cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
friezelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more friezelike
form: most friezelike
Etymology: From frieze + -like.
Senses: examples: text: It was a commission from a man who did not own thoroughbreds, so Stubbs was able to arrange a group of idealized horses in a friezelike composition.
ref: 2007 February 16, Wendy Moonan, “Not Just Horses, Mind You, From George Stubbs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a frieze
freestyler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freestylers
Etymology: From freestyle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: They are both coached by former freestyler Dominick Gauthier, Heil's boyfriend.
ref: 2009 February 12, “Ten Canadian olympians to watch”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Someone who competes in a freestyle sport such as freestyle skating or freestyle swimming
glosses: A rapper who freestyles.
freestylers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freestyler
formalwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formal wear
Etymology: From formal + -wear.
Senses: examples: text: With their hair half up, and dressed demurely in black formalwear, they seemed like lost girls and conveyed little beyond a vague sense of urgency and dread; sure technicians all, they are not yet artists able to make their lashing limbs and inscrutable gestures mean something.
ref: 2007 April 10, Claudia La Rocco, “Austerity Meets Agitation While the Night City Glitters”, in New York Times:
glosses: Clothing suited to formal occasions
flutelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more flutelike
form: most flutelike
Etymology: From flute + -like.
Senses: examples: text: That outlook is embodied in Ms. Collins’s nearly vibrato-less singing in a voice that is in prime condition as she slides from a pure flutelike soprano into a gutsier middle register.
ref: 2007 February 15, Stephen Holden, “Singing Songs of Time, While Watching It Stand Still”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a flute or the sound of flute music
fictionalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fictionalisms
Etymology: From fictional + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: But it seems to me that modal fictionalism is also incredible: normally we do not think that there are countless theories and stories besides the ones we will ever tell, much less that they are infinitely complex and infinitely long and so that it would be humanly impossible to tell them.
ref: 2007 July 17, Chris John Daly, “Fictionalism and the attitudes”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that certain concepts are simply convenient fictions
Related terms: fiction
fictional
fictitious
fingerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fingerlike
form: most fingerlike
Etymology: From finger + -like.
Senses: examples: text: From large and round to egg-shaped, to small and thin and even fingerlike, eggplants have been catching on in Toronto kitchens.
ref: 2009 January 14, Habeeb Salloum, “The rise of the eggplant”, in Toronto Star:
synonyms: fingery
digitiform
coordinate_terms: clawlike
glosses: Resembling a finger, especially in shape.
geekily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more geekily
form: most geekily
Etymology: From geeky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "The Winner” is set in 1994, with geekily perfect attention to costumes, settings and references like “Herman’s Head” and “Wings.”
ref: 2007 March 3, Virginia Heffernan, “Buffalo. 1994. It Writes Itself.”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is geeky
Related terms: geekiness
gallerylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gallerylike
form: most gallerylike
Etymology: From gallery + -like.
Senses: examples: text: For “Book of Longing,” which had its New York premiere at the Rose Theater on Saturday evening as part of the Lincoln Center Festival, Mr. Glass chose 22 poems from Mr. Cohen’s 2006 compilation of the same name. Mr. Cohen’s drawings are used as well, arrayed on a gallerylike wall behind the ensemble, with a central video screen showing a continually morphing selection.
ref: 2007 July 16, Allan Kozinn, “A Hypnotic Collaboration Sets 22 Poems to Music”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a gallery, especially an art gallery
funnymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of funnyman
maggoted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maggoted
form: most maggoted
Etymology: From maggot + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Affected (partially eaten) by maggots.
glosses: Rotten.
glosses: Drunk; intoxicated.
Synonyms: sense: affected by maggots
word: flyblown
sense: affected by maggots
word: maggoty
sense: rotten
word: rotten
sense: drunk
word: drunk
maggoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From maggot + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of maggot
fulltime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of full-time.
fulltime
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: One of the advantages of the Port of Newcastle is that it's within easy commuting distance of Toronto for those who want to be near their boat fulltime.
ref: 2009 January 24, Tracy Hanes, “Marinas and docks aren't just for sailors anymore”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative form of full-time.
guestrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guestroom
grappas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grappa
hyperspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + speed.
Senses: examples: text: This really is an election on hyperspeed.
ref: 2007 January 29, “23-Month Campaign”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely high speed
gloveman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glovemen
Etymology: From glove + -man.
Senses: glosses: A boxer.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fielder.
examples: text: The Aussie gloveman hit back yesterday saying the accusations were worse than any wrongdoing he was alleged to have committed.
ref: 2009 February 3, Richard Earle, “Btrad Haddin hits back at Daniel Vettori dig”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 05 Feb 2009:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A wicketkeeper.
Derived terms: glovemanship
glovemen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gloveman
handwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handwashings
form: hand washing
form: hand-washing
Etymology: From hand + washing.
Senses: examples: text: The mirror comes alive with images, guiding you through the steps of handwashing: turn on the taps, lather your hands with soap, rinse your hands, turn off the taps, dry your hands.
ref: 2009 February 7, Judy Steed, “Devices that let ability shine through”, in Toronto Star:
text: The benefits of increased hygiene as a result of Covid-19 could stretch even further ahead. Most schools are insisting on regular hand washing, and are encouraging children to rub soap into their hands for 20 seconds or more, before rinsing it off.
ref: 2020 October 9, Linda Geddes, “Non-Covid infectious disease cases down in England, data suggests”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: hand wash
glosses: The washing of one's hands.
handwashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hand washing
form: hand-washing
Etymology: From handwash + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of handwash
handclapping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handclappings
Etymology: From hand + clapping.
Senses: examples: text: With an air of having accomplished her intention, Aunt Alice sat down amid great cheers and handclappings from the opposite side.
ref: 1904, Carolyn Wells, “The Debate”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead & Company, →OCLC, page 12:
text: The open air, like a vast bell of glass, clamped down over them, muffling the volume, reducing the impact and precision of their notes: for all its ardour, the Linfield Rhythm Quartette remained a background noise only; an accompaniment to the talk, the laughter, the sudden shouts and handclappings.
ref: 1945, Betty Miller, On the Side of the Angels, London: Capuchin Classics, published 2012, →ISBN, page 102:
text: The bright smiles and handclappings which Charleston ladies bestowed upon the receding delegates were applause for an irrevocable step toward war; […]
ref: 1950, Allan Nevins, “The Democratic Rupture”, in The Emergence of Lincoln, volumes II (Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861), New York, N.Y.; London: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, section VI, page 223:
text: But passages of traditionalist flamenco, with Mr. Giménez accompanied by six-beat handclapping, were soon overlaid with DJ Panko’s scratching or Javier Martin’s thumb-popping bass lines.
ref: 2007 June 30, Jon Pareles, “Far Beyond Flamenco, a Zest for Rhythms (and Politics)”, in New York Times:
glosses: The activity of clapping hands, especially as part of a musical performance.
monture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: montures
Etymology: From French monture.
Senses: glosses: A mounting, setting, or frame.
guestroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guestrooms
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of guest room.
deprecator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deprecators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēprecātor.
Senses: glosses: One who deprecates.
paraphyla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraphylum
parasitophorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more parasitophorous
form: most parasitophorous
Senses: glosses: Based around an intracellular parasite
Derived terms: parasitophorous vacuole
parasubiculum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + subiculum.
Senses: glosses: A retrohippocampal isocortical structure in the rodent brain
isocortical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + cortical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the isocortex
Derived terms: proisocortical
isocortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isocortices
Etymology: From iso- + cortex.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The major part of the cerebral cortex
Derived terms: proisocortex
Related terms: allocortex
retrohippocampal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more retrohippocampal
form: most retrohippocampal
Etymology: From retro- + hippocampal.
Senses: glosses: To the rear of the hippocampus
paratype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paratypes
Etymology: From para- + type.
Senses: examples: text: The paratype of this species proves to have an ovipositor very different from that of the holotype (see dissimilis, new species).
ref: 1942, Alan Stone, “The Fruitflies of the Genus Anastrepha”, in Miscellaneous Publication, US Department of Agriculture, 439, page 44:
text: 1965, James A. G. Rehn, A New Genus of Symbiotic Cockroach from Southwest Africa (Orthoptera; Blattaria; Oxyhaloinae), Notulae Naturae, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, page 6,
An adult female paratype will be sent to the Transvaal Museum (at Dr. Kohls' request) and a similar one to the United States National Museum. The remainder are in the collection of this Academy. All were taken with the type and allotype.
text: In addition to the holotype, other specimens believed to be of the same species by the author are designated as paratypes. If a holotype is not available, a paratype can be examined to confirm identifications.
ref: 2008, Charles W. Heckman, Encyclopedia of South American Aquatic Insects: Odonata - Zygoptera, Springer, page 3:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A physical specimen (or an illustration) that is not the holotype but is considered the same taxon by the author of the holotype.
Related terms: paratypic
paratyping
holotype
paraxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A basic helix-loop-helix protein expressed in paraxial mesoderm and developing somites
plasmator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmators
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin plasmātor.
Senses: examples: text: the sovereign plasmator, God Almighty
ref: 1653, François Rabelais, translated by Thomas Urquhart, Gargantua and Pantagruel:
glosses: One who forms or creates; creator.
parazygantral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From para- + zygantral.
Senses: glosses: Extending over or beyond the zygantrum
parfocality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From parfocal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being parfocal.
parfocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having multiple lenses that have corresponding focal points in the same plane.
Derived terms: parfocality
parfocalization
Related terms: parfocalize
pargyline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pargylines
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: the monoamine oxidase inhibitor N-benzyl-N-methyl-prop-2-yn-1-amine.
Derived terms: english: MAO inhibitor type B
translation: MAO inhibitor type B
word: -giline
word: pargeverine
paromomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpa.ɹəʊ.məʊˈmʌɪ.sɪn/
ipa: /ˌpæɹ.əm.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/
rhymes: -aɪsɪn
Forms: form: aminosidine
form: monomycin
Etymology: Blend of Ancient Greek παρόμοιος (parómoios, “closely resembling”) + neomycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A mixture of broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotics related to neomycin and produced by some strains of the bacterium Streptomyces rimosus, given orally in the form of the sulfate C₂₃H₄₅N₅O₁₄·H₂SO₄ in the treatment of intestinal amebiasis.
participative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more participative
form: most participative
Senses: glosses: That participates, or is capable of participating
Derived terms: nonparticipative
participatively
unparticipative
stød
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɜːd/
ipa: /stʌd/
rhymes: -ɜːd
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: stod
Etymology: From Danish stød.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: a phenomenon of most Danish accents, in which stressed long vowels or consonants are laryngealised in certain contexts; sometimes a simple glottal stop that follows said vowel/consonant
Weatherby eyebrow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Weatherby eyebrows
Etymology: From the Weatherby series of firearms, noted for their large calibres and heavy recoil.
Senses: qualifier: shooting
glosses: An injury caused to the shooter's face when the recoil from a powerful rifle pushes the telescopic sight forcefully against the face of the shooter.
Synonyms: Weatherby brow
XMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Extended Memory Specification.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMA
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: HMA
EMM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EMMs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Expanded Memory Manager.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMA
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: HMA
EMM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: EMM budget figures for 2024 are not available yet, but in 2023 it earned $53 million from various taxpayer-funded government programs to resettle 3,600 individuals.
ref: 2025 January 31, Don Barnett, “Episcopal bishop lectures Trump while earning taxpayer millions to bring migrants into US”, in New York Post:
glosses: Initialism of Episcopal Migration Ministry.
XMM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: XMMs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Extended Memory Manager.
coordinate_terms: XDD
glosses: Initialism of xiao mei mei.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMA
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: HMA
XMM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission
UMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UMAs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of unified memory access.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of upper memory area.
glosses: Initialism of union membership agreement.
glosses: Initialism of unidentified mysterious animal.
Related terms: sense: upper memory area
word: UMB
sense: upper memory area
word: HMA
sense: upper memory area
word: EMS
sense: upper memory area
word: XMS
sense: upper memory area
word: EMM
sense: upper memory area
word: XMM
UMB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of upper memory block.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMA
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: HMA
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMM
HMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HMAs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of High Memory Area.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of His Majesty's Airship (ship prefix for very early military airships of the United Kingdom).
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: UMA
topics: military
war
government
politics
word: HMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMS
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EMM
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: XMM
pudique
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pudique
form: most pudique
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of pudic.
cycleways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cycleway
cycleway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycleways
Etymology: From cycle + way.
Senses: examples: text: Part of the old line (which closed in 1972) is today a cycleway from Keswick to Threlkeld.
ref: 2021 January 13, Philip Haigh, “SOS: Save Our Structures - campaigners issue rallying cry”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 48:
synonyms: bikeway
glosses: cycle path, cycle lane
cycle path
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycle paths
Senses: synonyms: bicycle path
bikeway
cycle track
cycleway
hyponyms: redway
glosses: A path, segregated from other traffic, for the use of riders of bicycles
examples: text: He's a twisted cycle path!
text: Help me Beastie, I am being persecuted for my name.......as if I don't get enough stick for supporting the mighty Villa...........this Gits bloke is hounding me........I have a stalker.....a bunny boiler.......a twisted cycle path...........
ref: 2001 April 17, Steve J, “Re: 2.35 Kempton”, in uk.sport.horseracing (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
text: Everyone thought it was funny. The teachers were a bunch of cycle paths, but I couldn't spell that then. Still carnt.
ref: 2014 January 26, canaldrifter, “Re: Marmite is illegal! It's official! (in Canada)”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
text: 'Jesus, you're a cyclepath!' Lacey shouts, scrambling to ther feet. The floor is littered with clumps of fake hair and vajazzle sequins.
ref: 2015 April 2, Tessa Clayton, Wannabe - Choose Your Own Celebrity Adventure, →ISBN, page 95:
text: I have two sides.... the nicest girl you’ll ever meet😸... and twisted fucking cycle path 👺........
ref: 2018 September 30, Sinferna (@withthedraco), X (formerly Twitter), archived from the original on 06 Jul 2021:
text: DID [dissociative identity disorder] in media: this guy will turn into a crazy freaking cycle path if he sneezes 😦😦😭😭
ref: 2024 September 3, ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 (@ModernMecha), X (formerly Twitter), archived from the original on 22 Sep 2024:
glosses: Eggcorn of psychopath.
Related terms: cycle lane
timepleaser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: timepleasers
Etymology: From time + pleaser.
Senses: glosses: A timeserver, a slavish follower of contemporary fashions.
imprisonable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From imprison + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being imprisoned.
examples: an imprisonable offence
topics: law
synonyms: prisonable
glosses: Carrying a sentence of imprisonment.
raw_tags: of an offence
Derived terms: nonimprisonable
unimprisonable
spaceplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spaceplanes
Etymology: From space + plane.
Senses: synonyms: aerospace plane
glosses: A rocketplane designed to pass the edge of space, combining certain features of aircraft and spacecraft.
wikipedia: Tupolev Tu-2000
Related terms: scramjet
jeroboams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jeroboam
liferafts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liferaft
liferaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liferafts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of life raft.
methuselahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of methuselah
methuselah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methuselahs
form: methuselae
Senses: glosses: A large wine bottle with the capacity of about 6 liters, equivalent to 8 standard bottles.
examples: text: The first known methuselah was the r pentomino, but even longer lasting ones have been found by enumerating and testing small patterns. The following, called "rabbits," takes over 10000 generations to stabilize.
ref: 1996 December 16, Paul Callahan, “Need help in finding topic for research project”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Is there somewhere a list of n-cell methuselah patterns in Conway's Life? (assuming some reasonable limits on the bounding box)
ref: 2003 February 24, Michael Hedera, “Methuselahs in Conway's Life”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: The pattern below seems to take about 30000 generations to stabilize. The initial population is 20. Is this methuselah a known one?
ref: 2008 June 29, Andrzej Megier, “Game of life methuselah?”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
hyponyms: B-heptomino
Herschel
pi-heptomino
R-pentomino
switch engine
glosses: A small pattern that takes many generations to stabilize.
miscaptioned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miscaptioned
form: most miscaptioned
form: mis-captioned
Etymology: From mis- + captioned.
Senses: glosses: Having an incorrect caption
oracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oracies
Etymology: From oral + -cy, by analogy with literacy.
Senses: glosses: The ability to speak, and to understand spoken language
glosses: A measure of this ability
Coordinate terms: literacy
numeracy
archabbey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: archabbeys
Etymology: From arch- + abbey.
Senses: topics: ecclesiastical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An abbey which is the seat of an archabbot (high monastic rank within an order or congregation)
paternalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paternalist
paternalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more paternalist
form: most paternalist
Etymology: From paternal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to paternalism.
paternalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paternalists
Etymology: From paternal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of paternalism.
renationalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: renationalisations
Etymology: From re- + nationalisation.
Senses: examples: text: Ministers have been ready to point out that the policy of renationalisation is popular, as it was backed by three out of every four people in a survey.
ref: 2025 September 3, Christian Wolmar, “What should be in the government's Railways Bill?”, in RAIL, number 1043, page 28:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of renationalization.
rewrought
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rework
rewrought
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rewrought
form: most rewrought
Senses: glosses: wrought again
nowheresville
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: FOR the 45 years since its inception, Port St. Lucie has often been seen as something of a Florida nowheresville, a suburban city idling between the more attention-worthy municipalities of South Florida (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach) and the tourist magnet of Orlando.
ref: 2007 February 16, Charles Passy, “Sun, Water and the Mets Put a ‘Nowhere’ on the Map”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nowheresville.
noteholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noteholder
noteholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noteholders
Etymology: From note + holder.
Senses: examples: text: 9 per cent of Centro's existing issued securities were to be issued in mid-January to its 23 financiers, comprising Australian banks and US private placement noteholders, on a pro rata basis at market value.
ref: 2009 January 15, “Centro in trading halt pending announcement”, in Herald Sun:
topics: business
finance
glosses: An entity holding a note, such as a promissory note.
Hypernyms: debtholder
creditor
Coordinate terms: bondholder
nonsave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + save.
Senses: examples: text: “No regrouping, we’re just chugging along,” said closer Jonathan Papelbon, whose only appearance in the Yankees series was in a nonsave situation.
ref: 2007 May 27, The Associated Press, “Red Sox’ Rotation Is Spinning Wrong Way”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not a save
nonurban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + urban.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the rush of big states to hold primaries on Super-Duper Tuesday, Feb. 5, attention for now is fixed, as ever, on the nonurban early birds of Iowa and New Hampshire.
ref: 2007 October 12, Clyde Haberman, “To the Would-Be Presidents: Don’t Forget the City Issues”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not urban
Synonyms: rural
craniate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craniates
Etymology: From cranium.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any member of the clade Craniata, having bony skulls.
deconcentrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deconcentrates
form: deconcentrating
form: deconcentrated
form: deconcentrated
Etymology: From de- + concentrate.
Senses: glosses: To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
Related terms: deconcentration
particularism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: particularisms
Etymology: From particular + -ism, after French particularisme.
Senses: glosses: An exclusive focus on a particular area, group, sect, etc.
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
synonyms: word: particularity
glosses: The principle that only certain people are chosen by God for salvation.
examples: text: Despite the dominance of Castile and the stream of centralizing measures flowing from the new capital in Madrid, Aragonese particularism continued to make itself felt right up to the early eighteenth century.
ref: 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 221:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The principle that individual states, races of a federation, etc., may act independently of a central authority.
Derived terms: particularistic
pelagophyte
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛləɡəˌfaɪt/
/pəˈlæɡəˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: pelagophytes
Senses: glosses: Any of several heterokont algae of the class Pelagophyceae.
pentachrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentachromes
form: Pentachrome
Etymology: From penta- + -chrome.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A complex staining procedure that stains various parts of cells different colours.
Derived terms: Movat's pentachrome
ballistic missiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ballistic missile
fireballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From fireball + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fireball
fireballing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fireball + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Injuries […] will likely keep fireballing prospect Phillippe Aumont from suiting up as well.
ref: 2009 January 19, “Canada's hoping to draw on pair of aces for Classic”, in Toronto Star:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Tending to pitch fastballs
Related terms: fireballer
frontotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɹʌntəʊˈtɛmpəɹəl/
rhymes: -ɛmpəɹəl
Etymology: From fronto- + temporal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the frontal and temporal bones or lobes
Derived terms: frontotemporal dementia
frontotemporally
inferentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inferentialist
form: most inferentialist
Etymology: From inferential + -ist. Coined by the philosopher Robert Brandom to describe his own theory, and since applied more widely.
Senses: examples: text: This, I suggest, is why two-dimensionalism requires an inferentialist account of recognition.
ref: 2008 January 8, Markos Valaris, “Two-dimensionalism and the epistemology of recognition”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
semantics
glosses: Of, pertaining to or supporting a belief in the primary importance of inference to any account of meaning
inferentialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferentialists
Etymology: From inferential + -ist. Coined by the philosopher Robert Brandom to describe his own theory, and since applied more widely.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of inferentialism
-s-
Language: English
Part of speech: interfix
Etymology: From Middle English -s, -es, from Old English -es (“-'s”, masculine and neuter genitive singular ending), which survives in many old compounds. In more recent coinage, from contraction of the derived clitic -'s in compounds. For more, see -'s.
Senses: examples: text: hogshead, kingsman, yearsworth, jobsworth, womenswear, craftsperson
glosses: Genitival interfix used to link elements in some compounds, equivalent to the possessive clitic -'s.
social commentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: social commentaries
Senses: examples: text: Satire is often employed in social commentary.
text: Since the release of his 2014 debut album ‘Everybody Down’, Kae Tempest has consistently provided some of the UK’s most incisive, sharp-tongued social commentary.
ref: 2025 July 3, Fred Garratt-Stanley, “Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery”, in NME:
glosses: The expression of one's point of view or feelings towards society, usually through literature.
examples: text: Nineteen Eighty-Four is the best known of Orwell's social commentaries.
glosses: A work of this kind.
frontside
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: front-side
form: front side
Etymology: From front + side.
Senses: qualifier: board sports
glosses: Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward.
frontside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: front-side
form: front side
Etymology: From front + side.
Senses: examples: text: His routine, as described by the Canadian Snowboard Federation, sounded like a day on the golf course: it featured a "front nine, a back nine, a front five followed by frontside and backside air, ending with a back ten to impress the judges and large crowd.
ref: 2009 January 24, Randy Starkman, “Silver medal eases pain for Batchelor at world championships”, in Toronto Star:
qualifier: board sports
glosses: Approaching a wave or obstacle forward, rather than backward.
Derived terms: frontside bus
wallcoverings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallcovering
inegalitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɪnɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more inegalitarian
form: most inegalitarian
form: inégalitarian
Senses: antonyms: egalitarian
glosses: Characterized by inequality between people.
inegalitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪnɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌɪnɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: inegalitarians
form: inégalitarian
Senses: synonyms: inequalitarian
antonyms: egalitarian
glosses: One who does not support equality; a subscriber to inegalitarianism.
inegalitarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inegalitarian
unmold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unmolds
form: unmolding
form: unmolded
form: unmolded
Etymology: From un- + mold.
Senses: examples: text: Pack some fish or crab meat into a 4-ounce mold (a ½-cup metal measuring cup works fine) and unmold onto a platter.
ref: 2007 January 3, “Recipe: Timbale of Skate”, in New York Times:
glosses: To remove something from a mold.
unkosher
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + kosher.
Senses: examples: text: There are, according to Penansky, 4,000 ways a mezuzah can be "unkosher" (illegitimate): the parchment may tear or curl, a letter may have weakened.
ref: 1988 September 2, Florence Hamlish Levinsohn, “A Special Connection With God”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not kosher.
Synonyms: treyf
nonkosher
undistributed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + distributed.
Senses: examples: text: By keeping the profits undistributed in the partnership they remained free of UK tax.
ref: 2009 February 4, Tax gap reporting team, “Seeing double: Tax avoidance scheme allegedly used by UK ads agency”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Not distributed.
examples: text: When I got there, Wall St. was indeed backward, mainframed and undistributed.
ref: 2012, Emanuel Derman, My Life as a Quant: Reflections on Physics and Finance:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Not employing the technique of distributed computing.
French West Africa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: English rendering of French Afrique Occidentale française.
Senses: glosses: A federation of former French colonies in West Africa existing from 1895 to 1958, consisting of Dahomey (Benin), French Guinea (Guinea), the French Sudan (Mali), Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Upper Volta (Burkina Faso).
Related terms: word: French Equatorial Africa
word: French North Africa
sense: Union of
word: French Indo-China
unmolds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unmold
unmolding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unmold
unmolded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unmold
yuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Senses: glosses: plural of yuk
yuks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʌks/
rhymes: -ʌks
Etymology: From plural of onomatopoeic yuk.
Senses: examples: text: For instance, the five improv artists in Sybil’s Playhouse nearly broke their funny bones trying to dig yuks from the response to “What’s making you blue this summer?”
ref: 1988 July 22, Lawrence Bommer, “Sybil’s Playhouse”, in Chicago Reader:
text: HAZEL: Please tell me that mask is removable.
DOCTOR: Oh! Yes, of course – it’s just for yuks, see!
ref: 2010, Danielle Corsetto, Girls With Slingshots:
glosses: laughter, amusement
comebacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comebackers
Etymology: From come back + -er.
Senses: examples: text: It's a comebacker past second base for a single.
text: The pitcher fields the comebacker and throws it to first for the out.
text: Hendricks was only able to throw 52 pitches, surrendering two runs in 3.2 innings before being forced out of action when Angel Pagan's comebacker hit his right forearm.
text: The next hitter, Jayson Werth, reached on a broken-bat infield single, and Greg Dobbs walked to load the bases, but Heilman induced a comebacker from Chris Coste to end the rally.
ref: 2007 August 29, Ben Shpigel, “Two Hits, One Short and One Far, Beat the Mets”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batted ball that travels toward the pitcher.
examples: text: […] a successful comebacker at the party leadership and ministerial levels.
ref: 2017, Michal Shamir, The Elections in Israel 2009, page 162:
glosses: One who makes a comeback.
comebackers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comebacker
unstaged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + staged.
Senses: examples: text: That this incomplete work was presented unstaged, without orchestra, and with little attention to dynamics, and that it was sung by singers difficult to understand, generally in poor French (with no libretto or plot synopsis in the program--either in French or English), prevented this from being the revelatory experience it might have been under better circumstances.
ref: 1988 April 1, Dennis Polkow, “Hard Stuff”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Not formally staged; not presented to an audience on a stage.
glosses: Occurring without any preplanning or preparation; genuine.
unstaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unstage
unornamented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ornamented.
Senses: examples: text: Well, I lay it down, first, that a book quite unornamented can look actually and positively beautiful, and not merely un-ugly, if it be, so to say, architecturally good, which, by the by, need not add much to its price […]
ref: 1893, William Morris, The Ideal Book:
text: The many repetitions of unornamented locomotor movement describing great diagonals do eventually wear.
ref: 1988 April 29, Cerinda Survant, “The Invisible Dancer”, in Chicago Reader:
synonyms: word: unadorned
word: unembellished
word: austere
word: bare
word: chaste
word: inornate
word: modest
word: plain
word: quiet
word: severe
word: simple
word: spartan
word: unadorned
word: unembellished
word: unextravagant
word: unornamented
word: undecked
word: ungarnished
word: untrimmed
word: unvarnished
glosses: Not ornamented; without ornament.
torchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: torchier
form: torchiest
Etymology: From torch + -y.
Senses: examples: text: […] the lovelorn Sally sings a torchy blues (the poignant "Losing My Mind"), hypocritical Ben masquerades as a carefree song-and-dance man in the bubbly, Gershwin-esque "Live, Laugh, Love," and so on.
ref: 1988 October 21, Albert Williams, “Follies; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof”, in Chicago Reader:
text: "I'd Be Lost Without You" seems somewhat out of place from a vocal viewpoint — Lewis's slightly reedy middle soprano is very expressive and absolutely true, but doesn't have enough dark body to fully deal with the torchy melody. It fares better in the ballads and toe-tappers that comprise the rest of the album.
ref: 1989 August 12, Caroline Foty, “Hindsights”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 5, page 7:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having the character of a torch song.
torchier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: torchiers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of torchiere.
torchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of torchy: more torchy
torchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of torchy: most torchy
composter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmpɒstə/
ipa: /kɑmˈpoʊstɚ/
Forms: form: composters
Etymology: From compost + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The company, the major composter in this area, will soon have much more trash coming its way because Seattle is making food waste yet another mandatory recycling ingredient in its already long list.
ref: 2007 October 10, J. Michael Kennedy, “Seattle’s Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person or business that composts waste
examples: text: Ms. Fehrenbacher also liked the NatureMill, a small indoor composter made of recycled and recyclable polypropylene that converts food waste into fertilizer for houseplants and gardens.
ref: 2009 February 19, Tim Mckeough, “All Shades of Green”, in New York Times:
glosses: A container for producing compost.
symbolist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From French symboliste, coined by poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Senses: examples: text: The general picture that has emerged is one of Cubism bubbling up out of a thick Parisian stew of symbolist poetry, Cézanne, cafe society, African masks, absinthe and a fascination with all things mechanical and modern, mostly airplanes and automatons.
ref: 2007 April 15, Randy Kennedy, “When Picasso and Braque Went to the Movies”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Symbolist movement in late 19th-century and early 20th-century European arts and literature
Related terms: symbolism
symbolist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symbolists
Etymology: From French symboliste, coined by poet Paul Verlaine in 1885.
Senses: glosses: One who employs symbols.
Related terms: symbologist
composters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of composter
tastemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From taste + making.
Senses: examples: text: But her latest act has catapulted her into art’s tastemaking elite.
ref: 2007 June 10, Julia Chaplin, “Follow That Motoscafo”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2013:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Influential in the determination of current taste.
tastemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From taste + making.
Senses: examples: text: In this century the tastemaking process in the art world - not always distinguishable from the marketing process -has grown prodigiously, keeping pace with the growth in audience.
ref: 1987 August 30, Grace Glueck, “Tastemakers”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2023:
glosses: The art of setting the current taste.
Related terms: tastemaker
tenseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tense + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Those who endorse the A-theory of time, for example, often attempt to show that tense is ineliminable, i. e., it is impossible to adequately paraphrase tensed sentences into tenseless ones.
ref: 2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: Lacking grammatical tense
unattributed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + attributed.
Senses: examples: text: The sculpture is a life-size depiction of the unattributed 1932 photograph, which shows a group of 11 ironworkers above the Rockefeller Center construction site.
ref: 2007 January 18, Jennifer 8. Lee, “A Mobile Work of Art Is Missing an Ironworker”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking attribution; of unknown authorship
dibbly-dobblers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dibbly-dobbler
underrecognize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: underrecognizes
form: underrecognizing
form: underrecognized
form: underrecognized
form: underrecognise
Etymology: From under- + recognize.
Senses: examples: text: Because of these difficulties, he added, “its outstanding gold reserves were being underrecognized by the market.”
ref: 2007 January 7, Carole Gould, “Three Philosophies, Three Big Gains”, in New York Times:
glosses: To grant less recognition to (something) than appropriate.
Derived terms: underrecognition
ultraportable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + portable.
Senses: examples: text: There are more subtle touches, too, like the wider spacing of the keys on a new Sony ultraportable computer notebook that goes on sale next week.
ref: 2007 June 7, Michel Marriott, “To Appeal to Women, Too, Gadgets Go Beyond ‘Cute’ and ‘Pink’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely portable
ultraportable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultraportables
Etymology: From ultra- + portable.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subnotebook.
truthmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: truthmakers
Etymology: From truth + maker.
Senses: examples: text: It is possible for two non-synonymous sentences to have the same truthmaker.
ref: 2008 August 27, Kevin Dewan, “Review of Heather Dyke, Metaphysics and the Representational Fallacy”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: That entity in virtue of which a truthbearer is true.