cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
afterguard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afterguards
Etymology: From after- + guard.
Senses: examples: text: There were times when the whole crew refused their duty; and we of the afterguard were twice got under arms—being the first time that ever I bore weapons—in the fear of mutiny.
ref: 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter IX, in The Master of Ballantrae, Cassell:
text: Yet from something in the outline and carriage, Billy took him to be, and correctly, one of the afterguard.
ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 12, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
examples: text: This is his sixth Cup campaign but his first as skipper, a position he inherited after the helmsman Russell Coutts, Butterworth’s longtime alter ego in the afterguard, bolted from Alinghi in 2004.
ref: 2007 July 3, Christopher Clarey, “A Familiar Foe Blocks New Zealand’s Path”, in New York Times:
topics: nautical
sailing
transport
glosses: The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
glosses: A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
Derived terms: afterguardsman
pilers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piler
tonier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of tony: more tony
toniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of tony: most tony
snakeskin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/
Forms: form: snakeskins
Etymology: From snake + skin.
Senses: glosses: The skin of a snake
The hide of a snake, used as leather.
glosses: The skin of a snake
The moult of a snake.
Hyponyms: skin
snakeskin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈsneɪkˌskɪn/
Etymology: From snake + skin.
Senses: examples: text: Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.
ref: 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase:
glosses: Made of snakeskin.
snakeskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snakeskin
furo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furos
form: furo
form: ofuro
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 風呂(ふろ) (furo).
Senses: glosses: A Japanese bath, generally deep and square-sided, and traditionally made of wood.
equipartitioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equipartitionings
Etymology: From equi- + partitioning.
Senses: glosses: An equal partitioning.
Related terms: equipartition
eritoran
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A synthetic lipid analog used as a therapeutic agent against sepsis
erythroleukemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erythroleukemias
form: erythroleukaemia
Etymology: From erythro- + leukemia.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: erythroid leukemia
erythropoeisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of erythropoiesis.
ethmosphenoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ethmo- + sphenoid.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to, or joining the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.
ethnobotanical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ethnobotanical
form: most ethnobotanical
Etymology: From ethno- + botanical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to ethnobotany.
Derived terms: ethnobotanically
paleoethnobotanical
ethnobotanical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnobotanicals
Etymology: From ethno- + botanical.
Senses: glosses: Any plant used as part of ethnobotany, as for example in a folk remedy.
ethnobotany
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnobotanies
Etymology: From ethno- + botany.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The scientific study of the relationships between people and plants.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The scientific study of traditional medicinal plants used by various ethnic groups.
Derived terms: ethnobotanist
palaeoethnobotany
palæoethnobotany
paleoethnobotany
ethnoecologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnoecologists
Etymology: From ethno- + ecologist.
Senses: glosses: An ecologist whose speciality is ethnoecology.
ethnoecology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + ecology.
Senses: glosses: The study of the relationships between people and the ecology of the environments in which they live
Derived terms: ethnoecologist
etomidate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛˈtɑm.əˌdeɪt/
Etymology: From eth(yl) + -o- + (i)mid(azole) + (carboxyl)ate.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A short-acting intravenous anaesthetic, ethyl 3-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]imidazole-4-carboxylate.
euascomycete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euascomycetes
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any fungus of the former taxon Euascomycota (now the Pezizomycotina)
eucaryotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eucaryote + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eukaryotic.
exemestane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛk.səˈmɛˌsteɪn/
Etymology: From [Term?] + -mestane (“aromatase inhibitor”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: An antineoplastic drug C₂₀H₂₄O₂ (trademark Aromasin) that is taken orally in the treatment of advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women. It is a steroidal aromatase inhibitor that suppresses the synthesis of estrogen, a hormone that acts as a growth factor for breast cancer cells.
exetainers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exetainer
exetainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exetainers
Etymology: Originally a registered trademark (capitalized).
Senses: glosses: A septum-capped glass vial.
exocranial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -eɪniəl
Forms: form: more exocranial
form: most exocranial
Etymology: From exo- + cranial.
Senses: glosses: On the outside of the cranium
Related terms: endocranial
exoglycosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoglycosidases
Etymology: From exo- + glycosidase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any glycosidase enzyme that hydrolyses a terminal glycosidic bond
Related terms: exoglycosidic
glycosidase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glycosidases
Etymology: From glycoside + -ase.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside
Derived terms: deglycosidase
exoglycosidase
exoprotein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exoproteins
Etymology: From exo- + protein.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: extracellular protein
expansins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansin
expansin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansins
Etymology: From expansion + -in?
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of non-enzymatic proteins, found in plant cell walls, that have many functions related to growth
exportin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exportins
Etymology: From export + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein that transports other cargo proteins from the nucleus of a cell to the cytoplasm.
extratropics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From extra- + tropics.
Senses: glosses: The middle latitudes beyond the tropics.
extravasated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of extravasate
extravasated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more extravasated
form: most extravasated
Senses: glosses: Produced by extravasation
extravastion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of extravasation.
faunas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fauna
fayalitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fayalitic
form: most fayalitic
Etymology: From fayalite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing fayalite
ferroin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferroins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coordination compound of iron and phenanthroline used as a redox indicator
fibrillarin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrillarins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A component of several ribonucleoproteins.
fibrolamellar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fibrolamellar
form: most fibrolamellar
Etymology: From fibro- + lamellar.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Having fibrous lamellated bands.
Derived terms: nonfibrolamellar
lamellated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lamellated
form: most lamellated
Senses: glosses: lamellate
glosses: lamellar
Derived terms: bilamellated
multilamellated
filamentary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From filament + -ary.
Senses: synonyms: filamental
filamentar
glosses: Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
Derived terms: interfilamentary
intrafilamentary
multifilamentary
myofilamentary
nonfilamentary
filamentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filamentations
Etymology: From filament + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The growth of filaments.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: An anomalous growth of certain bacteria in which they continue to elongate but do not divide.
Derived terms: defilamentation
hyperfilamentation
pseudofilamentation
filamin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filamins
Etymology: From filament + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that bind actin filaments and anchor membrane proteins.
fluctuant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluctuant
form: most fluctuant
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluctuans, fluctuantem.
Senses: glosses: That fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Used to describe a fluid-filled structure, such as an abscess, that produces a wave-like motion when palpated.
Derived terms: fluctuance
nonfluctuant
Related terms: fluctuate
fluidlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluidlike
form: most fluidlike
Etymology: From fluid + -like.
Senses: examples: text: By measuring the motion of small probe molecules in a polymer glass, they find fluidlike properties when the glass is sheared; however, the route to melting the glass is different from that followed when it is heated.
ref: 2009 January 9, David A. Weitz, “MATERIALS SCIENCE: Unjamming a Polymer Glass”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911, →DOI:
glosses: Resembling a fluid.
operagoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of operagoer
operagoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: operagoers
Etymology: From opera + goer.
Senses: examples: text: What is especially disappointing about all of this is the effect it has on first-time operagoers, some of whom I heard chatting behind me on opening night.
ref: 1988 October 14, Dennis Polkow, “La Traviata”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Someone who attends an opera performance
midpark
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mid- + park.
Senses: glosses: In the middle of a park.
examples: text: At 7:30 p.m., midpark at 70th Street, (718) 340-3018, naumburgconcerts.org ; free.
ref: 2007 June 22, The New York Times, “Classical Music/Opera Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: In the middle of Central Park.
antisatellite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + satellite.
Senses: examples: text: The test of an antisatellite weapon last week, which Beijing declined to confirm or deny Friday despite widespread news coverage and diplomatic inquiries, was perceived by East Asia experts as China’s most provocative military action since it testfired missiles off the coast of Taiwan more than a decade ago.
ref: 2007 January 20, Joseph Kahn, “China Shows Assertiveness in Weapons Test”, in New York Times:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Intended to destroy or incapacitate a satellite
stagings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of staging
supervenience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superveniences
Etymology: From supervenient + -ence.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: supervention
glosses: The state or quality of being supervenient, of being in a dependency relationship such that an object with the supervened properties must also have the supervening properties.
Related terms: convenience
supervene
supervenient
noncash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-cash
Etymology: From non- + cash.
Senses: examples: text: Coca-Cola Enterprises took a $2.9 billion noncash charge in the fourth quarter to account for the diminished book value of its North American franchises.
ref: 2007 February 25, Mark A. Stein, “Sharing the Pain in Different Ways”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
synonyms: cashless
glosses: In a form other than cash.
Related terms: nonmoney
archivally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From archival + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The letters were given to the library’s Ernest Hemingway collection in 2003 by Ms. Riva, on the condition that they remain closed until now, giving the museum time to preserve them archivally.
ref: 2007 March 30, Ashley Parker, “Racy Letters From Hemingway to Dietrich to Be Unsealed”, in New York Times:
glosses: By archival means
examples: text: Otherwise, this archivally exact production, directed by Bob Avian, feels like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage, polished up and sent on the road once again (2:00).
ref: 2007 March 9, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: In archival terms
anticompetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anticompetitive
form: most anticompetitive
Etymology: From anti- + competitive.
Senses: examples: text: And he sees no evidence of any anticompetitive impact.
ref: 2007 February 24, Steve Lohr, “A Software Maker Goes Up Against Microsoft”, in New York Times:
topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
Derived terms: anticompetitively
anticompetitiveness
noncompete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Nardelli also stands to receive another $18 million in “other entitlements,” which […] will be paid over the next four years so long as he does not violate a noncompete contract.
ref: 2007 January 4, Eric Dash, “An Ousted Chief’s Going-Away Pay Is Seen by Many as Typically Excessive”, in New York Times:
text: They are accused of keeping noncompete payments from buyers that should have gone to Hollinger.
ref: 2007 May 2, Bloomberg News, “Hollinger Money Diverted Improperly, Ex-Director Says”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of non-compete.
Derived terms: noncompete clause
noncompete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncompetes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of non-compete.
groundout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundouts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ground out.
interleague
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + league.
Senses: examples: text: And he must not try to sell this as an innovation, like interleague play, or a labor coup, like expanding drug testing.
ref: 2007 March 2, Richard Sandomir, “How Will Selig Sell the Extra Innings Deal to Fans?”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
minicamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minicamps
form: mini-camp
Etymology: From mini- + camp.
Senses: examples: text: Since the Giants' minicamp last spring, Buggs already has begun to expand his training horizons, much to Arnsparger's satisfaction.
ref: 1975 July 15, Neil Amdur, “Buggs Off to a Fast Start In Giants' Training Camp”, in New York Times, page 27:
text: He […] was with the Dolphins for their first minicamp under their new coach, Cam Cameron, last month.
ref: 2007 May 2, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A short training session for members of a professional sports team, held before the main preseason training
minicamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minicamp
halfcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfcourts
Etymology: From half + court.
Senses: examples: text: The second technical was called after Mayo walked back toward the players gathered at halfcourt.
ref: 2007 January 30, Pete Thamel, “A Star Player, a Video and a Suspension”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The middle of the court, at and near the center line
examples: text: Count 'em, 150 basketball courts, actually halfcourts, will line Columbus Drive July 27-28 for the Bulls' second annual Shoot-the-Bull Three-on-Three Roundball Classic.
ref: 1990 July 4, Linda Young, “3-on-3 offers hot aftertaste”, in Chicago Tribune, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2013, page 3:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A basketball court that is half the size of a normal court
examples: text: There was lots of weird stuff going on with zones and matchups and presses and fastbreaks and ball-deflating halfcourts, but UConn won with defense.
ref: 1999 January 24, Michael Arace, “NO. 1 UCONN 62, SETON HALL 47”, in Hartford Courant, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013, page E3:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A shot taken from the middle of the court
Synonyms: midcourt
oversubscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: So the Swetmans were grateful to get an appointment at a temporary free clinic for their latest two puppies, even if there were no slots left in the oversubscribed five-day program for their eight older unspayed females.
ref: 2007 June 30, Erik Eckholm, “For Poor Families, an Added Burden of Too Many Pets”, in New York Times:
text: QBE Insurance Group will sell about $115 million of new shares to its retail investors, after scaling back the oversubscribed purchase plan.
ref: 2009 January 16, “QBE to sell $115m on oversubscribed retail share sale”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2009:
text: And we know that because the organisers of the British Parking Association Awards, to be held at London's Dorchester in March, have just told the entrants that they are so heavily oversubscribed for tables that none can be allocated at this early stage.
ref: 2009 January 21, Hugh Muir, “Diary: Hugh Muir”, in The Guardian:
text: Reddit's (RDDT.N) initial public offering is currently between four and five times oversubscribed, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, making it more likely the social media platform will attain the $6.5 billion valuation it seeks.
ref: 2024 March 17, Echo Wang, “Exclusive: Reddit's IPO as much as five times oversubscribed, sources say”, in Reuters:
glosses: Having insufficient capacity to meet the demand of those who are interested.
Synonyms: overenrolled
oversubscribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversubscribe
oversubscribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversubscribe
oversubscribes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversubscribe
exonerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exoneration
neibour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neibours
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of neighbour.
laminitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lamina + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: For months, the left hind leg put Barbaro’s recovery in serious jeopardy because of laminitis, the often-fatal hoof disease.
ref: 2007 January 28, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times:
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
sciences
veterinary
zoology
glosses: A disease of the digital laminae of the hoof
Related terms: laminitic
standardly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From standard + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a standard way
examples: text: These relations are standardly assumed to be essential relations, that at least partly determine a colour’s identity […]
ref: 2007 November 3, Keith Allen, “Inter-species variation in colour perception”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 2, →DOI:
glosses: Normally; typically
underperformance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underperformances
Etymology: From under- + performance.
Senses: examples: text: The fund manager has been plagued by underperformance and was forced to freeze redemptions on some of its funds at the height of the financial crisis last November.
ref: 2009 January 29, George Lekakis, “NAB Star is fading”, in Herald Sun:
text: Haines added: "A critical factor in underperformance is timetabling, and I know we all talk about our determination never to repeat the disruption of May 2018. I'm therefore pleased that timetabling is one of those areas where, as a industry, we're coming together to try and fix a problem."
ref: 2019 November 20, “National Rail Conference”, in Rail, page 15:
glosses: The state or quality of underperforming
Related terms: underperform
overperformance
lambswool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lambswools
Etymology: From lamb + -s- + wool.
Senses: hypernyms: wool
coordinate_terms: sheepswool
glosses: The wool of a lamb.
hypernyms: woolen#Noun
coordinate_terms: sheepswool
glosses: A textile or garment made of wool from a lamb.
lambswool
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Said to be a corruption of an earlier lamasool or La Maes Abhal, "Day of the Apple Fruit", a festival to a pagan goddess.
Senses: examples: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85,
Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […]
glosses: A festive drink of ale mixed with the pulp of roasted apples.
lambswools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lambswool
externalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more externalist
form: most externalist
Etymology: From external + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: One possible way out would be to appeal to some suitable form of externalist epistemology— based e.g. on facts about reliable empirical connections between the creatures’ responsive dispositions and the content of their experiences—to try to explain just how the content of perceptual experiences informs these subjects’ intentional behaviour.
ref: 2008 August 30, Josefa Toribio, “State Versus Content: The Unfair Trial of Perceptual Nonconceptualism”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:
topics: epistemology
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Contending that there are non-internal factors which can affect the justificatory status of a belief
Coordinate terms: internalist
externalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: externalists
Etymology: From external + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who adheres to externalist beliefs
halfcourts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of halfcourt
intrasquad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + squad.
Senses: examples: text: Thursday, he was one strike from a third consecutive scoreless outing, including an intrasquad game last month.
ref: 2007 March 11, The Associated Press, “With Respect for Every Pitch, Parque Plots Comeback in Seattle”, in New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Within a team
plages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plage
cavelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cavelike
form: most cavelike
Etymology: From cave + -like.
Senses: examples: text: My son and I got to escape our cavelike apartment.
ref: 2007 March 25, Sarah Shey, “Her Ride to Nowhere”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cave
Synonyms: cavernous
branzino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: branzinos
form: branzini
Etymology: From Italian branzino.
Senses: examples: text: Olive oil 2 slices hearty white bread (about 2 ounces) 20 hazelnuts, shelled, roasted, peeled and chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1 teaspoon chopped mint leaves 1 teaspoon orange zest 4 whole branzino, scaled and cleaned Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 lemon, cut into 8¼-inch slices.
ref: 2007 January 10, “Recipe: Oven-Roasted Branzino With Hazelnut Picada”, in New York Times:
text: At that very moment on this recent Friday night, though, it was a roasted branzino with glassy eyes that was ogling her.
ref: 2007 February 18, Monica Corcoran, “Strike Up the Turntable”, in New York Times:
topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: The European seabass, Dicentrarchus labrax.
branzini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of branzino
riesling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rieslings
Senses: examples: text: No longer just an excuse to eat great food and drink fine riesling, the Spring Festival has taken on new meaning.
ref: 2009 January 21, eric vellend, “Year of Ox calls for wokathon”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Riesling.
bayside
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bay + side.
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday's hot weather saw bayside beaches and coastal resorts packed, with surf lifesavers reporting 45 rescues across the state.
ref: 2009 January 14, Mark Buttler, “Teenager drowns off Edithvale Beach”, in Herald Sun, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2009:
glosses: Located along a bay
bayside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baysides
Etymology: From bay + side.
Senses: glosses: The side or shore of a bay.
styrofoam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstaɪ.ɹə.fəʊm/
ipa: /ˈstaɪ.ɹə.foʊm/
rhymes: -aɪɹəfəʊm
Forms: form: styrofoams
Etymology: Genericized trademark of Styrofoam, from -styr- (from polystyrene) + -o- + foam.
Senses: examples: text: A while ago I read your column concerning the effects of hot tea on styrofoam cups.
ref: 1988 November 4, Cecil Adams, “The Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader:
text: In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
ref: 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, archived from the original on 09 May 2013, page 184:
text: Expanded polystyrene foam—commonly, although incorrectly, called Styrofoam—has been the subject of a protracted battle between New York City officials and large industry players, particularly Dart.
ref: 2018 August 9, Gerald Porter Jr., Corinne Ramey, “Industry-Backed Group Keeps Fighting Foam Ban”, in The Wall Street Journal:
glosses: Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
wikipedia: Styrofoam
Derived terms: styro
styrofoam popcorn
countywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From county + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: To win a spot on the board, you have to run a countywide campaign--no small trick.
ref: 1988 March 4, Ben Joravsky, “The Cousin Campaign”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring or extending throughout a county
countywide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From county + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a county.
formulary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊləɹi/
Forms: form: formularies
Etymology: From Middle French formulaire. By surface analysis, formula + -ary.
Senses: examples: text: “Pray,” replied the Colonel, “do you believe in all the doctrines to be found in the public creeds and formularies of our own church.”
ref: 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 136:
glosses: A list of formulas; a collection of set forms to be followed, especially in religious belief.
examples: text: However, when used appropriately under medical guidance, this drug is a safe and essential part of a physician's formulary.
ref: 2009 February 2, “Oxycodone has positive side, too”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
examples: text: Even if beneficiaries want to stay in their current plan, they should still check that the drugs they take are remaining on their plan's formulary and on the same co-pay "tier" as before.
ref: 2006 October 3, Vanessa Fuhrmans, “Medicare drug plans: the new choices”, in Pittsburgh Post Gazette, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2006:
topics: government
healthcare
glosses: A list of drugs, created by health insurers, hospitals, or prescription drug plans, that defines how costs for any drug are shared between patient and health care provider, typically broken down by tiers such as preferred generics with lowest copay, or preferred brand with higher copay, or non-preferred brand and not covered tiers with the highest cost to the patient.
glosses: An ancient or medieval collection of models for official writings.
glosses: A collection of formulas in sciences and mathematics.
Related terms: sense: a pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
word: codex
sense: a pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
word: dispensatory
sense: a pharmacopoeia or list of available drugs, particularly prescription drugs
word: pharmacopoeia
formulary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjʊləɹi/
Forms: form: more formulary
form: most formulary
Etymology: From Middle French formulaire. By surface analysis, formula + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Stated; prescribed; ritual.
Derived terms: nonformulary
formularies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formulary
bohemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bohemias
Senses: examples: text: It's a hip place to be, Phyllis' Musical Inn: smoky, dusty, and dingy, it fulfills most expectations of contemporary urban bohemia.
ref: 1988 March 18, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.
Derived terms: hobohemia
fluorophenylalanine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluorophenylalanines
Etymology: From fluoro- + phenylalanine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isomeric fluoro derivatives of phenylalanine used to inhibit bacteriophage replication
foraminiferal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foraminiferal
form: most foraminiferal
Etymology: From foraminifer + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or resembling the foraminifers; foraminiferous
Derived terms: microforaminiferal
forkhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forkheads
Etymology: From fork + head.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A sequence of amino acids that forms a motif, in FOX proteins, that binds to DNA.
glosses: The forked end of a rod in a knuckle joint or similar.
examples: text: With that at him a quiv'ring dart he threw, / With so fell force, and villeinous despite, / That through his haberjeon the forkehead flew, / And through the linked mayles empierced quite […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: An arrow with a barbed tip.
qualifier: minced oath
glosses: Euphemistic form of fuckhead.
fortecortin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The drug dexamethasone
fosmids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fosmid
foveal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfəʊvɪəl/
ipa: /ˈfoʊvɪəl/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin foveālis.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the fovea.
Derived terms: bifoveal
circumfoveal
extrafoveal
foveal avascular zone
fovealization
fovealize
foveally
foveal zone
interfoveal
intrafoveal
juxtafoveal
nonfoveal
parafoveal
perifoveal
postfoveal
prefoveal
subfoveal
transfoveal
vitreofoveal
ununiform
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + uniform.
Senses: glosses: Not uniform.
unstreetwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unstreetwise
form: most unstreetwise
Etymology: From un- + streetwise.
Senses: glosses: Not streetwise.
fractalkine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fractalkines
Etymology: From fractal + -kine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The human form of the chemokine protein
bel canto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbɛlˈkantəʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bel canto (literally “beautiful singing”).
Senses: examples: text: 'Slender' West Lake lies on the western outskirts of Yangzhou. In the early years of the Manchu Emperor Kangxi, the area beside the lake, known as the Alley of Chiming Jade, was famed for its high concentration of houses of pleasure, and for the beauty of its singsong-girls (whose skills extended to a great deal more than bel canto).
ref: 1993 June, Louis Cha, “The Deer and the Cauldron—Two Chapters from a Novel by Louis Cha”, in John Minford, transl., edited by Geremie Barmé, East Asian History, number 5, Australian National University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 55:
text: Bel canto, or the art of beautiful singing, in 17th- and 18th-century Italy cultivated embellishment through ornaments such as cadenzas, scales, and trills which declined as the size, power, and volume of the orchestra increased.
ref: 2012 March 22nd, David Blockley, Engineering: A Very Short Introduction (309), Oxford University Press, chapter 1: “From idea to reality”, page 5
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An elegant style of singing characterized by beautiful tone and an effortless technique.
alfajores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish alfajores.
Senses: glosses: plural of alfajor
heart-pounding
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heart-pounding
form: most heart-pounding
Senses: examples: text: The anguish, the numb misery, of believing that his beloved, Kahlan had been executed, had evaporated in a heart-pounding instant the day before...
ref: 1996, Terry Goodkind, Blood of the Fold:
text: A simple bump in the road, an unexpected noise, a shadow, or flash of light triggered a heart-pounding, tire-screeching turnaround back to the scene...
ref: 2005, Bruce M Hyman, Cherry Pedrick, The OCD Workbook:
text: Christina Culhane maintained a heart-pounding pace until she broke her stride to glance at her plastic Swatch.
ref: 2006, Jill St Anne, The Italian Connection:
text: In the early days, you may even experience a heart-pounding nightmare or two about being separated from your baby or your baby falling off a balcony...
ref: 2007, Sandy Jones, Marcie Jones, Michael Crocetti, Baby's First Year:
glosses: Causing the heart to pound; dramatically exciting or shocking.
Derived terms: heart-poundingly
anagrind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nə.ɡɹɪnd/
Forms: form: anagrinds
Etymology: Contraction of anagram indicator.
Senses: examples: text: This is really good. Esp. the beard clue, and 2D, except I don't see the purpose of the scare quotes around 'fantastic' -- there must be a better anagrind for this -- diabolical? weird?
ref: 2000, Melvin Hochster, “FSSC #5: results”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
text: The surface isn't quite ideal: for the candymaker to eat the candy ... but confection is good for anagrind, I see upon checking ... same as concoction.
ref: 2007, Flying Tortoise, “PCWC 172 - And the winner is .....”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
text: "Oldster maybe, but she can drag man away" (7) anag(drag man): definition too vague and weakish anagrind.
ref: 2007, Ilan Caron, “SCWC 27: results”, in rec.puzzles.crosswords (Usenet):
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: Part of a cryptic crossword clue indicating that the letters of another word or phrase in the clue should be anagrammed.
knock box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knock boxes
form: knockbox
Senses: glosses: A small container usually provided with a bar used to empty espresso grounds by pounding a portafilter against the sides or the bar.
holographically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more holographically
form: most holographically
Etymology: From holographic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a holographic way.
negatrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of negatron
zemindars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zemindar
toothfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toothfishes
form: toothfish
Etymology: From tooth + fish.
Senses: glosses: Either of the two fish species of the genus Dissostichus.
Hyponyms: sense: fish of genus Dissostichus
taxonomic: Dissostichus eleginoides
word: Patagonian toothfish
sense: fish of genus Dissostichus
taxonomic: Dissostichus mawsoni
word: Antarctic toothfish
Derived terms: toothfishing
toothfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toothfish
topometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛtɹɪk
Etymology: From topometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to topometry.
topometrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From topometric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a topometric way.
fork bombs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fork bomb
Visigoth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪz.ɪ.ɡɒθ/
ipa: /ˈvɪz.ɪˌɡɑθ/
Forms: form: Visigoths
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin Visigothus, from Gothic. According to Mallory & Adams, possibly a tribal name derived from Proto-Germanic *wesuz (reflected in personal names such as Old High German *wisu), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus (“good, excellent”). If so, related to Proto-Celtic *wesus (found in personal names), the Italic goddess Vesuna, and Sanskrit वसु (vasu, “good, excellent”).
The term was coined by Cassiodorus under the misapprehension that it meant "west Goths".
Senses: glosses: Any member of an ancient East Germanic tribe, one branch of the Goths (the Ostrogoths being the other), which participated in several wars with Rome and established a kingdom with Toulouse for its capital.
wikipedia: Cassiodorus
Derived terms: Visigothic
Related terms: Goth
Ostrogoth
Visigoths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Visigoth
youuns
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of you-uns.
zonular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From zonule + -ar.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a zonule or zonules.
anti-spyware
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of antispyware.
zonularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From zonular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a zonular fashion; in zonules.
stalwartly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more stalwartly
form: most stalwartly
Etymology: From stalwart + -ly. Superseded earlier stalworthly.
Senses: glosses: In a stalwart way.
sweatily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sweatily
form: most sweatily
Etymology: From sweaty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From there, the meme will slowly leak into more popular mainstream-right punditry, and then into the Republican Party, until Ted Cruz sweatily asks a judicial nominee if they “support the current thing” and the Times writes some stilted, breathless article about the meme as disinformation.
ref: 2022 May 9, Max Read, “What Is “The Current Thing”?”, in Slate:
glosses: In a sweaty way.
wartily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more wartily
form: most wartily
Etymology: From warty + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a warty way.
unfragrant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfragrant
form: most unfragrant
Etymology: From un- + fragrant.
Senses: glosses: Not fragrant; having a disagreeable smell.
smellily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛlɪli/
Forms: form: more smellily
form: most smellily
Etymology: From smelly + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ‘I'm done for,’ said the poet, dropping heavily and smellily beside her.
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 159:
text: Then I pissed, long and smellily, on the ground as was the custom on that world.
ref: 2002, Adam Roberts, Stone:
text: In vases of coloured glass, expensive cut flowers were silently screaming as they smellily expired.
ref: 2002, Will Self, Dorian:
glosses: In a smelly manner.
horse sense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: gumption
glosses: Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education.
butterine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterines
Etymology: From butter + -ine.
Senses: examples: text: If a man sells you anything as good as what you ask for, but yet entirely different, are you cheated? […] [A] man may say his butterine is as pure and wholesome as genuine butter, and therefore why not sell it as butter?
ref: 1894, R. C. Kedzie, “Adulteration of Fruit Preserves and Other Foods”, in Twenty-fourth annual report of the secretary of the State Horticultural Society of Michigan:
hyponyms: suene
glosses: An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
osteocartilaginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: osseocartilaginous
Etymology: From osteo- + cartilaginous.
Senses: glosses: Relating to or composed of bone and cartilage, or of osteocartilage.
Synonyms: osteochondrous
Related terms: osteochondrosis
ordinally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From ordinal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ordinal manner.
rotoscoping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rotoscope (“technique”).
synonyms: word: rotoscope
extra: technique
rotoscoping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rotoscope
rotoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rotoscope
rotoscoped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rotoscope
rotateable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of rotatable.
subchondral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + chondral.
Senses: examples: text: The subchondral osseous layer which contains the embryonic marrow is thin
ref: 1880, Victor Cornil, Louis Antoine Ranvier, Edward Oram Shakespeare, J. Henry Clay Simes, A Manual of Pathological Histology, page 236:
text: Chondral and osteochondral fractures involve traumatic damage to the cartilage and the subchondral bone
ref: 2006, Juergen Maeurer, Martin Breitenseher, Imaging Strategies for the Knee, page 29:
topics: anatomy
bone
medicine
sciences
glosses: Lying under articular cartilage and containing marrow.
Derived terms: subchondrally
cowlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cowlike
form: most cowlike
Etymology: From cow + -like.
Senses: examples: text: He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike.
ref: 1987, Douglas Adams, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Simon & Schuster, page 102:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a cow.
ahistorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ahistorically
form: most ahistorically
Etymology: From ahistoric + -ally or ahistorical + -ly or a- + historically.
Senses: examples: text: This dwelling marks American architecture's return to a human and domestic scale; it asserts at the same time the builder's right to work ahistorically from his own sense of form and present necessity.
ref: 1917, Wisconsin magazine of history, volume 29, page 6:
text: When she had to mention them — for example, in scenes in Charleston and Atlanta — she referred to them, ahistorically, as “black,” which at the time would have been considered an insult.
ref: 2007 November 4, Stephen L. Carter, “Almost a Gentleman”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: In an ahistorical way.
bogs down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bog down
bogging down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bog down
odden
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oddens
form: oddening
form: oddened
form: oddened
Etymology: From odd + -en (verbal ending).
Senses: examples: text: It was that he had to talk my mind without me there to odden up his thoughts.
ref: 1974, Berry Morgan, The Mystic Adventures of Roxie Stoner, page 145:
text: The light still shines, even though the vessel be oddened, he had remarked once, and Emma, laughing, had kissed his bone-thick, fever-warm brow.
ref: 2013, Lilith Saintcrow, The Red Plague Affair:
text: I cried to be fallen in the love, but in the autumn year of my young age, the villagers and Mama filtered me from the home and the village, for oddening the love.
ref: 2016, The Joyous Stage:
text: I admit to feeling odd not by my self-infliction; rather, I feel “oddened” by White teacher candidates like this who unintentionally (or intentionally) misplace a racialized label on me as if I am “a commodity as spectacle,” […]
ref: 2016, Cheryl E. Matias, Feeling White, page 19:
glosses: To make or become odd (all senses)
uncomputerlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncomputerlike
form: most uncomputerlike
Etymology: From un- + computerlike.
Senses: examples: text: Hence the equipment and environment were designed to be reliable and quiet, and as uncomputerlike in appearance as possible.
ref: 1974, Association for Computers, the Humanities, Computers and the Humanities:
text: Holly faded into focus on the sleeping quarters' vid-screen. 'Oi,' he said, rather un-computerlike, 'I've just opened the radiation seals to the cargo decks. […]
ref: 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers:
text: […] or whether HAL has 'released' the tape to Bowman as a final, uncomputerlike gesture either of goodwill...
ref: 1994, Michael Bérubé, Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics:
text: And if I didn't know better, I'd swear she just had a very uncomputerlike burst of pure, creative thought!
ref: 1999, Ian Douglas, Luna Marine:
text: Hsu refutes Kasparov's controversial claim that only human intervention could have allowed Deep Blue to make its decisive, "uncomputerlike" moves.
ref: 2002, Feng-Hsiung Hsu, Behind Deep Blue: Building the Computer that Defeated the World Chess Champion:
text: Bias based on overapplication of the computer metaphor to a very uncomputerlike biological system...
ref: 2004, William Hirstein, Brain Fiction:
glosses: Not like a computer; having traits not usually associated with computers, such as self-awareness and emotion.