cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
swoonsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more swoonsome
form: most swoonsome
Etymology: From swoon + -some.
Senses: glosses: overwhelmingly sexually attractive
unrhetorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unrhetorical
form: most unrhetorical
Etymology: From un- + rhetorical.
Senses: glosses: Not rhetorical
midgestation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + gestation.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The middle period of gestation
milliradian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliradians
Etymology: From milli- + radian.
Senses: glosses: An SI unit of plane angular measure equal to one thousandth of a radian
mitogenomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mitogenome + -ics.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The study of the complete genome of the mitochondrion of an organism
monodon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monodons
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any toothed whale (such as the narwhal) of the family Monodontidae.
Venn diagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Venn diagram
Dutch hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dutch hand
hobit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hobits
Etymology: See howitzer.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A small mortar on a gun carriage, in use before the howitzer.
glad hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glad hand
hand ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand balls
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of handball.
hand balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand ball
hand presses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand press
lends a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lend a hand
lending a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lend a hand
lent a hand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lend a hand
lends an ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lend an ear
lending an ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lend an ear
lent an ear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lend an ear
lending hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lending hands
Senses: glosses: A helping hand.
Related terms: lend a hand
lending hands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lending hand
cauliflower ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cauliflower ear
ear canals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear canal
ear trumpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ear trumpet
external ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of external ear
inner ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inner ear
middle ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middle ear
outer ears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outer ear
monophylum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophyla
Etymology: From mono- + phylum.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A hierarchical group of organisms including an ancestor species and all its descendants
Synonyms: holophyletic group
monophyletic group
monophyletic group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monophyletic groups
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A monophylum
morphospecies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morphospecies
Etymology: From morpho- + species.
Senses: examples: text: Their approach is to sort specimens based on their major morphological characteristics, rather than their strict taxonomy. They named this type of pseudotaxonomy the morphospecies approach.
ref: 2002, Andrew S. Pullin, Conservation Biology, page 160:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A species distinguished from others only by its morphology.
Related terms: morphospecific
mosaicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mosaicities
Etymology: From mosaic + -ity.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the long-range disorder of a crystal.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The presence of mosaic vessels in a tumour.
mosaicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mosaic + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Composed of a mosaic.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Formed from a "mosaic" of images.
motivationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more motivationally
form: most motivationally
Etymology: From motivational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a motivational manner.
glosses: With regard to motivation.
mouldable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mouldable
form: most mouldable
form: moldable
Etymology: From mould + -able.
Senses: examples: text: The differences of impressible and not impressible; figurable and not figurable; mouldable and not mouldable; scissile and not scissile; and many other passions of matter, are plebeian notions, applied unto the instruments and uses which men ordinarily practise; but they are all but the effects of some of these causes following, which we will enumerate without applying them, because that would be too long.
ref: 1651, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum:
glosses: Able to be moulded; plastic
Derived terms: unmouldable
murein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjʊəɹ.i.ɪn/
ipa: /ˈmjʊəɹ.iːn/
ipa: /ˈmjʊɹˌin/
ipa: /ˈmjʊɹ.i.ɪn/
Forms: form: mureins
Etymology: Blend of muramic acid + -ein
Senses: glosses: peptidoglycan, mucopeptide
Derived terms: pseudomurein
mutator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjuteɪtɚ/
Forms: form: mutators
Etymology: From mutate + -or.
The video gaming sense likely originated in the video game Unreal Tournament (1999).
Senses: examples: text: In object-oriented programming, the mutator function changes the value of the field that gives its name.
glosses: That which causes mutation or change.
examples: text: Rocket League will gain match-modifying mutators […] The football-meets-cars mashup will let you toggle on gameplay-changing settings such as low gravity, time warping and explosions.
ref: 2015 October 28, Tom Phillips, “Rocket League match mutators to arrive in free November update”, in Eurogamer.net:
topics: video-games
glosses: A setting which alters specific gameplay mechanics, such as rules, physics, or abilities.
Synonyms: setter
myeloblastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more myeloblastic
form: most myeloblastic
Etymology: From myeloblast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to or containing myeloblasts.
Derived terms: promyeloblastic
myeloblast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myeloblasts
Etymology: From myelo- + -blast.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An immature cell of bone marrow that develops into a myelocyte.
Derived terms: myeloblastic
myeloblastoid
myeloblastosis
promyeloblast
myelosuppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: more myelosuppressive
form: most myelosuppressive
Etymology: From myelo- + suppressive.
Senses: glosses: That suppresses the formation of blood cells in bone marrow
myelosuppressive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: myelosuppressives
Etymology: From myelo- + suppressive.
Senses: glosses: Such an agent
myriapod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myriapods
Etymology: From translingual Myriapoda.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any arthropod (such as centipedes and millipedes) of the subphylum Myriapoda.
Derived terms: myriapodology
myriapods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of myriapod
knucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ʌkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: knuckers
Etymology: From Old English nicor (“water monster; hippopotamus”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of water dragon, said to live in knuckerholes in Sussex, England.
knuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knucker
myrosinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myrosinases
Etymology: From μύρον (múron, “myrrh”) + σίναπι (sínapi, “mustard”) (according to German Wikipedia).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several defense-related enzymes, in plants such as mustard, that hydrolyze glycosides, thus releasing potentially toxic substances.
awe-inspire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: awe-inspires
form: awe-inspiring
form: awe-inspired
form: awe-inspired
Etymology: Back-formation from awe-inspiring.
Senses: examples: text: Upon recovery from the experience, the awe-inspired individuals then go forth and spread word of it, often performing great deeds or miracles that induce awe (and awe-inspired changes) in those who witness […]
ref: 2007, Roy F. Baumeister, Kathleen D. Vohs, Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, volume 1:
glosses: To cause awe in; to make awed.
awe-inspires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of awe-inspire
awe-inspired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of awe-inspire
naevi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naevus
nanobelts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanobelt
sexting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/
Forms: form: sextings
Etymology: Blend of sex + texting.
Senses: examples: text: There are already concerns that young people are unaware of the serious legal implications that sexting can have.
ref: 2009 August 6, Annalisa Barbieri, “You don't know what sexting is?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: But perhaps the most critical question in this area of research concerns the effect of sexting on relationship quality. Does sexting benefit or harm relationships?
ref: 2018, Zizi Papacharissi, editor, A Networked Self and Love, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: The act of transmitting and/or receiving sexually suggestive text messages and/or photographs between cell phones equipped with text messaging.
sexting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛkstɪŋ/
Etymology: Blend of sex + texting.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sext
Coordinate terms: textual harassment
textual intercourse
nanobelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobelts
Etymology: From nano- + belt.
Senses: glosses: A nanostructure in the form of a belt.
menubar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: menubars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of menu bar.
nanobristle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanobristles
Etymology: From nano- + bristle.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale bristle, especially one of many that make up a nanostructure
nanodiamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanodiamonds
Etymology: From nano- + diamond.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale fragment of diamond
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A diamondoid
tool bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tool bars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of toolbar.
nanofluidics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + fluidics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The study of the behaviour of fluids confined in nanoscale structures.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: The design and fabrication of nanostructures containing the controlled movement of fluids.
Related terms: lab on a chip
nanoforging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + forging.
Senses: glosses: The forging of nanostructures.
nanograined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + grained.
Senses: glosses: Having nanoscale grains.
nanomechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + mechanics.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
technology
glosses: The study of the mechanical properties of nanostructures and nanomaterials
nanometal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanometals
Etymology: From nano- + metal.
Senses: glosses: A metallic nanoparticle.
nanomoulding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + moulding.
Senses: glosses: nanoscale moulding
nanoparticulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + particulated.
Senses: glosses: Formed into nanoparticles.
nanodiamonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanodiamond
protein subunits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protein subunit
nanopatterning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + patterning.
Senses: glosses: The fabrication of a nanoscale pattern, especially as part of an electronic component.
nanophotonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + photonic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nanophotonics.
nanoresonator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoresonators
Etymology: From nano- + resonator.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale resonator.
graphical user interfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphical user interface
nanoribbon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoribbons
Etymology: From nano- + ribbon.
Senses: glosses: A nanostructure in the form of a ribbon
nanoribbons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoribbon
sexual acts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual act
nanosheets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanosheet
sexual intercourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual intercourse
nanosheet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosheets
Etymology: From nano- + sheet.
Senses: examples: text: The nanosheet of gold forms when a confinement chemical is added to chloroauric acid containing gold and water. […] Because the nanosheets are so thin, just about every gold atom plays a part in the catalysis,” said Stephen Evans, study author and head of the University of Leeds’ Molecular and Nanoscale Research group.
ref: 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN:
glosses: A nanoscale sheet, especially one of many making up a nanostructure.
nanoslit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanoslits
Etymology: From nano- + slit.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale slit
nanoslits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoslit
nanospray
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanosprays
Etymology: From nano- + spray.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale spray, especially one used to generate ions for mass spectrometry.
nanostructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + structural.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nanostructures
nanotaper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotapers
Etymology: From nano- + taper.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale taper, especially one that is part of an optical nanodevice.
nanotribological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nanotribological
form: most nanotribological
Etymology: From nano- + tribological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to nanotribology
nanotribology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + tribology.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The branch of tribology that studies friction at the nanoscale
nanotwinned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nano- + twinned.
Senses: glosses: Formed from nanotwins.
nanotwin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanotwins
Etymology: From nano- + twin.
Senses: glosses: A nanoscale twin (crystal).
naphthoflavone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthoflavones
Etymology: From naphtho- + flavone.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric flavones derived from naphthalene
nasopharyngeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪndʒiəl
-iːəl
-ɪndʒəl
Etymology: From naso- + pharyngeal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx
glosses: Of or pertaining to the nasopharynx
Derived terms: intranasopharyngeal
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
nasopharyngeally
nasopharyngeal tonsil
paranasopharyngeal
nematomorphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nematomorph
nematomorph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nematomorphs
Etymology: Formed as nemato- + -morph after the scientific Latin Nēmatomorpha.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: horsehair worm
glosses: Any of many worms of the phylum Nematomorpha.
neoangiogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoangiogeneses
Etymology: From neo- + angiogenesis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of blood vessels in tumor tissue.
Related terms: antiangiogenesis
antiangiogenic
neoantigen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoantigens
Etymology: From neo- + antigen.
Senses: glosses: A newly-acquired antigen
Derived terms: neoantigenic
neoepitope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neoepitopes
Etymology: From neo- + epitope.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A new epitope, or an epitope on a neoantigen
Derived terms: phosphoneoepitope
Related terms: neoepitopic
neostriatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neo- + striatal.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the neostriatum
neostriatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neostriata
Etymology: From neo- + striatum.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: That part of the corpus striatum that is more recently developed
corpus striatum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corpora striata
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The striated mass of white and grey matter in front of the thalamus on each side of the brain
Meronyms: dorsal striatum
ventral striatum
Related terms: striatal
nestedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nested + -ness.
Senses: glosses: A measure of the order in an ecological system
neuralation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌn(j)uːɹəˈleɪʃən/
Senses: glosses: The formation of the embryonic nervous system
neuraxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnjʊəɹˌæksɪs/
Forms: form: neuraxes
Etymology: From neur- + axis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of central nervous system.
synonyms: word: central nervous system
examples: text: The picture revealed by spinal tap was one of an acute polyneuritis, but a polyneuritis of a most exceptional type: not like Guillian–Barré syndrome, with its overwhelming motor involvement, but a purely (or almost purely) sensory neuritis, affecting the sensory roots of spinal and cranial nerves throughout the neuraxis.
ref: 1984, Oliver Sacks, “The Disembodied Lady”, chapter 3 in The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (Reset 2007), page 51
topics: anatomy
embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A subset of the central nervous system: i.e., the spinal cord, rhombencephalon, mesencephalon and diencephalon.
Derived terms: neuraxial
neuroactive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neuroactive
form: most neuroactive
Etymology: From neuro- + active.
Senses: glosses: That acts on the central nervous system.
Derived terms: neuroactive steroid
nonneuroactive
compound interests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compound interest
subsequences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subsequence
substream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: substreams
Etymology: From sub- + stream.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stream contained within another stream.
substreams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substream
Bucaramanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality, the capital of Santander department, in northern Colombia.
denormalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denormalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of denormalization.
denormalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: denormalises
form: denormalising
form: denormalised
form: denormalised
Etymology: From de- + normalise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of denormalize.
denormalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of denormalisation
denormalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of denormalise
denormalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of denormalise
denormalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of denormalise
mosts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of most
gerbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerb
water to one's mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Suggesting the action of water powering a watermill. Similar idioms exist in many other European languages.
Senses: glosses: That which energizes or stimulates one.
card punch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: card punches
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A machine that punches holes in a punch card
pergole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Italian pergole, plural of pergola.
Senses: examples: text: The flax-growth of Switzerland is replaced in Italy by the waving masses of maize or Indian corn, and birch and pine are represented by fig and chestnut; whilst the trim and meagre vineyards on the northern Alpine slopes scarcely suggest the same plant as that we find in its wild luxuriance, festooning from bough to bough or from column to column along the pergole, when we have once descended to the south.
ref: 1872, W. W. Fenn, “Rambles in Retrospect”, in Norman Macleod, editor, Good Words for 1872, Strahan & Co., […], page 603, column 2:
text: Your afternoon stroll across the flax-fields and under the pergole on the shady side of the hill takes you somewhat abruptly into a tiny piazza, smoothly paved and remarkably clean, though the grass is growing thickly between the flag-stones.
ref: 1883 January, Harriet W. Preston, “An Apennine Valley”, in The Atlantic Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics, volume LI, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company; New York: […] The Riverside Press, […], page 39, column 2:
text: The final process of drying cod in the sun takes place in wooden erections called flakes, which resemble the pergole of southern Europe, but on whose roof instead of roses the hardly less odorous dead and split cod basks.
ref: 1911, Charles Prestwood Lucas, A Historical Geography of the British Colonies, Oxford: Printed at the Clarendon Press by Horace Hart, page 192:
text: Then, proceeding to execute the first range below those Loggie, Giovanni used another and quite different method in the distribution of the stucco-work and paintings on the walls and vaultings of the other Loggie; but nevertheless those also were very beautiful, by reason of the pleasing invention of the pergole of canes counterfeited in various compartments, all covered with vines laden with grapes, and with clematis, jasmine, roses, and various kinds of birds and beasts.
ref: 1915, Gaston du C. De Vere, transl., Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects, Philip Lee Warner, […], translation of original by Giorgio Vasari, page 77:
text: Suitably dressed, and armed with home-made triangular step-ladders, baskets with hooks on them so that we can hang them from the pergole (wine trellises) while we cut the grapes with scissors, secateurs or knives, all of which become equally painful to use after a day or two, we turn up at the right farm-house about seven-thirty.[…]The grapes are trained on the pergole over steep banks, anything up to eight feet high, which is picturesque but no longer accords with modern practice—no more pergole are being constructed and new vineyards are planted in regular widely spaced, parallel rows in fields bulldozed out of the hillside.
ref: 1971, The Wine Mine: A Mine of Wine Information, page 144:
glosses: plural of pergola
Weedgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weedgies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Weegie.
Weedgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Weedgie
base rate fallacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: base rate fallacies
Senses: glosses: A common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.
Hypernyms: formal fallacy
mille-feuille
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /miːlˈfɔɪ/
ipa: /miːlˈfɜː.i/
other: /miːlˈfəː.i/
ipa: /ˌmilˈfɔɪ/
other: /milˈfwi/
other: /ˌmil.fəˈwi/
Forms: form: mille-feuilles
form: millefeuille
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil. Compare Spanish milhojas.
Senses: synonyms: word: Napoleon cake
word: napoleon
english: originally US slang
translation: originally US slang
glosses: A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
Coordinate terms: custard slice
Napoleon slice
vanilla slice
mille-feuilles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mille-feuille
roller disco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller discos
Senses: glosses: A disco where the dancers wear roller skates.
roller discos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roller disco
fish cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fish cake
cyclamates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclamate
℀
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Forms: form: a/c
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Account.
℻
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: glosses: fax (“facsimile”)
rootedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From rooted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: An uncle might be around to offer a spare bedroom, or a job at the plant, or the church might be there for guidance, for rootedness.
ref: 1989 December 22, Mary Wisniewski, “Giving Shelter: a west-side boy comes home”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: The state or quality of being rooted
Related terms: deep-rootedness
sedimentological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sedimentology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The sedimentological conditions for trace fossil preservation are different from those conducive to preserving most body fossils; indeed, trace-producing activities are usually detrimental to the preservation of body fossils.
ref: 2009 January 16, Stefan Bengtson, Birger Rasmussen, “PALEONTOLOGY: New and Ancient Trace Makers”, in Science, volume 323, number 5912, →DOI:
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or caused by sedimentology.
Derived terms: sedimentologically
savories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of savory
dewar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuː.ə/
ipa: /ˈduː.ɚ/
homophone: doer (yod-dropping)
Forms: form: dewars
form: Dewar
Etymology: Named after British physicist and chemist James Dewar, its inventor.
Senses: examples: text: A large thermos-like container called a dewar contained 645 gallons of liquid helium to be cooled to within two degrees of absolute zero.
ref: 2009 February 17, Guy Gugliotta, “Perseverance Is Paying Off for a Test of Relativity in Space”, in New York Times:
glosses: A vacuum flask; a vessel which keeps its contents hotter or cooler than their environment without the need to modify the pressure, by interposing an evacuated region to provide thermal insulation between the contents and the environment.
Synonyms: Dewar bulb
Dewar flask
Dewar tube
Dewar vessel
vacuum flask
vacuum thermos
vacuum thermos bottle
vacuum thermos bulb
vacuum thermos flask
vacuum thermos vessel
Hypernyms: thermos
thermos bottle
thermos bulb
thermos flask
thermos vessel
salability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salabilities
form: saleability
Etymology: From salable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Although even the most outrageous outfits would go on sale the next day, the salability of a "medieval biker dress" or "paper bag shorts" seemed a secondary consideration.
ref: 1988 May 13, Nancy Hamm, “Fashion Final”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: The extent to which something can easily be sold
dewars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dewar; alternative spelling of Dewars.
rustlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rustling
sinkerballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinkerballers
Etymology: From sinkerball + -er.
Senses: examples: text: With Putz and closer Francisco Rodríguez aboard, that pitcher — the bridge to the bridge, if you will — assumes extra responsibility, and the Mets are optimistic that Green, a 6-foot-6 sinkerballer, will fill that role.
ref: 2009 February 17, Ben Shpigel, “Acquired in J. J. Putz Trade, Sean Green Also Seen as Valuable to Mets”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitcher who throws a lot of sinkers (sinking fastballs).
sinkerballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinkerballer
restrictionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restrictionist
resentenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resentence
fadeout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fadeouts
form: fade-out
Etymology: Deverbal from fade out.
Senses: examples: text: The scene ends with a fadeout to unconsciousness.
ref: 2009 February 17, Howard W. French, “Surviving a Hitch in an Army of Boys”, in New York Times:
text: Radio fadeouts in the arctic are caused by solar explosions and sunspot activity.
ref: 1959, United States, Rescue and Survival Specialist, Department of the Air Force, pages 3–22:
glosses: A gradual disappearance or fading away.
fadeouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fadeout
restrictionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restrictionists
Etymology: From restriction + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The tragedy is that the compromise bill was written to bring these restrictionists along, with punitive, detestable provisions that many supporters of comprehensive reform agreed to endorse for the sake of a “grand bargain.”
ref: 2007 June 9, “A Failure of Leadership”, in New York Times:
glosses: A supporter of placing restrictions on something.
Related terms: restrictionism
resentence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: resentences
form: resentencing
form: resentenced
form: resentenced
form: re-sentence
Etymology: From re- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: Also on Tuesday, the founder of Adelphia Communications, John J. Rigas, left, and his son Timothy, are expected to be resentenced in the accounting scandal that led to the company’s collapse.
ref: 2007 June 25, “Looking Ahead”, in New York Times:
topics: law
glosses: To issue a new sentence for certain crimes
repointing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of repoint
repointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repointings
Senses: examples: text: But if it is done in conjunction with repointing of the building, the work would probably qualify as a major capital improvement.
ref: 2007 February 11, Jay Romano, “Triggering a Rent Increase”, in New York Times:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The process of renewing mortar joints in masonry
relicense
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: relicenses
form: relicensing
form: relicensed
form: relicensed
Etymology: From re- + license.
Senses: examples: text: But last month, an engineer from the commission told a panel reviewing the relicensing application that the barrier had rusted so badly that it no longer met the national engineering code.
ref: 2007 September 19, John Sullivan, “Focus on Rust at New Jersey A-Plant as Engineer Casts Doubt on Barrier’s Safety”, in New York Times:
glosses: To issue a renewed license
reinspection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinspections
Etymology: From re- + inspection.
Senses: examples: text: The company failed a reinspection Tuesday afternoon and hadn't requested another as of last night.
ref: 2009 January 29, Paola Loriggio, “Shopper spotted mouse 'in plain sight'”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A repeat inspection, especially one carried out after a previous inspection discovered problems
Related terms: reinspect
search and rescues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of search and rescue
recertified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recertify
punchless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more punchless
form: most punchless
Etymology: From punch + -less.
Senses: examples: a punchless fight
glosses: Without punches.
examples: a punchless Christmas party
glosses: Without punch, the drink.
examples: text: The Knicks were punchless early, falling behind by 30-19 after the first quarter.
ref: 2007 February 15, Howard Beck, “For Knicks, Another Game That Epitomizes Their Season”, in New York Times:
glosses: Failing to strike; ineffective.
psychographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From psychography + -ic.
Senses: topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: Relating to seances or occult communication.
examples: text: Another suggestion was to create psychographic profiles of target readers, then display large photographs of archetypes around the newsroom, to remind reporters of the public for whom they toiled.
ref: 1988 August 5, Michael Miner, “End of Page?; Writers in the Sky; Arts Smarts”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Based on individual psychological characteristics, rather than demographic or other factors,
glosses: Relating to psychographics.
Related terms: psychograph
psychography
psychographics
chemical compositions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemical composition
prebudget
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + budget.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the consequences of that reality were on evidence on the occasion of Ignatieff's prebudget visit to Montreal this week.
ref: 2009 January 23, Chantal Hébert, “All the pot-stirring boosts Liberals most”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Prior to, or in preparation for, the release of a budget
Synonyms: prebudgetary
haul off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hauls off
form: hauling off
form: hauled off
form: hauled off
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: haul round
glosses: To alter course so as to get farther away from an object.
glosses: To leave.
examples: text: He just hauled off and socked him in the jaw.
glosses: To draw back the arm in order to punch.
postshow
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + show.
Senses: examples: text: The postshow discussion reveals that reactions tend to be mixed: some viewers see her photos as merely a sort of pre-AIDS sexual geography of a certain punkish set of people; others feel personally addressed.
ref: 1988 February 19, Peter Friederici, “On Exhibit: Nan Goldin's love junkies”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring after the end of a show
Related terms: aftershow
preshow
bandos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bando
possibilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of possibilium
possibilium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: possibilia
Etymology: Latin
Senses: examples: text: All mental reference that purports to refer to something does indeed succeed in effecting such reference, although it may be a merely-hypothetical something that is at issue, a possibilium that merely quasi-exists.
ref: 2003, Nicholas Rescher, Imagining Irreality: A Study of Unreal Possibilities, →ISBN, page 59:
text: Now, it is true that both counterfactuals and ability claims can be given analyses in terms of possibilia.
ref: 2008 April 9, Peter A. Graham, “A defense of local miracle compatibilism”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
text: Whereas, on the “multiverse” interpretation, Modal Realism acknowledges physical possibilities only--and worse, (assuming either axiom S5 or axiom B) each possibilium ends up as a necessary physical existent.
ref: 2011, T Parent, Modal Realism and the Meaning of 'Exist':
text: But here we face the particularity problem: that semantics seems to be ruled out by the seeming impossibility of specifying a unique possibilium, using either of the two recognised mechanisms underlying normal reference.
ref: 2012, J. Ross, The Semantics of Media, →ISBN, page 63:
text: An unrealized option is then a concrete possibilium, the realization it would have if it were realized. An unrealized event may be a possibilium realized in a nonactual possible world and having concrete features, such as a duration.
ref: 2015, Paul Weirich, Models of Decision-Making, →ISBN, page 215:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Something that is possible
popout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popouts
form: pop-out
Etymology: From pop + out.
Senses: examples: text: And Ambiorix Burgos loaded the bases […] before inducing a popout in foul territory to end the game.
ref: 2007 April 24, David Picker, “Maine Has Last Word in Solving Rockies”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pop fly that is caught in flight, resulting in an out.
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A user interface element that opens a small separate section in front of the main content.
examples: text: Popout boards were also available in do-it-yourself kits. Non-popout surfboard manufacturer and retailers viewed popouts as a threat to business […]
ref: 2005, Matt Warshaw, The Encyclopedia of Surfing, page 471:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: A cheap surfboard manufactured from a mold.
Related terms: pop fly
pop out
flyout
pillowy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.ləʊ.(w)i/
rhymes: -ɪləʊ(w)i
Forms: form: more pillowy
form: most pillowy
Etymology: From pillow + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The garnet-coloured brew has a pillowy, pink-tinged head, and a beautiful raspberry aroma, which also comes through in the flavour.
ref: 2009 February 11, Josh Rubin, “Pour your Valentine a special cold one”, in Toronto Star:
text: Delectable soft, pillowy rolls, filled with a sweet nutty mixture or fruit, these are like tea cakes and are great for breakfast or tea.
ref: 2012, Si King, Dave Myers, The Hairy Bikers' Big Book of Baking:
text: Anna Nicole Smith, the pillowy Playboy and Guess jeans model, marries eighty-nine-year-old J. Howard Marshall II, an oil baron six decades her senior, who is worth half a billion dollars.
ref: 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
glosses: Resembling a pillow: soft and fluffy
Derived terms: pillowiness
popouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popout
posterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more posterlike
form: most posterlike
Etymology: From poster + -like.
Senses: examples: text: With lust for action as its only through line, Amelia's posterlike life runs in a straight line from nonflight to flight to death.
ref: 1988 April 1, Lawrence Bommer, “Amelia Lives!”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Having the character of a poster; iconic
piecewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From piece + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: piecemeal
text: One could even do the recount piecewise, starting with the most questionable regions.
ref: 2006 August 13, “LETTERS; Practical Method for Mexican Vote Recount”, in Los Angeles Times:
glosses: In terms or by means of pieces; a piece at a time.
examples: text: automatic reconstruction of accurate, concise, piecewise smooth surface models from scattered range data
ref: 1994 July 24, Hugues Hoppe, Tony DeRose, Tom Duchamp, Mark Halstead, Hubert Jin, John McDonald, Jean Schweitzer, Werner Stuetzle, “Piecewise smooth surface reconstruction”, in Proceedings of the 21st annual conference on Computer graphics and interactive techniques (SIGGRAPH '94), New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 295–302:
text: theory of piecewise differentiable functions and, specifically, piecewise differentiable equations
ref: 2012, Stefan Scholtes, Introduction to Piecewise Differentiable Equations (SpringerBriefs in Optimization), New York: Springer, →ISBN:
text: piecewise linear model which can serve as the base of any other
ref: 2013 March 9, Domine Leenaerts, Wim M. G. van Bokhoven, Piecewise Linear Modeling and Analysis, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN:
topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: systemically
locally
glosses: Throughout separate parts, but not necessarily throughout the whole.
Derived terms: piecewise function
piecewise linear
piecewiseness
piecewise smooth
piecewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From piece + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Our formula is not defined as a piecewise function, but rather as a single closed-form expression
ref: 2018 April 1, Ivan Matić, Radoš Radoičić, Dan Stefanica, “A sharp Pólya-based approximation to the normal cumulative distribution function”, in Applied Mathematics and Computation, volume 322, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 111–122:
text: is a piecewise function but not a PLQ function
ref: 2019 September 1, Deepak Kumar, Yves Lucet, “Computation of the Epsilon-Subdifferential of Convex Piecewise Linear-Quadratic Functions in Optimal Worst-Case Time”, in Set-Valued and Variational Analysis, volume 27, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 623–641:
text: a piecewise function that consists of a single quadratic term and a constant term
ref: 2022, Ethan T. Wang, “Efficient Quantum State Preparation for the Cauchy Distribution Based on Piecewise Arithmetic”, in IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering, volume 3, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1–9:
topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: piecewise-defined
glosses: Defined by subfunctions and subdomains
examples: text: In piecewise regression we replace the concept
ref: 1970 September 24, Victor E. McZgee, Willard T. Carleton, “Piecewise Regression”, in Journal of the American Statistical Association, volume 65, number 331, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 1109–1124:
text: we can get arbitrarily close to any piecewise function with knot locations satisfying
ref: 2000 July 24, J. Pittman, C.A. Murthy, “Fitting optimal piecewise linear functions using genetic algorithms”, in IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, volume 22, number 7, →DOI, pages 701–718:
text: In essence, a piecewise function over an interval
ref: 2016 November 24, Daniel Berjon, Guillermo Gallego, Carlos Cuevas, Francisco Moran, Narciso Garcia, “Optimal Piecewise Linear Function Approximation for GPU-Based Applications”, in IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, volume 46, number 11, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 2584–2595:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Clipping of piecewise linear.
Derived terms: nonpiecewise
piecewisely
photorealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photorealists
Etymology: From photo + realist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who works in photorealism.
photorealist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo + realist.
Senses: examples: text: Tradition gets a bit of a jolt — although a gentle one — with photorealist works by Robert Cottingham and Richard Estes.
ref: 2007 June 1, Martha Schwendener, “In the 21st Century, the Persistence of Tradition”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of, pertaining to or exemplifying photorealism.
Synonyms: photorealistic
Related terms: photorealism
patinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of patinate
patinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lamont Langworthy, a 76-year-old architect in Sebastopol, purchased a patinated copper urn […] in which he said his own ashes will eventually be housed.
ref: 2007 January 18, Patricia Leigh Brown, “In Death as in Life, a Personalized Space”, in New York Times:
glosses: Bearing a patina.
Derived terms: unpatinated
partitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of partita
paradegoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradegoer
paradegoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paradegoers
Etymology: From parade + goer.
Senses: examples: text: At 6 a.m., members of the Lion’s Club began fortifying paradegoers with a pancake breakfast at the Memorial Building.
ref: 2007 April 16, Theo Emery, “Paying Homage to a Workhorse That’s Half One”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person attending a parade
overscaled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overscaled
form: most overscaled
Etymology: From over- + scaled.
Senses: examples: text: There are several obligatory postmodernist quirks, such as the wildly overscaled sculptural excrescences at the roof line.
ref: 1988 June 10, Ed Zotti, “One for the Books”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Oversized; larger than the proper scale
Synonyms: overscale
overdriven
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overdriven
form: most overdriven
Etymology: From over- + driven.
Senses: examples: text: Intertwining, staccato rhythmic patterns by overdriven guitars and basses — the kind of thing that makes rock critics say “angular” in their sleep — used to be merely a sign of semi-competence; now it’s a trademark post-punk device with 30 years of formidable history.
ref: 2007 February 18, Ben Ratliff, “Soft Balladry, Raw Angularity and Beats With Heavy Feet”, in New York Times:
glosses: Driven too hard, or beyond normal limits; exhausted.
overdetermination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + determination or overdetermine + -ation.
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Senses: examples: text: Option two, as above, involves systematic causal overdetermination.
ref: 2007 December 8, Patrick Toner, “Emergent substance”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: The state or quality of being overdetermined
Related terms: underdetermination
determination
overdetermine
overdetermined
nonunionized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonunionised
form: non-unionized
form: non-unionised
Etymology: From non- + unionized.
Senses: examples: text: It’s a nonunionized blue-collar job,” and many couriers are working-class dads with few other options, says Peter Sutherland, the director and photographer. “e.
ref: 2007 January 14, Rob Walker, “Biker Chic”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not unionized; lacking union representation