cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
NINJA loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NINJA loans
form: ninja loan
Etymology: Coined by the American lending company HCL Finance from an approximate initialism of no income, no job, no assets.
Senses: examples: text: On top of all this, banks are prying less into the private lives of their mortgage applicants. Traditionally, lenders wished to know something of the borrowers' background—their jobs, their wealth and soforth. In an age of perennially rising home prices, these tedious details could be dispensed with. "Low doc" and "no doc" loans have proliferated. One mortgage provider, HCL Finance, advertises itself as the "home of the 'no doc' loan." Among the products listed on its Web site is the NINJA loan: Even borrowers with "No Income, No Job and No Assets" are welcome to apply.
ref: 2007 February 1, Edward Chancellor, “Ponzi nation”, in Institutional Investor:
text: No competent banker would make a NINJA loan unless he was faced with a Governmental Carrot, a Governmental Stick, or a combination of both.
ref: 2008, FL Turbo, “OT - Do you really think you can trust Bush?”, in rec.gambling.poker (Usenet):
text: The NINA loan is the basis for the apocryphal “NINJA” loan that is often used as an example of excesses in the boom-era mortgage market. NINJA supposedly stood for “no-income, no job, no assets,” but no such loan ever existed. Also, the NINA code, which did exist, did not signify a loan to a borrower with no income. Rather, the code signified that the lender had no information about the borrower’s income.
ref: 2012 May, Christopher L. Foote, Kristopher S. Gerardi, Paul S. Willen, “Why Did So Many People Make So Many Ex Post Bad Decisions? The Causes of the Foreclosure Crisis”, in Atlanta Fed Working Papers, Working Paper 2012-7, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2012, page 19n:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A subprime loan issued to borrowers with no job, income, or assets.
Related terms: NINA loan
liar loan
NINJA loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of NINJA loan
ninja loans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ninja loan
ninja loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninja loans
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of NINJA loan.
creperie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: creperies
form: crêperie
Etymology: Borrowed from French crêperie.
Senses: glosses: A restaurant that specializes in crêpes.
post-kinetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + kinetic.
Senses: examples: text: These village kits were created to support the rifle companies in their post-kinetic activities, leader engagements, and mitigation of combat operations.
ref: 2007, Peter Pigott, Canada in Afghanistan: The War So Far:
text: ...the speed necessary for post-kinetic stabilization in Baghdad and Anbar.
ref: 2007, United States Congress, Securing America's Interest in Iraq:
text: ...we work with the Special Forces on post-kinetic security...
ref: 2008, United States Congress, Deconstructing Reconstruction:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Following destructive warfare.
commonplace books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commonplace book
viewshed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: viewsheds
Etymology: Modelled on watershed, with view. Compare foodshed.
Senses: examples: text: The viewshed is the area that can be "seen" (ie is in direct line-of-sight) from the specified target locations.
ref: 1989, Stanley Aronoff, Geographic Information Systems:
text: Whilst the viewshed quantifies visibility for a limited set of test locations...
ref: 1999, Bruce M Gittings, Integrating Information Infrastructures with Geographical Information:
text: The major shortcoming of viewshed analysis is the accuracy of the results.
ref: 2000, Matthew Schmidt, Radiocarbon Dating New Zealand Prehistory Using Marine Shell:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The view from a particular vantage point.
viewsheds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viewshed
yukky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: yukkier
form: yukkiest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of yucky.
yukkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of yukky: more yukky
yukkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of yukky: most yukky
wattages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wattage
AOLer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AOLers
Etymology: From AOL + -er.
Senses: examples: text: AOLers would post hello messages, old-timers would follow up with vituperative diatribes about reading the FAQ without telling them how to get it […]
ref: 1997, Wendy Grossman, Net.wars:
text: Your external connection is already maxed out, and one thing you don't need is AOLers jamming up what bandwidth you have left.
ref: 2001, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, Martin Grasdal, Configuring ISA Server 2000:
glosses: An Internet user whose ISP is AOL.
examples: text: The almighty stock option became a fetish object, a love thing, a glimpse into a not-so-distance future for AOLers where freedom reigned […]
ref: 2003, Alec Klein, Stealing Time: Steve Case, Jerry Levin, and the Collapse of AOL Time Warner:
text: Time Warner employees considered their AOL counterparts to be too pushy and aggressive, while AOLers considered Time Warner staffers to be coddled […]
ref: 2005, Alexandra Reed Lajoux, The Art of M&A Integration:
glosses: An employee of AOL.
AOLers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of AOLer
overscan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + scan.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The additional area around the four edges of a video image, outside of the safe area, that is not normally seen by the viewer.
Related terms: underscan
safe area
Microsoftie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Microsofties
Etymology: From Microsoft + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: Craig Mundie, the software giant's chief technical officer, is not a typical Microsoftie.
ref: 1990, The Economist:
text: An ex-Microsoftie named Alex St. John, who founded a company called WildTangent, put it this way, "I couldn't be better equipped to run a company."
ref: 2002, David F D'Alessandro, Michele Owens, Brand Warfare:
text: This style of naming variables was called Hungarian notation, after Charles Simonyi, a famous Microsoftie who recently went to the International Space Station as a space tourist.
ref: 2008, Chuck Sphar, Stephen Randy Davis, C# 2008 for Dummies:
text: In the years since, I’ve had the privilege of working with many exceptional human beings, including Hubbers, Microsofties, customers, partners, our GitHub Stars, open-source maintainers, and developers around the world who’ve helped us shape GitHub.
ref: 2025 August 11, Thomas Dohmke, “Auf Wiedersehen, GitHub ♥️”, in The GitHub Blog, retrieved 12 Aug 2025:
synonyms: Microsofter
Softie
glosses: An employee of Microsoft.
Microsofties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Microsoftie
lo-res
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of low-res (“low-resolution”).
unspanked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + spanked.
Senses: examples: text: […] the most devoted mother or father is prone to regard as unspanked brats children who to a third party appear quite as well as the critic's own.
ref: 1918, The Atlantic Monthly:
text: These serve as pathetic substitutes for the love he craves but has never received. Though unpublicized, many an unspanked child has developed a healthy personality.
ref: 1957, Robert O Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage:
glosses: Not spanked.
matsutake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /maːtsuːˈtaːkiː/
/maːtsuːˈtaːkeɪ/
Forms: form: matsutakes
Etymology: From Japanese 松茸 (matsutake).
Senses: examples: text: It was the season for the succulent, fragrant matsutake, which grows at the bases of pine trees, and Takezō relaxed enough to go hunting the large mushrooms on the wooded mountain just behind the house.
ref: 1981 [1935-1939], Eiji Yoshikawa, translated by Charles S. Terry, Musashi, Harper & Row/Kodansha International, translation of 宮本武蔵 [Miyamoto Musashi] (in Japanese), →ISBN, page 11:
roman: Miyamoto Musashi
glosses: A mushroom, Tricholoma matsutake, prized in Asian cuisine for its spicy aroma.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tricholoma magnivelare
word: American matsutake
taxonomic: Tricholoma mesoamericanum
word: Mexican matsutake
word: himematsutake
howso
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Middle English how-so; equivalent to how + so.
Senses: glosses: However, in whatever manner.
glosses: However, to whatever extent.
match made in heaven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matches made in heaven
Senses: examples: text: He and Mrs Jonathan were a remarkable pair; one of those ill-assorted couples that you wonder at. ‘How in the world did they come together?’ was the usual question, the philosophic reply to which would have been, that theirs was actually one of the ‘Matches made in heaven.’ The gentleman got money to enable him to follow the bent of his genius without anxiety for his daily bread, and therewith a stirring wife to take care of him and his house; the wife got her great desideratum, a husband, and therewith the desideratum of all women, her own way.
ref: 1860, Anne Beale, Gladys, the Reaper:
glosses: A relationship, such as a marriage, that is happy and successful, sometimes because the partners are very compatible.
examples: text: The pear essence combined with the chocolate is a match made in heaven.
ref: 2002, Nick Stellino, “Pere al Cioccolatto”, in Nick Stellino's Glorious Italian Cooking, Penguin, →ISBN, page 180:
glosses: A very successful combination of two people or things.
Related terms: made for each other
match made in hell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matches made in hell
Senses: glosses: A relationship that is likely to be unhappy or unsuccessful because the two partners are very incompatible with each other.
examples: text: Two Agencies. Same team. Different objectives. It was a match made in hell, but policy makers back in Washington expected everyone to sing kumbaya for the good of the country.
ref: 2021, Taylor Moore, Down Range, HarperCollins, →ISBN:
glosses: A very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things.
e-mailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of e-mail
e-mailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of e-mail
e-mailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-mailings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of emailing.
anelace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nəˌleɪs/
Forms: form: anelaces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of anlace.
hurlbat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hurlbats
Senses: glosses: A lightweight medieval throwing-axe.
Synonyms: whurlbat
whirlbat
graphics cards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of graphics card
uncontended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + contended.
Senses: glosses: Not contended.
defund
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfʌnd/
rhymes: -ʌnd
Forms: form: defunds
form: defunding
form: defunded
form: defunded
Etymology: From de- + fund.
Senses: examples: text: Did the Arizona legislators satisfy the principles of deliberation when they decided to defund organ transplants?
ref: 1996, Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement:
text: However, when Congress has attempted to defund a presidential agency, presidents have responded by creating new agencies to perform similar functions.
ref: 2003, David E Lewis, Presidents and the Politics of Agency Design:
text: "It has me concerned that this religiously-powered anti-access anti-person campaign has succeeded in a small town in America already," Chrastka told Motherboard. "The idea that there is a breakdown in the respect that we used to have in America for the separation of church and state and a rise of a political perspective that wants to essentially break government, defund education, approach issues around the rights of individual humans as if it was a criminalization campaign... this is a troubling moment and a signal for the rest of America to wake up."
ref: 2022 August 5, Claire Woodcock, “This Town Voted To Defund its Public Library After it Included LGBTQ+ Books”, in Vice.com, archived from the original on 11 Dec 2022:
synonyms: unfund
glosses: To cancel funding for.
Derived terms: defunder
defunds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of defund
defunding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of defund
defunding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: defundings
Senses: examples: text: So Republicans are planning instead a strategy of “defunding” the new health law.
ref: 2010 October 14, “Coming back to bite him”, in The Economist:
synonyms: unfunding
glosses: An instance of something being defunded; withdrawal of funds.
defunded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of defund
doloire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doloires
Etymology: Borrowed from French doloire.
Senses: glosses: A medieval war and utility axe with a long wooden haft of 1.5 metres in length set with a blade shaped as a tear drop.
Synonyms: wagoner's axe
livewithable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more livewithable
form: most livewithable
Etymology: From live with + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It follows, then, that there are five major tasks ahead of us: (i) that of developing individuals who, in their personal relations, are livewithable; […]
ref: 1937, Harry Allen Overstreet, A Declaration of Interdependence:
text: I am saying that we need to make youngsters livewithable in society.
ref: 1940, American Association of School Administrators, Official Report:
text: "I find you eminently livewithable." "You want to make me your mistress and install me in this house."
ref: 1985, Frances Davies, Fortune's Darling:
glosses: Livable with; that can be tolerated by others.
voulge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vu(l)ʒ/
Forms: form: voulges
form: vouge
Etymology: From French voulge, vouge, of uncertain origin, but perhaps from or related to Medieval Latin vidubium. (Some references suggest a comparison to Latin vanga instead.)
Senses: glosses: A medieval poleaxe bearing resemblance to a glaive or a Lochaber ax, although the blade portion is somewhat more elongated.
Related terms: volge
hardwon
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hardwon
form: most hardwon
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hard-won.
make a name for oneself
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes a name for oneself
form: making a name for oneself
form: made a name for oneself
form: made a name for oneself
Senses: glosses: to gain fame, to become well-known.
Related terms: big name
brand name
brand-name
brandname
name brand
Holargos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cholargos.
Cholargus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Cholargos.
Kifissia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kifisia
form: Kephisia
form: Cephissia
form: Kephissia
Etymology: From Greek Κηφισιά (Kifisiá).
Senses: glosses: A suburb east-northeast of Athens in North Athens, Attica, Greece.
Nea Filadelfeia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nea Filadelfia
Senses: glosses: A city in Attica, Greece north of Athens.
Megara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μέγαρα (Mégara).
Senses: glosses: A city west of Athens in the Attica prefecture, Greece.
Derived terms: Megarian
Megaric
Glyfada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Glifada
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Γλυφάδα (Glupháda).
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality, a suburb 13 km south of Athens city centre in Attica, Greece.
glosses: Numerous other places across Greece.
Palaio Faliro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Palaio Faliron
form: Paleo Faliro
form: Paleo Faliron
form: Old Faliro
form: Old Faliron
Senses: glosses: A suburb in south Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece.
Related terms: Neo Faliro
Kaisariani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kaissariani
form: Kesariani
form: Kessariani
Senses: glosses: A city 5 km east-southeast of Athens in the Attica prefecture of Greece.
Dafni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dafnio
form: Dafnion
Etymology: From Greek Δάφνη (Dáfni).
Senses: glosses: A city 10 km south of downtown Athens in Attica, Greece.
glosses: A forest 10 km west of downtown Athens, Greece.
glosses: Numerous villages across Greece.
Tanagra
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtanəɡɹə/
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern Viotia prefecture in Greece.
Tanagra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtanəɡɹə/
Forms: form: Tanagras
Senses: examples: text: He advanced, touched the covers with his fingers as if to identify and greet the author of each, and then progressed towards the group of Tanagra figures in their glass case.
ref: 1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1005:
glosses: A style of terracotta statuary from the 5th to 3rd centuries BCE.
Schimatari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shimatari
form: Schimatario
form: Schimatarion
form: Shimatario
form: Shimatarion
Senses: glosses: A city in the southeast of the Viotia prefecture in Greece, 75 km northwest of Athens.
Orchomenos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orhomenos
form: Orchomenus
Senses: glosses: A city in central Greece.
glosses: A city in north central Arcadia in Greece 20 km north of Tripoli
Kifisia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kifissia.
Cephissia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Kifissia.
Nea Filadelfia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Nea Filadelfeia.
Glifada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Glyfada.
Palaio Faliron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Palaio Faliro.
Paleo Faliro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Palaio Faliro.
Paleo Faliron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Palaio Faliro.
Kaissariani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Kaisariani.
Kesariani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Kaisariani.
Kessariani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kaisariani.
Dafnion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Dafni (“Greek forest”).
Shimatari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Schimatari.
Schimatario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Schimatari.
Schimatarion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Schimatari
Shimatario
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of Schimatari.
Shimatarion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Schimatari.
Orhomenos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Orchomenos.
Skhimatarion
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Schimatari.
Orkhomenos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Orchomenos.
Orchomenus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Orchomenos.
allotetraploids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allotetraploid
fundusectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fundusectomy
Janus particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Janus particles
Etymology: In reference to the two-faced god Janus.
Senses: topics: engineering
nanotechnology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A spherical microscopic particle which has hemispheres with sharply differing properties, such as one hydrophilic hemisphere and one hydrophobic hemisphere
gerontocracies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gerontocracy
nondiabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-diabetic
Etymology: From non- + diabetic.
Senses: examples: text: Though it may seem counterintuitive, a controlled clinical trial of nondiabetic older women found that insulin sensitivity was improved among those who consumed two drinks a day.
ref: 2008 December 15, Jane Brody, “Query for Aging Patients: How Much Do You Drink?”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Not suffering from diabetes.
nondiabetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nondiabetics
form: non-diabetic
Etymology: From non- + diabetic.
Senses: glosses: A person who does not have diabetes.
overamplified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overamplified
form: most overamplified
Etymology: From over- + amplified.
Senses: examples: text: The music was overamplified.
text: Tanny McDonald's voice would be compelling if the weird sisters weren't so wired as to be in another, more overamplified play.
ref: 1988 May 24, John Simon, “Too Many Murderers”, in New York Magazine, page 100:
glosses: Excessively amplified
overamplified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From over- + amplified.
Senses: glosses: past participle of overamplify
overcommit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcommits
form: overcommitting
form: overcommitted
form: overcommitted
Etymology: From over- + commit.
Senses: examples: text: Don't overcommit yourself this month.
synonyms: overpromise
antonyms: undercommit
underpromise
coordinate_terms: oversell
glosses: To make excessive commitments, either beyond one's ability or beyond what is reasonable
Related terms: overcommitment
overcommit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overcommits
Etymology: From over- + commit.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Allocation of more resources than are actually available.
overcommits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcommit
overcommitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcommit
overcommitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overcommitted
form: most overcommitted
Etymology: From over- + committed.
Senses: examples: text: The crisis in such a young man's life may be reached exactly wheen he half-realizes that he is fatally overcommitted to what he is not.
ref: 1958, Erik Erikson, Young Man Luther, page 43:
glosses: Having committed too much of one's time or resources.
overcommitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcommit
overamplify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overamplifies
form: overamplifying
form: overamplified
form: overamplified
Etymology: From over- + amplify.
Senses: examples: text: Pastor Andres's public voice was deep and rumbly; with the mike overamplifying him, and the faint Hispanic accent, he was hard to understand.
ref: 2006, Sara Paretsky, Fire Sale, page 109:
glosses: To amplify to an extent that distorts the original sound or signal
examples: text: Physiological thresholds can differ from behavioral thresholds by ±15–20 dB HL. Thus, without verification of behavioral responses with amplification, hearing aids may underamplify or overamplify.
ref: 2006, Patricia Spencer, Advances in the Spoken-Language Development of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children, →ISBN:
text: What is interesting to note here is that the 2⁄3 gain can be seen to overamplify over the curved line of the impaired ear more than underamplifies, whereas the 1⁄3 gain curve illustrates the opposite, where it tends to underamplify sound to the ear.
ref: 2014, Michael J. Metz, Sandlin's Textbook of Hearing Aid Amplification, →ISBN:
glosses: To amplify to an extent that is undesirably loud.
Related terms: underamplify
amplify
overpayment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overpayments
Etymology: From over- + payment.
Senses: examples: text: The employer sued to recover overpayment of wages.
text: The Social Security Administration announced Friday that it will no longer automatically withhold 100% of the overpayment amount from recipients’ monthly benefits. Instead, it will collect 10% – or $10, whichever is greater – to recover the overpayment. […] The Social Security Administration recovered more than $4.9 billion in overpayments in fiscal year 2023 but still ended the year with a total balance of $23 billion in uncollected payments.
ref: 2024 March 29, Tami Luhby, “Social Security slashes amount of overpayments beneficiaries must pay back”, in CNN:
glosses: Payment exceeding the amount actually due.
Related terms: underpayment
overpay
overamplifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overamplify
overamplifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overamplify
overpayments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overpayment
overpromise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overpromises
form: overpromising
form: overpromised
form: overpromised
form: over-promise
Etymology: From over- + promise.
Senses: examples: text: We don't want to overpromise.
text: So rather than posh skin creams that overpromise, a good brow job gives instant results.
ref: 2008 December 6, Tiyana Grulovic, “Brows are a gal's best accessory”, in Globe and Mail:
text: Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said.
ref: 2020 July 13, Michael Warren, Jeremy Diamond, Ryan Nobles and Fredreka Schouten, “Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Trump campaign struggles to get its rally machine going”, in CNN:
text: "[...] If the economy has tanked... then we don't want to over-promise and under-deliver."
ref: 2022 October 5, “Network News: Private sector's role in a publicly-owned railway”, in RAIL, number 967, page 16:
synonyms: overcommit
glosses: To promise more than is delivered.
Related terms: oversell
write checks one can't cash
overpromises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overpromise
overpromising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overpromise
overpromised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overpromise
arbitraging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of arbitrage
arbitraged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of arbitrage
midrange
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mid-range.
midrange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midranges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mid-range.
minifestival
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minifestivals
form: mini-festival
Etymology: From mini- + festival.
Senses: examples: text: I saw it over the weekend at the Sheffield Play House, during what was described, less than felicitously perhaps, as a minifestival.
ref: 1970 August 3, Clive Barnes, “Dance: Where the Young Don't Yawn”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A small festival, especially a small-scale exhibition of theatrical or film works
minifestivals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minifestival
networker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: networkers
Etymology: From network + -er.
Senses: examples: text: He's a great networker; he knows people all over the world.
glosses: One who engages in networking
minifridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɪnifɹɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: minifridges
form: mini-fridge
form: mini fridge
Etymology: From mini- + fridge.
Senses: glosses: A small refrigerator, such as is often found in hotel or dormitory rooms.
Synonyms: beer fridge
networkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of networker
minifridges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minifridge
campaignlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more campaignlike
form: most campaignlike
Etymology: From campaign + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The tour had a campaignlike atmosphere.
glosses: Resembling an advertising or political campaign
ofrendas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ofrenda
metacarpophalangeal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /met.əˌkɑː.pəʊ.fəˈlæn.d͡ʒi.əl/
ipa: /ˌmet̬.əˌkɑːɹ.poʊ.fəˈlæn.d͡ʒi.əl/
Etymology: From metacarpo- + phalangeal.
Senses: examples: metacarpophalangeal articulation
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the metacarpus and the phalange
Derived terms: metacarpophalangeal joint
Related terms: metatarsophalangeal
bronchioli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bronchiolus
colonoscopists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colonoscopist
mestino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mestinos
form: mestinoes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mestizo.
colonoscopist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colonoscopists
Etymology: From colonoscopy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: An almost Olympian detachment is of great help to the colonoscopist.
ref: 1975, Claude Welch, Stephen Hedberg, Polypoid Lesions of the Gastrointestinal Tract, →ISBN, page 33:
glosses: The physician who administers a colonoscopy
geokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From geo- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
parapsychology
pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to manipulate the movement of minerals in the earth using supposed psychic powers.
Related terms: geokinetic
handoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handoff, alternative form of hand-off.
hand-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand-off
precap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precaps
Etymology: Blend of pre- + recap
Senses: glosses: A preliminary summary of forthcoming events, especially at the start of a television programme, or before a commercial break.
inbounds
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From in bounds.
Senses: examples: text: An inbounds clearing attempt follows either a goalie save or a turnover in the defensive half of the field.
ref: 2008, David Urick, Sports Illustrated Lacrosse: Fundamentals for Winning, page 97:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Within bounds
Derived terms: inbounds pass
Related terms: inbound
inbounds
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From in bounds.
Senses: examples: text: She passed the ball inbounds.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Into the inbounds area
inbounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From in bounds.
Senses: glosses: plural of inbound
inbounds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From in bounds.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inbound
multiparty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-party
Etymology: From multi- + party.
Senses: examples: text: Lawyers from Tobruk and Benghazi claim to be running civilian committees, and have called for the restoration of the 1952 constitution, amended to uphold a multi-party republic.
ref: 2011 February 25, “Building a new Libya”, in The Economist:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: multipartite
glosses: Involving several different political parties.
examples: text: a multiparty telephone call
glosses: Having multiple parties (involved persons).
Derived terms: multipartyism
multipartyist
Related terms: multipartisan
counterploy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterploys
Etymology: From counter- + ploy.
Senses: examples: text: So it goes. Bluff and counterbluff, ploy and counterploy.
ref: 1971, William O. Johnson, Super Spectator and the Electric Lilliputians, page 114:
glosses: A clever trick used to counteract another clever trick.
counterploys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterploy
doughs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of dough
doughs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -əʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dough
molasse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈlæs/
Forms: form: molasses
Etymology: From French molasse, a kind of sandstone, from Latin mollis (“soft”).
Senses: examples: text: The molasse provides a record of the wearing down of the Alpine range at a late stage; unlike the Flysch, it is largely non-marine.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 109:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A shallow deposit of sandstone, shale and conglomerate in front of a rising mountain chain.
Derived terms: molassic
clearing houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearing house
clearing banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clearing bank
flamberg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flambergs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flamberge.
NTACMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Navy Tactical Missile System.
cms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chapman - known to Russian tabloids as "Agent 90-60-90" because of her figure measurements, in cms – was not available for comment.
ref: 2010 December 21, Tom Parfitt, “Spy Anna Chapman 'to lead youth wing of Putin's party'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: plural of cm; centimeters
duffel coat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duffel coats
form: duffle coat
Etymology: After the Belgian town of Duffel, which produced the thick cloth from which early duffel coats were made.
Senses: examples: text: Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: A warm, hooded coat, made from duffel, fastened with toggles.
Related terms: duffel bag
DDI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DDIs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of direct dial-in.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of dideoxyinosine; also ddI.
topics: road
transport
glosses: Initialism of diverging diamond interchange.
schelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of scheelium.
bogglingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bogglingly
form: most bogglingly
Etymology: From boggling + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It was bogglingly complex, with 212 speaking parts, more than 1000 camera setups, 95 scenes, 15 separate film stocks, and endless intercuts and flashbacks -- "everything but footnotes," Stone joked.
ref: 1992, Oliver Stone, Zachary Sklar, JFK: The Book of the Film, published 2006, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: In a stupefying manner or to a stupefying degree.
examples: text: The prisoner rises with a bit of paper in his hand, and slowly and bogglingly reads from it what has been written down for him to say, and what is delivered thus, reads to the public in the newspaper report like shrewd spontaneous suggestions.
ref: 1863 December 26, “Court-Martial”, in All The Year Round, page 422:
glosses: While boggling; with an amazed expression.
Synonyms: sense: stupefying manner or degree
word: mind-bogglingly
sense: stupefying manner or degree
word: stupefyingly
sense: stupefying manner or degree
word: astoundingly
Related terms: mind-bogglingly
Istanbulite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Istanbulite
form: most Istanbulite
Etymology: From Istanbul + -ite.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Istanbul
Istanbulite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Istanbulites
Etymology: From Istanbul + -ite.
Senses: synonyms: Istanbullu
glosses: a person from or living in Istanbul
VER
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Veracruz: a state of Mexico.
panty hose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pantyhose.
nowness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nownesses
Etymology: From now + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: With events cascading so quickly that last year often feels like another era, Armstrong wanted to create what he called, when I spoke to him last week, “a feeling of nowness.”
ref: 2025 May 26, Michelle Goldberg, quoting Jesse Armstrong, “From the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 May 2025:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The property of happening now, or relating to the present time.
Related terms: hereness
hereness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From here + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Hereness (Dasein) might be perhaps be called more expediently, Now-Being (Jetztsein), ...
ref: 1954, Otto Samuel, “The Relationship of Hereness Dasein”, in A Foundation of Ontology: A Critical Analysis of Nicolai Hartmann, Digitized edition (Philosophy), Philosophical Library, published 2008, page 62:
text: Der veg tsu undzer yugnt embodied the diaspora nationalist ideology of doikeyt, or “hereness," an East European Jewish political principle that championed the legitimacy of Jewish communities wherever they found themselves.
ref: 1996 08, Deborah Dash Moore, Yivo Annual Volume 23, →ISBN:
text: What do I mean by home? Not the nation state; not religious worship; not the deepest grief of a people marked by hatred. I mean a commitment to what is and is not mine; to the strangeness of others, to my strangeness to others; to common threads twisted with surprise. Diasporism takes root in the Jewish Socialist Labor Bund’s principle of doikayt — hereness — the right to be, and to fight for justice, wherever we are...Doikayt is about wanting to be citizens, to have rights, to not worry about being shipped off at any moment where someone else thinks you do or don’t belong…I name this commitment Diasporism.
ref: 2007 06, Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz, The Colors of Jews: Racial Politics and Radical Diasporism, →ISBN:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The property of being here; existence, dasein.
Derived terms: Jewish hereness
Related terms: nowness
PC Card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PC Cards
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A removable memory or I/O device that fits into an expansion slot on a notebook computer or a personal digital assistant (PDA). PC Cards are used primarily in notebook computers and PDAs. PC Card peripherals include Wi-Fi network cards, memory cards, modems, wired NICs, and hard drives.
Aquariuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Aquarius
Americanises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Americanise
Americanising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Americanise
acquiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of acquite; obsolete spelling of acquitting.
acquited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of acquite; obsolete spelling of acquitted.
PEAP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, a proposed protocol for 802.1X authentication on WLANs.
Arizonans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Arizonan
PLCP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Physical Layer Convergence Procedure, a protocol (defined by IEEE 802.6) specified within the Transmission Convergence layer that defines exactly how cells are formatted within a data stream for a particular type of transmission facility.
New Hampshirites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of New Hampshirite
Vermonters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vermonter
array controller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: array controllers
Senses: examples: text: The prototype array controller that is designed will then be partially implemented to control the demonstration heliostats.
ref: 1980, IEEE Control Systems Society, Proceedings of the ... IEEE Conference on Decision & Control, page 1062:
glosses: A controller of any array of equivalent hardware components.
glosses: A disk array controller.
misstepping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misstep
misstepping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missteppings
Senses: glosses: A misstep or mistake.
IAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IAPs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of integrated access point: a series of access points built into a single device and controlled by a single, multi-channel MAC resident on an array controller.
examples: text: […] but the metadata and application binary must be in iTunes Connect for you to manage your IAP products.
ref: 2012, Kevin Hoffman, Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion App Development in 24 Hours, Sams, published 2012, →ISBN, page 318:
text: IAPs are the single biggest revenue source in all successful F2P games.
ref: 2013, Will Luton, Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away, New Riders, published 2013, →ISBN, page 11:
text: Crafting a viable and meaningful IAP system into your game takes a lot of thought and planning on your end.
ref: 2014, Jesse Freeman, Releasing HTML5 Games for Windows 8, O'Reilly Media, published 2014, →ISBN, page 105:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of in-app purchase: a technology used in games and various other software that allows you to purchase virtual goods within the software.
glosses: Initialism of incident action plan.
misstepped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misstep
access point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: access points
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: wi-fi array
glosses: A device, such as an Internet modem, that permits wireless devices to connect to a network.
Derived terms: rogue access point
pre-shared key
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pre-shared keys
Senses: glosses: A method used to protect network traffic in WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) networks by requiring that all connected devices use the same manually entered password.
TKIP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Temporal Key Integrity Protocol: a wireless security encryption mechanism used in some protected Wi-Fi networks.
stipular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From stipule + -ar.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or constituting a stipule.
dryest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: driest
Senses: glosses: superlative form of dry: most dry
sexualizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sexualize
sexualizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sexualize
trayless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tray + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The cafeteria is trayless this year, in an effort to save water.
glosses: Without a tray
helmetless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From helmet + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The helmetless rider was killed in the crash.
glosses: Without a helmet
postelection
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: post-election
Etymology: From post- + election.
Senses: examples: text: The postelection television coverage was canceled.
synonyms: postelectoral
antonyms: preelection
glosses: Occurring after an election.
around the world
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: He sailed around the world.
glosses: Around Earth from east to west, or west to east, thus crossing all meridians.
examples: text: The great invasion games of basketball, field and ice hockey, lacrosse and the varied football codes seem to provide an immense attraction for all ages, and billions of people around the world play and watch these sports.
ref: 2001, Alan G. Launder, Play Practice: The Games Approach to Teaching and Coaching Sports:
glosses: In a large proportion of Earth; in various parts of Earth.
Synonyms: worldwide
around the world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: around the worlds
Senses: examples: text: […] and proceeds to deftly execute an over-the-falls, a cat's cradle and two around-the-worlds
ref: 1970, John Grissim, Country Music: White Man's Blue, page 52:
glosses: A particular trick move with a yo-yo.
geocode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: geocodes
form: geocoding
form: geocoded
form: geocoded
Etymology: From geo- + code.
Senses: examples: text: I geocode my customers' addresses to provide them with more relevant promotional material.
antonyms: reverse geocode
glosses: To find the latitude and longitude coordinates of an address.
Derived terms: geocoder
Related terms: geocodable
geocodify
geocode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: geocodes
Etymology: From geo- + code.
Senses: glosses: A code made up of latitude and longitude, indicating a geographical location.
geocodes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of geocode
geocoded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of geocode
geocoded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: identified by a geocode
Derived terms: nongeocoded
geocoding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of geocode
antiwhaling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiwhaling
form: most antiwhaling
Etymology: From anti- + whaling.
Senses: examples: text: The antiwhaling protest was a success.
glosses: Against the practice of whaling (hunting of whales).
ear dagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear daggers
Senses: glosses: A medieval dagger with a distinctive ear-shaped pommel
parrying dagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parrying daggers
Senses: glosses: A medieval dagger usually wielded with the left hand. It was used primarily for parrying and defense, while the other hand held a longer, single handed sword like a rapier. Also known as a main gauche.