cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grape wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grape wines
Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(a)(1).
Senses: glosses: Any wine made from grapes to the exclusion of all other fruits.
qualifier: US standards of identity
glosses: Fermented juice of sound, ripe grapes (optionally with condensed grape must added before or after fermentation, and grape brandy or alcohol added after fermentation, with additional restrictions on the adding of such spirits if the wine is domestic and has a lot of alcohol); optionally with sugar or water added during or after fermentation (but only up to a specified maximum amount added, and, if the amount added is more than a specified benchmark, so that the resulting wine does not exceed specified maxima on solid, alcohol, and acid content); and with a specified maximum acidity.
Hypernyms: wine
Coordinate terms: fruit wine
Related terms: grapevine
wine grape
jow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of jhow (“a kind of tamarisk”).
jow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jows
form: gaou
form: gau
form: gow
form: jaob
Senses: glosses: A premetric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch.
jow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒaʊ/
Forms: form: jows
form: jowing
form: jowed
form: jowed
Etymology: Alteration of jowl (“to knock, strike, ring a bell”), with loss of final l.
Senses: glosses: To knock, strike, bump.
glosses: To ring or toll (a bell).
jow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒaʊ/
Senses: examples: text: This is always the way in India: the servant assures you that what you require is not procurable […] you politely reply, "Jow" (go away), and in nine cases out of ten he will return with the desired article; […]
ref: 1861, M. A. Wallace-Dunlop, Rosalind Harriet Maria Wallace-Dunlop Inverarity, The Timely Retreat from India, Before the Mutinies (page 163)
text: He angrily tells the crowd to jow (go away), and the nearest of them sheer off a few paces, […]
ref: 1927, Alfred Claude Brown, The Ordinary Man's India, page 88:
glosses: Go away; begone.
jow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒəʊ/
ipa: /d͡ʒaʊ/
Forms: form: jows
form: jowing
form: jowed
form: jowed
Etymology: Apparently from earlier *jowl, from Middle English chaulen, chavelen (“to jabber”). Compare jawl (“to talk loudly”).
Senses: glosses: To talk loudly.
aperitif wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aperitif wines
Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations, title 27, section 4.21(g).
Senses: qualifier: US standards of identity
glosses: Grape wine, mixed with brandy or alcohol, with natural flavors (including herbs), and optionally with caramel for color, that matches the general description of aperitif wine but not of vermouth.
retsina wine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retsina wines
Etymology: The standard of identity is from the Code of Federal Regulations title 27 section 4.21(i).
Senses: glosses: Grape wine, containing not more than fourteen percent alcohol by volume, fermented or flavored with resin.
Billary
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Bill + Hillary
Senses: glosses: The political union of Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton.
Daoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/
Senses: examples: text: We reach Louguantai, the famous Daoist temple where, according to legend, the philosopher Lao Tzu wrote down the Tao Te Ching, his metaphysical map of The Way.
ref: 2023 July 7, Paul Salopek, “China's Hinge”, in National Geographic:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Taoist.
Daoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊɪst/
Forms: form: Daoists
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Taoist.
red shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red shifts
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Light spectra shifted towards red, as by elongation of light waves from a source moving away from the detector.
wikipedia: Redshift
fat-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fat-ass
antirat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æt
Etymology: From anti- + rat.
Senses: examples: antirat legislation
glosses: Opposing rats.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing an antibody, resident in a human or other animal, that reacts with the immunoglobins found in rats.
Related terms: antideer
antidog
antimouse
antirabbit
leaf fat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its layered appearance.
Senses: glosses: The layers of fat that support the kidneys of a pig.
Synonyms: leaf
Related terms: leaf lard
slant bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slant bar
vurping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vurp
vurped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vurp
ponyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pony + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The three ponyless girls were keeping to themselves these days, and leaving Paisley pretty much alone.
ref: 2003, Nancy Springer, The great pony hassle:
text: The visitors who stepped from the Cathay in Fremantle in November came from a country where the women's game was becoming a kind of polo for the ponyless.
ref: 2004, Gideon Haigh, Game for anything: writings on cricket, page 127:
glosses: Without a pony.
Yevanic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew יָוָן (yaván, “Greece”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: The nearly extinct language of the Romaniote Jews of Greece.
stereome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereomes
Etymology: From stereo- + -ome.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A section of sclerenchyma at the base of a phyllary in some members of the Asteraceae.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: sclerenchyma
Minica Huitoto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Huitoto language of the Witotoan family spoken in western South America.
sweep aside
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sweeps aside
form: sweeping aside
form: swept aside
form: swept aside
Senses: examples: text: On this section, the high five-span masonry viaduct over the Whiteadder Water, at Chirnside, withstood the flood, but four of the six spans of the bridge carrying the siding to the nearby paper mill were demolished, and the track, with the sleepers still in position, was swept aside, on to the river bank.
ref: 1949 January and February, “Notes and News: Damage to Branch Lines”, in Railway Magazine, pages 64–65:
glosses: To push or brush to the side.
examples: text: Wolves swept aside Championship outfit Doncaster at Molineux to earn a place in the fourth round of the FA Cup.
ref: 2011 January 18, “Wolverhampton 5 - 0 Doncaster”, in BBC:
glosses: To overcome an obstacle with little effort.
glosses: To ignore, brush off.
nudge out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: nudges out
form: nudging out
form: nudged out
form: nudged out
Senses: examples: text: But the protests were in vain as the Championship high-fliers - and 2008 FA Cup finalists - battled valiantly but were nudged out by a Premier League side in a match that failed to spark into life.
ref: 2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC:
glosses: To expel, knock out by a small margin.
loanee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loanees
Etymology: From loan + -ee.
Senses: glosses: borrower; someone who is loaned something
examples: text: Then, Andy Keogh picked up the ball on the right and squared to Danny Drinkwater on the edge of the box, but the Manchester United loanee's shot lacked power to trouble Stoke stopper Thomas Sorensen.
ref: 2011 January 18, David Dulin, “Cardiff 0 - 2 Stoke”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Someone who is being loaned, someone playing for another club on loan.
well-travelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: better-travelled
form: best-travelled
form: well travelled
form: well-traveled
form: well traveled
Senses: examples: text: This was not the result the well-travelled Swede would have been looking for on his first return to Eastlands after his sacking from Manchester City in 2009, but he can again be proud of his Leicester side for their performance, which was full of commitment and endeavour.
ref: 2011 January 18, Phil Dawkes, “Man City 4 - 2 Leicester”, in BBC:
synonyms: much-travelled
glosses: Having travelled extensively.
Related terms: well-read
philosophist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philosophists
Etymology: From philosophy + -ist. First attested in the late 1500s.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner or adherent of philosophism.
glosses: Synonym of philosopher.
synonyms: word: philosopher
get the lead out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets the lead out
form: getting the lead out
form: got the lead out
form: got the lead out
form: gotten the lead out
Etymology: A shortened form of get the lead out of one's shoes (or one's pants). Here, lead refers to a very heavy metal, thus the expression means roughly to get rid of whatever is slowing one down and hurry up.
Senses: glosses: To go faster; to hurry up.
expressives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expressive
lay hold of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays hold of
form: laying hold of
form: laid hold of
form: laid hold of
Senses: glosses: To seize; catch; apprehend.
glosses: To obtain.
choy sum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choi sum
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 菜心 (coi3 sam1, literally “vegetable heart”). Doublet of caixin.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese vegetable, a variety of Brassica rapa parachinensis subspecies, similar to bok choy but slimmer, with smooth green leaves and pale green stems, and clusters of flowers on the tips of the inner shoots
Synonyms: sense: Brassica rapa parachinensis
word: Chinese flowering cabbage
sense: Brassica rapa parachinensis
word: caixin
sense: Brassica rapa parachinensis
word: yu choy
sense: Brassica rapa parachinensis
word: yau choy
chumpy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: chŭmʹpi
ipa: /ˈt͡ʃʌmpi/
Forms: form: chumpier
form: chumpiest
Etymology: From chump + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The Navigating compass should stand about five feet above the deck, […]. This is a convenient height for the officer of the deck, unless perchance he may be chumpy, in which case he may be permitted to use a step.
ref: 1903, William James Smith, Practical Compass Adjustment:
text: A chumpy neck is especially bad; for while a little dog may get along on a foot scent with a short neck, a comparatively large and unwieldy dog tires himself terribly by the necessity for crouching in his fast pace.
ref: 1906, James Watson, The dog book:
text: Susan Bennett sat rigid, smoothing her skirt round her chumpy thighs and fixing her gaze on the wall above Marissa Caldwell.
ref: 2000, Michael James, That'll Teach You!:
glosses: Short and fat, particularly in comparison with something of more favourable dimensions.
glosses: Blockheaded; dim-witted.
raw_tags: of a person
qualifier: mildly insulting
glosses: Like a chump; annoying.
Synonyms: sense: short and fat
word: dumpy
sense: short and fat
word: dubby
nerve-shredding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nerve-shredding
form: most nerve-shredding
Senses: examples: text: The interior of an active diesel locomotive's engine compartment was the nerve-shredding inferno I had imagined, intensified because the bulk of the violently drumming power plant hems you so close to it.
ref: 1960 January, G. Freeman Allen, “"Condor"—British Railways' fastest freight train”, in Trains Illustrated, page 48:
text: His side could find dignity in defeat after they subjected Manchester City to a nerve-shredding finale but the Premier League's second-placed team still advanced to the fourth round and a tie against Notts County that Roberto Mancini will hope will be much more straightforward.
ref: 2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:
glosses: Suspenseful.
Synonyms: nail-biting
Related terms: nerve-shredder
Doubs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /duː/
rhymes: -uː
homophone: do
homophone: doo
homophone: stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn Homophones: dew
homophone: due
Etymology: From French Doubs, from Gaulish, from the root of Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).
Senses: glosses: A department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Besançon.
glosses: A left tributary of the Saône, running through the cantons of Neuchâtel and Jura, Switzerland and the departments of Doubs, Jura and Saône-et-Loire, France.
Nîmes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /niːm/
Etymology: From French Nîmes.
Senses: glosses: A city in Occitania, southern France, the capital of the department of Gard, formerly in the region of Languedoc-Roussillon.
Sochaux
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
prelegislation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + legislation.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the introduction of legislation.
postlegislation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + legislation.
Senses: glosses: After the introduction of legislation.
prelegislative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + legislative.
Senses: glosses: Prior to the introduction of legislation.
postlegislative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + legislative.
Senses: glosses: After the introduction of legislation.
postluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postlude
postluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postlude
governmentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: governmentalities
Etymology: From French gouvernementalité, equivalent to governmental + -ity.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
synonyms: governmentalism
glosses: The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
governmentalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of governmentality
quiverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quivering
snotballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snotball
addability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of addibility.
objective clause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: objective clauses
Senses: examples: text: When both subjects are different, an objective clause is often changed for an infinitive with a subject; ...
ref: 1852, L. T. Covell, Covell's Digest of English Grammar:
text: Though opposite in intentional content, for instance, the object of hope and the object of fear are encoded in the same way: both are expressed by an objective clause.
ref: 2004, Michele Prandi, The Building Blocks of Meaning:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A clause that takes place of the direct object of a verb.
Synonyms: object clause
addaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addax
pygarg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pygargs
Etymology: From Latin pygargus from Ancient Greek πύγαργος (púgargos), a compound of Ancient Greek πῡγή (pūgḗ, “rump”) + ἀργός (argós, “white”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An unidentified large animal with horns, possibly the addax, mentioned in the Bible (Deuteronomy 14:5) as one of the animals permitted for food.
glosses: A bird, the osprey.
pygargs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygarg
deteriorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈtɪəɹɪəɹeɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more deteriorative
form: most deteriorative
Etymology: From deteriorate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: In this spirit, it is desirable that wars should be considered, not as an evilI whose bitterness may be redeemed by the meretricious glory which sometimes covers its atrocities with a fictitious splendour, but one which is in every way deteriorative of our happiness and prosperity — as subservient to tyranny and despotism, inimical to the rights of the people, and generally prejudicial to society.
ref: 1825, Keith Feiling, The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany 1825-02: Volume 16, Open Court Publishing Company, page 195:
text: The first point of inquiry in this case relates to the character of the chemical changes which take place during the combustion of ordinary fuel; the second, to the mechanical adaptations which are required to permit of certain mutual laws coming freely or uninterruptedly into operation. With regard to the nature of the chemical action involved in the process of combustion, the matter is simple enough — repeated investigations have clearly explained these phenomena; but with respect to the mechanical contrivances by means of which that chemical action is to be maintained continuously at its maximum, without, at the same time, establishing a deteriorative action, much greater difficulty exists.
ref: 1843, Artizan Club, The Artizan, Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, page 211:
text: Notwithstanding, therefore, any partial success which may have attended the application of metal to constructions of this description, the effect of such introductions upon architectural excellence has been deteriorative, and in the inverse ratio; and it is lamentable to reflect, that after so much native power and effort have been expended in their appropriation, we have hitherto been destitute of any laws and examples of design whereby uniformity, consistency, and harmony in architectural purpose and effect, not in parts only, but as a whole, can through metallic agency be attained.
ref: 1847, Keith Feiling, Minim 1847-03-06: Volume 1, Issue 18, Open Court Publishing Co, page 281:
text: Dr. C. Lee Carlisle’s article on Maniacal Conditions in Young Adults deals with the differential diagnosis between the non-deteriorative and the deteriorative psychoses.
ref: 1907, The Lancet, J. Onwhyn, page 93:
text: This schema is especially fruitful for Mr. McGirk because if he tries to adapt our situation to this model it simultaneously exposes a “war crime cover-up” and shows the deteriorative (albeit exaggerated) effects of war on U.S. marines (the best of the best), which could be expanded by the general press as a testament for why the U.S. should pull out of Iraq.
ref: 2007 June 24, Paul Von Zielbauer, “A Marine Tutorial on Media ‘Spin’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Causing deterioration.
Derived terms: biodeteriorative
nondeteriorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + deteriorative.
Senses: glosses: Not deteriorative.
operagoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From opera + going.
Senses: examples: text: MY epiphany came when I told a friend I was going to a chamber music concert, and she — well-educated, well-heeled, operagoing — made a throwing-up gesture into her hand.
ref: 2007 June 24, Anne Midgette, “Music That Thinks Outside the Chamber”, in New York Times:
glosses: Attending opera performances.
postdeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + deal.
Senses: examples: text: I.B.M., which has undertaken more than 60 acquisitions in the last five years, has a small team of employees who work full time on postdeal issues, according to Randy MacDonald, global director of human resources.
ref: 2007 June 24, Kelley Holland, “Life After a Merger: Learning on Both Sides”, in New York Times:
glosses: After completion of a business deal.
predissected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dissected.
Senses: examples: text: There has been a trend among medical schools to eliminate the gross anatomy lab dissection, replacing it with a (far less time-consuming) study of predissected, preserved prosections and computerized simulations.
ref: 2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having been dissected in advance.
promgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promgoers
Etymology: From prom + goer.
Senses: examples: text: Of course, some promgoers couldn’t get in to any parties.
ref: 2007 June 24, Melena Ryzik, “When the Big Dance Is Over, the Fun Is Just Beginning”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who attends a prom.
promgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promgoer
prosection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosections
Senses: glosses: An anatomical dissection carried out by an experienced anatomist as a demonstration for others.
prosections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosection
prosecutability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prosecute + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being prosecutable.
rumbly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: rumblier
form: rumbliest
Etymology: From rumble + -y.
Senses: examples: text: His voice is pleasantly rumbly; his smile is so wide that it seems to have been drawn onto his face with a crayon.
ref: 2007 June 24, Negar Azimi, “Hard Realities of Soft Power”, in New York Times:
glosses: Making a rumbling noise.
sacrospinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sacro- + spinous.
Senses: examples: text: The Dissector spits out Latin terms for ligaments — sacrospinous, sacrotuberous; Montross hears them “like a call to prayer.”
ref: 2007 June 24, Mary Roach, “Love and Human Remains”, in New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the sacrum and spine.
stoneworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stoneworkers
Etymology: From stone + worker.
Senses: examples: text: To honor the spirits that take form as mountains, the Inca stoneworkers carved rock outcrops to replicate their shapes.
ref: 2007 June 24, Arthur Lubow, “The Possessed”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who produces stonework.
stoneworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stoneworker
superskinny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superskinny
form: most superskinny
Etymology: From super- + skinny.
Senses: examples: text: Then there is Wrangler47, the company’s three-year-old premium brand, carried in stores like Barneys New York and Scoop; it includes fashionable items like micro-miniskirts and the ubiquitous superskinny hipster jeans.
ref: 2007 June 24, Mark Jacobs, “Branded”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very skinny.
surfside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: surf-side
Etymology: From surf + -side.
Senses: examples: text: These surfside Peter Pans survey each summer’s crop of young women on the sand like an incoming class of freshman co-eds on the quad.
ref: 2007 June 24, Allen Salkin, “When Boys of Summer Linger Till Autumn”, in New York Times:
text: Mitch wakes up in his eighth floor hotel suite with a surfside view of the ocean to Margo shaking his shoulder and saying, “Poppy, Larry is dead.”
ref: 2010, Colby Chase, A Place for Me: International Street Life to Spiritual Insight, page 179:
glosses: Beside the sea.
Related terms: creekside
riverside
unnibbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + nibbled.
Senses: examples: text: But now that the pushovers of permissiveness have sliced and diced the solitary meaning of unique with wimpy adverbs, a fresh expression of splendid singularity, as yet unnibbled by the minnows of murkiness, is welcome.
ref: 2007 June 24, William Safire, “One-Off”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been nibbled.
hognose snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hognose snakes
Senses: glosses: A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
Heterodon (United States and northern Mexico)
glosses: A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
Leioheterodon (Madagascar)
glosses: A colubrid snake, from any of three genera, characterized by an upturned snout and notorious for playing dead when threatened.
Lystrophis (South America)
hognose snakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hognose snake
megagift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megagifts
Etymology: From mega- + gift.
Senses: examples: text: “These megagifts are beginning to show up in a way they haven’t before,” Mr. Jolly said.
ref: 2007 June 25, Stephanie Strom, “Absence of Major Disaster in ’06 Affected Giving”, in New York Times:
glosses: A donation to charity of millions of dollars.
megagifts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megagift
microdrone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdrones
Etymology: From micro- + drone.
Senses: examples: text: The carbon-fiber microdrone — which weighs just more than two pounds, flies 25 miles an hour and can soar to 3,000 feet — has been used in mountain rescues in Switzerland and for military surveillance by the German army, said Mr. Meyer, president of the company’s United States subsidiary, based in New York.
ref: 2007 June 25, Ralph Blumenthal, “Flexible and Fearless, Seeking Rescue Work”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very small drone aircraft.
microdrones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdrone
multifactoral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multifactoral
form: most multifactoral
Etymology: From multi- + factor + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Although the causes for regressive autism are most likely multifactoral, one possible co-factor — vaccination — stimulates the most intense debate.
ref: 2007 June 25, “Autism: What Research Is Needed? (7 Letters)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Involving multiple factors.
undampened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + dampened.
Senses: examples: text: Rain and mud were everywhere, but spirits seemed undampened as performers including the Who, the Killers, Kaiser Chiefs, Shirley Bassey, the Marley Brothers, Iggy and the Stooges, Babyshambles, Bjork, Paolo Nutini and the Arctic Monkeys, among many other artists, performed over three days at the Glastonbury Festival, Agence France-Presse reported.
ref: 2007 June 25, “Arts, Briefly”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not dampened.
unfudged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfudged
form: most unfudged
Etymology: From un- + fudged.
Senses: examples: text: She falls headlong at the end of the ballet’s Tema Russo movement, and the unfudged dynamics make the moment seem like a tragic thunderclap.
ref: 2007 June 25, Alastair Macaulay, “33 Years, and Good to the Last Pirouette”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not fudged.
unpacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unpackers
Etymology: From unpack + -er.
Senses: examples: text: One great advantage of professional unpacking is that the unpackers take away all the wrapping and cartons […]
ref: 1977, House & Garden, volume 149, page 168:
glosses: One who, or that which, unpacks.
examples: text: All packed malware consists of the unpacker code and packed data, which typically look like random data. The benefit of packed malware, from a malicious author's point of view, is that it cannot be analyzed until it is properly unpacked.
ref: 2007, David Harley, AVIEN malware defense guide for the Enterprise, page 408:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A software program that decompresses code or data.
unpackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unpacker
working days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of working day
business day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: business days
Senses: glosses: A day on which business is conducted; a workday or working day.
Meronyms: close of business
COB
end of day
EOD
Related terms: word: day off
word: time off
english: often antonymous, but one can be off during a business day
translation: often antonymous, but one can be off during a business day
word: PTO
english: often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule
translation: often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule
word: weekend
business days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of business day
Ordinary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The part of the Roman Catholic Mass that is the same every day
-merous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: -mərəs
ipa: /-məɹəs/
enpr: -mərəs
ipa: /-məɹəs/
Etymology: From French -mère and its etymon Ancient Greek -μερής (-merḗs, “having (the specified number of) parts”, “sharing”): the combining form of μέρος (méros, “part”)) with the English suffix -ous; compare the English -mer and -mere, as well as the French -mère and the German -mer.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
qualifier: forming adjectives
glosses: Having parts of the specified quality.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
zoology
qualifier: forming adjectives
glosses: Comprising the specified number of parts.
GD-ROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dʒi di ɹɒm/
Forms: form: GD-ROMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gigabyte disk read-only memory: a proprietary optical disc format, resembling a CD-ROM but with higher storage capacity, used by certain video game systems.
countervirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterviruses
Etymology: From counter- + virus.
Senses: glosses: A computer virus engineered to combat another specific computer virus.
counterviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countervirus
counterviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterview
counterviewpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterviewpoints
Etymology: From counter- + viewpoint.
Senses: glosses: An opposing viewpoint.
Synonyms: counterview
counterviewpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterviewpoint
hognose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hog + nose.
Senses: glosses: Having an upturned snout like a pig's.
hognose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hognoses
Etymology: From hog + nose.
Senses: glosses: A hognose snake.
Berkley horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Berkley horses
Etymology: After Theresa Berkley, its supposed inventor.
Senses: topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: A BDSM apparatus consisting of a triangular frame to which a person can be tied for flogging.
wikipedia: Theresa Berkley
Frascati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Frascatis
Senses: glosses: An Italian white wine from the region around the town of Frascati
Chaucerians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chaucerian
xanthophyllite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xanthophyllites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) and φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”), for its color and micaceous appearance, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A synonym of clintonite. The International Mineralogical Association's Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC) recommends using clintonite as a replacement in all cases.
Synonyms: clintonite
xanthophyllites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xanthophyllite
clintonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clintonites
Etymology: From Clinton + -ite. From DeWitt Clinton, the politician for whom it is named in honor of.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A calcium magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral of the margarite group of micas.
wikipedia: en:DeWitt Clinton
Synonyms: xanthophyllite
clintonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clintonite
cruddiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cruddy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being cruddy.
refectory table
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refectory tables
Senses: hypernyms: dining table#Noun
<
table#Noun
<
furniture#Noun
glosses: A very long dining table mostly used in institutions (e.g., schools, colleges, monasteries).
united inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: united inches
Senses: glosses: A unit of measurement of window frames, treating the combined width and height in inches as a single measure of length.
united inches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of united inch
uncouched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + couched.
Senses: examples: text: A judge, more freely than a jury, can exercise discretion uncouched in technical legalities.
ref: 1968, Loyola University of Los Angeles law review: Volumes 1-3:
glosses: Not couched.
uncouched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncouch
yawnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yawning
besoul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: besouls
form: besouling
form: besouled
form: besouled
Etymology: From be- (“unto, on, upon”) + soul. Compare Dutch bezielen.
Senses: examples: text: As we have seen, it does not belong to the concept of material body to be alive, and even less to the be alive in and independent way and therefore to be besouled.
ref: 1960, Karl Barth, Karl Barth G. W. Bromiley T. F. Torrance, Church Dogmatics the Doctrine of Creation, Reprint edition, Continuum International Publishing Group, published 2004, →ISBN:
glosses: To imbue or endow with a soul.
Derived terms: besouled
besouls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of besoul
besouling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of besoul
besouled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of besoul
backtalker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backtalkers
Etymology: From backtalk + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A backtalker, a sasser. One of those girls who horrified parents with her "smart mouth."
ref: 2006, Kat Meads, The invented life of Kitty Duncan (Benedict Roberts Duncan):
text: Jal had entered the battalion embittered by his previous experiences, and had started out as backtalker. But the colonel had quickly taught him that kind of attitude would not be acceptable by simply wearing him out.
ref: 2009, Joshua Chase, Galactic Conquest, page 146:
glosses: One who backtalks.
backtalkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backtalker
intj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intjs
Senses: examples: text: Welcome ... a. received with gladness, pleasing—intj. used to a new comer—v. a. to receive with kindness
ref: 1810, John Walker, A critical pronouncing dictionary, and expositor of the English language:
text: ái chài intj: Well, well!
ref: 2007, Phan Văn Giưỡng, Tuttle Compact Vietnamese Dictionary, page 3:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of interjection.
wellbred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wellbred
form: most wellbred
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of well-bred.
bepuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌf
Forms: form: bepuffs
form: bepuffing
form: bepuffed
form: bepuffed
Etymology: From be- + puff.
Senses: glosses: To puff out.
glosses: To puff; praise fulsomely; bepraise.
Synonyms: hype
bepuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bepuff
bepuffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bepuff
hymnsheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hymnsheets
Etymology: From hymn + sheet.
Senses: glosses: A sheet printed with the words of a hymn.
Related terms: sing from the same hymn sheet
hymnsheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hymnsheet
poioumenon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poioumena
Etymology: Ancient Greek ποιούμενον (poioúmenon), "product".
Senses: examples: text: The poioumenon has a long prehistory (hardly a tradition), going back through Beckett's trilogy and Carlyle's Sartor Resartus to Sterne's Tristram Shandy; but it is preeminently a postmodernist genre.
ref: 1991, Alastair Fowler, A History of English Literature:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A specific type of metafiction in which the story is about the process of creation (sometimes the creation of the story itself).
Sternean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sternean
form: most Sternean
Etymology: From Sterne + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Laurence Sterne (1713-1768), Irish-born English novelist.
Related terms: Shandean
epicrisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/
Forms: form: epicrises
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐπίκρισις (epíkrisis, “determination, decision; judgment, award”).
Senses: examples: text: It would be well if every practitioner would go over his list of patients from time to time and attempt an epicrisis in each one. He will often be surprised at what he finds, and his clinical judgment should be greatly improved...
ref: 1916, Albion Walter Hewlett, Monographic Medicine:
text: But what if I don't have time to discharge you tomorrow. The epicrisis has to be written, you know.
ref: 1967, Nicholas Bethell, David F. Burg, Cancer Ward, translation of original by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, page 469:
text: Haberal’s epicrisis report, which was prepared on Oct. 16, 2009, was sent to the court nearly one year later.
ref: 2011 January 12, Hurriyet Daily news, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2011:
glosses: A critical or analytical study, evaluation, or summing up, especially of a medical case history.
glosses: A quotation followed by a commentary.
glosses: A commentary or annotation of a text.
glosses: A Roman census in Egypt related to the determination of liability for poll tax.
epicrisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/
/ˈɛp.ə.kɹaɪ.sɪs/
/ɪˈpɪk.ɹə.sɪs/
Forms: form: epicrises
Etymology: From epi- + crisis.
Senses: glosses: Something that follows a crisis; a secondary crisis, especially of a disease.
cryptoanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From crypto- + analysis.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cryptanalysis.
cryptoanalyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoanalysts
Etymology: From crypto- + analyst.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
cryptoanalysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryptoanalyst
epicrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epicrisis
contraindicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contraindicatory
form: most contraindicatory
Etymology: From contra- + indicatory.
Senses: examples: text: The reader of this book declares that he is in good mental and physical fitness for diving, and that he is not under the influence of alcohol, nor any drugs that are contraindicatory to diving.
ref: 2003, Ronald van de Vooren, Philippine Diving, page 200:
glosses: Serving as a contraindication.
Synonyms: contraindicative
contraindicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contraindicative
form: most contraindicative
Etymology: From contra- + indicative.
Senses: examples: text: They then constructed two indexes in the ratings obtained from mothers, fathers, and children. One was indicative of creativity and one contained contraindicative items.
ref: 1999, Mark A. Runco, Steven R. Pritzker, Encyclopedia of creativity: Volume 2, page 29:
glosses: Serving as a contraindication.
Synonyms: contraindicatory
as much use as a chocolate teapot
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: synonyms: as useful as a chocolate teapot
as much use as a chocolate fireguard
qualifier: simile
glosses: Thoroughly useless.
supersedan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersedans
form: super sedan
Etymology: From super- + sedan.
Senses: glosses: A sedan car with excellent comfort and performance.
supersedans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supersedan
bitbuckets
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bitbucket
bitbucketing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bitbucket
bitbucketed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bitbucket
penny stocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penny stock
mythologems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythologem
in living memory
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
text: Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.
text: Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.
text: The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst in living memory.
ref: 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:
glosses: In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
Synonyms: in recent memory
within living memory
Related terms: time immemorial
saeculum
hold-up play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hold-up plays
Senses: examples: text: Arsenal must have been pleased that Leeds' leading scorer Luciano Becchio was ruled out with a back injury and the hosts missed his hold-up play and threat for long periods as Wenger's side produced wave after wave of attack.
ref: 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A play where an attacker retains possession of the ball, while the teammates can move up the field.
take the game to
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the game to
form: taking the game to
form: took the game to
form: taken the game to
Senses: examples: text: The Frenchman had talked in the build-up to the game about how focused his side were and they looked it, taking the game to their Championship opponents from the first whistle with a pace and panache Leeds simply could not live with.
ref: 2011 January 19, Jonathan Stevenson, “Leeds 1 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
text: The visitors were worthy winners, taking the game to the highly fancied hosts from the first minute.
ref: 2021 February 6, Graham Bean, “Scotland beat England at Twickenham for the first time in 38 years”, in The Scotsman:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To use attacking tactics against.
sex attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sex attacks
Senses: glosses: An act of sexual assault.
fist pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist pumps
form: fist-pump
Senses: glosses: The thrusting of one's fist, most commonly forward or upward, as in celebration.
Related terms: fist bump
pump one's fist
pump someone's fist
fist pump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fist pumps
form: fist pumping
form: fist pumped
form: fist pumped
form: fist-pump
Senses: glosses: To thrust one's fist, most commonly forward or upward, as in celebration.
Synonyms: pump one's fist
air punch
pump one's fist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pumps one's fist
form: pumping one's fist
form: pumped one's fist
form: pumped one's fist
Senses: examples: text: A nail-biting final set appeared to be unfolding but it was Li who buckled under the pressure, giving up another break of serve with a double fault and a wayward backhand in game four, and Clijsters pumped her fist as she closed in on victory.
ref: 2011 January 29, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Kim Clijsters beats Li Na in final”, in BBC:
glosses: To thrust forward one's fist, as in celebration.
Related terms: fist pump
pump someone's fist
terrorist fist jab
fist-pump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist-pumps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fist pump.
fist-pump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fist-pumps
form: fist-pumping
form: fist-pumped
form: fist-pumped
Senses: examples: text: England's players celebrated on the pitch afterwards, Bright dancing with team-mate Chloe Kelly, while Bronze fist-pumped towards the stands.
ref: 2025 February 26, Emma Sanders, “'A proper English performance' against Spain”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Alternative form of fist pump.
fist-pumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist-pumpers
form: fist pumper
Senses: glosses: someone who pumps their fist
glosses: a tune which provokes fist-pumping, i.e. because of its strong beat.
Related terms: pump one's fist
pump someone's fist
ladlesful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ladleful
roomsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roomful
Decembrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Decembrist
nummulites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nummulite
chestsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chestful
yachtful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yachtfuls
form: yachtsful
Etymology: From yacht + -ful.
Senses: examples: a yachtful of celebrities
glosses: As much as a yacht will hold.
boatsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatful
lungsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lungful
bedfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedful
mannalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mannalike
form: most mannalike
Etymology: From manna + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of manna (miraculously appearing food).
stubbornnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stubbornness
faceful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facefuls
Etymology: From face + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Because l didn't dare take either hand off the wheel, I did get a few facefuls of snow, passing under hemlocks with especially low-drooped branches, but that was a cheap price for getting the tractor safely out.
ref: 2006, Noel Perrin, Terry Osborne, Best person rural: essays of a sometime farmer, page 81:
glosses: An amount that fills or covers the face.
facefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faceful
mountain oyster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain oysters
Senses: glosses: Hog testicles prepared as food.
mountain oysters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountain oyster
dessert spoons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dessert spoon