cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ktenology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Leo Alexander (1905–1985), American psychiatrist and neurologist, from Ancient Greek roots.
Senses: examples: text: The triumph of ktenology was reached in the development by Professor Dr. Heissmeyer, one of Dr. Gebhardt's associates at the SS hospital of Hohenlychen, of intravenous injections of a suspension of live tubercle bacilli […]
ref: 1948, Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, volume 108, page 348:
text: On 21 and 22 January Alexander met Ivy to discuss the issue of ktenology.
ref: 2004, P. Weindling, Nazi Medicine and the Nuremberg Trials:
text: Abortion—part of ktenology, the science of killing—not genuine health care
ref: 2009, Rita Joseph, Human Rights and the Unborn Child, page 99:
glosses: The science of putting people to death.
wikipedia: Leo Alexander
lemon socialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by Mark Green in 1974.
Senses: glosses: The practice in otherwise free market capitalist economies in which the government steps in to bail out or otherwise subsidize weak or failing firms. A government attempting to transition from capitalism to socialism by this method takes control of the worst industries — the "lemons" — first, which undermines such an approach.
non-empirical ego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-empirical egos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transcendental ego.
synonyms: word: transcendental ego
pure ego
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pure egos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transcendental ego.
synonyms: word: transcendental ego
wild turkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wild turkeys
Senses: glosses: A large gamebird, Meleagris gallopavo, native to North America.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, turkey.
imaginers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of imaginer
murmurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of murmurer
Nizhny Novgorod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɪʒ.ni ˈnɒv.ɡə.ɹɒd/
ipa: /ˌnɪʒ.ni ˈnɔːv.ɡə.ɹət/
ipa: /ˌnɪʒ.ni ˈnɑv.ɡə.ɹɑd/
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Ни́жний Но́вгород (Nížnij Nóvgorod, literally “lower Newtown”).
Senses: glosses: An oblast and federal subject of Russia.
examples: text: England can now move on to face Panama in Nizhny Novgorod with confidence and momentum.
ref: 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:
glosses: The capital city of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia; the fourth-largest in the country by population.
Synonyms: word: Gorky
raw_tags: from 1932 to 1990
word: Nizhny
Related terms: Novgorod
sweatmeat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweatmeats
Etymology: From sweat (“sugary”) + meat (“solid food”).
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of sweetmeat.
kyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪl/
homophone: chyle
homophone: kile
homophone: Kyle
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: kyles
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic caol (“narrow; thin; firth, narrows, strait, kyle; narrow part of something”) (genitive singular form caoil), from Old Irish coíl (“narrow, slender”), from Proto-Celtic *koilos (“thin”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect; to split”).
Senses: examples: text: [T]hough remote / From the main ocean many a mile / Inflooded past cape, creek, and kyle, / The sea-loch flanked by precipice walls, / With ever-lessening murmur crawls, / Till 'neath the Pass he lies subdued / By the o'er-aweing solitude; […]
ref: 1877 January, [John Campbell] Shairp, “The Clearing of the Glens”, in Alexander Mackenzie, editor, The Celtic Magazine: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to the Literature, History, Antiquities, Folk Lore, Traditions, and the Social and Material Interests of the Celt at Home and Abroad, volume II, number XV, Inverness, Inverness-shire: A. & W. Mackenzie, […], →OCLC, canto IV (The Home by Lochburn), stanza IV, page 104:
synonyms: firth
narrow
sound
strait
glosses: A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an island and the mainland, or between two islands.
wikipedia: Cowal
Kyles of Bute
Tighnabruaich
Derived terms: Kyle of Durness
Kyle of Lochalsh
Kyle of Sutherland
Kyle of Tongue
Kyles of Bute
-fest
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /-(ˌ)fɛst/
Etymology: From fest, from German Fest (“festival”).
Senses: examples: text: summer + -fest → Summerfest
text: Yule + -fest → Yulefest
glosses: A festival, a fest; used in names of events.
examples: text: snooze + -fest → snoozefest
text: slug + -fest → slugfest
text: action + -fest → actionfest
text: joke + -fest → jokefest
glosses: Appended to a noun to denote a thing, especially an event or artistic work, characterized by the noun's referent.
rebound tenderness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Pain felt upon the removal of pressure on the abdomen.
nondidactically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + didactically.
Senses: examples: text: Her parentage has sometimes worked against her — she was repeatedly harassed at McCain events last year — but she chooses to portray her subjects as nondidactically as possible.
ref: 2009 January 25, Elizabeth Jensen, “Born to the Left, Aiming Her Camera Right”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that is not didactic, or is free of didacticism
yearbookish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yearbookish
form: most yearbookish
Etymology: From yearbook + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: […] John Currin moved from painting yearbookish images of anonymous girls to painting outrageously goofy pictures of women with ridiculously oversize breasts.
ref: 2009 January 25, Ken Johnson, “The Image Is Erotic. But Is It Art?”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the style or semblance of a yearbook, especially a high-school or college yearbook.
Synonyms: yearbooky
woundingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more woundingly
form: most woundingly
Etymology: From wounding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But when the playwright Lynn Nottage spoke the first two words of the title to Congolese women in the refugee camps of Uganda in 2004, she said, they repeated them in such a way that the words became woundingly new.
ref: 2009 January 25, Celia Mcgee, “Approaching Brecht, by Way of Africa”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way that wounds
verrry
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: But now, when business is verrry slow and the possibility of layoffs icily real, looking busy is no joke.
ref: 2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Elongated form of very.
unbusy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbusy
form: unbusier
form: most unbusy
form: unbusiest
Etymology: From Middle English unbysy, unbesy, equivalent to un- + busy.
Senses: examples: text: In these unbusy times, busywork’s bad reputation may be due for revision.
ref: 2009 January 25, Jan Hoffman, “Working Hard to Look Busy”, in New York Times:
synonyms: word: dormant
word: suspended
word: abeyant
word: at rest
word: cessant
word: dormant
word: dull
word: fallow
word: idle
word: inactive
word: inert
word: languid
word: latent
word: nonactive
word: quiescent
word: silent
word: sedent
word: sedentary
word: slow
word: suspended
word: torpid
word: unactive
word: unbusy
word: unemployed
word: unoccupied
glosses: Not busy.
Derived terms: unbusyness
unbusy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unbusies
form: unbusying
form: unbusied
form: unbusied
Etymology: From Middle English unbysy, unbesy, equivalent to un- + busy.
Senses: glosses: To make or render unbusy
uncelebrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncelebrated
form: most uncelebrated
Etymology: From un- + celebrated.
Senses: examples: text: WHEN a former community organizer named Barack Obama began his bid for the presidency, it cast a spotlight on an uncelebrated profession.
ref: 2009 January 25, Saki Knafo, “Since the ’60s, a Place on the Ramparts”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not celebrated; ignored
unwearables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unwearable
streamable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stream + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Together, they made the TED talks streamable on the Web in 2006.
ref: 2009 January 25, Virginia Heffernan, “Confessions of a TED Addict”, in New York Times:
glosses: Able to be streamed
pummeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pummelers
Etymology: From pummel + -er.
Senses: examples: text: You may be brave — brave as Hercules, ay, and as strong as that pummeler of bulls and curer of pork;
ref: 1837, The Casket, volume 12, Atkinson & Alexander, page 349:
text: But he will do those things while being a man of action, a chaser, shooter and pummeler of criminals — “like James Bond in 1891,” Joel Silver, one of the film’s producers, said last fall.
ref: 2009 January 25, Sarah Lyall, “Is That You, Sherlock?”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who pummels (someone or something)
pummelers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pummeler
trunkload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trunkloads
Etymology: From trunk + load.
Senses: examples: text: But Joseph’s mobile phone seemed permanently off, and we soon learned that he had been caught by the police with a trunkload of whiskey.
ref: 2009 January 25, Azadeh Moaveni, “Wine-Order Bride”, in New York Times:
glosses: A quantity sufficient to fill the trunk of a car
Synonyms: trunkful
Related terms: truckload
sexlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sexlessly
form: most sexlessly
Etymology: From sexless + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: That Holmes occasionally wielded guns, leapt out of carriages and rushed through the fog with Errol Flynnesque panache, but mostly he was a giant brain inside a tweed suit, sexlessly debonair in the way Hollywood liked its leading men in the 1930s and 1940s.
ref: 2009 January 25, Sarah Lyall, “Is That You, Sherlock?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a sexless manner, or in a way that lacks sex appeal.
trunkloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trunkload
pouf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: poof
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: poufs
form: pouffe
Etymology: From French pouf, pouff, of imitative origin; compare puff.
Senses: glosses: A headdress for women popular in 18th century France.
examples: text: Hosaka, nearly everyone agrees, is a master of detail, an artist who tends his poodles’ poufs as if they were bonsai trees from his native Japan.
ref: 2009 February 10, Katie Thomas, “The Poodle Can’t Talk Now; She’s in With Her Stylist”, in New York Times:
glosses: A high hair style for women consisting of a roll or pad of hair, worn up.
topics: business
dressmaking
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Part of an item of clothing consisting of gathered fabric in a bunch.
examples: text: The voice came from the end of the divan but Hermione, seated square before the fire on a low pouffe did not turn to face its suave producer.
ref: 1922, H.D., Asphodel:
text: Raeburn's handsome head was resting against the back of his chair; Eve sat on a pouf in front of the fire.
ref: 1948, John Creasey, The Case Against Paul Raeburn:
text: Italian Ambassador Amedeo Guillet, who makes it a practice never to eat at midday, lounged on a Moroccan pouf reading The Peter Principle.
ref: 1971 August 26, “Slaughter at the Summer Palace”, in Time:
text: Pistachio and date-filled cakes glisten under a glass cloche as customers drinking cardamom tea settle into brightly tapestried pouf chairs at the Pouya café and cultural center in Paris.
ref: 2025 June 27, Colette Davidson, Mark Sappenfield, “For Iranian diaspora in Europe, the war back home is a dilemma”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
synonyms: tumpty
glosses: A low cushioned seat with no back; a padded footstool.
glosses: A short skirt gathered into a rounded puffy shape; a puffball.
glosses: A ball of fabric (such as nylon monofilament netting) used for washing (as an alternative to a flannel, washcloth, sponge, etc.).
glosses: A small saddle cushion worn atop the buttocks (as a fashion trend – similar to a bustle).
glosses: Alternative form of puff
examples: text: The same sort of blatant hypocrisy manifest in a tabloid paper notorious for its daily combination of a topless female centerfold with articles condemning the "immorality" of "poufs" and "queers."
ref: 1988 August 20, Chris Reed, “The English 'Strip-tique'”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 6, page 16:
glosses: Alternative form of poof.
Synonyms: sense: padded footstool
word: footstool
sense: padded footstool
word: hassock
sense: padded footstool
word: ottoman
sense: padded footstool
word: tumpty
sense: homosexual
word: horse's hoof
sense: homosexual
word: poofta
sense: homosexual
word: pooftah
sense: homosexual
word: poofter
sense: homosexual
word: poof
Derived terms: pouf paste
pouf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: poof
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Forms: form: poufs
form: poufing
form: poufed
form: poufed
form: pouffe
Etymology: From French pouf, pouff, of imitative origin; compare puff.
Senses: examples: to pouf the hair
glosses: To make poufy or bouffant.
pouf
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝of
ipa: /pʊf/
ipa: /puːf/
rhymes: -ʊf
rhymes: -uːf
homophone: poof
homophone: pouffe (with certain dialects and/or accents)
Etymology: Imitative.
Senses: examples: text: Pouf, he was gone.
glosses: Onomatopoeia indicating a cloud of smoke or wind; caused by a deflating object, or a magical disappearance.
Pindaric flight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pindaric flights
Senses: glosses: A literary passage that has no logical connection to the surrounding work, or is a long digression that becomes less and less related to the original passage.
Pindaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pindaric
form: most Pindaric
form: Pindarick
Etymology: From Pindar + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Pindar.
Derived terms: anti-Pindaric
Pindarical
Pindarically
Pindaric flight
Pindaric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pindarics
form: pindaric
form: Pindarick
Etymology: From Pindar + -ic.
Senses: glosses: An ode of an irregular form erroneously derived from Pindar, popular in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Related terms: Pindaric ode
palos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palo
oscuros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oscuro
pouf paste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Batter that rises on baking to form hollow cases for various fillings.
Synonyms: puff batter
pâte à choux
comunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comune
precautionarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From precautionary + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a precautionary manner; as a precaution
Related terms: just in case
party lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party line
Reggio Calabria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Reggio Calabria, from the earlier Old Italian Reggio, from Late Latin Rēgium, Latin Rhēgium, from Ancient Greek Ῥήγιον (Rhḗgion). The city became known as Reggio Calabria after the unification of Italy.
Senses: glosses: A historical province and metropolitan city of Calabria, Italy.
glosses: A city and commune, the provincial capital of Reggio Calabria, Calabria, Italy.
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Regium, an important flourishing Ancient Greek colonial settlement in Magna Graecia on the Strait of Messina from the early 1st millennium BCE thru the Hellenistic, Ancient Roman, Byzantine Roman and medieval epochs.
reggiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The quantity and value of reggiano imported into the United States is infinitesimal in comparison to the annual consumption of cheese in the United States.
ref: 1929, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Finance, Tariff Act of 1929: Hearings Before a Subcommittee..., page 103:
glosses: parmesan cheese
Reggio Emilia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reggio nell'Emilia
Senses: glosses: A province in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
glosses: A city, the capital of Reggio Emilia province, Emilia-Romagna.
glosses: An alternative educational approach for young children, named after the Italian city in which it originated.
Reggio Emilia
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Reggio nell'Emilia
Senses: glosses: Characterized by or relating to the Reggio Emilia approach to early education.
hoppet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɒpɪt/
Forms: form: hoppets
Senses: examples: text: Hoppets. Hand-baskets. These were used for holding seed. In March 1590, two seed-hoppets and a wisket cost 18d.; April 1592, a wisket at Tingreve and a third hoppet there cost 9d.
ref: 1857, John Harland, The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the County of Lancaster, at Smithils and Gawthorpe, from Sept. 1582 to Oct. 1621, page 707:
glosses: A handbasket for holding seeds while sowing.
examples: text: The sinkers were raised and lowered in a hoppet attached to the rope.
ref: 1904, Great Britain. Home Office, Mines and Quarries, page 81:
text: A sinker must be appointed as hanger-on to give signals to the bank; he must also steady the hoppet whenever it has been lifted off the bottom, and must see that it has ceased to swing before he gives the signal to wind up.
ref: 1904, Arnold Lupton, Mining: An Elementary Treatise on the Getting of Minerals, page 113:
text: The hoppet is thus steadied and guided, and may be raised with safety at a greater speed than was formerly possible.
ref: 1906, James Tonge, The Principles and Practice of Coal Mining, page 69:
glosses: A dish used by miners to measure ore.
examples: text: The bowling green can be seen in the hoppet, but the windmill has been removed.
ref: 1926, Edward Arthur Fitch, William Herbert Dalton, Charlotte Fell-Smith, The Essex Review, page 139:
text: To Charles my tenements and lands in Rettendon , i.e. my tenement called Hadds with a little hoppet of a rood of land lying to the same , my tenement with 15 acres of customary land and 15 acres of silver land
ref: 1982, Frederick George Emmison, Essex Wills (England): 1558-1565, page 149:
text: Grant, captain ... affirmeth that he holdeth no such land, nor is there any land appertaining to the said chapel other than the ground whereupon the blockhouse is builded ... and a little hoppet in the occupation of the ferryman Grey, worth by the year 2s. 4d.
ref: 1987, Essex Society for Archaeological and History, Essex Archaeology and History, page 157:
text: This I took out of the rools the 24 of Aprill 1610 , Mr Thomas Hobbes Esquyer being then lord of the mannor ; nor can I tell whether the rent of 8d lys only on that hoppet or that it be also for the 2 cow leases ( which perhaps are coppyhold, because mentioned in the rolls). The hoppet, though it were never great nor profitable, is, since the New River (which cutt cross over it) less of value.
ref: 1989, Thomas Hassall, Stephen G. Doree, The Parish Register and Tithing Book of Thomas Hassall of Amwell, page 217:
glosses: A meadow or paddock.
desynchronized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desynchronize
desynchronized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more desynchronized
form: most desynchronized
Senses: glosses: That is no longer synchronized
dethreading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + threading.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted.
deubiquitinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deubiquitinases
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitinase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyzes a deubiquitination reaction
Derived terms: exodeubiquitinase
deubiquitinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deubiquitinates
form: deubiquitinating
form: deubiquitinated
form: deubiquitinated
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitinate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To cause, or to undergo deubiquitination
Derived terms: autodeubiquitinate
Related terms: deubiquitination
deubiquitinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deubiquitinate
deubiquitylation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From de- + ubiquitylation.
Senses: glosses: deubiquitination
devitellinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From de- + vitellin + -ize + -ed.
Senses: glosses: From which the vitellin has been removed.
Related terms: devitellinization
vitellin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vitellins
Etymology: From vitello- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein found in egg yolk.
Derived terms: vegetable vitellin
Related terms: vitelline
diacylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of diacylate
diacylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Modified by the addition of two acyl groups
diamictite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamictites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A sedimentary, calcareous conglomerate containing a mixture of particles; mixtite
diamidino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diamidinos
Etymology: From di- + amidino.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two amidino groups in a molecule
amidino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amidinos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any univalent radical derived from an amidine by removal of a hydrogen atom.
Derived terms: amidinotransferase
amiloride
diamidino
diamondlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diamondlike
form: most diamondlike
Etymology: From diamond + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having characteristics, or molecular structure, of diamond
diaphyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diaphyseal
form: most diaphyseal
form: diaphysial
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to diaphysis
Derived terms: cervicodiaphyseal
collodiaphyseal
craniodiaphyseal
diaphysial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diaphysial
form: most diaphysial
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of diaphyseal.
diarrheagenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diarrheagenic
form: most diarrheagenic
Etymology: From diarrhea + -genic.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: That provokes diarrhea.
diarrhoeagenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diarrhoeagenic
form: most diarrhoeagenic
Senses: glosses: British standard spelling of diarrheagenic.
diasporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diasporic
form: most diasporic
Etymology: From diaspore + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to, or containing diaspore
diasporic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diasporic
form: most diasporic
Etymology: From diaspora + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the dispersion of the Jews from the land of Israel, a similar dispersion, or a people so dispersed. See diaspora.
glosses: Of or relating to any diaspora.
Derived terms: Afrodiasporic
diasporicity
heterodiasporic
power users
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of power user
diatomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /daɪˈæt.əˌmaɪt/
Forms: form: diatomites
Etymology: From diatom + -ite.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms
Synonyms: ceyssatite
diatomaceous earth
kieselguhr
Derived terms: diatomitic
dichlorination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dichlorinations
Etymology: From di- + chlorination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The introduction of two chlorine atoms into a molecule.
dideoxynucleotide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dideoxynucleotides
Etymology: From di- + deoxynucleotide.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nucleotide formed from a deoxynucleotide by loss of a second hydroxy group from the deoxyribose group
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oligonucleotide consisting of two deoxynucleotides
Derived terms: ddNTP
dielectrophoretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /daɪəˌlɛktɹoʊfəˈɹɛtɪk/
Forms: form: more dielectrophoretic
form: most dielectrophoretic
Etymology: From dielectrophoresis + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to dielectrophoresis
baseballer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baseballers
Etymology: From baseball + -er, by analogy with footballer.
Senses: examples: text: Queen of the cougar pack is Madonna, the 50-year-old good-time gal who divorced 40-year-old Guy Ritchie (in part because he said she looked like a granny on stage) and then was rumoured to have hooked up with bad-boy baseballer Alex Rodriguez, 33.
ref: 2009 January 25, Bryan Patterson, “Cougars who stalk the cubs”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 07 Feb 2009:
glosses: A baseball player; a person who plays baseball.
botox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile, a survey has found one in 25 Australians would rather spend their money on botox and liposuction than private school fees.
ref: 2009 January 25, Stephen Drill, “Education costs soar”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Botox.
botox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: botoxes
form: botoxing
form: botoxed
form: botoxed
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Botox.
dielectrophoresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The exertion of a force on a (uncharged) particle in a non-uniform electric field
Derived terms: dielectrophoretic
baseballers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baseballer
dancesport
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdæn(s)ˌspɔɹt/
Etymology: From dance + sport.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Donald Alfred BLACKAM Mount Clear Vic 3350 For service to the community through philanthropic contributions to health, youth and dancesport organisations.
ref: 2009 January 25, “Full list of Australia Day honours”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2009:
glosses: Dance as a sport activity; often specifically competitive ballroom dancing
diffusionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diffusionist
form: most diffusionist
Etymology: From diffusion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to diffusionism.
diffusionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diffusionists
Etymology: From diffusion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of diffusionism
aircrane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aircranes
Etymology: From air + crane.
Senses: examples: text: WHEN fire storms hit Victoria, the pilots of aircrane Elvis are ready to rock 'n' roll, lifting the 10-tonne orange beast skyward within minutes.
ref: 2009 January 25, Sue Hewitt, “Pilots ready to rock as Elvis fires up”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: A heavy-lift helicopter
aircranes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aircrane
crosscourt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cross- + court.
Senses: examples: text: What became a pivotal seven minutes, Stosur pulled back an early deficit to draw level at 6-6 before Dementieva nailed a running crosscourt forehand and then buried a forehand volley after a rare visit to the net to seal the critical tiebreak.
ref: 2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
qualifier: net sports
glosses: Hit diagonally into the opposite corner of the court
cooktop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooktops
Etymology: From cook + top.
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An assembly of burners for cooking.
One designed to fit onto a surface such as the top of a table.
synonyms: hob#Noun
coordinate_terms: hotplate
stovetop
cookstove
stove#Noun
range#Noun
examples: text: Holonyms: cookstove, stove, range
text: These include such precautions as swimming only in the company of a responsible adult who knows about your condition and how to manage a seizure; getting your doctor to assess whether or not you should drive; having showers rather than baths, and leaving the bathroom door unlocked; using guards for open fires, radiators and cooktops.
ref: 2009 January 25, By Dr Cindy Pan, “Living with epilepsy”, in Herald Sun:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: An assembly of burners for cooking.
A stovetop: the top of a range (an appliance that has multiple burners and also an oven).
coordinate_terms: hotplate
Related terms: cookline
cooktops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cooktop
newie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: newies
Etymology: From new + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: French software house Ubisoft's newie has finally arrived in Angleterre. It's set in a medieval world of swords and sorcery.
ref: 1989, Iron Lord (video game review) in Your Sinclair (issue 46, page 16)
text: There's always the staple tunes in our set but it's fun to also play a few newies," Cheney said.
ref: 2009 January 25, Scott Podmore, “Young at heart”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 20 Feb 2009:
antonyms: oldie#Noun
glosses: Something newly released, such as a song or film.
punchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋz/
Senses: glosses: plural of punching
newies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newie
paceman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pacemen
Etymology: From pace + man.
Senses: examples: text: The flair for bright batting went against them as they fell easy prey to the Aussie pacemen.
ref: 1976, The Statesman, volume 22, page 47:
text: In the series he bowled 222.5 overs, a considerable number considering Test teams in 1948 could call upon a new ball every 55 overs and Australia had pacemen to burn in Lindwall, Miller, Johnston and Toshack.
ref: 2001, Ashley Mallett, Eleven: The Greatest Eleven of the 20th Century, page 100:
text: Instead he went trout fishing on the Kiewa River in country Victoria, but not before leaving instructions to his pacemen to attack Bradman at every opportunity. Larwood took this to mean plenty of short stuff at the rib cage and head with five men in close catching positions.
ref: 2006, Roland Perry, The Ashes: A Celebration, page 136:
text: VICTORIA captain Cameron White and paceman Ben Hilfenhaus will return to the Australian team for the one-day international against South Africa tomorrow.
ref: 2009 January 25, “Cameron White and Ben Hilfenhaus return for Australia”, in Herald Sun:
text: 2008 February 4, Anil Kumble, ‘You need to keep talking’, Outlook, page 45,
Fourteen Australian wickets fell to our pacemen, indicating that they were sticking to the plan.
text: 2009 October, Pratiyogita Darpan, page 763,
South African paceman Andre Nel on March 25, 2009 announced his retirement from international cricket after an eight year career during which he took more than 100 wickets in both forms of the game.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fast bowler; one who specialises in bowling fast.
pacemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paceman
revegetation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: revegetations
Etymology: From re- + vegetation.
Senses: examples: text: Mr Denis William O'MEARA Dalkeith WA 6009 For service to the environment through native plant propagation and revegetation programs, to the mining industry, and to the community of the Pilbara region.
ref: 2009 January 25, “Full list of Australia Day honours”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2009:
glosses: The act or process of revegetating
rainproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rainproof
rainproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rainproof
rainproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rainproof
snowproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowproof
form: most snowproof
Etymology: From snow + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: ...that he looked quite like a gentleman bound on a shooting expedition, and that his friends had every reason to think he would now be snowproof.
ref: 1847, James Hogg, Titan:
text: Care should be taken to make windows rain- and snowproof, and to allow opening for ventilation without letting in rain during ordinary storms.
ref: 1915, Archer Eben Knowlton, Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers:
text: Make a Snow Angel. What You Need: Snow (deep enough to flop into), your body (preferably covered in snowproof clothes).
ref: 2007, Lynn Brunelle, Mama's Little Book of Tricks:
glosses: Resistant to snow.
snowproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: snowproofs
form: snowproofing
form: snowproofed
form: snowproofed
Etymology: From snow + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make resistant to snow.
live on top of one another
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lives on top of one another
form: living on top of one another
form: lived on top of one another
form: lived on top of one another
form: each other
Senses: examples: text: It was impossible to find a moment of privacy in a flat where we were living on top of one another all the time.
glosses: To live in very crowded conditions.
brushbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brushbars
Etymology: From brush + bar.
Senses: examples: text: It's all pretty simple. If you want to get hairs out of a carpet, you need a whirling brushbar of death. No amount of suck will do it.
ref: 1999, Steve Wiseman, “Vacuum Cleaners”, in cam.misc (Usenet):
text: A string had caught in the brushbar and shut down the belt drive. This was quickly fixed and we hosed up the rest of the filth.
ref: 2005 March, Popular Mechanics, volume 182, number 3:
text: Innovations include placing the main motor inside the ball, using a second motor to drive the brushbar through gears, and a mechanism to drop down wheels...
ref: 2005, Eureka: Innovative Engineering Design:
glosses: A rotating bar with brushlike bristles, used in certain cleaning appliances.
lonco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: loncos
form: logko
form: longko
form: lonko
Etymology: From Mapudungun logko, longko via Spanish lonco.
Senses: glosses: A Mapuche tribal leader.
Related terms: lof
hospitaler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hospitalers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hospitaller.
misadvised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From mis- + advised.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misadvise
misadvised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misadvised
form: most misadvised
Etymology: From mis- + advised.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore to make complaynt
Of such mysadvysed
Parsons and dysgysed,
Thys boke we have devysed, […]
ref: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 62, lines 20–23:
glosses: Showing poor judgement, ill-advised, injudicious.
Derived terms: misadvisedly
misadvisedness
Related terms: misadvice
misadvises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misadvise
misadvising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misadvise
fall prey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls prey
form: falling prey
form: fell prey
form: fallen prey
Senses: examples: text: Many children at our school have fallen prey to the 'flu bug.
text: Inexperienced teachers sometimes fall prey to fears that they do not know enough.
text: Even now gay rights ordinances are in danger of being repealed by local and statewide initiatives. Indeed, San Francisco, the self proclaimed gay capital, is in the danger of falling prey to the anti-gays.
ref: 1974 February 2, Edward Sebesta, “Launching the Gay '80s: Gay Rights Under Siege In Santa Clara County”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 5:
synonyms: fall victim
glosses: To be affected, or overcome by, a bad situation; used with to.
duetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: As well as duetting with him on Campbell's new album, Barnes also sang at his recent wedding.
ref: 2009 January 25, Kate Mickan, “Jimmy's busy brood”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: present participle and gerund of duet
duetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duettings
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The singing or playing of a duet.
groundstroke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundstrokes
form: ground-stroke
Etymology: From ground + stroke.
Senses: examples: text: But each time Dementieva underlined why she holds such a lofty world standing by answering the challenge with those unerring groundstrokes, particularly the forehand, to hit back after dropping her serve.
ref: 2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun:
text: In a desperately tight opening set, the pace and accuracy of the Serbian's groundstrokes began to draw errors from the usually faultless Nadal and earned him the first break point of the day at 5-4.
ref: 2011 July 3, Piers Newbury, “Wimbledon 2011: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal in final”, in BBC Sport:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A forehand or backhand shot that is executed after the ball has bounced once on the court.
duetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duet
dueted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of duet
fluoros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoro
groundstrokes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of groundstroke
fightback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fightbacks
Etymology: From fight + back.
Senses: examples: text: The gay movement is in retreat as evidenced in the rise of anti-gay attacks and and ^([sic]) the success of anti-gay legislation. One only needs to read the Gay Community News to realize the severity of the anti-gay offensive. The fightback to this anti-gay offensive has been weak and disoriented. The number of gay organizations, thus the number of organized gays are shrinking, not growing.
ref: 1981 December 12, Steve Rose, “Some People's Congress”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 21, page 4:
text: Stosur gave hope of a fightback when she smashed through Dementieva's serve in the first game of the second set.
ref: 2009 January 25, Bruce Matthews, “Brave Sam Stosur wilts under Elena Dementieva”, in Herald Sun:
text: Liverpool resisted a second-half fightback from Wolves to secure a hard-fought victory and end a run of back-to-back Premier League defeats.
ref: 2011 September 24, Arindam Rej, “Liverpool 2 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport:
text: A second-half fightback to draw with the USA offered a hope that swiftly evaporated following a gut-wrenching 2-0 loss to Iran only four days later. It meant only the seemingly impossible would be enough for Rob Page's men to extend their World Cup dream.
ref: 2022 November 29, Ian Mitchelmore, “Wales put out of World Cup misery by England as sobering tournament must signal changing of the guard”, in WalesOnline:
glosses: a campaign of resistance; a counterattack
Related terms: fight back
galloper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallopers
Etymology: From gallop + -er.
Senses: examples: a. 1898, Rudyard Kipling, "The Drums of the Fore and Aft"
The lancers chafing in the right gorge had thrice dispatched their only subaltern as galloper to report on the progress of affairs.
glosses: One who gallops.
examples: text: Lieutenant Coghill had been told to act as galloper to Colonel Glyn on the unfortunate reconnaissance made from Isandlwana Camp, on January 22, 1879
ref: “Lieutenant Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill, 24th Regiment”, in North East Medals:
glosses: An aide-de-camp.
examples: text: The Hussler's trainer, Ross McDonald, is confident Australia's champion galloper will win the clashes, despite Weekend Hussler never having competed over 1000m before.
ref: 2009 January 25, Rod Nicholson, “Get ready for Hussler v Cat”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: A racehorse.
glosses: A carousel or roundabout (especially in the plural)
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber.
glosses: The Chinamanfish, a type of snapper
gallopers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of galloper
het up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: heat up
form: heated up
form: heaten up
form: hetted up
Etymology: Irregular form of heat up. The adjective was originally a metaphorical use of the past participle het up (“heated up”), perhaps as a reference to agitation caused by fever or the churn of boiling water, but has since lexicalised as a fossil in standard English.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of heat up
het up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more het up
form: most het up
form: heat up
form: heated up
form: heaten up
form: hetted up
Etymology: Irregular form of heat up. The adjective was originally a metaphorical use of the past participle het up (“heated up”), perhaps as a reference to agitation caused by fever or the churn of boiling water, but has since lexicalised as a fossil in standard English.
Senses: examples: text: Try to keep your cool and not get het up.
text: "I reckon," he said, directing his remarks toward no one in particular, "that we've all been rather hasty in this matter, being het up as we were with the strain of what we been through an' so it seems to me, […]
ref: 1914 October – 1916 July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Mucker, Chicago, Ill.: A[lexander] C[aldwell] McClurg & Co., published 31 October 1921, →OCLC:
text: ‘What ever happened ashore to get that cold old turtle so het up?’ he demanded.
ref: 1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 62:
text: We must do an end run around these people, not make the mistake of thinking they are just “het up” or have wended a few yards into a wrong turn.
ref: 2021, John H. McWhorter, chapter 6, in Woke Racism, New York: Forum, →ISBN:
glosses: Excited, agitated or frantic.
het up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hets up
form: hetting up
form: hetted up
form: hetted up
form: het up
form: het up
Senses: glosses: dialectal form of heat up
horseracing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mr Bryan Bernard MARTIN Blackburn Vic 3130 For service to the thoroughbred horseracing industry, particularly as a broadcaster and administrator, and to the community through charitable organisations.
ref: 2009 January 25, “Full list of Australia Day honours”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 14 Feb 2009:
glosses: Alternative form of horse racing.
leadlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛdlaɪt/
Forms: form: leadlights
Etymology: From lead + light.
Senses: examples: text: Luckily, because all windows had been taped, the home's leadlight windows survived the move intact.
ref: 2009 January 25, Caroline James, “Traps to avoid when relocating a home”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2009:
synonyms: leaded light
glosses: A decorative window made of small sections of glass supported in lead divider bars, or cames.
Derived terms: leadlighter
leadlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leadlight
sarking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sarkings
Senses: examples: text: Much housing work lies within this area, and to avoid high maintenance costs the Department is building many houses with plaster exteriors upon diagonal sarkings.
ref: 1947, New Zealand House of Representatives, Appendix to the Jounals of the House of Representatives of New Zealand, volume 3, page 18:
text: 1997, Ann Ross, Jonathan Hetreed, Architect′s Pocket Book, 2011, 4th Edition, Elsevier, UK, page 248,
Sarkings are weatherproof membranes laid over rafters and below battens to draught-proof and weatherproof the roof against driving rain or powder snow that may penetrate the tiles or slates.
Traditional sarkings of reinforced bitumen felt have been largely superseded by lighter, breathable sarkings that can be laid to form an effectively draught-proof roof but still allow free dispersal of water vapour to avoid roof space condensation; such mterials generally avoid the need for eaves, ridge and roof slope ventilators. Where they are laid directly over insulation between rafters, or over a permeable sarking board, tiling battens are raised clear of the sarking by 25 x 50 counter battens nailed down to the tops of the rafters.
text: A house in Moorabbin listed for sale with Better House Removers would cost its buyer "about $75,000-$90,000" to move, including the house, restumping, rejoining, new roof, sarking and metal batons, and council permits, Mr Bernardo estimated.
ref: 2009 January 25, Caroline James, “Traps to avoid when relocating a home”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2009:
topics: architecture
glosses: Wood, felt, or other material placed under the shingles of a roof in order to provide support or insulation; the practice of furnishing roofs with such material; an installation of such material.
hardman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardmen
Etymology: From hard + man.
Senses: examples: text: He's just a wannabe hardman.
text: He had the reputation of a wannabe hardman, riding his cousin's coattails.
ref: 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 251:
glosses: A man who is particularly tough or muscular
examples: text: FORMER Melbourne Storm hardman Michael Crocker will consider retirement if he is denied a work permit by the British government.
ref: 2009 January 25, Peter Badel, “Crocker: I'll quit if I can't go”, in Herald Sun:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A rugby player
restump
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: restumps
form: restumping
form: restumped
form: restumped
Etymology: From re- + stump.
Senses: examples: text: A house in Moorabbin listed for sale with Better House Removers would cost its buyer "about $75,000-$90,000" to move, including the house, restumping, rejoining, new roof, sarking and metal batons, and council permits, Mr Bernardo estimated.
ref: 2009 January 25, Caroline James, “Traps to avoid when relocating a home”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2009:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: To renew the stumps supporting a house
restumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of restump
fadeaways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fadeaway