cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
in series
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: The experiments were done in series.
glosses: One after another. Sequentially.
examples: text: The total resistance of two resistors connected in series is easily calculated as the simple sum.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Of components: connected in a chain, instead of in parallel.
apple-john
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple-johns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of applejohn.
apple-johns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apple-john
causal-final
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The abstract relationship between locative-temporal and causal-final adverbials is well reflected in their realization in the case system.
ref: 1982, László Dezső, Typological Studies in Old Serbo-Croatian Syntax, page 210:
text: There is, from Early Latin onwards, a causal-final use of the preposition de with adjectives like lassus and sollicitus.
ref: 1988, Gerd Haverling, Studies on Symmachus' Language and Style, page 201:
text: ...everywhere include: benefactive (i.e. the action denoted by the suffix-bearing verb is carried out for the benefit of someone e.g. 'buy for someone'); instrumental (e.g. 'wash with something'); comitative (especially with the semantic shade of taking or carrying somebody, or something, with oneself when moving (e.g. when flying away); also various other situations of doing something together with somebody or something), and causal-final (i.e. the action is carried out because of something, in view of something, or for something, in order that some event might take place, etc.).
ref: 1996, H Steinhauer, Papers in Austronesian Linguistics - Volume 3, page 197:
text: The causal-final noun suffix -ért 'for' surfaces in the next sample, in place of an allative -hoz or, alternatively, illative -ba, both 'to'.
ref: 2007, Gergely Toth, Linguistic Interference and First-language Attrition, →ISBN:
text: The demonstrative pronoun in the causal-final case azért 'for the (following) reason' introduces clauses of purpose.
ref: 2013, Carol H. Rounds, Hungarian: An Essential Grammar, →ISBN, page 116:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to any case that indicates the intention of achieving a specific final result.
examples: text: Generalising slightly it can thus be said that the organic process has its causal-final explanation and the meaning relationship manifested within the sphere of intentionality has its own structural history.
ref: 1972, Psychiatria Fennica: Finnish Psychiatry, page 110:
text: The second type of sustained agency engages a veto by excluding a certain number of causal-final acts, which would be out of place, from the calibrated acts of ritual performance.
ref: 1997, J. Peter Burgess, Cultural Politics and Political Culture in Postmodern Europe, →ISBN, page 76:
text: This substep is not so different from the previous one. Van de Graaf and Hoppe (2000) distinguish between causal–final and normative arguments.
ref: 2012, Ann Crabbé, Pieter Leroy, The Handbook of Environmental Policy Evaluation, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Goal-oriented; purposeful as opposed to prescribed.
causal-final
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The causal-final case. This case in the Hungarian language combines the causal case and the final case. It can express the cause of emotions (e.g. value someone for something) or the goal of actions (e.g. "kenyérért" for bread).
essive-formal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A case in Hungarian that combines the essive case and the formal case, and can express position, task, state (e.g. "as a tourist") or manner (e.g. "like a hunted animal").
Related terms: english: the form of this case in Hungarian
translation: the form of this case in Hungarian
word: -ként
guard rail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: guard rails
Senses: examples: text: At Morez, it runs through the main street on the left, or west, side; guard rails are used only where the line crosses the main road at each end of the town.
ref: 1954 September, George Behrend, “The Nyon-St. Cergue-Morez Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 605:
text: Likewise, guard rails would have made little difference. They are fitted to the track to contain derailed wheels on the approach to tunnel portals or bridge parapets.
ref: 2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Driver of ScotRail HST had only seconds to react, says RAIB”, in RAIL, number 953, page 11:
glosses: Alternative spelling of guardrail.
essive-modal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A case used in the Hungarian language to express the state, capacity, or task in which somebody is or which somebody has (essive case, e.g. "as a reward", "for example"), or the manner in which the action is carried out, or the language which somebody knows or speaks (modal case, e.g. "unexpectedly", "speak English").
Related terms: word: -ul
english: the forms of this case in Hungarian
translation: the forms of this case in Hungarian
word: -ül
guard rails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guard rail
cotemporal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛmpəɹəl
Forms: form: more cotemporal
form: most cotemporal
Etymology: From co- + temporal.
Senses: examples: text: Since indirect speech consists of only one experience, the only point of view is that of the quoting speaker, and present and NOW are cotemporal with the act of quotation.
ref: 1997, Benjamin Lee, Talking Heads, page 307:
glosses: Existing or occurring at the same time.
Synonyms: contemporaneous
contemporary
Related terms: cotemporally
cotemporality
cotemporally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From cotemporal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While some proteins clearly contain in their sequence all the information necessary to refold properly even after complete denaturation, others require the presence of membranes cotemporally with biosynthesis to ensure proper folding and insertion.
ref: 1986, B. A. Wallace et al., “Evaluation of Methods for the Prediction of Membrane Protein Secondary Structures”, in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, volume 83, number 24, page 9423:
glosses: At the same time.
Synonyms: contemporaneously
Related terms: cotemporal
comtemporality
vermivore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vermivores
Senses: glosses: A vermivorous creature; one that eats worms.
vermivores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermivore
chronokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From chrono- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to manipulate the flow of time.
Related terms: chronokinetic
ferrokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ferro- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
parapsychology
pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to mentally manipulate iron and other metals.
Synonyms: metallokinesis
Related terms: ferrokinetic
magnetokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magnet- + -o- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: The ability to mentally control magnetic fields.
Related terms: magnetokinetic
YLS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Yale Law School.
glosses: Initialism of Yves Saint Laurent.
overdependence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overdependences
Etymology: From over- + dependence.
Senses: examples: text: We have an overdependence on cheap labor.
text: For many, gay bars have been the traditional vehicle for coming out. Gays, unlike heterosexuals, are rarely provided with homosexual companionship at home or at work. This as made for a frequent overdependence on those social contacts offered by the bar scene — contacts which are often by the nature of their starting point, unfulfilling.
ref: 1977 April 30, Steven Blevins, “Sexism in the Bars, Baths, and Bushes”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
glosses: Excessive reliance or dependence on something.
porously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more porously
form: most porously
Etymology: From porous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The porously dried material was ready.
glosses: In a porous way; allowing liquid or gas to pass through.
preborn
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + born.
Senses: examples: text: It is common to think of preborn human life as weak, dependent and helpless.
ref: 1996, Eileen L. McDonagh, Breaking the Abortion Deadlock: From Choice to Consent, page 141:
glosses: Not yet born.
raw_tags: in anti-abortion discourse
Related terms: unborn
raconteuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of raconteur
raconteured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of raconteur
horizontalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From horizontal + -ism. The sense “equitable distribution of power” is a calque of Spanish horizontalidad, originating from the 2001 protests in Argentina.
Senses: examples: text: Horizontalism is not described as an ideology but as a relationship—a way of relating to one another in a directly democratic way while at the same time continually creating through the process of discovery.
ref: 2004, John Cavanagh, Jerry Mander, editors, Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible, →ISBN, page 254:
text: The accounts Sitrin gathered from the direct participation in the Argentine uprising demonstrate that for many, horizontalism was perhaps an anti-ideological ideology composed of a fluid mixture of flexible, participatory, non-dogmatic values and practices oriented around consensus, federalism, and self-management.
ref: 2018, Benjamin Franks, Nathan Jun, Leonard Williams, editors, Anarchism: A Conceptual Approach, Routledge, →ISBN:
synonyms: horizontalidad
horizontality
glosses: A political or social theory or system that advocates the equitable distribution of power in a society.
examples: text: Indeed, it has been said that in horizontalism, commercial banks lend to all who demand credit.
ref: 2006, “Endogenous money, central banks and the banking system”, in Mark Setterfield, editor, Complexity, Endogenous Money and Macroeconomic Theory […] , Edward Elgar Publishing, →ISBN, page 171:
glosses: An approach to money creation theory pioneered by Basil Moore which states that private bank reserves are not managed by central banks.
Derived terms: horizontalist
heykel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heykels
Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian هَیکَل (haykal), from Arabic هَيْكَل (haykal).
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:heykel.
glosses: The chancel or sanctuary of a Coptic church.
horizontalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horizontalists
Etymology: From horizontal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate or believer in horizontalism.
horizontalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horizontalist
form: most horizontalist
Etymology: From horizontal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Meetings at Birnam Wood were broadly horizontalist. The role of facilitator was allocated on a roster—this time, to a sweet-tempered paediatric nurse named Katie Vander—and discussions proceeded through five set phases:
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 112:
glosses: Relating to horizontalism.
horizontalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horizontalist
hyperlinkage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperlinkages
Etymology: From hyper- + linkage.
Senses: examples: text: ...the total volume of link connectivity from a country to other countries or a specific aspect of international hyperlinkage such as linguistic patterns.
ref: 2005, Christine Hine, Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet:
text: Sassia Sasken, another prominent social theorist, defines globalization as above all the hyperlinkage of global cities through international nodes...
ref: 2004, Bruce B Lawrence, New Faiths, Old Fears:
glosses: Overarching or large-scale linkage.
examples: text: The process of concept generation results in a conceptual representation for Web hyperlinkage.
ref: 1997, Charles K Nicholas, James Mayfield, Intelligent Hypertext:
text: ...a printed version of the WWW... would not only be extremely voluminous, but it would also be completely purposeless without its hyperlinkage.
ref: 1999, Steve Jones, Doing Internet Research:
text: ...while the use of green, underlined copy (within a larger mass of black text) suggests the notion of hyperlinkage.
ref: 2003, Stephen D Reese, Oscar H Gandy, August E Grant, Framing Public Life:
glosses: The use of hyperlinks.
unlogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unlogical
form: most unlogical
Etymology: From un- + logical.
Senses: glosses: Not logical; illogical
knorringite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knorringites
Etymology: From Knorring + -ite, after Oleg Von Knorring, professor of mineralogy.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green or blue mineral of the garnet group, forming a series with pyrope.
knorringites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knorringite
pyropes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pyrope
garnierite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: garnierites
Etymology: From Garnier + -ite, after Jules Garnier, its discoverer.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A green nickel ore found in fissures of weathered ultramafic rocks
Derived terms: garnieritic
garnierites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of garnierite
lettsomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lettsomites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: cyanotrichite.
lettsomites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lettsomite
cyanotrichite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanotrichites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare, blue, orthorhombic copper aluminium sulfate mineral.
Synonyms: lettsomite
cyanotrichites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyanotrichite
pezzottaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pezzottaites
Etymology: From Pezzotta + -ite, after Federico Pezzotta, Italian petrologist.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cesium analog of beryl, a silicate of cesium, beryllium, lithium and aluminium that crystallizes in the trigonal system.
pezzottaites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pezzottaite
volborthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: volborthites
Etymology: Alexander von Volborth (1800-1876), a Russian paleontologist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral containing copper and vanadium.
volborthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of volborthite
tokyoite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokyoites
Etymology: Tokyo, Japan, where it was found, + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare vanadate mineral.
tokyoites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tokyoite
calciovolborthite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calciovolborthites
Etymology: From calcio- + volborthite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A mineral with chemical formula CaCuVO₄(OH), closely related to volborthite.
calciovolborthites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of calciovolborthite
kirschsteinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirschsteinites
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A grey orthorhombic silicate mineral of the olivine group.
kirschsteinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kirschsteinite
niedermayrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: niedermayrites
Etymology: Gerhard Niedermayr (born 1941), Austrian mineralogist, and -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A rare monoclinic hydrated copper cadmium sulfate hydroxide mineral.
niedermayrites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of niedermayrite
leucophanite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /l(j)uːˈkɒfənaɪt/
Forms: form: leucophanites
Etymology: Originally named Leukophan (1840) by the Norwegian mineralogist Jens Esmark, in allusion to its whitish color, from leuco- (white) + -phane (“appearing”). The suffix -ite, added later, is used to form nouns denoting minerals.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sorosilicate mineral that occurs in pegmatites and alkali igneous complexes as yellow, greenish or white triclinic crystals.
leucophanites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leucophanite
Blackfeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Blackfoot
Yurok
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yuroks
form: Yurok
Etymology: Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".
Senses: glosses: A member of a particular Native American tribe of Northern California.
Yurok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Karok [Term?] (“downriver [people]”), as they live on the Klamath River downstream of the Karuk, whose name means "upriver [people]".
Senses: glosses: The Algic language of these people.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Yurok terms
moldier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of moldy: more moldy
moldiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of moldy: most moldy
mouldier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mouldy: more mouldy
tokus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tokuses
Senses: examples: text: Smoots-Hogan gave the club a week to […] require employees to completely cover their behinds. "I saw far too much tokus for my liking" in a review of videotapes, Smoots-Hogan declared.
ref: 2012 September 11, Chris Moran, “Strip club can continue to operate with new limits”, in The Houston Chronicle, archived from the original on 09 Mar 2021:
glosses: Alternative spelling of tuchus.
mouldiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mouldy: most mouldy
miniaturisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniaturisations
Etymology: From miniature + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of miniaturization.
Derived terms: microminiaturisation
miniaturisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniaturisation
mizzenmasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mizzenmast
set for life
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In that case he has to pay her alimony even if there are no children, and if she is one of those smart ones, interested in nothing but a good living and independence, she is set for life.
ref: 1938 November 11, Westbrook Pegler, “Fair Enough”, in The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, retrieved 20 Dec 2008, page A1:
text: It wasn't that long ago when getting a bank job after school meant you were set for life.
ref: 2008 December 18, Gina Davidson, “HBOS jolly not in festive spirit”, in Scotsman, UK, retrieved 20 Dec 2008:
glosses: Possessing sufficient resources, especially financial, to last a lifetime.
bursting pressure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bursting pressures
Senses: glosses: The radial pressure on a nut.
pewa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pewas
Senses: examples: text: The Pewa or Peach palm (Guilielma speciosa) was introduced from Trinidad, and seedlings raised for distribution. The fruits when boiled in water with salt are appreciated as a food.
ref: 1910, Department of Agriculture, Legislative Council, Trinidad and Tobago, [Council Paper], Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 16:
text: Nonconventional sources with development potential include: [...] wild plants such as gru gru, pewa (peach nut), many weeds and, possibly, the seeds of seaside grapes, fat pork, etc.
ref: 1984, Jeffrey W. Dellimore, Judy A. Whitehead, Secondary Agrobased Industries: ECCM and Barbados (Caribbean Technology Policy Studies Project; 90), Mona, Jamaica: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, →OCLC, page 79:
text: Mr. [Bertram] Manhin's travels resulted in his introducing into the country fruits like Pewa (Bactris gasipaes) from Costa Rica, Brazil and Peru; [...]
ref: 2000 November, Karl Burgess, “La Vega Estate”, in Pamela Collins, editor, Proceedings: Regional Agro-tourism Conference: Agro-tourism – a Sustainable Approach to Economic Growth […], Trinidad and Tobago: Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, →OCLC, page 79:
glosses: Alternative spelling of peewah.
kawali
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kawalis
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog kawali, from Malay kuali, from Tamil குவளை (kuvaḷai, “wide-mouthed vessel; cup”).
Senses: examples: text: Rain, blown in under the roof, spatters and sizzles in the kawali and clouds of woodsmoke blow back into the crowded hut, where we sit in tiers in the windows and on the edge of the sleeping platform.
ref: 2010, William J. Pomeroy, The Forest, page 100:
glosses: frying pan
Frama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Framas
Etymology: From the name of Frama AG, an early manufacturer of such machines.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
glosses: A postage stamp printed on demand from a vending machine.
resourced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of resource
unrecognisably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From unrecognisable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unrecognizably.
unrecognizably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: unrecognisably
Etymology: From unrecognizable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The world is unrecognizably different since Plato's time.
glosses: Beyond recognition
Related terms: recognizably
tilty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪlti
Forms: form: more tilty
form: most tilty
Etymology: From tilt + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The living room had a tilty floor and a fireplace with a Dutch oven in which my mother tried, unsuccessfully, to bake bread.
ref: 1996 April 18, Honor Moore, “Close to Home”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Tilted or tending to tilt
tintinnabulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tintinnabulatory
form: most tintinnabulatory
Etymology: From tintinnabulation.
Senses: examples: text: I could say as much of the tintinnabulatory echoes from some score of bells.
ref: 1832 October 1, “Letter from Miss Boadicea Bluebottle to Her Cousin in the Country”, in The New-England Magazine, page 339:
glosses: Such as to cause tintinnabulation, or ringing in the ears
unshowy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + showy.
Senses: examples: text: He has a confident, unshowy style.
text: Wales, too, led by the unshowy but effective Mark Drakeford, has looked far more likely as a candidate for independence than it ever has.
ref: 2021 December 29, Christian Wolmar, “An opportunity to push for schemes of local importance”, in RAIL, number 947, page 40:
glosses: Not showy; plain or unassuming
wallchart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wallcharts
Etymology: From wall + chart.
Senses: examples: text: I put up a wallchart of the periodic table next to the blackboard.
topics: education
glosses: A large informational chart, typically hung on the wall of a classroom
wallcharts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wallchart
pachak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: patchak
form: patchuk
form: putchuk
form: putchock
form: putchuck
Senses: glosses: The fragrant roots of Saussurea costus, used as incense.
badaud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: badauds
Etymology: From Occitan to French
From French badaud.
Senses: examples: Pall Mall Magazine
a host of stories […] dealing chiefly with the subject of his great wealth, an ever delightful topic to the badauds of Paris.
glosses: A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
buckrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
buckrams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buckram
buckraming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buckram
buckramed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buckram
preboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preboards
form: preboarding
form: preboarded
form: preboarded
form: pre-board
Etymology: From pre- + board.
Senses: examples: text: People requiring assistance or extra time will be preboarded.
text: Airlines must permit some parents — or passengers with food allergies themselves — to preboard in order to wipe down seats, federal regulators said. […] All customers with peanut and tree nut allergies are now allowed to preboard and wipe down surfaces, according to an airline spokeswoman.
ref: 2019 June 19, Roni Caryn Rabin, “Boarding Now: Parents of Children With Food Allergies”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To (allow to) step or climb onto or otherwise enter a ship, aircraft, train or other conveyance before other people are allowed to board.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: To set the shape of (a garment, especially a stocking) by heating on a form or board before dyeing.
preboards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of preboard
preboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preboard
preboarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of preboard
onglet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: onglets
Etymology: From French onglet.
Senses: glosses: A hanger steak.
carnets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carnet
brazils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brazil
broking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The order is executed automatically and the required amount is transferred to the broking account.
ref: 2004, K. L. James, The Internet: A User′s Guide, page 293:
text: From the firm′s perspective, if the online brokerage is managed correctly, it can provide leads for the advisory or discretionary broking service.
ref: 2007, Alexander Davidson, The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing: The Definitive 20-Day Guide, page 24:
text: This aversion towards broking originated in all probability in the fear of the Amsterdam regents (regenten) that brokers might abuse their information advantage, manipulate the market in general and price levels in particular, and would thus damage the reputation of Amsterdam as a trade capital.
ref: 2010, Sabine Go, Marine Insurance in the Netherlands 1600-1870: A Comparative Institutional Approach, page 72:
glosses: The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
examples: text: 2004, Min Li, Xiaobo Wu, Menglian Zhao Hui Wang, Xiaolang Yan, Heterogeneous Grid Computing for Energy Constrained Mobile Device, Laurence Tianruo Yang, et al. (editors), Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing: International Conference EUC 2004, Aizu-Wakamatsu City, Japan, August 2004, Proceedings, LNCS 3207, page 360,
The UPnP architecture provides features for connectivity layer and resource layer that are defined in general grid computing architecture. Unfortunately, collective layer mechanisms, such as co-allocation, directory service, broking, work load management, community account and payment, are not defined yet.
text: Currently there are two brokers involved used by the portal: the LCG-2 broker and GTbroker. The GTbroker interact with the Globus resources to perform job submission. The static and dynamic information of grid resources are collected by GTbroker to achieve scheduling activities. The LCG-2 broking solution is used to reach LCG-2 based grids.
ref: 2009, Frédéric Magoulès, Fundamentals of Grid Computing: Theory, Algorithms and Technologies, page 20:
text: The required interface of the value-adding service will be finally fulfilled by the provided interfaces of the transportation services, with the broking and managing of the component objects and the architecture object.
ref: 2009, Jing Dong, Raymond Paul, Liang-Jie Zhang, High Assurance Services Computing, page 175:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
Derived terms: playbroking
powerbroking
shipbroking
stockbroking
telebroking
eurozone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the eurozone
Etymology: From euro (“currency”) + zone.
Senses: examples: text: Greece, Spain, and other eurozone periphery countries could explode any day, given their high unemployment and deepening strains of austerity. In the US, which is considered the home of quiescent workers, the call for living wages is becoming louder, as seen in the current strikes by fast-food restaurant workers.
ref: 2013 September 6, Ha-Joon Chang, “The rich have an addiction to bubbles”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 13, page 19:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Eurozone
Synonyms: euro area
booklights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of booklight
booklight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: booklights
Etymology: From book + light.
Senses: examples: text: After lights-out, I clipped the booklight to the cover and continued reading.
glosses: A small clip-on light, usually battery-powered, used for reading books in the dark
Hypernyms: light
Related terms: reading-lamp
reading light
bafflingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bafflingly
form: most bafflingly
Etymology: From baffling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As I tried to catch the words which the stoutly-fashioned floor so bafflingly intercepted, I was also conscious of a great deal of stirring and scratching and shuffling in the room below; so that I could not escape the impression that it was full of living beings—many more than the few whose speech I could single out.
ref: 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 8, in The Whisperer in Darkness:
text: To define is to specify, to trace limits; and whatever this 'something' is, it seems at once bafflingly specific and yet bafflingly without limits.
ref: 1974, Samuel Louis Goldberg, An Essay on King Lear, →ISBN, page 162:
glosses: In a baffling or puzzling manner.
ambitionless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ambitionless
form: most ambitionless
Etymology: From ambition + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Many earnest persons believe that the cessation of individual ownership in the means of production would leave the people in a hopeless, ambitionless, and dejected condition- would deprive them of initiative and thrift.
ref: 1906, James MacKaye, The Economy of Happiness, →ISBN, page 516:
glosses: Without ambition or motivation
Derived terms: ambitionlessly
ambitionlessness
collateralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of collateralise
collateralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of collateralise
nonpotable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + potable.
Senses: examples: text: We found out too late that the water was nonpotable.
glosses: Not drinkable.
infantilise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: infantilises
form: infantilising
form: infantilised
form: infantilised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of infantilize.
strategise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: strategises
form: strategising
form: strategised
form: strategised
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of strategize.
infantilises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of infantilise
infantilised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of infantilise
infantilising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of infantilise
strategises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of strategise
strategising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of strategise
strategised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strategise
scrappily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more scrappily
form: most scrappily
Etymology: From scrappy + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The team played scrappily, even though everyone expected them to lose.
glosses: In a scrappy manner
Seeland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Salzlandkreis district, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
glosses: A region of three lakes at the foot of the Jura, north-east Switzerland.
glosses: An administrative region and district in Bern canton, Switzerland.
screamingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more screamingly
form: most screamingly
Etymology: From screaming + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The wind howled screamingly.
text: "For Haughley Junction, we are talking of rising cost estimates from £15m to £30m - that's loose change in rail terms. I do think that with regard to the spending taps being loosened by the DfT, it would be good to convert projects like this. Ely North Junction is another that is screamingly important."
ref: 2020 April 22, Richard Clinnick, “"We are feeling positive"”, in Rail, page 62:
glosses: While screaming, or as if screaming
examples: text: a screamingly funny joke
glosses: So as to cause great hilarity.
examples: text: a screamingly boring lecture
glosses: To a great degree.
bracingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bracingly
form: most bracingly
Etymology: From bracing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The wind was bracingly cold.
text: 'Now all you have to do is get better,' she said bracingly, not allowing any of the fear she felt ooze into her voice.
ref: 2003, Kerry Greenwood, Death Before Wicket, →ISBN, page 129:
glosses: In a bracing manner
heartbreakingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more heartbreakingly
form: most heartbreakingly
Etymology: From heartbreaking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: They lost heartbreakingly, with an own goal in the last minute of the match.
text: Cooper’s death was heartbreakingly familiar: 31 children died of vehicular heatstroke in the United States in 2014, the year the boy died, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
ref: 2022 July 2, Ray Sanchez, “The hot-car death of 22-month-old Cooper Harris was heartbreakingly familiar. His father’s unusual murder conviction has now been thrown out”, in CNN:
text: Ennis then marries his fianceé Alma (Williams), while Jack meets and marries rodeo rider Lureen (Hathaway). It's four years before the two men meet again, at which point Jack asks Ennis to leave Alma and build a life with him. Heartbreakingly, it's a giant leap that Ennis can't bring himself to make.
ref: 2025 June 20, Nick Levine, “'In every theatre, people would leave': How 'gay cowboy movie' Brokeback Mountain challenged Hollywood – and the US”, in BBC:
glosses: In a heartbreaking manner
gratifyingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gratifyingly
form: most gratifyingly
Etymology: From gratifying + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The performance was gratifyingly well-attended.
text: [T]hey were available at prices his customers considered gratifyingly reasonable.
ref: 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 85:
glosses: In a manner that gratifies.
geothermally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more geothermally
form: most geothermally
Etymology: From geothermal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The entire building is heated geothermally.
glosses: By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy
narratively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more narratively
form: most narratively
Etymology: From narrative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The book presents world history narratively.
glosses: In a narrative manner: in the form of a story.
examples: text: The film was technically superb but narratively muddled.
text: Bag of Bones is, hands down, [Stephen] King's most narratively subversive fiction. Whenever you're positive–just positive!–you know where this ghost story is heading, that's exactly when it gallops off in some jaw-dropping new direction.
ref: 1998 September 23, Tom De Haven, “Stephen King, Bag of Bones [book review]”, in Entertainment Weekly, New York, N.Y.: Entertainment Weekly, Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2015:
glosses: In terms of narrative.
wincingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wincingly
form: most wincingly
Etymology: From wincing + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: "It doesn't hurt a bit," he said wincingly.
text: Sheffield [...] crept into bed beside him, wincingly careful not to jolt or touch the bandage.
ref: 2016, Kerry Greenwood, Murder and Mendelssohn, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 311:
glosses: While wincing.
examples: text: The speech was wincingly bad.
glosses: In such a way as to cause wincing.
shimmeringly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more shimmeringly
form: most shimmeringly
Etymology: From shimmering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The day was shimmeringly hot.
text: […] I caught the occasional sight of water, shimmeringly reflecting the frosty stars;
ref: 1857, Georgiana Marion Craik, chapter 2, in Riverston,, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder, page 13:
text: […] the tank was filled, to within a foot of the top, with shimmeringly brilliant white fluid […]
ref: 1931 April, Jack Williamson, “The Lake of Light”, in Astounding Stories, volume 6, number 1, page 104:
text: [The sun] made the window glass waver, shimmeringly twisted what hung beyond it […]
ref: 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, New York: Random House, Part 2, p. 122:
glosses: In a shimmering manner; while shimmering; so as to shimmer.
dervishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dervish
grindingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grindingly
form: most grindingly
Etymology: From grinding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Grindingly, laths of wood yielded to brown and yellow hands, a wrenching and screaming of twisted nails fanfared the discovery of the treasure beneath.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 463:
glosses: With a grinding sound or motion.
examples: text: It was a grindingly dull lecture.
glosses: With tedious repetition; mechanically.
liveblog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: liveblogs
Etymology: From live + blog.
Senses: examples: text: We're going to post a liveblog of the Oscars.
glosses: Alternative spelling of live blog.
Derived terms: liveblogger
liveblog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: liveblogs
form: liveblogging
form: liveblogged
form: liveblogged
Etymology: From live + blog.
Senses: examples: text: I'll be liveblogging the Oscars this year.
glosses: Alternative spelling of live blog.
liveblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liveblog
liveblogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of liveblog
liveblogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of liveblog
liveblogged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of liveblog
Balsam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Balsams
Etymology: Borrowed from German Balsam, an occupational surname for a seller of perfumes. It could also be an English habitational surname, from Balsham, in Cambridgeshire.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
balsamine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balsamines
Etymology: From Latin balsamina (“balsam plant”) (perhaps via French balsamine), from Ancient Greek βαλσαμίνη (balsamínē). The Latin name of the unrelated balsam plant must have been applied to Impatiens balsamina soon after it arrived in Europe- Leonhart Fuchs referred to it as balsamina as early as 1542.
Senses: synonyms: balsam
garden balsam
garden balsamine
rose balsam
touch-me-not
spotted snapweed
glosses: A plant, the Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam.
wikipedia: Leonhart Fuchs
cocon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cocons
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of cocoon.
Jewish tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jewish taxes
Senses: glosses: Fees incurred in order for a food or other consumable goods producer or manufacturer to acquire certification from any of a number of Rabbinical Agencies that a product is considered kosher.
glosses: Any of the taxes levied on items of Jewish religious observance, on individual Jews, or on a Jewish community.
Synonyms: sense: fee for certification of kosher food
word: kosher tax
sense: fee for certification of kosher food
word: kosher fee
Coordinate terms: sense: costs just for being who you are, paid either involuntarily or not
word: pink tax
sense: costs just for being who you are, paid either involuntarily or not
word: black tax
kvetched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kvetch
kvetches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kvetch
kvetches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kvetch
koras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kora
chardonnays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chardonnay
netminder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: netminders
form: net-minder
form: net minder
Etymology: From net + minder.
Senses: examples: text: Clint Benedict, Windsor goalie, was the lone netminder to suffer a penalty.
ref: 1931 April 6, “Hockey Review”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 18:
text: Wilson said starting tonight against the Wild makes sense because his other two netminders have both been off the ice since last Wednesday's shootout loss to the Bruins because of the all-star break.
ref: 2009 January 27, Paul Hunter, “Apprentice plan for Pogge”, in Toronto Star:
text: Curran won three Ulster SFC medals and a Celtic Cross in 2008 as a substitute netminder during a golden age for Tyrone football.
ref: 2020 October 18, “Former Tyrone goalkeeper Jonathan Curran dies at 33”, in RTÉ News:
topics: hobbies
journalism
lifestyle
media
sports
glosses: A goalkeeper or goaltender.
Synonyms: goalkeeper
goaltender
goalie
Related terms: netminding
pistache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pistaches
Senses: glosses: Dated form of pistachio.
compass roses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compass rose
spectaculars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectacular
upstaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upstater
upstater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: upstaters
Etymology: From upstate + -er.
Senses: examples: text: People from Buffalo, Rochester, Albany, and Syracuse are upstaters.
glosses: A person from upstate; usually specifically a person from upstate New York.
Related terms: downstater
folky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊki
Forms: form: folkier
form: folkiest
Etymology: From folk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: The band opened with a folky little number.
text: James Taylor flew into England to see if he could interest the Beatles' Apple label into recording "Carolina In My Mind" and some of his other folky material.
ref: 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 244:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Having the character of folk music
Derived terms: folkiness
Related terms: folksy
troublingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more troublingly
form: most troublingly
Etymology: From troubling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: How they would pay for the project was, troublingly, left unstated.
glosses: In a troubling manner; causing one to be troubled
trippingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more trippingly
form: most trippingly
Etymology: From Middle English tryppingly; equivalent to tripping + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The drunk stumbled trippingly down the street.
text: By the dead and drowsy fire / Every elf and fairy sprite / Hop as light as bird from brier, / And this ditty after me / Sing, and dance it trippingly.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: In a tripping manner, or while tripping
examples: text: The result follows trippingly from the premise. But adopting the premise requires departing from judicial practice and principle.
ref: 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Kagan dissenting
glosses: In a manner that is lively or fluid.
sculpturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sculptural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The artist expressed his ideas sculpturally.
text: Priapus was frequently represented sculpturally, as a kind of scarecrow among the fields and even as a protection over graveyards.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 198:
glosses: In terms of, or by means of, sculpture
clothes moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clothes moths
Senses: glosses: Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).
Derived terms: common clothes moth
crum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crums
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of crumb.
Derived terms: crum cake
crum up
cartoonishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cartoonishly
form: most cartoonishly
Etymology: From cartoonish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: She smiled cartoonishly.
glosses: In a cartoonish manner; thus, in a comical or exaggerated way
cinematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cinematically
form: most cinematically
Etymology: From cinematic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: The film was cinematically interesting, but the story was dull.
glosses: In cinematic terms