cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sublicensable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sub-licensable
Etymology: From sublicense + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of, or suitable for, being sublicensed.
teratisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teratism
payeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: pay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pay
vermiform appendices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermiform appendix
sysad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sysads
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: If a sysad refuses to add a group, we're no worse than we are^([sic]) before.
ref: 1996, yffp, “Compromise Proposal”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: 1998, Anonymous (SAMS Publishing), Maximum security
Sysads are quick to track down bizarre behavior if they are there to witness it. I once had a system administrator track me down immediately after I grabbed her password file. She was in Canada and I was in Los Angeles.
text: If your sysad does not have time to pay adequate attention to security issues, restructure his or her duties.
ref: 1999, Jessica Keyes, Internet Management, page 162:
glosses: Alternative form of sysadmin.
sysads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sysad
wankstain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wankstains
Etymology: From wank + stain.
Senses: glosses: Term of abuse.
wankstains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wankstain
linkspam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of link spam.
heps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hep
heps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of hep
linkslands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linksland
bargelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bargelike
form: most bargelike
Etymology: From barge + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Strange, awkward bargelike crafts with spindly legs that lift them clear of the water[…]
ref: 1996, Robert Gramling, Oil on the edge, page 4:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a barge.
disties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distie
glosses: plural of disty
strong men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strong man
soundwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more soundwise
form: most soundwise
Etymology: From sound + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Soundwise, I think Spanish is a lot like Italian.
glosses: Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding sound or sounds.
Synonyms: aurally
Related terms: audibly
vocally
ignition temperatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ignition temperature
sightwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sightwise
form: most sightwise
Etymology: From sight + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: It's also true that a deer is at some disadvantage, sightwise, when the sun is high and the light strong.
ref: 1969 Apr, Field & Stream:
glosses: Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding sight or vision.
examples: text: Most of what you'll want to see sightwise occurs from the Public Library on the east; to the west are somewhat grungier blocks, running into the borders of Times Square and the Garment District.
ref: 2002, Martin Dunford, Jack Holland, Rough guide to New York City:
glosses: Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding sights or things seen.
Synonyms: visually
wordwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From word + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Wordwise feedback produced significantly higher gains than listwise.
ref: 1995, American Psychological Association, Psychological abstracts:
text: Both the wordwise and sentencewise results are computed (in %) applied for the user state recognition in our case due to the construction of […]
ref: 2006, Wolfgang Wahlster, SmartKom: foundations of multimodal dialogue systems:
glosses: Of or characteristic of a word or words; verbal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: bitwise
bytewise
glosses: In terms of words (fixed groups of binary digits); one word of data at a time.
wordwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From word + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Turn the page and get an edge in wordwise.
ref: 2005, Charles Harrington Elster, What in the word?:
glosses: Pertaining to, concerning, or regarding words; verbally.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In terms of words (fixed groups of binary digits); one word of data at a time.
sentencewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sentencewise
form: most sentencewise
Etymology: From sentence + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Since in these two paradigms the probe words could be taken from the whole sentence, they are called the 'sentencewise' paradigms ('forward' and 'backward', respectively). The results for these two sentencewise paradigms are summarized [...]
ref: 1975, Alan Kennedy, Alan Wilkes, Studies in long term memory, Great Britain: Social Science Research Council:
glosses: Of or relating to a sentence or sentences.
sentencewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sentencewise
form: most sentencewise
Etymology: From sentence + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: The size of wall at which I do not greet the night but inch along after it sentencewise.
ref: 1982, Clark Coolidge, Mine: the one that enters the stories:
glosses: In a manner relating to sentences; sentence by sentence.
maple syrups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maple syrup
matelassé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matelassés
Etymology: French matelassé (“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”).
Senses: glosses: A heavy fabric, composed of two layers of cloth, used to form a quilted surface.
matelassé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: French matelassé (“cushioned, covered as with a mattress”).
Senses: examples: matelassé silks
glosses: Ornamented by means of an imitation or suggestion of quilting, the surface being marked by depressed lines which form squares or lozenges in relief.
listwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more listwise
form: most listwise
Etymology: From list + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: A brief comparison will be done on the differences of the listwise and pairwise correlations.
ref: 2006, Kristie Earnheart, Cardiovascular problems as a predictor of later cognitive decline, University of North Texas:
text: As a result, two variants of listwise approach are proposed to emphasize ranking order on the top of the ranked list.
ref: 2010, Pu-Jen Cheng, Min-Yen Kan, Wai Lam, Information Retrieval Technology:
glosses: Of or relating to a list or lists.
Derived terms: listwise deletion
listwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more listwise
form: most listwise
Etymology: From list + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Exclude missing values listwise.
ref: 1986, SPSS Inc, SPSS X user's guide:
glosses: In manner as a list; by list.
matricaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmætɹɪˈkɛəɹi.ə/
ipa: /ˌmætɹɪˈkɛɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Forms: form: matricarias
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Matricaria.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the plants in the genus Matricaria.
aftcastles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftcastle
aftercastle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aftercastles
Etymology: From after- + castle.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of aftcastle.
aftercastles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aftercastle
traincrew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: traincrews
form: train crew
Etymology: From train + crew.
Senses: examples: text: This has included, for example, getting French railway driving licences for traincrew, as cross acceptance will cease in a no deal scenario.
ref: 2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20:
text: All that is happily a thing of the past, following construction of a new combined engineering and traincrew depot to which some 450 frontline and managerial staff have been transferred.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Exeter Train Care Depot”, in RAIL, number 940, page 51:
text: Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.
ref: 2022 November 16, Graham Eccles, “The Rest Day Working saga...”, in RAIL, number 970, page 32:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The crew of employees that operate a railway train.
traincrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of traincrew
trainbands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trainband
bodyspray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodysprays
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of body spray.
bodysprays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bodyspray
body spray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body sprays
form: bodyspray
Senses: glosses: A perfume product, similar to aerosol deodorant, intended to be used on the whole body.
HACCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points.
Derived terms: sense: Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points
word: CCHP
muckspreader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muckspreaders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of muck spreader.
muckspreaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muckspreader
cut-and-shut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cut-and-shuts
Senses: glosses: A car that has been welded together from vehicles previously involved in accidents.
accoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accomas
Etymology: Probably from the Haitian Creole accoma.
Senses: examples: text: Accoma, n. m., a large tree suitable for building, a very hard wood.
ref: 1802, Ducœurjoly quoted by Pierre Rézeau, “Lexical aspects of French and Creole in Saint-Domingue at the end of the eighteenth century” in History, Society and Variation: In Honor of Albert Valdman (2006) ed. J. Clancy Clements, page 67
text: DOMINGO, SAINT. This island is situated in the Atlantic ocean, fifty miles east of Cuba, and seventy miles east of Jamaica. The country is well stocked with cattle, oak, cedar, pine, Brazil wood, manchineal, the maho, and accoma tree.
ref: 1811, Joshua Montefiore, The American Trader’s Compendium, page 143:
text: Continued the prisoner: ‘the chicaron and the sabiecca for a ship’s keel; the yaba for the knees; the tocuma for the ribs; the hacama, the gaïac, the cedar, the accoma — ’.
ref: 1894, Victor Hugo, translated by George Burnham Ives, Bug-Jargal, page 146:
glosses: A large tree, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, (possibly native to the island of Hispaniola); also, the very hard wood harvested from it, used especially for shipbuilding.
signifieds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of signified
signifiest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: signify + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of signify
tremble dance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tremble dances
Senses: glosses: A dance performed by the honey bee in order to recruit more bees to collect nectar from the workers.
Related terms: waggle dance
round dance
sickle dance
tremble dances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tremble dance
accomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accoma
sterncastle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sterncastles
Etymology: From stern + castle.
Senses: glosses: An aftcastle.
sterncastles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sterncastle
coinbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coinboxes
Etymology: From coin + box.
Senses: glosses: A box inside a machine that stores inserted coins, as in a gas meter or public telephone.
coinboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coinbox
overcomplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcomplications
Etymology: From over- + complication.
Senses: glosses: The process of overcomplicating.
overcomplications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overcomplication
free-to-play
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: video-games
glosses: That can be played without payment.
Related terms: freemium
pay-to-win
free-to-play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free-to-plays
Senses: examples: text: HGM’s writers have spent time in the grindiest of grindy Korean and Japanese free-to-plays, but Free Realms is something new and different and better.
ref: 2009 June, Lynxara [pseudonym; Alicia Ashby], Vivek Varadarajan, “Free Realms”, in Hardcore Gamer Magazine, volume 5, number 1, [Redmond, Wash.]: DoubleJump Publishing, →ISSN, page 12:
text: Hit the Flash games, the demos, and the free-to-plays until you start to get your head wrapped around why people like them.
ref: 2013 March, Jason VandenBerghe, “Design of the Times”, in Game Developer Magazine, volume 20, number 03, San Francisco, Calif.: UBM LLC, →ISSN, page 081, column 2:
text: She was often up late, playing her futile Free-to-Plays.
ref: 2017, Gregory Scott Katsoulis, “Influent™: $19.99”, in All Rights Reserved, Don Mills, Ont.: Harlequin TEEN, →ISBN, page 150:
glosses: A free-to-play video game.
stretchabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stretchability
scratchability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scratch + -ability.
Senses: antonyms: unscratchability
glosses: The quality or degree of being scratchable.
scraperboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scraperboard
scratchboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scratchboard
spleenless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English spleneles, equivalent to spleen + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Surgery left him spleenless, not spineless.
ref: 2009 January 28, Harvey Araton, “A Fierce Tackler Has Taken His Share of Hits”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking a spleen.
subconcussive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + concussive.
Senses: examples: text: The pamphlet also makes no mention of the C.T.E. cases, whose increasing number is convincing many experts that subconcussive brain trauma can have cumulative effects.
ref: 2009 January 28, Alan Schwarz, “New Sign of Brain Damage in N.F.L.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Below the threshold of concussion.
Related terms: concuss
concussion
concussive
quate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quate
form: most quate
Senses: glosses: quiet
tripartisan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + partisan.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or supported by three groups, especially by three political parties.
Derived terms: tripartisanship
underresponsive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underresponsive
form: most underresponsive
Etymology: From under- + responsive.
Senses: examples: text: “Piedmont is a facility that was understaffed and underresponsive to clear medical needs,” Mr. Jawetz said.
ref: 2009 January 28, Nina Bernstein, “Another Detention Death, and Mounting Questions”, in New York Times:
glosses: Insufficiently responsive.
Derived terms: underresponsiveness
feathermaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: feathermakers
Etymology: From feather + maker.
Senses: examples: text: THE economic crisis doesn’t really scare the people who still practice haute couture, that small, vanishing world of embroiderers, dyers and feathermakers who serve the imagination of the few remaining couturiers.
ref: 2009 January 29, Cathy Horyn, “In Paris, a Nod to Old Masters”, in New York Times:
glosses: A maker of artificial feathers, or plumes of real ones, for use on clothing etc.
feathermakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feathermaker
feathertails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feathertail
flangelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flangelike
form: most flangelike
Etymology: From flange + -like.
Senses: examples: text: To improve the sound the acousticians, JaffeHolden, lined up flangelike panels along the front of the side walls to bounce sound inward.
ref: 2009 January 29, Daniel J. Wakin, “Musicians Hear Heaven in Tully Hall’s New Sound”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a flange.
nonsale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sale.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to selling.
examples: text: Customers who made purchases at Moss’s recent sale, held in a rented space around the corner, were given a card entitling them to a 15 percent discount on nonsale items in the store that are $500 or more, and items left over from the sale are being sold online as “Web specials,” Mr. Getchell said, which “is very odd for us — we never did it before.”
ref: 2009 January 29, Marianne Rohrlich, “The Retailers’ View”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not part of a sale where goods are discounted.
longbowman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longbowmen
form: longbowsman
Etymology: From longbow + man.
Senses: glosses: An archer who uses a longbow.
longbowmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longbowman
raftlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more raftlike
form: most raftlike
Etymology: From raft + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In another white wonder, “The Table” (1925), she appears at the top of this immense raftlike surface.
ref: 2009 January 30, Roberta Smith, “Bonnard Late in Life, Searching for the Light”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a raft.
unretire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: unretires
form: unretiring
form: unretired
form: unretired
Etymology: From un- + retire.
Senses: examples: text: “It’s like all of a sudden you get to unretire and play in the N.B.A.,” Mr. Marin said.
ref: 2009 January 30, Dave Itzkoff, “Hey, Man. Where Have You Guys Been?”, in New York Times:
glosses: To leave retirement and return to work.
examples: text: So much for unretiring the printer in the attic that connects through what's called a parallel port.
ref: 2014, Edward C. Baig, Macs For Dummies:
glosses: To bring back from retirement; to reinstate.
unretiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unretire
unretires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unretire
expulsionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expulsionists
Etymology: From expulsion + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: She allied herself solidly with expulsionist Republicans, who reject assimilation in favor of locking down the border, deporting 12 million illegal immigrants and enshrining English as America’s one true tongue.
ref: 2009 January 31, “Listening to Ms. Gillibrand”, in New York Times:
glosses: A supporter of expulsionism.
expulsionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expulsionist
mushball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mush + ball.
Senses: examples: text: He was just an athletic guy in street clothes playing mushball near the lake.
ref: 2009 January 31, George Vecsey, “Phillies Pitchers of Old Revel in Past and Present”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball and no gloves or mitts worn by the fielders.
mushball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushballs
Etymology: * Coined in JGR Planets Research Article "Storms and the Depletion of Ammonia in Jupiter". Various collaborators.
Senses: glosses: A Jovian hailstone consisting of a mix of water and ammonia.
expulsionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From expulsion + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that foreigners should be expelled.
Related terms: expulsionist
expulsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of expulse
expulsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of expulse
eliteness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: éliteness
Etymology: From elite + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Former President George W. Bush provided fewer opportunities for the elite to demonstrate their eliteness by virtually abandoning state dinners, but there were invitations to his Texas ranch to clear brush, a dubious distinction, perhaps, during 100-degree Crawford summers.
ref: 2009 February 1, Peter Baker, “New Symbol of Elite Access: E-Mail to the Chief”, in New York Times:
text: The Russian military command generally regards VDV and naval infantry elements as “elite” forces (even though many Russian elite units have lost their eliteness over the course of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine) and tends to deploy these forces in critical directions.
ref: 2025 February 6, Angelica Evans, “Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Six Month Assessment”, in Ukraine Project, Institute for the Study of War:
glosses: The quality of being elite.
fictiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fictive + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Though he loved Jorge Luis Borges, he didn’t in his own work go in for Borgesian mirror games, and he was free from the postmodern anxiety about the fictiveness of fiction, the unreliability of language.
ref: 2009 February 1, Charles Mcgrath, “John Updike’s Mighty Pen”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being fictive.
genuflective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more genuflective
form: most genuflective
Etymology: From genuflect + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: But as with many journalists provided such access, the trade-off seems to have been an agreement signed in blood to conduct the interviews in the genuflective mode.
ref: 2009 February 1, Joe Queenan, “Super Bowl Suits”, in New York Times:
glosses: servile
hydroformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + formed.
Senses: examples: text: The increased bulk can be traced to a sturdier hydroformed frame, larger axles, heavy-duty brakes and the upgrading of its powerplant to a massive 5.7-liter V-8 truck engine and a 6-speed automatic transmission.
ref: 2009 February 1, Jerry Garrett, “Downsizing? Fat Chance!”, in New York Times:
glosses: Made by hydroforming.
hydroforming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + forming.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cost-effective way of shaping malleable metals into lightweight, stiff pieces by means of high-pressure hydraulic fluid
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The reaction of petroleum with hydrogen
Related terms: hydroformate
hydroformed
hydroformer
midweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + weight.
Senses: examples: text: But Boccieri is not satisfied with a 4 percent share of the roughly 1.5-million-unit market, and introduced a line of midweight putters at the show that he believes will help his company pick up 2 to 3 share points.
ref: 2009 February 1, Larry Dorman, “Selling the Putting Game to Offset the Downturn”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of medium weight; neither light nor heavy.
overmarket
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmarkets
form: overmarketing
form: overmarketed
form: overmarketed
Etymology: From over- + market.
Senses: examples: text: They really overmarket their products; the advertisements are everywhere.
glosses: To market excessively.
overmarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmarket
overmarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmarket
overmarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmarket
retreatlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retreatlike
form: most retreatlike
Etymology: From retreat + -like.
Senses: examples: text: THE Italian architect Matheo Thun is known for his modernist, retreatlike hotels set in pristine Alpine destinations, buildings where cutting-edge design complements state-of-the-art amenities.
ref: 2009 February 1, David Kaufman, “Airport Hotels That Invite Lingering”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a retreat.
rumbud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rumbuds
Etymology: From rum + bud.
Senses: glosses: A grog-blossom.
rumbuds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rumbud
skidplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skidplates
Etymology: From skid + plate.
Senses: examples: text: But with exposed running boards and little skidplate protection under the body, serious off-roading can have expensive consequences.
ref: 2009 February 1, Jerry Garrett, “Larger Than Life, Back for an Encore”, in New York Times:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A metal plate affixed to the underside of a vehicle to prevent damage to key components in the undercarriage.
skidplates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skidplate
subintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subintellectual
form: most subintellectual
Etymology: From sub- + intellectual.
Senses: examples: text: Even if, later on, she was able to examine and analyze certain aspects of popular culture (as in “Notes on Camp,” 1964), she could undertake such a thing only in service to a higher goal — she was immune to subintellectual cultural pleasures.
ref: 2009 February 1, Luc Sante, “Sontag: The Precocious Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: Below the level of the intellect.
subintellectual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subintellectuals
Etymology: From sub- + intellectual.
Senses: glosses: A person who is less intelligent than an intellectual.
subindices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subindex
subindexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subindex
door prize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: door prizes
form: door-prize
Senses: examples: text: Dewey infantrymen passed out soft drinks and small favors to gawking visitors and gave every 200th visitor a door prize.
ref: 1948 July 5, “Republicans: How He Did It”, in Time:
text: Spectators are admitted free and are eligible to win a door prize of two tickets to the United States Open Championships at Flushing Meadows.
ref: 1989 August 13, “Westchester Guide”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Aug 2011:
glosses: A gift given to people who attend a meeting, party, event, etc., especially one which is given on a random basis to one or some of the attendees.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A notional prize awarded to a cyclist who collides with the open door of a parked car.
sastrugi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Sastrugi, from Russian заструги (zastrugi).
Senses: glosses: plural of sastruga
door-prize
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: door-prizes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of door prize.
masterpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masterpoints
Etymology: From master + point.
Senses: examples: text: He also captured numerous regional and sectional titles, accumulating 18,202.10 masterpoints.
ref: 2009 February 2, Phillip Alder, “A Teacher’s Final Lesson”, in New York Times:
topics: bridge
games
glosses: One of the points awarded by various bridge organisations for success in tournaments.
masterpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of masterpoint
multisurface
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + surface.
Senses: examples: text: There is, in practice, a little more creative freedom with the dishwash powders just referred to and multisurface cleaners containing a maximum of 1% available chlorine. However, this clearly needs to be determined from base to base.
ref: 2008, Uri Zoller, Handbook of Detergents, page 717:
text: But he is now well on his way to becoming a great multisurface champion.
ref: 2009 February 2, Christopher Clarey, “Nadal Defeats a Tearful Federer in Australia”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one surface.
multisurface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multisurfaces
Etymology: From multi- + surface.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of surfaces treated as a single object.
multisulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multisulfur.
smoulderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoulderers
form: smolderer
Etymology: From smoulder + -er.
Senses: glosses: A handsome, darkly passionate person.
smoulderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smoulderer
smolderer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smolderers
Etymology: From smolder + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smoulderer.
smolderers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smolderer
supergraphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + graphic.
Senses: examples: text: This city has opened a new front in its longstanding battle with billboard companies, ordering building owners to remove so-called supergraphic signs, enormous advertisements draped across multistory structures, after deeming them fire hazards.
ref: 2009 February 2, Rebecca Cathcart, “Los Angeles Steps Up Fight on Large Ads”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to supergraphics.
archcompetitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archcompetitors
Etymology: From arch- + competitor.
Senses: examples: text: It has been many years now, but it still comes as something of a surprise to see the contrast between Nadal, the sweaty, vamos-barking archcompetitor, and Nadal, the measured and unmenacing citizen.
ref: 2009 February 3, Christopher Clarey, “Competition Brings Out Best in Nadal”, in New York Times:
glosses: A primary competitor.
Synonyms: archrival
archcompetitors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archcompetitor
cyberbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberbridges
Etymology: From cyber- + bridge in figurative sense.
Senses: examples: text: With his proposal to put computers within the reach of every schoolchild, President Clinton could be said to be building a cyberbridge to the twenty-first century.
ref: 1999, David K. Barnhart, Allan A. Metcalf, America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America, page 245:
text: But experts warn that the rural broadband effort could just as easily become a $9 billion cyberbridge to nowhere, representing the worst kind of mistakes that lawmakers could make in rushing to approve one of the largest spending bills in history without considering unintended results.
ref: 2009 February 3, David M. Herszenhorn, “Internet Money in Fiscal Plan: Wise or Waste?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A connection in, or to, cyberspace.
multimovement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + movement.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one physical movement.
examples: text: Asked to write a set of voluntaries, Mendelssohn — who admitted in an 1844 letter to Coventry that he did not understand what the term meant — fashioned a series of small pieces, then arranged them into multimovement works for publication in 1845.
ref: 2009 February 3, Steve Smith, “Pomp and Mendelssohn With Fluid Pedal Work”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Divided into several movements.
myofacial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: But the most common TMJ problem is known as myofacial pain disorder, a neuromuscular problem of the chewing muscles characterized by a dull, aching pain in and around the ear that may radiate to the side or back of the head or down the neck.
ref: 2009 February 3, Jane E. Brody, “Best Treatment for TMJ May Be Nothing”, in New York Times:
glosses: Misspelling of myofascial.
pondwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pondwaters
Etymology: From pond + water.
Senses: examples: text: The worms start life as microscopic larvae inside tiny pondwater fleas but, once swallowed by people, emerge a year later as yard-long strands resembling fine spaghetti but wiggling out of acid-filled blisters, causing excruciating pain.
ref: 2009 February 3, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “A Company Prospers by Saving Poor People’s Lives”, in New York Times:
glosses: The water in a pond.
pondwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pondwater
rechoreograph
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rechoreographs
form: rechoreographing
form: rechoreographed
form: rechoreographed
Etymology: From re- + choreograph.
Senses: examples: text: The conductor Robert Irving began to insist on a faster tempo, and Balanchine rechoreographed it when Ms. Paul left.
ref: 2009 February 3, Alastair Macaulay, “Mining the Hidden Gems of a Balanchine Classic”, in New York Times:
glosses: To choreograph again or anew.
rechoreographing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rechoreograph
rechoreographs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rechoreograph
rechoreographed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rechoreograph
golfwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From golf + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Our family situation is more important than anything I’m doing golfwise.
ref: 2009 February 4, Larry Dorman, “Woods Remains Busy as He Plots His Return”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of golf.
semiprosperous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + prosperous.
Senses: examples: text: He eventually relented, though I can’t tell you how long it took, but I’m sure that helped him move from a marginal life to at least a semiprosperous one.”
ref: 2009 February 4, Sewell Chan, “Venerable Bookstore to Close in Village”, in New York Times:
glosses: Almost prosperous.
antireflective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antireflective
form: most antireflective
Etymology: From anti- + reflective.
Senses: examples: text: The screens on both were tweaked to better handle varying visibility conditions using Panasonic’s circular polarization technology and antireflective and antiglare screen treatments.
ref: 2009 February 5, Azadeh Ensha, “Laptops, Already Tough, Now Pack More Inside”, in New York Times:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Preventing visible reflection.
calycanthus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calycanthuses
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: He also recommended the new calycanthus hybrids, particularly Hartlage Wine, a deep burgundy without much fragrance, and Venus, a magnolia-like flower with a sweet scent.
ref: 2009 February 5, Anne Raver, “New This Year: The Tried and True”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.
calycanthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calycanthus
clomifene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkləʊ.mɪ.fiːn/
ipa: /ˈkloʊ.mɪˌfin/
Forms: form: clomiphene
Etymology: From chlo(ro)- + (a)mi(ne) + phen(yl) + -e.
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A synthetic non-steroidal drug used to treat infertility in women by stimulating ovulation.
Derived terms: word: -ifene
alt: antiestrogen or estrogen receptor modulator
word: -mifene
word: enclomifene
word: zuclomifene
extensin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extensins
Senses: examples: text: “A few years ago, we began to study the protein extensin, a natural antifreeze found in carrots, which prevents the carrots from developing ice crystals in the ground.
ref: 2009 February 5, Camille Sweeney, “It’s Cold and Your Skin Is Suffering. So What Are You Doing to Moisturize?”, in New York Times:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of flexuous, rod-like, hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs) of the plant cell wall.
extensins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extensin
macromanage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: macromanages
form: macromanaging
form: macromanaged
form: macromanaged
Etymology: From macro- + manage.
Senses: examples: text: Let’s macromanage them with one rule of seven words: “Bonuses can be paid only from profits.”
ref: 2009 February 5, “Wall St. and the $500,000 Question”, in New York Times:
glosses: To manage using macro-management.
macromanages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of macromanage
macromanaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of macromanage
macromanaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of macromanage
nondesign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + design.
Senses: examples: text: Fans of the girlish, how-to decorating magazine owned by Condé Nast were vociferous in their disappointment, posting anguished comments on design sites like Apartment Therapy, Decorno and Design Sponge (which accrued 498 remarks in just a few hours), as well as nondesign sites, like The Huffington Post.
ref: 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “A Girl World Closes, and Fans Mourn”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to design.
tablescape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/
Forms: form: tablescapes
Etymology: From table + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Most commenters linked to their own blogs or Flickr pages, and slideshows of their own homes, each bearing the distinct Domino imprimatur (much throwing of sheepskin, chic-cute tablescapes and Lucite furniture).
ref: 2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “A Girl World Closes, and Fans Mourn”, in New York Times:
text: Sorry to press an unmodernised yet perfectly adequate word into action, but of course all this stuff is perfectly nice. It’s nice if the table is laid nicely, it’s lovely if the flowers are lovely, it’s caring of you to make people feel cared for, whatever that really means. (I wonder if the truly selfless tablescape actually exists – Meghan’s entire MO feels desperately “compliments to the hostess”.)
ref: 2025 April 3, Marina Hyde, “It’s With Love, Meghan – not just a TV show but a landmark piece of art. And not in a good way”, in The Guardian:
glosses: An artistic arrangement of articles on a table.
tablescape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈteɪ.bəl.skeɪp/
Forms: form: tablescapes
form: tablescaping
form: tablescaped
form: tablescaped
Etymology: From table + -scape.
Senses: glosses: To produce an artistic arrangement of articles on a table.
Related terms: tablescaper
tablescapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tablescape
daybooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daybook
hydroengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hydro- + engineering.
Senses: examples: text: “The earthquake research community outside and inside China has widely accepted the notion that the May 12 Wenchuan earthquake was a huge natural disaster caused by massive crustal movement, because no reservoir triggered-quake with a magnitude eight has ever occurred in history,” said Pan Jiazheng, an expert in hydroengineering, according to a translation published by Probe International.
ref: 2009 February 6, Sharon Lafraniere, “Possible Link Between Dam and China Quake”, in New York Times:
glosses: hydraulic engineering
crustaceologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crustaceologists
Etymology: From crustaceology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies crustaceology.
crustaceologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crustaceologist
menschlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more menschlike
form: most menschlike
Etymology: From mensch + -like.
Senses: examples: text: His corsucating, menschlike good humor makes you realize what’s missing in this book.
ref: 2009 February 6, Dwight Garner, “The End Is Near! Now the Good News: It Could Be Groovy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mensch.
nonmandated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mandated.
Senses: examples: text: Over all, the Paterson administration said it would cut $68 million in nonmandated preventive services by 2011 — a rounding error for a state facing a $15 billion deficit, but real to the staff and clients of programs like the Guardianship Project.
ref: 2009 February 6, Julie Bosman, “Budget Cuts Imperil Guardian Program for Elderly and Disabled”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not mandated.
pingingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pingingly
form: most pingingly
Etymology: From pinging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Interestingly, it was Mr. Fairchild, making his debut on Wednesday in the role originated by Peter Martins, who, again, made every movement alert, full-bodied, pingingly musical.
ref: 2009 February 6, Alastair Macaulay, “Revisiting Bernstein’s Mean Streets and Balanchine’s Architectures”, in New York Times:
glosses: With, or as if with, a pinging sound.
midfloor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + floor.
Senses: examples: text: A late-afternoon wine-and-cheese offering is served on a beautiful midfloor dining area spilling onto an outdoor terrace[…]
ref: 2009, Christina Paulette Colón, Alexis Lipsitz Flippin, Darwin Porter, Frommer's Caribbean 2010, page 454:
glosses: In the middle of a floor.
midfloor
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + floor.
Senses: examples: text: Tenants have complained for years that the elevators are unsafe and unreliable, often stalling midfloor or refusing to work at all.
ref: 2009 February 7, Ray Rivera, “New York Documents Show Elevator Mechanics Caught Skipping Work”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the middle of a floor.
hypereducated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypereducated
form: most hypereducated
Etymology: From hyper- + educated.
Senses: examples: text: There is nothing like the suggestion of a cancer risk to freak out a parent, especially one of the hypereducated, ecoconscious ilk.
ref: 2009 February 8, Peggy Orenstein, “The Toxic Paradox”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very highly educated.
multifeatured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifeatured
form: most multifeatured
Etymology: From multi- + featured.
Senses: examples: text: While the allure of multifeatured new condominiums, with their full-service gyms and children’s playrooms, may be fading in the deepening recession, Mr. Vila and his wife, Diana Barrett, chose a place with a “dream kitchen” with “rich ebonized cabinetry” and a two-zone wine cooler, according to the building’s promotional material.
ref: 2009 February 8, Josh Barbanel, “For Bob Vila, Move-In Condition”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having many features.
nudger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nudgers
Etymology: From nudge + -er.
Senses: examples: text: In Mr. Thaler’s words, “Sunstein would be the nudger in chief.”
ref: 2009 February 8, Jeff Sommer, “When Humans Need a Nudge Toward Rationality”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who, or that which, nudges.
Derived terms: fudge-nudger
stick nudger
nudgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nudger
Azeri Turkic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Generally he is accounted an Azeri Turkic rather than an Ottoman poet though frequently, like Kadi Biirhaneddin and Fuzuli, he is included in lists of Ottoman Turkish poets.
ref: 1973, Kathleen R. F. Burrill, The Quatrains of Nesimî, Fourteenth-century Turkic Hurufi, page 46:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Azeri language.
Azeri Turkic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Yet, classifying these varieties, which are spoken in the sphere of influence of the two major Oghuz languages, Azeri Turkic and Ottoman or Modern Standard Turkish, is difficult
ref: 2006, Christiane Bulut, "Syntactic traces of Turkic-Iranian contiguity: An areal survey of language contact-induced shift in patterns of relativization", Turkic-Iranian contact areas: Historical and linguistic aspects (Turcologica 62), page 187
glosses: Azeri, the Azerbaijani language.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Azerbaijani
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Azeri
topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Azeri Turkish
Coordinate terms: Ottoman Turkic
Turkish
postfeminists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postfeminist
unhypocritically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unhypocritically
form: most unhypocritically
Etymology: From unhypocritical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: You can unhypocritically urge your children to heed a single standard: Obey the law.
ref: 2009 February 8, Randy Cohen, “Dutch Treat?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without hypocrisy.
unhypocritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhypocritical
form: most unhypocritical
Etymology: From un- + hypocritical.
Senses: glosses: Not hypocritical.
multipane
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + pane.
Senses: examples: text: By installing storm windows behind replicas of the existing multipane windows and taking other conservation measures, garden officials hope the project will qualify for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design status from the United States Green Building Council.
ref: 2009 February 9, David W. Dunlap, “From Tobacco Leaves to Wedding Bouquets, 169 Years in the Bronx”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having more than one pane.
pretelecast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + telecast.
Senses: examples: text: In three-and-a-half hours, the awards broadcast handed out only 10 awards; the other 100 categories filled a three-hour pretelecast ceremony that was Webcast beforehand (and can be seen at grammy.com ).
ref: 2009 February 9, Jon Pareles, “Full-Tilt Performances and Defiant Bravado”, in New York Times:
glosses: Prior to a telecast.
supersalary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersalaries
Etymology: From super- + salary.
Senses: examples: text: I’m no superman and I shouldn’t get a supersalary.
ref: 2009 February 9, Breakingviews.Com, “Common Sense on C.E.O. Pay”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very high salary.
supersalaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersalary
antipatriotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antipatriotic
form: most antipatriotic
Etymology: From anti- + patriotic.
Senses: examples: text: I have little doubt that if President Obama’s economic recovery plan were for Iraq, Republicans would pass it without flinching because, of course, anyone who balked would be considered antipatriotic.
ref: 2009 February 10, “The Showdown Over the Stimulus”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing patriotism.