cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
viperid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viperids
Etymology: Originally only capitalized, from New Latin Viperidae (“taxonomic family”), as Vipera + -id.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Viperidae; a viper.
Derived terms: word: viperidic
viperids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viperid
captioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captioners
Etymology: From caption + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Some captioners will raise or lower the captions in the center by one row to add one more subtle differentiation, but this is uncommon.
ref: 2004, Gary D. Robson, The Closed Captioning Handbook, Elsevier, page 177:
text: 2007, Ferguson's Careers in Focus: Broadcasting, 3rd edition, Ferguson (imprint), Infobase Publishing, page 123,
In the broadcast setting, real-time captioners do not have to produce transcripts, which eliminates the long hours that go along with that aspect of reporting.
text: And how relieved the Ceefax captioners must be that Sir Alex Ferguson still refuses to give interviews to Match of the Day, because of a BBC documentary that upset him.
ref: 2009 September 24, Mark Lawson, “The problems of subtitling the news”, in Guardian:
glosses: One who, or that which, adds captions.
captioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captioner
whateverism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whateverisms
Etymology: From whatever + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The critique of “whateverism” picked up added momentum in late June, when People's Daily published an article by a “special correspondent” who argued that it was not necessarily a revisionist sin to update the Thought of Mao Zedong periodically in accordance with the requirements of a changing reality.
ref: 1994, Richard Baum, Burying Mao: Chinese Politics in the Age of Deng Xiaoping, updated edition, Princeton University Press, published 2018, →ISBN, page 59:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Adherence to the Two Whatevers: "We will resolutely uphold whatever policy decisions Chairman Mao made, and unswervingly follow whatever instructions Chairman Mao gave."
examples: text: Most religious communities' central problem is not teen rebellion but teenagers' benign “whateverism.”
ref: 2005, Christian Smith, Melinda Lundquist Denton, Soul searching: the religious and spiritual lives of American teenagers, →DOI, →ISBN:
text: In Always On, Naomi Baron […] argues that because we write more than ever before, an inattention to how we write has crept in, a sense of 'linguistic whateverism'.
ref: 2014, Ana Deumert, Sociolinguistics and Mobile Communication:
text: Work is as important as family is as important as sex, and this isn't nihilism so much as whateverism – whatever's happening right now. It's not that nothing matters; it's that everything matters, until it doesn't any more.
ref: 2015 June 15, Alexandra Molotkow, “Entourage is less a movie, more a giant 404 error”, in The Globe and Mail:
glosses: Belief in whatever; apathy, nothingarianism.
examples: text: [Terrence] Malick’s ponderously poetic whateverism informs the pacing here, although writer-director David Lowery’s 90-minute mood piece is certainly a bit tighter.
ref: 2017 July 19, Ken Eisner, “A Ghost Story scares up a poetic mood”, in The Georgia Straight, retrieved 11 Mar 2021:
glosses: Synonym of ism (an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism)
synonyms: word: ism
extra: an ideology, system of thought, or practice that can be described by a word ending in -ism
Related terms: whataboutism
uneasier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of uneasy: more uneasy
uneasiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of uneasy: most uneasy
wakeup call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wakeup calls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wake-up call.
collectivisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: collectivisations
Senses: examples: text: Alistair Beaton's new translation of Brecht's parable restores the frequently cut prologue, in which a harassed government official attempts to persuade a group of farmers to see the benefits of collectivisation, and is told that he will have to watch a play first.
ref: 2009 October 1, Alfred Hickling, “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”, in Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of collectivization.
Derived terms: decollectivisation
collectivisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collectivisation
museumwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From museum + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a museum.
museumwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From museum + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a museum.
wakeup calls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wakeup call
nonmuseum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + museum.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a museum.
telepathine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From telepath + -ine; ayahuasca was said to facilitate telepathic communication among tribal members.
Senses: glosses: The active chemical constituent of Banisteriopsis caapi, a key plant ingredient in the preparation of ayahuasca, later found to be the same chemical as harmine.
harmal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmel
Etymology: From Arabic حَرْمَل (ḥarmal).
Senses: glosses: Peganum harmala, a perennial plant of the family Nitrariaceae.
Related terms: harmaline
harmalol
harmine
harmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmines
Etymology: From harmal + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: Harmine is a drug that stimulates the brain and produces strange visual hallucinations[.]
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 111:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A fluorescent harmala alkaloid belonging to the carboline family of compounds, found in harmal and certain other plants.
Synonyms: banisterine
telepathine
yajeine
Derived terms: apoharmine
tetrahydroharmine
harmaline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harmalines
Etymology: From harmal + -ine.
Senses: glosses: The reduced hydrated form of harmine.
tetrahydroharmine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tetra- + hydro- + harmine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The chemical compound C₁₃H₁₆N₂O.
harmalol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From harmal + -ol.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid, 1-methyl-4,9-dihydro-3H-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-7-ol, found in the seeds of the harmal plant
unstilted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + stilted.
Senses: glosses: Not stilted.
nonphonetically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + phonetically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonphonetic manner.
linalools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linalool
noncommercially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From noncommercial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a noncommercial manner.
dry fires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dry fire
dry firing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dry fire
dry fired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry fire
dryfire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dryfires
form: dryfiring
form: dryfired
form: dryfired
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry fire.
gengineered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Blend of genetically + engineered
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: genetically engineered
dryfires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dryfire
dryfiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dryfire
dryfired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dryfire
uncallused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uncalloused
Etymology: From un- + callused.
Senses: examples: text: She had thin, soft, uncallused hands.
ref: 1998, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 349:
glosses: Not callused; free from calluses.
callusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of callus
noncensored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + censored.
Senses: glosses: uncensored
unmuffled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + muffled.
Senses: examples: text: “We need all the unmuffled warnings we can get given that humans are not like slowly boiling frogs, we are like slowly boiling brainless frogs,” he wrote.
ref: 2009 September 23, Andrew C. Revkin, “Momentum on Climate Pact Is Elusive”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not muffled.
unshielded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shielded.
Senses: glosses: Not shielded.
unshielded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unshield
unmovingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unmovingly
form: most unmovingly
Etymology: From unmoving + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unmoving manner.
Edenlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Edenlike
form: most Edenlike
Etymology: From Eden + -like.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eden-like.
hydrotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: exhibiting hydrotropism
Derived terms: hydrotropically
autohypnotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + hypnotic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
autohypnoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autohypnosis
nonhypnotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hypnotic.
Senses: glosses: Not hypnotic.
undoctorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undoctorly
form: most undoctorly
Etymology: From un- + doctorly.
Senses: glosses: Not doctorly; not befitting a doctor.
groupmind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groupminds
Etymology: From group + mind.
Senses: synonyms: hivemind
glosses: A composite mind, the sum of several individual minds.
Related terms: groupthink
unlife
groupminds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groupmind
hypercreative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercreative
form: most hypercreative
Etymology: From hyper- + creative.
Senses: glosses: Extremely creative.
Derived terms: hypercreativity
flatchested
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flatchested
form: most flatchested
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flat-chested.
groundkeeper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundkeepers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of groundskeeper.
groundkeepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundkeeper
toolbelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolbelts
Etymology: From tool + belt.
Senses: glosses: A belt for carrying tools; a utility belt.
glosses: A skill set; one's accumulated capabilities.
toolbelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolbelt
overloose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overloose
form: most overloose
Etymology: From over- + loose.
Senses: glosses: Too loose.
shoulderbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoulderbags
Etymology: From shoulder + bag.
Senses: glosses: A bag worn on the shoulders.
shoulderbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoulderbag
telecontroller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telecontrollers
Etymology: From tele- + controller.
Senses: glosses: An industrial device that controls equipment from a distance.
Related terms: english: for consumer devices
translation: for consumer devices
word: remote control
telecontrollers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telecontroller
Imagineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Imagineers
form: imagineer
Etymology: Blend of imagine + engineer.
Senses: examples: text: In all, the Fronierland that Disney Imagineers designed for France was new and strangely sophisticated. Combining elements of New and Old Worlds, it resonated with themes that were at once past and present, ultra-American and worldly.
ref: 2000, Andrew Lainsbury, Once Upon an American Dream: The Story of Euro Disneyland, University Press of Kansas, →ISBN, page 62:
text: Disney Imagineers are offering us fantasy as real life. We can buy it and move in permanently.
ref: 2006, Keally D. McBride, Collective Dreams: Political Imagination and Community, Penn State University Press, →ISBN:
text: As I'm sure Disney would put it, its "imagineers" want to make visiting their stores a magical experience. They don't want kids to just visit when they want a new Mickey shirt or the latest Disney movie on DVD. They want them to visit these stores for their own sake.
ref: 2009 October 13, Daniel Indiviglio, “Disney Making Its Stores Magical”, in The Atlantic:
text: Taco Bell isn’t alone in putting a positive spin on their job titles. Disney refers to its employees as “cast members,” and some are even “imagineers.” Apple has its “geniuses.” (In a similar vein, Subway has taken to calling its customers "fans.")
ref: [2014 July 31, Joe Pinsker, “Why Taco Bell Likes to Call Its Workers 'Champions'”, in The Atlantic:
text: As far as Ursula can make out, these are not the actual Imagineers—the writers and theme park conceptualizers employed by Disney—but rather some kind of cabal of evil businessmen from the future.
ref: 2023, Alex Shakar, The Savage Girl, Harper Collins, →ISBN, page 15:
glosses: An engineer at The Walt Disney Company responsible for designing and implementing innovative concepts or technologies, often found in theme parks, installation art, or fireworks.
Related terms: fungineer
Imagineering
bucketlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bucketlike
form: most bucketlike
Etymology: From bucket + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bucket.
containerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more containerlike
form: most containerlike
Etymology: From container + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a container.
audiotrack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: audiotracks
form: audio track
Etymology: From audio + track.
Senses: glosses: The audio component of a multimedia item
evolvedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From evolved + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being evolved; the degree to which something has undergone evolution.
audiotracks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of audiotrack
backtraced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: He had accrued a good deal of left-handed Whuffie, and I curiously backtraced it to the occasion of my murder, when Debra's people had accorded him a generous dollop of props for the levelheaded way he had scraped up my corpse and moved it offstage, minimizing the disturbance in front of their wondrous Pirates.
ref: 2003, Cory Doctorow, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom:
glosses: simple past and past participle of backtrace
transdermals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transdermal
backtracing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backtrace
backtracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backtracings
Senses: glosses: Synonym of directory traversal.
synonyms: word: directory traversal
non-heterosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonheterosexual
Etymology: From non- + heterosexual.
Senses: glosses: Not heterosexual.
non-heterosexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-heterosexuals
form: nonheterosexual
Etymology: From non- + heterosexual.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a heterosexual.
Related terms: non-cisgender
bellycrawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bellycrawls
form: bellycrawling
form: bellycrawled
form: bellycrawled
form: belly-crawl
form: belly crawl
Etymology: From belly + crawl.
Senses: glosses: To crawl with one's belly touching the ground
nonbisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bisexual.
Senses: examples: text: Often the nonbisexual spouse who is struggling to live with the loss of monogamy does not want to be exposed to some of the explorations and struggles in which the bisexual partner is engaged.
ref: 2013, Jon Carlson, Len Sperry, Intimate Couple, page 450:
glosses: Not bisexual.
nonbisexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbisexuals
Etymology: From non- + bisexual.
Senses: glosses: One who is not bisexual.
nonheterosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonheterosexual
nonbisexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbisexual
blindspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blindspots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of blind spot.
bellycrawled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bellycrawl
blindspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blindspot
castmember
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castmembers
form: cast member
Etymology: From cast + member.
Senses: glosses: A member of a theatrical cast.
examples: text: Taco Bell isn’t alone in putting a positive spin on their job titles. Disney refers to its employees as “cast members,” and some are even “imagineers.” Apple has its “geniuses.” (In a similar vein, Subway has taken to calling its customers "fans.")
ref: [2014 July 31, Joe Pinsker, “Why Taco Bell Likes to Call Its Workers 'Champions'”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A public-facing Disney employee.
castmembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castmember
castless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæstləs/
Etymology: From cast + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a cast or casts (in any sense).
tweakage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tweak + -age.
Senses: glosses: Tweaking; minor adjustments.
earthside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: earth-side
Etymology: From Earth + -side.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: On the planet Earth.
earthside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: earth-side
Etymology: From Earth + -side.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: On or to the planet Earth.
nonterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + terrestrial.
Senses: glosses: Not terrestrial.
nonterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonterrestrials
Etymology: From non- + terrestrial.
Senses: glosses: An organism that did not originate on Earth.
superhumeral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhumerals
Etymology: From super- + humeral.
Senses: glosses: An imperial decorative collar worn in Byzantium.
glosses: Anything worn upon the shoulders, such as the amice, the pallium, or the ephod.
superhumerals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhumeral
faceguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪsˌɡɑɹd/
Forms: form: faceguards
Etymology: From face + guard.
Senses: glosses: A protective guard for the face.
superfarm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superfarms
Etymology: From super- + farm.
Senses: glosses: A large commercial farm, as opposed to the traditional smaller farms owned by families.
Synonyms: megafarm
superfarms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superfarm
faceguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of faceguard
gladhanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gladhand
gladhanding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gladhandings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of glad-handing.
superrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superrealists
Etymology: From superrealism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist working in the style of superrealism.
superrealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superrealist
gladhanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gladhand
tridentlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tridentlike
form: most tridentlike
Etymology: From trident + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a trident; having three prongs.
gladiatorlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gladiatorlike
form: most gladiatorlike
Etymology: From gladiator + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a gladiator.
arenalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more arenalike
form: most arenalike
Etymology: From arena + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an arena.
breastlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more breastlike
form: most breastlike
Etymology: From breast + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In recent years Bourgeois has devoted much time to her Cumul series, suggested by the round, breastlike forms of cumulus clouds.
ref: 1990, Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, American women sculptors: a history of women working in three dimensions:
text: Well, there’s Sarah Lucas’s “Cigarette Tits II (Idealized Smoker’s Chest II)” from 1999, a sculpture that conjures rebellious female debauchery with a side chair, two breastlike hemispheres covered with cigarettes and a black bra.
ref: 2009 August 21, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a breast or breasts.
greenwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenware
woodenware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodenwares
Etymology: From wooden + -ware.
Senses: synonyms: woodware
glosses: Articles made from wood.
woodenwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodenware
woodware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: woodwares
Etymology: From wood + -ware.
Senses: synonyms: woodenware
glosses: Articles made from wood.
woodwares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodware
woodworms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodworm
copselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more copselike
form: most copselike
Etymology: From copse + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a copse.
mayonnaiselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mayonnaiselike
form: most mayonnaiselike
Etymology: From mayonnaise + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling mayonnaise.
Synonyms: mayolike
mayonnaisey
mayonnaisey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mayonnaisey
form: most mayonnaisey
Etymology: From mayonnaise + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Garnish the platter with greenery if you want. Serve the fish cold, with one of the cucumber salads (crunch is good) and a mayonnaisey sauce.
ref: 2008, Rick Moonen, Roy Finamore, Fish Without a Doubt: The Cook's Essential Companion:
glosses: Resembling mayonnaise; mayonnaiselike.
examples: text: Huge, mayonnaisey Cuban sandwiches are also available for $5 from the take-out counter […]
ref: 2006, Pauline Frommer, Pauline Frommer's New York City:
glosses: Containing or covered with mayonnaise.
scorpionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scorpion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), from the pincer-like nature of the binding.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Being tridentate, so as to bind to a metal in a fac manner (or facial; said of an isomer when three of its ligands, when identical, occupy one face of an octahedron).
raw_tags: of a ligand
scorpionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scorpionates
Etymology: From a substantivation of the above adjective. Equivalent to scorpion + -ate (noun-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ligand having a tridentate form.
scorpionates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scorpionate
quarterstaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quarterstaff
ligandlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ligandlike
form: most ligandlike
Etymology: From ligand + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ligand.
beatmatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beat + matching.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The synchronization of beats in two pieces of music, as performed by a disc jockey in order to mix tracks seamlessly.
beatmatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From beat + matching.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beatmatch
Related terms: beatmixing
nonpoetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + poetical.
Senses: glosses: Not poetical.
nontechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + technological.
Senses: glosses: Not technological.
Shaniqua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Those people are not Africans. They don’t know a damned thing about Africa— with names like Shaniqua, Shaligua, Mohammed, and all that crap, and all of them are in jail.
ref: 2008 May 1, Ta-Nehisi Coates, quoting Bill Cosby, “‘This Is How We Lost to the White Man’”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Shaniqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Shaniquas
Senses: examples: text: Maybe he should have started a while ago and upstaged actors for their menacing portrayal of the Shaniquas and the Sha-nay-nays on television.
ref: 2007, Isis I., Shaded Canvas, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 72:
text: So vexed was Cosby at this kind of black significance that he went out and spoke against it in town-hall meetings across the country, meetings in which the Shaniquas and Shaliguas actually showed up to hear what he had to say.
ref: 2011, Erin Aubry Kaplan, Black Talk, Blue Thoughts, and Walking the Color Line: Dispatches from a Black Journalista, UPNE, →ISBN, page 24:
synonyms: word: Shaquisha
glosses: An African-American woman.
Related terms: Ebony
Tyrone
nonalcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + alcohol.
Senses: examples: text: We ordered nonalcohol beverages.
glosses: Not containing alcohol; nonalcoholic.
glosses: Not pertaining to alcohol.
nonalcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonalcohols
Etymology: From non- + alcohol.
Senses: glosses: A chemical compound that is not an alcohol.
nonalcohols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonalcohol
anesthetised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anesthetised
form: most anesthetised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anesthetized.
Buhid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken by Mangyans in the province of Mindoro in the Philippines, divided into eastern and western dialects.
hypermediated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermediated
form: most hypermediated
Etymology: From hyper- + mediated.
Senses: glosses: mediated to a much greater extent than normal
bhindi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bhindis
form: bindi
form: pindi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भिंडी (bhiṇḍī, “okra”), a feminine form of Sanskrit भिण्डा (bhiṇḍā).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
synonyms: word: okra
extra: the plant or its edible capsules
bhindis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bhindi
unprefaced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + prefaced.
Senses: glosses: Not prefaced; without a preface.
interscapular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + scapular.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Between the shoulder blades
Derived terms: interscapularly
interscapular
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interscapulars
Etymology: From inter- + scapular.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: An interscapular feather.
Thaana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑː.nə/
ipa: /ˈtɑ.nə/
ipa: /ˈtɐː.nə/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈtaː.na/
rhymes: -ɑːnə
homophone: thana
Forms: form: Taana
form: Tāna
Etymology: Borrowed from Dhivehi ތާނަ (tāna).
Senses: examples: text: The Thaana script is written from right to left. Conformant implementations of Thaana script must use the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (see Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm”).
ref: 2022 September 24, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode, Unicode Consortium, page 535:
glosses: The modern writing system of the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives.
thacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of thack
thacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of thack
labcoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: labcoats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lab coat.
labcoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of labcoat
lab coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæb ˌkəʊt/
ipa: /ˈlæb ˌkoʊt/
Forms: form: lab coats
form: labcoat
Senses: glosses: A white coat worn by laboratory workers to protect day clothes from damage by spillage etc.
underappreciative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underappreciative
form: most underappreciative
Etymology: From under- + appreciative.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently appreciative; ungrateful.
lipsynch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lip sync.
lipsynch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lipsynchs
form: lipsynching
form: lipsynched
form: lipsynched
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lip-sync.
shranks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shrank
thatchlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thatchlike
form: most thatchlike
Etymology: From thatch + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling thatch.
newsbots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsbot
newsbot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newsbots
Etymology: From news + -bot.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of various pieces of software designed to harvest articles from newsgroups, or from news websites.
knowbots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knowbot
oustering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ouster
rads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rad
reccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛki/
Forms: form: reccies
form: recce
Etymology: Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Phipps went on: “One of our chaps, out on a reccy over the Bulgarian front, thought he saw something in the snow. Something fishy. He dropped down to have a dekko and nearly had kittens. What d'you think? Jerry's got a mass of stuff there—tanks, guns, lorries, every sort of heavy armament. All camouflaged. White.”
ref: 2011 [1965], Olivia Manning, Friends And Heroes (The Balkan Trilogy), Random House, →ISBN:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Reconnaissance.
reccy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛki/
Forms: form: reccies
form: reccying
form: reccied
form: reccied
form: recce
Etymology: Clipping of reconnaissance + -y.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To investigate with a reconnaissance trip.
reccy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛki/
Forms: form: reccies
Etymology: Clipping of recreation ground + -y
Senses: examples: text: […] to look down on the reccy where young men were playing football to this ceaseless din.
ref: 2000, Peter Nichols, Diaries, 1969-1977, page 36:
synonyms: rec
glosses: A recreation ground.
replan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: replans
form: replanning
form: replanned
form: replanned
Etymology: From re- + plan.
Senses: examples: text: In replanning the timetable, the operating authorities have tried as far as possible to keep departure and arrival times at Liverpool Street close to those prevailing formerly, to avoid disrupting the travelling habits of regular passengers, but at the same time they have kept in mind the aim of turn-rounds in the terminus.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 18:
glosses: To plan again; to make a different plan.
sarcased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sarcase
sarcase
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sarcases
form: sarcasing
form: sarcased
form: sarcased
Etymology: Back-formation from sarcasm.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Parker, sacrilegious Dr. Parker, is really sarcasing the great god of his idolatry himself — a dreadful thing to do.
ref: 1886, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art:
glosses: To attack with sarcasm.
scrutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɹuːtəbl̩/
Forms: form: more scrutable
form: most scrutable
Etymology: From scrute + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The learned weights of a neural network are often considered devoid of scrutable internal structure.
text: 2020, Filan et al, Neural Networks are Surprisingly Modular.
glosses: understandable, comprehensible
slidewalk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slidewalks
Etymology: Blend of slide + sidewalk
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A pavement/sidewalk that moves in the manner of a conveyor belt.
slidewalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slidewalk
ballerinalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ballerinalike
form: most ballerinalike
Etymology: From ballerina + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a ballerina; graceful and acrobatic.
ungated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + gated.
Senses: examples: text: This section is perfectly straight until the top of the rise is reached, where a 10 m.p.h. limit board gives warning of a sharp curve, and an ungated public road crossing, protected by cattle guards of the usual light railway pattern.
ref: 1950 December, R. C. J. Day and R. K. Kirkland, “The Kelvedon & Tollesbury Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 839:
text: Tender engines cannot be used on this line because ungated level crossings inhibit crews from tender-first running and there is no turntable.
ref: 1960 April, “Motive Power Miscellany: Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 251:
text: The number of ungated crossings protected by automatic flashing lights is about 300 and some 400 hand-operated crossings are equipped with red or yellow flashing warning lights.
ref: 1962 April, J. M. Tolson, “The Nederlands Railways today: III: Signalling and Freight”, in Modern Railways, page 243:
glosses: Not gated.
pooris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poori
spermatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spermato- + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Spermism.
glosses: The emission of sperm or semen.
Related terms: ejaculation
gokkun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese ゴックン (gokkun, “gulp”).
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: A genre of pornography in which a person consumes the semen of multiple men, usually from some vessel or container such as a cup or beaker.
Caboc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Scottish cream cheese rolled in toasted pinhead oatmeal, dating from the fifteenth century.
Red Leicester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mild, firm English cheese, orange in colour, resembling cheddar.
spacehand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacehands
Etymology: From space + hand, analogous to deckhand.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A low-ranking member of the crew of a spaceship.
Yarg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːɡ/
enpr: yärg
ipa: /jɑɹɡ/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ɡ
Etymology: Gray spelled backwards, after Allan and Jenny Gray who provided the recipe.
Senses: glosses: A semi-hard cheese made in Cornwall with a distinctive rind made by wrapping the cheese in nettle leaves.
spacehands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacehand
spacebar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacebars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of space bar.
spacebars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacebar
spacecakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacecake
spacelegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space legs
Etymology: From space + legs, after sea legs.
Senses: examples: text: Very cautiously — it was more than a year since he had last been weightless and it would be some time before he regained his spacelegs — he hauled himself hand over hand through the airlock and into the large, circular chamber at the axis of the Space Station.
ref: 1968, Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to work confidently in space, or a zero-gravity environment.
bonedigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonediggers
Etymology: From bone + digger.
Senses: glosses: One who digs up bones; an archaeologist or graverobber.
bonediggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonedigger
spookery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spookeries
Etymology: From spook + -ery.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being spooky.
glosses: Something characteristic of a spook.
boneblacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boneblack
spookeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spookery
bladesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bladesmiths
Etymology: From blade + smith.
Senses: glosses: A maker of knives and swords.
Hypernyms: smith
Hyponyms: swordsmith
Derived terms: bladesmithing
Related terms: weaponsmith
blacksmith
gunsmith
bladesmiths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladesmith
subvocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subvocalize
subvocalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Expressed by speaking inwardly
worrylines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: worry lines
Senses: glosses: wrinkles supposed to be caused by worrying
b&
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Phonetic, supposing that the ampersand is pronounced as and.
Senses: examples: text: GTFO, you attention whore. No _wonder_ you got b& from Enturb, and live in many peoples bozo bins in A.R.S
ref: 2008, BeetleJuice, “Angry Gay Pope and the message he sends”, in alt.religion.scientology (Usenet):
glosses: banned (blocked from participation).
Related terms: v&
grosgrains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grosgrain
nondiplomat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondiplomats
Etymology: From non- + diplomat.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a diplomat.
Related terms: nondiplomatic
nondiplomats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondiplomat
cumulogranite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cumulo- + granite.
Senses: examples: text: "That cumulogranite might've just put the fear of God into that squid pilot chasing us," the OSO reminded him.
ref: 2001, Dale Brown, Battle Born:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Solid terrain, such as mountains, obscured by clouds and thus posing a risk to the pilot of an aircraft.
chambrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chambray
end-on-end
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Woven with alternating parallel threads of two colours.
hangarage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hangar + -age.
Senses: glosses: Storage in a hangar.
hypermetrical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypermetrical
form: most hypermetrical
Senses: glosses: hypermetric
laryngotracheobronchitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laryngo- + tracheo- + bronchitis.
Senses: glosses: A respiratory disease, a form of croup.
laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laryngo- + tracheo- + broncho- + pneumonitis.
Senses: glosses: A respiratory disease, a form of croup.
laryngotracheitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From laryngo- + tracheitis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The combination of laryngitis and tracheitis.
unhugged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hugged.
Senses: glosses: Not having been hugged.
unhugged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhug
sagebrushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sagebrush
prooemium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prooemia
form: prooemiums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proemium.
superoinferiorly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From superoinferior + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a superoinferior manner.
suchwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English suchewyse, equivalent to such + -wise.
Senses: glosses: In such a way; in that manner.
spoonwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From spoon + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, Elaine rolled over and fitted herself spoonwise against the solid wall of Burton's back.
ref: 1994, Elizabeth Inman, The Rake's Quarry:
text: She didn't protest when he put his arms around her, pulling him to her spoonwise, kissing an errant lock of hair as it brushed against his face.
ref: 1999, Vivian Leiber, Soldier and the Society Girl:
glosses: Closely nestled together, like spoons.
Related terms: spooning
spoonlike
sardinewise
ethoxyquin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ethoxyquin, a synthetic antioxidant, is not generally allowed for human consumption in foods, but it is being added to animal feed and to fruits as an antiscald agent […]
ref: 2000, Leo M. L. Nollet, Food Analysis by HPLC, Second Edition, page 610:
glosses: A quinoline-based antioxidant used as a food preservative and a pesticide.
gibbously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gibbously
form: most gibbously
Etymology: From gibbous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gibbous manner.
cocelebrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocelebrants
Etymology: From co- + celebrant.
Senses: glosses: One of two or more celebrants involved with the same occasion.
Related terms: concelebrant
cocelebrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cocelebrant
transcontinentally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From transcontinental + -ly.
Senses: examples: a telecommunications cable deployed transcontinentally
glosses: In a transcontinental manner; across a continent.
corkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more corkingly
form: most corkingly
Etymology: From corking + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a corking manner; splendidly.
cheddarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cheddarlike
form: most cheddarlike
Etymology: From cheddar + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling cheddar cheese.
Synonyms: cheddary
checkweighmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkweighman
chemical species
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemical species
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An ensemble of chemically identical molecular entities that can explore the same set of molecular energy levels on the time scale of the experiment.
Meronyms: molecular entity
molecular entity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: molecular entities
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity.
molecular entities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molecular entity
Cheddarheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cheddarhead
gritstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gritstone
long tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long tail
carbon leakage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbon leakages
Senses: glosses: The transfer of CO₂-intensive industries, and consequently of greenhouse gas emissions and industrial jobs, from countries applying strict emission controls to countries with less stringent environmental regulations.
confirmed bachelor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confirmed bachelors
Senses: examples: text: To Sebastian's pleasure, he had remained a confirmed bachelor, for many years with no one other than a few now deceased sexual partners, the now deceased detective, Arek Mannheim and the elusive Gustav Barnas knowing his true sexual preference.
ref: 2003, Alan M. Bickel, The Fall of Stara Ves, page 439:
glosses: A gay man.
examples: text: Confirmed bachelor Drew Buchanan was generally a love-'em-and-leave-'em type.
ref: 2011, Gail Link, Lone Star Lover:
glosses: Any man uninterested in committed relationships.
ailanto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ailantos
Senses: glosses: ailanthus (tree)
Sardanapalian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sardanapalian
form: most Sardanapalian
Etymology: From the name of the literary character Sardanapalus.
Senses: glosses: Decadently luxurious or sensual.
glosses: Having the attributes of Sardanapalus.
suppositiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more suppositiously
form: most suppositiously
Etymology: From suppositious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a suppositious manner.
enantio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕn.ănʹtĭō
enpr: ĕ.năn'tĭŏʹ
enpr: ĕ.năn'tĭōʹ
ipa: /ɛnˈæntɪəʊ/
ipa: /ɛˌnæntɪˈɒ/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: anti-, ant-, contra-, contro-, counter-
glosses: Opposite, opposed, opposing.
Derived terms: topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: enantioblastic
topics: botany
biology
natural-sciences
word: enantioblastous
word: enantiodromiacal
word: enantiodromic
word: enantiodromia →
word: enantiomeric
word: enantiomer →
word: enantiomorphic
topics: crystallography
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: enantiomorphism
word: enantiomorphously
word: enantiomorphous →
topics: crystallography
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: enantiomorphy
word: enantiomorph →
topics: medicine
sciences
word: enantiopathic
topics: medicine
sciences
word: enantiopathy →
word: enantioselective
word: enantiosis
word: enantiotropic
topics: chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: enantiotropy →