cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
video ho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: video hos
form: video hoes
Etymology: From video (“music video”) + ho (“whore”).
Senses: examples: text: Already Queen Latifah was going for hers in this male-dominated world of video ho's^([sic]) and fantasy B-gals.
ref: 1991, Havelock Nelson, Michael A. Gonzales, Bring the Noise: a Guide to Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture, Harmony Books, →ISBN, page 162:
text: Just when we thought couldn't nobody be a black woman in pop music without being a provocative pop tart, a put-it-on-the-glass video ho, or a gold-digging hoochie mama, here comes Badu—on BET, no less, home of the superficial, land of the fake.
ref: 1997 August, Greg Tate, “Soul Sister Number One”, in Vibe, volume 5, number 6, page 82:
text: The only difference between Imelda and a video ho was the stripper pole.
ref: 2009, Tracie Howard, Friends & Fauxs, Random House, Inc., →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: One of the attractive, highly sexualized female dancers or actresses, typically black, who commonly appear in hip-hop music videos.
bituminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/
ipa: /bəˈtuməneɪt/
Forms: form: bituminates
form: bituminating
form: bituminated
form: bituminated
Etymology: First attested in 1628; borrowed from Late Latin bitūminātus, perfect passive participle of bitūminō (“to bituminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from bitūmen + verb-forming suffix.
Senses: examples: text: Bituminated walls of Babylon.
ref: 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
synonyms: bituminize
bituminise
bitumenize
glosses: To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
bituminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈtjuːmɪneɪt/
ipa: /bəˈtuməneɪt/
Forms: form: bituminates
Etymology: First attested in 1628; borrowed from Late Latin bitūminātus, perfect passive participle of bitūminō (“to bituminate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix)), from bitūmen + verb-forming suffix.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Ehrmann has used the bituminate of iodoform with success in the treatment of soft chancres, especially phagedenic, as a dressing, after the opening of suppurating buboes, in gummy tumors and in ulcers of the leg.
ref: 1888 October, “Bituminate of Iodoform”, in The Epitome, number 34, page 509:
glosses: A substance that has been treated with bitumen.
protoneutron stars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protoneutron star
M/S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MS
form: M.S.
form: M. S,
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of motor ship, ship propelled by an internal combustion engine, such as a diesel engine, in contrast to sailing ships and steamships.
Synonyms: sense: motor ship
word: M/V
sense: motor ship
word: M.V.
sense: motor ship
word: MV
sense: motor ship
word: M. V.
Related terms: sense: motor ship
word: SS
sense: motor ship
word: TS
M/S
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism from the names Mulder and Scully.
Senses: examples: text: I am a M/S 'Shipper from my brown roots to my red toenails, but PMP was in NO WAY "Shippey."
ref: 1997 December 2, Gertie "the Bimbo" Beth, “PMP Fantasy (see the ep for what it really is...)”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
text: Does this mean that I'm going to be getting spoiled on M/S fic from you as well now? :-D
ref: 1998 June 22, StarGzrCMC, “Re: NEW: Heaven Is Here (movie fic) 01/01”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet):
text: Ok, being a M/S shipper is kinda hard now without Mulder around.
ref: 2001 December 8, Jewlz!, “Re: XF Controversies”, in alt.tv.x-files (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The ship of characters Fox Mulder and Dana Scully from the television series The X-Files.
Synonyms: Sculder
M/V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M/Vs
form: MV
form: M.V.
form: M. V.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Initialism of motor vessel.
Synonyms: sense: motor vessel
word: M/S
sense: motor vessel
word: M. S.
sense: motor vessel
word: M.S.
sense: motor vessel
word: MS
Coordinate terms: sense: motor vessel
word: SS
sense: motor vessel
word: TS
Related terms: sense: motor vessel
word: M/Y
sense: motor vessel
word: R/V
sense: motor vessel
word: S/V
working time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: working times
Senses: examples: text: Working time shall mean any period during which the worker is working, at the employer's disposal and carrying out his activity or duties, in accordance with national laws and/or practice.
ref: 1993 December 13, Official Journal (of the European Union) L 307, pages 0018 - 0024:
topics: law
synonyms: working hours
glosses: The period of time that an individual spends at paid occupational labor. Most countries regulate the working time by law, e.g. by stipulating a maximum number of working hours per week. Exact definition varies by the legislation.
HSwMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of His/Her Swedish Majesty's Ship; a ship prefix for a naval ship of the navy of Sweden.
Related terms: HMS
HBMS
HNMS
HNoMS
HNLMS
HMAS
HMCS
HMNZS
ropemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ropemaker
Kalenjin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kalenjins
form: Kalenjin
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group of Nilotic origin living in the Great Rift Valley in western Kenya and eastern Uganda.
Kalenjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Nilotic language spoken by this group.
diapositives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diapositive
overtiredness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overtired + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state of being overtired; exhaustion.
threshing-floor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threshing-floors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of threshing floor.
burrowing parrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: burrowing parrots
Senses: glosses: A South-American conure, Cyanoliseus patagonus
balisage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The use of dim lighting to enable navigation without giving away one's position to the enemy.
platypusary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplætɪpʊsəɹi/
Forms: form: platypusaries
form: platypussary
Etymology: From platypus + -ary, coined by Australian naturalist Henry Burrell (1873–1945), the first person who succeeded in constructing a functioning platypusary.
Senses: examples: text: It was Mr. Harry Burrell, of Sydney, who first designed an intricate model home for the platypus and coined for it the obviously suitable name of "Platypusary".
ref: 1944, David Howells Fleay, We breed the platypus, page 14:
text: When building "platypusaries" in zoos and sanctuaries it is essential to ensure that man-made tunnels are tight-fitting.
ref: 1974, Dal Stivens, The incredible egg: a billion year journey, page 354:
text: There was nothing for it but to install the three duckbills in the travelling platypusary in one of the Pan American hangars and hope for the best.
ref: 1980, David Howells Fleay, Paradoxical Platypus: Hobnobbing with Duckbills, page 106:
glosses: A place where platypuses are nurtured.
wikipedia: Henry Burrell
overexcitability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overexcitabilities
Etymology: From over- + excitability.
Senses: examples: text: Not surprisingly, many children and adults with this particular overexcitability attempt to avoid or minimize certain settings of overstimulation.
ref: 2005, James T. Webb with Edward R. Amend and Nadia Webb, Misdiagnosis and dual diagnoses of gifted children and adults: ADHD, Bipolar, OCD, Asperger's, Depression and other Disorders:
glosses: The state of being overexcitable.
platypusaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platypusary
platypussaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of platypussary
Kalenjins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kalenjin
mathemagician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mathemagicians
form: mathmagician
form: mathamagician
Etymology: Blend of mathematician + magician
Senses: examples: text: Of course, there is no reason why some algorithm invented by mathemagicians should have an analogy in the way actual markets work.
ref: 1984, Richard R Cornwall, Introduction to the use of general equilibrium analysis:
text: They're all here in this illustrated, brain-boggling bonanza by famous puzzler and mathemagician Martin Gardner.
ref: 1995, Martin Gardner, Classic Brainteasers:
text: It is not, then, a Boeing which our mathemagicians propose to make vanish, but the living Earth; and it is its metaphysical double which they are progressively unveiling to us.
ref: 2005, Paul Virilio, The information bomb:
glosses: One whose mathematical skills are so remarkable as to resemble magic.
mathemagicians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mathemagician
cloudwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cloud + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Osmunda swept a curtsey, that yellow hair falling cloudwise to her feet, then turned swift to disappear in the shadow of the turret stair.
ref: 1897, A Balfour Symington, Atalanta:
text: Apparently its upper portion rose up to heaven in the form of a column ; its lower being spread out cloudwise, over Israel's camp.
ref: 2003, Arthur W Pink, Gleanings in Exodus:
glosses: In the form of a cloud.
examples: text: Cloudwise, it will be densely overcast tomorrow.
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
weather
glosses: Regarding the clouds or cloud cover
lensboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lensboards
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lens board.
lensboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lensboard
bellowslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bellowslike
form: most bellowslike
Etymology: From bellows + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).
bellringing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellringings
Etymology: From Middle English belle rynggyng, bell-ryngyng, bel ryngynge, belryngynge, equivalent to bell + ringing.
Senses: glosses: The ringing of bells, as performed by a bellringer.
bellringings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellringing
lens board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lens boards
form: lensboard
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: A part used for securing a lens to the front standard of a large-format view camera.
lens boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lens board
mises en scène
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mise en scène
crimebusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crimebuster
footwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footwell
musicalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of musicalise
musicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: musicalizes
form: musicalizing
form: musicalized
form: musicalized
Etymology: From musical + -ize.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of musicalise.
musicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of musicalize
musicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of musicalize
musicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of musicalize
Lehnen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lehnens
Etymology: Borrowed from German Lehnen.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
microenterprises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microenterprise
ketchups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ketchup
opium poppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opium poppies
Senses: glosses: Papaver somniferum, the species of plant from which opium and poppy seeds are extracted.
Synonyms: word: breadseed poppy
word: sleep flower
opium poppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opium poppy
Londonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnˈdəʊnɪ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: more Londonian
form: most Londonian
Etymology: In the city sense, perhaps from French Londonien, londonien.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the city of London, England.
glosses: Of or relating to Jack London (1876–1916), American author, journalist, and social activist.
Londonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnˈdəʊnɪ.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Londonians
Etymology: In the city sense, perhaps from French Londonien, londonien.
Senses: glosses: A Londoner.
Londonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Londonian
interrogative adjectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interrogative adjective
chark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: charks
Etymology: A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal).
Senses: examples: text: ... so I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal ...
ref: 1719, Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe:
glosses: Charcoal; coke.
examples: text: The discoverer of the chark, or " fire-drill," an instrument for obtaining fire by artificial means, would be so great a benefactor to a people that had to suffer all the inconveniences resulting from occasional fireless hearths, that we may well understand why he may be invested by his astonished and delighted fellow-savages with miraculous or supernatural powers.
ref: 1872, Charles Hardwick, Traditions, Superstitions, and Folk-lore:
glosses: A pointed stick, which when placed with the point against another piece of wood, and spun rapidly in alternate directions with the aid of attached cords, produces enough heat by friction to create a fire; a fire drill.
examples: text: At noon, each man got his half-chark (a wine glass) full of rum and a four-quart iron pot of fish soup made from salt salmon, potatoes and graham flour ... in the evening another half chark of rum and 20 cents as pay for the day's work.
ref: 2006, Phyllis Downing Carlson, Laurel Downing Bill, Aunt Phil's Trunk: Early Alaska:
qualifier: Alaska
glosses: A wine glass.
examples: text: A good chark will sometimes take as many as eight or ten bustards or five or six gazelles in the course of a morning.
ref: 1856, Austen Henry Layard, Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon, 2nd edition:
glosses: A Middle Eastern falcon, probably the lanner.
chark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: charks
form: charking
form: charked
form: charked
Etymology: A back-formation from charcoal (interpreted as chark coal).
Senses: examples: text: 1749, John Lowthorp, Royal Society of Great Britain, The Philosophical Transactions and Collections to the end of the year MDCC, 5th Edition,
I have ſeen Turf chark'd, and then it ſerves to work Iron, and, as I have been inform'd will ſerve to make it in a Bloomery or Iron-work. Turf chark'd I reckon the ſweeteſt and wholeſomeſt Fire that can be, fitter for a Chamber and conſumptive People, than either Wood, Stone-Coal or Charcoal.
text: The method which the Romans now taught them of charking the coal continues eſſentially the ſame until the preſent moment.
ref: 1771, John Whitaker, The History of Manchester, volume 1:
text: “He's not the first driver that's charked, and he won't be the last,” Modelar said, speaking low. “The day you no longer accept that is the day you hang up your spurs.”
ref: 2014, Chris Evans, Of Bone and Thunder:
glosses: To reduce by strong heat, as to produce charcoal or coke; to calcine.
chark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɑː(ɹ)k/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)k
Forms: form: charks
form: charking
form: charked
form: charked
Etymology: Cognate with Scots chork, from Middle English charken, cherkin, from Old English ċearcian, variant of cracian (“to resound, make an abrasive sound, crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle; to shriek”). Doublet of chirk, crack, and crake.
Senses: examples: text: The hoarse charking conversation which they carried on was calculated to support the delusion.
ref: 1820, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 7:
glosses: To make a grating sound.
intertube
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + tube.
Senses: examples: text: If the intertube interactions are negligibly small, the electronic band structure along any line in the Brillouin zone parallel to the rope axis would be exactly the same as that of an isolated tube.
ref: 2001, Young-Gui Yoon, Steven G. Louie, “Electronic Structure and Quantum Conductance of Carbon Nanotubes”, in Giorgio Benedek et al., editors, Nanostructured Carbon for Advanced Applications, Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 242:
glosses: Between or among tubes or nanotubes.
Coordinate terms: intratube
Related terms: innertube
Intertubes
mixed declension
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mixed declensions
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The declension pattern for attributive adjectives that follow the indefinite article ein, the negative article kein, and possessive determiners such as mein and dein.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The declension pattern for masculine and neuter nouns that have -en in the plural but -s, -es, or -ens in the genitive singular.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A subtype of the third declension with -ium in the genitive plural.
snow sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snow sheep
Etymology: From its snowy mountain habitat.
Senses: glosses: Ovis nivicola, a species of sheep from the mountainous areas in the northeast of Siberia.
aboiteaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑ.bwɑ.toʊ/
Senses: glosses: plural of aboiteau
argali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: argalis
Etymology: From Mongolic (Mongolian аргаль (argalʹ)).
Senses: glosses: Ovis ammon, the largest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia.
Synonyms: mountain sheep
Derived terms: Altai argali
Gobi argali
Karaganda argali
Kara Tau argali
Marco Polo argali
North China argali
Severtzov argali
Tian Shan argali
Tibetan argali
take sick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes sick
form: taking sick
form: took sick
form: taken sick
Senses: examples: text: The father of a certain family took sick and died. The family believed some foul play had been exercised in his case, and when they came to burn the body, a small portion, perhaps the heart, did not consume as rapidly as the rest.
ref: 1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:
synonyms: take ill
fall sick
be taken ill
be taken sick
glosses: To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.
artal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rotl
domestic sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: domestic sheep
Senses: glosses: Ovis aries, domesticated sheep kept as livestock
geotropic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈtɹɒpɪk/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʒioʊˈtɹoʊpɪk/
rhymes: -ɒpɪk
rhymes: -əʊpɪk
Forms: form: more geotropic
form: most geotropic
Etymology: From geo- + -tropic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to geotropism.
Derived terms: ageotropic
apogeotropic
geotropically
thinhorn sheep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thinhorn sheep
Etymology: thin + horn + sheep
Senses: glosses: Ovis dalli, a species of sheep native to northwestern North America, ranging from white to slate brown in color and having curved yellowish brown horns.
Synonyms: Dall sheep
Dall's sheep
look down one's nose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: looks down one's nose
form: looking down one's nose
form: looked down one's nose
form: looked down one's nose
Senses: examples: text: You look too high and mighty; customers would think you were looking down your nose at them.
ref: 1940, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, The House of Lee, Kessinger, published 2005, →ISBN, page 98:
text: The New York Daily News's Columnist John O'Donnell, a Taftman, looked down his nose at Eisenhower's campaign.
ref: 1952 March 24, “The Press: Fried Crow, à la Mode”, in Time:
text: [S]he has such a superior look about her, you know, like some snooty society matron, looking down her nose at the rest of us.
ref: 2003, Joy Fielding, Whispers and Lies, →ISBN, page 7:
glosses: To regard as inferior or distasteful; to hold in contempt.
raw_tags: followed by at
Related terms: look down on
turn up one's nose
hexagonal prisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hexagonal prism
Carcassonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑːkəˈsən/
ipa: /ˌkɑːkəˈsɒn/
ipa: /ˌkɑɹkəˈsən/
ipa: /ˌkɑɹkəˈsoʊn/
Senses: glosses: An old walled city, the prefecture of Aude department, Occitania, France.
qualifier: board games
glosses: A board game where players have to place tiles and score features.
native speakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of native speaker
picard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picards
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English picard. Doublet of Picard.
Senses: examples: text: Others, used commonly as fishing boats and in trade with Ireland, were “picards”, named often in the Tolsey Court books as pledges for debts, and worth about £8.
ref: 1933, E. M. Carus Wilson, “The Overseas Trade of Bristol”, in Eileen Power, M. M. Postan, editors, Studies in English Trade in the 15th Century, page 239:
text: Irish picards were noted as leaving Bridgewater or Minehead one day with small cargoes of salt or victuals, and returning the next or even the same day with loads of fish.
ref: 1947, Dorothy Burwash, English Merchant Shipping, 1460–1540:
text: Picards were very small. They were sailing lighters of some kind, primarily used to carry the catches from fishing boats at sea to port.
ref: 2015, Ian Friel, Henry V’s Navy: The Sea-Road to Agincourt and Conquest, 1413–1422, →ISBN:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of light, seaworthy vessel used in trade and the transport of fish in Britain and Ireland in the late medieval and early modern period.
picards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of picard
word processors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of word processor
Picards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Picard
text editors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of text editor
childraising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From child + raising.
Senses: glosses: childrearing
childraiser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childraisers
Etymology: From child + raiser.
Senses: glosses: A childrearer.
childrearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childrearers
Etymology: From child + rearer.
Senses: examples: text: Though Harding is familiar with Marxism, she moves far beyond the bounds of traditional Marxist theory. Her emphasis on the biological, psychological and social development of children, and on women's work as childrearers, indicates a deep integration of feminist principles into her work.
ref: 1981 December 27, Marsha Maurer, “Searching for the Theory”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 23, page 11:
glosses: One who rears (cares for and raises) a child.
Synonyms: childraiser
Related terms: childrearing
childrearers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childrearer
childraisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childraiser
nonexhaust
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-exhaust
Etymology: From non- + exhaust.
Senses: examples: nonexhaust emissions
glosses: Not of or pertaining to exhaust.
epifaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epifauna + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to epifauna.
fairytalelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fairytalelike
form: most fairytalelike
Etymology: From fairytale + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a fairytale; implausibly ideal or romantic, having a happy ending, etc.
surfboardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more surfboardlike
form: most surfboardlike
Etymology: From surfboard + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a surfboard.
skateboardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skateboardlike
form: most skateboardlike
Etymology: From skateboard + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a skateboard.
nonlove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + love.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing is intrinsically good except love; nothing is intrinsically bad except nonlove. One can never prescribe in advance what a Christian should do.
ref: 1999, Ronald H Nash, Life's ultimate questions: an introduction to philosophy:
glosses: Absence of love.
nondiurnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + diurnal.
Senses: glosses: Not diurnal.
nonnocturnal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + nocturnal.
Senses: glosses: Not nocturnal.
nondistorters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondistorter
snowflaky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowflaky
form: most snowflaky
form: snowflakey
Etymology: From snowflake + -y.
Senses: glosses: snowflakelike
snowflakelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more snowflakelike
form: most snowflakelike
Etymology: From snowflake + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a snowflake.
Synonyms: snowflaky
multidirectory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + directory.
Senses: examples: text: You can build one for diskette install, for single-directory install, or for a multidirectory install.
ref: 1997, Art Scott, Eric Smith, Inside VBScript with ActiveX:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one directory (container structure in a file system).
diminishingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more diminishingly
form: most diminishingly
Etymology: From diminishing + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a diminishing manner; becoming progressively smaller.
devouringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more devouringly
form: most devouringly
Etymology: From devouring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
nonpassionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + passionate.
Senses: examples: text: Orgasm consistency was significantly higher in the passionate than nonpassionate groups.
ref: 1973, Seymour Fisher, The female orgasm: psychology, physiology, fantasy:
synonyms: word: emotionless
word: unpassionate
word: alexithymic
word: apathistical
word: clinical
word: dull
word: cold-blooded
word: cold-hearted
word: dead inside
word: dispassionate
word: emotionless
word: immovable
word: impassible
word: impassive
word: insensible
word: nonemotional
word: nonfeeling
word: nonpassionate
word: nonsentimental
word: stolid
word: unemotional
word: unfeeling
word: unmovable
word: unpassionate
word: unsentimental
glosses: Not passionate.
nondonor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondonors
Etymology: From non- + donor.
Senses: examples: text: So long as the costs of registering as a donor or a nondonor are low, the results should be similar.
ref: 2009 September 27, Richard H. Thaler, “Opting in vs. Opting Out”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is not a donor.
nondonors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondonor
noncompassionate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + compassionate.
Senses: glosses: Not compassionate.
vacillatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more vacillatingly
form: most vacillatingly
Etymology: From vacillating + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a vacillating manner; uncertainly, waveringly.
nonkindergarten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + kindergarten.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to kindergarten.
nonsuccess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsuccesses
Etymology: From non- + success.
Senses: glosses: Absence of success; failure.
nonsuccesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsuccess
nongrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + growing.
Senses: examples: a nongrowing cell
glosses: That does not grow.
examples: the nongrowing season
glosses: Not of or pertaining to growing.
nonflowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flowing.
Senses: examples: a nonflowing liquid
glosses: That does not flow.
nonpartitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + partitive.
Senses: glosses: Not partitive.
nondivorcing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + divorcing.
Senses: examples: text: Nondivorcing parents generally had a higher income.
glosses: Not having a divorce.
newsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newsy
glosses: plural of newsie
scowlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scowlingly
form: most scowlingly
Etymology: From scowling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He scowlingly apologised to his brother, not really meaning it.
glosses: With a scowl.
waveringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more waveringly
form: most waveringly
Etymology: From wavering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a wavering way; in a way involving wavering.
Synonyms: vacillatingly
soaringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more soaringly
form: most soaringly
Etymology: From soaring + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The bird soon flew soaringly out of view.
glosses: In a soaring manner.
glosses: increasingly
quibblingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quibblingly
form: most quibblingly
Etymology: From quibbling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a quibbling manner; with petty argumentativeness.
nonaspirant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaspirants
Etymology: From non- + aspirant.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an aspirant.
nonaspirants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaspirant
nonanalgesic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonanalgesics
Etymology: From non- + analgesic.
Senses: glosses: A drug that is not an analgesic.
nonanalgesics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonanalgesic
nonaspirate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonaspirates
Etymology: From non- + aspirate.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound that is not an aspirate.
nonaspirates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonaspirate
juttingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more juttingly
form: most juttingly
Etymology: From jutting + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a jutting manner; so as to obtrude or stick out.
erringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more erringly
form: most erringly
Etymology: From erring + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an erring manner; with mistakes or sins.
clatteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clatteringly
form: most clatteringly
Etymology: From clattering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Grandpa Piper replaced the vase clatteringly back upon the mantleshelf.
ref: 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 135:
glosses: With a clattering sound.
perturbingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more perturbingly
form: most perturbingly
Etymology: From perturbing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The 'art or mystery of printing' could spread sedition and heresy more perturbingly than word of mouth.
ref: 1978, Peter H Sutcliffe, The Oxford University Press: an informal history:
glosses: In a manner that perturbs.
macrolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrolike
form: most macrolike
Etymology: From macro + -like.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a macro.
nonsupported
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + supported.
Senses: glosses: unsupported: without physical support.
glosses: unsupported: for which support or help is not available.
nonpositivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpositivists
Etymology: From non- + positivist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a positivist.
nonpositivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpositivist
nonrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrealists
Etymology: From non- + realist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a realist.
nonrealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrealist
glitteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more glitteringly
form: most glitteringly
Etymology: From glittering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The streets were glitteringly shrouded in snow.
glosses: In a glittering manner.
glittering generalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glittering generality
splutteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more splutteringly
form: most splutteringly
Etymology: From spluttering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With spluttering noises.
sputteringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sputteringly
form: most sputteringly
Etymology: From sputtering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With sputtering noises.
panderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more panderingly
form: most panderingly
Etymology: From pandering + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a pandering manner; patronizingly.
nonfinalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfinalists
Etymology: From non- + finalist.
Senses: examples: text: The nonfinalists received consolation prizes.
glosses: One who is not a finalist.
nonfinalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfinalist
seeked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: An' they seeked him in the rafter-room, an* cubby-hole, an' press, / An' seeked him up the chimbly flue, an' ever'wheres, I guess; / But all they ever found was thist his pants an' roundabout!
ref: 1885, James Whitcomb Riley, Little Orphant Annie:
text: Frequently, once a disk has seeked to the track it needs, it can start spitting out data faster than the computer can receive it.
ref: 1991, Norton Utilities, page 1-14:
text: Press the Fast Forward button after the PLAY button activated, the beginning of the program next to the present program being played will be seeked forward automatically. In reverse, press the REW button, then the beginning of the present program being played will be seeked backward automatically.
ref: 1992, Rotel RD-955AX user manual, page 3:
text: Recorded video can be seeked forward to any spot, whether it has loaded or not.
ref: 2002, Flash Communication Server MX, page 86:
text: With the discovery of the Singularity Humans seeked the perfection of the circle and the Singularity. The perfection of these measurements were biological as well as mathematical. Humans seeked biological perfection but the ultimate goal […]
ref: 2014, Christian Bullock, I Quan-Tum, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 92:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: simple past and past participle of seek
bual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buals
Etymology: From Portuguese boal.
Senses: glosses: A variety of madeira (wine) that is less sweet than malmsey
ideationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ideational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: by means of, or in terms of, ideation
novelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more novelesque
form: most novelesque
Etymology: From novel + -esque.
Senses: examples: a novelesque biography
glosses: Stylistically reminiscent of a novel.
SPAD
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæd/
rhymes: -æd
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
coordinate_terms: SPAR
glosses: Initialism of signal passed at danger.
SPAD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæd/
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: SPADs
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: An instance of a signal passed at danger.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Alternative form of spad (“special advisor in government”).
qualifier: plant science
glosses: A relative measurement of the amount of chlorophyll present in a leaf, based on measurements with a SPAD meter produced by Minolta.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of self-propelled air defense; a self-propelled anti-aircraft vehicle.
SPAD
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspæd/
rhymes: -æd
Forms: form: SPADs
form: SPADing
form: SPADed
form: SPADed
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: To pass a signal at danger.
Related terms: danger signal
SPADs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SPAD
SPADs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of SPAD
SPADing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SPAD
SPADed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SPAD
Chornobyl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒbəl
Etymology: Romanization of Ukrainian Чорно́биль (Čornóbylʹ)
Senses: examples: text: A Russian Shahed drone costing up to £75,000 is estimated to have inflicted tens of millions worth of damage to the site of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, according to initial assessments and engineering experts.
ref: 2025 May 7, Dan Sabbagh, Julia Kochetova, “Russian drone strike caused tens of millions worth of damage to Chornobyl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Chernobyl.
unemptied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + emptied.
Senses: examples: text: And thus each man hung, till the morning shin’d;‭
Which come, he knew the hour, and let abroad
‭ His male-flocks first, the females unmilk’d stood
‭ Bleating and braying, their full bags so sore
‭ With being unemptied, but their shepherd more
‭ With being unsighted; which was cause his mind
‭ Went not a milking.
ref: 1616, Homer, translated by George Chapman, The Odysseys of Homer, Book 9:
text: […] mounts in spray the skies, and thence again
Returns in an unceasing shower, which round,
With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain,
Is an eternal April to the ground,
Making it all one emerald.
ref: 1818, Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto 4, Stanzas 69-70, […] the sweat Of their great agony […]
text: Because the tide had been right to go, bedding had been stripped from the springs, food left about, water left unemptied to rust the kettles.
ref: 1941, chapter 9, in Emily Carr: Klee Wyck:
glosses: Not having been emptied.
toplofty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: toploftier
form: toploftiest
Senses: examples: text: [T]he butler had entered, bearing in a toplofty fashion a huge silver platter, upon which lay a superb salmon, beautifully cooked and garnished.
ref: 1897, John Kendrick Bangs, “Unexpected Pomp at the Perkins's”, in Paste Jewels:
text: Britain's Manchester Guardian . . . often irritates politicians with toplofty editorials suggesting that the paper is not only on the side of the angels but right alongside them in heaven.
ref: 1956 November 5, “The Press: Change at the Guardian”, in Time, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2010:
text: A more toplofty, chilling man she had never known.
ref: 2002, Mary Balogh, No Man's Mistress, →ISBN, page 373:
glosses: Self-important, haughty.
Synonyms: condescending
pompous
pretentious
Derived terms: toploftily
toploftiness
Related terms: toploftical
kettle holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kettle hole
postfeudal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + feudal.
Senses: glosses: After feudalism.
kettle drum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kettle drums
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kettledrum.
kettle drums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kettle drum
relexifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹiˈlɛk.səˌfaɪ.ɚ/
Forms: form: relexifiers
Etymology: From relexify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The relexifiers thus relabelled the lexical entry copied from kò as te, a reduced form of été. This derivation accounts straightforwardly for the fact that the properties of te in the Haitian lexicon parallel those of kò in the Fongbe lexicon.
ref: c. 1994, Lefebvre, Claire, The tense, mood and aspect system of Haitian Creole and the problem of transmission of grammar in creole genesis, Université du Québec à Montréal, p. 69
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: One who relexifies.
Related terms: relexification
relexify
Zibo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌ(d)zɪˈboʊ/
enpr: dzûʹbôʹ
Forms: form: Tzepo
form: Tzu-po
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 淄博 (Zībó).
Senses: examples: text: Industry in Tsinan is becoming highly developed. Indeed the day we set out to go west, factories on the outskirts were interspersed with fields of wheat, and everywhere on, into and through the Tzupo municipality, wheat fields were interspersed by factories. Tzupo with its five divisions which roughly correspond to five counties, has 2,000,000 people now, 550,000 of them mostly factory workers in the town portions, and the rest commune farmers who cultivate 93,330 hectares of land, all but 26,667 hectares of hills and downs irrigated.
ref: [1977 June, Rewi Alley, “Shantung Spring”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVI, number 6, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29, column 1:
text: The explosion on Saturday, which tore through a chemical plant in Zibo, in Shandong Province, killed one person and injured at least nine others, according to the official Xinhua news agency. A microblog post by the Zibo Public Security Bureau late Saturday said the fire had been “basically controlled” and that the injured had been taken to a hospital.
ref: 2015 August 22, Dan Levin, “Blast at Chemical Site Jangles Frayed Nerves”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2015, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city in central Shandong, China.
Tangshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋˈʃæn/
ipa: /tɑŋ-/
ipa: /-ˈʃɑn/
enpr: tängʹshänʹ
Forms: form: T'ang-shan
form: Tang-shan
Etymology: From Mandarin 唐山 (Tángshān).
Senses: examples: text: At Tangshan, which is half a day by rail from Tangku, I was very kindly received by the engineer-in-chief of the railway and the mining companies and his wife. Tangshan is the northern terminus of the eighty-five miles of railway constructed and open to traffic.
ref: 1889 December 2, W. Brereton, “ENGLISH SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH CHINA”, in The Mission Field, number CCCCVIII, Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, →OCLC, page 451:
text: The freight traffic of the Peking-Mukden Line has steadily increased, and the demand for rolling stock has been so great, due largely to the heavy traffic in coal between Tangshan and Tongho, that recommendations have been made for the addition of two hundred 30-ton coal cars, one hundred 30-ton covered-goods cars, and 12 locomotives. It is also proposed to extend the railway slope at Tangshan.
ref: 1915 November 11, Fred D. Fisher, “TIENTSIN”, in Supplement to Commerce Reports, number 52j, →OCLC, page 18:
text: In Hopei, the Japanese found themselves quite helpless in fighting the Chinese armed resisters, who carried the fighting right to the outskirts of Tientsin. Of the 22 districts under the "East Hopei Administration", 17 have now deserted the Japanese and their puppets. The Chinese also raided Tangshan and Chinwangtao, the mining center and port in this long Japanese-dominated part of the country.
ref: 1938 August, Lin Yu, “"The China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXV, number 8 (364), →OCLC, page 388:
text: According to the intelligence sources in Taipei, the industrial city of Tangshan, between Peiping and Tientsin, with a population of about one million, was almost flattened by the strong quake.
Quoting documents received from behind the Bamboo Curtain, the sources said that the number of casualties in the area of Tangshan, Peiping, Tientsin and Fengnan "was very great and could not be immediately estimated."
ref: 1976 August 1, “M'land quake stirs people's concern here”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVII, number 30, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Women in China have turned to self-defense after a harrowing video of a group of men attacking four young women at a restaurant in Tangshan, Hebei province, sparked outrage and concern for the safety of women.
ref: 2022 July 13, “Women turn to self-defense in China after vicious attack goes viral”, in EFE, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022:
glosses: A prefecture-level city in northeastern Hebei, China.
Fushun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: fo͞oʹsho͝onʹ
Forms: form: Fu-shun
Etymology: From Mandarin 撫順 /抚顺 (Fǔshùn).
Senses: examples: text: In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less.
ref: 1867, Raphael Pumpelly, “Geological Researches in China, Mongolia, and Japan, During the Years 1862 to 1865”, in Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, volume XV, Smithsonian Institution, →OCLC, page 15:
text: FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China.
ref: 1968, Joseph Earle Spencer, “FUSHUN”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1058, column 2:
text: In the deadliest incident, torrential rains over the last week caused the Nei River in northeastern Liaoning province to overflow near the city of Fushun, sweeping away homes, roads and utilities and leaving 54 people dead and 97 missing.
ref: 2013 August 20, “More than 200 dead or missing in China floods”, in AP News, archived from the original on 31 May 2024:
text: The state-owned mining companies cut dangerously steep angles into the ground without refilling, a practice that has put Fushun’s future at risk, he said. Landslides now threaten 42.5 percent of Fushun’s urban areas, according to a 2012 government report.
ref: 2015 October 6, Yifu Dong, “Coal, Which Built a Chinese City, Now Threatens to Bury It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China, known for coal mining.