cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
humanless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From human + -less.
Senses: examples: text: ...we can also use technology to avoid a humanless or inhumane future even when we thereby risk creating a humanless future ourselves.
ref: 2002, Stephen Francis Haller, Apocalypse soon?: wagering on warnings of global catastrophe:
glosses: Devoid of human beings.
Derived terms: humanlessness
decimally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsɪməli/
Etymology: From decimal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Students were taught how to express fractions decimally.
glosses: In a decimal scheme or notation.
whatnottery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From what not + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: ...covering up the usual clutter of wires, batteries, gas lines, and other whatnottery.
ref: 1963 May, Popular Science, volume 182, number 5:
text: ...his parents' small home that burst with house plants and whatnottery...
ref: 1997, John Hersey, The Algiers Motel incident:
text: 'Ghastly,' as one wife put it, 'just a lower middle-class suburb with intellectual whatnottery instead of privet hedges.'
ref: 2003, John D Sutherland, Towards Community Mental Health:
glosses: Assorted items, concepts, etc.; a miscellany or hodgepodge.
whassamatter
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whatsamatta.
whassamatta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whatsamatta.
wassamatta
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whatsamatta.
nonfreedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + freedom.
Senses: glosses: Absence of (political or philosophical) freedom.
nonhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhorses
Etymology: From non- + horse.
Senses: examples: text: Some intelligent things are not nonhorses (ie, some intelligent things are horses).
ref: 1993, Richard Henry Popkin, Avrum Stroll, Philosophy made simple:
glosses: That which is not a horse.
nonhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + horse.
Senses: examples: text: Though nonhorse people might debate horses' intelligence—and, in truth, on an intelligence scale, other animals surpass them—once you have spent any amount of time with horses, you will likely be persuaded otherwise.
ref: 2006, Janet Barrett, On the Fence: A Parent's Handbook of Horseback Riding:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to horses.
nonhorses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhorse
nonelasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + elasticity.
Senses: glosses: Absence of elasticity.
nonplasticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + plasticity.
Senses: glosses: Absence of plasticity.
nongynecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gynecological.
Senses: glosses: Not gynecological.
nongynaecological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gynaecological.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nongynecological.
nonmother
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmothers
Etymology: From non- + mother.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a mother.
nonmothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmother
nonfather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfathers
Etymology: From non- + father.
Senses: examples: text: The study, published in AJPM Focus earlier this month, used data from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. The men were grouped as being fathers or nonfathers and self-identified as black, Chinese, Hispanic or white. Fathers made up 82% of the group.
ref: 2024 May 29, Alexandra Klausner, “Fatherhood might be bad for your heart: study”, in New York Post:
glosses: One who is not a father.
nonparental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parental.
Senses: glosses: Not parental.
nonfathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfather
noncaring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + caring.
Senses: glosses: uncaring
noncaring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + caring.
Senses: glosses: uncaringness
nonanxious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + anxious.
Senses: glosses: Not anxious.
nonanxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + anxiety.
Senses: examples: text: These and 135 items identified as nonanxiety items were administered to 352 college students.
ref: 1983, Michael J Lambert, Edwin R Christensen, Steven S DeJulio, The assessment of psychotherapy outcome:
glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or causing anxiety.
nonanxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + anxiety.
Senses: glosses: Absence of anxiety; unanxiousness.
nonsubtle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subtle.
Senses: glosses: Not subtle.
dedisperse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːdɪsˈpɜːs/
Forms: form: dedisperses
form: dedispersing
form: dedispersed
form: dedispersed
Etymology: From de- + disperse.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To bring together data, rays etc that have been dispersed
stubbleless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stubble + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without facial stubble.
bestubbled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bestubbled
form: most bestubbled
Etymology: From be- + stubbled.
Senses: glosses: With facial stubble; stubbly.
desingularization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desingularizations
Etymology: From de- + singularize + -ation.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any of several techniques used to resolve a singularity.
diagrammatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The study of the use of diagrams
Related terms: diagrammatic
dilatometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dilatometry
glosses: Measured using a dilatometer
Derived terms: dilatometrically
thermodilatometric
desingularizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desingularization
nondilatonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dilatonic.
Senses: glosses: Not dilatonic.
palingeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnɪsiːz/
ipa: /ˌpælɪnˈd͡ʒɛnəsiz/
Etymology: Probably from palingenesis + Latin genesēs (a plural form of genesis).
Senses: glosses: plural of palingenesis
ekpyrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ekpyroses
form: ecpyrosis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐκπύρωσις (ekpúrōsis).
Senses: qualifier: Stoic philosophy
glosses: The supposed periodic destruction of the universe
Related terms: word: ekpyrotic
english: the subsequent recreation
translation: the subsequent recreation
word: palingenesis
offlist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: off-list
Etymology: From off + list.
Senses: examples: text: I am interested in the following dedicated/co-location services. Please send me an offlist quote for a leased or purchased server with the following points detailed.
ref: 2001, Bruce Lewin, “Dedicated/Co-Location Windows Server (Please reply offlist!)”, in alt.internet.providers.uk (Usenet):
text: Perhaps some of that can be attributed to all the offlist chatter (of which I am not a part at all).
ref: 2007, Jonathan Paul Marshall, Living on Cybermind: categories, communication, and control:
glosses: Not on a mailing list or newsgroup.
offlist
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: off-list
Etymology: From off + list.
Senses: examples: text: If you are interested, please reply offlist.
glosses: Not on a mailing list or newsgroup.
gravastar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravastars
Etymology: Blend of gravitational + vacuum + star.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A proposed alternative to black holes that is more consistent with quantum mechanics.
gravastars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gravastar
offloader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: offloaders
Etymology: From offload + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, offloads.
offloaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of offloader
linestrength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: linestrengths
form: line strength
Etymology: From line + strength.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The intensity of a spectrum line.
normokalaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of normokalemia.
linestrengths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linestrength
normokalaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of normokalemic.
nonsedated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sedated.
Senses: glosses: Not sedated.
Synonyms: unsedated
nonsedating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sedating.
Senses: glosses: nonsedative
microheater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microheaters
Etymology: From micro- + heater.
Senses: glosses: A very small heater attached to a device such as a microscope.
microheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microheater
gynophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gynophobic
form: most gynophobic
form: gynephobic
Etymology: From gyno- + -phobic, equivalent to gynophobia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Having a fear of or aversion to women.
microlens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlenses
Etymology: From micro- + lens.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic lens
microlenses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlens
nonmarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + marketed.
Senses: glosses: unmarketed
unmarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + marketed.
Senses: glosses: Not marketed.
Synonyms: nonmarketed
multigrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multi- + grid.
Senses: examples: text: We will give a systematic introduction to basic multigrid. Our intention is to give sufficient detail on multigrid for model problems […]
ref: 2001, Ulrich Trottenberg et al., Multigrid, Academic Press.:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A class of techniques for solving algebraic or differential equations that employs a hierarchy of discretizations
Derived terms: algebraic multigrid
full multigrid
multigrid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + grid.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to or utilising a multigrid method.
examples: replaced by a multiplicative mixer using a multigrid tube like a hexode
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having more than one grid electrode (of electronic vacuum tubes)
measleslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more measleslike
form: most measleslike
Etymology: From measles + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It is followed within twenty-four hours by a measleslike rash on the outside of the arms and legs, and, less commonly, on the chest, back, and buttocks.
ref: 2000, Nelson Lee Novick, Baby Skin, page 115:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of measles.
nonrubella
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rubella.
Senses: examples: nonrubella deafness
glosses: Not of or pertaining to rubella.
orblike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more orblike
form: most orblike
Etymology: From orb + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling an orb.
multiorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Etymology: From multi- + orbital.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple orbits
glosses: Involving multiple orbitals
multicollision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + collision.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Involving multiple collisions (of particles etc.).
examples: a multicollision attack
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Involving multiple hash collisions.
nonduplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + duplex.
Senses: glosses: Not duplex.
nonsimplex
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + simplex.
Senses: glosses: Not simplex.
multistable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multistable
form: most multistable
Etymology: From multi- + stable.
Senses: glosses: Having multiple states of stability (or instability)
Related terms: multistability
nongastronomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + gastronomic.
Senses: glosses: Not gastronomic.
Viljandi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Estonia.
nonreceptor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + receptor.
Senses: examples: nonreceptor agonists
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a receptor.
nonhearing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hearing.
Senses: glosses: Unable to hear, i.e. deaf.
nonseeing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + seeing.
Senses: glosses: That cannot or does not see; unseeing or blind.
blindnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blindness
marquetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marquetry
saffronlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more saffronlike
form: most saffronlike
Etymology: From saffron + -like.
Senses: examples: text: From the saffron-like hue of such of the corpses as were not entirely decayed, we concluded that the whole of her company had perished by the yellow fever, or some other virulent disease of the same fearful kind.
ref: 1838, [Edgar Allan Poe], chapter X, in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, pages 96–97:
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling saffron.
nonaccelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + accelerating.
Senses: examples: a nonaccelerating rate of inflation
glosses: Not accelerating.
nonvoluntarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + voluntarily.
Senses: glosses: In a nonvoluntary manner.
nondecorative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + decorative.
Senses: glosses: Not decorative.
drippiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From drippy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being drippy.
nonpaint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paint.
Senses: examples: text: Be careful not to get paint on the nonpaint edge of the brush.
ref: 1994, Jackie Shaw, The big book of decorative painting:
text: Nonpaint household lead can be traced to tap water […]
ref: 1995, Laurence Tasaday, Residential lead abatement:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to paint.
torlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more torlike
form: most torlike
Etymology: From tor + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tor (rocky outcrop).
roomwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From room + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: To break up the expenditure in relation to the electrical system roomwise as claimed by the assessee, would, in our view, be too unreal […]
ref: 1989, Company Law Institute of India, The income tax reports:
text: It is obvious that mobile and non-mobile workers don't need the same office solutions, roomwise, or with respect to furniture and technology.
ref: 2003, Kari Kuutti, Eija Helena Karsten, Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Paul Dourish, ECSCW 2003: Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work:
glosses: In terms of rooms.
roomily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more roomily
form: most roomily
Etymology: From roomy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a roomy manner; spaciously.
nonroaming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + roaming.
Senses: glosses: Not roaming (using a network or service from different locations).
dick around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dicks around
form: dicking around
form: dicked around
form: dicked around
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: jerk around
text: Will you guys quit dicking around and get to work?
text: It remains to be seen if the Wheel will catch on in the business world, where people use computers for actual work and not just dicking around.
ref: 2009, Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard (satire), Onion News Network:
synonyms: word: dick about
word: faff about
word: faff around
word: mess about
word: mess around
word: fuck around
word: fuck about
word: pull one's pud
word: screw around
word: idle#Verb
word: lollygag
word: arse about
word: arse around
word: bludge
word: bum around
word: cabbage
word: clown around
word: dally
word: dawdle
word: dick about
word: dick around
word: diddle
word: dilly-dally
word: dretch
word: drumble
word: faff
word: faff about
word: faff around
word: fanny about
word: fanny around
word: fart about
word: fart around
word: fiddle about
word: fiddle around
word: fool about
word: fool around
word: footle
word: forslow
word: goof around
word: goof off
word: hang about
word: hang around
word: hang out
word: horse around
word: idle
word: jerk off
word: lallygag
word: lamp
word: laze
word: laze about
word: laze around
word: linger
word: loaf
word: loaf about
word: loaf around
word: loiter
word: lollop
word: lollygag
word: mess around
word: mill about
word: mill around
word: muck about
word: muck around
word: piddle
word: pingle
word: stand by
word: tarry
word: tool around
word: waste time
word: while
glosses: To waste time on an unproductive activity.
examples: text: Dude, don't let them dick you around like that!
text: Is it really as complex as they claim or are they just dicking us around?
text: […] I put myself on the line for you. I told you I wasn't sure if I was ready for a relationship again and you blew it. You blew it! You call this a fresh start? This doesn't look like a fresh start to me. You're dicking me around just like the rest of them, Drew.
ref: 2006, Allison Rushby, Hating Valentine's Day, page 148:
synonyms: jerk around
screw over
coordinate_terms: slap around
glosses: To mistreat (someone); to take advantage of; to swindle; to blow off.
Related terms: with one's dick in one's hand
nonsubscripted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subscripted.
Senses: glosses: unsubscripted
prefaceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From preface + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a preface.
chordees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chordee
antiprofiteering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + profiteering.
Senses: glosses: Opposing or countering profiteering.
Argel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Արգել (Argel).
Senses: glosses: A village in Kotayk, Armenia.
ampulla of Lorenzini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampullae of Lorenzini
Etymology: After Stefano Lorenzini, who first described them.
Senses: glosses: An electroreceptor found mainly in cartilaginous fish such as sharks and rays, forming a network of jelly-filled canals.
wikipedia: Stefano Lorenzini
ampullae of Lorenzini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ampulla of Lorenzini
Marsh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ
Senses: glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living by a marsh.
glosses: A number of places in England:
A hamlet in Great and Little Kimble cum Marsh parish, Buckinghamshire, previously in Wycombe district (OS grid ref SP8109).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small village in Yarcombe parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2510).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A small suburb of Oxenhope, City of Bradford, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE0235).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A suburb of Cleckheaton, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1925).
glosses: A number of places in England:
A western suburb of Huddersfield, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE1217).
glosses: A township in Surry County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A township in Barnes County, North Dakota, United States.
nonbacklit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + backlit.
Senses: examples: a nonbacklit display
glosses: Not backlit.
flyback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flybacks
Etymology: From fly + back.
Senses: glosses: The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display.
glosses: A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals at a relatively high frequency, and now extensively used in switched-mode power supplies.
flyback
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fly + back.
Senses: examples: text: Short ears, wide heads, dense flyback fur and early developing.
ref: 1950, Small Stock Magazine, page 45:
text: Exquisitely silky and intensely dense, not a flyback coat […]
ref: 2013, George A. Townsend, Practical Rabbit Keeping:
glosses: Of a rabbit's fur: tending to spring back to its original position during stroking or brushing.
flybacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyback
midrapidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midrapidity
Crookes tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Crookes tubes
Etymology: After Sir William Crookes (1832–1919), British chemist and physicist, one of its inventors.
Senses: glosses: An early experimental electrical discharge tube by means of which cathode rays and X-rays were discovered.
ring someone's bell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings someone's bell
form: ringing someone's bell
form: rang someone's bell
form: rung someone's bell
Senses: examples: text: Braves outfielder Eddie Miller was struck in the head with an object thrown from the left field seats. . . . Braves manager Bobby Cox said Miller was more dazed than hurt. "It stung him pretty good, it rang his bell," Cox said.
ref: 1981 May 5, “Heads Up in the Outfield”, in St. Petersburg Evening Independent, retrieved 19 Jan 2010, page 4C:
text: Redman took Kenny Lofton's left shoulder on his jaw and saw every color of the rainbow but teal. "That sent me down. I was kinda dizzy," Redman said . . . "You take a shot like that, it's going to ring your bell a bit."
ref: 2003 October 11, Tom Singer, “Redman delivers quality start”, in MLB.com, retrieved 19 Jan 2010:
glosses: To physically traumatize someone with a strong blow, especially a concussive blow to the head.
examples: text: My normal lack of confidence with women is quickly forgotten when I meet one who rings my bell.
ref: 2012, Melvin Ricks, To Die Before You Die::
text: Edna's frequent exact words were, “He rings my bell,” along with other similar crude statements.
ref: 2013 -, Savannah Rain, Shattered Family:
text: What's in a book on trigonometry that'll ring your bell or strike your fancy or just make you pretty happy?
ref: 2014, Mary Jane Sterling, Trigonometry For Dummies, page 3:
glosses: To please; to satisfy greatly.
Synonyms: word: knock out
word: stagger
word: stun
sense: please
word: tickle someone's fancy
Related terms: ring one's bell
dominatrixlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dominatrixlike
form: most dominatrixlike
Etymology: From dominatrix + -like.
Senses: examples: text: One had to ignore her dominatrixlike outfit of skintight black leggings, black leather vest, and floor-piercing high-heeled boots.
ref: 1993, Charles Busch, Whores of lost Atlantis:
text: Alaska, who has often been compared to Siouxsie Sioux (of the Banshees) and German punk dominatrixlike singer Nina Hagen, continued to work in the avant-garde...
ref: 1995 March 11, Billboard, volume 107, number 10:
text: On a sidenote, is it me or do the costume designers have a tendency to favor very dominatrixlike/S&M getups? I'm thinking especially of Faith's corsetesque/rubbery outfit in choices.
ref: 1999, De Armac, “Has anyone ever noticed in the season finales of Buffy?”, in alt.tv.buffy-v-slayer (Usenet):
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a dominatrix.
ring one's bell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rings one's bell
form: ringing one's bell
form: rang one's bell
form: rung one's bell
Senses: glosses: To strike or bump one's own head with a strong blow, especially with concussive force.
Related terms: ring someone's bell
nonabuser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonabusers
Etymology: From non- + abuser.
Senses: glosses: One who is not (especially physically) abusive.
glosses: One who does not abuse a substance, such as alcohol or drugs.
nonabusers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonabuser
spectre at the feast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectres at the feast
form: specter at the feast
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ghost at the feast.
specter at the feast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: specters at the feast
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spectre at the feast.
eaglelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eaglelike
form: most eaglelike
Etymology: From eagle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an eagle.
Synonyms: aquiline
heartwoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heartwood
suffumigation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suffumigations
form: subfumigation
Senses: examples: text: Now I will make dis avail me at de change of every quarter-moon dat I shall find by the same proportions of expenses I lay out in de suffumigations, as nine, to de product of nine multiplied unto itself.
ref: 1816, Walter Scott, The Antiquary, Oxford University Press, published 2002, page 208:
glosses: The burning of substances to produce fumes as part of some magical rituals.
Synonyms: alt: neopaganism
word: smudging
suffumigations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suffumigation
nonabusively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonabusive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: President Obama is O.K. with this (he calls it “prolonged detention”), but he wants to make sure it is carried out — here comes the oxymoron — fairly and nonabusively.
ref: 2009 June 23, Bob Herbert, “Who Are We?”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a nonabusive manner.
nondopaminergic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dopaminergic.
Senses: glosses: Not dopaminergic.
cocainelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cocainelike
form: most cocainelike
Etymology: From cocaine + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of cocaine.
nonalgal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + algal.
Senses: glosses: Not algal.
screelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more screelike
form: most screelike
Etymology: From scree + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of scree.
limewash
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limewashes
Etymology: From lime + wash.
Senses: glosses: A mixture of slaked lime in water.
limewash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: limewashes
form: limewashing
form: limewashed
form: limewashed
Etymology: From lime + wash.
Senses: glosses: To paint with limewash (slaked lime in water).
limewashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of limewash
limewashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of limewash
limewashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limewash
limewashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of limewash
Pommyland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From pommy + -land.
Senses: glosses: England; the United Kingdom.
nonstandardized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + standardized.
Senses: glosses: unstandardized
timeconsuming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more timeconsuming
form: most timeconsuming
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of time-consuming.
supercategory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supercategories
Etymology: From super- + category.
Senses: glosses: The parent category that contains a subcategory.
Hypernyms: category
supercategories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercategory
subcategorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + categorical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a subcategory.
antisphalerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisphaleron
devan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: devans
form: devanning
form: devanned
form: devanned
Etymology: From de- + van?
Senses: glosses: To unload (goods) from a container.
sphalerons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sphaleron
nonadiabaticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + adiabaticity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being nonadiabatic.
nonsemisimple
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + semisimple.
Senses: glosses: Not semisimple.
virulences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virulence
nonvirulence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + virulence.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being nonvirulent.
reobtain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reobtains
form: reobtaining
form: reobtained
form: reobtained
Etymology: From re- + obtain.
Senses: glosses: To obtain again.
reobtains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reobtain
reobtaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reobtain
reobtained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reobtain
dedispersing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dedisperse
dedispersed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dedisperse
quasirandom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + random.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Apparently random, but produced by a non-random algorithm (typically from a given "seed")
Derived terms: quasirandomization
quasirandomly
quasirandomness
quasiconcavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + concavity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being quasiconcave.
quasilinearity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From quasi- + linearity.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being quasilinear.
spin foam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spin foams
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A topological structure made out of two-dimensional faces that represents one of the configurations that must be summed to obtain a Feynman's path integral description of quantum gravity.
nonquadratically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonquadratic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a nonquadratic manner.
windlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more windlike
form: most windlike
Etymology: From wind + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of wind.
suffixlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suffixlike
form: most suffixlike
Etymology: From suffix + -like.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a suffix.
prefixlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prefixlike
form: most prefixlike
Etymology: From prefix + -like.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a prefix.
supergalaxy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supergalaxies
Etymology: From super- + galaxy.
Senses: examples: text: Our galaxy, together with the ninety-three globular clusters and the two Magellanic Clouds, forms a sort of super-galaxy in space.
ref: 1935, Arthur McCracken Harding, Astronomy: The Splendor of the Heavens Brought Down to Earth, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., Our Galaxy Belongs to a Super-Galaxy, page 374:
text: The radio galaxies Virgo A, Centaurus A and possibly Fornax A lie within the Local Supergalaxy. In addition, the weaker galaxies NGC 4261, M84 and NGC 1068 are also located in this supergalaxy.
ref: 1964, V. L. Ginzburg, S. I. Syrovatskii, translated by H. S. H. Massey, edited by D. ter Haar, The Origin of Cosmic Rays, Moscow: Pergamon Press, →ISBN, page 243:
glosses: A very large, extended cluster of galaxies.
examples: text: Our descendants will observe that they live in a blob of stars, which results from gravity pulling together a few nearby galaxies into one supergalaxy.
ref: 2013, Clifford A. Pickover, The Book of Black: Black Holes, Black Death, Black Forest Cake and Other Dark Sides of Life, Calla Editions, →ISBN, Lonely Black Sky, page 198:
glosses: A single, isolated galaxy as a result of a wholesale merger of a galaxy cluster or group.
Related terms: supergalactic
supergalaxies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supergalaxy
superfusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfusion
supergalactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + galactic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a supergalaxy.
iceberglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more iceberglike
form: most iceberglike
Etymology: From iceberg + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an iceberg.
tidyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tidying
antikaons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antikaon
semileptonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + leptonic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of or pertaining to the decay of a hadron through the weak nuclear force in which one lepton (and the corresponding neutrino) is produced in addition to one or more hadrons.
Related terms: semitauonic
semiliquids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semiliquid
semifluids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semifluid
retrodiction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɹɛtɹəˈdɪkʃən/
rhymes: -ɪkʃən
Forms: form: retrodictions
Etymology: Blend of retro- + prediction
Senses: glosses: A form of "prediction" that deals with the past rather than the future, sometimes useful in testing theories whose actual predictions are too long-term to be of immediate use.
Synonyms: postdiction
retrodictions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrodiction
polychotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polychotomy
nontetrahedral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tetrahedral.
Senses: glosses: Not tetrahedral.
neuroinvasion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroinvasions
Etymology: From neuro- + invasion.
Senses: examples: text: Also, neuroinvasion by SIV coincides with an increase in the number of perivascular macrophages […].
ref: 2000 January 28, Suzanne Gartner, “HIV Infection and Dementia”, in Science, volume 287, number 5453, →DOI, pages 602–604:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Invasion of the brain, especially by an infection
Related terms: neuroinvasional
casewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From case + -wise.
Senses: examples: casewise deletion
glosses: In terms of cases (individual instances).
slope off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: slopes off
form: sloping off
form: sloped off
form: sloped off
Senses: glosses: To depart quietly, without being noticed.
trypanophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρῡ́πανον (trū́panon, “borer, trepan”) + -phobia. By surface analysis, trypano- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: An irrational fear of medical procedures (such as injection) using needles.
Synonyms: aichmophobia
belonephobia
totem poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totem pole
BAMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bămf
ipa: /bæmf/
rhymes: -æmf
Forms: form: BAMFs
Senses: examples: text: And -atttitude-^([sic]) is a big part of being a BAMF, too.
ref: 1997 November 3, Matthew Jeremy Blevins, “Kira creams Damar”, in rec.arts.startrek.current (Usenet):
text: Yarborough took a beat, recovered a little, got back to being a BAMF. Telepath couldn't put him down, he boasted. He hadn't met the freak that could.
ref: 2003, John Ridley, “Thirty-four and Holding”, in Those Who Walk in Darkness, New York, N.Y.: Warner Books, →ISBN, page 23:
text: Fast-forward to my thirty-fifth birthday and my brother and I decided it was time to fulfill my dream of being a BAMF.
ref: 2011, Jill Kargman, Sometimes I Feel Like a Nut: Essays & Observations, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow, →ISBN, page 140:
text: The first thing we learned about humanityless Caroline is that her voice is down an octave (sultrier, digging it), and also that she is a total BAMF.
ref: 2015 March 13, Rebecca Serle, “The Vampire Diaries Recap: Take Out Her Heart”, in Vulture, archived from the original on 11 May 2023:
text: Ariana tweeted her little heart out and set the record straight for fans, while slamming the Grammys in the process. And because she's a BAMF, she won an award three days after her tweetstorm.
ref: 2019 February 10, Stacy Grant, “Is Ariana Grande Trolling the Academy After the 2019 Grammys Feud?”, in Seventeen, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Digital Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 May 2022:
glosses: Acronym of bad-ass motherfucker, a very tough or formidably impressive person who is not to be trifled with.
BAMFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BAMF
bad-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bad-ass
form: most bad-ass
Senses: examples: text: I don't care who you are or how negative or emo you are, you have to admit that would be the most bad-ass thing ever if I could kick ass without weapons.
ref: 2011, Berning Flame, Hello? : A Teen's Journal, →ISBN:
text: I can tell you this: we had some bad-ass grass in our front yard.
ref: 2012, Eddie Payton, Paul T. Brown, Craig Wiley, Walter and Me: Standing in the Shadow of Sweetness, →ISBN:
text: These are the bad-ass women who are sweaty, smelly, with mascara running down their cheeks and they don't give a rip.
ref: 2014, Christine Henson, Quit Acting Like a Bitch and Become a Bad Ass Woman, →ISBN, page 13:
glosses: Alternative form of badass.
Derived terms: bad-assness
bad-ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad-asses
Senses: examples: text: You're probably one of those people from Colón who think they're bad-asses.
ref: 2014, CD Moulton, Clint Faraday book 14: Dead End, →ISBN, page 31:
text: “Don't call me sweet. Call me hot. Or awesome. Or well-endowed. Kittens are sweet, not me.” I try not to laugh. “Okay, fine. You're a hot, awesome, well-endowed bad-ass.”
ref: 2014, Leisa Rayven, Bad Romeo, →ISBN, page 371:
text: When you think about ninjas, wimpy is probably about the last word that comes to mind. They're bad-asses.
ref: 2015, Debbianne DeRose, Manifesting for Simpletons:
glosses: Alternative form of badass.
night-soil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night-soils
Senses: examples: text: In the neighborhood of Paris there are places appropriated to the reception of the night-soil: it is thrown into reservoirs of no great depth, in comparison with their superficial extent, and of an aggregate capacity which is such that they will contain the whole of the products collected by the night-man in the course of six months.
ref: 1850, J. B. Boussingault, Rural Economy, in its Relations with Chemistry, Physics, and Meteorology, page 294:
glosses: Alternative spelling of night soil.
night-soils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of night-soil
yeoman's service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yeoman service
Etymology: An allusion to stouthearted, dutiful labor performed by a yeoman.
Senses: examples: text: He hath done yeoman's service, and proved himself staunch and faithful.
ref: 1891, Charlotte Mary Yonge, chapter 7, in Unknown to History:
glosses: Arduous work, performed in a vigorous, committed manner.
raw_tags: of behavior by a person
examples: text: I once did hold it, as our statists do,
A baseness to write fair and labour'd much
How to forget that learning, but, sir, now
It did me yeoman's service.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:
text: [O]n many occasions his liberality did him genuine yeoman's service.
ref: 1827, [Walter Scott], chapter 1, in Chronicles of the Canongate; […], Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:
glosses: Reliable, useful, capable service.
raw_tags: of an object or characteristic
Synonyms: yeoman's labor
yeoman's work
yeoman service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Though largely ousted on main-line duties by the 4-6-0, this type [the 4-4-0] performed yeoman service on express work during the latter part of the last century and the early part of this.
ref: 1945 November and December, H. C. Casserley, “Random Reflections on British Locomotive Types—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 321:
glosses: Alternative form of yeoman's service.
extirpative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extirpative
form: most extirpative
Etymology: From extirpate + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or pertaining to an extirpation.
Related terms: extirpate
extirpator
transmarine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transmarine
form: most transmarine
Etymology: From Latin transmarinus, from trans (“across”) + marinus (“marine”); alternatively, trans- + marine.
Senses: synonyms: word: ultramarine
word: overseas#Adjective
antonyms: word: cismarine
glosses: Beyond or on the other side of a sea.
glosses: Crossing a sea.
sword-breakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sword-breaker
nondegenerated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + degenerated.
Senses: glosses: Not degenerated
outerplanar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From outer + planar.
Senses: topics: graph-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a planar embedding such that the vertices lie on a circle and the edges lie inside that circle.
Derived terms: outerthickness
photoevaporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + evaporation.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The removal of the atmosphere of a planet or removal of a protoplanetary disk by high-energy photons from its sun or a nearby hot star
presymmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + symmetry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The electroweak symmetry of quarks and leptons that is responsible for the partial charges on quarks.
projectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: projectivities
Etymology: From projective + -ity.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The condition of being projective.
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: projective transformation, homography
Derived terms: biprojectivity
reflectionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reflection + -less.
Senses: glosses: That does not involve reflection.
examples: text: Would that mean she was a vampire? Weren't vampires reflectionless? Mirrors appeared blank when confronted with a vampire.
ref: 2000, E. L. Swann, Night Gardening:
glosses: Without a reflection.
Derived terms: reflectionlessness
rocksalt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rock salt.
sophisticating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sophisticate
spinfoam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spinfoams
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spin foam.
subexponential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subexponential
form: most subexponential
form: sub-exponential
Etymology: From sub- + exponential.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Less than exponential
unitarized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unitarize
unitarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unitarized
form: most unitarized
Senses: glosses: Converted to a unitary form
variationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more variationally
form: most variationally
Etymology: From variational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a variational manner.
glosses: With regard to variation.
zeptobarn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zeptobarns
Etymology: From zepto- + barn.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻²¹ barns
Judaeo-Christian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Judaeo- + Christian.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Judeo-Christian.
hydrid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrids
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of hydride.
brocc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chalk up the brocc. Broccoli is good for you, and George Bush would do well to cultivate a taste for it.
ref: 1991, Hank Nuwer, “Giving Kidney Stones the Heave-Ho”, in William LeGro, editor, High-Speed Healing: The Fastest, Safest and Most Effective Shortcuts to Lasting Relief (Prevention Magazine Health Books), Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, chapter 6 (Bladder and Kidney Problems), page 60:
text: Like this idea but prefer cauliflower to brocc? Head over to page 204 in the Kitchen Tricks section for those details.
ref: 2010, Kim O’Donnel, “Broccoli Pick-Up Sticks”, in The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, Cambridge, Mass.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, “Spring” section:
text: He turned the heat on under the brocc pot and figured it was all good. Better late than over-steamed. Brocc gets picked up handheld.
ref: 2015 November 18, Thaddeus David Hogan, Love and Lethargy: Stories and Poems, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN:
text: If it’s only a squeeze of lemon over your roasted broccoli, so be it. You made that brocc more delicious, and that’s precisely the point.
ref: 2023, Molly Baz, “Play by the Rules”, in More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 22, column 2:
glosses: Clipping of broccoli.
qantars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of qantar
kantars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kantar
cantars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cantar
D/L
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dextro-/levo- (used as a prefix to describe racemic mixtures)
D/L
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: D/Ls
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of download.