cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pangastritis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pan- + gastritis.
Senses: glosses: inflammation of the entire stomach lining
diadectomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diadectomorphs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the Diadectomorpha.
diadectomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diadectomorph
Dounce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: dounce
douncer
multiclassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + class + -ing.
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: The ability, in certain games, to belong to more than one character class.
setosity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being setous.
trackmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trackmakers
Etymology: From track + maker.
Senses: glosses: An organism that leaves tracks as it moves, especially one whose tracks can be found in fossils.
Related terms: trackmaking
trackway
trackmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trackmaker
flowcytometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flow cytometry.
flowcytometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flow + cytometric.
Senses: glosses: Relating to flow cytometry.
Derived terms: flowcytometrically
purinaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of purinemia.
infant mortality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infant mortalities
Senses: glosses: The occurrence of death of very young children under one year old.
Related terms: infant mortality rate
squeezeboxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeezeboxers
form: squeeze boxer
form: squeeze-boxer
Etymology: From squeezebox + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a squeezebox (accordion).
Synonyms: accordionist
squeezeboxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeezeboxer
squeeze-boxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeeze-boxers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of squeezeboxer.
squeeze boxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squeeze boxers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of squeezeboxer.
squeeze-boxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeeze-boxer
squeeze boxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeeze boxer
squeeze boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squeeze box
bassooners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bassooner
French hornist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French hornists
Etymology: From French horn + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a French horn.
French hornists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French hornist
Vienna horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Vienna horns
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A brass aerophone used mainly in Austria in the performance of orchestral and classical music.
Synonyms: Viennese horn
Vienna horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vienna horn
Viennese horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Viennese horns
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Vienna horn.
synonyms: word: Vienna horn
Viennese horns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Viennese horn
liquescing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of liquesce
liquesced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liquesce
Uralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uralists
Etymology: From Ural + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Uralicist.
synonyms: word: Uralicist
Uralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Uralist
Samoyedologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Samoyedologists
Etymology: From Samoyed + -ologist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Samoyedic languages.
Samoyedologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Samoyedologist
Uralicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uralicists
Etymology: From Uralic + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Uralic languages.
Synonyms: Uralist
Uralicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Uralicist
Dravidianist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dravidianists
Etymology: From Dravidian + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies Dravidian languages.
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: An adherent of Dravidianism.
Dravidianists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dravidianist
Dravidianism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dravidian + -ism.
Senses: qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: A belief in the need for autonomy and unity, and sometimes the inherent superiority, of the Dravidian peoples of South India.
Related terms: Dravidianist
electrokinetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From electrokinetic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In terms of, or by means of, electrokinetics.
lissoneoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lissoneoids
Senses: examples: text: A form of these lissoneoids somewhat resemble the trochoidal forms, the latter being more hollow than the former.
glosses: The stream-line curve of least resistance
lissoneoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lissoneoid
lispound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪspaʊnd/
/ˈlɪspənd/
Forms: form: lispounds
form: lispund
Etymology: Apparently from Dutch lijspond, a contraction of Lijfs pond (“Livonian pound”); or from the equivalent Low German lispunt, livespunt.
Senses: glosses: A unit of weight formerly used in the Baltic countries, varying between 17 and 19 pounds.
lispounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lispound
lirazza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lirazzas
Senses: glosses: A Venetian silver coin that circulated in 1762-1797 and was equal to 30 soldi.
lirazzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lirazza
lisena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lisenas
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: A pilaster with very slight projections.
lisenas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lisena
linearifolious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: having linear leaves
linearoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From linear + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: In this case, therefore, the linearoid system of invariant differential equations is merely the linearoid transform of a linear system.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (in group theory) quasi-linear
Garganega
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A variety of Italian white wine grape widely grown in the Veneto region.
huesero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hueseros
Etymology: From Spanish huesero.
Senses: examples: text: There are hueseros, who set bones, and sobadors, who massage away pain.
ref: 2008 May 10, Kevin Sack, “Illegal Farm Workers Get Health Care in Shadows”, in New York Times:
glosses: A curandero who specializes in bone and muscle therapy.
hueseros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of huesero
sobador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sobadors
form: sobadores
Etymology: From Spanish sobador.
Senses: glosses: A curandero who specializes in massage.
sobadores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sobador
sobadors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sobador
shoutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shoutable
form: most shoutable
Etymology: From shout + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It was a very shoutable and harmless slogan, and though Jonathan regretted that it had no specific meaning he found he enjoyed shouting it.
ref: 2011, Phyllis Bentley, Ring in the New:
glosses: Capable of, or suited to, being shouted.
Cibachrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cibachromes
Etymology: Former brand name; originally developed by the Ciba Geigy Corporation of Switzerland, + -chrome.
Senses: glosses: A reproduction of a film transparency on photopaper, made using a dye-destruction positive-to-positive photographic process.
Synonyms: Ilfochrome
Cibachromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cibachrome
Ilfochrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ilfochromes
Etymology: Former brand name, referring to the company Ilford Ltd.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Cibachrome.
synonyms: word: Cibachrome
Ilfochromes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ilfochrome
overprimes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overprime
overprimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overprime
porkmeister
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: porkmeisters
Etymology: From pork + -meister.
Senses: examples: text: Representative Young is the porkmeister who championed the notorious Bridge to Nowhere.
ref: 2008 April 21, “The Road to Somewhere Shady”, in New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A politician involved in "pork barrel" politics, using central funds for regional projects designed to appeal to voters.
porkmeisters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of porkmeister
harmonicaist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmonicaists
Etymology: From harmonica + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of harmonicist.
synonyms: word: harmonicist
harmonicaists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harmonicaist
Jew's harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's harp
mouth organist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth organists
Etymology: From mouth organ + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays any of the instruments called a mouth organ (panpipes, Jew's harp, harmonica).
Synonyms: sense: harmonica player
word: harmonicaist
sense: harmonica player
word: harmonicist
sense: Jew's harp player
word: jaw harpist
sense: Jew's harp player
word: Jew's harpist
sense: panpipe player
word: panpiper
mouth organists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth organist
panpiper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: panpipers
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays panpipes.
panpipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panpiper
Jew's harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jew's harpists
form: Jew's-harpist
form: jews-harpist
form: jew's harpist
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a Jew's harp.
Synonyms: jaw harpist
mouth harpist
mouth organist
Related terms: Jew's harp
Jew's-harp
Jew's harping
Jew's-harping
Jew's harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's harpist
jaw harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaw harpists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a jaw harp (Jew's harp).
Synonyms: Jew's harpist
jaw harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaw harpist
Jew's-harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jew's-harpists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jew's harpist.
Jew's-harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's-harpist
jews-harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jew's-harpist
form: jews-harpists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jew's harpist.
jews-harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jews-harpist
jew's harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jew's harpists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jew's harpist.
jew's harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jew's harpist
overinflection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + inflection.
Senses: glosses: excessive inflection
mouth harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouth harpists
Etymology: From mouth harp + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a mouth harp (either a harmonica or a Jew's harp).
Synonyms: Jew's harpist
harmonicist
mouth harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouth harpist
French harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French harps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of harmonica.
synonyms: word: harmonica
French harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of French harp
juice harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juice harps
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of Jew's harp
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
juice harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of juice harp
plaidless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plaid + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Both are bare-chested in beige, plaidless kilts […]
ref: 2008 April 5, The New York Times, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without a plaid.
plaitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plait + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a plait or pleat.
Twin Cities
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Minnesota is a state of decent hardworking people, half of whom live on the expanding island that is the Twin Cities, Minneapolis and St. Paul, an island of lifestyle in an ocean of cornfields and soybeans, where there is good espresso and Thai food and The New York Times and a couple orchestras […]
ref: 2001 August 26, Garrison Keillor, “In Search of Lake Wobegon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The metropolitan area of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Derived terms: Twin Citizen
Twin Citizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Twin Citizens
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of the Twin Cities.
miniresurgence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniresurgences
Etymology: From mini- + resurgence.
Senses: examples: text: Have the Mets compared notes about Beltrán’s miniresurgence?
ref: 2008 May 12, Jack Curry, “Snapping Out of a Slump, Beltrán Is Starting to Click”, in New York Times:
glosses: A little resurgence.
Twin Citizens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Twin Citizen
miniresurgences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniresurgence
proposee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proposees
Etymology: From propose + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: A crowd of passers-by was gathering, waiting for the proposee to emerge from her building.
ref: 2008 May 12, “Metropolitan Diary”, in New York Times:
glosses: The person to whom a proposal of marriage is made.
proposees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proposee
sissonne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sissonnes
Etymology: French
Senses: examples: text: The pairs of backward-diagonal traveling sissonnes (jumps from two legs to one) are another motif so accentuated as to become irresistible.
ref: 2008 May 12, Alastair Macaulay, “City Ballet’s Itinerary: Robbins and Beyond”, in New York Times:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A jump starting with two feet on the ground and ending with only one.
sissonnes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sissonne
Jew's-trump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jew's-trumps
form: Jew's trump
Etymology: Unclear; see Jew's harp and trump.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of Jew's harp.
synonyms: word: Jew's harp
Jew's-trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's-trump
Jew's trumps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's trump
Jew's-harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jew's-harps
Senses: examples: text: The lad, his son, had obtained a Jew's-harp, and learned to play upon it the profane airs of "Yankee Doodle," "Hail Columbia," "St. Patrick's Day," and "Auld Lang Syne."
ref: 1850, T. S. Arthur, “Deacon Smith and his Violin”, in Sketches of Life and Character, Philadelphia: J. W. Bradley, →OCLC, page 70:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
Jew's-harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jew's-harp
jew's harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jew's harps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
jews harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jews harps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
jews-harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jews-harps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
Jews-harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jews-harps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jew's harp.
Jews-harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jews-harp
jews-harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jews-harp
jews harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jews harp
jew's harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jew's harp
rillette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rillettes
Etymology: From French rillette.
Senses: examples: text: It’s possible to cobble together a meatier meal, like country pâté ($8) or succulent duck rillette ($7).
ref: 2008 May 7, The New York Times, “Turqua Grill and The JakeWalk”, in New York Times:
glosses: A dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.
underhedged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underhedged
form: most underhedged
Etymology: From under- + hedged.
Senses: examples: text: Instead, it was a collective failure of the governing five-man executive committee that over the years became so fixated on increasing the firm’s book value — and expecting the stock price to follow — that it lost sight of the concentrated, underhedged exposure to the home mortgage market that left Bear vulnerable.
ref: 2008 May 7, Landon Thomas Jr., “Quarrel Erupts Between Bear’s Elder Statesmen”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: On a hedged a transaction, having too much cash flow committed to rated note debt coverage, leaving too little available for the income notes.
mudbogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mud bogging.
photoangiolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + angiolytic.
Senses: examples: text: The new procedure relies on a type of laser called the pulsed photoangiolytic KTP. Its green light selectively destroys the blood vessels feeding the tumor without burning the vocal cords.
ref: 2008 May 6, Lawrence K. Altman, “Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx”, in New York Times:
glosses: Relating to photoangiolysis.
excessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excess
excessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excess
neurosoftware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + software.
Senses: examples: text: He estimates that in 2007 the market in the United States for so-called neurosoftware was $225 million.
ref: 2008 May 3, Katie Hafner, “Exercise Your Brain, or Else You’ll ... Uh ...”, in New York Times:
glosses: Computer software designed to assist people in training their mental faculties.
skyrise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skyrises
Etymology: From sky + rise.
Senses: examples: text: You can propose a 40-story skyrise in the center of Hollywood, and hardly anyone two miles to the west will take notice.
ref: 2008 May 3, Jennifer Steinhauer, “In Taco Truck Battle, Mild Angelenos Turn Hot”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very tall building; a high-rise.
skyrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skyrise
postpresidencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postpresidency
Camp Cupcake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Any low-security prison.
provocateuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: provocateuses
Etymology: Pseudo-Gallicism, derived from provocateur + -euse, as the French female equivalent of provocateur is provocatrice.
Senses: examples: text: She echoes another Brooklyn transplant, the rapping global provocateuse M.I.A. (who appears on the album), with agressive^([sic]) chants and electro riffs in “Creator” and “Unstoppable.”
ref: 2008 April 28, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
synonyms: provocatrice
provocatrix
glosses: A female provocateur.
Related terms: agente provocateuse
provocateuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of provocateuse
quotemaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quotemasters
Etymology: From quote + master.
Senses: examples: text: The quotemasters volley back and forth like Talmudic scholars, providing for every Soviet quotation an equal and opposite Soviet quotation.
ref: 1984, Edward Zuckerman, The Day After World War III, page 247:
text: “He needs to look in the mirror and see how big he is,” said Claudio Reyna, 34, the captain, who is becoming a quotemaster in his old age.
ref: 2008 April 28, George Vecsey, “An Identity Stuck in the Swamps of New Jersey”, in New York Times:
glosses: An expert in quotations.
quotemasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quotemaster
yours trulies
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: Humorously non-standard pluralization of yours truly.
Senses: glosses: we, us, or ourselves
microconcept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microconcepts
Etymology: From micro- + concept.
Senses: examples: text: “Diller has been fairly clear with his Johnny Appleseed strategy, where he’s putting a whole lot of microconcepts into the market so you don’t have to have a billion dollars invested in one idea or one company.”
ref: 2008 April 14, Bob Tedeschi, “Beaming Online Services Toward Blacks”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small or simple concept.
microconcepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microconcept
queenmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: queenmakers
Etymology: From queen + maker; compare kingmaker.
Senses: examples: text: “The fact is that the unpledged delegate group was added not to be kingmakers or queenmakers but simply to give each state a few extra slots without having to sign in blood for a presidential candidate or run against their own constituents,” he said.
ref: 2008 April 26, Larry Rohter, “Superdelegate Stalemate Shows No Sign of Easing”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: kingmaker
glosses: Someone who has strong influence over the choice of a female leader.
queenmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of queenmaker
floatables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floatable
draftmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: draftmates
Etymology: From draft + mate.
Senses: examples: text: And when it came time for a question-and-answer session with the six prospects in town for the draft, the children tossed Long softball questions as his draftmates had to sweat out the tough ones.
ref: 2008 April 25, Mike Ogle, “Top N.F.L. Pick Exhales; Others Hold Breath”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the same draft.
draftmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of draftmate
mandapam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandapams
Senses: examples: text: Red strings tied to some of the vessels led up to the ceiling and across the room to the mini-shrines called mandapams, each of which housed statues of gods.
ref: 2008 May 26, Andy Newman, “Breathing Life Into Gods, and Into a Hindu Temple”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of mandapa.
mandapams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mandapam
megamovie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megamovies
Etymology: From mega- + movie.
Senses: examples: text: The “Watchmen” film, Mr. Synder said, will probably generate at least three DVDs: “Tales of the Black Freighter,” followed about four months later by release of “Watchmen” itself, and then an “ultimate” edition in which the two are edited together into one megamovie.
ref: 2008 May 26, Brooks Barnes, “Warner Tries a New Tactic to Revive Its DVD Sales”, in New York Times:
glosses: A particularly long or impressive movie.
megamovies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megamovie
ballroomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ballroomy
form: most ballroomy
Etymology: From ballroom + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The mood is big city, with flashes of madcap mischief, craziness and devilry on the part of Rabbit and (especially) Rogue; the Rag Couple, sometimes ballroomy, have notes of tension and dispute.
ref: 2008 June 5, Alastair Macaulay, “Step Right Up: A Playful, Complex Whirl, According to Tharp”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of ballroom dancing.
lenos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lenoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ληνός (lēnós).
Senses: examples: text: Its relief scene includes 11 cupids harvesting and stomping on grapes to make wine in a lenos, a long trough similar to the sarcophagus itself.
ref: 2008 June 5, Edward Wyatt, “Getty Adds to Antiquities With Third-Century Work”, in New York Times:
glosses: A trough used in ancient winemaking.
lenoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lenos
prereferral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + referral.
Senses: examples: a prereferral consultation with the counsellor
glosses: Prior to referral.
practicelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more practicelike
form: most practicelike
Etymology: From practice + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes.
ref: 2008 June 9, Alastair Macaulay, “In Student Steps and Leaps, a Survey of National Styles”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of practice.
zettaflop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zettaflops
Etymology: From zetta- + FLOP.
Senses: examples: text: The next thousandfold goal is the exaflop, which is a quintillion calculations per second, followed by the zettaflop, the yottaflop and the xeraflop.
ref: 2008 June 9, John Markoff, “Military Supercomputer Sets Record”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: 10²¹ floating-point operations per second.
zettaflops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zettaflop
Catalan surface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Catalan surfaces
Etymology: Named after the Belgian mathematician Eugène Charles Catalan.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A ruled surface whose rulings are all parallel to a fixed plane.
Catalan surfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Catalan surface
semilapsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + lapsed.
Senses: examples: text: MRS. PATERSON, a runner and semilapsed vegetarian — she eats meat once a week to fend off anemia — spends weekdays in Manhattan with her son and commutes to Albany most weekends; she and her husband rented out their house in Guilderland, an Albany suburb, and have moved into the Executive Mansion, where she is continuing Ms. Wall Spitzer’s “greening” initiative.
ref: 2008 June 6, Robin Finn, “No Bed of Roses for a Sudden First Lady”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially lapsed.
cybercontroversy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercontroversies
Etymology: From cyber- + controversy.
Senses: examples: text: In its latest cybercontroversy, the heavy-metal band Metallica apologized for asking several bloggers to remove their online reviews of its untitled coming record, The Guardian of London reported.
ref: 2008 June 14, “Metallica Says It’s Sorry”, in New York Times:
glosses: A controversy on the Internet or in cyberspace.
cybercontroversies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybercontroversy
minibite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibites
Etymology: From mini- + bite.
Senses: examples: text: The producers do their best to edit bland events into comic minibites, but those mostly look lame and forced.
ref: 2008 June 14, Alessandra Stanley, “The Latest Candidates for an Image Makeover”, in New York Times:
text: Remind your team that it is essential to condense information into minibites. Tell your sales team to send out one-page documents and one-paragraph emails only […]
ref: 2013, Josiane Chriqui Feigon, Smart Sales Manager, page 13:
glosses: A small, easily-digested article, programme, etc.
minibites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minibite
erh-hu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of erhu.
erh hu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of erhu.
erxian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erxian
Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 二弦 (èrxián).
Senses: glosses: One of several bowed string instruments in the huqin family, used in traditional Chinese music.
glosses: A long-necked plucked lute with two strings, used in traditional Chinese music.
crabwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crabwalks
form: crab walk
form: crab-walk
Etymology: From crab + walk.
Senses: examples: text: As a recent morning workout began at the gym, Rooney led the fighters through a series of knee bends, jumping jacks and crabwalks.
ref: 2008 April 2, Michael Brick, “The Businessman Who Finds Time to Fight”, in New York Times:
glosses: A form of exercise involving "walking" on one's hands and feet while facing upward.
crabwalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crabwalks
form: crabwalking
form: crabwalked
form: crabwalked
form: crab walk
form: crab-walk
Etymology: From crab + walk.
Senses: glosses: To perform a crabwalk
glosses: To walk like a crab
crabwalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crabwalk
crabwalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crabwalk
esraj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esrajes
form: esraaj
Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਇਸਰਾਜ (isarāj).
Senses: examples: text: Sri Chinmoy is director of the United Nations meditation group. He is an author and a musician as well. Tonight at 7:30, he will work as a musician along with three or four choral groups and a number of instrumental units—he plays cello and esraj (a type of sitar) himself.
ref: 1976 May 28, “Weekender Guide”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page C1:
glosses: A bowed string instrument of Indian origin, with a goatskin soundboard, sympathetic strings attached to a sitar-like neck, and twenty frets.
Synonyms: Indian harp
esrajes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esraj
Indian harp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Indian harps
Senses: glosses: Synonym of esraj.
synonyms: word: esraj
Indian harps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Indian harp
fiddlist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiddlists
form: fiddleist
Etymology: From fiddle + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A fiddler.
fiddlists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiddlist
fiddleist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fiddleists
Senses: glosses: Dated form of fiddlist.
fiddleists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiddleist
evergreen oak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evergreen oaks
Senses: glosses: The holm oak or ilex, Quercus ilex
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see evergreen, oak.
Related terms: live oak
evergreen oaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evergreen oak
butterleaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From butter + leaf.
Senses: examples: text: This will not be a problem if you use a butterleaf lettuce like Bibb, or possibly the inner leaves of romaine or cabbage (it depends on the particular head).
ref: 2008 April 9, Mark Bittman, “Quickly and Easily, a Touch of Elegance”, in New York Times:
glosses: A kind of lettuce with a delicate buttery flavour.
underchoreographed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underchoreographed
form: most underchoreographed
Etymology: From under- + choreographed.
Senses: examples: text: Taylor tried a jape or two as in a campy hootch number for Linda Kent who, for some prankish reason, made her entrance behind an obliging cabbage; but the whole seemed underchoreographed and overdependent upon the winningness of the dancers.
ref: 1979, High Fidelity Musical America, volume 29, number 2:
text: In “Corsaire” the introductory “Naila” waltz looks woefully underchoreographed.
ref: 2008 April 10, Alastair Macaulay, “At the Kirov, Can Too Many Cooks Spoil the Ballet?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Inadequately choreographed.
billboardesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more billboardesque
form: most billboardesque
Etymology: From billboard + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The area already has plenty of loud billboards and klieg lights that have drawn complaints from some neighborhood groups, so the city is concerned about anything billboardesque. Mr. Astani’s application to build the LED panels is undergoing an environmental review by city planning officials.
ref: 2008 May 21, Rebecca Cathcart, “A Developer’s Unusual Plan for Bright Lights, Inspired by a Dark Film”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a billboard.
emu bush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emu bushes
Senses: glosses: Any of the Australian desert shrubs in the genus Eremophila, which have fruits that are eaten by emus.
glosses: Any of several other Australian shrubs with fruits said to be eaten by emus
emu bushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of emu bush
unspammed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unspammed
form: most unspammed
Etymology: From un- + spammed.
Senses: examples: text: My mailbox has remained unspammed for years thanks to antispam filters.
glosses: Without spam.
unspam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unspams
form: unspamming
form: unspammed
form: unspammed
Etymology: From un- + spam.
Senses: examples: text: It took me about one hour to unspam my mailbox; there were hundreds of them.
glosses: To remove spam messages.
linguliform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lingula + -iform.
Senses: examples: text: This study concerns all infaunal brachiopods that possess an inarticulate, organo-phosphatic, linguliform shell.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: resembling a lingula
linguliform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linguliforms
Etymology: From lingula + -iform.
Senses: glosses: Any brachiopod of the subphylum Linguliformea
luminarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌluːmɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ˌluməˈnɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: luminariums
form: luminaria
Senses: examples: text: Exxopolis is the first luminarium to be mainly designed on computer and the new technology has permitted a very-wide ranging experiment.
text: Each luminarium is an original design. The principal difference between the different luminaria is found in the rendering of the domes and in the layout of the tunnels.
topics: architecture
glosses: A walk-in sculpture designed as an artistic display of light and color.
Related terms: luminary
luminous
luminariums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of luminarium
jure divino
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From Latin iūre dīvīnō.
Senses: glosses: by divine right
linenette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linenettes
Etymology: From linen + -ette.
Senses: glosses: A cotton fabric made in imitation of linen.
linenettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linenette
touch 'em all
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: touches 'em all
form: touching 'em all
form: touched 'em all
form: touched 'em all
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To touch all four bases after hitting a home run, hence to hit a home run.
four-baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of four-bagger
two-baggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of two-bagger
knee babies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knee baby
knee-buckler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knee-bucklers
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A curveball (or occasionally a knuckleball) that fools the hitter, causing his or her knees to buckle (i.e. bend).
examples: text: This guy is a sensitive and gentle, yet exciting sex partner, certainly not rough but always leading the dance. She could get weak, just anticipating him, a real knee buckler.
ref: 2008, Everett Stephenson Jr., Resolution, page 195:
text: “Hi, Jimmy!” His friends stared back and forth between him and myself with their mouths open. Bella smiled a patented knee buckler at him.
ref: 2013, Erik Schubach, Music of the Soul, volume 1:
glosses: Anything so stunning as to have a weakening effect on a person.
armshouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːmzhaʊs/
ipa: /ˈɑɹmzhaʊs/
homophone: almshouse stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: Possibly arms + house (“a house in which firearms are stored or can be found”).
Senses: examples: text: You don't wanna bring armshouse / I'll bring armshouse to your mum's house / You don't wanna bring no beef / Bring some beef you'll lose some teeth
ref: 2004 October 25, Lethal Bizzle et al., “Pow! (Forward)”, performed by Demon:
text: Grime events have a reputation for trouble. The music builds up tention but offers little scope for release—a recipe for fights on the dance floor. […] At one point during the Stratford Circus performance, the host, Peaches, comes on to report the disappearance of a cell phone, then delivers an impromptu lecture. "Stop thiefin'! Stop the armshouse!" she berates ("armshouse" being grime slang for violence). "They're locking off grime raves, dancehall basements—where you gonna go? Country & western nights?!"
ref: 2005 August, Simon Reynolds, “A Life of Grime”, in Sia Michel, editor, Spin, New York, N.Y.: Spin Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86:
text: Coz if you don't take care of this then believe me, they'll^([sic – meaning there'll]) be armshouse!
ref: 2015 August 31, Oscar Phoenix, This Hostage to Fortune, [Raleigh, N.C.]: Lulu Publishing Services, →ISBN:
glosses: Bloodshed, violence.
armshouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːmzhaʊs/
ipa: /ˈɑɹmzhaʊs/
homophone: almshouse stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: A misspelling of almshouse.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of almshouse.
pro confesso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prō cōnfessō (“as, instead of it being confessed”).
Senses: examples: text: His failure to respond meant he was sentenced pro confesso.
topics: law
glosses: As if an offence had been confessed or admitted.
Asian pears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Asian pear.
russeted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more russeted
form: most russeted
Senses: examples: text: While the European pear is, at its finest, buttery and surrenders to the slightest pressure, Asian pears are firm, very crisp, hugely juicy and sweet and, in some cases, highly aromatic – spicy almost. Some are smooth-skinned, others lightly russeted.
ref: 2015 September 5, Mark Diacono, “In praise of the Asian pear”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening), archived from the original on 12 Sep 2015, pages 1–2:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russet.
russeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of russet
Apresyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Apresian
form: Apressian
Etymology: From Armenian Ապրեսյան (Apresyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
glockenspielist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glockenspielists
Etymology: From glockenspiel + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a glockenspiel.
glockenspielists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glockenspielist
idiophonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiophonists
Etymology: From idiophone + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays an idiophone musical instrument.
idiophonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idiophonist
maracaist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maracaists
Etymology: From maraca + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays maracas.
maracaists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maracaist
frottoirist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frottoirists
Etymology: From frottoir + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a frottoir (rubboard).
Synonyms: rub-boardist
rub-boardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rub-boardists
form: rubboardist
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a rubboard.
Synonyms: frottoirist
frottoirists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frottoirist
rub-boardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rub-boardist
rubboardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubboardists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rub-boardist.
rubboardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rubboardist
glass harmonicas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass harmonica
armonicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: armonicists
Etymology: From armonica + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays an armonica
armonicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armonicist
glass harmonicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass harmonicists
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a glass harmonica.
glass harmonicists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass harmonicist
glass harpist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glass harpists
Etymology: From glass harp + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a glass harp.
glass harpists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glass harpist
marimbaist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marimbaists
Etymology: From marimba + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of marimbist.
synonyms: word: marimbist
marimbaists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marimbaist
cowbellist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cowbellists
Etymology: From cowbell + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: I spent the next two months back in Michigan, where my days as a cowbellist were coming to an end.
ref: 2008, Rick Lax, Lawyer Boy: A Case Study on Growing Up, page 42:
glosses: Someone who plays a cowbell.
cowbellists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cowbellist
sawist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sawest.
sawist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sawists
Etymology: From saw + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a musical saw.
Synonyms: musical sawist
sawists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sawist
musical sawist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical sawists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sawist (Someone who plays a musical saw)
synonyms: word: sawist
extra: Someone who plays a musical saw
musical sawists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of musical sawist
wood blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood block
wood-block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood-blocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wood block.
wood-blocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood-block
woodblockist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodblockists
form: wood-blockist
Etymology: From woodblock + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a wood block.
wood-blockist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wood-blockists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of woodblockist.
woodblockists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodblockist
wood-blockists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wood-blockist
washboardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washboardists
Etymology: From washboard + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a washboard.
washboardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washboardist
bellist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellists
Etymology: From bell + -ist.
Senses: hypernyms: bell ringer
glosses: Someone who plays bells; a musical bell ringer.
bellists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellist
cajonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cajonists
Etymology: From cajón + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a cajón.
cajonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cajonist
spoonist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spoonists
Etymology: From spoon + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A musician who plays the spoons.
Related terms: wooden spoonist
spoonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spoonist
pannist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pannists
Etymology: From pan + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Most contemporary bands are comprised of between fifty and two hundred volunteer pannists, who play one or two harmonic pans; with up to six instruments, bass pannists have to be pretty dextrous, twisting around to reach the right notes.
ref: 2018, Polly Thomas, The Rough Guide to Trinidad and Tobago, Apa Publications, →ISBN:
glosses: Someone who plays a steelpan.
Synonyms: steel drummer
steel pannist
pannists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pannist
steel pannist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel pannists
form: steelpannist
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pannist.
synonyms: word: pannist
steelpannist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steelpannists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of steel pannist.
steel pannists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel pannist
steelpannists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steelpannist
steel drummer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steel drummers
form: steeldrummer
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pannist.
synonyms: word: pannist
steel drummers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steel drummer
steeldrummer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steeldrummers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of steel drummer.
steeldrummers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steeldrummer
woodwindist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodwindists
Etymology: From woodwind + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Someone who plays a woodwind instrument, such as the clarinet.
Synonyms: word: woodwinder
word: woodwind player