cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antiracist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiracist
form: most antiracist
form: anti-racist
Etymology: From anti- + racist.
Senses: examples: text: They've walked the curves of the deserted park singing and chanting antiracist slogans.
ref: 1988 September 2, Gary Johnson, “Dream Day”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Opposed to racism.
antiracist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antiracists
form: anti-racist
Etymology: From anti- + racist.
Senses: glosses: One who opposes racism.
antiestablishment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiestablishment
form: most antiestablishment
Etymology: From anti- + establishment.
Senses: examples: text: Asked whether he worries about losing his antiestablishment aura or, worse yet, being accused of selling out, he said: “I think it depends on what you do with your success.”
ref: 2007 June 24, Joe Rhodes, “A Nerd Gone Wild Gives Voice to His Inner Rat”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of anti-establishment.
Derived terms: antiestablishmentism
abstracta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈstɹæk.tə/
ipa: /æbˈstɹæk.tə/
ipa: /əbˈstɹæk.tə/
Senses: glosses: plural of abstractum
abstractum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈstɹæk.tm̩/
ipa: /æbˈstɹæk.tm̩/
Forms: form: abstracta
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin abstractum, neuter of abstractus (“drawn away”). Doublet of abstract.
Senses: examples: text: There are quite familiar and truly outstanding liabilities—ontological, epistemological, and phenomenological—associated with saying that merely intentional objects are abstracta, or mental concreta, or non-existent non-mental concreta.
ref: 2008 August 5, Uriah Kriegel, “The dispensability of (merely) intentional objects”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Something which is abstract or exists abstractly.
Coordinate terms: concretum
acanthamoeba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˌkæn.θəˈmiː.bə/
ipa: /əˌkæn.θəˈmi.bə/
rhymes: -iːbə
Forms: form: acanthamoebae
Etymology: From acanth- (“thorny”) + amoeba.
Senses: examples: text: They have also advised people to throw out their current contact lenses and the lens storage cases because they may harbor the acanthamoeba parasite.
ref: 2007 May 28, Lawrence K. Altman, “Outbreak of Eye Infections Puzzles Officials”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any amoeba of the genus Acanthamoeba, found chiefly in soil.
Derived terms: acanthamoebal
authenticists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of authenticist
cymose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cymose
form: most cymose
Etymology: From the Latin cȳmōsus, from cȳma, whence the English cyma.
Senses: examples: Coordinate term: racemose
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: having a cyme, a usually flat-topped flower cluster in which the main and branch stems each end in a flower that opens before those below it or to its side.
Derived terms: cymosely
hardmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardman
biconditional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bi- + conditional.
Senses: glosses: Having two conditions
Derived terms: biconditionality
biconditionally
biconditional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biconditionals
Etymology: From bi- + conditional.
Senses: examples: text: Although (MR) is discussed here as simply (CP ), in actuality (MR) is a biconditional of which one part is (CP ).
ref: 2008 January 3, Anand Vaidya, “Modal Rationalism and Modal Monism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 2, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An "if and only if" conditional wherein the truth of each term depends on the truth of the other
biconditionals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biconditional
acanthamoebae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthamoeba
permanent resident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: permanent residents
Senses: hypernyms: resident
coordinate_terms: resident alien
glosses: A person with permanent residency, a visa status which allows that person to reside indefinitely in a foreign country without acquiring citizenship in that country.
Related terms: denizen
landed immigrant
permanent residents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of permanent resident
standen
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: Sir Thomas More
And how long that image had standen in that old tabernacle that could no man tell, but there had in all the church none as they thought standen longer untouched.
glosses: past participle of stand
hometowned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hometowned
form: most hometowned
Etymology: From hometown + -ed.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: discriminated against by a local judge
bukshish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of baksheesh.
Temuco
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Chilean Spanish Temuco, from Mapudungun.
Senses: glosses: A city and commune, the capital of Cautín province and Araucanía region in Chile.
glosses: A former department of Chile.
Araucania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish Araucanía.
Senses: glosses: The homeland of the Mapuche people in part of Patagonia (south central Chile and adjacent area of Argentina).
examples: text: The capital of Araucania is Temuco.
glosses: One of the fifteen administrative regions of Chile.
Derived terms: Araucanization
learnings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: 1484; early spellings include lernynges.
Senses: examples: text: The thre enseygnementes or lernynges whiche Cathon gaf to his sone.
ref: 1483, William Caxton, The Book of the Knight of the Tower (translation of circa 1372, Geoffroy IV de la Tour Landry, Livre pour l'enseignement de ses filles du Chevalier de La Tour Landry), Chapter cxxxvii (heading)
text: … The King he takes the babe
To his protection, calls him Posthumus Leonatus,
Breeds him and makes him of his bed-chamber,
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of; …
ref: 1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], line 43:
text: “We’ll take the learnings and apply them to the rest of our business.”
ref: 2007 April 5, Stuart Elliott, “Online Experiment for Print Magazine”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of learning
Synonyms: lessons learned
Coordinate terms: teachings
littleneck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtəlˌnɛk/
Forms: form: littlenecks
Etymology: Ellipsis of littleneck clam; from little + neck.
Senses: examples: text: Put a few dozen washed littlenecks in a large, hot skillet with olive oil.
ref: 2007 July 18, Mark Bittman, “Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: hard clam
round clam
Mercenaria mercenaria
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coordinate_terms: countneck
peanut
topneck
cherrystone
quahog
glosses: A small hard clam, larger than a countneck but smaller than a topneck.
littlenecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of littleneck
lockbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lockboxes
Etymology: From lock + box.
Senses: examples: text: Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.
ref: 2009 January 13, M. R. Kropko, “Video-game addiction rejected as defence”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A box with a built-in lock; a safe.
lockboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lockbox
jewellery armoires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jewellery armoire
dairyless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dairy + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: milkless
text: There were several dairyless hot chocolate concoctions, rich with spices like anise and cinnamon, even dried rosebuds.
ref: 2009 February 11, Melissa Clark, “Third Time’s the Charm, Valentine”, in New York Times:
synonyms: dairy-free
nondairy
coordinate_terms: lactose-free
glosses: Without dairy ingredients.
raw_tags: of food
Related terms: nonmilk
stropper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stroppers
Etymology: From strop + -er.
Senses: examples: a razor stropper
glosses: One who or that which strops.
midconstruction
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-construction
Etymology: From mid- + construction.
Senses: examples: text: Architectural experts say they cannot recall such a drastic midconstruction downscaling, especially of a building designed by a marquee architect, in this case Norman Foster.
ref: 2009 February 11, Steve Friess, “Tower Rising in Las Vegas but Now, Not So High”, in New York Times:
glosses: Occurring after construction is under way.
stude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: studes
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: examples: text: The Profs they lead a jolly life, jolly life, / They're free from every care and strife, care and strife. / They make the studes, poor studes fall into line; / I wish the Profs' soft snap were mine.
ref: 1920, Cornell Forester, volumes 1-6:
text: A stude got a job in a Michigan lumber camp and was told to attach himself to a crosscut saw, the other end of which was in charge of an old lumberman.
ref: 1932, The Michigan Technic, volumes 46-47, page 24:
glosses: A student.
physiatrist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physiatrists
Etymology: From physiatrics + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Since it was pioneered in 2001 by Todd Kuiken, a physiatrist and biomedical engineer at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, it has been performed on about 30 people in the United States, Canada and Europe, including eight soldiers injured in Iraq or Afghanistan.
ref: 2009 February 11, Pam Belluck, “In New Procedure, Artificial Arm Listens to Brain”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A physician specializing in physical rehabilitation.
Related terms: physiatry
physiotherapist
physiatrists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physiatrist
refactorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From refactor + -able.
Senses: examples: text: In addition, purity and polymorphism encourage a style of code that is modular, refactorable, and testable.
ref: 2008, Bryan O'Sullivan, Donald Bruce Stewart, John Goerzen, Real World Haskell:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: That can be refactored; that is suited to refactoring.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Divisible by the count of its divisors.
raw_tags: of an integer
weasel word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weasel words
Etymology: Initially a reference to weasels' practice of making small holes in eggs and then eating the contents, leaving the shell; later sometimes taken as a reference to the weasel's "wriggling, evasive character".
Senses: examples: text: 1900. Century Magazine, quoted in Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (New York: Facts on File Publications, 1987)).
Weasel words are words that suck all of the life out of the words next to them just as a weasel sucks an egg and leaves the shell.
text: Now, you can have universal training or you can have voluntary training, but when you use the word 'voluntary' to qualify the word 'universal', you are using a weasel word; it has sucked all the meaning out of 'universal'. The two words flatly contradict one another.
ref: 1916 May 31, Theodore Roosevelt, speech delivered in St. Louis, MO
glosses: A word that negates or removes the meaning of the word it qualifies.
examples: text: In scrapping HS2's eastern leg and descoping Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), Prime Minister Boris Johnson's frequent and unambiguous promises to build both have been exposed for the weasel words they were.
ref: 2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3:
synonyms: hedge
hypernyms: qualifier
glosses: A word used to hedge a statement, for example to make it vague, equivocal, or misleading.
weasel word
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: weasel words
form: weasel wording
form: weasel worded
form: weasel worded
Etymology: Initially a reference to weasels' practice of making small holes in eggs and then eating the contents, leaving the shell; later sometimes taken as a reference to the weasel's "wriggling, evasive character".
Senses: examples: text: Now Sears looked down at the person fate had put closer to him than anyone else in the world, and knew that Ricky was thinking that he had weasel-worded his way out of the last question.
ref: 1979, Peter Straub, Ghost Story:
glosses: To use weasel words.
Related terms: disclaimer
weasely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: weaselier
form: weaseliest
form: weaselly
Etymology: From weasel + y.
Senses: examples: text: "It's just, we decided even the slimiest and weaseliest of friends deserve second chances," said Lily.
ref: 2005, Lauren Mechling with Laura Moser, The Rise and Fall of a 10th-grade Social Climber, page 289:
glosses: Alternative spelling of weaselly.
weaseliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of weasely: most weasely
weaselier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of weasely: more weasely
shucking and jiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shuck and jive
shucks and jives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shuck and jive
shucks and jives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shuck and jive
shucked and jived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shuck and jive
bradyphrenias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bradyphrenia
zealous witnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zealous witness
pergamentaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɜːɡəmənˈteɪʃəs/
ipa: /ˌpɚɡəmənˈteɪʃəs/
Etymology: From the suffixation of post‑Classical Latin pergament(um) (“parchment”) with the suffix -aceous (“of the nature of”) (itself from the Latin compound adjectival suffix ‑āceus).
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Reminiscent of parchment.
Synonyms: word: parchmenty
word: pergameneous
Related terms: pergamenous
unsellable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsellable
form: most unsellable
Etymology: From un- + sellable.
Senses: examples: text: Basic questions about how the various parts of the program would work, especially those involving the unsellable mortgages that banks are holding and preventing home foreclosures, were left for another day.
ref: 2009 February 11, Edmund L. Andrews, “Bailout Plan: $2.5 Trillion and a Strong U.S. Hand”, in New York Times:
synonyms: unsaleable
unmerchantable
unmarketable
antonyms: salable
sellable
merchantable
marketable
glosses: Not sellable; very hard to sell.
lizardites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lizardite
-style
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar, column”), or -στῦλος (-stûlos, “columned”).
Senses: examples: text: ortho- + -style → orthostyle
glosses: column(s); forming adjectives
haxonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haxonites
Etymology: H J Axon, British metallurgist, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An iron nickel carbide mineral.
haxonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haxonite
insightfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more insightfully
form: most insightfully
Etymology: From insightful + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an insightful manner; with insight.
influxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of influx
sinkerball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinkerballs
Etymology: From sinker + ball.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sinker.
sinkerballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinkerball
washings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of washing
VaR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VaRs
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: Acronym of value at risk.
caucusgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caucusgoers
Etymology: From caucus + goer.
Senses: glosses: One who attends a caucus.
caucusgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caucusgoer
oversaturate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversaturates
form: oversaturating
form: oversaturated
form: oversaturated
Etymology: From over- + saturate.
Senses: examples: text: Sharpening a photograph can oversaturate the colours.
glosses: To saturate to excess.
oversaturates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversaturate
oversaturating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversaturate
oversaturated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversaturate
oversaturated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversaturated
form: most oversaturated
Senses: glosses: supersaturated.
hellebores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellebore
everywoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: everywomen
Etymology: From every + woman, modelled on earlier everyman.
Senses: glosses: In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
Related terms: everygirl
everyman
everyboy
everywomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of everywoman
campuswide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From campus + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The increase in student fees sparked off a campuswide protest.
text: At USC, where a member of a fraternity called student President Rini Sampath an “Indian piece of s***,” student leaders are demanding a campuswide action plan against bias, including the appointment of a top administrator to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
ref: 2015 November 10, Brandon Griggs, “Do U.S. colleges have a race problem?”, in CNN:
text: “Over the past several days, discussion relating to the selection of our valedictorian has taken on an alarming tenor,” USC Provost Andrew Guzman said in an online campus-wide letter dated April 15. “The intensity of feelings, fueled by both social media and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, has grown to include many voices outside of USC and has escalated to the point of creating substantial risks relating to security and disruption at commencement.”
ref: 2024 April 19, Taylor Romine and Aya Elamroussi, “USC calls off speaker appearances at 2024 commencement after canceling its Muslim valedictorian’s speech”, in CNN:
glosses: Throughout a campus.
homerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From homer + -less.
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Without having scored a homer (home run).
gridlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gridlike
form: most gridlike
Etymology: From grid + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a grid.
micromanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromanagers
Etymology: From micro- + manager.
Senses: glosses: One who micromanages.
micromanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micromanager
runup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: runups
Etymology: Deverbal from run up.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of run-up.
runups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of runup
fleetwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fleet + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a fleet.
fleetwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From fleet + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a fleet.
unhip
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unhip
form: most unhip
Etymology: From un- + hip.
Senses: examples: text: Fifteen years ago, on what remains as possibly the most unhip day of my life, my entire family, all nine of us, went to have our group portrait taken at a local photo salon.
ref: 1991, Douglas Coupland, “Define Normal”, in Generation X, New York: St. Martin's Press, →OCLC, page 133:
synonyms: word: démodé
word: square
word: passé
word: unchic
word: basic
word: cheugy
word: cringe
word: cringey
word: cringeworthy
word: dated
word: démodé
word: fossilized
word: inelegant
word: last year
word: normie
word: old
word: old-fashioned
word: old-hat
word: oldfangled
word: ossified
word: out
word: out of date
word: out of fashion
word: out of touch
word: outdated
word: outmoded
word: passé
word: rinky-dink
word: tacky
word: unchic
word: uncool
word: unfashionable
word: unhip
word: unpopular
word: unstylish
word: untrendy
glosses: Not hip; uncool, unfashionable.
Derived terms: unhiply
unhipness
socioeconomically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From socioeconomic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a socioeconomic manner or context.
tapenade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæ.pəˈnɑːd/
ipa: /ˌtɑ.pəˈnɑːd/
ipa: /ˈtɑ.pəˌnɑːd/
Forms: form: tapenades
Etymology: Borrowed from French tapenade, from Provençal and Occitan tapenada, tapenado, a diminutive of tapeno (“caper”), variant of tàpero, from Old Occitan tapera, from Latin capparis (“caper”).
Influenced by Old Occitan tapia (“rammed earth”), referring to caper bushes growing against buildings made of rammed earth.
Senses: glosses: A Provençal dish consisting of puréed or finely chopped olives, capers, anchovies, and olive oil, usually eaten with bread as an hors d'œuvre.
Derived terms: pepperade
tapenades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tapenade
undereducated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undereducated
form: most undereducated
form: under-educated
Etymology: From under- + educated.
Senses: glosses: Insufficiently educated.
undereducated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: under-educated
Etymology: From under- + educated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undereducate
ultrasounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrasound
understatedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more understatedly
form: most understatedly
Etymology: From understated + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an understated way.
Value at Risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: banking
business
finance
glosses: A widely used measure of the risk of loss on a specific portfolio of financial assets. For a given portfolio, probability and time horizon, VaR is a threshold value such that the probability that the mark-to-market loss on the portfolio over the given time horizon exceeds this value (assuming normal markets and no trading) is the given probability level.
Synonyms: VaR
unphotographable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unphotographable
form: most unphotographable
Etymology: From un- + photographable.
Senses: glosses: Not photographable; that cannot be captured in a photograph.
tribally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tribally
form: most tribally
Etymology: From tribal + -ly.
Senses: examples: 2001, Oliver Sacks, Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood, Alfred A. Knopf (2001), page 10,
Given all my aunts and uncles (and a couple more on my father's side), my cousins numbered almost a hundred; and since the family, for the most part, was centered in London (though there were far-flung American, Continental, and South African branches), we would all meet frequently, tribally, on family occasions.
glosses: In a tribal manner or context.
presidentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more presidentially
form: most presidentially
Etymology: From presidential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a presidential way.
geekdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geek + -dom.
Senses: glosses: The world or sphere of geeks.
Related terms: nerdom
nerddom
isapostolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + apostolic.
Senses: examples: text: Nemanja became an isapostolic ruler and was then able to introduce Christianity into his country.
glosses: Having equivalent, or almost equivalent, authority with the apostles or their teachings.
Derived terms: isapostolicity
forgivably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more forgivably
form: most forgivably
Etymology: From forgivable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a forgivable way.
Synonyms: excusably
pardonably
clownlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clownlike
form: most clownlike
Etymology: From clown + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Her clownlike makeup repelled potential suitors.
glosses: Resembling a clown or some aspect of clowns.
cardiovertor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardiovertors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cardioverter.
cardioverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː(ɹ)diəʊˈvɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: cardioverters
Etymology: From cardiovert + -er.
Senses: examples: text: According to the US Food and Drug Administration, 398,740 of St. Jude Medical’s implantable cardioverter defibrillators, known as ICDs, and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators, known as CRT-Ds, are affected with premature battery depletion.
ref: 2016 October 11, Hailey Middlebrook, “After 2 deaths, patients warned about heart defibrillators’ failed batteries”, in CNN:
glosses: A machine that performs cardioversion (specifically, electrocardioversion), in either hospital equipment form or implantable form.
cardiovertors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardiovertor
cardioverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardioverter
zinfandels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zinfandel
cardioversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardioversions
Etymology: From cardio- + version. cardio- is from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía). The second term is by analogy and can be any term from Latin verso like invert or revert. The mixing of Latin and Greek morphemes suggests that this was coined in English.
Senses: examples: text: The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary.
ref: 2012, Y. Grosgogeat, “Cerebral Ischemic Accidents of Cardiac Origin”, in Jacques Bories, editor, Cerebral Ischaemia: A Neuroradiological Study (Neuroradiology; volume 27, number 6), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 130:
glosses: The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.
Hyponyms: electrocardioversion
Coordinate terms: defibrillation
Derived terms: precardioversion
postcardioversion
Related terms: cardiovert
cardioversions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardioversion
cliffside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cliffsides
Etymology: From cliff + side.
Senses: examples: text: We strolled along the cliffside.
glosses: The side of a cliff.
mark-to-market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mark-to-markets
form: mark to market
Senses: examples: text: Mark-to-market is the calculation that shows your unrealized P&L based on where you could close your open positions in the market at that instant.
ref: 2011, Mark Galant, Brian Dolan, Currency Trading For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 52:
text: The only mark-to-market thing in politics is Election Day; everything else is hot air.
ref: 2018, Mike Murphy, “Interview with Bill Kristol”, in Conversations with Bill Kristol:
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: Assigning a value to an asset equal to the current market price of the asset or one calculated based on related standardised assets for which there is a market.
Synonyms: MTM
M2M
cliffsides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cliffside
clunkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From clunky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Today around 90 percent of people use Zawgyi instead of Unicode.
Incompatible without fiddly plug-ins, it only allows people to communicate in Burmese with other Zawgyi users, excluding the nation’s minority languages. Its clunkiness also means search functions do not work, crippling data storage systems.
ref: 2019 September 27, “Unicode in, Zawgyi out: Modernity finally catches up in Myanmar's digital world”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2020:
glosses: The state or property of being clunky.
Synonyms: awkwardness
ungainliness
unsettlingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unsettlingly
form: most unsettlingly
Etymology: From unsettling + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unsettling manner.
unreciprocated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + reciprocated.
Senses: examples: text: His small gifts went unreciprocated.
text: Elementary-age kids might benefit from knowing that most aren’t ready for a relationship until ages 10 to 14. Until then, and even after, there is nothing wrong or weird about having unreciprocated crushes.
ref: 2022 March 26, Elissa Strauss, “Why your kid’s crush should be taken seriously”, in CNN:
text: Mankeeping describes the emotional labor women end up doing in heterosexual relationships. It goes beyond remembering birthdays or coordinating social plans. It means being your partner’s one-man support system. Managing his stress. Interpreting his moods. Holding his hand through feelings he won’t share with anyone else. All of it unpaid, unacknowledged, and often unreciprocated.
ref: 2025 June 20, Ashley Fike, “Mankeeping Is Why Women Are Done With Dating”, in VICE:
synonyms: unrequited
glosses: Not reciprocated.
windborne
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From wind + borne.
Senses: glosses: Carried by the wind.
Synonyms: airborne
unimpeachably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unimpeachably
form: most unimpeachably
Etymology: From unimpeachable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They are square, neat boxes with wooden sides all round, and have unimpeachably satisfactory seats.
ref: 1929, Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front:
text: But Warner still flinches at being called a poet, because she detects in the term an insinuation that her sensibility is too literary to be unimpeachably hip-hop.
ref: 2023 August 20, Kelefa Sanneh, “Noname’s Ambivalent, Triumphant Comeback”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN:
glosses: In an unimpeachable manner.
unenthusiastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unenthusiastically
form: most unenthusiastically
Etymology: From unenthusiastic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an unenthusiastic way; without enthusiasm.
Synonyms: apathetically
disinterestedly
indifferently
uninterestedly
uncontestable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncontestable
form: most uncontestable
Etymology: From un- + contestable.
Senses: glosses: Not contestable.
Synonyms: incontestable
indisputable
unarguable
uncontestably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncontestably
form: most uncontestably
Etymology: From uncontestable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an uncontestable way.
Synonyms: incontestably
indisputably
unarguably
tribespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tribe + -s- + people.
Senses: examples: text: In 2018, American missionary John Allen Chau was reportedly killed by tribespeople after he arrived on North Sentinel Island, hoping to convert the local people to Christianity.
ref: 2025 April 4, Lex Harvey and Esha Mitra, “US tourist arrested after allegedly attempting to contact ‘world’s most isolated’ tribe”, in CNN:
glosses: The people who belong to a tribe.
Hyponyms: tribesmen
tribeswomen
tribespeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribespeoples
Etymology: From tribe + -s- + people.
Senses: glosses: A tribal race of people.
tinnily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tinnily
form: most tinnily
Etymology: From tinny + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tinny way.
turbaned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of turbanned.
turd burglar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turd burglars
Etymology: From turd + burglar. A reference to anal sex.
Senses: examples: text: […]and taunted one another into intimate wrestling matches over important things like the last beer or who was a pussy or turd burglar.
ref: 2004, Elwood Reid, D.B.:
text: If you are gay at this time, you are queer or ginger or nancy or a turd burglar, and you had better keep your identity hidden[…]
ref: 2006, Andy Summers, One Train Later:
text: "What's it like being a turd burglar?" Yep, my vocabulary seemed to be slipping back to my childhood days.
ref: 2007, Lois Greiman, Unmanned:
glosses: A homosexual male.
Synonyms: male homosexual
turd burglars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of turd burglar
sportspeople
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sportsperson
sportily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sportily
form: most sportily
Etymology: From sporty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sporty way.
spongelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spongelike
form: most spongelike
Etymology: From sponge + -like.
Senses: glosses: Like a sponge; spongy.
trypsinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trypsinizes
form: trypsinizing
form: trypsinized
form: trypsinized
Etymology: From trypsin + -ize.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To treat (a protein) with trypsin.
trypsinizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trypsinize
trypsinizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trypsinize
trypsinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trypsinize
trypsinise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: trypsinises
form: trypsinising
form: trypsinised
form: trypsinised
Etymology: From trypsin + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trypsinize.
trypsinises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trypsinise
trypsinising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trypsinise
trypsinised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trypsinise
sinlessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sinlessly
form: most sinlessly
Etymology: From sinless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sinless way; without sin.
Synonyms: innocently
purely
trypsinisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trypsinisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of trypsinization.
trypsinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trypsinizations
Etymology: From trypsin + -ization.
Senses: glosses: The act or process of trypsinizing.
trypsinisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trypsinisation
trypsinizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trypsinization
sexlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sexless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: This brings us to fertility-challenged Japan, which is in the midst of a demographic crisis and has become something of a case study in the dangers of sexlessness.
ref: 2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: The property of being sexless.
Synonyms: asexuality
genderlessness
singlehandedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsɪŋɡəlˈhændɛdli/
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of single-handedly.
sangrias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sangria
referentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more referentially
form: most referentially
Etymology: From referential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a referential way.
Derived terms: referentially opaque
referentially transparent
self-referentially
reflectiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflectivenesses
Etymology: From reflective + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being reflective.
reflectivenesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reflectiveness
sinuously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sinuously
form: most sinuously
Etymology: From sinuous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Yeah", agreed Fern Williams, her arm curved sinuously around LaFlora's bare midriff section.
ref: 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: In a sinuous manner.
snakily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more snakily
form: most snakily
Etymology: From snaky + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a snaky manner.
psychoanalyzes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of psychoanalyze
psychoanalyzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of psychoanalyze
psychoanalyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of psychoanalyze
psychopharmacologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From psychopharmacological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a psychopharmacologic way.
progestins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of progestin
mustardy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mustardy
form: most mustardy
Etymology: From mustard + -y.
Senses: examples: text: They have a tangy, definite, somewhat mustardy flavor that combines well with other greens and takes well to a dressing such as the Vinaigrette Provençale on page 461.
ref: 1979, Perla Meyers, Perla Meyers’ From Market to Kitchen Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 29, column 2:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of mustard.
examples: text: I disliked the mustardy “hot dogs” the boys ate before they got on the subway, but no real harm resulted.
ref: 1957, Allen Hackett, Quickened Spirit: A Biography of Frank Sutliff Hackett, New York, N.Y.: The Riverdale Country School, page 60:
text: Sandwiches in shadow. Row upon dewy row; serried ranks of cheese and cucumber, and watercressed egg, and mustardy ham.
ref: 2000, Paul Golding, The Abomination, Picador, →ISBN, page 87:
text: Mustardy green beans with anchovied walnuts from “Nothing Fancy” by Alison Roman — This is maybe my new favorite way to prepare pole beans, whether green, purple or yellow.
ref: 2020 August 12, Lindsay Christians, “A distanced dinner party, nostalgic nachos”, in The Cap Times, page 22:
synonyms: mustarded
glosses: Condimented with mustard.
nailhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nailheads
Etymology: From nail + head.
Senses: glosses: The head of a nail.
nailheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nailhead
medicalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: medicalizes
form: medicalizing
form: medicalized
form: medicalized
form: medicalise
Etymology: From medical + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The sexual objectification and violation of women is made invisible because technological reproduction has turned medicalized pornography into education […]
ref: 1996, Dion Farquhar, The Other Machine: Discourse and Reproductive Technologies:
text: Early in this century American obstetrics became committed to a path that has led to a highly medicalized approach to the care of women during pregnancy […]
ref: 1999, Judith Rooks, Charles S Mahan, Midwifery and Childbirth:
text: […] sexual problems would have to be repackaged and medicalized.
ref: 2004, Leonore Tiefer, Sex is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays:
glosses: To make medical; to convert or reduce to a branch of medicine; especially, to pathologize.
Derived terms: demedicalize
medicalizable
nonmedicalized
overmedicalize
unmedicalized
Related terms: word: medicalization
medicalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: medicalises
form: medicalising
form: medicalised
form: medicalised
Etymology: From medical + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of medicalize.
medicalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of medicalize
medicalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of medicalize
medicalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of medicalize
medicalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of medicalise
medicalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of medicalise
medicalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of medicalise
disjunctivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disjunctivists
Etymology: From disjunctive + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who subscribes to disjunctivism.
disjunctivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disjunctivist
disjunctivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From disjunctive + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A school of thought that rejects the existence of sense data in certain cases, believing that a hallucination differs from a veridical experience in that the latter is the experience of an actual external entity.
kiss-asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiss-ass
hyperrealist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperrealists
Etymology: From hyper- + realist.
Senses: examples: text: I find that I'm not a hyperrealist. I have to laugh, because Dali also told me I wasn't one, but rather ‘hypermetaphysical’…
ref: 1999, T. Raspail, Jean Olivier Hucleux, 1971–1999, Lyon: Skira, →ISBN, page 277:
topics: art
arts
glosses: An artist of the school of hyperrealism.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who subscribes to the idea of hyperreality.
examples: text: Dalio describes himself as a "hyperrealist," in the sense that he is driven to understand the processes that govern the way the world really works, without bringing subjective value judgments into the equation.
ref: 2009 March 19, Brian O'Keefe, “Inside the world's biggest hedge fund”, in CNN Money:
glosses: An extreme realist.
Related terms: hyperrealistic
hyperrealists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperrealist
medicalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicalizations
form: medicalisation
Etymology: From medical + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: pathologization
text: The medicalization of neurodiversity is complex; psychiatric nosology attempts to draw appropriate lines according to functional impairment or distress, but the concept of functional impairment sometimes relies on enculturated requirements.
text: Identity of Neurology Social Media and the Politician versus Medicalization of Trans People [title]
ref: 2013, Alexander Wijnants, “Identity of Neurology Social Media and the Politician versus Medicalization of Trans People”, in Synaesthesia: Communication Across Cultures, volume 1, number 4, →ISSN, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015, page 131:
text: Once we begin to ask questions about medicalization, the entire framing of the mental health toll of the Covid crisis — an “epidemic” of mental illness, as various publications have called it, rather than a political crisis with medical effects — begins to seem inadequate.
ref: 2022 September 20, Danielle Carr, “Mental Health Is Political”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The act or process of medicalizing.
Derived terms: antimedicalization
biomedicalization
demedicalization
overmedicalization
paramedicalization
Related terms: overdiagnosis
underdiagnosis
medicalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: medicalisations
Etymology: From medical + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of medicalization.
Derived terms: biomedicalisation
overmedicalisation
medicalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medicalisation
medicalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medicalization
frothily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frothily
form: most frothily
Etymology: From frothy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Beer cascaded frothily over the side of the glass.
glosses: In a frothy way.
electro-magnetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of electromagnetics.
electromagnetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From electro- + magnetics.
Senses: glosses: electricity and magnetism, collectively, as a field of study
Synonyms: electromagnetism
Derived terms: bioelectromagnetics
time domain electromagnetics
corporatizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corporatize
corporatizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corporatize
corporatized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corporatize
gobsmacking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gobsmacking
form: most gobsmacking
Etymology: From gob + smacking.
Senses: glosses: Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
Related terms: gobsmacked
gobsmackingly
bowlegged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bowlegged
form: most bowlegged
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bow-legged.
Derived terms: bowleggedness
capreomycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkæp.ɹi.oʊˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: capreomycins
Etymology: From Latin capreolus + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A cyclic peptide antibiotic obtained from a bacterium Saccharothrix mutabilis capreolus, commonly grouped with the aminoglycosides, given in combination with other antibiotics for tuberculosis.
capreomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of capreomycin
aminoglycoside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aminoglycosides
Etymology: From amino- + glycoside.
Senses: glosses: Any N-glycoside of an amine, in some cases functioning as an antibiotic
Derived terms: aminoglycosidic
panaminoglycoside
aminoglycosides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aminoglycoside
-micin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.sɪn/
homophone: -mycin
Etymology: Blend of translingual Micromonospora + -mycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of aminoglycosides, antibiotics obtained from various Micromonospora.
Related terms: -mycin
-mycin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.sɪn/
homophone: -micin
Etymology: From streptomycin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces strains.
Related terms: english: antibiotics obtained from Micromonospora
translation: antibiotics obtained from Micromonospora
word: -micin