cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
grottolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grottolike
form: most grottolike
Etymology: From grotto + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The master bathroom includes a four-foot-deep, grottolike soaking tub, and, thanks to a large skylight, the marble-lined shower is clearly visible to anyone who might look down from the balcony of the guest room one floor above.
ref: 2009 January 16, Cindy Hirschfeld, “No Home for Squares”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a grotto
disinvest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: disinvests
form: disinvesting
form: disinvested
form: disinvested
Etymology: From dis- + invest.
Senses: examples: text: “The institutions whose primary mission is teaching — the masters and community colleges and bachelors colleges, are slowly disinvesting in the teaching function,” Ms. Wellman said.
ref: 2009 January 16, Kate Zernike, “Students Covering Bigger Share of Costs of College”, in New York Times:
text: If none of the first four response strategies is attractive or even feasible, the remaining alternative is to disinvest—that is, to withhold or withdraw resources from the business or to exit. This strategy involves shifting investments from a declining […]
ref: 2013, David A. Aaker, Three Threats to Brand Relevance: Strategies That Work, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
antonyms: invest
glosses: To reduce investment, or cease to invest.
Derived terms: disinvestment
Related terms: divest
mechanist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛk.ə.nɪst/
ipa: /ˈmek.ə.nɪst/
Forms: form: mechanists
Etymology: From mechanism + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: The economic spirit of a people cannot be manipulated in as simple-minded a fashion as the Keynesian mechanists imagine.
ref: 2009 January 16, David Brooks, “An Economy of Faith and Trust”, in New York Times:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A person who takes a mechanical view; someone who subscribes to mechanism.
glosses: A maker of machines; one skilled in mechanics.
Derived terms: antimechanist
biomechanist
Related terms: mechanistic
mechanistically
mechanism
mechanists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mechanist
megascopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Etymology: From mega- + -scopic.
Senses: synonyms: macroscopic
antonyms: microscopic
glosses: Visible to the naked eye.
glosses: Enlarged or magnified.
raw_tags: of a picture
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the megascope.
Derived terms: megascopically
monodrama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monodramas
Etymology: From mono- + drama.
Senses: examples: text: The Dicapo Opera Theater presents the world premiere of “Lily,” a monodrama composed and performed by the mezzo-soprano Audrey Babcock[…]
ref: 2009 January 16, “Classical and Opera Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: A play in the form of a monologue
disinvests
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disinvest
disinvesting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disinvest
disinvested
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disinvest
monodramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monodrama
nondelegation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From non- + delegation.
Senses: examples: text: “As far as we can tell, Congress has never delegated so much power to an executive agency with so little to constrain the agency’s discretion,” the memorandum concluded, calling the result “a classic violation of the nondelegation principle.”
ref: 2009 January 16, John Schwartz, “Some Ask if Bailout Is Unconstitutional”, in New York Times:
glosses: A failure or refusal to delegate.
nonlocal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + local.
Senses: examples: text: In 1967 the Smithsonian Institution set up a satellite exhibition and research center here, the Anacostia Community Museum, which defines community in a nonlocal way.
ref: 2009 January 16, Holland Cotter, “Black History, Alive in Washington”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not local; not specific to a location
Derived terms: nonlocality
nonlocal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonlocals
Etymology: From non- + local.
Senses: examples: text: Touristic discourse is inherently unlocal: a construction of images and representations that delocalize a tourist destination, repackaging it into terms and images easily circulated and consumed by nonlocals.
ref: 2013, Chad Haines, Nation, Territory, and Globalization in Pakistan:
glosses: One who is not a local; a stranger or foreigner.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An identifier that is not locally scoped.
Synonyms: sense: foreigner
word: alien
word: outlander
word: peregrine
word: foreigner
nonpresidential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + presidential.
Senses: examples: text: For those interested in an exhibition of a nonpresidential nature, on view in the east building is “Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture Around the Bay of Naples,” […]
ref: 2009 January 16, Carol Vogel, “In Capital Museums: That Patriotic Spirit”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not presidential; unrelated to the presidency
megascope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megascopes
Etymology: From mega- + -scope.
Senses: glosses: A modification of the magic lantern, used especially for throwing a magnified image of an opaque object on a screen, solar or artificial light being used.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An enlarging camera.
Derived terms: megascopic
outlandishness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outlandishnesses
Etymology: From outlandish + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Mini-golf and go-cart parks had exploded, each striving to outdo its literally dozens of competitors in outlandishness.
ref: 2009 January 16, Austin Considine, “A Return to Kitsch Mountain”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being outlandish.
Synonyms: bizarreness
Related terms: outlandish
outlandishly
reconceive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconceives
form: reconceiving
form: reconceived
form: reconceived
Etymology: From re- + conceive.
Senses: examples: text: It is a kind of time that is simply and overwhelmingly there, laid out, unoccurring, and he lacks the inborn ability to reconceive this condition.
ref: 2001, Don DeLillo, The Body Artist, page 77:
text: Once a bustling thoroughfare, the section of Pennsylvania Avenue that borders the White House has been reconceived as a pedestrian strip paved in granite and protected by guard stations to keep people at a safe distance from the president.
ref: 2009 January 16, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “Tradition and Change Battle on the Mall”, in New York Times:
glosses: To conceive something in a new way
Related terms: reconception
reinauguration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reinaugurations
Etymology: From re- + inauguration or reinaugurate + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: Now, with the city about to go through its ritual quadrennial reinauguration, you walk here with a heightened sensitivity to this democratic drama[…]
ref: 2009 January 16, Edward Rothstein, “Exhibitions of a City, Outdoors and In”, in New York Times:
glosses: A renewed inauguration; an occasion on which someone or something is inaugurated again
reconceives
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reconceive
reconceiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reconceive
reconceived
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reconceive
magic carpets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of magic carpet
magic circle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic circles
Senses: glosses: A circle marked by a practitioner of magic, used as magical protection or to form a magical area.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An arrangement of natural numbers on circles such that the sum of the numbers on each circle and the sum of numbers on diameter are identical.
topics: video-games
glosses: The imagined space, separate from the real world, in which players in a virtual reality system experience immersion.
Coordinate terms: mandala
magic eye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magic eyes
Etymology: (autostereogram): From the Magic Eye books featuring autostereograms, first released in 1993, which has now become a genericized trademark.
Senses: glosses: An autostereogram.
glosses: A magic eye tube: a vacuum tube display device which was used as a tuning indicator.
m/d
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Abbreviation of malicious damage.
M-1
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: M-1s
form: M1
Senses: examples: text: Leopard 2s, Challengers and Abrams M-1s have been earmarked for Ukraine and are vastly superior to the Russian main battle tanks.
ref: 2023 February 20, Tim Lister, “After nearly one year of war, how Ukraine defied the odds — and may still defeat Russia”, in CNN:
glosses: The Garand semiautomatic rifle, also named the United States Rifle, Caliber .30, M1.
examples: text: Educational institutions are required to have SEVP certification with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in order to admit applicants who have an F-1 or M-1 student visa.
ref: 2025 May 22, Emma Tucker, Elizabeth Wolfe, “A judge temporarily halted DHS’s ban on Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. Here’s what to know”, in CNN:
glosses: A student visa for vocational and technical education.
M-1s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of M-1
ma huang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Mandarin 麻黃／麻黄 (máhuáng).
Senses: examples: text: The active ingredients of ma huang had already been identified by the end of the nineteenth century by Japanese and German scientists, who named them ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
ref: 2003, Samuel H. Barondes, chapter 5, in Better than Prozac, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Any of various plants of the Ephedra genus, especially Ephedra sinica, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
Related terms: ephedrine
pseudoephedrine
ma nishtana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Ma Nishtana.
Ma Nishtana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew מַה נִּשְׁתַּנָּה (“Why is it different?”).
Senses: glosses: The four questions sung during Passover seder.
Medicare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛə/
ipa: /ˈmɛdɪˌkɛɚ/
Etymology: Blend of medical + care.
Senses: examples: text: My mom started getting Medicare last week.
text: One Nation, a new 501(c)4 linked to the Karl-Rove-backed American Crossroads super PAC, is spending more than $1.9 million on print, radio and digital ads highlighting the efforts of Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk, North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr, New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey to pass the “doc fix” legislation that realigned payments to Medicare providers with inflation.
ref: 2015 May 12, Alexandra Jaffe, “First on CNN: New Rove-linked group spends $2M to boost GOP incumbents”, in CNN:
glosses: The system of government subsidies for health care for the elderly and disabled.
examples: text: Medicare benefits are available to all persons ordinarily resident in Australia with the exception of members of foreign diplomatic missions and their dependants.
ref: 1984, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year Book Australia: No. 68, 1984, page 190:
text: All Australians are covered by Medicare, which is a universal insurance system controlled by the Australian Government through Commonwealth–State Health Care Agreements.
ref: 2008, Jackie Crisp, Catherine Taylor, Potter and Perry′s Fundamentals of Nursing, page 25:
text: Aside from Medicare, Australia′s universal health care system, most other support is income- or means-tested, depending on the level of income and assets of the care recipient, with some residents required to pay a daily fee to contribute to their care.
ref: 2010, Elizabeth MacKinlay, Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures, page 229:
glosses: The publicly funded universal health care system, operated by the government authority Medicare Australia.
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of medicare.
Related terms: Medicaid
ma'abara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ma'abarot
form: ma'abaroth
form: ma'abaras
Etymology: From Hebrew מעבר.
Senses: glosses: A type of refugee camp in Israel during the early 1950s, used mostly by new immigrants from North Africa and the Middle East.
ma'abaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ma'abara
ma'abarot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ma'abara
antojito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antojitos
Etymology: From Spanish antojito.
Senses: examples: text: At this little-plates restaurant, where tapas are called antojitos, even the salads are refreshingly different: slices of chayote topped with crumbled queso fresco and sprinkled with crushed peanuts in a hibiscus dressing.
ref: 2009 January 16, Marian Burros, “Penn Quarter’s International Flavor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of various types of snack or appetizer in Mexican cuisine, such as a torta or pambazo.
maasbanker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maasbankers
Senses: glosses: A species of edible mackerel (Trachurus trachurus).
Synonyms: Atlantic horse mackerel
horse mackerel
scad
maasbankers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maasbanker
Maastrichtian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maastrichtian
form: most Maastrichtian
Etymology: From Maastricht + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Maastricht.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Maastrichtian Age geological period.
Maastrichtian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maastrichtians
Etymology: From Maastricht + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Someone from Maastricht
Maastrichtian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Maastricht + -ian.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of the Limburgish language as spoken in Maastricht
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: in the ICS geologic timescale, the last stage or age of the Cretaceous period, and of the Mesozoic era, preceded by the Campanian and succeeded by the Danian period.
Maastrichtians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Maastrichtian
racing green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racing greens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of British racing green.
Garand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garands
Etymology: Borrowed from French Garand. The rifle is named after its designer, John Garand.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Garand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Garands
Etymology: Borrowed from French Garand. The rifle is named after its designer, John Garand.
Senses: glosses: The M1 American semiautomatic rifle.
mabela
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of sorghum.
Macanese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌmæk.əˈniz/
Forms: form: more Macanese
form: most Macanese
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Macau.
glosses: Of or related to the Macanese people.
Macanese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmæk.əˈniz/
Forms: form: Macanese
Senses: glosses: A member of an ethnic group from Macau of mixed European (usually Portuguese) and Asian (usually Chinese) origin.
Macanese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌmæk.əˈniz/
Senses: glosses: A creole language originating in Macau, based on Portuguese and some East Asian languages.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Macanese terms
Macaronesia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmakəɹəˈniːʒə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μακάρων νῆσοι (makárōn nêsoi, “Islands of the Blessed”) + -ia, from μάκαρ (mákar, “fortunate”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). Unrelated to English macaroni.
Senses: glosses: A group of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Azores (part of Portugal), Madeira (also part of Portugal), the Canary Islands (part of Spain) and the independent country of Cape Verde.
Derived terms: Macaronesian
saxists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saxist
Macaronesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Macaronesia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, Macaronesia.
macarons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macaron
macauco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macaucos
form: macaucoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of macaco.
Derived terms: ring-tailed macauco
macaucos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macauco
ring-tailed macauco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring-tailed macaucos
Senses: glosses: The ring-tailed lemur.
ring-tailed lemur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ring-tailed lemurs
Senses: glosses: A lemur of species Lemur catta, from Madagascar, with a long black-and-white ringed tail.
Remington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
Etymology: The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).
Senses: examples: text: One of his movies may suggest an inward unity and spaciousness that seems a mark of good fiction, as in The Big Sleep; it may have the scope and resonance to fill a historical landscape worthy of Remington, as Red River does.
ref: 2011 January 14, David Bromwich, “Howard Hawks, Hollywood's finest practitioner of everyday chivalry”, in The Guardian:
text: Rafe loved Remington. He so typified the old West.
ref: 2008, Erik D. Stoops, Serpentauria, page 19:
text: In jeans, a long sleeved canvas shirt and boots, Young gave the appearance of a living Remington painting as he listened quietly to Jenkins' rendition of the story.
ref: 2000, William Blackmon, The Tribulation Cycle, iUniverse, page 231:
glosses: An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used specifically of Frederic Remington (1861–1909), an American artist who specialized in depictions of the Old West.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A town in Indiana; named for the founder of the town's general store.
glosses: A neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland; named for early landowner William Remington.
glosses: A town in Virginia.
glosses: A hamlet in Ohio.
glosses: A town in Wisconsin.
Derived terms: Remingtonocetus
Remington
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/
Forms: form: Remingtons
Etymology: The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).
Senses: glosses: A gun produced by the American manufacturer Remington Arms.
glosses: A kind of typewriter.
Derived terms: Rem
Remington raider
prosimian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosimians
Etymology: From pro- + simian.
Senses: glosses: A primate that is not a monkey or an ape, generally nocturnal with large eyes and ears. Such primates were formerly grouped in the suborder Prosimii, but are now considered a paraphyletic group and not a clade.
prosimian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pro- + simian.
Senses: glosses: Of or from the prosimian suborder of primates.
CFNM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Initialism of clothed female, naked (or sometimes nude) male.
Senses: examples: text: On Jan 28, 3:12 am, "yon" wrote: > > On Jan 23, 12:49 am, goi...@hotmail.com wrote: > > > >And with CMNF (so the > > > reverse of CFNM) - some […]
ref: 2007 January 30, Anna, Re: Nude swimming class, rec.nude, Usenet
text: “He went for my zipper, but I took his hand and held it firmly behind his back, and I could feel his heartbeat quicken”
Power games
Clothed female, naked male (CFNM) and clothed male, naked female (CMNF) are both popular kinks and […]
ref: 2012, Debby Herbenick, Grant Stoddard, Great in Bed, Penguin, →ISBN:
text: “It's called CMNF. Clothed male, nude female, and CFNF, clothed female, nude female. They're two major fetishes that have gotten popular recently. We employ the big one, CFNM, clothed female, nude male extensively in London.”
ref: 2017, Emily Elizabeth Varner, The Event, eXtasy Books, →ISBN, page 328:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay (usually humiliationplay) in which the players act out situations in which the woman wears clothes and the man is naked.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
coordinate_terms: ENF
EUF
ENM
CMNF
CFNF
hypernyms: humiliationplay
glosses: A form of sexual roleplay (usually humiliationplay) in which the players act out situations in which the woman wears clothes and the man is naked.
Pornography depicting such a situation.
ultrafunky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrafunky
form: most ultrafunky
Etymology: From ultra- + funky.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Extremely funky.
Maccabee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæ.kəˌbi/
Forms: form: Maccabees
head_nr: 1
Etymology: From the Latin Maccabaeus, from the Ancient Greek Μᾰκκᾰβαῖος (Măkkăbaîos), from the Biblical Hebrew מַכַּבִּי (makkabbī).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
head_nr: 1
glosses: A member of the Maccabees (a liberation movement in Israel who established Jewish independence in the Land of Israel in the second and first centuries BC).
Derived terms: Maccabean
Land of Israel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Land of Israel
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A region in the Middle East promised by God to the descendants of Abraham.
Related terms: Israel
Promised Land
maccaron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maccarons
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of macaron.
curtain twitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curtain twitchers
form: curtain-twitcher
Senses: examples: text: […]but these self-invited guests made her feel like a curtain-twitcher of the worst kind and she resented them for it.
ref: 2002, Patrick Gale, Rough Music:
text: […]the reader is also accepting the role of curtain twitcher or peeping Tom.
ref: 2004, Harold Love, English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702:
text: The curtain twitcher who saw the incident exclaimed in detail what had happened and it was pretty obvious that Burnett did not mean to kill him.
ref: 2007, Sean Parker, Junkyard Dog:
text: I’m not a curtain-twitcher, OK? I’m just a little bit nosy and happen to procrastinate by staring out of the window.
ref: 2025 July 22, Arwa Mahdawi, “Obsessed with the Coldplay kiss cam story? I was too, until I realised the sinister truth at the heart of it”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A nosy person who watches their neighbours, typically from a curtained window.
Related terms: gossip mirror
curtain twitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curtain twitcher
macebearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macebearers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mace-bearer.
curtain-twitcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curtain-twitchers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of curtain twitcher.
mace-bearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mace-bearers
Senses: examples: text: And a similar communication, with strict instructions, is addressed to the zamindar of Dariyapur and the sons of Nanda Jat that they should forthwith accompany the macebearers.
ref: 2002, Jagbir Singh, The Jat Rulers of Upper Doab: Three Centuries of Aligarh Jat Nobility: a Regional Micro History of Thenuas:
text: Geralyn Meyer, Ph.D., a professor in the Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing and the 2020 Nancy McNeir Ring Award winner served as the mace bearer for the 2021 Midyear Commencement Ceremony.
ref: 2021 December 18, Joe Barker, “Graduates Recognized at Midyear Commencement Ceremony”, in Saint Louis University, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021:
synonyms: macer
glosses: Someone who carries a mace.
curtain-twitchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curtain-twitcher
macédoine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: macédoines
Etymology: Borrowed from French macédoine.
Senses: examples: text: This one is a mixture of textures and tastes and all kinds of vegetables—that's why it is called a macédoine. It's an odd route from Alexander the Great to your table, but Alexander, a Macedonian, had an empire consisting of many disparate states.
ref: 2003, Sheila Lukins, Celebrate!, Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 311:
text: We chilled it in a wonderful old French copper mold that we borrowed, naturally, from Lucullus, and surrounded it with a macédoine of fruit.
ref: 2009, Julia Reed, Ham Biscuits, Hostess Gowns, and Other Southern Specialties: An Entertaining Life (with Recipes), St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A type of dish containing a mixture of many types of fruits, or many types of vegetables.
examples: text: Actually, this ethnic situation—a “macédoine” of peoples—was complicated even more from the 1860s on when some of the Slavs in Macedonia who had always called themselves Bulgarians (and were considered so by most foreign experts) began developing a Macedonian national consciousness.
ref: 2014, Raymond Detrez, Historical Dictionary of Bulgaria, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 305:
glosses: A confused mixture; a medley.
Synonyms: macedonia
bonnet drama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonnet dramas
Senses: examples: text: Bonnet drama, conversely, removes us tidily from any such responsibility to a world of rules and rituals, where everyone knows their place...
ref: 2000, Maureen Lipman, Lip Reading:
text: ...the Sunday night UK bonnet drama. The rest of the time the ABC pursues its diverse programming strategy...
ref: 2006, Indrajit Banerjee, Kalinga Seneviratne, Public Service Broadcasting in the Age of Globalization:
text: Instead it avoids the "heritage" or "bonnet" drama cachet by mixing a modern treatment with historic aspects.
ref: 2007, Robin Nelson, State of Play: Contemporary High-End TV Drama:
glosses: Costume drama set in an era when bonnets were worn.
bonnet dramas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bonnet drama
macédoines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macédoine
Macgillycuddy's Reeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macgillicuddy's Reeks
Senses: glosses: A mountain range in County Kerry, Ireland, home to Carrauntoohil.
adzukis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adzuki
Carrauntoohil
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkæɹənˈtuːəl/
Forms: form: Carrantuohill
form: Carrauntoohill
Etymology: From Irish Corrán Tuathail (literally “Tuathal's sickle”).
Senses: glosses: A mountain in Macgillycuddy's Reeks, County Kerry, and the highest peak in Ireland.
Macgillicuddy's Reeks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Macgillycuddy's Reeks.
MacGillivray's warbler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MacGillivray's warblers
Etymology: Named in honor of William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist.
Senses: glosses: A small warbler of species Geothlypis tolmiei (syn. Oporornis tolmiei).
wikipedia: William MacGillivray
epeeists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epeeist
machaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machacas
Etymology: From Spanish machacar (“to crush”).
Senses: glosses: A dish of meat baked, simmered and then dried, originating from north Mexico.
Synonyms: machacado
machaca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machacas
Senses: synonyms: peanut-headed lanternfly
glosses: A type of planthopper from Central and South America, taxonomic name Fulgora laternaria
machacas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machaca
machair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machairs
Etymology: Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic machair.
Senses: examples: text: Burials had been found north and south of Applecross, preserved in the soils of sandy coastal meadows known as machair.
ref: 2023 February 24, “Bones under Highlands kitchen floor are Iron Age burial site”, in BBC News:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of calcareous sandy terrain formed mostly from seashells, found by the coast in areas of Scotland and Ireland.
machaira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machairas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of makhaira.
makhaira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makhairas
form: machaira
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μάχαιρα (mákhaira).
Senses: glosses: A type of sword with a backwards curve, originating in Ancient Greece
machan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machans
form: machhan
form: muchan
Etymology: From Hindi मचान (macān, “platform”).
Senses: glosses: A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles.
macheer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: macheers
Etymology: From Spanish mochila. Doublet of mochila.
Senses: glosses: A type of saddle which covers from in front of the cattle's horns to behind the cantle.
Synonyms: machila
machere
machilid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machilids
Senses: glosses: A wingless insect in the Machilidae family, able to jump long distances when disturbed.
machinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more machinal
form: most machinal
Etymology: From machine + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to machines.
glosses: In the manner or style of a machine.
machinable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more machinable
form: most machinable
form: machineable
Etymology: From machine + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be made or modified by machine.
Derived terms: nonmachinable
unmachinable
machine-gunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machine-gunners
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Someone who uses a machine gun.
machzor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈmɑːxzəɹ/
note: Ashkenazi
ipa: /ˈmɑːxzoɹ/
ipa: /mɑːxˈzoɹ/
Forms: form: machzors
form: machzorim
form: mahzor
form: Mahzor
form: Machzor
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַחְזוֹר.
Senses: glosses: A prayerbook for a Jewish holiday.
machzorim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machzor
machzors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of machzor
mack daddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mack daddies
Etymology: See mack (“pimp”), from mackerel.
Senses: glosses: A pimp, especially a prosperous one.
examples: text: "Out of sight!" praised a suave and youthful mack daddy, boogying under the glittery flashing lights. "I can dig all your moves, foxy momma! Say...Why don't we go over to a table and rap a little? Dig?
ref: 2003, Ashaki Boelter, Distant Lover: All-4-Love Series 1 of 3, page 1:
coordinate_terms: big daddy
glosses: A flirtatious and seductive man.
relievedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈliːv.əd.li/
Forms: form: more relievedly
form: most relievedly
Etymology: From relieved + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "Oh, thank you, thank you," she was saying relievedly. "Oh, yes. Thank you for calling me."
ref: 1956, Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, page 151:
glosses: In a manner showing relief.
mackayite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mackayites
Etymology: John William Mackay (1831-1902), and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green or brown transparent mineral, formula Fe³⁺Te²O⁵(OH), found in Esmeralda County, Nevada.
mackerel shark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mackerel sharks
Senses: glosses: Any shark of the order Lamniformes, having two dorsal fins an anal fin, five gill slits and eyes without nictitating membrane
glosses: Any shark of the family Lamnidae.
mackereler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mackerelers
Etymology: From mackerel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A boat used for fishing mackerel
glosses: A fisherman who catches mackerel.
mackintoshed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mackintosh + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Wearing a mackintosh.
maclureite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maclureites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chondrodite
documenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of documenter
cueing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːɪŋ/
homophone: queuing
Forms: form: cuing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cue
cueing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkjuːɪŋ/
homophone: queuing
Forms: form: cueings
form: cuing
Senses: glosses: The act or process by which something is cued.
Derived terms: slip-cueing
three-cueing
punji sticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punji stick
übermenschen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of übermensch
Elissa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɪs.ə/
note: less often
ipa: /ɪˈ-/
ipa: /əˈli(ː)s.ə/
rhymes: -ɪsə
homophone: Alissa
homophone: Alyssa (one pronunciation)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἔλῐσσᾰ (Élĭssă); probably from Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎𐤕 (ʾlʾst /⁠Elishat⁠/), 𐤀𐤋𐤀𐤎 (ʾlʾs /⁠Elisha⁠/).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Dido, queen of Carthage.
examples: text: Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin on Wednesday called for “action, not words” from Democrats, criticizing the approach of some in the progressive wing of the party.
ref: 2025 March 19, Alison Main, “Michigan Democrat says she ‘can’t just be an activist’ and calls on party to act”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Yumas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yuma
woodchops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of woodchop
woodchops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woodchop
woodchopping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of woodchop
woodchopped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of woodchop
vintenars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vintenar
adhesiotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adhesiotomy
kogal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkoʊɡæl/
Forms: form: kogals
form: kogal
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese コギャル (kogyaru) (see there for more), ultimately from English gal.
Senses: examples: text: If not exactly respectable, kogal culture is not condemned anything like as harshly as manifestations of pedophilia would be elsewhere […]
ref: 2003, Philip Jenkins, Beyond Tolerance: Child Pornography on the Internet:
text: Kogal tackiness was egalitarian, and contrasted with the cute and conservative styles […]
ref: 2004, Gordon Mathews, Bruce White, Japan's Changing Generations:
glosses: A subculture of conspicuous consumption among young women in urban Japan, typified by dyed hair, artificial suntan, platform boots, miniskirts, and expensive accessories.
examples: text: Because of the links drawn between kogals and enjo kosai ("compensated dating"), in which women and girls are paid for dates and sometimes sex […]
ref: 2006, David Richard Leheny, Think Global, Fear Local:
text: Runa is a gyaru (gal), particularly a kogal and one of the popular girls in school.
ref: 2023 March 16, Brandon Lyttle, “Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me premieres this year”, in Niche Gamer, archived from the original on 24 Mar 2023:
glosses: A member of this subculture.
Synonyms: kogyaru
kogals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kogal
upcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: further upcourt
form: farther upcourt
form: furthest upcourt
form: farthest upcourt
Etymology: From up- + court.
Senses: examples: text: The Wizards took the lead for good when Nick Young blocked Duhon’s layup attempt, then raced upcourt for a 21-foot pull-up jumper.
ref: 2009 January 17, Howard Beck, “Up-and-Down Knicks Get More of the Latter in Loss to Wizards”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Toward a team's offensive basket, the basket at which points are scored
preboom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + boom.
Senses: examples: text: From 1999 to 2007, the price of Pu’er, a fermented brew invented by Tang Dynasty traders, increased tenfold[…] before tumbling far below its preboom levels.
ref: 2009 January 17, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Before a boom
plexiglass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plexiglasses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Plexiglas, a trademark.
Senses: examples: text: The wall and door of the compartment on the corridor side are of plexiglass, fully curtained on the inside.
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 141:
text: A new concept car from Honda — a hydrogen-powered vehicle — sat inside the walls of a just-completed plexiglass tent at the corner of Seventh and Main Streets in the heart of downtown Park City, promoting the green pleasures of its energy conservation.
ref: 2009 January 17, Michael Cieply, “The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: polymethyl methacrylate (polymer of methyl methacrylate), a tough transparent plastic used sometimes in lieu of glass.
petroproducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petroproduct
nonvulnerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + vulnerable.
Senses: examples: text: Here are a couple of his tips: be slow to push the opponents out of one no-trump if they are vulnerable; conversely, strain to balance if they are nonvulnerable.
ref: 2009 January 17, Phillip Alder, “A Farewell to a Champion With a Gift for Reading Cards”, Bridge, in New York Times:
glosses: Not specifically vulnerable
nonelite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + elite.
Senses: examples: text: For the nonelite, seeing the inauguration in Washington involves standing on the Mall[…]
ref: 2009 January 17, Gail Collins, “Imagining the Inaugural”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a member of the elite.
nonelite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonelites
Etymology: From non- + elite.
Senses: glosses: Any group that is not an elite.
petroproduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petroproducts
Etymology: From petro- + product.
Senses: examples: text: The Chennai-Tiruchi-Madurai petroproducts pipeline, a project, which received the approval of the Indian Oil Corporation board recently, will be a crucial link in widening the reach of the products manufactured by the Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited.
ref: 2003 September 27, “Pipeline key to widen reach of petroproducts”, in The Hindu, archived from the original on 18 Feb 2006:
text: If Expressjet found takers, the flight would get its passengers here in plenty of time for the Sunday evening screening of “Crude,” about the struggle between Ecuador’s indigenous people and the Chevron Corporation over toxic oil waste left behind by the makers of petroproducts like those that fly the planes, not to mention those fueling the limousines and rental cars that make the nearly 40-mile run to Park City from the Salt Lake airport.
ref: 2009 January 17, Michael Cieply, “The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: A petroleum product; either crude oil or a derivative.
adicities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adicity
kordiamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Federal investigators said Cherepanov’s autopsy found traces of kordiamin, a drug used to stimulate the circulatory and respiratory systems.
ref: 2009 January 17, Jeff Z. Klein, “Harsh Suspensions After Death Inquiry of Rangers Prospect”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cordiaminum.
hoodlumism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoodlumisms
Etymology: From hoodlum + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: “There’s no drug selling and hoodlumism up in here.”
ref: 2009 January 17, Anne Barnard, “Outside a Barbershop, Streets Feel Dark Even Before Dusk”, in New York Times:
glosses: Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
Synonyms: rowdiness
grrrl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grrrls
form: grrrlz
form: grrl
Etymology: Blend of grrr + girl. From the 1990s riot grrrl movement.
Senses: glosses: Elongated form of grr.
glosses: A riot grrrl.
cordiaminum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kordiamin
Senses: glosses: A solution of nicotinic acid diethylamide, used as a stimulant of the central nervous system.
grrrls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grrrl
flickery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flicker + -y.
Senses: examples: text: In the way of small towns, Tom’s ex-girlfriend Sarah (Jaime King), is now married to his former best friend and current town sheriff[…] though her eyes still do this weird, flickery thing whenever she looks at Tom.
ref: 2009 January 17, Jeannette Catsoulis, “Watch Out for That Pickax; It’s Hurtling From the Screen”, in New York Times:
glosses: Seeming to flicker; unsteady
festivalgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: festivalgoers
Etymology: From festival + goer.
Senses: examples: text: Outside the Filmmakers Lodge, a central gathering spot for Sundance participants, a sign assured festivalgoers[…].
ref: 2009 January 17, Michael Cieply, “The Films Are Green, but Is Sundance?”, in The New York Times:
text: Once festivalgoers arrive at a rural festival, they are essentially living 'off-grid' for the duration of the event.
ref: 2017, Charles Bladen, James Kennell, Emma Abson, Nick Wilde, “Event marketing”, in Events Management: An Introduction, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, →LCCN:
text: Five Georgia officers have been indicted on murder charges in the asphyxiation death of a festivalgoer near Atlanta Motor Speedway in 2019, prosecutors said Friday.
ref: 2021 November 20, Dennis Romero, “5 Georgia officers indicted on murder charges in festivalgoer's death”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), NBC News, archived from the original on 21 Nov 2021:
glosses: A person attending a festival.
festivalgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of festivalgoer
adscripts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adscript
favorability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: favorabilities
Etymology: From favorable + -ity or favor + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Vice President Dick Cheney’s favorability rating in the new poll is 13 percent, the lowest of his time in office.
ref: 2009 January 17, Megan Thee-brenan, “Poll Finds Disapproval of Bush Unwavering”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or degree of being viewed favorably
examples: text: Our company is positioned to optimize tax favorabilities.
glosses: Something which is favorable
exploitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsplɔɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more exploitive
form: most exploitive
Etymology: From exploit + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The University of Phoenix, a for-profit educational institution, has turned the traditional relationship between athletics and higher education on its head, reducing it to its commercially exploitive essence.
ref: 2009 January 17, William C. Rhoden, “University Sells Itself During Playoffs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Exploitative: taking advantage of someone
Derived terms: exploitively
exploitiveness
nonexploitive
favorabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of favorability
courtesanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From courtesan + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: The first season also failed to produce a narrative arc […] ending with Belle realizing that she wasn’t made for the next level of her profession: courtesanship.
ref: 2009 January 17, Ginia Bellafante, “She Rents Herself to Buy the Good Things in Life”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state of being a courtesan; harlotry.
cordoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of cordon
barristering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From barrister + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Somehow, despite the demands of his chosen careers — a “schizoid business of being a writer who had barristering as a day job,” he said — Mr. Mortimer also found time to pursue his lifelong interest in women, write for newspapers and keep up the garden nurtured by his father[…].
ref: 2009 January 17, Helen T. Verongos, “John Mortimer, Barrister and Writer Who Created Rumpole, Dies at 85”, in New York Times:
glosses: The activity of working as a barrister
abomasums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abomasa
Senses: glosses: plural of abomasum
abomasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abomasums
Senses: glosses: plural of abomasum
acridines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acridine
kokens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koken
what-you-see-is-what-you-get
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more what-you-see-is-what-you-get
form: most what-you-see-is-what-you-get
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Maintaining a close correspondence between the screen image and the printed image.
glosses: Alternative form of what you see is what you get.
Synonyms: WYSIWYG
air sheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air shed
above-the-fold
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of above the fold.