cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
botanizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanizers
form: botaniser
Etymology: From botanize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The most common though sometimes difficult to tell apart yellow members of the sunflower family are arnicas, groundsels, goldenrods, and mountain-dandelions. There are so many confusing members of this family that some botanizers use the term DYC for "damn yellow composite."
ref: 2008, James Luther Davis, The Northwest Nature Guide, page 205:
glosses: An amateur botanist, especially one who enjoys finding plants in nature and identifying them.
Related terms: botany
botanizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botanizer
translatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translatology + -ical.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: Of or pertaining to translatology.
PCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of Proto-Central Algonquian.
topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Posse Comitatus Act, the U.S. law called "Posse Comitatus Act", 20 Stat. 152 aka 18 U.S.C. § 1385.
examples: text: The PCA was demonstrably a Communist-front organization, and most of the Hollywoodites whom it rallied to its support were members of the Communist Party, some of them having been notorious as such for many years.
ref: 1956, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities, Hearings, page 171:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Progressive Citizens of America.
PCA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PCAs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of propulsion controlled aircraft (system/unit), an aircraft with a control system with two or more engines arrayed abreast, allowing descent, ascent, turns by adjusting the throttle control to the engines (sometimes used attributively).
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Abbreviation of principal components analysis.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of patient-controlled analgesia; palliator.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of posterior cerebral artery.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: PCBA
glosses: Initialism of printed circuit assembly.
Related terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
english: pilot-induced oscillation
translation: pilot-induced oscillation
word: PIO
nonextended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + extended.
Senses: glosses: unextended
nonfabric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fabric.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to fabric.
anacrogynous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.əˈkɹɒdʒ.ən.əs/
ipa: /ˌæn.əˈkɹɑ.d͡ʒɪn.əs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not”) + ἄκρος (ákros, “tip”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acrogynous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkɹɒdʒ.ən.əs/
ipa: /əˈkɹɑ.d͡ʒɪn.əs/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “tip”) + γυνή (gunḗ, “female”).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
archegonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archegonia
Etymology: From arche- + -gonium.
Senses: examples: text: On fertilization, the archegonia form obyriform calyptrae that are distinctly narrowed at base to form a stalk or peduncle; this does not occur in other Hepaticae.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 5:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
Coordinate terms: antheridium
oogonium
Derived terms: archegonial
Related terms: venter
archegonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archegonium
restreak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restreaks
form: restreaking
form: restreaked
form: restreaked
Etymology: From re- + streak.
Senses: examples: text: Colonies of a single tetrad were restreaked onto rich medium and incubated […].
ref: 1998 May 1, Serge Gravel et al., “Yeast Ku as a Regulator of Chromosomal DNA End Structure”, in Science, volume 280, number 5364, →DOI, pages 741–744:
text: With GR and GR 526, all transformants yielded blue colonies and gave rise only to blue colonies on restreaking.
ref: 2000 January 28, Liming Li, Susan Lindquist, “Creating a Protein-Based Element of Inheritance”, in Science, volume 287, number 5453, →DOI, pages 661–664:
text: The cells were restreaked on minimal medium.
ref: 2000 July 14, B. B. Magee, P. T. Magee, “Induction of Mating in Candida albicans by Construction of MTLa and MTLalpha Strains”, in Science, volume 289, number 5477, →DOI, pages 310–313:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: To repeat a streaking procedure
restreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restreaks
Etymology: From re- + streak.
Senses: examples: text: Cells […] did not senesce after five successive restreaks at 23°C (23 ).
ref: 1998 May 1, Serge Gravel et al., “Yeast Ku as a Regulator of Chromosomal DNA End Structure”, in Science, volume 280, number 5364, →DOI, pages 741–744:
text: These phenotypes diminished during successive restreaks; after ~75 generations, the colony and cell morphology appeared to be wild type[…].
ref: 2001 May 11, Peter Baumann, Thomas R. Cech, “Pot1, the Putative Telomere End-Binding Protein in Fission Yeast and Humans”, in Science, volume 292, number 5519, →DOI, pages 1171–1175:
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
glosses: A repeat streaking procedure
ageyne
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of again.
papular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more papular
form: most papular
Etymology: From papule + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Of a shape similar to a papule.
examples: text: a papular eruption
glosses: Consisting of papules; characterized by the presence of papules.
Derived terms: bovine papular stomatitis
maculopapular
micropapular
nonpapular
papular purpuric gloves and socks syndrome
vesiculopapular
mentalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mentalizes
form: mentalizing
form: mentalized
form: mentalized
form: mentalise
Etymology: From mental + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: It is interesting to observe, furthermore, that among the higher barbarians and civilized races, lust has become to a certain extent mentalized through hereditary memory and association.
ref: 1899, Henry Theophilus Finck, Primitive Love and Love-Stories:
text: During this time also life evolved from its inferred beginnings in the late Archean to the complicated, finely developed, and in man's case highly mentalized and spiritualized organization of To-day.
ref: 1919, Robert Sterling Yard, The Book of the National Parks:
qualifier: usually passive voice
glosses: To make mental in nature, rather than physical
examples: text: Specific impairments of mentalizing in both developmental and acquired disorders suggest that this ability depends on a dedicated and circumscribed brain system.
ref: 1999 November 26, Chris D. Frith, Uta Frith, “Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis”, in Science, volume 286, number 5445, →DOI, pages 1692–1695:
text: Next Review Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis Chris D. Frith, 1 * Uta Frith 2 The ability to "mentalize," that is to understand and manipulate other people's behavior in terms of their mental states, is a major ingredient in successful social interactions.
ref: 1999 November 26, Chris D. Frith, Uta Frith, “Interacting Minds--A Biological Basis”, in Science, volume 286, number 5445, →DOI, pages 1692–1695:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: To understand the behavior of others as a product of their mental state
Derived terms: mentalization
submentalize
Related terms: dementalize
lahmacun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lahmacuns
form: lahmajo
form: lahmajou
form: lahmajoun
Etymology: From Turkish lahmacun, from Arabic لَحْم عَجِين (laḥm ʕajīn, “meat and dough”), from لَحْم (laḥm, “meat”) + عَجِين (ʕajīn, “dough”).
Senses: glosses: A dish of Arab origin consisting of a round, thin piece of dough topped with minced meat (most commonly beef and lamb).
hyalite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyalites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕαλος (húalos, “glass”) + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of opal.
laccolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laccolites
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of laccolith.
lazulite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lazulites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A semi-precious gemstone that is a basic phosphate of magnesium, iron and aluminium
Synonyms: azure spar
blue spar
Derived terms: lazulitic
marmolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros, “marble”) + -lite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A form of chrysotile
pisolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pisolites
Etymology: From Latin pisum + -lite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary rock formed from pisoids
Derived terms: pisolitic
sassolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sassolites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A volcanic mineral form of boric acid originally found in Sasso, near Volterra in Italy
siderolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siderolites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros, “iron”) + -lite.
Senses: glosses: An iron meteorite; a siderite.
Derived terms: aerosiderolite
chiral resolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chiral resolutions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A process in stereochemistry to separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
chiral resolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiral resolution
helme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: helmes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of helm.
mocassins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mocassin
fjeld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fjɛld/
rhymes: -ɛld
Forms: form: fjelds
Etymology: Borrowed from Danish fjeld. Doublet of fell.
Senses: topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: A rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.
fjelds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fjeld
bookwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From book + work.
Senses: examples: text: The tax officials seized documents that Tony Hachem said related to a company for which he'd done unpaid bookwork about five years ago.
ref: 2009 March 27, Kelvin Healey, “Poker pro Tony Hachem slams ATO tax raid”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Accounting work; book keeping.
examples: text: The development of a typesetting program suite for general bookwork calls for very close cooperation between typographer and programmer.
ref: 1976, Jack Belzer, Albert G. Holzman, Allen Kent, Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 5:
glosses: The art and science of formatting books.
examples: text: The diagram indicates in some degree the relative amount of oral work as compared with bookwork in our best schools.
ref: 2008, Joseph Baldwin, School Management and School Methods:
glosses: Work done with the aid of textbooks.
examples: text: The proportion of problems to bookwork done by the candidates is very various. The latter shows more reading, the former evince more natural Mathematical ability.
ref: 1852, Charles Astor Bristed, Five years in an English university:
qualifier: chiefly University of Cambridge
glosses: The act of memorising information; used attributively to describe or denote questions that test information learned rather than requiring additional thought.
book keeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bookkeeping.
Skopos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of skopos.
philanthropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philanthrope
and if
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of an if.
an if
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: and if
Senses: examples: text: Ye are the salt of the erthe. but and if the salt be once unsavery, what can be salted therwith?
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
text: Noting this penury, to my selfe I said, An if a man did need a poyson now, Whose sale is present death in Mantua, Here liues a Caitiffe wretch would sell it him.
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
glosses: If.
disannul
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈnʌl/
Forms: form: disannuls
form: disannulling
form: disannulled
form: disannulled
Etymology: From dis- + annul.
Senses: examples: text: Ye shall not thynke that I am come to disanull the lawe, or the prophets.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew:
text: But it is in our power, if not to dissanull, at least to diminish the same, through patience[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 40, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book I, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: it is possible […] out of mature judgment to avoid the effect, or disannul the cause, as they do that are troubled with toothache, pull them quite out.
ref: , II.3.6
glosses: To annul, do away with; to cancel.
Derived terms: disannuller
uncommenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + commenced.
Senses: glosses: Not having been commenced; unstarted, unbegun.
topics: law
glosses: Not having come into effect.
unbegun
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English unbegunne, unbegunnon, unbigonne, unbigunnen, unbigunnon, unnbigunnenn, from Old English unbegunnen; equivalent to un- + begun.
Senses: examples: text: Thou knowest not how came ye, hence callest thyself unbegotten; certainly knowest not thy beginning, hence callest thyself unbegun.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, “The Candles”, in Moby-Dick:
glosses: That had no beginning; always existent.
glosses: Which has not yet been begun; unstarted.
Synonyms: sense: which has not yet been begun
word: uncommenced
sense: which has not yet been begun
word: unstarted
unstarted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + started.
Senses: examples: text: We need to focus on the unstarted tasks.
glosses: Not started.
Synonyms: unbegun
uncommenced
nonnavigational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + navigational.
Senses: glosses: Not navigational.
litterings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of littering
snowcovered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowcovered
form: most snowcovered
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of snow-covered.
drillbit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drillbits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of drill bit.
drillbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drillbit
drillcores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drillcore
bluegrassy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bluegrassy
form: most bluegrassy
Etymology: From bluegrass + -y.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of bluegrass music.
lion cubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lion cub
wolf cubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wolf cub
fox cubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fox cub
Mother Russia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Russian Ма́тушка Росси́я (Mátuška Rossíja) or Росси́я-Ма́тушка (Rossíja-Mátuška).
Senses: glosses: A national personification of Russia as a woman, appearing in patriotic posters, statues, etc.
examples: text: We did not understand what it was all about; but we were defending Mother Russia.
ref: 1920, Malcolm Waters Davis, Open Gates to Russia, page 44:
text: In the thirties and forties, they were the Marxists talkin' about spreading Mother Russia's legs around the world; now it's sing along with the black man.
ref: 1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 103:
text: Collective daydreaming shut down when we boarded the Soviet-made airliner in Korea. Next stop Mother Russia.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 165:
glosses: Russia.
concrete canyon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concrete canyons
Senses: examples: text: Take the metro to Háje at the end of line C for a stroll among the concrete canyons.
ref: 2007, Neil Wilson, Prague:
text: Concrete Canyons are but now spacious sky,
Her children weep for the parents who died.
ref: 2001-05, William P. Hammond, 9/11 tribute poem at ipsna.com
glosses: A space or street surrounded by skyscrapers.
glosses: A narrow street circuit surrounded by concrete walls.
Related terms: concrete jungle
holyhedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holyhedron
repunish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: repunishes
form: repunishing
form: repunished
form: repunished
Etymology: From re- + punish.
Senses: glosses: To punish again, a further time.
repunishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repunish
repunishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repunish
repunished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of repunish
shuttlecraft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shuttlecrafts
form: shuttlecraft
Etymology: From shuttle + craft.
Senses: glosses: A relatively small spacecraft, usually capable of atmospheric transport.
shuttlecrafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuttlecraft
dacoity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəˈkɔɪti/
Forms: form: dacoities
form: dacoitee
form: dacoiti
Etymology: From dacoit + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 'He came here open-minded to commit a dacoity. Yes, to cut, rob, kill, and carry off what he desired.'
ref: 1901, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 15, in Kim:
text: […] he had a most interesting anecdote to tell her […] about a dacoity that had happened in Sagaing in 1913.
ref: 1934, George Orwell, chapter 18, in Burmese Days:
glosses: Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
Synonyms: dacoitage
dacoities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dacoity
tarnishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tarnish + -able.
Senses: examples: a tarnishable surface
glosses: Capable of becoming tarnished.
untarnishable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + tarnishable.
Senses: examples: text: Sarah Lamb (returning to the stage on Tuesday after a long recuperation from injury) and Federico Bonelli (whose season has also been interrupted) are still strikingly pure and absorbed amid it; they seem untarnishable.
ref: 2009 June 25, Alastair Macaulay, “No Angled Wrists, Please, We’re a British Troupe”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not tarnishable.
haemoptyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haemoptysis
hemoptyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemoptysis
nonmassive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + massive.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not massive.
supermarketlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermarketlike
form: most supermarketlike
Etymology: From supermarket + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps most astonishing of all, however, was the supermarketlike display of this macabre bazaar. Every skeleton, indeed every bone, bore a label...
ref: 1986, Dominique Lapierre, The City of Joy:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a supermarket.
dakoit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dakoits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dacoit.
dakoits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dakoit
dakoity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dakoities
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dacoity.
dakoities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dakoity
streetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more streetlike
form: most streetlike
Etymology: From street + -like.
Senses: examples: text: A meandering central circulation path evokes a streetlike ambience, reinforced by gritty materials, including the old warehouse's original concrete floor.
ref: 1998, Justin Henderson, Workplaces and workspaces: office designs that work:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a street.
chair conformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chair conformations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: the most stable chemical conformation of a six-member single bonded carbon ring such as cyclohexane
Related terms: boat conformation
hotellike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hotellike
form: most hotellike
Etymology: From hotel + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Dramatic lobbies, hotellike surroundings, food-court cafeterias, and upscale coffee shops can all entice patients into a facility...
ref: 2006, Kristine M Miller, Planning, design, and construction of health care facilities:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hotel.
chairmat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairmats
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chair mat.
chairmats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairmat
chairpersonship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʃɛːpəːsənʃɪp/
Forms: form: chairpersonships
Etymology: From chairperson + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: For the party that does not control the presidency – the out-party – control of the national chairpersonship is an important element in the struggle for intraparty ascendancy.
ref: 2008, Bibby & Schaffner, Politics, Parties, and Elections in America, 6th edition, p. 93
text: No one wanted the chairpersonship, and in the event it went to someone who was ‘socially unacceptable’.
ref: 1991, Michael Billig, Ideology and Opinions, page 90:
glosses: The office or term of a chairperson.
chairpersonships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairpersonship
chairship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chairships
Etymology: From chair + -ship.
Senses: glosses: chairpersonship
chairships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairship
herolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more herolike
form: most herolike
Etymology: From hero + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Some rap music bestows a herolike status on drug dealers.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a hero; heroic.
Derived terms: unherolike
nonmachined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + machined.
Senses: glosses: Not machined; not having been made, shaped or finished by machinery.
machinings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machining
egoisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egoism
nonegoic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + egoic.
Senses: glosses: Not egoic.
nonteleological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + teleological.
Senses: glosses: Not teleological.
Derived terms: nonteleologically
egoically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From egoic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an egoic manner; from or with regard to the ego.
paleoconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleoconservatives
form: palaeoconservative
Etymology: From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, the neoconservative Moynihan running in New York against the paleoconservative James Buckley was able to position himself as the proper heir to a New Deal liberal tradition that Moynihan had been vigorously criticizing for almost a decade.
ref: 1979 February 13, “The Neocons”, in Esquire:
text: If they are fraying now, it is at least in part due to the prevalence of demagogues who wish to claim that there is only one path to virtuous American-ness: paleoconservatives like Jesse Helms and Pat Robertson who think this country has one single ethic, […].
ref: 1992 February 3, Robert Hughes, “The Fraying of America”, in Time, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2010:
text: As noted earlier, immigration was the issue that sent the open border Right on a search-and-destroy mission against paleoconservatives.
ref: 1999, Joseph Scotchie, The Paleoconservatives, page 11:
text: Unless one final Schlafly paradox gets in the way. Before she died, the First Lady of the Conservative Movement endorsed Trump. That makes sense: Schlafly was a paleoconservative who was worried about immigration. But Trump has turned out to be the most unchivalrous candidate in living memory, the very antithesis of Schlafly’s ideal Christian standard.
ref: 2016 September 6, Timothy Stanley, “How Phyllis Schlafly gave us Sarah Palin”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: neoconservative
glosses: A political conservative who espouses paleoconservatism, opposing mass immigration, embracing states' rights and supporting cultural conservatism and social structures perceived to be traditional.
paleoconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paleoconservative
form: most paleoconservative
form: palaeoconservative
Etymology: From paleo- + conservative, by analogy with neoconservative.
Senses: examples: text: The first of Bannon's ten documentary film pamphlets, In the Face of Evil (2014), still followed a rather classic neoconservative narrative, albeit with a paleoconservative touch.
ref: 2019, Jonas Staal, Propaganda Art in the 21st Century, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 101:
text: In 2013, for instance, Pat Buchanan, a leading voice on the “paleoconservative” traditionalist right, described Putin as “one of us,” an ally in what he saw as the defining struggle of our era,[…]
ref: 2022 March 4, Thomas Zimmer, “America’s culture war is spilling into actual war-war”, in The Guardian:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Holding views associated with paleoconservatism.
Derived terms: paleocon
paleoconservatism
paleotard
Related terms: neoconservative
theoconservative
paleoconservatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleoconservative
Palinista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palinistas
Etymology: From Palin + -ista.
Senses: examples: text: Ardent Palinistas stretch from Alaska to Ambridge.
ref: 2007 July 23, Dimitri Vassilaros, “The Palin effect”, in Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
text: The Palinista movement will boldly tell you over and over how truthful, transparent, open and honest they are.
ref: 2008 July 13, Dan Fagan, “Palin's statements belie promise of truthful leadership”, in Anchorage Daily News, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
text: If the Palinistas seize the GOP, they probably cannot take the White House.
ref: 2009 November 14, Evan Thomas, “Gone Rogue”, in Newsweek, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
text: "I'd like to be a Palinista but I want a president with a thoughtful world view – that is just a bare minimum requirement," Reynolds told the Star.
ref: 2010 January 10, Mitch Potter, “Tea Party rattles America's educated class”, in Toronto Star, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
glosses: A devoted admirer of US public figure Sarah Palin.
Related terms: Palinism
tomatoed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tomato (noun) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: That snapper is firm and fresh, skinned and boned and (partly as a result) of rather mild flavor--with it you are served discs of sautéed zucchini, browned and crisp, in a tomatoed oil that is dotted with cloves of garlic.
ref: 1986, Seymour Britchky, The Restaurants of New York, 1987:
text: Also, for tomatoed consommé (madrilène), increase the gelatin slightly because the acidity of the tomatoes weakens the gelatin.
ref: 2004, Wayne Gisslen, Essentials of professional cooking:
glosses: Prepared with tomato.
tomatoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See tomato (verb).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tomato
paleocon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleocons
Etymology: Abbreviation of paleoconservative
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A paleoconservative.
Related terms: neocon
theocon
Ringer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Ryngere, from ryngere (“bell-ringer”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Ringer's lactate solution
Ringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪŋə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: Ringers
Etymology: From ring + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Readers flocked online to articulate their angst, discovering 400 websites where "Ringers" congregated to converse in Quenya – one of Tolkien's fictional languages – and discuss such burning issues as whether elves have pointy ears.
ref: 2001 November 10, Kathy Marks, “The campaign for real Tolkien”, in The Independent:
text: One Ringer travels all over and takes pictures of her "Lord of the Rings" figurines.
ref: 2005 January 27, Jody Genessy, “Slamdance gets infusion of 'Lord of Rings' mania”, in Deseret News:
text: Trekkers, Whovians and Ringers were out in force over the weekend as sci-fi and fantasy fans descended on Cardiff for the city's Film and Comic Convention.
ref: 2014 March 3, Mark Smith, “Sci-fi fans trek to city for Comic Con”, in South Wales Echo:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: A fan of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and/or the film trilogy based on it.
Synonyms: Ringnut
Hypernyms: Tolkiendil
Tolkienian
Tolkienist
Tolkienite
lobbylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lobbylike
form: most lobbylike
Etymology: From lobby + -like.
Senses: examples: text: He held the door for her and then motioned for her to sit on a bench that rested against the little lobbylike foyer.
ref: 2007, P C Cast, Goddess of Love:
text: […] zinc-topped bar, cigar-bar mezzanine with lobbylike chairs, and an almost voyeuristic display of exposed-steel kitchen countertop.
ref: 2009, Eve Zibart, The Unofficial Guide to Washington, Part 3:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a lobby.
paleocons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleocon
Ringers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Ringer
unicell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unicells
Etymology: From uni- + cell.
Senses: glosses: Any unicelled organism.
unicells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unicell
nonfestival
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + festival.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a religious festival.
mobies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moby
glosses: plural of mobie
alleylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more alleylike
form: most alleylike
Etymology: From alley + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Under the July sun the alleylike streets brimmed with melting heat through which a flat stale odour rose from the open gutter sewers...
ref: 2004, Alan Le May, Pelican coast:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an alley.
nonchloroplast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chloroplast.
Senses: examples: text: The fatty acid composition of nonchloroplast lipids, such as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, was less affected by the absence of the chloroplast trienoic fatty acid synthetase gene (Table 1 ).
ref: 2000 January 21, Yuuki Murakami et al., “Trienoic Fatty Acids and Plant Tolerance of High Temperature”, in Science, volume 287, number 5452, →DOI, pages 476–479:
text: These taxa were selected because of availability of nonchloroplast nuclear protein sequences, permitting animal-based calibration.
ref: 2001 August 10, Daniel S. Heckman et al., “Molecular Evidence for the Early Colonization of Land by Fungi and Plants”, in Science, volume 293, number 5532, →DOI, pages 1129–1133:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Not found in or part of a chloroplast
think with one's little head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks with one's little head
form: thinking with one's little head
form: thought with one's little head
form: thought with one's little head
form: think with one's other head
form: think with the right head
Senses: examples: text: Obsessed with Heidi's cleavage, the pervert within may start thinking with his little head instead of his big one.
ref: 2003 May 9, Dalton Ross, “Rumble in the Jungle”, in Entertainment Weekly, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
text: [A]ll Theo could think about were all the places on her body he wanted to put his mouth. He was definitely, as Zeke was prone to say, thinking with his little head and not his big one.
ref: 2007, Linnea Sinclair, The Down Home Zombie Blues, →ISBN, page 234:
text: [I]t's fair to say that now-disgraced former foreign affairs minister Maxime Bernier was thinking with his little head—as well as his fat one.
ref: 2008 May 28, Antonia Zerbisias, “Bernier left ex-girlfriend twisting in media wind”, in Toronto Star, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
glosses: To make decisions or act based on one's sexual impulses rather than based on clear reasoning.
raw_tags: of a male
Synonyms: word: think with one's cock
word: think with one's dick
word: think with one's penis
inductive effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inductive effects
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an experimentally observable effect of the transmission of charge through a chain of atoms in a molecule by electrostatic induction
thinking with one's little head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of think with one's little head
little head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: little heads
Senses: examples: text: Obsessed with Heidi's cleavage, the pervert within may start thinking with his little head instead of his big one.
ref: 2003 May 9, Dalton Ross, “Rumble in the Jungle”, in Entertainment Weekly, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
glosses: The glans of the penis.
think with one's other head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thinks with one's other head
form: thinking with one's other head
form: thought with one's other head
form: thought with one's other head
Senses: examples: text: If he hadn't taken the job for the Maricans, if he hadn't let Josie distract him when they came into Sierra Luz that day, if he hadn't missed the signs — if he hadn't been thinking with his other head too much of the time he'd been with her — none of this would have happened, and they wouldn't be here.
ref: 2015, Jenna Bennett, Fortune's Hero:
glosses: Alternative form of think with one's little head.
vaye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vayes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of way.
lackadaisicalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lackadaisical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being lackadaisical.
other head
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: other heads
Senses: examples: text: We've had our fill of dumb jocks. But a dumb jock who's also a single-minded horn dog—that's funny. Thinking with his other head has gotten Jason into a lot of trouble.
ref: 2009 September 7, May Seah, “Top 10 television ignoramuses. Duh!”, in channelnewsasia.com, retrieved 10 Jan 2010:
glosses: The glans of the penis.
MIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MIRs
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: Synonym of mail-in rebate.
synonyms: word: mail-in rebate
synonyms: mid-infrared
mid-IR
middle IR
middle infrared
middle infrared radiation
hypernyms: IR
EMR
glosses: Abbreviation of mid infrared or mid-infrared radiation.
Related terms: sense: infrared
word: FIR
sense: infrared
word: IR
sense: infrared
word: LWIR
sense: infrared
alt: mid-UV
word: MUV
sense: infrared
word: MWIR
sense: infrared
word: NIR
sense: infrared
word: SWIR
sense: infrared
word: VLWIR
sense: infrared
word: VSWIR
Albu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Albus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Albu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
pea-soupers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pea-souper
treviso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the place name Treviso.
Senses: examples: text: 4 heads treviso (radicchio may be substituted)
ref: 2007 April 8, Christine Muhlke, “Canned Heat”, in New York Times:
glosses: A certain mild variety of radicchio, a type of chicory
palaeoconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more palaeoconservative
form: most palaeoconservative
Senses: examples: text: Far from thinking of that election result as ‘a mark of the spreading influence of neo-conservative intellectuals’, I think that the only intellectual who clearly exercised a significant influence in bringing about the defeat of Jimmy Carter and the election of Ronald Reagan was that eminent palaeoconservative scholar, Imam Khomeini.
ref: 1989, Conor Cruise O’Brien, Passion & Cunning: Essays on Nationalism, Terrorism and Revolution, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 252, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of paleoconservative.
palaeoconservative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palaeoconservatives
Senses: examples: text: Ecology, already decried as a new and dangerous form of socialism by a considerable part of the Right (from libertarians and industrialists to the so-called Palaeoconservatives, vide the anti-environmentalist “Wise Use” movement in the US), can now be attacked from the other side as well, viz. by linking it with Hitler.
ref: 2001, Koenraad Elst, The Saffron Swastika: The Notion of “Hindu Fascism”, volume 2, Voice of India, →ISBN, page 659, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of paleoconservative.
palaeoconservatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palaeoconservative
user-friendlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of user-friendly: more user-friendly
user-friendliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of user-friendly: most user-friendly
mousseux
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /muːˈsəː/
Forms: form: more mousseux
form: most mousseux
Etymology: From French mousseux.
Senses: glosses: Of wine: sparkling.
mousseux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /muːˈsəː/
Forms: form: mousseux
Etymology: From French mousseux.
Senses: examples: text: We sat down at a corner table and ordered a bottle of iced mousseux.
ref: 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York, published 2007, page 70:
glosses: A sparkling wine.
pav bhaji
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi पाव भाजी (pāv bhājī).
Senses: glosses: A Maharashtrian fast food dish of vegetable curry served on bread and garnished with coriander and chopped onions.
Related terms: bhaji
pav
shoe shop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoe shops
Senses: glosses: A shop that sells footwear and related items; a shoe store.
shoe shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shoe shop
vada pav
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi वडा पाव (vaḍā pāv).
Senses: glosses: A Maharashtrian vegetarian fast food consisting of batata vada between two slices of bread.
parvorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parvorder
batata vada
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Marathi बटाटा वडा (baṭāṭā vaḍā).
Senses: glosses: A popular vegetarian fast food in Maharashtra, India, consisting of a potato mash patty coated with chickpea flour, then deep-fried and served hot with savory condiments.
in God's name
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: a God's name
form: a' God's name
Senses: examples: text: In God's name, what do you think you are you doing?
text: What in God's name are you doing?
text: "...And in the meantime, if you can sit and talk with me of other things, for God's sake, stay and do so; but if you cannot keep clear of this accursed topic, then in God's name, go, for I cannot bear it."
ref: 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
text: "In God's name what does this mean?" Harker cried out. "Dr. Seward, Dr. Van Helsing, what is it? What has happened? What is wrong? Mina, dear what is it? What does that blood mean? My God, my God! Has it come to this!" And, raising himself to his knees, he beat his hands wildly together. "Good God help us! Help her! Oh, help her!"
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula, New York, N.Y.: Modern Library, →OCLC:
glosses: Used as an intensifier.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, God, name.
Synonyms: the dickens
Reuven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew רְאוּבֵן
Senses: examples: text: After the conquest of lands east of the Jordan River, the Sons of Gad and the Sons of Reuven requested to remain there and not cross the Jordan.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Does Jewish Law Require Yeshivah Students To Be Drafted At Age 18?”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 62:
glosses: Alternative form of Reuben (“biblical personage”).
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Jair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Yahir
Etymology: From Middle English Jair, Iair, from Old English Iāirus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρ (Iáïr), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”). Doublet of Yair and Jairus.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
examples: text: And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 10:3:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
A judge of Israel.
Related terms: Jairus
Yair
yeomanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yeomanlike
form: most yeomanlike
Etymology: From yeoman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The small orchestra played superbly under Wikman's direction; of special note is David Schrader's yeomanlike service on the harpsichord.
ref: 1995 March 31, Sarah Bryan Miller, “Despot Measures”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Resembling a yeoman or yeoman's work: brave and stout
Synonyms: yeomanly
yeomanlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more yeomanlike
form: most yeomanlike
Etymology: From yeoman + -like.
Senses: examples: text: One by one the archers, stepping forward, delivered their shafts yeomanlike and bravely.
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 13, in Ivanhoe:
glosses: In the manner of a yeoman; bravely and stoutly
Synonyms: yeomanly
yeomanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yeomanly
form: most yeomanly
Etymology: From yeoman + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “Say as thou list, Wamba,” replied the Knight, “these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone.”
ref: 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 40, in Ivanhoe:
text: […] it was almost as if he were back at Wethermel, so yeomanly and free seemed all about him.
ref: 1914, William Morris, The Sundering Flood:
glosses: Like a yeoman: stout and true.
examples: text: Judge Abbott is, therefore, of good yeomanly pedigree.
ref: 1884, Various, Bay State Monthly, Vol. I, No. 3, March, 1884:
text: Her name was Anne Bowden; and she was of a respectable family, that had been long stationary in Devonshire, but of a yeomanly rank[…].
ref: 1893, Thomas De Quincey, The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols):
glosses: Of or proper to the class of yeomen in British history
yeomanly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more yeomanly
form: most yeomanly
Etymology: From yeoman + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Well and yeomanly done!" shouted the robbers; "fair play and Old England for ever!"
ref: 1819, Walter Scott, chapter 11, in Ivanhoe:
text: […] the men were working yeomanly to build a new nation[…]
ref: 1875, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Betty's Bright Idea; Deacon Pitkin's Farm; and The First Christmas:
glosses: Like a yeoman: stoutly and bravely
Related terms: yeomanry
catbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catboxes
Senses: examples: text: (Pet owners notice: The Reader is fine for shit paper or catbox litter)
ref: 1989 April 28, SF Reader, “Enemies of Writers”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cat box.
inadæquate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inadæquate
form: most inadæquate
Senses: examples: text: But then this puniſhment which God has interwoven in the nature of Sin, is ſo inadæquate to the demerits of Sin, that we can only look upon it to be in part of Payment : to be a pledge and earneſt of a more adæquate puniſhment hereafter, a kind of ſenſible aſſurance that, ſince God has only begun this work in this World, he will perfect it in another.
ref: 1707, Sir William Dawes, Sermons Preach’d upon Several Occasions, None of Them Before Printed, page 76:
glosses: Archaic form of inadequate.