cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
overvotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overvote
overvotes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overvote
overvoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overvote
overvoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overvote
miscegenative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Miscegenation is the bête noire of American cinema. . . . Until now, Hollywood studios have only flirted with miscegenative plots.
ref: 1965, Albert Johnson, “The Negro in American Films: Some Recent Works”, in Film Quarterly, volume 18, number 4, page 15:
glosses: Miscegenous.
Related terms: miscegenation
chiptunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chiptune
coroutines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coroutine
pre-record
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pre-records
form: pre-recording
form: pre-recorded
form: pre-recorded
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prerecord.
pisses it down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of piss it down
pissing it down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of piss it down
pissed it down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of piss it down
pre-records
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pre-record
pre-recording
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pre-record
pre-recorded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pre-record
rereleasing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rerelease
rereleased
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rerelease
rereleases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rerelease
rereleases
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rerelease
benben stones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of benben stone
miscegenistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: What is astounding about American racial classifications is that the black/white classificatory scheme is dichotomous. There is no mixed-race or other category that classifies the product or progeny of a miscegenistic union.
ref: 1995, Alex M. Johnson Jr., “How Race and Poverty Intersect to Prevent Integration”, in U. of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 143, no. 5, p. 1633, n132:
glosses: Miscegenous.
Related terms: miscegenation
Blu-ray Disc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Blu-ray Discs
Etymology: From blue + ray, from the blue laser used to read and write the format, and disc.
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An optical disc storage medium used for data and video, introduced in 2006, having the same physical dimensions as a CD or DVD but greater storage capacity.
Blu-ray Discs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blu-ray Disc
champion-elect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: champions-elect
Etymology: From champion + -elect.
Senses: glosses: One who is to be made a champion.
champions-elect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of champion-elect
laser diodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laser diode
thiazynes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiazyne
handbreadths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handbreadth
menthenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of menthene
solvomolalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solvomolality
thiolactones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thiolactone
nanopores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanopore
miscegeny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: If I should hold that miscegeny is bestial and a heinous crime I would be prejudiced for I would be deliberately overlooking all the resemblances between the colored and white races.
ref: 1907, Josiah Morse, “The Psychology of Prejudice”, in International Journal of Ethics, volume 17, number 4, page 499:
text: In her sanctuary in El Cobre near Santiago, the skin tone of la Virgen is mulatto (a child of miscegeny).
ref: 2008, Ivor L. Miller, “Religious Symbolism in Cuban Political Performance”, in TDR, volume 44, number 2, page 50:
glosses: Miscegenation.
cryotechnologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryotechnology
skull-fucking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of skull-fuck
skull-fucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of skull-fuck
alkylphosphines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkylphosphine
keratitises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keratitis
corporeities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporeity
waterflooded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of waterflood
waterflooding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of waterflood
radiohumeral joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiohumeral joints
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The joint between the radius and humerus bones in the arm.
commandries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commandry
astringencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of astringency
osteogeneses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of osteogenesis
theodicies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theodicy
beboppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bebopper
treeshrews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treeshrew
argyroses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of argyrosis
amylopectins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amylopectin
allergologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allergology
desocializing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desocialize
desocializes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desocialize
desocialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of desocialise
desocialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of desocialise
desocialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of desocialise
radiohumeral joints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radiohumeral joint
infefts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infeft
infefting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infeft
infefted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infeft
drop kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drop kick
drop kicks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of drop kick
miscegenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The greatest threat was the establishment the miscegenic family. A black man with a white wife, as well as a white man with a black wife, not only had the potential to produce racially ambiguous children but also undermined white supremacy.
ref: 2002, Julie Novkov, “Racial Constructions: The Legal Regulation of Miscegenation in Alabama, 1890-1934”, in Law and History Review, volume 20, number 2, page 266:
glosses: Miscegenous.
Related terms: miscegenation
free as in beer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: This app is free — free as in beer.
synonyms: free
free of charge
costless
feeless
gratis#Adjective
coordinate_terms: free
free as in speech
free as in freedom
libre#Adjective
glosses: Free in the sense of costing no money.
free as in speech
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: synonyms: free as in freedom
coordinate_terms: free as in beer
glosses: Free in the sense of having no restrictions; libre.
oobleck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuː.blɛk/
Forms: form: ooblecks
Etymology: Named for a sticky substance in Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949), children's story by Dr. Seuss.
Senses: examples: text: How many people found that the oobleck was different from the flour?
ref: 1995, Nancy Lee Cecil, The Art of Inquiry: Questioning Strategies for K-6 Classrooms:
text: Pour the oobleck into a water table or into plastic tubs to place on tables.
ref: 1998, Kathy Charner, The Giant Encyclopedia of Science Activities for Children 3 to 6:
text: I know from personal experience that it's not fun to be covered with oobleck.
ref: 2002, Joe Schwarcz, That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles:
glosses: A mixture of cornstarch and water with unusual physical properties.
Related terms: flubber
non-Newtonian fluid
philanthrope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: philanthropes
Senses: glosses: A philanthropist.
Synonyms: philanthropist
Derived terms: philanthropism
in-trays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of in-tray
lemon meringue pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lemon meringue pie
panoplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panoply
paraplegics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraplegic
pentathlons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pentathlon
patricides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of patricide
pedometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedometer
pastier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pasty: more pasty
pastiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pasty: most pasty
pedicuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pedicure
pluming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpluːmɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of plume
pluming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpluːmɪŋ/
Forms: form: plumings
Senses: examples: text: If their secluded hearts ventured even in thought towards the plumings natural to their age, their coarse, homely, ill-fitting garments anathematized any coquettish effort or naive expression of a desire to find favor.
ref: 1887, Grace King, Bayou L'Ombre: An Incident of the War:
glosses: The act by which something is plumed.
rugosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rugosity
gasoducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gasoduct
unwieldinesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unwieldiness
didactyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of didactyl
transpeptidases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transpeptidase
homophenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homophene
curdlans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curdlan
posttests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of posttest
peavies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peavy
hobby-horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hobby-horse
aluminocopiapites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aluminocopiapite
protides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protide
tallits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tallit
steamboatmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steamboatman
henequens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henequen
spokeshaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spokeshave
neoarsphenamines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neoarsphenamine
orbities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbity
perstractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perstraction
comonomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comonomer
fonduks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fonduk
cosmogonies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmogony
five-and-tens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-and-ten
bean-counters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bean-counter
glycosinolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of glycosinolate
bibliomanias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bibliomania
acclimatizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acclimatization
pancaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpænkeɪkt/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pancake
lip-straps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lip-strap
paperhangers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paperhanger
papacies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papacy
tjalks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tjalk
parleying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of parley
parleying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parleyings
Senses: examples: text: Those things […] about which he was wont to have long parleyings and disputings with his own conscience — employing carnal reason to invent arguments and pleas of excuse — he now sticks at no longer […]
ref: a. 1758, Jonathan Edwards, Pressing Into The Kingdom of God:
text: He and Colonel Rotton, who was also Chairman for a period, could generally make the lads on arrival understand them without much parleying.
ref: 1907, George Haw, “A Bad Boys’ Advocate”, in From Workhouse to Westminster: The Life Story of Will Crooks, M.P., London; Paris; New York, N.Y.; Melbourne, Vic.: Cassell and Company, Limited, page 141:
glosses: The act of one who parleys.
parleyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of parley
gynoecia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gynoecium
transglycosylations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transglycosylation
facepieces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of facepiece
non-members
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of non-member
pasteurising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pasteurise
patchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of patchy: more patchy
stratifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stratification
love-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of love-in
avengements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avengement
bimmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bimmy
kopiykas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kopiyka
campouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of campout
rosanilines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rosaniline
guloses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gulose
bandmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bandmate
guembris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guembri
patchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of patchy: most patchy
patronisingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more patronisingly
form: most patronisingly
Etymology: From patronising + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of patronizingly.
paunchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːnt͡ʃiəɹ/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of paunchy: more paunchy
paunchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /pˈɔːnt͡ʃiɪst/
Senses: glosses: superlative form of paunchy: most paunchy
penchants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penchant
Pentecostals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pentecostal
philharmonics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philharmonic
phloxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of phlox
pigmies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigmy (alternative spelling of pygmies).
pilafs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pilaf
pimplier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pimply: more pimply
pimpliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pimply: most pimply
pinwheeling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pinwheel
pinwheeled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pinwheel
plazas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plaza
pointier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of pointy: more pointy
pointiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of pointy: most pointy
retrogamers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retrogamer
poled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Marked with poles.
raw_tags: of walking routes
Derived terms: double-poled
poled route
unpoled
poled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pole
userbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjuːzəˌbɒks/
ipa: /ˈjuzɚˌbɑks/
Forms: form: userboxes
form: userboxen
Etymology: Compound of user + box.
Senses: examples: text: I wasn't satisfied with the retrogamer userbox, so I created a new one.
ref: 2006, Lee K Seitz, “Any Wikipedians here?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet):
text: Creating a userbox template for posting on member editors' user pages.
ref: 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual:
text: Currently, this userbox-mania is tending to decrease on Russian Wikipedia, being systematically repressed by administrators, but it is still thriving in the Ukrainian edition.
ref: 2013, Ellen Rutten, Julie Fedor & Vera Zvereva (eds.), Memory, Conflict and New Media: Web Wars in Post-Socialist States, page 134:
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.
examples: text: thank you all!! All 10613 of you!!! Maybe more now!! Here’s to many more userboxes being made!!❤❤
ref: 2016 September 21, userboxes, retrieved 07 Jul 2014:
text: Made some plural userboxes, feel free to use! (With or without credit) - Ben Levine
ref: 2022 January 30, r/plural, retrieved 07 Jul 2014:
glosses: A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites.
alkie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæl.ki/
Forms: form: alkies
form: alchie
form: alchy
form: alky
Etymology: Clipping of alcoholic + -ie. First use appears c. 1844 in the defunct periodical Akron Ohio Buzzard.
Senses: examples: text: You want to know what it's like to be an alkie, don't you, boy?
ref: 1966, Edward Albee, A Delicate Balance:
text: Also, she fed patients who were unable to feed themselves and, occasionally, dealt with an alkie who treated a patient badly.
ref: 1994, Faye Morgan, Riding the Gold Curve:
glosses: An alcoholic.
Synonyms: drunkard
Related terms: junkie
alkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæl.kiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of alkie
glosses: plural of alky
polliwogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polliwog
pollywogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pollywog
alky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkies
Senses: examples: text: No, when an alky blacks out, he keeps doing things. An alky in a blackout is a busy little devil.
ref: 1985, Stephen King, Skeleton Crew:
text: Once an alky, always an alky, that's what they say.
ref: 1999, Ian Rankin, Black and Blue: An Inspector Rebus Mystery:
glosses: Alternative spelling of alkie.
polygraphing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polygraph
polygraphed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polygraph
pontificated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pontificate
pomading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pomade
pomaded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Derived terms: unpomaded
pomaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pomade
popinjays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of popinjay
postdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postdate
postdates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of postdate
postdating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postdatings
Senses: examples: text: The new edition of the dictionary contains several postdatings.
text: Indeed, for 10 of these terms, the latest known record was their inclusion in Hobson-Jobson, and without any published postdatings this may have suggested that those terms were obsolescent at the end of the nineteenth century.
ref: 2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 256:
topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A later citation of a lexical item.
postdating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of postdate
postdated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: That has occurred after an event or time; that exists later on in time.
glosses: Assigned an effective date to a document or action later than the actual date.
glosses: Of a contract, dated later than the time when it was in fact made.
postdated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpəʊstˈdeɪtɪd/
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of postdate
powdering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: powderings
Etymology: From powder + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: [T]ryly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as if at a feaſt with varietee of good meates and drinkes furniſhed, one that loueth to feede of a Capon, ſhould take diſpleaſure that an other man hath appetite to a Coney, […]
ref: 1564 February, Nicolas Udall [i.e., Nicholas Udall], “Nicolas Vdall vnto the Gentle and Honeste Harted Readers Well to Fare”, in Erasmus, translated by Nicolas Udall, Apophthegmes, that is to Saie, Prompte, Quicke, Wittie and Sentẽcious Saiynges, […], London: […] Ihon Kingston, →OCLC:
glosses: gerund of powder
An application or patch of powder.
glosses: gerund of powder
A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.
Derived terms: powdering gown
powdering tub
powdering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From powder + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of powder
prefigures
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefigure
prefiguring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prefigure
prefiguring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefigurings
Senses: examples: text: This book’s culture clashes are every bit as memorable as its eerie prefigurings of the present financial meltdowns.
ref: 2009 January 15, Janet Maslin, “A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s”, in New York Times:
glosses: A specific instance in which something is prefigured
raw_tags: of prefigure
prefigured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefigure
premiering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premiere
glosses: present participle and gerund of premier
preordains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preordain
preordaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preordain
preoccupies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preoccupy
preoccupying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preoccupy
wordpool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wordpools
Etymology: Compound formed from word + pool.
Senses: examples: text: Give the example first and make it clear that learners can use the same word from the wordpool in different sentences and can use the same word twice...
ref: 1998, Ruth Gairns, Stuart Redman, True to life: English for adult learners:
text: A wordpool can contain big or small words, foreign words, misspelled words, anything your heart desires.
ref: 2008, Brigid Lowry, Juicy Writing, →ISBN, page 58:
topics: education
glosses: A random collection of words, used as inspiration for writing.
preppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of preppy: more preppy
preppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of preppy: most preppy
preppies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preppy
glosses: plural of preppie
wordpools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wordpool
Presbyterians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Presbyterian
prepossesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prepossess
priestesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priestess
primps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪmps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of primp
primped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of primp
prissier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of prissy: more prissy
prissiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of prissy: most prissy
graymail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gray + mail: in the threat sense, by analogy with blackmail.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The threatened exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
glosses: Email that is not technically spam (since the user agreed to receive it) but which is unwanted, such as newsletters after making a purchase.
Related terms: blackmail
graymail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: graymails
form: graymailing
form: graymailed
form: graymailed
Etymology: From gray + mail: in the threat sense, by analogy with blackmail.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: To threaten exposure of state secrets in order to manipulate legal proceedings.
procurers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of procurer
punchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of punchy: more punchy
punchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of punchy: most punchy
punchily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more punchily
form: most punchily
Etymology: From punchy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The action scenes are deafening and punchily staged by director Louis Letterier (The Transporter), though I wish he’d set more time aside to spend with Nobby, his paramour Dawn (Rebel Wilson), their shaven-headed brood, and friends
ref: 2016 February 23, Robbie Collin, “Grimsby review: ' Sacha Baron Cohen's vital, venomous action movie'”, in The Daily Telegraph (London):
glosses: In a punchy manner.
pups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌps/
rhymes: -ʌps
Senses: glosses: plural of pup
pursers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purser
putrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of putrify
putrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putrify
putrefies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of putrefy
putrefied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putrefy
putties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of putty
glosses: plural of puttie
putties
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of putty
puttier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puttiers
Etymology: From putty + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who putties; a glazier.
puttier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of putty: more putty (eye dialect of "prettier")
puttiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of putty: most putty (eye dialect of "prettiest")
puttying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of putty
puttied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of putty
pussyfoots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pussyfoot
ptarmigans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ptarmigan
prowls
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹaʊlz/
rhymes: -aʊlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prowl
portaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of portage
portaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of portage
whitemail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.
Senses: examples: text: Whitemail, which also appears unfair to some, may enhance shareholder value if the outside investor is able to influence management in a more positive way than other shareholders could.
ref: 1991, Michael T. Jacobs, Short-term America: The Causes and Cures of Our Business Myopia, →ISBN, page 92:
topics: business
glosses: A tactic to resist hostile takeover, in which the target company sells discounted stock to a friendly third party.
examples: text: Certainly FDR was a master of his own kind of whitemail and practiced it on the likes of Harry Hopkins.
ref: 2000, Gore Vidal, The Golden Age, →ISBN, page 432:
glosses: Persuasion based on positive rather than negative effects.
Related terms: blackmail
whitemail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: whitemails
form: whitemailing
form: whitemailed
form: whitemailed
Etymology: From white + mail, by analogy with blackmail.
Senses: examples: text: Major League Baseball whitemailed ESPN into paying a lot more, and the only thing we can be assured of is that the same old products and announcers will come in clearer in 2000 thanks to digital technology.
ref: 2000 January 2, Howard Manly, “Tuning in Memories: Channel Surfing Comes With a Hefty Price Tag”, in Boston Globe:
text: The ability to whitemail an emotional older man like my father into falling in love with him so that he would help him rise.
ref: 2000, Gore Vidal, The Golden Age, →ISBN, page 432:
glosses: To persuade.
examples: text: Sweating heavily under the hot lights, he started off with a diatribe against British policy toward Uganda, especially London's recent decision to cancel a $24 million aid program, which Amin dismissed as "whitemailing."
ref: 1973 January 1, “Avenging "Whitemail"”, in Time Magazine, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2008:
glosses: Of a white person: to carry out blackmail.
Moki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mokis
form: Moki
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Moqui.
Moki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Moqui.
Moqui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ki/
rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: Moquis
form: Moqui
Etymology: From Hopi mookwi. According to a Walpi chief and other older Hopi consulted in the 1940's, the name is the original self-designation of the Hopi móókwi. Similar names have been borrowed into neighboring languages, e.g. Zuni muukwi, Southern Paiute mo·q·wi-, Isleta Southern Tiwa buxíde, Acoma Keres mú·cʰi. It is noted for its similarity with Hopi mooki (“dead”).
Senses: glosses: Hopi
Derived terms: Moqui marble
Moqui step
Moqui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈməʊ.ki/
rhymes: -əʊki
Etymology: From Hopi mookwi. According to a Walpi chief and other older Hopi consulted in the 1940's, the name is the original self-designation of the Hopi móókwi. Similar names have been borrowed into neighboring languages, e.g. Zuni muukwi, Southern Paiute mo·q·wi-, Isleta Southern Tiwa buxíde, Acoma Keres mú·cʰi. It is noted for its similarity with Hopi mooki (“dead”).
Senses: glosses: Hopi
doomsday event
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doomsday events
Senses: examples: text: The universe will contract and grow hotter until the doomsday event that astronomers have dubbed "the big crunch."
ref: 1995 April 7, Malcolm W. Browne, “A Research Team Detects Many More Galaxies”, in New York Times, retrieved 05 Jul 2008:
text: In this subsection we face the question about the possibility of evading the doomsday event in phantom models of dark energy with interaction, which are inspired in scalar-tensor theories of gravity.
ref: 2006, Ruben Curbelo et al., “Interacting phantom energy and avoidance of the big rip singularity”, in Classical and Quantum Gravity, volume 23, number 5, page 1591:
text: Sceptics claim switching on the supercooled magnets could create a doomsday event that would destroy the Earth.
ref: 2008 July 2, “World to end in August (maybe)”, in New Zealand Herald, retrieved 05 Jul 2008:
topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: An occurrence which causes the end of the universe or which destroys the planet earth; a global cataclysm.
examples: text: A mysterious occurrence late in the story is the historically factual Tunguska Event, a massive Siberian explosion, probably by an asteroid, in the summer of 1908: a doomsday event caused by an arrival from another realm.
ref: 2006, Greg Hollingshead, "Let Pynchon be Pynchon" (review of Against the Day by Thomas_Pynchon), Globe and Mail (Toronto), 2 Dec., p. D6
text: An earthquake of as much as 7.3 magnitude . . . is the maximum predicted earthquake in Utah, said Johnson. "We could call that a doomsday event."
ref: 2007 May 8, Glen Warchol, “Earthquake-proof: Capitol is ready for a rumble”, in The Salt Lake Tribune:
glosses: A localized event causing widespread death or destruction within a specific geographical area.
examples: text: Protect them against molestation, but if it happens, don't overact and inflate it into a doomsday event.
ref: 1973, Joseph Church, Understanding Your Child from Birth to Three, →ISBN, page 175:
text: The Challenger explosion . . . became one big symbol for mankind. As the trauma diminishes in the weeks ahead, another meaning will emerge from the doomsday events.
ref: 1986 February 8, “Editorial: The flight that failed”, in The Nation, page 1:
text: A record level of foreign reserves has made it unnecessary to devalue the currency—the doomsday event that terrifies finance ministries throughout the region.
ref: 1998 December 28, “The Year of Living Carefully: Challenges ahead for China in 1999”, in Business Week, page 30:
text: "You just don't know if they are planning a doomsday event or not." Dunford said police worked with school officials to secure the building.
ref: 2007 May 22, Andy Nelesen, “Threat leads to security checks at Pulaski High School”, in Green Bay Press Gazette:
glosses: A disastrous occurrence.
Related terms: doomsday bomb
doomsday device
doomsday weapon
extinction event
hypersplit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hypersplits
Etymology: From hyper- + split.
Senses: glosses: Any split in which the angle formed by the legs measures greater than 180 degrees. Can be done to the front with either or both legs elevated, or in a straddle split with one or both legs elevated, or with a standing leg lift.
Synonyms: oversplit
oversplit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oversplits
Etymology: From over- + split.
Senses: topics: acrobatics
arts
gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
performing-arts
sports
glosses: Any split in which the angle formed by the legs measures greater than 180 degrees. Can be done to the front with either or both legs elevated, or in a straddle split with one or both legs elevated, or with a standing leg lift
Synonyms: hypersplit
oversplit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversplits
form: oversplitting
form: oversplit
form: oversplit
Etymology: From over- + split.
Senses: topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform such a split.
glosses: To split into too many divisions or categories.
maître d's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maître d'
plagiocephalies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plagiocephaly
Devon Rexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Devon Rex
brown bombers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown bomber
one foots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of one foot
aces in the hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ace in the hole
local anesthetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of local anesthetic
vagilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vagility
duplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duplex
windshield wipers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windshield wiper
close encounters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of close encounter
ytterbium oxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ytterbium oxide
de-dupes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of de-dupe
de-dupes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of de-dupe
de-duping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of de-dupe
de-duped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of de-dupe
weather vanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weather vane
thrush nightingales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thrush nightingale
cecidia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cecidium
altercating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of altercate
keeps up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep up
keeping up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of keep up
kept up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of keep up
works on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of work on
working on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of work on
worked on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of work on
small-l liberals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of small-l liberal
abided by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abide by
abode by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abide by
abiding by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abide by
abides by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abide by
acts up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of act up
acting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of act up
acted up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of act up
interferences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interference
interferences
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present of interference
airs out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of air out
airing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of air out
aired out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of air out
aired out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aired-out.
asks around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ask around
asking around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ask around
asked around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ask around
spare parts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spare part
delivered the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deliver the message to Garcia
carries the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carry the message to Garcia
carrying the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carry the message to Garcia
carried the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carry the message to Garcia
delivers the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deliver the message to Garcia
delivering the message to Garcia
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deliver the message to Garcia
eats like a bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat like a bird
eating like a bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat like a bird
ate like a bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat like a bird
eaten like a bird
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat like a bird
eats like a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat like a horse
eating like a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat like a horse
eaten like a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat like a horse
ate like a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat like a horse
greenmails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of greenmail
greenmails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of greenmail
roof tile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roof tiles
form: rooftile
Senses: glosses: A ridge tile, A tile for the ridge of a roof.
glosses: A roofing tile.
play silly buggers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: plays silly buggers
form: playing silly buggers
form: played silly buggers
form: played silly buggers
form: play silly beggars
Senses: examples: text: "Look," he said, "it's just fate playing silly buggers with you. With me. With us. It's a complete coincidence."
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 95:
glosses: To act in a stupid or reckless manner.
vicious circles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vicious circle
economic capitals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of economic capital
chattel papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chattel paper
navaid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: navaids
Etymology: Blend of navigational + aid.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: particularly nautical
glosses: Any form of aid to navigation such as a lighthouse or ILS (instrument landing system).
obligors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obligor
triangular number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triangular numbers
Senses: examples: text: Ten is a triangular number being the sum of 1, 2, 3, and 4.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any integer that is the sum of n natural numbers from 1 to n.
Synonyms: triangle number
Hyponyms: hexagonal number
psoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of psoas
obligee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obligees
Etymology: From oblige + -ee.
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
glosses: The party owed an obligation by another party, the obligor.
Coordinate terms: obligor
Related terms: obligatee
obligees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obligee
obligatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obligatees
Etymology: From obligate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: But in any provision of value to the public as a whole, other people are somehow affected or involved, as customers, beneficiaries or obligatees.
ref: 2001, John Alford, “The implications of 'publicness' for strategic management theory”, in Kevan Scholes, Gerry Johnson, editors, Exploring Public Sector Strategy, →ISBN, page 6:
topics: government
glosses: A person who is obligated by law to do something
Coordinate terms: obligator
agent
beneficiary
customer
Related terms: obligee
sine ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sine ratios
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
trigonometry
glosses: The ratio of the side of a right-angled triangle opposite to a specified angle to the hypotenuse; when expressed as a real number between 0 and 1, it defines the sine of the angle.
obligatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obligatee