cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mollymawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mollymawks
form: mollemock
form: mollemoke
form: molly-mawk
form: malmock
form: mallemocke
form: mallemoke
Etymology: Ultimately from Dutch mallemok (from malle (“foolish”)), probably influenced by German Mallemucke. Compare Japanese 信天翁(あほうどり) (ahōdori, “albatross, foolish bird”).
Senses: glosses: A fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis).
examples: text: She chatters, mainly to Simon, pointing out a circling mollymawk, a line of shags winging away from Maukiekie, a penguin that surfaces not far from the boat.
ref: 1983, Keri Hulme, The Bone People, Penguin, published 1986, page 210:
glosses: Any of various similar seabirds, now especially an albatross of the genus Thalassarche.
Derived terms: black-browed mollymawk (Thalassarche melanophris
molly
mollymawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mollymawk
ods bodikin
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ods bodikins.
hypomenorrheas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypomenorrhea
outhustle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outhustles
form: outhustling
form: outhustled
form: outhustled
Etymology: From out- + hustle.
Senses: examples: text: The season is over for Manhattan, not because the Jaspers were outplayed or outhustled but, perhaps, because of a single call.
ref: 2007 March 4, Bill Finley, “Whistle Signals Early End for Jaspers”, in New York Times:
text: They lost because they were outhustled and failed to persuade enough Americans to support their vision for the country.
ref: 2024 December 29, Laurie Woodward Garcia, “Stop Blaming and Start Building a Better Tomorrow”, in People Power United:
glosses: To do a better job of hustling than
outhustled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outhustle
outhustling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outhustle
outhustles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outhustle
nongame
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + game.
Senses: examples: text: The Monday night team in particular is so annoying with all the nongame chatter, you would think it was a talk show rather than a football game.
ref: 2007 January 7, “Letters to the Editor”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a game, or unrelated to a game
examples: text: Plants were included recently in the definition of "wildlife" supportable by funds collected via the nongame wildlife checkoff on Illinois income tax returns, but that was a triumph of lobbying, not public opinion.
ref: 1988 April 15, James Krohe Jr., “Where Has All the Flora Gone?”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Not a game animal
nongame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongames
Etymology: From non- + game.
Senses: glosses: An activity, etc. that is not a game.
nondefense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + defense.
Senses: examples: text: A more immediate concern, therefore, is to figure how more of the $250 million earmarked for Chicago might be spent on nondefense items.
ref: 1988 August 19, Ben Joravsky, “Peace Conversion: a tiny city agency seeks to turn swords into plowshares”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Unrelated to military defense
Related terms: nondefensive
noncompetition
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + competition.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Greenspan said there was no evidence that his client ever instructed Mr. Radler or anyone else to conceal information from the audit committee about the so-called noncompetition payments made to Mr. Black, Mr. Radler, the other defendants and a Canadian holding company as a result of the asset sales.
ref: 2007 June 20, Richard Siklos, “Black’s Lawyers Hammer Former Partner’s Testimony”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an agreement not to compete with another party
glosses: A failure to compete
Synonyms: noncompete
baby-killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby-killers
form: babykiller
form: baby killer
Etymology: The Vietnam War veteran usage stems from the My Lai massacre (1968), in which hundreds of civilians, including infants, were massacred.
Senses: examples: text: He promised to protect and serve "even a baby killer like yourself," but also to do everything in his office's power "to assist the protesters who wish to protect the misguided mothers who come to your clinic of death."
ref: 1999, Charisma and Christian Life, volume 24, numbers 6-11, page 38:
glosses: An abortionist (all senses).
glosses: A pregnant woman who receives an abortion.
glosses: A Vietnam War veteran.
glosses: A member or veteran of the US military or the Israeli Army.
examples: text: The following named soothing-syrups commonly given to children during their teething period have been proclaimed by the United States government chemists as “baby killers;” and the public is hereby warned against the use of any of these preparations for children […]
ref: 1911, Michigan's Health, volumes 6-7, page 90:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see baby, killer.
armor-piercing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: armor piercing
form: armour-piercing
form: armour piercing
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Intended to pierce armor.
raw_tags: of a device [usually a munition]
Synonyms: word: AP
nicad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪˌkæd/
rhymes: -aɪkæd
Forms: form: nicads
form: NiCad
form: NiCd
Etymology: Blend of nickel + cadmium
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery
Related terms: NiMH
rechargeable battery
lead-acid battery
Li-ion
AAM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AAMs
Senses: topics: journalism
media
glosses: Initialism of Alliance for Audited Media.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of air-to-air missile.
examples: text: Coordinate term: MAP
text: One user appeared to be selling child sexual abuse material, writing "Sixteen is a cool number" and "Sells to anyone" alongside a Wickr handle and the acronyms "map" and "aam," which stand for minor-attracted-person and adult-attracted-minor respectively.
ref: 2022 June 10, Ben Goggin, “Wickr, Amazon’s encrypted chat app, has a child sex abuse problem — and little is being done to stop it”, in NBC News:
topics: lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of adult-attracted minor (see usage notes on MAP).
Derived terms: BVRAAM
LRAAM
MRAAM
SRAAM
WVRAAM
Related terms: SAM
SSM
ASM
parasagittal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædʒɪtəl
-ɪtəl
Etymology: From para- + sagittal.
Senses: glosses: Situated alongside of or adjacent to a sagittal location or a sagittal plane.
Derived terms: parasagittally
shiraz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirazes
Senses: examples: text: I slept really well, too, but that may have been because of another healing ingredient I use called shiraz.
ref: 2007 March 15, Mike Albo, “Save a Face, Save the World”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Shiraz.
immunostain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunostains
Etymology: From immuno- + stain.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any staining agent used in immunostaining
immunostain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunostains
form: immunostaining
form: immunostained
form: immunostained
Etymology: From immuno- + stain.
Senses: glosses: To use such a staining agemt
Derived terms: coimmunostain
immunostimulatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunostimulatory
form: most immunostimulatory
Etymology: From immuno- + stimulatory.
Senses: glosses: That produces immunostimulation
immunostimulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunostimulations
Etymology: From immuno- + stimulation.
Senses: glosses: stimulation of the immune response
Related terms: immunostimulate
lettuce leaf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lettuce leaves
Etymology: lettuce + leaf
Senses: glosses: A leaf of lettuce.
glosses: An Australian one hundred dollar bank note, due to its green colour; compare greenback (US).
frankalmoigne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frankalmoignes
Senses: examples: text: The tenure of Church lands was in "frankalmoigne," or "free alms." Tenants in frankalmoigne had only to perform the "three necessities"—to keep up highways, build castles, and repel invasions.
ref: 1908, Mary A. M. Marks, chapter 3, in Landholding in England, page 23:
glosses: A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; - called also tenure by free alms.
utopianism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utopianisms
form: Utopianism
Etymology: From utopian + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: In this solid account of the calamitous effect of dry utopianism on New York City, Lerner explains how the Prohibition amendment was passed and why its execution failed.
ref: 2007 March 11, Pete Hamill, “Raging Thirst”, in New York Times:
text: Barack Obama in 2008 was probably the last western leader to capture this sentiment, with his slogan “Hope and change”. […] That shared utopianism allowed tech leaders to bond with political leaders.
ref: 2025 October 11, Simon Kuper, “A utopian future is still, just about, possible”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 20:
glosses: The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.
Derived terms: cyberutopianism
bocaux
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From French bocaux.
Senses: glosses: plural of bocal
eliminativism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eliminative + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: This ontology, however, leads to our second problem: the Overdetermination Argument (OA) for eliminativism.
ref: 2007 December 8, Patrick Toner, “Emergent substance”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 141, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: eliminative materialism
glosses: The materialist view that the majority of the mental states assumed by common sense like belief or sensation do not exist.
Related terms: eliminativist
immunotolerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more immunotolerant
form: most immunotolerant
Etymology: From immuno- + tolerant.
Senses: glosses: That does not develop an immune response to a particular antigen.
evenhandedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: even-handedness
Etymology: From evenhanded + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The uproar […] came as the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, is under increasing pressure to demonstrate evenhandedness.
ref: 2007 January 26, Marc Santora, “Iraq Leader and Sunni Officials in Clash on Security”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being evenhanded; fairness, impartiality.
Related terms: evenhandedly
flagstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flagsticks
Etymology: From flag + stick.
Senses: examples: text: He rattled the flagstick twice with his approach shots[…].
ref: 2007 May 12, Damon Hack, “Woods Saves His Best Shot for Sabbatini”, in New York Times:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The pole which marks the location of a hole
flagsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flagstick
immunotyping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmjʊnoʊˌtaɪpɪŋ/
/ɪˈmjuːnoʊˌtaɪpɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: Any of several techniques used to identify immunotypes
godspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: At the threshold of death, how dare I give you permission to go to England, to cross the seas? But I will not stand in your way. It is your mother's permission which really matters. If she permit you, then godspeed! Tell her I will not interfere. You will go with my blessings.
ref: 1927, M[ohandas] K[aramchand] Gandhi, “Preparation for England”, in Mahadev Desai, transl., The Story of My Experiments with Truth: Translated from the Original in Gujarati, volume I, Ahmedabad, Gujarat: Navajivan Press, →OCLC, part I, page 95:
text: So, class of 2007, join in. And godspeed.
ref: 2007 May 12, Peter Steinfels, “At commencement, a call for religious literacy”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed.
godspeed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: godspeeds
Senses: examples: text: Mr. C[harles] C[rozat] Converse's new pronoun [thon] of the singular number and common gender has met with a warm welcome from philologists and the press. […] The new word has received a number of godspeeds, some of which we quote.
ref: 1884 November 1, “Thon”, in J[eanette] L[eonard], J[oseph] B[enson] Gilder, editors, The Critic: A Literary Weekly, Critical and Eclectic, volume II, number 44, New York, N.Y.: The Good Literature Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 210, column 1:
text: Eight years before he had seen his friend off at the North Wall and wished him godspeed.
ref: 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “A Little Cloud”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 84:
text: I udn't mind seeing her come in when I was in the godspeed of washday, and that's saying something.
ref: 1939, Flora Thompson, “‘A Bit of a Tell’”, in Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy, London: Penguin Books, published 1973, →ISBN, page 291:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Godspeed.
immunotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunotypes
Etymology: From immuno- + type.
Senses: glosses: The form of a compound that has separate immunological characteristics
Derived terms: immunosubtype
immunotypic
immunotype
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: immunotypes
form: immunotyping
form: immunotyped
form: immunotyped
Etymology: From immuno- + type.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: To separate and analyse immunotypes
Derived terms: immunosubtype
impermeant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more impermeant
form: most impermeant
Etymology: From im- + permeant.
Senses: glosses: That cannot permeate through a specified semipermeable membrane
inbreds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inbred
multibillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: multibillionaires
form: multi-billionaire
Etymology: From multi- + billionaire.
Senses: examples: text: But it took Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the multibillionaire with a reputation for cool-headedness, to actually bar him, beginning in April, from City Hall news conferences.
ref: 2007 June 16, Diane Cardwell, “A Gadfly Becomes Persona Non Grata in City Hall”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Nov 2020:
glosses: A person with a net worth of multiple billions, typically measured in US dollars.
Derived terms: multibillionairess
Related terms: multimillionaire
multizillionaire
multibillionaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of multibillionaire
involvements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of involvement
informationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more informationally
form: most informationally
Etymology: From informational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an informational manner.
glosses: With regard to information.
interreligious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + religious.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Weigel delivers the latest rendition of his case in the April issue of First Things, an interreligious neoconservative monthly.
ref: 2007 April 14, Peter Steinfels, “A Catholic Debate Mounts on the Meaning of ‘Just War’”, in New York Times:
synonyms: ecumenical
interconfessional
interfaith
glosses: Involving more than one religion
inferentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more inferentially
form: most inferentially
Etymology: From inferential + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Tom’s belief that ¬ (S) is sustained by desires that do not justify it, and does not interact inferentially with Tom’s assessment of evidence for (S).
ref: 2007 July 14, Timothy Chan, “Belief, assertion and Moore’s Paradox”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 139, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: With respect to, or by means of, inference
Derived terms: noninferentially
Related terms: inferential
inferentiality
indexicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indexical
slanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slangers
Etymology: From slang + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who speaks or writes slang.
slanger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slangers
Etymology: From slang + -er, from sling.
Senses: examples: text: The dope slangers, the gang bangers, the street corner hangers are all a part of the village.
ref: 1994, Tom Benjamin, The Home Alone Syndrome: A Parent's Handbook for Survival, page 97:
text: Further, many of these veteranos had earned their spurs, so to speak, and were respected and looked up to as male role models, even though they no longer were active bangers or slangers.
ref: 2007, James Diego Vigil, The Projects: Gang and Non-Gang Families in East Los Angeles:
text: Valdez and Sifaneck outline four different types of drug selling gang members: homeboys, hustlers, slangers, and ballers. […] Slangers are a part of gang networks that sell and distribute illicit substances, use drugs, and return the profits from drug sales back to the gang network.
ref: 2011, Roger J. R. Levesque, Encyclopedia of Adolescence, page 784:
glosses: A drug dealer, especially one working as part of a network of criminals.
innovationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: innovationists
Etymology: From innovation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A promoter of innovation.
glosses: An innovator.
interchain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interchain
form: most interchain
Etymology: From inter- + chain.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Between chains (of a polymer etc)
interchain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: interchains
form: interchaining
form: interchained
form: interchained
Etymology: From inter- + chain.
Senses: examples: text: Two bosoms interchained with an oath.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: To link together; to unite closely or firmly, as if by a chain.
interdecadal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: inter-decadal
Etymology: From inter- + decadal.
Senses: examples: text: Thus the analysis of longer, high-resolution ice cores from the Canadian north could be quite revealing from the viewpoint of Arctic interdecadal variability.
ref: 1996, National Research Council, Natural Climate Variability on Decade-to-Century Time Scales, page 259:
text: Latif and Barnett's postulated mechanism is that self-sustained oscillations at interdecadal time scales can be set up through the influence of the subtropical ocean gyre on SST anomalies in the North Pacific and a subsequent delayed response of wind stress that spins down the gyre.
ref: 1999, National Research Council, Improving American River Flood Frequency Analyses, page 92:
text: This chapter describes variations in tropical cyclone activity over the western North Pacific on time scales from interdecadal to intraseasonal.
ref: 2004, Johnny C. L. Chan, “10: Variations in the Activity of Tropical Cyclones over the Western North Pacific: From Interdecadal to Intraseasonal”, in Richard J. Murnane, Kam-biu Liu, editors, Hurricanes and Typhoons: Past, Present, and Future, page 269:
text: 2010, Kon-Kee Liu, Chun-Mao Tseng, Tzu-Ying Yeh, Li-Wen Wang, Elevated Phytoplankton Biomass in Marginal Seas in the Low Latitude Ocean: A Case Study in the South China Sea, Wing-Huen Ip, Anil Bhardwaj (editors), Advances in Geosciences, Volume 19: Planetary Science (PS), page 101,
Therefore, there is a striking interdecadal variation of ENSO signal in the upper heat content anomalies of the tropical Pacific during the past 120 years from 1881–2000.
glosses: Between decades; occurring over more than one decade.
Derived terms: interdecadal Pacific oscillation
tailplane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailplanes
Etymology: From tail + plane.
Senses: glosses: A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin.
Synonyms: horizontal stabiliser
horizontal stabilizer
Coordinate terms: foreplane
mainplane
vertical stabiliser
vertical stabilizer
interexperimental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: interexperiment
form: inter-experimental
Etymology: From inter- + experimental.
Senses: glosses: Between experiments.
interfilament
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + filament.
Senses: glosses: Between filaments (of a polymer etc).
intergeneric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + generic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Between organisms of different genera
intergenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + genomic.
Senses: glosses: Between genomes.
interhelix
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + helix.
Senses: glosses: Between helices (of nucleic acids etc)
interleaflet
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interleaflet
form: most interleaflet
Etymology: From inter- + leaflet.
Senses: glosses: Between leaflets (botanical etc)
interorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Etymology: From inter- + orbital.
Senses: glosses: Between orbitals.
glosses: Between orbits.
Derived terms: interorbitally
interorbital
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔː(ɹ)bɪtəl
Forms: form: interorbitals
Etymology: From inter- + orbital.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of the scales between the orbits.
interpillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + pillar.
Senses: glosses: Between pillars.
hummable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hummable
form: most hummable
Etymology: From hum + -able.
Senses: examples: text: It wasn't as though the Dead Kennedys played hummable tunes, but lead singer Jello Biafra is a superstar in his own right.
ref: 1988 February 26, Achy Obejas, “Calendar”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Suitable for humming or humming along to.
Derived terms: hummability
hummably
unhummable
Related terms: singable
danceable
interpulse
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + pulse.
Senses: glosses: Between pulses.
multiday
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multi-day
Etymology: From multi- + day.
Senses: examples: text: Entering a whole new realm of high seasonally averaged temperatures, not just multiday heat waves, will surely challenge the global population's ability to produce adequate food in the future or even to cope physically with chronic heat stress, unless major adaptations are made.
ref: 2009 January 9, David. S. Battisti, Rosamond L. Naylor, “Historical Warnings of Future Food Insecurity with Unprecedented Seasonal Heat”, in Science, volume 323, number 5911, →DOI:
glosses: Extending over multiple days.
Synonyms: dayslong
Coordinate terms: dayslong § Coordinate terms
interseismic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + seismic.
Senses: glosses: Between seismic events (especially between earthquakes)
multitracked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + track + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: When I turned it up and found it was McFerrin doing his usual multitracked, a cappella shtick, I was at first charmed.
ref: 1988 December 23, Ted Cox, “Don't Worry--Turn the Radio Off”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Recorded on multiple tracks
interspaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interspace
interstrand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ænd
Etymology: From inter- + strand.
Senses: glosses: Between strands.
intersubband
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + subband.
Senses: glosses: Between subbands.
intervalley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + valley.
Senses: glosses: Between valleys.
intervalley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intervalleys
Etymology: From inter- + valley.
Senses: examples: text: At the outer margins of the intervalleys the sagebrush type is modified by an admixture of grasses and weeds, of which wheat bunch grass, wild geranium, lupine, balsam root, and giant wild rye are most conspicuous.
ref: 1929, Geological Survey (U.S.), Land Classification of the Northern Great Plains: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, page 55:
text: On adult shells the posterior end of the notch is ill defined and may be filled with callus flesh with the intervalleys between the ridge.
ref: 1970, Geological Survey of Great Britain, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, page 70:
glosses: A valley lying between other valleys, or between other entities.
interzygapophyseal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inter- + zygapophyseal.
Senses: glosses: Between zygapophyses
nomologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nomologically
form: most nomologically
Etymology: From nomological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I take it that this is epistemically possible and (perhaps) nomologically possible.
ref: 2006 October 5, Christopher J. G. Meacham, “Sleeping beauty and the dynamics of de se beliefs”, in Philosophical Studies, →DOI:
text: Particular roles are defined causally and/or nomologically, where the latter is understood quite broadly.
ref: 2011 December 15, Karen Bennett, “Having a Part Twice Over”, in Australasian Journal of Philosophy, →DOI, page 86:
glosses: In terms or by means of nomology
gallerist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallerists
Etymology: From gallery + -ist, possibly by analogy with artist, or influenced by French galeriste; compare German Galerist. Attested since 1962, popular in US since 2000s.
Senses: examples: text: Artists become gallerists in order to ensure a viewing.
ref: 1962, Arts Canada,, volume 19, page 244:
text: Gallerist: Currently favored title for someone who owns a gallery. Avoids unpleasant associations with ownership (ie the tarnishing of one’s passion for art with the metallic hues of hard cash); also suggests a certain affinity with the word ‘artist’.
West Coast: Used by East Coast critics, gallerists, and collectors to describe anything produced west of the Hudson …
ref: 1989, Punch, volume 297, page 26:
text: It’s an aesthetic that particularly appeals to the art dealers and gallerists who were scouring the Milan fringe shows for new talent last week.
ref: 2007 April 26, “A Little Reality, a Lot of Fantasy”, in New York Times:
glosses: The owner or operator of an art gallery
Synonyms: art dealer
gallerists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gallerist
antigang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-gang
Etymology: From anti- + gang.
Senses: examples: text: These changes occurred independent of any antigang program (CIN is the first of its kind in Chicago) and bore no relation to the number of officers in the Chicago Police Department's Gang Crimes Unit.
ref: 1988 March 4, Dan Cohen, “Our Gang”, in Chicago Reader:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Intended to combat or reduce the activity of criminal gangs
intracerebrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intracerebral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Within the cerebrum
Related terms: intercerebral
carnitas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish carnitas, diminutive of carne (“meat”).
Senses: examples: text: I was trying to bring supplies across the border to cook a trio of ceviche — marinated raw fish in lime — and duck carnitas with mole coloradito, for the festival’s gala dinner.
ref: 2007 January 23, Scott Lindquist, As Told To Christopher Elliott, “A Yankee Chef With a Mexican Flavor”, in New York Times:
glosses: A Mexican dish involving strips of braised or roasted pork.
intrachain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + chain.
Senses: glosses: Within a chain (of a polymer etc).
intraepidermal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + epidermal.
Senses: glosses: Within the epidermis.
intragenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + genomic.
Senses: glosses: Within a genome.
intramucosal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + mucosal.
Senses: glosses: Within a mucous membrane.
Derived terms: intramucosally
intranasally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intranasal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Within, or into, the nose.
intraperitonally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Within the peritoneum
intranuclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + nuclear.
Senses: glosses: Within a nucleus.
Derived terms: intranuclearly
intrapillar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + pillar.
Senses: glosses: Within a pillar.
intravalley
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + valley.
Senses: glosses: Within a valley.
intravitreal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + vitreal.
Senses: glosses: Within an eye.
Derived terms: intravitreally
intravasation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intravasations
Etymology: From intra- + vas + -ation or intravasate + -ion.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The entry of foreign (especially cancerous) material into a blood vessel.
invertors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invertor
invertor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: invertors
form: inverter
Etymology: From invert + -or.
Senses: glosses: That which inverts.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Any muscle that turns a body part inwards.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device that converts direct current into alternating current.
ipRGC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ipRGCs
Senses: synonyms: mRGC
pRGC
glosses: Abbreviation of intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cell
ipRGCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ipRGC
ironmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron making
Etymology: From iron + making.
Senses: glosses: The making of iron (from an ore)
ironsmithing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron smithing
Senses: glosses: The work of an ironsmith or blacksmith.
ironworking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron working
Etymology: From iron + working.
Senses: glosses: The making of useful or decorative items from iron.
glosses: The metallurgy of iron.
isonicotinic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪnɪk
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to isonicotine
glosses: Of or pertaining to isonicotinic acid or its derivatives
counterbid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪd
Forms: form: counterbids
Etymology: From counter- + bid.
Senses: examples: text: RIM didn't immediately respond to questions about whether it will return to the table with a friendly counterbid.
ref: 2009 January 24, “Certicom rebuffs RIM, sells to VeriSign”, in Toronto Star:
topics: business
glosses: A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
counterbid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪd
Forms: form: counterbids
form: counterbidding
form: counterbid
form: counterbid
Etymology: From counter- + bid.
Senses: glosses: To make a counterbid
Derived terms: counterbidder
counterbids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterbid
counterbids
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of counterbid
counterbidding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of counterbid
isonicotinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iso- + nicotinic acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An isomer of nicotinic acid, pyridine-4-carboxylic acid
postperformance
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + performance.
Senses: examples: text: There will be postperformance discussions with the cast and scholars, and a "survivors party" after the May 15 performances.
ref: 1988 April 29, James A. Lewin, “Stage Notes: Shakespeare would have loved it here”, in Chicago Reader:
glosses: Occurring after a performance
postperformance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: postperformances
Etymology: From post- + performance.
Senses: examples: text: Three youths were then taught to engage in these behaviors, which included statements of cooperation and reform. Policemen then evaluated preperformances and postperformances of the youths in simulated interactions with a policeman.
ref: 1981, Sidney William Bijou, Roberto Ruíz, Behavior modification: contributions to education, page 222:
text: Second, Sheree could see how much learning occurred during the period by comparing students' preperformances with their postperformances.
ref: 2006, Barry Beers, Learning-Driven Schools:
text: Again, it was easier to distinguish pre and postperformances on problems 7 and 8, just as they also gave stronger differences on the action counts, but all four problems showed clear differences between the patterns of pretest and posttest performance.
ref: 2013, Sharon M. Carver, David Klahr, Cognition and Instruction: Twenty-five Years of Progress, page 344:
glosses: Performance that occurs after an intervention of some sort; performance on a posttest.
Related terms: preperformance
intraparty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + party.
Senses: examples: text: In Israel, intraparty rivalries also intensified, with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announcing that he would run for the chairmanship of the Labor Party, challenging the current leader and defense minister, Amir Peretz, in primaries on May 24.
ref: 2007 January 8, Steven Erlanger, “Abbas Tells Party He’ll Proceed With Elections”, in New York Times:
text: The former president has positioned himself as an impartial elder statesman above intraparty machinations and was neutral during the 2020 Democratic primaries.
ref: 2024 July 22, Glenn Thrush, “Why Obama Hasn’t Endorsed Harris”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: The quiet criticism, on phone calls, in group chats and during morose team meetings, was a behind-the-scenes preview of the intraparty battle to come, with Democrats quickly falling into the ideological rifts that have defined their party for much of the Trump era.
ref: 2024 November 7, Reid J. Epstein, Lisa Lerer, Nicholas Nehamas, “Devastated Democrats Play the Blame Game, and Stare at a Dark Future”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: government
politics
coordinate_terms: interparty
glosses: Occurring within a political party.
isopropylcholestanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isopropylcholestane
isopropylcholestane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isopropylcholestanes
Etymology: From isopropyl + cholestane.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several isopropyl derivatives of cholestane, but especially 24-isopropylcholestane, a biomarker of primitive animals
johnsongrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: johnsongrasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Johnson grass.
counterfactually
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From counterfactual + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: All they do is to emphasize the causal link between experience and the relevant belief by expressing it counterfactually: If S ’s experience had been different, S would have had a different belief (with a different content a la (P1)).
ref: 2008 September 12, Hamid Vahid, “Experience and the Space of Reasons: The Problem of Non-Doxastic Justification”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 3, →DOI:
glosses: In a counterfactual way.
Johnson grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Johnson grasses
Etymology: Named after an Alabama plantation owner, Colonel William Johnson, who sowed its seeds on river-bottom farmland circa 1840.
Senses: glosses: A perennial Mediterranean grass (Sorghum halepense) cultivated for forage, but considered invasive and noxious.
Synonyms: Aleppo grass
Means grass
oddsmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oddsmakers
Etymology: From odds + maker.
Senses: examples: text: Springsteen then threw himself into his four-song set, a highly anticipated series of songs that had Las Vegas oddsmakers taking bets on which tunes he'd select.
ref: 2009 February 2, JENNA FRYER, “Big-game musical acts put charge into crowd”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A person who sets odds for gambling.
Related terms: bookmaker
oddsmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oddsmaker
homecourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homecourts
form: home court
form: home-court
Etymology: From home + court.
Senses: examples: text: James made an epic block of a Chris Bosh dunk attempt to rouse a sleepy house and Cleveland went on to seal a victory that improved its homecourt record to a franchise record 23-0.
ref: 2009 February 4, Dave Feschuk, “Raptors mere jesters in King James' court”, in Toronto Star:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The home court of a basketball team.
Derived terms: homecourt advantage
nonmanagement
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + management.
Senses: examples: text: The average employee in a nonmanagement job earned 4.1 percent more in February than a year earlier — an increase that significantly outpaced the rate of inflation.
ref: 2007 March 10, Jeremy W. Peters, “More Finding Work in U.S.”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not a member of management
Da
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A great serpent in the mythology of Dahomey.
paradigmatically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more paradigmatically
form: most paradigmatically
Etymology: From paradigmatic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: But since they had almost nothing in common stylistically, the question remained: What exactly made music paradigmatically English?
ref: 2007 February 11, Michael White, “So Mighty, So Unmusical: How Britannia Found Its Voice”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a way or to an extent that is paradigmatic
hyperextended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyper- + extended.
Senses: examples: text: Her one discernible flaw is her hyperextended arms, but while occasionally distracting, they also lend her elegance a youthful, gangly charm.
ref: 2007 March 25, Gia Kourlas, “Paul Taylor’s Women Take a Leap Forward”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely long; extended greatly
hyperextended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From hyper- + extended.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hyperextend
pickoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pickoffs
Etymology: From pick + off.
Senses: examples: text: Zobrist broke for third during Pettitte’s pickoff move, stealing the base when Pettitte threw behind the runner.
ref: 2007 April 6, Tyler Kepner, “Pettitte’s Return Lost Amid Sloppy Play”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base
pickoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pickoff
ephedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛfɪdɹə/
ipa: /ɪˈfɛdɹə/
Forms: form: ephedras
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐφέδρα (ephédra, “sitting upon”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the genus Ephedra of gymnosperm shrubs.
examples: text: Consider ephedra, an herbal stimulant that gained popularity as a weight-loss supplement in the 1990s — until hundreds of people reported ephedra-related problems including heart attacks, seizures and even deaths.
ref: 2009 February 10, Natasha Singer, “F.D.A. Finds ‘Natural’ Diet Pills Laced With Drugs”, in New York Times:
text: Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
ref: 2013 March 24, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134:
glosses: A stimulant derived from the plant Ephedra sinica used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine and in over-the-counter weight-loss aids.
Synonyms: sense: plant
word: jointfir
Derived terms: ephedrine
ephedroid
gray ephedra
green ephedra
Nevada ephedra
foundationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foundationalists
Etymology: From foundational + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: So the foundationalist holds that both experiences and beliefs can justify beliefs, whereas the coherentist holds that only beliefs can justify beliefs.
ref: 2007 July 12, Harold Langsam, “Rationality, Justification, and the Internalism/Externalism Debate”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 1, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A supporter of foundationalism, the doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs
Derived terms: nonfoundationalist
Related terms: antifoundationalist
foundationalism
foundational
foundationally
postfoundationalist
foundationalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more foundationalist
form: most foundationalist
Etymology: From foundational + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Some philosophers have objected to certain foundationalist solutions to the regress problem on the ground that a person rarely, if ever, holds given-beliefs of the sort needed to justify observation beliefs.
ref: 2012, P.K. Moser, Empirical Justification:
glosses: Of or relating to foundationalism.
contextualism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contextualisms
Etymology: From contextual + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: If contextualism is true, then change ramifies through all the contextual connections.
ref: 2008 March 21, Brendan Larvor, “What can the Philosophy of Mathematics Learn from the History of Mathematics?”, in Erkenntnis, volume 68, number 3, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of doctrines that stress the importance of context
examples: text: In this communicational mode, language units can be differentiated as usualisms and contextualisms (Fig. 4-6).
ref: 2020, Alexander Barkovich, Informational Linguistics: The New Communicational Reality, page 125:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A use of language that is dependent on context.
Related terms: contextualist
contextualistic
contextualistically
textualism
utopians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of utopian
handwells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of handwell
wagyu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwæɡ.juː/
ipa: /ˈwɑːɡ.juː/
other: /ˈwæ.ɡuː/
Forms: form: wagyus
form: wagyu
Etymology: From Japanese 和(わ)牛(ぎゅう) (wagyū), from Middle Chinese 和 (MC hwa, “a gloss for 倭 (MC 'wa, “Japan”)”) + 牛 (MC ngjuw, “cow”).
Senses: examples: text: Slices of wagyu beef come with spheres of root vegetables and mini-towers of polenta.
ref: 2009 January 19, Corey Mintz, “Susur and the City”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Any of several Japanese breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat.
glosses: Beef from such cattle.
Synonyms: Kobe
Derived terms: washugyu
trendsetting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trendsetting
form: most trendsetting
Etymology: From trend + setting.
Senses: examples: text: By 1989, she was selling to Zona, the trendsetting home-furnishings boutique in SoHo, where customers used to wait in line to get inside on holiday weekends.
ref: 2007 June 24, Dan Shaw, “An Ancient Studio for an Even Older Craft”, in New York Times:
glosses: Taking a leading role in setting trends, particularly in business or the arts
Derived terms: trendsetting rate
Related terms: trendsetter
experimentalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: experimentalisms
Etymology: From experimental + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: By playing up the lushness of Webern’s “Langsamer Satz” and the experimentalism of Beethoven’s “Serioso” Quartet, for example, they created the impression that Beethoven was the more adventurous composer.
ref: 2007 June 13, Allan Kozinn, “Beethoven’s Adventures: A Narrative and Context”, in New York Times:
glosses: An experimental practice or tendency, especially in the arts
examples: text: Finally, I argued that moderate experimentalism and IAE can help resolve these different kinds of conflicts.
ref: 2007 August 8, S. Matthew Liao, “A defense of intuitions”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 140, number 2, →DOI:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An empirical or pragmatic approach which emphasizes the importance of experimentation
Derived terms: antiexperimentalism
Related terms: experimentalist
experimentally
experimental
poises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of poise
poises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poise
poising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of poise
poising
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzɪŋ/
Forms: form: poisings
Senses: examples: text: And then his father came up beside him where he stood before a tattered last year's circus poster on the other side of the store, gazing rapt and quiet at the scarlet horses, the incredible poisings and convolutions of tulle and tights […]
ref: 1949, William Faulkner, Barn Burning:
glosses: The act by which something is poised.
purgatories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purgatory
downcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: further downcourt
form: farther downcourt
form: furthest downcourt
form: farthest downcourt
Etymology: From down- + court.
Senses: examples: text: Ever since Barnes played with Davis at U.C.L.A., he has been able to throw baseball passes halfway downcourt.
ref: 2007 May 13, Lee Jenkins, “Nellie Ball Energizes Warriors and Confounds Opponents”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Toward one's team's offensive basket
antinarcotics
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: anti-narcotics
Etymology: From anti- + narcotics.
Senses: examples: text: Since 1993, the United States has twice helped set up special antinarcotics forces here, only to watch their commanders become embroiled in the drug trade themselves.
ref: 2007 March 5, James C. Mckinley Jr., “In Guatemala, Officers’ Killings Echo Dirty War”, in New York Times:
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Intended to combat narcotics trade or production
Synonyms: antidrug
counternarcotics