cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
lap of luxury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Now dear, I hope my daughter has warned you we are not exactly living of of the lap of luxury you might say. […] Now I want you to prepare yourself right now because I am certain it is not the kind of surroundings you are used to from where you come from, dear.
ref: 1981 February 14, Andrea Loewenstein, “Voices in the Night”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 8:
text: You'd think being born into the lap of luxury would encourage indolence, but that's not the case for Kilian Hennessy[…].
ref: 2010 September, Nicole Benoist Edgerton, “From Paris with love”, in St. Louis Magazine, volume 16, number 9, page 48:
glosses: A position or situation in which one is spoiled and indulged.
spider lily
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪdəˌlɪli/
/ˈspaɪdɚˌlɪli/
Forms: form: spider lilies
Senses: glosses: Any of a number of different plant species within the family Amaryllidaceae in the genera Crinum, Hymenocallis, and Lycoris.
glosses: Certain plants of genus Nerine.
Derived terms: red spider lily
spider lilies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪdəˌlɪliz/
/ˈspaɪdɚˌlɪliz/
Senses: glosses: plural of spider lily
ambiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ambiently
form: most ambiently
Etymology: From ambient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ambient way.
Utah teapot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Utah teapots
Etymology: After the University of Utah, whose researcher Martin Newell designed the model in 1975.
Senses: examples: text: The preceding figure shows the Utah teapot, a popular benchmark for surfaces. The teapot is textured by a random polka-dot pattern.
ref: 1996, Alyn Rockwood, Peter Chambers, Interactive Curves and Surfaces: A Multimedia Tutorial on CAGD:
text: Figure 23.7 demonstrates our smoothing operator applied to a preliminary 3D scan conversion of the Utah teapot.
ref: 2003, Stanley Osher, Nikos Paragios, Geometric level set methods in imaging, vision, and graphics:
text: At the RfB site you will find the complete dataset for the Utah teapot and Gumbo. You are encouraged to use them in your own RenderMan renders […]
ref: 2004, Saty Raghavachary, Rendering for Beginners: Image Synthesis Using RenderMan:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Newell teapot
glosses: A three-dimensional mathematical model of a teapot, often used as a reference object to test or assess a rendering technique.
Utah teapots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Utah teapot
angelologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angelologists
Etymology: From angelology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in angelology.
angelologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelologist
hippieish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hippieish
form: most hippieish
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hippyish.
risibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more risibly
form: most risibly
Etymology: From risible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a risible manner.
yuppification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yuppie + -fication.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of yuppifying.
novelistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more novelistically
form: most novelistically
Etymology: From novelistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a novelistic way.
twitterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twitterers
Etymology: From twitter + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, twitters.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Twitterer.
Synonyms: babbler
chatterbox
twitterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twitterer
unignorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unignorable
form: most unignorable
Etymology: From un- + ignorable.
Senses: examples: text: The alarm went on forever. It was loud and high and unignorable, and it didn’t stop, and everyone but Eight Antidote apparently knew what to do about it.
ref: 2021, Arkady Martine, A Desolation Called Peace, Tor, page 358:
glosses: That cannot be ignored.
unreimbursed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reimbursed.
Senses: glosses: Not reimbursed.
unmedicated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + medicated.
Senses: glosses: Not medicated.
Synonyms: nonmedicated
wearyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wearyingly
form: most wearyingly
Etymology: From wearying + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a wearying way.
Synonyms: exhaustingly
tiresomely
tiringly
tiringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tiringly
form: most tiringly
Etymology: From tiring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tiring manner; so as to tire somebody.
Synonyms: exhaustingly
wearyingly
yawningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more yawningly
form: most yawningly
Etymology: From yawning + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She stumbled downstairs and yawningly prepared breakfast.
glosses: In a yawning way; accompanied by yawns.
examples: text: A chasm opened yawningly before them.
glosses: So as to open wide; gapingly.
uncanniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: uncanninesses
Etymology: From uncanny + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being uncanny.
Synonyms: eeriness
eerieness
spookiness
weirdness
eerieness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eerie + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eeriness.
tinkly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: tinklier
form: tinkliest
Etymology: From tinkle + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The tinkly piano-playing soon got on my nerves.
glosses: Having a tinkling sound.
unbought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bought.
Senses: glosses: Not bought; unpurchased.
unalarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unalarmed
form: most unalarmed
Etymology: From un- + alarmed.
Senses: glosses: Not alarmed; unafraid.
examples: an unalarmed building
glosses: Not fitted with an alarm.
superlawyer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superlawyers
Etymology: From super- + lawyer.
Senses: examples: text: Fearful that the publicity would cripple his presidential buildup, Kennedy paid an emergency call on Washington superlawyer Clark Clifford.
ref: 2011, Christopher J. Matthews, Kennedy & Nixon: The Rivalry that Shaped Postwar America, page 115:
glosses: A very successful or powerful lawyer.
superlawyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superlawyer
sulfonylurea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfonylureas
form: sulphonylurea
Etymology: From sulfonyl + urea.
Senses: examples: text: Bullwort is a difficult-to-control weed: in cereals, only sulfonylureas are effective.
ref: 2017, Michel Beckert, Yves Dessaux, Effects of Herbicide-Tolerant Crop Cultivation:
glosses: Any of a class of antidiabetic drugs that act by increasing insulin release from the beta cells in the pancreas; some are also used as herbicides.
Hypernyms: secretagogue
Hyponyms: acetohexamide
carbutamide
chlorpropamide
glibenclamide
gliclazide
glimepiride
glipizide
gliquidone
glyclopyramide
tolazamide
tolbutamide
torasemide
sulfonylureas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfonylurea
sulphonylurea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphonylureas
Etymology: From sulphonyl + urea.
Senses: examples: text: The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.
ref: 2009 March 27, Ken-ichi Takeuchi et al., “Changes in Temperature Preferences and Energy Homeostasis in Dystroglycan Mutants”, in Science, volume 323, number 5922, →DOI, pages 1740–1743:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfonylurea.
sulphonylureas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulphonylurea
spastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spastically
form: most spastically
Etymology: From spastic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Recently my three little boys were having a postdinner, prebath boogie party—spastically break-dancing in their underwear and diapers.
ref: 2011, Susan Besze Wallace, Monica Reed, The New Mom's Guide to Life with Baby, page 196:
glosses: In a spastic way; accompanied by spasms.
spazzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spaz
spazzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spaz
big-heads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of big-head
Sukhumi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /suːˈkuːmi/
/suːˈxuːmi/
Forms: form: Sokhum
form: Sokhumi
form: Sukhum
form: Abkhazia
Etymology: From Russian Суху́ми (Suxúmi), from Georgian სოხუმი (soxumi).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Abkhazia, a de-facto independent country internationally recognized as part of the country of Georgia.
semblances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semblance
naloxone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈlɒk.səʊn/
ipa: /nəˈlɑkˌsoʊn/
Etymology: From nal- (“opioid receptor antagonist/agonist”) + (hydr)ox(y) + -one.
Senses: examples: text: Neffy uses the same spray device as Narcan, the naloxone nasal spray for opioid overdose, according to a spokesperson for its maker, ARS Pharmaceuticals.
ref: 2024 August 9, Meg Tirrell, “First nasal spray epinephrine drug for emergency allergic reactions gets FDA approval”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An opioid inverse agonist used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine).
Hyponyms: sense: brand names
word: Narcan
Coordinate terms: naltrexone
Derived terms: suboxone
naloxones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naloxone
levonorgestrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌliː.vəʊ.nɔːˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹl̩/
ipa: /ˌli.və.nɔɹˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹəl/
Etymology: From levo- + norgestrel.
Senses: examples: text: The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
ref: 2024 October 17, Deidre McPhillips, “Some IUDs linked to higher rates of breast cancer, but overall risk remains low”, in CNN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic progestogen used as an active ingredient in some hormonal contraceptives.
Related terms: dexnorgestrel
active ingredients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of active ingredient
passings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passing
mohawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mohawk
lemonades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Wow, sixteen lemonades? That could be enough to pay for our Jerseys.
ref: 2020, Emily Howard, “Making Lemonade Out of Lemons”, in Clifford the Big Red Dog, season 3, episode 9:
glosses: plural of lemonade
iridotomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iridotomies
Etymology: From irido- + -tomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of part of the iris.
iridotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iridotomy
hyperliterate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperliterate
form: most hyperliterate
Etymology: From hyper- + literate.
Senses: glosses: Exceptionally literate.
glosses: Literate in hypertext or hyperliterature.
Related terms: hyperliteracy
hyperliterature
bronchoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchoscopy (plural count noun sense denoting instances of the mass noun sense [i.e., countable procedure episodes])
checkerspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: checkerspots
Etymology: From checker + spot.
Senses: glosses: Any of a group of butterflies of the subfamily Nymphalinae whose wings bear a checkered, spotted pattern.
checkerspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of checkerspot
eflornithine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A drug, α-difluoromethylornithine, used to treat cancer and sleeping sickness
neuropharmacologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropharmacologists
Etymology: From neuro- + pharmacologist.
Senses: glosses: A person involved in neuropharmacology.
neuropharmacologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropharmacologist
neuropharmacology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuropharmacologies
Etymology: From neuro- + pharmacology.
Senses: glosses: A science concerned with drug-induced changes in the functioning of cells in the nervous system.
neuropharmacologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neuropharmacology
poutier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pouty: more pouty
poutiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pouty: most pouty
episperm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: episperms
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The seed coat (outer, protective layer of the seed of a flowering plant).
Derived terms: epispermic
hexokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hexokinases
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of a hexose
Derived terms: glucohexokinase
superhorse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhorses
Etymology: From super- + horse.
Senses: examples: text: Matz was the trainer of Barbaro, the superhorse who won here in 2006 and took that fatal misstep two weeks later at the Preakness.
ref: 2008 May 4, William C. Rhoden, “Race Illustrates Brutal Side of Sport”, in New York Times:
glosses: An extremely famous or talented horse, especially a racehorse
poutily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more poutily
form: most poutily
Etymology: From pouty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pouty way.
hexokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexokinase
celibately
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From celibate + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a celibate way.
fingerbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fingerbowls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of finger bowl.
fingerbowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fingerbowl
insureds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insured
phosphofructokinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphofructokinases
Etymology: From phospho- + fructokinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a group of kinase enzymes that convert fructose phosphates to biphosphates
Synonyms: PFK
Derived terms: PFK
phosphofructokinase 1
phosphofructokinase 2
contragestive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more contragestive
form: most contragestive
Senses: glosses: Acting to prevent implantation of a blastocyst.
contragestive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contragestives
Senses: glosses: A substance or device that acts to prevent implantation of a blastocyst.
Related terms: contragestion
miseducate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: miseducates
form: miseducating
form: miseducated
form: miseducated
Etymology: From mis- + educate.
Senses: glosses: To educate wrongly.
Derived terms: miseducator
miseducates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of miseducate
miseducating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miseducate
miseducated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of miseducate
desogestrel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛs.əˈd͡ʒɛ.stɹəl/
Etymology: Blend of desoxy- + etonogestrel.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic progestogen C₂₂H₃₀O used in birth control pills in combination with ethinylestradiol.
elevenfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eleven + -fold.
Senses: glosses: By a factor of eleven.
Derived terms: elevenfoldness
elevenfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From eleven + -fold.
Senses: examples: text: From the 1810s to the 2000s, the frequency of “achievement” in written American English grew elevenfold, according to a search of the Corpus of Historical American English, a database of 107,000 newspapers, magazines, novels, plays and film scripts.
ref: 2010 October 29, Anand Giridharadas, “America and the ‘Fun’ Generation”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 May 2021:
text: Sony’s shares are up more than elevenfold since 2012, profits have risen, and the company is still one of Japan’s largest, with about 110,000 employees and a market value around $108 billion.
ref: 2020 November 12, “How the PlayStation became Sony’s centerpiece product.”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
glosses: By a factor of eleven.
biphosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biphosphates
Etymology: From bi- + phosphate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of phosphoric acid in which only one of the hydrogen atom has been replaced by a metal ion.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of diphosphate.
synonyms: word: diphosphate
contragestives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contragestive
phosphofructokinases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phosphofructokinase
seventeenfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seventeen + -fold.
Senses: examples: text: a seventeenfold increase
text: The Rapid Growth of Strip Mining
 Seventeenfold Increase Since 1914
ref: 1928, O. E. Kiessling, F. G. Tryon, L. Mann, The Economics of Strip Coal Mining, page 3:
text: The decrease in toxicity was seventeenfold […]
ref: 1950, American Cancer Society, Collected Reprints […], volume 1, page 170:
text: The number of adolescents seeking treatment for drug addiction for the first time went up from 4.9 per 100,000 in 1991 to 84.5 in 2000, also a seventeenfold increase (figure V).
ref: 2003, E. A. Koshkina, “Trends in the prevalence of psychoactive substance use in the Russian Federation”, in Bulletin on Narcotics, page 126:
glosses: By a factor of seventeen.
examples: text: For this (animal sacrifice) there are seventeen kindling verses; for the year is seventeenfold—there are twelve months and five seasons […]
ref: 1894, “Sixth Kânda”, in Julius Eggeling, transl., The Satapatha Brâhmana, volume 3, page 174:
text: The spectrum in Fig. 7a shows a clear maximum for seventeenfold rotational symmetry, […]
ref: 1971, J. T. Finch, “Electron Microscopy of Proteins”, in Hans Neurath, Robert L. Hill, editors, The Proteins, volume 1, page 432:
text: The vājapeya is seventeenfold; it has seventeen stotras.
ref: 1976, H. W. Bodewitz, “The Agnihotra in Relation with Other Sacrifices”, in The Daily Evening and Morning Offering (Agnihotra) According to the Brāhmaṇas, page 131:
glosses: Having seventeen parts.
seventeenfold
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From seventeen + -fold.
Senses: examples: text: [The] exports from Newcastle were [tripled], from Sunderland quadrupled, and from Stockton multipled seventeenfold !
ref: 1843, unknown, Local Collections, printed by William Douglas, Resurrection of the Tory Tax on Coal, p. 46
text: Since there was some kind of trifling percentage added to the bank ... prices rose about twentyfold and saving decreased around seventeenfold.
ref: 1992, Prudue University, Daily Report: Central Eurasia, page 33:
text: The value of imports of sugar and indigo from Saint-Domingue alone increased seventeenfold between Utrecht and the outbreak of the Seven Years War in 1756.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 160:
glosses: By a factor of seventeen.
cullings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of culling
nastinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nastiness
spacesick
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spacesick
form: most spacesick
Etymology: From space + sick.
Senses: glosses: Suffering from space sickness.
ovicidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having the ability to kill an ovum
Related terms: ovicide
spermicidal
unsatiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + satiated.
Senses: glosses: Not satiated.
biphosphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biphosphate
cookoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cookoffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cook-off.
cookoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cookoff
flyways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyway
shaggily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shaggily
form: most shaggily
Etymology: From shaggy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The drawing was taken from an imported plant which flowered at Mr. Lee's nursery, Hammersmith. Leaves opposite, inclining to upright, about 4, oblong, rather shaggily furred, fringed at the edge, deep green […]
ref: 1819, The Botanical Register, page 382:
glosses: In a shaggy manner.
bensulide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An organophosphate acetylcholinesterase inhibitor used as an insecticide.
azoxystrobin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˌzɒksiˈstɹəʊbɪn/
Forms: form: azoxystrobins
Senses: glosses: A fungicide commonly used in agriculture.
azoxystrobins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of azoxystrobin
iprodione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: An imidazole fungicide.
scholarliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scholarly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being scholarly.
Related terms: highbrow
scruffily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scruffily
form: most scruffily
Etymology: From scruffy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a scruffy way.
reproductory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to reproduction.
high frequency gravitational wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high frequency gravitational waves
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of high-frequency gravitational wave.
destigmatize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈstɪɡmətaɪz/
Forms: form: destigmatizes
form: destigmatizing
form: destigmatized
form: destigmatized
form: destigmatise
Etymology: From de- + stigmatize.
Senses: examples: text: Judy Rappaport's "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing," about obsessive-compulsive disorder, brought this disorder out of the closet to the point where we've destigmatized it.
ref: 1996 June 16, Linda Tagliaferro, “Long Island Q & A: Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz;Helping to Combat Child and Adolescent Mental Disorders”, in The New York Times:
text: Like any other literary form, pathography can be good or bad, Dr. Kramer said. When it is good, "it destigmatizes an illness. It's refreshing. It can show that depression or attention deficit disorder doesn't disqualify anyone from the full range of social behavior."
ref: 1999 April 24, Sarah Boxer, “THINK TANK; A Son's Simple Diagnosis of His Father's Complexities”, in The New York Times:
text: Before we can destigmatize suicide — assuming that is what we want to do — we must acknowledge that killing oneself is still an intensely stigmatized act...
ref: 1999, Thomas Stephen Szasz, Fatal freedom: the ethics and politics of suicide:
text: The “untreated” part is important, because Dr. Clayton went on to become one of the leading voices for destigmatizing depression and suicide in America.
ref: 2021 July 10, Clay Risen, “Paula J. Clayton Dies at 86; Helped Destigmatize Depression and Suicide”, in The New York Times:
text: “All these companies now are trying to be hip and colorful and just really destigmatize these products,” said Leslie Schrock, an investor with several portfolio companies in the women’s health sector and the author of books on pregnancy and fertility.
ref: 2023 October 1, Jordyn Holman, quoting Leslie Schrock, “Gen Z Wants Feminine Care Brands to Just Say Vagina”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata.
Derived terms: destigmatizer
Related terms: destigmatization
destigmatization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: destigmatizations
Etymology: From de- + stigmatization.
Senses: glosses: The process or act of destigmatizing.
respectless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more respectless
form: most respectless
Etymology: From respect + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without respect; disrespectful.
glosses: Regardless.
resummon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resummons
form: resummoning
form: resummoned
form: resummoned
Etymology: From re- + summon.
Senses: examples: text: We resummoned the waiter when we realized our food was too salty to eat.
glosses: To summon again.
resummons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resummon
resummons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: resummonses
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent summons.
resummoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resummon
resummoned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resummon
rhymable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rhyme + -able.
Senses: examples: text: "Depth" is not a rhymable word: nothing rhymes with it.
glosses: For which a rhyme can be found.
rose golds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rose gold
rosegold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rosegolds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rose gold.
rosegolds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosegold
resiliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of resilient.
resay
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resays
form: resaying
form: resaid
form: resaid
Etymology: From re- + say.
Senses: examples: text: If we say something and people reject it because they don't like that it is true then we must resay it, and keep resaying it, until the truth is heard.
text: He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.
glosses: To say again, to repeat, to iterate.
resays
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resay
resaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resay
resaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛd
Etymology: re- + said
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resay
reflow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reflows
form: reflowing
form: reflowed
form: reflowed
Etymology: From re- + flow.
Senses: examples: text: The sea flows and reflows.
text: Such an act, you may conceive, had its due weight upon my feelings; but, alas! though it reminded me of the loss I had sustained, and caused my tears to reflow, the remains of my departed husband were not there,—they were left upon a foreign shore.
ref: 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XX, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 257:
glosses: To flow back again; to flow once more.
examples: text: Reflowing solder is a common form of rework in the manufacture of printed circuit boards: you heat up the solder and it flows where it should have flowed the first time.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause to flow again, to remelt.
examples: text: The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph.
ref: 2008, Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, Creating motion graphics with After Effects:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document.
reflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflows
Etymology: From re- + flow.
Senses: examples: the flow and reflow of the tide
glosses: A flowing back again.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
reflows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reflow
reflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reflow
reflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflowings
Senses: glosses: A flowing again or back.
reflowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reflow
senilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of senility
rebear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rebears
form: rebearing
form: rebore
form: reborne
Etymology: From re- + bear.
Senses: glosses: To bear again.
rebears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebear
rebearing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebear
industrial schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of industrial school
requirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From require + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Proof of citizenship is requirable for some services but not for all.
glosses: Capable of being required.
rigidify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rigidifies
form: rigidifying
form: rigidified
form: rigidified
Etymology: From rigid + -ify.
Senses: synonyms: rigidize
glosses: To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
Related terms: rigidification
rigidifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rigidify
rigidifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rigidify
rigidified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rigidify
RDX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Short for "research department explosive".
Senses: synonyms: cyclonite
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine
hexogen
glosses: A high explosive used by the military and industry.
rhetoritician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhetoriticians
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of rhetorician.
tax lots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tax lot
rhetoriticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhetoritician
stolen bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stolen base
nubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: nubbers
Etymology: From nub + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batted ball that travels slowly and not very far.
nubbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nubber
adjutator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adjutators
Etymology: From Latin adiūtāre + -or.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of agitator.
adjutators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adjutator
adimensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + dimensional.
Senses: synonyms: dimensionless
glosses: Without dimensions.
Derived terms: adimensionalize
bases loaded
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He's had four hits this week with the bases loaded.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Having a baserunner on first base, second base, and third base at the same time.
Related terms: bases juiced
grand slam
no room at the inn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2).
Senses: examples: text: The pitcher is struggling to throw strikes but there's no room at the inn.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A situation in which an ineffective pitcher is pitching with the bases loaded.
raw_tags: used by play-by-play announcers
wergild
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wergilds
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of wergeld.
wergilds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wergild
station-to-station
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A contranym which may mean:
A strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by stealing bases, bunting, sacrificing, hitting singles and adopting hit-and-run plays; inside baseball or small ball.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A contranym which may mean:
A strategy in which a team attempts to score runs by eschewing the stolen base and small ball, instead allowing baserunners to advance only on hits or other balls in play.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: A method of placing a telephone call in which the calling party will accept the placed call irrespective of respondent. This connection method has largely been superseded by direct dial connections.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The procession by devotees along successive stations in the Stations of the Cross.
station to station
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of station-to-station.
aquiferous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɪfəɹəs/
ipa: /æˈkwɪfəɹəs/
rhymes: -ɪfəɹəs
Forms: form: more aquiferous
form: most aquiferous
Etymology: From aqui- + -ferous.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to an aquifer
glosses: Carrying water
Derived terms: aquiferous system
double bills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of double bill
untrustworthiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From untrustworthy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being untrustworthy.
L-kick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: L-kicks
Senses: glosses: In capoeira and breakdancing (and other dance forms), a movement executed by throwing the body into a cartwheel, and before completing the wheel, flexing the body while supported by one hand on the ground. One leg is brought downwards and forwards in a kicking motion while the other remains in the air.
Related terms: capoeira switch
shotgun kick
bakeoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakeoffs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bake-off.
bake-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bake-off
bakeoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bakeoff
one swallow does not make a summer
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one swallow does not a summer make.
chon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chon
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jun.
faal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more faal
form: most faal
form: faâl
form: fahl
Senses: examples: text: 'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”
ref: 1897, Charlotte Brontë, chapter 38, in Jane Eyre:
glosses: Ugly; foul; evil.
static random access memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of semiconductor memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.
Related terms: dynamic random access memory
dynamic random access memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic random access memories
Senses: examples: text: DRAM is typically slower but much less expensive than SRAM, and is therefore often used as the main memory in a computer system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of random access memory that requires fewer transistors per bit than SRAM, but in which each bit needs to be refreshed regularly to retain its contents.
Related terms: static random access memory
antibudget
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antibudget
form: most antibudget
Etymology: From anti- + budget.
Senses: examples: text: The effort is being made with more than the usual level of cooperation between House and Senate Republicans, with Republican leaders of the two chambers appearing in tandem and lawmakers repeating their antibudget criticism almost as a mantra.
ref: 2009 March 14, Carl Hulse, “G.O.P. Rift on Need for Alternate Budget”, in New York Times:
glosses: Acting against or opposing a budget.
kroons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kroon
mentoniere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mentonieres
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mentonnière.
anecdotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anecdotages
Etymology: From anecdote + -age.
Senses: glosses: anecdotes considered as a group
anecdotage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of anecdote + dotage
Senses: glosses: garrulous old age
Related terms: anecdotard
charidee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the Mid-Atlantic English pronunciation of charity. First popularized by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse in their "Smashie and Nicey" sketches from the BBC sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme.
Senses: glosses: Conspicuous charity, seen as being driven by a non-altruistic (especially self-promotional) motive.
wikipedia: Smashie and Nicey
cornerman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornermen
Etymology: From corner + -man.
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: corner
glosses: A player who can play both the small forward and power forward positions.
examples: text: This cornerman is taking time out to provide directions to a driver. Their easily recognizable white hats and regular presence on their corners made these officers readily accessible […]
ref: 2011, Daniel F. Walsh, Thomas L. Derby, Russell W. Gates, Syracuse Police, page 113:
glosses: A policeman assigned to an intersection to direct the traffic.
glosses: Synonym of endman (“type of stock minstrel character”).
synonyms: word: endman
extra: type of stock minstrel character
fairweather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fair-weather.
chaloupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaloupes
Etymology: French chaloupe
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A launch (type of boat).
chaloupes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaloupe
hotpots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hotpot
innercity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more innercity
form: most innercity
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of inner-city.
lavatorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more lavatorial
form: most lavatorial
Etymology: From Latin lavātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, lavatory + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel.
ref: 2021 December 29, Conrad Landin, “Glasgow Subway: a city institution”, in RAIL, number 947, page 45:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a lavatory
glosses: scatological
Derived terms: lavatorially
Related terms: word: lavatory
organogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organograms
Senses: topics: management
glosses: Alternative spelling of organigram.
predicator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predicators
Etymology: From predicate + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which predicates; that designates a property or relationship
Related terms: predicatory
predicators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predicator
leylandii
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leylandiis
Etymology: From the name of the species, Cupressus × leylandii.
Senses: glosses: Leyland cypress, especially when part of a large hedge.
Leyland cypress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Leyland cypresses
Etymology: Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England.
Senses: glosses: A fast-growing evergreen tree (Cupressus × leylandii) used for hedges and screens that is a hybrid of the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, and the Alaskan cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis.
Synonyms: leylandii
Savo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Savos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Savo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Häme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Häme.
Senses: glosses: A historical region of Finland.
party wall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party walls
form: party-wall
form: parti-wall
Senses: glosses: A commonly shared wall dividing two properties within a row house (or terrace).
party walls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party wall
eyasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyass
Domodossola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Domodossola.
Senses: glosses: A town in Piedmont, Italy, close to the border with Switzerland.
bycause
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Etymology: From by + cause.
Senses: examples: text: . called animal, bycause it is the first instrument of the soule, which the Latins call animam .”
ref: 2009 March 15, William Safire, “Animal Spirits”, in New York Times:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of because.
kursaal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kursaals
form: Kursaal
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kursaal, from Kur (“cure”) + Saal (“hall”).
Senses: examples: text: It was not the polished serenity of fashionable kursaals, the impassive languor of aristocratic gaming-tables, the self-destruction taken with a light word, of the salles of Baden, of Homburg, of Monaco; it was gambling in all its unreined fever, […]
ref: 1871, Ouida, Chandos, Reprint edition (Fiction), Elibron, published 2001, →ISBN, page 343:
text: Use your eyes, man. Look at the Kursaal, its luxuries, its gardens, its gilding, its attractions, all of them cheap, except the one that pays for all; all these delights, and the rents, and the croupiers, and the servants, and the income and liveries of an unprincipled prince, who would otherwise be a poor but honest gentleman with one bonne, instead of thirty blazing lackeys, all come from the gains of the bank, which are the losses of the players, especially of those that have got a system.
ref: 1877, Charles Reade, chapter V, in A Woman-Hater:
text: Having brought it to a close, he took his way to the Kursaal. The great German watering-place is one of the prettiest nooks in Europe, and of a summer evening in the gaming days, five-and-twenty years ago, it was one of the most brilliant scenes.
ref: 1879, Henry James, chapter III, in Confidence, London: Chatto & Windus:
text: Kursaal is a German word for casino, and a cosmopolitan term that became popular in the Belle Epoque.
ref: [2001, Mies van der Rohe Foundation, European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture—Mies van der Rohe Award, Digitized edition (Architecture), Fundació Mies van der Rohe, published 2007:
glosses: A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino
Otranto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈoʊtɹɑntoʊ/
Etymology: From Italian Otranto, from Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs). Doublet of Hydruntum and hydrous.
Senses: glosses: A town in Apulia, Italy.
Synonyms: word: Hydruntum
Derived terms: Strait of Otranto
little bluestem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Ornamental grasses (all requiring sun), like Festuca glauca and little bluestem.
ref: 2009 March 15, Michael Pollak, “Flowers on the Fringe”, in New York Times:
glosses: A grass, Schizachyrium scoparium, native to North America, and others of the genus Schizachyrium.
Coordinate terms: big bluestem
little bluestem grass
bal-chatri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bal-chatris
Etymology: From Hindi बाल छतरी (bāl chatrī), from बाल (bāl, “child”) + छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella”) meaning "small umbrella", because of its shape.
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
related: word: bal-chaltri
glosses: A trap for catching hunting birds, consisting of a cage with bait and a slip noose.
bal-chatris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bal-chatri
basis points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of basis point
slip noose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slip nooses
Senses: glosses: A noose made by tying a slip knot and often used to trap an animal, bird, or person by the feet.
slip nooses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slip noose
building societies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of building society
buyer's markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buyer's market
big bluestem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big bluestems
Senses: glosses: A tall bunchgrass, of species Andropogon gerardi, native to the North American prairies.
Synonyms: turkeyfoot
sand bluestem
tall bluestem
bluejoint
Related terms: little bluestem
bluegrass
branchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brancher
gamma decay
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gamma decays
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A nuclear reaction with the emission of a gamma ray.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.
Synonyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: color
sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: colour
sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
word: DgammaDtime
Hypernyms: sense: measure of derivative price sensitivity
english: includes list of coordinate terms
translation: includes list of coordinate terms
word: Greeks
alpha particles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alpha particle
gamma decays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gamma decay