cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
-mycin
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪ.sɪn/
homophone: -micin
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “fungus”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Used to form names of antibiotics that pertain to fungi
Trojan horses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trojan horse
region-free
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: region free
Etymology: From region + -free.
Senses: antonyms: region-locked
glosses: Made or distributed without the ability to enforce a regional lockout.
Gamerscore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gamerscores
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gamerscore.
apramycin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apramycins
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mycin (“antibiotic”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An aminoglycoside antibiotic.
apramycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apramycin
crematoriums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crematorium
federalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: federalises
form: federalising
form: federalised
form: federalised
Etymology: From federal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of federalize.
federalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of federalise
federalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of federalise
federalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of federalise
joylessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joylessnesses
Etymology: From joyless + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: anhedonia
unjoy
glosses: The state or condition of being joyless; lack of joy.
sharpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sharp + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The car made a sharpish turn.
text: On straights speed would quicken to what was apparently the maximum allowed on this stretch, 140 k.p.h., or 87.5 m.p.h., and then one would see the track disappearing ahead round a sharpish curve, for there are some of 35 and 40 chains' radius on this side of the summit as well.
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 144:
glosses: Somewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).
examples: a sharpish knife
glosses: Somewhat sharp; not blunt.
sharpish
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From sharp + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: You'd better mend your ways sharpish!
glosses: Rapidly, soon.
demobs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of demob
demobbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of demob
demobbed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of demob
gamekeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From game + keeping.
Senses: glosses: The keeping of game; the occupation of a gamekeeper.
chal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃæl/
rhymes: -æl
Forms: form: chals
Etymology: Clipping of Romanichal.
Senses: coordinate_terms: chai
glosses: A male gypsy.
comales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comal
fabulistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fabulistic
form: most fabulistic
Etymology: Apparently fabulist + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Being or resembling a fable.
Synonyms: fabular
chorkor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chorkors
Senses: examples: text: The UNIFEM project sought to introduce chorkor fish-smoking ovens because they were more efficient than the existing methods used in Konakry.
ref: 1994, Naila Kabeer, Reversed realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought, page 273:
glosses: An oven for smoking food, particularly fish, used in many African countries.
frathouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frathouses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of frat house.
frat houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frat house
frathouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frathouse
paranormally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paranormally
form: most paranormally
Etymology: From paranormal + -ly.
Senses: synonyms: supernaturally
glosses: In a paranormal way.
netilmicin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɛt.əlˈmaɪ.sn̩/
Forms: form: netilmicins
Etymology: Contraction of N-ethylsisomicin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An aminoglycoside antibiotic used in the treatment of serious infections, particularly those resistant to gentamicin.
netilmicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of netilmicin
imponderabilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Those things that are imponderable.
vocoidal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From vocoid + -al.
Senses: glosses: Being or pertaining to a vocoid or vocoids.
neomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neomycin
midsentence
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-sentence
Etymology: From mid- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: In neither case was there an effect on comprehension as measured by the subjects’ free recall. Subjects recalled as much with midsentence interruptions as with end-of-sentence interruptions as with no interruptions at all.
ref: 1998, Walter Kintsch, Comprehension: A Paradigm for Cognition, Cambridge, Cambs.: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 230:
text: Instead of pausing after each sentence, Dr. King stopped briefly after each refrain of “Let freedom ring,” building intensity and creating the musical effect of a crescendo. His midsentence pauses emphasized the repeating pattern in his examples and let the audience know what to expect next.
ref: 1999, David Zarefsky, “Presenting the Speech”, in Robert Alan Brookey, Annotated Instructor’s Manual for David Zarefsky’s Public Speaking: Strategies for Success, 2nd edition, Needham Heights, Mass.: Allyn & Bacon, →ISBN, part II (Annotated Text), part 4 (Style and Delivery of the Speech), page 287:
text: Paul carefully safeguards the priority of divine initiative over human efforts to come into relationship with God. Perhaps the most striking illustration of this is his midsentence self-correction in 4:9: “Now, however, that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God . . .”
ref: 2002, Richard B[evan] Hays, “The God of Mercy Who Rescues Us from the Present Evil Age: Romans and Galatians”, in A. Andrew Das, Frank J. Matera, editors, The Forgotten God: Perspectives in Biblical Theology: Essays in Honor of Paul J. Achtemeier on the Occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday, Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press, →ISBN, page 130:
text: “You again,” Karp growled. He gestured to Guma, making hand signals to get a trace going on the call. Guma quit his midsentence comeback aimed at Stupenagel and hurried from the room.
ref: 2004, Robert K. Tanenbaum, chapter 25, in Hoax, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 531:
text: “Mr. Borovsky only makes deals through his—” Ovechkin broke off. Quinn’s brow lowered, puzzled by his midsentence stoppage.
ref: 2018 January, Susan Mann, An Uncommon Honeymoon (A Librarian and the Spy Escapade), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 264:
glosses: Occurring in the middle of a sentence.
midsentence
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: mid-sentence
Etymology: From mid- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: “At least I believe in something! You’re nothing but a typical godless American with no values and . . .” Chad interrupted midsentence: “You don’t like the way I am?[…]”
ref: 2001, Sherwyn P. Morreale, Brian H. Spitzberg, J. Kevin Barge, Human Communication: Motivation, Knowledge, & Skills, Annotated Instructor’s Edition, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, →ISBN, page 265:
text: With Juju Jackson there was never a warning or an explanation. Jackson could pull a gun or a knife, shoot and maim someone midsentence during a conversation that seemed perfectly reasonable, even pleasant.
ref: 2016, John Clarkson, Bronx Requiem, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 165:
text: Stop someone midsentence if he or she is in your presence or write if he or she is not. These throwaway lines about age are detrimental and damaging.
ref: 2018, Alan Weiss, “Forgiveness Is Not Easier Than Simply Appropriating Permission”, in Threescore and More: Applying the Assets of Maturity, Wisdom, and Experience for Personal and Professional Success, New York, N.Y.: Bibliomotion, Inc./Routledge, →ISBN, page 112:
glosses: In the middle of a sentence.
midsentence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid-sentence
Etymology: From mid- + sentence.
Senses: examples: text: I mean this man starts his day with both feet moving, without a dab of anxiety, with him saying, “Okay, ready!” He can fall asleep in midsentence, in his midsentence, and then go without a toss or a tumble or a single concern for the next seven hours.
ref: 1990, Emily Ellison, The Picture Makers (G.K. Hall Large Print Book Series), Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., published 1991, →ISBN, page 142:
text: He talked into the receiver. “Sure, I read all about it this morning. I wondered whether—” As he spoke, he reached out and pushed down on the button, breaking the connection in his midsentence.
ref: 2003, John Lescroart, The First Law, New York, N.Y.: Dutton, →ISBN, page 190:
text: But the narrative broke off in midsentence.
ref: 2007 April 4, Alan Riding, “New Work From a Writer Who Died in the Holocaust”, in New York Times:
text: Chief Justice Rehnquist was famous for cutting off lawyers in midsentence, even midsyllable, as soon as the red light on the lectern came on to signal that time was up.
ref: 2007 October 11, Linda Greenhouse, “Case of Texas Murderer Engrosses Supreme Court”, in New York Times:
text: Gerbert de Montreuil picks up in the midsentence of the Second Continuation, and Manessier writes the Third Continuation.
ref: 2010, Anita Obermeier, “The Rhetoric of Symbolism: The Grail of Fertility and Sterility”, in Georgiana Donavin, Anita Obermeier, editors, Romance and Rhetoric: Essays in Honour of Dhira B. Mahoney (Disputatio; 19), Turnhout: Brepols Publishers n.v., →ISBN, section “Arthurian Literature: Composition and Production”, footnote 42, page 203:
text: He died, in the midsentence of his life, as these books were being published.
ref: 2019, Stanley Corngold, “Philosophy as Psychology: Discovering the Mind, Volume 1, Kant, Goethe, and Hegel”, in Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, Heretic, Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock, Oxon: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
glosses: The middle of a sentence.
Peakean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Peakean
form: most Peakean
Etymology: From Peake + -an.
Senses: examples: text: If the first two novels created a new genre — Peakean fantasy — then this third volume zigzags between several: the Bildungsroman, science fiction, social satire, morality tale and dystopian prophecy.
ref: 2002, Malcolm Yorke, Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life, page 298:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Mervyn Peake (1911-1968), English modernist writer and artist, or his works.
disgustful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disgustful
form: most disgustful
Etymology: From disgust + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Oxford University Press, 2006, A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms, Chapter VI, p. 236,
Or else from the same Store-house, with some other poysonous Additions, they command us to take in at the Orifice above or below, (just as the Physician then happens to be disposed) a Medicine equally annoying and disgustful to the Bowels; which relaxing the Belly, drives down all before it: And this they call a Purge, or a Clyster.
text: It was a monosyllable beginning with a b—, and indeed was the same as if she had pronounced the words, she-dog. Which term we shall, to avoid offence, use on this occasion, though indeed both the mistress and maid uttered the above-mentioned b—, a word extremely disgustful to females of the lower sort.
ref: 1742, Henry Fielding, chapter XVII, in Joseph Andrews:
text: Let me therefore beseech you, sir, to become an advocate for your niece, that she may not be made a victim to a man so highly disgustful to her.
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter XXXII”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
text: What a train of disgustful incidents, what a record of degrading circumstances, is the life of a great poet!
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Poet’s Midnight”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 57:
glosses: disgusting, vile.
examples: text: With a melancholy, disappointed, and disgustful mind, he had quitted the land of his birth; and new scenes, strange and wild, had risen before his wandering gaze.
ref: 1838, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, chapter 14, in Alice, or The Mysteries, Paris: Beaudry's European Library, page 65:
text: In his disgustful recoil from an overture which tho' he but ill comprehended he instinctively knew must involve evil of some sort, Billy Budd was like a young horse fresh from the pasture suddenly inhaling a vile whiff from some chemical factory, and by repeated snortings tries to get it out of his nostrils and lungs.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 13, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
glosses: Full of disgust.
Derived terms: disgustfully
disgustfulness
lookaheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lookahead
affaires d'honneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of affaire d'honneur
subclassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subclass
subtyping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of subtype
subtyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtypings
Senses: glosses: A division into subtypes.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A form of type polymorphism in which an instance of a subtype can be used anywhere the supertype could be used, without changing the code.
Synonyms: subtype polymorphism
Hyponyms: behavioral subtyping
Related terms: Liskov substitution principle
subtyped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of subtype
kanamycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kanamycin
gentamicins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gentamicin
arbekacin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arbekacins
Etymology: From [Term?] + dibekacin.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A semisynthetic aminoglycoside antibiotic.
arbekacins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arbekacin
amikacins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amikacin
E-meters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of E-meter
ecchymoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecchymosis
E-Prime
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Clipping of English-Prime. Coined by its inventor, D David Bourland, Jr. (1928-2000).
Senses: glosses: A modified form of English that eliminates the verb be and thus avoids the passive voice, intended to reduce the dogmatism of language and the likelihood of misunderstanding and conflict.
beadwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beadworks
Etymology: From bead + work.
Senses: synonyms: beading
glosses: Decorative work involving beads.
beadworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beadwork
curatorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curatorships
Etymology: From curator + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The rank or period of being a curator.
topics: law
glosses: legal and financial guardianship under which the ward is an adult
curatorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curatorship
coercively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coercively
form: most coercively
Etymology: From coercive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a coercive manner.
Related terms: coercibly
grimacer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grimacers
Etymology: From grimace + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who grimaces.
dyskerin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From dyskeratosis + -in.
Senses: glosses: A human gene, Dyskeratosis congenita 1, a small nucleolar ribonucleoprotein in which mutations are responsible for Zinsser-Cole-Engman syndrome.
ditziness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ditzy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being ditzy.
drag one's heels
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: drags one's heels
form: dragging one's heels
form: dragged one's heels
form: dragged one's heels
Senses: examples: text: The Campaign for Borders Rail is considering commissioning its own professional research to support the case for extending the Edinburgh-Tweedbank railway to Hawick and Carlisle, amid concerns that public bodies seem to be dragging their heels.
ref: 2022 March 23, “Network News: Private research to give a boost to Borders campaign”, in RAIL, number 953, page 23:
glosses: Synonym of drag one's feet.
synonyms: word: drag one's feet
transcendental egos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcendental ego
.NET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Usually said to be from network. Called in early press announcements Next Generation Windows Services before this name was chosen. According to Justin Grant, who was part of the team on the Microsoft campus, the name was chosen because it:
* mirrored the domain suffix [.net] of (at the time) every ISP, so was intended to remind users that "web-enabling your software" was the core scenario being targetted by this work
* was more approachable to business types and CIOs than geekier names like "Universal Runtime" or "COM+ 2.0"
* had practical benefits like: being short, easy to spell, globalized well, could leverage already-owned domain names for every Microsoft product, etc.
* actually passed legal/trademark review (surprisingly difficult!)
So it was intended to mean something, but more so by connotation rather than directly abbreviating or describing something.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A set of Microsoft products and services – primarily the .NET Framework, which permits the development of software for a virtual machine in any programming language that is CLI-compliant (i.e., conforms with the Common Language Infrastructure).
wikipedia: Microsoft campus
Derived terms: ASP.NET
borshches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borshch
borschts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of borscht
usabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌjuːzəˈbɪlɪtiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of usability
azury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more azury
form: most azury
Etymology: From azure + -y.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat azure in colour.
echidnae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of echidna
fondueing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fondue
fondued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fondue
mark-to-markets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mark-to-market
ungod
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈɡɒd/
Forms: form: ungods
form: ungodding
form: ungodded
form: ungodded
Etymology: From un- + god. Compare Dutch ontgoden, German entgöttern.
Senses: examples: text: Thus men ungodded may to places rise, / And sects may be preferr'd without disguise: / No danger to the church or state from these; / The Papist only has his writ of ease.
ref: 1687, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:
glosses: To divest of a god; to atheize.
examples: text: He that would have another god, would have the Lord to be ungodded, and to lose his sovereign power and goodness!
ref: 1830, Richard Baxter, The Practical Works of Richard Baxter:
text: Perhaps Saladin's "ungodding" of his father is a necessary first step for the male child's emancipation...
ref: 2008, Matt Kimmich, Offspring Fictions: Salman Rushdie's Family Novels:
glosses: To divest of godly powers; to strip of divinity.
ungod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈɡɒd/
Forms: form: ungods
Etymology: From un- + god. Compare Dutch ontgoden, German entgöttern.
Senses: examples: text: They provoked Me with an ungod, they vexed Me with their empty things.
ref: 2008, Robert Alter, The Five Books of Moses:
text: [...] it isn't that Godhead “isn't God,” it's that Godhead is a non-God, an “Ungod” (in the same sense as we talk of the “undead” who are neither living or dead, but the living dead).
ref: 2011, Slavoj Žižek, John Milbank, Creston Davis, The Monstrosity of Christ:
text: The god of cult is an ungod, because the god of cult represents a god molded in the image of the worshippers and created to satisfy their innate ambitions and it is likewise with the god of dogma, which is a reified form of idolatry.
ref: 2015, M.P. Joseph, Theologies of the Non-Person:
text: He had not blinked, Curjai noted, not once in many minutes. Perhaps not since he had come to out there in the snow. 'When you – recovered, what did you think had happened to you?' 'I know what happened. One of your local gler ungods struck me, turned me to ice. Death. I didn't want to go. It was wrong.'
ref: 2016, Tanith Lee, No Flame But Mine:
glosses: A false god; an idol
ungods
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ungod
ungods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ungod
ungodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ungod
ungodded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ungod
protonotary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protonotaries
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of prothonotary.
countercharge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countercharges
Etymology: From counter- + charge.
Senses: examples: text: We’ll get to the merits of the charges and countercharges shortly, but first it’s worth considering why, beyond entertainment value, all this matters.
ref: 2007 May 30, David Leonhardt, “Truth, Fiction and Lou Dobbs”, in New York Times:
glosses: An accusation against an opponent in an argument in response to the opponent's accusations.
examples: text: […] charges and countercharges, retreats and counterretreats, attackin' and fallin' back.
ref: 2017, Jim Fergus, The Vengeance of Mothers, page 278:
glosses: An thrust or charge against an enemy in response to their previous attack.
countercharge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: countercharges
form: countercharging
form: countercharged
form: countercharged
Etymology: From counter- + charge.
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: To reverse the colors; to make counterchanged.
countercharges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of countercharge
countercharges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of countercharge
lovefest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lovefests
Etymology: From love + -fest.
Senses: examples: text: They chose a course that extended the lovefest, bonded Barbaro to his fans and cemented his appeal as a documentary subject.
ref: 2007 June 6, Richard Sandomir, “To an Equine Athlete Dying Young”, in New York Times:
text: Labour is hoping that the lovefest for their onetime nemesis will leave no lasting damage, that the issue will fade come polling day on 2 May.
ref: 2013 April 12, Jonathan Freedland, “This lovefest for Margaret Thatcher spells trouble for David Cameron”, in The Guardian:
text: Compared with the past few debates, this was a lovefest.
ref: 2024 October 2, Cameron Joseph, “Vance shows polish, Walz hits him on Jan. 6 in notably civil VP debate”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: An effusive exchange of goodwill.
glosses: An orgy; a fuckfest.
lowlight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lowlights
Etymology: From low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight.
Senses: examples: text: He is not commenting on Dick Cheney’s marksmanship lowlights here.
ref: 2007 September 14, Richard Sandomir, “Right Tools Help Make Right Mix in Booth”, in New York Times:
text: Here are some of the highlights lowlights of the state opening of parliament. And I truly do mean state.
ref: 2019 December 19, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The absolute state of it: lowlights from the opening of parliament”, in The Guardian:
antonyms: highlight
midlight
glosses: A particularly unfavorable or mediocre moment or aspect.
topics: cosmetics
lifestyle
coordinate_terms: highlight
midlight
glosses: In hairstyling, a highlight in a darker color rather than a lighter one.
lowlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lowlights
form: lowlighting
form: lowlighted
form: lowlighted
Etymology: From low + light. Formed by analogy with highlight.
Senses: glosses: To dye (part of the hair) a darker color than the rest.
lovefests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovefest
outgain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outgains
form: outgaining
form: outgained
form: outgained
Etymology: From out- + gain.
Senses: examples: text: Pittsburgh stretched it to 10-0 on a Gary Russell one-yard TD lunge in the first minute of the second quarter, at that point outgaining Arizona 147-13 yards.
ref: 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Super Steelers fight back”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: To outperform on a quantitative measurement.
outgained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outgain
outgaining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outgain
outgains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outgain
lowlights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowlight
makeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more makeable
form: most makeable
form: makable
Etymology: From Middle English makable, equivalent to make + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Devin Harris missed an eminently makeable little jump shot at the buzzer […].
ref: 2009 January 29, Doug Smith, “Surging Raptors stave off buzzer beating by Nets”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Able to be made.
makeable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makeables
form: makable
Etymology: From Middle English makable, equivalent to make + -able.
Senses: coordinate_terms: sawable
glosses: A very small uncut diamond.
folk art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folk arts
Etymology: From folk + art.
Senses: examples: text: Folk art belongs to communities rather than to individuals, and to many generations rather than one period. […] Folk art reflects community ideas about what is beautiful or appropriate for a given object or function.
ref: 1995, Alison Hilton, Russian Folk Art, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
text: Folk art is often produced by anonymous and formally untrained consumers for their own or barter use. It might later, like brothel-born jazz, be accorded the status of a fine art by subsequent audiences who assign greater complexities to its structure.
ref: 2015, Peter B. Orlik, Media Criticism in a Digital Age, Routledge, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: fine art
glosses: Craft traditions and values of various social groups.
examples: text: Through its disarming frankness, inherent drama, and theatricality, Spanish dance had definitely moved from folk art to theatrical experience.
ref: 2012, Sharyn R. Udall, Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 108:
glosses: Intangible art forms such as folk music and folk dance rooted in and reflective of the cultural life of a community.
examples: text: Mr. Finster's work emerged at a time when traditional definitions of folk art were being expanded to include a diverse range of faith-driven, stylistically raw work known as outsider art that was frequently made by Southern blacks and whites who eked out livings as farmers or repairmen.
ref: 2001 October 23, Roberta Smith, “Howard Finster, Folk Artist and Preacher, Dies at 84”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Advocates of the “folk art” term stretched its meaning to the maximum in order to include under the same rubric the peaceful landscapes of Grandma Moses and the provocative and disturbing watercolors of Henry Darger.
ref: 2015, Víctor M. Espinosa, Martín Ramírez: Framing His Life and Art, University of Texas Press, →ISBN, page 183:
glosses: Outsider art.
midstage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midstages
Etymology: From mid- + stage.
Senses: glosses: An intermediate stage, between beginning and completion
midstage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + stage.
Senses: examples: text: Results of a midstage clinical trial are expected to be presented this week […].
ref: 2007 June 11, Andrew Pollack, “Antihistamine Shows Promise in Treating Alzheimer’s”, in New York Times:
glosses: At or in an intermediate stage, between beginning and completion
Derived terms: midstager
midgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + grade.
Senses: examples: text: At the time I drove it, diesel fuel was selling for $2.99 a gallon in New Jersey, about a nickel less than midgrade gas and 30 cents cheaper than premium.
ref: 2007 July 29, Norman Mayersohn, “A Lesson in European Economy”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a medium grade; not premium or low-grade
microcar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microcars
Etymology: From micro- + car.
Senses: examples: text: GM announced plans to sell a tiny "microcar" called the Chevrolet Beat in Europe next year.
ref: 2009 January 12, Andrew Clark, “Driving in the last-chance saloon: Detroit's car firms defy naysayers”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A very compact car.
Synonyms: smart car
sub-subcompact
microcars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microcar
goatsucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goatsuckers
form: goat-sucker
Etymology: From goat + sucker, from the ancient folk belief that they sucked milk from goats.
Senses: examples: text: […] ah, that was the woodcock - and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him […]
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 286:
glosses: Any bird in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.
Related terms: chupacabras
motivic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From motif + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In fact, Tucker's use of parallel motion and open fourths as a central motivic element particularly reminded me of Stravinsky's sacred music, especially the quieter sections of Symphony of Psalms and the Mass.
ref: 1988 April 8, Dennis Polkow, “Cross Dreams”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Used as, or relating to, a motif.
Derived terms: motivically
Related terms: motivational
ministate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ministates
Etymology: From mini- + state.
Senses: examples: text: […] the three judges called him “one of the most important and influential political figures” of the Serbian ministate of Krajina, which broke off from Croatia in the early 1990s as Yugoslavia fell apart.
ref: 2007 June 13, Marlise Simons, “War Crimes Tribunal Sentences Serb to 35 Years”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very small country or self-governing region, especially one that lacks international recognition
goatsuckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goatsucker
ministates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ministate
minerality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mineral + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: That steely minerality and lightness of being make Chablis one of life’s underrated pleasures.
ref: 2007 September 16, S.S. Fair, “Chardonnay: An Apologia”, in New York Times:
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
glosses: Having characteristics associated with mineral water
glosses: A measure of quality used by mineral collectors
multiweek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + week.
Senses: examples: text: FOR the first 15 summers of my life, my family took multiweek vacations on the Jersey Shore and in Montauk.
ref: 2007 September 2, James P. Othmer, “The Summer We Went Broke”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extending over multiple weeks.
Synonyms: weekslong
Coordinate terms: agelong
ageslong
centurieslong
centurylong
daylong
dayslong
decadelong
decadeslong
hourlong
hourslong
millennialong
millenniumlong
minutelong
minuteslong
monthlong
monthslong
multiday
multidecade
multihour
multimonth
multiyear
secondlong
secondslong
weeklong
yearlong
yearslong
mycoplasma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mycoplasmas
form: mycoplasmata
Etymology: From translingual Mycoplasma, from Latin, from Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “fungus”) + πλάσμα (plásma, “-shaped”). Equivalent to myco- + plasma.
Senses: examples: text: Officials are investigating whether the illness was caused by mycoplasma, a common bacteria known as walking pneumonia.
ref: 2007 January 5, Katie Zezima, “More Rhode Island Schools Closed in Disease Outbreak”, in New York Times:
text: It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
ref: 2013 March 24, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:
glosses: Any infectious bacterium of the genus Mycoplasma, often specifically Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Derived terms: antimycoplasma
mycoplasmacidal
mycoplasmal
mycoplasma-like organism
mycoplasmic
mythmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mythmakings
Etymology: From myth + making.
Senses: examples: text: The analogy between Reagan's mythmaking and Lucas's isn't intended frivolously.
ref: 1988 June 10, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “May the Formula Be With You”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: The production or composing of myths.
Related terms: mythmaker
multiskilled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-skilled
Etymology: From multi- + skilled.
Senses: examples: text: There is little Durant cannot do, except avoid endless comparisons to every long-limbed, multiskilled N.B.A. star.
ref: 2007 June 27, Howard Beck, “Durant Puts Basketball First, and Second”, in New York Times:
glosses: Having multiple skills
multiunit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + unit.
Senses: examples: text: These rooms are found in multiunit, multistory buildings that usually have commercial establishments at street level.
ref: 1988 June 10, David Fremon, “Single-room housing: Can not-for-profit developers turn the tide?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Containing multiple units.
Related terms: multifamily
multiplex
multiresidential
multiunit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multiunits
Etymology: From multi- + unit.
Senses: examples: text: "People see what's happening and they say 'Hey, this community is coming back.' So they come to the bank for a mortgage to buy one of the smaller multiunits, or a home.
ref: 1988 April 29, Ben Joravsky, “The impossible bank: South Shore, a model mixture of capitalism and community development”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: A residential building containing multiple units or apartments.
examples: text: On the other hand, if the purpose of the study is to determine the fine temporal relationships between nearby substructures (such as the olfactory glomeruli in our studies), then these multiunits must be viewed with suspicion.
ref: 2004, Methods in Insect Sensory Neuroscience, →ISBN, page 406:
glosses: A unit consisting of multiple sub-units.
multicharacter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + character.
Senses: examples: text: I invite readers to sample Emma Thompson’s odious multicharacter turn in “Angels in America” […].
ref: 2007 April 15, “Handel and the Jews; Foreign Treasures; Accents and Acting”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Involving or performing multiple characters
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Consisting of more than one character (unit of text).
multiagency
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + agency.
Senses: examples: text: Law enforcement authorities think the problem has been growing and a multiagency task force[…] was formed in February to determine the extent of the problem.
ref: 2007 July 9, Randal C. Archibold, “3 Charged With Enslaving Members of Chinese Acrobatic Troupe Performing in U.S.”, in The New York Times:
text: He signed an executive order during his second week in office to “combat antisemitism” in schools and on university campuses, and on February 3 announced the creation of a multiagency task force to carry out the mandate.
ref: 2025 March 10, Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN:
glosses: Involving multiple agencies.
megaplex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megaplexes
Etymology: From mega- + -plex.
Senses: examples: text: These are […] written in the breezy, breathlessly pulpy style of so much standard megaplex fare: thrillers, fantasies, horror novels or romantic comedy chicklit.
ref: 2009 January 31, Geoff Pevere, “Food for plot”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A large, multi-screen cinema
midstride
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + stride.
Senses: examples: text: AS Mr. Florsheim paces around his hotel room, he stops midstride […].
ref: 2007 June 24, Ron Stodghill, “The Florsheims, Back in Their Own Shoes”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the middle of a stride.
midstride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + stride.
Senses: examples: text: I stopped in midstride.
glosses: The middle of a stride.
midstretch
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From mid- + stretch.
Senses: examples: text: Ridden by Garrett Gomez, he collared Hard Spun in midstretch and drew away with surprising ease […].
ref: 2007 August 6, Bill Finley, “Any Given Saturday Outruns His Top Rivals to Win the Haskell”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In the middle of the stretch of a race
raw_tags: with "in"
megaplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megaplex
midengine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-engine
Etymology: From mid- + engine.
Senses: examples: text: The R8’s midengine design echoes that of Audi’s dominant R8 racecar[…].
ref: 2007 May 20, Ezra Dyer, “Growling at the Exotics’ Door”, in New York Times:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles
Synonyms: midship
yuhina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yuhinas
Etymology: From Nepali युहिना (yuhinā).
Senses: glosses: Any of several birds of the genus Yuhina: the Old World babblers.
wikipedia: yuhina
nonwaiver
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + waiver.
Senses: examples: text: Andy Phillips improved his chances of securing the full-time first-base job before the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline […]
ref: 2007 July 19, Joe Lapointe, “Clemens Keeps the Yankees Close Enough”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not having or requiring a waiver
yuhinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yuhina
sockdologizing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Nonce word, from sockdolager + -ize + -ing. Coined 1858 by Tom Taylor for the play Our American Cousin. Taylor presumably learned sockdolager from Dictionary of Americanisms (1848) by John Russell Bartlett and used it to evoke Americanness in his play’s title character.
Senses: examples: text: "Don't know the manners of good society, eh? Wal, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal — you sockdologizing old man-trap."
ref: 1858, Tom Taylor, Our American Cousin:
text: But these confabulated, sockdologizing tins refuse to warm up. I swear they are doing it to perversely annoy me.
ref: 1988, Defa Samka, Pony Soldiers:
text: And finally, I thank my friend and boss Tom Shroder, the editor at the Post who has refereed the Gene-Gina wars from the start. Tom is belligerent, arrogant, insufferably intolerant of all views not his own, and in general a sockdologizing old poop who is of no value whatsoever except for being the best humor editor alive.
ref: 2004, Gene Weingarten, Regina Barreca, I'm with Stupid: One Man. One Woman. 10,000 Years of Misunderstanding Between the Sexes Cleared Right Up, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page viii:
text: Many of the play's screwball terms, like “sockdologizing” and “Dundrearyisms” (named for the befuddled character Lord Dundreary), have become part of the cultural lexicon, and several spinoff plays featuring characters from the show have been written and performed.
ref: [2011, Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
glosses: Ambiguous term of abuse; scheming.
wikipedia: John Russell Bartlett
John Wilkes Booth
Our American Cousin
Tom Taylor
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
exercice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exercices
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of exercise.
sittella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sittellas
Etymology: From New Latin (genus name), diminutive of Latin sitta (“nuthatch”).
Senses: glosses: A small passerine bird of the genus Daphoenositta, found in Australasia.
sittellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sittella
expulser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expulsers
Etymology: From expulse + -er.
Senses: examples: text: expulser of Adam
ref: 1610, John Hull, Saint Peters Prophesie of these Last Days:
glosses: An expeller.
bristlebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bristlebirds
Etymology: From bristle + bird.
Senses: examples: text: The bristlebirds have suffered from habitat loss, increased fire frequency, grazing by introduced mammals, and predation by mammalian carnivores.
ref: 2002, Bernhard Grzimek, Michael Hutchins, Grzimek's Animal Life Encyclopedia, volume 11, page 57:
text: A pilot captive-breeding program at the David Fleay Wildlife Park (DERM) on the Gold Coast has successfully bred Eastern Bristlebirds, with 13 birds raised over four years.
ref: 2012, Lee K. Curtis, Andrew J. Dennis, Keith R. McDonald, Peter M. Kyne, Stephen J. S. Debus, editors, Queensland's Threatened Animals, page 315:
text: The Eastern Bristlebird (Dasyornis brachypterus) (Fig. 7.28) is an endangered species that has disappeared from large parts of its range in heathland environments throughout eastern Australia. A significant population of the Eastern Bristlebird remains at Booderee National Park and has received considerable study (Pyke et al. 1995; Baker 1997, 2000).
ref: 2014, David Keith, David Lindenmayer, et al., “7: Heathlands”, in Emma Burns, David Lindenmayer, Andrew Lowe, Nicole Thurgate, editors, Biodiversity and Environmental Change: Monitoring, Challenges and Direction, page 244:
glosses: Any of three species of passerine birds in the genus Dasyornis endemic to Australia.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Dasyornis brachypterus
word: eastern bristlebird
taxonomic: Dasyornis broadbenti
word: rufous bristlebird
taxonomic: Dasyornis longirostris
word: western bristlebird
bristlebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bristlebird
currawong
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌɹəwɒŋ/
Forms: form: currawongs
Etymology: Probably from Yagara garrawaŋ, ultimately onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: Currawongs and cookaburras woke him early.
ref: 1983, Robert Drewe, The Bodysurfers, Penguin, published 2009, page 68:
text: She has small unblinking eyes like a currawong, turning its head on one side and staring malevolently […].
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 174:
synonyms: bell-magpie
crow-shrike
glosses: Any of the three species, and several subspecies, of large, mainly black, predatory passerine birds in the genus Strepera, endemic to Australia.
wikipedia: Yagara
Derived terms: black currawong
black-winged currawong
brown currawong
clinking currawong
grey currawong
pied currawong
currawongs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of currawong
ethnorelativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + relativism.
Senses: glosses: An acquired ability to see many values and behaviors as cultural rather than universal.
night person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night people
Senses: examples: text: "You see, I'm a creature of the night."
"A what?"
"A night person; I live during the nights, and sleep during the days."
ref: 1957 November 30, Walter E. Wilson, “The Horses of the Night”, in The Harvard Crimson, retrieved 12 Feb 2009:
text: I've always been a night person—my mother put me in afternoon kindergarten because she couldn’t get me up in the morning.
ref: 2009 January 24, Amy Sacco, “A Life in the Day: Amy Sacco, lady of the night”, in Times Online, UK, retrieved 12 Feb 2009:
glosses: A person whose preference or custom is to remain awake and active during the evening and early morning (night) hours, and who usually sleeps during part of the daytime.
Synonyms: nighthawk
night owl
Related terms: eveningness
morning impaired
night hawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: night hawks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nighthawk.
morning person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morning people
Senses: examples: text: "I am a night person. My husband is a morning person since he had to get up early for years for his job." – Mrs. K. G.
ref: 1971 November 21, Paul Hightower, “Senior Forum”, in St. Petersburg Times, Florida, USA, retrieved 12 Feb 2009:
text: I'm a confirmed morning person, a wind-up doll who starts my day in near-manic motion and ends it with slow, mechanical tasks requiring little energy or thought.
ref: 2009 January 23, Sarah Earle, “Off the wall”, in Concord Monitor, New Hampshire, USA, retrieved 12 Feb 2009:
glosses: A person who wakes up, without difficulty, early each morning and is alert and active during the first part of the day.
Synonyms: early bird
early riser
Related terms: morningness
oxpecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxpeckers
Etymology: From ox + pecker.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of passerine bird in the genus Buphagus, endemic to the sub-Saharan African savanna.
Derived terms: red-billed oxpecker
yellow-billed oxpecker
oxpeckers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxpecker
sheathbill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːθ.bɪl/
Forms: form: sheathbills
Etymology: From sheath + bill.
Senses: glosses: Either of two species of scavenging birds in the genus Chionis which breed only on the Antarctic Peninsula and subantarctic islands.
Derived terms: black-faced sheathbill
Chionis minor
snowy sheathbill
Chionis albus