cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Elastoplast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: elastoplast
Etymology: From the trademarked name of one brand of sticking plasters, presumably from elastic and plaster.
Senses: examples: text: Tension on the skin edges is prevented by the use of several one-half inch strips of elastoplast applied directly across the wound at right angle to the suture line.
ref: 1951 February, Charles E. Gurney, Verner V. Lindgren, “Early Care of Traumatic Wounds of the Face”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 2, Portland, Ore.: Northwest Medical Publishing Association, page 93:
glosses: A sticking plaster (adhesive bandage) or medical dressing; a band-aid.
Derived terms: elastoplasted
filker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filkers
Etymology: From filk + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who creates or performs filk music.
Related terms: filksinger
filkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of filker
thoro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thoroer
form: more thoro
form: thoroest
form: most thoro
form: thorough
Senses: examples: text: … the Roller Coaster is to get a thoro overhauling.
ref: 1946 April 6, “Thoro Overhauling for Manlius Rides”, in Billboard, page 81:
text: Meanwhile, he said he has ordered a thoro government audit of all major oil company records
ref: 1974 January 20, “No Gasoline Rationing Seen”, in Chicago Tribune, Chicago:
glosses: Informal spelling of thorough.
Derived terms: thorofare
thoroly
Related terms: a mensa et thoro
tube steaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tube steak
squawkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of squawky: more squawky
squawkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of squawky: most squawky
beauty queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beauty queens
Senses: glosses: The female winner of a beauty contest.
beauty queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beauty queen
race queen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: race queens
Senses: examples: text: […] crowds ogle the red-clad "Coca-Cola race queens" at an eight-hour motorcycle endurance race in Japan.
ref: 1993, Mark Pendergrast, For God, Country, and Coca-Cola:
text: […] cafes and shops exist in Tokyo and throughout Japan, where customers can be serviced by school girls, policewomen, race queens, or "bunny girls".
ref: 2008, Kenny Loui, Tokyo Phantasmagoria:
glosses: A glamorous model accompanying the pit crew in Japanese motor racing.
Hypernyms: grid girl
pit babe
Coordinate terms: word: brolly dolly
race queens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of race queen
Lauje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A tribe of Sulawesi.
Lauje
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Malayo-Polynesian language spoken by this tribe.
spookmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spookmasters
Etymology: From spook + master.
Senses: examples: text: […] the jocular antics of a Hollywood-trained Ronald Reagan during photo ops were let down by the duller visuals provided by a former CIA spookmaster.
ref: 1990, Carol Squiers, The Critical Image:
text: The original series, which premiered in 1934 and didn't switch the lights back on until 1939, was the brainchild of a near-forgotten spookmaster […]
ref: 2000, Gerald Nachman, Raised on Radio:
text: Jack glances at you sidelong while the middle-aged spookmaster is fumbling to articulate whatever it is he's got stuck in his mind.
ref: 2007, Charles Stross, Halting State:
glosses: A spymaster.
spookmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spookmaster
buffleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bufflehead
openbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈəʊpn̩.bɪl/
Forms: form: openbills
Etymology: From open + bill.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of bird in the genus Anastomus of the stork family Ciconiidae, with a distinctive gap between the mandibles of the closed bill.
Synonyms: openbill stork
Derived terms: taxonomic: Anastomus oscitans
word: Asian openbill
taxonomic: Anastomus lamelligerus
word: African openbill
splenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspliː.ni.əm/
rhymes: -iːniəm
Forms: form: spleniums
form: splenia
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin splēnium (“plaster, patch”), from Ancient Greek σπληνῐ́ον (splēnĭ́on, “pad or compress of linen”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The thick posterior part of the corpus callosum of the brain.
Related terms: splenial
splenius
jabiru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæbɪ.ɹuː/
Forms: form: jabirus
Etymology: From a Tupian term such as Old Tupi îabyru, said to mean either "swollen neck" or "one that spits".
Senses: glosses: A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
examples: text: He's a jabiru - the only Australian stork.
ref: 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 83:
glosses: The black-necked stork, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus.
jabirus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jabiru
aiguisé
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Urdé (pointed).
chinoises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chinois
pochards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pochard
plywoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plywood
erythema migrans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The rash often seen in the early stage of Lyme disease.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Geographic tongue.
supersecret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supersecret
form: most supersecret
form: super-secret
Etymology: From super- + secret.
Senses: examples: text: The changes come a year after a Sundance film, “This Film Is Not Yet Rated,” excoriated the rating system as a supersecret star chamber.
ref: 2007 January 18, David M. Halbfinger, “Hollywood Rethinks Its Ratings Process”, in New York Times:
synonyms: top secret
top-secret
ultrasecret
glosses: Extremely secret or secretive
supersecret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersecrets
form: super-secret
Etymology: From super- + secret.
Senses: examples: text: While this author has argued that most of those "supersecrets" fell into American hands, or, worse, that the most radical and exotic of these supersecrets remained in Nazi hands after the war, Agoston's book is signally important in that it was the first public recounting of the Kammler Group and the first disclosure that much more was going on inside of Nazi Germany besides the development of jet aircraft and rockets.
ref: 2011, Joseph P. Farrell, Roswell and the Reich: The Nazi Connection:
glosses: A piece of highly secret information.
superagency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superagencies
Etymology: From super- + agency.
Senses: examples: text: […] a plan to create a Brussels superagency that could intervene in domestic markets lacks natural consumer appeal and faces formidable industry opposition.
ref: 2007 August 13, Kevin J. O’Brien, “Regulator in Europe Proposes a Superagency to Wield Power Over Its Phone Markets”, in New York Times:
glosses: An agency with unusually far-reaching powers
examples: text: The state health agency in California is called State Department of Health Services and is a component of a superagency, the California Health and Welfare Agency.
ref: 2001, California Health Profile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, page xiv:
glosses: A cabinet-level agency within the executive branch, composed of several departments.
Synonyms: sense: cabinet-level agency within the executive branch
word: cabinet agency
sense: cabinet-level agency within the executive branch
word: cabinet department
sense: cabinet-level agency within the executive branch
english: Kentucky
translation: Kentucky
word: cabinet
maile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Hawaiian maile.
Senses: examples: text: All about the tents were ferns, while the fragrant maile trailed from every tree and bush […]
ref: 1910, The Hawaiian Forester and Agriculturist, page 165:
glosses: A flowering Hawaiian vine (Alyxia stellata), of the genus Alyxia, used to make lei.
maile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Variant of mail.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mail (“chainmail”).
superbike
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superbikes
form: super bike
Etymology: From super- + bike.
Senses: examples: text: "Do you stay at the front of the second class, or step up and show what you can do on a superbike?"
ref: 2009 January 20, Craig Duff, “Broc Parkes up for big test”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2009:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motorcycling
glosses: A super sport bike with a large engine, usually between 800 and 1200 cc
Coordinate terms: english: formerly, modified-stock car racing (modified saloon cars, sedans)
translation: formerly, modified-stock car racing (modified saloon cars, sedans)
word: stock car
english: now, patterned after street-legal cars, but custom-built for racing (patterned after saloon cars, sedans)
translation: now, patterned after street-legal cars, but custom-built for racing (patterned after saloon cars, sedans)
word: stock car
english: custom-built enclosed-wheel race car
translation: custom-built enclosed-wheel race car
word: sports car
english: high-powered street-legal car
translation: high-powered street-legal car
word: sports car
Derived terms: CSBK
ESBK
FSBK
ISBK
SBK
WSBK
superwelterweight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: super welterweight
Etymology: From super- + welterweight.
Senses: examples: text: Floyd Mayweather Jr. had just defeated Oscar De La Hoya in their superwelterweight title bout in a split decision Saturday night when a controversy threatened to delay, if not upend, his victory.
ref: 2007 May 6, Richard Sandomir, “Mayweather Wins Decision Over De La Hoya”, in New York Times:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Pertaining to a weight class between 67.7 and 69.9 kilograms, at the boundary between middleweight and welterweight
Synonyms: light middleweight
junior middleweight
superagencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superagency
superbikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superbike
suitelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suitelike
form: most suitelike
Etymology: From suite + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The music of both the symphonic “Florentine Tragedy” and the more suitelike “Dwarf,” whose dances evoke the Spanish court, dramatically mirrors onstage emotions.
ref: 2007 July 30, Vivien Schweitzer, “A Double Bill of Viennese Romanticism”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Resembling a suite
subarachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb.əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Etymology: From sub- + arachnoid.
Senses: examples: text: After an internal examination he found that "the cause of death was craniocerebral injury with subarachnoid hemorrhage […]."
ref: 1988 May 19, Jack Clark, “Touch of Death”, in Chicago Reader, volume 17, number 31, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: subarachnoidal
glosses: Located or occurring below the arachnoid mater, often specifically between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater.
Derived terms: subarachnoid space
subarachnoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsʌb.əˈɹæk.nɔɪd/
rhymes: -æknɔɪd
Forms: form: subarachnoids
Etymology: From sub- + arachnoid.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of subarachnoid space.
successional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From succession + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Surviving plant communities can be compared to their ancestors, and the differences between them reveal the changes wrought by climate, by pollution, by natural successional processes.
ref: 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Of, related to or caused by succession
Derived terms: successionally
successional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: successionals
Etymology: From succession + -al.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Such an organism
speechwriting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From speech + writing.
Senses: examples: text: Her mother […] directs communications, publications and speechwriting.
ref: 2007 June 10, “Maya Alperowicz, Justin Florence”, in New York Times:
glosses: The craft or activity of writing speeches, usually for delivery by someone else
speakership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: speakerships
form: Speakership
Etymology: From speaker + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Under the political bargain struck among Iraq’s religious and ethnic groups, the Sunni Arabs hold three leadership positions: one vice presidential slot, one deputy prime minister slot and the speakership.
ref: 2007 June 12, Alissa J. Rubin, “Iraqi Parliament Votes to Oust Speaker Who Intimidated Members”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
text: Washington loves a death watch, which is what McCarthy’s speakership provided from its first wee hours.
ref: 2023 October 5, Mark Leibovich, “Kevin McCarthy Got What He Wanted”, in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor, The Atlantic, Washington, D.C.: The Atlantic Monthly Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2023:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The position or tenure of the speaker of a legislative body.
speakerships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speakership
crib deaths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crib death
soilless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From soil + -less.
Senses: examples: text: If they live in squalor, in filth, in crime, with hope and joy gone, a homeless, soilless army of human prey.
ref: 1910, Emma Goldman, “Anarchism: What It Really Stands For”, in Anarchism and Other Essays, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: Lacking home soil; dispossessed
examples: text: One popular recipe for a homemade version is two parts soilless mix like Pro-Mix and one part each vermiculite and perlite.
ref: 2007 October 4, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not using or containing soil
sniffable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sniffable
form: most sniffable
Etymology: From sniff + -able.
Senses: examples: text: A compound in women's armpit extract could potentially open the door to sniffable contraceptives.
ref: 2009 January 14, Tristram D. Wyatt, “Fifty years of pheromones”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7227, →DOI:
glosses: Able to be sniffed, or able to be taken by sniffing
skylit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪlət
Forms: form: sky-lit
Etymology: From sky + lit.
Senses: examples: text: And many must applaud the design of airport terminals, also of such buildings as the one that houses the Milwaukee Repertory, according to the skylit, bared-girder doming of pre-20th-century French train stations.
ref: 1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: architecture
glosses: Receiving all or most light from the sky
synonyms: skylighted
glosses: Furnished with one or more skylights.
skimmy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskɪmi/
rhymes: -ɪmi
Forms: form: more skimmy
form: most skimmy
Etymology: From skim + -y.
Senses: examples: text: You could see a similarity to the style of Rick Owens in the oversize sweaters and to the skimmy dresses of John Galliano .
ref: 2007 March 5, Cathy Horyn, “A New Look at Nina Ricci and a Puzzle at Chloé”, in New York Times:
topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: Tending or seeming to skim; loose
sleepaway
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: sleep + away
Senses: examples: text: This annual event, presented by Resources for Children With Special Needs, offers information on 70 day and sleepaway options in the Northeast.
ref: 2007 January 26, The New York Times, “Spare Times: For Children”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
Synonyms: overnight
sleepaway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sleepaways
Etymology: sleep + away
Senses: glosses: A camp or event in which participants sleep away from home.
shotmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From shot + making.
Senses: examples: text: A combination of skills — from shotmaking to mental toughness — is required to win a Grand Slam event like the French Open, which begins tomorrow.
ref: 2007 May 26, Christopher Clarey, “Dissecting the Game, Skill by Skill”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The skill of making accurate shots
shortgrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortgrasses
Etymology: From short + grass.
Senses: examples: text: The original centers of abundance of upland sandpipers were the shortgrass and mixed-grass prairies of the Great Plains.
ref: 1988 May 20, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: The set of short, tough grasses that thrive in arid plains; often specifically the native grasses of the North American Great Plains.
Coordinate terms: sense: grasses
word: tallgrass
semisecret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + secret.
Senses: examples: text: The highway also passes by Area 51, a semisecret government test facility where the stealth bomber was developed.
ref: 2007 June 24, Marvin Kitman, “The Boondocks”, in New York Times:
glosses: Subject to a moderate degree of secrecy; partially but not entirely secret
semidry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + dry.
Senses: examples: text: This grape can produce dry or semidry wines, with some spice and floral aromas.
ref: 2014, Clara Orban, Illinois Wines and Wineries: The Essential Guide, page 25:
glosses: Somewhat dry.
examples: text: Able to thrive in hot, semidry places, it feeds more than 500 million people in 98 countries, primarily in the developing world.
ref: 2009 January 30, Elizabeth Pennisi, “PLANT GENETICS: How Sorghum Withstands Heat and Drought”, in Science:
glosses: Somewhat dry.
Somewhat dry in climate, but not severely arid.
synonyms: semiarid
antonyms: semiwet
seatless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From seat + -less.
Senses: examples: text: August 17, 1890, George Bernard Shaw, letter to William Archer
We were much disheartened when we arrived and found ourselves in the middle of a lamenting, seatless, lodgingless horde of English and American trippers […]
text: My companions rose one by one and emptied their nocturnal accumulations of urine into the seatless toilet.
ref: 1970, William Furber, Make Love, Not Water, page 141:
text: Three weeks ago today, Progressive Conservative MPP Laurie Scott announced that she was resigning her seat […] to make way for her seatless party leader, John Tory.
ref: 2009 January 30, “Call the by-election”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Lacking a seat.
overcorrected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcorrect
overcorrect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcorrects
form: overcorrecting
form: overcorrected
form: overcorrected
Etymology: From over- + correct.
Senses: examples: text: […] Ms. Goodman, who was driving, overcorrected after passing a slow-moving vehicle.
ref: 2007 July 5, Michelle York, “Alcohol Not a Factor in S.U.V. Crash That Killed 5 Friends”, in New York Times:
glosses: To correct too sharply or too much
Derived terms: overcorrection
Related terms: hypercorrect
overcorrecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcorrect
overcorrects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcorrect
phonily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more phonily
form: most phonily
Etymology: From phony + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Or in the 70s without its being a case in point that our need for nostalgia had, after the coming and going of scads of phonily rustic eateries, really reached absurd proportions.
ref: 1988 December 23, Gary Houston, “The Beginning of the End”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: In a phony way, or to a phony extent
Related terms: phoniness
nonreferential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nonreferential
form: most nonreferential
Etymology: From non- + referential.
Senses: examples: text: In an ironic turn, the stubbornly nonreferential Lang was a dominant reference at the fall shows[…].
ref: 2007 September 16, Horacio Silva, “Star ’90s”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not referential in character or style
Derived terms: nonreferentiality
nonreferentially
nonpremium
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + premium.
Senses: examples: text: For $6.99 a month, the other would enable listeners to choose 50 of the nonpremium channels, with each additional channel costing 25 cents.
ref: 2007 July 24, Stephen Labaton, “Radio Plan: A Price Shift for Satellite”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not premium
nonpermanent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + permanent.
Senses: examples: text: […] lengthy negotiations continued through Friday on a series of amendments from three of the Security Council’s nonpermanent members, South Africa, Indonesia and Qatar.
ref: 2007 March 25, Thom Shanker, “Security Council Votes to Tighten Iran Sanctions”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not permanent
Synonyms: temporary
Derived terms: nonpermanently
nonrich
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + rich.
Senses: examples: text: Since 1990, the world’s nonrich nations have increased their reserves[…].
ref: 2007 March 25, Tina Rosenberg, “Reverse Foreign Aid”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not rich; not wealthy.
nonpainting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + painting.
Senses: examples: text: The nonpainting trends of those years have been relentlessly celebrated and valorized by museums, art historians and biennials.
ref: 2007 February 16, Roberta Smith, “Painting in the Heady Days, After It Was Proclaimed Dead”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Not painting; other than painting
nonparty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + party.
Senses: examples: text: Subsequent albums of nonparty songs and metal-like ballads have not been nearly as successful, but 20-something truth-seekers are not made for stasis.
ref: 2007 March 10, Melena Ryzik, “Are You Ready to Listen? This Rocker Just Wants to Talk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a party (social gathering), or not related to parties or partying.
topics: law
glosses: Not a party (involved person or entity), or unrelated to a party.
nonparty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonparties
Etymology: From non- + party.
Senses: examples: text: Juries may not, however, use punitive damages to punish a defendant directly for harms that the defendant visited on nonparties.
ref: 2007, Brian H. Bornstein, Richard L. Wiener, Robert Schopp, Civil Juries and Civil Justice: Psychological and Legal Perspectives:
topics: law
glosses: One who is not a party.
nonoriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + original.
Senses: examples: text: And the bassist Mike Watt — the only nonoriginal member, replacing the deceased Dave Alexander — followed Iggy’s physical cues with half-crazed concentration, like a fisherman refusing to let go of a dangerous catch.
ref: 2007 April 11, Ben Ratliff, “Chaos at the Line Where Performer and Audience Blur”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not original
Derived terms: nonoriginality
nonoperatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + operatic.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Caines takes a romantic approach in his exploration of Mozart’s nonoperatic vocal music that features canons, nocturnes, canzonettas and lieder.
ref: 2007 May 21, Gia Kourlas, “Mozart for Instruments, Voices and Bodies”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not operatic
nonmaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-material
Etymology: From non- + material.
Senses: examples: text: All wish to achieve nothing less than "the union of the material and the nonmaterial worlds," as Don Seiden describes it.
ref: 1988 May 6, Tom Valeo, “Conference Calls: what goes on in an artist's brain?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not material; apart from matter
Derived terms: nonmaterial culture
nonmaterially
Related terms: immaterial
Bell's palsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Scottish surgeon Charles Bell (1774–1842), who first described the connection of the facial nerve to the condition.
Senses: examples: text: A Bell's palsy is a facial paralysis that affects one side of the face only, generally caused by a viral infection.
ref: 2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 15:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A paralysis of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side.
nonforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + forcing.
Senses: examples: text: Zia settled for a quiet, nonforcing (because he was a passed hand) two-diamond response.
ref: 2007 April 9, “Same Fistful of Diamonds, Two Very Different Openings”, in New York Times:
topics: bridge
games
glosses: Not forcing
nonmarried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + married.
Senses: examples: text: “Citified college-women are more likely to be nonmarried and childless, compared with their suburban sisters, so they can and do devote themselves to their careers,” said Andrew Hacker[…]
ref: 2007 August 3, Sam Roberts, “For Young Earners in Big City, a Gap in Women’s Favor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not married.
nonmarried
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonmarrieds
Etymology: From non- + married.
Senses: glosses: A person who is not married.
Synonyms: unmarried
nonestablishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By surface analysis, non- + establishment, or, by surface analysis, non- + establish + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: And Washington also admitted to the inner circles, says developer Robert Wislow, many nonestablishment, previously excluded businesspeople.
ref: 1988 November 25, David Moberg, “One Year Without Washington”, in Chicago Reader:
antonyms: establishment
coordinate_terms: disestablishment
glosses: Absence of establishment; absence of established status.
nonemergencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonemergency
nondomestic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + domestic.
Senses: examples: text: By contrast, flows into nondomestic funds were $84 billion, about 5.6 percent of assets.
ref: 2007 July 20, Vikas Bajaj, “Dow Caps a 4-Month Surge, Closing Above 14,000”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not domestic: foreign.
nondomestic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondomestics
Etymology: From non- + domestic.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a domestic.
nonconfidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + confidential.
Senses: examples: text: The case was unusual, she said, because it involved unpublished material (the exact circumstances of the interviews) from nonconfidential sources (the parents).
ref: 2007 September 13, Michael Brick, “Reporters Won’t Have to Testify in Death”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not confidential
Related terms: nonconfidentiality
nonconceptual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conceptual.
Senses: examples: text: This does not rule out the possibility that these capacities are ultimately nonconceptual, but it nevertheless provides strong reasons for supposing that they are not.
ref: 2008 January 8, John E. Sarnecki, “Sortals for Dummies”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: Not of a conceptual nature
Derived terms: nonconceptually
noncall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncalls
Etymology: From non- + call.
Senses: examples: text: Whether their identities are part of the legacy of this Final Four will depend on their ability to avoid making that one memorable call — or noncall.
ref: 2007 March 30, Ray Glier, “Two Calls Still Have the Fans Buzzing”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A failure to make a call, such as by a referee
nonbaseball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + baseball.
Senses: examples: text: In another era, it would have made for hours of nonbaseball chatter by Rizzuto.
ref: 2007 August 15, Tyler Kepner, “On Night Full of Memories, a Yankees Loss to Forget”, in New York Times:
glosses: Other than or unrelated to baseball
noncalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncall
nonballet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + ballet.
Senses: examples: text: I applaud the eclectic taste with which Fall for Dance placed this, the most familiar, close-to-cliché number, amid four other nonballet items on its second program[…].
ref: 2007 October 1, Alastair Macaulay, “Ballet, Hip-Hop and Latin in an Eclectic Mix of Tastes”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not ballet
nicotianas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nicotiana
nicotiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nicotianas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Nicotiāna, from (Jean) Nicot (French ambassador to Portugal, who sent seeds back to France in 1561) + -iāna (adjective forming suffix) (feminine of -iānus).
Senses: examples: text: But strong-stemmed bushy plants like salvias, coneflowers, cosmos, marigolds, nicotianas and zinnias should be cut back only to the next strong branch or pair of branches.
ref: 2007 July 12, Leslie Land, “Garden Q.&A.”, in New York Times:
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: Any ornamental plant of the genus Nicotiana
nicotiana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Irregularly formed from nicoti(ne) + -ana.
Senses: glosses: Literature dealing with tobacco-smoking.
nonaggressive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛsɪv
Forms: form: non-aggressive
Etymology: From non- + aggressive.
Senses: examples: text: Lee Silverman, the owner of the store, wants the staff to be honest and nonaggressive.
ref: 2007 April 12, Mike Albo, “Because a Logo Is Not Enough”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not aggressive
Derived terms: nonaggressively
nominalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nominalistic
form: most nominalistic
Etymology: From nominalist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The debate over whether or not there are sets, or numbers, or other abstracta, shouldn’t be pursued by trying to work out whether talk of such things is paraphrasable away into a nominalistic language[…].
ref: 2008 April 1, Ross P. Cameron, “Truthmakers and ontological commitment: or how to deal with complex objects and mathematical ontology without getting into”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Having a nominalist character
Derived terms: nominalistically
heart block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heart blocks
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A disease in the electrical system of the heart, opposed to coronary artery disease, which is disease of the blood vessels of the heart.
retaliations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retaliation
revampings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of revamping
reshufflings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reshuffling
revisionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more revisionary
form: most revisionary
Etymology: From revision + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: corrective
text: I conclude that there is good reason to suspect that adverbialist paraphrases are in fact conservative rather than revisionary.
ref: 2008 August 5, Uriah Kriegel, “The dispensability of (merely) intentional objects”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:
glosses: Having the character of a revision.
Related terms: revisable
revisionist
revisitant
revisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more revisable
form: most revisable
Etymology: From revise + -able.
Senses: examples: text: if one believes it possible that logic will turn out to be empirically revisable, one surely must believe it possible that logic will be empirically revised[…]
ref: 2008 January 30, Lisa Warenski, “Naturalism, fallibilism, and the a priori”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: Able to be revised
premerger
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + merger.
Senses: examples: text: “People hired from the outside were killed in a hurry,” he said of the premerger company.
ref: 2007 May 17, Mark Landler, “Chrysler Sale Unavoidable, Chief Says”, in New York Times:
topics: business
glosses: Occurring or existing before a merger
prefectural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From prefecture + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But Mr. Fukuda appeared to have enough support to win a majority of the 528 votes in the election, with 387 party lawmakers each holding one vote, and prefectural chapters holding 141 votes.
ref: 2007 September 15, Norimitsu Onishi, “Party Chiefs in Japan Favor Veteran”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of, pertaining to or at the level of a prefecture.
Derived terms: subprefectural
prefectural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefecturals
Etymology: From prefecture + -al.
Senses: glosses: A tournament in which participants from all over the prefecture compete.
predinner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + dinner.
Senses: examples: text: This makes a perfectly fine predinner cocktail, but it hardly constitutes a balanced meal.
ref: 2007 August 15, “Letters”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before or in preparation for dinner
Synonyms: preprandial
precompetition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + competition.
Senses: examples: text: “A lot of athletes experience precompetition anxieties in the first place,” Rosenfeld said.
ref: 2007 July 23, Juliet Macur, “Before Triathlon, Psychologists Calm Athletes’ Fears”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring before or in anticipation of a competition
pranky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æŋki
Forms: form: prankier
form: prankiest
Etymology: From prank + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Each bride-to-be fires pranky missiles at the other’s marriage preparations.
ref: 2009 January 15, “Leigh Paatsch's reviews of latest movies at the cinema”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: Having the character of a prank
Derived terms: prankiness
protofeminist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From proto- + feminist.
Senses: examples: text: As Shamas depicts her, Earhart is basically a one-note, protofeminist heroine who pursues adventure "for the fun of it."
ref: 1988 April 1, Lawrence Bommer, “Amelia Lives!”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Preceding but anticipating or laying the groundwork for feminism.
protofeminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protofeminists
Etymology: From proto- + feminist.
Senses: glosses: A person who preceded but anticipated or laid the groundwork for feminism.
preventively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From preventive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: On Iran, Biden said Washington will strive to act preventively and avoid having to choose between the risks of war and the dangers of inaction.
ref: 2009 February 8, “Biden says U.S. ready to talk but remains prepared to act”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: In a preventive way
prescribers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prescriber
prescriber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prescribers
Etymology: From prescribe + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] the law made New Hampshire the first state to try to block pharmaceutical companies’ hard-sell pitches by restricting access to data that identifies doctors and other prescribers.
ref: 2007 May 1, The Associated Press, “Prescription-Writing Law Is Voided”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who prescribes medication (usually a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner).
examples: text: Alongside Webster's dictionary stood a slew of rabid reformers and prescribers of correct English.
ref: 2012, Alexander Bergs, Laurel J. Brinton, English Historical Linguistics, volume 1, page 971:
glosses: One who directs or orders, as for example one who makes prescriptive demands on others' use of language.
preretirement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + retirement.
Senses: examples: text: The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working.
ref: 2007 March 17, Damon Darlin, “Some More Numbers to Juggle in Figuring Out Retirement”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement
preplayoff
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + playoff.
Senses: examples: text: The Summer Games bled over from summer to fall this year, and to complete the transition we'll offer a little preplayoff analysis on the upcoming autumn classic, the World Series.
ref: 1988 September 30, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring before or in anticipation of a playoff
chunters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chunter
correfocs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of correfoc
correfoc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: correfocs
Etymology: Borrowed from Catalan correfoc (literally “run [through] fire”).
Senses: examples: text: The correfoc (‘fire run’) is a frenzy of pyromania. Groups of horned devils dance through the streets, brandishing tridents that spout fireworks and generally flouting every safety rule in the book.
ref: 2013, Time Out Barcelona, 15th edition, Ebury Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of several forms of parade-like celebrations in Catalonia involving pyrotechnics in the middle of a crowd.
essikert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essikerts
Senses: glosses: A refuse collection vehicle.
gameshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gameshows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of game show.
pond hockey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Pond hockey? That's where George Sullivan, Bob Gainey, Steve Larmer, Wayne Gretzky say they learned the game.
ref: 2011, Ed Arnold, Whose Puck Is It, Anyway?: A Season with a Minor Novice Hockey Team, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 102:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of ice hockey played outdoors on the surface of a frozen lake or pond, or other body of water.
light-headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lighter-headed
form: more light-headed
form: lightest-headed
form: most light-headed
form: lightheaded
Etymology: From light (“lacking weight or mental gravity”, adjective) + headed (“having a head”, adjective).
Senses: glosses: Dizzy or feeling faint, usually as a result of a drop in blood pressure to the brain; delirious.
glosses: Thoughtless; volatile; frivolous.
Synonyms: sense: dizzy
word: giddy
sense: thoughtless
word: heedless
sense: thoughtless
word: unsteady
sense: thoughtless
word: fickle
sense: thoughtless
word: lightbrained
sense: thoughtless
word: unaware
sense: thoughtless
word: inattentive
sense: thoughtless
word: careless
sense: thoughtless
word: silly
Derived terms: word: light-headedly
word: lightheadedness
Related terms: lighthearted
lightheadedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: lītʹhĕd'(ĭ)d-nĕs
Forms: form: light-headedness
Etymology: From light-headed (adjective) (any sense) + -ness (suffix forming nouns).
Senses: examples: text: The lightheadedness passed once I lay down.
text: The effects caused by inhaling nitrous oxide gas, such as lightheadedness and euphoria, can be felt within seconds.
ref: 2024 September 14, Zachary Pottle, “Galaxy Gas: Flavored Whipped Cream Charger Or Dangerous Drug?”, in AddictionCenter:
glosses: The state or quality of being light-headed; dizziness or faintness; flightiness; wandering; delirium.
Synonyms: giddiness
Related terms: word: light-headedly
word: vertigo
hamerkop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hamerkops
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hammerkop.
mascaraed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mascara'd
Etymology: From mascara + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Baz, a mascaraed gay man who agitates on behalf of the libido.
ref: 1988 May 27, Anthony Adler, “The Hitler-Reagan Equation”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Wearing mascara.
Derived terms: unmascaraed
maximalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maximalisms
Etymology: From maximal + -ism, by analogy with minimalism.
Senses: examples: text: With its romantic harmonies out of Berlioz, the 4½-hour “Einstein” score marked a passage out of Minimalism into a new genre that John Rockwell dubbed “Maximalism.”
ref: [1981 October 25, Robert Coe, “Philip Glass Breaks Through”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The design trend known as maximalism has arrived in the workplace.
ref: 2005 December 1, Elaine Louie, “A Maximalist Aesthetic Puts Playfulness to Work”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Though it proclaims itself to be unaffected by economic thought, it is in fact deeply influenced by the “more rights equals more innovation” ideology of maximalism that I have described in these pages.
ref: 2008, James Boyle, The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 228:
text: “Antlers have a kind of maximalism that satisfies our urge for things to be overdesigned,” said David Wolfe, the creative director of the Doneger Group, which forecasts fashion and retail trends.
ref: 2007 April 26, Eric Wilson, “If There’s a Buck in It Somewhere”, in New York Times:
text: Hot pink fits right into maximalism, which experienced a resurgence in recent years as a response to the cool minimalist aesthetic that dominated Instagram feeds for so long.
ref: 2023 June 25, Lia Picard, “Barbiecore Is Surging Its Way into Home Décor and Interior Design”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The opposite of minimalism: a tendency toward excess.
examples: text: In other words, in contrast to supporters of Gahal and other advocates of territorial maximalism, they judged peace with their neighbors to be more important than Jewish sovereignty over as much of the Land of Israel as possible.
ref: 1994, Mark A. Tessler, A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 469:
text: Maximalism, that is, a predisposition to seek unconditional victory, is one of these. Politico-military movements are almost always revolutionary in the sense that they propose to use violence to change the existing regime.
ref: 2007 December 9, K. Deonandan, D. Close, From Revolutionary Movements to Political Parties: Cases from Latin America and Africa, Springer, →ISBN, page 10:
text: Debates between advocates of territorial maximalism and supporters of territorial compromise place heavy emphasis on considerations of military security.
ref: 2019 March 7, Rex Brynen, Echoes Of The Intifada: Regional Repercussions Of The Palestinian-israeli Conflict, Routledge, →ISBN:
glosses: An ideology favoring radical or aggressive action to achieve expansive goals; the stance of maximalists.
Related terms: maximalist
maximism
healthcentre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: healthcentres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of health centre.
health centre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: health centres
form: health center
form: healthcentre
Etymology: Compound of health + centre.
Senses: glosses: A clinic staffed by a group of general practitioners and nurses.
quizshow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quizshows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quiz show.
quiz show
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quiz shows
Senses: glosses: A game show in the form of a quiz.
Related terms: game show
-e-
Language: English
Part of speech: infix
Etymology: The final vowel of hamster, as the initial vowel would be a homonym of -a- from rat.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: a monoclonal antibody derived from a hamster source
Related terms: english: See that entry for full paradigm.
translation: See that entry for full paradigm.
word: -mab is the base suffix common to all monoclonal antibodies
rejoneador
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rejoneadors
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rejoneador (“lancer”).
Senses: topics: bullfighting
entertainment
lifestyle
glosses: A mounted bullfighter whose task is to provoke the bull
troilism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹɔɪlɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: triolism
Senses: examples: text: Troilism is primarily a male problem, but one case of a woman who watched her husband have intercourse with a young girl has been reported in the literature (Smith, 1976).
ref: 1981, William H. Gotwald, Gale Holtz Golden, Sexualidad: la experiencia humana, Prentice Hall:
text: These various strands are frequently interwoven in Banville's many glimpses, glancing hints, and full scenes of troilism.
ref: 2006, Irish University Review:
text: Although historically troilism has been conceptualized as a form of voyeurism, […] in cases of troilism the sexual partners are typically aware that they are being observed.
ref: 2008, D. Richard Laws, William T. O'Donohue, Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment, Guilford Press, →ISBN, page 410:
glosses: The practice of two people having sex while a third person watches (and may or may not take part).
examples: text: Now if it's true, as I believe, that every woman has a bit of a lesbian streak, or at least curiosity, then it follows that the ideal way to satisfy it is with troilism — making love with two girls and a man. I've tried it myself and I know.
ref: 1972, Penthouse:
text: The woman wants to censor us, Hill. If she had her way, all we'd show would be Andy bloody Pandy, and she'd stop him climbing into that basket with Looby Lou - let alone Teddy - lest some child be corrupted by the whiff of puppet troilism. And bestiality, I suppose - or would it be bestiality with a teddy bear... rather than a real bear?
ref: 2008, Hugh Carleton Greene, portrayed by Hugh Bonneville in Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story, on his exasperation at Mary Whitehouse's (Julie Walters) attempts to remove any material deemed mildly offensive from BBC TV
glosses: The practice of three people having sex, i.e. having threesomes.
Coordinate terms: twosome
foursome
fivesome
Derived terms: troilist
troilistic
Related terms: ménage à trois
swinging
threesome
protofilament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protofilaments
Etymology: From proto- + filament.
Senses: examples: text: The MreB crystal contained a straight, single-stranded protofilament[…].
ref: 2008 January 22, Mitsusada Iwasa Toshiro Oda, Akihiro Narita da, “The nature of the globular- to fibrous-actin transition”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI:
glosses: A filament of polymerized tubulin in a cell, which becomes part of a microtubule