cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
countersuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countersuits
Etymology: From counter- + suit.
Senses: examples: text: Stanford, which filed a countersuit against the two men seeking repayment of certain loans, denied the men’s accusations.
ref: 2009 February 13, Julie Creswell, “U.S. Agents Scrutinize Texas Firm”, in New York Times:
topics: law
glosses: A lawsuit filed against a party that has filed a suit against one.
countersuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countersuit
microbeads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microbead
microbead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbeads
Etymology: From micro- + bead.
Senses: examples: text: At the microplastic scale, bans of microbeads in wash-off personal care products are now widespread globally.
ref: 2021, Alice A. Horton, Isobelle Blissett, Impacts of Plastic Pollution on Freshwater Aquatic, Terrestrial and Avian Migratory Species in the Asia and Pacific Region, Convention on Migratory Species, page 30:
hypernyms: microplastic
glosses: A microscopic bead of plastic used as an exfoliant in personal care products.
Related terms: nanobead
cognitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Cognitive dissonance exists when a person possesses two cognitions, one of which is contradictory to the other
ref: 1977, Lawrence S. Wrightsman with Kay Deaux, Social Psychology, page 366:
glosses: plural of cognition
microcantilever
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcantilevers
Etymology: From micro- + cantilever.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic cantilever.
cold hands, warm heart
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Etymology: A calque translation of French froides mains, chaudes amours.
Senses: glosses: Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.
microcavity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ævɪti
Forms: form: microcavities
Etymology: From micro- + cavity.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic cavity, especially part of an advanced optical device.
microcavities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcavity
microdissected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + dissected.
Senses: glosses: dissected using microdissection
all's fair in love and war
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Forms: form: all is fair in love and war
Senses: glosses: Unpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict.
Related terms: the end justifies the means
microencapsulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + encapsulated.
Senses: glosses: encapsulated using microencapsulation
microengineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + engineering.
Senses: glosses: The engineering of microscopic devices
microexpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microexpression
cypresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cypress
microexpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
Forms: form: microexpressions
Etymology: From micro- + expression.
Senses: coordinate_terms: microgesture
glosses: A fleeting, involuntary facial expression that may reveal private thoughts or emotions.
microfluidizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfluidizers
Etymology: From micro- + fluidizer.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic fluidizer
Related terms: microfluidics
fluidizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluidizers
Etymology: From fluidize + -er.
Senses: glosses: A device that fluidizes.
Derived terms: microfluidizer
marry in haste, repent at leisure
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Getting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.
glosses: Joining (or merging) two things together too soon will lead to problems.
microinjected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microinject
microinjecting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + injecting.
Senses: glosses: injecting via microinjection
micromotion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: micromotions
Etymology: From micro- + motion.
Senses: glosses: A very small, or microscopic, motion.
Derived terms: micromotion film
micromotion study
micronemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more micronemal
form: most micronemal
Etymology: From microneme + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to a microneme
microgreens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microgreen
micropetrography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Etymology: From micro- + petrography.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: microscopic petrography
microresonator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microresonators
Etymology: From micro- + resonator.
Senses: glosses: A microscopic resonator
microtonality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microtonalities
Etymology: From microtonal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: […] he proved that microtonality and the angular vocal and instrumental lines that typically evoke modernist angst can just as easily create manic comedy.
ref: 2007 June 23, Allan Kozinn, “Finding Inspiration in an Unlikely Place”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The use of microtones in composition.
Related terms: microtonal
microtonally
microtone
microvascular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + vascular.
Senses: examples: text: “Instead of the capsules, it’s this microvascular network that circulates and delivers the healing agent,” Dr. Sottos said.
ref: 2007 June 19, Henry Fountain, “Cockroaches Conditioned to Salivate at a Scent, Not Pavlov’s Dinner Bell”, in New York Times:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to extremely small blood vessels
Derived terms: cardiomicrovascular
cerebromicrovascular
neuromicrovascular
transmicrovascular
familiarity breeds contempt
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: “[S]uffer [your children] not to carry themselves unreverently or contemptuously towards you [parents]; but to keep their distance. For too much familiarity breedeth contempt, and imboldeneth to disobedience.”
ref: 1673, Richard Baxter, chapter X, in A Christian Directory, part II:
text: “For a person to read his own works over with any great delight, he ought first to forget that he ever wrote them. Familiarity naturally breeds contempt.”
ref: 1822, William Hazlitt, chapter 1, in Table-Talk:
text: [F]or Ayesha was certainly an exception to the rule. Familiarity with her might and did breed passion and wonder and horror, but it certainly did not breed contempt.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
text: This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.
ref: 1894, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 25, in The People Of The Mist:
synonyms: the more one learns about people, the more one likes one's pet
glosses: The more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it becomes to dislike that person.
Related terms: a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
microseepage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microseepages
Etymology: From micro- + seepage.
Senses: glosses: The seepage of small amounts of material (especially of hydrocarbons through geologic structures).
microsequencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsequencers
Etymology: From micro- + sequencer.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A very small sequencer
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A device that generates addresses in a microprogram
Related terms: micro
sequencer
midfoot
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + foot.
Senses: examples: text: Tuck sustained a serious Lisfranc (midfoot) sprain that required surgery.
ref: 2007 August 27, John Branch, “Giants’ Tuck Excels as Strahan’s Replacement”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the middle of one's foot; between the heel and the toes
microspectroscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microspectroscopies
Etymology: From micro- + spectroscopy.
Senses: glosses: spectroscopy using a microspectroscope
midocean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid-ocean
Etymology: From mid- + ocean.
Senses: examples: text: So may whatever tempest mars
⁠Mid-ocean, spare thee, sacred bark;
⁠And balmy drops in summer dark
Slide from the bosom of the stars.
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28:
text: A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
ref: 2007 February 20, Tina Kelley, “A Wet Wind Tunnel So Ships Can Move Faster and Better”, in New York Times:
glosses: The area in the middle of an ocean, far from shore
midrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + race.
Senses: examples: text: In the men’s 800 meters here, Nick Symmonds, another bright prospect, trailed by 10 meters in midrace.
ref: 2007 February 26, Frank Litsky, “Webb Toys With Tactics and the Field in Winning the Mile”, in New York Times:
glosses: The middle of a race
microspectroscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microspectroscopes
Etymology: From micro- + spectroscope.
Senses: glosses: A spectroscope that incorporates a microscope, and that can measure the spectra of microscopic objects.
miniboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibooms
Etymology: From mini- + boom.
Senses: examples: text: If croquet may never be as popular as bowling and basketball, it is enjoying a miniboom fueled by baby boomers.
ref: 2007 August 11, Harry Hurt Iii, “Wicked Wickets of the East: Talking Tough on a Croquet Court”, in New York Times:
glosses: A small, brief boom, such as in interest or demand
Synonyms: boomlet
microsynteny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsyntenies
Etymology: From micro- + synteny.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of synteny involving only a few genes
Related terms: microsyntenic
macrosynteny
macrosynteny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From macro- + synteny.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A form of synteny involving a large number of genes
Related terms: microsynteny
midazolam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪˈdeɪ.zə(ʊ).lam/
ipa: /mɪˈdæz.əˌlæm/
Etymology: Blend of (i)midazole + -azepam.
Senses: examples: text: I got the vial of midazolam out of the crash trolley and squeezed the contents into the patientʼs mouth.
ref: 2020, Dr Amir Khan, The Doctor Will See You Now, Ebury Press (2021), page 127:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A sedative of the benzodiazepine class, used (as the hydrochloride) chiefly as a premedication for anesthesia; 8-chloro-6-(2-fluorophenyl)-1-methyl-4H-imidazo[1,5-a][1,4]benzodiazepine, C₁₈H₁₃ClFN₃.
Derived terms: midazolam hydrochloride
midsagittal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒɪtəl
-ɪtəl
Etymology: From mid- + sagittal.
Senses: glosses: At the middle of the sagittal plane
Derived terms: midsagittally
midwater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midwaters
Etymology: From mid- + water.
Senses: glosses: The middle part of a body of water
love nest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: love nests
Senses: examples: text: You two may enter the real estate process assuming that finding a little love nest is simply a matter of spotting a dream pad, placing an offer, and picking out curtains.
ref: 2003, Sara Bliss, The Thoroughly Modern Married Girl: Staying Sensational After Saying "I Do", →ISBN, page 29:
glosses: A residence, especially a condominium or cabin, where a couple (particularly a newly cohabiting or married couple) can enjoy each other's company.
examples: text: She even purchased a Mexican-style house to live in which she described as her "Los Angeles love nest".
ref: 1980, Lena Pepitoe, William Stadier, Marilyn Monroe Confidential, page 209:
glosses: A place suitable for or used for having sexual intercourse.
examples: text: She [Anka Radakovich] has given us her personal tips on oral sex—“whatever you do, keep your tongue moving ... occasionally some women like a finger or two inserted into the love nest”.
ref: 1995 October 1, Nick Walker, quoting Anka Radakovich, “Women and Men: All mouth and no trousers”, in The Independent:
text: He […] jerked my legs apart and, while the unconscious old kraut's juice seeped from my love nest, buried his face in the moist crevice, sucking, licking and lapping with the energy of ten men.
ref: 2006 [1797], Paul J. Gillette, transl., Juliette, translation of L'Histoire de Juliette ou les Prospérités du vice by Marquis de Sade, →ISBN:
synonyms: word: axe wound
word: bearded clam
word: beaver
word: berk
word: bonne bouche
word: box
word: bun
word: bush
word: cavern
word: clunge
word: coin slot
word: cooch
word: coochie
word: cookie
word: cooter
word: cooze
word: crack
word: crevice
word: cunny
word: cunt
word: fanny
word: fish lips
word: foo-foo
word: front bottom
word: front bum
word: front hole
word: gash
word: ginch
word: girl
word: Grand Canyon
word: honeypot
word: hoo-ha
word: innie
word: juice box
word: kebab
word: kitty
word: la-la
word: love box
word: love tunnel
word: minge
word: minnie
word: monosyllable
word: moocha
word: muff
word: muffin
word: nonny
word: pee-pee
word: penis fly trap
word: pink
word: pink bits
word: poontang
word: pump
word: punani
word: pussy
word: quim
word: sausage wallet
word: sheath
word: slit
word: snapper
word: snatch
word: squish mitten
word: stench trench
word: strange
word: sugar walls
word: tuppence
word: trap
word: twat
word: twinkle
word: vadge
word: vag
word: vagina
word: vaginer
word: va-jay-jay
word: vertical smile
word: Virginia
word: vulva
word: wee-wee
word: whisker biscuit
word: wizard's sleeve
glosses: The vagina.
Related terms: pied-à-terre
minibooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniboom
millielectronvolt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millielectronvolts
Etymology: From milli- + electronvolt.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A unit of energy equal to one thousandth of an electronvolt, symbol meV
miniplug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miniplugs
form: mini-plug
Etymology: From mini- + plug.
Senses: examples: text: Fortunately, the iPhone has a standard miniplug headphone jack; unfortunately, its plastic molding prevents most headphone plugs from seating properly.
ref: 2007 June 28, David Pogue, “Often-Asked iPhone Questions”, in New York Times:
glosses: The small connector used to connect portable audio devices to an output device such as a speaker or headset
ministership
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ministerships
Etymology: From minister + -ship.
Senses: topics: government
glosses: The position held by a minister
Related terms: prime ministership
plunderable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plunderable
form: most plunderable
Etymology: From plunder + -able.
Senses: glosses: which can be plundered, robbed
glosses: which is worth plundering, promising a rich prize
mineralogic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: mineralogical
miniplugs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of miniplug
mischaracterization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˌkæɹəktəɹ(a)ɪˈzeɪʃən/
Forms: form: mischaracterizations
form: mischaracterisation
Etymology: From mischaracterize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: misportrayal, misrepresentation
text: In a statement last month, Mr. Spitzer said, “No amount of distortion, scare tactics and mischaracterization will change the underlying fact that New York’s health care system is broken.”
ref: 2007 March 12, Danny Hakim, “Legislature Acts to Restore Spitzer’s Cuts in Health Care”, in The New York Times:
text: “It is deeply disappointing,” [Jankowicz] wrote, “that mischaracterizations of the Board became a distraction from the Department’s vital work, and indeed, along with recent events globally and nationally, embodies why it is necessary.”
ref: 2022 May 18, Steven Lee Myers, “A Panel to Combat Disinformation Becomes a Victim of It”, in The New York Times:
hypernyms: characterization
coordinate_terms: recharacterization
glosses: The act of characterizing something in an inaccurate or misleading way.
Related terms: word: mischaracterize
mirtron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mirtrons
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A short, hairpin intron
misguess
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: misguesses
form: misguessing
form: misguessed
form: misguessed
Etymology: From mis- + guess.
Senses: examples: text: Sanborn had not come this far to misguess now.
ref: 2007 July 21, “3 Champions Take Bows in Nashville”, in New York Times:
glosses: To guess incorrectly
mirtrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mirtron
mischaracterizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mischaracterization
misannotations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misannotation
minitour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minitours
Etymology: From mini- + tour.
Senses: examples: text: He turned professional the next year and bounced around the minitour circuit before earning his PGA Tour card at qualifying school in 2004 and 2005.
ref: 2007 June 3, Damon Hack, “For Free Spirit, the Tour Is the Latest Adventure”, in New York Times:
glosses: A short, often informal, tour
misannotation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misannotations
Etymology: From mis- + annotation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A faulty annotation
Related terms: misannotate
misguessing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misguess
misguessed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misguess
misguesses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misguess
railfan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railfans
Etymology: From rail + fan.
Senses: examples: text: A previewing railfan pointed out a mistake in the animation showing articulation.
ref: 1961, Augustus Wolfman, Photo Methods for Industry:
text: From my own experience, I cannot say how one becomes a railfan […]
ref: 1975, Paul B Cors, Railroads:
text: A number of US and Canadian book dealers regularly channel British titles to railfan collectors […]
ref: 1989, M Thomas Inge, Handbook of American Popular Culture:
glosses: A railway enthusiast.
Synonyms: word: chugger
word: ferroequinologist
word: gunzel
word: railbuff
word: railwayac
word: railwayist
word: trainiac
word: trainspotter
Derived terms: railfanning
railfans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of railfan
miscleavage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscleavages
Etymology: From mis- + cleavage.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Faulty cleavage (of a protein etc)
miscoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mis- + coded.
Senses: glosses: wrongly coded
miscoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of miscode
miscoding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: miscodings
Senses: glosses: Faulty coding
creamcups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cream + cups, from its white and yellow flowers.
Senses: glosses: Platystemon californicus, an ornamental flowering plant in the Papaveraceae family, found growing wild throughout the American southwest and especially on the Pacific Coast.
misincorporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misincorporated
form: most misincorporated
Etymology: From mis- + incorporated.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: wrongly incorporated
misincorporation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misincorporations
Etymology: From mis- + incorporation.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Faulty incorporation
misregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misregulate
misregulated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misregulated
form: most misregulated
Senses: glosses: Wrongly regulated
minitours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minitour
misimpression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misimpressions
Etymology: From mis- + impression.
Senses: examples: text: Will is an intelligent person, and if he is under such a grievous misimpression, then I obviously did not do a good job of communicating the Subcommittee's work to the membership.
ref: 1983 December 31, Robert P. Wasson Jr., “"Whither BL/GPA?"—A Response”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 5:
text: Often the misimpression a reporter gives is trivial.
ref: 1988 March 11, Michael Miner, “Broder Against Broder/For the Editor Who Dares to Be Different”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: An inaccurate or misleading impression
misimpressions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misimpression
monthslong
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: months-long
Etymology: From months + -long.
Senses: examples: text: A former United States Senator, John B. Breaux, ended his monthslong flirtation with the Louisiana governor’s race Friday evening, declaring that he would be not be a candidate in the election this fall.
ref: 2007 April 14, Adam Nossiter, “Ex-Senator Will Not Run for Governor of Louisiana”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lasting for multiple months.
Synonyms: multimonth
Coordinate terms: multimonth § Coordinate terms
modafinil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Certain drugs such as modafinil, used to treat narcolepsy, have been shown to improve cognition and are becoming increasingly popular with students revising for exams.
ref: 2009 January 21, Arran Frood, “The future is now”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7228, →DOI:
text: In 2003, modafinil was approved by the United States Department of the Air Force as a ‘Go Pill’ for management of fatigue in certain aircrews.
ref: 2013, Barbara Sahakian, Jamie Nicole LaBuzetta, Bad Moves: How decision making goes wrong, and the ethics of smart drugs, OUP Oxford, →ISBN:
glosses: A stimulant often used in the treatment of various sleep disorders, having the chemical formula C₁₅H₁₅NO₂S
monumentality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monumentalities
Etymology: From monumental + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Unifying compositional elements […] lend a W.P.A.-era monumentality.
ref: 2007 August 19, Christopher Hall, “A Prisoner With a Paintbrush, a Legacy at Risk”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality or state of being monumental.
moonlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moonlike
form: most moonlike
form: moon-like
Etymology: From moon + -like. Compare Middle English mone-lich, Old English mōnelīċ (“lunar”).
Senses: examples: text: Think of the moonlike images that Lindy Roy designed for the entrance to the Gallery Met at the Metropolitan Opera House[…].
ref: 2007 February 25, Alice Rawsthorn, “Ulterior Motifs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling the Moon, or a moon
Synonyms: english: like the Moon
translation: like the Moon
word: Moon-like
Related terms: moonish
moonly
moony
moonshiners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of moonshiner
mizuna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːnə
Forms: form: mizunas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 水菜.
Senses: examples: text: His cold sesame chicken seasoned with chili is finely shredded and served in carefully wrought clusters around a salad of mizuna.
ref: 2007 June 20, Florence Fabricant, “From a Japanese Chef, Chinese, but Not Takeout”, in New York Times:
glosses: One of several tangy green vegetables used in Japanese cuisine, usually Brassica rapa var. nipposinica
mountainscape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊntənˌskeɪp/
Forms: form: mountainscapes
Etymology: From mountain + -scape.
Senses: examples: text: The two forms are joined by the imposing public lobby, its glass facade slanting back dramatically from the street to evoke a glistening mountainscape.
ref: 2007 July 14, Nicolai Ouroussoff, “A Fine View, on the Outside at Least”, in New York Times:
glosses: A view of mountains, or a depiction of such a view
mountainscapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mountainscape
multiflora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multifloras
Etymology: From the New Latin multiflora (species epithet, literally “having many flowers”).
Senses: examples: text: The woods were completely overgrown with multiflora.
glosses: The hardy rose Rosa multiflora
multiflora
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more multiflora
form: most multiflora
Etymology: From the New Latin multiflora (species epithet, literally “having many flowers”).
Senses: glosses: Having many flowers.
Synonyms: multiflora rose
Derived terms: multiflora bean
multibrand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + brand.
Senses: examples: text: Ms. Hoffman, of the Sloan Center, said the multibrand retailing approach of Sephora is still viable, because […] Sephora has invested heavily in its own brand.
ref: 2007 October 1, Bob Tedeschi, “When Beauty Is More Than a Click Deep”, in New York Times:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Involving multiple brands
multicore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌltɪ(ˌ)kɔː/
enpr: mŭl'tē-kôrʹ
enpr: -tī(')-
ipa: /ˌmʌltiˈkɔɹ/
ipa: /-(ˌ)taɪ-/
rhymes: -ʌltikɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: multi-core
form: multicored
Etymology: From multi- + core.
Senses: glosses: Having two or more cores
raw_tags: of an electric cable
examples: text: After several consecutive quarters of losing market share, Intel in recent quarters has released a host of new multicore processors, including its first quad-core chip[…].
ref: 2007 September 11, Laurie J. Flynn, “Intel Raises Its Outlook; Rival Offers New Chip”, in New York Times:
topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Combining two or more independent cores into a single package composed of a single integrated circuit
raw_tags: of a processor
Hyponyms: dual-core
hexacore
quad-core
quadcore
multigrain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-grain
Etymology: From multi- + grain.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, Quaker research found that “about 30 percent of consumers are looking for a different texture, a different variety, than oatmeal can deliver,” he added. Quaker’s new multigrain cereal delivers that, he said.
ref: 2007 September 10, Stuart Elliott, “Hot Cereal, Hey, It’s All Natural”, in New York Times:
glosses: Containing multiple types of grain, usually in processed form
raw_tags: of a food
multimerization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multimerizations
Etymology: From multimerize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Dishevelled phosphorylation, subcellular localization and multimerization regulate its role in early embryogenesis .
ref: 2008 November 5, J, “WNT11 acts as a directional cue to organize the elongation of early muscle fibres”, in Nature, volume 457, number 7229, →DOI, pages 589–593:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The formation of multimers
Derived terms: heteromultimerization
homomultimerization
multipage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + page.
Senses: examples: text: Advertisers that bought multipage spreads were permitted to post additional content[…].
ref: 2007 August 21, Maria Aspan, “The Web Way to Magazine Ad Sales”, in New York Times:
glosses: Including or containing multiple pages
multipoint
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + point.
Senses: examples: text: […] the rookie Patrick O’Sullivan had a goal and two assists for his first career multipoint game in the Los Angeles Kings’ 5-3 victory at Anaheim.
ref: 2007 March 19, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Involving the scoring of multiple points, especially by a particular player.
examples: text: Higher-end entry doors come with multipoint locking systems that secure two or more sides of the door to the frame.
ref: 2012, Fine Homebuilding, Home Remodeling: Planning, Design, Construction, page 181:
glosses: Of or relating to more than one point.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Connecting multiple service points.
raw_tags: of a network or line
multipoint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multipoints
Etymology: From multi- + point.
Senses: topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A collection of points treated as a single object.
Related terms: multidrop
pleuntic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleuntic
form: most pleuntic
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, the pleural cavity
hoopsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoopster
hommage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /oʊˈmɑːʒ/
/ɒˈmɑːʒ/
Forms: form: hommages
Etymology: From French hommage.
Senses: examples: text: There's a clip from his Pickup on South Street in Scorsese's The King of Comedy, and extended hommages to other Fuller films in Godard's Breathless and Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.)
ref: 1991 November 29, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “His Master's Vice”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 14 Sep 2016:
text: It is certainly true that Pound wanted to pay hommage to Guido.
ref: 2002, Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Guido Cavalcanti, page 150:
text: The piece is like an hommage to Ives: atmospheric and thickly textured music with multiple elements happening at once.
ref: 2007 April 30, Anthony Tommasini, “Doing Everything but Playing the Music”, in New York Times:
glosses: A homage, especially something in an artwork which has been done in respectful imitation of another artist.
hennaed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hennaed
form: most hennaed
Etymology: From henna + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Her deeply hennaed hair, almost black at the roots, straggled loosely down both sides of her long face.
ref: 1968, Carl Ruhen, The Key Club, Sydney: Scripts, page 12:
text: Lambert's hair is sometimes red, sometimes not, but nowadays it is hennaed and often pinned back with a mother-of-pearl comb.
ref: 1988 August 19, Grant Pick, “Where the Action Isn't”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Dyed with henna.
hennaed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From henna + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of henna
hoopster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoopsters
Etymology: From hoop + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: […] for the new generation of hoopsters, hair is back.
ref: 2007 March 11, Alex Williams, “The Flow Isn’t Always in Their Plays”, in New York Times:
glosses: A basketball player.
henley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: henleys
Etymology: From the town of Henley in England, where the rowers wore shirts of this type.
Senses: examples: text: I found a long-sleeve henley in a long-john weave of cool, beautifully soft viscose for $125.
ref: 2007 June 14, Mike Albo, “If You Really Need the Big Price Tag”, in New York Times:
glosses: A type of knit shirt with a front placket but no collar
grinded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹaɪndɪd/
Senses: examples: text: Make a color composed of brown red, and a little flat, or Venetian lake, previously grinded with gum adragant.
ref: 2013 (printed; original 1795), American Antiquarian Cookbook Collection, One Thousand Valuable Secrets, in the Elegant and Useful Arts: Collected from the Practice of the Best Artists and Containing an Account of the Various Methods, Andrews McMeel Publishing
text: I just grinded it out and played hard, and these fans loved that.
ref: 2007 May 15, Ben Shpigel, “New York Welcomes Floyd Back to Town”, in New York Times:
glosses: simple past and past participle of grind
examples: text: I grinded for experience before I took on the boss.
topics: video-games
glosses: simple past and past participle of grind
groundball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundballs
Senses: examples: text: Philadelphia first baseman Ryan Howard left in the ninth inning after he appeared to injure his left leg diving for a groundball.
ref: 2007 May 30, The Associated Press, “Beckett Leads the Red Sox With His 8th Straight Victory”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ground ball.
gymgoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gymgoer
gymgoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gymgoers
Etymology: From gym + goer.
Senses: examples: text: SOME gymgoers are tortoises.
ref: 2007 May 3, Peter Jaret, “A Healthy Mix of Rest and Motion”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person who attends a gym for exercise
genuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The creators of the griffin — half eagle, half lion — were early paleontologists who didn’t quite have their genuses straight and put the fossilized bones in the wrong place.
ref: 2007 June 4, Edward Rothstein, “In or Out of Eden, One Man’s Unicorn May Be Another’s Apatosaurus”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of genus
hangarlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hangarlike
form: most hangarlike
Etymology: From hangar + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I WAS waiting in the checkout line of the hangarlike Kohl’s store at Caesar’s Bay Bazaar in Brooklyn, my arms full of clothes, when a white-haired lady sidled up to me.
ref: 2007 September 20, Zarah Crawford, “You Won’t Believe Who I Saw at Kohl’s”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling an aircraft hangar
hairstyling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairstylings
form: hair styling
Etymology: From hair + styling.
Senses: examples: text: At Fekkai, for example, the solid oak communal hairstyling stations are designed to encourage clients to talk to one another […].
ref: 2007 April 5, Natasha Singer, “These Salons Forgo Beauty Sleep”, in New York Times:
glosses: The act or process of styling hair.
Related terms: hairstylist
fudgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌdʒi
Forms: form: fudgier
form: fudgiest
form: fudgey
Etymology: From fudge + -y.
Senses: examples: text: FOR cooks of a lemon-loving persuasion, a puckery citrus curd is the culinary analogue of a chocolate fanatic’s fudgy ganache.
ref: 2007 April 18, Melissa Clark, “Silky, Sweet and Tart, a Triple Threat”, in New York Times:
text: She twice let the Baby’s ears get fudgy with wax.
ref: 1997, Lorrie Moore, People Like That Are the Only People Here:
glosses: Resembling fudge, as in flavor or texture.
examples: text: The hundred years after Euler represented a period in which functions not satisfying his "official" constraints were frequently smuggled into mathematics through fudgy considerations involving infinite series expansions and the like.
ref: 1993, Steven J. Wagner, Richard Wagner, Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal, page 72:
glosses: Fuzzy, imprecise.
glosses: Irritable.
glosses: Awkward.
Derived terms: fudgily
fudginess
henleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of henley
commandingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From commanding + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And yet, somehow, did Ahab—in his own proper self, as daily, hourly, and every instant, commandingly revealed to his subordinates,—Ahab seemed an independent lord […]
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
text: She could see it all so clearly, so commandingly, when she looked: it was when she took her brush in hand that the whole thing changed.
ref: 1927 May, Virginia Woolf, chapter 4, in To the Lighthouse (Uniform Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf), new edition, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […], published 1930, →OCLC, part I (The Window), page 34:
text: “Delightful idea,” said Lady Partridge. […] / “It is, I believe, an irresistible one,” said Lipscomb, laying his left hand commandingly on the table.
ref: 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
text: “I ordered for the table,” she says, commandingly.
ref: 2007 June 20, Katharine Q. Seelye, “Former First Couple mimics TV's former First Couple”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: In a commanding fashion.
collagelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more collagelike
form: most collagelike
Etymology: From collage + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The sharp young company brings energy and wit to both the collagelike text, composed of odd tales of dispossession, and Michael Friedman’s eclectic cavalcade of pastiche songs.
ref: 2007 August 31, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a collage; presenting a jumble of different types of content
Synonyms: collagey
cochair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cochairs
Etymology: From co- + chair.
Senses: examples: text: "On the referendum, people are asked to vote yes or no," says Hoyt, who is cochair of the Coalition for Lower Electric Rates[…].
ref: 1988 February 19, Ben Joravsky, “A referendum gorws in the 47th Ward: boosting the current against Com Ed rate hikes”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Someone who serves as the chair of a meeting or organization together with one or more other chairs.
Hyponyms: cochairman
cochairperson
cochairwoman
Related terms: cochairmanship
cochair
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cochairs
form: cochairing
form: cochaired
form: cochaired
Etymology: From co- + chair.
Senses: glosses: To chair (a meeting) jointly.
chamberlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chamberlike
form: most chamberlike
Etymology: From chamber + -like.
Senses: examples: text: “Fantasy” (Palmetto) is Mr. Mays’s other recent effort, and on it he presents chamberlike originals and canonical reinterpretations (again including Debussy, Bach and Scriabin).
ref: 2007 September 2, Nate Chinen, “That Ticking Sound? It’s Beck’s New Single”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Resembling chamber music.
compacity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compacities
Senses: glosses: Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
cochairs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cochair
caregiving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeəɡɪvɪŋ/
Forms: form: caregivings
Etymology: From care + giving.
Senses: coordinate_terms: health care
glosses: The provision of care such as assistance with activities of daily living (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, transportation, household administration), usually by someone who is not a health care professional, especially by a family member as unpaid labor.
examples: text: Holonym: health care
text: The crux of nontechnical medical caregiving — action with compassion — is based on an old adage: Listen to the patient; he is telling you his diagnosis.
ref: 2007 July 1, “Letters”, in New York Times:
glosses: The provision of health care services as a paid occupation.
Related terms: caregiver
caretaker
caretaking
caricatural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: more caricatural
form: most caricatural
Etymology: From caricature + -al.
Senses: examples: text: […] a Cuban feature-length animated film (by Juan Padron) that makes fun of horror and gangster movies in a bawdy and caricatural style.
ref: 1988 May 20, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Vampires in Havana”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Having the character of a caricature.
Derived terms: caricaturally
casitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of casita
conditionalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conditionalizations
form: conditionalisation
Etymology: From conditionalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Such agents […] always update their opinions via conditionalization, and they never suffer information loss.
ref: 2025 September 30, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 138, number 3, →DOI:
qualifier: Bayesian statistics
glosses: An updating of one's belief state based on new information
conductorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From conductor + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The Concertante di Chicago, our town's conductorless chamber orchestra, will be sharing Purcell, Britten, Haydn, and Handel works this afternoon in their fall concert.
ref: 1988 September 16, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Lacking a conductor
creaturely
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more creaturely
form: most creaturely
Etymology: From creature + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Bracketed by two roiling group passages, smaller dances slink by, marked by much creaturely creeping and carnivorous eroticism.
ref: 2007 March 5, Claudia La Rocco, “Infernal Shades, Apparitions at Dusk, Spirits Who Tango”, in New York Times:
text: Crammed like a biblical ark with creaturely wonders, “The Birds of America” conveys a sense of summation, although its chronicle of American bird life is far from complete.
ref: 2024 May 8, Danny Heitman, “Audubon’s exquisite bird paintings owe a debt to classical European art”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Characteristic of or suitable to a creature, often specifically a non-human animal.
Derived terms: creatureliness
uncreaturely
connectives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of connective
contextualist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From contextual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or supporting contextualism
contextualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contextualists
Etymology: From contextual + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: He is more of a contextualist, believing that “letters are fluid, that they change with time and circumstance — the entire word is more important than a single letter, and its form can fluctuate.”
ref: 2007 April 29, Christopher Gray, “A Man Who Minds His P’s and Q’s”, in New York Times:
glosses: A proponent of contextualism, or the importance of context.
examples: text: A contextualist believes that the phrase "some eels are fish" is primarily interpreted as "some, and perhaps all, eels are fish", and the pragmatic interpretation "some, but not all, eels are fish" only appears when demanded by the context.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
pragmatics
sciences
antonyms: defaultist
glosses: One who believes that scalar implicatures arise from contextual inference, not from a default association with a word.
contextualists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of contextualist
florals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floral
fictionalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fictionalist
externalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of externalist
fictionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fictional + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or supporting fictionalism
fictionalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fictionalists
Etymology: From fictional + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Rather than being aimed at those who deny the existence of mathematical objects, the argument’s target is those who deny the objectivity of mathematics—in Putnam’s opinion, intuitionists and fictionalists.
ref: 2007 September 28, David Liggins, “Quine, Putnam, and the ‘Quine–Putnam’ Indispensability Argument”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One who subscribes to fictionalism, the belief that certain concepts are simply convenient logical fictions
explanatorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From explanatory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: If they were, we would have a theory just as explanatorily bankrupt as disjunctivism.
ref: 2007 July 10, Jeffrey Dunn, “The obscure act of perception”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:
text: In saying that a reality is metaphysically ultimate, we say that its existence is explanatorily the most basic fact, that it is deepest, most fundamental in the nature of things; […]
ref: 2009, J. L. Schellenberg, The Will to Imagine: a justification of skeptical religion, page 31:
glosses: With regard to explanation, or explanatory power.
experientially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From experiential + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: And while cellphones are at least experientially related to the land line, and e-mail feels tangentially related to the fax, texting is simultaneously a throwback to the telegraph and a harbinger of a new age.
ref: 2007 July 12, Lisa Belkin, “Let’s Talk. Let Me Outline the Ways.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In terms of experience
Derived terms: nonexperientially
frontality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontalities
Etymology: From frontal + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]
ref: 1993, Miklós Boskovits, The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270, volume 1, page 33:
text: Bold scale is the norm, as is a generally exuberant frontality.
ref: 2007 June 8, Roberta Smith, “When Home Was Where the Art Was”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: The quality or state of being frontal.
evaluable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more evaluable
form: most evaluable
Etymology: From evaluate + -able.
Senses: examples: text: […] so too can we regard all of the sentences that Jill utters as evaluable with respect to the same context.
ref: 2025 September 5, (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 140, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: Able to be evaluated in a certain way
Derived terms: evaluability
evaluably
inevaluable
nonevaluable
unevaluable
ethnomusicologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnomusicologists
Etymology: From ethnomusicology + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: “I believe somebody has to die,” said Juan Dies, an ethnomusicologist who is based in Chicago and is working with the center on the project.
ref: 2007 July 6, Randal C. Archibold, “Far From Home, Mexicans Sing Age-Old Ballads of a New Life”, in New York Times:
glosses: A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
Related terms: ethnomusicology
ethnomusicological
ethnomusicologically
ethnomusicologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ethnomusicologist
downings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdaʊnɪŋz/
rhymes: -aʊnɪŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of downing