cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
midbite
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + bite.
Senses: examples: text: Another guest, not to be out-restrained, pushed her tart away midbite and asked for her own glass of Jell-O.
ref: 2007 November 11, Jennifer Steinhauer, “The Hollywood Diet”, in New York Times:
glosses: While taking a bite; while eating.
muckamuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: muckamucks
form: muck-a-muck
form: muckety muck
form: muckety-muck
form: muckey-muck
form: mucky-muck
form: mucky muck
Etymology: Borrowed from Chinook Jargon muckamuck (“food”). In the sense "person of authority", it is short for "high muckamuck", from Chinook Jargon hayo muckamuck (“plenty to eat, plenty of food; to eat”). See muckety muck. The ultimate source of the word is unclear; it is possible it was invented in Chinook Jargon rather than taken into the jargon from another language.
Senses: examples: text: I think it was the Fourth of July when they took the chair from under my ass again. Not a word of warning. One of the big muck-a-mucks from the other side of the water had decided to make economies; […]
ref: 1934, Henry Miller, Tropic of Cancer, Grove Press, published 1961, page 191:
text: Allen had the wit—God, I love that man when he's at his best—to invite all the new Kennedy muckamucks to an evening with a number of us at the Alibi Club.
ref: 1991, Norman Mailer, Harlot's Ghost, Random House, →ISBN, page 915:
synonyms: word: baron
word: big cheese
word: big enchilada
word: big gun
word: big kahuna
word: big man
word: big name
word: big noise
word: big shot
word: bigwig
word: big wheel
word: boss
word: grand poobah
word: head honcho
word: heavy hitter
word: heavyweight
word: high muckamuck
word: high muckety-muck
word: king of all one surveys
word: king of the castle
word: king of the hill
word: kingpin
word: macher
word: mayor
word: muckamuck
word: muckety muck
word: mugwump
word: numero uno
word: poobah
word: rooster
word: somebody
word: top banana
word: top cat
word: top dog
word: top gun
word: very important person
word: VIP
word: wheel
glosses: A person in a position of power or authority, or of high status.
examples: text: She apparently has her own way in everything now, the old chief being quite satisfied to get his rations of muckamuck and tobacco without troubling himself as to how it is provided.
ref: 1884, Newton H. Chittenden, Official report of the exploration of the Queen Charlotte Islands, page 69:
text: But old Halascum once, under the mellowing influence of having sold some furs, and seeing the great quantities of muckamuck, or goodly things to eat, which his prize had furnished, was led to tell the mystery […]
ref: 1906, The Coast, volumes 11-12, page 160:
glosses: Food.
muckamucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muckamuck
nonsafe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + safe.
Senses: glosses: Not safe.
prekindergartner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prekindergartners
Etymology: From pre- + kindergartner.
Senses: examples: text: The argument that low-income prekindergartners would thrive on a regimen of academics and direct instruction does not take into account that these children, even more than middle-class youngsters, need a rich preliteracy experience with the hands-on interactions that all children relish (Ann Hulbert, Oct. 28).
ref: 2007 November 11, “Letters”, in New York Times:
glosses: A child who has not yet started kindergarten.
prekindergartners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prekindergartner
Quakerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Quakerish
form: most Quakerish
Etymology: From Quaker + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She wore a Quakerish grey dress.
glosses: Suggesting or pertaining to the Quakers.
readerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reader + -less.
Senses: glosses: Devoid of readers.
recircuit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: recircuits
form: recircuiting
form: recircuited
form: recircuited
Etymology: From re- + circuit.
Senses: glosses: To redirect (a signal etc.) by, or as if by, changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
biscuitless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From biscuit + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without biscuits.
recircuits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recircuit
recircuiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recircuit
recircuited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recircuit
serges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serge
sociorealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sociorealist
form: most sociorealist
Etymology: From socio- + realist.
Senses: examples: text: You look at his stuff and imagine the sociorealist masterpiece he might produce if he were to engage in some heroic Steinbeckian research.
ref: 2007 November 11, Jim Windolf, “Asian Confusion”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to sociorealism.
Salingerian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Salingerian
form: most Salingerian
Etymology: From Salinger + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to J. D. Salinger (1919-2010), American writer on themes of alienation and outsiderness.
Steinbeckian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Steinbeckian
form: most Steinbeckian
Etymology: From Steinbeck + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. (1902–1968), American writer.
superheroically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more superheroically
form: most superheroically
Etymology: From superheroic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But superheroically, she keeps her spirits high through the final pages, where ambition is its own reward and she flies self-confident loops around the Chrysler Building.
ref: 2007 November 11, Jessica Bruder, “Can-Do Creatures”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a superheroic manner.
tensiometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tension + -metry.
Senses: examples: text: This enables programmable tensiometry and fluid movement while insuring efficient energy transfer to the in-wheel electrostatic nanomotors.
ref: 2007 November 11, Phil Patton, “Far Out: Studios Imagine Smart Cars for a World Transformed by Robots”, in New York Times:
glosses: The measurement of surface tension.
thronelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thronelike
form: most thronelike
Etymology: From throne + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The president sits in a thronelike seat, and the front passenger seat is reserved for the chief of security.
ref: 2007 November 11, Phil Patton, “A Car in Need of a Parade”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a throne.
ultracapable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultracapable
form: most ultracapable
Etymology: From ultra- + capable.
Senses: examples: text: You have to diversify, be patient, make sure you aren't caught up in fads and make sure you have ultracapable people working for you — Warren E. Buffett comes to mind.
ref: 2007 November 11, Ben Stein, “Its Time to Act Like Grown-Ups”, in New York Times:
glosses: Highly capable.
underreserved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underreserved
form: most underreserved
Etymology: From under- + reserved.
Senses: examples: text: One reason for this, as recently noted in this space, is that banks are underreserved for losses.
ref: 2007 November 11, Gretchen Morgenson, “There's No Superhero in the Wings”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Having an inadequate reserve.
unindustrious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unindustrious
form: most unindustrious
Etymology: From un- + industrious.
Senses: examples: text: Like a lot of young journalism school graduates then and now, I had come to see political journalism as a lesser form of the craft, populated mostly by the effete and the unindustrious, while the real reporters were out there braving crack corners and foreign wars.
ref: 2007 November 11, Matt Bai, “See How They Ran”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not industrious.
furfag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɜː.fæɡ/
ipa: /ˈfɜɹ.fæɡ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)fæɡ
Forms: form: furfags
Etymology: From fur + -fag.
Senses: examples: text: Well, there WAS that one lone snotwad who came up to my table and tried to make it sound like I did a bad, BAD thing by not publishing any nekkid guys in my zines, and that he was gonna punish me by not bying any of my stuff. Oh, how utterly crushed that made me. Why ever did I NOT publish loads and loads of buttburglar comix like ASB? Then I'd have more furfags dropping lots of "cash on my a$$".
ref: 2002, Michael Hirtes, “Hirtes can't be living in his Mom's basement.”, in alt.fan.furry (Usenet):
text: Dreaming again, furfag?
ref: 2009, Chance Furlong, “AAPL dropping like rock”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet):
glosses: A member of the furry subculture, especially a male.
Related terms: furfaggotry
furfags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furfag
mazurkalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mazurkalike
form: most mazurkalike
Etymology: From mazurka + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In the mazurkalike finale, he and the orchestra might have been dance partners.
ref: 2007 November 12, Anthony Tommasini, “A Young Orchestra Led by a Youthful Major Player”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mazurka.
megaconference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaconferences
Etymology: From mega- + conference.
Senses: examples: text: In May 2008, when the Council on Foundations holds its Leadership Summit, a megaconference for philanthropists, it will offer its first full next-generation program.
ref: 2007 November 12, Carol Kino, “The Young and the Restless Try, Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very large-scale conference.
megaconferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaconference
noninventory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + inventory.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to inventory.
microfinancier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfinanciers
Etymology: From micro- + financier.
Senses: examples: text: But even thriving microfinanciers are tiny by banking business standards.
ref: 2007 November 12, Steve Lohr, “Back-Office Support for Busy Microfinanciers”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person or organisation offering microfinance.
microfinanciers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfinancier
multinetworked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multinetworked
form: most multinetworked
Etymology: From multi- + networked.
Senses: examples: text: Or it can try to grasp the new, multinetworked world as it is.
ref: 2007 November 12, Roger Cohen, “Bring the Real World Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: Connected to multiple computer networks.
philanthropoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philanthropoids
Etymology: From philanthropy + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: The philanthropoid needs intelligence, imagination, flexibility, and a large streak of unselfishness.
ref: 1967, Warren Weaver, George Wells Beadle, U.S. philanthropic foundations:
text: I'm not playing the role of the hard-headed tycoon who thinks all philanthropoids are Socialists and all university professors are Communists.
ref: 1983, Rael Jean Isaac, Erich Isaac, The coercive utopians: social deception by America's power players, page 206:
glosses: An administrative employee at a philanthropic organisation.
philanthropoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philanthropoid
unsvelte
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsvelte
form: most unsvelte
Etymology: From un- + svelte.
Senses: examples: text: It begins, "I want to smash your house/I want to scratch your car," and Pink Eyes made this declaration while removing his pants and rearranging his boxer shorts in ways that many other similarly unsvelte lead singers might not.
ref: 2007 November 12, Kelefa Sanneh, “Outrage, Bile, Hardcore Punk ... and a Sensible Lost-and-Found”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not svelte.
bruxer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bruxers
Etymology: From brux + -er.
Senses: examples: text: That patient was a heavy bruxer.
glosses: One who exhibits bruxism (grinding of the teeth).
bruxers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bruxer
bacteriocidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bacteriocidic
form: most bacteriocidic
Senses: examples: text: "We can prove this product has a bacteriocidic effect," said Dr. Komiyama, whose research, sponsored by the brush's maker, the Shiken Corporation of Osaka, Japan, suggests that the brush reduces the amount of oral bacteria.
ref: 2007 November 13, Joyce Cohen, “Brushing Innovations, Built on Titanium”, in New York Times:
glosses: bacteriocidal
brushmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brush-making
Etymology: From brush + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of brushes.
brushmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brushmaker
cabinmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabinmates
Etymology: From cabin + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: Passengers who felt sick, as well as their cabinmates, were asked to remain in their rooms for 24 hours.
ref: 2007 November 13, The Associated Press, “Hawaii: Virus Sickens Ship Passengers”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who shares a cabin on board a ship.
cabinmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabinmate
honeymaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From honey + making.
Senses: examples: text: In his new animated film, Jerry Seinfeld plays Barry B. Benson, a wisecracking, moony-eyed, charmingly petulant New York honeybee who doesn't want to spend his days as a worker bee stuck on the honeymaking assembly line.
ref: 2007 November 13, Natalie Angier, “In Hollywood Hives, the Males Rule”, in New York Times:
glosses: The manufacture of honey.
overcommercialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + commercialization.
Senses: examples: text: "No question about it; it's a big challenge," Mr. Yudin said of avoiding the overcommercialization of branded entertainment.
ref: 2007 November 13, Stuart Elliott, “Celebrities Chat With Athletes, in Reebok Gear”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessive commercialization.
whirlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whirling
twirlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twirling
airplanelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more airplanelike
form: most airplanelike
Etymology: From airplane + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The car relies on technology licensed from a Dutch company that allows the vehicle to turn sharply without toppling over, giving it airplanelike physics that help keep the contents of the vehicle, human and otherwise, safe.
ref: 2007 November 14, Matt Richtel, “Taking a Whack at Making a Car”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an airplane.
antimonogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimonogamy
form: most antimonogamy
Etymology: From anti- + monogamy.
Senses: examples: text: In the interests of creating "new men and new women," she writes, the leadership pushed an antimonogamy policy, giving joyless parties where virtual strangers had public sex.
ref: 2007 November 14, Jim Dwyer, “An Infamous Explosion, and the Smoldering Memory of Radicalism”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing monogamy.
jump jet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jump jets
Senses: examples: text: Yet, 24 of the 110 Harrier AV-8A jump jets, the British-built aircraft capable of leaping straight up from a carrier deck and then accelerating to more than 500 m.p.h., have crashed since the Marines first bought them seven years ago.
ref: 1977 August 15, “Aircraft: The Marines' Bad Luck Plane”, in Time:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A jet airplane with fixed wings that is capable of vertical takeoff and landing as well as hovering, and, in some cases, also capable of becoming airborne in a conventional manner by gaining airspeed on a runaway.
Related terms: VTOL
Weatherman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weathermen
Etymology: From the line you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
Senses: examples: text: On the Clinton conference call this morning, Howard Wolfson—under rather aggressive questioning from Mother Jones' David Corn—said he didn't know how Hillary felt about her husbands pardons of two former Weathermen. But he drew a distinction by pointing out that no Weathermen ever held fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.
ref: 2008 April 18, Matthew Yglesias, “Knowing Which Way The Wind Blows”, in The Atlantic:
coordinate_terms: Weatherwoman
glosses: A member of the Weather Underground.
haematochezia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hematochezia.
red diaper baby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red diaper babies
form: red-diaper baby
Senses: glosses: A child of parents who belonged to a communist party (usually the United States Communist Party) or supported communist ideas and goals.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:red diaper baby.
glosses: An individual born to and raised by a parent or parents who espoused any left-wing or radical political views.
confrontationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From confrontation + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A policy of confrontation.
Related terms: confrontationist
accommodationism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From accommodation + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Other historians argue that accommodationism has been the prevalent form of ethnic collective action merely because it was the only option available to many […]
ref: 2007, Dr Jason J McDonald, American Ethnic History, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 144:
glosses: A policy of being accommodating; in particular, of accommodating an opposition (e.g. politically), especially with regard to established religions (state religions), freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.
Related terms: word: accommodationist
word: appeasement
english: these imply corruption of the person's own values, which accommodationism construes as different
translation: these imply corruption of the person's own values, which accommodationism construes as different
word: compromise
word: coexistence
confrontationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confrontationists
Etymology: From confrontation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who favours confrontation.
Related terms: confrontationism
confrontationalism
confrontationalist
confrontationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of confrontationist
Weatherwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weatherwomen
Senses: coordinate_terms: Weatherman
glosses: A female member of the Weather Underground.
petrolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrolists
Etymology: From petrol + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: If you're a conservative and you believed that the Iraq war was necessary to drive reform in the Middle East, but the war has failed to do that and we need Plan B for the same objective, you want a gasoline tax that will reduce the flow of wealth to petrolist leaders who will never change if all they have to do is drill well holes rather than educate and empower their people.
ref: 2007 November 14, Thomas L. Friedman, “Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda”, in New York Times:
glosses: A proponent of petrolism.
petrolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrolist
petrolism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From petrol + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Political corruption and exploitation financed by oil exports.
Related terms: petrolist
retransplanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retransplant
retransplanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retransplant
retransplants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retransplant
delosperma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delospermas
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Delosperma.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Delosperma of succulent plants, common in Africa.
delospermas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delosperma
deloping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of delope
deloped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of delope
hipdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hip + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: The store, which she owns and operates with her partner, Tom Murphy, has gained in hipdom over the years, she asserted.
ref: 2007 November 15, Ruth La Ferla, “Greenwich Village With Peach Trees”, in New York Times:
glosses: The realm or status of being hip.
nonopinionated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + opinionated.
Senses: glosses: Not opinionated.
nonalbuminous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + albuminous.
Senses: glosses: Not albuminous.
midtrip
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + trip.
Senses: examples: text: She feels reassured that not only is her $2,000 airfare completely refundable should she cancel before she leaves, but that the policy also pays for her to return home unexpectedly midtrip "if one of my teachers gets sick and I have to fly back and keep things from falling apart."
ref: 2007 November 15, Lisa Belkin, “Hello, Vacation: It's the Boss”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a trip.
resaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resaws
form: resawing
form: resawed
form: resawn
Etymology: From re- + saw.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the old Sears building in Chicago was built with wood trusses; we get beams like that and resaw them to make flooring.
ref: 2007 November 15, Tim Mckeough, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times:
glosses: To saw again or anew, as with, especially, recutting (remilling) lumber by remaking boards into thinner boards.
Related terms: crosscut
lumbermill
recut
remill
rip
sawmill
resaw
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From re- + saw.
Senses: glosses: simple past of resee
resaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resaw
resawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of resaw
resawed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of resaw
resawing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resaw
sempervivums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sempervivum
hen and chicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Succulent plants with smaller buds on the outside which later produce their own roots, of family Crassulaceae:
especially, Sempervivum (houseleeks, syn. Jovibarba) spp.
glosses: Succulent plants with smaller buds on the outside which later produce their own roots, of family Crassulaceae:
Other plants of genera Echeveria, Sedum, and Bergenia.
uppityness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uppity + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The first woman to run for president in this country, Victoria Woodhull, almost got castrated for her uppityness.
ref: 2007 November 15, Gail Collins, “What Happens in Vegas ...”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of uppitiness.
toddlerdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From toddler + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: First, the inseparable years of her infancy and toddlerdom, when we traveled everywhere in tandem.
ref: 2007 November 16, Beth Quinn Barnard, “Dropping Off My Daughter, at a New Life”, in New York Times:
glosses: The period or status of being a toddler.
electropunk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + punk.
Senses: examples: text: Later came an electropunk version of Hank Williams's Lovesick Blues punctuated with ska horns.
ref: 2007 November 17, Jon Pareles, “Barcelona Party Boys Mix Styles and Languages for a Good-Time Electronic Vibe”, in New York Times:
glosses: A style of punk rock music using electronic synthesizers.
brigadista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brigadistas
Etymology: From Spanish brigadista. By surface analysis, brigade + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe they're a little leary of sending all these queers to their unsuspecting Nicaraguan friends but they have shown no hesitation accepting our applications to be brigadistas.
ref: 1984 April 28, Loie Hayes, “Passionate Politics in Nicaragua”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
glosses: A member of the Spanish International Brigades (Brigadas Internacionales).
brigadistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brigadista
dealigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diː.əˈlaɪnz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dealign
dealigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dealign
dealigned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dealign
Weatherwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weatherwoman
Weathermen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weatherman
denars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denar
Kelantanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Kelantanese
form: most Kelantanese
Etymology: From Kelantan + -ese.
Senses: examples: text: The Kelantanese dinar is an unofficial currency.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the state of Kelantan in Malaysia.
incognoscenti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As an opposite to cognoscenti.
Senses: examples: text: Some incognoscenti grumped when they couldn't find the word in their dictionaries, but there it is in the with-it fourth American Heritage: A word or phrase created because an existing term that was once used alone needs to be distinguished from a term referring to a new development...
ref: 2007 November 18, William Safire, “Retronymy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Ignorant or uncultured people.
Related terms: incognoscible
lowriding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From low + riding.
Senses: examples: text: Almost forgotten is the rebellion in which lowriding was born.
ref: 2007 November 18, Phil Patton, “Inches Above the Road and in The Man's Face”, in New York Times:
glosses: The trend of driving lowrider vehicles.
microlevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlevels
Etymology: From micro- + level.
Senses: examples: text: at the microlevel
text: on the microlevel
text: This study attempts to describe what is happening at the microlevel and how it contributes to the larger system.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns small-scale phenomena or factors.
examples: text: But at the microlevel it consists of an unimaginable number of atoms connected by springy chemical bonds, all jiggling around at a rate that even our fastest supercomputer might envy.
ref: 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in New York Times:
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns small-scale phenomena or factors.
A microscopic level.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns small-scale phenomena or factors.
A microeconomic level.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Noun
glosses: A level of analysis that concerns small-scale phenomena or factors.
A microsocial, microeconomic, and micropolitical level.
microlevel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microlevel
form: most microlevel
Etymology: From micro- + level.
Senses: examples: text: more microlevel
text: very microlevel
text: This study attempts to describe the microlevel dynamics and how they contribute to the larger system.
text: The factors that you mentioned are true, but they're very macrolevel. Can you talk about microlevel concerns for today's discussion?
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Adjective
macrolevel#Adjective
macroscopic#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Microscopic.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Adjective
macrolevel#Adjective
macroeconomic#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Microeconomic.
related: word: micro-level
antonyms: macrolevel#Adjective
macrolevel#Adjective
macrosocial#Adjective
macroeconomic#Adjective
macropolitical#Adjective
glosses: At such a level.
Microsocial, microeconomic, and micropolitical.
Related terms: word: macro
word: micro
microlevels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlevel
milquetoasty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more milquetoasty
form: most milquetoasty
form: milktoasty
Etymology: From milquetoast + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I made them a little more flavorful, a little less milquetoasty.
ref: 2007 November 18, Christine Muhlke, “The Sweet Hereafter”, in New York Times:
glosses: meek, timid
postbariatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + bariatric.
Senses: examples: text: From an economic standpoint, research suggests that the operation can pay for itself within a few years because a postbariatric patient now requires less medical care and fewer prescriptions .
ref: 2007 November 18, Stephen J. Dubner, Steven D. Levitt, “The Stomach-Surgery Conundrum”, in New York Times:
glosses: After bariatric surgery.
unchilly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchilly
form: most unchilly
Etymology: From un- + chilly.
Senses: examples: text: She's easy to mock because she's so uncool, or rather, unchilly.
ref: 2007 November 19, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not chilly.
overenjoy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overenjoys
form: overenjoying
form: overenjoyed
form: overenjoyed
Etymology: From over- + enjoy.
Senses: examples: text: But having just returned from almost six years living in Asia, where we enjoyed — and perhaps overenjoyed — a wide array of culinary treats, she has been very, and somewhat loudly, focused on my shedding an equally wide array of excess pounds by resisting such temptations.
ref: 2007 November 19, “Metropolitan Diary”, in New York Times:
glosses: To enjoy too much.
overenjoys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overenjoy
overenjoying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overenjoy
overenjoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overenjoy
aspirinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aspirinlike
form: most aspirinlike
Etymology: From aspirin + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Nsaids must not be combined with one another or any aspirinlike drug, but they can be used safely with acetaminophen (Tylenol).
ref: 2007 November 20, Jane E. Brody, “Many Treatments Can Ease Chronic Pain”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of aspirin.
think again
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Reconsider your thoughts.
glosses: No. (as a rejection of somebody's stated belief or idea)
Synonyms: think twice
TBSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Eighteen white rabbits were subjected to a 30 per cent TBSA full thickness burn.
ref: 1988 August, Sheng Zhi-yong, C. Y. Sheng, “Changes in erythrocyte membranes in burned rabbits”, in Burns, volume 14, number 4, page 287:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of total body surface area used in describing the extent of a burn.
pilch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪlt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪltʃ
Forms: form: pilches
Etymology: From Middle English pilche, from Old English pylċe, pyleċe, from Late Latin pellicia. A doublet of pelisse; also see pelt (“skin”).
Senses: examples: text: will you pluck your sword out of his pilches?
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A gown or case of skin, or one trimmed or lined with fur.
examples: text: It used to be the fashion to put a second thick covering or "pilch" over the napkin to keep the outer clothes from wet; but this is by no means healthy, as it over-heats this part of the body, and is often a mere excuse for neglecting the frequent changes that should be made, so that the skin is apt to become sodden, and subsequently sore, from damp heat.
ref: 1884, Sophia Jex-Blake, The Care of Infants: A Manual for Mothers and Nurses, Macmillan, page 6:
glosses: a covering put over an infant's diaper to prevent outer clothes from getting wet
Derived terms: pilcher
Pilcher
step on someone's toes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: steps on someone's toes
form: stepping on someone's toes
form: stepped on someone's toes
form: stepped on someone's toes
Senses: examples: text: I didn't think I'd be stepping on my sister's toes when I told my nephew to sit up straight at the dinner table.
synonyms: tread on someone's toes
glosses: To cause someone offense, especially by trying to control something that is under their authority, or interfering in their private affairs.
Buridan's asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Buridan's ass
clithridiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the shape of a keyhole
feel the pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels the pinch
form: feeling the pinch
form: felt the pinch
form: felt the pinch
Senses: examples: text: Working-class families are feeling the pinch in the wake of the recession.
text: The tramway was offered to the Dublin, Wicklow & Wexford Railway, but that company expressed no interest in it. Then the tramway proprietors decided to electrify their line, and cut the fares by half, and the railway was soon feeling the pinch.
ref: 1954 May, H. Fayle, “Dublin Suburban Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 300:
glosses: To suffer a hardship, especially significant financial pressure.
kept man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kept men
Etymology: From kept + man.
Senses: examples: text: The kept man—in and out of marriage—is quite a feature of life in our chaste little village.
ref: 1917, David Graham Phillips, chapter 17, in Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise:
text: A strapping Italian hunk, he becomes the rich actress's kept man, uses her money to start himself in business.
ref: 1984 November 19, Richard Zoglin, “Video: Small World”, in Time:
coordinate_terms: kept woman
glosses: A man who lives off his lover.
Synonyms: kept boy
ponce
hydriodate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydriodates
Etymology: From hydro- + iodate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: iodide
Related terms: hydroiodic acid
hydroiodide
iodination
iodization
iodized
iodism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iodisms
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: iodine poisoning
Derived terms: bromoiodism
iodotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iodo- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The therapeutic use of iodine or of iodides
ionium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The isotope of thorium ²³⁰₉₀Th
lower 48
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the lower 48
Etymology: From lower + 48
Senses: examples: text: Every month, the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Centre conducts a telephone poll of at least 500 households selected to be broadly representative of the Lower 48 states.
ref: 2022 April 27, John Kemp, “Column: Global consumers balk at surging prices for durable goods”, in Mark Potter, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 16 May 2022, Commodities:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The contiguous continental states area of the United States, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Synonyms: contiguous 48
contiguous United States
continental United States
continental US
CONUS
continental US
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: continental United States
contiguous United States
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: contiguous + United States
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
synonyms: lower 48
contiguous 48
conterminous United States
continental United States
continental US
CONUS
glosses: The contiguous continental states area of the United States of America, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
contiguous 48
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: the contiguous continental states area of the United States of America, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Synonyms: sense: area of the United States
word: lower 48
sense: area of the United States
word: contiguous United States
sense: area of the United States
word: continental United States
sense: area of the United States
word: continental US
sense: area of the United States
word: CONUS
pilches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilch
loncha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: achar
invocative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more invocative
form: most invocative
Senses: glosses: Serving to invoke.
isagoge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌaɪsəˈɡəʊdʒi/
Forms: form: isagoges
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īsagōgē, from Ancient Greek εἰσαγωγή (eisagōgḗ, “lead-in”), from εἰς (eis, “into”) + ἀγωγή (agōgḗ, “to lead”).
Senses: glosses: An introduction, especially (particularly capitalized) Porphyry's introduction to the works of Aristotle.
Synonyms: preface
prologue
foreword
Related terms: isagogic
isagogical
ischialgia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From New Latin ischialgia, from Latin ischion + -algia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: pain in the region of the ischium; sciatica
bagatels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bagatel
pomme frites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: french fries; plural of pomme frite
nonlegacy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + legacy.
Senses: examples: nonlegacy software components
glosses: Not legacy.
nonheritage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + heritage.
Senses: examples: nonheritage language learners
glosses: Not of or by heritage.
autopen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autopens
form: auto-pen
Etymology: From auto- + pen.
Senses: examples: text: But most offices either use autopens with the boss's name or simply have a staff member sign the boss's name to the correspondence.
ref: 2003, William T. Endicott, An insider's guide to political jobs in Washington, page 99:
text: An autopen is a machine that copies a person's signature and then reproduces it at a rate many times faster than could normally be done - some top celebrities even have several autopens with slightly altered autographs, making it even more difficult to tell which is the real thing.
ref: 2021 July 1, Mike Hall, “HOW TO SPOT AUTOPEN AUTOGRAPHS”, in Just Collecting:
text: Many executive orders signed by Mr. Biden were approved with an autopen device, prompting questions about whether Mr. Biden was fully mindful of what was signed during his presidency.
ref: 2025 March 14, Kerry Picket, “Trump wonders about the validity of Biden documents signed with an autopen”, in The Washington Times:
text: President Donald Trump’s presidential memorandum ordering an investigation of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and his use of the autopen […] is also nonsensical fan service, amplifying addled MAGA conspiracy theories that contend, with a straight face, that Biden was really a robotic clone.
ref: 2025 June 7, Paul Rosenzweig, “The Biden Investigation Is a Path to Even Greater Lawlessness”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A machine that automatically writes a person's signature.
autopen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autopens
form: autopenning
form: autopenned
form: autopenned
form: auto-pen
Etymology: From auto- + pen.
Senses: glosses: To write or sign with an autopen.
autopens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autopen
autopens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autopen
querulant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: querulants
Etymology: From Medieval Latin querulans, querulantis.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: One who has obsessive feelings of having been wronged.
querulants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of querulant
quernstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quernstone
querists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of querist
special master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: special masters
Senses: examples: text: Daniel: You can't look at medical files, they're confidential.
Kate: That's why I need a special master.
Daniel: A special what?
Kate: A knowledgeable and impartial third party to review the files to report on what Corvis was gonna tell the US attorney without revealing any personal information. That's why I convinced the US attorney to appoint you.
ref: 2012 August 20, Lovesick (Perception), season 1, episode 6, spoken by Daniel Pierce and Kate Moretti (Eric McCormack and Rachael Leigh Cook):
text: Judge Cannon said the special master’s role would be “to review the seized property, manage assertions of privilege and make recommendations thereon, and evaluate claims for return of property.”
ref: 2022 September 6, Charlie Savage, “Special Masters and the Trump Records Investigation, Explained”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: An authority appointed by a judge to make sure that judicial orders are actually followed.
special masters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special master
special elections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of special election
overlitigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + litigation.
Senses: glosses: Excessive litigation.
nonmolestation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + molestation.
Senses: examples: text: The judge granted a nonmolestation order.
topics: law
glosses: Absence of molestation.
Synonyms: nonharassment
Hispanicization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hispanicizations
Etymology: From Hispanic + -ization.
Senses: synonyms: castilianization
glosses: The act or process of rendering Hispanic.
glosses: The process of translating a text into the Spanish language.
Related terms: Hispanicize
Hispanicizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hispanicization
Theory X
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Douglas McGregor in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: The theory that employees are inherently lazy and irresponsible and will tend to avoid work unless closely supervised and given incentives.
wikipedia: Douglas McGregor
Related terms: Theory Z
Theory Y
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Introduced by Douglas McGregor in the 1960s.
Senses: glosses: The theory that employees are capable of being ambitious and self-motivated under suitable conditions.
wikipedia: Douglas McGregor
Chicoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chicom
isatine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isatines
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of isatin.
full of crap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more full of crap
form: most full of crap
Senses: examples: text: Don't listen to him - I think he's full of crap!
text: I think the old guy is full of crap and what he has done in the years wouldn't help any organization much.
ref: 1930, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Congressional edition: Utility Corporations, U.S. General Printing Office, page 860:
text: None of this sounds reasonable to me. So far it sounds like a sock full of crap.
ref: 1939, John Steinbeck, In dubious battle, The Modern Library, New York, page 245:
glosses: Less vulgar synonym of full of shit.
Synonyms: full of it
full of shit
kick over the traces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: kicks over the traces
form: kicking over the traces
form: kicked over the traces
form: kicked over the traces
Etymology: Refers to a horse kicking its legs over to the wrong side of the traces, straps of leather connecting it to the vehicle being towed.
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: kick against the pricks
1920, A. E. W. Mason, The Summons, XXX: A Revolution in Sir Chichester,
"I remember that she once said to me, 'Women do get the worst of it when they kick over the traces,'" Hillyard resumed. "And undoubtedly they do. On the other hand you have McKerrel's hard-headed verdict, 'If these poor neurotic bodies had any work to do they wouldn't have so much time to worry about their troubles.' Who shall choose between them? And what does it matter now? Stella's gone. She will strain her poor little unhappy heart no more against the bars."
glosses: To rebel against authority; to defy orders or instructions.
examples: Near-synonyms: live large, live beyond one's means, live high on the hog
glosses: To live overextravagantly; to come to grief by fast living.
tanistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæ.nɪ.stɹi/
Forms: form: tanistries
Etymology: From tanist + -ry.
Senses: examples: text: They also have to make allowance, in place of primogeniture, for the practice of tanistry, that is, the naming of a successor who was not necessarily the ruler's son.
ref: 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 50:
glosses: A form of tenure, in ancient Scotland and Ireland, whereby succession was passed to an elected member of the same extended family.
corrody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹədi/
Forms: form: corrodies
form: corody
Etymology: From Latin corrodium, corredium, conredium (“furniture, provision”): compare Old French conroi. See curry.
Senses: examples: text: The corrody became first and foremost a grant of money or victuals, or other means of livelihood, made by a monastery or other religious or charitable corporation to dependents on its bounty.
ref: 1983, Richard I Harper, “A Note on Corrodies in the Fourteenth Century”, in Albion: A Quarterly Journal Concerned with British Studies, volume 15, number 2, page 95:
text: Corrodies were of three kinds: retirement arrangements for former abbots and priors; private deals struck by outsiders to provide board and lodging, in return for gifts of cash or property; and […] grants to crown servants.
ref: 2022, Alison K. McHardy, chapter 2, in James Bothwell and J. S. Hamilton, editors, Fourteenth Century England XII, Boydell & Brewer, page 29:
glosses: A form of pension or annuity given by a religious institution as provision for maintenance.
Related terms: corrodier