cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unantagonistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unantagonistically
form: most unantagonistically
Etymology: From unantagonistic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The mutiny marked a crucial shift in the colonial imagining of India as unantagonistically feminine.
ref: 2000, Sangeta Ray, En-Gendering India:
text: In the “realm of freedom,” the “heads” and “hands” of all unite in thoroughly cooperative and unantagonistically integrated production. Here a social architect, everyone planning and acting.
ref: 2015, John McMurtry, Structure of Marx's World-View, page 26:
glosses: Without antagonism.
unantagonizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unantagonizing
form: most unantagonizing
Etymology: From un- + antagonizing.
Senses: glosses: Not antagonizing.
anticlastogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticlastogenic
form: most anticlastogenic
Etymology: From anti- + clastogenic.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, Juglans nigra showed hepatoprotective and anticlastogenic effects induced by arsenite.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Exercise Prevents Memory Impairment Induced by Arsenic Exposure in Mice: Implication of Hippocampal BDNF and CREB”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Inhibiting damage to chromosomes.
antiphotoaging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + photoaging.
Senses: examples: text: In the present study, in vitro and in vivo experiments were conducted to investigate the mechanism of action and the antiinflammatory and antiphotoaging activity of K36.
ref: 2015 September 15, “In Vitro and In Vivo Studies on Protective Action of N -Phenethyl Caffeamide against Photodamage of Skin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Inhibiting photoaging.
antiphotodamage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + photodamage.
Senses: examples: text: We previously reported that K36 exhibited antiphotodamage activity by scavenging intracellular ROS, inhibiting the MAPK/AP-1/MMP pathway, and alleviating UV-induced collagen decomposition in human skin fibroblasts.
ref: 2015 September 15, “In Vitro and In Vivo Studies on Protective Action of N -Phenethyl Caffeamide against Photodamage of Skin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Inhibiting photodamage.
enantiospecifically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enantiospecific + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: We describe here, for the first time, that atorvastatin, rosuvastatin and fluvastatin enantiospecifically induce CYP2B6, CYP2A6 and CYP3A4 in human hepatocytes, and also that they enantiospecifically influence transcriptional activity of PXR and GR.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Optical Isomers of Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin and Fluvastatin Enantiospecifically Activate Pregnane X Receptor PXR and Induce CYP2A6, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 in Human Hepatocytes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: In an enantiospecific manner.
arteriothrombotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From arterio- + thrombotic.
Senses: examples: text: Additionally, we investigated arteriothrombotic events, defined as any patient who has experienced myocardial infarction, non-haemorrhaging stroke, angina, ischaemic heart disease, thrombosis, or death from cardiovascular disease.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Treatment as Required versus Regular Monthly Treatment in the Management of Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to arteriothrombosis.
chaetetid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chaetetids
Senses: examples: text: Though widely accepted as an alga there is still debate over its taxonomic affinity, with recent work arguing that it should be reclassified as a chaetetid sponge.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Geochemical Evidence of the Seasonality, Affinity and Pigmenation of Solenopora jurassica”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A kind of demosponge fossil composed of fused tubules.
chaetetids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chaetetid
cerebrotectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebro- + tectal.
Senses: examples: text: Following an additional 1-week recovery period, the brain and spinal cord rostral to the second TX were removed, the choroid plexus stripped off to uncover the brain ventricles and the cerebrotectal commissure cut along the dorsal midline.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Antisense Morpholino Oligonucleotides Reduce Neurofilament Synthesis and Inhibit Axon Regeneration in Lamprey Reticulospinal Neurons”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the cerebrum and the tectum.
cerebrocardiovascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cerebro- + cardiovascular.
Senses: examples: text: None LGIB patient ^([sic]) had perforation or sepsis; however, 23 (14%) had hypotension and 2 (1%) experienced a cerebrocardiovascular event.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Adverse Events during Bowel Preparation and Colonoscopy in Patients with Acute Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding Compared with Elective Non-Gastrointestinal Bleeding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the cerebrum and the cardiovascular system.
basidiomycotan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basidiomycotans
Etymology: From translingual Basidiomycota + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Ambrosiodmus-Flavodon symbiosis is unique in several aspects: it is the first reported association between an ambrosia beetle and a basidiomycotan fungus; the mycosymbiont grows as hyphae in the mycangia, not as budding pseudo-mycelium; and the mycosymbiont is a white-rot saprophyte rather than an early colonizer: a previously undocumented wood borer niche.
ref: 2015 September 15, “New Fungus-Insect Symbiosis: Culturing, Molecular, and Histological Methods Determine Saprophytic Polyporales Mutualists of Ambrosiodmus Ambrosia Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any fungus of the division Basidiomycota
ascomycotan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Ascomycota + -an.
Senses: examples: text: All ambrosia beetles studied to date cultivate ascomycotan fungi: early colonizers of recently killed trees with poor wood digestion.
ref: 2015 September 15, “New Fungus-Insect Symbiosis: Culturing, Molecular, and Histological Methods Determine Saprophytic Polyporales Mutualists of Ambrosiodmus Ambrosia Beetles”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Of or relating to the Ascomycota.
entolimod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Together, these data indicate that entolimod is a highly promising potential life-saving treatment for victims of radiation disasters.
ref: 2015 September 15, “The Toll-Like Receptor 5 Agonist Entolimod Mitigates Lethal Acute Radiation Syndrome in Non-Human Primates”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A drug being developed as a radiation countermeasure and a cancer treatment.
heminephrectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heminephrectomies
Etymology: From hemi- + nephrectomy.
Senses: examples: text: A two-step procedure was performed to induce chronic renal disease (CRD): left heminephrectomy at 20 weeks of age followed by right total nephrectomy 1 week later.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Pitavastatin Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerotic Plaques in Apolipoprotein E-Deficient Mice with Late Stage Renal Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: surgical removal of one of the two kidneys
Related terms: heminephrectomize
heminephrectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heminephrectomy
hierarchizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierarchization
hierarchisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierarchisations
Etymology: Borrowed from French hiérarchisation, equivalent to hierarchise + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: The method was then applied to a case study of city system dynamics to explore the model’s predicted values of city hierarchisation and population growth.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Beyond Corroboration: Strengthening Model Validation by Looking for Unexpected Patterns”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
text: This hierarchisation of deaths has been challenged by gender scholars, with Cynthia Enloe coining the notion of “womenandchildren” in her 1990 text "Bananas, Beaches and Bases" to critique the use of this abstract category.
ref: 2021 June 10, Iona Cable, ““Women And Children”: The Role Of Innocence In Human Rights Reporting”, in Human Rights Pulse, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2024:
glosses: Alternative form of hierarchization.
hierarchisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hierarchisation
iridochoroidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From irido- + choroidal.
Senses: examples: text: For iris and iridochoroidal melanoma, paraffin-embedded tissue sections were retrieved from the pathology department.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Distribution of GNAQ and GNA11 Mutation Signatures in Uveal Melanoma Points to a Light Dependent Mutation Mechanism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Relating to the iris and choroid.
kynurenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kynurenates
Etymology: From kynurenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: examples: text: This analysis showed that little tryptophan was catabolised via the kynurenate pathway in any of the three species and that most was transformed to indole-3-lactate and released into the medium.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Metabolomic Analyses of Leishmania Reveal Multiple Species Differences and Large Differences in Amino Acid Metabolism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
kynurenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kynurenate
macrocalcifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrocalcification
mesoherbivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesoherbivore
nondeprived
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + deprived.
Senses: glosses: Not deprived.
oligosymptomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From oligo- + symptomatic.
Senses: examples: text: Upon infection, dogs can develop distinct clinical manifestations of the disease: asymptomatic, oligosymptomatic, or symptomatic stages.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Antigenicity, Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy of Three Proteins Expressed in the Promastigote and Amastigote Stages of Leishmania infantum against Visceral Leishmaniasis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Having few symptoms.
Synonyms: paucisymptomatic
oridonin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medically useful diterpenoid found in Rabdosia rubescens.
polymorphonucleocytes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polymorphonucleocyte
pretilachlor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A particular herbicide.
ripasudil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Some selective ROCK inhibitors are actually used in clinical practice, for example, fasudil and ripasudil are therapeutic agents for cerebral vasospasm and glaucoma, respectively.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Morphological Changes of Human Corneal Endothelial Cells after Rho-Associated Kinase Inhibitor Eye Drop (Ripasudil) Administration: A Prospective Open-Label Clinical Study”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A drug derived from fasudil and used to treat glaucoma and ocular hypertension.
secundigravid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: pregnant for the second time
secundigravid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secundigravids
Senses: examples: text: As per the study protocol, all women were secundigravid having previously delivered an infant weighing greater than 4000g.
ref: 2015 September 15, “The Effects of Fetal Gender on Maternal and Fetal Insulin Resistance”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A female during her second pregnancy
secundigravids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of secundigravid
subperiod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subperiods
Etymology: From sub- + period.
Senses: examples: text: First, we perform subperiod analysis through dividing the whole sample period into two subperiods delimited by the onset of the largest and most infamous crash in the history of China’s stock market.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Profitability of Contrarian Strategies in the Chinese Stock Market”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: A period making up part of a larger period.
subperiods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subperiod
transintestinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + intestinal.
Senses: examples: text: These conflicting results (higher HDL-CE catabolism but unchanged SR-BI expression) suggest that NA affects other pathways involved in CE turnover and selective uptake, such as transintestinal cholesterol excretion.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Nicotinic Acid Accelerates HDL Cholesteryl Ester Turnover in Obese Insulin-Resistant Dogs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Through the intestine.
unrepresentativeness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unrepresentative + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This term is generally attributed to systematic methodological errors, systematic instrument bias, neglected energy sinks, and unrepresentativeness of the G term.
ref: 2015 September 15, “Evapotranspiration Cycles in a High Latitude Agroecosystem: Potential Warming Role”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: The quality of being unrepresentative.
autoclassification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + classification.
Senses: examples: text: In the current era of large surveys and massive data sets, autoclassification of astrophysical sources using intelligent algorithms is becoming increasingly important.
ref: 2015, Sean A. Farrell, Tara Murphy, Kitty K. Lo, “Autoclassification of the Variable 3XMM Sources Using the Random Forest Machine Learning Algorithm”, in arXiv:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Automatic classification.
Synonyms: autocategorization
autocategorisation
Related terms: autoclassify
electropolish
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: electropolishes
form: electropolishing
form: electropolished
form: electropolished
Etymology: From electro- + polish.
Senses: glosses: To brighten (a metal) by the electrolytic removal of its surface.
electropolished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of electropolish
electropolishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of electropolish
electropolishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of electropolish
permutahedron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permutahedrons
Senses: examples: text: To prove it, we consider the poset of ordered partitions, properties of the permutahedron, and some good old fashioned combinatorial techniques..
ref: 2015, Erik Insko, Katie Johnson, Shaun Sullivan, “A Terrible Expansion of the Determinant”, in arXiv:
glosses: Alternative form of permutohedron.
permutahedrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permutahedron
nonnormalizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + normalizable.
Senses: glosses: Not normalizable.
nonignorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ignorable.
Senses: examples: text: Although it is fundamental for valid statistical inference, identifiability under nonignorable missing mechanisms is not established for many commonly-used models.
ref: 2015, Wang Miao, Peng Ding, Zhi Geng, “Identifiability of Normal and Normal Mixture Models With Nonignorable Missing Data”, in arXiv:
text: "It's a brute force method," said Clifford Young, the president of U.S. public affairs at Ipsos. "That is, we don't really know what it corrects for. Does it correct for only nonignorable nonresponse? Or does it correct for coverage bias? Or maybe a likely voter problem? Maybe all three."
ref: 2023 July 12, Andrew Fischer, “Polls Were Great in 2022. Can They Repeat Their Success in 2024?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2023:
glosses: Not ignorable.
nanolamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nano- + lamination.
Senses: glosses: The production of nanolaminates.
nanolaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanolaminates
Etymology: From nano- + laminate.
Senses: examples: text: The properties of a fabricated nanolaminate depend upon its composition and thickness.
glosses: A fully dense, ultra-fine-grained solid exhibiting a high concentration of interface defects.
Related terms: nanolamination
nanolaminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanolaminate
nanoelectrodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanoelectrode
maxflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: Several existing structured penalties satisfy these conditions; thus, regularized learning with these penalties is solvable quickly using the parametric maxflow algorithm.
ref: 2015, Yoshinobu Kawahara, Yutaro Yamaguchi, “Parametric Maxflows for Structured Sparse Learning with Convex Relaxations of Submodular Functions”, in arXiv:
qualifier: optimization theory
glosses: maximum flow
macrodomains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macrodomain
isoelastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + elastic.
Senses: examples: text: For the class of isoelastic functions that we address in this paper, it is still possible to derive a closed expression for the value of the firm.
ref: 2015, Cláudia Nunes, Rita Pimentel, “Optimal stopping times in jump processes”, in arXiv:
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Exhibiting a constant elasticity.
Derived terms: isoelastically
Denzil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Denzel.
inkdot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inkdots
form: ink-dot
form: ink dot
Etymology: From ink + dot.
Senses: examples: text: We study randomly placed inkdots as advice to probabilistic finite automata, and demonstrate the superiority of this model over its deterministic version.
ref: 2015, Uğur Küçük, A. C. Cem Say, Abuzer Yakaryılmaz, “Inkdots as advice to small-space machines”, in arXiv:
glosses: A small spot of ink.
inkdots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inkdot
foamability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foamabilities
Etymology: From foam + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Finally, the critical aggregation concentration (CAC) of the surfactants demonstrates to be a good predictor of foamability and foam stability for these small molecule surfactants.
ref: 2015, Seth Heerschap, John N. Marafino, Kristin McKenna, Kevin L. Caran, Klebert Feitosa, “Foams Stabilized by Tricationic Amphiphilic Surfactants”, in arXiv:
glosses: The quality or degree of being foamable.
foamabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foamability
enthalpically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From enthalpic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: High humic acid concentrations induce homoagglomeration ("self" assembly) and are shown to favor an enthalpically driven association process.
ref: 2015, Frédéric Loosli, Letícia Vitorazi, Jean-François Berret, Serge Stoll, “Isothermal titration calorimetry as a powerful tool to quantify and better understand agglomeration mechanisms during interaction processes between TiO2 nanoparticles and humic acids”, in arXiv:
glosses: In an enthalpic manner.
pseudovariety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudovarieties
Etymology: From pseudo- + variety.
Senses: examples: text: Pseudovarieties are of particular importance in the study of finite semigroups and hence in formal language theory.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A class of algebras of a given signature, closed under the taking of homomorphic images, subalgebras and finitary direct products.
pseudovarieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pseudovariety
ink-dot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ink-dots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inkdot.
ink dot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ink dots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inkdot.
bioclimatologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioclimatologists
Etymology: From bio- + climatologist or bioclimatology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Park Williams, a bioclimatologist at Columbia University, said the study added to evidence that rising temperatures had exacerbated the lack of snow in California.
ref: 2015 September 14, Nicholas St. Fleur, “Study Finds Snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada to Be Lowest in 500 Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who studies bioclimatology.
bioclimatologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bioclimatologist
bioclimatological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + climatological.
Senses: glosses: Relating to bioclimatology.
midbattle
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + battle.
Senses: examples: text: An opening flashback finds him midbattle, blades flying and cabernet-red blood gushing to the roar of power chords.
ref: 2015 September 14, James Poniewozik, “Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a battle.
multilimbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-limbed
Etymology: From multi- + limbed.
Senses: examples: text: When the asari discovered the Citadel, they also discovered the keepers, a docile multi-limbed insect race that seemingly exists only to maintain and repair the great Prothean station.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Keepers Codex entry:
text: After the melee, the vision of a backlit, Daenerys Targaryen-haired holy messenger bids him to lay down his sword — all before a multilimbed demon flies at him from the body of a fallen soldier.
ref: 2015 September 14, James Poniewozik, “Review: In ‘The Bastard Executioner,’ a Warrior Switches Blades”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having multiple limbs.
meat glue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its use in meat processing. Compare flesh glue.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of transglutaminase in its role bonding proteins in commercial food processing.
synonyms: word: transglutaminase in its role bonding proteins in commercial food processing
candombes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of candombe
jatobas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jatoba
bunkeresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bunkeresque
form: most bunkeresque
Etymology: From bunker + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: In an interview near Bogotá’s old center at DAS’s bunkeresque headquarters, which were rebuilt after being gutted in a 1989 bombing attack by drug traffickers, Mr. Muñoz grimly acknowledged the possibility that surveillance irregularities had occurred earlier this decade.
ref: 2009 September 17, Simon Romero, “A Scandal Over Spying Intensifies in Colombia”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling, or in the style of, a bunker.
Bunkeresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Bunkeresque
form: most Bunkeresque
Etymology: From Bunker + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Archie Bunkeresque.
Archie Bunkeresque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Archie Bunkeresque
form: most Archie Bunkeresque
form: Bunkeresque
Etymology: From Archie Bunker + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the television character Archie Bunker or his beliefs; bigoted and conservative.
wikipedia: Archie Bunker
Related terms: Archie Bunkerism
monetizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monetizers
Etymology: From monetize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: At this point, traffic is the greatest monetizer for Trendhunter.
ref: 2009 September 13, cathal kelly, “Jeremy Gutsche: Mister chaos”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: One who or that which monetizes.
overarchingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overarchingly
form: most overarchingly
Etymology: From overarching + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Although short for a novel at slightly more than 200 pages, The Fallen feels broad and ambitious – but never overarchingly so, which is why it works so well.
ref: 2009 September 13, Emily Donaldson, “A battle-weary Canuck cowers under the volcano”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: In an overarching manner; predominantly.
monetizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monetizer
TOIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: comp time
qualifier: employment
glosses: Initialism of time off in lieu (of monetary compensation for overtime).
unfry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: unfries
form: unfrying
form: unfried
form: unfried
Etymology: From un- + fry.
Senses: examples: text: In one sequence, a light bulb in frying pan turns into an egg that, by the use of reverse motion, seems to unfry itself and leap back into the shell […]
ref: 2001, Bruce Charles Posner, Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-garde Film 1893-1941:
text: Building a green house is about as easy as unfrying an egg.
ref: 2009 September 20, Fred A. Bernstein, “Buildings Easy on the Earth, and the Eyes”, in New York Times:
glosses: To reverse the process of frying.
unfrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfry
unfries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfry
poet shirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: poet shirts
Senses: synonyms: pirate shirt
poet blouse
glosses: A loose-fitting blouse with full bishop sleeves, usually decorated with large frills on the front and the cuffs.
Related terms: poet sleeve
poet shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poet shirt
quadradic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quadr- + -adic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quadratic.
examples: text: The different subordinative sentence types fall into four groups, when analyzed on the basis of their essential structure, namely (a) quadradic, (b) triadic, (c) diadic, and(d) monadic solidarities; they fall into two groups on the basis of their inflection; names (i) conjugated, and (ii) non-conjugated.
ref: 1976, Teodoro A. Llamzon, Modern Tagalog: A Functional-Structural Description, page 61:
text: The fourth type, quadradic solidarity, with four obligatory constituents, is not well attested.
ref: 1982, Pacific Linguistics - Issue 75, →ISBN, page 38:
text: This text argues for a distinct Pentecostal hermeneutic that utilizes several interpretive methodologies and a quadradic strategy.
ref: 2015, Harlyn Graydon Purdy, A Distinct Twenty-First Century Pentecostal Hermeneutic, →ISBN:
glosses: Having four parts.
gong shows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gong show
besweatered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From be- + sweater + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: You may meet an occasional solid citizen walking a besweatered dog or taking a child to the corner park.
ref: 1988 May 13, Harold Henderson, “Prairie Restoration”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2021:
glosses: Wearing a sweater.
overimportant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overimportant
form: most overimportant
Etymology: From over- + important.
Senses: examples: text: Durham is an excellent basketball announcer; he concentrates on the defense and coverages, and he always seems to have one eye on the shot clock, which is so overimportant in the pro game.
ref: 1988 May 13, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Excessively important.
panrhythmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pan- + rhythmic.
Senses: examples: text: He is among the most abstract, and yet at the same time cogent, performers and composers of new music; tonight, his compact strokes and broad sweep will be joined by the towering virtuosity of reedman Douglas Ewart and the panrhythmic pulse of drummer Hamid Drake.
ref: 1988 May 13, Neil Tesser, “Leo Smith/Paul Smoker Trio”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Involving all kinds of rhythm.
chautauqua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chautauquas
Senses: examples: text: As a boy, Sandburg was thrilled by the circus, the chautauqua, the minstrel show, the theater.
ref: 1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
glosses: Alternative form of Chautauqua.
chautauquas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chautauqua
nonexpectation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonexpectations
Etymology: From non- + expectation.
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, now that his latest fantasy epic has confirmed my nonexpectations, I can't help but wonder why Willow has been getting such a drubbing from the same reviewers who responded to the early Lucas mega-hits with such enthusiasm.
ref: 1988 June 10, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “May the Formula Be With You”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2020:
glosses: Absence of expectation.
nonexpectations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonexpectation
pseudopopulist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pseudopopulist
form: most pseudopopulist
Etymology: From pseudo- + populist.
Senses: examples: text: The Sewanee Review said of him, "He participated in all the claptrap of mid-century middlebrow liberalism, blending invocations to democracy, pseudopopulist jargon, and commercialized aesthetics in a souffle heavily flavored with cliche.
ref: 1988 June 10, James Krohe Jr., “Reading: Sandburg and Steichen”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
glosses: Apparently but not actually populist.
haymishe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haymishe
form: most haymishe
Etymology: From Yiddish היימישע (heymishe).
Senses: examples: text: A haymishe but thoroughly regressive, look at dilemmas past.
ref: 1988 June 10, Anthony Adler, “Berlin, Jerusalem and the Moon”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: familiar; everyday; homely.
drugbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drugbusters
Etymology: From drug + buster.
Senses: examples: text: Still the would-be drugbusters stomp about, trying to muster posses to ride out, hang the fiends high, and purge the land of demon dope.
ref: 1988 November 18, Eric Scigliano, “How to Win the War on Drugs”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2015:
glosses: A member of law enforcement who works against illegal drug use.
drugbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drugbuster
multireed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + reed.
Senses: examples: text: Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra proved a delightful surprise for many at the '87 Chicago Jazz Fest; this weekend, he appears with two charter members of that troupe--his wife Irene Becker on keyboards and multireed man Morten Carlsen--as well as frequent sideman Chicagoan Hamid Drake on drums.
ref: 1988 November 18, Neil Tesser, “Pierre Dorge Quartet”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2020:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one reed, as in a musical instrument.
overtherapized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overtherapized
form: most overtherapized
Etymology: From over- + therapized.
Senses: examples: text: "I worry sometimes," says Lyn, the overtherapized feminist in Lily Tomlin's The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe.
ref: 1988 November 18, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Having undergone too much therapy.
postnews
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + news.
Senses: examples: text: Later, on one of the late-night, postnews Bears analysis shows, we saw Mike Singletary in the locker room.
ref: 1988 November 18, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader:
text: If the assumed duration is too short, the postnews price we use will not have incorporated all the impact of the news.
ref: 2011, Martin D. D. Evans, Exchange-Rate Dynamics, page 216:
glosses: After the broadcast or publication of news.
postwhistle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + whistle.
Senses: examples: text: While the Redskins were trying to prove, at this point, that they belonged on the same field as the Bears, and while they did so with a constant sequence of postwhistle pushing and shoving matches, the Bears were quite simply blowing them off the football.
ref: 1988 November 18, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: After the whistle is blown in a sports match.
semieducated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + educated.
Senses: examples: text: Further complicating matters is an attractive, semieducated globetrotter from Westchester named Peggy Whitton, who has an affair with Mehta.
ref: 1988 November 18, Tom Boeker, “A Map of the World; Scapin”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
glosses: Partly or imperfectly educated.
quizzacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kwɪˈzeɪʃəs/
Forms: form: more quizzacious
form: most quizzacious
Etymology: From quiz + -acious, derived from the verb quiz (“to mock”).
Senses: examples: text: I […] made a little quizzacious attack upon the bishop, which he took very well, — no offence in the slightest degree.
ref: c. 1792, Jeremy Bentham, A letter:
text: The quizzacious Cousineau has also written or co-written eighteen documentary films and contributed to forty-two other books.
ref: 2012, Phil Cousineau, The Painted Word:
text: The quizzacious impact would increase by pairing Mao's pic with his pal Stalin's portrait, and then adding Stalin's pal Hitler on the same paper currency.
ref: 2021, Ian Tinny, Black Sun:
glosses: Mocking or satirical.
tuckpointing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tuck pointing.
tuckpoint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tuckpoints
form: tuckpointing
form: tuckpointed
form: tuckpointed
Senses: examples: text: In the gangway, a younger but equally white trio, wearing clothes that have to be from Land's End or Eddie Bauer, cheerfully tuckpoints brick, while inside others are sawing, stripping wood, hammering, mixing cement.
ref: 1988 November 18, Bryan Miller, “Love Amid the Rubble”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: To employ the technique of tuck pointing upon.
tuckpointed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tuckpoint
tuckpoints
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tuckpoint
retyings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retying
peeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peekers
Etymology: From peek + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Their wailing Dixieland came swinging out into the night, drawing the peekers outside from behind their shaded windows.
ref: 1988 April 22, Marion Karczmar, “Tina and Rosie Don't Live Here Anymore”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
glosses: One who peeks.
peekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peeker
lefsa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I remember those long minutes, sitting between some Olsons and Hansons, and fixing my mind on the only thing I'd come for: a thin slice of tender Swedish lefsa bread, generously buttered and rolled tight with brown sugar into a soft cylinder of Nordic indulgence.
ref: 1988 October 7, John Kennedy, “"Here is the place!"”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 23 Oct 2015:
glosses: Alternative form of lefse.
sandsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sandsuckers
Etymology: From sand + sucker.
Senses: examples: text: " The sandsuckers did not lack for funds, however.
ref: 1988 October 7, Harold Henderson, “Saved Form^([sic]) the Sandsuckers”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A barge that collected sand from the bottom of lakes, for use in metal founding.
sandsuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sandsucker
nonsnitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsnitches
Etymology: From non- + snitch.
Senses: examples: text: The camp is divided into the snitches and the nonsnitches.
ref: 1988 October 7, John Conroy, “Minimum Security”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 11 Nov 2020:
glosses: One who is not a snitch.
nonsnitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonsnitch
antisnitch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisnitch
form: most antisnitch
Etymology: From anti- + snitch.
Senses: glosses: Opposing snitching.
antisnitching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antisnitching
form: most antisnitching
Etymology: From anti- + snitching.
Senses: glosses: Opposing snitching.
nonensemble
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ensemble.
Senses: glosses: Not involving or relating to an ensemble.
minizoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minizoos
Etymology: From mini- + zoo.
Senses: examples: text: Also in Indiana is the area's only real city--Michigan City, of course--some dollar-a-ticket, nearly first-run movie houses, a superb public library designed by Stanley Tigerman, and a minizoo at its lakefront Washington Park.
ref: 1988 October 7, Hank De Zutter, Pamela Little De Zutter, “Southwestern Michigan”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 01 Aug 2021:
glosses: A small zoo.
minizoos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minizoo
escapeland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: escapelands
Etymology: From escape + land.
Senses: examples: text: Like C. S. Lewis's Narnia, the southwest tip of Michigan is an accessible escapeland, just an hour and a half from the city yet worlds apart.
ref: 1988 October 7, Hank De Zutter, Pamela Little De Zutter, “Southwestern Michigan”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A place where one can go to escape.
escapelands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of escapeland
developpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: developpes
Etymology: Borrowed from French développé.
Senses: examples: text: Performing a curiously melancholy, undulating developpe, the dancers point their legs at each other like accusing fingers.
ref: 1988 October 7, Laura Molzahn, “Between Heaven and the Gargabe Can”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
qualifier: ballet
glosses: Alternative form of développé.
developpes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of developpe
waterfilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From water + filled.
Senses: examples: text: As I pushed down the plunger on my waterfilled spare syringe, stuck in the fruit, a jet of liquid hissed out the other side and shot across the room.
ref: 1988 June 17, Charlie White, “Reading: Travel Writing Marches On”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
glosses: Filled with water.
posttourist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: posttourists
Etymology: From post- + tourist.
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in posttourism.
posttourists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posttourist
posttourism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From post- + tourism.
Senses: glosses: A postmodern form of tourism in which the tourist is aware of the artificial nature of the experience but nevertheless able to enjoy it.
Related terms: posttourist
posttouristic
irruptives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of irruptive
antidramatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidramatic
form: most antidramatic
Etymology: From anti- + dramatic.
Senses: examples: text: In this film, the almost antidramatic construction and the lack of depth in the characters cause the viewer to focus on the imagery.
ref: 1988 June 17, Fred Camper, “Wide West”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposing or shunning the usual conventions of drama.
antidramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antidrama
antiphallic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiphallic
form: most antiphallic
Etymology: From anti- + phallic.
Senses: examples: text: Featuring two uninhibited young women who are both named Marie--whose various escapades, which add up less to a plot than to a string of outrageous set pieces, include several antiphallic gags, and a free-for-all with fancy food rivaling Laurel and Hardy that got Chytilova in lots of trouble with the authorities--this is a disturbing yet liberating tour de force from a talented director showing what she can do with freedom.
ref: 1988 June 17, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Daisies”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
text: In this chapter I will examine, on the one hand, how the sexual fantasies codified in harem texts may be used to construe an antiphallic, gynarchic model of "what a woman wants," […]
ref: 1999, Emily Apter, “Scopic regimes of Power/Phallic Law”, in Continental Drift:
glosses: Opposing the phallic.
botana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: botanas
Etymology: From Spanish botana.
Senses: examples: text: The guacamole and queso fundido (melted cheese with a slathering of chorizo sausage on top, spooned onto sections of flour tortilla) are excellent, and two botanas (assortments) offer items like chalupas (small crisp tortillas) not always found on Chicago menus.
ref: 1988 June 3, Lawrence Rand, “Restaurant Tours: 21 years in a Mexican standby”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2020:
glosses: A Mexican appetiser.
botanas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of botana
jumbledly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jumbledly
form: most jumbledly
Etymology: From jumbled + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The costumes should be a key device to charting the passage of time and trends in this show, but Julie Jackson's designs are a confusing clutter of styles, tackily manufactured, and jumbledly arranged.
ref: 1988 June 3, Albert Williams, “Soul Rapture”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2016:
glosses: In a jumbled manner.
cityside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From city + -side.
Senses: examples: text: Now he is a cityside reporter being shifted from beat to beat, learning the ropes, learning Chicago, upward bound.
ref: 1988 July 22, Michael Miner, “A Doc and His Sox; Hotshot, Potshots: The Sun-Times Grooms a Star”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2015:
topics: journalism
media
glosses: Working in the city.
examples: text: The “split parkway on cityside" alternative would be constructed on the cityside slopes of the Dallas Floodway East and West levees and would have total^([sic]) of eight general-purpose lanes with four lanes along each levee.
ref: 2000, Upper Trinity River Basin, Trinity River, Programmatic EIS, page 34:
synonyms: urban
glosses: Relating to the city or town rather than the countryside.
apoetical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more apoetical
form: most apoetical
Etymology: From a- + poetical.
Senses: examples: text: A master of simple, solid, apoetical, reportorial English.
ref: 1988 November 4, Anthony Adler, “Hitting the Skids”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016:
glosses: Not poetical.
woodcutlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more woodcutlike
form: most woodcutlike
Etymology: From woodcut + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Another addition that seemed unnecessary was the projection of several unfathomable woodcutlike prints.
ref: 1988 November 4, Helene R. Baker, “Last Letters From Stalingrad”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2020:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a woodcut.
proconvention
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more proconvention
form: most proconvention
Etymology: From pro- + convention.
Senses: examples: text: A new state constitutional convention could not limit individual liberties, according to the proconvention group Con Con for Court Reform.
ref: 1988 November 4, Harold Henderson, “The City File”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: In favour of a convention.
ultrapop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + pop.
Senses: examples: text: On his third full-length record, Every Dog Has Its Day, prodigy producer and ultrapop songster Mitch Easter continues his search for the perfect hook.
ref: 1988 November 4, Bill Wyman, “Let's Active”, in Chicago Reader:
text: What Progressive radio sought to do was provide listeners a true alternative to the frenzied, ultrapop sound of hit radio. Music play lists were not drawn from the charts.
ref: 1989, Michael C. Keith, Broadcast Voice Performance, page 40:
glosses: A particularly pure or intense form of pop music.
everykid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everykids
Etymology: From every + kid; modelled on everyman.
Senses: examples: text: These photos and interviews are of everykid, a suffering, struggling, and surviving being who could be living anywhere; Kids should see this exhibit so they realize they're not alone.
ref: 1988 November 4, Peter Friederici, “Significant Moments”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:
glosses: The archetypical ordinary child.
everykids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of everykid
reinvolvement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinvolvements
Etymology: From re- + involvement.
Senses: examples: text: Jeffery points out that among his neighbors are several ex-Roman Catholics who are leaning toward reinvolvement in the Church--but not on the old "do as we tell you, unquestioningly" terms.
ref: 1988 September 9, Bryan Miller, “Knells of Saint Mary's”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2020:
glosses: The situation of becoming involved again.
sabremetrician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sabremetricians
Senses: examples: text: In his final essay, "Breaking the Wand," James swears off his own "sabremetrician" label and vows to stop doing the Abstract.
ref: 1988 August 19, Ted Cox, “Reading: The Poetry of Baseball”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2019:
glosses: Alternative form of sabermetrician.
sabremetricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sabremetrician
oraclelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oraclelike
form: most oraclelike
Etymology: From oracle + -like.
Senses: examples: text: This gives his commands an oraclelike quality that compels the actors to obey.
ref: 1988 December 23, Tom Valeo, “Carne Vale”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 26 Oct 2020:
glosses: Like an oracle; prophetic.
Synonyms: oracular
undermark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: undermarks
form: undermarking
form: undermarked
form: undermarked
Etymology: From under- + mark.
Senses: examples: text: […] provided that you undertake for us that the Company agrees to the points undermarked in red pencil in the Arabic version of the exact text of the Concession.
ref: 1975, Archibald H. T. Chisholm, The First Kuwait Oil Concession Agreement:
glosses: To place a mark or marking underneath.
overmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmarks
form: overmarking
form: overmarked
form: overmarked
Etymology: From over- + mark.
Senses: glosses: To place a mark or marking above.