cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
whangs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whang
whanging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whang
nondivision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + division.
Senses: examples: text: In games against nondivision teams last Monday through Friday, Central teams won 2 and lost 16.
ref: 2007 May 27, Murray Chass, “The Terminal Central”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a division.
whanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whang
nontraded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + traded.
Senses: examples: text: A new nontraded REIT, though, is starting: the Wells Timberland REIT, offered by the Wells Real Estate Funds.
ref: 2007 May 27, Vivian Marino, “For Some Investors, Money Grows on Trees”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not traded.
officeholding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From office + holding.
Senses: examples: text: The boom in holding two offices at once was set off in 1962 by the State Supreme Court, which, in two separate rulings, upheld three instances of dual officeholding at the municipal and county levels.
ref: 2007 May 27, Ronald Smothers, “New Jersey Moves to End Its Dual-Office Tradition”, in New York Times:
glosses: The holding of an office (formal role).
officeholding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From office + holding.
Senses: antonyms: nonofficeholding
glosses: Holding a formal office.
prebuy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prebuys
form: prebuying
form: prebought
form: prebought
Etymology: From pre- + buy.
Senses: examples: text: “They are prebuying their retirement homes,” said John Raymond, director of community and economic development for Palm Springs.
ref: 2007 May 27, Barbara E. Hernandez, “When the Desert Calls”, in New York Times:
glosses: To buy in advance.
Synonyms: prepurchase
prebuying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prebuy
prebuys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prebuy
prebought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prebuy
pureblooded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pureblooded
form: most pureblooded
form: pure-blooded
Etymology: From pure + blooded.
Senses: examples: text: He felt having a Micronesian navigator meant he needed a pureblooded Polynesian, preferably a Hawaiian, as captain.
ref: 2007 May 27, Douglas Martin, “Kawika Kapahulehua Dies; Hawaiian Seafarer Was 76”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2021:
glosses: Of pure blood; belonging to only one race.
razorfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razorfishes
form: razorfish
form: razor-fish
Etymology: From razor + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of various not closely related fish, including those of the genera Aeoliscus, Centriscus, and Xyrichtys.
examples: text: We must dig hard to get the big “Razor-fish"—a clam with a shell that looks like an old-fashioned razor case, but open at either end. Fisher boys get the razor clam by pushing a kind of corkscrew into the sand […]
ref: 1934, Leonard Robert Brightwell, On the Seashore, page 30:
text: They swam, and scrambled together along the cliffs, and waded in the river, and fished, and dug holes in the mud, and stared at the degenerate sea squirts, and collected buckets full of mermaid’s purses, and captured razorfish and cockles.”
ref: 2007 May 27, Paul Gray, “To See You Again”, in New York Times:
glosses: The razor clam.
razorfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razorfish
nonidentically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From nonidentical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a nonidentical manner; differently.
regreen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regreens
form: regreening
form: regreened
form: regreened
Etymology: From re- + green.
Senses: examples: text: The rites that artichokes serve, of course, are spring’s, the annual cleaning and regreening of the palate after the long winter.
ref: 2007 May 27, Sara Dickerman, “Queen of Hearts”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make green again (especially urban developments or ripened fruit).
regreens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regreen
regreening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regreen
regreened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regreen
shmattes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shmatte
silverish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more silverish
form: most silverish
Etymology: From silver + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: She was especially excited about the silverish trousers with the zigzag zippers.
ref: 2007 May 27, Jerome E. Copulsky, “In the Dressing Room, Relationships Laid Bare”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat silver in colour.
Coordinate terms: goldish
silverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silvering
sweetlips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweetlips
Etymology: From sweet + lips.
Senses: examples: text: Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish, painted sweetlips — as grouper.
ref: 2007 May 27, Lynn Waddell, “That Grouper on the Menu? Turns Out It Was a Fish Tale”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.
taillamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taillamps
form: tail lamp
Etymology: From tail + lamp.
Senses: examples: text: The almost austere lines of the 2006 model have given way to elegant curves and folds in the sheet metal, along with high-tech-style taillamps and headlight styling that borrows from the Maxima and 350Z.
ref: 2007 May 27, Peter Passell, “The Pace Picks Up as Act 4 Begins”, in New York Times:
glosses: A taillight.
taillamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of taillamp
trebliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of trebly: most trebly
treblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of trebly: more trebly
burring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burr
burred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːd/
ipa: /bɜɹd/
ipa: /bʌɹd/
ipa: /bøːd/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /beːd/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /bɛːd/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
homophone: bird (fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: bared
homophone: beared
homophone: Baird (all fair–fur merger)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of burr
Derived terms: unburred
celebrityville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Celebrityville
Etymology: From celebrity + -ville.
Senses: examples: text: Here, the road to celebrityville begins with the elephant. Everyone, almost everyone has an elephant tale to tell; elephant wisdom to disseminate...
ref: 2001, Dom F. Moraes, The Penguin book of Indian journeys, page 79:
text: But the Paris Hiltons of celebrityville do not regularly appear in these fan magazines.
ref: 2007 May 28, Elizabeth Olson, “OMG! Cute Boys, Kissing Tips and Lots of Pics, as Magazines Find a Niche”, in New York Times:
glosses: The notional space inhabited by celebrities.
gallerina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallerinas
Etymology: Blend of gallery + ballerina
Senses: examples: text: The heroine of Danielle Ganek’s captivatingly titled novel “Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him” is a gallerina.
ref: 2007 May 28, Janet Maslin, “Dance, Gallerina, Dance: A Gimlet-Eyed Look Through an Art World Keyhole”, in New York Times:
text: But Charlotte, a prim gallerina whose sole aspiration consists of locking down a Wasp husband, remained a bridge to the past.
ref: 2024 April 5, Alaina Demopoulos, “Sex and the City is on Netflix. Perfect – gen Z are a bunch of Charlottes”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A fashionable art gallery employee, usually female.
gallerinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallerina
Celebrityville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of celebrityville.
dark ages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the dark ages
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Dark Ages.
dark ages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dark age
barotropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barotrope
adumbrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adumbrant
form: most adumbrant
Etymology: An adaptation of adumbrant-, the oblique stem of the Latin adumbrāns, the present active participle of adumbrō (“I cast a shadow upon”).
Senses: glosses: Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
Related terms: adumbrance
adumbrate
barotrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barotropes
Etymology: From baro- + -trope.
Senses: glosses: A barotropic system.
counterposition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpositions
Etymology: From French contraposition, equivalent to counter- + position.
Senses: glosses: An opposite or opposing position
Synonyms: contraposition
kilomasers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kilomaser
kilomaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kilomasers
Etymology: From kilo- + maser.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An extragalactic water maser that is weaker than a megamaser
refractometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refractometries
Etymology: From refract + -o- + -metry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the measurement of refractive index
Related terms: refractometer
refractometric
refractometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From refract + -o- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to refractometry
glosses: Measured using a refractometer
thermality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thermal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being thermal
afrormosia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afrormosias
Etymology: From Afro- + translingual Ormosia.
Senses: glosses: Any of the African leguminous trees of the genus Pericopsis (formerly Afrormosia), especially Pericopsis elata
glosses: Timber of these trees.
Synonyms: sense: tree
word: African teak
sense: timber
word: African teak
ampelographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ampelographers
Etymology: From ampelography + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Scientists are just now devising a genetic test to distinguish one rootstock from another. Until they do, the only recourse is the arcane art of ampelography, in which the vines are identified by physical appearance. Like art authenticators, ampelographers practice a craft that they would have others think is a science.
ref: 1993 October 17, Arthur Lubow, “What's Killing the Grapevines of Napa?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Thus when sampling Verdello grapevines, the likelihood of picking up a vine that really isn't Verdello is high, and the skill of the ampelographer becomes of paramount importance. If the ampelographer mistakenly identifies one of the vines as Verdello […], the DNA profile of that grapevine will be taken to be that of Verdello; this DNA profile will then be the reference DNA for that research group's databank.
ref: 2014, Ian D'Agata, Native Wine Grapes of Italy, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 21:
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
glosses: A practitioner of ampelography.
androcracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: androcracies
Etymology: From andro- + -cracy.
Senses: topics: government
human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Government or rule by men.
Coordinate terms: gylany
gynecocracy
gynocracy
Related terms: androcratic
agglutinator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agglutinators
Etymology: From agglutinate + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which agglutinates
Derived terms: nonagglutinator
allatrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allatrates
form: allatrating
form: allatrated
form: allatrated
Etymology: Derived from Latin allātrō.
Senses: glosses: To bark.
antiquas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antiqua
beggarticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of beggar's ticks
beggarticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beggartick
bigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: bigged land
glosses: Built upon.
Derived terms: unbigged
bigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of big
bigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From big + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of big
bigging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biggings
Etymology: From big + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A home.
examples: text: The back door, that behind the pulpit, led out across the kirkyard to the Manse and its biggings, set up in the time of the Old Queen […]
ref: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair), Polygon, published 2006, page 18:
glosses: A building, especially an outbuilding.
glosses: Alternative form of biggin (“coffee pot with strainer”).
apparant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: 2003 December 27, The Puppy Wizard, “Keeshond growling for no apparant reason”, in rec.pets.dogs.misc (Usenet):
ref: 2004 May 27, Ohe Fatteh One, “Is marijuana readily apparant at dead shows? Please someone answer this question! Please... Please..”, in rec.music.gdead (Usenet):
ref: 2008 June 13, Fred Stone, “Tim Russert Dead Of Apparant Heart Attack”, in alt.atheism (Usenet):
glosses: Misspelling of apparent.
apparator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apparators
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apparitor.
appretiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: appretiates
form: appretiating
form: appretiated
form: appretiated
Senses: examples: text: The whole controversy is recorded with almost excessive detail; and the extreme want of candour is lamented with which Priestley appretiated Hume.
ref: 1817, The Monthly Review, volume 83, appendix: William Taylor, “Review of Johann Gottlieb Buhle’s History of Modern Philosophy”, pages 457–458
glosses: Archaic form of appreciate.
expiator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expiators
Etymology: Latin
Senses: glosses: One who makes expiation or atonement.
inculcator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkəlˌkeɪtə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: inculcators
Etymology: Latin
Senses: examples: text: Des Cartes himself, who has been the greatest example and inculcator of this suspension[…]
ref: 1675, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations about the Reconcileableness of Reason and Religion:
glosses: One who inculcates.
relaxator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relaxators
Senses: glosses: That which relaxes
dulcorate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dulcorates
form: dulcorating
form: dulcorated
form: dulcorated
Etymology: First attested in the beginning of the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English dulcoraten, from dulcorat(e) (“sweetened”, used as the past participle of dulcoraten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin dulcōrātus, perfect passive participle of dulcōrō (“to sweeten”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The ancients for the dulcorating of fruit, do commend swines dung above all other dung
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: To sweeten (literal or figurative).
dulcorate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dulcorate
form: most dulcorate
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English dulcorat(e), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
Senses: glosses: Filled with sweetness, sweet.
sanctificate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sanctificates
form: sanctificating
form: sanctificated
form: sanctificated
Etymology: From Latin sanctificatus, past participle of sanctificare.
Senses: examples: text: the Father predestinating , to the Son propitiating , to the Holy Ghost sanctificating ?
ref: a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). The Divinity of the Holy Ghost”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
glosses: To sanctify.
inspecter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inspecters
Etymology: From inspect + -er.
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of inspector.
Synonyms: inspector
cellular virome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cellular viromes
Senses: glosses: An entire set of cellular genes affecting virus replication.
Synonyms: host virome
Reuel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈruː(ə)l/
/ruːˈɛl/
Etymology: From Hebrew רְעוּאֵל (“friend of God”).
Senses: examples: text: These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 36:10:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
triumpher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triumphers
Etymology: From triumph + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who was honoured with a triumph; a victorious soldier.
glosses: Someone who triumphs or rejoices in victory; a winner.
adcumulate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adcumulates
Etymology: From ad- + cumulate.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A cumulate rock in which the groundmass is of the same composition as the accumulated crystals.
Related terms: orthocumulate
mesocumulate
transmutate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: transmutates
form: transmutating
form: transmutated
form: transmutated
Etymology: From trans- + mutate.
Senses: glosses: To undergo transmutation.
glosses: To cause transmutation.
affector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: affectors
Etymology: From affect + -or.
Senses: examples: text: This condition is intuitive: if the sigmoid-like positive and negative affectors that compose the biphasic equation were positioned “further apart” by increasing the interval lnK + − lnK - (e.g., Fig B in S1 File ), then saturation levels for the positive affector more closely match the starting levels of the negative affector, and in sigmoid models that exhibit very good agreement with the overall biphasic relationship.
ref: 2015 July 10, “Data-Driven Method to Estimate Nonlinear Chemical Equivalence”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
Yankeeland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Yankee + -land.
Senses: examples: text: Bend, oh, bend your mains'l, we're back to Yankeeland
ref: 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Yankee land.
Related terms: Burgerland
Eagleland
Gringoland
Yankland
afflicter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afflicters
Etymology: From afflict + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who afflicts.
Derived terms: afflictress
adglutinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of accrete (“grown together”).
synonyms: word: accrete
extra: grown together
Related terms: agglutinate
calluna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callunas
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: glosses: A common European heath/heather of species Calluna vulgaris.
Related terms: erica
chargee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chargees
Etymology: From charge + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: June 18, charge to the Industrial Rehabilitiation Finance Board securing all sums which the chargees may be called upon to pay under or by reason of a guarantee;
ref: 1948, The Chemical Age - Volume 59, page 133:
text: The most important point in the prehearing thinking was that both the charger and the chargee were African Americans.
ref: 1995, Geneva Smitherman, African American Women Speak Out on Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas:
text: Imperative speech acts vary enormously in the relation of the speaker to the chargee, the purposes sought, the kind of situation, the presence or absence of a power of enforcement or threat of punishment, and many other features.
ref: 1999, Richard Mervyn Hare, R. M. Hare, Objective Prescriptions, and Other Essays, pages 43–44:
text: Charging modifies the first attack of the charger, and the first attack of the chargee.
ref: 2011, Jesse Spears, The Science of Magic, page 38:
glosses: One who is charged; the person on whom a charge is levied, who is charged with a crime, who is charged to do something, etc.
examples: text: A chargee proposing to sell or grant a lease of an object under paragraph 1 otherwise than pursuant to a court order shall give reasonable prior notice in writing of the proposed sale or lease to interested persons.
ref: 1998, Air and Space Law - Volume 23, page ii:
text: A charge differs from a trust because the chargee's right to the chargor's right is defeasible upon the chargor paying what he owes.
ref: 2012, Horst Eidenmüller, Eva-Maria Kieninger, The Future of Secured Credit in Europe, page 89:
topics: law
glosses: The holder or beneficiary of a charge or right in security (such as a debenture).
examples: text: But the chargee will be entitled to a proportionate abatement of the price of the animal if the carcass is later sold.
ref: 1954, Taslim Olawale Elias, Groundwork of Nigerian Law, page 237:
text: Among the Yorubas, the first breed belongs to the owner of the animal, the next to the chargee, the third to the owner, and so on.
ref: 1970, E. Cotran, N. N. Rubin, Readings in African Law, Volume 1, page 222:
text: In the latter case the potential chargee made a direct approach to his relative, friend or neighbour who possessed livestock (goats, for instance) or was capable of procuring some, indicating his interest in being a chargee for his animal.
ref: 1984, Odu: A Journal of West African Studies - Issues 25-31, page 97:
topics: law
glosses: One who is given charge of caring for another's animal or herd.
Coordinate terms: topics: legal
law
word: chargor
candidity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kăndĭʹdĭtĭ
ipa: /kænˈdɪdɪtɪ/
Etymology: From candid + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: One of our Sophomore specials who attends English regularly once a week, while correcting sentences in the rhetoric recitation the other day, changed the sentence, “I admire his amiableness and candidness,” to read “I admire his amiability and candidity.”
ref: 1888: Columbia Spectator, volumes 22–24, page 173 (Spectator Publishing Co.)
qualifier: comparatively rare
glosses: candidness
on the Q.T.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: on the qt
form: on the QT
form: on the q.t.
Etymology: Slang for "on the quiet," attested from 1874.
Senses: examples: text: Will you be so kind as to impress him with the fact that this expedition is on the Q.T.? Not that I think he will say anythin'.
ref: 1910, Harold MacGrath, chapter 12, in A Splendid Hazard:
text: [R]ound up some of our friends on the q.t. Don't let Brill get a notion of what's in the air.
ref: 1911, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 24, in Mavericks:
text: All kind of places are good for ads ... Got fellows to stick them up or stick himself for that matter on the q.t. running in to loosen a button. Fly by night.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 8: Lestrygonians]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: But most are cozy affairs, kept strictly on the Q.T. Nothing is done in writing—no invitations, no tickets, just quiet phone calls.
ref: 1962 August 28, Jack Anderson, “Lobbyists Moan Over ‘Shakedown’”, in Sarasota Journal, USA, retrieved 25 Aug 2010, page 6:
text: You heard it first here, dear readers... off the record, "on the Q.T.", and very Hush Hush.
ref: 1997, LA Confidential:
text: Now, what I want is a camp tender to stay in the main camp, where the Forest Service says. But the herder is gonna pitch a pup tent on the Q.T. with the sheep and he's gonna sleep there.
ref: 2005, 00:05:05 from the start, in Brokeback Mountain:
text: “This is hush-hush,” Mr. Fleischer recalled Mr. Libby as saying in effect. “This is on the Q.T. Not many people know about this.”
ref: 2007 January 29, David Stout, “Ex-Bush Aide Contradicts Libby on C.I.A. Agent”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Aug 2010:
glosses: Quietly; in a secretive manner; clandestinely.
on the qt
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on the Q.T..
on the QT
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on the Q.T..
on the q.t.
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of on the Q.T..
q.t.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: q.t.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of qt.
QT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QTs
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of quarter time.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A QT interval.
examples: text: In contrast to structuralist frameworks which seek to filter the "essential" characteristics of a phenomenon from the messiness of lived experience, QT sees all identity as perpetually in contest and, consequently, variable […].
ref: 2016, Jason P. Murphy, Catherine A. Lugg, “Scavenging as Queer Methodology”, in Nelson M. Rodriguez, Wayne J. Martino, Jennifer C. Ingrey, Edward Brockenbrough, editors, Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education (Queer Studies and Education), Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 389:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: Initialism of queer theory.
examples: text: Okay, it doesn’t have to be that mushy-gushy, but Cancers appreciate it when you put some thought into their b-day gift. […] It could be picking out his favorite bottle of wine, buying him that book he mentioned wanting to read, or planning a romantic weekend getaway for the two of you. There’s nothing a Cancer wants more than some QT with his cutie!!!
ref: 2023 March 7, Jake Register, Marielle Marlys, Erika W. Smith, “Everything You Need to Know About Dating a Cancer Man”, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: Initialism of quality time.
Derived terms: sense: QT interval
word: long QT syndrome
sense: QT interval
word: short QT syndrome
QT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of QuickTime.
QT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Furthermore, home insemination should be allowed […] The advantage is that home insemination is less costly and thus accessible for more QT people.
ref: 2018, Doris Leibetseder, “Reproductive Technologies for Queer and Trans People”, in Ezio Di Nucci, Ji-Young Lee, Isaac A. Wagner, editors, The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook of Bioethics, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 262:
glosses: Initialism of queer and trans.
QT
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: QTs
form: QTing
form: QTed
form: QTed
Senses: glosses: To quantum tunnel (to move or travel from one point or direction to another in a very quick, rapid, or effortless manner.)
Jyothis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊtɪs/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoːt̪ɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit ज्योतिस् (jyotis, literally “light”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit.
Related terms: Jyotiṣa
Jyotisha
Jyotish
Jyothish
Jyothisha
poison-pen letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poison-pen letters
form: poison pen letter
Senses: examples: text: Miss Theresa Samuels . . . is accused by the Post Office authorities of sending scurrilous letters to young women whose engagements to marry had been publicly announced. . . . Those who received the poison pen letters were not willing to court the notoriety that would follow the prosecution of the case.
ref: 1915 December 18, “Poison Pen Writer Released on Bail”, in New York Times, retrieved 25 Aug 2010, page 7:
text: A retired academic was the author of a poison-pen letter campaign that brought 12 years of fear to a North Yorkshire village, a court was told yesterday. Dr James Forster . . . was alleged to have branded one villager a prostitute and sent the 13-year-old daughter of the parish clerk a copy of a pornographic magazine.
ref: 2001 August 1, Nigel Bunyan, “Twelve-year reign of poison pen villager”, in telegraph.co.uk, retrieved 25 Aug 2010:
glosses: A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.
poison pen letter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poison pen letters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of poison-pen letter.
red huckleberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red huckleberries
Senses: glosses: A deciduous shrub native to west coast of North America growing to 8-foot tall (Vaccinium parvifolium).
glosses: The edible red to blue-black berry of this plant.
poison pens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poison pen
amia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amias
Senses: glosses: The bowfin, Amia calva.
sacrilicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sækɹəˈlɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more sacrilicious
form: most sacrilicious
Etymology: Blend of sacrilegious + delicious, coined in a 1994 episode of the animated TV series The Simpsons (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: I know I shouldn't eat thee, Lord, but... mmmm, sacrilicious.
ref: 1994 March 17, “Homer Loves Flanders”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 16, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta (voice)):
text: Not for the modest, at those times, the secluded bar area features several TVs showing porn while you eat and drink. Mmmm, sacrilicious.
ref: 2004 October 27, Elizabeth Canning Blackwell, Frommer's Irreverent Guide to Chicago, 5th edition, Hoboken: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 194:
text: Sellers offered VMGC T-shirts — "I ate the Virgin Mary Grilled Cheese ... It was Sacrilicious!"
ref: 2006 April 15, Susanna Paasonen, “"Virgin Mary in Grilled Cheese NOT A HOAX! LOOK & SEE!"”, in Everyday eBay: Culture, Collecting, And Desire, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 201:
text: Maybe they thought it would be inappropriate — dare I say, sacri-licious — to eat the animal the team is named after.
ref: 2007 March 1, Josh Pahigian, The Ultimate Minor League Baseball Road Trip: A Fan's Guide to AAA, AA, A, and Independent League Stadiums, Globe Pequot, →ISBN, →OL, page 44:
glosses: producing pleasure through the violation of taboos
wikipedia: The Simpsons
te-hee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: te-hees
form: tee-hee
Senses: glosses: A titter, snicker
te-hee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: te-hees
form: te-heeing
form: te-heed
form: te-heed
form: tee-hee
Senses: glosses: To titter, snicker
adhamant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more adhamant
form: most adhamant
Etymology: From the Latin adhāmāns (“catching”, stem: adhāmant-), from adhāmō, from ad- + hāmus (“hook”) + -ō.
Senses: glosses: Clinging, as by hooks.
Related terms: adhamate
adhamation
albicant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ălʹbĭkənt
ipa: /ˈalbɪkənt/
ipa: [ˈalbɪkn̩t]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin albicāns (“whitening, becoming white”, oblique stem: albicant-), present participle of albicō (“I am white”).
Senses: glosses: Growing or becoming white.
borning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔːnɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: While yanking a borning calf from its mother's womb Moore suffered a bizarre and fatal accident: the cord arted abruptly, sending my owner in a sprawl backward until his head fetched up against a post and cracked open like a melon.
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 332:
glosses: In the process of being born.
spoonbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspuːnbɹɛd/
Forms: form: spoonbreads
form: spoon bread
Etymology: From spoon + bread.
Senses: examples: text: Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread and sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves.
ref: 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 303:
glosses: Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
synonyms: corn pudding
hoppy glop
glosses: Corn pudding.
Synonyms: egg bread
assimulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈsɪmjʊleɪt/
Forms: form: assimulates
form: assimulating
form: assimulated
form: assimulated
Etymology: From Latin assimulatus, past participle of assimulare, equivalent to assimilare. See assimilate.
Senses: examples: text: So that small and little vital Principle of the Fear of God doth gradually and yet suddenly assimulate the actions of our life flowing from another Principle
ref: 1684, Matthew Hale, A Discourse of Religion:
text: You will remember the exact analogy — that trees grow by attracting and assimulating to themselves the terrestrial atmosphere which is thrown from all the planets[…]
ref: 1857, Andrew Jackson Davis, The great harmonia: Volume 4, page 54:
glosses: To assimilate.
examples: text: assimulate the Assassination
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
glosses: To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
unitate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unitates
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The remainder after dividing a number by any digit.
unitate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unitates
form: unitating
form: unitated
form: unitated
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: To obtain the unitate of.
attemperate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈtɛm.pə.ɹət/
Forms: form: more attemperate
form: most attemperate
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin attemperatus. Doublet of attemper.
Senses: examples: text: Hope must be […] attemperate to the promise.
ref: 1644, Henry Hammond, Practical Catechism:
glosses: tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
Derived terms: attemperately
attemperate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: other: /əˈtɛm.pə.ɹeɪt/
Forms: form: attemperates
form: attemperating
form: attemperated
form: attemperated
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin attemperatus. Doublet of attemper.
Senses: glosses: To attemper.
Derived terms: attemperator
Related terms: attemperament
attemperance
attemperly
attemperator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attemperators
Etymology: From attemperate + -or.
Senses: glosses: A device that regulates the temperature in a fluid system.
redundent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of redundant.
kleptomaniacally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more kleptomaniacally
form: most kleptomaniacally
Etymology: From kleptomaniacal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: as a kleptomaniac, in a kleptomaniacal manner
augmentor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: augmentors
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of augmenter.
analyticities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of analyticity
autoresonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoresonances
Etymology: From auto- + resonance.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: self-sustained resonance
bidoublets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bidoublet
coloron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colorons
Etymology: From color + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A massive gauge boson that is a color-octet resonance
dequantization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dequantizations
Etymology: From de- + quantization.
Senses: glosses: The restoration of missing detail in a quantized image
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A quantum algorithm once thought to have quantum advantage has been efficiently replicated using classical algorithms with suitable data access
derotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derotations
Etymology: From de- + rotation.
Senses: glosses: A rotation in the opposite direction.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The correction of a rotational deformity.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The lowering of an aircraft's nose gear to the runway following touchdown on the main gear during landing.
Derived terms: derotational
Related terms: derotate
derotators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of derotator
derotator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derotators
Etymology: From de- + rotator.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Any optical, electronic or digital device that corrects for the rotation of an image or field of view as a telescope tracks
diboson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dibosons
Etymology: From di- + boson.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any particle composed of two bosons
annumerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /æˈn(j)uːməɹeɪt/
Forms: form: annumerates
form: annumerating
form: annumerated
form: annumerated
Etymology: From Latin annumeratus, perfect passive participle of annumerō (“I count out, reckon”).
Senses: examples: text: There are omissions of other kinds, which will deserve to be annumerated to these by being either total, or notorious, or upon the score of some other circumstance
ref: 1722, William Wollaston, The Religion of Nature Delineated:
glosses: To add on; to count in.
disclinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disclinated
form: most disclinated
Senses: glosses: Modified by disclination
fullerite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fullerites
Etymology: From Fuller + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The solid form of a fullerene.
ondulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ondulatory
form: most ondulatory
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of undulatory.
subshock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + shock.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Describing a dosage of insulin that does not lead to acute hypoglycemia.
subshock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subshocks
Etymology: From sub- + shock.
Senses: glosses: A subsidiary shock
superradiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From super- + radiation.
Senses: glosses: superradiance
callgraph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: callgraphs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of call graph.
callgraphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of callgraph
call graph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call graphs
form: callgraph
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A directed graph that represents relationships between called and calling subroutines in a computer program, used in code analysis.
call graphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of call graph
guiltridden
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more guiltridden
form: most guiltridden
Etymology: From guilt + -ridden.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
primeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From prime + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being first.
glosses: The quality or state of being prime, or excellent.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The quality of being prime, or a prime number.
unsprayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sprayed.
Senses: glosses: Not having been sprayed.
unintelligently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unintelligently
form: most unintelligently
Etymology: From unintelligent + -ly or un- + intelligently.
Senses: glosses: In an unintelligent manner; stupidly.
examples: text: At first I stared across the London valley, unintelligently.
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 270:
glosses: Lacking in understanding; uncomprehendingly.
fullerites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fullerite
dequantizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dequantization
thunderstormy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more thunderstormy
form: most thunderstormy
Etymology: From thunderstorm + -y.
Senses: examples: text: It was a thunderstormy morning, eleven o'clock, with great dashes of rain pounding against the windows.
ref: 1973, Jane Roberts, The education of Oversoul Seven, page 8:
glosses: Characterised by thunderstorms.
photobooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photobook
at a rate of knots
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: Nautical; see knot.
Senses: glosses: Quickly; rapidly; fast.
i/o
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: I/O
form: IO
Senses: examples: text: i/o devices are pieces of hardware used to communicate with a computer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: also nominalised
glosses: in/out, input/output (descriptive of data flow)
i/o
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Initialism of instead of.
Abu Zabi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Abu Dhabi.
in at the deep end
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Derived from the slope in a swimming pool, which is shallow at one side, for beginners, and has a deeper section designed for more experienced swimmers.
Senses: glosses: Placed in a complex situation (especially work-related) without adequate preparation or experience.
Synonyms: jump in at the deep end
take the bull by the horns
Related terms: in too deep
off the wall
out of one's depth
throw in at the deep end
succotashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of succotash
succorest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: succourest
Etymology: succor + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of succor
succourest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: succorest
Etymology: succour + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of succour
succoreth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: succor + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of succor
succoureth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: succour + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of succour
antiamnesty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiamnesty
form: most antiamnesty
Etymology: From anti- + amnesty.
Senses: examples: text: The antiamnesty fringe will be pleased with itself, but it won’t be an America the rest of us will want to brag about.
ref: 2007 May 29, “Make a Bad Bill Better”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing an amnesty.
coachee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coachees
Etymology: From coach + -ee.
Senses: glosses: One who is coached (receives training).
coachee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coachees
form: coachy
Senses: glosses: A coachman.
examples: text: Thence I proceeded in a coachee to Trenton, distant thirty miles from Philadelphia. On the road we passed an ordinary looking farm-house, which was pointed out to me as the birth-place of Major General Jacob Brown, […]
ref: 1818, John Palmer, Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817, page 171:
text: […] [a] rear door, a feature not common in a coachee. Some historians have for many years regarded this vehicle as the only authentic Washington vehicle in existence, but […]
ref: 1971, Herbert Ridgeway Collins, Presidents on wheels:
glosses: An American style of carriage shaped like a coach but longer and open in front.
coachees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coachee
dabbawallas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabbawalla
dabbawala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbawalas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabbawalla.
dabbawallah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbawallahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dabbawalla.
dabbawalla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dabbawallas
form: dabbawala
form: dabbawallah
Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi डबेवाला (ḍabevālā), Hindi डब्बावाला (ḍabbāvālā), literally "person with a box".
Senses: examples: text: “There is a service called FedEx that is similar to ours — but they don’t deliver lunch,” said one dabbawalla, Dhondu Kondaji Chowdhury.
ref: 2007 May 29, Saritha Rai, “In India, Grandma Cooks, They Deliver”, in New York Times:
glosses: A deliveryperson in Mumbai, India who collects freshly cooked food in lunchboxes from workers' residences (mostly in the suburbs), delivers it to their respective workplaces, and returns the empty containers.
dabbawallahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabbawallah
dabbawalas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dabbawala
isolettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isolette
beratement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beratements
Etymology: From berate + -ment.
Senses: glosses: The act of berating.
deliveryperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deliverypersons
form: deliverypeople
Etymology: From delivery + person.
Senses: glosses: A deliveryman or deliverywoman.
Synonyms: deliverer
deliverypersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deliveryperson
deliverypeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deliveryperson
furlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more furlike
form: most furlike
Etymology: From fur + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: hairlike, piloid
text: Furlike fabrics include "Imitation Broadtail", "Imitation Beaver" and "Imitation Mink"
ref: 1964, Isabel Barnum Wingate, Know your merchandise, page 204:
glosses: Characteristic or resembling fur.
trigonelline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Trigonella + -ine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid product of the metabolism of niacin, found in many plants including fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum).
Synonyms: caffearin
caffearine
coffearin
coffearine
gynesine
unscratchable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scratchable.
Senses: examples: text: An amputee has a bizarre itch in his missing hand: unscratchable, it torments him.
ref: 2007 May 29, Abigail Zuger, M.D., “The Brain: Malleable, Capable, Vulnerable”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not scratchable; impossible to scratch.
Derived terms: unscratchability