cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antimilitant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimilitants
Etymology: From anti- + militant.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes militants.
chairmanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chairmanlike
form: most chairmanlike
Etymology: From chairman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Agents at both companies have been eager to hear details of a governance plan that many believe would put Mr. Wiatt in a chairmanlike position, leaving Mr. Emanuel, perhaps still without a title, with operating control of a company that presumably would have far fewer than the 1,000 or so employees currently working for the two combined.
ref: 2009 March 11, Brooks Barnes, “William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a chairman.
grayhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grayheads
form: greyhead
Etymology: From gray + head.
Senses: examples: text: What is most troublesome to me is that our residents — no matter how much we grayheads or graybeards model the approach to history-taking from parents — learn that the checklist on the computer screen is the thing to look at, and not the living person describing their child and her problems.
ref: 2009 March 11, “Doctor-Patient-Computer Relationships”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person with gray hair; an elderly person.
Synonyms: greybeard
hoarhead
old person
grayheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grayhead
grayhounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grayhound
superautomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + automatic.
Senses: examples: text: The deluxe superautomatic coffee makers can grind the beans, select the quantity of milk and discard the spent coffee grounds, all at the touch of a button.
ref: 2009 March 11, James Kanter, “European Officials Will Monitor Quality of the Espresso for Their Staffs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having automatic features to grind the coffee, tamp it, and extract the espresso shot.
raw_tags: of a coffee machine
dhurrie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dhurries
form: dhurri
form: dhurry
form: durry
Etymology: From Hindi दरी (darī).
Senses: examples: text: The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almeira; the red stains on the durry were thicker, for Mohammed Latif had slept here during his imprisonment and spat a good deal […].
ref: 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin, published 2005, page 262:
text: They were hospitable and loved company We sat on a dhurrie under the open sky.
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 359:
text: Ms. Unger saw potential in objects that were stylish but in need of cleaning, so she took Ms. Rich’s cotton dhurrie home for a wash and spent half an hour scrubbing a flea market coffee table with Murphy Oil Soap.
ref: 2009 March 12, Julie Scelfo, “The $300 Makeover: West Village Studio”, in New York Times:
glosses: A thick, flat-woven cotton Indian rug or carpet.
dhurries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dhurrie
glosses: plural of dhurry
midbass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + bass.
Senses: examples: text: Vizio’s compact speaker combo features four three-inch high-efficiency midbass drivers and two three-quarter-inch high-performance tweeters.
ref: 2009 March 12, Azadeh Ensha, “A Diminutive Sound System Provides Big Sound in Small Spaces”, in New York Times:
glosses: The midrange of bass frequencies.
blastulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastula
blastulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blastula
stereoblastula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stereoblastulas
form: stereoblastulae
Etymology: From stereo- + blastula.
Senses: examples: text: Eggs can either be very yolky and produce stereoblastulae or have little to no yolk and produce coeloblastulae.
ref: 2008, Tracey Irene Smart, Reproductive and Larval Biology of the Northeastern Pacific Polychaete Owenia collaris (Family Oweniidae) in Coos Bay, OR (page 8)
glosses: A blastula without a clear central cavity.
stereoblastulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stereoblastula
stereoblastulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stereoblastula
reborne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of rebear
semiprofessionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiprofessional
stonewash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stone + wash.
Senses: glosses: A stonewashed effect on clothing.
stonewash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stonewashes
form: stonewashing
form: stonewashed
form: stonewashed
Etymology: From stone + wash.
Senses: glosses: To impart a stonewashed effect to (clothing).
optionlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more optionlike
form: most optionlike
Etymology: From option + -like.
Senses: examples: text: “Cheap volatile assets with a huge upside are precisely the kinds of optionlike investments that clever zombie managers are energetically looking for,” he said.
ref: 2009 March 13, Floyd Norris, “The Problem? Bankers Point to the Rules”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an option.
perspectively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From perspective + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Once into the 1990s, thinly drawn egg- and pill-shaped ovals appear everywhere, leaning together, like Modigliani heads or plates seen perspectively in a cupboard.
ref: 2009 March 13, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: By means of perspective; in perspective.
rationings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rationing
thousandaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thousandaire
umpirical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more umpirical
form: most umpirical
Etymology: From umpire + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: Cameras may have deprived officials of what amounts to umpirical judgment.
ref: 2009 March 13, Scott Simon, “Baseball Law and Those Who Uphold It”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an umpire.
too rich for one's blood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: rich for one's blood
Senses: examples: text: "I don't care to rob you of this bread. Aunt Jane. It's too rich for my blood. . . . I'd rather take my supper at the cheapest restaurant on the Bowery."
ref: 1899, Horatio Alger, chapter 8, in Mark Mason's Victory:
text: "That's right, fellows," roared Lovell from his commanding position, as he jingled a handful of gold coins, ". . . and remember that nothing's too rich for our blood to-day."
ref: 1903, Andy Adams, chapter 24, in The Log of a Cowboy:
text: "Smoke! Me? I'll give you a hoss right now for a cigar. I git one onct a year, mebbe."
"Here's a box I've been packin' for long," replied Wade, as he handed it up to Billings. "They're Spanish, all right. Too rich for my blood!"
ref: 1921, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in The Mysterious Rider:
text: It was not just Oklahoma's subsidies that persuaded Seaboard to relocate. The Albert Lea work force was unionized; wages had risen to $19,100 a year—still $3,100 below their level in 1983, but too rich for Seaboard's blood.
ref: 2001 June 24, Donald L. Barlett, James B. Steele, “The Empire Of The Pigs”, in Time:
glosses: Too expensive or fancy to suit one's taste or preferences.
crewnecked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crewneck + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Usually I wore white crewnecked jumpers, because they were easy. I had a collection of them, but one seemed particularly lucky and I'd put it on that morning.
ref: 1999, Jenny Pitman, Jenny Pitman: The Autobiography, page 210:
glosses: Having a crewneck.
rich for one's blood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of too rich for one's blood.
hegemonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hegemonistic
form: most hegemonistic
Etymology: From hegemony + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: Western observers — including many in London, where Gergiev is the principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra — condemned Russia’s invasion of Georgia as a return to the hegemonistic ambitions of the Soviet Union.
ref: 2009 March 15, Arthur Lubow, “The Loyalist”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to hegemonism.
Herkimer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɚkɪmɚ/
Etymology: (surname): Possibly a corruption of Herchheimer.
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A town in Herkimer County, New York, United States.
glosses: A village, the county seat of Herkimer County, New York, United States, located within the town of the same name.
Derived terms: herkie
Herkimer County
Herkimer Jerkimer
can't seem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't seem
form: couldn't seem
Senses: examples: text: I can't seem to lift the box alone. Would you give me a hand, please?
glosses: Seem to be unable; seem not to be able.
examples: You can't seem bored when you're at a job interview. If you are bored, hide it!
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see can't, seem.
couldn't seem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can't seem
hypergentrification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + gentrification.
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, with hypergentrification, how many or us would be priced out of the neighborhood?
ref: 1995, Mark Cramer, Funky Towns USA:
text: Brooklyn accumulated its hipness, he says, by avoiding the “gauche” sort of hypergentrification that overwhelmed SoHo — perhaps because it had so much further to come.
ref: 2009 March 15, Wm. Ferguson, “Where Is the New Brooklyn?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extreme, excessive gentrification.
muffinlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muffinlike
form: most muffinlike
Etymology: From muffin + -like.
Senses: examples: text: While the mixture is very similar to crepe batter, when you confine it to deep, narrow, muffinlike molds, the surface of the batter sets and the air is trapped, so that the pastry has nowhere to go but up and out, creating a gravity-defying bubble.
ref: 2009 March 15, Amanda Hesser, “1966: Maida Heatter’s Popovers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a muffin.
multioperation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + operation.
Senses: examples: text: Thomas Donnelly, a defense policy expert with the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he believed that the Obama administration would be seeking to come up with “a multiwar, multioperation, multifront, walk-and-chew-gum construct.”
ref: 2009 March 15, Thom Shanker, “Pentagon Rethinking Old Doctrine on 2 Wars”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one operation (in various senses).
multioperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multioperations
Etymology: From multi- + operation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A mapping f:Xⁿ→𝒫(X) for some n∈ℕ₀.
nonrecruiting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + recruiting.
Senses: examples: text: In July, Baylor hired Dwon Clifton to fill its newly created post of director of player development, a nonrecruiting position.
ref: 2009 March 15, Thayer Evans, “Before Tournament Buzz, Less Flattering Talk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not recruiting.
precounseling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precounsel
precounselling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precounsel
precounseled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precounsel
precounselled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precounsel
redemonstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: redemonstrates
form: redemonstrating
form: redemonstrated
form: redemonstrated
Etymology: From re- + demonstrate.
Senses: glosses: To demonstrate again or anew.
Related terms: redemonstration
reascendance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + ascendance.
Senses: examples: text: An article on March 1 about Newt Gingrich and his reascendance in the Republican Party misidentified the building in Washington where the Ways and Means Committee was marking up the Democratic stimulus bill in January and where the writer interviewed Eric Cantor, the Republican whip.
ref: 2009 March 15, “Newt. Again.”, in New York Times:
glosses: A second or subsequent ascendance.
redemonstrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redemonstrate
redemonstrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redemonstrate
redemonstrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redemonstrate
redemanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redemand
redemands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redemand
redemands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redemand
redemanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redemand
bazaarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bazaarlike
form: most bazaarlike
Etymology: From bazaar + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Other textiles can be found on the walls and floor of Joss Graham’s booth, which has a cheerful bazaarlike atmosphere. Mr. Graham has also organized a tented installation of Indian turbans from Rajasthan near the cafe area.
ref: 2009 March 16, Karen Rosenberg, “Asian Arts, From Robes to Porcelains, Have Their Annual Jamboree”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bazaar.
loungey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more loungey
form: most loungey
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of loungy.
rebrick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebricks
form: rebricking
form: rebricked
form: rebricked
Etymology: From re- + brick.
Senses: examples: text: We’re going to fix that, rebrick it.
ref: 2009 March 16, Michael Wilson, “Fire Shuts Totonno’s, Legendary Coney Island Pizzeria”, in New York Times:
glosses: To fit with new bricks.
rebricks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebrick
rebricking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebrick
rebricked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebrick
acroterion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acroterions
form: acroteria
Senses: examples: text: They include an acroterion, or pediment decoration, of a winged sphinx; an Etruscan terra cotta antefix, or roof ornament, similar to one returned by the Getty last year; and terra cotta reliefs of warriors on horseback.
ref: 2009 March 17, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Danish Museum Resists Return of Disputed Artifacts”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of acroterium.
acroterions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acroterion
antefixae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antefixa
antefixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antefix
antispasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + spasticity.
Senses: examples: text: And most neurologists are in the habit of prescribing antispasticity drugs like tizanidine and baclofen, which are oral and inexpensive, but which cause drowsiness and weaken every muscle in the body, not just the target ones.
ref: 2009 March 17, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “After a Stroke, Freeing Muscles With Botox”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2017:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: That prevents or diminishes spasms.
nonbirder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbirders
Etymology: From non- + birder.
Senses: examples: text: Tell a birder that you are trying to break a birdwatching record and their first question will be something like `Where do you plan to get Buff-breasted Button-quail?' Confide to a non-birder and they invariably ask, `How can you prove it?'
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 25:
text: Travel to out-of-the-way places that many nonbirders find unappealing can be especially attractive to those who pack binoculars and field guides in their carry-on luggage.
ref: 2009 March 17, Liz Galst, “On Business, but Checking Out the Local Airborne Fauna”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a birder.
nonbirders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbirder
nonbirding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + birding.
Senses: examples: text: To begin with, bird watchers are often more eager to hit the road than their nonbirding colleagues.
ref: 2009 March 17, Liz Galst, “On Business, but Checking Out the Local Airborne Fauna”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not taking part in birdwatching.
overpour
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpours
form: overpouring
form: overpoured
form: overpoured
Etymology: From over- + pour.
Senses: examples: text: For example, beverages other than water should be served in tall, skinny glasses; studies show that even professional bartenders overpour when the glass is short and wide.
ref: 2009 March 17, Tara Parker-Pope, “Who’s Cooking? (For Health, It Matters)”, in New York Times:
glosses: To pour an excessive amount.
glosses: To pour on top of something else.
overpoured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpour
overpouring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpour
overpours
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpour
scops-owl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scops-owls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scops owl.
scops-owls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scops-owl
overstructured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstructured
form: most overstructured
Etymology: From over- + structured.
Senses: examples: text: “From an acoustical perspective, music is an overstructured language, which the brain invented and which the brain loves to hear.”
ref: 2009 March 17, Natalie Angier, “In One Ear and Out the Other”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessively structured.
graffitilike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more graffitilike
form: most graffitilike
Etymology: From graffiti + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The Boston show, organized by Pedro H. Alonzo, an independent curator, and Emily Brouillet, a former assistant curator at the institute, includes works placed outdoors around Boston, presented here as domesticated tokens of the graffitilike practices for which Mr. Fairey has been arrested on numerous occasions.
ref: 2009 March 18, Ken Johnson, “Can a Rebel Stay a Rebel Without the Claws?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of graffiti.
nonbarking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + barking.
Senses: examples: text: One of those nonbarking dogs, she says, is Moody’s.
ref: 2009 March 18, David Segal, “Buffett Is Unusually Silent on Rating Agencies”, in New York Times:
glosses: That does not bark.
videomaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From video + making.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Auder’s obsessive videomaking prefigures the relentless narcissism of our current self-publishing mania, but there’s artfulness to his seemingly unmediated recording.
ref: 2009 March 18, Nathan Lee, “A Life Videotaping Life Has Become a Movie”, in New York Times:
glosses: The production of video material.
videomaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: videomakers
Etymology: From video + maker.
Senses: examples: text: As part of the Gay and Lesbian Film and Video festival at the ICA, independent videomaker Julie Zando will present several of her works. They range in length from several minutes to half an hour, and have a common thread of considering relationships in light of psychoanalysis and semiotic theory.
ref: 1990 August 18, Laura Pierce, “The Boston Lesbian and Gay Film Festival Continues”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 6, page 10:
glosses: One who produces video material.
videomakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videomaker
deedholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deedholders
Etymology: From deed + holder.
Senses: examples: text: But you could also see it the other way around: Morrissey was the stolid deedholder in the dangerous winds of a snarling rock band and a limited but insanely devoted audience.
ref: 2009 March 19, Ben Ratliff, “A Meticulous Desolation, Tended With Discipline”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who holds a deed.
deedholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deedholder
trichothecenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichothecene
muscley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more muscley
form: most muscley
Etymology: From muscle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: And introducing “Something Is Squeezing My Skull,” the muscley, two-and-a-half-minute whine that will be his next single in England, he seemed almost fatalistic.
ref: 2009 March 19, Ben Ratliff, “A Meticulous Desolation, Tended With Discipline”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of muscly.
nonalarmist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + alarmist.
Senses: examples: text: As he considers the future, Mr. Benezra is remarkably nonalarmist.
ref: 2009 March 19, Hilarie M. Sheets, “Taking a Step-by-Step Approach to Growth”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not alarmist.
rewatering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewater
rewatered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rewater
sharky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sharky
form: most sharky
Etymology: From shark + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He smiled a sharky smile.
ref: 2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, page 137:
text: They wanted to denounce the raids as a cruel misuse of crime-fighting resources — fishing for minnows instead of sharky predators.
ref: 2009 March 19, Lawrence Downes, “Notes From the Immigration Battlefield”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: sharkish
sharklike
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a shark.
examples: text: He said the spot was very popular with surfers but was also known for being a "sharky area".
ref: 2025 January 4, “Surfing community again in mourning after latest shark attack on SA coast”, in ABC News (Australia):
glosses: Indicating possible presence of sharks.
antichange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antichange
form: most antichange
Etymology: From anti- + change.
Senses: examples: text: State officials and ski industry experts say the conservative antichange mentality at Alta was partly forged by the same geography that produces avalanches.
ref: 2009 March 20, Kirk Johnson, “Stopping Avalanches Without the Big Guns”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing change.
counterbeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterbeats
Etymology: From counter- + beat.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time there’s a counterbeat of tension.
ref: 2009 March 20, Holland Cotter, “Cutting Modernism’s Big Cube Down to Size”, in New York Times:
glosses: A beat that runs counter to another.
counterbeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterbeat
multipaneled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multipanelled
Etymology: From multi- + paneled.
Senses: examples: text: These two strands of 15th- and 16th-century art — Italian Renaissance and Netherlandish painting — intertwine in a stunning, multipaneled altarpiece depicting the Last Supper.
ref: 2009 March 20, Karen Rosenberg, “Tale of Return, Vividly Illustrated”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having more than one panel.
multipanelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + panelled.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of multipaneled.
remediator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: remediators
Etymology: From remediate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: “Separation of the baseboards, where they join in the corner or spread apart — that’s an indication,” said Michael A. Pugliese, a mold remediator and the author of “The Home Owner’s Guide to Mold” (RSMeans).
ref: 2009 March 20, Billie Cohen, “Repelling the Dark Invader: Mold”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who remediates.
remediators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remediator
skronk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skronks
form: skronking
form: skronked
form: skronked
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: THE PRODIGY (Thursday) This British electronic trio — beloved for its skronking, industrial sound — achieved a burst of mainstream notoriety in 1997 when it released the caustic (and controversial) single “Smack My Bitch Up.”
ref: 2009 March 20, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
text: Structured around a sludgy riff, it skronks along noisily until about the two-minute mark, when the band veers left with a sudden acoustic interlude.
ref: 2007 October 15, Mark Pytlik, “Radiohead: In Rainbows”, in Pitchfork Media:
glosses: To produce a raw and discordant sound with electric guitars.
skronk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skronks
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: glosses: A raw, discordant sound produced with electric guitars.
Related terms: skronky
skronked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skronk
skronking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skronk
overanesthetize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overanesthetizes
form: overanesthetizing
form: overanesthetized
form: overanesthetized
form: overanaesthetize
Etymology: From over- + anesthetize.
Senses: examples: text: While undergoing a tonsillectomy, young Lionel — called Leibel or Leibele by his family — was badly overanesthetized.
ref: 2009 March 21, William Grimes, “Lionel Ziprin, Mystic of the Lower East Side, Dies at 84”, in New York Times:
glosses: To give too much anesthetic to.
overanesthetizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overanesthetize
overanesthetized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overanesthetize
bicrossproducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicrossproduct
specific epithets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of specific epithet
wamus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /wɑːmʊs/
Forms: form: wamuses
form: wammus
Senses: glosses: A warm knitted jacket from the southwestern United States.
glosses: A ceremonial tunic among the Lakota people.
bathysiderodromophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæθɪˈsɪdəɹəʊˌdɹəʊməˌfəʊbɪə/
Etymology: bathy- + sidero- + dromo- + -phobia
Senses: examples: text: Bradley's bathysiderodromophobia prevents her from travelling easily.
text: Bathysiderodromophobia! What did I tell you! said an onlooker. Anselm looked up, his eyes narrowed. —And what's that in your pocket?
ref: 1955, William Gaddis, The Recognitions: A novel, page 618:
glosses: The irrational fear of subways and the underground in general.
ontake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ontakes
form: ontaking
form: ontook
form: ontaken
Etymology: From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).
Senses: examples: text: In 1413 he entered into a bond of manrent at Dundee, with the earl of Crawford, that he, the said Sir Patrick," is becumyn man of special retinue till the said earl, for the term of his life, nane ontaken but amitie and allegiance till our lord the king, [...]
ref: 1862, William Anderson, The Scottish nation:
glosses: To take on; undertake; assume.
glosses: To undertake a debt.
ontake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontakes
Etymology: From Middle English ontaken, equivalent to on- + take. Compare Old English onniman (“to receive, take”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] as only about 4 per cent of library ontake would be affected.
ref: 1975, The Australian library journal, volume 24:
text: In very faulted seam zones unduly high power ontakes of the plough drives showed that the set values were already too high.
ref: 1982, Glückauf: Volume 118, Issues 19-24
text: Ontake of existing data This is a step that can easily be underestimated both in its complexity and in the resources required.
ref: 1988, R. P. Whittington, Database systems engineering:
text: Reevaluate your “ontake” factors. In addition to intake, you may also need to address factors related to what I call “ontake.”
ref: 2006, Don Nava, Fit after 40: 3 keys to looking good and feeling great - Page 74:
glosses: A taking on; that which is taken on; acquisition.
Derived terms: ontake debt
spaz attack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaz attacks
Senses: glosses: A sudden burst of excitement or nervousness.
hird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hirds
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian hird, from Old Norse hirð, a borrowing from Old English hīred, hēored (“family, household”), from Proto-West Germanic *hīwarād (“relationship; family”), equivalent to hewe + rede. Cognate with German Heirat (“wedding”).
Senses: glosses: In Norwegian history, an informal retinue of personal armed companions, hirdmen or housecarls.
glosses: The formal royal court household.
Derived terms: hirdman
hirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hird
hirdman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hirdmen
Etymology: Calque of Norwegian hirdmann; equivalent to hird + -man.
Senses: glosses: A member of a Norwegian hird, or royal household.
hirdmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hirdman
humanify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humanifies
form: humanifying
form: humanified
form: humanified
Etymology: human + -ify
Senses: glosses: To give humanity to; to make human or relatable.
Derived terms: humanification
humanifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humanify
humanifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humanify
humanified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humanify
relateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more relateable
form: most relateable
Senses: examples: text: So while Ralph generally seems to inhabit a different, more glorious and joyful universe than everyone else here his yearning and heartbreak are eminently relateable. Ralph sometimes appears to be a magically demented sprite who has assumed the form of a boy, but he’s never been more poignantly, nakedly, movingly human than he is here.
ref: 2012 August 5, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “I Love Lisa” (season 4, episode 15; originally aired 02/11/1993)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Alternative spelling of relatable.
relatably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more relatably
form: most relatably
Etymology: From relatable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a relatable manner.
foraneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Only used in foraneous vicar: translator's error for vicar forane
ayelp
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈjɛlp/
rhymes: -ɛlp
Forms: form: more ayelp
form: most ayelp
Etymology: From a- + yelp.
Senses: examples: text: What with preachers all ayelp,
Grinding chaff into barren grists,
There's no spare time left for help
With the Four Evangelists.
ref: 1910, Daniel Henry Holmes, Under a Fool's Cap: Songs, page 62:
glosses: yelping.
ayield
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ayields
form: ayielding
form: ayielded
form: ayold
form: ayielded
form: ayold
form: ayolden
Etymology: From Middle English aȝelden, from Old English āġieldan (“to pay, repay, render, compensate, yield, restore, reward, requite, offer oneself, offer up (as a sacrifice), perform (an office), permit, allow, pay back, punish”), equivalent to a- + yield.
Senses: glosses: To yield up.
supply depots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supply depot
police cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of police car
knuckle draggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knuckle dragger
magnesio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to magnesium.
spiro compounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spiro compound
external stimuli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of external stimulus
sigmoidoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sigmoidoscope
snogfests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snogfest
islands of stability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of island of stability
snittier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of snitty: more snitty
snittiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of snitty: most snitty
hysterotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hysterotomy
TCAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of TCA
acidogenicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidogenicity
MEC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MECs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of multifluidic evolutionary component.
glosses: Initialism of microbial electrolysis cell.
Derived terms: macroMEC
microMEC
hieroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hiero- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: hieromancy
Euro wasps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Euro wasp
cyclopentenyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopentenyl
Well
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Most, if not all, of the placenames are derived from the noun well.
Senses: glosses: A small village in Long Sutton parish, Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU7646).
glosses: A small village and civil parish in East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF4473).
glosses: A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Hambleton district (OS grid ref SE2681).
glosses: A village in Maasdriel municipality, Gelderland province, Netherlands.
glosses: A village in Bergen municipality, Limburg province, Netherlands.
Jack Tars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jack Tar
dumbfuckery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dumbfuck + -ery.
Senses: glosses: Stupidity.
rehoboams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehoboam
aniline green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aniline greens
Senses: glosses: malachite green
delta irons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of delta iron
thrutches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrutch
thrutches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of thrutch
occupational hazards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of occupational hazard
Rank
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: J. Arthur Rank
Wee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wees
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 黃／黄 (Ûiⁿ), etc.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
staffs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of staff up
staffing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of staff up
staffed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of staff up
daiker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: daikers
form: daikering
form: daikered
form: daikered
Senses: glosses: To deck out; to adorn.
wame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wames
form: weamb
Etymology: Northern form of womb, from Old English wamb.
Senses: examples: text: everybody knows what they are, the Gourdon fishers, they'd wring silver out of a corpse's wame and call stinking haddocks perfume fishes and sell them at a shilling a pair.
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 26:
glosses: The belly.
glosses: The womb.
leally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more leally
form: most leally
Etymology: From leal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Loyally.
copsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of copse
shud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuds
Etymology: From the Late Middle English schudde.
Senses: qualifier: obsolete outside West Country
glosses: A shed.
shud
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See should.
Senses: glosses: nonstandard or archaic spelling of should
yoong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: yoonger
form: yoongest
Senses: glosses: archaic, chiefly Scottish spelling of young
riming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rīʹmĭng
ipa: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
Senses: glosses: That covers with rime or (loosely) hoar frost.
riming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rīʹmĭng
ipa: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
Senses: glosses: gerund of rime: the process of covering with rime or hoar frost.
riming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: rīʹmĭng
ipa: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Etymology: From rime (“to cover (something) with rime or (loosely) hoar frost”) + -ing (suffix forming present participial adjectives and verbs, and nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rime
riming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: rīʹmĭng
ipa: /ˈɹaɪmɪŋ/
rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ
Etymology: From rime (“to dye (wool or yarn) reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs”) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting an action or the embodiment of an action).
Senses: glosses: gerund of rime: the action or process of dyeing wool or yarn reddish-brown by boiling or soaking in water with alder twigs.
Schell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: German surname, from the adjective Schelle (“jingle bell”). Compare Shell.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
hyer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of higher.
hyer
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of here.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of higher.
hyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of here.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of higher.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of hire.
hyer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of hire.
Medea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪˈdiːə/
ipa: /məˈdiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μήδεια (Mḗdeia).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An enchantress who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece.
Derived terms: Medea hypothesis
Medean
foretalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fore- + talk.
Senses: examples: text: But before reading the poems, we look at the preface — it is rude to skip the preface, the little, private, confidential foretalk the author wishes to have with the reader […]
ref: 1872, Mary T. Tardy, The living female writers of the South:
glosses: A foreword; preface.
examples: text: He goes on, "The most feminine error during the period of foretalk is to subject her partner to withering cross-examination."
ref: 1970, Medical aspects of human sexuality:
text: In determining whether the male is ready for conversation, the woman should not hesitate to employ the delicate techniques of foretalk.
ref: 1976, Bryan Holme, The Journal of the century, Viking Press:
glosses: Small talk used prior to more meaningful conversation.
Synonyms: alt: foreword
word: foretale
word: foreword
sense: small talk
word: pleasantries
meedful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meedful
form: most meedful
Etymology: Calque of Middle English medeful; equivalent to meed + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: "On that day that S. Louis was buried," we there read, "a woman of the diocese of Sens recovered her sight, which she had lost and saw nothing, by the merits and prayers of the said debonair and meedful king.
ref: 1909, Edward Verrall Lucas, A wanderer in Paris:
text: I say not that the naked thinking of these two thoughts is so meedful; but that reverent affection, to the which bringing in these two thoughts are sovereign means on man's party, that is it that is so meedful as I say.
ref: 1910, Henry Pepwell, Edmund Garratt Gardner, The cell of self-knowledge:
text: By some truly it is doubted which life is more meedful and better; contemplative or active.
ref: 1914, Richard Misyn (translator), The Fire of Love (originally by Richard Rolle)
glosses: Worthy of meed or reward; deserving; meritorious.
betold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of betell
betells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of betell
betelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of betell
simoniacally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more simoniacally
form: most simoniacally
Etymology: From simoniacal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In the manner of a simoniac
siphonapterology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsaɪfənæptəˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌsaɪfənæptəˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/
Etymology: Siphonaptera + -ology
Senses: examples: text: His collections, writings and enthusiasm gave a decided impetus to twentieth-century siphonapterology and the world flea fauna is currently being covered in a superb monographic series of volumes based on his material.
ref: 1984, J. S. Fairley, An Irish Beast Book: A Natural History of Ireland's Furred Wildlife:
glosses: The scientific study of fleas and other insects of the order Siphonaptera.
Related terms: siphonapterologist
siphonapteran
skippy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: skippier
form: skippiest
Etymology: From skip + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Ronaldo had the best moves, skippy little stutter-steps that allowed him to get around defenders time and again.
ref: 2008 May 22, George Vecsey, “The Rain and the Minutes Pelt Down”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characterized by skipping movements.
examples: text: Later, the second verse sees him dip into rapid, skippy rap flows that underline a sturdy grounding in grime and hip-hop (and reflect a clear desire for fresh technical challenges).
ref: 2025 July 3, Fred Garratt-Stanley, “Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery”, in NME:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having an upbeat rhythm, suitable to skip to.
Related terms: damn skippy
yippee skippy
una corda pedal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: una corda pedals
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The soft pedal.
puppy dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppy dogs
form: puppy-dog
form: puppydog
Senses: glosses: A puppy; a young dog.
forewarned, forearmed
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forewarned is forearmed.
pub crawler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pub crawlers
form: pub-crawler
Senses: glosses: Someone who participates in a pub crawl
enthraller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enthrallers
Etymology: From enthral + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who enthrals.
A person who bewitches or captivates.
glosses: A person who enthrals.
A person who enslaves or subjugates.
mosquitoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mosquitoed
form: most mosquitoed
Etymology: From mosquito + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: We left our mosquitoed couches, and reached Cammuccia, with its Tuscan custom-house, ad 6:30.
ref: 1830, Captain Charles Colville Frankland, Travels to and from Constantinople in 1827 and 1828, volume II, page 256:
glosses: Swarming with mosquitoes.
Synonyms: mosquitoey
mosquitoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mosquito (verb).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of mosquito
mosquitoey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [məˈskiɾoʊi]
Forms: form: more mosquitoey
form: most mosquitoey
Etymology: From mosquito + -ey.
Senses: glosses: Swarming with mosquitoes.
Synonyms: mosquitoed
midgey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɪdʒi
Forms: form: more midgey
form: most midgey
Etymology: From midge + -y (adjectival suffix).
Senses: glosses: Swarming with midges.
midgey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɪdʒi
Forms: form: midgeys
form: midgie
form: midgy
Etymology: From midge + -y (diminutive suffix).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
synonyms: word: midge
extra: small biting fly
licey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more licey
form: most licey
Etymology: From lice + -y.
Senses: synonyms: lousy
glosses: Containing or infested with lice (the insect).
anty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.tɪ/
ipa: /ˈæn.ti/
rhymes: -ænti
homophone: anti-
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Forms: form: more anty
form: most anty
Etymology: From ant + -y.
Senses: glosses: Covered with ants.
glosses: Antlike.
ranty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: rantier
form: rantiest
Etymology: From rant + -y.
Senses: examples: text: a ranty manifesto
text: to be ranty about misogyny
qualifier: speech etc.
glosses: Characterised by ranting.
raw_tags: of a writing
ranty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of randy.