cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overstory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overstories
Etymology: From over- + story.
Senses: glosses: The upper portion of a community of plants, above the understory.
Synonyms: canopy
ecopsychology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecopsychologies
Etymology: From eco- + psychology. Coined by Theodore Roszak in his book The Voice of the Earth (1992).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
Derived terms: ecopsychological
Related terms: ecotherapy
psychoecology
ecopsychologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecopsychology
ecopsychologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecopsychologists
Etymology: From eco- + psychologist.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of ecopsychology.
ecopsychologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecopsychologist
overstorey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overstoreys
Etymology: From over- + storey.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of overstory.
overstoreys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overstorey
understoreys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understorey
dog houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog house
understories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of understory
overstories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overstory
adwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adwomen
Etymology: From ad + woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman working in advertising; a female adman.
adwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adwoman
adperson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adpersons
form: adpeople
Etymology: From ad + person.
Senses: glosses: An adman or adwoman.
adpersons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adperson
adpeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adperson
adamantinely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more adamantinely
form: most adamantinely
Etymology: From adamantine + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an adamantine way.
exonormatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more exonormatively
form: most exonormatively
Etymology: From exonormative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an exonormative way.
endonormatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more endonormatively
form: most endonormatively
Etymology: From endonormative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an endonormative way.
flist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flists
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of friends list.
ladies' men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lady's man
glosses: plural of ladies' man
wanky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æŋki
Forms: form: wankier
form: wankiest
Etymology: From wank + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I do feel like a bit of a jealous wanky idiot.
ref: 2007, Mathilde Madden, The Silver Collar:
glosses: Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
examples: text: Must always have a worse time than me at parties. Must hate parties, students, arty wankers, wanky art students, parties with wanky art students.
ref: 1993, Henry Normal, Nude Modelling for the Afterlife:
text: 1997 April, Jessica Hopper, L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum, review, Spin, page 161,
Donita Sparks′s patented “I'm still dead” vocals and wanky guitar often beg to be fast forwarded (“Drama” comes off like Helmet sans pretentious time signatures), but that′s your problem. L7 are perfectly happy to rock, dress like roadies, and fall off bar stools with glee-filled abandon.
text: That Leo Sayer haircut and those dungarees, and the stupid laugh and the wanky right-on politics...
ref: 1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN:
text: We talked a bit — it was that wanky bar in town, the Art Bar — and first it was good, but then he got going on about justice, how there wasn't any.
ref: 2008, Richard Flanagan, The Unknown Terrorist:
glosses: Pretentious.
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Involving or relating to fanwank.
wankier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wanky: more wanky
wankiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of wanky: most wanky
exergaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of exercise + gaming
Senses: examples: text: Dance games, where the player dances on a pad in time with on-screen cues, are a popular form of exergaming.
glosses: The playing of video games that also provide the player with physical exercise.
earth-bound
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more earth-bound
form: most earth-bound
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of earthbound.
andromorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more andromorphic
form: most andromorphic
Etymology: From andro- + -morphic.
Senses: synonyms: andromorphous
glosses: Having the shape of a man.
Derived terms: andromorphically
Related terms: gynomorphic
gynomorphic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gynomorphic
form: most gynomorphic
Etymology: From gyno- + -morphic.
Senses: glosses: Having the shape of a woman.
Derived terms: gynomorphically
Related terms: andromorphic
smokey quartz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokey quartzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of smoky quartz.
andromorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more andromorphically
form: most andromorphically
Etymology: From andromorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an andromorphic way.
gynomorphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gynomorphically
form: most gynomorphically
Etymology: From gynomorphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a gynomorphic way.
androgenously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From androgenous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an androgenous way.
androgynously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more androgynously
form: most androgynously
Etymology: From androgynous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I conceive that holy writ has twice intended to represent man as originally framed in God's image and likeness, for that reason, or in that respect, which is both times immediately subjoined — viz., that he was a being androgynously masculine, and uniting in himself the virtues and natures of both sexes.
ref: 1842 April 1, H., “Correspondence: Ad similitudinem dei”, in The British Magazine, volume 21, page 389:
text: Androgynously oriented males can express their feelings well and are more nurturant than traditionally masculine men.
ref: 1985, Hamilton I. McCubbin, Barbara B. Dahl, Marriage and Family: Individuals and Life Cycles, New York: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 45:
text: Over the past century and a half, though more overtly in the period since the First World War, androgynously toned fashions have from time to time held sway, having reached their zenith in the unisex stylings popular from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s (Gottdiener 1977).
ref: 1992, Fred Davis, Fashion, Culture, and Identity, University of Chicago Press, published 1994, →ISBN, →OL, page 35:
text: When you dressed androgynously, did others still perceive you as a femme?
ref: 1997 July 15, “Pronouns, Politics, and Femme Practice: An Interview with Minnie Bruce Pratt”, in Laura Harris, Elizabeth Crocker, editors, Femme: Feminists, Lesbians, and Bad Girls, New York; London: Routledge, →ISBN, →OL, page 192:
glosses: In an androgynous manner.
drabnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drabness
drearinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dreariness
postwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postwoman
gorgeousnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gorgeousness
realizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: realizabilities
form: realisability
Etymology: From realize + -ability.
Senses: synonyms: realizableness
antonyms: unrealizability
glosses: The property or characteristic of being realizable.
bolshy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bolshies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bolshie.
bolshy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bolshier
form: bolshiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bolshie.
fabliau
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fabliaux
Etymology: From Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I’m planning a sort of fabliau comparing this place with a fascist state,’ said Sampson, ‘sort of Animal Farm meets Arturo Ui . . .’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 19:
glosses: A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
critical path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: critical paths
Senses: qualifier: operations
glosses: The sequence of dependent steps that determine the minimum time needed to carry out an operation.
Related terms: lead time
program evaluation and review technique
project management
slack
WBS
operational research
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of operations research.
brunion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brunions
Etymology: Borrowed from French brugnon.
Senses: examples: text: But no sort of Brunions are in so much Esteem as their Peaches, because they do not quit their Stones.
ref: 1724, Philip Miller, The Gardeners and Florists Dictionary, page 22:
text: The eldest Fairy put her finger into her mouth and whistled three times, then cried, 'Apricots, peaches, nectarines, brunions, cherries,[…]
ref: 1855, Marie-Catherine Aulnoy, Fairy Tales, page 453:
glosses: A hybrid of a plum and a peach.
glosses: A nectarine
smokery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smokeries
Etymology: From smoke + -ery.
Senses: synonyms: smokehouse
glosses: A facility for smoking food, typically fish and meat, especially on a commercial scale.
Vogue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəʊɡ/
Etymology: Trade name, from vogue (“style, fashion”).
Senses: glosses: A fashion and lifestyle magazine.
Derived terms: Voguette
Vogue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /vəʊɡ/
Etymology: From Cornish Fog, blowing house or smelting furnace.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in St Day parish, east of Redruth, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7242).
Nene
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river that rises in Northamptonshire, England, and flows through Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Lincolnshire to the sea at The Wash.
tetrahydrofolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrahydrofolates
Etymology: From tetra- + hydro- + folate.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The conjugate base of, or any salt or ester of, tetrahydrofolic acid; it is a coenzyme, formed by reduction of folic acid, involved in the biosynthesis of purines.
Derived terms: methylenetetrahydrofolate
methyltetrahydrofolate
tomte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tomtes
Etymology: From Swedish tomte.
Senses: examples: text: In Sweden the Tomte is sometimes seen at noon, in summer, slowly and stealthily dragging a straw or an ear of corn. [...] Any one who treated the industrious Tomte with respect, and set store by the smallest straw, became rich, and neatness and regularity prevailed in his household.
ref: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 147:
glosses: A small human-like creature in Nordic folklore that lives on farmsteads and watches over their inhabitants.
smoking car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: smoking cars
Senses: synonyms: smoker
smoking carriage
smoking compartment
glosses: A railroad car in which smoking is allowed.
bee smoker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bee smokers
Senses: examples: text: Earlier this month police in Norfolk were called after five hives thought to contain around 60,000 bees and £600 worth of honey were taken. Other known raids this year in Britain have included one in Doncaster in April. Suspicions among beekeepers that the culprits come from their own ranks were underlined by the fact that a bee smoker was left at the scene by someone who presumably knew that it could be used to calm the insects before taking them.
ref: 2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer:
glosses: A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees.
Synonyms: smokepot
smoker
fusibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusible
bee smokers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bee smoker
pantless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpantləs/
Forms: form: pantsless
Etymology: From pant + -less.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time Ms. Metselaar-Berthold, East Germany's version of Nan Goldin, captured scenes of disorderly bohemia (where supposedly none existed) in parties of topless women and pantless men.
ref: 2009 February 12, Michael Kimmelman, “Art in Two Germanys Often Spoke the Same Tongue”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without pants.
Not wearing trousers.
examples: text: He twinkles, and I twinkle back, / Pantless, under a slim formal skirt, / Ready for work.
ref: 1961, Peter Redgrove, “The Secretary”, in The Nature of Cold Weather:
text: having a smattering of basic German or getting one of the nice English-speaking reception staff to show you around to begin with might just save you from turning up pantless in a strictly panted area, or the other way around.
ref: 2008, Anna Pickard, The Guardian, 10 Jan 08:
glosses: Without pants.
Not wearing underpants.
Derived terms: pantlessness
invisibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invisible
invisibles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invisible
rincones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rincón
technicolor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkʌl.ə(ɹ)/
homophone: Technicolor
Forms: form: technicolour
Etymology: From Technicolor.
Senses: examples: text: I can stand the sight of worms / And look at microscopic germs / But technicolor pachyderms / Is really too much for me
ref: 1941, “Pink Elephants on Parade”, in Ned Washington (lyrics), Oliver Wallace (music), Dumbo:
text: Technicolour dreams are all I see / Technicolour dreams of you and me
ref: 1968, Anthony King, “Technicolour Dreams”, in Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo, performed by Status Quo:
text: On the hill the stuff was laced with kerosene / But yours was kitchen clean / Everyone stopped to stare at your technicolor motor home
ref: 1976, Walter Becker, Donald Fagen, “Kid Charlemagne”, in The Royal Scam, performed by Steely Dan:
text: It's so hard to be a technicolor girl in an earth-tone world.
ref: 2007 May 2, “Letters”, in New York Times:
text: How could the electrochemical processes in the lump of gray matter that is our brain give rise to or, even more mysteriously, be the dazzling technicolor play of consciousness, with its transports of joy, its stabs of anguish and its stretches of mild contentment alternating with boredom?
ref: 2007 November 18, Jim Holt, “Mind of a Rock”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely or excessively colourful.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing something in a technicolor model, a model that is similar to the Standard Model but lacks a scalar Higgs field.
technicolor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkʌl.ə(ɹ)/
homophone: Technicolor
Forms: form: technicolors
form: technicolour
Etymology: From Technicolor.
Senses: glosses: A process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films, each of a different colour, to produce a colour print.
glosses: Vivid colour.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A collection of theories based on quantum chromodynamics
Related terms: Technicolor yawn
technicolored
technicoloured
WBS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: operations
glosses: Initialism of work breakdown structure.
free throws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free throw
free-throw lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of free-throw line
facebooker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: facebookers
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Facebooker.
facebookers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facebooker
wear the trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears the trousers
form: wearing the trousers
form: wore the trousers
form: worn the trousers
Senses: examples: text: As long as I remember who's wearing the trousers / I hope he never lets me down again
ref: 1987, Martin L. Gore, “Never Let Me Down Again”, in Music for the Masses, performed by Depeche Mode:
text: His mother wore the trousers, and father, a gentle man who worked in local government, was not ambitious enough for her.
ref: 1988, John Rowan, Windy Dryden, Innovative Therapy in Britain, page 246:
synonyms: word: rule the roost
word: wear the breeches
word: wear the pants
glosses: (typically of a woman) To be the dominant partner in a relationship.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, trouser.
Related terms: the grey mare is the better horse
wears the trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear the trousers
wearing the trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear the trousers
wore the trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear the trousers
worn the trousers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear the trousers
wear the pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wears the pants
form: wearing the pants
form: wore the pants
form: worn the pants
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of wear the trousers.
wears the pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wear the pants, alternative form of wear the trousers.
wearing the pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wear the pants
wore the pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of wear the pants, Alternative form of wear the trousers.
worn the pants
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of wear the pants, Alternative form of wear the trousers.
roadable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From road + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of travelling on roads as well as in the air.
raw_tags: of an aircraft
trading posts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trading post
face off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face offs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of face-off.
face off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: faces off
form: facing off
form: faced off
form: faced off
Senses: examples: text: When Bank of Scotland and RBS faced off in that epic battle for NatWest ...
ref: 2009 February 22, Ruaridh Nicoll, “Behind the demise”, in The Observer:
glosses: To confront (each other).
dropzone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropzones
form: drop zone
Etymology: From drop + zone.
Senses: examples: text: […] he and his men were dropped inaccurately and came down over a mile from their appointed dropzone.
ref: 1979, Michael Hickey, Out of the Sky: A History of Airborne Warfare:
text: Hand-to-hand fighting ensued as Americans and Japanese struggled for possession of the AAF dropzones that supplied the Southern Force with rations […]
ref: 1998, Stephen R Taaffe, MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign:
text: Dropzones east of the town were quickly ruled out because of the rugged high ground in between, ruining the element of surprise […]
ref: 2003, Kenneth J Conboy, Kopassus: Inside Indonesia's Special Forces:
glosses: The location at which troops or supplies are dropped, usually by parachute.
dropzones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dropzone
cerebrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cerebrally
form: most cerebrally
Etymology: From cerebral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a cerebral way; intellectually.
Derived terms: cerebrally challenged
associatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more associatively
form: most associatively
Etymology: From associative + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an associative way.
Derived terms: nonassociatively
microlender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microlenders
Etymology: From micro- + lender.
Senses: glosses: A person or company in the business of microlending.
microlenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microlender
hauntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haunting
tankless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tank + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a tank (used especially of water heaters).
clairvoyantly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clairvoyantly
form: most clairvoyantly
Etymology: From clairvoyant + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
clairaudiently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more clairaudiently
form: most clairaudiently
Etymology: From clairaudient + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a clairaudient way; by means of clairaudience.
drop zone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drop zones
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dropzone.
examples: text: Wolves rose out of the drop zone with a deserved win to add more pressure on to defending champions Chelsea.
ref: 2011 January 5, Mark Ashenden, “Wolverhampton 1 - 0 Chelsea”, in BBC:
glosses: relegation zone
drop zones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop zone
continentwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From continent + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Across a whole continent.
continentwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From continent + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Across a whole continent.
face offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of face off
spiderlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspaɪ.dɚˌlaɪk/
Forms: form: more spiderlike
form: most spiderlike
form: spider-like
Etymology: From spider + -like.
Senses: synonyms: spidery
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a spider.
Paralympic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpɪk/
ipa: /ˌpæɹəˈlɪmpɪk/
ipa: /ˌpɛ-/
Forms: form: paralympic
Etymology: Blend of paraplegic + Olympic; the Paralympic Games were originally organized for persons with paraplegia from spinal injuries, but are now participated in by sportspersons with all kinds of disabilities.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Pertaining to the Paralympic Games.
Coordinate terms: Deaflympic
Olympic
Derived terms: para-
Paralympiad
Paralympian
paralympic
Paralympic Agitos
Paralympic Games
wonkishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wonkish + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being wonkish.
freestyles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freestyle
freestyles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of freestyle
freestyling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freestylings
Senses: glosses: The activity of one who freestyles.
freestyling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of freestyle
freestyled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of freestyle
in for a penny
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of in for a penny, in for a pound.
ellipsing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ellipse
ellipsed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ellipse
painterliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From painterly + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being painterly.
communitywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From community + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a community.
communitywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From community + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a community.
sportscasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of sports + broadcasting.
Senses: glosses: Sports broadcasting, as presented by a sportscaster.
strobelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more strobelike
form: most strobelike
Etymology: From strobe + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling strobe lighting.
embarrasing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of embarrassing.
oystering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oyster
oystered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oyster
smartcards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smartcard
smart cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of smart card
Oyster card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oyster cards
Etymology: A marketing coinage; influences are said to include the security and value of the oyster's shell and pearl, the oyster beds of London's Thames estuary, and the popular idiom the world is one's oyster.
Senses: glosses: A contactless smart card, introduced in 2003, used to pay for public transport in the Greater London area.
newsier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of newsy: more newsy
newsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of newsy: most newsy
slablike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more slablike
form: most slablike
Etymology: From slab + -like.
Senses: examples: text: several dozen huge yellow chunky slablike somethings, huge as office blocks, silent as birds.
ref: 1979, Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: Resembling a slab.
codefendant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: codefendants
form: co-defendant
Etymology: From co- + defendant.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Any of several defendants answering the same charge.
codefendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of codefendant
co-defendant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: co-defendants
Etymology: From co- + defendant.
Senses: examples: text: One of Clemons's three co-defendants has already been executed, and Clemons himself came within 12 days of being put to death in 2009.
ref: 2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of codefendant.
co-defendants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of co-defendant
cakelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cakelike
form: most cakelike
Etymology: From cake + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a cake in appearance or texture.
flamelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flamelike
form: most flamelike
Etymology: From flame + -like.
Senses: examples: text: His breath stuttered while she watched the ascendant sun streak the clouds with a flamelike glow.
ref: 2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 133:
glosses: Resembling a flame or its colour.
movielike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more movielike
form: most movielike
Etymology: From movie + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a movie.
glosses: Unrealistically romantic, exciting, or scenic.
Synonyms: filmlike
tattoolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tattoolike
form: most tattoolike
Etymology: From tattoo + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a tattoo.
honeylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more honeylike
form: most honeylike
Etymology: From honey + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
tanklike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tanklike
form: most tanklike
Etymology: From tank + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The mechanical digger had tanklike treads.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tank (military vehicle).
examples: text: Yes, Rex had “got that,” and the old man was a great sport, but when he said a thing he meant it—otherwise Rex would never have been moving slowly up and down like a large fish in the dim green waters of this vast tanklike hall.
ref: 2013, Dennis Wheatley, Three Inquisitive People:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tank (container).
cofire
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cofires
form: cofiring
form: cofired
form: cofired
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of co-fire.
cofires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cofire
cofiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cofire
cofiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cofirings
Senses: glosses: The combustion of two or more fuels at the same time
glosses: The sintering of two or more materials together
cofired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cofire
candlelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more candlelike
form: most candlelike
Etymology: From candle + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a candle.
metasearch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metasearches
Etymology: From meta- + search.
Senses: examples: text: You can also use a metasearch site like Kayak.com to get a snapshot of available flight alternatives.
ref: 2008 June 28, Michelle Higgins, “Spate of Changes in Airline Industry Heightens the Need to Plan Ahead”, in New York Times:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A search technology that uses the results from a number of traditional search engines.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An individual search operation of this kind.
Derived terms: metastable isomer
metasearch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: metasearches
form: metasearching
form: metasearched
form: metasearched
Etymology: From meta- + search.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform a search of this kind.
saltpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saltpans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of salt pan.
saltpans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saltpan
kidswear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From kids' + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Childrenswear.
squadmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squadmates
Etymology: From squad + -mate.
Senses: glosses: A member of the same squad.
squadmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squadmate
biorefinery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biorefineries
Etymology: From bio- + refinery.
Senses: glosses: The coproduction of a range of biologically-based products (food, feed, materials, chemicals) and energy (fuels, power, heat) from biomass.
glosses: A facility that carries out such production.
Related terms: biorefining
biorefineries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biorefinery
caviars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caviar
caviares
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caviare
nongolf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + golf.
Senses: examples: text: A range of nongolf activities is available for the children.
glosses: Not golf; not associated with golfing.
unmeritocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmeritocratic
form: most unmeritocratic
Etymology: From un- + meritocratic.
Senses: glosses: Not meritocratic; rewarding members on grounds other than merit.
meritocratically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more meritocratically
form: most meritocratically
Etymology: From meritocratic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a meritocratic way.
open and shut cases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of open and shut case
recessionproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more recessionproof
form: most recessionproof
Etymology: From recession + -proof.
Senses: glosses: Unaffected by economic recession.
reimagination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimaginations
Etymology: From re- + imagination.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of reimagining.
reimaginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimagination
impracticalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of impracticality
abelian groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abelian group
postnuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: After the discovery of nuclear energy.
glosses: After a nuclear war.
examples: text: postnuclear pitch
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: After the nucleus.
pantoum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /pænˈtuːm/
Forms: form: pantoums
Etymology: From French pantoum, from Malay pantun.
Senses: glosses: A poem, similar to a villanelle, that comprises a series of quatrains, the second and fourth lines of each stanza repeated as the first and third lines of the next.
pantoums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pantoum
nongolfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongolfers
Etymology: From non- + golfer.
Senses: glosses: A person who does not play golf.
nongolfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongolfer
nonrecyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + recyclable.
Senses: glosses: Not recyclable.
Synonyms: unrecyclable
nonrecyclable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonrecyclables
Etymology: From non- + recyclable.
Senses: examples: text: Annabelle hauled two more bags out to the sidewalk and heaved them on top of the pile by the curb. That was it for the nonrecyclables from the front porch.
ref: 2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 358:
glosses: Something that is not recyclable.
nongraduate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongraduates
Etymology: From non- + graduate.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not a graduate.
nongraduates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongraduate
apeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: […] because farmers' sons are apeing fine gentlemen, and farmers' daughters caring more to make bad foreign music than good English cheeses.
ref: 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
glosses: present participle and gerund of ape
bellbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bellbirds
Etymology: From bell + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any of various birds with a far-carrying bell-like call, including the crested bellbird (Oreoica gutturalis), the New Zealand bellbird (Anthornis melanura) and the neotropical bellbirds of the genus Procnias.
glosses: A bell miner (Manorina melanophrys), a bird that feeds on bell lerps (a variety of psyllid).
Derived terms: bare-throated bellbird
piping bellbird
rufous-naped bellbird
bellbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellbird
ern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːn/
enpr: ûrn
ipa: /ɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: earn
homophone: erne
homophone: urn
Forms: form: erns
Etymology: Alteration of erne.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of erne.
ern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːn/
enpr: ûrn
ipa: /ɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: earn
homophone: erne
homophone: urn
Forms: form: erns
form: erning
form: erned
form: erned
form: earn
Etymology: From Middle English ernen, from Old English irnan, iernan (“to run, move quickly”), metathetic variant of rinnan (“to run”). More at run.
Senses: glosses: To run; flow.
glosses: To (cause to) coagulate; curdle (milk) by adding rennet and applying heat.
ern
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɜːn/
enpr: ûrn
ipa: /ɝn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
homophone: earn
homophone: erne
homophone: urn
Forms: form: erns
form: erning
form: erned
form: erned
Etymology: Of obscure origin. Perhaps an alteration of erme, from Middle English ermen, from Old English yrman, ierman. Compare also Old Scots urn, uren. More at erme.
Senses: glosses: To stir with strong emotion; grieve; mourn.
glosses: To pain; torture.
glosses: (of the eyes) To cause to water; smart.
Related terms: erme
lavs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lav
lipgloss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lipglosses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lip gloss.
Derived terms: lipglossed
lipglosses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipgloss
muds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mud
muds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mud
oilbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilbirds
Etymology: From oil + bird.
Senses: glosses: A nocturnal South American bird, of the species Steatornis caripensis of the order Steatornithiformes, related to the nightjars that feeds on the fruit of the oil palm and tropical laurels.
oilbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilbird
uninvented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + invented.
Senses: glosses: Not invented.
battleplan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battleplans
form: battle plan
Etymology: From battle + plan.
Senses: glosses: The planned strategy and tactics to be used in a battle.
racialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: racialises
form: racialising
form: racialised
form: racialised
Etymology: From racial + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of racialize.
racialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of racialise
racialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of racialise
racialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of racialise
funked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: funct
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of funk
pipebombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pipebomb
pipebombs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pipebomb
pipebomb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pipebombs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pipe bomb.
pipebomb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pipebombs
form: pipebombing
form: pipebombed
form: pipebombed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pipe bomb.
haloacetic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haloacetic acids
Etymology: From halo- + acetic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any carboxylic acid in which a halogen atom takes the place of a hydrogen atom in acetic acid; a common undesirable by-product of the chlorination of drinking water.
battleplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of battleplan
slimmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slimmer
stickwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From stick + work.
Senses: examples: text: Her impressive stickwork led to three goals.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Use of the stick in lacrosse, hockey, etc.
carryback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carrybacks
Etymology: From carry + back.
Senses: examples: text: Current theft loss rules typically allow losses to be carried back three years and forward 20 years, but the I.R.S plan will allow carrybacks of as many as five years, generally if the loss is for a small business with gross annual receipts of less than $15 million.
ref: 2009 March 18, Lynnley Browning, “I.R.S. Plans a Deduction for Madoff Victims”, in New York Times:
topics: accounting
business
economics
finance
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: An income tax loss or credit that can be applied to offset previously taxed income or taxes paid, respectively.
Related terms: carryforward
twigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of twig
kyphoplasty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kyphoplasties
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύφος (kúphos, “humpback, bent”) + -plasty.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A medical procedure that restores the original height and angle of kyphosis of a fractured vertebra and then stabilizes it with the injection of bone filler material.
kyphoplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kyphoplasty
carrybacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carryback
kiddingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more kiddingly
form: most kiddingly
Etymology: From kidding + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a kidding manner; jestingly, jokingly.
Derived terms: unkiddingly
hyperenthusiastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperenthusiastic
form: most hyperenthusiastic
Etymology: From hyper- + enthusiastic.
Senses: glosses: Extremely enthusiastic; in a state of hyperenthusiasm.
giltwood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gilt + wood.
Senses: glosses: Wood that has been gilded or painted gold.
dowager's humps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowager's hump
dowagers' humps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dowager's hump
unretouched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + retouched.
Senses: examples: text: One of the shoes in the unretouched photograph above cost $45 a pair! The other costs just $6.60 a pair in any Regal Shoe Store!
ref: 1942 December 14, LIFE, page 100:
glosses: That has not been retouched.
unlived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + lived.
Senses: examples: text: I want to cry for a life unlived, floating beautifully, poetically, all these years just out of reach.
ref: 1983, Ken Norris, Whirlwinds, section 27:
glosses: That has not been lived.
examples: text: Where shall I live now Lucrece is unlived?
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Bereft or deprived of life.
unnoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + noted.
Senses: examples: text: His contributions to science went unnoted.
text: Secure—unnoted—Conrad's prow pass'd by, / And anchor'd where his ambush meant to lie; / Screen'd from espial by the jutting cape, / That rears on high its rude fantastic shape.
ref: 1814, Lord Byron, “Canto I”, in The Corsair, a Tale, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza XVII, page 30, lines 597–600:
glosses: That has not been noted.
mailwoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailwomen
Etymology: From mail + woman.
Senses: glosses: A female postal worker.
Synonyms: mail lady
postwoman
post lady
Hypernyms: mail carrier
letter carrier
postal carrier
postal worker
mailperson
postperson
mailwomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mailwoman
burqaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of burkaed.
burkaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From burka + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in a burka.
Arabise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Arabises
form: Arabising
form: Arabised
form: Arabised
Etymology: From Arab + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Asalaamu Alaikum,’ said an unfamiliar voice in the faux-Arabised accent of a non-Arab Muslim who is trying too hard, and Parvaiz looked up to see a compact but powerfully built man, muscles distorting the shape of his tightly fitting bomber jacket.
ref: 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 123:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Arabize.
Arabize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Arabizes
form: Arabizing
form: Arabized
form: Arabized
form: Arabise
Etymology: From Arab + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Iran was indeed Islamized, but it was not Arabized. Persians remained Persians. And after an interval of silence, Iran reemerged as a separate, different and distinctive element within Islam, eventually adding a new element even to Islam itself.
ref: 1999, Bernard Lewis, "Iran in History", Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, page 2:
glosses: To make Arab; to give Arab traits to.
Synonyms: Arabicize
Derived terms: Arabization
Arabisation
Arabizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Arabize
Arabizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Arabize
Arabized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Arabize
Arabized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The "Arab al-Muta'arribah", (Arabised Arabs) are the first advenæ represented by such noble strains as the Koraysh (Koreish), some still surviving.
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 112 footnote:
glosses: Having attained or been given Arab traits or characteristics.
Arabises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Arabise
Arabising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Arabise
Arabised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Arabise
mouthsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mouthful
matronas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of matrona
districting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of district
districted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of district
gassily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gassily
form: most gassily
Etymology: From gassy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gassy way.
fizzily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fizzily
form: most fizzily
Etymology: From fizzy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a fizzy way.
gaseously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gaseously
form: most gaseously
Etymology: From gaseous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gaseous way.