cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
neglection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nəˈɡlɛk.ʃən/
Forms: form: neglections
Etymology: From Latin neglectiōnem, accusative singular of neglectiō (“neglect”), from neglectus, perfect passive participle of neglegō (“neglect”). Equivalent to neglect + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: And this neglection of degree it is
That by a pace goes backward.
ref: c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: While the impressive textbook treatment of this kinetic theory is restricted to the most significant and elegant results which astonishingly can be gained despite of drastic simplifications, neglections and linearizations, one has to take into account how much richer the theory is if less approximative assumptions are used.
ref: 2008, Heinrich Hora, Plasmas at High Temperature and Density:
glosses: neglect
neglections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neglection
dazzlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dazzlements
Etymology: From dazzle + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: It had been very hot all the trip, the hottest Nick had ever known; in Venice, for all its dazzlements, they had moved in a heatwave stink of decay […]
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 11, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
glosses: A burst or flash of light; a cause of dazzling.
examples: 1965, Michel Foucault, Madness and Civilization (1961), translated by Richard Howard, New York: Vintage, 1988, Chapter 4,
Dazzlement is night in broad daylight, the darkness that rules at the very heart of what is excessive in light’s radiance. Dazzled reason opens its eyes upon the sun and sees nothing, that is, does not see; in dazzlement, the recession of objects toward the depths of night has as an immediate correlative the suppression of vision itself; at the moment when it sees objects disappear into the secret night of light, sight sees itself in the moment of its disappearance.
glosses: The condition of being dazzled.
truti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trutis
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit त्रुटि (truṭi).
Senses: examples: text: At every moment of time — i.e., in every Truti — there are millions of Trutis — perfect organisms — in space. This may require some explanation. The units of time and space are the same — a Truti. Take any one Truti of time. It is well known […]
ref: 1897, Rāma Prasāda, The Science of Breath and the Philosophy of the Tattvas, page 80:
text: The Surya-Siddhanta (1.10-21) differentiates kala (time) primarily in two forms (i) murtakala (real time) and (ii) umurtakula (unreal time), taking prdna (4 seconds) and truti (atom) as the smallest units respectively, whereas Bhaskara II in his […]
ref: 1988, Kapila Vatsyayan, Bettina Bäumer, Kalātattvakośa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts, Motilal Banarsidass Publishe, →ISBN, page 219:
text: (2 1-3),, we have 1 atom (truti ?) of time =6 paramanukalas (atom times) But from table (2.1-7), we have 1 truti =18 paramanukalas (atoms times), and 1 trasarenu =6 paramankalas (atoms times) Therefore it appears that an atom (truti ?) of time […]
ref: 1987, S. S. Lishk, Jaina astronomy:
glosses: A unit of time equal to about 30 microseconds.
chiasmas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiasma
prophecizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prophecize
prophecizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prophecize
prophecized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prophecize
circussy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circussy
form: most circussy
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of circusy.
civilish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From civil + -ish.
Senses: glosses: somewhat civil
stable fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stable flies
Senses: glosses: Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
glosses: Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
Stomoxys calcitrans.
Synonyms: sense: Stomoxys calcitrans
word: biting house fly
sense: Stomoxys calcitrans
word: barn fly
sense: Stomoxys calcitrans
word: dog fly
sense: Stomoxys calcitrans
word: power mower fly
stable flies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stable fly
tight loop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tight loops
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A loop which contains few instructions and iterates many times.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Such a loop which heavily uses I/O or processing resources, failing to adequately share them with other programs running in the operating system.
Related terms: infinite loop
tight loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tight loop
voluntourist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɒlənˈtʊəɹɪst/
ipa: /vɑlənˈtʊəɹɪst/
Forms: form: voluntourists
Etymology: Blend of volunteer + tourist.
Senses: examples: text: As summer looms, many Americans — college students, retirees and others who stand at the cusp of life changes — will make similar choices in search of transformational experiences. An industry exists to make these easier to make: the voluntourism business. A voluntourist is someone like Jack, who wishes to combine exotic vacation travel with volunteer work.
ref: 2014 April 21, Rafia Zakaria, “The white tourist’s burden”, in Al Jazeera America, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2016:
text: I’m not pretending all in the camp are philanthropic angels. On Sunday we saw three “voluntourists”, taking selfies.
ref: 2016 October 7, Rosamund Urwin, Let’s praise the Jungle’s volunteers, in the i, № 1,831, page 18/5:
glosses: A tourist who takes part in voluntourism.
cognoscitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin cognōscō (“to know”) + -itive.
Senses: examples: text: And therefore the act of knowledge is terminated in the intellect; and for this reason the cognoscitive virtues are in the intellect itself, or the reason.
ref: 1915, Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Habits:
glosses: having the power of knowing
Derived terms: cognoscitively
whipping boys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whipping boy
proto-oncogenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proto-oncogene
solar nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solar nebulae
form: solar nebulas
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A disc-shaped cloud of gas and dust left over from the formation of the Sun.
thermoreceptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thermoreceptor
war stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of war story
vasotocins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasotocin
angiotensin converting enzymes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angiotensin converting enzyme
anaphase-promoting complexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaphase-promoting complex
secretaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secretaires
Etymology: From French secrétaire.
Senses: examples: text: The table was covered with a confusion of papers, books, pamphlets, all heaped upon one another pell-mell; and an open secretaire against the wall, was chokeful of the same litter; manuscripts, books in yellow-paper covers, books in smart bindings, books in shabby bindings, stuffed in anyhow, one on the top of the other, sideways, longways, endways; a row of pigeon-holes gorged with papers in the background.
ref: [1884], [Mary Elizabeth Braddon], “‘The Breaker has come up before Them’”, in Ishmael: […], volume I, London: John and Robert Maxwell, […], →OCLC, page 289:
glosses: A kind of writing desk.
cremulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cremulators
Senses: examples: text: A machine called a cremulator reduces the fragments of bone to a fine ash.
ref: 1989 June 8, “Grassroots: La creme de la crem - Rumours persist about peculiar practices in crematoria / What really takes place”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Device to grind the bone fragments that remain after cremation or aquamation into fine powder.
Vandalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vænˈdæl.ɪk/
Etymology: From Vandal + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Vandals (the Germanic tribe).
Vandalic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /vænˈdæl.ɪk/
Etymology: From Vandal + -ic.
Senses: glosses: The extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Vandals, probably closely related to the Gothic language.
Related terms: Vandal
Wiktionary’s coverage of Vandalic terms
calcium nitrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless salt that absorbs moisture from the air and mainly used as a component in fertilizer.
solar nebulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar nebula
solar nebulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solar nebula
magnetoencephalographies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magnetoencephalography
broodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broody
survival statutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of survival statute
logography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɡɒɡ.ɹə.fi/
ipa: /ləˈɡɑɡ.ɹə.fi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: logographies
Etymology: From logo- + -graphy.
Senses: glosses: The use of logographs in writing.
glosses: The use of logotypes in design and printing.
glosses: A method of longhand reporting.
cadmium oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colorless amorphous powder; a red or brown colored crystal.
cupric oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A black solid with an ionic structure made by heating copper in air.
Synonyms: copper(II) oxide
tenorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tenorites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: melaconite
glosses: A mineral form of cupric oxide
digenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digenites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A black to dark blue opaque copper sulfide mineral with chemical formula Cu₉S₅.
copper sulfide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copper sulphide
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
inorganic-chemistry
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A family of chemical compounds and minerals with the chemical formula CuₓS_y.
tenorites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenorite
digenites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digenite
enargite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enargites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A steel gray, blackish gray, to violet black copper arsenic sulfosalt mineral with a metallic luster.
enargites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enargite
best friend forever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best friends forever
Senses: synonyms: word: BFF
glosses: A person who is an especially close and trusted friend over a long period of time.
Related terms: best friend
BFFL
reductionisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reductionism
Chioggia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chioggio
form: Chiozzo
form: Chiozza
Etymology: From Italian Chioggia, ultimately from Latin Clodia, a former Roman settlement.
Senses: glosses: An island of Veneto, Italy.
glosses: A town and comune in Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy.
Ansatzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ansatz
aces up one's sleeve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ace up one's sleeve
thieves in the night
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thief in the night
microhardness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microhardnesses
Etymology: From micro- + hardness.
Senses: coordinate_terms: macrohardness
glosses: The hardness of a very small area of the surface layer of a material.
Derived terms: ultramicrohardness
last bursts of fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of last burst of fire
ossarium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɒˈsɛəɹi.əm/
ipa: /ɑˈsɛɹi.əm/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiəm
Forms: form: ossaria
Etymology: From Latin ossārium.
Senses: glosses: An ossuary.
joj
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /dʒɒʒ/
/dʒʌʒ/
/-dʒ/
[-ʒ(d̚)]
Forms: form: JoJ
Etymology: A palindromization of job. Popularized by cs188's video "[YTP] No one needs foundation repair", first uploaded in 2011.
Senses: examples: text: You better fuf, and then you better broob, 'cause if you don't broob, you're nothing but a nothing, and then the nothing becomes a nothing, and then your nothing is a joj, and then your nothing is sus […]
ref: 2019 June 11, Alfred Coleman III with SnapCube 2, “Minecraft w/ PaperBoxHouse #2”, in YouTube:
text: ViV [video in video], lagging or stuttering images to get figures to say nonsense words (“SuS”), became popular. […] What appears as chaos, nonsense, or distortion to someone outside the subculture turns out to be a set of references added on as layers and layers of images. Using rapid forward reverse and word-splice editing to make someone else’s project lag or getting a character to say “SuS” or “JoJ” becomes a form of legible code that has a multiplicity of possible orders.
ref: [2021, Randall Halle, “Cine-Cognition: Collage, Fragmentation, Integration” (chapter 6), in Visual Alterity: Seeing Difference in Cinema, →ISBN, pages 94–95:
text: she JOJ on my SOS til i LOL
ref: 2023 January 28, brucebocchi, Tumblr:
text: Rules for Dating DaThings: You better get a joj
ref: 2023 May 16, efootmobile, Reddit:
text: Saw this poster in the wild today and instinctively laughed out loud because like. That’s the Joj. The SoS. From my YTPs.
ref: 2023 August 31, yamada-ryo, Tumblr:
text: #the JoJ burger.... with extra Sos
ref: 2024 July 10, theygotlost, Tumblr:
synonyms: sus
sos
glosses: A nonsense word commonly used in YouTube Poop by playing an audio clip forward and in reverse consecutively; said in reference to this editing style, and to describe palindromes and humorously symmetrized images.
lucky breaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucky break
pondokkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pondokkies
Etymology: Afrikaans
Senses: glosses: In Africa, a primitive makeshift shelter, often made with iron or tin
pongid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pongids
Senses: glosses: Any primate once considered to belong in the family Pongidae; the great apes excluding humans
Related terms: hominid
pooja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poojas
Senses: examples: text: The priest celebrated a special pooja to pray for the Great Socialist's victory; mutton biryani was distributed on paper plates in front of the temple; and in the evening, there was free booze for all.
ref: 2008, Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger, Atlantic, published 2009, page 100:
glosses: Alternative form of puja.
SCN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of South American Community of Nations.
SCN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SCNs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of severe congenital neutropenia
glosses: Initialism of soybean cyst nematode.
glosses: Initialism of suprachiasmatic nucleus.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of server change number.
glosses: Initialism of Scottish Candidate Number.
swing voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swing voters
Senses: examples: text: As long as a conservative politician doesn’t break the law, or threaten the constitutional order, they can get away with more strident policies and rhetoric than a swing voter might have tolerated a decade ago.
ref: 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
synonyms: floating voter
glosses: A person who does not always vote for the same political party, but usually decides on the basis of specific policies.
swing voters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swing voter
floating voter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floating voters
Senses: glosses: a person who does not always vote for the same political party, but usually decides on the basis of policies.
Synonyms: swing voter
floating voters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating voter
swing vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swing votes
Senses: glosses: A vote held by a swing voter, and as such unpredictable.
Synonyms: floating vote
swing votes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swing vote
floating vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floating votes
Senses: glosses: A vote held by a floating voter, and therefore unpredictable.
Synonyms: swing vote
floating votes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floating vote
in a lather
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: She was in a lather because she couldn't find her passport.
text: Don't get yourself into a lather about anything that idiot says. It's not worth it!
glosses: In a state of nervousness or anxiety; agitated.
California Condor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: California Condors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of California condor.
California Condors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of California Condor
immoderateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From immoderate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being immoderate, lack of moderation or temperance.
Kessels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kessel
needle-clawed bushbaby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: needle-clawed bushbabies
Senses: glosses: A primate of one of the two species in the genus Euoticus, which is in the family Galagidae.
needle-clawed bushbabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of needle-clawed bushbaby
moo goo gai pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mogu-jipian
form: mogujipian
form: mo gu ji pian
Etymology: Borrowed from Taishanese 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mo³ gu¹ gai¹ pen^(1*), literally “sliced chicken with button mushrooms”).
Senses: glosses: An Americanized version of a certain Cantonese dish, usually a simple stir-fried dish consisting of sliced or cubed chicken with white button mushrooms and other vegetables such as snow peas, bamboo shoots, water chestnuts and Chinese cabbage.
greater galago
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greater galagos
Etymology: greater + galago
Senses: glosses: Any of three species of strepsirrhine primates of the genus Otolemur.
Synonyms: thick-tailed bushbaby
greater galagos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greater galago
thick-tailed bushbaby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thick-tailed bushbabies
Senses: glosses: Common name for three species of strepsirrhine primates of the genus Otolemur.
Synonyms: greater galago
thick-tailed bushbabies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thick-tailed bushbaby
boros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boro
dewikifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dewikify
dewikifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dewikify
dewikified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dewikify
nosocomephobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon, “hospital”) + -phobia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An abnormal fear of hospitals.
floran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone
topics: business
mining
glosses: tin ore stamped very fine
bacterial flora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bacterial floras
Senses: glosses: All the bacteria inside, or on the surface of an organism
keep one's head on one's shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's head on one's shoulders
form: keeping one's head on one's shoulders
form: kept one's head on one's shoulders
form: kept one's head on one's shoulders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep one's head.
civilisational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From civilisation + -al.
Senses: examples: text: This isn’t a civilisational battle for the future of “free speech”. And Durov isn’t a hero.
ref: 2024 August 31, Carole Cadwalladr, “Don’t rejoice yet, Elon Musk and his tech bros-in-arms are winning the global battle for the truth”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of civilizational.
Derived terms: civilisationally
siu mei
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cantonese 燒味 /烧味 (siu¹ mei⁶⁻²). Doublet of shaowei.
Senses: glosses: Meat roasted on spits over an open fire or wood burning rotisserie oven, as in Cantonese cuisine.
Synonyms: shaowei
fictionaliser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fictionalisers
Etymology: From fictionalise + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fictionalizer.
siu yook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Cantonese 燒肉／烧肉 (siu1 juk6, “roasted pig”).
Senses: synonyms: shaorou
glosses: Roast pork in Chinese cuisine.
fictionalisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fictionaliser
won ton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: won tons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wonton.
bouta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of boutta.
keep one's head upon one's shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps one's head upon one's shoulders
form: keeping one's head upon one's shoulders
form: kept one's head upon one's shoulders
form: kept one's head upon one's shoulders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keep one's head.
os-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Latin ob.
Senses: glosses: Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin.
Derived terms: oscine
ostensible
heylow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: hello
sleighlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sleighlike
form: most sleighlike
Etymology: From sleigh + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sleigh.
sledlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sledlike
form: most sledlike
Etymology: From sled + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a sled.
quarrylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quarrylike
form: most quarrylike
Etymology: From quarry + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a quarry.
shacklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more shacklike
form: most shacklike
Etymology: From shack + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In the city’s poor neighborhoods, survivors stood in knots in front of shuttered shacklike stores, vowing revenge and rehearsing in painful detail the attack on Monday that appears to have killed as many as 157 people protesting against the government at the September 28th Stadium here, according to opposition and human rights figures.
ref: 2009 October 1, Adam Nossiter, “In Guinean Hospital, Wounded Attest to Military Attack”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shack.
kimonolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more kimonolike
form: most kimonolike
Etymology: From kimono + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a kimono.
nonmanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmanagers
Etymology: From non- + manager.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a manager.
nonmanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmanager
nonmedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + medicated.
Senses: glosses: Not medicated.
Synonyms: unmedicated
nonrelated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + related.
Senses: glosses: Not related; unrelated.
Derived terms: nonrelatedness
nonbidder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbidders
Etymology: From non- + bidder.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a bidder.
nonbidders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbidder
nonacademically
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nonacademic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nonacademic manner.
jukeboxlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jukeboxlike
form: most jukeboxlike
Etymology: From jukebox + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a jukebox.
shitakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shitake
owl parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: owl parrots
Senses: glosses: The kakapo.
nonscholastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + scholastic.
Senses: glosses: Not scholastic.
masslessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæs.lɪs.nɪs/
ipa: /ˈmæs.ləs.nəs/
Etymology: From massless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Absence of mass; the state or condition of being massless.
chargeless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From charge + -less.
Senses: examples: text: a chargeless particle
text: On the other hand, Pauli had just proposed a massless, chargeless, colorless, flavorless particle whose sole reason for existence was to preserve the principle of momentum conservation.
ref: 2014, Mark A. Cunningham, Neoclassical Physics, page 241:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: uncharged
neutral
glosses: Without charge.
Derived terms: chargelessness
Related terms: free of charge
feeless
academicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From academicize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The act, process, or result of academicizing.
academicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæk.əˈdɛm.əˌsaɪz/
Forms: form: academicizes
form: academicizing
form: academicized
form: academicized
form: academicise
Etymology: From academic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make academic; to turn or absorb into a formal academic subject.
Derived terms: academicization
academicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of academicize
academicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of academicize
academicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of academicize
owl parrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of owl parrot
unrebuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rebuffed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been rebuffed.
nonlattice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lattice.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a lattice.
nonresin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + resin.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to resin.
nonresin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonresins
Etymology: From non- + resin.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not resin.
resettability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From reset + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being resettable.
unreset
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reset.
Senses: glosses: Not having been reset.
nondetrital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + detrital.
Senses: glosses: Not detrital.
nonsubscription
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subscription.
Senses: examples: a nonsubscription newsletter
glosses: Not based on or pertaining to a subscription.
nonsubscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + subscription.
Senses: glosses: Failure to subscribe to something, such as a doctrine or decision.
nonsubscribing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subscribing.
Senses: glosses: That does not subscribe (to a belief, a periodical, etc.).
rubelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rubelike
form: most rubelike
Etymology: From rube + -like.
Senses: examples: text: ...and she stood and took it in, aware that she was gawking like a tourist, chin lifted in rubelike awe, and caring not one iota.
ref: 2005, Tom Morrisey, Dark Fathom:
text: Feeling that their “hairy-kneed,” tartan-wearing, rubelike Highland competitors were being given unfair advantage...
ref: 2005, F Paul Pacult, A double scotch: how Chivas Regal and The Glenlivet became global icons:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a rube (unsophisticated person or yokel).
unforbidden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + forbidden.
Senses: glosses: Not forbidden; permitted.
Synonyms: nonforbidden
nonforbidden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + forbidden.
Senses: glosses: unforbidden
nonpermitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + permitted.
Senses: glosses: unpermitted
nonabelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + abelian.
Senses: glosses: Not abelian.
unvilified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vilified.
Senses: examples: text: […] a misogynistic tour de force which leaves no aspect of her personality unvilified.
ref: 2005, Colin MacCabe, Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy:
glosses: Not vilified.
lipstickless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lipstick + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without lipstick.
Related terms: unlipsticked
unlipsticked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lipsticked.
Senses: glosses: Not wearing lipstick.
Related terms: lipstickless
unmasculine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmasculine
form: most unmasculine
Etymology: From un- + masculine.
Senses: examples: text: Characteristics labeled as unmasculine or as failure to conform to gender expectations include observable behaviors such as avoidance of rough-and-tumble play, typical boys' games, and athletic activities; no imagining of oneself as a sports figure; and no desire to grow up to be like one's father.
ref: 1998, Ritch Williams-Savin, …And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: A fag is profoundly unmasculine, yet possesses the ability to penetrate and thus render any boy unmasculine.
ref: 2007, C. J. Pascoe, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 157:
glosses: Not masculine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a man, unmanly
Derived terms: unmasculinity
Related terms: unfeminine
effeminateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From effeminate + -ness.
Senses: glosses: effeminacy
unmasculinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unmasculine + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unmasculine; effeminacy.
nonlesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lesbian.
Senses: glosses: Not lesbian.
nonlesbian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlesbians
Etymology: From non- + lesbian.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a lesbian.
nonlesbians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonlesbian
plant rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plant room
matterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more matterlike
form: most matterlike
Etymology: From matter + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Gravity does not move through matter in waves, nor is it composed of tiny specks of matterlike photons.
ref: 2004, Joseph Heller, William A Henkin, Bodywise: an introduction to Hellerwork for regaining flexibility and well-being:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of matter.
boiler rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boiler room
engine rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of engine room
Hellerwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Heller + work, after its inventor Joseph Heller.
Senses: glosses: A form of bodywork based on Rolfing and consisting of massage, movement techniques, and body/mind awareness.
dobsonfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dobsonflies
Etymology: Unknown; possibly Dobson + fly
Senses: glosses: Any insect of the subfamily Corydalinae, whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
Related terms: english: dobsonfly larva
translation: dobsonfly larva
word: hellgramite
dobsonflies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dobsonfly
unindoctrinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unindoctrinate
unindoctrinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + indoctrinated.
Senses: glosses: Not indoctrinated.
chandelierlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chandelierlike
form: most chandelierlike
Etymology: From chandelier + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Then a clutch of long sharp icicles broke from a chandelierlike mass above his head and fell, shattering around the piano like glass swords.
ref: 1988, James Houston, Whiteout:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chandelier.
chimeralike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chimeralike
form: most chimeralike
Etymology: From chimera + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chimera (fabulous creature with parts of different animals).
nonarrested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + arrested.
Senses: glosses: unarrested
unarrested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + arrested.
Senses: glosses: Not arrested; unchecked.
examples: an unarrested drink-driver
glosses: Not having been arrested (taken in by police etc.).
Synonyms: nonarrested
unarrested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + arrested.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unarrest
nonvocalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vocalizing.
Senses: examples: a nonvocalizing infant
glosses: That does not vocalize.
folderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more folderlike
form: most folderlike
Etymology: From folder + -like.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a folder (directory on disk).
play both sides against the middle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays both sides against the middle
form: playing both sides against the middle
form: played both sides against the middle
form: played both sides against the middle
form: play both ends against the middle
form: work both ends against the middle
form: work both sides against the middle
Senses: examples: text: Some of the lesser Democrats, especially in the remoter reaches of the Bible country, have the same yearning, but they are not as numerous as the Republicans, all of whom have been greatly embarrassed by Dr. Hoover's laborious efforts to play both sides against the middle.
ref: 1932, George Jean Nathan, Henry Louis Mencken, The American Mercury, page 383:
text: While the Kremlin stood by and tried to play both sides against the middle, the defeat of the Palestinians in Lebanon helped establish the political atmosphere that enabled Sadat to make his trip to Jerusalem.
ref: 1978, Intercontinental Press/Inprecor, volume 16, page 1127:
text: Patsy may have been playing both sides against the middle in an effort to get her career going and to get herself out from under Peer's pressuring and the sexual demands he placed on her.
ref: 1999, Margaret Jones, Patsy: the Life and Times of Patsy Cline, page 50:
text: Luciano went about playing both sides against the middle until the two families went at each other in the famously bloody Castellamarese War later in the decade...
ref: 2005, T. J. English, Paddy Whacked: the Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster, page 133:
glosses: To manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.
angerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more angerlike
form: most angerlike
Etymology: From anger + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Also, people should realize that factors external to the conflict episode often amplify angerlike reactions.
ref: 2003, John O Greene, Brant Raney Burleson, Handbook of communication and social interaction skills:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of anger.
ragelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ragelike
form: most ragelike
Etymology: From rage + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Septal lesions in animals produced a ragelike state (Brady and Nauta, 1955), and septal stimulation produced what appeared to be a pleasant state...
ref: 2003, Kenneth M Heilman, Edward Valenstein, Clinical neuropsychology:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of rage.
nonseptal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛptəl
Etymology: From non- + septal.
Senses: glosses: Not septal.
teamlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teamlike
form: most teamlike
Etymology: From team + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The teamlike atmosphere at my new company makes work fun.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a team.
troubledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From troubled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being troubled; anxiety.
untroubledness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From untroubled + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being untroubled; freedom from worry.
booshway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booshways
Etymology: See bourgeois.
Senses: glosses: The head man at the Fort Union trading post on the upper Missouri River at the confluence of the Yellowstone River, circa 1849.
pimp slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pimp slap
pimp slaps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pimp slap
booshways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booshway
booses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boose
booses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boose
pimp slapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pimp slap
pimp slapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pimp slap
antifebriles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antifebrile
unvacated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + vacated.
Senses: examples: text: The building was left unvacated during the construction work.
glosses: Not vacated.
nonfebrile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + febrile.
Senses: glosses: Not febrile.
goodnights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goodnight
goodnights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of goodnight
colorwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: colourwise
Etymology: From color + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In terms of color.
colourwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From colour + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of colorwise.
coloscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to coloscopy.
Synonyms: colonoscopic
polypectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: polypectomies
Etymology: From polyp + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of a polyp
Related terms: polypotome
polypectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polypectomy
radishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more radishlike
form: most radishlike
Etymology: From radish + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a radish.
horseradishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horseradishlike
form: most horseradishlike
Etymology: From horseradish + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of horseradish.
staplelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more staplelike
form: most staplelike
Etymology: From staple + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a staple (fastening).
straplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more straplike
form: most straplike
Etymology: From strap + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a strap.
Synonyms: thonglike
buffaloburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buffaloburgers
Etymology: From buffalo + -burger.
Senses: glosses: A hamburger made with buffalo meat instead of beef.
buffaloburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buffaloburger
strappier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of strappy: more strappy
strappiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of strappy: most strappy
croplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more croplike
form: most croplike
Etymology: From crop + -like.
Senses: examples: a croplike weed
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crop (plant grown for food).
binlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more binlike
form: most binlike
Etymology: From bin + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bin.
mushroomburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushroomburgers
Etymology: From mushroom + -burger.
Senses: examples: text: There’s breakfast at the Rolling Doughnut, lunch at a mushroomburger place, ice cream at Zen Pickle Barrel and pie at Albert Allen’s Rite Spot, and it’s a short book.
ref: 2009 April 12, Larry Doyle, “Iggy in Underland”, in New York Times:
glosses: A burger made with mushrooms in addition to, or instead of, meat.
mushroomburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mushroomburger
ouguiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ouguiya
connectionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From connection + -less.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Without the use of a constant connection; sending and receiving data arbitrarily as needed, usually with less reliability than if a connection were held open.
Derived terms: connectionlessness
khotbah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khotbahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khutbah.
khotbahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khotbah
khotbeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khotbehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khutbah.
khotbehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khotbeh
khutbeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: khutbehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of khutbah.
khutbehs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khutbeh
khurtas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of khurta
mahr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahrs
Etymology: From Arabic مَهْر (mahr)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
antonyms: dowry
hypernyms: bride price
reverse dowry
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glosses: A mandatory gift from the groom (or his family) to the bride (or her family) upon marriage in Islamic cultures.
nonumbilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + umbilic.
Senses: glosses: Not umbilic.
Synonyms: nonumbilical
nonproper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + proper.
Senses: examples: a nonproper subset
a nonproper noun
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not proper.
nonprimordial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + primordial.
Senses: glosses: Not primordial.
nonintimate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + intimate.
Senses: examples: a nonintimate relationship
glosses: Not intimate.
colonoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From colonoscopy + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to colonoscopy.
Synonyms: coloscopic
Derived terms: colonoscopically
ileocolonoscopic
noncolonoscopic
postcolonoscopic
nonmalicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + malicious.
Senses: examples: text: He was a nonmalicious hacker, probing the security of systems without damaging any data.
glosses: Not malicious.
nonparsed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parsed.
Senses: glosses: unparsed
nonstylistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stylistic.
Senses: glosses: Not stylistic.
nonhedonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hedonistic.
Senses: glosses: Not hedonistic.
nonsulphurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sulphurous.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonsulfurous.
nonsulfurous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonsulphurous
Etymology: From non- + sulfurous.
Senses: glosses: Not sulfurous.
unrefinedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unrefinedly
form: most unrefinedly
Etymology: From unrefined + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unrefined manner; uncouthly, rudely, vulgarly.
unpolishedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unpolished + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unpolished; rudeness.
greaselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more greaselike
form: most greaselike
Etymology: From grease + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of grease.
snapshotlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snapshotlike
form: most snapshotlike
Etymology: From snapshot + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snapshot; capturing a fleeting moment in time.
ithyphalli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭthĭfăʹlī
ipa: /ɪθɪˈfælaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of ithyphallus
chatoyance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chatoyances
Senses: glosses: chatoyancy
chatoyancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chatoyancies
Etymology: From chatoyant + -cy.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being chatoyant.
Synonyms: chatoyance