cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
cartoonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cartoonlike
form: most cartoonlike
Etymology: From cartoon + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Armistead Maupin's novels reflect more awareness of, and affection for, the texture of real life than As If After Sex. Maupin's characters may get into cartoonlike adventures, but they are real people. Torchia's characters do drearily familiar things, but they are ghosts.
ref: 1984 December 29, Duncan Mitchel, “The Cult of Gay Machismo”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 14:
text: The gangsters use "dese and dose" accents, the props are cartoonlike (dollar bills the size of legal paper and cardboard cutout guns), and the acting style is distinguished by histrionic poses.
ref: 1988 July 1, Tom Boeker, “Little Caesar”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Resembling a cartoon
Synonyms: cartoonish
developable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more developable
form: most developable
Etymology: From develop + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A single hectare, or almost 2.5 acres, of developable land along the coast can easily cost $500,000.
ref: 2007 March 23, Kevin Brass, “In the Yucatán Jungle, an Eco-Hideaway Sells Another Side of Mexico”, in New York Times:
glosses: Suitable for development, often specifically for construction
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Which can be developed into a visible image.
raw_tags: of a latent image
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Described by a moving right line, and such that consecutive positions of the generator intersect each other, allowing the surface to be developed into a plane.
raw_tags: of a surface
Derived terms: developable surface
nondevelopable
undevelopable
developable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: developables
Etymology: From develop + -able.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A developable surface.
predraft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-draft
Etymology: From pre- + draft.
Senses: examples: text: Magid, who represents several professional football players, lobbied for Thomas to be included in a predraft all-star game called Texas vs. The Nation.
ref: 2007 April 25, Lee Jenkins, “For N.F.L. Draft, the Biggest (XXXXXXL) Sleeper”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for a draft.
predraft
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: predrafts
form: predrafting
form: predrafted
form: predrafted
form: pre-draft
Etymology: From pre- + draft.
Senses: examples: text: Most cotton is sold as top, requiring only predrafting prior to spinning.
ref: 2014, W. J. Johnson, Yarn Works: How to Spin, Dye, and Knit Your Own Yarn, page 32:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To pull fibers slightly out of the top or roving prior to spinning.
examples: text: […] when predrafting the Berlin foreign minister's statement […]
ref: 2015, I. William Zartman, Arab Spring: Negotiating in the Shadow of the Intifadat, page 356:
glosses: To prepare to write the draft of a document, by means of research, discussion, etc.
noncarbonated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + carbonated.
Senses: examples: text: They rejected his call to require a deposit on cans and bottles of noncarbonated drinks.
ref: 2007 April 1, Michael Cooper, “Despite Spitzer’s Election Mandate, First Budget Proves a Humbling One”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not carbonated; lacking carbonation
Synonyms: uncarbonated
noneffervescent
midtempo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-tempo
Etymology: From mid- + tempo.
Senses: examples: text: This wry, midtempo track is familiar yet highly personal.
ref: 2009 January 31, John Sakamoto, “The Anti-Hit List”, in Toronto Star:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: At a medium tempo, neither fast nor slow.
midtempo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midtempos
form: mid-tempo
Etymology: From mid- + tempo.
Senses: examples: text: Tinged with punk rock guitar blare often slowed down to midtempos, Death Cab appealed to the insular yet viral emo scene, as well as the broader indie-rock world.
ref: 2008 May 18, R J Smith, “Death Cab Is Up for the Long Haul”, in New York Times:
glosses: A medium tempo.
Coordinate terms: downtempo
uptempo
Derived terms: midtempo bass
kafirin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kafirins
Etymology: From kafir + -in, in reference to kaffir corn.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of storage proteins found in sorghum.
flyout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ.aʊt/
Forms: form: flyouts
Etymology: From fly + out.
Senses: examples: text: Sosa got Clark to chase a changeup, then retired Stephen Drew on a flyout to the right-field fence.
ref: 2007 May 6, Ben Shpigel, “Mets’ Gamble on Sosa Pays Off for One Night”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of fly out.
examples: text: You can also insert some commands from the various palette flyouts.
ref: 2000, Ken Milburn, Photoshop 5.5: get professional results:
text: If a tool has a flyout, you'll see a small triangle in the lower-right corner of the tool.
ref: 2006, George Omura, Mastering AutoCAD 2007 and AutoCAD LT 2007:
text: The submenu flyouts are controlled by JavaScript.
ref: 2007, David Powers, The Essential Guide to Dreamweaver CS3 with CSS, Ajax, and PHP:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A popup menu that branches off some other visual element.
flyouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyout
semantical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more semantical
form: most semantical
Etymology: Apparently from French sémantique + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Others have found it too difficult to give up on semantical theory of mind and have in consequence tried to construct internalistic semantics for mental representations (Fodor 1987 ; Jacob 1997 ) (the term “narrow content” was coined for referring to exactly such internalistically individuated mental representations).
ref: 2008 March 14, Tuomas K. Pernu, “Is knowledge a natural kind?”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: Pertaining to or resembling semantics
Synonyms: semantic
fly outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fly out
ponytailed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pony-tailed
Etymology: From ponytail + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: As he did so a couple walked in the door and mounted the platform: a young woman with a long dress and a snow white wig, and a ponytailed young man wearing a colonial soldier's cape and sword.
ref: 1988 December 9, Peter Friederici, “Rockwell on a Plate”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Gregarious, suntanned and ponytailed — as if he had just come in from the beach.
ref: 1988 December 25, G. Steven Rose, “A Brave And Charming Diplomat”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 24, page 16:
glosses: Having a ponytail.
ponytailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pony-tailed
Etymology: From ponytail + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ponytail
oppositional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oppositional
form: most oppositional
Etymology: From opposition + -al.
Senses: examples: text: And he has brought to oppositional politics the same energy and aggression that characterized his chess, attacking Mr. Putin and the Kremlin — or the regime, as he repeatedly calls it — with language rarely spoken so bluntly in Russia.
ref: 2007 March 10, Steven Lee Myers, “Kasparov, Building Opposition to Putin”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting opposition.
Derived terms: counteroppositional
nonoppositional
oppositional defiant disorder
oppositionalism
oppositionality
oppositionally
lactophenol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lacto- + phenol.
Senses: glosses: A solution of phenol and lactic acid in glycerol and water. It is a component of the biological stain lactophenol cotton blue.
E-meter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: E-meters
Etymology: Short for electropsychometer, a device that can detect charge in the brain.
Senses: topics: Scientology
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An electronic device used in auditing in an attempt to diagnose whether a subject has been relieved from spiritual impediment of his or her sins or charged memories (engrams).
latrophilin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: latrophilins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of secretins having the ability to bind latrotoxin.
latrotoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæt.ɹəˌtɒk.sɪn/
ipa: /ˌlæt.ɹəˈtɑk.sɪn/
Forms: form: latrotoxins
Etymology: Blend of Latrodectus and toxin.
Senses: examples: text: The black widow spider injects a neurotoxin called α-latrotoxin in its venom, which causes the release of acetylcholine and catecholamines at the neuromuscular junction.
ref: 2007, Melissa A. Bogle, “5: Bites and Stings”, in Kenneth A. Arndt, Jeffrey T. S. Hsu, editors, Manual of Dermatologic Therapeutics, page 37:
text: At present, seven different latrotoxins have been isolated from the venom of L. tredecimguttatus.
ref: 2011, Graham M. Nicholson, “Chapter 54: Spider Venom Peptides”, in Abba J. Kastin, editor, Handbook of Biologically Active Peptides, page 377:
text: These toxins are produced by black or brown widow spiders from the genus Latrodectus and are directed predominantly against vertebrates (α-LTX), although five homologous insect-specific latrotoxins and one crustacean-specific latrotoxin coexist in the venom of Latrodectus mactans tredecimguttans.
ref: 2011, Juan M. Pascual, “44: Disorders of Muscle Excitability”, in Scott Brady, George Siegel, R. Wayne Albers, Donald Price, editors, Basic Neurochemistry, page 797:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of neurotoxins found in the venom of spiders of the genus Latrodectus.
Derived terms: α-latrotoxin
alpha-latrotoxin
Related terms: latroinsectotoxin
latrodectism
leaflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more leaflike
form: most leaflike
form: leaf-like
Etymology: From leaf + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the form or other qualities of a leaf.
Synonyms: foliaceous
lensed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lens + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having a (specified form of) lens
Derived terms: unlensed
lensed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From lens + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lens
internalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: internalisms
Etymology: From internal + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In fleshing out the relations of perceptual justification and perceptual content attribution, both contenders thus grant epistemic internalism.
ref: 2008 August 30, Josefa Toribio, “State Versus Content: The Unfair Trial of Perceptual Nonconceptualism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: The doctrine that a particular mental phenomenon, such as motivation or justification, has an internal rather than external basis
Related terms: internalist
externalism
lbw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lbws
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of LBW.
overfished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: More recently, researchers have reported that cod, overfished for decades off New England and the Canadian Maritime Provinces, have begun reproducing at younger ages and smaller sizes.
ref: 2009 February 10, Cornelia Dean, “Seeing the Risks of Humanity’s Hand in Species Evolution”, in New York Times:
glosses: simple past and past participle of overfish
overfished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overfished
form: most overfished
Senses: examples: text: The Gulf of Thailand became more overfished than ever, causing acrimonious conflicts between domestic artisanal and large-scale fishers.
ref: 1987, William F. Royce, Fishery Development, page 99:
text: It is the most overfished of any hole that I know, this Nine Mile Hole.
ref: 2000, Howard Back, Waters of Yellowstone with Rod and Fly, page 64:
glosses: Fished to the point of sustained reduction of fish species population.
poufs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pouf
letrozole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛ.tɹəˌzoʊl/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -rozole (“imidazole-triazole derivative”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor C₁₇H₁₁N₅ (trademark Femara) that is administered orally to treat breast cancer in postmenopausal women.
leukaemogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /luːˌkiːmoʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪsɪs/
Forms: form: leucaemogenesis
form: leukemogenesis
Etymology: From leukaemia + -genesis.
Senses: glosses: The development of leukaemia
leukoencephalopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leukoencephalopathies
form: leucoencephalopathy
Etymology: From leuko- + encephalo- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any disease that effects the white matter of the brain
Derived terms: progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Related terms: leukodystrophy
lexicostatistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lexico- + statistical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lexicostatistics.
Derived terms: lexicostatistically
liganded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ligand + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having (a specified number or type of) ligands.
overfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overfish
farewelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of farewell
farewelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of farewell
linearization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linearizations
form: linearisation
Etymology: From linear + -ization or linearize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The modification of a system such that its output is linearly dependent on its input
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A linear approximation of a non-linear system
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The conversion of a looped DNA molecule into a linear one
Derived terms: quasilinearization
Related terms: linearize
lipidation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipidations
Etymology: From lipid + -ation.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: modification (especially of a protein) by association with a lipid
Derived terms: delipidation
relipidation
Related terms: lipidate
lipocalin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipocalins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of proteins that transport lipids and similar molecules
treaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tread
treaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What's more, it's deeply treaded and should last nearly as long as a boggo P-Zero.
ref: 2003, Autocar, volume 236, numbers 6-9, page 47:
glosses: Having treads.
lipophylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lipophylic
form: most lipophylic
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lipophilic.
lipoteichoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lipo- + teichoic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lipoteichoic acids or their derivatives
lipoteichoic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipoteichoic acids
Etymology: From lipo- + teichoic acid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various lipid derivatives of teichoic acids
lipoteichoic acids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoteichoic acid
liquidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liquidlike
form: most liquidlike
form: liquid-like
Etymology: From liquid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a liquid.
prime ministers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prime minister
lithogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lithogenic
form: most lithogenic
Etymology: From litho- + -genic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Promoting the formation of calculi.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Involved in or leading to the formation of rocks.
Derived terms: antilithogenic
apostilbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apostilb
treading water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tread water
treaded water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tread water
treads water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tread water
trod water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tread water
trodden water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tread water
lithological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lithology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lithology
Derived terms: geolithological
lithologically
phytolithological
lithostatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From litho- + static.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the static pressure maintained by a weight of rock; geostatic.
lithostratigraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From litho- + stratigraphic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lithostratigraphy.
Derived terms: lithostratigraphically
lithostratigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lithostratigraphies
Etymology: From litho- + stratigraphy.
Senses: examples: text: These "extinction ages" point to mean sedimentation rates of ∼4.3 and ∼1.7 mm/ka, respectively, over the Lomonosov and Mendeleev Ridges, which are significantly lower than assumed in most recent studies, thus highlighting the need for revisiting current interpretations of Arctic lithostratigraphies in relation to the global-scale late Quaternary climatostratigraphy.
ref: 2017 December 4, C. Hillaire-Marcel, B. Ghaleb, A. de Vernal, J. Maccali, K. Cuny, A. Jacobel, C. Le Duc, J. McManus, “A New Chronology of Late Quaternary Sequences From the Central Arctic Ocean Based on “Extinction Ages” of Their Excesses in ²³¹Pa and ²³⁰Th”, in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 18, number 12, American Geophysical Union, →DOI, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2023, page 4573:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
coordinate_terms: allostratigraphy
biostratigraphy
chemostratigraphy
chronostratigraphy
climatostratigraphy
cyclostratigraphy
electrostratigraphy
magnetostratigraphy
tectonostratigraphy
glosses: The study and classification of rock strata according to their distinct lithological properties.
Derived terms: lithostratigraphic
lizardite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lizardites
Etymology: Named in 1955 by Eric J.W. Whittaker and Jack Zussman for the type locality: 'The Lizard', Cornwall, UK
Lizard + -ite
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Serpentine.
luminometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: luminometers
Etymology: From Latin lūminō (“I illuminate”) + -meter.
Senses: glosses: photometer
Derived terms: bioluminometer
lymphoblastoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lymphoblast + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lymphoblasts
lymphoblastoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphoblastoids
Etymology: From lymphoblast + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A cell of a lymphoblast
lymphohematopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪmfoʊhɪˌmætoʊpɔɪˈɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more lymphohematopoietic
form: most lymphohematopoietic
form: lymphohaematopoietic
Etymology: From lympho- + hemato- + -poietic.
Senses: glosses: That produces lymphocytes, blood cells etc.
lymphohistiocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphohistiocytoses
Etymology: From lympho- + histiocytosis.
Senses: glosses: The abnormal presence of histiocytes in the blood
Derived terms: hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
lymphokine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphokines
Etymology: From lympho- + -kine
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of cytokines produced by lymphocytes
lymphomagenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphomageneses
Etymology: From lymphoma + -genesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The development of lymphomas
lymphopoietic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪmfoʊpɔɪˈɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more lymphopoietic
form: most lymphopoietic
Etymology: From lymphopoiesis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to lymphopoiesis
Derived terms: hemolymphopoietic
lymphopoiesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lymphopoieses
Etymology: From lympho- + -poiesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The development of lymphocytes and associated tissue
Coordinate terms: hematopoiesis
hematolymphopoiesis
Derived terms: hemolymphopoiesis
lymphopoietic
lysogenization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lysogenizations
Senses: glosses: Conversion into a lysogenic form
glosses: lysogeny
ammonium bicarbonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: NH₄HCO₃; a white powder with properties similar to those of ammonium carbonate.
adonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adonist
cephalgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cephalgias
Etymology: Coined based on Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”)+ ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). See cephalo-, -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Headache.
Related terms: cephalgic
cephalgias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cephalgia
shoeicide bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoeicide bomber
dual citizenships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dual citizenship
lare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: lair
homophone: layer stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: See lore.
Senses: glosses: Lore; learning.
lare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: lair
homophone: layer stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: lares
Etymology: See lair
Senses: examples: text: More hard for hungry steed t 'abstaine from pleasant lare
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Pasture; feed.
lare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: lair
homophone: layer stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: lares
form: laring
form: lared
form: lared
Etymology: See lair
Senses: glosses: To feed; to fatten.
lare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɛə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: lair
homophone: layer stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: lares
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of lair.
glore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: glores
form: gloring
form: glored
form: glored
Etymology: From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.
Senses: glosses: To gaze intently, stare.
glosses: To stare rudely or gloomily, glower, glare.
glosses: To glow, shine.
glosses: To squint.
glore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glores
Etymology: From Middle English gloren, (compare Middle English glaren (“to glare, stare, shine”)), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old English *glārian, from Proto-West Germanic *glāʀōn (“to shine”). Compare Scots glore (“to stare”), West Frisian gloarje, Dutch gloren, German Low German gloren (“to glimmer; flicker”), Swedish glora, Norwegian Bokmål glore, Norwegian Nynorsk glora. Related to glare.
Senses: glosses: A stare, fixed gaze.
glosses: A glow.
Derived terms: word: glory
glore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glor (“fat”).
glore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glore
form: most glore
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glor (“fat, fatty”).
marigot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɹɪɡɒt/
ipa: /ˈmaɹɪɡəʊ/
ipa: /ˈmæɹɪɡoʊ/
Forms: form: marigots
Etymology: Borrowed from French marigot.
Senses: glosses: A side-stream or tributary rivulet in West Africa.
marigots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marigot
undertreat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undertreats
form: undertreating
form: undertreated
form: undertreated
Etymology: From under- + treat.
Senses: examples: text: They are extremely effective in reducing pain, which many medical studies suggest is widely undertreated in patients suffering serious illness.
ref: 2009 February 10, Gardiner Harris, “F.D.A. to Place New Limits On Prescriptions of Narcotics”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: overtreat
glosses: To treat insufficiently or not frequently enough.
Derived terms: undertreatment
undertreats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undertreat
undertreating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undertreat
undertreated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undertreat
viognier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvi.oʊnˈjeɪ/
ipa: /ˌviː.ɒnˈjeɪ/
Forms: form: viogniers
Etymology: Borrowed from French viognier.
Senses: examples: text: In a contest, best value goes to the intensely densely fruited Western Range Julimar 2006 Shiraz/Viognier, where the white grape viognier adds lift to the dense red shiraz grapes.
ref: 2009 January 24, Gord Stimmell, “Greece, France, Australia shine in this release”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A type of white wine-producing grape originally grown in the Rhône valley.
examples: text: Though the red we drank was fine with the dish, a white, like a rich viognier with a pedigree — a Condrieu, of course — suits it in far better style.
ref: 2007 April 4, Florence Fabricant, “Chicken Meets Fingerlings, and Trumps Lobster”, in New York Times:
glosses: A white wine made chiefly from viognier grapes.
lemon verbena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemon verbenas
Senses: glosses: A deciduous perennial shrub native to South America, used for its lemon-like fragrance and flavor, Aloysia citrodora.
Synonyms: lemon beebrush
Verbena triphylla and others
champanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champane
contextual criticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contextual criticisms
Senses: glosses: A form of literary criticism that analyzes the context of the text.
heptastyle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛptəˌstaɪl/
Etymology: From hepta- + style.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: having seven columns
raw_tags: of a Classical temple or other structure
Labourite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪbəˌɹaɪt/
Forms: form: Labourites
Etymology: From Labour + -ite.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: a member or supporter of the British Labour Party, the left wing party of Great Britain
glosses: Misspelling of Laborite (“Australian political party member, Labor Party”).
Synonyms: sense: British Labour
word: Labourist
Related terms: Labour Party
ancré
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Still more singular blazonry is found in the coat assumed by Saint Aidaus College at Birkenhead, which uses Columbia (dove-grey) a passion-cross ancré gules : on a chief sable a ducal coronet Or: all within a border of the last, […]
ref: 1962, Thomas Baty, Julian Franklyn, Vital Heraldry, Edinburgh : The Armorial, page 33:
text: De Heer Kilieen Van Rensselaer was Lord of Rensselaerwyck befor 1637. […] Arms : 1st gules, a cross ancré argent : 2nd argent, a fesse embattled, voided, sable : 3d argent, three antique crosses, azure : 4th or three cheveronals sable. Motto : "Niemand Zondes." Siegneurial Coronet.
ref: 1907, Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, page 299:
glosses: Alternative form of ancrée.
iliocostalis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The lateral division of the erector spinae, consisting of the iliocostalis lumborum musculus, iliocostalis thoracis musculus, and iliocostalis cervicis musculus.
nasty gram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasty grams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nastygram.
nasty-gram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasty-grams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nastygram.
saphir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saphirs
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sapphire.
transverse wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transverse waves
Etymology: From transverse + wave.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any wave in which the direction of disturbance is perpendicular to the direction of travel
Related terms: longitudinal wave
turn the corner
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns the corner
form: turning the corner
form: turned the corner
form: turned the corner
form: turn a corner
Senses: examples: text: POSITIVE signs are starting to emerge in China but economists warn it's too early to tell whether Australia's biggest trading partner is turning the corner.
ref: 2009 February 9, “Hope as China's appetite returns”, in Melbourne Herald Sun, Australia:
glosses: To pass the most critical point of some process; to pass out of danger.
glosses: In the game of cribbage, to reach the point at which one is safe from being lurched.
Related terms: round the bend
Gargalianoi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gargaliani
Senses: glosses: A town in Messinia prefecture, Greece.
Pylos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pilos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πύλος (Púlos).
Senses: glosses: A town and ancient city in Messenia prefecture, Greece, formerly named Navarino.
Areopoli
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Areopolis
Senses: glosses: A town in southwestern Laconia regional unit, Greece.
Gytheio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gythio
form: Githeio
form: Githio
form: Gytheion
form: Gythion
form: Githeion
form: Githion
Senses: glosses: A town in southern Laconia prefecture, Greece.
Atalanti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Atalandi
Senses: glosses: A town in Phthiotis regional unit, Greece.
Farsala
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek.
Senses: glosses: A town in north-central Fthiotida prefecture, Greece.
Domokos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in northern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece.
Pharsalus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via Latin Pharsalus, from Ancient Greek Φάρσαλος (Phársalos)
Senses: glosses: An ancient city in Phthiotis in the modern Fthiotida prefecture, Greece
catcalling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of catcall
catcalling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catcallings
Senses: examples: text: In the Room for Debate forum Stopping Street Harassment, the editors ask four people to weigh in on the question, Should current laws dealing with harassment be strengthened to include catcalling, or will that go too far in controlling speech and behavior? (A catcall in this context is defined as “a whistle, shout, or comment of a sexual nature to a woman passing by.”)
ref: 2014 November 12, Kathering Schulten, “What Have Been Your Experiences With Catcalling or Other Kinds of Street Harassment?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The act of giving a catcall.
catcalled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of catcall
castle nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castle nuts
Etymology: The projections resemble the turrets of a castle.
Senses: glosses: A nut with rounded extensions projecting past the nut's opening. A cotter pin is inserted through a hole in the bolt and bent around the castle nut's projections to lock the nut in place.
Synonyms: castellated nut
candy gram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy grams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of candygram.
candy-gram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: candy-grams
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of candygram.
beggarliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beggarly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Angry duns, beggarliness of income, scarcity of the necessaries and luxuries which dignity of rank demanded, the indifference and slights of one's equals, and the ignoring of one's existence by exalted persons, were all hideous enough to Lord Mount Dunstan.
ref: 1906, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 18, in The Shuttle:
text: And suddenly the fifty-cent tip previously bestowed upon the servitor seemed, to one unexpectedly fallen heir to the princely fortune then in P. Sybarite's pockets, the very nadir of beggarliness.
ref: 1913, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter 8, in The Day of Days:
text: While the ant had enough in store to last him the famine, the grasshopper was reduced to beggarliness!
ref: 2008 January 16, “Nigeria: Wealth is Not a Measure of Achievement”, in AllAfrica.com:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being or resembling a beggar; destitution.
sulibaos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulibao
acetracts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acetract
-cocci
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /ˈkɔki/
Senses: glosses: plural of -coccus
take one up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes one up
form: taking one up
form: took one up
form: taken one up
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of take up.
dilater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dilaters
form: dilator
Etymology: From dilate + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, dilates, expands, or enlarges.
adjacencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjacency
accordionlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more accordionlike
form: most accordionlike
Etymology: From accordion + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Héctor del Curto plays the bandoneón, an accordionlike instrument heard in the tangos of his native Argentina.
ref: 2009 February 6, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling an accordion
amikacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæm.ɪˈkeɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: amikacins
Etymology: From ami(no)- + -kacin (“kanamycin and bekanamycin derivative”).
Senses: examples: text: XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin), along with […] a member of the fluoroquinolone class and at least one of three others (capreomycin, kanamycin and amikacin).
ref: 2007 March 20, Lawrence K. Altman, “Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic that is derived from kanamycin and is administered intravenously or intramuscularly in the form of its sulfate C₂₂H₄₃N₅O₁₃·2 H₂SO₄ to treat serious bacterial infections.
antianxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + anxiety.
Senses: examples: text: Among the most frequent offenders are antidepressants and antianxiety drugs, blood pressure medications and opioid pain relievers.
ref: 2007 April 10, Jane E. Brody, “A Lively Libido Isn’t Reserved for the Young”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
pharmacology
psychology
sciences
glosses: Acting to combat or reduce anxiety.
Synonyms: anxiolytic
antianxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antianxieties
Etymology: From anti- + anxiety.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A medication that combats or reduces anxiety.
Synonyms: anxiolytic
antiauthoritarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more antiauthoritarian
form: most antiauthoritarian
form: anti-authoritarian
Etymology: From anti- + authoritarian.
Senses: examples: text: For good or ill, American society is becoming increasingly democratic and antiauthoritarian, and most Catholics are participating in the democratization of the total culture.
ref: 1988 June 3, F.K. Plous Jr., “The Authenticists' Conundrum”, in Chicago Reader:
synonyms: counter-authoritarian
libertarian
glosses: Opposed to authoritarianism
glosses: Opposed to authority
antiauthoritarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: antiauthoritarians
form: anti-authoritarian
Etymology: From anti- + authoritarian.
Senses: glosses: One who is opposed to authority.
Derived terms: antiauthoritarianism
Related terms: authoritarian
anticommercial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticommercial
form: most anticommercial
Etymology: From anti- + commercial.
Senses: examples: text: Shaped by a strongly anticommercial ideology, it places too much emphasis on the division between giving and selling.
ref: 2007 January 28, Virginia Postrel, “Grim Harvest”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposed to commercialism
Derived terms: anticommercialism
antidevelopment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + development.
Senses: examples: text: The problematic notion in all of this is that of antidevelopment forces working in concert.
ref: 1988 September 16, Michael Miner, “"Politics of Poverty": Why Did John McCarron Do That?”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Opposed to development, particularly the development of neighborhoods or land
antimilitary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimilitary
form: most antimilitary
Etymology: From anti- + military.
Senses: examples: text: The only armed men Gross shows us in action are arresting demonstrators at European antimilitary protests.
ref: 1988 November 4, Peter Friederici, “Significant Moments”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to the military or to military activities
Synonyms: pacifist
antiwar
antiseizure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + seizure.
Senses: examples: text: Most neurologists would start a patient like the chief justice on one of a number of antiseizure drugs, Dr. Miller said.
ref: 2007 July 31, Linda Greenhouse, “Chief Justice Is Hospitalized After Seizure”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: anticonvulsant
antiepileptic
glosses: Intended to combat or reduce seizures.
examples: an antiseizure statute
glosses: Preventing goods etc. from being seized.
Related terms: alt: etymologically similar but idiomatically noninterchangeable
word: anti-seize
avoidant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔɪdənt/
Forms: form: more avoidant
form: most avoidant
Etymology: From avoid + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: Then as the cranes, that to Riphæan mountains
Might fly in part, and part towards the sands,
These of the frost, those of the sun avoidant,
One folk is going, and the other coming,
ref: 1867, Dante Alighieri, “The Divine Comedy”, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, transl., Purgatorio, volume 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, Canto 26, lines 43-46, p. 167:
glosses: Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
Derived terms: avoidantly
avoidant personality
avoidant personality disorder
cold-avoidant
cold avoidant
conflicted avoidant
exploitable-avoidant
exploitable avoidant
hypersensitive avoidant
nonavoidant
phobic avoidant
self-deserting avoidant
unavoidant
avoidant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈvɔɪdənt/
Forms: form: avoidants
Etymology: From avoid + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: But unlike schizoids, with whom they are sometimes confused, avoidants are actually eager to socialize. The reason they hang back is their worry that they are personally unappealing[…]
ref: 2011, Samuel Barondes, Making Sense of People, page 46:
glosses: A person who exhibits avoidance.
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A person who exhibits avoidance.
A person who exhibits a dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant attachment style.
artisanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artisanships
Etymology: From artisan + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: There may be countless little imperfections or a breathtaking sense of perfection, but either way the almost devotional artisanship imbues common objects with an uncommon gravity, along with the sense of energy, growth and vulnerability that defines real bodies.
ref: 2007 August 23, Roberta Smith, “Against Delusion: Robert Gober’s Nuts-and-Bolts Americana”, in New York Times:
glosses: The property of being an artisan.
Related terms: artisanal
craftsmanship
craftspersonship
craftswomanship
appliancelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more appliancelike
form: most appliancelike
Etymology: From appliance + -like.
Senses: examples: text: That led him and Mr. Rossmann, a former Apple executive who has started many Silicon Valley companies, to pursue the possibility of creating an appliancelike computer tailored to consumers who have no computer expertise.
ref: 2007 July 16, John Markoff, “A PC That Uses Less Energy, but Charges a Monthly Fee”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling an appliance
arpeggiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arpeggiate
boxwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boxwood
catch ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch up
catch-ups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catch-up; alternative spelling of catch ups.
blazingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blazingly
form: most blazingly
Etymology: From blazing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There was no way that the two officers in the car could not have seen the bizarre, blazingly lit scene before them.
ref: 1988 September 9, John Schultz, “The Siege of '68”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: With or like a blaze; bright and fiery.
examples: a blazingly fast pace
glosses: Extremely quickly.
bivalence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bivalences
Etymology: From bi- + valence.
Senses: examples: text: This holds even for principles of logic, such as bivalence.
ref: 2008 January 3, Anand Vaidya, “Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: The state or quality of being bivalent (in any sense)
balletmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balletmaster
arpeggiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arpeggiate
arpeggiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of arpeggiate
associational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more associational
form: most associational
Etymology: From association + -al.
Senses: examples: text: How could I create such complex and wide schemes of associational thought and feeling, such filigreed webs of dreams and politics, without being mistaken for a “smuggler of reaction,” “an ideological confusionist,” or “an individualistic and dangerous element”?
ref: 1940, Richard Wright, Native Son, New York: Harper and Row, published 1966, Introduction, p. xxii:
text: Instead of making a point, Roth shows us a detail, but a detail packed with layers of associational meaning.
ref: 1988 October 7, Justin Hayford, “Communion and Confusion”, in Chicago Reader:
text: The distinction between […] southern Italians, who are amoral familists, and Americans, who are generally community-oriented and associational.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order:
glosses: Of, pertaining to or deriving from association.
Derived terms: associational freedom
associationally
associationality
balletmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balletmasters
Etymology: From ballet + master.
Senses: examples: text: His job is not simply to rehearse and conduct the orchestra, but also to schedule the roster of house and guest conductors needed during ballet seasons, help to plan repertory programs and the musical direction of new productions and work closely with the dancers and balletmasters.
ref: 2007 January 6, Roslyn Sulcas, “City Ballet Brings Passion to Podium”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of ballet master.
apriority
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apriorities
form: aprioricity
Etymology: From a priori + -ty.
Senses: examples: text: The apriority is, however, not to be merely as a result of the fixing of the meaning of the term, such as when I dub my cat ‘Cat’ and then claim to know a priori that my cat is called ‘Cat’.
ref: 2008 April 5, Ásta Sveinsdóttir, “Essentiality conferred”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The quality or state of being known a priori
Related terms: apriorism
aprioristic
aprioristically
antituberculosis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tuberculosis.
Senses: examples: text: XDR-TB is defined as tuberculosis that is resistant to the two most important antituberculosis drugs (isoniazid and rifampin)[…].
ref: 2007 March 20, Lawrence K. Altman, “Rise of a Deadly TB Reveals a Global System in Crisis”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis
authenticist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more authenticist
form: most authenticist
Etymology: From authentic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or espousing authenticism, a belief in the superiority of the authentic over the inauthentic.
authenticist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: authenticists
Etymology: From authentic + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Polls invariably indicate that most of America's 53 million Catholics are not authenticists.
ref: 1988 May 6, Robert McClory, “The Divine Right”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A person who espouses authenticism
Related terms: authenticism
antirejection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + rejection.
Senses: examples: text: Like most transplant recipients, Kainer takes daily antirejection medication and takes precautions for a diminished immune system.
ref: 2007 April 5, Pat Borzi, “For a Reds Prospect, Dreaming the Big League Dream, Again”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Acting to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ or tissue