cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
youngblood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: youngbloods
Etymology: From young + blood.
Senses: glosses: Someone who constitutes or brings fresh blood, especially a youngster who joins an older team etc.
ministrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ministrates
form: ministrating
form: ministrated
form: ministrated
Senses: glosses: To minister.
Related terms: ministration
monstrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: monstrates
form: monstrating
form: monstrated
form: monstrated
Etymology: First attested in 1609; borrowed from Latin mōnstrātus, perfect passive participle of mōnstrō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The Portrat right, the Type, the Figure true, / And very viue Anatomie of wit: / To monſtrate theſe, the Miſſes we commit.
ref: 1609, Alexander Gardyne, “The Contents and Summe of the Authors his Christian Knight Translated”, in A Garden of Graue and Godlie Flowres: Sonets, Elegies, and Epitaphs. […], Edinburgh: […] Thomas Finlason, →OCLC, signature [F4], verso:
text: [Y]et he ought to punish all idolatrous formes of worship, because the light of nature is sufficient to monstrate the absurdnesse and impiety thereof; […]
ref: 1647, Michael Hudson, “Of the due limitation of the Kings Power”, in The Divine Right of Government: 1. Naturall, and 2. Politique. More Particularly of Monarchie; the Onely Legitimate and Natural Spece of Politique Government. […], [London]: [s.n.], via Early English Books Online 2, →OCLC, book II (Declaring the Divine Right of Monarchie), page 166:
text: To MONSTRATE, [montrer, F[rench] monſtratum, L[atin]] to ſhew.
ref: [1721, N[athan] Bailey, “To MONSTRATE”, in An Universal Etymological English Dictionary: […], London: […] E. Bell, J. Darby, […], →OCLC, column 2:
text: But the very young one / who walks apart / whose wide-lidded eyes monstrate immeasurable fatigue—his greatcoat fits superbly at the waist and its tailored skirts have distinction; […]
ref: 1937, David Jones, “Part 7: The five unmistakable marks”, in In Parenthesis: Seinnyessit e Gledyf ym Penn Mameu, London: Faber & Faber Ltd, published 1955, →OCLC, page 170:
glosses: To show.
Related terms: demonstrate
muster
multiplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiplicate
form: most multiplicate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multiplicātus, perfect passive participle of multiplicō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Senses: examples: text: a multiplicate flower
glosses: Consisting of many, or of more than one; multiple; multifold.
multiplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiplicates
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multiplicātus, perfect passive participle of multiplicō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Senses: glosses: A multiple; a result of multiplication.
multiplicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: multiplicates
form: multiplicating
form: multiplicated
form: multiplicated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin multiplicātus, perfect passive participle of multiplicō, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).
Senses: glosses: To make multiple copies of
Related terms: complex
imply
multiplicatory
multiply
plicate
reply
bokeh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbəʊ.kə/
ipa: /ˈbəʊˌkeɪ/
ipa: /ˈboʊ.kə/
ipa: /ˈboʊˌkeɪ/
Forms: form: bokehs
form: boke
Etymology: From Japanese 暈(ぼ)け (boke, “blur”), the nominalized form of 暈(ぼ)ける (bokeru, “to blur”).
The terminal -h, absent in the romanization boke, is a pronunciation guide so that it is not pronounced as /boʊk/ as it would be under standard English orthography. Contrast karate and karaoke, which have undergone sound changes.
The term has been used since at least 1996, with the spelling bokeh introduced by editor Mike Johnston in the March–April 1997 issue of Photo Techniques magazine, Johnston writing “it is properly pronounced with bo as in bone and ke as in Kenneth, with equal stress on either syllable”.
Senses: examples: text: The quality of the out-of-focus area in a wide-aperture image is called bokeh, originally from the Japanese word boke, pronounced bo-keh, which means fuzzy. In photography, bokeh reflects the shape and number of diaphragm blades in the lens, and that determines, in part, the way that out-of-focus points of light are rendered in the image. Bokeh is also a result of spherical aberration that affects how the light is collected. Although subject to controversy, photographers often judge bokeh as being either good or bad. Good bokeh renders the out-of-focus areas as smooth, uniform, and generally circular shapes with nicely blurred edges. Bad bokeh, on the other hand, renders out-of-focus areas with polygonal shapes, hard edges, and with illumination that creates a brighter area at the outside of the disk shape.
ref: 2010, Charlotte K. Lowrie, “Exploring Canon Lenses and Accessories”, in Canon EOS Rebel T2i/550D Digital Field Guide, Indianapolis, Ind.: Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 186:
text: Shooting with natural light, I used a long lens (200mm) to compress the space and slightly blur the background by photographing at a large open aperture (f/2.5). This resulted in gorgeous bokeh, putting the city into a blur while keeping the couple razor sharp.
ref: 2014, Bob Davis, Dawn Davis, “Blackhawks Fans: The Back Story, Posing, Lighting and Lens Selection, Colleagues”, in We’re Engaged!: Photographing Vibrant and Joyful Portraits of the Happy Couple, Buffalo, N.Y.: Amherst Media, →ISBN, pages 102–103:
text: More expensive lenses usually go down to f/2.8, letting you shoot at faster shutter speeds and get great, creamy bokeh in your background.
ref: 2014, Krista Smith, “What You Need”, in The Right Light: Photographing Children and Families Using Natural Light, Buffalo, N.Y.: Amherst Media, →ISBN, page 13:
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an image projected by a camera lens.
imari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: imaris
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 伊万里 (imari).
Senses: synonyms: imariware
glosses: Japanese porcelain wares (made in the town of Arita and exported from the port of Imari, particularly around the 17th century).
Cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃæŋ/
ipa: /ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /ʃæŋ/
enpr: chǔng
enpr: jǔng
Forms: form: Chengs
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 程 (Chéng).
Senses: examples: text: The philosopher-official Ch’eng Hao (1033-1084), for example, won much esteem from officialdom and the intelligentsia when, as the magistrate of Fu-kou county, he stubbornly refused to implement the pao-chia system which was one of the prized projects of Emperior^([sic – meaning Emperor]) Shen-tsung (r. 1068-1085) and his reformist Prime Minister Wang An-shih (1019-1086).
ref: [1965, Franklin W. Houn, “The Chinese Monarch and Limits on Royal Power”, in Chinese Political Traditions, Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 47:
glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃæŋ/
ipa: /ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /ʃæŋ/
enpr: chǔng
enpr: jǔng
Forms: form: Chengs
form: Zheng
Etymology: From Cantonese 鄭 /郑 (zeng⁶) and the Wade–Giles Chêng⁴ romanization of Mandarin 鄭 /郑 (Zhèng).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
examples: text: A sergeant in the Third Precinct’s criminal investigation division, surnamed Cheng (鄭), had invited seven other officers to the gathering at a restaurant in Keelung’s Nuannuan District (暖暖) on the evening of Friday last week, the bureau said in a statement.
ref: 2023 January 20, “Police reprimanded for attending mob boss birthday party”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2023, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: A Chinese surname from Mandarin.
Cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃæŋ/
ipa: /ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /ʃæŋ/
enpr: chǔng
enpr: jǔng
Forms: form: Chengs
form: Ching
Etymology: From Hokkien 莊 /庄 (Chng).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Cheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃʌŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃɑŋ/
ipa: /t͡ʃæŋ/
ipa: /ʃɛŋ/
ipa: /ʃæŋ/
enpr: chǔng
enpr: jǔng
Etymology: From Mandarin 城 (Chéng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Yangquan, Shanxi, China.
examples: text: The staff from the Cheng District Christian Council (CC) in Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, presented hand warmers, eight treasure congees, and instant noodles on January 28 to pandemic prevention workers in Guanxiang Community Neighborhood Committee, Cheng District CC&TSPM reported.
ref: 2022 February 5, John Wang, “Shanxi, Jiangsu Churches Visit People”, in China Christian Daily, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2022:
glosses: A district of Jincheng, Shanxi, China.
kakiemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɑkiˈeɪmɒn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柿右衛門様式 (Kakiemon yōshiki, literally “Kakiemon style”). Named after Sakaida Kakiemon (1596-1666), who initially developed the technique.
Senses: glosses: Japanese porcelain wares featuring enamel decoration.
wikipedia: Sakaida Kakiemon
GGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of GG
inrō
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inro
Etymology: From Japanese 印籠 (inrō).
Senses: glosses: A small decorative box, hung from the sash of a kimono, for holding small objects.
zōri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zōri
form: zōris
Senses: examples: text: Traditionally zōri were made with a bamboo sole and woven from bamboo or grass. Modern zōri are cork soled with leather, plastic, or cloth.
ref: 1999, Gilles Poitras, The Anime Companion: What’s Japanese in Japanese Animation?, Berkeley, Calif.: Stone Bridge Press, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Stepping into the black and white leather zōris that awaited him under the desk, he hurried from his bedroom.
ref: 2016, J.A. Marx, chapter 14, in Family Lies Deadly Ties, Prism, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of zori.
bentō
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bento.
rallyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rallye
embarcadère
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: embarcadères
form: embarcadere
Etymology: From French embarcadère, from Spanish embarcadero.
Senses: examples: text: When I left next morning the Doctor came with me in the pirogue all the way to the embarcadère at Lambaréné […]
ref: 1975, James Cameron, Point of departure, page 173:
text: From here one reaches the open air when one leaves the embarcadère.
ref: 1981, Stefan Koppelkamm, Glasshouses and wintergardens of the nineteenth century, page 96:
glosses: A pier, a wharf.
embarcadères
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of embarcadère
Ang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Angs
Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 洪 (Âng).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hokkien.
Ong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hokkien 王 (Ông) or 汪 (Ong).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Hokkien.
Ong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Vietnamese Ông, from Chinese 翁.
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Vietnamese.
Ong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Taishanese 鄧 /邓 (ang⁵).
Senses: glosses: A Chinese surname from Taishanese.
Derived terms: sense: unsure which etymology of "Ong" this is derived. Meh...
word: Ongian
Kwok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɔk/
rhymes: -ɔk
Etymology: From Cantonese 郭 (gwok³). Doublet of Guo and Kuo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Cantonese of Chinese origin.
Absolution Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The Tuesday before Easter.
Wong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒŋ/
ipa: /wɔːŋ/
ipa: /wɔŋ/
ipa: /wɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Forms: form: Wongs
Etymology: From Cantonese, from Chinese:
* 王 (wong⁴, “king”). Doublet of Vuong and Wang.
* 黃／黄 (wong⁴, “yellow”). Doublet of Huynh and Huang.
* 汪 (wong¹).
Senses: examples: text: Would Mr. Kim prefer that our biracial protagonists leave Master Wong to die? Is he ignoring the fact they save him with skills the master taught them?
ref: 2021 March 31, Melissa Chen, “Opinion ‘Kung Fu Cavemen’ isn’t racist — just the victim of moral panic by a self-righteous few”, in New York Post:
text: But Hong Kong-based cross-media artist Victor Wong didn’t think the painting — which looks like a blurry oil painting of a man — was anything that revolutionary.
ref: 2025 May 25, Amy Gunia, “This robotic arm is creating traditional Chinese ink paintings”, in CNN:
glosses: A Chinese surname from Cantonese.
Related terms: Huang
Wang
Wong Tai Sin
talk out one's ass
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: talks out one's ass
form: talking out one's ass
form: talked out one's ass
form: talked out one's ass
Senses: glosses: Synonym of talk out of one's ass.
synonyms: word: talk out of one's ass
bonded labours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonded labour
debt bondages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of debt bondage
bonded labors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonded labor
perfect gold standard tests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfect gold standard test
furcation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furcations
Etymology: From furcate + -ion.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of furcating; a forking or branching out.
Derived terms: multifurcation
quadfurcation
Related terms: bifurcation
furcations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of furcation
unbiblically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unbiblically
form: most unbiblically
Etymology: From unbiblical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unbiblical way.
curvaceously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more curvaceously
form: most curvaceously
Etymology: From curvaceous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a curvaceous way.
buxomness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English buxomnesse, boghsomnes, buxumnesse, from Old English bōcsumnes, būhsomnes (“flexibility, pliableness, obedience, buxomness”), equivalent to buxom + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Voluptuousness.
examples: text: Lucifer […] was þe louelokest of siȝt aftir oure lord / Til he brake buxumnesse.
ref: c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section I:
glosses: Obedience.
glosses: Happiness, gaiety.
antitrafficking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + trafficking.
Senses: synonyms: antitraffic
glosses: Serving to counter human trafficking.
raw_tags: of legislation
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: antitraffic
glosses: Serving to counter arms or drug trafficking.
declinist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklaɪnɪst/
Forms: form: declinists
Etymology: From decline + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Rather than accept this, declinists often explained things that did not happen, with explanations that did not work, based on bad history. Thus declinists insist that British R&D has always been low, the City always over-mighty, the country always in the grip of empire, the state under the imaginative control of classicists and historians rather than technocrats, that industry never stood a chance.
ref: 2022 June 12, David Edgerton, “Yes, we’re in a bad way. But to wallow in myths of British ‘declinism’ won’t help us thrive”, in The Guardian:
hypernyms: pessimist
glosses: A subscriber to declinism.
declinist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈklaɪnɪst/
Forms: form: more declinist
form: most declinist
Etymology: From decline + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Against a background of almost paralytic gloom and declinist talk, Vienna tried to take on Napoleon, breifly bhecked him at Aspern-Essling and then went down to absolute defeat at Wagram […].
ref: 2013, Simon Winder, Danubia, Picador, published 2014, page 301:
text: As our first declinist candidate for president, Donald J Trump did at least express something new and true about the nature of our country.
ref: 2016 November 14, Tom Engelhardt, “Through the gates of hell: Trump as America's first declinist president”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Believing in or tending towards declinism.
declinists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of declinist
kibes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kibe
engrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: engrains
form: engraining
form: engrained
form: engrained
Etymology: From the French phrase en grain. See grain (“cochineal dye”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ingrain.
engrains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of engrain
engraining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of engrain
engrained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of engrain
Pollyannaishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Pollyannaishly
form: most Pollyannaishly
Etymology: From Pollyannaish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Albert Casey, head of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), has even suggested (perhaps Pollyannaishly) that as little as $25 billion additional federal resources may be needed to finish the S&L cleanup.
ref: 1993, George G. Kaufman, Robert E. Litan, Assessing bank reform: FDICIA one year later, page 87:
glosses: In a Pollyannaish way; with irrational optimism.
underheat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: underheats
form: underheating
form: underheated
form: underheated
Etymology: From under- + heat.
Senses: examples: text: We shivered in the underheated corridor.
glosses: To heat insufficiently.
underheats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underheat
underheating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underheat
underheated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of underheat
underheated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underheated
form: most underheated
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: underwarm
text: an underheated apartment
glosses: Not heated enough.
raw_tags: of food or buildings
fistlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fistlike
form: most fistlike
Etymology: From fist + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a fist (clenched hand).
midgame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midgames
Etymology: From mid- + game.
Senses: hyponyms: word: middlegame
english: in board games
translation: in board games
glosses: The middle part of a game, between the opening and the endgame.
midgame
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + game.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of a game.
midgame
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + game.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of a game.
midgames
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midgame
maqams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maqam
goalsquare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goalsquares
form: goal square
Etymology: From goal + square.
Senses: qualifier: Australian rules football
glosses: One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.
goalsquares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goalsquare
goal square
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goal squares
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goalsquare.
goal squares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goal square
Nuer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: no͞oʹər
ipa: /ˈnuːə/
enpr: no͞oʹər
ipa: /ˈnuɚ/
Forms: form: Nuer
form: Nuers
form: Nouaer
form: Nouer
form: Nueir
form: Nuér
Etymology: Borrowed from Dinka Nuer; the Nuer name is Naath.
Senses: glosses: Any member of a pastoral confederation of tribes located in South Sudan and western Ethiopia, forming one of the largest ethnic groups of East Africa.
Nuer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: no͞oʹər
ipa: /ˈnuːə/
enpr: no͞oʹər
ipa: /ˈnuɚ/
Forms: form: Nouaer
form: Nouer
form: Nueir
form: Nuér
Etymology: Borrowed from Dinka Nuer; the Nuer name is Naath.
Senses: glosses: The language spoken by these people.
Derived terms: Nuerland
Nuers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nuer
poplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poplike
form: most poplike
Etymology: From pop + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling pop music.
Synonyms: poppy
clickety
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: clickity
Etymology: Imitative, from click.
Senses: glosses: A clicking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
Derived terms: clickety click
Related terms: bumpety
clackety
clackity
clankety
multihour
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-hour
Etymology: From multi- + hour.
Senses: examples: text: It’s just that when I’ve been stripped of my possessions, my dignity and any semblance of personal space and then strapped in for a multihour spell in the world’s most cramped and crappy bar car, the little niceties go a long way toward keeping me – keeping everyone – sane.
ref: 2012 June 13, Kat Kinsman, “That’s how the cookie (and a passenger’s calm) crumbles”, in CNN:
text: In the case of a dramatic runway incursion last year at New York’s John. F. Kennedy International Airport, the pilots took off for the multihour trip to London after nearly hitting another loaded passenger jet.
ref: 2024 January 8, Gregory Wallace, “Cockpit voice recorders only record 2 hours at a time. The NTSB chair wants it to be 25 hours”, in CNN:
glosses: Of two or more hours in duration.
Synonyms: hourslong
Coordinate terms: agelong
ageslong
centurieslong
centurylong
daylong
dayslong
decadelong
decadeslong
hourlong
hourslong
millennialong
millenniumlong
minutelong
minuteslong
monthlong
monthslong
multiday
multidecade
multimonth
multiweek
multiyear
secondlong
secondslong
weeklong
weekslong
yearlong
yearslong
unblanketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + blanketed.
Senses: glosses: Not blanketed; not covered by a blanket.
poppylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more poppylike
form: most poppylike
Etymology: From poppy + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a poppy (flower).
ambivalences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ambivalence
applewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apple + wood.
Senses: examples: text: The buttery speck from La Quercia is aged up to 10 months, about twice as long as most speck, and then cold-smoked with applewood.
ref: 2007 March 11, Oliver Schwaner-Albright, “Race for the Cured”, in New York Times:
glosses: The wood of the apple tree.
ardors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ardor
barfight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)faɪt/
Forms: form: barfights
Etymology: From bar + fight.
Senses: examples: text: Later he will knock the teeth out of a small black boy; abet a grotesquely fat, lizard-skinned “preacher” in the casual abduction, sodomizing and murder of the same child — “abet” him by shooting the child’s father in the throat; soon afterward choke and drown the depraved preacher himself; choke to death an elderly half-wit and then burn his house; lacerate a man’s mouth with broken glass in a barfight, and ogle Becky Thatcher’s braided pigtails from behind.
ref: 2007 March 11, Ron Powers, “Unsivilized”, in New York Times:
glosses: A fight that takes place in a bar.
barfights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barfight
boathook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boathooks
Etymology: From boat + hook.
Senses: examples: text: After that, Hanukkah curled up on the steps of the mosque and withdrew into sleep and his dream of Sarah, of the faint smell of burning sandalwood when she took his head into her lap, a dream from which Amram’s horny toe now dislodged him with all the tenderness of a boathook.
ref: 2007 March 11, Michael Chabon, “Gentlemen of the Road”, in New York Times:
synonyms: setting-pole
gaff
setter
pole-hook
hitcher
glosses: A hook attached to a pole used for pulling or pushing boats, rafts, logs or other objects to or from the side of a boat.
glosses: A pole or rod with such a hook at one end.
boathooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boathook
boubou
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boubous
Etymology: From French boubou, from Wolof mbubb. The bird name is onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: In Bamako’s thriving market, a group of moneychangers in brightly colored boubous, the traditional robes worn here, said that Moussa Magassa, who owns the house in the Bronx where his family and the Soumares lived and who lost five children in the blaze, stopped by once or twice a year on his trips home to Mali and was well known in the community.
ref: 2007 March 11, Michael Kamber, “A continent away, heartbreak over relatives once seen as lucky”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: agbada
glosses: A flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men in much of West Africa, and to a lesser extent in North Africa.
glosses: Any of certain species of birds in the bushshrike genus Laniarius.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Laniarius holomelas
word: Albertine sooty boubou
taxonomic: Laniarius poensis
word: mountain boubou
taxonomic: Laniarius poensis
word: mountain sooty boubou
taxonomic: Laniarius poensis
word: western boubou
Related terms: english: bird in the bushshrike family of the species Nilaus afer
translation: bird in the bushshrike family of the species Nilaus afer
word: brubru
boubous
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boubou
gonolek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gonoleks
Senses: glosses: Any of various passerine birds of the genus Laniarius.
Derived terms: yellow-crowned gonolek
black-headed gonolek
papyrus gonolek
gonoleks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gonolek
pearwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearwoods
form: pear wood
Etymology: From pear + wood.
Senses: examples: text: There were sheets of veneer among Jabez Rintle's reserve materials, carefully preserved between weighted boards, and Peter selected pearwood and mahogany to match the table's inlay.
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 76:
glosses: The wood of the pear tree.
Derived terms: African pearwood
ostleress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ostleresses
Etymology: From ostler + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing was seen or heard further of Durbeyfield in his triumphal chariot under the conduct of the ostleress, and the club having entered the allotted space, dancing began.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 21:
glosses: A female ostler.
ostleresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ostleress
brrm
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: broom
form: brrrm
form: vroom
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: The sound of a car engine.
clubgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From club + going.
Senses: examples: text: (Madonna and Guy Ritchie reportedly spent two hours there discussing the state of African orphans with the prince, who will soon trade his clubgoing for military service in Iraq.)
ref: 2007 March 11, Liza Ghorbani, “A Tiki Bar Fit for a Prince”, in New York Times:
glosses: Attendance at nightclubs.
clubgoing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From club + going.
Senses: glosses: Attending a nightclub or nightclubs.
angiotensinogen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angiotensinogens
Etymology: From angiotensin + -o- + -gen.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A globulin produced by the liver
Derived terms: angiotensinogenase
Related terms: angiotensin
chest voice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
music
phonology
sciences
coordinate_terms: head voice
glosses: A kind of voice of a medium or low pitch and a sonorous quality ascribed to resonance in the chest, or thorax; voice of the thick register. It is produced by vibration of the vocal cords through their entire width and thickness, and with convex surfaces presented to each other.
glamazon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlaməzən/
Forms: form: glamazons
Etymology: Blend of glamorous + amazon.
Senses: examples: text: More handsome than most of his pop-star subjects, the Cambridge-educated Whitehead squired plenty of groovy glamazons: Nico, Nathalie Delon, Niki de Saint Phalle and Dido Goldsmith.
ref: 2007 March 11, Maura Egan, “Still Swinging”, in New York Times:
text: The warmest of welcomes back to undead glamazon Katie Price, who has emerged from a 37-second self-imposed exile to promote her new book.
ref: 2010 November 4, Marina Hyde, The Guardian:
text: At that moment a glamazon of a woman stepped forward, "She can feed from me." Her six-foot-two frame was solidly built but in no way was she masculine.
ref: 2013, Danika Jayde, The Carpe Noctem Chronicles:Of Blood and Magic:
glosses: A tall glamorous woman.
glamazons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glamazon
head voice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: head voices
Senses: topics: entertainment
human-sciences
lifestyle
linguistics
music
phonology
sciences
coordinate_terms: chest voice
glosses: A kind of voice of high pitch and of a thin quality ascribed to resonance in the head; voice of the thin register. In producing it, the vibration of the cords is limited to their thin edges in the upper part, which are then presented to each other.
examples: text: Since God is a personal God and if I were to recite the Pledge of Allegiance (One nation under God) in my living room in my voice or even in my head voice, would I be speaking for you and millions of others? Who would hear me? Am I allowed to speak for others?
ref: 2004 July 24, sensible2me, “One Nation Under God”, in alt.christnet.christianlife (Usenet):
text: If I just had some encouragement other than my head voice....
ref: 2024 December 17, @favbimi, Twitter:
glosses: One's internal monologue.
harlequinesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harlequinesque
form: most harlequinesque
Etymology: From harlequin + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: He was a powerful young fellow, with bewildered hair and beard, wearing his neck open; his blouse was stained with oil-colours in a harlequinesque disorder...
ref: 1916, Richard Ashley Rice, Robert Louis Stevenson: How to Know Him:
text: Sam Archer is the harlequinesque dancer who was trained in musical theater, while Richard Winsor is the taller, heavier-boned dancer who was trained in ballet.
ref: 2007 March 11, Matthew Gurewitsch, “Admire the Footwork, but Mind the Hands”, in New York Times:
glosses: Like or befitting a harlequin; clownish.
voice glide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voice glides
Senses: qualifier: pronunciation
glosses: The brief and obscure neutral vowel sound that sometimes occurs between two consonants in an unaccented syllable (represented by the apostrophe), as in able.
Hypernyms: glide
hitwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitwomen
Etymology: From hit + woman, based on earlier hitman.
Senses: examples: text: On the show, the person who does most of the critiquing is Ms. Southwick, the delightfully acerbic hitwoman who has become the character to watch.
ref: 2007 March 11, Lola Ogunnaike, “At ‘The Agency,’ It Isn’t Pretty”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: contract killer
coordinate_terms: hitman
glosses: The female equivalent of a hitman; a female assassin for hire.
Related terms: hit list
hitwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hitwoman
homoerotica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From homo- + erotica.
Senses: examples: text: Pet Shop Boys are actually the late-'80s equivalent of Soft Cell, a synth-pop duo from England with a penchant for dance beats and homoerotica-infused lyrics.
ref: 1988 December 18, Christopher Wittke, “Why I Loved Marc Almond From The Minute I First Read About Him”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 23, page 11:
text: His most radical legacy is having seduced a heterosexual public with soft-core homoerotica.
ref: 2007 March 11, Horacio Silva, “Muscle Man”, in New York Times:
glosses: Homosexual erotica.
antishock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-shock
Etymology: From anti- + shock.
Senses: glosses: That counteracts or reduces shock, or its effects.
Related terms: shockless
unshocking
antishock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antishocks
form: anti-shock
Etymology: From anti- + shock.
Senses: examples: text: Here the shock is associated with the wavelike property of a system, while the antishock is a consequence of a tendency toward instability.
ref: 1962, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics, Quarterly Progress Report - Volumes 64-65, page 153:
text: Only normal shocks are generated directly from continuous initial conditions. Solutions containing antishocks exist following discontinuous initial conditions such as those used in shock tubes and those that arise from a collision of two normal shocks, ...
ref: 1978, Collective Phenomena - Volume 3, page 10:
text: For unconditioned dynamics antishocks are unstable and dissolve into a rarefaction wave.
ref: 2014, C Bernardin, P Gonçalves, From Particle Systems to Partial Differential Equations, page 114:
glosses: A shock wave that gains energy when fluid flows through the shock front.
examples: text: With the M 4 system, superior antishock is available from one end of the adjustment range to the other because higher or lower setttings are achieved through changes in leverage rather than by increasing or decreasing the pre-load.
ref: 1976 February, Carl Ettlinger, “Bindings Performance Report: The Marker M Line”, in Skiing, volume 28, number 6, page 89:
text: ...with 60-second antishock is its best-seller, taking up more than 70 percent of total output.
ref: 2005, Asian Sources Electronics - Issue 4; Issue 6:
text: We could now skip tracks, get digital sound, batteries lasted longer, and the device was far thinner; skipping, however, remained an issue until antishock was developed.
ref: 2018, Wiemer Snijders, Eat Your Greens, →ISBN, page 288:
glosses: A cushioning system for counteracting shock.
examples: text: We all need some antishock, Doctor.
ref: 2013, Philip Jose Farmer, The Unreasoning Mask, →ISBN:
text: Shortly a drawer emerged, holding three loaded syringes: one containing a counteragent for his anaesthetic, the second a mix of sugars, antishocks, viral and bacterial applications, the third a wide-spectrum stimulant package.
ref: 2014, Neal Asher, The Complete Owner Trilogy, →ISBN:
glosses: A drug that works to counter the effects of physical shock.
hostessing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hostess + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: “Has the art of hostessing gone so far down the tubes that no one knows how to throw a party anymore without all these books?”
ref: 2007 March 11, Abby Ellin, “Books Strew the Path to the Altar”, in New York Times:
glosses: The work of a hostess.
hostessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From hostess + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hostess
keema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kiːmə/
Forms: form: keemas
form: kheema
form: qeema
Etymology: From Urdu قیمہ, from Persian قیمه (qime), from Turkic, perhaps Ottoman Turkish قیمه (kıyma), whence Turkish kıyma. Doublet of gheimeh, an Iranian meat stew.
Senses: examples: text: I picked up a samosa and took a bite. It was to die for. Crispy and warm, with succulent qeema and just the right amount of matar and aloo.
ref: 2023, Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi, The Centre, Picador, page 84:
glosses: Finely chopped mince as used in South Asia cookery, typically lamb with peas or potatoes and spices, sometimes used as a filling in samosas or naan.
qeema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 'Have a little more!' said Sarwari, ladling out qeema on to his plate with a big spoon.
ref: 1994, Rāhī Māsūma Razā, Gillian Wright, The feuding families of village Gangauli:
glosses: Alternative spelling of keema.
mateys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matey
monklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monklike
form: most monklike
Etymology: From monk + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a monk.
Synonyms: monastic
monkish
Derived terms: unmonklike
neurolaw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neuro- + law.
Senses: examples: text: The extent of that revolution is hotly debated, but the influence of what some call neurolaw is clearly growing.
ref: 2007 March 11, Jeffrey Rosen, “The Brain on the Stand”, in New York Times:
glosses: An emerging field of interdisciplinary study that explores the effects of discoveries in neuroscience on legal rules and standards.
nuqta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnʊktə/
Forms: form: nuqtas
Etymology: From Hindustani نقطہ / नुक़्ता (nuqtā), from Classical Persian نُقْطَه (nuqta), from Arabic نُقْطَة (nuqṭa).
Senses: glosses: A diacritic used in the Devanagari, Gurmukhi, and other Indian scripts for sounds not present in the original scripts, including sounds borrowed from Arabic, Persian, and English.
Related terms: ़
overnighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overnighters
Etymology: From overnight + -er.
Senses: examples: text: 1981, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
I was totally unprepared (my "padding," my apartment) for an overnighter, but I invited him.
text: Meanwhile, wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts
ref: 2020 February 25, Christopher de Bellaigue, “The end of farming?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A person who overnights, or stays overnight.
glosses: Something that serves overnight travel, such as a night train.
examples: text: To tackle the narrative challenge of Cave’s extreme isolation (for most of the winter he’s confined to a tiny hut, lacking even the sun for solace), Harding populates his solitude through reveries of his marriage to a Danish woman, whose pregnancy and calamitous labor make his own ordeal look, at least for a while, like an overnighter in the Adirondacks.
ref: 2007 March 11, Steven Heighton, “Survivor”, in New York Times:
glosses: A stay or event that takes place overnight.
overnighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overnighter
pipérade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipérades
form: pepperade
form: piperade
Senses: glosses: A Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper.
wikipedia: pipérade
protectress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtɛktɹɪs/
Forms: form: protectresses
Etymology: From protector + -ess.
Senses: examples: text: But consider, whether in the sacred promise to be not only a protectress, but a mother to this poor child, your purpose may meet the wishes of the noble knight your husband.
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter I, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 25:
text: She left a daughter, who was adopted by Lady Evelyn, to share a like fate with her mother; for when I saw Lucy Aylmer, her protectress was dead, and she had returned to her father's house, with a pale cheek and languid step, which showed how little her heart was there.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 123:
text: Her protectress, at this, was upon her again [...]. For the rest of the conversation she was enclosed in Mrs. Wix's arms [...].
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
text: In Titian’s hands, Diana, protectress of pubescent girls, became a sporty archer in tie-up sandals and bracelets, hair gathered in a loose bun, a silky tunic gaping to reveal one breast, shooting an arrow at her hunky voyeur, who has newly furry ears and a shiny nose, dogs nipping at his crotch.
ref: 2007 March 11, Michael Kimmelman, “The Goal Standard”, in New York Times:
glosses: A female protector.
Synonyms: protectrix
protectresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protectress
pocket protector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pocket protectors
Senses: examples: text: Common numbers like distances would never be expressed in megameters or nanomiles — it would bring us too close to the Dilbertian world of pocket protectors and calculator holsters.
ref: 2009, J. Scott Turner, The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures, page 15:
glosses: A sheath, usually of plastic, designed to fit in a shirt pocket and hold pens and other small implements, preventing them from tearing or staining the shirt.
examples: text: It was a pocket-protector paradise, its culture defined by the HP way: paternal, collaborative, entrepreneurial, community minded and inconspicuous.
ref: 2005, Time:
text: My dad is head of the math department at UCLA. Yes, that is where all the pocket protectors go to meet other pocket protectors.
ref: 2012, Annabel Monaghan, A Girl Named Digit, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 5:
text: The pocket protectors were clearly jubilant. Magic could hear some celebrating in the background of the transmission.
ref: 2024 August 20, M.P. Woodward, Tom Clancy Shadow State, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
glosses: A white-collar technical worker such as a scientist or engineer, especially in military and space applications; a nerd or someone with a nerdy job.
pocket protectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pocket protector
rinkside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rinksides
Etymology: From rink + side.
Senses: glosses: The side of an ice rink, where spectators can sit.
shortfalling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortfallings
Etymology: From short + falling.
Senses: examples: text: “I want to remind you,” Mr. Bush said, “that the I.G. report, which justly made issue of F.B.I. shortfallings, also made it clear that these letters were important to the security of the United States.”
ref: 2007 March 11, The New York Times, “Bush Addresses Misuse of F.B.I. Subpoenas”, in New York Times:
glosses: A falling short; failure to meet an expectation or standard.
shortfallings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortfalling
sneakerheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sneakerhead
sprayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spray + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “Imagine sprayable batteries, conforming to the shape of a device or an appliance,” Professor Chiang said.
ref: 2007 March 11, Jason Pontin, “A New Battery Takes Off in a Race to Electric Cars”, in New York Times:
glosses: That can be sprayed.
sprayable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sprayables
Etymology: From spray + -able.
Senses: glosses: A substance or product that can be sprayed.
tenacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tenacity
unwonderful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unwonderful
form: most unwonderful
Etymology: From un- + wonderful.
Senses: examples: text: Then, there is the sad, unwonderful case of Loew’s Kings in Flatbush, Brooklyn, where Barbra Streisand was once a regular moviegoer.
ref: 2007 March 11, Christopher Gray, “The Kings Is Dead! Long Live the Kings!”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not wonderful; unpleasant or sordid.
weathercasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weathercaster
weathercasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weathercast
weathercaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weathercasters
Senses: examples: text: Some weathercasters were offended, and in January, Fox News’s Steve Doocy remarked, on the air, “Does the Weather Channel suddenly have a political agenda?”
ref: 2007 March 11, David Browne, “The Barometric Pressure Is Just the Beginning”, in New York Times:
glosses: The presenter of a weathercast.
mansionette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛt
Forms: form: mansionettes
Etymology: From mansion + -ette. Doublet of maisonette.
Senses: examples: text: In the smaller plans of a "Mansionette near Wimbledon Park," "Semi-detached Houses," and "The Compact House built near Blackheath," we are not favoured with any scale.
ref: 1860 July 24, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 80:
text: Trading in their battered RV and Louisiana swamplands for a sumptuous pink mansionette with swimming pool, the Malloys pull off their ruse with skill and also childish naïveté.
ref: 2007 March 12, Alessandra Stanley, “For This Family of Pros, the Con Is Everything”, in New York Times:
glosses: A large and somewhat luxurious house.
examples: text: gone to London to work and had left her mansionette flat empty. The mansionettes stood on high ground overlooking the docks.
ref: 2014, Eoin McNamee, Blue is the Night:
glosses: A flat that spans two or more floors, and often has its own entrance (i.e. not off a communal hallway).
Related terms: maisonette
mansion
mansionettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mansionette
charreada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charreadas
Senses: examples: text: The charreada, a type of rodeo popular among a growing number of middle-class Mexican-Americans, is facing criticism over some of its events.
ref: 2008 June 12, Greg Bishop, “A Couple Grapple for Love, and Love of Achievement”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Mexican rodeo based on the traditional working practices of charros.
charreadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charreada
declaratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: dĭ-klâr′ə-tĭv-lē
enpr: -klăr′-
ipa: /dɪˈklæɹ.ə.tɪv.li/
rhymes: -ɛəətɪvli
rhymes: -ɛːətɪvli
rhymes: -æɹətɪvli
rhymes: -aɹətɪvli
Forms: form: more declaratively
form: most declaratively
Etymology: From declarative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Asked if the city had declaratively refused to share the costs of an expansion, she responded: “No, no, no.
ref: 2008 June 12, Kirk Semple, “Bronx Produce Co-op Says Market May Leave the City”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a declarative way.
promotionally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more promotionally
form: most promotionally
Etymology: From promotional + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As promotionally foreordained, the pickled-herring bash was not only a neighborhood nosh, but also a media mosh, with one local-news earth station at the curb towering over the lunch-hour line that was never less than 30 deep.
ref: 2008 June 12, Glenn Collins, “A Big Birthday in the realm of the 'Sturgeon King'”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a promotional way.