house in the first place.
ref: 2007 January 14, Jay Romano, “Shades and Windows Think for Themselves”, in New York Times:
glosses: That can be tinted.
uncried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cried.
Senses: examples: text: Uncried tears have a way of filling the well of sadness even more deeply. If you have a half hour of crying to do, don't stop at twenty minutes.
ref: 2005, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving:
glosses: Not cried.
underexamined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underexamined
form: most underexamined
Etymology: From under- + examined.
Senses: examples: text: Wechsberg’s profile is a relative rarity: compared with the chef, who has inspired piles of confessionals and biographies, the great restaurant host is an underexamined creature.
ref: 2007 January 14, Sara Dickerman, “Are You Being Served?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Insufficiently examined; overlooked.
unruined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + ruined.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unruin
unruined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ruined.
Senses: examples: text: The hosts, Susanne Bartsch, who wore a gold minidress, and Kenny Kenny, in a one-legged black body stocking, danced. Mr. Musto, unruined, watched from a couch.
ref: 2007 January 14, Melena Ryzik, “Enough About You”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not ruined; unspoiled or intact.
uptowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uptown
uptowner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uptowners
Etymology: From uptown + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There was a healthy crowd: a mix of what looked like well-heeled uptowners, scruffy Brooklyn bohemians and clean-scrubbed Asian art students.
ref: 2007 January 14, Will Hermes, “Indie Rock’s Patron Saint Inspires a New Flock”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who comes from uptown.
uptowners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uptowner
defectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defective
derdeba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derdebas
Senses: examples: text: In derdeba ceremonies, gnawa music and dancing are often used to drive out evil spirits (when someone is sick or troubled) or to honor beneficial spirits (when someone is exceptionally well).
ref: 2007 January 15, Sia Michel, “Stomping With Sintirs as a Route to Trance”, in New York Times:
glosses: A complex liturgy of the Gnawas, recreating the first sacrifice and the genesis of the universe by the evocation of the seven main manifestations of the divine demiurgic activity.
derdebas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derdeba
truckless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From truck + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a truck.
fezlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fezlike
form: most fezlike
Etymology: From fez + -like.
Senses: examples: text: AbderRahim Hakmoun, dressed in an orange tunic and a bejeweled, fezlike hat, spun its tassel like a helicopter propeller, smacking his bare feet on the stage in a complex pattern.
ref: 2007 January 15, Sia Michel, “Stomping With Sintirs as a Route to Trance”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a fez.
Gnawa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gnawas
form: Gnawa
form: Gnaoua
Etymology: From Arabic غَنَاوَة (ḡanāwa). The name appears to originate from the Saharan Berber dialect word aguinaw (or agenaou) (Arabic أݣناو), meaning black (men), perhaps itself derived from the name of a city significant in the 11th century, in what is now western Mali, called Gana, in Arabic Ghana or Jenna and in Portuguese and later French Guinea or Jenné.
Senses: glosses: Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.
Gnawas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gnawa
hypeman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypemen
Etymology: From hype + man.
Senses: examples: text: What’s engrossing about “I Love New York” is exactly what was engrossing about “Flavor of Love,” the show’s progenitor, which starred Flavor Flav, a reality show veteran and onetime rap hypeman.
ref: 2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hype man.
mummylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mummylike
form: most mummylike
Etymology: From mummy + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I could, however, clearly distinguish that the swathed mummy-like form before me was that of a tall and lovely woman, instinct with beauty in every part, and also with a certain snake-like grace which I had never seen anything to equal before.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: Abby and her boyfriend, Jared (“And Jared was all, ‘Whoa’ ”), even wrap and duct-tape the vampires for daytime transport and are caught by the police loading two mummylike objects into a minivan.
ref: 2007 January 15, Janet Maslin, “The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mummy (embalmed corpse).
nerdism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nerdisms
Etymology: From nerd + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Nerdism in both men and women is held to decrease sexual attractiveness, but in men this is compensated by the relatively masculine values attached to intelligence and computer skills.
ref: 2002, Lori Kendall, Hanging Out in the Virtual Pub, page 87:
text: When the hypothetical Gore nephew look-alike Mr. Boston awkwardly tried to cut in on her conversation with the tough-looking Chance, Mr. Boston seemed to have blown it, especially as he spouted nervous nerdisms like “You need Ritalin” in response to Chance’s practiced baiting.
ref: 2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: The practices or behaviours of nerds; nerdiness.
zitting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈzɪ.tɪŋ/
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: Only used in zitting cisticola.
nerdisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nerdism
outpunch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outpunches
form: outpunching
form: outpunched
form: outpunched
Etymology: From out- + punch.
Senses: examples: text: But Payton, with so many available choices on the N.F.L.’s No. 1 offense, seemed to be trying to outthink the Eagles instead of outpunch them.
ref: 2007 January 15, Jer㉠Longman, “For McAllister, Long Wait to Taste a Playoff Win”, in New York Times:
glosses: To punch harder or better than.
outpunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outpunch
outpunching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outpunch
outpunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outpunch
encodable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From encode + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be encoded.
overwash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overwashes
form: overwashing
form: overwashed
form: overwashed
Etymology: From over- + wash.
Senses: examples: text: Even worse than being caught in daylight is the mortification, by Mr. Moore’s nocturnal lights, of wearing black clothes so overwashed that they start to look gray.
ref: 2007 January 15, Janet Maslin, “The Vampire Wears Flannel, and He Cheats on His Tan”, in New York Times:
glosses: To wash too much or too often.
examples: text: The waves overwashed the stony beach.
glosses: To wash or flood over.
examples: text: A man on one of the beach islands sends his wife and kids to the shelter, remains behind with their dog to finish boarding up the house, then the only road off the island overwashes, and he's cut off.
ref: 1998, Lee Gutkind, A view from the divide, page 104:
glosses: To become flooded.
overwash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overwashes
Etymology: From over- + wash.
Senses: glosses: The flow of water and sediment over the crest of a beach that does not directly return to the water body.
overwashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overwash
overwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overwash
overwashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overwash
redyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redye
redyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Forms: form: redyeings
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent dyeing.
restagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restaging
superfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfriends
Etymology: From super- + friend.
Senses: examples: text: The cumulative message of the series is that these superfriends somehow combine the forces of nature, the machine and the mind of man […]
ref: 1995, Stephen Kline, Out of the garden:
text: They want a superfriend who is able to cure a blue day or a confrontation with someone faster than a speeding bullet.
ref: 2003, Laurie Delgatto, She Said... He Said...:
text: Instead the population of the VH1 shows comes from — or agrees to meet in — a kind of sci-fi universe of superfriends a long way from the American middle class.
ref: 2007 January 15, Virginia Heffernan, “He-Men Strut Stuff to Romance New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: A friend with remarkable abilities or superpowers.
superfriends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfriend
chief financial officer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chief financial officers
Senses: topics: business
synonyms: CFO
financial director
hypernyms: CXO
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glosses: The executive who is in charge of financial affairs, notably as head of a financial department, typically directly under the chief executive officer and/or the board who lead the corporation or other organisation as a whole.
commissaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Dutch commissaris.
Senses: examples: text: He was sitting in a low leather chair, close to the window of the commissaris's office […]
ref: 2003, Janwillem van de Wetering, Death of a Hawker, Soho Press, →ISBN, page 192:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: commissioner
raw_tags: used by Dutch speakers
corpos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corpo
dentes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛnˌtiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of dens
dourada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: douradas
Senses: glosses: gilt-head bream (Sparus aurata)
Synonyms: dorade
orata
cachalotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cachalote
masculinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masculinisations
Etymology: From masculine + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of masculinization.
Derived terms: hypermasculinisation
eudaemonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eudaemonistic
form: most eudaemonistic
form: eudemonistical
form: eudaemonistical
form: eudemonistic
Etymology: From eudaemon + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to eudaemonism.
eczematous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪɡˈzɛmətəs/
Forms: form: more eczematous
form: most eczematous
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to or afflicted with eczema
Derived terms: antieczematous
noneczematous
nonsleepy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-sleepy
Etymology: From non- + sleepy.
Senses: glosses: Not sleepy.
nontyphoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-typhoidal
Etymology: From non- + typhoidal.
Senses: glosses: Not typhoidal.
typhoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔɪdəl
Etymology: From typhoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with typhoid fever
vocalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /voʊˈkeɪ.lɪs/
rhymes: -eɪlɪs
Forms: form: vocales
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vōcālis (“sounding, vocal”), clipping of mūsculus vōcālis (“vocal muscle”). Doublet of vocal and vowel.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A triangular band of muscle that is the medial part of the thyroarytenoid muscle, originates in the lamina of the thyroid cartilage, and inserts into the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; it lies parallel with the vocal ligament to which it is adherent and modulates the tension of the true vocal cords.
nonvariceal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-variceal
Etymology: From non- + variceal.
Senses: glosses: Not variceal.
variceal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From varix + -al, reflecting that English varix came from Latin varix, whose declension involves the varice- pattern.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a varix (or varices)
Derived terms: perivariceal
normotensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more normotensive
form: most normotensive
Etymology: From normo- + tensive.
Senses: glosses: Having normal tension.
examples: text: Abnormal sodium metabolism may be critical in the causation of certain forms of hypertension... These high-risk patients in whom subsequent hypertension may be prevented include normotensive patients with family histories of hypertension...
ref: 1986 January 24, MC Houston, “Sodium and hypertension. A review”, in Archives of Internal Medicine, pages 179–185:
topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having normal blood pressure.
Synonyms: nonhypertensive
Coordinate terms: hypertensive
hypotensive
Derived terms: normotension
normotensive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: normotensives
Etymology: From normo- + tensive.
Senses: glosses: A person who has normal blood pressure.
nortryptyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A tricyclic antidepressant
Related terms: amitryptyline
nosological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nosology + -ical.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to nosology
Derived terms: nosologically
oesophagogastric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: esophagogastric
Etymology: From oesophago- + gastric.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the oesophagus and the stomach.
osteoarthropathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteoarthropathies
Etymology: From osteo- + arthropathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any disease of a joint between bones
Derived terms: hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
overiodisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + iodisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overiodization.
overiodization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + iodization.
Senses: glosses: Excessive iodization
oversedation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversedations
Etymology: From over- + sedation.
Senses: glosses: Excessive sedation
oximetres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oximetre
oximetre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oximetres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oximeter.
Alep
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əˈlɛp/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Alep.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Aleppo.
synonyms: word: Aleppo
paracervical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)vɪkəl
-aɪkəl
Etymology: From para- + cervical.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Adjacent to the cervix
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the paracervix
parametrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + metrial.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the parametrium
parametrium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parametria
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: All the connective tissue of the female pelvic floor.
pathologisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathologisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pathologization.
Derived terms: depathologisation
pathologization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pathologizations
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: overmedicalization
topics: medicine
sciences
hypernyms: medicalization
glosses: The treatment of a health or behaviour condition as if it were a medical condition.
Derived terms: depathologization
Related terms: word: pathologize
word: overdiagnosis
word: underdiagnosis
periaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + aortic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding the aorta
periventricular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From peri- + ventricular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Surrounding a ventricle
Derived terms: periventricularly
pharmacoeconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pharmaco- + economic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pharmacoeconomics.
Derived terms: pharmacoeconomically
pharmacoeconomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pharmaco- + economics.
Senses: topics: economics
medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the economic aspects of pharmaceuticals
Related terms: pharmacoeconomic
pharmacoeconomy
pleuritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleuritic
form: most pleuritic
form: pleuritick
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
Derived terms: antipleuritic
pleuritic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pleuritics
form: pleuritick
Senses: glosses: A person with pleurisy.
postdischarge
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-discharge
Etymology: From post- + discharge.
Senses: antonyms: predischarge
glosses: Occurring after discharge (especially, discharge from a hospital, military service, or other institution).
postdose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + dose.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Occurring after a dose has been administered.
solicitudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solicitude
labanotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌleɪ.bə.nəʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌleɪ.bə.noʊˈteɪ.ʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: labanotations
form: Labanotation
form: labonotation
Etymology: Blend of Laban + notation, since it was derived from the work of Rudolf Laban.
Senses: examples: text: Labanotation uses a set of abstract symbols to define the part of the body
ref: 2008, Dan Saffer, Designing Gestural Interfaces: Touchscreens and Interactive Devices, page 92:
qualifier: choreography
glosses: A system for documenting body movement.
battle fleet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle fleets
Senses: glosses: an operational naval task force consisting of a variety of surface combatants designed to operate as a coordinated unit; subdivided into battle groups
redefinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From redefine + -able.
Senses: examples: text: With a joystick (the keys are awkward and not redefinable) I found that forward is thrust, back is brake and the fire button, while nothing actually gets fired, needs to be pressed to destroy each piece of the mothership […]
ref: 1988, David Powell, Death Or Glory (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 25, January 1988)
glosses: That can be redefined.
redefinability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From redefinable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being redefinable.
vintaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vintage
vintaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vintage