cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
majestifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of majestify
majestified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of majestify
majestuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more majestuous
form: most majestuous
Senses: glosses: Majestic.
major party
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major parties
Senses: topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: minor party
glosses: A political party with a strong or dominant influence in a country's politics.
major suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major suits
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: Either of the suits of spades (♠) and hearts (♥), which rank higher than the minor suits (diamonds and clubs).
minor suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minor suits
Senses: topics: bridge
games
glosses: Either of the suits of diamonds (♦) and clubs (♣), which rank lower than the major suits (spades and hearts).
Majorcans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Majorcan
majority rule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: majority rules
Senses: glosses: A decision rule whereby the decisions of the numerical majority of a group will be binding on the whole group, its parts, and each member.
glosses: The social choice function that selects the Condorcet winner if one exists, and otherwise makes no decision.
Related terms: majoritarianism
democracy
plurality
Menshevism
major-leaguer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: major leaguer
form: major-leaguers
Etymology: From major league + -er.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who plays in a major league
MLSer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MLSers
Etymology: From MLS + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Someone who plays in the MLS.
majoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: madjoon
form: madjoun
form: majoon
form: majum
form: majun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مَعْجُون (maʕjūn, literally “paste”).
Senses: examples: text: I recall once after an overdose of Majoun (this is Cannabis dried and finely powdered to consistency of green powdered sugar and mixed with some confection or other usually tasting like gritty plum pudding, but the choice of confectionary is arbitrary . . .).
ref: 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, pages 219–220:
glosses: A paste originating in Morocco, made from marijuana and honey, and ingested as a recreational drug.
heavying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of heavy
majuscular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌskjʊlə(ɹ)
Senses: glosses: uppercase, capitalized
raw_tags: of letters
heavied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heavy
Makalu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In 1883 Colonel Tanner visited Falut, and found that Everest was barely visible from there, being almost shut out from view, and entirely surpassed in appearance by Makalu (height 27,790 feet), a lower though nearer peak ; it was Makalu that Schlagintweit mistook for Everest, and it was Makalu that he drew as Everest, both in his panorama of the snows from Falut, and in his picture, which is preserved at the India Office.
ref: 1904 November 10, S. G. Burrard, “Mount Everest: The Story of a Long Controversy”, in Nature, volume 71, number 1828, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 44:
text: Located on the border between Nepal and China, Makalu is among the highest mountains in the world and stands near the Makalu-Barun valley, a remote wilderness that has also been surveyed by researchers hunting for the Yeti.
ref: 2019 April 30, Devjyot Ghoshal, “Beast from the east: Indian soldiers reckon they've found Yeti footprints”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 01 May 2019, World News:
text: You think a selfie from the summit of Makalu is gonna get Everest-levels of Instagram love? Of course not. Who gives a shit about Makalu? It's only the ninth tallest mountain on Earth. Or rather it would be, if it existed, which it doesn't, cause I just made it up, and none of you noticed, and that's the point. Or- it would be, if I had made it up. In fact Makalu is neither imaginary, nor the ninth tallest mountain- it's the fifth tallest and that's the point. Or rather it would be, if that were even Makalu, in fact that's the view from Mount Everest and you didn't notice cause the only thing most of us know about mountain climbing is that a bored investment banker's selfie from the summit of Everest is fire, because goals, and thus deserves some serious Insta-love and that is the point here.
ref: 2019 June 24, John Oliver, 18:15 from the start, in Everest: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO:
glosses: A mountain in the Himalayas, on the border between Sankhuwasabha district, Koshi, Nepal and Tingri County, Shigatse, Tibet Autonomous Region, China; the world’s fifth highest mountain.
Lhotse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈloʊt(ˈ)seɪ/
/ˈlɒt-/
/-si/
Etymology: From Tibetan ལྷོ་རྩེ (lho rtse).
Senses: examples: text: Mount Everest was only 3 or 4 miles away from us. From it to the South-east swept a huge amphitheatre of mighty peaks culminating in a new and unsurveyed peak, 28,100 feet in height, to which we gave the name of Lhotse, which in Tibetan means the South Peak.
ref: 1922, C. K. Howard-Bury, Mount Everest: The Reconnaissance, 1921, Longmans, Green and Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 116:
text: These Swiss mountaineers, led by Albert Eggler (third from left), reported from Nepal last week that they had not only conquered Lhotse, at 28,100 feet the world's highest hitherto unclimbed peak, but twice climbed its 29,002-foot twin. Mount Everest, previously scaled only by Sir Edmund Hillary and the Sherpa guide, Tenzing Norgay, in 1953.
ref: 1956 June 11, “Triple Play”, in Newsweek, volume XLVII, number 24, Weekly Publications, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, International, page 58:
text: Steck was in the area acclimatizing ahead of a bid to climb Everest through the less-climbed West Ridge route and traverse to Lhotse, the world's fourth highest peak - at 8,516 meters (27,940 feet) in May.
ref: 2017 April 30, Gopal Sharma, “Swiss climber falls to death, preparing for Mount Everest ascent”, in Sam Holmes, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2017, World News:
text: On the 8516-meter-high Lhotse, the fourth highest of all mountains, the two Americans skied down the so-called “Dream Line”: from the summit through the narrow, 45 to 50 degrees steep Lhotse Couloir down to Camp 2 in the Western Qwm at 6,400 meters. “We did it,” Jim writes about a photo of his ski tips that he posted on Instagram today: “Ski tips about to make the first turn ever off the summit of Lhotse. Almost 28,000’ the summit was sugar snow and extra steep. A few careful turns and a hop got me into the couloir to complete a dream I’ve been working towards for a lifetime.”
ref: 2018 October 4, Jim Morrison, quotee, “Nelson and Morrison succeed historic ski descent from Lhotse”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2020:
glosses: A Himalayan mountain on the border between Nepal and China, the fourth highest in the world.
Kangchenjunga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkʌŋt͡ʃənˈd͡ʒʌŋɡə/
/ˌkʌn-/
/-ˈd͡ʒʊŋ-/
Forms: form: Kanchenjunga
form: Kinchinjunga
Etymology: From Tibetan གངས་ཆེན་མཛོད་ལྔ་ (gangs chen mdzod lnga, literally “five treasures of the high snow”).
Senses: glosses: A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
Chimborazo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ˌchēm-bō-ˈrä-(ˌ)zō
chēmbōräʹsō
chǐmʹbō-räʹzō
chēmʹbō-räʹsō
Etymology: From Spanish Chimborazo.
Senses: glosses: An inactive volcano in central Ecuador, whose peak is the highest in the country and the furthest point from the centre of the Earth.
glosses: A province in central Ecuador. Capital: Riobamba.
make-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: make-outs
Senses: examples: text: Equal parts jazz landmark and make-out album, it rewards the listener on every level, and established modal jazz as a sub-genre that is still being explored.
text: 2018 January 17 "Libra Woman: Personality Traits: Love & More", Astrology.com http://www.astrology.com/libra-woman.html
As long as she knows that she's completely free to do what she wants, she'll remain quite loyal to the commitment she made - especially if there's plenty of wiggle-room for the occasional flirtation. make out or friendly fling.
glosses: Alternative form of make out.
maker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maker-uppers
Senses: glosses: One who makes up.
waker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waker-uppers
Senses: glosses: Someone or something who wakes people up.
glosses: A rumble strip.
shaker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shaker-uppers
Etymology: From shake up + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who shakes things up; a reformer.
beater-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beater-uppers
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday he was doing just that by submitting to a thorough beating up at the hands of Miss Lupe Velez, who's probably the best beater-upper of either sex in Hollywood.
ref: 1941 August 11, “Barrymore Beaten Up While Working For His Creditors”, in St. Petersburg Times:
text: These are the muggers and beater-uppers, and car thieves and burglars and rapists, assaulters, and so on.
ref: 1965, Hearings [Agriculture dept.]:
text: […] and, in the best sporting tradition, the Gordon player gratefully helped his beater-upper back to his feet.
ref: 1985 May 27, “A pug and a gentleman”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:
glosses: One who beats people up.
looker-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: looker-uppers
Senses: glosses: Someone who looks things up
catcher-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catcher-uppers
Senses: glosses: Someone who catches up
cheerer-upper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cheerer-uppers
Senses: glosses: Someone or something that cheers people up.
blackwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blackwaters
form: black water
Etymology: Etymology tree
English black
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥
Proto-Germanic *watōr
Proto-West Germanic *watar
Old English wæter
Middle English water
English water
English blackwater
From black + water.
Senses: glosses: Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
Water that contains dark organic matter such as loam or tannins.
glosses: Water, especially in a river or other body of water, that has a naturally dark appearance.
Water that is acidic and low in nutrients.
coordinate_terms: clearwater
whitewater
qualifier: river classification
examples: text: She began talking of the way they had died – blackwater, malaria, a neglected appendix.
ref: 1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 155:
glosses: Blackwater fever; malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
examples: text: Ms. Conlin failed to report, among other things, that air emissions are regulated and that our industry is exploring new technologies to further reduce emissions; that our ships treat all blackwater; and that advanced wastewater purification systems discharge water cleaner than most municipal water treatment plants.
ref: 2009 March 1, “Letter: Green Cruising Efforts”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: nightsoil
;
gray water
washwater
sullage
glosses: Waste from domestic toilets; water containing fecal matter.
Synonyms: sense: waste water likely to contain fecal matter
word: brown water
sense: waste water likely to contain fecal matter
word: foul water
sense: waste water likely to contain fecal matter
word: sewage
Derived terms: blackwater rafting
blackwaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blackwater
sullages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sullage
nontariff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tariff.
Senses: examples: text: In Washington, lawmakers contended that the trade agreement failed to remove nontariff barriers […].
ref: 2007 July 1, Choe Sang-Hun, “Congressional Leaders Skeptical of South Korea Trade Deal”, in New York Times:
related: word: non-tariff
glosses: Not involving the imposition of a tariff in the form of a tax or duty.
raw_tags: of a restriction to trade
Derived terms: nontariff barrier
nontariff measure
nonstory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonstories
form: non-story
Etymology: From non- + story.
Senses: examples: text: Some said the article was a mean-spirited, unnecessarily damaging nonstory.
ref: 2009 February 27, Gail Swainson, “Champions horse show out to pasture”, in Toronto Star:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: Something that is considered to be not a real story, or not newsworthy
Related terms: unstory
nonreading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reading.
Senses: glosses: Not reading.
nonreading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonreadings
form: non-reading
Etymology: From non- + reading.
Senses: examples: text: Their slanted representations, and even the selective acceptance practised by scientists who were also devout Catholics, produced a variety of readings and even nonreadings of Darwin's texts which obscured the science behind the theory.
ref: 2001, Dale J. Pratt, Signs of Science, page 33:
text: Then why, he was asked, did he write a book that seems to justify nonreading?
ref: 2007 February 24, Alan Riding, “Read It? No, but You Can Skim a Few Pages and Fake It”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act of not reading; a failure to read.
nonserious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + serious.
Senses: examples: text: Very rare and life-threatening disorders[…] can start with a common, nonserious symptom.
ref: 2007 July 11, “The Art and Science of Diagnosis (4 Letters)”, in New York Times:
synonyms: unserious
glosses: Not serious.
Derived terms: nonseriously
nonseriousness
nonstories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonstory
wimping out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wimp out
nonathletes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonathlete
nonathlete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonathletes
Etymology: From non- + athlete.
Senses: examples: text: The same goes for the business traveler looking to build or maintain a career, said Ms. Carlson, who has also consulted for nonathletes.
ref: 2007 March 27, Karla Cook, “Runs, Hits and Calories”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not an athlete
nondisplaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + displaced.
Senses: examples: text: Tebow sustained a nondisplaced fracture in his right hand during a 5-yard touchdown run on the opening drive of the third quarter against the Seminoles, the team spokesman Steve McClain said yesterday.
ref: 2007 November 26, Pete Thamel, “Conference Title Game Seen as an Obstacle”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not displaced
nondogmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dogmatic.
Senses: examples: text: […] the book is easily recognized for what it is: a magnificent tour of metazoan relationships, characterized by a cautious, nondogmatic approach to both pattern and process.
ref: 2009 February 6, Wallace Arthur, “EVOLUTION: On the Metazoan Tree”, in Science, volume 323, number 5915, →DOI:
glosses: Not dogmatic
nonjury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + jury.
Senses: examples: text: The lead prosecutor, Michael F. Vecchione, strongly hinted of his inclination yesterday morning in remarks addressed to Justice Gustin L. Reichbach, who is presiding over the nonjury trial.
ref: 2007 November 1, Michael Brick, “Ex-F.B.I. Agents Trial Fizzles, as Does Witness”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a jury, or not involving a jury.
nonjury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonjuries
Etymology: From non- + jury.
Senses: examples: text: I arbitrated complex employee grievance matters. I tried several cases before both juries and nonjuries in State and Federal courts throughout the country.
ref: 1987, Trans World Airlines' Employment, Retention, and Promotion of Blacks:
glosses: A group of people other than a jury.
nonjournalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonjournalists
Etymology: From non- + journalist.
Senses: examples: text: […] Dow Jones named Richard F. Zannino as chief executive, the first nonjournalist to run the company in modern times.
ref: 2007 April 19, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Wall Street Journal Names Its New Top Editor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone who is not a journalist
nonjournalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonjournalist
tortie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torties
Etymology: Clipping of tortoiseshell, + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A tortoiseshell cat.
torbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torbies
Etymology: Blend of tortoiseshell + tabby.
Senses: glosses: A tortoiseshell tabby cat.
wimping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wimp
noisemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noisemakings
Etymology: From noise + making.
Senses: examples: text: Ives can use music to editorialize, hence In Flanders Fields and its bitter antiwar noisemaking.
ref: 2007 October 31, Bernard Holland, “Ives, Master of the Exotic and the Old”, in New York Times:
glosses: The production of noise.
Related terms: noisemaker
torbies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of torbie
torties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tortie
ngoni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Kouyate’s instrument is the four-stringed West African ngoni, also called a xalam[…].
ref: 2007 October 21, Kelefa Sanneh, “Under the Hook, Rap and Rhythm Lie the Beats”, in New York Times:
glosses: A West African stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar.
weisswurst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weisswursts
Etymology: From German Weißwurst.
Senses: examples: text: Bordered by shops selling meat, fresh, smoked and pickled fish, this is a nosher's haven with many a schnell imbiss, or quick snack stand, for the hot liver pâté, leberkäse and morning weisswurst washed down with potent, lemon-sparked Munich weissbier.
ref: 2007 November 18, Mimi Sheraton, “Markets as Both Feast and Spectacle”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.
weisswursts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weisswurst
harbourfront
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harbourfronts
form: harborfront
Etymology: From harbour + front.
Senses: examples: text: Jones' Boathouse beside James’ Bay Bridge rented out boats and canoes; many people living along the harbour front had boathouses and boats of their own, for regattas and water sports were one of Victoria's chief attractions.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
text: Construction of new wave deck near harbourfront well underway.
ref: 2009 February 27, Vanessa Lu, “Chirpy Miller joins Twitter craze”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The area that fronts on a harbor
maki zushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of makizushi.
makizushi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 巻き寿司 (makizushi, literally “rolled sushi”).
Senses: glosses: Rolled sushi.
Synonyms: maki
arrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arris
makimono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makimonos
form: makimono
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 巻物 (makimono, literally “rolled thing”).
Senses: glosses: A type of Japanese hand scroll which unrolls horizontally, or laterally on a flat surface.
glosses: Rolled sushi; makizushi.
Related terms: a scroll which unrolls vertically
intended to be hung up against a wall as part of the interior decoration of a room
wherefores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wherefore
harbourfronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harbourfront
makiwara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mæ.kɪˈwɑː.ɹə/
ipa: /ˌmɑ.kiˈwɑ.ɹə/
Forms: form: makiwaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 巻藁.
Senses: examples: text: There’s a weight lifting and elliptical machine, a recumbent bicycle, a heavy bag, a punching dummy and a makiwara, which is a punching board that focuses your punching and turns your hands into bricks.
ref: 2023 May 14, Alix Strauss, “How the Head of a Filmmaking Center Spends His Sundays”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A padded post used for hitting practice in karate.
Related terms: punchbag
makkoli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makgeolli
Etymology: From Korean 막걸리 (makgeolli).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of makgeolli.
unitholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unitholders
Etymology: From unit + holder.
Senses: examples: text: Its portfolios have returned more than 20 percent a year after fees for two decades, and those fees — which produce the profits that unitholders have a stake in — have been ample.
ref: 2007 July 7, Conrad De Aenlle, “Some Experts at Timing Go for Cash”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: An owner of a beneficial interest ("unit") in a financial entity such as an investment trust.
Coordinate terms: bondholder
shareholder
stockholder
Related terms: unitholding
mako
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑkoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmeɪkoʊ/
ipa: /ˈmɑːkəʊ/
ipa: /ˈmeɪkoʊ/
Forms: form: makos
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori makō (“shark”), a Southern Maori dialect form of the more standard mangō (“shark”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of mako shark
unitholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unitholder
streambeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streambed
makomako
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makomakos
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori.
Senses: glosses: A tree endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Aristotelia serrata.
glosses: The New Zealand bellbird.
makossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Duala [Term?] (“I dance”).
Senses: glosses: A music genre from Cameroon, with a strong bass rhythm and prominent horn section.
conventiongoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conventiongoer
chitlin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: BALTIMORE, Feb. 18 — Urban theater — or what has been called over the years inspirational theater, black Broadway, gospel theater and the chitlin circuit — has been thriving for decades, selling out some of the biggest theaters across the country and grossing millions of dollars a year.
ref: 2007 February 21, Campbell Robertson, “The World of Black Theater Becomes Ever Bigger”, in New York Times:
qualifier: African-American Vernacular
glosses: chitlins; chitterlings
raw_tags: used chiefly in compounds and attributive uses
Related terms: Chitlin' Circuit
conventiongoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conventiongoers
Etymology: From convention + goer.
Senses: examples: text: "I'm not a conventiongoer," [Margaret Chase Smith] said, "I never was a conventiongoer."
ref: 1984 July 24, AP, “MRS. SMITH CALLS FERRARO BID 'EXCITING'”, in The New York Times:
text: As conventiongoers filled the two club corridors of downtown Austin, East Sixth Street and Red River Street, their name tags invited new contacts.
ref: 2007 March 19, Jon Pareles, “Singing and Doing the Hustle in Austin”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A person attending a convention.
chapeaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chapeau
chainwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From chain + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The initiative, which is in 25 Westin hotels and will become chainwide next year, encourages travelers trying to beat insomnia to drink smoothies made from bananas and soy milk.
ref: 2007 September 17, Kim Severson, “New Menus, New Mission for Breakfast”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring or extending throughout a chain, such as a chain of stores
centreman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: centremen
form: centerman
Etymology: From centre + man.
Senses: examples: text: Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.
ref: 2009 January 25, Sarah Barmak Special to the Star, “Worshipping a tiny, perfect, occasionally bloody game”, in Toronto Star:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: The player in the position of centre.
centremen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of centreman
makunouchi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makunouchi
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 幕の内弁当.
Senses: glosses: A Japanese lunch box, usually containing small portions of a variety of foods.
glosses: Makuuchi, the top division in sumo.
makutu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌːkʉtʉ/
ipa: /ˈmɑːkuːtuː/
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori mākutu.
Senses: examples: text: In some instances Māori were ‘Christian’ in some contexts – a wedding or a church service, say – and ‘Māori’ in others, such as combating mākutu or performing rituals prior to planting crops or felling trees.
ref: 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 240:
glosses: Witchcraft, black magic; a spell or curse.
Malabar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæləˌbɑː/
ipa: /ˈmæləˌbɑɹ/
Etymology: From Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century). The second element is Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”) or Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), and the first element is the same as the Byzantine Greek toponym Μαλέ (Malé), mentioned by traveller Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 5th century as a source of pepper exports, concording with modern-day pepper cultivation on the Malabar coast.
Mala ~ Male is, in turn, borrowed from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”). This is also the source of the name of the language: മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ, literally “mountain place”). Compare Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation.
Senses: glosses: The region of coastal southwestern India, principally the modern state of Kerala.
glosses: A district of British India.
Synonyms: Malabar Coast
Derived terms: Malabar almond
Malabar barbet
Malabar chestnut
Malabar Coast
Malabar creeper
Malabar flying frog
Malabar gourd
Malabar grey hornbill
Malabari
Malabar itch
Malabar lark
Malabar nightshade
Malabar nut
Malabar pied hornbill
Malabar rat
Malabar spinach
Malabar starling
Malabar trogon
Malabar whistling thrush
Malabar woodshrike
Malabar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæləˌbɑː/
ipa: /ˈmæləˌbɑɹ/
Forms: form: Malabars
Etymology: From Arabic مَلَبَار (malabār), first attested in the writings of Iranian scholar Al-Biruni (c. 11th century). The second element is Arabic بَرّ (barr, “land, ground”) or Persian بار (bâr, “coast”), and the first element is the same as the Byzantine Greek toponym Μαλέ (Malé), mentioned by traveller Cosmas Indicopleustes in the 5th century as a source of pepper exports, concording with modern-day pepper cultivation on the Malabar coast.
Mala ~ Male is, in turn, borrowed from Malayalam മല (mala, “mountain”). This is also the source of the name of the language: മലയാളം (malayāḷaṁ, literally “mountain place”). Compare Zanzibar for a possibly similar word formation.
Senses: examples: text: The Singhalese dialect seems to have sprung from the Pali language, while the Malabars speak the entirely dissimilar Tamil language.
ref: 1883, Ernst Haeckel, India and Ceylon, page 50:
glosses: A native of Malabar.
Malabarese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Malabarese
form: most Malabarese
Etymology: From Malabar + -ese.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to, Malabar.
Synonyms: Malabarian
Malabarish
Malabarese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Malabar + -ese.
Senses: glosses: The predominant language spoken in Malabar, also known as Malayalam.
Malabarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæləˈbɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌmæləˈbɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more Malabarian
form: most Malabarian
Etymology: From Malabar + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Malabar.
Synonyms: Malabarese
Malabarish
Malabarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæləˈbɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌmæləˈbɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: Malabarians
Etymology: From Malabar + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Malabar.
turn upside down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns upside down
form: turning upside down
form: turned upside down
form: turned upside down
form: turn upside-down
Senses: examples: text: Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
synonyms: flip over
turn over
glosses: To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
examples: text: They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.
glosses: To thoroughly examine.
examples: text: Rio Ferdinand will almost certainly miss out on Euro 2004, and possibly much more, because of the missed drug test which has turned his life upside down.
ref: 2003 October 30, Daniel Taylor, “Ferdinand may miss Euro 2004”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To alter (something) significantly, often in a negative way.
koros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koro
nidda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niddas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of niddah.
niddah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niddahs
form: nida
form: nidah
form: nidda
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נִדָּה (nidá).
Senses: examples: text: I assume you, Josh, are perfect. My description of our ideals on that point match; I publically^([sic]) admitted a personal flaw in my not actually being emotionally in tune with my ideal. I assume you do not worry about the current economy, having perfect bitachon, are never beset with hunger on Yom Kippur, or sexual desire when your wife is a niddah, or otherwise ever have your emotions at odds with your ideals.
ref: 2009 April 27, Micha Berger, “Avigdor Lieberman, our realistic new Foreign Minister (Naomi Ragen)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: Someone whom Halacha considers menstruant.
glosses: The menstrual period.
zeved habat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A ceremony in which girls are named.
pidyon haBen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pidyon haBens
form: pidyon haben
form: Pidyon Haben
Senses: examples: text: The Pidyon Haben applies to the firstborn of the mother only; thus, if one has four or five sons born to him by four or five virgin wives, he is bound to redeem them all.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 287:
glosses: A ceremony in which a firstborn son is redeemed by a kohen, in order to release him from his obligation from serving in the Temple.
pidyon haben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pidyon habens
form: Pidyon HaBen
form: Pidyon Haben
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pidyon haBen.
Pidyon Haben
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pidyon Habens
form: Pidyon HaBen
form: pidyon haben
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pidyon haBen.
ball flower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ball flowers
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: An embellishment found on medieval buildings, consisting of a ball enclosed in the petals of a flower.
ball flowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ball flower
kohen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kohens
form: kohanim
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cohen.
mashgiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mashgiahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mashgiach.
mashgiach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maʃˈɡɪəx/
ipa: /mɑʃˈɡiːɑx/
ipa: /mə-/
ipa: /-əx/
Forms: form: mashgiachs
form: mashgichim
form: mashgihim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַשְׁגִּיחַ.
Senses: examples: text: Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put in the window […]
ref: 2013, Thomas Pynchon, Bleeding Edge, Vintage, published 2014, page 24:
glosses: Somebody who supervises the kashrut status of food in a restaurant.
warlott
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warlotts
form: warlote
Senses: glosses: waste ground; common land
requalify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: requalifies
form: requalifying
form: requalified
form: requalified
Etymology: From re- + qualify.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, she was told at the airport, she would not earn elite-status qualifying miles for the trip, which she had been counting on to hit the 25,000-mile minimum requirement to requalify for next year.
ref: 2007 November 27, Joe Sharkey, “One Holiday Down, More Headaches to Go”, in New York Times:
glosses: To qualify again; to renew a qualification.
requalifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of requalify
requalifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of requalify
requalified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of requalify
prematch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + match.
Senses: examples: text: Jessica Bennett, center rear, listening to prematch instructions.
ref: 2007 February 17, Tamar Lewin, “More Girls Take Part in High School Wrestling”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for a match
prematch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prematches
form: prematching
form: prematched
form: prematched
Etymology: From pre- + match.
Senses: glosses: To match prior to some other operation
preforeclosure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preforeclosures
Etymology: From pre- + foreclosure.
Senses: examples: text: Typically, owners who have missed three mortgage payments or more and whose lenders have filed suit are considered to be in preforeclosure.
ref: 2007 October 14, Christine Haughney, “Brooklyn: A Bargain Hunter’s Guide”, in New York Times:
glosses: The stage at which preparations are made for foreclosure
predeparture
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + departure.
Senses: examples: text: The Philippines requires each outbound migrant to attend a predeparture seminar.
ref: 2007 November 22, Jason Deparle, “Western Union Empire Moves Migrant Cash Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure.
predeparture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predepartures
Etymology: From pre- + departure.
Senses: examples: text: Once conditioned, the odor can be used during graduated departures and predepartures as an OSS.
ref: 2013, Steven R. Lindsay, Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training:
text: […] the inherent difficulties of migratory processes, including traumatizing predepartures and journeys, the challenges of transculturation and family reorganization, and the coming to terms with new living conditions […]
ref: 2022, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld, Health and Health Care Inequities, Infectious Diseases and Social Factors, page 93:
glosses: The time or preparations leading up to one's departure.
preconference
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + conference.
Senses: glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for a conference
examples: text: “It’s not abnormal for MEAC records to be a little lopsided in preconference play,” Norfolk State Coach Tara Owens said, “because we’re playing top-notch teams, and a lot of us play guarantee games to assist our budgets.
ref: 2009 February 1, The Associated Press, “A Transfer to Columbia, From Oregon State, Does Not Miss a Beat, or a Rebound”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Occurring before the start of conference play
poundcake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poundcakes
Etymology: From pound + cake.
Senses: examples: text: 3/4 cup dry poundcake crumbs
ref: 2007 December 5, “Recipe: Chocolate-Apricot Babka”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of pound cake.
paybacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payback
pastoralists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pastoralist
pastoralist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pastoralist
form: most pastoralist
Etymology: From pastoral + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: a pastoralist society
glosses: Having features common to pastoralism.
Derived terms: silvopastoralist
pastoralist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pastoralists
Etymology: From pastoral + -ist.
Senses: examples: 2015, Elizabeth Royte, Vultures Are Revolting. Here’s Why We Need to Save Them., National Geographic (December 2015)https://web.archive.org/web/20151213095110/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/vultures-text
As our truck weaves through flocks of sheep and goats, Virani explains how the Maasai have in recent years leased their land, which rings the northern section of the Masai Mara National Reserve, to conservancies established to protect wildlife by excluding pastoralists and their livestock.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A person involved in pastoralism, whose primary occupation is the raising of livestock
Derived terms: agropastoralist
overcaffeinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcaffeinated
form: most overcaffeinated
Etymology: From over- + caffeinated.
Senses: examples: text: It is a wonder some overcaffeinated hacker hasn't cobbled together the code to scrape all of the above into one gadget shopping supersite.
ref: 2007 December 13, Paul Boutin, “A Universe of Gadget Advice”, in New York Times:
text: Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.
ref: 2009 March 19, Joel Rubinoff, “It's not a dream: They're back”, in Toronto Star:
text: The article in the FT quoted an unnamed aide describing Truss, who left Downing Street after 49 days once her position became untenable among Conservative MPs, as “overcaffeinated” in her decision-making process.
ref: 2022 December 10, Harry Taylor, “Liz Truss and I ‘got carried away’ writing mini-budget, admits Kwasi Kwarteng”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Having ingested too much caffeine, especially in the form of coffee.
overcaffeinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + caffeinated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcaffeinate
outrushed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outrush
outrighted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outright
outrush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outrushes
form: outrushing
form: outrushed
form: outrushed
Etymology: From out- + rush.
Senses: glosses: To rush outward; to issue forcibly.
examples: text: […] the Colts outrushed the Patriots, 93-8, in the second half.
ref: 2007 November 2, Judy Battista, “Blame the Colts for the New-Look Patriots”, in New York Times:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To rush more than the other team.
outrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outrushes
Etymology: From out- + rush.
Senses: glosses: A rushing outward.
outrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outrush
outrushing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outrush
debtholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debtholders
Etymology: From debt + holder.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
Hypernyms: creditor
stakeholder
Hyponyms: bondholder
noteholder
Coordinate terms: shareholder
stockholder
unitholder
debtholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debtholder
outrighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outright
outrights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outright
penguinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more penguinlike
form: most penguinlike
Etymology: From penguin + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] his signature song was El Baile del Pingino (The Penguin Dance), which he illustrated with side-to-side, penguinlike movement in perfect time.
ref: 2007 December 6, Ben Sisario, “Carlos Valds, a Conga King of Jazz, Dies at 81”, in New York Times:
synonyms: penguinesque
penguinish
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a penguin
Derived terms: unpenguinlike
playland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: playlands
Etymology: From play + land.
Senses: examples: text: The French Riviera has long been a favorite playland for dodgy characters of all stripes.
ref: 2007 January 22, Craig S. Smith, “For Sale: Hussein’s Riviera Villa”, in New York Times:
glosses: An area of free recreation
Hypernyms: sense: structural
word: land
perspectival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪvəl
Etymology: From perspective + -al.
Senses: examples: text: After all, sense-data are typically introduced into a theory as a result of argument—as a result, for instance, of reflecting on such phenomena as illusion, hallucination, perspectival variation, and so forth—and not as a result of sheer self-awareness.
ref: 2007 July 12, A. D. Smith, “Translucent experiences”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: Of or pertaining to perspective.
Derived terms: aperspectival
perspectivalization
pocking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pock
pocking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pockings
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, the floor was already so pitted that I could hardly tell the punch marks from the normal pockings of age.
ref: 1953, Far Eastern Ceramic Bulletin:
glosses: The presence of pock marks.
placegetter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: placegetters
Etymology: From place + getter.
Senses: examples: text: 1981, New Zealand Department of Agriculture, New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, page 65,
Second placegetter will receive a Honda ATC200 Farm Trike and third and fourth placegetters a Sachs Dolmar Chain Saw each.
text: As Table 1.18 also shows, it has by far the highest proportion living in cities larger than 750 000 people: 69% compared with second placegetter, the United States, having 55%, and an 18-country mean of 37%.
ref: 2004, Rodney Tiffen, Ross Gittins, How Australia Compares, page 15:
text: Finally, he managed to stop giggling long enough to say, ‘When this medal is announced the chief judge says, “I award my medal to the third placegetter in the Best Rooster Under Two Years Category.[…]To my mind the courage this particular man has shown in naming the third placegetter after Sir Winston Churchill shows great character and loyalty to His Majesty the King and deserves the highest commendation. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, I award Meneer Pietrus Prinsloo the Chief Judge′s medallion!”’
ref: 2005, Bryce Courtenay, Whitethorn, unnumbered page:
text: The second placegetter will receive an Outward Bound course, Swazi® Apparel, a Fruitfed Supplies gift voucher and a NZ horticultural magazine subscription of their choice.
ref: 2007, New Zealand Fruitgrowers′ Federation, The Orchardist, volume 80, page 56:
glosses: A race competitor or competition entrant who places among the top three (or other number chosen to receive recognition and/or a prize), or in a specified position (place).
examples: text: 2008, Mike Keenan, The Shadows of Horses, 2009 Large 24pt Edition, Read How You Want, page 96,
I was utterly unprepared for the reception I received when I trotted up towards the stall reserved for the second placegetter, in the Saddling Enclosure.
text: Last year's Caulfield Cup placegetter is rated a $6 chance and will be ridden by champion Irish jockey Michael Kinane.
ref: 2009 February 13, Tim Habel, “Time to put best foot forward”, in Herald Sun:
text: Essentially, punters who played the placecards — usually in a local pub — had to pick a placegetter in each of the four feature races on a Saturday. So, if it was races five, seven and eight, you had to correctly select just one of the three placegetters in each race to win.
ref: 2011, Nichola Garvey, Beating the Odds, unnumbered page:
topics: hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
pets
racing
sports
glosses: A horse that finishes among the first three of a race, or in a specified place.
Related terms: placegetting
also-ran
placegetters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of placegetter
debtor in possession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: debtors in possession
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: A natural person or corporation that has filed a bankruptcy petition, but remains in possession of property upon which a creditor has a lien or similar security interest. Such a business may continue to operate its business under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Related terms: zombie
portlands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of portland
debtors in possession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debtor in possession
podlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more podlike
form: most podlike
Etymology: From pod + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a pod.
examples: text: Marti must contend with a remote stepmother, podlike to begin with, and has to destroy the vegetative incarnations of her father and brother.
ref: 2007 August 12, Dennis Lim, “Same Old Aliens, but New Neuroses”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a pod person.
portland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: portlands
Etymology: From port + land.
Senses: examples: text: The decommissioned Hearn power plant is the city's top site to build a long-overdue, four-pad arena to anchor a planned sports complex on the eastern portlands, Toronto Mayor David Miller said yesterday.
ref: 2009 February 27, Mary Ormsby, “New arena could bring hockey up to full power”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: The land around a port
postround
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + round.
Senses: examples: text: García, 27, was also asked about the incident in his postround news conference and refused to discuss it again.
ref: 2007 March 25, Damon Hack, “Wandering Wetterich Has Only Woods in Way”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after a round, such as in boxing or golf
postrelease
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + release.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Johnson, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime in exchange for a sentence of 15 years in prison and five years of postrelease supervision.
ref: 2007 March 22, The Associated Press, “Four Men Plead Guilty in an Antigay Attack”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after release