cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
even-mindedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From even-minded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This is done having first attained even-mindedness towards all sentient beings.
ref: 1976, Bstan-paʼi-ñi-ma (Panchen Lama IV), Jeffrey Hopkins, Practice and theory of Tibetan Buddhism
text: In terms of the actual stages of practice, even-mindedness should be cultivated first. Great even-mindedness is cultivated by reflecting upon the lack of inherent existence of friend and foe.
ref: 1999, Gen Lamrimpa, B. Alan Wallace, Pauly B. Fitze, Transcending time: the Kālacakra six-session guru yoga:
text: Even-mindedness means being free from indifference as well as from attachment and aversion. Even-mindedness means that you can help another person cross the river without becoming attached to that per- son; [...]
ref: 2004, Lorne Ladner, The Lost Art of Compassion:
glosses: The state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress; equanimity.
Related terms: level-headedness
Manne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mannes
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Telugu మన్నె (manne); this surname is mostly found in Telangana.
* Variant of the Dutch surname Mann.
* Borrowed from French Manne, a metonymic occupational surname for a maker of a kind of basket with two handles.
* Borrowed from Yiddish מֹרְדְּכַי (Manēh).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
splocket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: splŏʹkĭt
ipa: /ˈsplɒkɪt/
Forms: form: splockets
Senses: examples: text: The screens are connected by chain belts and splocket wheels, so that the bottom screen drives the other two.
ref: 1883, United States Association of Charcoal Iron Workers, Journal IV, page 325
text: Derailleurs, caliper brakes, drum brakes, three-speed hubs not incorporating coaster brakes, click twist grips, click stick levers, multiple freewheel splockets.
ref: 1971, American Import & Export Bulletin, LXXIV-LXXV, page 197:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sprocket.
A wheel with projections from its rim that fit and interact with the links of a chain.
raw_tags: as “splocket wheel”
examples: text: 1898, Frank William Macey, Specifications in Detail, pages 162⁽¹⁾ and 175⁽²⁾
⁽¹⁾ Common and jack rafters…with cut wrought ends at overhanging eaves, and wrought splocket (cock) pieces.
⁽²⁾ See clauses Nos. 75, 77 to 89, and 91 to 99, for any other parts to the roof which may be required, such as tilting fillets, splockets, boarding, fascia, eaves soffits and other items.
text: Sprocket, Splocket. A triangular piece of timber.
ref: 1904, Augustine C. Passmore, Handbook of Technical Terms Used in Architecture and Building and Their Allied Trades and Subjects, page 328:
text: At the base of the ribs splockets (“coiaux”) were attached to complete the curve and carry off the water. The ribs were checked out for the top of the splockets, which were also held together by liernes and keys.
ref: 1905, Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield, Studies in Architecture, page 218:
text: The under rafters are quite heavy and cut at right-angles. The upper ones are prolonged and curved up by jointing far-projecting splockets.
ref: 1970, Osvald Sirén, A History of Early Chinese Art, III-IV, page 64:
topics: architecture
business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Alternative spelling of sprocket.
A triangular timber frame.
qualifier: building
splockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of splocket
minifundia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minifundium
downplayer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downplayers
Etymology: From downplay + -er.
Senses: examples: text: So much for the claim of radiation downplayers about the absolute risk method.
ref: 1983, John W. Gofman, Radiation and human health:
text: Downplayers, like weaselers, innuendo, loaded questions, and other slanters, can be used intentionally to make something less significant or worthy than it is. In other situations their use adds spark and perhaps a bit of humor […]
ref: 2013, Guy Gibbon, Critically Reading the Theory and Methods of Archaeology, page 73:
glosses: One who, or that which, downplays.
downplayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downplayer
downmodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of downmodulate
downmodulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of downmodulate
upmodulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: upmodulates
form: upmodulating
form: upmodulated
form: upmodulated
Etymology: From up- + modulate.
Senses: glosses: To modulate to a higher level.
Related terms: upmodulation
upmodulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upmodulate
upmodulating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upmodulate
upmodulates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upmodulate
nonspotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + spotted.
Senses: glosses: Not marked with spots.
maffling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maffle
maffling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mafflings
Senses: glosses: A simpleton.
maffled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maffle
maffled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maffled
form: most maffled
Senses: glosses: baffled; totally confused
steple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steples
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of steeple (“tower, spire”).
steples
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steple
noncationic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + cationic.
Senses: glosses: Not cationic.
noncatalogued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + catalogued.
Senses: glosses: Not catalogued.
forgings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forging
gimbap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gimbaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kimbap.
kimbap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kimbaps
form: gimbap
form: kimbab
Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 김밥 (gimbap), from 김 (gim, “a type of seaweed”) + 밥 (bap, “rice”).
Senses: examples: text: First-time visitors to this takeout spot in Koreatown should try the buffet; regulars come for noodles and kimbap, or Korean-style sushi filled with pickled vegetables
ref: 2009 June 3, Julia Moskin, “Ethnic and Affordable”, in New York Times:
text: The babbling stream, people spreading out rush mats to sit on, snacking on kimbap.
ref: 2015, Han Kang, translated by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, Granta, published 2018, page 12:
glosses: A Korean dish of steamed white rice and other ingredients rolled in sheets of dried laver seaweed and served in bite-size slices.
Related terms: maki
onigiri
sushi
pierrots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pierrot
porkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From porky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It would be like a Macy's Thanksgiving Day balloon in a small room — Porky Pig blown to his full girth, crushing everyone inside with his porkiness.
ref: 2004, Stephen Fife, Best revenge, page 19:
text: Have you ever placed a vanishingly thin morsel of rosy meat on your tongue and had it fill your mouth with deepest porkiness, or the aroma of tropical fruits, or caramel, or chocolate?
ref: 2009 June 3, Harold Mcgee, “Bringing Flavor Back to the Ham”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being porky.
unrevivable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + revivable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to revive.
unrevived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + revived.
Senses: examples: text: Why, when Antony Tudor’s Prokofiev “Gala Performance” has been languishing unrevived for years, has Ballet Theater acquired James Kudelka’s repetitious collection of clichés, “Désir” (1991), as the centerpiece of this program?
ref: 2009 June 3, Alastair Macaulay, “Cherry Blossom Season, and Love Is in Full Flower”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been revived.
antimanipulation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + manipulation.
Senses: examples: text: The proposal on swaps dealers would include antifraud and antimanipulation provisions as well as potential limits on market positions and holdings.
ref: 2009 June 4, Stephen Labaton, “Regulator to Detail Plan for Derivatives”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing or preventing the manipulation of market prices.
clomper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɒmpə/
ipa: /ˈklɑmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: clompers
Etymology: From clomp + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Pink satin prom pumps lie under heavy studded black clompers; yellow suede midi-boots trample wafer-thin Blahnik mules.
ref: 2009 June 4, Cintra Wilson, “Choose a Shoe, Any Shoe, and Hold On”, in New York Times:
glosses: A heavy, ungainly shoe or boot.
clompers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clomper
overbanked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overbanked
form: most overbanked
Senses: examples: text: BBVA stopped branch expansion in overbanked Spain in 2006.
ref: 2009 June 4, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Fiona Maharg-Bravo, “Shining a Light on Executive Pay”, in New York Times:
glosses: Furnished with too many banks (financial institutions).
glosses: Of a rollercoaster turn or curve: such that the track tilts 90 degrees or more.
semiscientific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + scientific.
Senses: examples: text: League officials set the thresholds for suspension — on the seventh technical foul or the fourth flagrant-foul point — using a semiscientific approach.
ref: 2009 June 4, Howard Beck, “Numbers Crunched for Discipline Rules”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially scientific; having or using certain aspects of science.
archsegregationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archsegregationists
Etymology: From arch- + segregationist.
Senses: examples: text: But Alabama, the heart of Dixie, where the archsegregationist George C. Wallace served as governor, holds a special symbolic value.
ref: 2009 June 5, Robbie Brown, “Black Congressman Eyes Alabama Governor’s Seat”, in New York Times:
glosses: A primary segregationist; a strong supporter of segregation.
archsegregationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archsegregationist
braceleted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: braceletted
Etymology: From bracelet + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The female figure from the Barbier-Mueller, her braceleted arms poised so that her hands rest on her thighs, is in fabulous shape.
ref: 2009 June 5, Holland Cotter, “Putting ‘Primitive’ to Rest”, in New York Times:
glosses: Wearing a bracelet or bracelets.
Derived terms: unbraceleted
braceleted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: braceletted
Etymology: From bracelet + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bracelet
bereted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: béreted
form: beretted
Etymology: From beret + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a beret.
braceletted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of braceleted.
braceletted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bracelet
weye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weyes
form: weying
form: weyed
form: weyed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of weigh.
weye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weyes
Etymology: See way.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of way.
weyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weye
oligopolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligopolists
Etymology: From oligopoly + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: But through the oligopoly, charcoal fuel proliferated throughout London's trades and industries. By the 1200s, brewers and bakers, tilemakers, glassblowers, pottery producers, and a range of other craftsmen all became hour-to-hour consumers of charcoal. This only magnified the indispensable nature of the oligopolists.
ref: 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 2, in Internal Combustion:
text: “As a classic oligopolist, Moody’s earns exceedingly high margins while paying only the needed lip service to product quality.”
ref: 2009 June 5, David Gillen, “In Ratings Agencies, Investors Still Trust”, in New York Times:
glosses: A member of an oligopoly; one of a small number of sellers with undue influence over a market.
oligopolists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligopolist
oligophenylenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligophenylene
nondefamatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + defamatory.
Senses: examples: text: But an appeals court held that that comment was nondefamatory, constitutionally protected opinion.
ref: 2009 June 6, “Corrections”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not defamatory.
gospelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gospelesque
form: most gospelesque
Etymology: From gospel + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: And indeed, something was lost amid the clinking glasses, making it tougher to appreciate the subtle emotional touches of “Ariel,” the surprisingly jumpy gospelesque moments at the end of “Valentino” and the childlike frustration on “Nothing but a Miracle.”
ref: 2009 June 6, Jon Caramanica, “Aspiring to Soul, With Qualified Company”, in New York Times:
glosses: Reminiscent of gospel music.
gospellers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gospeller
gospelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gospeler
desuperheat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desuperheats
form: desuperheating
form: desuperheated
form: desuperheated
Etymology: From de- + superheat.
Senses: glosses: To cool a liquid below its boiling point.
glosses: To cool a vapour below its saturation point.
schoolbuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schoolbus
desuperheaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of desuperheater
desuperheats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desuperheat
desuperheating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desuperheat
desuperheated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desuperheat
supernational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æʃənəl
Etymology: From super- + national.
Senses: examples: text: Russia, along with China and other nations, has floated the idea of forming a supernational currency to supplant the dollar, perhaps using the so-called special drawing rights units of the International Monetary Fund as a basis.
ref: 2009 June 6, Andrew E. Kramer, “Russian Warns Against Relying on Dollar”, in New York Times:
glosses: Spanning nations; having large autonomy.
ultraloyalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraloyalists
Etymology: From ultra- + loyalist.
Senses: examples: text: When Mr. Brown’s aides began touting a Brown ultraloyalist, the schools and children’s secretary, Ed Balls, to take over from Mr. Darling at the Treasury, Mr. Darling, too, threatened to resign.
ref: 2009 June 6, John F. Burns, “Brown Reshuffles Cabinet in Effort to Shore Up Support”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who has strong loyalist beliefs.
ultraloyalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultraloyalist
clienteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clientele
cornflake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornflakes
Etymology: From corn + flake.
Senses: examples: text: But the kitchen regained its footing with a juicy pork chop, from a farm in Pennsylvania, with a cornflake crust; catfish (in a departure, from Louisiana) pan roasted, with black-bean-studded rice; and a chicken breast (from Delaware) pan roasted, with balsamic vinegar and a first-rate mozzarella.
ref: 2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times:
glosses: A toasted flake of maize used as breakfast cereal.
cornflake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cornflake
form: most cornflake
Etymology: From corn + flake.
Senses: glosses: Fake.
dynamite roll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamite rolls
Etymology: From the appearance of an uncut roll, in which the tail of the piece of prawn tempura protrudes from one end, resembling the fuse of a stick of dynamite.
Senses: examples: text: Fried gyoza, wasabi shumai, tako su; yellowtail sashimi, scallop sashimi, squid sashimi, crunchy spicy scallop roll, dynamite roll, dragon roll, yin yang roll, traffic signal roll, daiko roll, Jimmy’s roll.
ref: 2009 June 7, Stephanie Lyness, “Sushi at the Shore, With Lower Prices”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of Western-style sushi usually containing a piece of prawn tempura and capelin roe with vegetables and Japanese mayonnaise.
dynamite rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dynamite roll
dependables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dependable
estheticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of esthetician
eternalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: eternalizes
form: eternalizing
form: eternalized
form: eternalized
Etymology: From eternal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: This occasions a flood of recollected sensory detail, Updike at his best, an eternalizing of the moment of that kiss which stands in defiance of age and decrepitude and the bone cancer winnowing Mamie in the prison of her reduced self.
ref: 2009 June 7, T. Coraghessan Boyle, “The Road Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make eternal; to immortalize.
Synonyms: word: eternalize
word: eternize
word: immortalize
word: perpetuate
Derived terms: eternalization
Related terms: word: eternal
word: eternity
word: forever
eternalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eternalize
eternalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eternalize
eternalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eternalize
jibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jibber
jibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jibbering
form: most jibbering
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gibbering.
jibbering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jibberings
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gibbering.
jibbered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jibber
microsimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsimulations
Etymology: Clipping of microanalytic simulation.
Senses: examples: text: Last week, he flew to Geneva to represent Canada at a United Nations gathering and this week he will be host to an international conference on microsimulation.
ref: 2009 June 7, Michael Winerip, “Self-Exiled and Still Satisfied”, in New York Times:
glosses: A form of computerized analysis used to study detailed models.
microsimulations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsimulation
miniconglomerate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniconglomerates
Etymology: From mini- + conglomerate.
Senses: examples: text: He is already a miniconglomerate.
ref: 2009 June 7, Viv Bernstein, “Same Old Stewart Inspiring New Team”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small business conglomerate.
miniconglomerates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniconglomerate
mythification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mĭthĭfĭkā'shən
ipa: /ˌmɪθɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
Forms: form: mythifications
Etymology: From myth + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: Both products of Hollywood’s youth boom of the late ’60s, “Woodstock” and “Zabriskie Point” begin in the same cultural moment and head off in completely different directions: “Woodstock” toward a mythification of the recent past, “Zabriskie” toward a nameless dread of the near future.
ref: 2009 June 7, Dave Kehr, “Two Views of One Time”, in New York Times:
glosses: Conversion into a myth.
mythifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mythification
noncousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncousins
Etymology: From non- + cousin.
Senses: examples: text: The opening sections of Martin’s biography are clogged with genealogical chronicles of the Garcías (the father’s family) and the Márquezes (the mother’s), snaking into the 19th century — a preposterously tangled story of cousins and noncousins united in wedlock, nonwedlock, near-incest, vendetta-mania and frontier trailblazing in the Colombian wilds[…]
ref: 2009 June 7, Paul Berman, “Telling the Tale”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a cousin.
noncousins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncousin
nonwedlock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + wedlock.
Senses: examples: increasing social acceptance of nonwedlock births
glosses: Not in wedlock.
postcarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From postcard + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: "We had a massive postcarding campaign involving college campuses, many environmental groups," says O'Connell.
ref: 2004, Christian Crumlish, The power of many:
text: Feuer asked to postpone the postcarding because of the rain.
ref: 2009 June 7, Emily Bazelon, “The Self-Employed Depression”, in New York Times:
glosses: The sending of postcards.
postcarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From postcard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postcard
prospectless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prospect + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The comparison to “Gatsby” raises some uncomfortable questions: What if a man with such tortuously denied desires rose up not in clear proximity of the American Dream but far from it, in a prospectless and corrupt society?
ref: 2009 June 7, Gaiutra Bahadur, “Vulnerable in Morocco”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without prospects; futureless.
semidesperation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + desperation.
Senses: examples: text: […]the old gentleman […] pooh-poohed the idea, and finally dismissed Henry in a state of semidesperation[…]
ref: 1858, Biddulph Warner, The coquette, page 6:
text: The call of semidesperation via a high-tech status symbol is an emblem of the gap between the past and the present for many of urban America’s self-employed.
ref: 2009 June 7, Emily Bazelon, “The Self-Employed Depression”, in New York Times:
glosses: A state approaching desperation.
shweshwe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃwɛʃwɛ/
Forms: form: seshweshwe
Etymology: From the Sotho name Moshoeshoe, also spelled Mshweshwe.
Senses: examples: text: He employs 40 Sotho women to cut and make traditional Shweshwe dresses — from fabric manufactured In England and in Bisho, near East London.
ref: 1989, Southern Africa Today:
text: But Ms. Katsaras always keeps the series’s central character, the private investigator Precious Ramotswe (Jill Scott, above), the focus of attention with colorful dresses and head scarves made of shweshwe, the traditional South African fabric known for its pulsating motifs.
ref: 2009 June 7, Margy Rochlin, “Jo Katsaras: ‘No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency’”, in New York Times:
text: The white shift is the plainest thing in my wardrobe, but I've touched it up with clunky beads and a shweshwe headwrap, with the perfect refugee touch, a red-, blue- and white-checked rattan carrier bulging with the weight of an exceptionally grumpy Sloth.
ref: 2010, Lauren Beukes, chapter 5, in Zoo City, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: A patterned South African fabric used mainly for women's clothing.
wikipedia: Moshoeshoe
unshucked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + shucked.
Senses: examples: an unshucked ear of corn
glosses: Not shucked.
underflavored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underflavored
form: most underflavored
form: underflavoured
Etymology: From under- + flavored.
Senses: examples: text: Among the entrees, the only serious disappointment was a short rib, which should have been called a long rib — a nine-inch Flintstone-class bone encircled at the waist by a four-inch band of stringy, underflavored meat.
ref: 2009 June 7, David Corcoran, “Ideas That Translate Into Full Local Flavors”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking sufficient flavor.
stoupe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […]a ſtronger then I commeth after me / whos ſhue latchett I am not worthy to ſtoupe doune and vnloſe.
ref: 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Mark j:[7], folio xliij, verso:
glosses: Obsolete form of stoop.
wrigglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wrigglingly
form: most wrigglingly
Etymology: From wriggling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But Ms. Reza’s and Mr. LaBute’s plays strike me as the hairy beasts in this foursome; they’re alert, pushy works in which words are hurled like poison darts. Mr. Foote’s and Mr. Kaufman’s are calmer, more self-conscious and a bit less wrigglingly alive, at least on the page.
ref: 2009 June 7, Dwight Garner, “Submitting to a Play’s Spell, Without the Stage”, in New York Times:
glosses: With a motion that wriggles.
wooings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wooing
multiloculated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, multi- + locule + -ate + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of multilocular.
synonyms: word: multilocular
polishability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polishabilities
Etymology: From polish + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Resin composites used at that time in anterior build-ups lacked color stability, polishability and physical properties.
ref: 2007, J. O. Andreasen, Frances M. Andreasen, Lars Andersson, Textbook and color atlas of traumatic injuries to the teeth, page 720:
glosses: The quality or degree of being polishable.
Derived terms: unpolishability
Related terms: polish
polishable
polished
polisher
polishing
unpolishable
polishabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polishability
nonproliferative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + proliferative.
Senses: glosses: Not proliferative.
microfill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfills
Etymology: From micro- + fill.
Senses: glosses: A spreadable microparticulate substance used in dental work.
microfill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: microfills
form: microfilling
form: microfilled
form: microfilled
Etymology: From micro- + fill.
Senses: glosses: To fill with this substance.
microfills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microfill
microfills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of microfill
microparticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + particulate.
Senses: glosses: Composed of microparticles
microparticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microparticulates
Etymology: From micro- + particulate.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic particulate
paddability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pad + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being paddable.
principalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: principalists
Etymology: From principal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “The principalists have shown to the people what serving the people really means,” he said, using a word he prefers to “fundamentalists.”
ref: 2009 June 8, Robert F. Worth, “In Iran, Harsh Talk as Election Nears”, in New York Times:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A radical conservative.
principalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of principalist
avianlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more avianlike
form: most avianlike
Etymology: From avian + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Another avianlike feature is the cloaca, the single orifice through which an echidna or platypus voids waste, has sex and lays eggs, and by which the group gets its name.
ref: 2009 June 9, Natalie Angier, “Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of birds.
aviarists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aviarist
nocturnalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nocturnalists
Etymology: From nocturnal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: In a recent issue of The Journal of Mammalogy, Mr. Opiang offers the first glimpse of the natural history and ecology of an immaculately private nocturnalist with a surprisingly well-endowed brain.
ref: 2009 June 9, Natalie Angier, “Brainy Echidna Proves Looks Aren’t Everything”, in New York Times:
glosses: A creature of nocturnal habits.
glosses: A physician trained as a hospitalist who practices primarily nocturnal care.
palatably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more palatably
form: most palatably
Etymology: From palatable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Many of the employees have complained that the package could have been structured more palatably and that management was not sharing equally in the pain, which the company disputes.
ref: 2009 June 9, Richard Pez-Pe, “Boston Globe Union Rejects Wage and Benefits Cuts”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a palatable manner.
nocturnalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nocturnalist
gekkonid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gekkonids
Etymology: From translingual Gekkonidae.
Senses: examples: text: Non-gekkotans and non-gekkonid gekkotans were used as outgroups and/or in establishing calibrations for the timetree analysis ....
ref: 2013 January 8, Aaron M. Bauer et al., “A preliminary phylogeny of the Palearctic naked-toed geckos (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) with taxonomic implications”, in Zootaxa, volume 3599, number 4, page 306:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Gekkonidae, the largest family of geckos.
gekkonids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gekkonid
pygopodid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɡəʊˌpɒdɪd/
Forms: form: pygopodids
Etymology: From translingual Pygopodidae.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the family Pygopodidae, the legless lizards.
pygopodids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pygopodid
polysomnographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysomnograph
polysomnograms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polysomnogram
rimantidine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Depending on the mutation, older antiviral drugs like rimantidine may be useful, but so much resistance to them developed in seasonal flu that they were largely abandoned a few years ago.
ref: 2009 June 9, Donald G. Mcneil Jr., “How a Mild Virus Might Turn Vicious”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of rimantadine.
unpoliticized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpoliticized
form: most unpoliticized
Etymology: From un- + politicized.
Senses: examples: text: The reaction of Fort Lauderdale's previously unpoliticized gay community was swift.
ref: 1976 December 25, “'Creeping Gay-ism' Stirs Lauderdale”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 11:
text: The Supreme Court was intended to act as an unpoliticized check on the powers of the other branches of government.
ref: 2009 June 9, Rob Cox, John Foley, “Court Will Take Look at Fiat Deal”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not politicized.
eprouvette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eprouvettes
form: epruvette
Etymology: French éprouvette
Senses: examples: text: From there, he’s on to making things like fuses, rockets and an eprouvette, or small cannon.
ref: 2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: A one-piece, fixed-elevation mortar formerly used to test the strength of gunpowder.
eprouvettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eprouvette
sticklerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stickler + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: “We, the intellectually curious, may soon find ourselves trapped in a pen, fenced in by rule-bound sticklerism and overzealous concern for our personal safety, unless we exercise our civil liberties and our curiosity,” he declaims.
ref: 2009 June 10, Dwight Garner, “For Those Who Like Danger, the Home Book of Things Not to Try at Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: The behaviour of a stickler; inflexible adherence to rules.
Synonyms: english: fig.
translation: fig.
word: fascism
cyberpatient
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpatients
Etymology: From cyber- + patient.
Senses: examples: text: Explicit medical videos are among the exceptions, allowing cyberpatients and other viewers 18 and over to watch videos of colonoscopies, appendectomies and open-heart surgery.
ref: 2009 June 11, Malia Wollan, “Lights, Camera, Contraction!”, in New York Times:
glosses: A patient who receives medical diagnosis by means of a computer network.
Related terms: telemedicine
cyberpatients
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpatient
girthed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)θt
Forms: form: more girthed
form: most girthed
Etymology: From girth + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He is quite of the Pelissier build; rotund, and girthed, and strapped down; with a grey poll, and dyed moustaches.
ref: 1858, “Down among the Dutchmen”, in Charles Dickens, editor, Household Words, volumes 17-18, page 249:
text: Amber’s boyfriend, Gary, a nurse’s assistant who spends his off hours playing video games, is equally girthed, making a joke of his size in a T-shirt that says, “First Round Draft Pick.”
ref: 2009 June 11, Ginia Bellafante, “Real Life Is Like ‘Juno,’ Except Maybe the Dialogue”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a sizeable girth; portly.
handmake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: handmakes
form: handmaking
form: handmade
form: handmade
Etymology: From hand + make, a back-formation from handmade.
Senses: examples: text: The two are handmaking mirrors, sculptures and furnishings from salvaged materials (or “plundered trash,” as Mr. Welsh calls it), driftwood and Mr. Salaiz’s ceramics pieces.
ref: 2009 June 11, Penelope Green, “Save That Driftwood for Them”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make by hand; to manufacture manually.
Related terms: hand-carry
hand carry
handcarry
hand-deliver
hand deliver
hand-feed
handfeed
hand-knit
hand knit
handknit
hand-pick
handpick
hand-raise
hand-wash
hand wash
handmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handmake
handmakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of handmake
houttuynia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: houttuynias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: But after being reminded of the rogue’s gallery of houttuynia, vinca minor, liriope and even the beloved lily of the valley, he conceded that some plants can perhaps be too agreeable when it comes to colonizing.
ref: 2009 June 11, Stephen Orr, “Ground Cover, Within Limits”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Houttuynia of two species in the Saururaceae native to Southeast Asia.
houttuynias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of houttuynia
carbonator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbonators
Etymology: From carbonate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: But the city now has an answer for that, too: it is offering discounts on carbonators.
ref: 2009 June 12, Elisabeth Rosenthal, “City Known for Its Water Turns to Tap to Lessen Trash”, in New York Times:
glosses: A device that carries out carbonation.
carbonators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carbonator
penstemon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnstɨmən/
Forms: form: penstemons
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Penstemon.
Senses: examples: text: Simpleton, life should really be a piece of Entenmann's / Relationships strengthening, flower essence: penstemon
ref: 2004, “Guinnesses”, in Mm..Food, performed by MF Doom ft. Angelika & 4-IZE:
text: Stalks of salvias and mint, artemisia and penstemon.
ref: 2009 June 12, Dwight Garner, “Living Off the Land, Surrounded by Asphalt”, in New York Times:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any plant of the genus Penstemon, the beardtongues.
Derived terms: Newberry's penstemon
royal penstemon
showy penstemon
penstemons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penstemon
reinitiating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinitiate
reinitiated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinitiate
reinitiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinitiation
reinjection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinjections
Etymology: From re- + injection.
Senses: glosses: A second or subsequent injection.
reinjections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reinjection
tableness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From table + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: When Plato spoke of tableness and cupness, Diogenes the Cynic said: 'I see a table and a cup, to be sure, but not tableness and cupness.' 'Right,' answered Plato; 'for you have eyes wherewith to see the table and the cup, but mind, by which one sees tableness and cupness, you have not (νου̑ν οὐκ ἔχεις).'
ref: 1894, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, “First Period, Third Division: Plato and Aristotle”, in E[lizabeth] S[anderson] Haldane, Frances H[elen] Simson, transl., Lectures on the History of Philosophy […], volume II, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 29:
text: […] implies a philosophical distinction between bookness and tableness. There is no more requirement to show why an experience cannot be a brain-state than there is to show why a book cannot be a table.
ref: 1969, Gerald Eugene Myers, Self: An Introduction to Philosophical Psychology, page 47:
text: The exceedingly dry joke is that it is not a small table but a small amount of what might be called tableness.
ref: 2009 June 12, Ken Johnson, “Close Encounters With Tableness and Chairness”, in The New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: tableity
glosses: The quality of being a table.
Siren song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siren songs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siren song.
Siren's song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Siren's songs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siren song.
siren's song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siren's songs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of siren song.
wing sauces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wing sauce
reserved words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reserved word
cyberstrategy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberstrategies
Etymology: From cyber- + strategy.
Senses: examples: text: In a recent speech, Gen. James E. Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a chief architect of the new cyberstrategy, acknowledged that a major unresolved issue was how the military — which would include the National Security Agency, where much of the cyberwar expertise resides — could legally set up an early warning system.
ref: 2009 June 13, Thom Shanker, “Privacy May Be a Victim in Cyberdefense Plan”, in New York Times:
glosses: Military strategy in cyberspace.
intercartel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + cartel.
Senses: examples: text: What brought the explosion of violence to an end, however, was not just revived law enforcement but the fact that a long intercartel war over the lucrative transit route through Nuevo Laredo had run its course.
ref: 2009 June 13, Marc Lacey, “In Mexican City, Drug War Ills Slip Into Shadows”, in New York Times:
glosses: Between cartels.
tophus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tophi
Etymology: From Latin tophus (“stone”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.
tophi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tophus
abbreviationitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From abbreviation + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: We are evidently in for a bad patch of abbreviationitis. However, in the matter of chemical mechanisms we do seem to have passed the stage which could be referred to in general as OGIAGAA (one guess is as good as another).
ref: 1952, Science progress, volume 40, numbers 157-160:
text: In the future, if this abbreviationitis continues, all makes of cameras and apparatus will be known by symbols and numbers instead of names. This regimentation will knock all the nonsense out of shopping.
ref: 1954, British journal of photography, volume 101:
text: (The New World guys chop off the ically ; maybe this lexie taciturnity led to the younger generation’s rampant abbreviationitis.)
ref: 2009 June 14, William Safire, “Dictionaurus”, in New York Times:
glosses: The excessive use of abbreviations.
Related terms: initialese
alphabet soup
countertype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countertypes
Etymology: From counter- + type.
Senses: examples: text: Sweaty, stammering and hyperactive, Lemmon seemed to embody the countertype of the monumental, granite-jawed leading men of the 1950s — stars like John Wayne, Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck .
ref: 2009 June 14, Dave Kehr, “Everyman, Tempted”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type (of person) that opposes and contrasts with another.
countertypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countertype
multidoor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + door.
Senses: examples: text: After submitting to biometric hand scans in the lobby and passing through a sensor-laden multidoor man trap, Manos and I entered a bright, white room filled with librarylike rows of hulking, black racks of servers — the dedicated hardware that drives the Internet.
ref: 2009 June 14, Tom Vanderbilt, “Data Center Overload”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having or pertaining to more than one door.
nonchain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + chain.
Senses: examples: radical nonchain reaction sequences
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a chain (in various senses).
nonchain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonchains
Etymology: From non- + chain.
Senses: examples: text: Several nonchain hamburger restaurants have also opened around the state in recent months, among them Boom, a Belmar restaurant that buys its meat from Pat La Frieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors in Manhattan and offers its signature Boom burger, about a half pound, for $9.50.
ref: 2009 June 14, Bill Finley, “The Hamburger, Rarefied”, in New York Times:
glosses: A retail outlet that is not a chain.
nonchains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonchain
coinventorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + inventorship.
Senses: glosses: The status of being a coinventor; having invented something jointly with another person or persons.
specif
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of specifically.
inventorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inventorships
Etymology: From inventor + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The role of inventor.
Related terms: coinventorship
superhub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superhubs
Etymology: From super- + hub.
Senses: examples: text: Each night, in less than three hours, the superhub sorts and transfers more than a million packages between connecting flights[…]
ref: 2000, Roberta S. Russell, Bernard W. Taylor, Operations management: multimedia version:
text: The Next Generation Airport is a superhub constructed offshore on a man-made island.
ref: 2009 June 14, “Next Generation Airport”, in New York Times:
text: HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson added: "This station will not only benefit the local community by enabling the comprehensive redevelopment of the area, but will serve as a transport superhub acting as a gateway to the Midlands and the North."
ref: 2022 March 23, Stefanie Foster, “Updated designs unveiled for HS2's Euston station”, in RAIL, number 953, page 23:
glosses: A large, major hub.
superhubs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superhub
tavernesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tavernesque
form: most tavernesque
Etymology: From tavern + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The new menu is also more down-to-earth, with no foie gras or chanterelle-crayfish risotto, but more tavernesque dishes like a rib-eye white bean chili (fiery, with lots of beef bits), sizzling hot in a little covered casserole.
ref: 2009 June 14, Patricia Brooks, “Sparing Some Frills and the Wallet”, in New York Times:
glosses: Reminiscent of a tavern.
underparenting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From under- + parenting or underparent + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Inadequate parenting; failure to interact sufficiently with one's child.
underparenting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From under- + parenting or underparent + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of underparent
relative adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of relative adjective
putaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Deverbal from put away
Senses: examples: text: If a putaway is done incorrectly, it is difficult to find an item, or verify that an incorrect part number or quantity has been used.
ref: 2005, Steven M. Bragg, Inventory accounting: a comprehensive guide, page 73:
glosses: The process of storing goods in a warehouse etc. as they are received.
soubresaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌsuːbɹəˈsəʊ/
Forms: form: soubresauts
Etymology: Borrowed from French soubresaut, itself an obsolete form of sursaut. Doublet of somersault.
Senses: examples: text: She took to the air so naturally that it made you feel, retrospectively, that this had always been her destiny from her entrance in Act I. Springing up from both feet while keeping those feet together (in soubresauts), she drove the audience — which had been in a tizzy of excitement all along — wild.
ref: 2009 June 15, Alastair Macaulay, “Natural Liftoff and Intense Inner Life for a Daughter of the Air”, in New York Times:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A sudden jump from both feet, travelling forward in first, third, or fifth position and landing on both feet in the same position as they started.
soubresauts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of soubresaut
sweepbacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sweepback
chastenest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: chasten + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of chasten
sweepest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: sweep + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of sweep