cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
semiurban
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + urban.
Senses: examples: text: The scientists suspect that there are additional undetected cases because the patient lived in a semiurban area of Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, and she said she had no contact with apes or their meat.
ref: 2009 August 5, Lawrence K. Altman, “New Strain of H.I.V. Is Discovered”, in New York Times:
glosses: Partially urban.
cardmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardmakers
Etymology: From card + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Eisner said that Topps’s successful deals as the exclusive soccer cardmaker of the English Premier League and the German Bundesliga had proved that cards could appeal to fans 8 to 13 years old.
ref: 2009 August 6, Richard Sandomir, “Baseball Gives Topps an Exclusive Deal”, in New York Times:
glosses: A manufacturer of cards.
cardmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardmaker
cardmembers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardmember
carditides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of carditis
nonfungistatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + fungistatic.
Senses: glosses: Not fungistatic.
frontload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frontloads
form: frontloading
form: frontloaded
form: frontloaded
Senses: examples: text: In addition to the blockbuster election-law case, the new term is frontloaded with important First Amendment, business, criminal and patent cases.
ref: 2009 August 7, Adam Liptak, “Sotomayor Faces Heavy Workload of Complex Cases”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of front-load.
frontloading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of frontload
frontloads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frontload
frontloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of frontload
microgrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microgrants
Etymology: From micro- + grant.
Senses: examples: text: Several of those at the center said they attended only on the possibility that microgrants would be handed out at the end.
ref: 2009 August 7, Campbell Robertson, “Iraqis Freed by U.S. Face Few Jobs and Little Hope”, in New York Times:
glosses: A grant of a small amount of money.
microgrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgrant
nyah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /njæ/
Etymology: Unclear. Assertions of its universality among children regardless of culture or parent tongue are likely false: see https://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuh-nuh.html, https://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuh-nuh-2.html, https://phonetic-blog.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuh-nuh-3.html
Senses: examples: text: When the waves didn't catch me, I would laugh and sing out, "Nyah, nyah, nyah!"
ref: 1993, Ted Andrews, Enchantment of the faerie realm, page 74:
text: Yankee fans have been saying, Nyah, nyah, I told you so, since the news was revealed in The New York Times.
ref: 2009 August 7, George Vecsey, “On Big Day for Bronx, Cheating Is Nonissue”, in New York Times:
glosses: Expressing smug triumph.
Derived terms: nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah
nyah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /njæ/
/nja/
/njæ/
Etymology: From Japanese にゃあ
Senses: topics: lifestyle
glosses: meow, especially spoken by a catgirl or catboy
overspeculate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overspeculates
form: overspeculating
form: overspeculated
form: overspeculated
Etymology: From over- + speculate.
Senses: examples: text: […] that under our present way of doing business there was a tendency to overspeculate on future advances in value; that such overspeculation always tended to produce a reaction; that there were evidences at the present time of the beginning of such a speculative fever […]
ref: 1910 February 26, Collier's, volume 44, page 10:
text: “It’s overdeveloped, overspeculated and overleveraged.”
ref: 2009 August 8, Paul Sullivan, “There’s Value in Real Estate, if You Find Your Florida”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: To spend too much money in speculation.
glosses: To speculate excessively.
Related terms: overspeculation
overspeculating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overspeculate
overspeculates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overspeculate
overspeculated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overspeculate
prefinance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: prefinances
form: prefinancing
form: prefinanced
form: prefinanced
Etymology: From pre- + finance.
Senses: examples: text: It is expected to operate as a business, turning a profit and so on, and yet it is still subject to Congressional oversight and all sorts of legal constraints, like that ridiculous health benefit prefinancing for future employees, which was part of a big 2006 postal reorganization bill.
ref: 2009 August 8, Joe Nocera, “It’s Time to Stay the Courier”, in New York Times:
glosses: To finance in advance.
prefinancing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of prefinance
prefinancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prefinancings
Senses: glosses: Finance provided in advance.
prefinances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prefinance
prefinanced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prefinance
concussively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more concussively
form: most concussively
Etymology: From concussive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It begins in earnest after sunrise, when Saratoga’s backstretch has the feel of a summer camp before wake-up: The air is dense and humid, and everyone moves slowly, saddling the racers in the stables — sagging wooden structures that smell almost concussively of manure and hay.
ref: 2009 August 9, Alan Feuer, “Preparing the Ponies for a Day at Saratoga”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a concussive manner.
dateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪtəbəl/
Forms: form: datable
Etymology: From date + -able.
Senses: glosses: That may be ascribed a date or age.
examples: text: Kathleen Reardon, 25, a production coordinator for Jones Apparel Group, said she noticed that Wall Street men seemed more stressed as a result of the economy but she never found them less dateable.
ref: 2009 August 9, Katherine Bindley, “Banker Seeks Beauty: Must Be Upbeat (Like the Economy)”, in New York Times:
synonyms: attractive
antonyms: undateable
glosses: Suitable for dating (romantic outings).
Derived terms: dateability
undateable
doodlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doodling
largeheartedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: large-heartedness
Etymology: From largehearted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: A Christian, he taught, is called to action; action imbued with Christ’s largeheartedness for all who suffer.
ref: 2009 August 9, “The Battle Over a Baby”, in New York Times:
synonyms: bigheartedness
glosses: The quality of being largehearted.
prefatigued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + fatigued.
Senses: examples: text: For the study, participants like Mr. Stigler are required to execute three types of jumps in prefatigued and fatigued states.
ref: 2009 August 9, Gia Kourlas, “New Leaps in Research on Injuries”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before becoming fatigued.
quantifiably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quantifiably
form: most quantifiably
Etymology: From quantifiable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “But with stand-up, you can prove, quantifiably, for that night, that you’re funny.”
ref: 2009 August 9, Josh Eells, “Novice Director, a Veteran of Comedy”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a quantifiable manner.
unplagued
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + plagued.
Senses: examples: text: Ladies that have their toes
Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you.
Ah ah, my mistresses! which of you all
Will now deny to dance?
ref: c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
glosses: Not plagued.
untag
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: untags
form: untagging
form: untagged
form: untagged
Etymology: From un- + tag.
Senses: examples: text: In an era, when a stray gripe about your boss can land you on an industry blog, when waking up hung over can frantically send you to Facebook to untag your name from photos of the previous night’s frosting-wrestling contest, when shots of you in unflattering jeans become part of your permanent Google search results, there are signs that some are tired of living their lives on the Web.
ref: 2009 August 9, Allen Salkin, “Party On, but No Tweets”, in New York Times:
glosses: To remove a tag from.
untags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of untag
untagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of untag
uncommunicatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more uncommunicatively
form: most uncommunicatively
Etymology: From uncommunicative + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Called for comment, a receptionist at the awards’ phone line said, rather uncommunicatively, “We don’t do interviews.”
ref: 2009 August 10, Stephanie Clifford, “After Winning Advertising Awards, an Invitation to Pay for the Trophies”, in New York Times:
glosses: In an uncommunicative manner.
underinspired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more underinspired
form: most underinspired
Etymology: From under- + inspired.
Senses: examples: text: He explained too the practical assistance she provides on days when he feels underinspired.
ref: 2009 August 10, Alastair Macaulay, “Highlighting a Muse’s Full Résumé”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking inspiration.
megastructural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From megastructure + -al.
Senses: examples: text: It may strike some as a throwback to the megastructural superblocks of the 1960s.
ref: 2009 August 11, Robin Pogrebin, “Gwathmey’s Death Further Diminishes ‘New York Five’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to megastructures.
wiregrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wiregrasses
form: wire grass
Etymology: From wire + grass.
Senses: glosses: Any of various unrelated grasses.
Derived terms: purple wiregrass
wiregrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wiregrass
antigolf
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antigolf
form: most antigolf
Etymology: From anti- + golf.
Senses: examples: text: The reason for this antigolf legislation was that it was interfering with the regular archery practice needed for civil defense.
ref: 1995, Peter James, I. J. Thorpe, Ancient inventions:
text: Critics of the antigolf campaign point out that Venezuela’s top ally, Cuba, is going in the opposite direction.
ref: 2009 August 12, Simon Romero, “Chávez Loyalists Push to Close Golf Courses”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing the sport of golf.
literalisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of literalism
nonblended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + blended.
Senses: examples: text: And I’ll go, ‘Let’s do a nonblended Scotch, because this is a person who would appreciate that.’
ref: 2009 August 12, Robert Simonson, “Sixties Accuracy in Every Sip”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not blended.
Synonyms: unblended
oceany
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.ʃə.ni/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.ʃə.ni/
Forms: form: more oceany
form: most oceany
Etymology: From ocean + -y. Doublet of oceanic.
Senses: examples: text: Two other birds took up residence at our swimming pool, which I had painted an eggplant colour, giving the water an oceany hue.
ref: 2007, Rosalie Wise Sharp, Rifke: An Improbable Life, page 144:
text: My parents then roasted, baked and grilled the fillets for months without ever tiring of what my mother called their “sweet, oceany taste.”
ref: 2009 August 12, Melissa Clark, “Bluefish With a Crunchy Bite”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Characteristic of the ocean.
acidanthera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidantheras
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.
ref: 2009 August 13, Anne Raver, “A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera.
acidantheras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidanthera
acidemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acidemias
Etymology: From acid + -emia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acidaemia.
acidemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acidemic
form: most acidemic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of acidaemic.
Derived terms: nonacidemic
acidemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidemia
acidaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acidaemia
acidaemic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more acidaemic
form: most acidaemic
form: acidemic
Etymology: From acidaemia + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or afflicted with, acidaemia.
angelonia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: angelonias
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The batwings, full of tulips in May, are now abloom with cosmos, angelonia and lantana.
ref: 2009 August 13, Anne Raver, “A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Angelonia of South American flowering plants.
angelonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of angelonia
financeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From finance + -able.
Senses: examples: text: “So we had to figure out something we could do to get this project going that was financeable and workable in today’s market.”
ref: 2009 August 13, Diane Cardwell, “Stimulus Aid Planned for Two City Projects”, in New York Times:
text: Despite these uncertainties, Clarke told MPs he was convinced of the need to order trains powered by batteries. He said: "We're calling for a 'no regrets' order of battery trains because we see them always having a future. We see them being fundable, financeable, similar cost to diesel trains, and we know that however much electrification we would aspire to do, there's always going to be at least a third of the network that isn't electrified.
ref: 2023 December 27, Philip Haigh, “All eyes are on the DfT as rolling stock concerns deepen”, in RAIL, number 999, page 19:
glosses: Capable of being financed.
Derived terms: nonfinanceable
unfinanceable
geum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːəm/
rhymes: -iːəm
Forms: form: geums
Etymology: From the genus name.
Senses: examples: text: The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.
ref: 2009 August 13, Anne Raver, “A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.
geums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of geum
ledged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ledge + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) rimmed, lipped, brimmed
text: The works reflect the inventive point of view Mr. Coupland brings to his writing, like an installation he created in the entry hall by placing, on a ledged wall, pieces of various shapes and colors taken from vintage building kits, or the oversize detergent bottle in the hallway, his own work, titled appropriately, “Downy Fabric Softener.”
ref: 2009 August 13, Steven Kurutz, “Saving the House Next Door”, in New York Times:
antonyms: word: ledgeless
word: ;
english: sometimes antonymous
translation: sometimes antonymous
word: rimless
word: lipless
glosses: Having a ledge or ledges.
midchat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + chat.
Senses: examples: text: The videos pause, instant messaging apps mysteriously disconnect in midchat, and you can’t get a connection in the far corner bedroom any more.
ref: 2009 August 13, Yardena Arar, “Getting Your Wireless Network Up to Speed”, in New York Times:
text: Feel free to build an array of graphics to represent yourself—and to change them in midchat, using this pop-up palette, to the delight or confusion of your conversation partner.
ref: 2009, David Pogue, Mac OS X Snow Leopard: The Missing Manual, page 780:
glosses: A point in time during a chat.
multimonth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + month.
Senses: examples: text: Thousands of people across the state lost their coverage in the middle of complex, multimonth procedures and have found themselves at a loss.
ref: 2009 August 13, Jennifer Steinhauer, “Thousands Line Up for Promise of Free Health Care”, in New York Times:
glosses: Spanning, or pertaining to, more than one month.
Synonyms: monthslong
Coordinate terms: agelong
ageslong
centurieslong
centurylong
daylong
dayslong
decadelong
decadeslong
hourlong
hourslong
millennialong
millenniumlong
minutelong
minuteslong
monthlong
multiday
multidecade
multihour
multiweek
multiyear
secondlong
secondslong
weeklong
weekslong
yearlong
yearslong
semiheroic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + heroic.
Senses: examples: text: But it has provided a very, very rare opportunity for members of Congress to look semiheroic.
ref: 2009 August 13, Gail Collins, “Gunning for Health Care”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat heroic.
unfinanceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfinanceable
form: most unfinanceable
Etymology: From un- + financeable.
Senses: examples: text: “All of a sudden it became totally unfinanceable — no private office tenants, retailers pulling back, banks not lending,” he said.
ref: 2009 August 13, Diane Cardwell, “Stimulus Aid Planned for Two City Projects”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not financeable.
vaguish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more vaguish
form: most vaguish
Etymology: From vague + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: But, in the vaguish ways of Congress, he was nowhere to be found.
ref: 2009 August 13, Alan Feuer, “The Chaos Behind the Morning-Show Calm”, in New York Times:
glosses: Somewhat vague.
cyberconspiracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyberconspiracies
Etymology: From cyber- + conspiracy.
Senses: examples: text: […]she stumbles onto a cyberconspiracy which aims to destroy the defences of major computer networks[…]
ref: 1999, Susan Hawthorne, Renate Klein, Cyberfeminism: connectivity, critique and creativity, page 74:
text: But the rumor — which has come up at Congressional town-hall-style meetings this week in spite of an avalanche of reports laying out why it was false — was not born of anonymous e-mailers, partisan bloggers or stealthy cyberconspiracy theorists.
ref: 2009 August 14, Jim Rutenberg, “False ‘Death Panel’ Rumor Has Some Familiar Roots”, in New York Times:
glosses: A conspiracy in cyberspace.
nonstem
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stem.
Senses: examples: text: Peeling from the nonstem end is actually a bit easier and reduces the chance that those annoying, stringy fibers will stick to the banana.
ref: 2007, Barry Nalebuff, Ian Ayres, Why not?, page 116:
text: “The possibility is that the nonstem cells in a tumor may regenerate de novo new stem cells,” said Robert Weinberg, a leading cancer biologist at M.I.T. and, a co-author with Dr. Lander of the Cell report.
ref: 2009 August 14, Nicholas Wade, “New Screening Could Lead to More Potent Cancer Drugs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not of or pertaining to a stem.
superbusy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superbusy
form: most superbusy
Etymology: From super- + busy.
Senses: examples: text: And it’s a treat to encounter the artist Khalil Rabah, a Conceptualist and a superbusy man.
ref: 2009 August 14, Holland Cotter, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely busy.
troopmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: troopmates
Etymology: From troop + -mate.
Senses: examples: text: After managing to drive his four troopmates back to base — valor that earned him a Bronze Star — Fields woke up in a hospital in Germany with a choice: have surgery and be discharged, or amputate and stay a soldier.
ref: 2009 August 14, Alan Schwarz, “An Injured Soldier Re-emerges as a Sprinter”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who is in the same military troop.
troopmates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troopmate
midshower
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + shower.
Senses: examples: text: We paid for utilities — which included space heaters in the winter and gas tanks that lasted a month and ran out midshower, and we spent a fortune on phone cards for the pay phone down the street.
ref: 2009 August 15, Kelly M. Phillips, “In Mexico, Outgunned and Underpaid”, in New York Times:
glosses: During a shower.
adventurists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adventurist
blogdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From blog + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: All that had to happen was for the forces of IP blogdom to march to Washington and demand IP reform. Why wasn't it happening? It wasn't happening because the blogosphere is only a small part of the story.
ref: 2007, Bruce Abramson, The secret circuit, page 278:
text: […]Ms. Wilder-Taylor put up a post on her blog, Babyonbored, that has reverberated throughout mommy blogdom[…]
ref: 2009 August 16, Jan Hoffman, “A Heroine of Cocktail Moms Sobers Up”, in New York Times:
glosses: The world or sphere of weblogs.
Synonyms: blogosphere
blogoverse
boatmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boat + making.
Senses: examples: text: Fiberglass made it easy to get into the boatmaking business, Mr. Mueller said, but many of the builders didn’t realize how labor-intensive the business was.
ref: 2009 August 16, Larry Edsall, “A Style Both Wet and Wild”, in New York Times:
glosses: The manufacture of boats.
boatmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boatmakers
Etymology: From boat + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of boats.
boatmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of boatmaker
bladepoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bladepoint
bookaholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bookaholics
Etymology: From book + -aholic.
Senses: examples: text: “A speed-reading bookaholic, T. R. called his dog-eared traveling volumes ‘The Pigskin Library’ because they had waterproof covers,” Brinkley said in an e-mail message.
ref: 2009 August 16, Jennifer Schuessler, “Inside the List”, in New York Times:
glosses: A lover of books.
Synonyms: bibliophile
booklover
bookaholics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookaholic
countermobilize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countermobilizes
form: countermobilizing
form: countermobilized
form: countermobilized
Etymology: From counter- + mobilize.
Senses: examples: text: Supporters of reform will surely countermobilize, leading to more outbursts and demonstrations.
ref: 2009 August 16, James Fishkin, “Town Halls by Invitation”, in New York Times:
glosses: To mobilize against something.
Related terms: countermobilization
countermobilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of countermobilize
countermobilizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countermobilize
countermobilizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of countermobilize
countermobilization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countermobilizations
Etymology: From counter- + mobilization.
Senses: glosses: The act of countermobilizing.
countermobilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countermobilization
demolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more demolike
form: most demolike
Etymology: From demo + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Some tracks even rely solely on electric guitars and drums, giving them a rawer, demolike feel that puts the burden of success squarely on the singer's shoulders.
ref: 1994, CD review, volume 10, numbers 7-12:
text: It’s a cutely demolike preface to “Mirrorball,” which sets all the band’s gears back in motion, to delirious effect.
ref: 2009 August 16, Nate Chinen, “Retro-Soul and Jazz, Fine, but Krautrock, Anyone?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a musical demo recording.
familyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more familyish
form: most familyish
Etymology: From family + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Her new neighborhood had to be “more familyish, less hipsterish,” and preferably near Prospect Park, which she liked better than McCarren Park, so packed with exercisers that it felt like an athletic field.
ref: 2009 August 16, Joyce Cohen, “Pickiness Pays Off for an Apartment Hunter”, in New York Times:
glosses: Suitable for, or characteristic of, family.
germophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germophobic
form: most germophobic
form: germaphobic
Etymology: From germ + -o- + -phobic.
Senses: examples: text: But it’s aglow with unforgettable characters like the bawdy boy who shares the young Prosper’s hospital ward and Prosper’s sad, germophobic mother.
ref: 2009 August 16, Max Byrd, “Rosie and Friends”, in New York Times:
glosses: Morbidly afraid of germs.
Related terms: germophobia
germophobe
germaphobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more germaphobic
form: most germaphobic
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of germophobic.
mismatchings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mismatching
mismatchedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mismatched + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being mismatched.
osteochondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From osteo- + chondral.
Senses: examples: text: They are known as osteochondral scaffolds, because they support new bone and cartilage as it grows.
ref: 2009 August 16, Anne Eisenberg, “Mimicking Human Cartilage to Repair a Knee”, in New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to bone and cartilage.
overconnected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overconnected
form: most overconnected
Etymology: From over- + connected.
Senses: examples: text: For the normally overconnected tourist, the first thing you notice in the Land of No Service is how quickly your hearing, smell and eyesight improve in an act of instant Darwinian evolution.
ref: 2009 August 16, Thomas L. Friedman, “The Land of ‘No Service’”, in New York Times:
glosses: Excessively connected; having too many connections.
Derived terms: overconnectedness
reimmersion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reimmersions
Etymology: From re- + immersion.
Senses: examples: text: They want to avoid a leg injury that would further slow his reimmersion into the N.F.L.
ref: 2009 August 16, Judy Battista, “At First Practice With Eagles, Vick Does More Standing Than Running”, in New York Times:
glosses: A second or subsequent immersion.
reimmersions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reimmersion
scatteration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scatterations
Etymology: From scatter + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe there are still readers who can be stirred by such stale fancies as that seedlike scatteration of stars — does anybody except a writer in search of a metaphor really see stars that way?
ref: 2009 August 16, David Gates, “Sensimilia and Sensibility”, in New York Times:
glosses: A scattered arrangement.
scatterations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scatteration
preterites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preterite
sportslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sportslike
form: most sportslike
Etymology: From sports + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Michael Pollan argues that sensationalized, sportslike food shows discourage spectators from actually cooking themselves, but I, a 20-year-old college student, beg to differ.
ref: 2009 August 16, “Out of the Kitchen, Onto the Couch”, in New York Times:
glosses: sportlike
sublimities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sublimity
zenlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more zenlike
form: most zenlike
Senses: examples: text: zenlike preparation and adherence to detail
ref: 1997, Phil Maggitti, Tana Hakanson Monsalve, Bulldogs, page 36:
text: The president has a zenlike quality.
ref: 2009 August 16, Peter Baker, “Emanuel Wields Power Freely, and Faces the Risks”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of Zenlike.
counterwind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterwinds
Etymology: From counter- + wind.
Senses: examples: text: They said they saw signs, however, that counterwinds, known as wind shear, might begin to dampen the force of the storm before it reached full strength.
ref: 2009 August 17, Joseph B. Treaster, “3 Storms, 1 With Hurricane Potential, Near U.S.”, in New York Times:
glosses: A wind that blows in the opposite direction to another.
counterwinds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterwind
genderization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: genderizations
Etymology: From gender + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: “What we’re seeing is the genderization of the category,” said Kevin George, a general manager at Unilever, whose brands include Degree and Axe.
ref: 2009 August 17, Andrew Adam Newman, “Bold Imagery to Play on a New Insecurity: Deodorant Aesthetics”, in New York Times:
glosses: The process or result of genderizing.
Derived terms: over-genderization
genderizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of genderization
overfarm
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)m
Forms: form: overfarms
form: overfarming
form: overfarmed
form: overfarmed
Etymology: From over- + farm.
Senses: examples: text: According to Henry Aryamanya-Mugisha, director of Uganda’s environmental protection agency, overpopulation and overfarming on the Kenyan side of the lake are decimating these wetlands where the fish spawn.
ref: 2009 August 17, Jeffrey Gettleman, “Ripples of Dispute Surround Tiny Island in East Africa”, in New York Times:
glosses: To farm too much.
overfarmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overfarm
overfarming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overfarm
pretheatre
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + theatre.
Senses: glosses: Commonwealth standard spelling of pretheater.
stipplings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stippling
nonstressed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + stressed.
Senses: examples: text: Those chronically stressed animals were then compared with nonstressed peers.
ref: 2009 August 18, Natalie Angier, “Brain Is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop”, in New York Times:
glosses: unstressed
overtry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overtries
form: overtrying
form: overtried
form: overtried
Etymology: From over- + try.
Senses: examples: text: “It would appear to me that the case is being overtried by the district attorney’s office,” said Benjamin Brafman, a criminal defense lawyer and former prosecutor.
ref: 2009 August 18, A. G. Sulzberger, “Astor Trial Plods on, Trying the Patience of Many”, in New York Times:
glosses: To spend too much time or resources in trying (a legal case).
overtried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overtry
overtrying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overtry
overtries
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overtry
seatholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seatholders
Etymology: From seat + holder.
Senses: examples: text: The Eagles incited anger among some of their fans — the team sent a letter to its premium seatholders essentially asking for patience and understanding — and created a potentially season-long distraction for a Super Bowl -caliber team, all for the tantalizing prospect of what Vick can do for the offense in a package of plays that last year was widely viewed as little more than a charming gimmick.
ref: 2009 August 18, Judy Battista, “With Vick, the Eagles Up the Ante on the Wildcat”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who has a reserved seat (as in a church or sports stadium).
seatholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seatholder
postpolitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + political.
Senses: examples: text: “Engels is left holding the bag of 20th-century ideological extremism,” Mr. Hunt writes, “while Marx is rebranded as the acceptable, postpolitical seer of global capitalism.” Mr. Hunt, a young British academic and a columnist for The Guardian, embarks on a two-part rescue mission in “Marx’s General.”
ref: 2009 August 19, Dwight Garner, “Fox Hunter, Party Animal, Leftist Warrior”, in New York Times:
glosses: After the end of traditional politics.
ceftobiprole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cef- (“cefalosporanic acid derivative”) + [Term?] + bi- + p(yr)rol(idin)e.
Senses: examples: text: The Food and Drug Administration warned Johnson & Johnson that it did not properly monitor two human tests of its antibiotic drug candidate ceftobiprole, which is intended to treat complicated skin infections like MRSA.
ref: 2009 August 20, The Associated Press, “F.D.A. Warns Johnson on Antibiotic Drug”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A particular cephalosporin antibiotic.
Derived terms: ceftobiprole medocaril
holomorphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holomorphy
overenunciate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overenunciates
form: overenunciating
form: overenunciated
form: overenunciated
Etymology: From over- + enunciate.
Senses: examples: text: He’s always been far more interesting rhythmically than lyrically, but here his tendency to overenunciate, an accommodation that makes him more palatable to foreign ears, holds him back.
ref: 2009 August 20, Jon Caramanica, “In a Time of Daggers, a Reggae Artist Shows a Benign Side”, in New York Times:
glosses: To enunciate too strongly.
Related terms: overenunciation
overenunciating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overenunciate
overenunciates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overenunciate
overenunciated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overenunciate
repertorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹiəl
Etymology: From repertory + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Conductors leading performances of music outside the mainstream presumably enjoy the chance to get off the beaten repertorial track while piquing an audience’s curiosity about lesser-known scores.
ref: 2009 August 20, Vivien Schweitzer, “Repeating a Work That’s All but Ignored”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a repertory.
underflooring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underfloorings
Etymology: From under- + flooring.
Senses: examples: text: If tenants want uncovered floors, then let them install cork underflooring.
ref: 2009 August 20, “Be Quiet Up There!”, in New York Times:
glosses: A layer of flooring underneath the top layer or carpet.
underfloorings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of underflooring
bungaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bungaloids
Etymology: From bungalow + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: You can live In a charming modern house, 5 minutes from station and from open unspoiled and protected countryside, free of bungaloids and all such atrocities. And it is really economical.
ref: 1935, The Spectator, volume 154:
text: Other plantation lands have become bungaloid subdivisions or luxury housing or golf courses.
ref: 2009 August 21, Paul Theroux, “Happily a State, Forever an Island”, in New York Times:
glosses: A house resembling a bungalow.
bungaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bungaloid
miniseason
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniseasons
Etymology: From mini- + season.
Senses: examples: text: Part of Gemini CollisionWorks’ miniseason at the Brick Theater, this Richard Foreman play is a mess-with-your mind abstraction that the director Ian W. Hill turns into a kind of cerebral vaudeville.
ref: 2009 August 21, The New York Times, “Theater Listings: Aug. 21 27”, in New York Times:
glosses: A short season.
miniseasons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniseason
reverbed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From reverb + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: He’s out to summon elemental forces with the stomping beat of his band and his heavily reverbed, brusquely attacked guitar lines, along with the dive-bombing, tremolo glissandos that literally melt his guitar picks from the heat of their friction on the strings.
ref: 2009 August 21, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having had a reverb effect added.
supertalented
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supertalented
form: most supertalented
Etymology: From super- + talented.
Senses: examples: text: “These supertalented people are failing to aggregate a large audience, and everybody is looking for answers.”
ref: 2009 August 21, Brooks Barnes, “A-List Stars Flailing at the Box Office”, in New York Times:
glosses: Very highly talented.
ultralucid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultralucid
form: most ultralucid
Etymology: From ultra- + lucid.
Senses: examples: text: The playing throughout was ultralucid; the music became the program’s binding thread.
ref: 2009 August 21, Alastair Macaulay, “A Music-Dominated Landscape for a Choreographer’s New Territory”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely lucid.
FMC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The patient was reviewed in the Accident and Emergency department 90 minutes after FMC.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of first medical contact.
examples: text: Twister works on multiple levels and while I can make a sound case it’s a romance (based on the genre definition—the story focuses on the MMC and FMC and their relationship and ends with an HFN) the underlying framework is that of a road trip.
ref: 2022 June 22, Lesli Richardson [pseudonym; Tymber Dalton], “Road Trip!”, in Blow Shit Up! A Guide to Method, Mayhem, Madness, and Magic for Writers Stuck in a Rut, →ISBN, part IV (Now Push the Plunger), “Actions & Consequences” section:
text: The MMC of the current story is with his best friend at the local bar talking about his problems with the current FMC.
ref: 2024 March 19, Sadie B. King, “How to Create a Binge-worthy Series”, in Writing Short Romance for Pleasure and Profit: How I Became a Six-Figure Author Writing Short Romance, →ISBN, step 2 (Plan like a Pro):
text: The MMC—that stands for male main character—is in an argument with the FMC.
ref: 2024 October 9, Laurelin Paige, “Adly”, in Brutal Bargain (Brutal Billionaires; 4), [Leander, Tex.]: Paige Press, →ISBN:
text: The MMC (male main character) is the definition of “if he wanted to he would” — we see a man who is thoughtful, caring, and understanding. […] A+ chemistry between the MMC and FMC (female main character).
ref: 2024 December 20, Angela Tricarico, quoting Marissa and Obebe, “The 17 best contemporary romance novels of 2024, per avid romance readers”, in New York Post, New York, N.Y.: News Corp, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Dec 2024:
hypernyms: MC
coordinate_terms: MMC
qualifier: romance fiction
glosses: Initialism of female main character.
FMC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Medical Centers.
certifiables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of certifiable
characterwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From character + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: “What I saw was looking great, but characterwise I couldn’t tell who they are, what they do,” he said.
ref: 2009 August 22, Michael Cieply, Dave Itzkoff, “Blockbuster Trailer: The Selling of ‘Avatar’”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of character.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In terms of text characters.
characterwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From character + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Subfields necessitate characterwise processing, because only that field is given an entry in the directory of a record which specifies the tag, the length and the starting character position of the field concerned[…]
ref: 1977, E. Edelhoff, Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, On-line library and network systems: symposium:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: In terms of text characters.
subdatabase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subdatabases
Etymology: From sub- + database.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A database making up part of a larger database.
subdatabases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subdatabase
decompressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decompression
monsoonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monsoonlike
form: most monsoonlike
Etymology: From monsoon + -like.
Senses: examples: text: When monsoonlike rain poured over Jamaica Center last week, Ms. Prieto hovered over her baskets to guard her fruit.
ref: 2009 August 22, Christine Haughney, “A Green Niche in the Curbside Market”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a monsoon.
moonball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moonballs
Etymology: From moon + ball.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: A medium-high offensive lob hit with topspin.
moonball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moonballs
form: moonballing
form: moonballed
form: moonballed
Etymology: From moon + ball.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: To strike the ball in this way.
moonballs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonball
punkdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From punk + -dom.
Senses: examples: text: Certainly many of them were on display at this show, part of a 20th-anniversary celebration for the band, and which also, thanks to one of the opening acts, Lifetime, served as a primer on the generations, and modes, of New Jersey punkdom.
ref: 2009 August 22, Jon Caramanica, “A Storm With So Much Energy a Wheelchair Can Surf”, in New York Times:
glosses: The world or sphere of punk music and subculture.
unmangled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + mangled.
Senses: examples: text: In this Washington, no outreached hand goes unmangled.
ref: 2009 August 22, Charles M. Blow, “Masters and Slaves of Deception”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not mangled.
unmaimed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English unmaymed; equivalent to un- + maimed.
Senses: examples: text: His unmaimed hand had the strength of both.
ref: 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 44:
glosses: Not maimed; unharmed, uninjured.
nonflexural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + flexural.
Senses: glosses: Not flexural.
blockwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From block + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: The blockwide birthday parties, neighborly fence-building and Friday chitchat sessions at dusk have become fragile antiques of the preforeclosure days as the new neighbors keep to themselves and the old-timers struggle to keep their footing.
ref: 2009 August 23, Jennifer Steinhauer, “A Cul-de-Sac of Lost Dreams, and New Ones”, in New York Times:
glosses: Throughout a block.
blockships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blockship
directorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From director + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Stone described the shooting of “At the Edge of the World” as virtually directorless.
ref: 2009 August 23, John Anderson, “Saving the Whales While Cameras Roll”, in New York Times:
glosses: Without a director.
fissive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fissive
form: most fissive
Senses: examples: text: The Socialist Party was saved, though not from the fissive tendency that saw its rival factions split away.
ref: 2009 August 23, Geoffrey Wheatcroft, “Bread, Wine, Politics”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to fission.
impalation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From impale + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: In the first film, a woman fixing herself a stiff vodka is felled by a kitchen explosion and a knife in the chest; in the second, an attempt to microwave leftovers, foiled by a stray refrigerator magnet, leads to impalation by fire-escape ladder.
ref: 2009 August 23, Dennis Lim, “Death Lives a Fourth Time to Ply His Trade”, in New York Times:
glosses: impalement
overpublicize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpublicizes
form: overpublicizing
form: overpublicized
form: overpublicized
Etymology: From over- + publicize.
Senses: examples: text: After his heroic confrontation with cold blood in Kansas, Capote retreated to a tree house in Manhattan, there to play literary games for ever smaller and overpublicized stakes.
ref: 2009 August 23, “A Richard Poirier Reader: The Beatles and Parody, Capote and Narcissism”, in New York Times:
glosses: To publicize excessively.
overpublicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpublicize
overpublicizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpublicize
overpublicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpublicize
pigginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From piggy + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: No less a figure than Saul Bellow later complained that Mr. Poirier had made the magazine “look like a butcher’s showcase, shining with pink hairless pigginess, and adorned with figures of hand-carved suet which represent the very latest in art, literature and politics.”
ref: 2009 August 23, Alexander Star, “Richard Poirier: A Man of Good Reading”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being piggy.