cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
prelicensing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + licensing.
Senses: examples: text: It also requires mortgage brokers and loan originators who work for state-chartered banks to complete at least 20 hours of prelicensing education, pass a licensing test and complete eight hours of continuing education annually.
ref: 2009 August 23, Bob Tedeschi, “Monitoring Loan Officers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Prior to receiving a license.
presmoked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + smoked.
Senses: examples: text: 1/2 pound smoked bluefish (presmoked, grilled or leftovers from the Dijonnaise may be used)
ref: 2009 August 23, “Smoked Bluefish Pâté”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having been smoked in advance.
spindlework
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spindle + work.
Senses: examples: text: George Landers, a manufacturer from New Britain, Conn., built No. 51, with porch-fence cutouts of horses, rabbits and swans; tiny dragon heads lunge out from the delicate spindlework.
ref: 2009 August 23, Christopher Gray, “The President Was Here (Grant, That Is)”, in New York Times:
topics: architecture
synonyms: spoolwork
glosses: Decorative trim around a porch.
washover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: washovers
Etymology: From wash + over.
Senses: examples: text: “We try to give them an advantage, but when there’s a significant washover, that’s a natural occurrence, and there’s nothing you can do about it.”
ref: 2009 August 24, Sewell Chan, “Storm’s Tail Brings Higher Tides and a Little Danger to New York”, in New York Times:
glosses: The sediment deposited inland of a beach by overwash.
washovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washover
unrestraint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unrestraints
Etymology: From un- + restraint.
Senses: examples: text: His bluntly effective touring cohort — the guitarist Robin Finck, the bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen and the drummer Ilan Rubin — gave him all the power he could use, surging and thrashing with deceptive unrestraint.
ref: 2009 August 25, Nate Chinen, “A Metal Powerhouse, Screaming Farewell for Now”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lack of restraint; the quality of being unrestrained.
psia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Double base propellants often require ignition pressures of as much as 400 psia to avoid the problem of chuffing or hangfires.
ref: 1967, Leo Allen Lukenas, The ignition transient in small solid propellant rocket motors, Princeton University:
glosses: Initialism of pounds per square inch absolute (an imperial unit of absolute, not relative, pressure; meaning total resultant pressure, including atmospheric or other ambient pressure).
Related terms: psi
versiculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: versiculi
Etymology: From Latin versiculus.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of versicle.
synonyms: word: versicle
prærogative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more prærogative
form: most prærogative
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prerogative.
prærogative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prærogatives
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of prerogative.
Wiss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wisses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wiss.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
water pipit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: water pipits
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird, Anthus spinoletta.
water pipits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water pipit
monther
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monthers
Etymology: From month + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The drug is known as "seven-monther" – the amount of time it takes to kill.
ref: 2011 August 20, Liane Wimhurst, “The squalid, lonely death of Ivan Kanev”, in The Independent:
text: "He's turned Kallum Watkins around. We all thought initially that's a definite eight-monther.
ref: 2011 August 26, Liane Wimhurst, “Rhinos pair pass fitness tests”, in Sky Sports:
glosses: A period of a certain number of months.
raw_tags: in combinations
scened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scene + -ed.
Senses: examples: multi-scened
glosses: Having a particular kind or number of scenes.
raw_tags: in combinations
scened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From scene + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of scene
neighbouress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌneɪbəˈɹɛs/
Forms: form: neighbouresses
form: neighboress
Etymology: From Middle English neiȝboresse; equivalent to neighbour + -ess.
Senses: glosses: A female neighbor.
rhagade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhagades
Etymology: from Ancient Greek ῥαγάς (rhagás, “crack, fissure”).
Senses: glosses: One of the linear scars or fissures found around the mouth, nose or other mucocutaneous zones, often as a result of bacterial infection or skin lesions.
rhagades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rhagade
actoress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actoresses
Etymology: From actor + -ess.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of actress.
nonincriminatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + incriminatory.
Senses: glosses: Not incriminatory.
nonincriminating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + incriminating.
Senses: glosses: Not incriminating.
slush pile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slush piles
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: The set of unsolicited manuscripts sent to a publisher.
slush piles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slush pile
videotapings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videotaping
cyberthreat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberthreats
Etymology: From cyber- + threat.
Senses: examples: text: But he said that the group’s work proved that government and private industry could cooperate to counter cyberthreats.
ref: 2009 August 27, John Markoff, “Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks”, in New York Times:
antonyms: cybersafety
cybersecurity
coordinate_terms: cyberattack
cyberwar
glosses: A threat posed by means of the Internet or cyberspace.
cyberthreats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyberthreat
papermill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: papermills
Senses: examples: text: Thanks for introducing your readers to products like these that offer new lives for antiquated papermills and waste-paper materials, and that give environmentalists an opportunity to live green with high-performance products.
ref: 2009 August 27, “Recycled, Indeed”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of paper mill.
papermills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papermill
resaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resave
resaving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resave
stitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪtʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stitchers
Etymology: From stitch + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The hundreds of embroiderers and stitchers hunched over clattering sewing machines at the New Era Cap factory could be forgiven for thinking these are good times.
ref: 2009 August 27, Ken Belson, “Adjusting Caps to Fit the Times”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who stitches.
Derived terms: cross-stitcher
six-stitcher
stitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stitcher
thwop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Tennis may be the quietest sport, with long stretches of respectful silence interrupted only by the thwop of balls being hit.
ref: 2009 August 28, Laurel Graeber, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of thock.
qualifier: chiefly pornographic manga
glosses: Alternative form of fwop.
thwop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thwops
form: thwopping
form: thwopped
form: thwopped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thock.
alprostadil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈpɹɑs.təˌdɪl/
Etymology: Probably from al(pha-cyclodextrin) + prosta(glandin) + -dil (“vasodilator”).
Senses: examples: text: But ask your doctor about an injection that’s a cocktail of generic forms of alprostadil, papaverine and phentolamine.
ref: 2009 August 29, Lesley Alderman, “For Common Male Problem, Hope Beyond a Pill”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Prostaglandin E₁, a vasodilatory drug used in the treatment of erectile dysfunction.
countervision
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countervisions
Etymology: From counter- + vision.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, the peak years of Mr. Kennedy’s Senate career, the 1980s and ’90s, coincided with the ascendancy of a countervision, captured in Ronald Reagan ’s assertion: “Government is not the solution to our problem.
ref: 2009 August 30, Sam Tanenhaus, “In Kennedy, the Last Roar of the New Deal Liberal”, in New York Times:
glosses: A vision that goes against another vision.
countervisions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countervision
crowdsource
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crowdsources
form: crowdsourcing
form: crowdsourced
form: crowdsourced
Etymology: From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing.
Senses: examples: text: And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out of the dike).
ref: 2009 August 30, William Safire, “Clunkers”, in New York Times:
glosses: To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
Derived terms: crowdsourcer
crowdsources
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crowdsource
everyguy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everyguys
Etymology: From every + guy, modelled on everyman.
Senses: examples: text: Played by Jason Bateman (in quintessential everyguy mode), Joel Reynold is the beleaguered owner of a flavor-extract factory, contending with difficult employees, a looming lawsuit over an assembly-line mishap, a distant wife (Kristen Wiig) and his own adulterous urges.
ref: 2009 August 30, Dennis Lim, “Men at Work: Finding Humor in Missteps”, in New York Times:
glosses: A typical guy; an unremarkable man.
everyguys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of everyguy
japester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: japesters
Etymology: From jape + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Moore is an equal-opportunity japester: heroes and villains both crack wise with Chandleresque vivacity, so you can’t use cleverness as a moral index.
ref: 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who japes; a jester or prankster.
japesters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of japester
mavenhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maven + -hood.
Senses: examples: text: I am indebted to Markey’s staff for this insight into phrasal formation, but in the language mavenhood, you do not pay “cash for coinage.”
ref: 2009 August 30, William Safire, “Clunkers”, in New York Times:
glosses: The role or position of a maven.
microcharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcharges
Etymology: From micro- + charge.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps it is proper here to notice that the motion of each microcharge is determined by the magnitude and direction of electric field in the vicinity of the point where this charge is located[…]
ref: 1992, Alexander A. Kaufman, Geophysical Field Theory and Method, page 252:
text: The purpose of the many microcharges is to help avoid, or at least limit, broader tax increases.
ref: 2009 August 30, David Kocieniewski, “What’s Next, a Breathing Surcharge?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very small charge (in various senses).
microcharges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcharge
overcommunicate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcommunicates
form: overcommunicating
form: overcommunicated
form: overcommunicated
Etymology: From over- + communicate.
Senses: examples: text: So I think I’ve learned to overcommunicate in a way that I never did before.
ref: , Adam Bryant, quoting Deborah Dunsire, “Stepping Out of the Sandbox”, in New York Times:
text: “You have to overcommunicate to an incredible degree,” Dr. Priest said, “because we still get questions on things that I think, ‘This was well-known 18 months ago.’
ref: 2021 October 11, Jan Hoffman, quoting David Priest, “Boosters Are Complicating Efforts to Persuade the Unvaccinated to Get Shots”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To communicate too much.
Related terms: overcommunication
overcommunicating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcommunicate
overcommunicated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcommunicate
overcommunicates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcommunicate
promiseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From promise + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It appeared to clinch a deal, and was meant to sound the same as the more soldierly Good to go, except it was promiseless — mere affirmative description.
ref: 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without a promise.
thingliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thingly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The wrinkly recursiveness of her language seems lodged at the layer of consciousness itself, where Moore demands readers’ attention to the innate thingliness of words.
ref: 2009 August 30, Jonathan Lethem, “Eyes Wide Open”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being thingly.
tingliness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tingly + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: A chilly tingliness in my fingers told me that I should have put on gloves before joining the snowball fight.
glosses: The quality of being tingly.
tipless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tip + -less.
Senses: examples: a tipless cantilever
glosses: That does not tip over.
glosses: Without a gratuity.
unitasker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unitaskers
Etymology: From uni- + task + -er, modelled on multitasker.
Senses: examples: text: Even with scientific validation at his fingertips, Mr. Leleux frets that the Stanford study may have been done “by a bitter unitasker like me who wants to validate his own existence.”
ref: 2009 August 30, Ruth Pennebaker, “The Mediocre Multitasker”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who does a single thing at a time.
examples: text: Bird’s beak: This style [of paring knife] has a shorter, curved blade that’s specifically designed for turning vegetables. It is really a unitasker and has no room on our knife strip at home.
ref: 2016 March 4, Lesley Stockton, “The Best Paring Knife”, in The Sweethome, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2016:
glosses: A tool, particularly a kitchen utensil, which is useful only for performing a particular, specialized task
unitasking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uni- + tasking, after multitasking.
Senses: examples: text: As a child, Mr. Leleux recalls, his unitasking took a culinary turn.
ref: 2009 August 30, Ruth Pennebaker, “The Mediocre Multitasker”, in New York Times:
glosses: Doing a single thing at a time.
unitaskers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unitasker
waitlisted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waitlist
waitlisting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of waitlist
whitecapped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From white + capped.
Senses: examples: text: I went to the Tucson Gem Trade Exhibition and then flew over brown and whitecapped mountain ridges and giant green squares to New York City.
ref: 2003, Kadiatou Diallo, Craig Thomas Wolff, My heart will cross this ocean: my story, my son, Amadou:
text: And Ms. Davies’s 7,000-square-foot guesthouse, the only building from the original estate to survive, is already a favorite among card-playing foursomes and others who want to lounge on the second-story deck and watch dolphins bob in the whitecapped waves.
ref: 2009 August 30, Laura M. Holson, “A Dip Into Hollywood”, in New York Times:
glosses: Capped with whiteness (such as snow or sea foam).
somatophylax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: somatophylakes
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σωματοφύλαξ (sōmatophúlax, “bodyguard”).
Senses: glosses: One of the seven men that served in high-ranking military positions during the times of Alexander the Great
somatophylakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of somatophylax
granades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of granade
vertebrals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertebral
wisses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wiss
wissed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: She did not respond favourably, and "the Earl bare it heavily in his heart, and more heavily than many would have wissed," says Knox, with whome Arran was on very confidential terms.
ref: 2003, Andrew Lang, John Knox and the Reformation, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: simple past and past participle of wiss
glosses: simple past and past participle of wisse
wissing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wiss
præfigured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prefigured.
præfigures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of prefigures.
prædominate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prædominates
form: prædominating
form: prædominated
form: prædominated
Senses: examples: text: The old Europe was not divided as to whether German or Frank should be Emperor and prædominate Europe, but as to whether Kaiser made Pope or Pope made Kaiser.
ref: 1917, Shane Leslie, chapter V, in The Celt and the World, page 124:
glosses: Obsolete form of predominate.
Filters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Filter
DCAP-BTLS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: SE
ipa: /diːkæpbiːtiːɛlɛs/
Senses: topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of deformities, contusions, abrasions, punctures/penetrations, burns, tenderness, lacerations and swelling.
Related terms: DCAPBLSTIC
Complute
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmpluːt/
enpr: kŏmʹplo͞ot
Etymology: An Anglicisation of Complūtum, the original Latin name of the city.
Senses: glosses: Alcalá de Henares (an ancient town now in the Community of Madrid).
overcompress
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcompresses
form: overcompressing
form: overcompressed
form: overcompressed
Etymology: From over- + compress.
Senses: glosses: To compress too much.
Related terms: overcompression
overcompressing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcompress
overcompressed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcompress
overcompressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcompressed
form: most overcompressed
Senses: glosses: Excessively compressed; subject to overcompression.
overcompresses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcompress
overcompression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + compression.
Senses: glosses: Excessive compression.
pyretotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: pyrotherapy
pyrotherapy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pyro- + therapy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The therapeutic use of fever (high body temperature)
Rumelia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish رومایلی (Rumeli).
Senses: glosses: A former region comprising the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Europe.
Derived terms: Eastern Rumelia
Related terms: Rumelian
Rumelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rumelian
form: most Rumelian
Etymology: From Rumelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or from Rumelia.
Rumelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rumelians
Etymology: From Rumelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Rumelia.
Rumelian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Rumelia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A dialect of Turkish spoken in Rumelia.
Rumelians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rumelian
forget oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forgets oneself
form: forgetting oneself
form: forgot oneself
form: forgotten oneself
Senses: examples: text: "Look'ee here, Pip," said he, laying his hand on my arm in a suddenly altered and subdued manner; "first of all, look'ee here. I forgot myself half a minute ago. What I said was low; that's what it was; low. […]
ref: 1861, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations:
glosses: to lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.
glosses: To become unmindful of one's own personality; to be lost in thought.
Pirrone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pirrones
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Pirrone.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
religious education
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The teaching of a particular religion, and its doctrines, beliefs etc.
glosses: The teaching about various religions; also known as religious studies.
Related terms: religious studies
colour-fast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more colour-fast
form: most colour-fast
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of colorfast.
fast and furious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, / The mirth and fun grew faſt and furious: […]
ref: 1790 (date written; published 1791), Robert Burns, “Tam o’ Shanter. A Tale.”, in Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, 2nd edition, volume II, Edinburgh: […] T[homas] Cadell, […], and William Creech, […], published 1793, →OCLC, page 203:
text: In the second part, entitled “Familiar Dialogues,” the fun grows fast and furious.
ref: 1884 [1855], Pedro Carolino, James Millington, English as She Is Spoke, Introduction:
text: The pace was fast and furious most of the time, with new high records of prices constantly being established.
ref: 1920, Institute of Leadership & Management (Great Britain), The financial review:
text: The first reference was in 1862, stating: "The next day we had dog-races, and foot-races, and football, and the fun was fast and furious."
ref: 1982, Gerald Redmond, The sporting Scots of nineteenth-century Canada:
text: The AMA Pro Flat Track racing action was fast and furious at the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend as the top ten riders finished within one second of each other, with flat track ‘Mile Specialist’ Willie McCoy squeaking out his first career Grand National victory after over 20 years of competing.
ref: 2011 September 6, Bryan Harley, “Springfield Mile II Flat Track Results 2011”, in Mostorcycle USA:
glosses: Rapid and energetic.
squeak out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: squeaks out
form: squeaking out
form: squeaked out
form: squeaked out
Senses: examples: text: The AMA Pro Flat Track racing action was fast and furious at the Illinois State Fairgrounds this weekend as the top ten riders finished within one second of each other, with flat track ‘Mile Specialist’ Willie McCoy squeaking out his first career Grand National victory after over 20 years of competing.
ref: 2011 September 6, Bryan Harley, “Springfield Mile II Flat Track Results 2011”, in Motorcycle USA:
glosses: To achieve something by a small margin.
atoxopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed phenomenon in which the compounds of a pair of elements from the same column of the periodic table have greatly different toxicities
countre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countres
form: countring
form: countred
form: countred
Etymology: See counter
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of counter.
countre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countres
Etymology: See country
Senses: examples: text: But what say ye by hym whiche when he oweth more then he is worthe, wyll not stycke to lashe prodygallye and set the cocke vpon the hoope, and yet yf he haue any money at all lefte to spende that a waye vnthryftely, and when he hathe played the parte of a knauyshe spendall in one cytie deludinge and disceyuyng his creditours, ronnes out of this countre and getteth hym to some other good towne, and there sekynge for straugers and newe acquayntauce whom he may lykewyse begyle, yea and playeth many suche lyke partes and shameful shiftes.
ref: c. 1549, Desiderius Erasmus, Two Dyaloges:
glosses: Country.
excoct
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excocts
form: excocting
form: excocted
form: excocted
Senses: glosses: To extract a material by boiling.
Related terms: excoction
if that
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: My car is so old that, if I were to sell it, I would get a hundred pounds, if that.
"There is not much to discuss, so today's meeting should be over in half an hour, if that."
glosses: or even less, at most
ethnoburb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoburbs
Etymology: From ethno- + burb, coined in 1997 by Dr. Wei Li.
Senses: examples: text: Immigrant elders leave a familiar home, some without electricity or running water, for a multigenerational home in communities like Fremont that demographers call ethnoburbs.
ref: 2009 August 31, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’”, in New York Times:
glosses: A suburban residential and business area with a notable cluster of a particular ethnic minority population.
ethnoburbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnoburb
nonclub
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + club.
Senses: examples: text: As for 2010 in the new stadium, the Jets are not providing specific sales figures for suites, club seats with personal seat licenses or nonclub seats because, they said, it was too early to know.
ref: 2009 August 31, Joe Lapointe, “Tickets Are Tough Sell for New Giants Stadium”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a club (social venue).
multiregulator
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + regulator.
Senses: examples: text: The truth is, no regulatory structure — be it a single regulator as in Britain or the multiregulator system we have in the United States — performed well in the crisis.
ref: 2009 September 1, Sheila C. Bair, “The Case Against a Super-Regulator”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one regulator.
polygynously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From polygynous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Sequentially or synchronously, he-men consort polygynously.
ref: 2009 January 9, Natalie Angier, “Skipping Spouse to Spouse Isn’t Just a Man’s Game”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a polygynous manner.
serializers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of serializer
unrehabilitated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + rehabilitated.
Senses: examples: text: “What this bill will do is move unrehabilitated felons into your communities,” said Jim Nielsen, a Republican.
ref: 2009 September 1, Solomon Moore, “California State Assembly Approves Prison Legislation”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not rehabilitated.
resynchronizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of resynchronization
ultraprotective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultraprotective
form: most ultraprotective
Etymology: From ultra- + protective.
Senses: examples: text: He also examined his new ultraprotective helmet, the S100, designed by Rawlings.
ref: 2009 September 2, Ben Shpigel, “Wright Rejoins Mets After Missing 15 Games”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely protective.
caprock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caprocks
form: cap rock
Etymology: From cap + rock.
Senses: examples: text: Last month, federal scientists said that the company had fallen far behind schedule because a huge rig hired to drill down about 12,000 feet, or more than two miles, on federal land had not been able to pierce surface formations called caprock.
ref: 2009 September 3, James Glanz, “Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 11 Feb 2021:
text: Meanwhile, there were houses going up within gunshot of the caprock.
ref: 2013, Philipp Meyer, The Son, Simon & Schuster, published 2014, page 424:
text: This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.
ref: 2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A harder or more resistant rock type overlying a weaker or less resistant rock type.
Related terms: aquitard
capstone
caprocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caprock
minisite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minisites
Etymology: From mini- + site.
Senses: examples: text: Create, a minisite for Web creativity tools on Disney.com, has Digital Painter at its core, with features that Photoshop users used to dream about: unlimited undo and redo, unlimited layers that can be moved after they’re placed, and no limits to the number of objects that can be stamped on the screen.
ref: 2009 September 3, Warren Buckleitner, “A Full Palette of Tools for Little Artists at Disney.com”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small web site.
minisites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minisite
quadpod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quadpods
Etymology: From quad- + -pod, after tripod.
Senses: examples: text: For $170, the company offers a kit containing a six-foot green cloth; a collapsible, X-shaped frame that stretches the cloth taut and keeps it vertical (called a quadpod — instead of tripod, get it?); a nice Web camera with stereo microphones, also suitable for Skype or other video programs; a remote control; and a software DVD.
ref: 2009 September 3, David Pogue, “Hollywood’s Great Scenes, Starring You”, in New York Times:
glosses: A four-legged stand or mount.
quadpods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quadpod
maxiskirt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæksiˌskɜːt/
Forms: form: maxiskirts
Etymology: From maxi- + skirt.
Senses: examples: text: The mere mention of baked brie cheese with sliced green apples, for example, conjures both exhilaration for a time when the melty treasure seemed the height of sophistication and the embarrassment of serving what, in retrospect, seems like the maxiskirt of the table.
ref: 2009 September 6, Kim Severson, “The Fickle Palate”, in New York Times:
glosses: A skirt whose hemline descends to the ankles.
Related terms: miniskirt
maxiskirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maxiskirt
nonflood
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flood.
Senses: examples: text: He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone.
ref: 2009 September 6, Joseph Berger, “Flood Zone Remapping Hits Hard on Long Island”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2022:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a flood.
resurrectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From resurrection + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It’s all part of these huge rhymeorhythmic circles of exuberance and innovation and surfeit and decay and resurrectional primitivism and waxing sophistication and infill and overgrowth and too much and we can’t stand it and let’s stop and do something else.”
ref: 2009 September 6, David Orr, “Rhyme and Unreason”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a resurrection or the Resurrection.
Synonyms: resurrectionary
Related terms: resurrect
resurrection
resurrectionism
resurrectionist
cross
crucifiction
crucifictional
crucifix
crucifixion
crucifixional
crucifixionary
crucify
crux
detribalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of detribalize
detribalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of detribalize
detribalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: detribalised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of detribalize
detribalized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more detribalized
form: most detribalized
form: detribalised
Senses: examples: text: “We don't belong any more, man. You're just as bloody detribalised as I am.”
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 272:
glosses: Detached from one's tribe, or from tribal traditions.
tribalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tribalizes
form: tribalizing
form: tribalized
form: tribalized
form: tribalise
Etymology: From tribal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: And it may, indeed, be the only way to go, but we should have no illusions: We’re talking State Building 101 in the most inhospitable terrain and in one of the poorest, most tribalized, countries in the world.
ref: 2009 September 6, Thomas L. Friedman, “From Baby-Sitting to Adoption”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make tribal.
Related terms: tribalization
untribalized
tribalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tribalize
tribalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tribalize
tribalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tribalize
unpsychic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpsychic
form: most unpsychic
Etymology: From un- + psychic.
Senses: examples: text: As used today, channeling is a vestige of New Age jargon that has taken on a general, nonspiritual, unpsychic meaning.
ref: 2009 September 6, William Safire, “Channeling”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not psychic.
divinelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more divinelike
form: most divinelike
Etymology: From divine + -like.
Senses: examples: text: But time and again, Argentines forgave his faults because of his undeniable brilliance on the soccer field, his almost divinelike inspiration at times.
ref: 2009 September 7, Alexei Barrionuevo, “A Test of Faith in Argentina”, in New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of divinity.
hellscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛl.skeɪp/
Forms: form: hellscapes
Etymology: From hell + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: a Dantesque hellscape
text: As they crossed the Western Slope toward Utah, the dark began to come down again. The setting sun threw an orange-red glare over a fragmented hellscape that none of them could look at for long; one by one, they followed Bethany's example and pulled their windowshades.
ref: 1990, Stephen King, “The Langoliers”, in Four Past Midnight:
text: Mr. Butler, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain,” treats his newest novelistic conceit as an occasion to toss every possible ingredient into a fanciful hellscape and then let these elements run wild.
ref: 2009 September 7, Janet Maslin, “News at Styx: Who’s Hot in Hades”, in New York Times:
text: “Traveling at near light speed, one year passed for Nik while eight years passed for Mari on Scotia. Once a thriving Celestial world, now a radioactive hellscape. Some expeditions to her harsh surface found priceless artifacts. Most found death.”
ref: 2024 December 17, Tim Miller, “Exodus: Odyssey” (4:17 from the start), in Secret Level, season 1, episode 11, spoken by Kara Voss (Lily Cowles):
glosses: A hellish landscape.
examples: text: Miley Cyrus just got really honest about the hellscape that was "Hannah Montana"
ref: 2015 August 14, Chris Eggertsen, “Miley Cyrus just got really honest about the hellscape that was 'Hannah Montana'”, in HitFix, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2015:
text: Avoiding a cacophony is a worthy objective, because Australia has managed to largely sidestep the post-truth hellscape the US has endured during the pandemic because politicians, by and large, have chosen to inhabit a universe of shared facts and common messages.
ref: 2021 February 2, Katharine Murphy, “Scott Morrison must heed the lesson of Donald Trump and slap down Craig Kelly”, in The Guardian:
text: But, he added, “Twitter obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences!”
ref: 2022 October 27, Lauren Hirsch, quoting Elon Musk, “Elon Musk Reaches Out to Advertisers Ahead of Deadline for Twitter Deal”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An exceptionally unpleasant, disagreeable, or harsh place or event.
hellscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellscape
despawn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈspɔːn/
Forms: form: despawns
form: despawning
form: despawned
form: despawned
Etymology: From de- + spawn.
Senses: examples: text: A mob will immediately despawn if ever there is no player within 128 blocks of it.
text: The helicopter despawned shortly after take-off, leaving the player in an unexpected free fall.
text: The game despawns the enemies after you kill them 15 times or so.
topics: video-games
glosses: To be instantaneously destroyed or removed.
raw_tags: of an entity in a game world
despawning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of despawn
despawns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of despawn
despawned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of despawn
despatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: despatchers
Etymology: From despatch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dispatcher.
despatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of despatcher
turbidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turbidity
pancreaticojejunostomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pancreaticojejunostomies
Etymology: From pancreatico- + jejuno- + -stomy or pancreatico- + jejun- + -ostomy or pancreatico- + jejunostomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A side-to-side anastomosis of the pancreatic duct and the jejunum, used to treat chronic pancreatitis.
Synonyms: Puestow procedure
Puestow-Gillesby procedure
pancreaticojejunostomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pancreaticojejunostomy
jejunoileal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From jejuno- + ile- + -al.
Senses: examples: text: jejunoileal bypass
text: jejunoileal junction
text: jejunoileal fistula
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: ileojejunal
coordinate_terms: duodenoileal
glosses: Pertaining to or (usually) connecting the jejunum and ileum.
biliopancreatic diversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biliopancreatic diversions
Senses: examples: text: The study, of 111 children born to 49 mothers who had a type of weight-loss surgery called biliopancreatic diversion, found that babies born after the operation had lower birth weights than those born before, and their risk of becoming severely obese as children was one-third the risk of those born before.
ref: 2009 September 8, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Children: Seeing a Family Benefit in Obesity Surgery”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: An operation in which part of the stomach is resected, creating a smaller stomach to which the distal part of the small intestine is then connected, bypassing the duodenum and jejunum.
Synonyms: Scopinaro procedure
Scopinaro procedure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: biliopancreatic diversion
deather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deathers
Etymology: From death + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who favours the rationing of healthcare in the United States (from the perspective of those who believed that US president Barack Obama's healthcare legislation would include rationing).
glosses: One who believes that US president Barack Obama's healthcare legislation includes death panels.
glosses: One who subscribes to a conspiracy theory suggesting that Osama bin Laden was not killed.
Related terms: pro-deather
deathers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deather
honeybush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeybushes
Etymology: From honey + bush; for the South African plant a calque from Afrikaans heuningbos (heuning + bos). Compare English borrowing from Afrikaans rooibos.
Senses: examples: text: The Fynbos Vinegar, named for vegetation typical of the Cape region, is seasoned with honeybush tea, rose geranium, wild olive, grape must and buchu, a local bush.
ref: 2009 September 9, Florence Fabricant, “2 Tasty Vinegars From South Africa”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of a group of bushes in the genus Cyclopia whose flowers smell of honey and whose leaves are used to make tea.
glosses: Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Cuttsia viburnea (native elderberry), of rainforests in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia.
glosses: Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Hakea lissocarpha (duck-and-drake-bush), of Western Australia
glosses: Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Melianthus major (Cape honeyflower), of South Africa and naturalised elsewhere
glosses: Any of several not closely related shrubs that have features reminiscent of honey, of species:
Richea scoparia, of Tasmania
honeybushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of honeybush
endovenous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːnəs
Etymology: From endo- + venous.
Senses: examples: text: “What usually happens is someone comes in for endovenous treatments for larger veins and a lot of times they’ll say, ‘While you’re at it, take a look at these smaller veins and let me know if you can do anything about them,’ ” Dr. Zelickson said.
ref: 2009 September 10, Camille Sweeney, “Removing the Web of Spider Veins”, in New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Inside a vein.
endovaginally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From endovaginal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Within the vagina.
phlebologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phlebologists
Etymology: From phlebology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The blood branches out into the tissue and forms little points and patterns of discoloration,” said Dr. Luis Navarro, a phlebologist (vein specialist) and the medical director of the Vein Treatment Center in Manhattan, who treated Ms. Homa.
ref: 2009 September 10, Camille Sweeney, “Removing the Web of Spider Veins”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who works in the field of phlebology; a vein specialist.
phlebologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlebologist
scarfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarfers
Etymology: From scarf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He worked as a scarfer in a steel mill.
glosses: One who shapes metal or removes defects from it by grinding or oxyfuel torch cutting.
scarfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarfers
Etymology: From scarf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Ralph Lauren’s stores on Bleecker Street will have cupcakes from Magnolia Bakery (but watch out for Blake Lively, an expected guest and admitted cupcake scarfer).
ref: 2009 September 10, Eric Wilson, “On Fashion’s Night Out, Shopping Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who scarfs or guzzles food.
scarfer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scarfers
Etymology: From scarf + -er.
Senses: examples: text: On the Internet self-identifying Wigan hooligans claimed victory over ICF members, but the latter dismissed these claims since attacking 'scarfers' (non-hooligan supporters) was considered illegitimate.
ref: 2006, Ramn Spaaij, Understanding football hooliganism, page 152:
glosses: An everyday football supporter who is not involved in hooliganism.
scarfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarfer
scarfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scarface
sclerotherapies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerotherapy
sclerotherapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsklɪəɹəˈθɛɹəpɪst/
Forms: form: sclerotherapists
Senses: glosses: One who carries out sclerotherapy.
sclerotherapeutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sclero- + therapeutic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to sclerotherapy.
sclerotherapists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerotherapist
sclerosant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sclerosants
Etymology: From sclerose + -ant.
Senses: glosses: A fluid used for sclerosing.
examples: text: And the solution used in the injections, or sclerosant, can be customized to the color, depth and thickness of a particular patient’s spider veins.
ref: 2009 September 10, Camille Sweeney, “Removing the Web of Spider Veins”, in New York Times:
glosses: A fluid used for sclerosing.
Especially, a medication used in sclerotherapy.
coordinate_terms: hemostatic#Noun
coagulant
sclerosants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sclerosant
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Described by the French physicians Maurice Klippel and Paul Trénaunay in 1900, and the German-British physician Frederick Parkes Weber in 1907 and 1918.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A rare congenital medical condition in which blood vessels and/or lymph vessels fail to form properly. The three main features are nevus flammeus, venous and lymphatic malformations, and soft-tissue hypertrophy of the affected limb.
Synonyms: angioosteohypertrophy syndrome
hemangiectatic hypertrophy
Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome
telangiectasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From telangiectasia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to telangiectasia.
shopkeep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shopkeeps
Senses: examples: text: In Manhattan alone, you should not be able to walk two blocks Thursday night without a shopkeep handing you a glass of Champagne.
ref: 2009 September 10, Eric Wilson, “On Fashion’s Night Out, Shopping Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: A shopkeeper.
Related terms: barkeep
innkeep
shopkeeps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shopkeep
unnourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unnourishing
form: most unnourishing
Etymology: From un- + nourishing.
Senses: examples: text: She's forever eating unnourishing foods like hamburgers and chips.
glosses: Not nourishing.