cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
go-slow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: go-slows
Etymology: Deverbal from go slow.
Senses: glosses: A period of time spent in an unusually slow fashion.
examples: text: Indiscipline results in chaos, confusion and diffusion or results. It give rise to strikes, ‘go-slows’, absenteeism, leading to loss of production, profits and wages. […] The features of code of discipline:
(i) It prohibits strikes and lock outs without proper notice and also prohibits intimidation, victimization, go-slow tactics, violence, coercion or instigation by both parties.
ref: 2018 October 8, Nwanne Titus Freeman Ifeanyi, “LABOUR UNREST AND INDUSTRIAL PEACE”, in 8th Annual Youth Peace Conference, Godfrey Okoye University, pages 5, 7:
glosses: Deliberate slow working as a protest during an industrial dispute.
examples: ref: 2008 November 11, Nick Tattersall, “Uncertainty in "go-slow" Nigeria worries investors”, in Reuters:
text: Nigerian masses are likely to be reticent about another two weeks of putting their lives on another go-slow.
The first go-slow became evident during the first full lockdown when characteristically , govt authorities that promised the masses food, money and welfare after appropriating huge sums of money under the auspices of a powerful presidential task force, PTF, failed to deliver. […] And as if history was repeating itself, the long suffering masses compelled to stay home are bearing the brunt of the go-slow which is a subterfuge for corruption.
ref: 2020 May 20, Magnus Onyibe, “Nigeria’s strategy for combating COVID-19: How we can change from go-slow to go-smart?”, in The Cable:
glosses: Any ponderous business, such as backhanded public administration or a traffic jam.
Synonyms: slowdown
Related terms: on a go-slow
work-to-rule
fart-arse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fart-arses
Senses: glosses: Term of abuse.
fart-arse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fart-arses
form: fart-arsing
form: fart-arsed
form: fart-arsed
Senses: examples: text: No good fartarsing about, […]
ref: 2008, Tom Holt, Falling Sideways, Orbit books, →ISBN, page 24:
text: For the last couple of years, the coaches at the Raiders have never given him much of a chance. They've been fart-arsing him around.
ref: 2009 May 29, David Campese, “Terry Campese's made it on own merits”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: To waste time or opportunities; to dawdle.
on a go-slow
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We'll have to wait: the camera's on a go-slow.
glosses: Unusually slow.
pentahydroborite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A basic calcium borate found in skarn minerals
blimey O'Reilly
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: If you're the O'Reilly, they speak of so highly, / Why blime me, O'Reilly, you're doing quite well.
ref: [1915, Harry S. Miller, “Blime Me, O’Reilly (You’re Doing Quite Well) [cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well]”, New York, N.Y.: The Cadillac Music; Springfield, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: A. H. Goetting, →OCLC, page 5:
english: cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well
translation: cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well
glosses: Alternative form of blimey O'Riley.
blimey O'Riley
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: blimey O'Reilly
Senses: examples: text: If you're the O'Reilly, they speak of so highly, / Why blime me, O'Reilly, you're doing quite well.
ref: 1915, Harry S. Miller, “Blime Me, O’Reilly (You’re Doing Quite Well) [cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well]”, New York, N.Y.: The Cadillac Music; Springfield, Mass.; Chicago, Ill.: A. H. Goetting, →OCLC, page 5:
english: cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well
translation: cover title: Blime Me Mr. O’Reilly but You’re Looking Mighty Well
glosses: An expression of surprise or frustration.
Holy Mother of God
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Mother of God, Mary in her role as mother of God (God the Son).
synonyms: word: Mother of God
extra: God the Son
word: Mary in her role as mother of God
extra: God the Son
Holy Mother of God
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: Holy Mother of God !
Senses: examples: text: Holy Mother of God, you've got to go faster than that to get to the top
ref: 1976, Genesis, Dance on a Volcano:
qualifier: blasphemous
glosses: Synonym of Mother of God, an expression of surprise, frustration, etc.
synonyms: word: Mother of God
extra: an expression of surprise, frustration, etc
Holy Mother
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A clipping of Holy Mother of God in reference to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Mother of God: Mary, mother of Jesus, in her role as mother of God (God the Son).
synonyms: word: Mother of God
extra: Mary, mother of Jesus, in her role as mother of God (God the Son)
Holy Mother
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A clipping of Holy Mother of God in reference to Mary, mother of Jesus.
Senses: qualifier: blasphemous
glosses: Synonym of wow, an expression of surprise.
synonyms: word: wow
extra: an expression of surprise
qualifier: blasphemous
glosses: Synonym of dammit, an expression of disgust or annoyance.
synonyms: word: dammit
extra: an expression of disgust or annoyance
holy Moses
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: qualifier: mildly blasphemous
glosses: expression of surprise, outrage, disgust, etc.
Synonyms: wow
Related terms: Holy Joe
Holy Mary
holy moley
holy smoke
Tourangeau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tourangeaus
Etymology: Borrowed from French Tourangeau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Jeezum Crow
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Jesum Crow.
pentamirror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentamirrors
Etymology: From penta- + mirror.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A system of three (not five) mirrors used as a cheaper substitute to a pentaprism in the viewfinders of some single-lens reflex cameras
pentaprism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentaprisms
Etymology: From penta- + prism.
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A five-sided prism used in the viewfinder of most single-lens reflex cameras
heavens above
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Heavens above, what was this? A red lamp swinging, on their line, to stop them! Brake, reverse, throw the steam against her. What's this we're into?
ref: 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
glosses: Expression of surprise.
Synonyms: wow
Goddy
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From God + -y (suffix forming colloquialism). Compare Lordy.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of God.
synonyms: word: God
Goddy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of Godwin and Godfrey + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, Goddy, stop it. Anyhow, if it's a watch, it better be a Rolex." Godwin giggled. "We could throw a pretty nice party on what you can get for a Rolex."
ref: 2005, Monica Ferris, Embroidered Truths:
glosses: Nickname for Godwin or Godfrey.
damn it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: An expression of surprise, outrage, or frustration.
Synonyms: dammit
damn and blast
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: qualifier: mildly blasphemous
glosses: Used to express anger.
damn and blast
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Last.
sod it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration.
sod a dog
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: "Sod a dog." He shook his head. "She'll have a rant, then forgive me."
ref: 2006, Kristina Dalton, Vampire's Lover:
text: "Sod a dog, will you look at that? I've never seen so many CD's. Ya got a record store right here in yer room."
ref: 2009, G Glass, The Rockstar:
glosses: Expression of surprise or annoyance.
curse it
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: expression of annoyance.
pronunciation respelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronunciation respellings
Etymology: From pronunciation + respelling.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: pronunciation spelling
glosses: The respelling of a word to show pronunciation, especially as used in dictionaries not employing a phonetic alphabet for phonetic transcription.
pronunciation respellings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronunciation respelling
apogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈpɒɡəmɪ/
Etymology: From apo- + -gamy.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
Derived terms: apogamic
apogamous
Related terms: apospory
parthenogenesis
whatsisname
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsisnames
Etymology: Derived from running together the words in the phrase what is his name.
Senses: glosses: A placeholder for the name of a man whose name the speaker cannot remember.
Related terms: whatsername
whatsit
whatchamacallit
whatsername
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whatsernames
Etymology: Derived from running together the words in the phrase "what is her name?".
Senses: glosses: A placeholder for the name of a woman whose name the speaker can not bring to mind.
Related terms: whatsisname
whatsit
whatchamacallit
cist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪst/
ipa: /ˈkɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: cyst
homophone: kissed
Forms: form: cists
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.
Senses: qualifier: Ancient Greece
glosses: A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
cist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪst/
ipa: /ˈkɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: cyst
homophone: kissed
Forms: form: cists
form: kist
Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.
Senses: examples: text: A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.
ref: 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 66:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
Derived terms: cist-urn
arbitrarinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbitrariness
big O notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the capital letter O (short for order, originally German Ordnung) used in the notation.
Senses: topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A particular notation, useful in the analysis of algorithms, which describes the limiting behavior of a function when the argument tends towards a particular value or infinity, usually in terms of simpler functions.
Related terms: time complexity
Dannebrog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdænəbɹɒɡ/
Forms: form: Danebrog
Senses: glosses: The national flag of Denmark, featuring a white Nordic cross atop a red background; is said to be the oldest continuously used national flag in the world, dating back to the 13th century.
glosses: A Danish order of knights founded in 1219 and revived in 1671.
glosses: A village in Nebraska.
unencouraged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encouraged.
Senses: glosses: Not encouraged.
unencouraging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + encouraging.
Senses: glosses: Not encouraging.
Derived terms: unencouragingly
unengaging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unengaging
form: most unengaging
Etymology: From un- + engaging.
Senses: glosses: Not engaging; dull.
Derived terms: unengagingly
unengaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unengage
unencouragingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unencouraging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He then moved towards the Saloon, and Stobhill, saying unencouragingly: "I will have your message conveyed to Miss, sir," opened the door for him.
ref: 1953, Georgette Heyer, Cotillion:
glosses: In an unencouraging way.
uncoached
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + coached.
Senses: glosses: Not having been coached (trained or instructed).
thornlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thornlike
form: most thornlike
Etymology: From thorn + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a thorn; pointed, acuate.
underapproximation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underapproximations
form: under-approximation
Etymology: From under- + approximation.
Senses: glosses: An approximation that is lower than the true value.
overapproximation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overapproximations
form: over-approximation
Etymology: From over- + approximation.
Senses: glosses: An approximation that is higher than the true value.
underapproximations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underapproximation
overapproximations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overapproximation
circlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circlelike
form: most circlelike
Etymology: From circle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a circle, round, circular.
underapproximate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underapproximates
form: underapproximating
form: underapproximated
form: underapproximated
form: under-approximate
Etymology: From under- + approximate.
Senses: examples: text: This algorithm will always underapproximate the number of possible paths.
glosses: To form an underapproximation of.
Synonyms: underestimate
misunderestimate
cruddier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cruddy: more cruddy
overapproximate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overapproximates
form: overapproximating
form: overapproximated
form: overapproximated
form: over-approximate
Etymology: From over- + approximate.
Senses: examples: text: This algorithm will always overapproximate the number of possible paths.
glosses: To form an overapproximation of.
cruddiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cruddy: most cruddy
underapproximates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underapproximate
underapproximating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underapproximate
underapproximated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underapproximate
overapproximates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overapproximate
overapproximating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overapproximate
overapproximated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overapproximate
daughtercards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daughtercard
daycoaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of daycoach
dayrises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dayrise
oatlage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈoʊtlɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology: Blend of oat + silage
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
hypernyms: silage
coordinate_terms: cornlage
haylage
ryelage
soilage
wheatlage
glosses: Silage made from oats: oat silage.
Related terms: oatstraw
darklings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of darkling
darklings
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: In the darkness.
cystoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cystoplasty
outragedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more outragedly
form: most outragedly
Etymology: From outraged + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an outraged way.
dearomatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dearomatize
dosas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dosa
deprioritises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deprioritise
deprioritising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deprioritise
dimensionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dimensionalize
dimensionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dimensionalize
dimensionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dimensionalize
dimensionalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dimensionalise
dimensionalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dimensionalise
dimensionalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dimensionalise
diureses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diuresis
diureses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of diurese
dosha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doshas
Etymology: From Sanskrit दोष (doṣa).
Senses: glosses: Any of the three regulatory principles of Ayurveda.
dosha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doshas
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam ദോശ (dōśa).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dosa (“type of pancake”).
doshas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dosha
donatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of donatee
drillships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drillship
menuetto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menuettos
Etymology: Italian
Senses: glosses: An Italian minuet.
menuettos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menuetto
editorializations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of editorialization
weatherlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more weatherlike
form: most weatherlike
Etymology: From weather + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the weather in some way; changeable, unpredictable, following a seasonal pattern, etc.
educatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of educatee
eeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eel
forecall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forecalls
form: forecalling
form: forecalled
form: forecalled
Etymology: From fore- + call.
Senses: glosses: To call in advance.
glosses: To ordain beforehand.
ecomigrations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecomigration
ecowarriors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecowarrior
electrets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electret
hexakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑξάκις (hexákis, “six times”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of hexa-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of hexa-, used for substitutions of six complex rather than simple units.
Derived terms: word: hexakis octahedron
english: six times octa- eight
translation: six times octa- eight
alt: = octakis hexahedron
word: a solid figure contained by 48 scalene triangles
word: hexakis tetrahedron
english: six times tetra- four
translation: six times tetra- four
word: a solid figure contained by 24 scalene triangles
Related terms: bis-
tris-
tetrakis-
pentakis-
heptakis-
electees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electee
tris-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τρις (tris, “thrice”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of tri- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs three times in the compound: trisphosphuret of copper is PCu₃; trisbenzeneazoresorcinol, C₆H(OH)₂(N₂Ph)₃.
examples: trisbenzene-azophenol, C₆H₂(N:NC₆H₅)₃OH
tristhio-dimethyl-benzaldehyde, {C₆H₃(CH₃)₂CHS}₃
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of tri-, used for substitutions of three complex rather than simple units, as in,
Related terms: bis-
tetrakis-
bis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: An occasional variant of bi- prefixed to roots beginning with a vowel, as in bisalternate
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B₂O (cf. dioxide for XO₂)
examples: Bis (η⁶-arene) metal complexes have been made for many transition metals by the Al/AlCl₃ reduction method.
topics: chemistry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A variant of di-, used for substitutions of two complex rather than simple units.
Related terms: tris-
tetrakis-
egyptologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egyptologist
frappucinos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frappucino
freekicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freekick
fruitbats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fruitbat
foundationalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foundationalist
fuehrers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuehrer
gametocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gametocyte
zebralike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zebralike
form: most zebralike
Etymology: From zebra + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a zebra, especially in having contrasting stripes.
advanceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From advance + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The A.M.A also calls for refundable, advanceable tax credits or vouchers, to help Americans buy insurance.
ref: 2007 February 4, “Health Insurance for All (1 Letter)”, in New York Times:
glosses: That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year.
antiglobalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiglobalist
form: most antiglobalist
form: anti-globalist
Etymology: From anti- + global + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Opposing globalism.
Synonyms: anti-globalization
antiglobalistic
antiglobalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiglobalists
form: anti-globalist
Etymology: From anti- + global + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This message not only provides educated European Muslims with a political cause but is also pushed with considerable success at such international leftist jamborees as the World Social Forum, where the world’s antiglobalists meet.
ref: 2007 February 4, Ian Buruma, “Tariq Ramadan Has an Identity Issue”, in New York Times:
glosses: A proponent of antiglobalism.
antiglobalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiglobalist
bicoastals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicoastal
gerontophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerontophile
gigabels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gigabel
gumlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gumline
octakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀκτάκις (oktákis, “eight times”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of octo-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix: octakishexahedron
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of octo-, used for substitutions of eight complex rather than simple units: octakis(dimethylamino)tetraphosphonitrile
Derived terms: word: octakishexahedron
word: or hexakisoctahedron
english: six times octa- eight
translation: six times octa- eight
word: a solid figure contained by 48 scalene triangles
Related terms: bis-
tris-
tetrakis-
pentakis-
hexakis-
heptakis-
enneakis-
decakis-
heptakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑπτάκις (heptákis, “seven times”).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of hepta-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix.
examples: heptakis-(3-O-methyl-2,6-di-O-pentyl)-β-cyclodextrin
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of hepta-, used for substitutions of seven complex rather than simple units.
Related terms: bis-
tris-
tetrakis-
pentakis-
hexakis-
octakis-
electrodiagnostic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + diagnostic.
Senses: examples: text: Her mother is an associate professor of occupational and environmental medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and the chief of occupational and electrodiagnostic medicine at Cabrini Medical Center, both in New York.
ref: 2007 February 4, “Yasmine Nainzadeh, Robert Brinberg”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to electrodiagnosis.
Derived terms: electrodiagnostically
midverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + verse.
Senses: glosses: During a verse.
midverse
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + verse.
Senses: examples: text: This is the project led by Brendan Fowler, who talks and yelps and mumbles and doesn’t quite rap his songs in real time, reserving the right to change his mind midverse, or to fixate on a phrase and repeat it.
ref: 2007 February 4, Kelefa Sanneh, “Friends, Feuds, Yelps, Sobs and a Swedish Nightingale”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a verse.
chillum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪləm/
Forms: form: chillums
form: cheelam
form: chelam
form: chilam
form: chillam
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चिलम (cilam), from Classical Persian چلم (čilam).
Senses: examples: text: He could not think of moving till his baggage was cleared, or of travelling until he could do so with his chillum.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter LVIII, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 521:
text: The votaries should assemble at night and worship with flowers. The ganja should be washed in the manner in which people wash ganja for smoking. The worshipper must fill three chillums with equal quantities of ganja, observing due awe and reverence.
ref: c. 1893, "Note by Babu Abhilas Chandra Mukerji, second Inspector of Excise, on the Origin and History of Trinath Worship in Eastern Bengal", in Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission 1893-4
text: Especially for him I’ve kept some hash that I had gotten from another sadhu, a piece of black Manali of passable quality. In my hotel-room I cut it in two pieces — each sufficient for one chilam (a hash-pipe, usually earthenware, in the shape of a bottleneck, that has to be held in two hands for smoking).
ref: 2007, Dolf Hartsuiker, Holy Smoke:
glosses: A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
glosses: The part of such a pipe that contains the tobacco and charcoal balls.
decakis-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Greek δεκάκις "ten times"
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A variant of deca-, used for multiplication with a second numerical prefix
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A variant of deca-, used for substitutions of ten complex rather than simple units: decakis(dichloromethyl)biphenyl
Related terms: word: bis- (2×)
word: tris- (3×)
word: tetrakis- (4×)
word: pentakis- (5×)
word: hexakis- (6×)
word: heptakis- (7×)
word: octakis- (8×)
word: enneakis- (9×)
roman: after Latin undeka, not Greek endekakis
word: undecakis- (11×)
word: dodecakis- (12×)
word: tridekakis- (13×)
word: tetradekakis- (14×)
word: pentadekakis- (15×)
word: ...
word: …
word: eicosakis- (20×)
ponylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ponylike
form: most ponylike
Etymology: From pony + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a pony.
nonshedding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shedding.
Senses: examples: text: So-called designer dogs became popular a decade ago, beginning with the Labradoodle and other poodle crosses that sought to affix the poodle’s relatively nonshedding coat to other breeds.
ref: 2007 February 4, Jon Mooallem, “The Modern Kennel Conundrum”, in New York Times:
text: However, unless you have a nonshedding, nonlicking breed, there's no such thing as a truly hypoallergenic dog. How about a nice goldfish instead?
ref: 2017, Howard Bennett, The Fantastic Body: What Makes You Tick & How You Get Sick:
glosses: Alternative form of non-shedding.
nonsoccer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + soccer.
Senses: examples: text: A minute’s silence was held in Italy over the weekend at all nonsoccer sports events.
ref: 2007 February 4, The Associated Press, “Italian Games Postponed After Officer Dies in Riots”, in New York Times:
glosses: That is not soccer or not related to soccer.
parablelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parablelike
form: most parablelike
Etymology: From parable + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The unnamed narrator of Whitehead’s parablelike third novel is a cynical “nomenclature consultant,” who devises names for such products as Apex, a Band-Aid knockoff sold in a variety of skin tones.
ref: 2007 February 4, Ihsan Taylor, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a parable.
serendipities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serendipity
singledom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From single + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: (A ministorage center in Manhattan has even run ads suggesting that it is the best repository for the spoils of singledom.)
ref: 2007 February 4, David Colman, “Bathroom Reading, on the Wall”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or sphere of those who are single (unmarried or unattached).
Synonyms: singlehood
singleness
macaronically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more macaronically
form: most macaronically
Etymology: From macaronic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a macaronic way.
swampers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamper
superstorm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superstorms
Etymology: From super- + storm.
Senses: examples: text: Before the report’s arrival on Friday, the consequences of global warming had been epically imagined — New Orleans-style swampings by superstorms, the specter of an Arctic meltdown and a water gush that would block heat-toting currents in the Atlantic Ocean and trigger an abrupt European cool-down.
ref: 2007 February 4, Andrew C. Revkin, “A Disaster Epic (in Slo-Mo)”, in New York Times:
glosses: A major storm (weather phenomenon).
Related terms: megastorm
superstorms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superstorm
superfluidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfluidity
swampings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of swamping
floodings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈflʌdɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of flooding
ultrafamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrafamous
form: most ultrafamous
Etymology: From ultra- + famous.
Senses: examples: text: And nothing reveals that cliché’s laziness more than the misbegotten new film “Factory Girl,” with Sienna Miller as Warhol’s troubled shooting star Edie Sedgwick: ultrafamous in 1965, in celebrity eclipse soon after and dead from a drug overdose at 28.
ref: 2007 February 4, Caryn James, “For Edie Sedgwick, a Belated 16th Minute”, in New York Times:
glosses: Particularly famous.
undeclare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undeclares
form: undeclaring
form: undeclared
form: undeclared
Etymology: From un- + declare.
Senses: examples: text: The Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war; but does that include the power to undeclare it?
ref: 2007 February 4, Noah Feldman, “Whose War Powers?”, in New York Times:
glosses: To reverse the process of declaring; to unsay.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To revoke the declaration of (a variable, namespace, etc.) so that it is no longer available.
undeclares
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of undeclare
undeclaring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of undeclare
unflabby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + flabby.
Senses: examples: text: WHEN I tell her about this, she says, “Oh, don’t be so cynical,” and pokes me in the ribs, and I’m glad she picked the one unflabby stretch of my torso.
ref: 2007 February 4, Andy Christie, “She Handed Me a Cup From the Fountain of Youth”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not flabby.
unheroically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unheroically
form: most unheroically
Etymology: From unheroic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Her memoir describes what it’s like to hate the Nazis — as she and her husband did — but to protest unheroically: making a snide comment when a building super rants against “unpatriotic people”; not finding humor in a party member’s joke; walking out of a movie in which a Jewish prime minister is executed (“the audience burst into applause”).
ref: 2007 February 4, “Nonfiction Chronicle”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an unheroic way.
wheatberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatberries
Etymology: From wheat + berry.
Senses: glosses: The entire wheat kernel (except for the hull), comprising the bran, germ, and endosperm, sometimes used in food.
wheatberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheatberry
Khond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Khonds
form: Kandh
form: Khand
form: Kondh
form: Khondh
Etymology: Borrowed from Odia କନ୍ଧ (kandha).
Senses: glosses: Any member of an aboriginal hunter-gatherer tribe of India, inhabiting the states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh (Srikakulam), and speakers of the Dravidian Kui and Kuvi languages.
Khonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Khond
blockheadedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blockheadedly
form: most blockheadedly
Etymology: From blockheaded + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a blockheaded way.
attendance allowance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attendance allowances
Senses: glosses: A sum of money paid to someone to cover the expense of attending a meeting etc. away from home
woodenheaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woodenheaded
form: most woodenheaded
Etymology: From wooden + headed.
Senses: synonyms: word: addlebrained
word: addlepated
word: airheaded
word: bee-brained
word: beef-witted
word: beefheaded
word: beetle-headed
word: birdbrained
word: blockheaded
word: Boeotian
word: boneheaded
word: boofheaded
word: brainless
word: bubbleheaded
word: buffle-headed
word: bullet-headed
word: cerebrally challenged
word: childish
word: chowderheaded
word: chuckleheaded
word: crackbrained
word: cretinous
word: dense
word: dented
word: dim-bulb
word: dim-headed
word: dim-witted
word: dim
word: doltish
word: dopey
word: dozy
word: drowsy
word: dull-headed
word: dull-minded
word: dull-witted
word: dull
word: dumber than a box of rocks
word: dumb
word: dunderheaded
word: empty-headed
word: fatheaded
word: feeble-minded
word: flea-brained
word: foolish
word: fuzzy-headed
word: fuzzy-minded
word: half-brained
word: half-witted
word: hammer-headed
word: idiotic
word: imbecilic
word: inane
word: insipid
word: intellectually challenged
word: knuckleheaded
word: lamebrained
word: lowbrow
word: lumpish
word: lunkheaded
word: mentally challenged
word: mentally retarded
word: mindless
word: monosynaptic
word: moronic
word: muttonheaded
word: nitwitted
word: numbskulled
word: oafish
word: obtuse
word: peabrained
word: pratty
word: pudding-headed
word: puerile
word: purblind
word: quarter-witted
word: retarded
word: rockheaded
word: sharp as a bowling ball
word: sheep-headed
word: simple
word: slow-witted
word: slow
word: smooth-brained
word: stolid
word: stupid
word: thick-skulled
word: thickheaded
word: thickwitted
word: thick
word: unapprehensive
word: unclever
word: unintelligent
word: unsmart
word: vacant
word: vacuous
word: witless
word: wooden-headed
word: wool-headed
word: woolly-headed
word: woolly-minded
word: dumb as a bag of hammers
word: dumb as a box of rocks
word: dumb as a doorknob
word: dumb as an ox
word: dumb as a post
word: dumb as a sack of hammers
word: dumb as dirt
word: dumber than a rock
word: not the sharpest crayon in the box
word: not the sharpest knife in the drawer
word: not the sharpest tool in the shed
word: thick as a brick
word: thick as a plank
word: thick as champ
word: thick as mince
word: thick as two short planks
word: thick as a whale omelette
word: ass-brained
word: fuckwitted
word: shit-for-brains
word: thick as pig shit
glosses: Stupid, as though having wood for brains; blockheaded.
Related terms: woodenhead
zafu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zafus
Etymology: Japanese 座蒲 (zafu, “cattail seat”).
Senses: examples: text: The cushions on the living room floor — a zabuton and zafu, to be exact — are used for daily Buddhist-influenced meditation.
ref: 2007 February 4, Dan Shaw, “As Always, Mother Knows Best”, in New York Times:
text: The rugs were pink, the walls were pink, the “zafus” for seating were pink.
ref: 2016, Melissa Broder, So Sad Today:
glosses: A round cushion used for sitting during meditation.
Lake Michigan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Michigan, from Ojibwe Mishigami (“great lake”)/ᒥᔑᑲᒥ.
Senses: glosses: One of the Great Lakes of North America, and the only one located entirely within the United States. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.
zafus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zafu
collaborative authoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The authoring of a project by a team of people working in collaboration, often with a project manager to coordinate effort
anticavity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ævɪti
Etymology: From anti- + cavity.
Senses: examples: text: Should you get the whitening toothpaste, the anticavity toothpaste or the one that does both?
ref: 2007 February 5, Alex Mindlin, “High Prices Help Sell All-in-One Products”, in New York Times:
glosses: Serving to prevent cavities in the teeth.
Related terms: fluoride
sodium fluoride
Lake Huron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Lac des Hurons (“Lake of the Hurons”).
Senses: glosses: One of the Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, a bay of Lake Michigan–Huron.
Meronyms: Georgian Bay
beachful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beachfuls
Etymology: From beach + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: The other, sillier spot presented a beachful of anthropomorphic crabs starting a Bud-centric version of a cargo cult.
ref: 2007 February 5, Stuart Elliott, “Super Bowl Ads of Cartoonish Violence, Perhaps Reflecting Toll of War”, in New York Times:
glosses: Enough to fill a beach.
beachfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beachful
Lake Erie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the five Great Lakes of North America.
Lake Ontario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the five Great Lakes of North America.
overturner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overturners
Etymology: From overturn + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Finally came Mr. Banhart, who was happily complicated: he served as comic relief, loud contrast, an embodiment of the music’s stereotypes and an overturner of them.
ref: 2007 February 5, Ben Ratliff, “Free Spirits in a Groove That’s Folky and Tribal”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who, or that which, overturns.
overturners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overturner
premarketing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + marketing.
Senses: examples: text: Last September, the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, issued a report decrying the big imbalance between premarketing and postmarketing regulation.
ref: 2007 February 5, “Moving Toward Greater Drug Safety”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before the marketing of a product or service.
marketings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marketing
chillums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chillum
sequoian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sequoia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: His poker-faced timing makes the most of even mediocre one-liners, and beneath sequoian impassivity lurks an engagingly warm persona.
ref: 2007 February 5, Alessandra Stanley, “The Sitcom Question: Tie the Knot or Not?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of sequoia trees.
waistlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From waist + long.
Senses: examples: text: Juliet cuts her waistlong hair during a moment of spontaneity.
ref: 2007 February 5, S. Kirk Walsh, “Five Women Sentenced to a Horrible Fate: Domesticity”, in New York Times:
glosses: Long enough to reach one's waist.
wormer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wormers
Etymology: From worm + -er.
Senses: glosses: Dewormer, medicine used in deworming an animal.
examples: text: Dung beetles dived into delicious organic cowpats left by longhorn cattle that hadn’t been fed wormers and parasiticides
ref: 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:
text: If demand for the herbs is high we can add more wormers to the lobby and basement.
ref: 2007 February 5, Rick Moranis, “12 Rms, 8 Bths, 38 Wind Turbines”, in New York Times:
glosses: Vermicide, any substance used to kill worms.
wormers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wormer
foreseeability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreseeabilities
Etymology: From foresee + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Probably the most powerful and most uniform social policy crystallized in the various rules and doctrines of tort law is to be found in the concept of foreseeability or expectability of certain harms from certain types of conduct.
ref: 1932 May 1, Fowler Vincent Harper, “Foreseeability Factor in the Law of Torts”, in Notre Dame Law Review, volume 7, number 4, Notre Dame, I.N.: Notre Dame Law School, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 468:
text: "If you foresee the event and you go forward, then you are criminally negligent," she said, adding, "This was a boat that navigated on the waters of Lake George since 1979. In terms of criminal negligence, there clearly wasn't the foreseeability that there may be in civil negligence."
ref: 2007 February 6, Danny Hakim, quoting Kathleen B. Hogan, “Two Misdemeanor Charges in Lake George Capsizing”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: The foreseeability of that outcome is precisely why the Chinese government has preemptively been pooh-poohing the court and its legitimacy over the past few weeks, and lining up a ragtag set of allies to support its cause. This group includes none of the countries most affected by China's expanded maritime activities, and it features those reliant on Chinese aid or trade.
ref: 2016 July 12, James Fallows, “David vs. Goliath in the South China Sea: David Wins, at Least This Round”, in The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Aug 2023:
text: While examining a boy's eyes the optometrist failed to spot symptoms of a brain condition. The court overturned the conviction for gross negligence manslaughter on the grounds that it undermined the legal test of "foreseeability", which requires proof of a "serious and obvious risk of death" at the time of the error.
ref: 2017 August 11, Richard Vize, “Will the healthcare data revolution spell the end for doctors' autonomy?”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Aug 2022:
topics: law
synonyms: foreseeableness
previsibility
antonyms: unforeseeability
glosses: The quality of being foreseeable; predictability.
foreseeabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foreseeability
vermicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vermicidal
form: most vermicidal
Etymology: From vermicide + -al.
Senses: glosses: Serving to kill worms, as a vermicide.
lightwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightwaves
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of light wave.
soundwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soundwaves
Etymology: From sound + wave.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sound wave.
lightwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightwave
soundwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soundwave
meringuelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meringuelike
form: most meringuelike
Etymology: From meringue + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A contributing factor to this slightly regressive femininity may have been the sugary fabrics (silver lamé, tulle over sequins) and the meringuelike puffs and baby Googums bows at the neck.
ref: 2007 February 6, Cathy Horyn, “Young Spirits, One of Them an Old Master”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling meringue.
mischiefmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mischiefmaking
form: most mischiefmaking
Etymology: From mischief + making.
Senses: examples: text: But Republicans ridiculed that idea as fantasy and mischiefmaking.
ref: 2007 February 6, Bruce Lambert, “Race for State Senate Seat Breaks Spending Record”, in New York Times:
glosses: Making mischief; naughty, prankish.
mischiefmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mischief + making.
Senses: glosses: The making of mischief; troublemaking.
multichromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multichromatic
form: most multichromatic
Etymology: From multi- + chromatic.
Senses: examples: text: Whatever the primary spur to the evolution of our rose-colored retinas, we, like most other animals with multichromatic vision, have learned to treat red with respect.
ref: 2007 February 6, Natalie Angier, “How Do We See Red? Count the Ways”, in New York Times:
glosses: Involving more than one colour.
Synonyms: motley
multicolored
polychromatic
metachromasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Under the conditions obtaining in tissue sections, it seems safe to assign metachromasy to sulfated compounds, probably sulfuric half-esters
ref: 2012, John W. Kelly, The Metachromatic Reaction:
glosses: Metachromasia.