cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
divestitures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of divestiture
drifty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: driftier
form: driftiest
Etymology: From drift + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The first time I heard them struggling with their electric instruments and singing in cracked falsettos, I imagined a line of fishing boats puttering off into the fogbound sea of a cold New England morn. "Ah, Shrimp Boat," I exclaimed, "what a fine name for sounds so churning and drifty!"
ref: 1988 November 18, Renaldo Migaldi, “Shrimp Boat”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Tending or seeming to drift.
glosses: Abounding with driving snow or drift.
Derived terms: driftily
driftiness
dressingroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dressingrooms
Senses: examples: text: "I sent a message back to the dressingroom actually just to get their thoughts on it, it was just after their bowling powerplay (in the 15th over).
ref: 2009 January 19, Adam Smith, “Ricky Ponting seeks answers after Aussies' power failure”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Alternative form of dressing room.
goodput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of good + throughput
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Application-level throughput, i.e. the number of useful bits per unit of time forwarded by a network from source to destination, excluding protocol overhead such as retransmissions.
driftier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of drifty: more drifty
driftiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of drifty: most drifty
crossbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbreedings
form: cross-breeding
form: xbreeding
Senses: synonyms: hybridization
interbreeding
glosses: The process or the result of crossbreeding.
crossbreeding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-breeding
form: xbreeding
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of crossbreed
customizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: customizers
form: customiser
Etymology: From customize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Father Juliano declared bankruptcy after building only the prototype, but the car was restored a few years ago by a customizer in England.
ref: 2007 September 23, Jerry Garrett, “Making the World Safe for Velocity”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person or business that provides customization services
nonclassified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + classified.
Senses: glosses: Not classified or not subject to classification.
Synonyms: miscellaneous
unclassified
uncategorised
uncategorized
counterdemonstrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterdemonstrators
Etymology: From counter- + demonstrator.
Senses: examples: text: I don't condone the crude and racist slogans that spontaneous counterdemonstrators yelled at the pro-Palestinian protestors.
ref: 1988 June 3, Elliot Zashin, “Demonstration: An Incomplete Picture”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Someone who demonstrates in opposition to another demonstration that is happening nearby at the same time
Related terms: counterdemonstration
customizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of customizer
counterdemonstrators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterdemonstrator
uncategorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncategorized.
uncategorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncategorise
uncategorisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncategorizable.
uncategorizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + categorizable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to categorize.
unclassifiably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unclassifiably
form: most unclassifiably
Etymology: From unclassifiable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unclassifiable way.
desertlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desertlike
form: most desertlike
Etymology: From desert + -like.
Senses: examples: text: […] they provide views of hothouse Venus, desertlike Mars and two decidedly otherworldly moons of Jupiter: Io and Europa.
ref: 2007 April 13, John Schwartz, “Otherworldly Photos by Galileo, Voyager & Co.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a desert
multispecies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + species.
Senses: examples: text: “Okay. Maybe you shouldn't tell anyone you admire the last species that attempted to commit galaxy-wide multi-species genocide.”
ref: [2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 8, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 144:
glosses: Comprising or involving more than one species.
parapegma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pæɹəˈpɛɡmə/
Forms: form: parapegmas
form: parapegmata
Etymology: From Latin parapegma, from Ancient Greek παράπηγμα (parápēgma, “something fixed on or hung up”) .
Senses: examples: text: At its most basic, the word parapegma (plural:parapegmata) describes any instrument that tracked cyclical phenomena by the use of a moveable peg or pegs.
ref: 2007, Daryn Lehoux, Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World, page 12:
glosses: A device for keeping track of cyclical events, particularly of stars, weather, seasons, and so on.
Synonyms: almanac
Related terms: parapegm
digitalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪdʒɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: digitalizations
form: digitalisation
Etymology: From digitalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Well before the mid-1970s, when digitalization ended the tone-based system, Joybubbles had stopped stealing calls.
ref: 2007 August 20, Douglas Martin, “Joybubbles, 58, Peter Pan of Phone Hackers, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: Synonym of digitization.
synonyms: word: digitization
determinately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more determinately
form: most determinately
Etymology: From determinate + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If ‘aardvark lover’ has that syntactic structure, then it determinately means “lover of aardvarks.
ref: 2007 August 15, Wayne A. Davis, “Replies to Green, Szabó, Jeshion, and Siebel”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: In a way that is determinate
Related terms: determinate
determinacy
determinateness
deconstructionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃənɪst/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃənɪst/
Forms: form: more deconstructionist
form: most deconstructionist
form: Deconstructionist
Etymology: From deconstruction + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “[…] He says it's going to be a deconstructionist reading of the play. That doesn't worry me, of course, because I've done deconstruction; but Mummy and Daddy may not like it.”
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
text: Another way of circumventing — or, at least, limiting — this deconstructionist chitchat is by a de-neutered effort of will or an impeccable professional background outside the political arena altogether.
ref: 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Characteristic of, related to, or supporting deconstructionism
deconstructionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌkʃənɪst/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊkʃənɪst/
Forms: form: deconstructionists
form: Deconstructionist
Etymology: From deconstruction + -ist.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A proponent of deconstructionism
Derived terms: antideconstructionist
deconstructionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deconstructionist
danciness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dancy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: These and other writers also consciously strive for jazz's full-bodied swingingness, its danciness, its range of allusion, its trickbag of quicksilver improvisational impulses.
ref: 1998, Robert G. O'Meally, The Jazz Cadence of American Culture, page 536:
text: The sheer danciness of most Balanchine ballets gives audiences a basically exhilarating time.
ref: 2007 September 25, Alastair Macaulay, “An Idiomatic Balanchine, Walking the Walk in Seattle”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The quality of being dancy, suitable to or filled with dance.
Related terms: dancily
danceability
doomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːmi/
rhymes: -uːmi
Forms: form: doomier
form: doomiest
Etymology: From doom + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Their big hit at the time was "Death Valley '69," a typical droney, doomy replay of the Manson murders that was about as illuminating as your average TV mini series.
ref: 1988 November 4, Franklin Soults, “Sonic Youth”, in Chicago Reader:
text: Those children playing didn't look like doomy little criminals, once you knew their names.
ref: 1995, Isabel Fonseca, Bury Me Standing, Vintage, published 2007, page 29:
text: To get doomier still, there’s also the pertinent question of whether, given current ecological speculation, the human race will even survive beyond the next century or so – an uncertainty which makes applying one’s imagination to a 22nd or 23rd Century rather academic.
ref: 2019 May 14, Hugh Montgomery, “HBO's Years & Years and the horrors of the near-near-future”, in BBC:
text: What makes Don’t Look Up such a movie of the moment also makes it less of a functional movie at all, and more of a cranky, doomy, occasionally funny headspace.
ref: 2021 December 7, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club:
text: The opposite of an escapist blockbuster, the eighth and apparently final outing for Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt is the doomiest and gloomiest yet in the action-adventure franchise.
ref: 2025 May 14, Nicholas Barber, “'A miserable, apocalyptic tract': Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning could be 'the feel-bad film of the summer”, in BBC:
glosses: Filled with doom and gloom: depressing or pessimistic
Derived terms: doomily
doominess
doomy and gloomy
moloch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɒlɒk/
Forms: form: molochs
Etymology: From Hebrew מולך (molokh, “Ammonite god, worshipped by Canaanites and Phoenicians, who demanded child-sacrifice. Mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy”).
Senses: glosses: Any of species Moloch horridus of Australian lizards, sole species of the genus Moloch.
Synonyms: sense: Moloch horridus
word: thorny dragon
sense: Moloch horridus
word: thorny devil
sense: Moloch horridus
word: mountain devil
sense: Moloch horridus
word: thorny lizard
enoki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enokis
Etymology: A shortening of enokitake, from Japanese 榎茸 (enokitake). Compare enoki mushroom, which is an partial calque of the Japanese.
Senses: examples: text: Enokis have a delicate flavor and crunchy texture.
ref: 2006, Roy Yamaguchi et al., Roy's Fish and Seafood, →ISBN, page 231:
glosses: An enoki mushroom (Flammulina velutipes).
Synonyms: sense: Flammulina velutipes
word: enoki mushroom
monoalkoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoalkoxides
Etymology: From mono- + alkoxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound having a single alkoxide group.
caricaturas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caricatura
carmagnoles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carmagnole
monoautochronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monoautochronic
form: most monoautochronic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing the simultaneous production of a single egg by each of a pair of oviducts
enokis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enoki
datebook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪtˌbʊk/
Forms: form: datebooks
Etymology: From date + book.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Peimer fills his datebook with invitations from seemingly endless mailing and e-mail lists, faxes, phone calls and by being the friend of a friend.
ref: 2007 May 1, Joe Brescia, “The Fountain of Youth Is as Near as the Next Party”, in New York Times:
glosses: A book in which appointments are kept, each listed beside the day when it occurs.
monodispersive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Forms: form: more monodispersive
form: most monodispersive
Etymology: From mono- + dispersive.
Senses: glosses: monodisperse
datebooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of datebook
retromer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retromers
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex of proteins, first identified in yeast, which plays an important role in recycling transmembrane receptors from endosomes to the trans-Golgi network.
monopolar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + polar.
Senses: glosses: Having a single pole
glosses: Using a single electrode
Derived terms: monopolarly
pseudomonopolar
Related terms: monopole
carrioles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carriole
ache for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aches for
form: aching for
form: ached for
form: ached for
Senses: examples: text: He ached for her as he'd never ached for any woman.
glosses: To desire or want something, or someone, very much.
monoubiquitination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoubiquitinations
Etymology: From mono- + ubiquitination.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The addition of a single ubiquitin moiety to a protein substrate
Related terms: ubiquitination
monoubiquitylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mono- + ubiquitylated.
Senses: glosses: monoubiquitinated
monoubiquitylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoubiquitylations
Etymology: From mono- + ubiquitylation.
Senses: glosses: monoubiquitination
disquotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dis- + quotation.
Senses: examples: text: The universalist claims that ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true, so if she is right about what is true then ‘The Taj Mahal exists’ is true. By disquotation, then, the Taj Mahal exists.
ref: 2008 April 1, Ross P. Cameron, “Truthmakers and ontological commitment: or how to deal with complex objects and mathematical ontology without getting into trouble”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The reversal of the process of quotation; turning a quoted utterance into an actual statement
Related terms: disquote
disquotable
disquotational
endosurgery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From endo- + surgery.
Senses: examples: text: The continued struggle with stent sales was offset by double-digit growth compared with the year-ago quarter in other business areas, including the company’s three endosurgery businesses[…].
ref: 2007 July 21, The Associated Press, “Boston Scientific Reports a Profit”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The field of minimally invasive internal surgery, such as endoscopies
morphogenetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: morphogenetic
morphometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From morpho- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to morphometrics.
Derived terms: cytomorphometric
histomorphometric
immunomorphometric
karyomorphometric
micromorphometric
morphometrically
neuromorphometric
nonmorphometric
osteomorphometric
semimorphometric
spectromorphometric
videomorphometric
morphotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)fəˌtaɪpɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: The identification of morphotypes
motional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊʃənəl/
ipa: /ˈmoʊʃənəl/
rhymes: -əʊʃənəl
Etymology: From motion + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to motion.
Derived terms: micromotional
motionally
nonmotional
Related terms: slow-motional
mucoadhesive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mucoadhesive
form: most mucoadhesive
Etymology: From muco- + adhesive.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That adheres to a mucous membrane.
raw_tags: of a drug
Derived terms: nonmucoadhesive
mucoadhesive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucoadhesives
Etymology: From muco- + adhesive.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Any drug that adheres to a mucous membrane
Related terms: mucoadhesion
mucoadhesiveness
mucoadhesion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From muco- + adhesion.
Senses: glosses: adhesion to a mucous membrane
Related terms: mucoadhesive
multiclade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiclade
form: most multiclade
form: multi-clade
Etymology: From multi- + clade.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or derived from multiple clades
multicollisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multicollisional
form: most multicollisional
Etymology: From multi- + collisional.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple collisions
cartes de visite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carte de visite
multidevice
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-device
Etymology: From multi- + device.
Senses: glosses: Involving or having multiple devices.
multilaser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multilaser
form: most multilaser
form: multi-laser
Etymology: From multi- + laser.
Senses: glosses: Having, or employing multiple lasers.
multiloop
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-loop
Etymology: From multi- + loop.
Senses: glosses: Having or employing multiple loops.
multiloop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiloops
form: multi-loop
Etymology: From multi- + loop.
Senses: examples: text: If multiloops are to be treated as interior loops, then the use of a linear rule as an approximation will penalize larger multiloops more than the logarithmically increasing interior loop energies would.
ref: 1989, Michael S. Waterman, Mathematical methods for DNA sequences:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A loop with three or more closing pairs.
examples: text: Also, it is not clear if the scattering of multiloops in this formalism is truly finite.
ref: 2021, Michio Kaku, The God Equation:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A disconnected Wilson loop.
multiparameter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiparameter
form: most multiparameter
form: multi-parameter
Etymology: From multi- + parameter.
Senses: glosses: Having, or employing multiple parameters
multimodel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-model
Etymology: From multi- + model.
Senses: glosses: Having or employing multiple models.
multiprogram
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-program
form: multi-programme
form: multiprogramme
Etymology: From multi- + program.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Having or employing multiple programs simultaneously
multispectral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multispectral
form: most multispectral
form: multi-spectral
Etymology: From multi- + spectral.
Senses: examples: text: Costing more than the helicopter it is attached to, this impressive £1 million multi-spectral camera and sensor array picks up a huge range of data above and beyond the high-resolution aerial photography that Sean Leahy and the Network Rail Air Operations team have become known for.
ref: 2021 July 14, Gareth Dennis, “#RailNatter... all about Rail Live matters”, in RAIL, number 935, page 35, photo caption:
glosses: Using light with two or more frequencies or frequency ranges.
routiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of routier
multiwell
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-well
Etymology: From multi- + well.
Senses: glosses: Having or employing multiple wells.
multiwell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiwells
form: multi-well
Etymology: From multi- + well.
Senses: glosses: An assay plate that has multiple wells.
multimode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-mode
Etymology: From multi- + mode.
Senses: coordinate_terms: monomode
glosses: Having, or employing multiple modes.
Derived terms: multimodeness
multimode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multimodes
form: multi-mode
Etymology: From multi- + mode.
Senses: examples: text: When the feedback increases, external cavity modes become multimodes and generate the laser noise by random self-mode locking. When the feedback increases further, longitudinal mode hopping or incomplete multimodes appear.
ref: 1985, Semiconductors and Semimetals, page 80:
text: In the multimode graded index fiber, multimodes travel faster as compared to multimode step index fiber.
ref: 2018, S. C. Gupta, Textbook on Optical Fibre Communication and Its Applications, page 27:
glosses: A simultaneous superposition of modes.
multimodal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-modal
Etymology: Latin multimod(us) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: multimodal transport
text: multimodal AI models
text: The push for multimodal models is not entirely new; Google, Facebook, and others introduced automated image-captioning systems nearly a decade ago.
ref: 2023 May 19, Matteo Wong, “ChatGPT Is Already Obsolete”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023:
text: Over the course of the five-year partnership, Hitachi will deliver a multimodal digital booking system that will include all modes of public transport.
ref: 2024 September 18, “Network News: Hitachi to unify TfW bookings”, in RAIL, number 1018, page 11:
glosses: Having or employing multiple modes.
Derived terms: multimodality
multimodally
multimodalness
multiband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-band
Etymology: From multi- + band.
Senses: glosses: Having or employing multiple bands, especially frequency bands.
multicraft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-craft
Etymology: From multi- + craft.
Senses: glosses: Having, or employing multiple craft or crafts.
mutagenized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mutagenize
mutagenized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mutagenized
form: most mutagenized
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Mutated under the influence of a mutagen.
Derived terms: nonmutagenized
unmutagenized
mutationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjuːˈɡɹeɪʃənəli/
ipa: /mjuːˈɡɹeɪʃnəli/
ipa: /mjuːˈɡɹeɪʃənli/
rhymes: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From mutational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a mutational manner
glosses: With regard to mutation
simplicial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪʃəl
Senses: glosses: Having to do with, or having, simplices.
Derived terms: simplicial complex
myeloablated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From myelo- + ablated.
Senses: glosses: From which the myelin has been removed
Derived terms: nonmyeloablated
Related terms: myeloablation
acracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acracy
acroamata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acroama
acropodia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acropodium
glosses: plural of acropodion
addies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addy
addoloratos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of addolorato
addulces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of addulce
addulcing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of addulce
addulced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of addulce
ad hoceries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ad hocery
adhoceries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhocery
Adullamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Adullamite
advisos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adviso
aedeagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aedeagus
vellus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vellera
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vellus (“fleece”).
Senses: glosses: The stipe of certain fungi.
Derived terms: vellus hair
aerobioses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerobiosis
aestheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aesthesis
estheses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esthesis
affeers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of affeer
affeering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of affeer
affeered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of affeer
affeerments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affeerment
ageneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agenesis
agouties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agouty
agrimonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrimony
agroindustries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agroindustry
ahhing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ahh
ahhed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ahh
ailanthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌeɪˈlænθəsɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ailanthus
akens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aken
akenning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aken
adhockeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhockery
rugby players
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugby player
Norrland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔː.lənd/
ipa: /ˈnɔɹ.lənd/
homophone: Norland
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Norrland (“Northland”). Doublet of Norland.
Senses: glosses: The most northern of Sweden's three lands (landsdelar), the other being Götaland and Svealand.
Derived terms: Norrlandic
Norrlandic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɔːˈlæn.dɪk/
ipa: /nɔɹˈlæn.dɪk/
rhymes: -ændɪk
Forms: form: more Norrlandic
form: most Norrlandic
Etymology: From Norrland + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or originating from Norrland.
antitax
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + tax.
Senses: examples: text: “Homeownership,” says John H. Mollenkopf, executive director of the Center for Urban Research at the City University of New York Graduate Center, “is the strongest predictor of being likely to turn out in local politics and being a bit more conservative and antitax in your general outlook.”
ref: 2007 May 27, Sam Roberts, “In a City Known for Its Renters, a Record Number Now Own Their Homes”, in New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Acting against or opposed to taxes.
saltboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltbox
multihomer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + homer.
Senses: examples: text: BREWERS 3, PHILLIES 2 Ben Sheets (4-2) struck out eight in seven and two-thirds innings, and Gabe Gross hit two bases-empty home runs for the first multihomer game of his career to help visiting Milwaukee end a four-game losing streak.
ref: 2007 May 18, The Associated Press, “Red Sox Save Their Bullpen as Tavárez Beats the Tigers”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Having more than one home run in a single game.
ikat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈiːkæt/
Forms: form: ikats
form: ikkat
Etymology: From Malay ikat (“bind”).
Senses: examples: text: Other noteworthy sales included an Etruscan bronze by Royal-Athena Galleries; a 17th-century Mexican tortoise-shell and mother-of-pearl inlaid chest by Arita Gallery of Buenos Aires; Suzani and ikat textiles by Gallery Afrodit of Ankara, Turkey; and a Tiffany Studios peony lamp from 1900, sold by Macklowe.
ref: 2009 February 13, Wendy Moonan, “Glamour Girls for the Middle Class”, in New York Times:
hyponyms: endek
glosses: Traditional Indonesian decorative technique in which warp or weft threads, or both, are tie-dyed before weaving.
examples: text: Madeline Weinrib, for one, works with traditional artisans to update the hand-woven ikats she uses for her chic clutches.
ref: 2008 June 12, Susan Joy, “Smooth Translations”, in New York Times:
glosses: A work woven in this style.
ikkat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ikkats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ikat.
Aklanons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aklanon
albarelli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of albarello
pączek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pączki
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish pączek, diminutive of pąk (“bud”). Doublet of ponchik.
Senses: glosses: singular of pączki
alchymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alchymy
alkoxyaluminums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkoxyaluminum
alloimmunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alloimmunity
alumosilicates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alumosilicate
alveoloplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alveoloplasty
amauroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amaurosis
Amazonomachies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Amazonomachy
ambiloquies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambiloquy
ambones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambo
ambuscados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambuscado
ameli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amelus
amenta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amentum
amidos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amido
amnestying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amnesty
amphibolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphiboly
amphidiploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphidiploid
of record
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: His title to the property is of record at the county clerk's office.
glosses: Officially or publicly recorded or documented.
examples: text: The New York Times benefits from being considered a newspaper of record.
glosses: Regarded as authoritative.
raw_tags: of a periodical
Derived terms: court of record
address of record
attorney of record
matter of record
physician of record
amphisbænas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amphisbæna
strict vegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strict vegetarians
Senses: examples: text: There are a variety of ways to be a vegetarian, ranging form being a strict vegetarian, eating no animal products of any kind, to being one who eats certain types of animal products.
ref: 2006, David Q Thomas, “et al.”, in Physical Activity & Health, Jones & Bartlett, page 143:
glosses: A person who excludes all animal products from their diet, including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey.
strict vegetarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a diet: excluding all animal products, including meat, dairy, eggs, and honey.
ampères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ampère
amygdalae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmɪɡ.də.li/
ipa: /əˈmɪɡ.də.laɪ/
Forms: form: amygdalas
Senses: examples: text: When most people try to decode the emotion in a pair of eyes, their amygdalae light up. When autistic patients do it, their amygdalae are much dimmer.
ref: 2004 May 9, Jonathan Weiner, “This Is Your Brain on Drugs”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of amygdala
on the record
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He had forgotten that his remarks would be on the record.
text: Train operators were reluctant to speak to RAIL on the record, but one responded: "The unions are rightly very clear that they don't want staff policing face coverings after the removal of legal backing.
ref: 2021 July 28, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Confusion and dissent over face mask requirements: Reaction to the Guidance: Train operators”, in RAIL, number 936, page 7:
glosses: Intended or liable to be published.
Related terms: off the record
on record
aneling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anele
aneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anele
antimonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antimonite
apneas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apnea
arrogancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arrogancy
on record
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He was on record as opposing abortion.
glosses: Having one's statement published.
examples: text: His speech to the analysts was on record.
text: For Sydney, 2017 was the hottest January on record.
ref: 2017 February 20, Paul Mason, “Climate scepticism is a far-right badge of honour – even in sweltering Australia”, in the Guardian:
text: One of the earliest (and biggest) space weather events on record occurred in September 1859, when a massive solar eruption crashed into the Earth's magnetosphere, triggering a geomagnetic storm that lasted for days.
ref: 2023 November 15, Prof. Jim Wild, “This train was delayed because of bad weather in space”, in RAIL, number 996, page 30:
glosses: Being published.
Related terms: off the record
on the record
atopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atopy
gardi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gardis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gardee.
carnivorism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From carnivore + -ism (after vegetarianism).
Senses: examples: text: Eating meat does not conform to God's original intention, and resorting to carnivorism merely accentuates an unattractive part of human nature.
ref: 2004, Mark H Bernstein, Without A Tear, University of Illinois, published 2004, page 67:
glosses: The fact or practice of being a carnivore.
Synonyms: carnivory
carnivorousness
Related terms: vegetarianism
Ausonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ausonian
ballistae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballista
subshrub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subshrubs
Etymology: Formed by the combination of sub- + shrub after the scientific Latin suffrutex. Compare the earlier undershrub.
Senses: glosses: A low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base.
Synonyms: suffrutex
Derived terms: subshrubby
Related terms: undershrub
military engine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: military engines
Senses: glosses: A siege engine, a weapon such as a catapult.
military engines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of military engine
suffrutex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsʌfɹuːtɛks/
Forms: form: suffrutices
Etymology: From the scientific Latin suffrutex. Cognate with the Italian suffrutice and the Spanish sufrútice.
Senses: examples: text: Till and manure thy Fields, ſow them with thy Seeds; extirpate noxious and unprofitable Herbs; guard them from the Invaſion and Spoil of Beaſts; clear and fence in thy Meadows and Paſtures; dreſs and prune thy Vines, and ſo rank and diſpoſe them as is moſt ſuitable to the Climate; plant thee Orchards, with all Sorts of Fruit-Trees, in ſuch Order as may be moſt beautiful to the Eye, and moſt comprehenſive of Plants; Gardens for culinary Herbs, and all Kinds of Salleting; for delectable Flowers, to gratify the Eye with their agreeable Colours and Figures, and thy Scent with their fragrant Odours; for Odoriferous and Ever-green Shrubs and Suffrutices; for Exotick and Medicinal Plants of all Sorts; and diſpoſe them in that comely Order, as may be both pleaſant to behold, and commodious for Acceſs.
ref: 1691, John Ray, The Wiſdom of God Manifeſted in the Works of the Creation, William Innys and Richard Manby at the West-End of St. Paul’s (tenth edition, 1735), “A Diſcourſe in the Perſon of Almighty God to Man”, page 162
glosses: A subshrub.
Related terms: suffrutescent
suffruticeous
suffruticious
suffruticose
suffruticous
radix point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radix points
Etymology: A generalization from the term decimal point.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
hypernyms: point#Noun
mark#Noun
character#Noun
separator#Noun
glosses: The character used to separate the integer and fractional part of a number in a digital representation of a number, regardless of the base used.
amyloidoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amyloidosis
anabases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anabasis
anagnorises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anagnorisis
ananasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ananas
anaphylaxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaphylaxis
anapsids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anapsid
carpinteros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carpintero
anaptyxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anaptyxis
cocineras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocinera
short scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French échelle courte.
Senses: glosses: A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000 times the previous term. (i.e., a billion is a thousand million.)
Related terms: long scale
long scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of French échelle longue.
Senses: glosses: A system of numeric names in which every new term with -illion greater than million is 1,000,000 times the previous term (e.g. a billion is a million million).
Related terms: short scale
forceout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forceouts
Etymology: From force + out.
Senses: examples: text: But Ruiz fielded the ball and threw instead to Rollins at second for a forceout.
ref: 2007 September 30, Dave Caldwell, “With Mistakes Taking Their Toll, the Phillies’ Reign Is Fleeting”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of force out.
forceouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forceout; alternative spelling of force outs.
white holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white hole
force-out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: force-outs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of force out.
force-outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of force-out; alternative spelling of force outs.
triumphal arches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triumphal arch
force outs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of force out
forces out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of force out
forced out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of force out
forcing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of force out
kue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kues
Senses: examples: text: The names of the letters, as now commonly spoken and written in English, are A, Bee, Cee, Dee, E, Eff, Gee, Aitch, I, Jay, Kay, Ell, Em, En, O, Pee, Kue, Ar, Ess, Tee, U, Vee, Double-u, Ex, Wy, Zee.
ref: 1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10:
text: And there is [a] proverbial warning to mind your pees and kues.
ref: 1997, John Trotter, System of Rational Discourse, page 22:
text: SQL is pronounced either "ess-kue-ell" or "see-kwell" depending on your preference.
ref: 2003, Cristian Darie, Karli Watson, The Programmer's Guide to SQL, Apress, page 1:
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q. Alternative form of cue.
Derived terms: mind one's pees and kues
conjuntos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjunto
Quants
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Quant
triggerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triggermen
form: trigger man
Etymology: From trigger + man.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Perry raised doubts about the law that allowed Mr. Foster and the triggerman to be tried together and urged the Legislature to re-examine the issue.
ref: 2007 August 31, Ralph Blumenthal, “Governor Commutes Sentence in Texas”, in New York Times:
glosses: A hired gunman; a hitman.
Related terms: assassin
button man
hatchet man
torpedo
triggermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triggerman
jirga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒiɹɡə/
ipa: [ˈdʒiɚɡə]
ipa: /ˈdʒɪəɡə/
Forms: form: jirgas
Etymology: From Pashto جرګه (jərga).
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Karzai and General Musharraf are expected to meet this week at a jirga, an assembly of leaders from their nations.
ref: 2007 August 7, Sheryl Gay Stolberg, “Bush Differs With Karzai on Iran”, in New York Times:
glosses: A gathering of elders or leaders in Pakistan or Afghanistan, especially within a tribe.
jirgas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jirga
steelheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steelhead
baitfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baitfishes
form: baitfish
Etymology: From bait + fish.
Senses: examples: text: He said increased baitfish numbers after an upwelling of nutrient-rich water three years ago had contributed to the increase in shark numbers.
ref: 2009 January 13, By Malcolm Holland, “Experts track record shark numbers off beaches”, in Herald-Sun:
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Small fish such as minnows that are used as bait to catch larger predatory fish.
topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
glosses: Fish that can be caught using bait.
troublemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/
Forms: form: more troublemaking
form: most troublemaking
Etymology: From trouble + making.
Senses: examples: text: Moving to Saignon in the mid-1920s, he helped to produce a troublemaking newspaper, L'Indochine, which ventilated the many complaints of the Vietnamese about forced labor, land expropriation, and police brutality.
ref: 2005 April 10, Christopher Hitchens, “André Malraux: One Man's Fate”, in New York Times Book Review:
glosses: Causing trouble.
troublemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lmeɪkɪŋ/
Forms: form: troublemakings
Etymology: From trouble + making.
Senses: examples: text: Finding the words, the expressions, the way of living that could be the trouble-making inside this closed society, that's our main goal. It's mine anyway. It's the only way to be open, to be conscious of not being just an object, of not being only acted upon, but doing things by yourself.
ref: 1974 February 2, John Collis, Guy Hocquenghem, Joe Interrante, Mike Riegle, Charley Shively, Raphael Shively, Lionel Soukaz, “The Homosexual Century: In Search of Gay Memory”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 9:
text: The spunky kindergartener (first grader in more recent volumes) is prone to troublemaking, often calls people names and isn’t averse to talking back to her teachers.
ref: 2007 July 26, Anna Jane Grossman, “Is Junie B. Jones Talking Trash?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way
Related terms: troublemaker
steelhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steelheads
form: steelhead
Etymology: From steel + head.
Senses: examples: text: She tried the same cast several times. I signaled her to switch flies. After two such changes we still couldn't move the fish. Some steelhead are biters; some are not.
ref: 2007, John Shewey, On the Fly Guide to the Northwest, page 79:
text: The researchers compared three groups of steelheads: fish born of two wild parents and reared in the wild; first-generation captive fish (born of two wild parents and reared in captivity); and second-generation captive fish (with one captive-bred parent).
ref: 2007 October 9, Henry Fountain, “Downside to Breeding Fish in Captivity Shows Up Early”, in New York Times:
text: Emphasizing that it has applied equitable apportionment to not only rivers and streams but also to interstate river basins, to groundwater pumping that affects surface water flows, and to anadromous fish like Chinook salmon and steelhead trout, the court stated that equitable apportionment applies only when transboundary resources are at issue.
ref: 2021 November 23, Robin Craig, “In dispute over groundwater, court tells Mississippi it’s equitable apportionment or nothing”, in SCOTUSblog:
glosses: The anadromous form of the rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss.
glosses: The ruddy duck.
Synonyms: topics: fish
ichthyology
zoology
biology
natural-sciences
word: steelhead salmon
button man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: button men
Senses: examples: text: I was called a "buffoon" in the paper of record, the New York Times, and the Washington Post described me fondly as "Clinton's gunsel," his button man
ref: 2000, James Carville, Stickin': The Case for Loyalty, page 13:
text: "Twenty years ago, he was Little Pete Drago, a button man for the boys on Mulberry Street. He's probably got twenty notches on his piece
ref: 2000, Stuart Woods, Worst Fears Realized, page 177:
text: But death is never symmetrical and tidy, and the button man had nothing to say.
ref: 2005, Jeffery Deaver, Garden of Beasts: A Novel of Berlin 1936, page 44:
glosses: A contract killer; a professional assassin.
overengineer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overengineers
form: overengineering
form: overengineered
form: overengineered
Etymology: From over- + engineer.
Senses: examples: text: While PlayStation 3 surpasses both Wii and Xbox 360 in performance and graphics, the critics say it suffers from the same problem as many other Sony products: it is overengineered, scaring away average shoppers.
ref: 2007 January 31, Martin Fackler, “Hobbled by Disappointing Sales and a Loss at the Game Unit, Sony's Profit Drops 5%”, in New York Times:
text: Fortunately, the Victorians over-engineered their structures, as they didn't have the advantages we have now of a modern understanding of structural dynamics.
ref: 2023 June 28, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: 'There will be more Nunehams'”, in RAIL, number 986, page 3:
glosses: To render something more complicated than necessary; often implying that the complexity was added intentionally.
Related terms: overdesign