cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dihydrofolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dihydrofolates
Etymology: From dihydrofolic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: glosses: Any salt or ester of dihydrofolic acid
dilatative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dilatative
form: most dilatative
Etymology: From dilate + -ative?
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or causing dilatation
Derived terms: vasodilatative
dimethylsulphoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimethylsulphoxides
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide.
diolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diolates
Etymology: From diol + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of a diol; the resulting anion
Related terms: gem-diolate
h-prothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The prothesis of the sound /h/ to words beginning with a vowel, especially as found in Celtic languages such as Irish and Welsh, and in dialects of English, especially those that pronounce h weakly.
t-prothesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: Irish and Scottish Gaelic grammar
glosses: The prothesis of a t sound to words beginning with a vowel.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Replacement of an initial s sound with a t sound.
siglos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sigloi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek σίγλος (síglos), from Semitic. Compare Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (shékel), Akkadian 𒅆𒅗𒇻 (šiqlu).
Senses: glosses: A silver coin of Achaemenid Persia worth one twentieth of a daric and weighing about 5.6 grams.
buddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buddle
broddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of broddle
broddling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of broddle
broddled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of broddle
reemployments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reemployment
reenlistments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reenlistment
redtops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redtop
reifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reify
reifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reify
reshims
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reshim
rescuees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rescuee
acrophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrophores
Etymology: From acro- + -phore.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A stem or stalk that is apical.
Derived terms: anacrophore
acrophyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acrophylls
Etymology: From acro- + -phyll.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a climbing plant, a leaf produced by the mature plant, which is physically distinct from the leaves produced by the immature plant.
bathyphyll
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bathyphylls
Etymology: From bathy- + -phyll.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: In a climbing plant, a leaf produced by the immature plant, which is physically distinct from the leaves produced by the mature plant.
acrophores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrophore
acrophylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acrophyll
bathyphylls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bathyphyll
acrostichoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From translingual Acrostichum + -oid.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Whose sori densely cover the underside of the frond like a felt, without visible gaps between them.
raw_tags: of a fern
actinostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: actinosteles
Etymology: From actino- + stele.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem extends outward in lobes.
Derived terms: actinostelic
actinosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of actinostele
haplostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: haplosteles
Etymology: From haplo- + stele.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of protostele, in which the core of vascular tissue in the stem is smooth, without lobes or mixing of the tissues.
Derived terms: haplostelic
haplosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of haplostele
plectostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plectosteles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of protostele in which the two types of vascular tissue in the stem are intermingled.
Derived terms: plectostelic
plectosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plectostele
protostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protosteles
Etymology: From proto- + stele.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a solid core, with no central pith or leaf gaps.
Hyponyms: actinostele
haplostele
plectostele
Derived terms: protostelic
protosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of protostele
siphonostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siphonosteles
Etymology: From siphon + -o- + stele.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of stele in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps.
Hyponyms: atactostele
dictyostele
eustele
solenostele
Derived terms: siphonostelic
siphonosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siphonostele
actinostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From actinostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing an actinostele.
Related terms: actinostele
protostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From protostele + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed, many of the coenopterids show little distinction between stem and leaf, and protostelic axes are rather common.
ref: 1962, Theodore Delevoryas, Morphology and Evolution of Fossil Plants, page 79:
glosses: Of or possessing a protostele.
Related terms: protostele
haplostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From haplostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing a haplostele.
Related terms: haplostele
plectostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From plectostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing a plectostele.
Related terms: plectostele
solenostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From solenostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing a solenostele.
Related terms: solenostele
dictyostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dictyostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing a dictyostele.
Related terms: dictyostele
eustelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eustele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing a eustele.
Related terms: eustele
atactostelic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From atactostele + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or possessing an atactostele.
Related terms: atactostele
arris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹɪs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: arrises
Etymology: From Old French areste, from Latin arista (“beard (of grain), fishbone”). Doublet of arista.
Senses: glosses: A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
topics: architecture
glosses: A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone, such as an arrowhead or hand axe, as the result of the intersection of two or more flake removals.
Derived terms: arris fillet
arris gutter
arris rail
arriswise
arris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæɹɪs/
rhymes: -ɪs
Forms: form: arrises
Etymology: Rhyming slang via Aristotle = bottle, then bottle and glass, then arse.
Senses: glosses: Buttocks, arse.
solenostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solenosteles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of siphonostele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a central cylinder around a pith, with widely spaced leaf gaps.
Derived terms: solenostelic
solenosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solenostele
dictyostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dictyosteles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of siphonostele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a central cylinder around a pith, but with closely spaced leaf gaps.
Derived terms: dictyostelic
dictyosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dictyostele
eustele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eusteles
Etymology: From eu- + stele.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of siphonostele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a central ring of bundles around a pith.
Hyponyms: atactostele
Derived terms: eustelic
atactostele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atactosteles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A type of eustele, found in monocots, in which the vascular tissue in the stem exists as scattered bundles.
Hypernyms: eustele
Derived terms: atactostelic
atactosteles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of atactostele
range pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: range poles
Senses: glosses: A rod or pole, marked with alternating red and white bands, used by surveyors for sighting
Synonyms: ranging pole
range rod
ranging rod
sight rod
dissymmetrically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dissymmetrically
form: most dissymmetrically
Etymology: From dissymmetric + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a dissymmetric manner
glosses: With regard to dissymmetry
dissymmetric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dis- + symmetric.
Senses: glosses: asymmetric
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: chiral
Derived terms: dissymmetrically
Related terms: dissymmetry
range poles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of range pole
dolostones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dolostone
dolostone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolostones
Etymology: Blend of dolomite + stone.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: dolomite rock
glosses: A sedimentary carbonate rock that contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite.
leaf gap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf gaps
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A gap or break in the central cylinder of vascular tissue within a plant's stem, caused by the extension of the tissue as a leaf trace.
Related terms: leaf trace
leaf gaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf gap
leaf trace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leaf traces
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: An extension of vascular tissue from a plant's stem into a nearby leaf, resulting in a leaf gap in the plant's stele.
Related terms: leaf gap
leaf traces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leaf trace
ectophloic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of stems in which the phloem is external to the xylem.
Related terms: amphiphloic
amphiphloic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of stems in which the phloem is both external and internal to the xylem.
Related terms: ectophloic
dyskeratosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dyskeratoses
Etymology: From dys- + keratosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Incomplete or abnormal keratinization occurring prematurely within individual cells or groups of cells below the stratum granulosum.
Derived terms: dyskeratosis congenita
dyskerin
vascular bundle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vascular bundles
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A strand of xylem, phloem, and their associated tissues within a eustele or atactostele.
Related terms: vascular tissue
vascular bundles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vascular bundle
aerial roots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aerial root
Mapuche
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /məˈpuːtʃeɪ/
Etymology: From Mapudungun Mapuce.
Senses: examples: text: Then Millaray Jara Collio, or MC Millaray as the young rapper calls herself, spun away and exploded onto the stage with an animated rap about the presence of Chile’s military in the territory of the Mapuche, the country’s largest Indigenous group.
ref: 2023 January 27, John Bartlett, Tomás Munita, “Teenage Rapper, Rooted in Mapuche Identity, Roars for Indigenous Rights”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: An indigenous group of inhabitants of Central and Southern Chile and Southern Argentina.
glosses: The language of the Mapuche people.
Synonyms: topics: language
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: Mapudungun
Mapuche
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /məˈpuːtʃeɪ/
Forms: form: Mapuche
Etymology: From Mapudungun Mapuce.
Senses: glosses: A member of this people.
Synonyms: word: Araucanian
Mapuche
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /məˈpuːtʃeɪ/
Etymology: From Mapudungun Mapuce.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to this people or their language.
amphiphytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Growing on the edges of water or wetlands, and therefore sometimes submerged.
Related terms: amphiphyte
epitomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: This misspelling likely derives from the fact that many English words ending in /i/ represent it with "y", e.g. anatomy, bigamy, infinity, etc.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of epitome.
dormant volcanoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dormant volcano
storm jib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm jibs
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A small jib, used in a storm to reduce the sail area to the minimum required for maintaining manoeuvrability of the vessel.
carnalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carnalizes
form: carnalizing
form: carnalized
form: carnalized
form: carnalise
Etymology: From carnal + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: We must not allow our worship to become carnalized.
glosses: To make physical or materialistic, as opposed to spiritual
Derived terms: carnalization
careerwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From career + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: I also like him because he was once part of a male-female comedy team and was dusted, careerwise, by his "Weekend Update" desk partner, Tina Fey .
ref: 2009 January 11, Virginia Heffernan, “The Burden of Interactivity”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of one's career (occupation, profession).
bordelaise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bôr'də-lāzʹ
ipa: /ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz/
ipa: /ˌbɔɹdəˈleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Forms: form: bordelaises
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bordelaise (“from Bordeaux”), from the longer expression sauce bordelaise.
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
bordelaise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: bôr'də-lāzʹ
ipa: /ˌbɔːdəˈleɪz/
ipa: /ˌbɔɹdəˈleɪz/
rhymes: -eɪz
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French bordelaise (“from Bordeaux”), from the longer expression sauce bordelaise.
Senses: examples: text: lobster bordelaise
glosses: Served with Bordelaise sauce.
barware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barwares
Etymology: From bar + -ware.
Senses: examples: text: For those to whom the great outdoors does not look so great at this time of the year there are accouterments for enjoying the comforts of home on the deck or patio, like a portable fireplace and sturdy barware to use in front of the crackling fire.
ref: 2009 January 11, Marianne Rohrlich, “Wintry Wedding Gifts to Keep Life Playful”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: beverageware
drinkware
glosses: Drinking utensils that lack a stem, such as beer mugs.
airsoft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From air + soft.
Senses: glosses: A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).
Related terms: dart tag
laser tag
MilSim
paintball
tagball
wargames
level headed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more level headed
form: most level headed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of level-headed.
vlogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vlog
vlogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vlog
withholdings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Obama transition officials have said that the president-elect's proposed middle-class tax cut -- called "Making Work Pay," which would provide $500 for individuals and $1,000 for couples by reducing payroll tax withholdings -- is "nonnegotiable."
ref: 2009 January 11, Jeff Zeleny, David M. Herszenhorn, “Obama Raises Estimate of Job Creation in Plan”, in New York Times:
glosses: plural of withholding
whiskeyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whiskeyed
form: most whiskeyed
form: whiskied
Etymology: From whiskey + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Like Bob Dylan's, Nina Simone's, Pavarotti's, Sinatra's voice is improved by age, by years spent fermenting in cracked and whiskeyed oak barrels.
ref: 2009 January 11, Bono, “Notes From the Chairman”, in New York Times:
glosses: Treated or infused with whiskey.
vodoun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of voodoo.
voodooed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of voodoo
voodooing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of voodoo
voodoos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of voodoo
Mountain Dew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mountain Dews
form: Mtn Dew
Etymology: From mountain dew (“illegally distilled whiskey”).
Senses: examples: text: In 1985 a Mountain Dew commercial started popping up on TV ....
ref: 2003, Mat Hoffman with Mark Lewman, The Ride of My Life, page 33:
text: It has become a signature of the Koffee Kup, as much as the flower boxes filled with geraniums and the classic Mountain Dew sign hanging off the front of the building
ref: 2004, Joanne Raetz Stuttgen, Cafe Wisconsin: A Guide to Wisconsin's Down-Home Cafes, page 210:
text: The thing is, Rob Harris did die, he died shooting a Mountain Dew ad
ref: 2007, Bill Brioux, Truth and Rumors: The Reality Behind TV's Most Famous Myths, page 57:
glosses: A brand of citrus-flavored, carbonated, heavily caffeinated beverage.
carnalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of carnalize
carnalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carnalize
carnalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of carnalize
drywaller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drywallers
Etymology: From drywall + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The oldest of five, son of a union drywaller, Driscoll was raised Roman Catholic in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Seattle.
ref: 2009 January 11, Molly Worthen, “Who Would Jesus Smack Down?”, in New York Times:
glosses: A construction worker who specializes in laying drywall.
drywallers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drywaller
dollkind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From doll + -kind, by analogy with mankind.
Senses: examples: text: Thus Besserheart had the distinction of creating a demand for dilapidated and passe specimens of dollkind.
ref: 1901, Helen Clark Balmer, Bellevue Sketches and Others, page 73:
text: Accordingly, if the Palmers come home and discover any evidence that the dolls are alive (i.e., a new doll added to the dollhouse family) all dollkind will be in jeopardy.
ref: 2009 January 11, “Special Delivery”, in New York Times:
glosses: All dolls, considered as a group
chateaubriand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃatəʊˈbɹiːɒ̃/
ipa: /ʃæˌtoʊbɹiˈɑ̃/
ipa: /ʃæˌtoʊbɹiˈɔ̃/
Forms: form: chateaubriands
form: châteaubriand
Etymology: Borrowed from French chateaubriand, named after French Romantic writer François-René de Chateaubriand, who is said to have enjoyed this type of steak.
Senses: glosses: A thick, juicy cut from the center of a beef tenderloin.
Coordinate terms: beef Wellington
deglamorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈɡlæməɹaɪz/
Forms: form: deglamorizes
form: deglamorizing
form: deglamorized
form: deglamorized
form: deglamorise
form: deglamourise
form: deglamourize
Etymology: From de- + glamorize.
Senses: examples: text: The movie sought to deglamorize the drug trade.
text: He deglamorizes the stars and untypes the character players.
ref: 1953, Connery Chappell, Picturegoer Film Annual, page 80:
glosses: To make less glamorous
Derived terms: deglamorization
deglamorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deglamorize
deglamorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deglamorize
deglamorized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deglamorize
dedicatee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɛdɪkəˈtiː/
Forms: form: dedicatees
Etymology: From dedicate + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: In 1949, having fallen in with some petty criminals, he was arrested for harboring stolen goods and subsequently committed to the New York State Psychiatric Institute, where he met the future dedicatee of "Howl," Carl Solomon.
ref: 2009 January 11, James Campbell, “Howls”, in New York Times:
glosses: Someone to whom something is dedicated.
Related terms: dedicator
dedicatees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dedicatee
corporates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corporate
corporates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of corporate
cherrylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cherrylike
form: most cherrylike
Etymology: From cherry + -like.
Senses: examples: text: We were served a cherrylike red wine.
glosses: Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor
chirpings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chirping
coloristically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more coloristically
form: most coloristically
form: colouristically
Etymology: From coloristic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: Seeger's palette is bold and rich -- and those who experience numbers coloristically (in my case, four is blue, seven is green and eight is orange) know how important this can be in making friends with them.
ref: 2009 January 11, Jim Holt, “Numbers, Big and Small”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way
circuslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more circuslike
form: most circuslike
Etymology: From circus + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a circus.
South Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: South Indians
Etymology: From South India + -an.
Senses: glosses: Native or resident of South India.
South Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more South Indian
form: most South Indian
Etymology: From South India + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to South India, its people, culture or languages
South Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of South Indian
North Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: North Indians
Etymology: From North India + -an.
Senses: glosses: Native or resident of North India.
North Indian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more North Indian
form: most North Indian
Etymology: From North India + -an.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to North India, its people, culture or languages
North Indians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of North Indian
North India
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The northern region of India, comprising the states of Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh, and the union territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. Often Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar are included, as well.
Derived terms: North Indian
Related terms: South India
cloke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clokes
Senses: glosses: Archaic spelling of cloak.
cloke
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clokes
form: cloking
form: cloked
form: cloked
Senses: examples: 1926, The Book of Common Prayer of the Church of Ireland, The Order for Morning Prayer
the Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness; and that we should not dissemble nor cloke them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart
glosses: Archaic spelling of cloak.
doty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dotier
form: dotiest
form: doaty
form: dotey
Etymology: From dote + -y.
Senses: examples: text: An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
ref: 1903, John Fox Jr., The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come:
topics: business
carpentry
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
raw_tags: of wood
glosses: Senile; in one's dotage
raw_tags: of a person
Derived terms: dotiness
Related terms: word: dotty
urls: http://books.google.com/books?id=vAr2T4Bh7nkC&pg=PA146&lpg=PA146
word: doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English
hem in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hems in
form: hemming in
form: hemmed in
form: hemmed in
Senses: examples: text: One of the loveliest rivers in Wales, the Teifi, loops and swirls down to Llanybyther through a lush valley hemmed in by range upon range of wooded hills.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 260:
text: The average British family is now hemmed in by multiple, authoritative predictions of stagnant or falling wages, higher food and fuel prices, an ongoing sterling devaluation, collapsing social care and public services and increased, regressive indirect taxation.
ref: 2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50”, in The Observer:
text: The area now has an even more impressive web of railway junctions and lines than ever - especially as new stabling sidings have been added to take the pressure of [sic] the cramped Overground depot site at New Cross, which is hemmed in between running lines ([...]).
ref: 2020 May 20, Paul Bigland, “East London Line's renaissance”, in Rail, page 48:
glosses: To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
Related terms: hem up
elephantiac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with elephantiasis.
elephantiac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elephantiacs
Senses: glosses: A person afflicted with elephantiasis.
foiba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foibe
Etymology: From Italian foiba. The term gained widespread use during and after World War II, when the Istrian foibe were used by Yugoslav Partisans as mass graves for local Italians. Doublet of fovea.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A deep sinkhole typical of karst regions and particularly Istria.
generationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Etymology: From generational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With regard to the generations
Derived terms: intragenerationally
multigenerationally
Related terms: generational
extasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extasy
extasies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of extasy
Genoan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Genoan
form: most Genoan
Etymology: From Genoa + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Genoese
glosses: Of or pertaining to Genoa (Genova)
Genoan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Genoans
Etymology: From Genoa + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Genoese
glosses: Native or inhabitant of Genoa
Jansenist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jansenist
form: most Jansenist
Etymology: From Jansen + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Jansenism.
Jansenist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jansenists
Etymology: From Jansen + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of Jansenism.
modaraba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modarabas
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُضَارَبَة (muḍāraba, “venture”).
Senses: glosses: A form of financial contract in some Muslim countries in which the investor (rab-ul-mal) entrusts money to a financial manager (mudarib) and any profits and losses are shared between them in an agreed manner.
mosaiclike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mosaiclike
form: most mosaiclike
Etymology: From mosaic + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Davies has devised a mosaiclike film language.
ref: 2009 January 11, Dennis Lim, “Remembrance of Liverpool Past”, in New York Times:
topics: art
arts
glosses: Resembling a mosaic, particularly in composition
museumlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more museumlike
form: most museumlike
Etymology: From museum + -like.
Senses: examples: text: So when Greg Sargis and Joan Davey were trading Mayor Mike stories Friday at the fire marshal's office in Hartford's museumlike Fire Department headquarters, they could have been channeling discussions held all over town.
ref: 2009 January 11, Peter Applebome, “What Hartford Lost When It Lost Its Mayor Mike”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a museum; especially, full of antiquities or memorabilia
sausagelike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sausagelike
form: most sausagelike
form: sausage-like
Etymology: From sausage + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The characteristic sausagelike soft tissue swelling may be evident.
ref: 1990, Louis F Rose, Donald Kaye, Internal medicine for dentistry:
text: With lightly floured hands, gently shape the mixture into sausagelike links, 1 inch round by 3 inches long.
ref: 2009 January 11, Amanda Hesser, “1971: Mrs. Sebastiani’s Malfatti”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a sausage; often specifically sausage-shaped.
sheeplike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃip.laɪk/
Forms: form: more sheeplike
form: most sheeplike
form: sheep-like
Etymology: From sheep + -like.
Senses: examples: text: I was horrified by their sheeplike acquiescence.
text: Occasionally I succumb to the vibrations in the atmosphere and follow, sheeplike, the movements of the crowd.
ref: 1981 December 19, Nancy Walker, “Taxi, Shmaxi!”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 22, page 12:
synonyms: ovine
glosses: Resembling a sheep: docile or uncomplaining, or willing to follow a leader blindly.
Related terms: sheeple
sheepy
lead-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lead-offs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lead off.
lead-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leadoff.
kitchenless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kitchen + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The truth was, I had gone through a lot of men that year trying to stave off the loneliness of living in a windowless, kitchenless, 150-square-foot basement apartment […
ref: 2009 January 11, Julia Gorin, “Always a Frog, Now My Prince”, in New York Times:
glosses: Lacking a kitchen
keglike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more keglike
form: most keglike
Etymology: From keg + -like.
Senses: examples: text: They knew his keglike build and nonstop enthusiasms, the greeting of "Who loves you, baby?"
ref: 2009 January 11, Peter Applebome, “What Hartford Lost When It Lost Its Mayor Mike”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling a keg, especially in shape
interconnectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interconnectivities
Etymology: From inter- + connectivity.
Senses: examples: text: This network has great interconnectivity.
glosses: The state or quality of being interconnected
Related terms: connectivity
rarissima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹɛːˈɹɪ.sɪ.mə/
/ɹæˈɹɪ.sɪ.mə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rārissima.
Senses: examples: text: Probably many of these incognita and rarissima perished in the great fire of London; others again met their fate solely through their own popularity, being ‘thumbed’ to pieces.
ref: 1922, P. B. M. Allan, chapter I, in The Book-Hunter at Home, 2nd edition, London: Philip Allan & Co., page 14:
glosses: Extremely rare books, manuscripts, or prints.
interacter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of interactor.
compositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more compositive
form: most compositive
Etymology: Latin compositivus, from com- (“together”) + positus (“placed”).
Senses: examples: text: The compositive imagination is thus characterized for Avicenna by its power “to combine and separate parts of sensible objects with other parts.”
ref: 2010, Jon McGinnis, Avicenna, page 115:
text: As a common example, nouns and adjective ending with nen normally have a compositive form ending with s instead of nen. For example, ihminen (human being) has the compositive form ihmis, appearing in words like ihmiskunta (mankind) and ihmissuhde (personal relationship).
ref: 2015, Jukka K. Korpela, Handbook of Finnish:
glosses: Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
examples: text: A compositive rational mode is had in this way when we reason from causes to effects; the resolutive rational mode is in the opposite direction, from effects to causes.
ref: 2018, Ralph M. McInerny, Being and Predication, page 53:
text: From simple features of mental life familiar to us all, compositive theory infers more complex social phenomena in very general terms
ref: 2020, Karl Mittermaier, The Hand Behind the Invisible Hand:
glosses: Characterized by forming an understanding through the accumulation or combination of details, as opposed to deduction from a theoretical model.
Derived terms: compositively
hypersecrecy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + secrecy.
Senses: examples: text: Loopholes are easy to maneuver in an atmosphere of hypersecrecy […]
ref: 2009 January 11, Christopher Dickey, “The Surveillance-Industrial Complex”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extreme secrecy
hyperemotionality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhaɪpəɹɪməʊʃəˈnælɪtɪ/
ipa: /ˌhaɪpəɹimoʊʃəˈnælɪti/
Etymology: From hyperemotional + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: Others contend that women mistreat one another because of hyperemotionality, leading them to become overly invested in insignificant nuances and causing them to hold grudges.
ref: 2009 January 11, Peggy Klaus, “A Sisterhood of Workplace Infighting”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or quality of being hyperemotional.
hypercompetitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercompetitive
form: most hypercompetitive
Etymology: From hyper- + competitive.
Senses: examples: text: The parents at this school are hypercompetitive.
text: The two hypercompetitive men each had their lawyers bid on the property. Ultimately, Mr. Trump came out ahead, purchasing it for $41.35 million.
ref: 2025 July 19, Alan Feuer, Matthew Goldstein, “Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Extremely competitive.
Derived terms: hypercompetitiveness
hypercasual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hypercasual
form: most hypercasual
Etymology: From hyper- + casual.
Senses: examples: text: These videos are hypercasual vignettes of Fallon joshing at his desk that exist to remind viewers of the comic's nonthreatening charm.
ref: 2009 January 11, Virginia Heffernan, “The Burden of Interactivity”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely casual.
highlife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: highlifes
Etymology: From high + life.
Senses: examples: text: Anwar took the broom away from the Congolese cleaner – whose name I did not know, whose name no one ever thought to ask – and made her dance with him, to some highlife he had going on the transistor radio he carried everywhere.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 326:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A genre of music that originated in Ghana in the early 20th century, blending elements of traditional Akan music with Western instruments and ideas.
examples: text: Then he left the stage and listened to us playing highlifes.
ref: 1985, John Collins, African Pop Roots: The Inside Rhythms of Africa, →ISBN, page 76:
text: Several of the city's most prominent ensembles started to incorporate foreign rock 'n' roll numbers into their existing repertories of ballroom, calypsos, and highlifes.
ref: 2012, Nate Plageman, Highlife Saturday Night: Popular Music and Social Change in Urban Ghana, →ISBN, page 142:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A work or performance in this style.
Derived terms: burger highlife
hiplife
groundskeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From grounds + keeping.
Senses: examples: text: The court, which sits next to the groundskeeping building, has one hoop.
ref: 2009 January 11, Jeff Zeleny, “Rule No. 1: Do Not Call Him ‘Ball Hog in Chief’”, in New York Times:
glosses: The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution
Related terms: greenkeeper
greenskeeper
greenkeeping
groundskeeper
caretaker
caretaking
landscaper
landscaping
maintenance
golddiggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of golddigger
golddigger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golddiggers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of gold digger.
makeups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of makeup
makeups
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of makeup
superduper
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of super-duper.
eigenstructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eigenstructure
ultrasonographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ultrasonograph
eigenstructure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eigenstructures
Etymology: From eigen- + structure.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of eigenvalues of a matrix.
unchildlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unchildlike
form: most unchildlike
Etymology: From un- + childlike.
Senses: examples: text: There are violent video games and television shows, he said, that expose children to unchildlike behavior.
ref: 2009 January 11, Marc Lacey, “In Mexico, Curbing Violence Before It Is Learned”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not childlike; inappropriate for a child to do or be
asterix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæstəɹɪks/
Forms: form: asteriks
Etymology: Through metathesis of asterisk.
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of asterisk.
electroporated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: transported into a cell by electroporation
Derived terms: nonelectroporated
unelectroporated
Related terms: electrophorated
enantioselectivities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enantioselectivity
endocytotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more endocytotic
form: most endocytotic
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to endocytosis
Synonyms: endocytic
Derived terms: endocytotically
nonendocytotic
endoribonucleolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: By the use of an endoribonuclease
endotoxemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endotoxemias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The presence of endotoxins in the bloodstream
Derived terms: endotoxemic
ultrasonograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ultrasonographs
Etymology: From ultra- + sonograph.
Senses: examples: text: Her mother is a radiology technician, conducting ultrasonographs, at the Mercer campus of the Capital Health System, in Trenton.
ref: 2009 January 11, “Inna Dexter; Benjamin Nussdorf”, in New York Times:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An ultrasound image
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A device for conducting ultrasound images
Derived terms: ultrasonographer
ultrasonographic
ultrasonography
etioplast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etioplasts
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light; a prolamellar body
Synonyms: etiochloroplast
Derived terms: etioplastic
eubacterial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more eubacterial
form: most eubacterial
Etymology: Eubacteria + -al
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Eubacteria
exonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exon + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to an exon.
Derived terms: intraexonic
monoexonic
multiexonic
nonexonic
transexonic
exonucleolytically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From exonucleolytic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: By means of an exonuclease
challa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: challas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of challah.
exoribonucleolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: By the use of an exoribonuclease
unironic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: un-ironic
Etymology: From un- + ironic.
Senses: examples: text: Fenella remembered, that play with the unironic title of A Woman Killed with Kindness, had reflected a civilization a thousand times more complex.
ref: 1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 242:
text: Like some lost America, down to blue strata of cigarette smoke and the completely un-ironic deployment of the Frank Sinatra, […]
ref: 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 313:
text: "M Squad," however, is both unironic and, thanks to Marvin's pent-up acting, bracingly modern.
ref: 2009 January 11, Ken Tucker, “He’s a Good Guy, but He’s Not Very Nice”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:
text: Here’s a tip: If a group of people start using something as ironic hate speech, it will eventually be used for unironic hate speech. Don’t act surprised.
ref: 2019 December 31, AJ Willingham, “All the trends we loved and hated in the 2010s”, in CNN:
glosses: Not ironic; free of irony. Sincere or genuine.
unpoliced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + policed.
Senses: examples: text: ï¿½ The $50 billion also pales next to other sums that remain unaccounted for in the Bush era, from the $345 billion in lost tax revenue due to unpoliced offshore corporate tax havens to the far-from-transparent disposition of some $350 billion in Wall Street bailout money.
ref: 2009 January 11, Frank Rich, “Eight Years of Madoffs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not policed; not subject to effective regulation
exponentials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exponential
extrasynaptic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + synaptic.
Senses: glosses: Exterior to a synapse.
Derived terms: extrasynaptically
svl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of snout to vent length: a measurement of size taken from the tip of an animal’s nose to the opening of the cloaca at the tail base.
roed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: road
rode
rowed
Etymology: From roe + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: roed fish
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Filled with roe.
rachet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rachets
Senses: examples: text: […] two lateral wheels can be removed: when on the machine they are equivalent, as supporting surface, to a drum 0,79 m. broad, but, as the wheels are provided with special rachets, turning is easier because the central wheel is pulled on at the same speed as the faster-moving lateral wheel.
ref: 1922, International Reviw of the Science and Practice of Agriculture:
glosses: Archaic form of ratchet.
rachets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rachet
anthracnose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anthracnoses
Senses: topics: biology
botany
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
phytopathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
Derived terms: apple anthracnose
caused by Neofabraea malicorticis
ash anthracnose
caused by Gnomoniella fraxini
bean anthracnose
caused by Colletotrichum lindemuthianum
beech anthracnose
caused by Gloesporium fagi
blueberry anthracnose
caused by Colletotrichum fioriniae
citrus anthracnose
caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
cotton anthracnose
caused by Glomerella gossypii
dogwood anthracnose
caused by Discula destructiva
flax anthracnose
caused by Colletrichum linicolum
grape anthracnose
caused by Elsinoe ampelina
lime anthracnose
maple anthracnose
caused by Discula campestris
Gloeosporium apocryptum
Glomerella cingulata
northern anthracnose
caused by Kabatulla caulivora
northwestern anthracnose
oak anthracnose
caused by Apiognomia errabunda
Gloeosporium quercinum
Discula quercina
peach anthracnose
pecan anthracnose
caused by Glomerella cingulata
pepper anthracnose
plane anthracnose
caused by Apiognomonia veneta
spot anthracnose
caused by Sphaceloma spp
sycamore anthracnose
caused by Gnomonia veneta
tomato anthracnose
caused by Colletotrichum coccodes
willow anthracnose
caused by Marssonina salicicola
Related terms: canker
videogaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of video gaming.
communitarian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˌmjuː.nɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/
ipa: /kəˌmju.nəˈtɛɹi.ən/
rhymes: -ɛəɹiən
Forms: form: more communitarian
form: most communitarian
Etymology: From community + -arian, c. 1910.
Senses: examples: text: Prior to the modern age, most human societies were communitarian.
text: Based on their remarks, he said, some of the smart-meter opponents are a blend of egalitarian and communitarian.
ref: 2011 February 1, Felicity Barringer, “Are We Hard-Wired to Doubt Science?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Considering the community to be of central importance.
examples: text: This book takes a communitarian approach to ethics.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the philosophy of communitarianism.