cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
maxicoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maxicoats
Etymology: From maxi- + coat.
Senses: examples: text: But it would take a lot of compassion to see the connection to a camel maxicoat with a bright orange fur collar or a yellow satin skirt with a tweed vest and a leopard-print bow.
ref: 2008 February 5, Cathy Horyn, “Bold Prints and Shoulders Above the Rest”, in New York Times:
glosses: A woman's long coat.
maxicoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxicoat
metapneumovirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metapneumoviruses
Etymology: From the genus name, equivalent to meta- + pneumovirus.
Senses: examples: text: Among them were strains of human respiratory syncytial virus, or HRSV, and of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, both leading causes of respiratory disease in people.
ref: 2008 February 5, Henry Fountain, “Human Viruses Cause Respiratory Outbreaks in Ivory Coast Chimps”, in The New York Times:
text: Beijing has since acknowledged a surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV), especially among children, and it attributed this to a seasonal spike.
ref: 2025 January 7, Kelly Ng, “What you need to know about HMPV”, in BBC:
glosses: Any of a group of viruses (genus Metapneumovirus) responsible for some respiratory infection in humans and birds.
metapneumoviruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapneumovirus
motesanib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the Japan-only rights to the 13 drugs, Takeda is buying a share of the worldwide rights to an Amgen cancer drug under development, motesanib diphosphate, also called AMG 706.
ref: 2008 February 5, Andrew Pollack, “Amgen Sells Drug Rights and Unit in Japan”, in New York Times:
glosses: A drug being investigated as a treatment for cancer.
postpetroleum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + petroleum.
Senses: examples: text: The latest effort comes not in some green hub like Portland, Ore., but in the Persian Gulf, fueled as much by oil wealth — and the need to find postpetroleum business models — as environmental zeal.
ref: 2008 February 5, Andrew C. Revkin, “Car-Free, Solar City in Gulf Could Set a New Standard for Green Design”, in New York Times:
glosses: After a decline in reliance on petroleum.
unstodgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstodgy
form: most unstodgy
Etymology: From un- + stodgy.
Senses: examples: text: Bill Clinton lavished attention on California during his presidency, forging friendships with (unstodgy) movie stars, moguls and high-tech billionaires.
ref: 2008 February 5, Adam Cohen, “Will the Capital of Change Choose Change or Experience?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not stodgy.
interparty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + party.
Senses: examples: text: And the real interparty race hasn’t even begun.
ref: 2008 February 6, “Divided They Run”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: intraparty
glosses: Between political parties.
nonconclusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːʒən
Forms: form: nonconclusions
Etymology: From non- + conclusion.
Senses: examples: text: Most strike the same ominously breathless tone, and all reach the same vague nonconclusions.
ref: 2008 February 6, Neil Genzlinger, “Otherworldly Phenomena: Explainable? You Decide”, in New York Times:
glosses: The absence of a conclusion, or one that is inadequate or useless.
nonconclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconclusion
seedlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From seedless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Seedlessness is a highly desirable trait for fresh fruits.
ref: 2011, Matthew A. Jenks, Penelope Bebeli, Breeding for Fruit Quality, page ii:
glosses: Absence of seeds.
outbattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outbattles
form: outbattling
form: outbattled
form: outbattled
Etymology: From out- + battle.
Senses: examples: text: Frolov outbattled Rangers defenseman Fedor Tyutin for the puck behind the Rangers’ net and passed in front to Anze Kopitar for an open shot.
ref: 2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: To overcome in battle.
outbattles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outbattle
outbattling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outbattle
outbattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outbattle
overskate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overskates
form: overskating
form: overskated
form: overskated
Etymology: From over- + skate.
Senses: examples: text: Boyle’s goal, which came after Rangers defenseman Jason Strudwick overskated the puck behind the net to give the Kings an easy pass out front, came 13 minutes 8 seconds into the first period.
ref: 2008 February 6, Lynn Zinser, “After 3 Road Victories, Rangers Falter at Home”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: To skate beyond the puck, thus losing control of it.
overskates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overskate
overskating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overskate
overskated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overskate
postracist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + racist.
Senses: examples: text: In “The Race Card” Richard Thompson Ford, a professor at Stanford Law School, offers the cabdriver problem as a classic illustration of why racial prejudice is so hard to identify and address in an era he defines as postracist, when the social and legal meaning of racism, he writes, “is in a state of crisis.”
ref: 2008 February 6, William Grimes, “Colorblind Conclusions on Racism”, in New York Times:
glosses: After the decline of racism, or its transformation into a less overt form.
Related terms: postracism
teabaglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teabaglike
form: most teabaglike
Etymology: From teabag + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The company started packaging coffee for home consumption in 1965, and in 1972 was the first to sell it in teabaglike pods for making single cups.
ref: 2008 February 6, Dennis Hevesi, “Ernesto Illy, Chairman of Coffee Company, Is Dead at 82”, in New York Times:
text: The chicken nuggets are made by pushing chicken carcasses through a giant teabaglike screen to produce a slurry of protein. To this slurry is often added large amounts of water and soya proteins to restore the texture of meat...
ref: 2008, Harvey Blatt, America's food: what you don't know about what you eat, page 113:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a teabag.
doxylamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɑkˈsɪl.əˌmiːn/
Etymology: Probably from d(imethyl) + oxy(eth)yl + -amine.
Senses: examples: text: The drug doxylamine was also found in his system.
ref: 2008 February 7, James Barron, “Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antihistamine derived from pyridine that is typically used in the form of its succinate C₁₇H₂₂N₂O·C₄H₆O₄ to treat respiratory symptoms of the common cold and allergies, to induce sleep in the treatment of insomnia, and in combination with pyridoxine hydrochloride to control nausea and vomiting associated with pregnancy.
Derived terms: desmethyldoxylamine
doxylamine succinate
overdye
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overdyes
form: overdyeing
form: overdyed
form: overdyed
form: over-dye
Etymology: From over- + dye.
Senses: examples: text: To last more than a few days in the sunshine, the crushed logwood needed to be over-dyed on woad- or indigo-coloured fabric.
ref: 2002, Victoria Finlay, Colour, Sceptre, published 2003, page 111:
text: There was a sweater dress in almost the same shade of blue as one shown at Doo.Ri; overdyed plaid shirts with contrasting plaid cuffs and collars for men like those at Duckie Brown; and lots of chunky knit gray cardigans like the ones popping up all over the place — just not at the same prices.
ref: 2008 February 7, Eric Wilson, “A Gap Guy, Head to Toe”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: overpaint#Verb
paint over#Verb
overcoat#Verb
glosses: To dye (something already coloured) with another colour.
examples: Near-synonym: overcolor
coordinate_terms: overpaint#Verb
glosses: To dye too much.
overdyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: overpigmented, overcolored
glosses: simple past and past participle of overdye
overdyeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overdye
overdyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overdye
postindustrialization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + industrialization.
Senses: examples: text: In working out their design, the architects also kept in mind the movement from industrialization to postindustrialization, from global to local, from the free market to the farmer’s market, and from sand to hay.
ref: 2008 February 7, Robin Pogrebin, “Betting a Farm Would Work in Queens”, in New York Times:
antonyms: preindustrialization
coordinate_terms: industrialization
deindustrialization
reindustrialization
glosses: The period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
Related terms: deindustrialized
postindustrial
preindustrial
reindustrialized
runarounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runaround
slopey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slopey
form: most slopey
Senses: examples: text: It yearned to get off my body and back on the pale, slopey runway model where it made sense.
ref: 2008 February 7, Mike Albo, “Just Browsing, Ogling, Prattling, Giggling”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of slopy.
builtscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: builtscapes
Etymology: From built + -scape.
Senses: glosses: A landscape dominated by buildings.
builtscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of builtscape
catapultlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more catapultlike
form: most catapultlike
Etymology: From catapult + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Rumor once had it that Larry Poons used a catapultlike device to hurl paint onto upright canvases.
ref: 2008 February 8, Roberta Smith, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a catapult.
austenitizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of austenitize
austenitizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of austenitize
austenitized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of austenitize
maraging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹˌeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
ipa: /məˈɹeɪd͡ʒɪŋ/
Forms: form: marageing
Etymology: Blend of martensitic + aging
Senses: examples: text: At the core of the new centrifuge design is a thin, tubelike rotor made of carbon fibers rather than maraging steel, a variety with great strength, the institute’s report said.
ref: 2008 February 8, David E. Sanger, “Iran Is Reported to Test New Centrifuges to Make Atomic Fuel”, in New York Times:
qualifier: steel-making
glosses: A process that produces a tough, malleable form of steel (maraging steel) by means of heat treatment and precipitation hardening.
Derived terms: maraging steel
mar-
thundersticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thunderstick
powerheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of powerhead
bangstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bangsticks
form: bang stick
Etymology: From bang + stick.
Senses: examples: text: (Never shoot a shark unless you have to protect yourself in an emergency situation. And, if you are forced to shoot, use a twelve-gauge bangstick if you have one with you.)
ref: 1972 August 21, Paul Stewart, William Kennedy, “The Best Dives Around Town”, in New York Magazine, volume 5, number 34, New York Media, LLC, →ISSN, page 55:
text: Powerheads ("bangsticks") can also be used to kill alligators, but should only be used with the barrel under water and according to manufacturer recommendations.
ref: 1994, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Robert M. Timm, Gary E. Larson, editors, Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage: A Handbook for People Who Deal with Wildlife Damage Problems, DIANE Publishing Inc., published 2010, page F-3:
glosses: A kind of underwater speargun used primarily against sharks.
Synonyms: powerhead
bangsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bangstick
winterlong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From winter + -long.
Senses: examples: text: David and Deena Fishman in the Palm Courtyard of their winterlong vacation haunt, the Breakers in Palm Beach, Fla.
ref: 2008 February 8, Joanne Kaufman, “Checking In for the Long Haul”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extending throughout a winter.
leadenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more leadenly
form: most leadenly
Etymology: From leaden + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The post-hippie urban style of 1970 comes across as so leadenly soggy that it’s beyond sending up.
ref: 2008 February 9, Ben Brantley, “An Indomitable Diva Played by, Well, an ...”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a leaden manner.
leadenness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leaden + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being leaden.
archæologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He knows his unique heritage, and the fact of the genuine interest taken by the Greek government in archæologic research for the last forty years (the National Archæologic Society was founded in 1858), and the brilliant results of this society’s labors, prove it.
ref: 1897, James Mason Hoppin, chapter I, in Greek Art on Greek Soil, Woughton, Mifflin and Company, page 8:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of archeologic.
nonrecalled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + recalled.
Senses: glosses: Not recalled (as by participants in a memory study).
multitrunked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multitrunked
form: most multitrunked
Etymology: From multi- + trunked.
Senses: examples: text: Taking his subject from Book 10 of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses,” Poussin shows the young hunter Adonis sinking into the voluptuous embrace of Venus among frolicking putti under a multitrunked tree.
ref: 2008 February 9, Paula Deitz, “Together at Last: 2 Paintings in a Frame”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having several trunks.
archeologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: archaeologic
form: archæologic
Etymology: From archeo- + -logic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of archaeologic.
unadornedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unadornedly
form: most unadornedly
Etymology: From unadorned + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In this “O, O,” as in many French encounters with Judson-era artists and precepts, there exists a dissonance-causing artifice; the seven new performers do not always seem as unadornedly present as their American peers were.
ref: 2008 February 9, Claudia La Rocco, “Moving in the Round With the Master of High Silliness”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without adornment.
archaeologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: archæologic
form: archeologic
Etymology: From archaeo- + -logic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to archaeology.
glosses: antiquated
Derived terms: osteoarchaeologic
Swedish Vallhund
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swedish Vallhunds
Etymology: From Swedish + Swedish vallhund (“herding dog”), from valla (“herd”) + hund (“dog”).
Senses: glosses: A dog of a small, powerful breed associated with the Vikings.
Synonyms: Vallhund
babyishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more babyishly
form: most babyishly
Etymology: From babyish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Marc Jacobs, wearing his Sunday best and still with blue hair, came out onto a concert stage in the 26th Street Armory not 10 minutes after his show was scheduled to start, waving his arms and calling out babyishly to the arriving guests, who included fashion plates like Victoria Beckham and Kevin Federline.
ref: 2008 February 10, Eric Wilson, “Marc Jacobs Play It Safe? Come On, Now”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a babyish manner.
closetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more closetlike
form: most closetlike
Etymology: From closet + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Pizza slices, supplì (a fried ball of rice, tomato sauce, cheese and usually green peas) and, most amazing of all, roasted porchetta (pork) sandwiches are all things that are available from street vendors or small, closetlike storefront kitchens.
ref: 2008 February 10, The New York Times, “La Dolce Vita, Both Day and Night”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a closet; confined and claustrophobic.
Redemptorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Redemptorist
compromisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more compromisingly
form: most compromisingly
Etymology: From compromising + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: These productions show unconscious people being drawn on with Sharpies, smothered in shaving cream, posed compromisingly and otherwise humiliated — all for the amusement of the Internet.
ref: 2008 February 10, Virginia Heffernan, “In Vino Veritas”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a compromising manner.
pitviper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pitvipers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pit viper.
pitvipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pitviper
cottonmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottonmouth
cyberstalk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cyberstalks
form: cyberstalking
form: cyberstalked
form: cyberstalked
Etymology: From cyber- + stalk.
Senses: examples: text: But when it comes to tales from my fellow midlifers, I most often find myself reading about regret and claustrophobia, fantasies surreptitiously indulged, old flames cyberstalked (including the agony of whether to hit “send” on that “Hey, you won’t believe who this is!” e-mail message), children occupying center stage as our ailing parents wait in the wings for our care ... while out of the spotlight, dangling unnoticed in the rigging, is the incredible shrinking spouse.
ref: 2008 February 10, Daniel Jones, “A Valley of Misery Between Peaks of Joy”, in New York Times:
glosses: To stalk (a person) by means of computer networks.
cyberstalked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cyberstalk
cyberstalks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cyberstalk
cyberstalking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cyberstalk
cyberstalking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberstalkings
Senses: examples: text: Victims of cyberstalking experience increased psychological distress compared to stalking victims in general.
ref: 2007, Debra A. Pinals, Stalking : Psychiatric Perspectives and Practical Approaches, →ISBN, page 219:
hypernyms: cybercrime
glosses: The use of electronic communications or tracking technologies to stalk or harass another person.
Related terms: tech abuse
freshenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freshening
nonherniated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + herniated.
Senses: glosses: Not herniated.
endoneurial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From endoneurium + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the endoneurium.
endoneurium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endoneuriums
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A layer of delicate connective tissue enclosing the myelin sheath of a spinal cord nerve fiber.
Related terms: endoneurial
proletarianizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proletarianization
hydrotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrotherapists
Etymology: From hydro- + therapist.
Senses: examples: text: Her new project is “Words Are Missing” (AGF Producktion), an engrossing and puzzling hourlong CD. An elegant booklet goes some way toward explaining these sighing, flickering creations — one restless track, which mellows as it grows, is based on a “food combining chart” taken from the Web site of an Oregon colon hydrotherapist — but not, happily, all the way.
ref: 2008 February 10, Kelefa Sanneh, “Genres to Bend, Words to Finesse, Rhymes to Unravel”, in New York Times:
glosses: A therapist who performs hydrotherapy.
hydrotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrotherapist
machinators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machinator
grumblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grumbly: more grumbly
grumbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grumbly: most grumbly
mixeder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It means hip-hop’s mixed messages just got a littler mixeder.
ref: 2008 February 10, Kelefa Sanneh, “Genres to Bend, Words to Finesse, Rhymes to Unravel”, in New York Times:
glosses: comparative form of mixed: more mixed
monitorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monitorship
multitribal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multitribal
form: most multitribal
Etymology: From multi- + tribal.
Senses: examples: text: She led multitribal projects for the National Institutes of Health and testified before Congress on behalf of tribal colleges, yet her ancestral legacy seemed like something she could only visit.
ref: 2008 February 10, Vikki Valentine, “Bette Keltner and Joseph Jacobs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one tribe.
multimuseum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + museum.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one museum.
diya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdiːə/
/ˈdiːjə/
Forms: form: diyas
form: deeya
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दिया (diyā).
Senses: examples: text: She is given an aarti plate with a lit diya on it.
ref: 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 285:
glosses: A small bowl-shaped oil lamp, usually made from clay, with a cotton wick dipped in ghee or vegetable oil, often used on religious occasions.
diya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈdiːə/
/ˈdiːjə/
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Alternative form of diyya.
nonhippie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhippies
Etymology: From non- + hippie.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nonhippy.
sherrylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sherrylike
form: most sherrylike
Etymology: From sherry + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Grillo, a minor white grape, is familiar to fans of Marsala, a sherrylike Sicilian wine that has lost favor over the years.
ref: 2008 February 10, Howard G. Goldberg, “Tangy White for Shellfish”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sherry.
semisecretive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + secretive.
Senses: examples: text: Even today few find the concept comical, least of all in the political realm, where the notion of a mighty, semisecretive establishment — business-suited men (and a few women) cloistered in the proverbial smoke-filled room — still obtains.
ref: 2008 February 10, Nicholas Confessore, “The Vanishing Establishment”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat secretive.
shlubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: shlubbier
form: more shlubby
form: shlubbiest
form: most shlubby
Senses: examples: text: Although [Seth] Rogen had his artistic breakthrough with “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” two years ago, he achieved mass appeal this year as a funny, lovable, shlubby every-guy who won the beautiful blonde.
ref: 2008 February 10, Lynn Hirschberg, “Breaking through”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 May 2011:
glosses: Alternative form of schlubby.
siricid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siricids
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the family Siricidae of horntails, certain woodwasps.
siricids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siricid
xylophonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xylophonic
form: most xylophonic
Etymology: From xylophone + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Everything about them — the look, the feel, the faint smell, the xylophonic sound they make when they fall over — reminds him of his youth.
ref: 2008 February 10, David Colman, “Long Before Legos, Wood Was Nice and Did Suffice”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a xylophone.
atonalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atonalism
interclub
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + club.
Senses: examples: text: The diagramed deal caused considerable comment when it was played in the first session of the Egyptian Premier League interclub team final between El-Ahly and Wadi Degla on Jan. 31.
ref: 2008 February 11, Phillip Alder, “West Gets a Workout in the Deductive Arts”, in New York Times:
glosses: Between clubs.
postqualifying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + qualifying.
Senses: examples: text: Michael Waltrip, embarrassed last year at Daytona when his new Toyota team was caught in the postqualifying inspection using an illegal fuel additive, also had a great run Sunday, taking the outside pole.
ref: 2008 February 11, The Associated Press, “Johnson Edges Waltrip to Win Daytona 500 Pole”, in New York Times:
glosses: After qualifying.
semidesert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semideserts
form: semi-desert
Etymology: From semi- + desert.
Senses: examples: text: The attacks throw a region sundered by conflict into still deeper chaos as a volatile mix of rebels, government forces and ethnic militias jockey to control a vast and unforgiving stretch of semidesert that straddles the two troubled countries.
ref: 2008 February 11, Lydia Polgreen, “Attacks Pushing Darfur Refugees Into Chad”, in New York Times:
glosses: A semiarid region, approaching desert.
Derived terms: semidesertic
semideserts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semidesert
nonhedged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hedged.
Senses: examples: text: Société Générale said the new figure included 1.25 billion euros from its portfolio of nonhedged collateralized debt obligations, 947 million euros in default risk related to bond insurers and 325 million euros in trading losses on its investments in residential mortgage-backed securities.
ref: 2008 February 12, Nicola Clark, “Société Générale Seeks to Raise $8 Billion”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Not hedged.
reharmonization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reharmonizations
Etymology: From re- + harmonization.
Senses: examples: text: Some of what “River” accomplishes as a jazz record is serious indeed. Mr. Hancock’s version of Duke Ellington’s “Solitude” is the modern jazz process itself: a complete reharmonization of a familiar song, with rhythm that keeps vanishing and reappearing.
ref: 2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times:
glosses: The process of reharmonizing a musical work; a musical work made by reharmonizing another work.
reharmonizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reharmonization
squeezably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more squeezably
form: most squeezably
Etymology: From squeezable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “The first co-owner had coarse-coated dogs, and she said he was so fluffy and squeezably, wonderfully soft,” Good said.
ref: 2008 February 12, Richard Sandomir, “Beagle Is Top Hound at Westminster Dog Show”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a squeezable manner.
syncretist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syncretists
Senses: examples: text: Both are syncretist collaborations between a flexible jazz musician and a famously uncompromising genius who invented his or her own style  two musicians of putatively different worlds.
ref: 2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who attempts syncretism, the fusion of different systems or beliefs.
syncretists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of syncretist
whorling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whorl
girthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɜːði/
enpr: gûrthē
ipa: /ˈɡɝði/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ði
Forms: form: girthier
form: girthiest
Etymology: From girth + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of significant girth; wide.
girthiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of girthy: most girthy
girthier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of girthy: more girthy
nonevangelical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + evangelical.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Huckabee got a boost from conservative and evangelical Christian voters in the state, but not enough to overcome support among moderates and nonevangelical Christians for Mr. McCain, who won 50 percent of the vote. Mr. McCain also prevailed in the District of Columbia, with 68 percent of the vote, and in Maryland, where he had 55 percent of the vote with 67 percent of the precincts reporting.
ref: 2008 February 13, John M. Broder, “Obama and McCain Sweep 3 Primaries”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not evangelical.
nonevangelical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonevangelicals
Etymology: From non- + evangelical.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an evangelical.
refabricate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refabricates
form: refabricating
form: refabricated
form: refabricated
Etymology: From re- + fabricate.
Senses: examples: text: During the current renovation, Sage has been able to repurchase several of these elements on eBay and has refabricated others.
ref: 2008 February 13, Robert Sharoff, “A Chicago Hotel’s New Life in a Rising Area”, in New York Times:
glosses: To fabricate again or anew.
Related terms: refabrication
refabricates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refabricate
refabricating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refabricate
refabricated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refabricate
subwaying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subway
subwayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subway
babyproofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: babyproofers
Etymology: From babyproof + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Their parents soon become the most ingenious babyproofers alive, and live, for these hectic two years, in houses that are battened down like ships.
ref: 2001, Holly Bennett, Teresa Pitman, The toddler years: from 1 to 3:
text: They went ahead with putting in flat-front lacquered maple cabinets in the kitchen, even though they soon had to watch a professional babyproofer drill 300 holes in them for safety latches.
ref: 2008 February 14, Julie Scelfo, “Parent Shock: Children Are Not Décor”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who babyproofs a dwelling.
babyproofers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of babyproofer
refabrication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refabrications
Etymology: From re- + fabrication.
Senses: glosses: Fabrication again or anew; remanufacture.
refabrications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refabrication
freezeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From freeze + -proof.
Senses: examples: text: This 10-megapixel point-and-shoot camera is waterproof, freezeproof and, interestingly enough, crushproof.
ref: 2008 February 14, John Biggs, “A Point-and-Shoot Camera Wrapped in a Suit of Armor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resistant to freezing.
freezeproof
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: freezeproofs
form: freezeproofing
form: freezeproofed
form: freezeproofed
Etymology: From freeze + -proof.
Senses: glosses: To make resistant to freezing.
freezeproofs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freezeproof
freezeproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freezeproof
freezeproofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freezeproof
lunchmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunchmates
Etymology: From lunch + mate.
Senses: examples: text: He and his lunchmates have all taken a stab at predicting the outcome, and office pools are sure to follow.
ref: 2008 February 14, Lisa W. Foderaro, “Suddenly, Everyone Hanging Out at the Water Cooler Is a Political Expert”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: dinnermate
suppermate
glosses: A friend or colleague with whom one eats lunch.
lunchmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchmate
lunchmeats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lunchmeat
purrings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purring
sateens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sateen
sonarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sonarlike
form: most sonarlike
Etymology: From sonar + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They can fly — the only mammals that can — and most also possess the sonarlike ability to locate objects, like the insects they want to eat, by emitting high-pitched sonic pulses and then triangulating the echoes bouncing back to their oversize ears.
ref: 2008 February 14, Kenneth Chang, “Primitive Bats Took to the Wing, but They Didn’t Have That Ping”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of sonar.
uncrook
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɹʊk/
rhymes: -ʊk
Forms: form: uncrooks
form: uncrooking
form: uncrooked
form: uncrooked
Etymology: From un- + crook.
Senses: examples: text: And like them, he worked high on the fretboard, peeling off nimble riffs without ever uncrooking his arm.
ref: 2008 February 14, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations”, in New York Times:
glosses: To bring back from a crooked position.
uncrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncrook
uncrooking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncrook
uncrooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncrook
uncrooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Not crooked; straight.
antipoisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + poisoning.
Senses: examples: text: Residents are now rising up against the practice, however, joining an antipoisoning campaign that is aimed at keeping offenders from going to market with their catches and sending them to jail instead.
ref: 2008 February 15, Marc Lacey, “In Remote Valley, a Grim Redefinition of ‘Fishing’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing or countering poisoning.
balusterlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more balusterlike
form: most balusterlike
Etymology: From baluster + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Passebon is showing whimsical pieces, like a pair of vintage white-lacquered metal garden chairs that are a confection of swirls and flowers, and more serious fare, like a pair of Napoleon III miniature seats upholstered in blue velvet with gilded faux bamboo legs and low, balusterlike round backs, also carved and gilded, in imitation of beaded fringe.
ref: 2008 February 15, Wendy Moonan, “Remembering a Woman of Very Original Tastes”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a baluster.
harmolodic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harmolodic
form: most harmolodic
Senses: examples: text: FREE FORM FUNKY FREQS (Friday) This free-funk power trio, which recently released its self-titled debut on the Thirsty Ear label, consists of the guitarist Vernon Reid, the bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma and the drummer G. Calvin Weston, students of the harmolodic philosophies of Ornette Coleman, who might almost be considered a phantom member of the group.
ref: 2008 February 15, The New York Times, “Jazz Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to harmolodics.
monzogranitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monzogranitic
form: most monzogranitic
Etymology: From monzogranite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to monzogranite.
monzogranite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monzogranites
Senses: examples: text: Just down the road is the western entrance to Joshua Tree National Park, an 800,000-acre preserve in an otherworldly monzogranite rock scape between the Mojave and Colorado Deserts.
ref: 2008 February 15, Susan Morgan, “Off the Set, Into the Desert”, in New York Times:
glosses: A kind of biotite granite rock, considered to be the final fractionation product of magma.
Related terms: monzogranitic
monzogranites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monzogranite
nonlucrative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lucrative.
Senses: examples: text: Like so many other single New Yorkers who stubbornly persist in pursuing fulfilling but decidedly nonlucrative careers, Matthew Thomas, a 32-year-old aspiring novelist, endured a housing history defined by transience and tests of endurance.
ref: 2008 February 15, Susan Dominus, “A Co-op for $14,000? It’s No Fiction”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not lucrative.
truckmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From truck + making.
Senses: examples: text: Chrysler’s disposal last year will let Daimler focus on improving profitability at remaining divisions, including truckmaking and vehicle finance, Mr. Zetsche said.
ref: 2008 February 15, Bloomberg News, “Profit at Daimler After Chrysler Sale”, in New York Times:
glosses: The manufacture of trucks.
wallpaperlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wallpaperlike
form: most wallpaperlike
Etymology: From wallpaper + -like.
Senses: examples: text: In it four images of a stunningly beautiful, scantily clad blonde are set against a wallpaperlike expanse of the splintery images of H. C. Westermann — an excellent artist who is not on many collectors’ must-have lists these days.
ref: 2008 February 15, Roberta Smith, “Rounding Up the Usual Suspects”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of wallpaper.
comparingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more comparingly
form: most comparingly
Etymology: From comparing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: So as to compare.
automatonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more automatonlike
form: most automatonlike
Etymology: From automaton + -like.
Senses: examples: text: There is further to go: Ms. Lowery’s lively head positions should be yet more elegant; Ms. Krohn is too automatonlike; and Ms. Reichlen at one point prolongs a preparation in an un-Balanchine way.
ref: 2008 February 16, Alastair Macaulay, “Love’s Labors Tossed and Turned in a Survey of the Heart’s Hard Edges”, in New York Times:
glosses: Like an automaton; robotic.
countertheory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countertheories
Etymology: From counter- + theory.
Senses: examples: text: There is a countertheory, however, set forth by Dr. David B. Allison, the incoming president of the Obesity Society, a leading organization of obesity doctors and scientists.
ref: 2008 February 16, Stephanie Saul, “Conflict on the Menu”, in New York Times:
glosses: A contrasting theory put forward as a response to another theory.
countertheories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countertheory
counterwave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterwaves
Etymology: From counter- + wave.
Senses: examples: text: Just as the message has apparently been heard, it has encountered a counterwave of books arguing that religion is totally unfit, not merely for public life, but for personal life as well.
ref: 2008 February 16, Peter Steinfels, “Religious Right May Be Fading, but Not the ‘Culture Wars’”, in New York Times:
glosses: A wave (as of public opinion) going against an earlier wave.
counterwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterwave
ecoanxiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco-anxiety
Etymology: From eco- + anxiety.
Senses: examples: text: Where there is ecoanxiety, of course, there are ecotherapists.
ref: 2008 February 16, Patricia Leigh Brown, “For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home”, in New York Times:
text: “When people start to be worried about the planet, they don’t know that they have eco-anxiety,” he said. “When they see this thing has a name, then they understand what to call it.”
ref: 2023 September 16, Jason Horowitz, quoting Dr. Paolo Cianconi, “How Do We Feel About Global Warming? It’s Called Eco-Anxiety.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: eco-angst
coordinate_terms: ecogrief
glosses: Anxiety about damage to the ecosystem.
ecotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecotherapists
Etymology: From eco- + therapist.
Senses: examples: text: Where there is ecoanxiety, of course, there are ecotherapists.
ref: 2008 February 16, Patricia Leigh Brown, “For ‘EcoMoms,’ Saving Earth Begins at Home”, in New York Times:
glosses: A therapist who practises ecotherapy.
ecotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecotherapist
evictee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evictees
Etymology: From evict + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: Things can get especially tense, he said, when the evictees are former soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army, the separatist guerrilla group that fought the Serbs.
ref: 2008 February 16, Dan Bilefsky, “As Kosovo Rebuilds, U.N. Hurries to Return Property”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is evicted.
evictees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evictee
gangline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganglines
Etymology: From gang + line.
Senses: examples: text: As the dogs were hooked up to the gangline linking them to the A.T.V. on a snowless day, the cacophony of barking built as the animals pulled at the harness to get going.
ref: 2008 February 16, Rebecca Santana, “Training for Alaska, in New Jersey”, in New York Times:
glosses: A central line connecting a sled etc. to the individual tuglines of the animals that draw it.
ganglines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gangline
unclimactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unclimactic
form: most unclimactic
Etymology: From un- + climactic.
Senses: examples: text: This procession is slow and unclimactic, utterly mesmerizing and like everything else about this astounding work, absolutely right.
ref: 2008 February 16, Roslyn Sulcas, “Two Immortal Lovers Have a Rematch in Paris”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not climactic.
Derived terms: unclimactically
lionheart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lionhearts
Etymology: From lion + heart, perhaps from Richard the Lionheart.
Senses: examples: text: But the United States Congress tends to be a courage-free zone, so Mr. McCain’s orneriness toward Republican primary voters makes him a lionheart in the political world.
ref: 2008 February 17, Nicholas D. Kristof, “The World’s Worst Panderer”, in New York Times:
glosses: A brave, heroic person.
Related terms: word: lionhearted
lionhearts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lionheart
marathonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more marathonlike
form: most marathonlike
Etymology: From marathon + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Some are short and to the point, like 10Ks, and some are mileage-heavy, requiring a marathonlike time commitment.
ref: 2008 February 17, Nick Kaye, Hilary Howard, “Long Cruises: Too Much of a Good Thing?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a marathon.
parentlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parentlike
form: most parentlike
Etymology: From parent + -like.
Senses: examples: text: With relief, she recognizes her dog, Max, who in a parentlike role has come to guide her home.
ref: 2008 February 17, Jessica Bruder, “Up All Night”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a parent.
Related terms: parently
quasiparental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more quasiparental
form: most quasiparental
Etymology: From quasi- + parental.
Senses: examples: text: Teachers at the boarding-school had a quasiparental role.
glosses: Having or involving certain aspects of parenthood.
toolbag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toolbags
Etymology: From tool + bag.
Senses: examples: text: The mundane reality is that many art thieves are simply not the sharpest grappling hooks in the toolbag; the smart ones choose to steal things that can be much more easily converted into money — or just money itself.
ref: 2008 February 17, Randy Kennedy, “Where You Going With That Monet?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A bag used to carry tools.
examples: text: Leighton Greene, Star Spanked
“Sorry for being such a total toolbag,” Tristan whispered when I gave the empty bottle back to him.
text: You are owed an explanation and an apology. […] I'm sure you're an awesome, lovely girl, and he was a total toolbag who was lucky to be with you.
ref: 2014, Lisa Winning, Carrie Henderson McDermott, He Texted: The Ultimate Guide to Decoding Guys, page 222:
glosses: A tool or jerk; an obnoxious person.
toolbags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toolbag
undecideds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undecided
untempted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more untempted
form: most untempted
Etymology: From un- + tempted.
Senses: examples: text: But the fact that someone so untempted by mystical inclinations could in an important sense be sustained by what was in part a mystical relationship is emblematic of the extraordinary demands that, in extremis, patients cannot help making  demands that are as impossible for doctors to fulfill as they are impossible for patients to forgo.
ref: 2008 February 17, David Rieff, “Miracle Workers?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not tempted.
acroterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌækɹəˈtɪəɹi.əm/
Forms: form: acroteria
form: acroterion
form: acroter
Etymology: From Latin acrōtērium, from Ancient Greek ἀκρωτήριον (akrōtḗrion); related to ἄκρος (ákros, “highest, at the extremity”). Doublet of acroter.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
glosses: One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.