cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ranchero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛəɹoʊ/
ipa: /ɹɑːnˈt͡ʃɛəɹoʊ/
Forms: form: rancheros
form: rancheroes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ranchero.
Senses: glosses: a ranch or rancho worker
raw_tags: of Mexico
glosses: a ranch or rancho owner
raw_tags: of Mexico
Derived terms: ranchero sauce
rancheros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranchero
ranchera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹænˈt͡ʃɛɹə/
rhymes: -ɛɹə
Forms: form: rancheras
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ranchera (in Spanish the ending "a" usually is for feminine terms, like in this case, because originally is an adjective for música and/or canción, which are feminine nouns).
Senses: examples: text: With very little fanfare, WZAA had become the first FM station in New York offering a format known as Mexican Regiona, which includes genres like ranchera, banda and norteña music.
ref: 2007 January 13, Seth Kugel, “The Sounds of Mexico Hit New York Airwaves”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A traditional Mexican song performed solo with a guitar.
glosses: A female ranch or rancho owner
glosses: A female ranch or rancho worker
rancheras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ranchera
out-of-body experience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: out-of-body experiences
form: out-of-the-body experience
Senses: topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: An experience in which one feels outside of one’s body.
Related terms: astral projection
antifraud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifraud
form: most antifraud
Etymology: From anti- + fraud.
Senses: examples: text: “We believe we can still address our legitimate interests in security, innovation and antifraud efforts with this shorter period,” Peter Fleischer, Google’s global privacy counsel, wrote in the letter.
ref: 2007 June 13, Thomas Crampton, “Google to Reduce History of Personal Searches”, in New York Times:
glosses: Acting against fraud.
bachata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bəˈt͡ʃɑːtə/
Forms: form: bachatas
Etymology: From Caribbean Spanish bachata (“party, good time”).
Senses: examples: text: “All the time they complain about it,” said Rafael Batista, the owner of Quisqueya Records, a store whose list of new releases, in keeping with the neighborhood’s large Dominican population, is divided into merengue, salsa, balada and bachata.
ref: 2007 February 4, Alex Mindlin, “Yearning to Break the Lock on a Long-Shuttered Park”, in New York Times:
glosses: A genre of music originating in the Dominican Republic.
examples: text: From 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Brooklyn’s own ReggaeLution band will perform, and at 9, D.J. Lumumba (a k a Revolution) will preside over an inclusive Caribbean dance party, from bachata to zouk and back again.
ref: 2007 August 3, The New York Times, “Dance Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: A style of dance accompanying this music.
waterlilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waterlily
caoutchoucs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caoutchouc
spit it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɪt ɪt ˈaʊt/
ipa: [spɪ.ɾɪˈɾaʊt]
Forms: form: spits it out
form: spitting it out
form: spat it out
form: spat it out
form: spit it out
form: spit it out
Senses: examples: text: – Sir, I... I... er...
– Come on, man! Spit it out!
text: CHUBUKOV. Oh, don't go round and round it, darling! Spit it out! Well?
LOMOV. One moment ... this very minute. The fact is, I've come to ask the hand of your daughter, Natalya Stepanovna, in marriage.
ref: 1889, Anton Chekhov, translated by Julius West, The Proposal:
text: "Well, don't be a miser with what you know," Scott said sharply, after waiting a suitable length of time. "Spit it out. What is it?"
ref: 1906 May–October, Jack London, chapter V, in White Fang, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., published October 1906, →OCLC, part 4 (The Superior Gods):
text: "Hark ye, mistress," said the shepherd. "I've had much on my tongue this many a day, but you haven't given me the chance to spit it out. I won't be put off any longer."
ref: 1920, Sabine Baring-Gould, chapter XXII, in Mehalah: a story of the salt marshes:
synonyms: out with it[Appendix:Glossary#imperative|imperatively]]>
antonyms: beat around the bush
;
gild the pill
sugarcoat the pill
;
obfuscate
glosses: To overcome reluctance to say something particular or to speak in general.
Related terms: come out with
spill one's guts
vouch for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vouches for
form: vouching for
form: vouched for
form: vouched for
Senses: examples: text: Let him in. I’ll vouch for his good behaviour.
glosses: To affirm the truth or reliability of.
decertify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈsɜːtɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: decertifies
form: decertifying
form: decertified
form: decertified
Etymology: From de- + certify.
Senses: examples: text: The American Medical Association (AMA) was formed in 1845 to gain for medical doctors a monopoly on legal licensure as health practitioners. The young AMA waged fierce (and quite successful) battles to de-certify the then-dominant natural healers — a range of herbalists, midwives, and homeopathic doctors.
ref: 1989 August 19, Bob Lederer, “Hiding Behind HIV”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 6, page 8:
text: Nigeria was tagged as a transit-route of drug carriers. This prompted the United States government to decertify the country.
ref: 2003, Patrick Keku, Tunde Akingbade, Traveler's Guide to Living in Nigeria: Security and Travel Tips:
glosses: To annul the certification of.
examples: text: As Sallas immediately said, the 130 scabs who so easily replaced the striking printers in '85 won't be foisted upon the union--to degrade it and possibly decertify it.
ref: 1988 November 11, Michael Miner, “Strike Accord at the Tribune; Is the Sun-Times Next?”, in Chicago Reader:
qualifier: industrial relations
glosses: To annul a labor union.
decertified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decertify
decertifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decertify
decertifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decertify
counterattacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterattack
counterattacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Two groups that have had ties to insurgents, the Islamic Party Fighters and forces of the 20th Revolution brigade, counterattacked in support of the local residents, apparently having turned against those insurgents because of their links to Al Qaeda.
ref: 2007 March 2, Alissa J. Rubin, “7 at a Baghdad Wedding Are Killed by a Car Bomb”, in New York Times:
glosses: simple past and past participle of counterattack
order trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of order tree
order tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: order trees
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A set that is the union of subsets (called segments), each of which is totally ordered, such that the segments fit together a certain way.
Hypernyms: tree
Derived terms: ℝ-order tree
ℝ-order trees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ℝ-order tree
ℝ-order tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ℝ-order trees
form: 𝐑-order tree
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: An order tree whose segments are homeomorphic to segments of the real line and that is the union of countably many segments.
Winnipeg goldeyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Winnipeg goldeye
metallated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metallate
metallated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metallated
form: most metallated
Senses: glosses: Modified by metallation
Derived terms: bismetallated
unmetallated
metallically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more metallically
form: most metallically
Etymology: From metallic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The stone clanged metallically as it dropped into the bucket.
glosses: In a metallic manner.
Related terms: metallic
zaguanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zaguan
metallization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtl̩aɪˈzeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: metallizations
form: metallisation
Etymology: From metal + -ization.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act or process of metallizing
quetzales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quetzal
metallographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From metallography + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to metallography.
Derived terms: autometallographic
metallographically
metal-poor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metal-poor
form: most metal-poor
Senses: glosses: Having a relatively low metal content
metapelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapelites
Etymology: From meta- + pelite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A metamorphosed pelite rock
pelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pelites
Etymology: From German Pelit, corresponding to Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós, “mud, clay”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
Derived terms: metapelite
Related terms: pelitic
metasedimentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + sedimentary.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a metasediment.
metasedimentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasedimentaries
Etymology: From meta- + sedimentary.
Senses: examples: text: The absence of sedimentaries and metasedimentaries in W52 suggest it is not from the Sepik north coast, which is defined by heterogeneous lithic inclusions derived from the Torricelli Mountains.
ref: 2015 September 3, “Earliest Pottery on New Guinea Mainland Reveals Austronesian Influences in Highland Environments 3000 Years Ago”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A metasediment.
bachatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bachata
metasediment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasediments
Etymology: From meta- + sediment.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: A metamorphosed sedimentary rock.
Related terms: metasedimentary
metasomatized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metasomatized
form: most metasomatized
Senses: glosses: Modified by metasomatism
Derived terms: unmetasomatized
metasomatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of metasomatize
metastasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more metastasic
form: most metastasic
Etymology: From metastasis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from metastasis
metastatogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The development of metastases.
metastatogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /məˌtæstətəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/
Forms: form: more metastatogenic
form: most metastatogenic
Etymology: From metastasis + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to metastatogenesis
metathoracic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + thoracic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the metathorax
metathorax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metathoraxes
form: metathoraces
Etymology: From meta- + thorax.
Senses: examples: Holonym: thorax
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
related: word: prothorax
word: mesothorax
glosses: The hindmost of the three sections of the thorax of an insect, carrying the posterior pair of legs and the hindwings when present.
Related terms: word: metathoracic
methanesulphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanesulphonates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methanesulfonate.
methanethiosulphonate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methanethiosulphonates
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of methanethiosulfonate.
allées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allée
multitouch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + touch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multi-touch.
multitouch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + touch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multi-touch.
rock-jumper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock-jumpers
form: rockjumper
Etymology: From rock + jumper.
Senses: glosses: A bird in the passerine genus Chaetops, endemic to southern Africa.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Chaetops frenatus
word: Cape rockjumper
taxonomic: Chaetops aurantius
word: Drakensberg rockjumper
taxonomic: Chaetops aurantius
word: orange-breasted rock-jumper
taxonomic: Chaetops frenatus
word: rufous rock-jumper
rock-jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock-jumper
multisport
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sport.
Senses: examples: text: Nets forward Richard Jefferson announced Friday that he was donating $3.5 million to his alma mater, the University of Arizona, to help build a multisport practice facility.
ref: 2007 August 19, The Associated Press, “Nets’ Jefferson True to His School”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to multiple sports
Derived terms: multisporter
Related terms: sports center
multitextured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + textured.
Senses: examples: text: This Toronto group plays multitextured instrumentals that veer from clangy turbulence to pastoral, acoustic daydreams.
ref: 2007 March 23, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having or seeming to have multiple textures
amuse-gueule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amuse-gueules
Senses: glosses: amuse-bouche; appetizer
rockfowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rockfowl
form: rockfowls
Etymology: From rock + fowl.
Senses: glosses: Any of either of the two species of genus Picathartes of birds endemic to sub-Saharan Africa.
Synonyms: Picathartes
bald crow
Derived terms: taxonomic: Picathartes oreas
word: grey-necked rockfowl
taxonomic: Picathartes gymnocephalus
word: white-necked rockfowl
rockfowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockfowl
xysma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈzɪzmə/
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Material resembling bits of membrane in stools of diarrhea.
laky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈleɪki/
rhymes: -eɪki
Forms: form: lakier
form: lakiest
Etymology: From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake + -y.
Senses: examples: text: By bulwark, line, and battlement,
And flanking towers, and laky flood ,
Guarded and garrison'd she stood
ref: 1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
glosses: Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
glosses: Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.
wattlebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wattlebirds
Etymology: From wattle + bird.
Senses: examples: text: In Hobart Town it is frequently exposed for sale in the markets with Bronzewing Pigeons and Wattlebirds, where it is known by the name of Ground-Dove, an appellation which has doubtless been given both from its habit of running and feeding upon the ground like the Pigeons […]
ref: 1865, John Gould, Handbook to The Birds of Australia, volume 1, page 434:
text: Outside in the evening a wattlebird wrenches pieces from the brush tree at the end of the veranda.
ref: 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin, published 2018, page 285:
glosses: Any of a group of Australian birds in the genus Anthochaera of the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.
glosses: Any of three birds in the family Callaeidae, endemic to New Zealand.
Derived terms: brush wattlebird
little wattlebird
red wattlebird
western wattlebird
yellow wattlebird
wattlebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wattlebird
erizos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erizo
maestras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maestra
palomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paloma
flautas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flauta
methedrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methedrines
Etymology: Trade name.
Senses: examples: text: And-a all in all, the seagull said / "As I look to where I've been / The whole wide human race / Has a-taken far too much Methedrine"
ref: 1966, Donovan, “The Trip”, in Sunshine Superman:
text: After three weeks high on methedrine the comedown isn’t necessarily that bad, but the participant’s frame of mind can steer it anywhere from mere exhaustion to suicidal desperation, with hundreds of nefarious variations in between.
ref: 1970, William S. Burroughs Jr., Speed, Woodstock, N.Y.: Overlook Press, published 1984, →ISBN, page 157:
text: The initial availability of injectable amphetamines (in the form of Methedrine) was a result of the belief of many doctors that it was a safer alternative for intravenous heroin and cocaine users. Inevitably, supplies of injectable Methedrine found their way onto the street market. Around 1968, intravenous Methedrine was widely used in New York and on the West Coast.
ref: 1990, Julian Chomet, Speed and Amphetamines, New York: F. Watts, →ISBN, page 20:
text: A crude and cheap form of combustible methedrine, favored by the same sort of addictive class that sniffs gasoline fumes or coats the inside of a paper bag with airplane glue and puts the bag over their face and breathes until they fall down and start to convulse.
ref: 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 1053:
text: Back in the States, Geng is soon on the lam in San Francisco for hot-wiring and crashing a car with a friend while high on methedrine.
ref: 2007 May 6, Toni Bentley, “Secrets and Lies”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: speed
word: chalk
word: crank
word: crystal
word: crystal meth
word: fire
word: glass
word: go fast
word: go-fast
word: gogo
word: ice
word: jib
word: meth
word: methamphetamine
word: methedrine
word: methylamphetamine
word: poor man's cocaine
word: quartz
word: shabu
word: shards
word: speed
word: T
word: tina
word: tweak
glosses: A brand name for methamphetamine.
methenolone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metenolone
Senses: examples: text: SI.com said that Rodriguez had tested positive for the anabolic steroid Primobolan, whose chemical name is methenolone.
ref: 2009 February 8, Michael S. Schmidt, “Rodriguez Said to Test Positive in 2003”, in New York Times:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A long-acting anabolic steroid with limited androgenic properties, having the chemical formula C₂₀H₃₀O₂
microbially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From microbial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The corrosion was microbially induced.
topics: sciences
glosses: By means of or in relation to microbes
Derived terms: antimicrobially
polymicrobially
microgenre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgenres
Etymology: From micro- + genre.
Senses: examples: text: This looked incredibly cool, and borrowed visually from video games and from the YouTube microgenre of shopping-cart crashes.
ref: 2007 August 29, Virginia Heffernan, “For MySpace Viewers, a Terra Incognita With No Cellphones or Internet”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A hyper-specific or niche genre.
microgenres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgenre
lanchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lancha
trapos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trapo
microgreen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgreens
form: micro-green
Etymology: From micro- + green.
Senses: examples: text: I don’t want anyone to be able to say, oh, I see where he got this idea to put microgreens on top of his fish fillets.”
ref: 2007 June 6, Katherine Wheelock, “Dinner at the Foodies’: Purslane and Anxiety”, in New York Times:
text: One of the most rewarding types of plants to grow are micro-greens. Essentially, these are the tiny seedlings of any plant with edible leaves, which can be harvested and eaten at the sprouted stage – basically posh cress.
ref: 2021 January 24, James Wong, “Baby leaves are a joy to grow – and good to eat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The small, young seedling of a plant used as a visual flavor accent and occasionally as salad greens.
ayurvedic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Cameron Alborzian, a yogi, ayurvedic therapist and onetime model (seen in these pictures), used to teach at Integral Yoga and has seen guys show up in all kinds of stuff.
ref: 2009 January 29, David Colman, “Yoga and the Missing Boutique”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Ayurvedic.
Derived terms: ayurvedically
ayurvedically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ayurvedic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But short of a yogamentalist, few men would wear giant palazzo pants made of 100 percent extra-organic sustainable cotton that has probably been put through the digestive tract of an ayurvedically certified elephant and bleached by pure Buddhist thought.
ref: 2009 January 29, David Colman, “Yoga and the Missing Boutique”, in New York Times:
glosses: As a practitioner of Ayurveda; in an Ayurvedic way.
preemptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more preemptively
form: most preemptively
form: pre-emptively
form: preëmptively
Etymology: From preemptive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If you feel strongly about Scullying this situation and avoiding anyone who believes in made-up sky magic, that’s your prerogative, but you should know that you’re preemptively x’ing out a LOT of the queer population you might otherwise click with!
ref: 2019 February 19, Rachel, “How to Talk to Your Hot Gay Crush About Astrology When You Don't Believe In It”, in Autostraddle:
text: The GOP’s aggressive approach in court goes hand in hand with former President Donald Trump’s strategy of using the courts to preemptively cast doubt on the 2024 results.
ref: 2024 October 28, Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, “GOP’s aggressive court strategy sets the stage to cast doubt on the 2024 results”, in CNN:
glosses: In a preemptive manner.
asyndeton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æˈsɪn.də.tən/
Forms: form: asyndetons
form: asyndeta
Etymology: From Latin asyndeton, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδετον (asúndeton), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-, non-”) and the neuter substantive of σῠ́νδετος (sŭ́ndetos, “bound, joined”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syndeton.
Senses: examples: text: Asyndeton, or the Loose language... as thus. I saw it, I said it, I will sweare it.
ref: 1589, George Puttenham, The Arte of English Poesie, page 145:
text: Asyndeton the Cop'latives denies. Faith, Justice, Truth, Religion, Mercy dies.
ref: 1740, Benjamin Martin, Bibliotheca Technologica, 2nd edition, page 145:
text: Asyndeton the copulative denies;
And sometimes haste and rage sometimes implies.
ref: 1835, L[arret] Langley, “[Rhetorical Figures.] Asyndeton.”, in A Manual of the Figures of Rhetoric, […], Doncaster, South Yorkshire: […] C. White, […], →OCLC, page 50:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.
Synonyms: dissolutio
asyndesis
asyndetism
Hypernyms: brachylogy
Coordinate terms: syndeton
polysyndeton
Related terms: asyndetic
asyndetically
articulus
asyndetons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asyndeton
syndeton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪndɪtɒn/
ipa: /ˈsɪndətɑn/
Forms: form: syndetons
form: syndeta
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: syndesis
glosses: The use of conjunctions or conjunctive structures to connect words, phrases, etc.
Coordinate terms: asyndeton
polysyndeton
Related terms: syndetic
syndetical
syndetically
syndetons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syndeton
locatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of locative
relativizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relativizers
Etymology: From relativize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Josef Schuster, president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, told Bild it was not enough that Extinction Rebellion had distanced itself from Mr. Hallam. […]
“As keen as they criticize climate change deniers,” he said, “they should also do it with Holocaust relativizers.”
ref: 2019 November 21, Elian Peltier, “Extinction Rebellion Co-Founder Apologizes for Holocaust Remarks”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Someone or something that relativizes.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical element used to indicate a relative clause.
Related terms: relative pronoun
relativizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relativizer
datives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dative
turnskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəːnskɪn/
Forms: form: turnskins
Etymology: From turn + skin, a calque of Latin versipellis.
Senses: glosses: Someone who can change their skin at will, especially into that of a wolf; a werewolf.
allatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allative
quotative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quotatives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A form of the complementizer related to the verb say, found in many languages of West Africa and South Asia.
quotative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Serving to mark quoted speech.
Derived terms: quotatively
quotativeness
quotatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quotative
methoxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more methoxylated
form: most methoxylated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: modified by the addition of one or more methoxy groups
Derived terms: nonmethoxylated
trimethoxylated
Related terms: demethoxylated
dimethoxylated
methoxylation
polymethoxylated
methoxylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methoxylations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: modification by the addition of one or more methoxy groups
Derived terms: demethoxylation
Related terms: methoxylated
anaphors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: "He is saying this: UG lays down that if a language has anaphors, they will be subject to the Binding Principle.", Raphael Selkie, The Chomsky Update: Linguistics and Politics, London, →ISBN, Language, page 41:
glosses: plural of anaphor
denotationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From denotational + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: denotatively
antonyms: connotationally
connotatively
glosses: In a denotational manner; concerning denotation.
causatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of causative
Proto-Indo-Europeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Proto-Indo-European
preconsonantally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preconsonantal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Immediately preceding a consonant or consonant sound.
postvocalically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postvocalic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: Following or occurring after a vowel.
postconsonantally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From postconsonantal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Following or occurring after a consonant
monosyllabics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æbɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of monosyllabic
trigonometric series
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trigonometric series
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any series of the form 1/2A_o+ displaystyle ∑ₙ₌₁ ᪲(A_n cos nx+B_n sin nx).
polysyllabics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æbɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of polysyllabic
disyllabics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æbɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of disyllabic
trisyllabics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æbɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of trisyllabic
injunctives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injunctive
augmentless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From augment + -less.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Lacking augment.
mathematical analysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mathematical analyses
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
Synonyms: analysis
Meronyms: functional analysis
harmonic analysis
Proto-Indo-Iranians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Proto-Indo-Iranian
chairfolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chair + folk.
Senses: glosses: chairpeople
demerger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demergers
Etymology: From de- + merger.
Senses: synonyms: breakup#Noun
glosses: A partial or complete reversal of a previous merger.
coordinate_terms: deconglomeration#Noun
;
deacquisition#Noun
;
divestment#Noun
disinvestment#Noun
glosses: The disposal of subsidiaries or divisions of a company.
demerger
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demergers
form: demergering
form: demergered
form: demergered
Etymology: From de- + merger.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of demerge (“to reverse a business merger”).
synonyms: word: demerge
extra: to reverse a business merger
disarmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disarmer
disarmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disarmers
Etymology: From disarm + -er.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of disarmament.
gallingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gallingly
form: most gallingly
Etymology: From galling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a galling manner
gerontophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gerontophiles
Etymology: From geronto- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: According to the age of the attracting person homosexuals are divisible into ephebophiles (lovers of youths, 14-21), androphiles (grown men up to the period of old age), gerontophiles (lovers of the aged) and pedophiles (lovers of small boys) .. corresponding divisions in women are parthenophiles (lovers of young women, virgins), gynecophiles (lovers of adult women), grasphiles (lovers of old women), and korophiles (lovers of undeveloped girls).
ref: 1914, L. Pierce Clark, “A critical digest of some of the newer work upon homosexuality in man and woman”, in State Hospital Bulletin, volume VII, New York State Hospital Commission, page 352:
glosses: A person sexually attracted to elderly men.
glosses: A person with primary or exclusive sexual attraction towards the elderly.
Related terms: gerontophilia
gerontophiliac
gerontophilic
minimisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minimisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of minimization.
sound change
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sound changes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).
Related terms: sound law
yodization
sound changes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound change
musicalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of musicalise
musicalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: musicalises
form: musicalising
form: musicalised
form: musicalised
form: musicalize
Etymology: From musical + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: Although she [Maurine Watkins] was adamant about it throughout her lifetime, after she was dead, her executors gave permission to musicalise her work.
ref: 1997, Stephen Citron, The Musical from the Inside Out, Elephant Paperbacks, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: To set (a text etc) to music.
glosses: To compose music for a dramatic work.
etymologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of etymologize
etymologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of etymologize
etymologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of etymologize
reprivatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: The Deutsche-Disconto Bank announces that it is now fully ‘reprivatised.’ The D.D. Bank’s reprivatisation was in part financed by sale to the Reich of the former Disconto Bank’s central offices.
ref: 1937 April 3, The Economist:
glosses: simple past and past participle of reprivatise
reprivatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprivatises
form: reprivatising
form: reprivatised
form: reprivatised
Etymology: From re- + privatise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reprivatize.
reprivatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reprivatizes
form: reprivatizing
form: reprivatized
form: reprivatized
form: reprivatise
Etymology: From re- + privatize.
Senses: examples: text: At a time when our communities are being increasingly attacked, when sexuality is being forcefully "reprivatized" (or at least hidden from view) […]
ref: 1988 December 4, Scott Bravmann, “Lesbian/Gay Visibility (Or T-Shirt Terrorism)”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 5:
glosses: To make something private again.
examples: text: Many analysts cite Swedish bank nationalization, from the early 1990s, as a model, because the Swedes later reprivatized these banks and resumed economic growth.
ref: 2009 March 1, Tyler Cowen, “Message to Regulators: Bank Fix Needed Quickly”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To make something private again.
To privatize a company that was previously nationalized
Related terms: reprivatization
folk-etymologize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: folk-etymologizes
form: folk-etymologizing
form: folk-etymologized
form: folk-etymologized
form: folk etymologize
Senses: glosses: To introduce or develop a folk etymology.
glosses: To explain the etymology of a word as folk etymology.
folk-etymologizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of folk-etymologize
folk-etymologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of folk-etymologize
folk-etymologized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of folk-etymologize
ringfencing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ringfence
unconvicted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + convicted.
Senses: glosses: Who has not been convicted.
unconvicted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unconvict
unintimidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unintimidated
form: most unintimidated
Etymology: From un- + intimidated.
Senses: glosses: Not intimidated
unsensational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsensational
form: most unsensational
Etymology: From un- + sensational.
Senses: glosses: Not sensational
prohibitives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prohibitive
methyladenine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methyladenines
Etymology: From methyl + adenine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric methyl derivatives of adenine that cause damage to DNA
methylserotonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylserotonins
Etymology: From methyl + serotonin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several methyl derivatives of serotonin that are agonists
methyltryptophan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methyltryptophans
Etymology: From methyl- + tryptophan.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric methyl derivatives of tryptophan that interfere with signalling in dendritic cells.
metyrapone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈtɪ.ɹə.pəʊn/
ipa: /mɪˈtʌɪ.ɹə.pəʊn/
ipa: /məˈtɪɹ.əˌpoʊn/
Etymology: From meth- + (dip)yr(idyl) + -a- + (pro)p(an)one.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A compound that inhibits the enzyme 17β-hydroxylase and prevents synthesis of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids by the adrenal gland, used chiefly for assessment of feedback control of the hypothalamic–pituitary axis in adrenal disease, and sometimes in the treatment of Cushing's syndrome and resistant edema; 2-methyl-1,2-di-3-pyridyl-1-propanone, C₅H₄N·CO·C(CH₃)₂·C₅H₄N.
micritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more micritic
form: most micritic
Etymology: From micrite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling micrite
Derived terms: biomicritic
micrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪkɹaɪt/
Forms: form: micrites
Etymology: From microcrystalline calcite, equivalent to micro- + -ite. Coined by American geologist Robert L. Folk in 1959 for his carbonate rock classification system.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary limestone matrix derived from calcite mud.
Derived terms: autochthonous micrite
biomicrite
dolomicrite
micritic
micritization
micritize
sonorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sonorizations
form: sonorisation
Etymology: From sonorize + -ation.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
synonyms: voicing
antonyms: surdization
devoicing
glosses: increase in sonority; act of sonorizing
raw_tags: of a consonant
sonorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sonorization.
sonorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sonorizes
form: sonorizing
form: sonorized
form: sonorized
Senses: examples: text: However, it is not possible to derive the forms of type 1 from Lat. lacūna too, since inherited singleton -c- would have sonorized to **-ɣ- in most dialects.
ref: 2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 326:
glosses: To increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.
raw_tags: of a consonant
Related terms: sonorization
sonorous
sonority
sonorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sonorize
sonorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sonorize
sonorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sonorize
klutzes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of klutz
lemmatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lemmatize
lemmatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lemmatize
lemmatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lemmatize
lemmatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lemmatise
lemmatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lemmatise
lemmatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lemmatise
monogenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + genetic.
Senses: glosses: Having a single source, originating in one place at a single moment.
topics: biology
human-sciences
linguistics
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to monogenesis.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Misconstruction of monogenic.
Derived terms: monogenetically
monogeneticism
lengthenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lengthening
affrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æfɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: affrications
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: Becoming an affricate sound.
raw_tags: of a consonant
glosses: A particular instance of such change.
Related terms: deaffrication
spirantization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /spaɪɹəntɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: spirantizations
form: spirantisation
Etymology: From spirant + -ization.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: (of a consonant) becoming a spirant (fricative) sound
glosses: a particular instance of such change
spirantisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spirantisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spirantization.
degemination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degeminations
Etymology: From de- + gemination.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
glosses: A particular instance of such change.
degeminations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of degemination
affrications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affrication
spirantizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirantization
spirantisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spirantisation
nasalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nasalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nasalization.
nasalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nasalisation
bubba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌbə/
Forms: form: bubbas
Etymology: Possibly an alteration of brother or bub, said by a young child not yet able to pronounce brother properly, but note similar terms in other Germanic languages derived from Proto-Germanic *bō-, *bō-, such as West Frisian bobbe, German Bube (“boy”), dialectal Swedish babbe (“little boy”), English babe, Dutch boef (“mischievous lad, rascal”), Middle Low German bōve, and Icelandic bófi. Also compare sissy.
Senses: examples: text: "Hey, bubba, is that really you? Goddamn. I haven't heard from you in a coon's age." / "Don't 'hey, bubba' me, you sonofabitch.
ref: 2007, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Low Red Moon, page 27:
glosses: Brother; used as term of familiar address.
examples: text: Will Ferrell and his creative partner, the writer and director Adam McKay, are, let’s face it, our national poets on the subject of dimwitted, bubba arrogance and the redemptive powers of failure, their poems seemingly conceived in a midnight frenzy of brilliance on the back of a bag of Doritos.
ref: 2009 February 13, Ginia Bellafante, “A Pitcher’s Life After the Third Strike”, in New York Times:
text: Their subjects were not bubbas from the bayous but affluent students at the University of Michigan who had lived in the South for at least six years.
ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 120:
glosses: A working-class white male from the southern US, stereotyped as loutish.
Derived terms: Bubba
Related terms: brother
brotha
bro
bubby
purgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purga
mountain ash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain ashes
Senses: examples: text: On the verdant slope and down by the edge of the water, the bird-cherry and the mountain ash displayed their flowery garb of summer.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 280:
text: Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena.
ref: 1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 271:
text: 2007, Tyler Guthrie, Mountain Ash: Formally Rowan Tree, Trinity College, Academic Dissertation.
glosses: A European tree, rowan or, more specifically, European rowan, of species Sorbus aucuparia.
examples: text: All three mountain-ashes are shrubs of climax and subclimax northern coniferous forest communities, along with speckled alder, Labrador tea, mountain and red maples, yellow birch, and bunchberry.
ref: 1974, William M. Healy, Shrubs and Vines for Northeastern Wildlife, numbers 6-10, page 99:
text: To the front left of the house, just up from the sidewalk, was a mountain ash tree. Before I was born, Gramma Moody, planted the mountain ash tree there.
ref: 2008, Elna Fone Nugent, Mountain Ash: A New England Memoir, page 30:
text: In the hills of Appalachia, in a cove that no living man will ever find, is a Mountain Ash unlike any other in the world.
ref: 2011, Ruth Sims, The Legend of the Mountain Ash, unnumbered page:
glosses: Any of several trees in the genus Sorbus in North America.
examples: text: McCarthy and Lindenmayer (1998) developed a model of the development of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest in response to fire. The model predicted the prevalence of multi-aged Mountain Ash forest as a function of the mean fire interval.
ref: 2002, Brendan Mackey, David Lindenmayer, Malcolm Gill, Michael McCarthy, Janette Lindesay, editors, Wildlife, Fire and Future Climate: A Forest Ecosystem Analysis, page 42:
glosses: A tree native to southeastern Australia, Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest of all flowering plants.
glosses: A Texan ash tree of species Fraxinus texensis.
Synonyms: sense: Sorbus aucuparia
word: European rowan
sense: Sorbus aucuparia
word: rowan
sense: Sorbus aucuparia
word: quicken
sense: Eucalyptus regnans
word: stringy gum
sense: Eucalyptus regnans
word: swamp gum
sense: Eucalyptus regnans
word: Tasmanian oak
sense: Eucalyptus regnans
word: Victorian ash
sense: Fraxinus texensis
word: Texas ash
Derived terms: American mountain ash
the course of true love never did run smooth
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A quote from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream Act 1 Scene 1, said by Lysander to Hermia.
Senses: glosses: There will always be issues or problems in a romantic relationship.
Related terms: true love
bubbas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌbəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of bubba