cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
nonrenewables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonrenewable
nonblog
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blog.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a blog (a weblog on the Internet).
nonplastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonplastics
Etymology: From non- + plastic.
Senses: glosses: A material that is not a plastic.
nonplastics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonplastic
nonpunitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + punitive.
Senses: glosses: Not punitive.
nonradial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + radial.
Senses: glosses: Not radial.
nonquantifiable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quantifiable.
Senses: glosses: Not quantifiable.
nonpsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + psychotic.
Senses: glosses: Not psychotic.
nonpsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpsychotics
Etymology: From non- + psychotic.
Senses: examples: text: More psychotics commit suicide than nonpsychotics.
glosses: A person who is not psychotic.
nonschizoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + schizoid.
Senses: glosses: Not schizoid.
nonparanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + paranoid.
Senses: glosses: Not paranoid.
nonparanoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonparanoids
Etymology: From non- + paranoid.
Senses: glosses: One who is not paranoid.
nondelusional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + delusional.
Senses: glosses: Not delusional.
nonschizophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + schizophrenic.
Senses: glosses: Not schizophrenic.
nonschizophrenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonschizophrenics
Etymology: From non- + schizophrenic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not schizophrenic.
nonworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonworkers
Etymology: From non- + worker.
Senses: glosses: One who does not work.
nonworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonworker
noninternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From non- + internal.
Senses: glosses: Not internal.
nonexternal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nəl
Etymology: From non- + external.
Senses: glosses: Not external.
nontourist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nontourists
Etymology: From non- + tourist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a tourist.
nontourists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nontourist
nonmotorist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmotorists
Etymology: From non- + motorist.
Senses: examples: text: This year, NJ Transit allowed nonmotorists […] to reach the event by running special trains every 2 hours 4 round trips). The location was the old Lackawanna Railroad freight house, about a 10-minute walk from the Boonton Station, which normally has service only during peak-commuting hours on weekdays.
ref: 2024 November 24, David Peter Alan, “NJ Transit Runs Special Trains to “Railroad Museum [for a day]””, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram:
glosses: One who is not a motorist.
nonmotorists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonmotorist
nonpedestrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpedestrians
Etymology: From non- + pedestrian.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a pedestrian.
nonpedestrians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpedestrian
nonvegetable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vegetable.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to vegetables.
nonfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fruit.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to fruit.
nonfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfruits
Etymology: From non- + fruit.
Senses: glosses: Something that is not a fruit.
nonbreathing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + breathing.
Senses: glosses: Not breathing.
nonintoxicant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonintoxicants
Etymology: From non- + intoxicant.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not an intoxicant.
nonintoxicants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonintoxicant
nonpostal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + postal.
Senses: glosses: Not postal.
nonpliant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pliant.
Senses: glosses: Not pliant.
nonpractical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + practical.
Senses: glosses: Not practical.
nonpragmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pragmatic.
Senses: glosses: Not pragmatic.
nonpregnant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pregnant.
Senses: examples: text: The nonpregnant uterus has the shape of a pear, compressed anteroposteriorly and bent forward upon its neck.
ref: 1959, Fred Albert Mettler, The Medical Sourcebook, page 669:
glosses: Not pregnant.
nonrepayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-repayable
Etymology: From non- + repayable.
Senses: glosses: Not repayable.
nonprofessorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + professorial.
Senses: glosses: Not professorial.
nonuniversity
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + university.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a university.
nonuniversity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonuniversities
Etymology: From non- + university.
Senses: glosses: An institution that is not a university.
noncollegial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + collegial.
Senses: glosses: Not collegial.
noncollegiate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + collegiate.
Senses: glosses: Not collegiate.
nonuniversities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonuniversity
antifemale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antifemale
form: most antifemale
form: anti-female
Etymology: From anti- + female.
Senses: examples: text: Susan Brownmiller states that heterosexual pornography is the undiluted essence of anti-female propaganda, and a clear explication of the philosophy of rape.
ref: 1976 February 14, "Story of O" Is A Rape Scene, “Michael Bronski”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 33, page 13:
text: As Das Gupta reports, antifemale bias is stronger for later-born siblings.
ref: 2009 September 6, “The Daughter Deficit”, in New York Times:
synonyms: gynophobic
misogynist
misogynous
womanhating
glosses: Averse to, or acting against, females.
antifemale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antifemales
form: anti-female
Etymology: From anti- + female.
Senses: examples: text: We [are] entering this new era in molecular biology of sex determination where it's a more subtle dosage of genes, some pro-males, some pro-females, some anti-males, some anti-females that all interplay with each other rather than a simply linear pathway of genes going one after the other.
ref: 2018, Bentlee Salinas, Plant Cytogenetics, Breeding and Evolution, page 226:
glosses: A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
nonmyelinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + myelinated.
Senses: glosses: Not myelinated.
attritive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈtɹaɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more attritive
form: most attritive
Etymology: From attrit + -ive. From attrition.
Senses: examples: text: 1858, Hugh Miller, Rambles of a Geologist, Chapter 5, in The Cruise of the Betsey; with Rambles of a Geologist, Edinburgh: Constable, p. 302,
[…] the clay […] had gradually been moulded, under the attritive influences of the elements, into series of alternating ridges and furrows,
text: Do you mark how the wistaria, sun-impacted on this wall here, distills and penetrates this room as though (light-unimpeded) by secret and attritive progress from mote to mote of obscurity’s myriad components?
ref: 1936, William Faulkner, chapter 5, in Absalom, Absalom!, New York: Random House:
text: That certain works did thus survive time’s attritive passage, and that people did continue to agree in their estimation of them would by no means show […] that their judgments were both objective and correct.
ref: 1999, Christopher New, chapter 9, in Philosophy of Literature, London: Routledge, page 135:
text: From a nearby town came “crews of eager young men” who “pitched in” through the “attritive, swirling, arctic-like night.”
ref: 2009 September 6, Tom Vanderbilt, “Up From Calamity”, in New York Times:
glosses: Causing attrition.
Related terms: attritional
nonpolarisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonpolarizable.
bargoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bargoers
Etymology: From bar + goer.
Senses: examples: text: For every $1.40 hike in drink price, the bargoer was 30 percent less likely to leave the bar legally drunk.
ref: 2009 September 6, “Reading File”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who goes to or attends bars.
nonmagazine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + magazine.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to magazines.
bargoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bargoer
nonconsultant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconsultants
Etymology: From non- + consultant.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a consultant.
nonconsultants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonconsultant
nonanalyst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonanalysts
Etymology: From non- + analyst.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an analyst.
nonteacher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonteachers
Etymology: From non- + teacher.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a teacher.
nonanalytical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + analytical.
Senses: glosses: Not analytical.
captivatingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more captivatingly
form: most captivatingly
Etymology: From captivating + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: With great clarity, she steadily and captivatingly unwinds the complicated threads of her narrative, explicating formidable scholarship while keeping the twins at the fore.
ref: 2009 September 6, Caroline Alexander, “Two of a Kind”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a captivating manner.
nonvaginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
-ædʒɪnəl
Etymology: From non- + vaginal.
Senses: glosses: Not vaginal.
nonanalysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonanalyst
nonteachers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonteacher
nonmythical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mythical.
Senses: glosses: Not mythical.
nonmythological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mythological.
Senses: glosses: Not mythological.
nongeologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nongeologist
nongeological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + geological.
Senses: glosses: Not geological.
nonphilosophical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + philosophical.
Senses: glosses: Not philosophical.
Derived terms: nonphilosophically
diving boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving board
diving-boards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving-board
nonpagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpagans
Etymology: From non- + pagan.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a pagan.
nonpagan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pagan.
Senses: examples: a nonpagan religion
glosses: Not pagan.
nonpagans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpagan
nonwitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonwitches
Etymology: From non- + witch.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a witch.
nonwitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonwitch
nonproblem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonproblems
Etymology: From non- + problem.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a problem.
macroeconomist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macroeconomists
Etymology: From macro- + economist.
Senses: glosses: An expert in macroeconomics, or large-scale economics.
Related terms: macroeconomy
macroeconomics
microeconomist
noncomputational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + computational.
Senses: glosses: Not computational.
nonproblems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonproblem
macroeconomists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macroeconomist
nonhydrogen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hydrogen.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to hydrogen.
nonutilitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒn.juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌnɑn.juˌtɪləˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Etymology: From non- + utilitarian.
Senses: glosses: Not utilitarian.
nonutilitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒn.juːˌtɪlɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌnɑn.juˌtɪləˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: nonutilitarians
Etymology: From non- + utilitarian.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a utilitarian.
millworker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millworkers
Etymology: From mill + worker.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: millman
text: In DEFYING DIXIE: The Radical Roots of Civil Rights, 1919-1950, Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore presents a colorful “collective biography of activist black and white Southerners,” including Communists and Socialists, academics and millworkers, who, she argues, prepared the way for the movement of the 1950s and ’60s.
ref: 2009 September 6, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times:
text: Lostock Junction was another 'Beeching closure'. The quiet four-platform junction station primarily served the large cotton mills next to the line and the few dozen millworkers' houses nearby.
ref: 2023 March 8, Paul Salveson, “Fond farewells to two final trains...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 56:
hypernyms: worker
<
person
glosses: One who works in a mill.
Related terms: miller
millwright
steelworker
nonbeliefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbelief
millworkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millworker
noncontemporary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contemporary.
Senses: glosses: Not contemporary.
noncontemporary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncontemporaries
Etymology: From non- + contemporary.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, it might well be true that we are in no position to know what we owe to more remote future noncontemporaries in accordance with egalitarian conceptions of justice. We are in no position to determine their pertinent relative differences […]
ref: 2016, Michael Schramm, Thomas Pogge, Elke Mack, Absolute Poverty and Global Justice:
glosses: A person who is not the contemporary of another; one who lives in a different time period.
noncontaminant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncontaminants
Etymology: From non- + contaminant.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a contaminant.
noncontaminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + contaminated.
Senses: examples: text: “Components of the cannabis plant can help in various conditions, but that’s not what people are buying in stores,” he said in an interview. “Let’s do the research on purified, natural, noncontaminated cannabinoids,” as the various potentially therapeutic chemicals in marijuana are called.
ref: 2021 March 8, Jane E. Brody, “Medical Marijuana Is Not Regulated as Most Medicines Are”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: uncontaminated
glosses: Not contaminated.
noncontaminants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncontaminant
noncorrupt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + corrupt.
Senses: examples: text: The strategy that our new — and impressive — commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, is pursuing calls for additional troops to create something that does not now exist there — a reasonably noncorrupt Afghan state that will serve its people and partner with America in keeping Afghanistan free of drug lords, warlords, the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
ref: 2009 September 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Baby-Sitting to Adoption”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not corrupt
nonfigurative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + figurative.
Senses: glosses: Not figurative.
nonfilamentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + filamentous.
Senses: glosses: Not filamentous.
nonformulaic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + formulaic.
Senses: examples: text: In Canada the realistic dialogue, nonformulaic plots and even the use of profanity in “Durham County” “really broke the mold,” Mr. Dillon said.
ref: 2009 September 6, Elizabeth Jensen, “Network’s New Energy Source: The Dark”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not formulaic; original.
nondeliveries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nondelivery
noncomputerised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of noncomputerized.
overcentralized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcentralized
form: most overcentralized
Etymology: From over- + centralized.
Senses: examples: text: As the military expert Anthony Cordesman, who has advised the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, explained in The Washington Post recently, it requires “a significant number” of U.S. reinforcements and time to do what the Kabul government has failed to do, because it remains “a grossly overcentralized government that is corrupt, is often a tool of power brokers and narco-traffickers, and lacks basic capacity in virtually every ministry.”
ref: 2009 September 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Baby-Sitting to Adoption”, in New York Times:
glosses: Overly centralized or concentrated in authority.
noncomputerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + computerized.
Senses: examples: text: This last election, I voted at a New York City location on the same type of noncomputerized machine I have voted on for more than 40 years, and despite the long lines there were no problems.
ref: 2009 June 28, “Searching for a Reliable Voting System”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not computerized.
postapartheid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + apartheid.
Senses: examples: text: Ten years after being published, the potent, compact tale of postapartheid South Africa has become a minor contemporary classic, a status further confirmed when Mr. Coetzee won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2003.
ref: 2009 September 6, Nicolas Rapold, “Tough Terrain to Document: South Africa”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after a period of apartheid.
nonbarbiturate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbarbiturates
form: non-barbiturate
Etymology: From non- + barbiturate.
Senses: examples: text: I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
ref: 1988, E[dward] J[ames] Moran Campbell, Not Always on the Level, [London]: British Medical Journal, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: A substance that is not a barbiturate.
nonbarbiturates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbarbiturate
præface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: præfaces
Senses: examples: 1607, Edward Topsell, Historie of Four-Footed Beastes; quoted in:
1890, John Ashton, Curious Creatures in Zoology: with 130 Illustrations Throughout the Text, “The Rhinoceros” (2008 reprint; Ulwencreutz Media, Lulu.com; →ISBN
But for my part, which write the English story, I acknowledge that no man must looke for that at my hands, which I have not received from some other: for I would bee unwilling to write anything untrue, or uncertaine out of mine owne invention; and truth on every part is so deare unto mee, that I will not lie to bring any man in love and admiration with God and his works, for God needeth not the lies of men: To conlude, therefore, this Præface, as the beast is strange, and never seene in our countrey, so my eyesight cannot adde anything to the description; therefore harken unto that which I have observed out of other writers.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of preface.
præface
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: præfaces
form: præfacing
form: præfaced
form: præfaced
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of preface.
restaurantgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: restaurantgoers
Etymology: From restaurant + goer.
Senses: examples: text: Sure, the result won’t be of professional caliber (after all, you didn’t go to cooking school, the equivalent of music lessons), but you may have a greater appreciation for the genius who created the dish than the restaurantgoer, because you have attempted it yourself.
ref: 2009 September 6, Seth Schiesel, “All Together Now: Play the Game, Mom”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who goes to dine in a restaurant.
pagelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pagelike
form: most pagelike
Etymology: From page + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a page (sheet in a book, etc.).
restaurantgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of restaurantgoer
cabestros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cabestro
nonacquisitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + acquisitive.
Senses: glosses: Not acquisitive.
noncoincidence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncoincidences
Etymology: From non- + coincidence.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a coincidence.
noncoincidences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncoincidence
præfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of præface
præfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of præface
præfacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of præface
præfaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of prefaced; simple past and past participle of præface.
nonenzymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + enzymic.
Senses: glosses: Not enzymic.
nonglamorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonglamourous
Etymology: From non- + glamorous.
Senses: glosses: Not glamorous.
nonchurchgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonchurchgoers
Etymology: From non- + churchgoer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a churchgoer, who does not attend church.
nonchurchgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonchurchgoer
nonacidic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + acidic.
Senses: glosses: Not acidic.
nonculinary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + culinary.
Senses: glosses: Not culinary.
nonphotographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + photographic.
Senses: glosses: Not photographic.
nonphotographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonphotographers
Etymology: From non- + photographer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a photographer.
nonphotographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonphotographer
nonsteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsteroids
Etymology: From non- + steroid.
Senses: glosses: A substance that is not a steroid.
nonsteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsteroid
nonsubjective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + subjective.
Senses: glosses: Not subjective.
nonoily
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + oily.
Senses: glosses: Not oily.
nonpolitician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonpoliticians
Etymology: From non- + politician.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a politician.
nonpoliticians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonpolitician
nonnecessity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonnecessities
Etymology: From non- + necessity.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a necessity.
nonnecessities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonnecessity
nonhospitalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nonhospitalized.
nonhospitalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hospitalized.
Senses: glosses: Not hospitalized.
nonhormonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hormonal.
Senses: examples: text: A non-hormonal birth control capsule that women can insert just before sex. A rape kit that gives victims more agency and streamlines the evidence collection process. An overhauled design for a 150-year-old tool used in postpartum vaginal tearing.
ref: 2021 June 8, Jacqui Palumbo, “These innovative designs are tackling taboo health issues for women”, in CNN:
text: The authors also said they attempted to investigate whether there are differing breast cancer risks between hormonal and nonhormonal IUDs. However, they said too few women in England had been prescribed nonhormonal IUDs to make a reliable comparison.
ref: 2023 March 21, Jessie Gretener, “Progestagen-only contraceptives carry similar, small breast cancer risk as other hormone contraceptives, study finds”, in CNN:
text: The most exciting addition to the guidelines — so new it had to be inserted just before publication — is a nonhormonal medication recently approved by the FDA called fezolinetant, which is available by prescription, Shufelt said.
ref: 2023 June 7, Sandee LaMotte, “Fight hot flashes with these expert-approved methods”, in CNN:
glosses: Not hormonal.
nonhormone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonhormones
Etymology: From non- + hormone.
Senses: examples: text: For the 2023 update, experts evaluated the latest studies on nonhormone medical, herbal and behavioral therapy and lifestyle approaches for vasomotor symptoms — the medical term for hot flashes.
ref: 2023 June 7, Sandee LaMotte, “Fight hot flashes with these expert-approved methods”, in CNN:
glosses: That which is not a hormone.
nonhormones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonhormone
noninsect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noninsects
Etymology: From non- + insect.
Senses: glosses: A creature that is not an insect.
noninsects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noninsect
nonmeaningful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-meaningful
Etymology: From non- + meaningful.
Senses: glosses: Not meaningful.
Synonyms: unmeaningful
nonnasal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Etymology: From non- + nasal.
Senses: glosses: Not nasal.
nonnasal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪzəl
Forms: form: nonnasals
Etymology: From non- + nasal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound that is not nasal.
nonspeculative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + speculative.
Senses: glosses: Not speculative.
nonmicrobial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + microbial.
Senses: glosses: Not microbial.
Derived terms: nonmicrobially
nonmetropolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-metropolitan
Etymology: From non- + metropolitan.
Senses: glosses: Not metropolitan.
nonmetropolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmetropolitans
form: non-metropolitan
Etymology: From non- + metropolitan.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a metropolitan.
nonsolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsolutions
Etymology: From non- + solution.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a solution; a proposed solution that is ineffective or unworkable.
nonsolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsolution
nonmetaphorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + metaphorical.
Senses: glosses: Not metaphorical.
nonmonogamous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + monogamous.
Senses: examples: text: To understand how new and prospective nonmonogamous families can take on challenges like child custody, adoption and just day-to-day life, I spoke with a sociologist, two psychologists, a lawyer and members of two nonmonogamous families.
ref: 2020 August 4, Cynthia McKelvey, “The Challenges of Polyamorous Parenting”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not monogamous.
Derived terms: nonmonogamously
nonmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From non- + mental.
Senses: glosses: Not mental (concerned with the mind).
Derived terms: nonmentally
nontotalitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + totalitarian.
Senses: glosses: Not totalitarian.
nonvascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vascular.
Senses: glosses: Not vascular.
nonveteran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonveterans
Etymology: From non- + veteran.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a veteran.
nonveterans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonveteran
prescription drugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prescription drug
nonserver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + server.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a server.
over-achievers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of over-achiever
nonrailroad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + railroad.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a railroad.
nonvisual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + visual.
Senses: examples: text: When I was a child, it was a very nonvisual universe, and people with a sense of the visual were not respected."
ref: 2001 May 11, Andrew Lawler, “VISUALIZING SCIENCE: New Imaging Tools Put the Art Back Into Science”, in Science, volume 292, number 5519, →DOI, pages 1044–1047:
text: Involuntary shifts of spatial attention caused by the appearance of nonvisual stimuli do seem to produce similar enhancements of neural responses to visual stimuli within visual cortex (19, 20 ), but the details of how this occurs remain to be discovered.
ref: 2001 June 8, John J. McDonald et al., “Multisensory Integration and Crossmodal Attention Effects in the Human Brain”, in Science, volume 292, number 5523, →DOI:
text: "An artist, whether visual or nonvisual, expresses that which is closest to him or her," he says.
ref: 2002 March 29, Michael Marsh, “Chi Lives: the art of the Wobbly”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not visual.
Derived terms: nonvisually
nonviscous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + viscous.
Senses: glosses: Not viscous.
nonsyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + syllabic.
Senses: glosses: Not syllabic.
nonsyllabic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsyllabics
Etymology: From non- + syllabic.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: A sound that is not syllabic.
nonsynchronous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + synchronous.
Senses: examples: text: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
The cyclopropanation is believed to be nonsynchronous with the alkene approaching preferentially on the side of the EWG.
text: In a classic study imprisoned muggers were asked to rate the muggability of people by simply watching them walk down the street. The study concluded that the most attractive targets were people whose gait was perceived as "nonsynchronous".
ref: 2017, Michael J. Gelb, The Art of Connection: 7 Relationship-Building Skills Every Leader Needs to Know, page 214:
glosses: Not synchronous
Related terms: asynchronous
umbrella terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella term
blanket terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blanket term
nonglucose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + glucose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That is not glucose.
nonspecular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + specular.
Senses: glosses: Not specular.
nonmalleable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + malleable.
Senses: glosses: Not malleable.
nonductile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ductile.
Senses: glosses: Not ductile.
nontypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + typical.
Senses: glosses: Not typical
Derived terms: nontypically
Related terms: nontypicality
nonunanimous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ænɪməs
Etymology: From non- + unanimous.
Senses: examples: text: According to the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, most felony convictions in the state are the products of nonunanimous juries.
ref: 2009 July 7, Adam Liptak, “In Two States, a Lower Bar for Conviction”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not unanimous.
bread rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bread roll
nonnitrogenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + nitrogenous.
Senses: glosses: Not nitrogenous.
first-aid boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-aid box
nonmechanistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mechanistic.
Senses: glosses: Not mechanistic.
Derived terms: nonmechanistically
nonmeasurable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + measurable.
Senses: glosses: Not measurable.
nonmeasurable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmeasurables
Etymology: From non- + measurable.
Senses: glosses: Something that cannot be measured.
nonmainstream
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mainstream.
Senses: glosses: Not mainstream.
Synonyms: fringe
nonprivileged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + privileged.
Senses: glosses: Not privileged.
nonlineal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lineal.
Senses: glosses: Not lineal.
nonuniversal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + universal.
Senses: glosses: Not universal.
Derived terms: nonuniversally
nonuniversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonuniversals
Etymology: From non- + universal.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That which is not universal.
nonbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbooks
Etymology: From non- + book.
Senses: glosses: That which is not a book.
examples: text: The book is not particularly witty, clever, or useful. In fact, one wonders if the entire thing is some sort of joke, an essay that has gone on far too long, one of those "non-books" that seems to exist for no reason other than to be sold as a novelty item.
ref: 1982 February 6, Michael Bronski, “A Very Stale Crisp”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 28, page 11:
glosses: An insignificant book; one unworthy of regard.
nonbooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonbook
nondictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + dictionary.
Senses: examples: text: A nondictionary password is harder for malicious hackers to guess.
glosses: Not of, pertaining to, or present in a dictionary.
noncontiguous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-contiguous
Etymology: From non- + contiguous.
Senses: glosses: Not contiguous.
Synonyms: sense: not contiguous
word: fragmented
sense: not contiguous
word: discontiguous
Derived terms: noncontiguously
noncontiguousness
nontriangular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + triangular.
Senses: glosses: Not triangular.
nonquantum
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + quantum.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Not quantum.
Derived terms: nonquantum mechanics
perqs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perq
noncircular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + circular.
Senses: glosses: Not circular.
nonpolygonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polygonal.
Senses: glosses: Not polygonal.
show globes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show globe
nonalphabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + alphabetic.
Senses: glosses: Not alphabetic.
show jumpers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of show jumper
nonalphabetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + alphabetical.
Senses: glosses: Not alphabetical.
Derived terms: nonalphabetically
nonaspirin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aspirin.
Senses: glosses: That is not aspirin.
nonartistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + artistic.
Senses: glosses: Not artistic.
nonsociological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sociological.
Senses: glosses: Not sociological.
nonsociologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsociologists
Etymology: From non- + sociologist.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a sociologist.
nonsociologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsociologist
nonhardware
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + hardware.
Senses: glosses: That is not, or does not relate to, hardware.
nonsailor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsailors
Etymology: From non- + sailor.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a sailor.
nonauthor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonauthors
Etymology: From non- + author.
Senses: glosses: One who is not an author.
nonsailors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsailor
nonemetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + emetic.
Senses: glosses: Not emetic; not producing emesis or vomiting.
nonauthors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonauthor
noncustomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncustomers
Etymology: From non- + customer.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a customer.
noncustomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncustomer
noncongruent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + congruent.
Senses: glosses: Not congruent.
Derived terms: noncongruently
coffee shops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee shop
coffee houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee house
coffee-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffee-house
cage fighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cage fighter
Proddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Proddies
form: proddy
form: Prottie
form: prottie
form: Protty
Senses: glosses: A Protestant (as termed by Roman Catholics).
Synonyms: Orangey
Prod
Related terms: catlicker
Catlicker
Proddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Proddy
couch potatoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couch potato
marginal costs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marginal cost
Orangies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Orangey
hook shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hook shot
mozos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mozo
mozas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moza
heterogeneous catalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heterogeneous catalysis
homogeneous catalyses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homogeneous catalysis
diving bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving bell
diving-bells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of diving-bell
velvet spiders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velvet spider
as the day is long
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: He shows me where the bachelors sit, and there live we as merry as the day is long.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
text: And you shall do nothing but what you choose, and shall be as happy as the day is long.
ref: 1851 April 9, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
text: They are quiet, peaceable, tractable, free from drunkenness, and they are as industrious as the day is long.
ref: 1872, Mark Twain, chapter 54, in Roughing It:
text: "Oh, I don't think they would steal the box. Bart Andrews and Jack Thompson are as honest as the day is long."
ref: 1906, Horatio Alger, chapter 4, in Joe The Hotel Boy:
text: Monica: Alright, wait a second! Why would Ross tell everyone in your class that you are "as gay as the day is long"?
ref: 2003, Brian Buckner and Sebastian Jones, Friends, season 9, ep. 17 The One with the Memorial Service
text: "He is direct, honest as the day is long, hard-working and a good lad to have around."
ref: 2004 October 16, G. Caulkin, B. Glanville, “Souness eyes move to take Duff back on board”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 06 Sep 2009:
qualifier: simile
glosses: Unceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.
Synonyms: for days
Related terms: all day
all the livelong day
fair as the day
honest as the day
scomfit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: scomfits
form: scomfiting
form: scomfit
form: scomfit
form: scomfited
form: scomfited
form: scomfyte
Etymology: Clipping of discomfit.
Senses: examples: text: For now here was one knyȝt scomfyte x knyghtes
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:
glosses: To defeat, vanquish.
scomfit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scomfyte
Etymology: Clipping of discomfit.
Senses: glosses: discomfiture
moone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of moon.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of moan.
glosses: Obsolete spelling of mone.
moone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of moan.
overthwart
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈθwɔːt/
Etymology: From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
Senses: examples: text: […] entrance, and access on all sides, by the felling of huge Trees overthwart one another, was quite barr’d up;
ref: 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, London: James Allestry, Book 2, p. 42:
synonyms: across
athwart
glosses: From one side to the other of.
overthwart
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈθwɔːt/
Forms: form: more overthwart
form: most overthwart
Etymology: From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
Senses: examples: text: For when a Gyant’s slain in fight,
And mow’d orethwart, or cleft downright,
It is a heavy case, no doubt,
A man should have his Brains beat out,
Because he’s tall, and has large Bones;
ref: 1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, London: Canto 2, page 36:
text: [...] they are ioyned by two and two together, and every couple sustaineth a third stone lying overthwart, gatewise, which is fastened by the meanes of tenons that enter into mortaises of those stones not closed with any cement.
ref: 1876, William Long, Esq., Stonehenge and its Barrows. From the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Magazine, etc. [With maps and wood-engravings.], →OCLC, page 25:
synonyms: across
athwart
glosses: From side to side.
overthwart
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈθwɔːt/
Forms: form: more overthwart
form: most overthwart
Etymology: From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
Senses: examples: text: By and by after his iumping vppon them, the Saxons for that Garianonum, or Yarmoth that had giuen vp the ghoſt, in thoſe ſlymie plaſhie fieldes of Gorlſtone trowled vp a ſecond Yarmouth, abutting on the Weſt ſide of the ſhore of this great Yarmouth, that is, but feeling the ayre to be vnholſome and diſagreeing with them, to the ouerwhart brink or verge of the flud, that writ all one ſtile of Cerdicke ſands, they diſlodged with bagge and baggage, and there layde the foundatiõ of a third Yarmouth Quam nulla poteſt abolere vetuſtas, that I hope will holde vp her head till Doomeſday.
ref: 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 9:
text: […] we whisper, for fear our over-thwart Neighbours
Should hear us cry, Liberty, and betray us to the Government.
ref: 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Heroe, London: Jacob Tonson, act V, page 65:
glosses: Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.
examples: text: So prowde of hart,
So overthwart,
So out of frame,
So voyde of shame, […]
ref: 1513, John Skelton, Agaynst the Scottes; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 116, lines 35–38:
text: He had pass’d two or three Acts of Parliament, which had much lessen’d the Authority and Dependence of the Nobility, and great Men, and incens’d, and dispos’d them proportionably to cross, and oppose any Proposition, which would be most grateful; and that overthwart humour was enough discover’d to rule in the breasts of many, who made the greatest professions.
ref: 1702, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Oxford, published 1717, Volume 1, Part 1, p. 83:
synonyms: adverse
opposing
perverse
glosses: Crossing in kind or disposition.
Derived terms: overthwartly
overthwartness
overthwart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əʊvəˈθwɔːt/
Forms: form: overthwarts
Etymology: From Middle English overthwart, overthwert, overtwert, overquert, overwhart, equivalent to over- + thwart. Compare Dutch overdwaars (“across”), Danish overtvært (“across”).
Senses: examples: text: A hart wel stayd, in ouerthwartes depe,
Hopeth amendes: in swete, doth feare the sowre.
ref: 1557, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, “Praise of meane and constant estate”, in Songes and sonettes, London: Richard Tottel:
text: We thinke the heavens enjoy their Sphericall
Their round proportion embracing all.
But yet their various and perplexed course,
Observ’d in divers ages doth enforce
Men to finde out so many Eccentrique parts,
Such divers downe-right lines, such overthwarts,
As disproportion that pure forme. […]
ref: 1611, John Donne, An Anatomy of the World, London: Samuel Macham:
glosses: That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.
lightning bugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lightning bug