cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
liberalminded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more liberalminded
form: most liberalminded
form: liberal
form: minded
Etymology: From liberal + minded.
Senses: glosses: Having a liberal opinion or stance.
Derived terms: liberalmindedness
liberalmindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From liberalminded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: A state, the quality, or an extent of being liberalminded.
orang-utan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orang-utans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of orangutan.
orang-utans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orang-utan
bookstave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊk.steɪv/
/ˈbʊk.stɪv/
Forms: form: bookstaves
Senses: examples: text: […] “[Doctor Martin] had undercut the pope, cardinals, and the great bishops, ... he had proved they could not offer so much as a bookstave from holy scripture to prove that their great power and lordship were based on God's command.
ref: 2018, Christopher Ocker, Luther, Conflict, and Christendom:
text: 'I can't read bookstaves, but Holiday learned himself,' said Softly. […] 'He learned me a bare five bookstaves, but it was enough to read a whole word.'
ref: 2019, James Meek, To Calais, In Ordinary Time:
text: The poetic dialogue between Solomon and Saturn not only calls the rune for R the “best of bookstaves” (bocstafa brego), but it also spells out the Pater Noster, acrostically with runes, […]
ref: 2020, D. Vance Smith, Arts of Dying, page 43:
glosses: Alternative form of bookstaff (“letter, alphabetic symbol”).
eyeground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyegrounds
Etymology: From eye + ground.
Senses: glosses: The fundus of the eye; the inside of the bottom part of the eyeball, particularly retina as examined through an ophthalmoscope.
Synonyms: fundus oculi
eyegrounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyeground
chawarma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chawarmas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shawarma.
intelligent system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intelligent systems
Senses: examples: text: 1992, Ramzan A. Khuwaja, Martha W. Evens, Allen A. Rovick and Joel A. Michael, Knowledge Representation for an Intelligent Tutoring System Based on a Multilevel Causal Model, in Claude Frasson, Gilles Gauthier, Gordon McCalla (editors), Intelligent Tutoring Systems: Second International Conference, ITS '92,
Knowledge is central for an intelligent system. A knowledge representation framework, which distinguishes between several generic types of knowledge and structures them in several layers, provides one of the most powerful ways of designing an intelligent system.
text: This computer program can be considered an intelligent system for the domain of Non-linear Dynamical Systems (NDS) because it uses SC techniques to obtain the "best" mathematical model for a given dynamic system.
ref: 2002, Patricia Melin, Oscar Castillo, Modelling, Simulation and Control of Non-linear Dynamical Systems:
text: 2007, Adrianna Kosierkiewicz and Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, The Statistical Verification of Rough Classification Algorithms in Bruno Apolloni, Robert J. Howlett, L. C. Jain (editors), Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (conference proceedings),
German Tutor [5] is another intelligent system which helps learning foreign languages.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A computer system that uses techniques derived from artificial intelligence, particularly one in which such techniques are central to the operation or design of the system.
preemptive strikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preemptive strike
computational intelligence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A field of study that covers traditional artificial intelligence together with neural networks and fuzzy systems etc.
sapon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sapan.
nonveridical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + veridical.
Senses: glosses: Not veridical.
Derived terms: nonveridically
nonworkable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-workable
Etymology: From non- + workable.
Senses: glosses: unworkable
suicide Tuesdays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suicide Tuesday
nailcare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nail + care.
Senses: glosses: The care and maintenance of the fingernails and toenails.
lifechanging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lifechanging
form: most lifechanging
Senses: examples: text: Her first love affair was a lifechanging event.
glosses: Alternative form of life-changing.
gajillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gajillions
Etymology: See -illion.
Senses: examples: text: When Anna gets home from school, Cody is sitting on the step in front of the purple door, juggling his knees. "Ben and Cass walked by a gajillion minutes ago. What took you so long?"
 A gajillion minutes? Really?" Anna had let the others get ahead, but she never lost sight of them.
 "Okay, maybe only half a gajillion," he admits.
ref: 2014, Adrian Fogelin, The Sorta Sisters:
text: We humans and other complex animals are full of microbes, gajillions of them. People have so many that microbe cells living in our bodies outnumber our own vastly.
ref: 2015 March 13, Ben Brumfield, “You may be your germs: Microbe genes slipped into human DNA, study says”, in CNN:
text: Starbucks wants to sell a gajillion lattes and Frappuccinos. But it also wants to make the world a better place. What's wrong with that exactly?
ref: 2015 March 19, Paul R. La Monica, “Starbucks can do more than #RaceTogether”, in CNN Business:
text: "You like Miss Winnie, don't you, Uncle Ben? Because I like Miss Winnie a gajillion times." Ben's chuckle floated to her ears. "I like Miss Winnie a gajillion times, too." Winnie hid her face in her shoulder as the hot sun beat down on her and she was overwhelmed with emotion. A gajillion was a lot of like. But she was sure she liked Ben and Lola a gajillion times more.
ref: 2019, Dakota Cassidy, Witched at Birth:
glosses: An unspecified large number (of); a gazillion.
gajillions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gajillion
sidesplittingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sidesplittingly
form: most sidesplittingly
Etymology: From sidesplitting + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.
ref: 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
glosses: In a sidesplitting manner; hilariously.
stargazy pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stargazy pies
form: stargazey pie
form: starry-gazy pie
Etymology: From stargaze + -y and pie, the upturned fish seeming to stare skywards.
Senses: examples: text: Another time, she dined in Hampstead, where she was fed a version of stargazy pie with a whole squid where the eel should have been. It was flavoured, for the full medieval effect, with galangal, which her hostess described as “kind of like frankincense”.
ref: 2023 July 15, Rachel Cooke, “No, Nigella – dinner parties are great. Deliveroo just doesn’t cut it”, in The Observer, →ISSN:
glosses: A Cornish dish of baked pilchards, covered with a pastry crust, arranged with their tails toward the centre of the pie and their heads poking up through the crust.
volelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more volelike
form: most volelike
Etymology: From vole + -like.
Senses: examples: a volelike rodent
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a vole.
upstair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From up + stair.
Senses: examples: an upstair drawing-room
glosses: upstairs
downstair
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From down + stair.
Senses: examples: a downstair bedroom
glosses: downstairs
excavatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From excavate + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being excavated.
Eurocheque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Eurocheques
Etymology: From Euro- + cheque.
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A type of cheque formerly used in Europe that was accepted across national borders and could be written in a variety of currencies.
Eurocheques
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Eurocheque
ditchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ditchlike
form: most ditchlike
Etymology: From ditch + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A small stream fed it and continued beyond it, so that the sheet of water, though turbid, was never ditchlike or unhealthy.
ref: 1915, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ditch.
undiggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + diggable.
Senses: glosses: Not diggable.
diggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diggable
form: most diggable
Etymology: From dig + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The rocky soil was diggable, but only with difficulty.
text: Though there seemed to be some “diggable” places, Dr. Levinthal said that the project scientists “might decide to look around” for alternate sampling sites.
ref: 1976 July 24, John Noble Wilford, “SCIENTISTS FEEL THEY CAN FIX ARM ON VIKING LANDER”, in The New York Times:
text: Intriguingly, their idea also explains why gold and platinum are found in the Earth’s crust, well within diggable reach.
ref: 2015 November 27, Kenneth Chang, “Scientists Link Moon’s Tilt and Earth’s Gold”, in The New York Times:
text: Two sloths have also died at the Las Vegas SeaQuest. Like all the others, it is located in an indoor shopping center, where natural light, humidity, vegetation and diggable floors — the environmental setting in which many animals thrive — are in short supply.
ref: 2024 September 7, Melena Ryzik, “Should You Hug a Sloth?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Capable of being dug.
Possible and (especially) feasible to dig physically.
synonyms: excavatable
antonyms: undiggable
examples: text: Near-synonyms: appreciable, enjoyable
text: Yeah, their jazz is diggable, but they leave something on the table by not getting funkier with the horns.
glosses: Capable of being dug.
Worthy of digging (appreciating and enjoying).
starfishlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more starfishlike
form: most starfishlike
Etymology: From starfish + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Temperate butterworts come into growth in spring, producing flat, often starfishlike rosettes of narrow, tapered leaves […]
ref: 1998, Peter D'Amato, The savage garden: cultivating carnivorous plants:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a starfish.
rosettelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rosettelike
form: most rosettelike
Etymology: From rosette + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a rosette.
butterworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butterwort
mollusklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mollusklike
form: most mollusklike
form: mollusclike
Etymology: From mollusk + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mollusk.
mollusclike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mollusclike
form: most mollusclike
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mollusklike.
molluskicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more molluskicidal
form: most molluskicidal
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of molluscicidal.
no-win situations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no-win situation
starshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From star + shine.
Senses: examples: text: The starshine lights upon our heads.
ref: 1878, Robert Louis Stevenson, Will o' the Mill:
glosses: starlight
dimethicone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethicones
Senses: glosses: polydimethylsiloxane
dimethicones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dimethicone
spy-fi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spaɪ.faɪ/
rhymes: -aɪfaɪ
Etymology: Blend of spy + sci-fi
Senses: examples: text: With the MIB taking on aliens of every stripe, it can also be viewed as a parody of The X-Files and the spy-fi series that rose to prominence in the 1990s.
ref: 2005, Wesley Alan Britton, Beyond Bond: spies in fiction and film:
text: Perhaps the series had finally gone over the top, taking spy-fi to the limit. What next—007 fighting alien invaders?
ref: 2006, Wesley Alan Britton, Onscreen and undercover: the ultimate book of movie espionage:
glosses: A genre of science fiction involving secret agents.
nonarmoured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + armoured.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonarmored.
pingback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pingbacks
Etymology: From ping + back.
Senses: glosses: A message automatically sent to a blog when one of the blogger's entries is referenced by another blogger.
pingbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pingback
noncourt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + court.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a judicial court.
nonexcavated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + excavated.
Senses: glosses: unexcavated
nonsandstone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sandstone.
Senses: examples: nonsandstone uranium deposits
glosses: Not found in or pertaining to sandstone.
theorisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: theorisations
form: theorization
Senses: examples: text: Without consideration of the colony character of Malaysia in terms of its consistent interculturation with imperial and neoimperial power, multiplicity can easily be mistheorised as representing Saidian Orientalism or expatriates—such theorisations can be drawn from superficial reinterpretations of Taiwan's Tenryuubito phenomenon in recent years and Japan's Datsu-A Ron statement during the Meiji period.
ref: 2017, Francis Chia-Hui Lin, Architectural Theorisations and Phenomena in Asia, page 194:
glosses: Something theorised; a theory.
glosses: The development of something beyond its obvious and practical scope.
examples: text: Translation pedagogy is still in its infancy, and is in need of substantial theorisation.
ref: 2004, Silvia Bernardini, edited by Kirsten Malmkjær, Translation in Undergraduate Degree Programmes, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 23:
glosses: The act of constructing a theory.
theorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theorisation
untheorised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + theorised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of untheorized.
unhypothesised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hypothesised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unhypothesized.
unprofessionalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unprofessionalizes
form: unprofessionalizing
form: unprofessionalized
form: unprofessionalized
form: unprofessionalise
Etymology: From unprofessional + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make something unprofessional
Related terms: unprofessionalization
unprofessionalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unprofessionalises
form: unprofessionalising
form: unprofessionalised
form: unprofessionalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unprofessionalize.
followthrough
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: followthroughs
Etymology: Deverbal from follow through.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of follow-through.
followthroughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of followthrough
unprofessionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unprofessionalize
unprofessionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unprofessionalisation
Etymology: From un- + professionalization.
Senses: glosses: the process of making something unprofessional
unprofessionalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unprofessionalization.
unguardedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unguardednesses
Etymology: From unguarded + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being unguarded.
nonagreed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + agreed.
Senses: glosses: Not agreed; not as a result of an agreement.
decondition
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈdɪʃən/
Forms: form: deconditions
form: deconditioning
form: deconditioned
form: deconditioned
Etymology: From de- + condition.
Senses: examples: text: Deconditioning due to decreased physical effort results in muscle loss, including heart muscles.
glosses: To adapt to a less demanding environment than that to which one was previously conditioned.
Related terms: atrophy
deconditions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decondition
deconditioning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decondition
deconditioned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of decondition
anticontagion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + contagion.
Senses: examples: text: Did the anticontagion measures of the Russian state have an effect?
ref: 2005, J N Hays, Epidemics and pandemics: their impacts on human history:
glosses: Preventing or countering contagion.
Derived terms: anticontagionism
anticontagionist
autohotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autohotels
Etymology: From auto- + hotel.
Senses: examples: text: Motels and autohotels rent by the hour in this part of the world and are no place for weary tourists.
ref: 1987, Fodor's Central America:
text: Autohotels are for making love; they serve no other purpose. Rooms are sold in two- or three- hour blocks and include fresh towels, sheets and a condom.
ref: 2008, Richard Arghiris, Richard Leonardi, Nicaragua:
text: Autohotels are not self-service affairs—except for the most desperate.
ref: 2009, Eliot Greenspan, Frommer's Guatemala:
glosses: A love hotel in South or Central America.
autohotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autohotel
love hotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love hotels
Etymology: Calque of Japanese ラブホテル (rabu hoteru), from English love + hotel, probably after the rotating sign of the Hotel Love, an early love hotel in Osaka, Japan.
Senses: examples: text: Love hotels differ in terms of price (from about $30 per hour and up), decoration (some may offer features such as sex swings, hot tubs, or round beds, and many are themed), and architecture […].
ref: 2021, Margo DeMello, On the Job: An Encyclopedia of Unique Occupations around the World, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, page 137:
glosses: A short-stay hotel found in Japan and elsewhere, operated primarily for the purpose of allowing lovers privacy to have sexual intercourse.
wikipedia: love hotel
Synonyms: word: autohotel
word: fast sheet
word: hot-sheet motel
word: love hotel
word: maison de passe
word: no-tell hotel
word: no-tell motel
word: motel
Hypernyms: word: building
word: hotel
word: lodging place
word: organization
Related terms: word: brothel
word: sexual intercourse
antipassback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From anti- + passback.
Senses: glosses: A security mechanism preventing an access card or similar device from being used to enter an area a second time without first leaving it (so that the card cannot be passed back to a second person who wants to enter).
hand jive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand jives
Senses: glosses: A dance associated with the rock and roll and rhythm and blues music of the 1950s, comprising a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following or imitating the percussion instruments.
nonresearch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + research.
Senses: examples: a nonresearch library
glosses: Not of or pertaining to research.
benchpresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benchpress
basioccipital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From basi- + occipital.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the basiocciput
Derived terms: sphenobasioccipital
basioccipital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basioccipitals
Etymology: From basi- + occipital.
Senses: examples: example
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of basiocciput.
synonyms: word: basiocciput
ambulacra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulacrum
ambulacrums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambulacrum
byform
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byforms
form: by-form
form: bye-form
Etymology: From by- + form. Compare West Frisian byfoarm (“byform”), Dutch bijvorm (“byform”).
Senses: glosses: An alternative tangential, subordinate, or secondary variant form of a word or morpheme.
Synonyms: sideform
backpackable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From backpack + -able.
Senses: examples: text: His many contributions in the field of mountain rescue work include developing a backpackable hydraulic winch...
ref: 1982, Yvonne Prater, Ruth Mendenhall, Gorp, glop and glue stew: favorite foods from 165 outdoor experts:
text: Mark and Bruce set out to design the tent that would revolutionize the world market for backpackable tents.
ref: 2003, Hap Klopp, Brian Tarcy, The Adventure of Leadership: An Unorthodox Business Guide:
glosses: Capable of being carried in a backpack.
nonpreferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + preferential.
Senses: glosses: Not preferential.
Synonyms: unpreferential
Derived terms: nonpreferentially
nonapocalyptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + apocalyptic.
Senses: glosses: Not apocalyptic.
nontelescopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From non- + telescopic.
Senses: glosses: Not telescopic.
nontelescoping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + telescoping.
Senses: examples: a nontelescoping steering-wheel
glosses: Not telescoping.
pekans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pekan
premorbid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + morbid.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: Approaching a morbid condition, especially of mental functioning shortly prior to the onset of schizophrenia, etc.
circlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circling
stonebuilt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stone + built.
Senses: examples: a stonebuilt cottage
glosses: Built from stone.
turbogenerator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turbogenerators
form: turbo generator
form: turbo-generator
Etymology: From turbo- + generator.
Senses: examples: text: El Faro had two steam turbogenerator sets manufactured by Terry Steam Turbine Company. According to data recorded by El Faro's VDR, the generators continued to produce electrical power until 0734 on October 1, just before the vessel sank.
ref: 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37:
glosses: A turbine directly connected to an electric generator in order to generate power.
turbogenerators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbogenerator
vasodilative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vasodilative
form: most vasodilative
Etymology: From vaso- + dilative.
Senses: glosses: vasodilatory
vasodilations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vasodilation
yessotoxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yessotoxin
setpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: setpieces
Senses: examples: text: The gallery, which is stark and composed like a Madame Tussaud setpiece.
ref: 1976 December 18, Don Shewey, “The Munch Piece Brings Canvas Alive”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 25, page 19:
glosses: Alternative spelling of set piece.
setpieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of setpiece
auto-tune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An audio processor that corrects the pitch of a recorded track, also used to distort vocals in electronic music.
auto-tune
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: auto-tunes
form: auto-tuning
form: auto-tuned
form: auto-tuned
Etymology: From auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies.
Senses: glosses: To tune (an engine, industrial process, etc.) automatically.
examples: text: The singing is sometimes pure and sometimes processed into exaggeratedly AutoTuned “Alvin and the Chipmunks” automation.
ref: 2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To correct the pitch of a vocal or instrumental performance.
Related terms: autotuner
the Cher effect
autotuning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autotune
autotuned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autotune
autotuned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more autotuned
form: most autotuned
Senses: glosses: Having been subject to autotuning; processed via auto-tune.
ASIN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASINs
Senses: examples: text: If you're looking for a book, the ASIN is the same as the book's International Standard Book Number (ISBN), which is located above the bar code, typically on the book's back cover or inside flap.
ref: 2004, Michael Miller, 501 Web Site Secrets: Unleash the Power of Google, Amazon, eBay and More, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 332:
coordinate_terms: ISBN
glosses: Initialism of Amazon Standard Identification Number.
asininities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asininity
autotunes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autotune
buzzphrase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buzzphrases
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of buzz-phrase.
buzzphrases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buzzphrase
byforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of byform
calendrics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From calendar + -ics.
Senses: glosses: The use of calendar systems.
durstn't
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dursn't
form: dursen't
Etymology: From durst + not.
Senses: examples: 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring, Chapter XI: A Knife In The Dark
I durstn't go outside this dell for any money; I felt that something was creeping up the slope.
glosses: Contraction of durst not.
Synonyms: daredn't
dursen't
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dursn't.
fistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪstɪk/
rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Forms: form: more fistic
form: most fistic
Etymology: From fist + -ic. Piecewise doublet of fisty.
Senses: examples: text: But she was here interrupted […] by her father's hat being heavily flung from his hand and striking her face. Accustomed to such occasional manifestations of his sense of parental duty, Pleasant merely wiped her face on her hair (which of course had tumbled down) before she twisted it up. This was another common procedure on the part of the ladies of the Hole, when heated by verbal or fistic altercation.
ref: 1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, “More Birds of Prey”, in Our Mutual Friend. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC, book the second (Birds of a Feather), page 271:
text: The fight over this ordinance had as one of its features, a few days ago, a fistic encounter between Robert Oestermaier and Attorney Curtis M. Willock.
ref: 1904 March 23, “Is No Longer Virgin Alley”, in The Pittsburg Press, page 3:
text: The Englishman, whose right eye was nearly closed, took his corner where he was liberally drenched with water and when the bell went came on gamey and brimful of pluck, confident of knocking out the fistic Eblanite in jigtime.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 12:
text: Though analyst Gary Galley first said the fistic defeat would probably spell the end for Pittsburgh, he later agreed with his colleagues that Talbot's impression of a punching bag had indeed changed the course of the game.
ref: 2009 April 27, Chris Zelkovich, “Sorry folks, but fights don’t turn games around”, in Toronto Star:
synonyms: fistical
pugilistic
glosses: Of or pertaining to boxing or fighting with fists.
durums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of durum
mediant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmiːdi.ənt/
Forms: form: mediants
Etymology: From Italian mediante, from Latin mediānt- (“being in the middle”), present active participle of mediō (“I am in the middle”), from medius (“middle”), from Proto-Italic *meðios, from Proto-Indo-European *medʰyo- (“between”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The third degree of the diatonic scale.
examples: For any tangent pair of Ford circles corresponding to rational numbers r and s, the Ford circle tangent to both of them corresponds to the rational number which is the mediant of r and s.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A rational number whose numerator is the sum of the numerators of two other given rational numbers and whose denominator is the sum of the denominators of those same two other rational numbers.
Derived terms: submediant
mediants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mediant
Volapuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Volapük.
cedis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cedi
filled pause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filled pauses
Senses: examples: text: Uh, um, and well are common filled pauses among English speakers.
synonyms: filler
filler phrase
hesitation marker
planner
glosses: Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech.
Hyponyms: er
erm
uh
um
well
you know
filled pauses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filled pause
distinguisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distinguishers
Etymology: From distinguish + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, distinguishes.
friand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: friands
Etymology: A borrowing from French.
Senses: examples: text: I lug my stuff out to the ute and drive out of this lovely surburb with its old trees and young cafés, espresso and friands, poodles and BMWs.
ref: 2005, Amanda Hampson, The Olive Sisters, unnumbered page:
text: I decided to try a bite of Bertrand′s friand. I instantly spat it out.
ref: 2007, Charles Firth, American Hoax, page 140:
text: So now, I rearranged the friands, made sure the coffee was hot and tidied the stack of course notes I′d arranged on the welcoming table.
ref: 2011, Lisa Walker, Liar Bird, unnumbered page:
text: Blueberry & lemon friands
If you have never heard of friands, then you are in for a treat. They originate from Australia and are cousins of the French Financiers, the delicious moist egg-white cakes.
ref: 2011, Julia Thomas, Cake Angels: Amazing Gluten, Wheat and Dairy Free Cakes, unnumbered page:
glosses: A type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.
glosses: A sausage roll, eaten in France.
friands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of friand
distinguishers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distinguisher
Ngarrindjeri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ŋəˈrɪndʒəriː/
Forms: form: Ngarrindjeri
form: Narinjari
form: Narrinyeri
Senses: glosses: A member of the Australian Aboriginal group native to the lower Murray River and Coorong area of Australia.
Ngarrindjeri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ŋəˈrɪndʒəriː/
Forms: form: Narinjari
form: Narrinyeri
Senses: glosses: A Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language spoken by the Ngarrindjeri people.
Ngarrindjeri
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ŋəˈrɪndʒəriː/
Forms: form: Narinjari
form: Narrinyeri
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Ngarrindjeri people, culture, or language.
Related terms: Yaralde
Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngarrindjeri terms
pain killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pain killers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of painkiller.
pain killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pain killer
DND
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: D&D
form: DnD
form: D'N'D
Senses: qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Abbreviation of Dungeons & Dragons.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Department of National Defence.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Department of National Defense.
DND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D&D
form: DnD
form: D'N'D
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of drag and drop.
DND
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: D&D
form: DnD
form: D'N'D
Senses: glosses: Initialism of do not disturb.
Related terms: topics: military
war
government
politics
word: DOD
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: MOD
accretors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accretor
wyres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wyre
anticommutation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anticommutations
Etymology: From anti- + commutation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The inverse of a commutation
Related terms: anticommutator
anticommute
antihyperon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antihyperons
Etymology: From anti- + hyperon.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The antiparticle of a hyperon
bialgebras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bialgebra
bialgebra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bialgebras
Etymology: From bi- + algebra.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A particular form of vector space that is a compatible form of two algebras.
Derived terms: quasibialgebra
superbialgebra
bidisperse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + disperse.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a colloid in which the disperse phase particles are of two different sizes
Related terms: monodisperse
polydisperse
DART
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DARTs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of disaster assistance response team.
glosses: Disaster animal response team.
glosses: Disaster area response team.
glosses: Abbreviation of disaster assistance and rescue team.
glosses: Disaster response team.
DART
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Dublin Area Rapid Transit.
glosses: Acronym of Dallas Area Rapid Transit.
bimonopole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimonopoles
Etymology: From bi- + monopole.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A composite of two monopoles
blocklength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blocklengths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of block length.
classicality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: classicalities
Etymology: From classical + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being classical
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The degree to which a system or phenomenon may be explained by classical mechanics
Derived terms: nonclassicality
semiclassicality
corotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corotations
Etymology: From co- + rotation.
Senses: glosses: rotation in conjunction with another body
Related terms: corotate
corotational
cosmochronometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmochronometers
Etymology: From cosmo- + chronometer.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any process (such as forms of radioactive decay) that may be used to determine the age of an astronomical object.
blue beret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue berets
form: Blue Beret
Etymology: From the colour of the berets worn by UN peacekeepers.
Senses: examples: text: The blue berets were the United Nations soldiers. When the fighting had at last been quelled, the government of Cyprus had asked the United Nations to send troops to keep the peace.
ref: 1969, Boys' Life, volume 59, →ISSN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: blue helmet
coordinate_terms: Green Beret
glosses: A United Nations peacekeeper.
decohering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəʊˈhɪəɹɪŋ(ɡ)/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of decohere
decohering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkəʊˈhɪəɹɪŋ(ɡ)/
Forms: form: more decohering
form: most decohering
Senses: glosses: That causes, or undergoes decoherence
denaturations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denaturation
eigenmass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenmasses
Etymology: From eigen- + mass.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A mass whose value is that of a corresponding eigenvalue.
eigentime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigentimes
Etymology: From eigen- + time.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A time whose value is that of a corresponding eigenvalue.
extremogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extremograms
Etymology: From extreme + -gram.
Senses: glosses: A correlogram used for plotting rare events
footpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footpoint
footpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footpoints
Etymology: From foot + point.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The region at which tubes of magnetic field lines reach the surface of the photosphere to form coronal loops.
inferencing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inference + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The process of making inferences; inferring
ingoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in + going.
Senses: glosses: going in; entering
ingoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingoings
Etymology: From in + going.
Senses: examples: text: Eftir his ingoing to England, he strypit himselff of his apperell, clothed himselff in ane base servill sute, denyit his name, and became servand to ane gairdner, and laborit in gardenes and yairdis during the haill space of his absence;
ref: 1842, Sir Uvedale Price, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir Uvedale Price, On the Picturesque, page 168:
text: How often, as a child, had Kitty, lying in the grass, watched their outcomings and ingoings!
ref: 1877, Eugenie Marlitt, At the Councillors, Or, A Nameless History, page 191:
glosses: The act of going in; entrance.
glosses: An internal recess of a window.
isotropize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: isotropizes
form: isotropizing
form: isotropized
form: isotropized
Etymology: From isotropic + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make or to become isotropic.
Related terms: isotropization
laplacians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laplacian
laplacian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laplacians
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Laplacian.
Derived terms: antilaplacian
bilaplacian
lightlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lightlike
form: most lightlike
Etymology: From light + -like.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: (of a four-vector) Having a space component whose magnitude is equal to its time component multiplied by the speed of light.
Related terms: spacelike
timelike
lightray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lightrays
form: light ray
Etymology: From light + ray.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A ray of light.
lightrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightray
macrorealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + realism.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The proposed state of large-scale reality in which quantum mechanical superpositions of macroscopically distinct states never occur
Synonyms: macroreality
macroreality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + reality.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: macrorealism
macrorealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrorealist
form: most macrorealist
Etymology: From macro- + realist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to macrorealism
macrorealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrorealists
Etymology: From macro- + realist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of macrorealism
macrorealistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrorealistic
form: most macrorealistic
Etymology: From macro- + realistic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to macrorealism
macrospicule
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macrospicules
Etymology: From macro- + spicule.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large-scale spicule
metalevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metalevels
form: meta-level
Etymology: From meta- + level.
Senses: glosses: The level of discourse that concerns the discourse itself; a level incorporating that same level.
microsystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsystems
Etymology: From micro- + system.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic system, especially a system using microscopic electromechanical components.
glosses: The system of groups and institutions with the most immediate and direct impact on an individual's development.
Related terms: macrosystem
mesosystem
microsystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsystem
nanocolumns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanocolumn
sambals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sambal
nanocolumn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanocolumns
Etymology: From nano- + column.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale column
glosses: A putative nanoscale molecular ensemble within the bounds of a glutamatergic synapse in the brain. The concept stems from the observation using super-resolution imaging that proteins involved in neurotransmitter release in the presynaptic active zone cluster in close trans-cellular alignment with clusters of neurotransmitter receptors in the postsynaptic density. The use of the word "column" thus refers to the extended structure of this protein accumulation, which stretches axially across the synapse from one cell to the next, and also alludes to the important historical concept of the "cortical column" in neuroscience, which summarizes the finding that functionally related neurons are found nearby one another in vertical arrays perpendicular to the cortical surface.
nonaxisymmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + axisymmetric.
Senses: glosses: Not axisymmetric
nondissipative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nondissipative
form: most nondissipative
Etymology: From non- + dissipative.
Senses: glosses: Not dissipative
overdensities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overdensity
irratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of irritable.
photocenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocenters
form: photocentre
Etymology: From photo- + center.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The centre of light production of a dispersed source
picobarns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picobarn
ratable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ratable
form: most ratable
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of rateable
Derived terms: nonratable
ratably
picobarn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picobarns
Etymology: From pico- + barn.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻¹² barns.
polyalanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + alanine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A polypeptide (or section of a protein) containing only alanine residues
prediagnosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prediagnosed
form: most prediagnosed
Etymology: From pre- + diagnosed.
Senses: glosses: diagnosed in advance
predistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predistributions
Etymology: From pre- + distribution.
Senses: glosses: A distribution made in advance.
predistribution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + distribution.
Senses: glosses: Before a distribution.
antepenultimates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antepenultimate
procyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + cyclic.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: That generates a cycle
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: That generates or sustains a life cycle
Related terms: metacyclic
procyclical
procyclic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procyclics
Etymology: From pro- + cyclic.
Senses: glosses: A form of a trypanosome (at the beginning of its life cycle) that lives in the midgut of its host
pib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pibs
Senses: glosses: Synonym of pibgorn.
synonyms: word: pibgorn
pibs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pib
profinite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pro-finite
Etymology: From pro- + finite.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Describing certain topological groups formed from finite groups
Derived terms: profinite group
protocluster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protoclusters
form: proto-cluster
Etymology: From proto- + cluster.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of galaxies that are beginning to form a cluster
quarkyonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of quark + baryonic
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing elements of quantum chromodynamics that have characteristics both of quarks and of baryons.
braaiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of braai
chakalaka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A spicy African vegetable relish traditionally served with bread, pap, samp, stews, and curries.
Malagasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malagasy