cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
containerised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: containerized
Senses: examples: text: At the time, international deep-sea shipping remained a loose cargo operation, although BR did seek to influence conversion to unit loads by providing a containerised short sea shipping service between Harwich and Rotterdam in 1968.
ref: 2020 May 20, Industry Insider, “An online boost for freight”, in Rail, page 68:
antonyms: break-bulk
non-containerised
glosses: Of freight, packed in a container for transport.
Derived terms: uncontainerised
Related terms: containerisation
containerload
intermodal
unitized
box offices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of box office
musical notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musical notations
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A system that represents music through the use of written symbols.
Synonyms: music notation
music notation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music notations
Senses: glosses: Synonym of musical notation.
synonyms: word: musical notation
despotate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despotates
Etymology: From despot + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the concrete charge of it). Compare despotat.
Senses: examples: text: Even before the great sultan Mehmed II, known as El Fatih (the Conqueror), took power in Turkey, the Serbian despotate had become the booty of the invaders.
ref: 1974, Vladimir Dedijer, History of Yugoslavia, page 129:
synonyms: despotat
glosses: An area ruled by a despot (δεσπότης) in the late Byzantine Balkans (12th to 15th centuries).
Related terms: despot
despotic
despotism
supply teachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supply teacher
fourpenny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːpəni/
Etymology: From four + penny.
Senses: glosses: Costing fourpence.
Derived terms: fourpenny nail
fourpennyworth
fourpenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːpəni/
Forms: form: fourpennies
Etymology: From four + penny.
Senses: glosses: A coin or stamp worth fourpence.
Earth Mothers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Earth Mother
earwiggy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earwiggy
form: most earwiggy
Etymology: From earwig + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Amy had a bower in hers, rather small and earwiggy, but very pretty to look at, with honeysuckle and morning-glories hanging their colored horns and bells...
ref: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
text: The lady is whisked off as unceremoniously as though she were a Sabino damsel; she is transported to a dusty and, I fear, an earwiggy conservatory, […]
ref: 1905, Harper's Magazine:
text: So while an earwig can indeed crawl into a person's ear, it seems that a place has to be pretty darn earwiggy for such a thing to happen by chance.
ref: 1989, Jan Harold Brunvand, Curses! Broiled Again!:
glosses: Infested with earwigs.
psuedo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of pseudo.
ecdyses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ecdyse
ecdyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecdysis
RNA viruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of RNA virus
global weirding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A play on global warming, popularized by Thomas Friedman.
Senses: examples: text: You may see the highest zone numbers (14 or 15) on the label of that tropical banana plant you bought. Global weirding or no, if you live anywhere other than South Florida, you're still going to have to put it in your glass conservatory for the winter.
ref: 2002 November 7, Anne Raver, “Bananas in the Backyard”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Remember: climate change means “global weirding,” not just global warming.
ref: 2008 August 7, Thomas L. Friedman, “The language of global weirding”, in The Seattle Times, retrieved 22 Jul 2021:
glosses: The belief that climate change causes or will cause various weather-related extremes, including both hot and cold weather, to become more intense.
wikipedia: Thomas Friedman
echovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echoviruses
Etymology: Shortened form of enteric cytopathic human orphan virus.
Senses: glosses: A type of RNA virus of the species Enterovirus B of the Picornaviridae family, found in the human gastrointestinal tract.
Derived terms: echoviral
echoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echovirus
echopraxia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: echopraxias
Etymology: From echo- + -praxia. Analogous to echolalia.
Senses: examples: text: For example, a tic is an automatic form of echopraxia, involving to some slight degree the emotions and the volition and having been originally acquired by suggestion and imitation.
ref: 1906, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Volume 33, Williams & Wilkins, page 547:
text: 1964, Digest of Neurology and Psychiatry, Volumes 32-33, Institute of Living, page 260,
Echolalia and echopraxia have been recognized as symptoms of seriously disturbed behavior in adults for over a century.
text: Several patients, after repeated experience of echopraxia and pantomime, had the delusion that they could communicate with others without using words—merely transmitting ideas by a bodily movement.
ref: 1966, The British Journal of Psychiatry, volume 112, Royal Medico-Psychological Association, page 241:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
pathology
psychiatry
psychology
psychopathology
sciences
synonyms: echokinesis
glosses: The involuntary repetition or imitation of the observed movements of another.
Related terms: copropraxia
echolalia
palipraxia
echopraxias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echopraxia
eclecticise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eclecticises
form: eclecticising
form: eclecticised
form: eclecticised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eclecticize.
eclecticises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eclecticise
eclecticising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eclecticise
eclecticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eclecticise
ecmnesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A classical instance of ecmnesia is the celebrated case of Louis V., studied by many observers.
ref: 1913, Alfred Ernest Jones, Papers on Psycho-Analysis:
glosses: A form of amnesia in which the patient can recall older events but not recent ones.
Derived terms: ecmnesic
execrably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more execrably
form: most execrably
Etymology: From execrable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an execrable way.
exhortatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/
Forms: form: more exhortatory
form: most exhortatory
Etymology: From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.
Senses: examples: text: […] and therefore we ſee Chriſts words ran not in an Annunciative, but an exhortatory ſtile, He tels us not that Mammon ſhall make us friends, but excites us to make that our own care, […]
ref: 1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 67:
synonyms: hortatory
exhortative
glosses: Serving to exhort.
iconifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of iconify
iconifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of iconify
iconified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of iconify
exorciser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exorcisers
Etymology: From exorcise + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who performs an exorcism.
exoskeletal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exo- + skeletal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the exoskeleton.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having rotor blades extending inwards from the inner surface of a rotating drum, rather than outwards from a central shaft.
raw_tags: of a turbine
Derived terms: exoskeletally
mozzarelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mozzarella
exoticise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: exoticises
form: exoticising
form: exoticised
form: exoticised
Etymology: From exotic + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of exoticize.
exoticises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of exoticise
exoticising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exoticise
exoticised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of exoticise
expansion slot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion slots
Senses: examples: text: Fitting any of the joysticks to a Spectrum proved tedious. For starters I tried the Spectrum ZX Interface 2, a 5in-by-3in. chunk of plastic containing a single chip. It fits into the Spectrum expansion slot in a way that tempts wobble.
ref: 1984, Practical Computing, volume 7, page 93:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A slot for additional hardware, cards, etc. for the purpose of expanding a computer system.
expansion slots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansion slot
experienceless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From experience + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Who, if he were to imagine the ideal condition for mankind, would picture the naked, houseless, experienceless condition of our progenitors...
ref: 1888, John Heyl Vincent, Signal Lights:
text: Neither the view of Brooklyn from 30th Street, nor the eager but experienceless help, nor the food is up to the progenitor's.
ref: 1983, Bertie Charles Forbes, Forbes:
glosses: Lacking experience.
Derived terms: experiencelessness
brain mushroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brain mushrooms
Senses: glosses: A fungus common in Europe and North America and one of several species of fungi known as false morels, especially Gyromitra esculenta.
Synonyms: sense: Gyromitra esculenta
word: lorchel
sense: Gyromitra esculenta
word: turban fungus
Ausbruchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ausbruch
make a hash of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a hash of
form: making a hash of
form: made a hash of
form: made a hash of
Senses: examples: text: I generally make a hash of talking to boys I like; it's so frustrating.
text: Pouring drinks is one thing I always make a hash of, so please help yourselves.
text: First, you’ve made a hash of this cruise — you’ll be a bold man to say no to that. Second, you let the enemy out o’ this here trap for nothing.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: "Of course a miracle may happen, and you may be a great painter, but you must confess the chances are a million to one against it. It'll be an awful sell if at the end you have to acknowledge you've made a hash of it."
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 12”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: City's victory was secured in first-half injury time when Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet made a hash of his attempt to keep out Alvaro Negredo's chip, ensuring Manuel Pellegrini's side kept their flawless home league record.
ref: 2013 December 26, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport:
glosses: to do badly, particularly to make a mess while doing.
Synonyms: word: mess up
word: muck up
word: stuff up
word: make a mess of
word: make a Horlicks of
word: screw up
word: cock up
word: fuck up
word: balls up
word: bugger up
makes a hash of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make a hash of
making a hash of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of make a hash of
made a hash of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of make a hash of
pyromaniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pyromaniacal
form: most pyromaniacal
Senses: examples: text: My slightly pyromaniacal son is attracted to fires of all sorts.
ref: 2007, Thomas E. Wartenberg, Thinking on Screen, →ISBN, page 88:
glosses: Of or relating to pyromania.
Related terms: pyromania
pyromaniac
entryism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Previously spelt entrism, borrowed from French entrisme but reconstructed as entry + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Conservative MPs are warning of a risk of entryism in the party as the pro-Brexit group Leave.EU encourages its supporters to become members in order to back Boris Johnson or Jacob Rees-Mogg in a future leadership contest.
ref: 2018 August 19, Heather Stewart, “Brexit: Tory MPs warn of entryism threat from Leave.EU supporters”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A political tactic by which an organisation or state encourages its members or agents to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits or to encourage an unelectable candidate.
Related terms: entryist
entrism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of entryism.
neuroanatomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuroanatomy
aphroditic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aphroditic
form: most aphroditic
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
glosses: venereal
changelog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃeɪndʒˌlɒɡ/
Forms: form: changelogs
Etymology: From change + log.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
changelogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of changelog
misbind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misbinds
form: misbinding
form: misbound
form: misbound
Etymology: From mis- + bind.
Senses: glosses: To bind incorrectly.
misbinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misbind
misbinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misbind
misbound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misbind
debuggable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈbʌɡəbəɫ]
ipa: [diːˈbʊɡəbəɫ]
Etymology: From debug + -able.
Senses: examples: text: If the output shows a space name $DEBUG$, the program was compiled as debuggable with the -g option.
ref: 1997, Robin Burk, David B Horvath, UNIX Unleashed: Internet Edition:
text: In an attempt to detect the problem closer to where it happened, our experts tried to replace the standard malloc with a debuggable version...
ref: 2001, Robert D Kent, Todd W Sands, High Performance Computing Systems and Applications:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: That can be debugged.
examples: text: Such large-grain, naive parallelism can be simple enough to be readily implementable and debuggable...
ref: 1998, Steven S Skiena, The Algorithm Design Manual:
text: Your Java programs will be more debuggable and expandable if you use local variables instead of instance variables...
ref: 2005, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Head First Java:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Easy or convenient to debug.
Derived terms: debuggability
undebuggable
ponzi scam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ponzi scams
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Ponzi scam.
ponzi scams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ponzi scam; alternative form of Ponzi scam.
Ponzi scams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponzi scam
Ponzi schemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ponzi scheme
multi-level
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of multilevel.
old wine in a new bottle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old wine in new bottles
Etymology: A reference to the parable of Jesus of New Wine into Old Wineskins, Matthew 9:14–17, Mark 2:21–22, and Luke 5:33–39.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, some critics argue that evolutionary psychology is old wine in a new bottle — the old instinct theory in a new package.
ref: 2003, Stephen M Colarelli, No Best Way:
text: Police reform advocate Robert Gangi called the plan “old wine in a new bottle” that relied “mainly on punitive law enforcement tactics”.
ref: 2022 February 6, Lauren Gambino, quoting Robert Gangi, “Can Biden tackle rising crime without abandoning police reform promise?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: An existing concept or institution offered as though it were a new one.
wikipedia: New Wine into Old Wineskins
Related terms: good wine needs no bush
new wine in an old bottle
mutton dressed as lamb
put lipstick on a pig
thorns in someone's side
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thorn in someone's side
zymograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zymogram
E.D.N.Y.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, as used in case citations.
Related terms: N.D.N.Y.
S.D.N.Y.
W.D.N.Y.
N.D.N.Y.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, as used in case citations.
Related terms: E.D.N.Y.
S.D.N.Y.
W.D.N.Y.
W.D.N.Y.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: United States District Court for the Western District of New York, as used in case citations.
Related terms: E.D.N.Y.
N.D.N.Y.
S.D.N.Y.
millosevichite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millosevichites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare mineral with the chemical formula Al₂(SO₄)₃, forming white to yellowish cryptocrystalline masses.
millosevichites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millosevichite
zyxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zyxins
Etymology: From the gene name ZYX, + -in.
Senses: examples: text: Human zyxin is a 572 amino acid protein; sequence analysis suggests that its biochemical properties are similar to those of avian zyxin.
ref: 1999, Beth E. Drees, Mary C. Beckerle, “Zyxin”, in Thomas Kreis, Ronald Vale, editors, Guidebook to the Extracellular Matrix, Anchor, and Adhesion Proteins, →ISBN, page 96:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A certain zinc-binding phosphoprotein, or the gene which produces it
Related terms: urls: https://web.archive.org/web/20140724083700/https://www.wikigenes.org/e/gene/e/7791.html
word: Wikigenes entry
zyxins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zyxin
vinculin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vinculins
Etymology: From vinculum + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A membrane-cytoskeletal protein in focal adhesion plaques, involved in linkage of integrin adhesion molecules to the actin cytoskeleton
vinculins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vinculin
untilted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tilted.
Senses: glosses: Not tilted.
untilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of untilt
unspliced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + spliced.
Senses: examples: text: Unexpected cytoplasmic expression of unspliced RNA seems to be prevented by some cellular mechanism.
ref: 1991, Robert C. Gallo, Gilbert Jay, The Human Retroviruses, →ISBN, page 9:
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Not spliced
raw_tags: of RNA
pâte feuilletée
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pâtes feuilletées
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pate feuilletee.
perill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perills
Senses: examples: text: For if that bee not without much hazard and perill,[…]
ref: 1622, John Downame, “Of ſuch Reaſons as may mooue vs to abhor carnall ſecuritie, and to vſe all meanes either to preuent it, or to be freed from it” (chapter VIII), in A Guide to Godlynesse: or, A Treatise of A Christian Life, page 51:
text: What is the Duty and Vertue oppoſite to this ill which Men are to ſtudy in an ill time upon their perill and prepare for.
ref: 1709, William Guthrie, A Sermon Concerning Regeneration Preached in Clydsdale, page 27:
text: […] but ſithence that theſe Thinges, althoughe in their outward Viſage be worldly, yet inwardly they touch and concerne the Perill of Soule,[…]
ref: 1715, Gilbert, Lord Bishop of Sarum, The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, volume 3, Book II, page 65:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of peril.
anterogradely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anterogradely
form: most anterogradely
Etymology: From anterograde + -ly.
Senses: topics: sciences
glosses: With a forward motion
retrogradely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more retrogradely
form: most retrogradely
Etymology: From retrograde + -ly.
Senses: examples: proteins migrating retrogradely
topics: sciences
glosses: With a backward motion
bar line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bar lines
form: barline
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A vertical line in musical notation used to separate two bars or measures.
topics: journalism
media
glosses: Synonym of crossline (“type of headline”).
synonyms: word: crossline
extra: type of headline
Synonyms: topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: bar
Related terms: double bar line
dotted bar line
bar lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bar line
ejectable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eject + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be ejected.
Derived terms: nonejectable
unejectable
ejectable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ejectables
Etymology: From eject + -able.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any object that is ejected by a satellite while it is in space.
antiphosphorylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-phosphorylated
Etymology: From anti- + phosphorylated.
Senses: examples: text: The phosphorylation levels were detected with antiphosphorylated antibodies by Western blot analysis.
ref: 2005, W. Zhang, “Leukotriene B4 receptor inhibitor LY293111 induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human anaplastic large-cell lymphoma cells via JNK phosphorylation”, in Leukemia, volume 19, →DOI:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunochemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Bonding specifically to a phosphorylated antigen
Related terms: antiphosphorylation
antilitter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-litter
Etymology: From anti- + litter.
Senses: examples: text: For example, a sign drawing attention to the antilitter norm is more influential in reducing littering when placed in a nonlittered setting than when it is placed in a prelittered setting (31).
ref: 2008, Kees Keizer et al., “The Spreading of Disorder”, in Science, volume 322, number 5908, →DOI:
glosses: Opposing or proscribing littering
Synonyms: antilittering
antigraffiti
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-graffiti
Etymology: From anti- + graffiti.
Senses: examples: text: This town has an antigraffiti law.
glosses: Opposing or proscribing graffiti
Related terms: antilitter
antivandalism
antievolution
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-evolution
Etymology: From anti- + evolution.
Senses: examples: text: William Jennings Bryan won the case and the antievolution statute was upheld.
ref: 2004, James Jurinski, Religion on Trial, →ISBN, page 106:
glosses: Opposing the teaching or espousal of evolutionary theories, often specifically the Darwinian theory of natural selection
programmability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: programmabilities
Etymology: From programmable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The abstract capability of being programmable.
telesync
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telesyncs
Senses: glosses: A bootlegged video copy of a movie, shot in a movie theater, often with a professional camera on a tripod in the projection booth, and with a direct connection to the sound source.
Vaisnavara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vaiśvānara
form: Vaisvānara
Etymology: From Sanskrit वैश्वानर (vaiśvānará).
Senses: glosses: A name of the fire-god Agni, in his function as a benevolent power.
bedrocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedrock
Zahns
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zahn
Vaisvānara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Vaisnavara.
Zanders
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zander
Zeppelins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zeppelin
Zettels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zettel
Zuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zucker
electric eels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric eel
diversifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diversifier
gendarmeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gendarmerie
coped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cope
coped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊpt
Senses: glosses: Clad in a cope.
Derived terms: uncoped
wonkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wonkish
form: most wonkish
Etymology: From wonk + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: According to Greer, the voting classes were ready for someone very much like the wonkish Clinton, with his devotion to "the issues."
ref: 1997, Edwin Diamond, Robert A. Silverman, White House to Your House, →ISBN, page 125:
text: Hillary may have been too wonkish, and Palin not wonkish enough, but they have normalized white females as political candidates for the nation.
ref: 2009, Zillah Eisenstein, The Audacity of Races and Genders, Zed Books, →ISBN, page 138:
text: Being a renegade Islamo-punk had run its course, but now I answered brothers' questions in a wonkish intellectual way, ducking and weaving around the truth claims.
ref: 2009, Michael Muhammad Knight, Journey to the End of Islam, Soft Skull Press, →ISBN, page 207:
glosses: Nerdy; bookish; having the qualities of a wonk.
Synonyms: nerdy
Derived terms: wonkishly
Related terms: wonky
knockoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knockoff
Zufalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zufall
Zabels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Zabel
mezzos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mezzo
LD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Lakshadweep: a union territory of India.
LD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Lyme disease.
glosses: Initialism of laser disc.
glosses: Initialism of legislative district.
glosses: Initialism of lethal dose.
glosses: Initialism of Lib Dem.
glosses: Initialism of lunar distance.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of left defence/defense, the left wing player defensive position.
Related terms: sense: laser disc
word: BD
sense: laser disc
word: CD
sense: laser disc
word: CDDA
sense: laser disc
word: CDDV
sense: laser disc
word: DD
sense: laser disc
word: DVD
sense: laser disc
word: HD-DVD
sense: laser disc
word: SVCD
sense: laser disc
word: VCD
dealmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪəɫˌmeɪkə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: dealmakers
form: deal-maker
Etymology: From deal + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: broker
text: The longtime Democratic Party loyalist and dealmaker died Nov. 19 at the age of 71.
ref: 2008 December 2, “Former Philly councilwoman memorialized”, in Philadelphia Inquirer:
coordinate_terms: matchmaker
glosses: One who makes or brokers business or political transactions.
antonyms: deal breaker
dealbreaker
glosses: A factor in a negotiation that tips the balance so as to change the answer from no to yes.
Related terms: dealbreaker
dealer
market maker
power broker
contemporize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: contemporizes
form: contemporizing
form: contemporized
form: contemporized
form: contemporise
Etymology: From contemporary + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: In the few instances where the initial description is couched in the past tense, immediate reversal occurs and the scene is contemporized by the listener.
ref: 1948, Gordon Allport, Leo Postman, The Psychology of Rumor, page 91:
glosses: To bring up to date; often specifically to set a historical narrative in a modern context
examples: text: Oscar Mayer tapped him to try to find some way to reposition bologna and other troubled meats that were declining in popularity and sales...when Drane began working on the project, his orders were to “figure out how to contemporize what we’ve got.”
ref: 2013, Michael Moss, “The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food”, in The New York Times Magazine:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: To modify, repackage, or present a well-known or traditional product or brand in a way that appeals to contemporary consumers.
Synonyms: update
adapt
Derived terms: contemporization
Related terms: contemporary
temporize
catwalklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catwalklike
form: most catwalklike
form: catwalk-like
Etymology: From catwalk + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Behind the fireplace is a catwalklike passage with a gridded handrail.
ref: 1990, Architectural Digest, volume 47, page 209:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a catwalk.
examples: text: Sometimes strikingly picturesque, always fluid in its comings and goings, it switches between episodes of sensual impulsiveness; coy, catwalklike audience-awareness; […]
ref: 2008 December 12, Alastair Macaulay, “Glimpses of India, Eruptions of Chaos, Flashes of Choreography”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fashion catwalk or the manner of a fashion model.
blurrily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more blurrily
form: most blurrily
Etymology: From blurry + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Without my glasses, I could only blurrily see what was happening.
glosses: In a blurry fashion; lacking clarity
Related terms: blur
blurriness
blurry
arpeggiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arpeggiations
Etymology: From arpeggiate + -ion.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The act of arpeggiating, of spreading a chord out instead of playing the notes simultaneously.
Related terms: arpeggio
arpeggiate
arpeggiato
arpeggiator
toothwort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toothworts
Etymology: From tooth + wort.
From having an appearance similar to teeth.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Lathraea.
glosses: Any of the species of plants in subgenus Cardamine subg. Dentaria, formerly genus Dentaria.
Related terms: word: liverwort
taxonomic: Pulmonaria spp.
word: lungwort
taxonomic: Asplenium spp.
word: spleenwort
taxonomic: Stachys spp. etc.
word: woundwort
associative arrays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of associative array
submachine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submachines
Etymology: From sub- + machine.
Senses: glosses: A machine forming part of a larger machine.
examples: text: In the same computation, the computer may be decomposed repeatedly and the partitioning may vary from one split to the other. The submachines can further recursively decompose […]
ref: 1999, Martin Beran, “Decomposable Bulk Synchronous Parallel Computers”, in SOFSEM '99: Theory and Practice of Informatics, →ISBN, page 351:
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: A machine forming part of a larger machine.
A part of a real or virtual machine which acts as a machine in its own right.
submachine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Shortened from submachine gun.
Senses: examples: text: The body of one of the dead crewmen bounced and rolled a little as the submachine rounds ripped into it.
ref: 2003, Milt Bearden, James Risen, The Main Enemy, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a submachine gun.
submachines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submachine
industrials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌstɹɪəlz/
Senses: glosses: plural of industrial
wipeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wipeouts
form: wipe-out
form: wipe out
Etymology: Deverbal from wipe out.
Senses: examples: text: The skateboarder had a nasty wipeout as she came off the ramp.
glosses: The act of colliding or crashing.
examples: text: The wipeout of this industry could be catastrophic.
glosses: Total destruction or elimination.
examples: text: Ha ha! Did you see that wipeout?
text: I'd like to show you what a wipeout looks like from the board. I'm pretty good at getting wiped out, so I'll be the stooge.
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: The act of falling off one's surfboard.
untucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He walked down the street with his shirt untucked.
glosses: Not tucked in
raw_tags: of clothing
untucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It had been above an hour earlier, before a single bird had untucked his head, that twenty lights were struck in as many bedrooms […]
ref: 1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, “Chapter 4”, in The Woodlanders […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: simple past and past participle of untuck
unswervingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unswervingly
form: most unswervingly
Etymology: From unswerving + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He followed his course unswervingly.
glosses: Without deviation; not swerving
Synonyms: steadfastly
unwaveringly
sceneries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scenery
wipeouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wipeout
ultrasecure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + secure.
Senses: examples: text: The president was rushed to an ultrasecure bunker.
glosses: Extremely secure
designees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of designee
designee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdɛzɪɡˈni/
Forms: form: designees
Etymology: From designate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: The commissioner of the Texas Department of Public Health is proposing that the commissioner of health, or the designee of the commissioner of health, be able to institute quarantine measures for people with AIDS.
ref: 1985 December 28, Kim Westheimer, “Boston Quarantine Proposal Withdrawn”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 11:
text: The bill authorizes the President's designee, to access funds that the Congress has already appropriated for the auto industries.
ref: 2008 December 11, “Automakers to remain under pressure for months yet”, in Birmingham Star:
topics: law
glosses: One who has been designated
Coordinate terms: designator
escortee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escortees
Etymology: From escort + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is escorted
Coordinate terms: escort
dogfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dog fighting
form: dog-fighting
Senses: examples: text: Dogfighting is illegal in most countries.
glosses: A blood sport in which dogs fight with one another.
examples: text: Here, in fighter-pilot language, you're taught the real essential — dogfighting, man-against-man, plane-against-plane — and in a way they never taught us.
ref: 1972 February 24, Kevin V. Brown, “Space-Age Dogfighting”, in Popular Science, page 74:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Close combat between two military aircraft.
Related terms: dogfight
dogfighter
cockfighting
bullfighting
dogfighting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dog fighting
form: dog-fighting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dogfight
escortees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escortee
inclusionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭnklo͞oʹzhənârē
ipa: /ɪnˈkluːʒən.ɛɹ.i/
Etymology: From inclusion + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: His moderate, inclusionary vision is in keeping with our values.
ref: 2007 December 26, Lawrence Martin, “Barack Obama and the reopening of the American mind”, in Globe and Mail:
glosses: Marked by inclusiveness
Synonyms: inclusive
Derived terms: inclusionarily
inclusionary housing
inclusionary zoning
noninclusionary
melancholias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of melancholia
anthroposphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /anθɹɒpəsfɪɚ/
Forms: form: anthropospheres
Etymology: From anthropo- + -sphere.
Senses: examples: text: Of the material flows that return to the Ecosphere from the Anthroposphere in a form other than waste, the largest is the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels.
ref: 2006, “Introduction”, in Material Flow Data Book, 3rd edition:
glosses: That part of the environment that is made or modified by humans for use in human activities and human habitats.
vernix caseosa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin vernix (“varnish”) + caseosa (“cheesy”).
Senses: examples: 1888 Austin Flint: A Text-book of human physiology
The protecting coat of vernix caseosa allows the skin to perform its office in utero, and at birth, when this coating is removed, the surface is found in a condition perfectly adapted to extrauterine existence. It is not probable that the vernix caseosa is necessary to facilitate the passage of the child into the world, for the parts of the mother are always sufficiently lubricated with mucous secretion.
1983 Carol Laderman: Wives and Midwives: Childbirth and Nutrition in Rural Malaysia
She rubbed his body with coconut oil to remove the vernix caseosa. A heavy coating of vernix caseosa, she told me later, is a sure sign that the couple have been having intercourse during the latter part of pregnancy, a practice she considers dangerous. She believes the white vernix caseosa to be an accumulation of semen.
topics: medicine
obstetrics
sciences
synonyms: vernix
birthing custard
glosses: The waxy or "cheesy" white substance found coating the skin of newborn humans.
anthropospheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anthroposphere
nontheistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-theistic
Etymology: From non- + theistic.
Senses: examples: text: The most influential contemporary school of non-theistic philosophers, the school of Comte, deny that either theism or atheism can be proved, and proscribe, with impartial rigour, all argument on either side...
ref: 1866 February 15, Peter Bayne, “Critical Notices: The Heavenly Father: Lectures on Modern Atheism”, in The Fortnightly Review, volume 4, number 19, page 119:
text: If the universe be regarded as self-existing, then men might hold to evolution, which is distinctly non-theistic, if not atheistic, not requiring a God for the reason that it is founded on the assumption that the possibility and potency and promise of all things reside in matter as matter.
ref: 1892, Charles Force Deems, “The Outlook of Theology”, in Christian Thought, volume 9, New York: Wilbur B. Ketcham, page 440:
text: But to determine the position and worth of a religion, whether theistic or non-theistic, it is indispensable that we have some notion of what religion is in itself.
ref: 1895, Robert Flint, Theism: being the Baird lecture for 1876, 9th edition, William Blackwood and Sons, Lecture II, page 30:
text: Thus what he called "natural religion" must not be confused with modern brands of naturalistic or nontheistic religion.
ref: 1960, Hilary Shelton Smith, American Christianity: 1820-1960, →ISBN, →OL:
text: The nontheistic tradition of Buddhism generally takes the view that people (with each other's help) can liberate themselves.
ref: 1991, Marie Louise Baird, Contemplative Psychology, translation of original by H.F. de Wit, →ISBN, page 156:
glosses: Not believing in any gods.
Synonyms: atheistic
Hyponyms: agnostic
Derived terms: nontheistically
Related terms: nontheism
nontheist
nontipped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tipped.
Senses: examples: text: As the minimum wage for nontipped employees is $4.25, the tipped minimum wage is $2.125.
ref: 1997 April 1, Walter John Wessels, “Minimum wages and tipped servers”, in Economic Inquiry, →DOI:
qualifier: labour law
glosses: Not receiving tips in the normal course of work
outshot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outshoot
outshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outshots
Senses: glosses: An extension to a building.
Related terms: outshots
outshoot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outshoots
form: outshooting
form: outshot
form: outshot
form: out-shoot
Etymology: From out- + shoot.
Senses: examples: text: Boston outshot New York by 16-10, including by 8-3 in the first half, but Gao Hong, the Power's goaltender, covered her zone impressively.
ref: 2001 June 4, Andrew R. Tripaldi, “SOCCER; Despite Being Outshot, the Power Upends the Breakers”, in The New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To score more goals than the other side in a goal sport such as hockey or soccer
examples: text: "I can outdrink, outsmoke and outshoot any man in this bar!" exclaimed the cowboy.
glosses: To fire a gun more accurately than.
pointillistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pointillistic
form: most pointillistic
Etymology: From pointillist + -ic, from Pointillism.
Senses: examples: a pointillistic work of art
glosses: Having a style marked by using many small, distinct points of color to form an image.
examples: text: Their songs are mercurial, exhilarating structures with angular, leaping vocal lines from David Longstreth, cooing female vocal harmonies and pointillistic guitar patterns that do with Congolese soukous what Steve Reich did with Ghanian drumming: analyze, formalize and layer on new, dizzying convolutions.
ref: 2008 December 12, Jon Pareles, “Hey, Kids! Care for a Little Minimalism With Your Dance Grooves?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Having the minimalistic, analytical character associated with pointillism.
Synonyms: pointillist
Derived terms: pointillistically
outshoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outshoot
outshooting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outshoot
postcareers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postcareer
postcareer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + career.
Senses: examples: text: You should talk to the manager about your postcareer planning.
glosses: Following the end of one's current or primary career
postcareer
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From post- + career.
Senses: examples: text: I don't have any firm plans postcareer.
glosses: Following the end of one's current or primary career
postcareer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postcareers
Etymology: From post- + career.
Senses: examples: text: They have to start to prepare for their postcareers because it could start tomorrow.
ref: 2002 June 12, Thomas George, “ON PRO FOOTBALL; McNeil Helps Players Manage Their Money”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One's second or subsequent career; often specifically the phase of life following a professional athletic career
reinjured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinjure
reinjure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
Forms: form: reinjures
form: reinjuring
form: reinjured
form: reinjured
Etymology: From re- + injure.
Senses: examples: text: He reinjured his hamstring two months after surgery.
glosses: To injure a body part which has already been injured
Related terms: reinjury
reinjures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinjure
reinjuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinjure
razzles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of razzle
razzling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of razzle
razzle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: razzles
form: razzling
form: razzled
form: razzled
Senses: examples: text: My sister had the good sense to keep mum about our babysitter's stories, but I was so razzled by hopes of meeting with these aliens and learning their world-saving secrets that I blabbed about the possibility to my mother, who quickly wormed the entire chronicle from me.
ref: 1993, Scott Russell Sanders, The Paradise of Bombs, →ISBN, page 14:
text: "We got razzled," said Wizards center Brendan Haywood, inventing a word on a night when he did little else. "It's the playoffs. You've got to play."
ref: 2005 April 28, Jay Mariotti, “While Wizards talk, upstart Bulls just shut up and play”, in Chicago Sun-Times, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
glosses: To dazzle or disorient
Derived terms: razzled
Related terms: on the razzle
razzle-dazzle
razzled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more razzled
form: most razzled
Senses: glosses: drunk
Synonyms: drunk
razzled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of razzle
pustulent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pustulent
form: most pustulent
Etymology: From pustule + -ent.
Senses: examples: text: a pustulent sore
text: His body was dead white where it was not cruelly galled, bitten, rasped; his colourless face puffy, sweat-swollen, corpse-like, a tangled yellow beard covering his mouth; his eyes were red and pustulent.
ref: 1994, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain, →ISBN, page 114:
glosses: Filled or oozing with pus.
glosses: Alternative spelling of pustulant, "producing pustules"
Related terms: pustulence
corncockle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corncockles
Etymology: From corn + cockle.
Senses: glosses: Any of several species of flowering plants, of the genus Agrostemma, in the Caryophyllaceae family.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Agrostemma githago
word: common corncockle
premarket
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + market.
Senses: examples: premarket testing
topics: business
glosses: Prior to a product's official market release