cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
virtuecrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virtuecrats
Etymology: From virtue + -crat.
Senses: examples: text: They run afoul of the new gentility, the rules laid down by the health experts, childcare experts, guidance counselors, safety advisers, admissions officers, virtuecrats and employers to regulate the lives of the young.
ref: 2007 October 2, David Brooks, “Sal Paradise at 50”, in New York Times:
glosses: A political figure who preaches his or her own morals as a cultural imperative.
virtuecrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtuecrat
antimercenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antimercenary
form: most antimercenary
Etymology: From anti- + mercenary.
Senses: examples: text: Americans have been antimercenary since the British sent 30,000 German Hessians after George Washington in the Revolutionary War.
ref: 2007 October 3, Maureen Dowd, “Sinking in a Swamp Full of Blackwater”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposed to mercenaries.
eligibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eligible
gearwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gear + work.
Senses: examples: text: He shows it all off with a child’s delight, relishing the technical details of objects like automatons, the gearwork devices that were precursors to robots; a navigational sphere, a handheld planetarium projector used on Russian space missions to align the capsule visually; and a sextant used by the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
ref: 2007 October 3, John Schwartz, “Texas Man Linked to Past and Future of Space Exploration by Sputnik and Soyuz”, in New York Times:
glosses: A mechanical assembly of gears.
paddleboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddleboards
Etymology: From paddle + board.
Senses: examples: text: But I run daily or go to the gym and go in a kayak or on a stand-up paddleboard.
ref: 2007 October 3, Frank Litsky, “Full Agenda Keeps Armstrong on the Run”, in New York Times:
glosses: The board used in the sport of paddleboarding
Derived terms: stand up paddleboard
paddleboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddleboard
paddleboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddleboarders
Senses: glosses: One who takes part in the sport of paddleboarding.
paddleboarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paddleboarder
paranormality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paranormalities
Etymology: From para- + normal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: “Pushing Daisies” stands out even in a season already overloaded with series — some old, some new — that toy with the undead and paranormality, notably “Medium,” “Ghost Whisperer” and “Heroes,” as well as comedies like “Chuck” and “Reaper.”
ref: 2007 October 3, Alessandra Stanley, “Loner Finds He Has a Touch for Piemaking and Undeadmaking”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being paranormal.
piemaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pie + making.
Senses: examples: text: The adult Ned is a loner who lives off a less exotic talent, piemaking, and starts his own bakery, the Pie Hole, helped by a pushily amorous waitress, Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth), who doesn’t understand why her boss won’t ever touch her.
ref: 2007 October 3, Alessandra Stanley, “Loner Finds He Has a Touch for Piemaking and Undeadmaking”, in New York Times:
glosses: The manufacture of pies.
preoperation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + operation.
Senses: examples: text: They also broke promises to share a list of targets, and failed to attend a preoperation briefing, he added.
ref: 2007 October 3, Nina Bernstein, “Raids Were a Shambles, Nassau Complains to U.S.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Prior to an operation (military, surgical, or other).
superlean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superlean
form: most superlean
Etymology: From super- + lean.
Senses: examples: text: There were new variations of that sci-fi shoulder, but now he looks at body-conscious shapes, like tube tops and stretch miniskirts, and uses neutral tones like beige, white and black to help impart a superlean silhouette, as well as the illusion of nudity.
ref: 2007 October 3, Cathy Horyn, “Dior Moves Into Spring Prudently”, in New York Times:
text: When he grilled, he used superlean sirloin, skinless chicken, and fish. He snacked on fat-free pretzels and whole-grain crackers. His potato salad was fat free and he used frozen fruit bars for dessert.
ref: 2009, Diane Kress, The Metabolism Miracle:
glosses: Very lean.
aspirers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspirer
cufflike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cufflike
form: most cufflike
Etymology: From cuff + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Prices for Ms. Oshima’s work range from $400 for a small heart-shaped jasper pendant to $1,600 for a cufflike bracelet with quartz, turquoise, fluorite and red coral, according to Barney’s Web site.
ref: 2007 October 4, Margalit Fox, “Kazuko Oshima, Designer of Stone Jewelry, Dies at 65”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cuff.
deconstructivist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪvɪst/
Forms: form: more deconstructivist
form: most deconstructivist
Senses: examples: text: It’s a studied disruption, which is fitting, since the Belgian-born Martin Margiela, who got his start designing for Jean Paul Gaultier in the ’80s, was the progenitor of the seam-exposed inside-out deconstructivist aesthetic of the late ’80s and early ’90s.
ref: 2007 October 4, Mike Albo, “Abandoned by Principle, Seduced by a Sweater”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to deconstructivism.
deconstructivist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪvɪst/
Forms: form: deconstructivists
Senses: glosses: A proponent of deconstructivism.
deconstructivists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deconstructivist
goldtone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From gold + tone.
Senses: examples: text: A standout is Pascal Tarabay’s cuckoo clock, a modern interpretation of a traditional clock rendered in white, orange or blue powder-coated steel ($250), or plated in mirror-finish goldtone or silvertone ($395).
ref: 2007 October 4, Stephen Milioti, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: silvertone
glosses: A metallic gold colour, as used in some paints.
hipless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hip + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Even if you don’t follow fashion, you’ve no doubt seen the armies of young women in shrunken blazers, hipless trousers and blocky orthopedic-friendly footwear — that’s Mr. Ghesquiere’s doing.
ref: 2007 October 4, Cathy Horyn, “He Sees You in Flowers”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without hips.
Derived terms: hiplessness
megafan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafans
Etymology: From mega- + fan.
Senses: examples: text: The dynamics of river systems in megafan environments may strongly influence the fragmentation and reconnection of riverine habitats, and therefore by implication, the diversification and distribution of freshwater organisms.
ref: 2011, James S. Albert, Roberto E. Reis, Historical Biogeography of Neotropical Freshwater Fishes, →ISBN, page 197:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A very large mass of clastic sediment deposited by a laterally mobile river system that fans out from the outlet from a large mountainous drainage network.
examples: text: Nathan Kaufman, 25, another Radiohead megafan, said of the plan, “I got geeked about it immediately.”
ref: 2007 October 4, Melena Ryzik, “Radiohead Fans, Guided by Conscience (and Budget)”, in New York Times:
glosses: An obsessively enthusiastic fan.
Synonyms: sense: extreme fan
word: stan
sense: extreme fan
word: superfan
sense: extreme fan
word: trufan
sense: extreme fan
word: uberfan
megafans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megafan
neosocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neosocialist
form: most neosocialist
Etymology: From neo- + socialist.
Senses: examples: text: This form of state-led capitalism allows Tehran to direct its investments more easily in its desired sphere of influence, he said, much like President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela’s neosocialist agenda across Latin America.
ref: 2007 October 4, Hugh Naylor, “Syria, Seeking Investors, Turns Cautiously to Iran”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to neosocialism.
neosocialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neosocialists
Etymology: From neo- + socialist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of neosocialism.
neosocialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neosocialist
neosocialism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + socialism.
Senses: glosses: A French and Belgian political movement of the 1930s, proposing a "constructive revolution" headed by the state and technocrats.
nonbloc
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bloc.
Senses: examples: text: The Schengen zone already includes 15 nations, the 15 oldest European Union members minus Britain and Ireland, plus the nonbloc nations Norway and Iceland.
ref: 2007 October 4, Agence France-Presse, “Ex-Soviet States and Bloc Nations in Border-Free Zone”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not belonging or pertaining to a political bloc.
outcheer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outcheers
form: outcheering
form: outcheered
form: outcheered
Etymology: From out- + cheer.
Senses: examples: text: Mostly clad in red shirts and waving white pompoms, they vastly outnumbered and outcheered Cub fans, who usually have a strong presence here.
ref: 2007 October 4, Pat Borzi, “Piniella Pulls Zambrano, and Arizona Pounces”, in New York Times:
glosses: To cheer more or louder than.
outcheered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outcheer
outcheering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outcheer
postepisode
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + episode.
Senses: examples: text: It was vital, he said, that viewers who participate in the postepisode simulation not move ahead of viewers who just want to watch the television show.
ref: 2007 October 4, Bill Carter, “Fictional Characters Get Virtual Lives, Too”, in New York Times:
glosses: After an episode.
postpregnancy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + pregnancy.
Senses: examples: text: Even Cookie, a luxury parenting magazine, recently ran an article that described postpregnancy breasts as “the ultimate indignity” and promoted implant surgery; a photo of droopy water-filled balloons accompanied the article.
ref: 2007 October 4, Natasha Singer, “Is the ‘Mom Job’ Really Necessary?”, in New York Times:
glosses: After pregnancy.
rewarehouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rewarehouses
form: rewarehousing
form: rewarehoused
form: rewarehoused
Etymology: From re- + warehouse.
Senses: glosses: To return (goods) to a warehouse.
glosses: To move (goods) to another warehouse.
rewarehousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewarehouse
rewarehoused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rewarehouse
silvertone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From silver + tone.
Senses: examples: text: A standout is Pascal Tarabay’s cuckoo clock, a modern interpretation of a traditional clock rendered in white, orange or blue powder-coated steel ($250), or plated in mirror-finish goldtone or silvertone ($395).
ref: 2007 October 4, Stephen Milioti, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times:
coordinate_terms: goldtone
glosses: A metallic silver colour, as used in some paints.
springboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of springboard
springboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of springboard
unballetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unballetic
form: most unballetic
Etymology: From un- + balletic.
Senses: examples: text: The dancers express giddy playfulness in terms of exaggeration: overarticulated beats of the feet, flamboyantly oversized port de bras, and patently unballetic shimmies of the shoulder.
ref: 2006, Thomas F. DeFrantz, Dancing Revelations, page 150:
text: Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.
ref: 2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times:
text: The early moderns, almost all of whom began their choreographic careers by creating solos for themselves, were using their own unballetic bodies rather than someone else's body as the raw material of their art.
ref: 2014, Sharon E. Friedler, Susan B. Glazer, Dancing Female, page 128:
glosses: Not balletic.
wimplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wimplike
form: most wimplike
Etymology: From wimp + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Everyone from President Bush to Ann Coulter was using it to denote wimplike, Volvo-driving softies too spineless for dangerous times and too given to speaking French.
ref: 2007 October 4, Roger Cohen, “The New L-Word: Neocon”, in New York Times:
glosses: wimpy
wreckages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wreckage
brogued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more brogued
form: most brogued
Etymology: See brogue Etymology 1
Senses: glosses: Having a brogue (accent).
glosses: Shod with brogues (type of shoe).
glosses: Decorated with brogueing.
brogued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See brogue Etymology 1
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of brogue
amind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: aminds
form: aminding
form: aminded
form: aminded
Etymology: From Middle English iminden, imunden, from Old English ġemyndan (“to bear in mind, be mindful of”), equivalent to y- + mind or a- + mind. More at mind.
Senses: examples: text: King William he called his officers, Saying gentlemen amind your station, [...]
ref: 1854, Ulster Archaeological Society, Ulster journal of archaeology: Volume 2:
glosses: To bear in mind; consider.
amind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmaɪnd/
rhymes: -aɪnd
Forms: form: more amind
form: most amind
Etymology: From Middle English iminden, imunden, from Old English ġemyndan (“to bear in mind, be mindful of”), equivalent to y- + mind or a- + mind. More at mind.
Senses: glosses: Of a mind; willing; inclined to.
antisiphon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + siphon.
Senses: examples: text: Because an antisiphon device has no role to play in these guns, they do not inspire modification, though their cylinders too can cause accidents.
ref: 2007 October 5, Michael Parrish, “Paintball Accident Made Him a Widower, and Then a Crusader”, in New York Times:
glosses: Preventing the siphoning of fluid.
hypercommodified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercommodified
form: most hypercommodified
Etymology: From hyper- + commodified.
Senses: examples: text: By another artist, this could be a comment on the disconcerting, hypercommodified artificiality of modern life.
ref: 2007 October 5, Ken Johnson, “Illuminating a Pursuit of Transcendence”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very highly commodified.
megacelebrity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megacelebrities
Etymology: From mega- + celebrity.
Senses: examples: text: The tabloids ensured his megacelebrity would expand when they splashed his dalliances with a stripper on the back pages.
ref: 2007 October 5, Selena Roberts, “No Longer Trying, Rodriguez Positions Himself for Success”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very great fame.
glosses: A very famous celebrity.
megacelebrities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megacelebrity
mizrah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizrahs
form: mizrach
Etymology: From Hebrew מִזְרָח (mizrákh, “east”).
Senses: examples: text: An 1877 Polish mizrah (a plaque hung in the home to indicate which direction to face when praying) by Israel Dov Rosenbaum, a clockmaker, mimics the shape of a mantel clock.
ref: 2007 October 5, Martha Schwendener, “Sacred Skills Thrive on a Merry-Go-Round”, in New York Times:
glosses: A plaque attached to a wall to indicate the direction of the Temple in Jerusalem, which a Jew should face while praying.
mizrahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mizrah
postmessianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + messianic.
Senses: glosses: After the coming of a messiah.
premessianic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + messianic.
Senses: glosses: Before the coming of a messiah.
nonanimation
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + animation.
Senses: examples: text: In “The Gap,” the show’s only nonanimation film, visitors to the annual car show at the Pasadena Art Center admire a futuristic blue Lexus designed for Steven Spielberg ’s “Minority Report.”
ref: 2007 October 5, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: Not being an animation.
encouragers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of encourager
nonelasticized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elasticized.
Senses: examples: text: Anker said that along with being not terribly warm, the nonelasticized layers restricted movement.
ref: 2007 October 6, Ray Sikorski, “Seeing Everest as the Tallest A.T.M. in the World”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not elasticized.
noninterim
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + interim.
Senses: examples: text: Tracy produced records of 67-95 in 2006 and 68-94 this season, and had the shortest run of any noninterim Pirates manager since Bill Virdon was fired late into his second season in 1973.
ref: 2007 October 6, Ben Shpigel, “Phillies Look to Control Destiny, Not Weather”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not interim.
notetaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: notetakers
Etymology: From note + taker.
Senses: examples: text: Traveling with a team that includes two interpreters, a photographer, a cameraman, a ballistics specialist, a mapping expert and a notetaker, Father Desbois records all the stories on video, sometimes holding the microphone himself, and asking questions in simple language and a flat tone.
ref: 2007 October 6, Elaine Sciolino, “A Priest Methodically Reveals Ukrainian Jews’ Fate”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who writes down notes.
examples: text: I went to sit down at the student computer. I have an electronic braille notetaker that is very much like a computer for me. It is a small portable device that has a braille keypad.
ref: 2010, Tracy Lee Fitch, The Unstoppable Kitty Madison, page 15:
glosses: An electronic device for notetaking, typically used by the disabled.
notetakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of notetaker
overemphatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more overemphatically
form: most overemphatically
Etymology: From overemphatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: They were read imprecisely but overemphatically by Lillias White (“Unimaginable, unimaginable horrors.
ref: 2007 October 6, The New York Times, “Dance in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an overemphatic manner.
overlaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overlaminates
Etymology: From over- + laminate.
Senses: examples: text: It’s an overlaminate designed for traffic.
ref: 2007 October 6, Frank Litsky, “Cheruiyot’s Fight Starts Anew With Title Defense”, in New York Times:
glosses: An outer layer of lamination.
overlaminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overlaminates
form: overlaminating
form: overlaminated
form: overlaminated
Etymology: From over- + laminate.
Senses: glosses: To laminate with an outer layer.
overlaminates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overlaminate
undisguisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + disguisable.
Senses: examples: text: Tonight when she came down to dinner Georgie had the undisguisable glow of someone who had been screwing minutes before.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
text: It doesn’t help that Mr. Basavich is undisguisable.
ref: 2007 October 6, Charles Mcgrath, “The Happy Hustler”, in New York Times:
glosses: Impossible to disguise.
disguisable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disguisable
form: most disguisable
Etymology: From disguise + -able.
Senses: glosses: Capable of being disguised.
Derived terms: undisguisable
affinage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɑfɪˈnɑʒ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French affinage.
Senses: examples: text: They learned about affinage, the art of aging cheese to pungent perfection, and toured underground cheese caves at Murray’s Cheese in Greenwich Village.
ref: 2007 October 7, Ray Rivera, “Tours Venture Into Forbidden, or Merely Hidden, Territory”, in New York Times:
glosses: The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
Related terms: affineur
antitrend
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antitrend
form: most antitrend
Etymology: From anti- + trend.
Senses: examples: text: “We at Forbes practice antitrend journalism,” he wrote.
ref: 2007 October 7, Gretchen Morgenson, “A Taskmaster Who Changed Business News”, in New York Times:
glosses: Going against a trend or trends in general.
corporatespeak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporate speak
form: corporate-speak
Etymology: From corporate + -speak.
Senses: examples: text: The advertising slogans, once linguistically and culturally translated, lose none of the corporatespeak inanity that they convey in English.
ref: 2007 October 7, “Letters”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
glosses: The jargon used within business and corporations.
glosses: The highly formal language used in advertisements and public relations-related statements from corporations.
Synonyms: bizspeak
corporatese
corpspeak
Related terms: managerese
counterestablishment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterestablishments
Etymology: From counter- + establishment.
Senses: examples: text: Founded in 1953 to seed a new conservative generation (and originally called the Intercollegiate Society of Individualists), this pioneer of what would become a sprawling conservative counterestablishment boasted as its first president a young man named William F. Buckley Jr., who would go on to bigger things.
ref: 2007 October 7, Jonathan Rauch, “Crisis on the Right”, in New York Times:
glosses: An establishment that opposes another establishment.
counterestablishments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterestablishment
guaiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guaiacs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.
glosses: Guaiacum (tree, wood or resin of the guaiacum tree)
glosses: Guaiacol.
glosses: Oil of guaiac, a fragrance ingredient used in soap and perfumery distilled from the palo santo tree.
Derived terms: guaiacwood
guaiacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guaiac
hazan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hazans
form: hazanim
Senses: examples: text: When George Washington was inaugurated in New York in April 1789, Gershom Seixas, the hazan of Shearith Israel, was listed among the city’s clergymen (there were 14 in New York at the time) — a sign of acceptance and respect.
ref: 2007 October 7, Jon Meacham, “A Nation of Christians Is Not a Christian Nation”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of hazzan.
hazans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hazan
hiplessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hipless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: It remains the forgotten borough; even the success of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan did not remove the island’s seemingly impenetrable veneer of hiplessness.
ref: 2007 October 7, Cara Buckley, “Bohemia by the Bay”, in New York Times:
glosses: Absence of hips.
hyperrational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperrational
form: most hyperrational
Etymology: From hyper- + rational.
Senses: examples: text: The force of her radically pro-competition, hyperrational worldview changed his life and made for a lifelong friendship.
ref: 2007 October 7, Stephen Kotkin, “The Boy Behind the Global Theories”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely rational.
hyphenator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyphenators
Etymology: From hyphenate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: The greatest hyphenator ever was Shakespeare (or Shak-speare in some contemporary spellings) because he was so busy adding new words, many of them compounds, to English: “sea-change,” “leap-frog,” “bare-faced,” “fancy-free.”
ref: 2007 October 7, Charles Mcgrath, “Death-Knell. Or Death Knell.”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who, or that which, hyphenates.
hyphenators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyphenator
idealisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idealism
intrateam
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + team.
Senses: examples: text: As a result, the fund may realize few if any of diversity’s benefits, while still suffering from the inefficiencies often caused by intrateam strife.
ref: 2007 October 7, Mark Hulbert, “At Some Funds, a Gender Communication Gap”, in New York Times:
glosses: Within a team.
intrahospital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + hospital.
Senses: glosses: Within a hospital.
interhospital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + hospital.
Senses: examples: interhospital transport
glosses: Between hospitals.
blackenest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: blacken + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of blacken
juniorest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: “The juniorest Palmer said he wished he was in Heaven.” I really don’t know, I do not know what’s to be done with that young fellow; he’s always a-wishing something horrid.
ref: 1839, Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby:
text: At the end of the 1972 film “The Candidate,” the too young, too blond, too cute, too idealistic Bill McKay has upset the incumbent, Crocker Jarmon, to become the newest, juniorest senator from California.
ref: 2007 October 7, Bill Scheft, “See Kinky Run”, in New York Times:
glosses: superlative form of junior: most junior
blackeneth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: blacken + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blacken
seniorest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of senior: most senior
needlenose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From needle + nose.
Senses: glosses: Having a long, thin nose; applied to needlenose pliers.
Related terms: needle-nose gar
mockbuster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mockbusters
Etymology: Blend of mock + blockbuster.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas the Asylum had a well-defined audience as a horror-movie company, the mockbuster strategy aims at a broader and shallower demographic: some viewers have seen the real blockbuster and want more of the same thing, no matter how lo-fi; some are genre geeks, interested in low-budget adventure and sci-fi films; others rent the movie thinking it is something else (Web sites are rife with the scornful entries of duped film fans).
ref: 2007 October 7, Rolf Potts, “The New B Movie”, in New York Times:
synonyms: knockbuster
glosses: A relatively low-budget film given a similar theme and title to a popular blockbuster in an attempt to piggyback on its success.
Related terms: mockbust
mockbusters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mockbuster
mythomaniacal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mythomaniacal
form: most mythomaniacal
Senses: examples: text: Tony Wilson, the mythomaniacal founder of Factory, a producer of “Control” and the subject of Michael Winterbottom ’s “24 Hour Party People” (which touches on the Joy Division story), died in August.
ref: 2007 October 7, Dennis Lim, “The Cult of the Lads From Manchester”, in New York Times:
glosses: Afflicted with mythomania.
hydrostats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrostat
hydrosulfates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrosulfate
hydrosulphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulphates
Etymology: From hydro- + sulphate.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hydrosulfate.
hydrosulphates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydrosulphate
noncolor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncolors
form: noncolour
Etymology: From non- + color.
Senses: examples: text: Because of the overwhelming consensus, a test for ability to separate the names of colors from those of noncolors would be fatuous (figure 5-1). Few test takers will achieve less than perfect scores.
ref: 1989, Patricia Sloane, The visual nature of color:
text: Fake Steve Jobs is a perfectionist who is as insistent that his chai latte be served at 165 degrees as that his iMacs, iPods and iPhones be exactly the right noncolor.
ref: 2007 October 7, Liesl Schillinger, “Books of Style”, in New York Times:
glosses: That which is not a color.
noncolors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noncolor
oakmoss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oakmosses
Etymology: From oak + moss.
Senses: examples: text: He shellacked them with smoky labdanum, oakmoss and incense black as pitch.
ref: 2007 October 7, Chandler Burr, “Wood Wins”, in New York Times:
glosses: Evernia prunastri, a lichen found primarily on oak trees and used in perfume.
oaktags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oaktag
prerational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + rational.
Senses: examples: text: It is hard to escape the impression that if retailers could they would find some way to hook up directly to the prerational brain — the part of us that knows nothing about common sense, budgets, late fees and interest rates — a part of the brain to which, for many of us, our cellphones have constant access.
ref: 2007 October 7, “Can I Put You on Hold?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before the application of reason.
indwelling catheters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indwelling catheter
preshift
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + shift.
Senses: examples: text: The factory workers in Plant 2 would stop at Uncle Nancy’s for preshift pick-me-ups, and the executives at Maytag headquarters down the street would come for lunch.
ref: 2007 October 7, Dan Barry, “Politicians, and a Town in Flux, Come Calling”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a shift (in various senses).
preshift
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preshifts
form: preshifting
form: preshifted
form: preshifted
Etymology: From pre- + shift.
Senses: examples: text: We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.
glosses: To shift in advance.
preshift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preshifts
Etymology: From pre- + shift.
Senses: examples: text: […] and the preshifts required to move the rectangle up one, right two or up one, left two.
ref: 1983, Ken Williams, Bob Kernaghan, Lisa Kernaghan, Apple II Computer Graphics, page 156:
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A shift performed in advance.
reputationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From reputational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Wherever the parties stand, at the end of the day, the person with the swing vote is Mr. Flowers, who has the most riding on the deal — financially and reputationally.
ref: 2007 October 7, Andrew Ross Sorkin, “The Money Game and the Mind Game at Sallie Mae”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of reputation.
semirevealing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + revealing.
Senses: examples: text: When I stepped from the wings to look through the camera itself, I saw, in one semimystical, semirevealing moment, the artist as one with the artist he was trying to artificially reassemble.
ref: 2007 October 7, Robert Sullivan, “This Is Not a Bob Dylan Movie”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat revealing.
nonshreddable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + shreddable.
Senses: glosses: Not shreddable.
squadronmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squadronmates
Etymology: From squadron + mate.
Senses: examples: text: After the war, he studied engineering at the University of Washington, and maintained his friendship with a former squadronmate, George H.W. Bush .
ref: 2007 October 7, Jeremy Pearce, “Stanley P. Butchart Dies at 85; Pushed Airspeed Envelope”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is in the same squadron.
squadronmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squadronmate
amensh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more amensh
form: most amensh
Senses: glosses: Equal; level.
trioval
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triovals
form: tri-oval
Etymology: Blend of triangle + oval
Senses: examples: text: It is a 2.66-mile trioval with long stretches of speed-building asphalt, which have been made less threatening by restrictor plates that cut the horsepower of the powerful stock car engines.
ref: 2007 October 7, Ray Glier, “Talladega Nightmares for the Chase”, in New York Times:
glosses: A shape that is a hybrid of triangle and oval, sometimes used for motor racetracks.
tryless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From try + -less.
Senses: examples: text: It was a record fourth time England had posted a tryless victory in a World Cup game.
ref: 2007 October 7, The Associated Press, “England Upends Australia”, in New York Times:
text: Scotland, so disappointing in defeat to Argentina a week ago, tryless against the comparative minnows of Georgia, carried all the menace and mobility.
ref: 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: With no tries scored.
unfunniness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unfunny + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In a state that offers festival seating on death row, there is only one capital offense for the Favorite Son Humor Writer: first-degree unfunniness.
ref: 2007 October 7, Bill Scheft, “See Kinky Run”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being unfunny.
megaprofit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaprofits
Etymology: From mega- + profit.
Senses: examples: text: But all of them also made megaprofits during the mortgage bubble.
ref: 2007 October 8, “The American Dream in Reverse”, in New York Times:
glosses: A vast profit.
megaprofits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaprofit
ultrasensitivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ultra- + sensitivity.
Senses: examples: text: “In the age of ultrasensitivity to sexual harassment, people might think that this guy’s response about women being depreciating assets is not exactly how they want their firm to be perceived by the public,” he said.
ref: 2007 October 8, Andrew Adam Newman, “Acquisitive Craigslist Post Reddens Faces All Around”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being ultrasensitive.
uncast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncasts
form: uncasting
form: uncast
form: uncast
form: uncasted
form: uncasted
Etymology: From un- + cast.
Senses: examples: text: […] the vessel, uncasting the hawser which had detained it, instantly left the ice […]
ref: 1846, Francis Bond Head, chapter 12, in The Emigrant, London: John Murray, page 264:
text: […] I pulled up my dinghy and uncast the painter, and pushed off and left them there together, Sir Philip and Lady Stenning.
ref: 1932, Neville Shute, Lonely Road, London: Heinemann, Chapter:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To detach (a rope, line, etc.).
examples: text: At about one o’clock we finally put Araby in her stall, but she kept getting cast. She would roll over, hitting the side of the stall with her legs and was unable to get up. […] We had to uncast her every fifteen minutes from one A.M. until seven the next morning.
ref: 1998, Joan Grady-Fitchett, Flying Lessons: On the Wings of Parkinson’s Disease, New York: Forge, Entry Thirty, p. 144:
glosses: To bring back to a standing position (a horse or other large animal that is lying down with its legs under it).
examples: text: The while it is the fairies’ hour
The fairies’ tricks are full of power.
But when the hour is overpast
By wisdom we their spells uncast.
ref: 1920, Margaret Lynch Conger, “The Good Housewife and her Labors”, in Folk Story Plays for Children, New York: James A. McCann:
text: […] I saw the shamans casting and uncasting spells to protect themselves and steal the souls of their neighbors’ children.
ref: 2002, Dirk Wittenborn, chapter 11, in Fierce People, New York: Bloomsbury, page 94:
glosses: To reverse the effects of (a magical spell).
examples: text: ‘You CANNOT uncast me, Randy!’ hurtles from the prostrate patient.
‘Keep calm. I’m not saying you’re gonna get uncast. It’s just that having shot yourself, the insurance people are gonna be problematic. But it’ll be sorted. Trust me.’
ref: 1998, Richard E. Grant, “High Anxiety”, in By Design: A Hollywood Novel, London: Picador, page 125:
glosses: To remove (an actor) from a role that was previously assigned to them.
uncast
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + cast.
Senses: examples: text: […] if in casting your flie, the line fall into the water before it, the flie were better uncast, because it frights the fish […]
ref: 1662, Robert Venables, chapter 10, in The Experienc’d Angler, London: Richard Marriot, page 100:
text: Let us hold the die uncast,
Free to come as free to go:
For I cannot know your past,
And of mine what can you know?
ref: 1861, Christina Rossetti, “Promises Like Pie-Crust”, in William Michael Rossetti, editor, New Poems by Christina Rossetti: hitherto unpublished or uncollected, London: Macmillan, published 1896, page 130:
text: Defeated, Ms. Denny, who has suffered from manic-depression for 35 years, returned home, her ballot uncast, as it has been in every election since she first registered to vote 15 years ago.
ref: 1999 October 13, Erica Goode, “Gentle Drive to Make Voters of Those with Mental Illness”, in The New York Times:
text: The chances are slim. Mr. Kaiser is scheduled to sing on Thursday, and then the production is on hiatus until December. Mr. Giordani is not available for the uncast performances.
ref: 2007 October 8, Allan Kozinn, “Whofore Art Thou, O Tenor?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having been cast (in various senses).
unprecious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unprecious
form: most unprecious
Etymology: From un- + precious.
Senses: examples: text: But other designers have done the same, notably John Galliano and Rick Owens, in a very similar style. Mr. Theyskens may have wanted loose dresses and tops in mauve and lilac-gray silk to look indistinct, his rough jackets and blousons to seem worn and unprecious.
ref: 2007 October 8, Cathy Horyn, “McQueen at Full, Fabulous Tilt”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not precious.
unchildish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchildish
form: most unchildish
Etymology: From un- + childish.
Senses: examples: text: But that doesn’t mean it has been easy for her to outgrow her former self. Ms. Rimes recently turned 25, and though she has always had a remarkably unchildish voice (her 1996 breakthrough single was a beautiful, Patsy Cline-ish song called “Blue”), she has spent much of this decade trying to figure out where she fits on the country-pop continuum.
ref: 2007 October 8, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not childish.
minilab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minilabs
Etymology: From mini- + lab.
Senses: examples: text: Some of those kiosks are free-standing, and others are connected to an in-store minilab.
ref: 2007 October 9, Katie Hafner, “Film Drop-Off Sites Fade Against Digital Cameras”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small photographic developing and printing system.
minilabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minilab
oligotroph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligotrophs
Etymology: From oligo- + -troph.
Senses: examples: text: While some were common types that thrive on human skin, such as Staphylococcus species, others were oligotrophs, rarer microorganisms that have adapted to grow under extreme conditions by absorbing trace nutrients from the air or from unlikely surfaces like paint.
ref: 2007 October 9, Warren E. Leary, “In NASA’s Sterile Areas, Plenty of Robust Bacteria”, in New York Times:
glosses: An organism capable of living in an environment that offers very low levels of nutrients.
Related terms: oligotrophication
oligotrophs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oligotroph
racerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more racerlike
form: most racerlike
Etymology: From racer + -like.
Senses: examples: text: For Mr. Rucci, a slithery black jersey dress with a pavé of sequins at the hip and a taut, racerlike bodice signaled a turn.
ref: 2007 October 9, Cathy Horyn, “The Handbag Gets the Last Word”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a racer (type of North American snake).
handblocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hand + blocked.
Senses: examples: text: Another choice is handblocked cotton curtains from Urban Outfitters, which come in sassy, bohemian motifs and range in price from $14.99 to $36 a panel.
ref: 2007 October 11, Mitchell Owens, “Room to Improve”, in New York Times:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Having been blocked (shaped) by hand.
handscreened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hand + screened.
Senses: examples: text: Chateau 66 is a handscreened print on a handpainted background from Nama Rococo, a wallpaper design studio in the Berkshires.
ref: 2007 October 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Grandma’s Wallpaper Gets Funky”, in New York Times:
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Screen-printed by hand.
undermarketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more undermarketed
form: most undermarketed
Etymology: From under- + marketed.
Senses: examples: text: “The design aesthetic of New York is an undermarketed attraction,” said George A. Fertitta, chief executive of NYC & Company.
ref: 2007 October 11, Stuart Elliott, “With Design Week, the City Seeks Another Edge”, in New York Times:
glosses: Insufficiently marketed.
Germanistics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Calque of German Germanistik. By surface analysis, German + -ist + -ics
Senses: qualifier: humanities
glosses: German studies
manurey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more manurey
form: most manurey
Etymology: From manure + -y.
Senses: examples: text: “I was never competitive in the girly sense; I was a tomboy, on all the sports teams, and I started riding at 3 and kept on riding whatever pony my sister grew out of,” she says, trying to wrestle the muddy, possibly manurey football she found in her bed from the jaws of her bull terrier, Mabel.
ref: 2007 October 12, Robin Finn, “Jumping Toward Her Own Turn in the Spotlight”, in New York Times:
text: The rainwater was accumulating in deep manurey puddles around the barn and stables.
ref: 2005, J. P. S. Brown, Ladino, page 144:
glosses: Covered in, or characteristic of, manure.
tabloidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tabloidizes
form: tabloidizing
form: tabloidized
form: tabloidized
Etymology: From tabloid + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: Make the strategic mistake — toward the end of a pleasantly blunt chat conducted while traipsing around her farm and ogling its stellar inhabitants — of mentioning her tabloidized romance with Cian O’Connor, a garrulous Irish horseman who forfeited an Olympic gold medal in 2005 when his mount failed a drug test, and she instinctively puts on the verbal brakes.
ref: 2007 October 12, Robin Finn, “Jumping Toward Her Own Turn in the Spotlight”, in New York Times:
glosses: To convert or assimilate into tabloid journalism; to make tawdry and sensational.
tabloidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tabloidize
tabloidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tabloidize
tabloidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tabloidize
tourgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tourgoers
Etymology: From tour + goer.
Senses: examples: text: While Mr. Burke readily tells tourgoers that he earns a fee if they buy a property (it’s not unusual for a tour participant to spend $350,000 on a condo), he said “there is no sales pressure.”
ref: 2007 October 12, Amy Gunderson, “House-Hunting as Vacation”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who goes on a tour.
tourgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tourgoer
wheatstack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wheatstacks
Etymology: From wheat + stack.
Senses: examples: text: The wheatstacks have also inspired one of this show’s mildly irritating interactive components: a digital gallery inviting viewers to design their own exhibitions of the series.
ref: 2007 October 12, Karen Rosenberg, “Paint It Once, Paint It Twice, Paint It Once Again”, in New York Times:
glosses: A stack of wheat.
wheatstacks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wheatstack
preauthorization
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + authorization.
Senses: examples: text: Coordinate term: postauthorization
text: Preauthorization research, development, nonclinical and clinical investigation describe at the time of approval a “model” of the medicinal product.
ref: 2016, H. Guenter Hennings, “Postmarketing Evaluation”, in Anthony C. Cartwright, Brian R. Matthews, editors, International Pharmaceutical Product Registration (Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Sciences; 200), 2nd edition, Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, →ISBN, page 589:
glosses: Prior to authorization.
preauthorization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preauthorizations
Etymology: From pre- + authorization.
Senses: examples: text: “Every time a patient calls me telling me a prescription can’t be filled, or I have to call insurance for preauthorization, that’s my time or my staff’s time, and that’s money and time diverted to taking care of other people,” he said.
ref: 2019 April 5, Britta Lokting, “Can Technology Stop the Duane Reade-ization of New York?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Authorization given in advance.
REMIC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: REMICs
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Acronym of Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit.