cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
high definition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: high definitions
form: high-definition
Senses: synonyms: HD
coordinate_terms: standard definition
FHD
UHD
QHD
glosses: Enhanced picture quality on a TV or any other display.
glosses: A television or display device displaying images in an enhanced picture quality format or such images.
Derived terms: high-definition television
Related terms: word: HDTV
alt: HD-DVD
word: HD DVD
producer price index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: producer price indexes
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A price index that measures the average changes in prices received by domestic producers for their output.
Hyponyms: sense: statistical estimate
word: PPI
Coordinate terms: sense: statistical estimate
word: consumer price index
duck-billed platypuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck-billed platypus
salm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: salms
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of psalm.
plainclothesmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainclothesman
plainclothes man
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plainclothes men
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of plainclothesman.
plainclothes men
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainclothes man
pizzles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizzle
plainsmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plainsman
playtimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of playtime
pizzled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pizzle + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: On his shield was a lion rampant sable, pizzled azure.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: vilené
glosses: Having the penis in a different tincture than the rest of the body.
plyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plyer
plyers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of pliers (“gripping tool”).
plumages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plumage
hamming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ham
hammed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ham
hammed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having hams or hocks of the specified kind.
Derived terms: cat-hammed
having it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of have it off
had it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of have it off
has it off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of have it off
confit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnfiː/
ipa: /kɑnˈfiː/
Forms: form: confits
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
Senses: examples: text: Korean classics such as pajeon, bibimbap and mandoo are re-imagined with ingredients like cauliflower ricotta, fennel kimchi, and king oyster mushroom confit.
ref: 2012, M.V. Kunda, Ed Im, Kunda Eats Best New Restaurants in America, 2012 edition, New York, N.Y.: Vayu Publishing, →ISBN, page 110:
glosses: Any of various kinds of food that have been immersed in a substance for both flavor and preservation.
confit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnfiː/
ipa: /kɑnˈfiː/
Forms: form: confits
form: confiting
form: confited
form: confited
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French confit, past participle of confire (“to preserve”), from Latin cōnficiō (perfect passive participle cōnfectus). Doublet of comfit, confect, confetto, and konfyt. Compare comfit.
Senses: examples: text: I came up with a menu to showcase the alliums in several manifestations: raw, quickly sautéed and slowly confited.
ref: 2008 June 18, Melissa Clark, “A Garlic Festival Without a Single Clove”, in New York Times:
glosses: To prepare (food) in this manner.
Related terms: comfit
confiture
lit up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lit up
form: most lit up
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703:
glosses: illuminated
examples: text: You wondered what she would be like when she was lit up. Excited, I mean; not tight.
ref: 1998, Josephine Tey, The Franchise Affair, page 97:
text: 2005, Jim Greer, James Greer, Steven Soderbergh, Guided by Voices: a brief history
I don't know if Bob remembers the whole thing either; he was pretty lit up.
text: 2010, Jeff Somners, The Terminal State
Her thin, pretty face was lit up with an ancient sort of rage.
glosses: exhilarated, excited; showing signs of emotion
glosses: Under the influence of alcohol or drugs, intoxicated, buzzed.
Synonyms: sense: illuminated
word: lighted
word: luminous
word: illuminated
sense: exhilarated, excited
word: ebullient
word: thrilled
word: worked up
word: enthusiastic
Derived terms: lit up like a Christmas tree
lit up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of light up
lighting up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of light up
lights up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light up
poetasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of poetaster
polemicizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of polemicize
polemicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of polemicize
androstenedione
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌan.dɹɒ.stiːnˈdʌɪ.əʊn/
ipa: /ˌæn.dɹəˌstinˈdaɪˌoʊn/
Forms: form: androstenediones
Etymology: From androstene + dione.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: steroids
glosses: A steroid sex hormone C₁₉H₂₆O₂ that is secreted by the testes, ovaries, and adrenal cortex and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of testosterone and estrogen.
polyadenopathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyadenopathy
fogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fogey
fogeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fogey
fogie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fogies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fogey.
old fogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of old fogey
pizzella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzelle
form: pizzellas
form: pizzell
form: pizzel
form: pizzelle
Etymology: From Italian pizzella.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Italian waffle cookie.
pizzelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pizzella
pizzelle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzelles
Senses: examples: text: Just before serving, place a pizzelle on each of 4 dessert plates. Dollop a portion of whipped cream on each cookie. Sprinkle a portion of berries over the whipped cream and around the cookie.
ref: 2000, Pam Anderson, How to Cook Without a Book: Recipes and Techniques Every Cook Should Know by Heart, Clarkson Potter, →ISBN, page 278:
text: Cook each pizzelle for 20 to 30 seconds or until it is golden brown, remove it from the iron using two forks, and lay it on a paper towel to cool. You may have to experiment to determine what cooking time makes the cookies easiest[…]
ref: 2009 09, Nicolette M. Dumke, I Love Dessert But NOT Sugar, Wheat, Milk, Gluten, Corn, Soy, Unhealthy Fat..., Allergy Adapt, Inc., →ISBN, page 223:
text: [Use a] spatula to remove each pizzelle from the iron.
ref: 2011 April 27, Carole Bloom, CCP, Cookies For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: Each pizzelle is imprinted as it bakes with a design etched into the middle of the iron plate. I use Nonna's iron very infrequently because of the time involved but every once in a while I drag it out and make them using her recipe[…]
ref: 2011 October 25, Mary Ann Esposito, Ciao Italia Family Classics: More than 200 Treasured Recipes from Three Generations of Italian Cooks, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 430:
text: “Would you like a pizzelle?” “Umm, no thank you.” “No pizzelle? What, you don't like them?” When she shook her head, he scratched his jaw and studied her. “I never heard of an Italian who doesn't like pizzelles. Hmm.” Another scratch of[…]
ref: 2017 August 29, Mary Campisi, A Family Affair: The Return, Mary Campisi Books, LLC, →ISBN:
glosses: Synonym of pizzella.
synonyms: word: pizzella
polyneuropathies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polyneuropathy
pontifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pontify
pontified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pontify
guilted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪltɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of guilt
avgolemono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɑv.ɡoʊˈlɛm.ə.noʊ/
Forms: form: avgolemonos
Etymology: From Greek αβγολέμονο /αυγολέμονο (avgolémono), from αβγό /αυγό (avgó, “egg”) + λεμόνι (lemóni, “lemon”).
Senses: examples: text: Fish may be poached and the liquor used to make an avgolemono sauce.
ref: 2009, Margaret Fulton, Avgolemono: Margaret Fulton's Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery, page 17:
text: In Greece, avgolemono sauce is used in many recipes and is also made into a soup.
ref: 2010, Hallie Harron, Not Your Mother's Fondue:
text: Avgolemono is a traditional Greek chicken and lemon soup that rarely contains anything but chicken, lemon, eggs, and sometimes rice or onion.
ref: 2011, Lynn Alley, 50 Simple Soups for the Slow Cooker:
glosses: Any of a family of Mediterranean sauces and soups made with egg and lemon juice mixed with broth.
guilts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪlts/
rhymes: -ɪlts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of guilt
pachamanca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pachamancas
Etymology: From Spanish pachamanca, from Aymara pacha (“earth”) + manq'a (“food”).
Senses: glosses: An underground pit lined with hot stones and used for traditional Peruvian cooking.
glosses: A gathering in which food is cooked in a pachamanca.
glosses: A traditional Peruvian dish of meat and vegetables characteristically baked with the aid of hot stones.
guilting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪltɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of guilt
potabilizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of potabilizer
postponements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postponement
precycles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precycle
precycled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precycle
preignitions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preignition
premierships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premiership
seronegative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sero- + negative.
Senses: glosses: Testing negative for a given pathogen, especially HIV. (of blood serum)
glosses: Having seronegative blood serum. (of a person or animal)
Derived terms: seronegativity
seronegative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seronegatives
Etymology: From sero- + negative.
Senses: glosses: Such a serum of person
seroconvert
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: seroconverts
form: seroconverting
form: seroconverted
form: seroconverted
Etymology: From sero- + convert.
Senses: glosses: To become seropositive or seronegative: to be infected by a bloodborne pathogen or to recover from the infection.
Related terms: seroconversion
fantasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fantasia
-k
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -ken, -kien, from Old English -cian, from Proto-West Germanic *-ukōn, *-ikōn, from Proto-Germanic *-ukōną, *-ikōną. Cognate with West Frisian -kje, German -chen, Danish -ke, Swedish -ka, Faroese -ka. Perhaps related to Old English diminutive suffix -uc, -oc. More at -ock.
Senses: examples: tale, talk; steal, stalk; mire, mirk; hear, hark; fare, firk; peer, perk; yare, yark; gaw, gawk
glosses: A suffix found in verbs of Middle English, Old English, usually with an intensive or frequentative effect.
-k
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -ke, from Old English -(u)c and -ca (diminutive suffix). More at -ock.
Senses: examples: chine > chink; stale > stalk
glosses: A suffix found in nouns, usually with a diminutive effect.
apotheosize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: note: prescriptive
ipa: /əˈpɑ.θi.oʊˌsaɪz/
ipa: /əˈpɑ.θi.əˌsaɪz/
Forms: form: apotheosizes
form: apotheosizing
form: apotheosized
form: apotheosized
form: apotheosise
Etymology: From apotheosis + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To deify; to convert into a god.
glosses: To exalt; to glorify.
Related terms: apotheosis
premeditations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of premeditation
proliferations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proliferation
promiscuities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promiscuity
proletariats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proletariat
prosecutrixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prosecutrix
purées
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of purée
purées
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of purée
puréeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of purée
puréed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of purée
pædiatricians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pædiatrician
quailers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quailer
randomnesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of randomness
rebakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rebake
rebaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rebake
rebaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rebake
reincludes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reinclude
reincluding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reinclude
reincluded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinclude
metanetwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metanetworks
form: meta-network
Etymology: From meta- + network.
Senses: topics: communication
communications
human-sciences
management
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: A network of networks.
necrotise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: necrotises
form: necrotising
form: necrotised
form: necrotised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of necrotize.
acute necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.
opacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of opacity
tontos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tonto
pistas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pista
trequartista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trequartistas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian trequartista.
Senses: examples: text: The trequartista is the pivotal role in attack, though it is neither a striker nor a creator, per se, but three-quarters of both those positions.
ref: 2013 April 16, Rob Hughes, “After 2 Decades of Creativity: Why Stop Now?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2022:
text: However, the classic Italian trequartista role, which generally refers to a number 10 playing behind two strikers, was under threat. Arrigo Sacchi's emphasis on a heavy pressing 4-4-2 left no place for a languid trequartista, and therefore players like Baggio were having to prove their worth.
ref: 2019, Michael W. Cox, Zonal Marking: The Making of Modern European Football, PublicAffairs, →ISBN:
text: A tall, skilful trequartista with impeccable technique, he has an eye for the goal, being especially dangerous in the air.
ref: 2022 September 28, Marcus Christenson, Steven Bloor, Garry Blight, “Next Generation 2022: 60 of the best young talents in world football”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Jan 2023:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A player who operates between the midfielders and the strikers, acting as a playmaker and creating chances for their team to score.
flexibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flexible
oficinas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oficina
hospitales
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hospitale
bavarese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bavarese.
Senses: examples: text: A bavarese should not be fluffy, but a tender though firm mold. Sometimes a light pastry is placed on the bottom, particularly when it is to be cut into small pieces for little coffee-time pastries. The vegetable bavarese may be used [...]
ref: 1982, Giuliano Bugialli's Classic Techniques of Italian Cooking, page 444:
text: There's a creamy panna cotta (a cooked custard like crème brûlée); a Medici pudding of toasted bread, pignoli, raisins and Italian pastry cream, a bavarese (Italian Bavarian cream); and a thick, fudgelike chocolate tart.
ref: 1995, The Wine Spectator, volume 20, page 118:
text: To serve, carefully unmold the Bavarese onto a serving platter (you may need to dip the base of the mold or souffle-dish briefly in hot water to make unmolding easier).
ref: 2008, Domenica Marchetti, Big Night In: More Than 100 Wonderful Recipes, →ISBN:
text: Serves 4 Just before serving, purée the strawberries, sugar and cognac, and pour over the Bavarese in the individual glasses, creating a thick surface. Serve with whole strawberries or chocolates.
ref: 2016, The Vatican Cookbook: Presented by the Pontifical Swiss Guard, →ISBN:
glosses: A bavaroise (creamy dessert).
bavaroise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bævəɹˈwɑz/
Forms: form: bavaroises
Etymology: Borrowed from French bavarois, from Bavière (“Bavaria”).
Senses: examples: text: In the A flat andante, flowing like sweet honey, the waiter brings him, instead of coffee, a bavaroise; in the defiant C major Beethoven bellows out for his coffee: the waiter looks anxiously around, and, after a time again brings the bavaroise, but this time milled with “Obers.”
ref: 1870 October 22, “Beethoven, Goethe, and Michael Angelo”, in Dwight’s Journal of Music, volume XXX, number 16, pages 329–330:
text: Cyrillia always prepares something for me on my return from the beach,—either a little pot of fresh cocoa-water, or a cocoyage, or a mabiyage, or a bavaroise.
ref: 1890, Lafcadio Hearn, Two Years in the French West Indies, Harper & Brothers, page 348:
text: Bavaroise is taken at night before retiring.
ref: 1894, Charles Ranhofer, The Epicurean, Kessinger Publishing, published 2004, →ISBN, page 283:
text: He ordered himself a bavaroise and he had begun to sip it when he was aware of a presence at his elbow.
ref: 1934, Rafael Sabatini, Venetian Masque, House of Stratus, published 2001, →ISBN, page 256:
glosses: A drink of sweetened milk, eggs and tea, often with some sort of spirit.
examples: text: Saint Foix had a duel with a gentleman, whom he saw at the Café Procope, eating a bavaroise.
ref: 1857 September, “The Code of Honor”, in Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, volume XV, number LXXXVIII, page 521:
text: Pistachio-and-Strawberry Bavaroise
ref: 1902, Janet McKenzie Hill, Practical Cooking and Serving, Doubleday, Page & Company, page 519:
text: A chocolate bavaroise may be made the same as above, adding two ounces of chocolate dissolved in a little water just before the mixture is strained.
ref: a. 1914, Lida Seely, Mrs. Seely’s Cook Book, The Macmillan Company, published 1914, page 308:
text: There are any number of variants on the classic bavaroise, the most elegant of chilled puddings.
ref: 2005, Joanne Harris, Fran Warde, The French Market: More Recipes from a French Kitchen, HarperCollins, published 2006, →ISBN, page 196:
glosses: A cold dessert made from custard, cream and gelatine.
Synonyms: sense: dessert
word: bavarois
sense: dessert
word: crème bavaroise
sense: dessert
word: Bavarian cream
calandra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calandras
Etymology: From French calandre and Italian calandra, from Ancient Greek κάλανδρος (kálandros, “lark”).
Senses: glosses: A calandra lark (Melanocorypha spp., especially Melanocorypha calandra).
Related terms: calandria
capellini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkapɛˈliːniː/
ipa: /ˌkæpəˈlini/
rhymes: -iːni
Etymology: 1950s, borrowed from Italian capellini (literally “thin hair”), originally a diminutive of capelli (“hair”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of angel hair (“type of pasta”).
synonyms: word: angel hair
extra: type of pasta
user agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user agents
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A client application used by an end user, typically for a network protocol such as HTTP or FTP.
Hyponyms: web browser
mapu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mapus
Senses: glosses: The supreme being in Meitei folklore, mythology and religion.
corporatisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corporatisations
Etymology: From corporate + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of corporatization.
corporatise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: corporatises
form: corporatising
form: corporatised
form: corporatised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of corporatize.
corporatising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of corporatise
corporatises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corporatise
corporatised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of corporatise
cakily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more cakily
form: most cakily
Etymology: From caky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: From what I remember now of those girls, all with their hair rolled on top of their heads, their lips darkly painted, their cheeks cakily powdered […]
ref: 1956, The Tamarack Review:
text: He had been sleeping on top of the coverlet it seemed, and he still had on his swamp-stained pants, which had dried cakily along his legs.
ref: 1993, Madison Smartt Bell, Save Me, Joe Louis:
glosses: In a caky way.
front bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front bottom
frangibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more frangibly
form: most frangibly
Etymology: From frangible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a frangible way.
Sally Army
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sally Army
Senses: examples: text: "The screw that put them in the cells was in the Sally Army."
ref: 1982, Brendan Behan, Borstal Boy, David R. Godine Publisher, →ISBN, page 179:
glosses: The Salvation Army.
Synonyms: Sally Ann
hair shirts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hair shirt
quackingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more quackingly
form: most quackingly
Etymology: From quacking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: ...expressing their satisfaction in deep, megaphone voices, until they are quite sure we have heard, when they go quackingly away to the nearest pond.
ref: 1912, The English Illustrated Magazine:
text: His anger broke and he cursed quackingly, cursed in bleats, cursed until he drooled and had to apply his sleeve to his mouth.
ref: 1950, George C Appell, The Tin Trumpet of China:
text: ...some smartly styled but quackingly played overtures by the Monte Carlo Operators under Louis Frémaux...
ref: 1985, Joel Flegler, Fanfare:
glosses: In a quacking manner; with quacking sounds.
Jehovahs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jehovah
palaeographical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: palæographical
form: paleographical
Etymology: From palaeography + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to palaeography.
unreviewable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + review + -able.
Senses: examples: text: As we emerge from eight years of extravagant executive claims of unreviewable authority, Congress should be especially scrupulous about having a solid legal basis for controversial actions.
ref: 2009 January 7, Walter Dellinger, “City of Cold Shoulders”, in New York Times:
text: And then there are the catch-all provisions: rules that allow police to stop drivers for conduct that complies with all the rules on the books, but that officers consider "imprudent" or "unreasonable" under the circumstances, or that describe the offense in language so broad as to make a vioation virtually coextensive with the officer's unreviewable personal judgment.
ref: 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers:
glosses: Not able to be reviewed, or not subject to review
uningratiating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + ingratiating.
Senses: examples: text: It's too bad his interesting arguments and observations are wedged into such an uningratiating book.
ref: 2009 January 7, Dwight Garner, “When Labels Fought the Digital, and the Digital Won”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not ingratiating; making no effort to be appealing
underrepresentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: underrepresentations
form: under-representation
Etymology: From under- + representation.
Senses: examples: text: We are concerned about the underrepresentation of minorities.
coordinate_terms: overrepresentation
glosses: Insufficient or disproportionately low representation.
Related terms: underrepresent
tortoiselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tortoiselike
form: most tortoiselike
form: tortoise-like
Etymology: From tortoise + -like.
Senses: examples: text: With a bland touch and tortoiselike patience, he recorded arrangements of one or more bodies in drowsy repose surrounded by rugs, blankets and furniture.
ref: 2009 January 7, Ken Johnson, “It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a tortoise; thus frequently slow or unhurried
Related terms: turtlelike
superbureaucrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superbureaucrat
superbureaucrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superbureaucrats
Etymology: From super- + bureaucrat.
Senses: examples: text: Some warn of creating a clubby group of superbureaucrats.
ref: 2009 January 7, Jason Deparle, “A Plan to Turn the Lowly Bureaucrat Into a Cherished Public Servant”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very powerful bureaucrat
unitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌjunəˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more unitarian
form: most unitarian
Etymology: From unitary + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: the unitarian position on executive power
glosses: Espousing a unitary view of something
unitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjuːnɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /ˌjunəˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: unitarians
Etymology: From unitary + -ian.
Senses: topics: Christianity
antonyms: trinitarian
glosses: A Christian who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, usually stressing some distinctions between God the Father and God the Son without denying the divinity of Jesus.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of Muwahhid, a Muslim advocating God's strict unity.
synonyms: word: Muwahhid
extra: a Muslim advocating God's strict unity
glosses: Synonym of monotheist, a believer in the unity of God, particularly non-Christians (Muslims, Jews, etc.) discussed from a Christian perspective.
synonyms: word: monotheist
extra: a believer in the unity of God, particularly non-Christians (Muslims, Jews, etc.) discussed from a Christian perspective.
antonyms: dualist
glosses: A person who rejects dualism in other contexts.
Synonyms: sense: nontrinitarian Christian
word: unipersonalist
sense: nontrinitarian Christian
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: Unitarian
sense: nontrinitarian Christian
english: inexact
translation: inexact
word: Arian
minke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪŋki/
rhymes: -ɪŋki
homophone: minky
Forms: form: minkes
Etymology: From Norwegian minkehval, allegedly after a crew member of the Norwegian whaling pioneer Svend Foyn (1809–1894), named Meincke, who mistook a pod of minkes for blue whales.
Senses: examples: text: Minkes can grow to 10m and are likely to approach boats, delighting passengers with acrobatics as they hurl themselves out of the water.
ref: 2005, Andrea Schulte-Peevers, Canada, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: Synonym of minke whale.
synonyms: word: minke whale
wikipedia: Svend Foyn
Hyponyms: sense: minke whale
word: Balaenoptera acutorostrata
sense: minke whale
word: Balaenoptera bonaerensis
minkes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minke
retransmission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: retransmissions
Etymology: From re- + transmission.
Senses: examples: text: Cable companies have to pay for the retransmission of broadcast shows.
glosses: The transmission of something again, especially over a different medium or at a different time.
sardel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: According to the Oxford English Dictionary, an error for sardine or sardius.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sard
sardel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sardels
form: sardelle
Etymology: From Italian sardella.
Senses: glosses: A sardine.
Related terms: sardelki
retransmissions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of retransmission
shortwaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shortwave
submarket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submarkets
form: sub-market
Etymology: From sub- + market.
Senses: examples: text: The submarket for luxury homes has been growing.
synonyms: market segment
glosses: A distinct part of a larger market.
spackled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spackle
submarkets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submarket
spackles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of spackle
spackling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spackle
spackling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spacklings
Senses: examples: text: Bone also has a crack repair team, in every sense of the word: osteoclast cells that dig around the cracks, using acids to wipe away the old matrix, and osteoblast cells that migrate in and secrete fresh spacklings of bone.
ref: 2009 April 28, Natalie Angier, “Bone, a Masterpiece of Elastic Strength”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something used to spackle; a material that fills cracks or holes.
Derived terms: spackling paste
raters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rater
presumptively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From presumptive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a presumptive manner.
examples: text: […] his appointment is presumptively lawful.
ref: 2009 January 7, Walter Dellinger, “City of Cold Shoulders”, in New York Times:
glosses: As is presumed to be the case.
Synonyms: sense: as is presumed to be the case
word: presumably
colleagueship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: colleagueships
Etymology: From colleague + -ship.
Senses: glosses: The state of being a colleague
respent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of respend
recruitments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recruitment
parapox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + pox.
Senses: examples: text: The grays take over the reds' habitat, eat voraciously and harbor a virus named squirrel parapox (harmless to humans) that does not harm grays but can devastate reds.
ref: 2009 January 7, Marlena Spieler, “Saving a Squirrel by Eating One”, in New York Times:
glosses: A disease caused by a parapoxvirus; found chiefly in cows, sheep, goats, and squirrels
respend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: respends
form: respending
form: respent
form: respent
Etymology: From re- + spend.
Senses: examples: text: Local businesses are more likely to respend their profits in the community.
glosses: To spend something again
peekytoe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peekytoes
Senses: examples: text: We got a fresh batch of peekytoes today.
glosses: Cancer irroratus, a variety of rock crab found in the coastal waters of New England.
mustardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mustard + -like.
Senses: examples: a mustardlike flavor
a tiny, mustardlike seed
glosses: Resembling mustard
peekytoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peekytoe
overbilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overbill
officeseekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of officeseeker
overbill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overbills
form: overbilling
form: overbilled
form: overbilled
Etymology: From over- + bill.
Senses: examples: text: The company was found to have systematically overbilled its customers.
glosses: To bill an excessive amount, particularly an amount greater than one is legally entitled to.
officeseeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: officeseekers
form: office-seeker
Etymology: From office + seeker.
Senses: examples: text: Officeseekers often start campaigning months before the election.
text: The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently approved a measure requiring office-seekers to file under their given names.
ref: 1983 April 9, Sue Hyde, “"Funny Names" Banned on San Francisco Ballots”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
text: The applicability of Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment does not turn on whether an office-seeker has been convicted of a crime, however. Instead, under Sections 336 and 337, I am obligated to assess the record before me and make a determination based on the preponderance of the evidence, just as my predecessors have in other ballot access cases.
ref: 2023 December 28, Shenna Bellows, “Ruling of the Secretary of State”, in State of Maine Secretary of State, archived from the original on 29 Dec 2023, page 26:
glosses: A candidate for office, often specifically political office
Related terms: officeseeking
nonsecret
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + secret.
Senses: examples: text: We have access to nonsecret information only.
glosses: Not secret
nonsecret
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonsecrets
Etymology: From non- + secret.
Senses: glosses: Something that is not secret.
distributorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: distributorships
Etymology: From distributor + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: When two other refugees asked him to help set up a Piaget distributorship in New York, he jumped at the chance.
ref: 2009 January 7, Douglas Martin, “G. Grinberg, Watch Baron, Dies at 77”, in New York Times:
glosses: A business specializing in the wholesale distribution of a particular class of goods
distributorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distributorship
circulator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: circulators
Etymology: From circulate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: Who is the circulator of this rumor?
glosses: A person or thing that causes something to circulate
examples: text: You can ride the airport circulator to the next terminal.
topics: transport
glosses: A local transit system that provides regular service within a closed loop
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A passive electronic component with three or more ports, in which the ports can be accessed in such a way that when a signal is fed into any port it is transferred to the next port only
Derived terms: thermocirculator
camelina
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the genus name Camelina.
Senses: examples: text: Another possibility is camelina, which produces a tiny, mustardlike seed from which oil can be extracted, It does not require extensive fertilization.
ref: 2009 January 7, Matthew L. Wald, “A Move Toward Veggie Power Aloft”, in New York Times:
synonyms: gold-of-pleasure
false flax
glosses: The plant Camelina sativa, sometimes cultivated for oilseed
circulators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of circulator
bulgingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bulgingly
form: most bulgingly
Etymology: From bulging + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe the most remarkable early piece is an image of a bulgingly muscular Superman painted in a roiling Expressionist style.
ref: 2009 January 7, Ken Johnson, “It Is What It Is: Portraits of the Human Figure”, in New York Times:
glosses: To a degree, or in a way, that causes bulging.
rock crab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rock crabs
Senses: glosses: Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially
Hemigrapsus sexdentatus, a large-eyed marine crab found off the coast of New Zealand, the common rock crab
glosses: Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially
Cancer irroratus, the Atlantic rock crab, a crab with large marginal teeth, found along the Atlantic coast of North America
glosses: Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially
Romaleon antennarium, the Pacific rock crab of parts of the Pacific coast of North America.
glosses: Any of several kinds of crabs often found on rocky coasts, especially
A red rock crab.
Related terms: rock lobster
rock shrimp
rock crabs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rock crab
nongovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + government.
Senses: examples: text: In this country, it is hard to find a nongovernment job.
text: The Trump administration acknowledged the messages, sent over the nongovernment encrypted chat app Signal, seem to be authentic without offering any explanation for why senior officials were discussing national defense information outside of approved classified government systems.
ref: 2025 March 24, Katie Bo Lillis, Kaitlan Collins, Jeff Zeleny, Evan Perez, Oren Liebermann, Jamie Gangel, Kit Maher and Sean Lyngaas, “Trump’s national security adviser added a journalist to text chat on highly sensitive Yemen strike plans”, in CNN:
glosses: Not governmental in nature.
Synonyms: nongovernmental
nongovernment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nongovernments
Etymology: From non- + government.
Senses: glosses: An organization that is not a government.
nonbelieving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-believing
Etymology: From non- + believing.
Senses: examples: text: We do not concern ourselves with the nonbelieving public.
glosses: Not a believer; in particular, not a member of a specific religious group.
antioxidized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of antioxidize
brewmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brewmasters
Etymology: From brew + master, a calque of German Braumeister.
Senses: examples: text: Garrett Oliver, the brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery, cites the high cost of labor and storage for these beers, which are made by hand in small lots.
ref: 2009 January 7, Eric Asimov, “Roll Out the Barrel, Open Your Wallet”, in New York Times:
glosses: A person in charge of beer production at a brewery
anticopying
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + copying.
Senses: examples: text: Apple said it would begin selling song downloads without anticopying measures and change its pricing structure.
ref: 2009 January 7, Brad Stone, “Want to Copy iTunes Music? Go Ahead, Apple Says”, in New York Times:
glosses: Opposing or seeking to prevent copying
brewmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brewmaster
antioxidize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: antioxidizes
form: antioxidizing
form: antioxidized
form: antioxidized
form: antioxidise
Senses: examples: text: an antioxidized lipoprotein
text: I'm pretty thoroughly antioxidized from eating all this fruit.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: or (informal) To subject to the action of antioxidants
Related terms: antioxidant
antioxidative
antioxidation
antioxidizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of antioxidize
antioxidizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of antioxidize
granado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: granados
form: granadoes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of grenade.
granes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grane
rastaman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rastamen
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rastaman.
rastamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rastaman
Rasta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæs.tə/
rhymes: -æstə
Etymology: Clipping of Rastafari.
Senses: glosses: Rastafari.
Synonyms: Rastafarianism
Derived terms: rastaman
Rasta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæs.tə/
rhymes: -æstə
Forms: form: Rastas
Etymology: Clipping of Rastafari.
Senses: examples: text: Yet in adopting this oppositional belief system and alternative lifestyle, the Rastas faced severe social ostracism.
ref: 2000, Norman C. Stolzoff, Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 79:
text: Second, the perceived lack of militancy on the part of Rastas may also indicate the extent to which Rastafari has become a familiar presence on Jamaica’s social scene.
ref: 2003, Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Nadine Sutherland, a former Bob Marley protégé, a culture studies scholar and the daughter of a longtime Rasta, reflects on the global impact of Lauryn [Hill]’s image, particularly as it pertained to black women’s expressions of their sexuality: […]
ref: 2018, Joan Morgan, She Begat This: Twenty Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 40:
glosses: A Rastafarian.
Rasta
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹæs.tə/
rhymes: -æstə
Etymology: Clipping of Rastafari.
Senses: examples: text: “You know my boyfriend has divine dreads. He’s Rasta. And he speaks fluent Jamaican patois,” she ended proudly.
ref: 2005, Jackee Budesta Batanda, “Life Sucks… Sometimes”, in Seventh Street Alchemy: A Selection of Works from the Caine Prize for African Writing, Johannesburg: Jacana Media, →ISBN, “African Writers’ Workshop Stories 2005” section, page 111:
text: “You don’t hafi dread to be Rasta,” as the song by Morgan Heritage says. Many people who have Rasta leanings don’t always wear dreads but support the faith in other ways. Those who wear locks but aren’t Rasta are looked down on as imposters […]
ref: 2011, Nick Davis, “Rastafari”, in Jamaica (Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture), London: Kuperard, →ISBN, chapter 3 (Customs and Traditions), page 60:
text: When it comes to someone with dreadlocks, a range of such assumptions are made: he’s Jamaican, he’s Rasta, he plays reggae; […]
ref: 2015, Bert Ashe, Twisted: My Dreadlock Chronicles, Chicago, Ill.: Bolden, →ISBN, front flap:
glosses: Rastafarian.
hyponymies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyponymy
Rastafari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Amharic ራስ (ras, “Duke”, literally “head”) and ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”) from ተፈሪ መኮንን (täfäri mäkonn, “Haile Selassie”, literally “feared (son of) Makonnen”). More at Haile Selassie.
Senses: synonyms: Rasta
glosses: Rastafarianism.
Rastafari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Rastafari
form: Rastafaris
Etymology: From Amharic ራስ (ras, “Duke”, literally “head”) and ተፈሪ (täfäri, “revered”) from ተፈሪ መኮንን (täfäri mäkonn, “Haile Selassie”, literally “feared (son of) Makonnen”). More at Haile Selassie.
Senses: examples: text: At the same time, social, economic, and even political relations remain individualistic and personal rather than communitarian as in the case of the Bobo. Thus most Rastafari are allowed to lead their own lives as members of a religion but without the risk of violating collective discipline. They have a sense of identity but without ritual obligation.
ref: 1994, Barry Chevannes, Rastafari: Roots and Ideology, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 190:
text: Over time, the Bible has been altered from its original state. For political and economic reasons, things have been edited out, especially in the case of the King James I version of the Bible (Nicholas 1979). Therefore many Rastafari are particularly selective about what they believe in the scriptures.
ref: 2018, Michael Barnett, The Rastafari Movement: A North American and Caribbean Perspective, Routledge, →ISBN:
text: Repatriation is viewed as a must for Rastafari, and the earliest Rastafari did not have the resources to make this return possible or, as anthropologist Charles Price details, “sold all they possessed in order to leave for Africa” (2009, 218). Price has spoken of the shift in class among Rastafari; though many Rastafari are still economically deprived, there do exist “monied Rastafari” (ibid.).
ref: 2020, Erin C. MacLeod, “Rastafari Citizenship Strategies in Ethiopia: Ethnic Existence, Diaspora Claims, Resident Identification”, in Ian O. Boxill, editor, Ideaz, volume 15 (A 2020 Vision Perspective on the Rastafari Movement: Revisiting the Field & Taking Steps Forward), Kingston: Arawak Publications, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 167:
glosses: A Rastafarian.