cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
radiosensitization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosensitizations
Etymology: From radio- + sensitization.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: treatment of a tumour with radiant heat in order to make it more susceptible to radiation treatment
transocean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: trans-ocean
Etymology: From trans- + ocean.
Senses: glosses: That crosses an ocean
girldom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From girl + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: […] I embodied the sugar-and-spice nursery-rhyme image of girldom. I had the long golden Heidi braids, a toy chest overflowing with Mattel paraphernalia […]
ref: 2000, Noelle Howey, Ellen Jean Samuels, Out of the Ordinary:
glosses: The condition of being a girl; girlhood.
examples: text: If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man.
ref: 1871, Thomas Meehan, editor, Gardener's monthly and horticulturist:
glosses: The world or sphere of girls.
radiosensitisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiosensitisations
Etymology: From radio- + sensitisation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of radiosensitization.
tricobalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tri- + cobalt.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Three cobalt atoms in a molecule
Cali roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cali rolls
Senses: glosses: A California roll (type of sushi).
Cali rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cali roll
unforgiven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not forgiven.
unforgiven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Those who cannot be forgiven.
unforgiven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unforgive
ungifted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gifted.
Senses: glosses: Not gifted; lacking special talent.
glosses: Not having received a gift.
unlucrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlucrative
form: most unlucrative
Etymology: From un- + lucrative.
Senses: examples: text: Julia’s husband, Gitanas, is paying me to produce a profit-making website. It’s actually a lot of fun and not unlucrative.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
glosses: Not lucrative.
bronchially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From bronchial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a bronchial way.
Derived terms: endobronchially
intrabronchially
peribronchially
transbronchially
grieffully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grieffully
form: most grieffully
Etymology: From griefful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a griefful manner.
dolefulest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of doleful: most doleful
dolefuler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of doleful: more doleful
fudgelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fudgelike
form: most fudgelike
Etymology: From fudge + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Oldest daughter Virginia recalled with pride that her mother’s angel’s food cakes and her fudgelike penuche were special favorites at charity bake sales and raffles for church and schools.
ref: 1997, Ed Cray, “A Certain Amount of Respect”, in Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, part I (The Last Progressive), page 61:
glosses: Resembling fudge (the confection).
greenskeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: greenskeepers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenkeeper.
greenskeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenkeeping.
greenskeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenskeeper
cheesing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːzɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cheese
cyberdeck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberdecks
Etymology: From cyber- + deck, coined by American-Canadian speculative fiction writer William Gibson in 1984 in his novel Neuromancer.
Senses: examples: text: More than twelve hours had passed since the decker had touched the cyberdeck keyboard.
ref: 1991, Robert N Charrette, John Zeleznik, Joel Biske, Find Your Own Truth:
text: ...then the interface that provides the experience — say, a cyberdeck — becomes a quantifiable metric of human experience as well as a commodity.
ref: 2002, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Edging Into the Future:
text: ...people fused either temporarily or permanently with machinery (by brain implants, by jacking in to the cyberdeck, etc.)...
ref: 2003, Karen Haber, Exploring the Matrix:
text: ...a glove with silver metallic weaving and a black cord that was connected to his cyberdeck.
ref: 2003, J R Urie, Assassin's Vendetta:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A piece of equipment that can be temporarily connected to the user's brain as an interface to cyberspace.
cyberdecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberdeck
idolum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idola
Etymology: From Latin īdōlum. Doublet of aidoru, eidolon, and idol and related to idea.
Senses: glosses: An insubstantial image; a spectre or phantom.
glosses: A mental image or idea.
glosses: A misconception or fallacy.
Related terms: eidolon
idol
cyberbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberbooks
Etymology: From cyber- + book.
Senses: examples: text: The reader, the cyberbook, costs, say, $200. The wafers cost pennies. The reader, the human, is thus ever after buying a handful of wafers instead of books […]
ref: 1972, John Wood Campbell, Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact:
text: Bookshelves ran up to the ceiling along two walls, and a third wall had shelves full of video disks and cyberbook chips […]
ref: 2003, Ben Bova, The Rock Rats:
text: Probably the day is not far off when a three-dimensional cyberbook can begin to effectively chart this web of contacts […]
ref: 2005, Michael A Winkelman, Marriage relationships in Tudor political drama:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A digital or electronic equivalent of a book.
cyberbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberbook
Springfieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Springfieldian
form: most Springfieldian
Etymology: From Springfield + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to any of the towns called Springfield.
Springfieldian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Springfieldians
Etymology: From Springfield + -ian.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of any of these towns.
Synonyms: Springfielder
Springfieldite
validatable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From validate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: An electronic chart recorder is a validatable alternative to the older paper/ink/thermal systems that are still widely used today.
glosses: That which can be validated; that stands up to validation.
Springfieldians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Springfieldian
catachrestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catachrestic
form: most catachrestic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταχρηστικός (katakhrēstikós), from κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse of words”).
Senses: synonyms: catachrestical
glosses: Constituting or related to catachresis.
Derived terms: word: catachrestically
brittlely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪt.l̩.(l)i/
Forms: form: more brittlely
form: most brittlely
form: brittly
Etymology: From brittle + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Don’t get upset. They’ll start asking questions and I know you hate people being in your business.’ Ola laughed brittlely as she blew her nose.
ref: 2023, Yomi Adegoke, The List, 4th Estate, page 92:
glosses: In a brittle way.
brittly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more brittly
form: most brittly
Etymology: From brittle + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of brittlely.
catachrestically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more catachrestically
form: most catachrestically
Etymology: From catachrestic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a catachrestic way.
antivirally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From antiviral + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Human interferon is transiently antivirally active in plants, where it was found to protect against TMV infection[…]
ref: 1998, B. B. Biswas, H. K. Das, Plant-Microbe Interactions, page 305:
glosses: In an antiviral way.
romanticisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romanticisations
Etymology: From romantic + -isation.
Senses: examples: text: It gave me more of a Cormac McCarthy vibe than a Westworld one, hinting at the death of the old west, the consequences of America’s rapid industrialisation and the death of a way of life, rather than a straightforward romanticisation of the frontier and its outlaw heroes.
ref: 2018 October 10, Keza MacDonald, “Red Dead Redemption 2: three hours with the most anticipated game of the year”, in The Guardian:
text: Life is finally loose, one could say, liberated from its social constrains and sincere in its necessities, its insistence and its arrogative demands, but McCarthy also reveals the implications of life's liberation and, by the same token, unmasks any misplaced romanticisations regarding its disavowal in the polis:
ref: 2019, Joe Trotta, Zlatan Filipovic, Houman Sadri, Broken Mirrors, page 1995:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of romanticization.
romanticisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanticisation
romanticization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: romanticizations
Etymology: From romantic + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of romanticizing.
examples: text: Historians frowned upon his romanticization of the war.
glosses: The result of such a process; a romantic treatment.
romanticizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of romanticization
heartwhole
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑːthəʊl/
Forms: form: more heartwhole
form: most heartwhole
form: heart-whole
Etymology: From heart + whole.
Senses: examples: text: #*:Nay nay saide sire Tristram / Dynadan / neuer drede the / for I am herte hole / & of this wounde I shal soone be hole by the mercy of god […].
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxxiiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IX:
glosses: Undismayed, not abashed or frightened; healthy.
examples: text: [T]he subject of love being artfully introduced by the widow, who had been directed to sound his inclinations, he rallied the passion with great ease and severity, and made no scruple of declaring himself heart-whole.
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
text: She remained with her comrades till dusk, and participated with a certain zest in the dancing; though, being heart-whole as yet, she enjoyed treading a measure purely for its own sake; little divining when she saw "the soft torments, the bitter sweets, the pleasing pains, and the agreeable distresses" of those girls who had been wooed and won, what she herself was capable of in that kind.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 27:
glosses: Not in love; romantically unattached.
glosses: Wholehearted, sincere.
stirfry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stirfries
form: stirfrys
Senses: examples: text: Max found the door unlocked and the sizzle and aroma of stirfry met his ears and nose.
ref: 2003, Karen Rose, Don’t Tell, Rearsby, Leics.: W F Howes Ltd, published 2010, →ISBN, page 76:
text: On a more international level, there’s a decent choice of your favourite Indian dishes, made in house, such as Prawn Tika and Rogan Josh as well as a range of stirfrys.
ref: 2004, Peter Long, The Hidden Places of England, 4th edition, Aldermaston, Berks.: Travel Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 102:
text: Nori and other seaweeds can be added to stews, soups, stirfrys, rice or beans.
ref: 2008, Robin Wheeler, Food Security for the Faint of Heart: Keeping Your Larder Full in Lean Times, Gabriola Island, B.C.: New Society Publishers, →ISBN, page 126:
text: You’ll find it’s well worth your time to cook an entire turkey every now and then, especially after Thanksgiving and Christmas when the prices drop dramatically. Stuffing is one of our favorite foods, so we love having “fake Thanksgiving” every once in the while. Then we chop up what we don’t eat, throw it in the freezer, and use in soups, stirfrys, casseroles, and tons of other meals.
ref: 2010, Bruce Lubin, Jeanne Bossolina Lubin, Supermarket Saving Secrets (Who Knew?), Hoboken, N.J.: Castle Point Publishing, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Alternative spelling of stir-fry.
stirfry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stirfries
form: stirfrying
form: stirfried
form: stirfried
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of stir-fry.
stirfries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stirfry
stirfries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stirfry
stirfrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stirfry
stirfried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stirfry
strugglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more strugglingly
form: most strugglingly
Etymology: From struggling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a struggling way.
unbrokenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unbrokenly
form: most unbrokenly
Etymology: From unbroken + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: After yet another check, there was once again a "Deltic" demonstration that no A4 would have been able to rival with a 340-ton load, speed being maintained unbrokenly at between 92 and 85 m.p.h. from Little Bytham up to Stoke Summit, where we were exactly 10min ahead of time.
ref: 1963 September, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 187:
glosses: In an unbroken way; continuously.
Synonyms: ceaselessly
incessantly
nonstop
continuously
stragglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stragglingly
form: most stragglingly
Etymology: From straggling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a straggling way.
subgluteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + gluteal.
Senses: examples: subgluteal fat
glosses: Below the surface of the buttocks.
plugboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plugboards
Etymology: From plug + board.
Senses: glosses: An array of jacks or hubs into which patch cords can be inserted in order to complete electrical circuits.
plugboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plugboard
combinatorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑm.bɪ.nəˈtɔɹ.i.ə.li/
Etymology: From combinatorial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a combinatorial way.
factorially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From factorial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The King rushed forward with all his cruel coordinates and mean values, stumbled into a dark forest of roots and logarithms, had to backtrack, then encountered the beast on a field of irrational numbers (F₁) and smote it so grievously that it fell two decimal places and lost an epsilon, but the beast slid around an asymptote and hid in an n-dimensional orthogonal phase space, underwent expansion and came out, fuming factorially, and fell upon the King and hurt him passing sore.
ref: 1974, Stanisław Lem, translated by Michael Kandel, The Cyberiad:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: According to a factorial series or ratio.
deodorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deodorization
deodorisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deodorisation
deep-sixes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deep-six
cookable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkəbəl/
Etymology: From cook + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be cooked; suitable for cooking.
Derived terms: uncookable
cookable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʊkəbəl/
Forms: form: cookables
Etymology: From cook + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In the mean time the range being used for other cookables, the capacity of the range is increased, without increasing the consumer's gas bill.
ref: 1910, Gas Industry, volume 10, page 228:
glosses: Anything suitable for cooking.
uncookable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cookable.
Senses: glosses: Not cookable.
overstretches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overstretch
overstretches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overstretch
seasonalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seasonal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of seasonalizing.
Spinozan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Spinozan
form: most Spinozan
Etymology: From Spinoza + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) or his writings.
Related terms: Spinozism
Spinozist
incomputable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in- + computable.
Senses: examples: text: When ordinary coaching stock is available, the numbers massed into each compartment are simply incomputable from the outside.
ref: 1946 January and February, 'Talisman', “Bückeburg to Aberayron”, in Railway Magazine, page 40:
glosses: Not computable; that cannot be computed, calculated or estimated.
Synonyms: incalculable
Derived terms: incomputably
incomputably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From incomputable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Some numbers are incomputably large.
glosses: To an incomputable degree.
uncomputable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + computable.
Senses: glosses: Not computable; that cannot be computed.
Synonyms: incomputable
incalculable
stand a chance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands a chance
form: standing a chance
form: stood a chance
form: stood a chance
Senses: examples: text: You might as well give up: you don't stand a chance of winning!
glosses: To have a chance.
in with a chance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I doubt I'll ever win the lottery, but as long as I buy a ticket I'm in with a chance.
glosses: Having a chance.
outside chance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outside chances
Senses: examples: text: Then, perhaps, there may be a chance of detecting him; but it's an outside chance.
ref: 1886, Andrew Lang, chapter 7, in The Mark Of Cain:
text: Harry Truman might get a good share of the popular vote, but few people, outside of Harry Truman, gave him even an outside chance of getting the electoral votes necessary for election.
ref: 1948 October 25, "The Nation: The Real Fight," Time (retrieved 29 Jan 2019)
text: Given talent and the right connections, opera composers have at least an outside chance of a premiere performance by a reputable opera company.
ref: 2008 February 23, Bernard Holland, "Music Review: A Visit That Crosses Two Centuries and an Ocean," New York Times (retrieved 29 Jan 2019)
glosses: A small likelihood; a remote possibility.
crash barrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crash barriers
Senses: glosses: A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the carriageway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.
Synonyms: word: guardrail
word: traffic barrier
Related terms: catch fence
two-second rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: A rule of thumb for safe driving by which a driver must maintain a two-second distance from the vehicle in front.
Related terms: five-second rule
harquebuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of harquebus
crash barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crash barrier
bimbette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimbettes
Etymology: From bimbo + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: On the one hand it offers the standard men's magazine fantasy bimbette: always ready, always horny, willing to do anything, and who inexplicably finds the Hustler male simply irresistible.
ref: 1996, Laura Kipnis, Bound and Gagged:
text: Flanked by two beaming bimbettes wearing smiles as big as their boobs and very little else, […]
ref: 2006 September 19, Michael Dibdin, Back to Bologna, →ISBN, →OL, page 31:
text: Mr. Castle, this whole "bad boy charm" thing you've got going might work for bimbettes and celebutantes.
ref: 2009 March 9, “Flowers for Your Grave”, in Castle, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Kate Beckett (Stana Katic):
glosses: A bimbo; a foolish, ditzy woman.
Maldonado
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maldonados
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Maldonado.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
supranationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supranationally
form: most supranationally
Etymology: From supranational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supranational manner.
simmer down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: simmers down
form: simmering down
form: simmered down
form: simmered down
Senses: examples: text: You need to simmer down and stop yelling at me.
text: It took a while for the heated debate to simmer down and for people to start listening to each other.
text: "Silence! Now ye had better go slow, my good fellow. This is two or three times you've tried to get off some of your insolence. Lip won't do here. You've got to simmer down."
ref: 1870, Mark Twain, Goldsmith's Friend Abroad Again, letter 4:
text: The agitation, thus deprived of its chief hope, might very well have been expected to simmer down, to die away slowly.
ref: 1910, Stewart Edward White, chapter 73, in The Rules of the Game:
text: Although the street demonstrations have simmered down, protests have continued in other forms.
ref: 2003 June 30, Nazila Fathi, “British Minister Presses Iran To Allow Nuclear Inspections”, in New York Times, retrieved 09 Apr 2009:
synonyms: calm down
cool off
settle down
relax
unwind
pacify
compose
antonyms: simmer up
glosses: To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
masstige
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of mass + prestige
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A class of products that are affordable for the general consumer but positioned as luxury goods.
slipperwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slipperworts
Etymology: From slipper + wort.
Senses: glosses: Any of various plants of the genus Calceolaria, usually with orange or yellow flowers.
Synonyms: calceolaria
Related terms: english: slipper-shaped
translation: slipper-shaped
word: calceolate
slipperworts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slipperwort
unmusically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmusically
form: most unmusically
Etymology: From unmusical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmusical way.
Synonyms: discordantly
inharmoniously
sandwich boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwich board
sandwich boards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sandwich board
sandwichmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandwichman
surfboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: surfboarders
Etymology: From surfboard + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who surfboards; a surfer.
surfboarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of surfboarder
cybersystem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybersystems
Etymology: From cyber- + system.
Senses: glosses: A system of interlinked computers forming part of cyberspace.
cybersystems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybersystem
faddishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more faddishly
form: most faddishly
Etymology: From faddish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a faddish way.
faddism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faddisms
Etymology: From fad + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Once made Respectable, opposition to Prop. 6 finds us using our energies on a liberal cause, and anyone hesitant to commit himself or herself for structural reasons seems like a sour fart amidst the ballyhoo. We find ourselves once again fighting a reactionary on his terms. Our own Civics Class lectures from our "educations" become maps for actions: rallies, debates, celebrity endorsements, competitive fund-raising, publicity, getting caught up in the enervating faddism of "issues," without ever reaching the substance.
ref: 1978 December 9, Mitzel, “Post-Briggs Blues”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 20, page 5:
glosses: The behaviour of a faddist; following fads.
mollycoddler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollycoddlers
Etymology: From mollycoddle + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who mollycoddles.
mollycoddlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mollycoddler
ordinality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ordinalities
Etymology: From ordinal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being ordinal.
glosses: A number indicating the position of something in a series or order.
ordinalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ordinality
inflection points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inflection point
airbrakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airbrake
yupster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yupsters
Etymology: Blend of yuppie + hipster
Senses: examples: text: ...all those senior citizens in those condos, those conservative Cubans down on Eighth Street, those idealist young yupsters on the beach.
ref: 1993, Carl Hiaasen, Strip Tease:
text: Until a handful of years ago, the Animas River valley, anchored dead center by Durango, remained blissfully undiscovered by ex-urban yupsters...
ref: 1997, David Petersen, The Nearby Faraway:
text: Julio's crowd didn't wear suits, except for occasional adventuresome yupsters looking for something different...
ref: 2000, F Paul Wilson, Legacies:
text: The habits of the rich — whether movie stars, yupsters, or cocaine addicts — they were all grist for his mental mill...
ref: 2003, Linda A Fairstein, Final Jeopardy:
glosses: An affluent follower of trends.
yupsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yupster
celery seeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of celery seed
pantropically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pantropical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pantropical way.
physioball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physioballs
Etymology: From physio + ball.
Senses: glosses: An exercise ball.
physioballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physioball
lathe carrier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lathe carriers
Senses: glosses: A clamp that fixes a workpiece to a lathe
microextrusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microextrusions
form: micro-extrusion
Etymology: From micro- + extrusion.
Senses: glosses: A very small extrusion.
microvoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microvoids
Etymology: From micro- + void.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic void in the crystal structure of a metal
hardwaremen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardwareman
backslashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backslash
backslashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backslash
Grahamites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Grahamite
release candidates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of release candidate
cybercorporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybercorporations
Etymology: From cyber- + corporation.
Senses: examples: text: In a cybercorporation, the workers must be knowledge workers, required to be constantly learning, to be familiar with information sources...
ref: 1998, Higher education in the Philippines:
text: It is the world of the virtual communities, cybercorporations and electronic markets.
ref: 1998, I T M Snellen, Wim B H J van de Donk, Public administration in an information age:
text: Tetzlaff makes the novel and compelling argument that the problem of software piracy for cybercorporations is primarily ideological rather than economic...
ref: 2000, Andrew Herman, Thomas Swiss, The World Wide Web and contemporary cultural theory:
text: These prophets of the cybercorporation are promoting what they call "customer-centric" enterprises.
ref: 2000, Joseph N Pelton, e-Sphere: the rise of the world-wide mind:
text: Her pageboy wig and horn-rim glasses made her look like a hot, brainy girl working for some cybercorporation.
ref: 2005, Tawny Roberts, Private Access:
glosses: A corporation based in or around cyberspace or the Internet.
cybercorporations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybercorporation
grand slams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand slam
bum roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bum rolls
Senses: glosses: A crescent-shaped pad worn under ladies' skirts in the 16th and 17th centuries to accentuate the hips and make the waist appear smaller.
nonhybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hybrid.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, if you, a manufacturer, continue building fleets of nonhybrid gas guzzlers, you are condemning yourself, your employees and shareholders to oblivion.
ref: 2008 May 28, Thomas L. Friedman, “Truth or Consequences”, in New York Times:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Not hybrid.
nonhybrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhybrids
Etymology: From non- + hybrid.
Senses: examples: text: Matthew W. Daus, the Taxi and Limousine commissioner, said his agency was finding fewer problems during regular inspections with hybrids, compared with nonhybrids.
ref: 2008 April 27, Ken Belson, “The Greening of the Yellow Fleet”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any vehicle, animal, etc. that is not a hybrid.
compulsories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compulsory
reflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more reflationary
form: most reflationary
Etymology: From reflation + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: And despite a barrage of green rhetoric, Britain has only committed £1.5bn to sustainability as part of its £25bn reflationary package, less than a third of France, a sixth of Germany and 100 times less than China, according to analysts at HSBC Bank.
ref: 2009 March 28, Terry Macalister, “It should be the environment and the economy, stupid”, in The Guardian:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to reflation.
uncaptured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + captured.
Senses: glosses: Not captured.
uncaptured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + captured.
Senses: glosses: past participle of uncapture
Derived terms: uncapture
unwhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + whipped.
Senses: glosses: Not whipped.
Derived terms: unwhipped of justice
unwhipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unwhip
logoless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From logo + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a logo.
gerroff
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: geroff
Senses: examples: text: Aw, gerroff, gerroff, will you, you're not funny, the pair of you.
ref: 1966, Sean Hignett, A picture to hang on the wall:
glosses: Get off.
Related terms: gerrout
geroff
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gerroff.
cyberscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberscapes
Etymology: From cyber- + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: Several factors are driving this transformation of New York City's cyberscape.
ref: 1997, Margaret E Crahan, Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush, The city and the world: New York's global future:
text: The contributors to this collection take up this challenge in mapping a feminist cyberscape.
ref: 1999, Kristine Blair, Pamela Takayoshi, Feminist cyberscapes:
text: They warn each other about the dangers involved in anonymous chat rooms, and compare their community to the otherwise bleak cyberscape.
ref: 2003, S Elizabeth Bird, The audience in everyday life:
glosses: The virtual landscape of cyberspace; the face of computer networking.
cyberscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberscape
cyberviolence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + violence.
Senses: examples: text: At one end of the spectrum of cyberviolence lies hate speech, which tends to impact upon specific social, political or religious groups.
ref: 2001, David Wall, Crime and the Internet:
text: Cybercrime often involves cyberviolence that puts the personal safety of citizens at risk through, for example, the manipulation of the emotions...
ref: 2001, Eugene McLaughlin, John Muncie, The Sage Dictionary of Criminology:
text: At the core of rape, domestic violence, pedophilia, cyberviolence, and other interactions, one discovers precisely a way of being that is grounded in domination and reduces others simply to objects.
ref: 2003, Eric W Hickey, Encyclopedia of Murder and Violent Crime:
text: ...threats of personal violence, actual acts of cyberviolence (spamming those making the assertions)...
ref: 2005, Janet Staiger, Media reception studies:
glosses: Violence, or its equivalent, carried out in cyberspace or on the Internet.
Hyponyms: cyberrape
cybersuicide
unpatrollable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + patrol + -able.
Senses: glosses: Not patrollable; that cannot be patrolled.
unpatrolled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + patrolled.
Senses: glosses: Not patrolled.
patent trolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patent troll
shitcanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shitcan
shitcanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shitcan
sumptuarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sumptuarily
form: most sumptuarily
Etymology: From sumptuary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sumptuary way.
asocially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more asocially
form: most asocially
Etymology: From asocial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an asocial way.
smokeasy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokeasies
form: smoke-easy
form: smokeeasy
Etymology: Blend of smoke + speakeasy.
Senses: examples: text: My passport was an engraved invitation on expensive parchment paper. Inside a border of fanciful Morrocan ormentation was inscribed in elaborate script the name of the smokeasy: “Au Contraire.”
ref: 1979, Albert Harry Goldman, Grass Roots: Marijuana in America Today, Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: An establishment where patrons are permitted to smoke despite a general ban.
smokeasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smokeasy
cagoules
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cagoule
kagool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kagools
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cagoule.
kagools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kagool
tastevin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtæstəˌvɛn/
/ˌtæstəˈvɛn/
/-væn/
Forms: form: tastevins
Etymology: Borrowed from French tastevin.
Senses: glosses: A small, shallow cup or saucer with a reflective surface, traditionally used by winemakers and sommeliers when judging the maturity and taste of a wine.
tastevins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tastevin
cyberliteracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberliteracies
Etymology: From cyber- + literacy.
Senses: glosses: Computer literacy.
cyberfuture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberfutures
Etymology: From cyber- + future.
Senses: glosses: A projected future based around cyberspace or computer technology.
Related terms: techno-futurism
telefuture
cyberfutures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberfuture
cosmoport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosmoports
Etymology: From cosmo- + port.
Senses: glosses: A spaceport or cosmodrome.
meatily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more meatily
form: most meatily
Etymology: From meaty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The tale is bookended by battles – faces meatily pummelled, bones crunchily broken and throats spurtingly sliced as offstage conflicts are placed centre-screen.
ref: 2015 October 4, Mark Kermode, “Macbeth review – a spittle-flecked Shakespearean war film”, in The Observer:
glosses: In a meaty manner.
soapily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more soapily
form: most soapily
Etymology: From soapy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: On both sides, great precipitous mountains reach down to the sterile shores; and, on the South side, they are relieved by considerable masses of forest, and by many waterfalls, one of which is of large volume, showing like silver ribbons, and sliding soapily down the steep mountains' sides.
ref: 1897, Edmund Francis Burton, Trouting in Norway, page 103:
glosses: In a soapy way.
microforceps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microforceps
Etymology: From micro- + forceps.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A very small forceps.
cyberfriend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberfriends
Etymology: From cyber- + friend.
Senses: glosses: A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
Synonyms: cyberpal
cyberfriends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberfriend
cyberpal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpals
Etymology: From cyber- + pal.
Senses: glosses: A friend with whom one communicates only through the Internet or cyberspace.
Synonyms: cyberfriend
cyberpals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpal
plateless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plate + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a plate or plates.
Derived terms: platelessness
plateless turtle
cyberstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberstores
Etymology: From cyber- + store.
Senses: glosses: A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet.
Synonyms: cybershop
cyberstores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberstore
cybertopia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybertopias
form: cyber-topia
Etymology: From cyber- + -topia.
Senses: glosses: A cyberutopia.
Derived terms: cybertopian
cybertopias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cybertopia
cyberbabble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + babble.
Senses: glosses: Obscure or meaningless talk about cyber topics.
Hypernyms: technobabble
Related terms: cyberjargon
fractalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fractalizes
form: fractalizing
form: fractalized
form: fractalized
Etymology: From fractal + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make fractal.
fractalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fractalize
fractalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fractalize
fractalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fractalize
fractalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fractalizations
Etymology: From fractal + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of fractalizing.
fractalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fractalization
cyberterrorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberterrorists
Etymology: From cyber- + terrorist.
Senses: glosses: A person who carries out cyberterrorism.
cyberterrorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberterrorist
cyberlanguage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + language.
Senses: glosses: The language used on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Related terms: cyberese
cyberlingo
cyberspeak
cybertalk
cybergovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + government.
Senses: examples: text: Cybergovernment in all its wide-ranging potential is now on display in an unlikely venue — a K Street office building in downtown Washington.
ref: 1996, Government Executive:
text: When people lack computers or computer literacy, depositories help them plug into cybergovernment.
ref: 1998, Judith Schiek Robinson, Tapping the Government Grapevine:
text: He has authored many books in the fields of public bureaucracy, democracy, political development, elections, and cybergovernment.
ref: 2000, Wonmo Dong, The two Koreas and the United States:
glosses: Government with a presence on the Internet or in cyberspace.
twistingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more twistingly
form: most twistingly
Etymology: From twisting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a twisting way; with twisting movements or a twisted shape.
cyberdemocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + democracy.
Senses: glosses: Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
cyberchat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberchats
Etymology: From cyber- + chat.
Senses: glosses: Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
cyberchats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberchat
cyberstudies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + studies.
Senses: glosses: A sociological discipline that deals with the Internet and cyberspace.
Synonyms: cybersociology
Hypernyms: cybertheory
Related terms: cyberstudy
cyberspeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + speak.
Senses: glosses: The language used on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Related terms: cyberlanguage
cyberlingo
cybertalk
basilectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From basilectal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a basilectal way.
acrolectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From acrolectal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an acrolectal way.
Negerhollands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Negerhollands.
Senses: glosses: A Dutch-based creole, also incorporating elements of Danish, English, French, Spanish and West African languages, once spoken in what are now the US Virgin Islands.
cyberlife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberlives
Etymology: From cyber- + life.
Senses: glosses: Life in cyberspace or on the Internet, as opposed to real life, often lived through a separate cyberidentity.
cyberflirting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + flirting.
Senses: examples: text: Typical flirting in general, and cyberflirting in particular, offer participants an enjoyable, frivolous form of sexual communication with no serious intent...
ref: 2004, University of Luton, Convergence (journal)
text: Cyberflirting and the development of relationships abound on a daily level in chatrooms and newsgroups.
ref: 2007, Samantha Holland, Remote relationships in a small world:
text: Whitty (2003a, 2004) has argued that engaging in cyberflirting can be very therapeutic for some individuals, especially shy people...
ref: 2008, Azy Barak, Psychological Aspects of Cyberspace:
text: Consider the heartache that could be avoided by thinking twice about the potentially disastrous effects of cyberflirting.
ref: 2008, Jan Silvious, Smart Girls Think Twice:
glosses: Flirting on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Related terms: cyberlove
cyberromance
cyberrelationship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberrelationships
Etymology: From cyber- + relationship.
Senses: glosses: A romantic relationship on the Internet or in cyberspace.
Related terms: cyberflirting
cyberlove
cyberromance
cybersex
cyberrelationships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberrelationship
biscuity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more biscuity
form: most biscuity
form: biscuitty
Etymology: From biscuit + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Mouthfilling and creamy-smooth, it is peachy and slightly spicy, with biscuity, toasty notes in a high-flavoured, moderately complex style, for drinking now or cellaring.
ref: 2012, Michael Cooper, Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2013:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a biscuit.
Derived terms: biscuitiness
grease payment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grease payments
Etymology: See lubrication payment § Etymology.
Senses: examples: text: Critics say there is no distinction between extortion and bribery, and that the distinction between a payoff (illegal) and a "grease" payment made to speed along normal duties (legal under the act) is unclear.
ref: 1981 July 28, Peter Grier, “US curb on overseas bribes: too prim, or simply proper?”, in Christian Science Monitor, retrieved 09 Apr 2009:
text: An important legal distinction is the difference between bribery and “grease payments,” which are paid in these countries not to affect someone’s decision-making but to speed the process of dealing with government.
ref: 2007 October 30, Mike Rast, “Webinar Prepares Local Companies for Cultural Gaps with India, China”, in globalatlanta.com, retrieved 09 Apr 2009:
topics: business
ethics
human-sciences
law
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
Synonyms: baksheesh
grease
grease money
lubrication payment
Related terms: grease someone's palm
grease the wheels
palm oil
trumpetresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trumpetress
lubrication payment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lubrication payments
Etymology: By a metaphor in which facilitating human socioeconomic interaction is portrayed as lubricating machinery (e.g., oiling the gears, greasing the wheels); in this regard, compare also social lubricant.
Senses: examples: text: A lubrication payment is a small payment to low-level business people or government officials to "grease the wheels" of business.
ref: 1995, Mark E. Mendenhall et al., Global Management, →ISBN, page 145:
text: Lubrication payments are made with requests for a person to perform a task faster or more efficiently, whereas subornation is an act of asking officials to neglect their duties or do something illegal.
ref: 2001, Y. H. Wong, Thomas K. Leung, Guanxi: Relationship marketing in a Chinese context, →ISBN, page 105:
topics: business
ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: grease payment
grease money
palm oil
baksheesh
glosses: A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.