cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Rastafari
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Amharic ራስ (ras, “Duke”, literally “head”) and ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”) from ተፈሪ መኮንን (täfäri mäkonn, “Haile Selassie”, literally “feared (son of) Makonnen”). More at Haile Selassie.
Senses: examples: text: “Are you from Jamaica?” he blurted out. / The Rastafarian stopped and looked at the reporter with soft red eyes. “Who, I? Sí.” / “Are you Rastafari?” Sloman pressed.
ref: 1979, Larry Sloman, “Overture”, in Reefer Madness: The History of Marijuana in America, Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill Company, →ISBN, page 15:
text: All that was behind him, he said, for he had become Rastafari and all he wanted to do was to learn black history and spread love and feelings to everybody.
ref: 1991, David Dabydeen, chapter II, in The Intended, London: Minerva, published 1992, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Ras Sam Brown, for example, explains why he is Rastafari by situating himself as a link between the past and present: […]
ref: 2009, Charles Price, “Encounters”, in Becoming Rasta: Origins of Rastafari Identity in Jamaica, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 145:
glosses: Rastafarian.
pegged pants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Trousers that are cut full in the waist and thigh area, and tapering to a cuff or gather at the ankle.
undictionaried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dictionaried.
Senses: examples: text: As a gloss on this line, Partridge cites the undictionaried proverb 'A standing prick hath no conscience.'
ref: 2011, Randall Martin, Katherine West Scheil, Shakespeare / Adaptation / Modern Drama, page 148:
glosses: Not found in standard dictionaries.
raw_tags: of a word or phrase
liquorices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquorice
fases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fas
woollyback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woollybacks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of woolly back.
Turing test
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turing tests
Etymology: Named after English mathematician, logician, and cryptographer Alan Turing (1912–1954). Turing himself used the term imitation game.
Senses: examples: text: The Turing test used to be the gold standard for proving machine intelligence. This generation of bots is racing past it. We need to stay calm — and develop a new test.
ref: 2023 January 20, Cade Metz, “The Chatbots Can’t Outsmart You. Yet.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
qualifier: artificial intelligence
glosses: A test of a computer's ability to demonstrate intelligence, as measured by whether a human judge can reliably distinguish the computer from another human being by conversing with both entities in written natural language over a terminal.
Derived terms: CAPTCHA
reverse Turing test
Turing tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turing test
cubby hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cubby holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cubbyhole.
I should cocoa
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Rhyming slang, possibly using cocoa drink for think. Another possibility is that it is taken as a rhyme with say so.
Senses: glosses: I should say so; I should concur; I strongly agree (almost always used ironically or sarcastically).
cubby holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cubby hole
blinkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: blinky
Forms: form: blinkies
Etymology: From blink + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: The buddyicon.info Web site offers thousands of AIM buddy icons (28838 by my most recent count), as well as "away" icons and "blinkies" […]
ref: 2007, Lisa Nakamura, Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet:
text: You want people to be able to find your entries; try to keep the extra bling, like distracting scripts and blinkies, to a minimum.
ref: 2007, Joelle Reeder, Katherine Scoleri, The IT Girl's Guide to Blogging with Moxie:
text: Don't animate your visuals to blink ad infinitum. Set a small-file blinkie to turn off after no more than three passes at whatever it is your blinkie does.
ref: 2012, Kim Golombisky, Rebecca Hagen, White Space is Not Your Enemy:
glosses: A small animated graphic for use on a web page, usually taking the form of a picture or phrase with blinking lights around it.
examples: text: These are blinkies. When you walk up to them there is usually a coupon sticking out. Snag the coupon and another one just like it will pop out in a few seconds. Blinkies have a special place in my heart.
ref: 2013, Kasey Knight Trenum, Couponing for the Rest of Us:
topics: business
commerce
retail
glosses: A coupon dispenser with blinking lights to draw the attention of shoppers.
blinkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blinkie
glosses: plural of blinky
jocoserious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒəʊkəʊˈsɪəɹiəs/
Forms: form: more jocoserious
form: most jocoserious
form: joco-serious
Etymology: Blend of jocose + serious.
Senses: examples: text: Our proposed removal to Mr. Small's was, as you suppose, a jest, or rather a joco-serious matter. We never looked upon it as entirely feasible, yet we saw in it something so like practicability, that we did not esteem it altogether unworthy of our attention. It was one of those projects which people of lively imaginations play with, and admire for a few days, and then break in pieces.
ref: 1880, Goldwin Smith, chapter VII, in Cowper:
text: “His genius was jocular; but, when disposed, he could be very serious.” It is a part of his joco-serious vein of late.
ref: 1885, L.G.W., “Review of Current Literature”, in The Unitarian Review and Religious Magazine, volume XXIII:
text: Was the guest conscious of and did he acknowledge these marks of hospitality? His attention was directed to them by his host jocosely, and he accepted them seriously as they drank in jocoserious silence Epps's massproduct, the creature cocoa.
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, Chapter 17:
synonyms: half joking
semiserious
glosses: Simultaneously jocular and serious; mixing mirth with serious matters.
joco-serious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jocoserious.
nuques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nuque
suicided
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of suicide
suicided
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We were living in a suicided city, among people hunted and weary and on the edge of despair, so that for once we could not look to the Chinese for help or draw from them resources ...
ref: 1946, Richard Pertway Dobson, China Cycle, page 150:
text: Children of a suicided parent also show a higher rate of behavioral, emotional, and self-destructive disturbance even into adulthood than those who have lost a parent through other forms of death, according to a review of suicide survivorship literature by Ness and Pfeffer (1990).
ref: 1997, E. Betsy Ross, Life After Suicide: A Ray of Hope for Those Left Behind, →ISBN, page 187:
text: After Drenka dies quite suddenly of cancer, Sabbath begins to spin: going to New York for the funeral of a suicided friend, he takes up residence with his old chum Norman and his wife, Michelle, only to abuse their adult daughter's underwear and photo and to steal illicit images of Michelle along with huge wads of cash.
ref: 2015, Brett Ashley Kaplan, Jewish Anxiety and the Novels of Philip Roth, →ISBN, page 74:
glosses: Having killed oneself or self-destructed.
suiciding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of suicide
friulano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹiːuːˈlænoː/
Forms: form: friulanos
Etymology: From Italian friulano (“Friulian”). In Italian the cheese is called montasio.
Senses: glosses: A cow's-milk cheese with firm pale-yellow flesh and a mild flavour, originating in Friuli, Italy.
glosses: A kind of white wine from Friuli in northeast Italy.
Friuli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Friuli, from Friulian Friûl, from Latin Forum Iūlīi (“forum of Julius”).
Senses: glosses: A region in northeastern Italy, part of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Derived terms: Cervignano del Friuli
Related terms: Friulian
waxing moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waxing moon
waning moons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waning moon
hieromonk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hieromonks
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek ἱερομόναχος (hieromónakhos), from Ancient Greek ἱερός (hierós) + μοναχός (monakhós).
Senses: examples: text: A peculiar and important rank in the Armenian hierarchy, conferred by a sort of ordination rite, is that of vartapet. He is a hieromonk or widowed priest of superior learning and ability, especially authorized to preach and teach.
ref: 1961, Donald Attwater, The Christian Churches of the East, new edition, volume 2 (Churches not in Communion with Rome), Leominster, Herefordshire: Thomas More Books, →OCLC, page 227:
glosses: A monk of the Eastern Church who is also a priest.
Synonyms: hieromonach
priestmonk
snazziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From snazzy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: "We wanted to give the wallpaper some snazziness and motion," says Ha, laughing.
ref: 2007 August 24, Jason Sheftell, “Urban stylists”, in New York Daily News, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:
text: And, for elevated snazziness, the black carbon-fiber-weave case can be customized with wild designs, automotive paints or, for something Apple may never match, it can be chromed.
ref: 2008 June 12, Marty Katz, “Ultrathin Laptop Starts Up Quickly and Comes With a Brand Name That Gamers Love”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:
glosses: Elegance in manner of dress; stylishness; flashiness.
examples: text: There's a painful disparity between the snazziness of TiVo's technology and the decrepitude of its balance sheet.
ref: 2001 June 28, Roben Farzad, “Why Shareholders Give TiVo the HeaveHo”, in SmartMoney.com, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:
glosses: Excellence; cleverness, ingenuity, or adeptness in behavior, operation, or execution.
Synonyms: sense: pizazz, dash, flair
word: elegance in manner of dress
sense: pizazz, dash, flair
word: stylishness
sense: pizazz, dash, flair
word: flashiness
Related terms: snazzily
snazztastic
snazz up
snazzy
pizazzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪˈzæzi/
rhymes: -æzi
Forms: form: pizazzier
form: more pizazzy
form: pizazziest
form: most pizazzy
form: pizzazzy
Etymology: From pizazz + -y.
Senses: examples: text: To make the cereal brand seem sexier and more exciting, the campaign renamed the dull old shredded wheat squares as punchy, pizazzy "New Diamond Shreddies."
ref: 2008 May 26, Barbara Lippert, “You Call That Groundbreaking?”, in Adweek, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:
synonyms: word: flashy
word: zesty
word: snazzy
word: bedizened
word: blatant
word: blingish
word: brash
word: catchpenny
word: chichi
word: chintzy
word: crass
word: crude
word: flashy
word: flaunting
word: florid
word: flossy
word: froufrou
word: garish
word: gauche
word: gaudy
word: gay
word: glaring
word: gross
word: gussied up
word: hideous
word: kitschy
word: loud
word: meretricious
word: obtrusive
word: ostentatious
word: pizazzy
word: pretentious
word: ritzy
word: raffish
word: showy
word: snazzy
word: splendiferous
word: tacky
word: tasteless
word: tawdry
word: tinselly
word: too much
word: unbecoming
word: untasteful
word: vain
word: whorish
word: zesty
word: a la mode/à la mode
word: all the rage
word: chic
word: cool
word: dapper
word: done
word: elegant
word: fashionable
word: groovy
word: happening
word: hep
word: hip
word: in
word: in fashion
word: jaunty
word: modish
word: natty
word: on fleek
word: on trend
word: pizazzy
word: spiffing
word: spiffy
word: styleworthy
word: stylish
word: smart
word: snazzy
word: tasteful
word: tippy
word: trendy
word: voguish
word: up-to-the-minute
word: with-it
word: zhoosh
glosses: Of, characterized by, or exhibiting pizazz.
pizzazzy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pizzazzier
form: more pizzazzy
form: pizzazziest
form: most pizzazzy
Etymology: From pizzazz + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pizazzy.
CAPTCHAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CAPTCHA
pazazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Who says a beer can't be exciting, folks. Let me tell you something, folks, this here little can has got more oomph! More pazazz! More body than Mae West any day!
ref: 1979, Jill Williams, Rainbow Jones, Denver, Colo.: Pioneer Drama Service, →OCLC, act I, scene iii, page 17:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pizzazz.
pazzazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pizzazz.
pzazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: With his miner's helmet in one hand, a white towel in the other, [Mario] Sepúlveda began to dance. He spun with the gusto and pzazz of a huaso, a Chilean cowboy.
ref: 2011, Jonathan Franklin, “TV Reality”, in The 33: The Ultimate Account of the Chilean Miners’ Dramatic Rescue, London: Bantam Press, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pizzazz.
King Charles spaniels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of King Charles spaniel
red-tailed hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-tailed hawks
Senses: glosses: Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.
Synonyms: chickenhawk
Cooper's hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cooper's hawks
Etymology: Named after William Cooper.
Senses: examples: text: However, there are certain species of hawks which are to be feared; these are the Cooper's hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk, the first being very destructive to poultry and the latter killing many wild birds.
ref: 1911, Anna Botsford Comstock, Handbook of Nature Study, 24th edition, published 1939, page 105:
glosses: Astur cooperii, a medium-sized hawk found from Canada to northern Mexico.
Synonyms: chickenhawk
undecidably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From undecidable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Firstly, it is a fact of academic observation, as I mentioned earlier, that the descriptions which linguists provide for utterances are disputable, and disputed, what one might call undecidably so.
ref: 1974, Foundations of Language, volume 11, page 92:
text: It is to be read as just a blurry clew of lines and patches within the rhizome, that is, within again a blurry clew of lines and patches to and from which it (dis)connects incessantly, though undecidably.
ref: 2000, Ronnie Lippens, “Labyrinthine constitutions”, in Chaohybrids: Five Uneasy Peaces, page 129:
text: The child goes out to meet that cultural production and undecidably—this is a space of sheer play—undecidably finds or produces meaning in the sound memes given by his or her parents.
ref: 2015, Laura Mandell, Breaking the Book: Print Humanities in the Digital Age:
glosses: In an undecidable manner.
hieromonks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hieromonk
sand box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sand boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sandbox.
sand boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand box
radiative transfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiative transfers
Senses: glosses: The transfer of radiation (energy) leaving one object and being absorbed by another.
sunglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sun + glass, as a back-formation when referring to sunglasses.
Senses: examples: text: a sunglass holder
text: They trekked through Europe, discovering designers like Melinda Gloss and the Italian sunglass manufacturer LGR, with whom they secured exclusive United States representation.
ref: 2009 January 8, Mike Albo, “Of-the-Moment, Yet So Five Months Ago”, in New York Times:
glosses: Attributive form of sunglasses, used chiefly in phrases.
sunglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunglasses
Etymology: From sun + glass, as a back-formation when referring to sunglasses.
Senses: examples: text: Lighting a cigar with a sunglass
ref: 1837 March 6, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “(please specify the chapter or story)”, in Twice-Told Tales, Boston, Mass.: American Stationers Co.; John B. Russell, →OCLC:
glosses: A convex lens of glass for producing heat by converging the sun's rays into a focus.
ultraelegant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraelegant
form: most ultraelegant
Etymology: From ultra- + elegant.
Senses: examples: text: Balanchine's production gives us images and steps that would never have occurred in 1774, and yet on one level "Chaconne" is a distillation of the French Baroque spirit in all its ultraelegant subtlety.
ref: 2009 January 8, Alastair Macaulay, “The Twirling Kaleidoscope That Is Balanchine”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely elegant
undercounted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undercount
undercount
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undercounts
form: undercounting
form: undercounted
form: undercounted
Etymology: From under- + count.
Senses: examples: text: But minority stations have claimed that they are undercounted in the new system, in part because Arbitron has struggled to include representative numbers of young and minority listeners in its sample.
ref: 2009 January 8, Brian Stelter, “Arbitron Settles Lawsuit Alleging Bias in Radio Ratings System”, in New York Times:
glosses: To count to an insufficient degree; to count one thing disproportionately less than another
Related terms: overcount
undercount
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: undercounts
Etymology: From under- + count.
Senses: examples: text: And that, Lady Darvish thought, was almost certainly an undercount.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 209:
glosses: An incorrect count that is too low.
undercounts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undercount
undercounts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undercount
undercounting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undercount
unpushed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + pushed.
Senses: examples: text: Some were worth it, but many buttons remained unpushed after the first eager unwrapping.
ref: 2009 January 8, Saul Hansell, “Making Connections, Gadget to Gadget”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been pushed.
unpushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpush
unkemptitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unkempt + -itude.
Senses: examples: text: Frank Hobson (who at home wore his hair with a part of surgical precision and had his trousers pressed daily with a damp cloth) found something liberating in his unkemptitude.
ref: 1999, Robyn Annear, Nothing But Gold: The Diggers of 1852:
text: It's almost as if my parents knew the age of unkemptitude was en route, and wanted to see as much of my skull as possible before it disappeared […]
ref: 1998 July 12, James Lileks, “Does an X mark your mosquito-bite spot?”, in Star-Tribune, Minneapolis, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2016:
text: Jason Lee's facial hair styling in "My Name Is Earl" may be on the extreme side, but it conveys the idea that unkemptitude is key.
ref: 2009 January 8, David Colman, “Splitting Hairs”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or state of being unkempt.
Synonyms: messiness
phonogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more phonogenic
form: most phonogenic
Etymology: From phono- + -genic.
Senses: examples: text: Artur Rodzinski was a phonogenic conductor. He enjoyed making records, and this unquestionably was one of the reasons he made so many fine ones.
ref: 1959, Records in Review: 1959, page 260:
glosses: Suited to audio recording, particularly to being on a phonograph record
raw_tags: of a musical artist or sound
snazz up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snazzes up
form: snazzing up
form: snazzed up
form: snazzed up
Etymology: Probably a back-formation from snazzy.
Senses: examples: text: He worked with me from the very beginning to tighten and brighten my writing, snazz up my layouts.
ref: 1983, Donna Hagemann, edited by Judith Clabes, New Guardians of the Press: Selected Profiles of America's Women Newspaper Editors, →ISBN, page 88:
text: And wouldn't it snazz up the entrance to have a stained-glass window replace the clear one over the front door?
ref: 2003, Nora Roberts, Key of Light, →ISBN, page 186:
text: The Great White Way has in recent years increasingly banked on resurrections of Golden Oldie musicals and dramas from earlier decades, snazzed up with cinematic stars as box-office bait.
ref: 2003 June 1, Misha Berson, “On Broadway, old wine in snazzy new bottles”, in Seattle Times, retrieved 08 Jan 2009:
glosses: To improve appearance or appeal by increasing stylishness or functionality, or by adding other attractive features.
Synonyms: enhance
jazz up
Related terms: snazzily
snazziness
snazztastic
snazzy
Fraktur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frakturs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of fraktur.
unintelligibleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unintelligible + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The extent to which something is unintelligible; the difficulty of understanding something.
unroadworthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unroadworthy
form: most unroadworthy
Etymology: From un- + roadworthy.
Senses: examples: text: When an unroadworthy vehicle causes an accident, it opens up a complex legal situation.
ref: 2023 August 23, “The Dangers of Unroadworthy Automobiles and the Legal Implications”, in Robert J. DeBry:
topics: automotive
road
transport
vehicles
coordinate_terms: roadworthy
glosses: Describing a vehicle which is not safe for use on the road.
sonorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sonority
ratcatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ratcatchers
form: rat-catcher
Etymology: From rat + catcher.
Senses: glosses: One who catches rats; particularly one who does so professionally.
glosses: An insult, not widely used nowadays but made popular by William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet.
ratcatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratcatcher
riposting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of riposte
riposted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of riposte
frontbencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontbenchers
form: front bencher
form: front-bencher
Etymology: From front bench + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.
ref: 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
text: Cleverly did not directly respond to the claim from the Labour frontbencher when he later answered her questions.
ref: 2023 November 15, Rajeev Syal, Peter Walker, Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn, “Rishi Sunak to bring in emergency law after supreme court’s Rwanda ruling”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A Member of Parliament who sits on the front bench, and is typically part of the cabinet.
Coordinate terms: backbencher
frontbenchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frontbencher
overadjusted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overadjusted
form: most overadjusted
Etymology: From over- + adjusted.
Senses: glosses: Having been adjusted too much.
glosses: Too happy with their position in life.
raw_tags: of a person
Related terms: overadjustment
soundpainting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sound + painting.
Senses: glosses: A visual impression produced using sound alone.
glosses: A language of hand and body gestures whereby a conductor/composer can communicate with musicians dancers, actors, visual artists to create a real-time composition in performance.
Related terms: wordpainting
snuff movie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snuff movies
Senses: glosses: Synonym of snuff film.
synonyms: word: snuff film
quadratic functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadratic function
times out of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time out of mind
times out of mind
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of time out of mind.
bales out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bale out
baling out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bale out
baled out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bale out
neoplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoplasia
apotheosizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of apotheosize
apotheosizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of apotheosize
apotheosized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apotheosize
bottleflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bottlefly
beautyberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beautyberries
Etymology: From beauty + berry.
Senses: glosses: A genus of shrubs, Callicarpa, which produce berries.
glosses: The lustrous purple edible berry produced by this shrub.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Callicarpa americana
word: American beautyberry
taxonomic: Callicarpa bodinieri
word: Bodinier's beautyberry
taxonomic: Callicarpa japonica
word: Japanese beautyberry
taxonomic: Callicarpa dichotoma
word: purple beautyberry
beautyberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beautyberry
dandyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dandyish
form: most dandyish
Etymology: From dandy + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The latter was a stranger to him but in the darkness, by the aid of the glowing cigarette tips, he could make out a pale dandyish face over which a smile was travelling slowly, a tall overcoated figure and a hard hat.
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 83:
text: His clothes were sombre, clean but not immaculate, pressed, but yesterday perhaps not today. In short, neither slovenly nor dandyish.
ref: 2002, Julian Rathbone, A Very English Agent, London: Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 80:
text: As he crossed the drawing room he acknowledged himself with a flattered smile in a mirror. He was wearing a wing collar, and something dandyish in him, some memory of the licence and discipline of being in a play, lifted his mood.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: dandiacal
word: foppish
word: beauish
word: buckish
word: coxcombical
word: dandiacal
word: dandified
word: dandy
word: dandyish
word: dandyistic
word: dudish
word: foppish
word: foppy
word: Jemmy-Jessamy
word: lily-handed
word: macaronic
word: swellish
word: Woosterian
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling the style of a dandy.
Derived terms: dandyishly
dandyishness
debunker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbʌŋkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /diːˈbʊŋkə/
Forms: form: debunkers
Etymology: From debunk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Interest Rate Observer, and a debunker of U.S. stocks since the Dow was at 2,000, has appeared on Rukeyser's TV show, where he gets bear-baited: "World's going to hell again, eh, Jim?"
ref: 2000, John Rothchild, The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets, page 19:
text: Still, something strange was afoot in Rendlesham, and even if the file is unlikely to satisfy either ufologists or debunkers, it suggests that the truth is still out there.
ref: 2002 December 8, Scott Veale, “Word for Word/The Rendlesham File; Let There Be Lights: Britons Get One Less Thing to Worry About”, in The New York Times:
text: Philip J. Klass belonged to the small and somewhat peculiar class of individuals known as debunkers.
ref: 2005 December 25, Michael Sokolove, “The Debunker”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Someone who debunks.
Derived terms: Google debunker
debunkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debunker
hipsterdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hipster + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a hipster.
massager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: massagers
Etymology: From massage + -er.
Senses: glosses: An instrument or device designed to massage the body.
glosses: A masseur or masseuse.
Synonyms: massotherapist
massagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of massager
overgroom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overgrooms
form: overgrooming
form: overgroomed
form: overgroomed
Etymology: From over- + groom.
Senses: glosses: To groom excessively.
overgrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overgroom
overgrooming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overgroom
overgroomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overgroom
retile
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retiles
form: retiling
form: retiled
form: retiled
Etymology: From re- + tile.
Senses: examples: text: They will have gardens with fountains and fish ponds and wisteria vines as thick as trees that the previous owner has braided like hair. Pony will paint all their furniture pale yellow and pale green and rose with flowers and fruit designs and retile their kitchens with bits of broken china.
ref: 1996, Francesca Lia Block, Pixie and Pony:
glosses: To tile again; to replace with new tiles
retiles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retile
retiling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retile
retiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retile
procedurally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /prəˈsiː.d͡ʒər.ə.li/
Etymology: From procedural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Supreme Court of Georgia held petitioner's equal protection claim procedurally barred as untimely under Georgia law, and we are now called upon to review the adequacy of the State's procedural rule to bar consideration of the constitutional issue raised. We reverse.
ref: 1991, David Hackett Souter, Ford v. Georgia: Opinion of the Court:
topics: manner
glosses: According to a procedure; following a procedure.
examples: Near-synonyms: methodically, systematically, technically, techniquewise; see also Thesaurus:methodically
2010, Kostadin Kratchanov, et al., Non-procedural Implementation of Local Heuristic Search in Control Network Programming, conference paper in Rossitza Setchi et al. (editors) Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, 14th International Conference, KES 2010, Proceedings, Part II, Springer, LNAI 6277,
What actually happens is that the CNP programmer uses the tools for dynamic control to achieve, without procedurally specifying any algorithm, a behavior of the standard interpreter that corresponds to the desired heuristic or other more advanced search strategy.
topics: manner
glosses: In a manner that is concerned with procedure.
topics: manner
glosses: Following a computer algorithm, often in a randomized way.
raw_tags: with generated
Related terms: procedural
multireedists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multireedist
goateed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: goatee'd
Etymology: From goatee + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Still, he believed deeply in the sixty-three-year-old goateed vegetarian and knew that with the program of careful diet, bodybuilding, swimming, and running up eight-story sand dunes, he would not be where he was now.
ref: 2008, David Maraniss, chapter 15, in Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World, →ISBN, page 296:
glosses: Having a goatee.
Synonyms: begoateed
unchartered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + chartered.
Senses: examples: unchartered banks
glosses: Not chartered; not supplied with a charter.
wiled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: wild
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wile
whooshes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whoosh
whooshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whoosh
upbringings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌpˌbrɪŋɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of upbringing
sectored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sector + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Divided into sectors.
Derived terms: hard-sectored
soft-sectored
windfarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windfarms
Senses: examples: text: Rob Schofield, proprietor of Nundle's only pub, […] feels that the windfarm could bring a much-needed boost to the town, which lost jobs after the amalgamation of Nundle Shire Council with Tamworth Regional Council.
ref: 2021 October 23, Tom Plevey, “Reaping the wind turbines: The little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2021:
text: Local opponents of the windfarm, which is the subject of several legal challenges aimed at halting construction, argue supporters have understated the project’s impact on an already fragile ecosystem and called for wind power to be placed outside of woods.
ref: 2025 May 9, Ajit Niranjan, “Plan for windfarm in German ‘fairytale forest’ stokes green energy culture war”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of wind farm.
windfarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windfarm
underprepared
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underprepared
form: most underprepared
Etymology: From under- + prepared.
Senses: glosses: Not adequately prepared.
riffy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: riffier
form: riffiest
Etymology: From riff + -y.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Characterized by a lot of guitar riffs.
riffier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of riffy: more riffy
riffiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of riffy: most riffy
zoot-suiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoot-suiters
Etymology: From zoot suit + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone wearing a zoot suit.
glosses: Someone involved in the Zoot Suit Riots.
beachgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachgoers
Etymology: From beach + goer.
Senses: glosses: Someone who goes to the beach.
beachgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachgoer
Atacama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Atacama Desert, a long desert in Chile, and the driest desert on Earth according to various sources.
glosses: A region of northern Chile.
Derived terms: Atacaman
atacamite
Atacaman
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Atacama + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Atacama.
Atacaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Atacamans
Etymology: From Atacama + -an.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Atacama.
Atacamans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Atacaman
Great Basin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large arid area of the western United States of America.
morada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moradas
Etymology: From Spanish morada.
Senses: glosses: a religious meeting hall associated with the Penitente Brotherhood of New Mexico
bayanihan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tagalog bayanihan.
Senses: glosses: Mutual cooperation for the public good.
dauer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dauers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dauer (“duration”).
Senses: examples: text: When Caenorhabditis elegans larvae enter dauer they arrest feeding but remain active and motile, yet become stress-resistant, extremely long-lived and non-ageing.
ref: 2008 December 3, Patrick Narbonne, Richard Roy, “Caenorhabditis elegans dauers need LKB1/AMPK to ration lipid reserves and ensure long-term survival”, in Nature:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
nematology
zoology
glosses: A developmental stage of certain nematode larvae in which they exhibit increased durability.
Derived terms: dauerlarva
postdauer
predauer
Related terms: dauermodification
dauerschlaf
dauers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dauer
common goldeneye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: common goldeneyes
Senses: glosses: A medium sized sea duck, Bucephala clangula.
pur et dur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the French pur et dur (“hard-line”, literally “pure and hard”).
Senses: examples: text: Among separatists, Parizeau was known as pur et dur, hard-line and uncompromising.
ref: 2011, Robert Bothwell, Canada and Quebec: One Country, Two Histories: Revised Edition, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 256:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Being a hardliner of the Quebec independence movement.
Coordinate terms: pur laine
Related terms: Québécois
whistling marmot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whistling marmots
Senses: glosses: A hoary marmot (Marmota caligata).
Yvettes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yvette
TSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TSRs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of terminate and stay resident: a type of DOS program that can continue to run all the time, once it is loaded, even while other programs are running.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Initialism of temporary speed restriction.
examples: text: As it happens, Scout24's TSR for the last 3 years was 105%, which exceeds the share price return mentioned earlier. This is largely a result of its dividend payments!
ref: 2025 August 28, “Investing in Scout24 (ETR:G24) three years ago would have delivered you a 105% gain”, in Yahoo Finance:
topics: business
finance
stock-market
glosses: Initialism of total shareholder return.
Related terms: multitasking
non-doing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + doing.
Senses: glosses: A lack of effort or activity.
OSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of OS
routier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: routiers
Etymology: From French routier, from Old French route (“company”); compare highwayman.
Senses: glosses: A French brigand of the 14th century.
glosses: Any brigand or armed robber.
early on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Of British origin.
Senses: examples: text: You can also have her get up if necessary — especially when it is still early on — to try and see in what position the throes are the most effective, ...
ref: 2005, Justina Siegemund with Lynne Tatlock, The Court Midwife, page 89:
glosses: Early in a process.
early on
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Of British origin.
Senses: examples: text: Those who got rich were those who joined the company very early on and took some of their pay in stock.
glosses: At an early stage.
bufflehead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfəlhɛd/
Forms: form: buffleheads
Etymology: Compound of buffle (“buffalo”) + head, so called for its large head.
Senses: synonyms: butterbox
woolhead
glosses: A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala albeola.
examples: text: What makes you stare so, bufflehead?
ref: 1694, unknown translation, Plautus
glosses: One who has a large head; a heavy, stupid fellow.
Barrow's goldeneye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Barrow's goldeneyes
Etymology: Named after Sir John Barrow.
Senses: glosses: A duck in the goldeneye genus, Bucephala islandica
dually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuːəli/
ipa: [ˈdʒuː(ə)li]
ipa: /ˈdu.əli/
Etymology: From dual + -ly (forming adverbs from adjectives).
Senses: glosses: In a dual manner; doubly
dually
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuːəli/
ipa: [ˈdʒuː(ə)li]
ipa: /ˈdu.əli/
Forms: form: duallies
form: duallie
form: dualie
form: dualy
Etymology: From dual + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Whatever you do, don't buy a dually. A dually is a big, diesel truck with four wheels in the back that costs three figures to fill up.
ref: 2011, Michael Levatino, Audrey Levatino, The Joy of Hobby Farming, page 34:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A pickup truck with four wheels on the rear axle.
whooper swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhuːpə(ɹ)swɒn/
Forms: form: whooper swans
Senses: examples: text: The thought of life with him filled her with exultation. She could leap up, like the whooper swan, spread her silver wings, and shout her song of rapture and of defiance, like a trumpet.
ref: 1880, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter 7, in Mehalah: A Story of the Salt Marshes, London: Smith, Elder & Co., published 1884, page 103:
text: By mid-morning they are back with huge catches: birds with their necks twisted, slung from poles row upon row by their feet, or crammed alive into wooden cages, screaming with outrage, trampling each other, with sometimes a great silent whooper swan crouched in their midst.
ref: 1980, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Waiting for the Barbarians, London: Secker & Warburg, pages 78–79:
glosses: A species of swan, Cygnus cygnus, of the taxonomic family Anatidae.
homomeric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homomer + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a homomer.
paracaspase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paracaspases
Etymology: From para- + caspase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of caspases found in animals and slime moulds
Related terms: metacaspase
phototransducing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + transducing.
Senses: glosses: That exhibits phototransduction.
pyrrolysyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyrrolysine + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent radical derived from pyrrolysine
myrmecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myrmecological
form: most myrmecological
Etymology: From myrmecology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to myrmecology
black-necked swan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black-necked swans
Senses: glosses: The only South American species of swan, Cygnus melancoryphus.
tundra swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tundra swan
whooper swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whooper swan
trumpeter swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpeter swan
mute swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mute swan
black-necked swans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black-necked swan
shovel-ready
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shovel-ready
form: most shovel-ready
form: shovel ready
Etymology: First used by Barack Obama during an interview with Meet the Press on 6 December 2008.
Senses: examples: text: LCDC officials emphasize that the need for shovel-ready industrial sites in this case outweighs the goal of preserving prime farmland.
ref: 2003, Urban Land Institute, Urban Land, volume 62, numbers 7-12, page 44:
text: With an eye to the imminent federal budget, Toronto business and civic leaders are set today to name $4.8-billion in "shovel-ready" projects that would stimulate the flagging local economy.
ref: 2009 January 15, Jennifer Lewington, “Battle brews over ‘shovel ready’ projects”, in The Globe and Mail, Toronto, page A12:
text: He wants the money injected into major infrastructure schemes and claims there are "several shovel-ready schemes just awaiting funding".
ref: 2020 May 20, “Network News: Mayor urges funding advance”, in Rail, page 13:
qualifier: Of a building project
glosses: ready for immediate commencement of excavation and construction.
glosses: Describing a project which is a candidate for economic stimulus spending, the one having a more immediate impact on the economy as opposed to the project requiring a great deal of time that must elapse for architecture, zoning, legal considerations or other factors before labor can be deployed on it.
præpositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præposition
winding cloths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of winding cloth
bluewater
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: blue-water
form: blue water
Etymology: From blue + water, from the blue of deep oceanic waters.
Senses: examples: text: Almost every maritime country has some kind of bluewater navy.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Oceangoing, capable of travelling in rough seas.
Coordinate terms: brown water
brown-water
brownwater
green water
green-water
greenwater
musetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian musetto.
Senses: glosses: A kind of Friulian sausage made from pigs' snouts.
naturalista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naturalistas
Etymology: From natural + -ista. Compare natural (“hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated”). Piecewise doublet of naturalist.
Senses: glosses: A person with Afro-textured hair who embraces their natural hairstyle; a follower of the natural hair movement.
reses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of res
reses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of res
maimings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiming
intransitable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more intransitable
form: most intransitable
Etymology: From in- + transitable.
Senses: glosses: Not transitable; impassable.
previsible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more previsible
form: most previsible
Senses: antonyms: imprevisible
unforeseeable
glosses: foreseeable
rattle trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattle traps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rattletrap.
cortados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cortado