cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unweird
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unweird
form: most unweird
Etymology: From un- + weird.
Senses: examples: text: Thus let us assume an unweird model of the cosmos in which the handedness of objects is a well-defined global property, in relation to the background metric of space-time.
ref: 2006, Emily Carson, Renate Huber, Intuition and the Axiomatic Method, page 174:
text: We talked around things for a few minutes, sticking to the unweird stuff like how Alex was finishing up her finals and my AP tests and graduation.
ref: 2009, Josie Bloss, Band Geeked Out:
glosses: Not weird or strange; normal.
unweighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unweight
unweights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unweight
forks in the road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fork in the road
Netanyahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɛtənˈjɑːhuː/
Forms: form: Netanyahus
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew נְתַנְיָהוּ (n'tanyáhu).
Senses: examples: text: For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front.
ref: 2009 October 1, “Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge”, in The New York Times:
text: On Tuesday, Netanyahu and his wife toured Shanghai’s Ohel Moshe synagogue in the Hongkou district that was home to many of the 18,000 Jews granted refuge in Shanghai from the horrors of Nazi persecution.
ref: 2013 May 7, “Netanyahu: Jewish people capable of own defense”, in AP News, archived from the original on 25 May 2022:
glosses: A surname from Hebrew.
Derived terms: Netanyahoo
Satanyahu
retube
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹiːˈtjuːb/
Forms: form: retubes
form: retubing
form: retubed
form: retubed
Etymology: From re- + tube.
Senses: examples: text: There is no immediate intention to withdraw No. 23 from service, and as the engine is already 73 years old, it may well establish a record in Great Britain for longevity before going into retirement; indeed, a short while ago the boiler of this veteran was retubed.
ref: 1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Preserving a Veteran”, in Railway Magazine, pages 457–458:
glosses: To fit with a new tube or tubes.
retubed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retube
retubes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retube
retubing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retube
retubing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retubings
Senses: glosses: The act of fitting with a new tube.
retubings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retubing
Stollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stolly
STOLports
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of STOLport
I'm hot
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that the speaker is hot (i.e. feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort)
doctorspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doctor + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: The patient, who lumbers painfully, has a question: She desperately wants a knee replacement, but doesn’t understand why three doctors have rejected her. Ms. Purdie translates doctorspeak.
ref: 2007 August 21, Jan Hoffman, “Soldiering On, Home to Home, in a Squeezed Health System”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: nursespeak
patientspeak
glosses: The jargon used by doctors; medical language.
Synonyms: doctorese
medicalese
counterinitiative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterinitiatives
Etymology: From counter- + initiative.
Senses: examples: text: But now a legislative battle looms over the gun lobby’s brazen counterinitiative to legalize concealed weapons on campus.
ref: 2007 August 22, “Virginia’s Gun Market”, in New York Times:
glosses: An initiative opposing another initiative.
counterinitiatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterinitiative
nonfoveate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + foveate.
Senses: glosses: Not foveate.
delectability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delectabilities
Etymology: From Middle English dilectabilites pl, from Middle French delectableté.
Senses: examples: text: If I really wanted to take full advantage of their delectability, and to eat them every day, a plan was in order.
ref: 2007 August 22, Melissa Clark, “So Many Tomatoes to Stuff in a Week”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being delectable.
examples: text: I had heard of this court and its delectabilities, and at the same time been informed that its throne was a faro-table, to which the initiated were imperatively expected to become tributaries.
ref: 1834, [William Beckford], “Letter XII. A concert and ball at Senhor Pacheco’s.—[…]”, in Italy; with Sketches of Spain and Portugal, volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], section “Spain”, pages 336–337:
text: But we will look a little more closely at the delectabilities of these three volumes.
ref: 1856, “Cardinal Wiseman, the Lamp of the Papacy”, in The Lamps of the Temple: Crayon Sketches of the Men of the Modern Pulpit, 3rd edition, London: John Snow, […], page 119:
text: With wine at hand, the good man concerns himself, not with getting drunk, but with drinking in all the natural delectabilities of wine: taste, color, bouquet; […]
ref: 1969, Robert Farrar Capon, “Water in Excelsis”, in The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 91:
glosses: A delight.
Synonyms: delectableness
ghutra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghutras
form: ghutrah
Etymology: From Arabic غُتْرَة (ḡutra), غُطْرَة (ḡuṭra).
Senses: examples: text: He wore a white head scarf, known here as a ghutra, and a robe known as a dishdasha.
ref: 2007 August 22, James Glanz, “‘Chemical Ali’ and Others Begin Trial for 1991 Attack”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: chafiye
word: cemedanî
word: ghutra
word: hattah
word: keffiyeh
word: kufiya
word: mashadah
word: rezza
word: scarf
word: shawl
glosses: A type of headcloth, a keffiyeh.
ghutras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghutra
kufiya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kufiyas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of keffiyeh.
kufiyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kufiya
microconstituent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microconstituents
Etymology: From micro- + constituent.
Senses: examples: text: I don’t know if bottled water protects us from those microconstituents, but I do know that I want to be able to choose whether or not to drink water from the tap.
ref: 2007 August 22, “Yes, Tap Water Is Plentiful, but Is It Fit to Drink? (4 Letters)”, in New York Times:
glosses: A microscopic constituent.
microconstituents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microconstituent
minifacial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃəl
Forms: form: minifacials
Etymology: From mini- + facial.
Senses: examples: text: Jean, 15, gets a minifacial before having a photo taken for the Heart Gallery, which seeks adoptive homes for older children.
ref: 2007 August 22, Ellen Barry, “A Marketing Campaign From One Heart to Another”, in New York Times:
glosses: A short facial (beauty treatment on the face).
minifacials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minifacial
miniparade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniparades
Etymology: From mini- + parade.
Senses: examples: text: IF you are south of Greenwich Street in Manhattan between noon and 5 p.m. today, look for a weird miniparade: A guy carrying a “quiet” sign followed by a golfer, his caddy and an entourage of nattily dressed “fans.”
ref: 2007 August 22, Claudia H. Deutsch, “FedEx Hopes for the Right Bounce From Golf”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small parade.
miniparades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniparade
miniplasmids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniplasmid
perspirations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perspiration
shehitah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ʃ(ə)xiːˈtɑː/
/ˈʃxiːtə/
Forms: form: shechita
form: shechitah
form: shehita
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שחיטה.
Senses: examples: text: The two Hasidim oversee shehitah, the Jewish ritual slaughtering of meat according to the Book of Leviticus.
ref: 2007 August 22, Joan Nathan, “Of Church and Steak: Farming for the Soul”, in New York Times:
glosses: The ritual slaughter of mammals and birds according to Jewish dietary laws.
Related terms: shochet
subpremium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subpremium
form: most subpremium
Etymology: From sub- + premium.
Senses: examples: text: That may be true of the absolute best meat, but if you’re going to tinker — and it’s a good idea to do so when using subpremium meat — you may want to think about a rub.
ref: 2007 August 22, Mark Bittman, “For the Best Cuts, Here Are the Rubs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Below premium grade.
ultraripe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraripe
form: most ultraripe
Etymology: From ultra- + ripe.
Senses: examples: text: Of all the dishes, this one benefits the most from using an ultraripe tomato, still warm from the farmers’ market.
ref: 2007 August 22, Melissa Clark, “So Many Tomatoes to Stuff in a Week”, in New York Times:
text: The ultraripe grapes are usually dried in the sun for a few days so they can raisin and their sugars can be concentrated before they are crushed and pressed.
ref: 2010, Michael Gibson, The Sommelier Prep Course, page 214:
glosses: Extremely ripe.
uninsurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + insurance.
Senses: examples: text: There is little dispute among experts that the program has been instrumental in reducing the rate of uninsurance among low-income children by almost a third, even as the rate for adults has climbed.
ref: 2007 August 22, Kevin Sack, “Many Eligible for Child Health Plan Have No Idea”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state of being uninsured.
Coordinate terms: overinsurance
underinsurance
uninsureds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uninsured
calibrachoa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calibrachoas
Etymology: From translingual Calibrachoa (“genus name”).
Senses: examples: text: Annual geraniums and tobacco relatives like petunias, calibrachoas and nicotianas suffer most, but other flowers including osteospermums, mallows and chrysanthemums may also be attacked.
ref: 2007 August 23, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
text: The most frequently detected virus of calibrachoas has been characterized recently, named calibrachoa mottle virus (CbMV) and has been tentatively assigned to the genus Carmovirus.
ref: 2009, J. Engelmann, J. Hamacher, “Plant Virus Diseases: Ornamental Plants”, in Brian W.J. Mahy, Marc H.V. van Regenmortel, editors, Desk Encyclopedia of Plant and Fungal Virology, page 441:
text: Closely related to petunias, calibrachoas are 3- to 9-inch-tall plants with trailing stems and a mounding habit.
ref: 2009, Fern Marshall Bradley, Barbara W. Ellis, Ellen Phillips, Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, page 126:
text: Also, the 'Superbells' tend to be more vigorous than 'Million Bells' and other calibrachoa varieties.
All calibrachoas have several shortcomings in differing degrees, depending on variety—they are generally short lived, providing a bold burst of color at the start of the season, but dwindling as the soil pH changes from acid to alkaline from fertilizing.
ref: 2013, Derek Fell, Derek Fell's Grow This!, page 177:
glosses: Any of the solanaceous plants of genus Calibrachoa.
Hyponyms: sense: plant of genus Calibrachoa
word: million bells
sense: plant of genus Calibrachoa
english: varieties
translation: varieties
word: Superbells
calibrachoas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calibrachoa
foveate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊvi.ət/
Forms: form: more foveate
form: most foveate
Etymology: From fovea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: anatomy
biology
botany
lichenology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: pitted
glosses: Having slight depressions or pits.
raw_tags: of a bone or organ
Derived terms: afoveate
nonfoveate
foveate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊvi.ət/
ipa: /ˈfəʊvi.eɪt/
ipa: /ˈfəʊvi.ət/
Forms: form: foveates
form: foveating
form: foveated
form: foveated
Etymology: From fovea + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: “Tracking an object requires the person to first move their head and eyes to the target, which always results in a slight overshoot, then quickly flick the eyes back to foveate on the target [get the target centred on the optic nerve]^([sic]),” says Dr Leonard.
ref: 2020 December 22, Ben Welch, quoting Chuck Leonard, “What is football intelligence and can players develop it?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: To angle one's eyes such that the foveae are directed at (an object in one's field of view), the fovea being the portion of the retina responsible for sharp central vision.
Derived terms: foveation
refoveate
camases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camas
camassia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: camassias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: Even the Wildflower Meadow needs replanting with 500 camassia bulbs a year, among other things.
ref: 2007 August 23, Charles Elliott, “Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Camassia of flowering plants, the camases.
camassias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of camassia
fixtureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fixture + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Another is a recent version of his mute, fixtureless sinks, this one suggesting Huckleberry Finn filtered through Magritte: its backsplash morphs into a worn white fence, and a robin’s nest with three blue eggs sits in the basin.
ref: 2007 August 23, Roberta Smith, “Against Delusion: Robert Gober’s Nuts-and-Bolts Americana”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without fixtures.
foveated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: foveated rendering
text: Foveated rendering fully renders only a small area at a time. This reduces the processing power necessary to render complex VR environments[…]
ref: 2018, Paul Mealy, Virtual & Augmented Reality For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 45:
text: Combined with the fact that visual acuity of peripheral vision is significantly lower than foveal or central vision, adaptively and dynamically distributing image quality and detail across the visual field—known as foveated rendering and display—is an important class of perceptual optimizations for near-eye displays.
ref: 2020, Marcus Magnor, Alexander Sorkine-Hornung, Real VR – Immersive Digital Reality: How to Import the Real World into Head-Mounted Immersive Displays, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 223:
glosses: simple past and past participle of foveate
foveating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foveate
osteospermum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osteospermums
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Osteospermum.
Senses: examples: text: Annual geraniums and tobacco relatives like petunias, calibrachoas and nicotianas suffer most, but other flowers including osteospermums, mallows and chrysanthemums may also be attacked.
ref: 2007 August 23, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Osteospermum of subshrubs.
osteospermums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteospermum
osteosarcomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteosarcoma
osteosarcomata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteosarcoma
osteoscleroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteosclerosis
pinkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pinky: more pinky
pinkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pinky: most pinky
underplant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underplants
form: underplanting
form: underplanted
form: underplanted
Etymology: From under- + plant.
Senses: examples: text: Such small, exquisite enclosures as the Sundial Garden beside the house, planted by Mr. Howard with near-black and white perennials chosen to bloom sequentially for 10 months of the year, or the Azalea Walk, with its underplanting of bulbs and season-extending clematis, cannot take care of themselves.
ref: 2007 August 23, Charles Elliott, “Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff”, in New York Times:
glosses: To plant underneath.
glosses: To plant too little of.
underplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underplants
Etymology: From under- + plant.
Senses: glosses: A plant that has been planted underneath others.
underplanting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underplant
underplanting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underplantings
Senses: examples: text: The outdoor setting around the lily ponds in the twin courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is opulent with maples in radiant hues, and a veritable forest of conifers and bamboo with underplantings like bush-clover, silver grass and balloon flowers from the “seven flowers of autumn” cited in early Japanese poems.
ref: 2007 October 19, Paula Deitz, “In Autumn, a Garden Lover’s Thoughts Turn to Kiku”, in New York Times:
glosses: An arrangement of underplants.
underplanted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underplant
underplants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underplant
zapateados
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zapateado
disfluency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsflʊənsi/
/dɪsˈfluːənsi/
Forms: form: disfluencies
form: dysfluency
Etymology: From dis- + fluency.
Senses: examples: text: To the long list of everyday afflictions that includes dry, itchy skin and restless leg syndrome, add another: speech disfluency.
ref: 2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013:
text: Siegel considered at some length, without resolving it, the apparent paradox between traditional views of stuttering and modern demonstrations that punishment (i.e. contingent aversive stimulation) tends to decrease disfluency.
ref: 2012, Donald K. Routh, Judy Lynne Perlman, “The Clinical Uses of Punishment: Bane or Boon?”, in Donald K. Routh, editor, Learning, Speech, and the Complex Effects of Punishment, →ISBN, page 198:
text: Disfluency is a relatively recent construct. Not until the last century did fluency with the specific meaning of ease of speaking become a subject of widespread interest; and only in the mid-twentieth century did its corollary, the absence of such a facility, become the focus of systematic empirical study.
ref: 2022, Simon Williams, Disfluency and Proficiency in Second Language Speech Production, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 1:
glosses: Lack of fluency in speech; any of various breaks, irregularities, and non-lexical vocables that occur within otherwise fluent speech.
Derived terms: speech disfluency
Related terms: disfluent
disfluencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disfluency
murumuru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: “China has few people with curly hair, so murumuru won’t sell well there,” Mr. Carlucci said.
ref: 2007 August 24, Andrew Downie, “Beautifying the World With Amazon Ingredients”, in New York Times:
text: Packed with moisture-rich ingredients like shea butter, coconut oil, and murumuru seed butter, Laneige's nourishing (and viral!) lip treatments make the perfect stocking stuffers.
ref: 2024 October 9, Hannah Oh, Samantha Jones, “Amazon Has So Many Last-Minute Gifts Under $50 on Sale for October Prime Day”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: A rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.
streetball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From street + ball.
Senses: glosses: Street basketball.
streetballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: streetballers
Etymology: From streetball + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Alvina Carroll, a streetballer, adds: “It’s not a girl thing.
ref: 2007 August 24, Richard Sandomir, “Nike Puts Women Back on the Pedestal”, in New York Times:
glosses: A player of street basketball.
streetballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of streetballer
taxability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tax + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.
ref: 2007 August 24, “Foreclosure and Taxes”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being taxable.
uhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uh
umlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From um + -less + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “People began to prefer umlessness in public speaking and conversation around the same time that they began to value order, organization, planning and efficiency in an increasingly complex and urbanizing society,” he writes.
ref: 2007 August 24, William Grimes, “Uh, Lead My Rips: No More Bloopers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2013:
text: Yet umlessness was taught as the norm for private and intimate spheres of life.
ref: 2007, Michael Erard, Um... slips, stumbles, and verbal blunders, and what they mean:
glosses: The avoidance of the hesitating interjection um in speech.
unstuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unstuffs
form: unstuffing
form: unstuffed
form: unstuffed
Etymology: From un- + stuff.
Senses: glosses: To remove the stuffing from.
examples: text: If I send you an attachment as a Zip file, can you unstuff it and print it up here?”
ref: 2007 August 24, Roger Mummert, “At a Family Gathering, an Internet Cafe Breaks Out”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To decompress (a compressed archive in the StuffIt format).
unstuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstuff
unstuffing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unstuff
bludgeonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bludgeoning
buckoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bucko
buckras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buckra
buckrammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buckram
chidings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪdɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of chiding
hypervigilant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypervigilant
form: most hypervigilant
Etymology: From hyper- + vigilant.
Senses: examples: text: And policy makers and currency traders are once again hypervigilant for signs that Asian central banks might redeploy part of their dollar-based debt holdings into non-American investments.
ref: 2007 August 25, “Dollars for Sale”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a state of hypervigilance.
tandas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tanda
truckyard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truckyards
Etymology: From truck + yard.
Senses: examples: text: ST. LOUIS — In an industrial area here known for truckyards, not art, a sculptor and entrepreneur named Bob Cassilly stands on a 100-foot-tall hill, created from some of the 182,000 truckloads of dirt that have been unloaded and applied to the skeleton of a former cement factory.
ref: 2007 August 25, Matthew Summers-Sparks, “One Part Cement, Two Parts Whimsy, One Odd Park”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: depot#Noun
railyard
switchyard
glosses: A yard where trucks are loaded and unloaded.
Related terms: yard jockey
truckyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of truckyard
visionwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From vision + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: “She considered it, visionwise, an extension of T.S.U.,” he said, adding at another point, “Yes, even the bed.”
ref: 2007 August 25, Ralph Blumenthal, “Ex-University Head in Texas on Trial for Money Misuse”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of vision.
foretokening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foretokenings
Etymology: From foretoken + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Indication in advance.
foretokening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From foretoken (“to foreshadow”).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of foretoken
forewish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forewishes
form: forewishing
form: forewished
form: forewished
Etymology: From fore- + wish.
Senses: examples: text: Events were soon to prove false those predictions of catastrophe, predictions of a fate that was forewished rather than foreseen.
ref: 1955, William White Craik, Bryn Roberts and the National Union of Public Employees:
text: […] as in a contest one has with an enemy, by desiring he forewishes a victory still distant from him by an intervening time.
ref: 1989, Léon Baudry, The quarrel over future contingents (Louvain, 1465-1475)::
glosses: To wish or desire beforehand.
forehold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːhəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹˌhoʊld/
ipa: /fɔːˈhəʊld/
ipa: /fə-/
ipa: /fɔɹˈhoʊld/
ipa: /fɚ-/
rhymes: -əʊld
homophone: forhold
ipa: /ˈfɔːhəʊld/
ipa: /ˈfɔɹˌhoʊld/
Forms: form: foreholds
form: foreholding
form: foreheld
form: foreheld
form: foreholden
Etymology: From fore- (prefix meaning ‘occurring beforehand; earlier, prior to’) + hold (“to maintain; to consider, opine”). Hold is derived from Middle English holden (“to grasp; to possess; to hold (a belief or opinion”), from Old English healdan (“to grasp, hold fast; to possess”), from Proto-West Germanic *haldan (“to hold; to keep”), from Proto-Germanic *haldaną (“to hold; to keep”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover; to conceal, hide”).
Senses: examples: text: Instead of that he has encountered nothing but harsh criticism, unkindly dispositions, even on the part of his relatives, and he naturally drifted into places and surroundings where legitimate sympathy was not foreheld.
ref: 1902, J. F. Hultgen, “Infantile Hemiplegia and Inebriety”, in Bulletin of Iowa Institutions (under the Board of Control), volume IV, Dubuque, Iowa: Herald Printing Company, →OCLC, page 463:
text: Or he may call "he who foreholds" the one who wants and receives, rather than the one who confers first: he calls […]
ref: 2001, Aspasius, [anonymous], Michael of Ephesus, translated by David Konstan, On Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 8–9 (The Ancient Commentators on Aristotle), London: Duckworth, →ISBN:
text: In a case regarding hazardous waste disposal, the [European] Commission ordered recovery for that part of the operating aid, which did not concern foreholding a capacity for waste treatment, but rather for the acquisition of commercial hazardous waste.
ref: 2006, Annette Kliemann, “Aid for Environmental Protection”, in Michael Sánchez Rydelski, editor, The EC State Aid Regime: Distortive Effects of State Aid on Competition and Trade, London: Cameron May, →ISBN, page 325:
synonyms: word: foredeem
word: presage
word: prognosticate
word: anticipate
word: augur
word: call
word: divine
word: forecast
word: foredeem
word: forehold
word: foresee
word: foreshadow
word: foretell
word: predict
word: presage
word: prognosticate
word: prophesy
glosses: To hold or believe (something) beforehand; to assume; to anticipate, to predict.
Derived terms: word: foreholding
foreholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈhəʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /fə-/
ipa: /fɔɹˈhoʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /fɚ-/
homophone: forholding
Forms: form: foreholdings
Etymology: From forehold + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Bold will be the opposition to the only Son of Mary [i.e., Jesus], to worship the Lord. / The youth ready to assist, from God he sprang, whether he be knowing, whether he be simple. / Thy foreholding, coeval with perfect trees, / Had been expanded beautifully from the lap of Jesus.
ref: 1868, “The Rod of Moses. Book of Taliessin XXIV.”, in William F[orbes] Skene, editor, The Four Ancient Books of Wales: Containing the Cymric Poems Attributed to the Bards of the Sixth Century, volume I, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, →OCLC, part V (Miscellaneous Poems from the Book of Taliessin), page 562, lines 26–29:
glosses: gerund of forehold: a prediction; a superstitious prognostication; also, an ominous foreboding.
foreholding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːˈhəʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /fə-/
ipa: /fɔɹˈhoʊldɪŋ/
ipa: /fɚ-/
homophone: forholding
Etymology: From forehold + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of forehold
forehew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forehews
form: forehewing
form: forehewed
form: forehewn
form: forehewed
Etymology: From fore- + hew.
Senses: glosses: To hew or cut in front.
foredesign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foredesigns
form: foredesigning
form: foredesigned
form: foredesigned
Etymology: From fore- + design.
Senses: glosses: To design or plan beforehand; forecast.
foredetermine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foredetermines
form: foredetermining
form: foredetermined
form: foredetermined
Etymology: From fore- + determine.
Senses: examples: text: The relations of life act as bribes to bias his judgment and foredetermine his verdict.
ref: 1847, The National preacher, volumes 21-22:
text: The answer made to this is, in effect, that although the will is in such a sense a power of contrary choice or self- determination that God cannot foredetermine its action without restraint upon this power and destruction of its freedom [...]
ref: 1864, Bibliotheca sacra and theological review, volume 21:
text: This is not to say that one has access to an eternal blueprint or that one is merely going along with some foredetermined cosmic plan.
ref: 1986, Daniel A. Helminiak, The same Jesus: a contemporary Christology:
text: But more to the point was Peirce's observation that Carus's reconciliation of religion and science constituted "an endeavor to reach a foredetermined conclusion."
ref: 2004, Paul Carus, Martin Verhoven, The gospel of Buddha according to old records:
text: If God plans, foredetermines and predestinates each and every deed of a man's life, powerfully controlling all circumstances, all persons, even all forces of whatever variety and magnitude that affects his life, can that man be truly free?
ref: 2007, Jonathan Edwards, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Horatius Bonar, God's Will, Man's Will and Free Will:
glosses: To determine beforehand; predetermine.
foredetermined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of foredetermine
foredetermined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foredetermined
form: most foredetermined
Senses: glosses: Determined in advance.
foreflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foreflows
form: foreflowing
form: foreflowed
form: foreflowed
Etymology: From fore- + flow.
Senses: glosses: To flow before.
foreflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreflows
Etymology: From fore- + flow.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of foreflowing.
glosses: That which foreflows.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A channel or conduit which permits gases or liquids to foreflow.
Related terms: afterflow
destitutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛstɪˈtuːʃənz/
ipa: /dɛstɪˈtjuːʃənz/
ipa: /dɛstɪˈtʃuːʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of destitution
food plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: food plants
form: food-plant
form: foodplant
Senses: examples: text: I would have eggs or larvae rushed to me here by plane from all over North America, with their foodplants [...].
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant which is a source of food for a given species.
foodplant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodplants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of food plant.
iridal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɪɹɪdəl/
Forms: form: more iridal
form: most iridal
Etymology: Formed from (the stem of) Latin īris, Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris) + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a rainbow.
iridal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌɪɹɪdəl/
Forms: form: more iridal
form: most iridal
Etymology: From irid- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The iridal dark-brown of her serious eyes had the enigmatic opacity of an Oriental hypnotist's look (in a magazine's back-page advertisement) and seemed to be placed higher that usual so that between its lower rim and the moist lower lid a cradle crescent of white remained when she stared straight at you.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the iris of the eye.
Synonyms: iridic
triple reassortant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple reassortants
Senses: glosses: A viral strain containing genes from three different organisms
hyetograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /haɪˈɛtəɡɹæf/
/haɪˈɛtəɡɹɑːf/
Forms: form: hyetographs
Etymology: From hyeto- + -graph.
Senses: glosses: A graphical representation of rainfall over time.
funbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: funboxes
Etymology: From fun + box.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skateboarding
snowboarding
sports
glosses: A feature of a skatepark consisting of a tabletop connected to ramps and sometimes other features.
funboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funbox
glasswashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From glass + washing.
Senses: glosses: The washing of drinking-glasses.
Related terms: glasswasher
tularaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tularemia.
tabletting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tableting.
illuminometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illuminometers
Senses: glosses: An instrument that is used to measure the intensity of illumination
Synonyms: photometer
Related terms: illuminometry
illuminometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of illuminometer
photogrammetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of photogrammetric.
operationalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more operationalistic
form: most operationalistic
Etymology: From operational + -istic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to operationalism.
pseudomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudomedicines
Etymology: From pseudo- + medicine.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pseudo-medicine.
pseudomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pseudo- + medical.
Senses: glosses: Apparently, but not actually, medical; posing as medicine.
Related terms: pseudoprofessional
pseudoscientific
pseudolegal
physicomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From physico- + medical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the physical aspects of medicine.
amla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amlas
Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati આમળું (āmaḷũ), from Sanskrit आमलक (āmalaka). Doublet of emblic.
Senses: examples: text: Less stately advice is also offered: the amla fruit, boiled, is an excellent hair conditioner.
ref: 2007 August 26, Katherine Russell Rich, “Go Suck on a Topaz”, in New York Times:
synonyms: Indian gooseberry
emblic myrobalan
Malacca tree
glosses: Phyllanthus emblica, a deciduous tree.
synonyms: emblic
glosses: the bitter yellow-green fruit of this tree.
amlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amla
calfbound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From calf + bound.
Senses: examples: text: A marble fountain adorned with Cupids was placed in Davies’s sitting room, and one room was transformed into a library, with wood paneling and calfbound rare editions.
ref: 2007 August 26, Daniel J. Wakin, “The Heist, the Getaway and the Sawed-Off Leg”, in New York Times:
glosses: Bound in calfskin.
daylife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From day + life.
Senses: examples: text: Located a short walk from the Hauptbahnhof, Pension Augsberg is central to all of Munich's daylife and nightlife.
ref: 1996, Joseph Raff, Judith Raff, Fielding's Budget Europe 1996:
text: That was in 2004, and Las Vegas daylife has not been the same.
ref: 2007 August 26, Michael Kaplan, “Losing Your Shirt, but Not in the Casino”, in New York Times:
glosses: Recreational activities that can be done during the day.
Coordinate terms: nightlife
designerly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more designerly
form: most designerly
Etymology: From designer + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: By choosing an anonymous lampshade as his starting point rather than something designerly, Laarman has created the design equivalent of Miuccia Prada’s Crombie-style coat.
ref: 2007 August 26, Alice Rawsthorn, “The Brightest Bulb”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of a designer.
eclectism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He says his historical eclectism comes from a childhood spent rummaging through his grandmother’s attic.
ref: 2007 August 26, Lee Carter, “History Boy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of eclecticism.
exfoliator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exfoliators
Etymology: From exfoliate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: alpha hydroxy acids are great exfoliators.
ref: 2007 August 26, S. S. Fair, “Terms of Enhancement”, in New York Times:
glosses: An exfoliant.
exfoliators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exfoliator
fissionability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fissionabilities
Etymology: From fission + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: He also helped to work out the fissionability of uranium-233.
ref: 2007 August 26, Jeremy Pearce, “John W. Gofman, 88, Scientist and Advocate for Nuclear Safety, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or degree of being fissionable.
Related terms: fusability
fissionabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fissionability
selective yellow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A standardized color for automotive lamps, intended to improve vision by removing blue wavelengths from the projected light.
foglamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foglamps
form: fog lamp
Etymology: From fog + lamp.
Senses: examples: text: And the XR versions were stuffed with standard gear, including side- and head-curtain air bags, stability control, antilock brakes, 17-inch alloy wheels, a tire pressure monitor, active whiplash-preventing head restraints, foglamps, roof rails, the OnStar communications system and three free months of XM Satellite Radio.
ref: 2007 August 26, Lawrence Ulrich, “Germans Land on Saturn and Things Shape Up”, in New York Times:
glosses: A wide automotive lamp intended to increase visibility in poor weather conditions.
foglamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foglamp
foglights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foglight
henfest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: henfests
Etymology: From hen + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: The Samurai Sipper has often fantasized similarly, only I’d pass on Thomas Jefferson and have Edie Falco over for a post-Carmela henfest instead.
ref: 2007 August 26, S.S. Fair, “Let the Dames Begin”, in New York Times:
text: He'd video-streamed a segment of last night's drunken henfest in the kitchen to Haupt, but the humorless had prick been unamused. All that had interested the boss last night had been the jeweled pendants.
ref: 2009, Shannon McKenna, Tasting Fear, page 32:
glosses: A rowdy party for women.
henfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henfest
iaido
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 居合道.
Senses: examples: text: The traditional Japanese swordsmanship, iaido, on which Forza is based, is “linear, precise — one stab and it’s over,” she says.
ref: 2007 August 26, Mary Tannen, “Diet by the Sword”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Japanese martial art associated with the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, removing blood from the blade, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard.
Henman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Henmans
Etymology: A variant of Hinman, or an altered form of German Hennemann.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Henmania
imidazolidinyl urea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An antimicrobial preservative used in cosmetics.
Related terms: diazolidinyl urea
larbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of larb
looksist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more looksist
form: most looksist
Etymology: From looks + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Don Hanover's antiseptic models, dredged out of the gay community's most looksist and dehumanizing establishments.
ref: 1977 April 30, Cha Cha Heels, “Antiseptic Mannequins”, in Gay Community News, page 4:
text: But it is also a wishful argument, a posture that is in denial, if you will, about the fact that we live in a profoundly surface-oriented, looksist culture that has permeated our way of perceiving those who would be in charge of our lives.
ref: 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of lookist.
looksist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: looksists
Etymology: From looks + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lookist.
looksists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of looksist
looksism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From looks + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lookism.
Synonyms: bodyism
Related terms: looksist
microdistributor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microdistributors
Etymology: From micro- + distributor.
Senses: examples: text: On Aug. 10 City Lights Pictures, a microdistributor in Manhattan, released the indie feature “Descent,” in which Rosario Dawson plays a date-rape victim who exacts her own harrowing retribution.
ref: 2007 August 26, David M. Halbfinger, “Unease in the Air and Revenge on the Screen”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small-scale distributor.
Related terms: microdistribution
microdistributors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microdistributor
miniburger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniburgers
Etymology: From mini- + burger.
Senses: examples: text: In the 1980s and ’90s, there was a book party at least once a week at either Elaine’s or Mortimer’s, and the writer Candace Bushnell, then flat broke, went to all of them, especially the ones at Mortimer’s, because it served generous amounts of its famous miniburgers.
ref: 2007 August 26, Alex Kuczynski, “Comped Lit”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small burger.
Related terms: minicheeseburger
minihamburger
miniburgers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniburger
mumsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mumsy
nannylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nannylike
form: most nannylike
Etymology: From nanny + -like.
Senses: examples: text: If you are Margaret Thatcher, effortlessly radiating a kind of low-heeled, nannylike authority, or the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, resting on your laurels as a scientist, all you need do is pass muster.
ref: 2007 August 26, Daphne Merkin, “The Politics of Appearance”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a nanny.
negotiables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negotiable
policemanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more policemanlike
form: most policemanlike
Etymology: From policeman + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a policeman.
neuromotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + motor.
Senses: examples: text: He is also a music therapist in Hartsdale, N.Y., where he specializes in teaching music to children with neuromotor disabilities.
ref: 2007 August 26, “Jae Gruenke, Eric Barnhill”, in New York Times:
glosses: Pertaining to the relationship between the nervous system and movement.
paneless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pane + -less.
Senses: examples: text: These days, Mrs. Kern, an 81-year-old widow, lives alone amid floors rotted in places and some paneless windows.
ref: 2007 August 26, Bruce Lambert, “Amid Family’s Quarrels, a Home Worthy of Gatsby Begins to Crumble”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without a pane.
ponyskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponyskins
Etymology: From pony + skin.
Senses: examples: text: The ponyskin Chrissie (left) is a tribute to — no surprise here — Chrissie Hynde, the outspoken frontwoman of the Pretenders, while the marbleized leather-and-suede Angie presumably riffs on the dissolute glamour of the ultimate groupie and former Mrs. Bowie.
ref: 2007 August 26, Angela Gaimari, “Hogan’s New Guitar Handbags”, in New York Times:
glosses: The skin of a pony.
ponyskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponyskin
pruriently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pruriently
form: most pruriently
Etymology: From prurient + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: One blonde proclaims, “If I meet a Negro I’ll have a Negro habit,” and the camera pruriently lingers on Ultra Violet making love with a black man and briefly on an outdoor session of interracial oral sex.
ref: 2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a prurient manner.
showerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more showerlike
form: most showerlike
Etymology: From shower + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But Michigan’s showerlike basins will be functional in design and open to all, as evidenced by the jokes they have occasioned about the value to all college students of an occasional foot washing.
ref: 2007 August 26, Noah Feldman, “Universal Faith”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shower (bathroom fitting).
smoulderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more smoulderingly
form: most smoulderingly
Etymology: From smouldering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of smolderingly.