cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
acroteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acroterium
bloodspot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloodspots
Etymology: From blood + spot.
Senses: examples: text: “Racism is still an ugly thing in this country,” he says, dabbing at a tiny bloodspot.
ref: 2008 February 17, Donald Ray Pollock, “Ink Before You Vote”, in New York Times:
glosses: A spot of blood.
Derived terms: bloodspotted
bloodspots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloodspot
geodome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geodomes
Etymology: Blend of geodesic + dome
Senses: examples: text: Today, even as Mr. Haeg is putting his beloved geodome on the market and deaccessioning unnecessary objects, there is one thing he is hanging onto.
ref: 2008 February 17, David Colman, “Art and Life, Steeping in a Teapot”, in New York Times:
glosses: geodesic dome
geodomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geodome
Kreyol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From creole.
Senses: glosses: An English-based creole language spoken in Liberia, related to Merico.
oilwell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oilwells
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oil well.
oilwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oilwell
panderings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pandering
seethrough
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more seethrough
form: most seethrough
Etymology: Deverbal from see through.
Senses: examples: text: 1969: Barbra Streisand’s seethrough, bell-bottom Scaasi pajamas.
ref: 2008 February 17, Anita Gates, “There Will Be Memories”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of see-through.
semicomfortable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + comfortable.
Senses: examples: text: Last week: John Glass had a semicomfortable conversation with Ambrose, teh^([sic]) police captain, about the murder of Dylan Riley.
ref: 2008 February 17, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat comfortable.
semicomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicoma
semistate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semistates
Etymology: From semi- + state.
Senses: examples: text: Israel is trying to contain a new form of polity: a nonsovereign, semioccupied semistate controlled by Hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by the United States and the European Union and is officially committed to the destruction of the country obligated to provide it with fuel, electricity, water and food.
ref: 2008 February 17, Steven Erlanger, “For Israel, Gaza Offers a Range of Risky Choices”, in New York Times:
glosses: A geopolitical region with some characteristics of a state.
semistates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semistate
nontackle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + tackle.
Senses: examples: text: Collin Link, now 12, is back to training and sports, including a nontackle form of football.
ref: 2008 February 18, Gina Kolata, “A Big-Time Injury Striking Little Players’ Knees”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not involving tackles.
nonlake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lake.
Senses: glosses: Not of or pertaining to a lake.
requote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: requotes
form: requoting
form: requoted
form: requoted
Etymology: From re- + quote.
Senses: glosses: To quote again or anew.
requotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of requote
requoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of requote
requoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of requote
immunocompatible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunocompatible
form: most immunocompatible
Etymology: From immuno- + compatible.
Senses: examples: text: You like having pairs of those sense organs, two eyes for binocular vision, two ears to localize sounds and twinned nostrils so you can follow your nose to freshly baked bread or the nape of a lover’s irresistibly immunocompatible neck?
ref: 2008 February 19, Natalie Angier, “What People Owe Fish: A Lot”, in New York Times:
glosses: Compatible with a targeted immune system.
Related terms: immunocompatibility
nonlodging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lodging.
Senses: examples: text: Airport hotels are starting to court these nonlodging guests by introducing or enhancing amenities specifically aimed at them.
ref: 2008 February 19, Martha C. White, “A Cure for the Airport Blues”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not lodging.
pubgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pubgoers
Etymology: From pub + goer.
Senses: examples: text: Described by witnesses as a keen cricketer and pubgoer until contacts with Islamic militants radicalized him on a trip to Pakistan, he was ordered to serve at least 14 years for the plot, and for supplying militants in Afghanistan with money and equipment.
ref: 2008 February 19, John F. Burns, “Britain: Life Sentence in Beheading Plot”, in New York Times:
synonyms: pubber
punter#Etymology_3
glosses: One who visits a public house.
pubgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pubgoer
castlette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castlettes
Etymology: From castle + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: In the background were impossible castles and castlettes, precariously perched on isolated pinnacles of rock, which broke out here and there with unlikely trees.
ref: 1922, Charles Matlack Price, Poster design:
text: Once little more than a speed trap 25 miles northeast of Dallas, this town started to boom about a year ago, as turreted stone castlettes and modest brick bungalows began springing up in what had been wheat fields.
ref: 2008 February 20, Leslie Eaton, “Slowdown Hits Towns at Outskirts of Texas Boom”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small castle.
castlettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castlette
newfashion
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: newfashions
form: newfashioning
form: newfashioned
form: newfashioned
form: new-fashion
Etymology: From new + fashion.
Senses: examples: text: From the duke they would have taken his birthright; the church and religion they would have cast in a new mould; the bishops and clerks they would have new-fashioned, if not utterly laid aside; banished many of the nobles; …
ref: 1744, William Oldys, Edward Harley Oxford (Earl of), The Harleian miscellany
text: He used to observe that poets and orators abound most in the corruptest times, and we have been fining and newfashioning the English tongue, whilst English manners are become wild.
ref: 1867, William Hylton Dyer Longstaffe, Memoirs of the life of Mr. Ambrose Barnes:
text: Not a few were given to him by the old romancers; but these he has new-fashioned to his needs.
ref: 1881, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy:
text: Since the period of original composition, I have new-fashioned this introductory stanza after comparing it with Mr. Sotheby, to whom I am accordingly indebted for much of its present structure.
ref: 1977, John Boening, The Reception of classical German literature in England:
glosses: To modernise; remodel in the latest style.
newfashion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more newfashion
form: most newfashion
form: new-fashion
Etymology: From new + fashion.
Senses: examples: text: Killerwhale House already knows what to do in these 'newfashion' times.
ref: 1957, Margaret Elizabeth Bell, Daughter of Wolf House:
text: An entirely newfashion concept.
ref: 1964, Men's wear, volume 149:
text: The dresses will be narrower at the hips, midriffs bare and the classic skirt will take on newfashion impetus.
ref: 1975, America's textiles: Reporter/bulletin edition: Volume 4
glosses: Recently come into fashion; new-fashioned.
coworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From co- + working.
Senses: examples: text: coworking space
text: Some companies, like Citizen Agency, a San Francisco Internet consulting firm that has done the most to evangelize coworking, have an open-door policy, in which people rent desks but others are free to drop in and use the Wi-Fi or the conference room.
ref: 2008 February 20, Dan Fost, “They're Working on Their Own, Just Side by Side”, in New York Times:
glosses: The use of a shared working environment for independent activities by different organisations.
Related terms: parallel play
granolas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granola
postnup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postnups
Etymology: Clipping of postnuptial.
Senses: examples: text: While prenups, in one form or another, have been written since ancient times, postnups came on the scene in the early 1980's.
ref: 1997 February 23, Bruce Felton, “Fastening Your Seat Belt For a Bumpy Marriage”, in The New York Times:
text: Such tangles and many others can be avoided with a buy-sell agreement — basically a business prenup or a postnup, depending on when owners draw it up.
ref: 2008 February 20, Deborah L. Jacobs, “Making the Breakup Much Easier”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A postnuptial agreement.
Coordinate terms: prenup
postnups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postnup
prebreak
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + break.
Senses: examples: text: The Knicks’ prebreak ineptitude appeared set to continue on the game’s first possession, which ended with a shot-clock violation as Jamal Crawford air-balled a desperate 3-pointer.
ref: 2008 February 20, Mike Ogle, “Well-Rested Knicks Show Some Fight in Overtime”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a break.
prebreak
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prebreaks
form: prebreaking
form: prebroke
form: prebroken
Etymology: From pre- + break.
Senses: examples: text: Prebreakers are used to prebreak or crush cocoa presscakes, fats, large fruit or vegetables, whole fish, bones, etc.
ref: 1963, Maynard Alexander Joslyn, John Laurence Heid, Food Processing Operations, page 426:
text: If you need to separate, mix, size, wash, reduce, rinse, granulate, prebreak, grind, mill, disperse, decake, pulverize, blend Why not increase your profits in the process?
ref: 1967, Canadian Chemical Processing, volume 51, page 80:
text: With 1% salt, patties produced from meat prebroken at −6°C tended to be favoured; with 0.5% salt the effect of prebreak temperature was clearer, with products from meat at −3°C being favoured, and considered more meaty.
ref: 2002, S J James, Christian James, C. B. James, Meat Refrigeration, page 182:
glosses: To break up large chunks of material into a size that is more convenient for further processing.
prebreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + break.
Senses: examples: text: The incoming material is coarsly ground ( prebreak) , and placed in steam-jacketed cookers.
ref: 1989, Charles M. Mohr, Membrane Applications and Research in Food Processing, page 42:
text: A feed wheel slides the blanks off the bottom, one at a time , where they are carried between belts moving at up to 2,000 ft ( 610 m ) per minute into a prebreak station.
ref: 1998, Joseph F. Hanlon, Robert J. Kelsey, Hallie Forcinio, Handbook of Package Engineering, page 174:
text: With 1% salt, patties produced from meat prebroken at -6°C tended to be favoured; with 0.5 % salt the effect of prebreak temperature was clearer, with products from meat at -3°C being favoured, and considered more meaty.
ref: 2002, S J James, Christian James, C. B. James, Meat Refrigeration, page 182:
glosses: The initial stage of processing, in which material is prebroken.
risottolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more risottolike
form: most risottolike
Etymology: From risotto + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Beyond that, I like the standard short-grain brown rice, which is the one to use for risottolike dishes, and which can be fairly creamy.
ref: 2008 February 20, Mark Bittman, “Rice, Across Its Full Spectrum”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of risotto.
spherification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spherifications
Etymology: From sphere + -ification.
Senses: examples: text: While the Cointreau technology did not strike him as novel, Mr. Freeman was curious about the spherification kit the company had put together for bartenders.
ref: 2008 February 20, Pete Wells, “Eat 300 and Say ‘Spherification’”, in New York Times:
glosses: The process of forming something into a sphere or spheres.
spherifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spherification
audiophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From audio- + -philia.
Senses: examples: text: IT’S only a mild case of audiophilia, according to the professionals, but it’s causing me significant discomfort.
ref: 2008 February 21, Jason Turbow, “Put Another File in the Jukebox, Baby”, in New York Times:
glosses: An interest in high fidelity sound reproduction and equipment.
beader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beaders
Etymology: From bead + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Bessie’s father was a milkman, and her mom was a homemaker, but Aunt Jenny was a beader.
ref: 2008 February 21, Campbell Robertson, “Puttin’ on Razzle-Dazzle, One Bead at a Time”, in New York Times:
text: A beader and art glass designer, she opened String Beads twelve years ago with the aim of creating a store to meet the needs and anticipate the desires of any beader.
ref: 2013, Laura Levaas, The Beader's Stash: Designs from America's Favorite Bead Shop:
glosses: One who makes decorative beading.
examples: text: The four pairs of rollers accompanying the No. 4 beader are the single bead, ogee bead, triple and triple coffee pot, as represented in the above cut.
ref: 1903, Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, Illustrated Catalogue - Issue 114, page 809:
glosses: Synonym of perloir.
synonyms: word: perloir
beaders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beader
bulbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bulbed
form: most bulbed
Etymology: From bulb + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: One man does not pass: John Cornelius Foley, a 6-foot-2, lumbering slab of damaged Irish-American age 57 years this May. He limps slowly, his right leg below the knee as knotty and bulbed as an old root.
ref: 2008 February 21, Michael Wilson, “Home in Box Had Its Problems; Alternative Does, Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: Shaped like a bulb.
clethra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clethras
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Clethra.
Senses: examples: text: Be warned that heights are more fixed than widths; clethra spreads slowly but indefinitely unless it is restrained.
ref: 2008 February 21, Leslie Land, “Don’t Bake the Clethra”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Clethra of flowering shrubs or small trees bearing flowers in clusters.
clethras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clethra
cyberpioneer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberpioneers
Etymology: From cyber- + pioneer.
Senses: examples: text: I didn't know that much of what goes on online would turn out to be " utter drivel," as disillusioned cyberpioneer Clifford Stoll now concludes in his book Silicon Snake Oil, or "flame wars" of crude and escalating insults...
ref: 1999, Heike Hänlein, Studies in authorship recognition: a corpus-based approach:
text: On the contrary, the cyberpioneers of the moment are digitally effusive teenage girls.
ref: 2008 February 21, Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Sorry, Boys, This Is Our Domain”, in New York Times:
text: Indeed, teenage girls are the cyberpioneers of the Internet.
ref: 2009, Catherine Kaputa, The female brand: using the female mindset to succeed in business, page 55:
glosses: A pioneer of cyberspace.
cyberpioneers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberpioneer
oheloberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oheloberry
oheloberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oheloberries
Etymology: From Hawaiian, from the plant's name ʻŌhelo ʻai, and berry.
Senses: glosses: The berry of Vaccinium reticulatum, native to Hawaii, similar in taste to the cranberry.
hyperinflationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperinflationary
form: most hyperinflationary
Etymology: From hyper- + inflationary.
Senses: examples: text: Zimbabweans have learned to live in a hyperinflationary environment, he added, “but the question is, how long can this continue?”
ref: 2008 February 21, Agence France-Presse, “Zimbabwe: Inflation Breaks the Six-Figure Mark”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Having very high levels of inflation.
kalanchoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæl.ənˈkoʊ.ɪ/
ipa: /-æn-/
ipa: /kəˈlɑn.koʊ.eɪ/
Forms: form: kalanchoes
Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Kalanchoe.
Senses: examples: text: NOW that spring is near, I’ve been repotting dozens of houseplants — begonias, aloes and oxalis — and have started to make cuttings of others, like geraniums, aeoniums and kalanchoes.
ref: 2008 February 21, Anne Raver, “Repotting for Spring, Mixing in Some Memories”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Kalanchoe of tropical, succulent flowering plants.
kalanchoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalanchoe
kalamkaris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kalamkari
nonlathering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + lathering.
Senses: examples: text: Lorraine Massey, a founder of Devachan, simply rinses and agitates her scalp with fingers (or uses a nonlathering cleanser like Devachan No-Poo).
ref: 2008 February 21, Anna Jane Grossman, “Of Course I Washed My Hair Last Year (I’m Almost Certain)”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not forming a lather.
nonretroactivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + retroactivity.
Senses: examples: text: The question for the court in this case was whether state courts, in considering postconviction appeals from criminal defendants, are bound by the same rule of nonretroactivity.
ref: 2008 February 21, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Rule on Retroactivity of Decisions”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality (especially of a law) of not being retroactive.
sweet pepperbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweet pepperbushes
Senses: glosses: Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.
Synonyms: summersweet
summersweet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summersweets
Etymology: From summer + sweet.
Senses: glosses: Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.
Synonyms: sweet pepperbush
summersweets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summersweet
ziplocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zip + locked, based on the brand name Ziploc.
Senses: examples: text: First, it’s ineffective, because the country will never be ziplocked as tightly as he wants it to be.
ref: 2008 February 21, Lawrence Downes, “Broken Borders and Dover Sole: My Lunch With Lou Dobbs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Tightly sealed in, or as if in, a Ziploc bag.
countercorruption
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌpʃən
Etymology: From counter- + corruption.
Senses: examples: text: It quoted Transparency International, the global countercorruption organization, as estimating his wealth at $15 billion to $35 billion.
ref: 2008 February 22, Seth Mydans, “Time Appeals Libel Ruling Over Suharto in Indonesia”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing or countering corruption.
boatmobile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatmobiles
Etymology: Blend of boat + bookmobile
Senses: examples: text: For residents of this remote village on an ice-locked island off the tip of mainland Wisconsin, the gliding boatmobile, known here as a windsled, is a kind of school bus.
ref: 2008 February 22, Susan Saulny, “Across the Bay, on a School Bus Wearing Skis”, in New York Times:
glosses: A boat that operates as a bookmobile.
boatmobiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatmobile
crocuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more crocuslike
form: most crocuslike
Etymology: From crocus + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Her eight recent paintings, all made with enamel on shaped aluminum panels (and untitled, like the one at left), exhibit combinations of geometric forms and saturated colors — a toothpaste green and a crocuslike violet, a warm gray and a wan chartreuse.
ref: 2008 February 22, The New York Times, “Museum and Gallery Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a crocus.
mismarkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismarking
shootdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shootdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from shoot down.
Senses: examples: text: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, who personally gave the order to go ahead with the satellite shootdown Wednesday, told reporters in Hawaii on Thursday that he was prepared to share some details of the operation with China to ease its concerns that the debris might still prove dangerous.
ref: 2008 February 22, Thom Shanker, “An Errant Satellite Is Gone, but Questions Linger”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: kill#English:_military victory
glosses: The shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.
shootdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shootdown
trinketlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trinketlike
form: most trinketlike
Etymology: From trinket + -like.
Senses: examples: text: At Bonakdar his atomlike sculptures — composed of mirrored rings and intersecting discs — look more trinketlike than transcendent.
ref: 2008 February 22, Karen Rosenberg, “Cheeky Hipsters in the Halls of Victorian Brigadiers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Like a trinket; cheap and showy.
unpublic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unpublick
Etymology: From un- + public.
Senses: examples: text: Hence, the public announcement of the unpublic auction.
ref: 2008 February 22, Diana B. Henriques, “Not Your Ordinary Swap Meet”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not public.
commissionership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commissionerships
Etymology: From commissioner + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: When he retired, he called his commissionership “the greatest job in the world; you’re always visiting wonderful places.”
ref: 2008 February 23, Dennis Hevesi, “Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies”, in New York Times:
glosses: The role or office of commissioner.
commissionerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commissionership
dopefiend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dopefiends
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dope fiend.
minicoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicoats
Etymology: From mini- + coat.
Senses: examples: text: Against a projected background of collages by Timotheus Paulus Roeloffs, a Berlin artist, Ms. Versace sent out minimalist day clothes: tailored dark trousers, navy wool and silk gazar dresses with asymmetrical draping at the neckline, and raised-collar minicoats with a Cardin influence.
ref: 2008 February 23, Cathy Horyn, “Much to Applaud, With Footnotes”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very short coat.
dopefiends
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dopefiend
minicoats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicoat
nonpressuring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + pressuring.
Senses: examples: text: In their courtship of Mr. Richardson, both Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Obama are skilled and nonpressuring, their efforts appropriate, he said.
ref: 2008 February 23, Mark Leibovich, “No Longer in Race, Richardson Is a Man Pursued”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not pressuring.
petitgrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pœ-tē-grăɴ′
ipa: /ˌpə.tiˈɡræ̃/
ipa: /ˌpə.tiˈɡrã/
ipa: /ˌpə.tiˈɡreɪn/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.tiˈɡræ̃/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.tiˈɡrã/
ipa: /ˌpɛ.tiˈɡreɪn/
Etymology: From French petitgrain.
Senses: examples: text: Even when preparing less costly synthetic nerolis, French petitgrain is almost invariably employed […]
ref: 2007, NPCS Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete Technology Book on Flavours, Fragrances and Perfumes:
text: Zinarine, natural green and tomato leaf notes with aspects of mint, fig, hyacinth; petitgrain Paradisamide, a long-lasting, fresh tropical fruit note with nuances of grapefruit, rhubarb and cassis; and Florymoss, a floral, green, mossy note which blends well with floral fruity and spicy accords.”
ref: 2008 February 23, Chandler Burr, “Ahhh, the Seductive Fragrance of Molecules Under Patent”, in New York Times:
glosses: An essential oil that is extracted from the green twigs of the bitter orange plant.
acetylcarnitine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌsiːtɪlˈkɑː(ɹ)nɪtiːn/
Forms: form: acetylcarnitines
Etymology: From acetyl + carnitine.
Senses: examples: text: Her mostly organic diet is supplemented with black-currant oil, acetylcarnitine and silica capsules.
ref: 2009 March 3, Peter Lueders, “Feed Your Face”, in New York Times:
glosses: Acetylated carinitine; a dietary supplement derived from carnitine.
Synonyms: word: ACAR
word: ACar
Hyponyms: levoacetylcarninite
levo-acetylcarninite
L-acetylcarnitine
acetyl-L-carnitine
LAC
ALC
ALCAR
dextroacetylcarninite
dextro-acetylcarninite
D-acetylcarnitine
acetyl-D-carnitine
DAC
DL-acetylcarnitine
acetyl-DL-carnitine
Derived terms: sense: acetylated carnitine
word: ACAR
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: ACar
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: acetyl-D-carnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: acetyl-DL-carnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: acetyl-L-carnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: ALC
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: ALCAR
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: DAC
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: D-acetylcarnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: dextroacetylcarninite
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: dextro-acetylcarninite
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: DL-acetylcarnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: LAC
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: L-acetylcarnitine
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: levo-acetylcarninite
sense: acetylated carnitine
word: levoacetylcarninite
airgaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of airgap
bimatoprost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈmæt.əˌpɹɑst/
Etymology: From bimato- (of unknown origin) + -prost (“prostaglandin”).
Senses: examples: text: Some of the products contained small amounts of bimatoprost, an ingredient in the anti-glaucoma drug Lumigan, which is manufactured by Allergan.
ref: 2009 March 3, Alex Kuczynski, “Jeepers Peepers!”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A prostaglandin analog C₂₅H₃₇NO₄ used topically to reduce elevated intraocular pressure (as in the treatment of open-angle glaucoma) and promote the growth of longer and thicker eyelashes. It is marketed under the trademarks Latisse and Lumigan.
bimatrices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimatrix
champak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champaks
Senses: examples: text: Yü, a limited-edition perfume from Mane, costs $5,000 and “contains rare, sustainably harvested plant essences like Indonesian champak and Mysore sandalwood.”
ref: 2009 March 3, Sandra Ballentine, “IN – STORE / China Shop”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of champac (Magnolia champaca)
champaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champak
corbeled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corbeled
form: most corbeled
Senses: examples: text: Some have small oriel windows in oval shapes resting on corbeled brickwork, laid in rows that gradually project from the facade.
ref: 2008 February 24, Christopher Gray, “Once Exclusive Enclaves, Subject to Change”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of corbelled.
counterbalancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterbalancers
Etymology: From counterbalance + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who, or that which, counterbalances.
examples: text: The footpegs and handlebars buzz as the engine revs — the counterbalancer that controls vibration in the stock KLR has been omitted to save weight and reduce complexity.
ref: 2008 February 24, Dexter Ford, “Diesel-Sipping Motorcycle for the Marines”, in New York Times:
glosses: Part of a bicycle designed to reduce vibration.
counterbalancers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterbalancer
crostinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The menu at this new brick-walled wine bar features Italian snacks, including a nice selection of cheeses and salumi; and crostinis and small plates like sardines baked with fennel, pine nuts, raisins and pecorino; and pigs’ trotters with bread stuffing and chestnuts.
ref: 2008 February 24, “Deep-Fried Mars Bars”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of crostini
debaptism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈbæptɪzəm/
Forms: form: debaptisms
form: de-baptism
Etymology: From de- + baptism.
Senses: glosses: A ceremony supposed to cancel a person's earlier baptism.
Related terms: debaptize
apostasy
deconversion
defection
disaffection
estrangement
reversion
detachedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /dɪˈtæt͡ʃɪdli/
/dəˈ-/
Forms: form: more detachedly
form: most detachedly
Etymology: From detached + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: In his second work, “Jérôme Bel,” four naked performers detachedly examine and manipulate their bodies, illuminated by a single light bulb, and eventually urinate onstage.
ref: 2008 February 24, Roslyn Sulcas, “Unless You Have Another Word, Dance Will Do”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a detached manner.
car-body van
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car-body vans
Senses: glosses: A small van, built on a chassis designed for a car.
Synonyms: sense: small van
word: auto-body van
Related terms: sense: small van
word: panel van
word: auto body
diaperish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diaperish
form: most diaperish
Etymology: From diaper + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Bloomers — sometimes diaperish, usually subversive and most women’s idea of fashion hell — produced smirks and double-takes in New York and Europe.
ref: 2009 March 3, Christopher Petkanas, “Early Bloomers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a diaper.
car-body vans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of car-body van
frevo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Portuguese, said to come from ferver (“to boil”).
Senses: examples: text: Musicians from Recife, Olinda and rural Pernambuco have concocted rock laced with funk; reggae; the local beats of maracatú and frevo; old rural songs; and the beats, burbles and scratches of electronica.
ref: 2008 February 24, Jon Pareles, “Recalling Romance, Brazilian Rock Beats and an Age-Old Harp”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of a wide range of music and dance styles originating from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and traditionally associated with Brazilian carnival.
gurulike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gurulike
form: most gurulike
Etymology: From guru + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Kusama herself, delighted by her escalating auction prices but paranoid about the least implication of indebtedness to any other artist, has retreated ever further into gurulike ambiguities.
ref: 2009 March 3, “Kusama Dot Com”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a guru.
haremlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more haremlike
form: most haremlike
Etymology: From harem + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The bifurcated look had something weirdly haremlike about it and, however liberating, was light only in relation to what had come before.
ref: 2009 March 3, Christopher Petkanas, “Early Bloomers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a harem.
hedgie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hedgies
Etymology: From hedge + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: The average life span of the captive hedgie is 3 to 8 years.
ref: 2003, Chris Pinney, The Complete Home Veterinary Guide, page 502:
text: Still, some hedgies will run for hours at night.
ref: 2008, Hugh Warwick, A Prickly Affair: My Life with Hedgehogs, unnumbered page:
text: Still, the original imported hedgies were enough to establish a stable North American population.
ref: 2021 August 12, Noelle Mateer, “Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram”, in Wired:
glosses: A hedgehog.
examples: text: Despite the best, or worst, efforts of those overextended hedgies and subprime-sters, it did, but not as high as hems, and it yo-yoed squeamishly along the way.
ref: 2009 March 3, Alice Rawsthorn, “Power Play”, in New York Times:
text: Most hedgies currently lack conviction. Incidentally, that's a good sign, not an ill omen.
ref: 2020, Barton Biggs, Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs' Final Words on the Markets, page 28:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A hedge fund trader.
hedgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hedgie
hospitability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, hospitable + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: This hospitability to established acts is part of what makes country music unique and, these days, uniquely profitable.
ref: 2008 February 24, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Country Music Veteran Proves He’s No Mere Hat Act”, in New York Times:
antonyms: inhospitability
inhospitableness
glosses: The quality of being hospitable.
Related terms: hospitality
injectible
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inject + -ible.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Matlock, who made his name performing liposuction and then transplanting the fat to create a “Brazilian butt augmentation,” and who later went on to have a role on the reality show “Dr. 90210,” patiently explained the ins and outs of the injectible procedure of the moment, one that he claims to have invented and that makes Botox seem so five wrinkles ago.
ref: 2009 March 3, Susan Campos, “Anterior Motives”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of injectable.
injectible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: injectibles
Etymology: From inject + -ible.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of injectable.
injectibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of injectible
jazzhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jazzheads
Etymology: From jazz + -head.
Senses: examples: text: He speaks to an audience definable not by its size nor even by its color but by its intellectual jazzhead zeal, and if he sometimes appears to be speaking only to himself, so be it; few people I know have the fervor for anything to match Mackey’s for jazz.
ref: 2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times:
glosses: A jazz music enthusiast.
jazzheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jazzhead
linocuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of linocut
megacompany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacompanies
Etymology: From mega- + company.
Senses: examples: text: But don’t think that working for a megacompany comes at the cost of Capone’s imagination: “They always let me be experimental.”
ref: 2009 March 3, Alex Hawgood, “Contributors”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very large company.
megacompanies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacompany
Banks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bankses
form: Bangs
Senses: examples: text: Sir John being asked if he offered to put another name in his stead, he believes he did, and that Mr. Banks said, it might stand in his own name; he likewise said, he believed the colonel did not know it was the Company's stock, he having never told him it was, as he remembers.
ref: 1811, William Cobbett, The Parliamentary History of England:
glosses: An English toponymic surname for someone who lives near a hill or bank of land.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Pike County, Alabama.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bradley County, Arkansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Boise County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Fayette County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Antrim County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washington County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
glosses: A small village in Burtholme parish, Carlisle district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY5664).
glosses: A large village in North Meols parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3920).
glosses: An electoral division in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Derived terms: Banks' brown
Banks County
Banksian
Banks Island
Banks Islands
Banks Peninsula
Bankstown
Banks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bank
metafictionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metafictionists
Etymology: From metafiction + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: As a maker of such writing, he descends from a long line traceable from Whitman and Melville to the modernists and Mackey’s idol, Baraka, to the metafictionists John Barth and William Gass.
ref: 2008 February 24, David Hajdu, “Jazz Man”, in New York Times:
glosses: A writer of metafiction.
neoburlesque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + burlesque.
Senses: examples: text: The state of being partially or very casually dressed, as in, “The teen star gives an extremely naked performance in the CW remake of ‘Bilitis,’ spending the entire movie in varying degrees of dishabille”; a front-row buzzword in a season in which designers have stripped back the silhouette to its conceptual, neoburlesque bare bones, e.g., “The collection was very mid-’90s Madonna dishabille in Seville meets Dita Von Teese in Greece.”
ref: 2009 March 3, Horacio Silva, “The Talk”, in New York Times:
glosses: A modern fashion style based on traditional burlesque.
metafictionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metafictionist
nonevangelicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonevangelical
precampaign
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-campaign
Etymology: From pre- + campaign.
Senses: examples: text: Reruns revive the old Fred Thompson in all his precampaign savvy.
ref: 2008 February 24, Eleanor Randolph, “It’s Law & Order”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a campaign.
precampaign
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precampaigns
form: pre-campaign
Etymology: From pre- + campaign.
Senses: examples: text: For example, current election laws remain silent about so-called precampaigns: the campaign activities that prospective candidates carry out ahead of the official campaign period […]
ref: 2005, Russell Crandall, Guadalupe Paz, Riordan Roett, Mexico's Democracy at Work: Political and Economic Dynamics:
glosses: A campaign that takes place in advance of the main campaign.
regentrify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regentrifies
form: regentrifying
form: regentrified
form: regentrified
Etymology: From re- + gentrify.
Senses: examples: text: “Huntington regentrified itself and survived,” he said.
ref: 2008 February 24, Marcelle S. Fischler, “The Heart and Soul of Suburbia”, in New York Times:
glosses: To gentrify again.
regentrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regentrify
regentrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regentrify
regentrification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From re- + gentrification.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of regentrifying.
semicustomized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + customized.
Senses: examples: text: Clients pay very dear prices for the complex, semicustomized software that runs their business.
ref: 2008 February 24, Randall Stross, “Maybe Microsoft Should Stalk Different Prey”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially customized.
superaffluent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superaffluent
form: most superaffluent
Etymology: From super- + affluent.
Senses: examples: text: But the penthouses languished on the market, until he began marketing them as combined space for superaffluent buyers.
ref: 2008 February 24, Josh Barbanel, “Combine and Conquer”, in New York Times:
glosses: Highly affluent.
holy basil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: holy basils
Senses: synonyms: tulsi
glosses: Ocimum tenuiflorum, an aromatic plant cultivated for religious, medicinal, and culinary purposes and for its essential oil.
semisatisfied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + satisfied.
Senses: examples: text: But by then the music had been cut, semisatisfied customers were wandering out, and it fell to T-Pain to state the obvious.
ref: 2008 February 25, Kelefa Sanneh, “A Night With Stars of Phone and Rap”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially satisfied.
ballhandler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ballhandlers
form: ball handler
Etymology: From ball + handler.
Senses: examples: text: “Like every kid her age, she has to become a much better ballhandler and a better defender,” he said.
ref: 2008 February 26, Frank Litsky, “In Freshman Season, Moore Shows UConn What May Come”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who handles the ball.
ballhandlers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballhandler
boomy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -uːmi
Forms: form: boomier
form: boomiest
Etymology: From boom + -y.
Senses: examples: text: If you're miking a boomy acoustic, the proximity effect can work against you, but having it on a thin-sounding arch-top can work for you.
ref: 1999, Jon Chappell, The Recording Guitarist: A Guide for Home and Studio, page 54:
text: As an airliner approaches you from a long way off, the sound is first heard as rumble, and, as it get closer and then directly overhead, the sound becomes increasingly boomier.
ref: 2007, Gary Gottlieb, Shaping Sound in the Studio and Beyond: Audio Aesthetics and Technology, page 250:
text: For the third movement Mr. Safronov had Schubert’s piano sketch as a guide, but his big, boomy orchestration, with a gentle pastoral trio at its core, sounded jarring after the first two movements.
ref: 2008 February 26, Allan Kozinn, “In Precise Movements, a Russian Sense of Drama”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characterized by heavy bass sounds.
examples: text: c. 1880s, Rudyard Kipling, quoted in 1992, John William Reps, The Making of Urban America: A History of City Planning in the United States, page 412,
Tacoma was literally staggering under a boom of the boomiest. I do not quite remember what her natural resources were supposed to be, […] .
text: A larger amount of capital is seeking investment than in the boomiest of boom times, yet there is no boom now.
ref: 1903, Mining Magazine: An International Monthly Review of Current Progress in Mining and Metallurgy, volume 7, page 132:
text: Even in boomier times, the flexibility that leasing provides has become increasingly important to companies.
ref: 1979, Business Week, numbers 2592-2600, page 72:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a financial boom, resources boom, baby boom, etc.
Derived terms: boominess
boomier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of boomy: more boomy
boomiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of boomy: most boomy
hyperjudgmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperjudgmental
form: most hyperjudgmental
Etymology: From hyper- + judgmental.
Senses: examples: text: Lil Wayne is at the strange, magical point in his career when popular acclaim seems like total freedom, when hyperjudgmental fans suspend judgment, willing to follow their hero wherever he goes, whatever he does.
ref: 2008 February 26, Kelefa Sanneh, “Savoring a Moment in the Sun, Despite a Court Date”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely judgmental.
nonmainframe
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + mainframe.
Senses: examples: text: But the significance of the new machine, analysts say, is that it is a big step in a broad campaign by I.B.M. to make the mainframe computer a high-performance, energy-efficient engine for running all kinds of nonmainframe software.
ref: 2008 February 26, Steve Lohr, “I.B.M. to Introduce a Notably Improved Mainframe”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to mainframe computing.
uncopyrighted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + copyrighted.
Senses: examples: text: The technology will be uncopyrighted open-source material, Dr. Frieden said, allowing as many companies as possible to use the system as a model.
ref: 2008 February 26, Marc Santora, “New York City to Help Doctors Track Patients’ Records Electronically”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not under copyright.
suboffice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suboffices
Etymology: From sub- + office.
Senses: examples: text: “If they do not heed it, the Taliban will target their offices, suboffices and tower stations,” it said.
ref: 2008 February 26, Taimoor Shah, “Taliban Threatens Afghan Cellphone Companies”, in New York Times:
glosses: A subsidiary office; a subsidiary building or room where clerical or professional duties are performed.
suboffices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of suboffice
factoryscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: factoryscapes
Etymology: From factory + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: As configured by the Whitney curatorial assistant Sasha Nicholas, that small room reveals a tender, personal side of Demuth that remains hidden among the comparatively impersonal factoryscapes in the front room.
ref: 2008 February 27, Ken Johnson, “A Watercolorist Who Turned His Hand to Oils of Heroic Vision”, in New York Times:
glosses: A landscape dominated by factories.
factoryscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of factoryscape
nonconfrontation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonconfrontations
Etymology: From non- + confrontation.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Obama, pursuing a front-runner’s strategy of nonconfrontation after winning 11 straight contests, mostly defended his positions and views, though he said he and his team had not “whined” about the Clinton camp’s attacks on him.
ref: 2008 February 27, Patrick Healy, “Democrats Clash on Trade, Health and Tactics”, in New York Times:
glosses: Avoidance of confrontation.
glosses: A situation that is not a confrontation.
antirural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antirural
form: most antirural
Etymology: From anti- + rural.
Senses: examples: text: In New Jersey’s smallest municipalities, whose state aid has been slashed in an attempt to prod them into consolidating with neighboring communities, some residents called the budget cuts antirural.
ref: 2008 February 28, David Kocieniewski, “New Jersey Braces for Cuts Sought by the Governor”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Biased against rural areas or people.