cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
decalcifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [diːˈkæɫsɪfaɪə(ɹ)]
Forms: form: decalcifiers
Etymology: From decalcify + -er.
Senses: examples: text: There are samples of the environmentally friendly housewares products he sells, like a Durgol biodegradable decalcifier for espresso makers and Zilotex antibacterial microfiber towels, and a newspaper photograph of Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez and President Evo Morales of Bolivia.
ref: 2008 February 28, Peter Applebome, “Trying Times for the Remaining Nader Faithful”, in New York Times:
glosses: A chemical or device that decalcifies.
decalcifiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decalcifier
decalcifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decalcification
misgauged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of misgauge
misgauges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of misgauge
misgauging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of misgauge
rumbalike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rumbalike
form: most rumbalike
Etymology: From rumba + -like.
Senses: examples: text: On Tuesday night at the Village Vanguard, Mr. Rosenwinkel deployed his move more than once in the set’s opener, a sleek, rumbalike composition called “Our Secret World.”
ref: 2008 February 28, Nate Chinen, “Technique That Glitters, Music That Hurtles Through”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of rumba.
prevote
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + vote.
Senses: examples: text: We suggest lawmakers fight their anxiety by quietly repeating the name Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff — the imprisoned superlobbyist who corrupted House members — as a prevote mantra.
ref: 2008 February 28, “Jack Abramoff, Jack Abramoff ...”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a vote.
nonmaritime
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + maritime.
Senses: examples: text: Consequently, the eventual decision is not likely to affect punitive damages in nonmaritime cases.
ref: 2008 February 28, Linda Greenhouse, “Justices Take Up Battle Over Exxon Valdez”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not maritime.
antiexpressionist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antiexpressionist
form: most antiexpressionist
Etymology: From anti- + expressionist.
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: Opposing expressionism.
Edenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈdɛnɪk/
ipa: /ɪˈdɛnɪk/
Forms: form: more Edenic
form: most Edenic
form: edenic
Etymology: From Eden + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Thus, when Paul and Billy turn to the Edenic archetype, one must not view this as an acceptance of the "truth" of the Judeo-Christian tradition from which this myth is borrowed.
ref: 1994, Will Wright, Steven Kaplan, The Image of Technology in Literature, the Media, and Society:
text: To the extent that an abstract Edenic landscape crowds out the teenage rubber tapper in a faded World Cup T-shirt, the stinging smoke of factories in a treeless city ringed by forest, or the lone plant sprouting in the cracks of a sunbaked roof, it impoverishes our vision of Amazonia, as well as of a larger natural world that demands not just to be respected but, first of all, to be rethought.
ref: 1995, Candace Slater, “Amazonia as Edenic Narrative”, in William Cronon, editor, Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 115:
text: Our understanding of the Edenic motif in American fiction stems largely from its articulation by three primary critics — R.W.B. Lewis, Leslie Fiedler, and D. H. Lawrence.
ref: 1999, Robert W. Hamblin; Charles A. Peek, editors, A William Faulkner Encyclopedia, →ISBN, page 111:
text: But we need not try to re-create these circumstances, any more than the Sabbath celebration of an Edenic world means that celebrants must go naked and picnic in a garden; we need only make it a happy and special meal.
ref: 2014, Gracia Fay Ellwood, Taking the Adventure: Faith and Our Kinship with Animals, →ISBN, page 194:
glosses: Of or suggesting Eden, the paradise of the Bible.
Edenic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːˈdɛnɪk/
ipa: /ɪˈdɛnɪk/
Forms: form: Edenics
form: edenic
Etymology: From Eden + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Then there are the Edenics, who exclude all cooked food; the Wallacites, who abhor salt and refuse bread containing yeast; the Haigites, who do not include peas or beans in their vegetarianism; and the Allinsonians, who abandoned tea in favor of a solution of dried cereals.
ref: 1905, Search-light Thrown on the Activities of the World; Volumes 25-26, page 314:
text: The Edenics wrote historical novels that place the belle in an antebellum setting, perpetuate the notion that she is an ideal woman, and, most important, present her as a symbol for the lost Garden of the antebellum South.
ref: 1985, Kathryn Lee Seidel, The southern Belle in the American novel, page 127:
text: Let all that have an ear hear and all that have an eye see, the Edenic will not be denied!
ref: 2014, Rich'iz Burnstine, The Edenic, →ISBN, page 195:
glosses: One who promotes an Edenic ideal.
megadollar
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From mega- + dollar.
Senses: examples: text: There is no sound of megadollar derivatives transactions being finessed by conference call. Mr. Duncker retired young  at 43 in 2001  from Goldman Sachs & Company, which he joined straight out of Northwestern University in 1982.
ref: 2008 February 29, Robin Finn, “Letting His Racing Colors Show”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of a million dollars or more.
megadollar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megadollars
Etymology: From mega- + dollar.
Senses: glosses: The sum of a million dollars (or any comparably large amount of money).
megadollars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megadollar
meningococcemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meningococcemias
form: meningococcaemia
Senses: glosses: Meningococcal septicemia, a form of sepsis caused by the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis.
Derived terms: meningococcemic
meningococcemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meningococcemia
meningococcaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meningococcaemias
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meningococcemia.
meningococcaemias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of meningococcaemia
multiseason
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + season.
Senses: examples: text: A resort town of the same name hugs the lake’s south shore and offers a multiseason retreat.
ref: 2008 February 29, Sam Hooper Samuels, “A Relaxed Mountain Retreat That Offers More Than Snow”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to more than one season.
multisector
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + sector.
Senses: glosses: Involving multiple sectors.
unsectionable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sectionable.
Senses: glosses: Not sectionable.
regrip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: regrips
form: regripping
form: regripped
form: regripped
Etymology: From re- + grip.
Senses: examples: text: To drink his Vitamin Water, for instance, he unscrews the cap with his teeth or with his short arms, balances the bottle with his bottom nubs while regripping with his arms, tilts the liquid into his throat and moves on to his next destination with the bottle in his mouth.
ref: 2008 February 29, Josh Katzowitz, “With an Iron Will, He Finds a Way”, in New York Times:
glosses: To grip again.
regrips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of regrip
regripped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of regrip
regripping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of regrip
reincarceration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reincarcerations
Etymology: From re- + incarceration.
Senses: examples: text: The Pew report recommended diverting nonviolent offenders away from prison and using punishments short of reincarceration for minor or technical violations of probation or parole.
ref: 2008 February 29, Adam Liptak, “U.S. Imprisons One in 100 Adults, Report Finds”, in New York Times:
glosses: A second or subsequent incarceration.
Related terms: reincarcerate
reincarcerations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reincarceration
rejail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rejails
form: rejailing
form: rejailed
form: rejailed
Etymology: From re- + jail.
Senses: glosses: To jail again.
Synonyms: reimprison
reincarcerate
rejails
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rejail
rejailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rejail
rejailed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rejail
Rejangs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Rejang
immunizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From immunize + -able.
Senses: glosses: That can be immunized against.
raw_tags: of a disease
Related terms: immunizability
seminormalcy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From semi- + normalcy.
Senses: examples: text: In a series of interviews with the news media given during his deployment but not released until now, Prince Harry revealed that he had not washed in four days and that he was enjoying a life of seminormalcy among regular soldiers.
ref: 2008 February 29, Sarah Lyall, “The Word Is Out: Harry Is in Afghanistan”, in New York Times:
glosses: A state of partial normalcy.
setlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more setlike
form: most setlike
Etymology: From set + -like.
Senses: examples: text: Matthew Brannon will record the sounds of the Armory at night and use them in a haunted house film; at the museum he is installing a setlike room in which heavy drapes surround a painted window looking out at a panorama of the New York City skyline, with everything somewhat off kilter.
ref: 2008 February 29, Carol Vogel, “A Biennial Bustin’ Out of the Whitney”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a theatrical set.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of a mathematical set.
sssh
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of shh.
sunstruck
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sun + struck.
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with sunstroke.
sunstricken
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sun + stricken.
Senses: glosses: Afflicted with sunstroke.
superstrict
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more superstrict
form: most superstrict
Etymology: From super- + strict.
Senses: examples: text: “One person is superstrict and unreasonable, another is just right and another is totally lax,” she wrote.
ref: 2008 February 29, Andrew Martin, “Agriculture Dept. Vows to Improve Animal Welfare”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely strict.
ultratight
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultratight
form: most ultratight
Etymology: From ultra- + tight.
Senses: examples: text: Trousers had that ultratight fit and rock attitude that one also saw at Balmain, though in a trashier form.
ref: 2008 February 29, Cathy Horyn, “The Debut: Still Very Valentino”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely tight.
uprootedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uprooted + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Regularity of rhythm came under assault from modernists in the last century, and its frequent absence accounts substantially for a sense of uprootedness and anxiety in their music that is more often attributed to atonal melody or harmony.
ref: 2008 March 1, James R. Oestreich, “Rhythm in Abundance, With a Spirit of Adventure”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being uprooted.
Synonyms: rootlessness
videocameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of videocamera
apfelstrudel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apfelstrudels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Apfelstrudel.
Senses: examples: text: Failing to penetrate General Motors’ secure corporate sanctum, I’m forced to imagine the signs of culture shock: apfelstrudel has replaced Krispy Kremes at morning meetings.
ref: 2008 March 2, Lawrence Ulrich, “Traveling on Dual Passports”, in New York Times:
glosses: apple strudel
apfelstrudels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apfelstrudel
craftlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more craftlike
form: most craftlike
Etymology: From craft + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The dusty-pink replacement windows, although thoughtfully designed, have much larger panes and a machine-made character, in contrast to the craftlike work on the rest of the building.
ref: 2008 March 2, Christopher Gray, “Crowning Achievements for Two Brother-Architects”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of craft.
eyemask
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eyemasks
form: eye mask
Etymology: From eye + mask.
Senses: glosses: A mask that covers the eyes.
eyemasks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eyemask
cragger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: craggers
Etymology: From crag + -er.
Senses: examples: text: An athletic kid from New Jersey, Fischer was known as a bold risk taker — they called him “the fallingest man in climbing” — until an old-school cragger taught him the Zen of controlled ascent.
ref: 2008 March 2, Bruce Barcott, “The Higher They Climb”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A mountaineer.
craggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cragger
drunkorexia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of drunk + anorexia
Senses: examples: text: The latest entry in the lexicon of food-related ills is drunkorexia, shorthand for a disturbing blend of behaviors: self-imposed starvation or bingeing and purging, combined with alcohol abuse .
ref: 2008 March 2, Sarah Kershaw, “Starving Themselves, Cocktail in Hand”, in New York Times:
glosses: A combination of anorexia or bulimia with alcohol abuse.
gelaterias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gelateria
hyperradical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperradical
form: most hyperradical
Etymology: From hyper- + radical.
Senses: examples: text: Still, as in his earlier books on the same subject, whose idée fixe is the supposed superiority of hyperfast and hyperradical reform, whatever the circumstances, Mr. Aslund can claim two important achievements.
ref: 2008 March 2, Stephen Kotkin, “Now Comes the Tough Part in Russia”, in New York Times:
glosses: Extremely radical.
minimumweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From minimum + weight.
Senses: examples: text: The Japanese boxer Yutaka Niida stopped the challenger José Varela of Venezuela in the sixth round on in Tokyo to defend his W.B.A. minimumweight title.
ref: 2008 March 2, The Associated Press, “Niida Wins in Title Defense”, in New York Times:
topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
synonyms: mini flyweight
strawweight
glosses: The lowest weight class in professional boxing, where boxers may weigh no more than 105 pounds (48 kg).
strawweight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strawweights
Etymology: From straw + weight.
Senses: topics: boxing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: minimumweight
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: the weight class of 106-115 lbs, above atomweight and below flyweight
glosses: A fighter in the above weight class
pourings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pouring
recarve
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)v
Forms: form: recarves
form: recarving
form: recarved
form: recarved
Etymology: From re- + carve.
Senses: examples: text: The U.S., England and France redrew the map of Europe and recarved Germany in a way that was designed to arouse natural hatreds and pit peoples against each other in order to preclude internationalist working-class solidarity.
ref: 2004 July 1, Leslie Feinberg, “Sexual freedom vs. fascism in Germany”, in Workers World:
text: He speaks about working with craftsmen to recarve both wood and plaster at the New Amsterdam Theater, and he is the project manager for the Theater for a New Audience, which is planned for a site near the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
ref: 2008 March 2, Tracie Rozhon, “Preserving the Best of the Old”, in New York Times:
glosses: To carve again or into a new form.
recarving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of recarve
recarves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of recarve
recarved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of recarve
pigmentationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From pigmentational + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then, there’s “people of color,” embraced for a time as embodying unity among people pigmentationally advantaged.
ref: 2008 March 3, “The Words We Use to Talk About Race”, in New York Times:
glosses: In terms of pigmentation.
pigmentational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pigmentation + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to pigmentation.
Derived terms: pigmentationally
preburnished
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + burnished.
Senses: examples: text: Like Hillary, Governor Sebelius’s name comes preburnished, thanks to her father-in-law, Keith Sebelius, a former veteran member of Congress, and her father, John Gilligan, the former governor of Ohio.
ref: 2008 March 3, Susan Dominus, “Electing a Woman to the White House: Who’s on Deck?”, in New York Times:
glosses: burnished in advance
superaccept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superaccepts
Etymology: From super- + accept.
Senses: examples: text: South’s jump to three spades, a superaccept, announced four-card spade support, a maximum and (typically) a doubleton somewhere.
ref: 2008 March 3, Phillip Alder, “In Las Vegas, It’s All About the Odds”, in New York Times:
topics: bridge
games
glosses: A strongly encouraging response to a transfer.
superaccepts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superaccept
airfoiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From airfoil + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: As a jet barrels down a runway, the air above its airfoiled wings moves faster than the air below, creating a difference in air pressure that pulls and pushes the plane up.
ref: 2008 March 4, Natalie Angier, “Flapping Past Gravity’s Pull, Bat Has a Vortex at Its Wings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Fitted with an airfoil.
bingers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of binger
estrogenlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more estrogenlike
form: most estrogenlike
Etymology: From estrogen + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The worms accumulate natural estrogen excreted in human waste and estrogenlike compounds from plastics manufacturing.
ref: 2008 March 4, Henry Fountain, “Polluted Worms Help Starling’s Song, but Not Mating Fitness”, in New York Times:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of estrogen.
rallygoer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rallygoers
Etymology: From rally + goer.
Senses: examples: text: The clearest example of echoing Hezbollah came Monday when thousands attended a so-called victory rally, and Mahmoud Zahar, an influential Hamas leader, briefly came out of hiding to tell the rallygoers that his organization would rebuild any house that had been damaged by the Israeli strikes.
ref: 2008 March 4, Taghreed El-Khodary, Isabel Kershner, “As Israelis Pull Out of Gaza, Hamas Celebrates Its Rocketry”, in The New York Times:
text: The morning after the shooting that pierced Trump’s ear and left one rallygoer dead, local law enforcement and federal officials met together to go over the day’s events, a source with knowledge of the meeting told CNN.
ref: 2024 August 23, Holmes Lybrand, Zachary Cohen and Majlie de Puy Kamp, “Forgotten radios and missed warnings: New details emerge about communication failures before Trump rally shooting”, in CNN:
glosses: One who attends a rally.
rallygoers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rallygoer
unabsorbing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unabsorbing
form: most unabsorbing
Etymology: From un- + absorbing.
Senses: examples: text: True, “Counterswarm,” to Ligeti, is a clever but unabsorbing conception of humans viewed as insects, and the real charm of “Aureole,” to Handel, is reduced by the women’s autopilot bright smiles (also by Mr. See’s exaggerated facial reactions).
ref: 2008 March 4, Alastair Macaulay, “From a Master Craftsman, Recurring Themes of Divinity, Death and Desire”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not absorbing.
unordinariness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unordinary + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Pavel Gershenzon, a ballet historian, told RIA Novosti: “In recent years the administration of the Bolshoi Theater has twice shown its artistic freedom, boldness, unordinariness in making decisions.
ref: 2008 March 4, Sophia Kishkovsky, “The Bolshoi Ballet Appoints a New Artistic Director”, in New York Times:
glosses: The quality of being unordinary.
on the hook
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: antonyms: on the hoof
glosses: Of an animal, slaughtered for food.
examples: text: For now, at least, Mr. Wedell, who is a vice president at the Robinson-Humphrey Company, a subsidiary of Shearson Lehman, is still on the hook for unsettled claims.
ref: 1991 October 27, Barbara Presley Noble, “Making a Difference: Lloyd's 'Indentured Servant'”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Jun 2011:
text: Yes, incumbents of both parties—especially those incumbents facing tough re-election campaigns—don't want to be on the hook for this vote.
ref: 2008 September 29, “Washington to Wall Street: Drop Dead”, in Newsweek, retrieved 15 Jun 2011:
text: Could taxpayers really be on the hook for UAW pensions? Yes.
ref: 2010 April 15, Joseph R. Szczesny, “GM's Pension: A Ticking Time Bomb for Taxpayers?”, in Time:
antonyms: off the hook
glosses: In debt; obligated to pay or provide; liable; responsible or blamed.
Bashir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈʃiɹ/
Forms: form: Basheer
form: Basher
Etymology: From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Basheer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈʃiɹ/
Forms: form: Bashir
Etymology: From Arabic بَشِير (bašīr, “bringer of good news”)
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
eutactic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From eutaxy + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Perfectly ordered
pilulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pilulous
form: most pilulous
Etymology: From Latin pilula (“a pill”) + -ous.
Senses: examples: text: Has any one ever pinched into its pilulous smallness the cobweb of pre-matrimonial acquaintanceship?
ref: 1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter II, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I, page 29:
glosses: Resembling a pill or pilule.
tea jenny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea jennies
form: tea jennie
Senses: glosses: a person who drinks a lot of tea; a tea addict; someone fussy about tea.
stumble against
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stumbles against
form: stumbling against
form: stumbled against
form: stumbled against
Senses: glosses: To discover or find something by accident.
glosses: To meet somebody by chance.
Synonyms: come across
come upon
stumble across
stumble upon
stumble on
blind tigers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blind tiger
dynamic memory allocation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic memory allocations
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of allocating memory at runtime.
dynamic memory allocations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dynamic memory allocation
hockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hocket
aleph number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aleph numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
glosses: Any of a sequence of numbers used to represent the cardinality of infinite sets, denoted by the Hebrew letter aleph.
Related terms: aleph-null
aleph-one
aleph-zero
arterial blood gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arterial blood gases
Senses: glosses: A blood test in which a syringe is used to draw a small blood sample from an artery.
Synonyms: ABG
counterpower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counterpowers
Etymology: From counter- + power.
Senses: examples: text: In the hands of the few power can be called oppression, repression, exploitation or authoritarianism. Meanwhile movements for freedom, emancipation, liberation, human rights and democracy have a common idea at their heart. That idea is Counterpower.
ref: 2011, Tim Gee, Counterpower, page 17:
text: A fifth step must be taken if the project of empire is to be defeated — namely, the emergence of effective counterpowers within the world community, able to balance the superpower of the United States...
ref: 2005, Christian Barry, Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge, Global institutions and responsibilities: achieving global justice, page 182:
glosses: A political or other kind of power capable of challenging and potentially removing the power of another.
Related terms: check and balance
counterpowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of counterpower
ethnopoetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ethno- + poetics, coined in 1968 by Jerome Rothenberg and George Quasha.
Senses: glosses: A poetical, linguistic and anthropological movement dealing with poetry written by, or in the style of, indigenous peoples.
Related terms: ethnopoet
ethnopoetic
see fit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˌsiː ˈfɪt/
Forms: form: sees fit
form: seeing fit
form: saw fit
form: seen fit
Senses: examples: text: Shepard: Don't tell me how to do my job!
Tevos: You are free to act as you see fit, Commander. Our role is to offer guidance and advice.
Sparatus: It's up to you if you're smart enough to listen.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-1:
text: [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.
ref: 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:
glosses: to deem appropriate
exsudative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more exsudative
form: most exsudative
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of exudative.
foveations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foveation
Dobrescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dobrescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Dobrescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Niculescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Niculescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Niculescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
like crack
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: In reference to crack cocaine.
Senses: glosses: Very addicting.
Dumitrescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dumitrescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Dumitrescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Constantinescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Constantinescus
form: Constantinesco
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Constantinescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Bălan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Bălan.
Senses: glosses: A town in Harghita County, Romania.
glosses: A village and commune of Sălaj County, Romania.
Andreescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Andreescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Andreescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
new-model
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: new-models
form: new-modeling
form: new-modelling
form: new-modeled
form: new-modeled
form: new-modelled
form: new-modelled
form: newmodel
Etymology: From new model, apparently with reference to the reorganisation of the English Parliament 1644–45.
Senses: examples: text: Over and above the oddities I have mentioned, he is so unsteady in his œconomy, that he is always new modelling his affairs, and exhausting his fortune, by laying out ten pounds, in order to save a shilling […].
ref: 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: To give a new form to; to remodel.
Synonyms: remodel
Georgescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Georgescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Georgescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Marinescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Marinescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Marinescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Ionescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ionescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Ionescu.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Romanian.
Petrescu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Petrescus
Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Petrescu.
Senses: glosses: A patrilineal surname from Romanian.
gemmary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Late Latin gemmarius.
Senses: examples: text: The principal and most gemmary affection is its tralucency
ref: 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to gems.
gemmary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Late Latin gemmarius.
Senses: glosses: A jeweller.
examples: text: In painting and gemmary, Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack, but in the matter of old wines he was sincere.
ref: 1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado:
glosses: Jewellery.
gzip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːzɪp/
Forms: form: gzips
form: gzipping
form: gzipped
form: gzipped
Etymology: From the name of the software program, originally short for GNU zip.
Senses: examples: text: One way to deal with this issue is to add the compress command, which gzips the old logs as they are rotated.
ref: 2000, Dee-Ann LeBlanc, General Linux I: exam prep:
text: Image and PDF files should not be gzipped because they are already compressed. Trying to gzip them not only wastes CPU resources, it can also potentially increase file sizes.
ref: 2007, Steve Souders, High performance web sites: essential knowledge for frontend engineers, page 30:
text: Therefore, using the YUI Compressor in combination with gzipping always gives the best results.
ref: 2010, Nicholas C. Zakas, High Performance JavaScript, page 171:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To compress using the gzip program.
Derived terms: ungzip
gzips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gzip
gzipped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gzip
gzipping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gzip
nonsebaceous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + sebaceous.
Senses: glosses: Not sebaceous.
antifungus
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + fungus.
Senses: glosses: That inhibits the growth of fungi.
Synonyms: antifungal
antimycotic
Aegeus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːd͡ʒəs/
Forms: form: Ægeus
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Αἰγεύς (Aigeús).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A character in the founding myth of Athens.
Derived terms: Aegean
asthmata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It is not scientific to classify asthmata into animal asthma and vegetable asthma, and smell asthma, etc.
ref: 1901, Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati, Aphorisms, Definitions, Reflections, William Wood & Company, page 267:
glosses: plural of asthma
commata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒmətə/
Etymology: From the Latin commata (nominative plural form of comma), from the Ancient Greek κόμμᾰτᾰ (kómmătă, nominative plural form of κόμμᾰ (kómmă), kómma).
Senses: examples: text: It will be noticed that the section “ ET IN ” and the cola begin at about the same perpendicular line, the commata begin further in under the third or second letter, and so likewise does the continuation of a colon or comma which runs beyond a single line (see facsimile page).
ref: 1913, “The Catholic Encyclopedia”, in Inc., volume IV, The Encyclopedia Press, page 82:
glosses: plural of comma
atmosphæric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more atmosphæric
form: most atmosphæric
Etymology: From atmosphær(e) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: […]with its atmoſphæric heaven ; and the inviſible political or ſpiritual heaven and earth alſo belonging to mankind generated or regenerated Godlike, i. e. the legiſlative and executive ſyſtems in political‐life ; the cauſal and vital ſyſtems in private‐life.
ref: 1746, Arthur Dobbs, A Thanksgiving Sermon, page 33:
glosses: Archaic spelling of atmospheric.
deinstall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deinstalls
form: deinstalling
form: deinstalled
form: deinstalled
Etymology: From de- + install.
Senses: glosses: To reverse installation.
Synonyms: uninstall
seatrout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seatrouts
form: seatrout
Senses: examples: text: Because of 2007’s phenomenal snook fishing and a gratifying resurgence in the estuary’s spotted seatrout population, I had not targeted reds for months.
ref: 2008 March 5, Norm Zeigler, “Seeking Florida Redfish, Catching Only Glimpses”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of sea trout.
seatrouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seatrout
superministry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superministries
Etymology: From super- + ministry.
Senses: examples: text: Many analysts have said China must create a superministry to better coordinate the country’s energy and environmental concerns.
ref: 2008 March 5, Jim Yardley, “China to Focus on Reducing Inflation, Prime Minister Says”, in New York Times:
glosses: A large political ministry.
superministries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superministry
unbrined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + brined.
Senses: examples: text: Blanch the unbrined octopus arms for 30 seconds in boiling water, cook them in a covered dry pan in a 200-degree oven for four or five hours or until tender, and cool them slowly in their own juices.
ref: 2008 March 5, Harold Mcgee, “To Cook an Octopus: Forget the Cork, Add Science”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Not preserved in brine.
breastplated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle English brest-plated, equivalent to breastplate + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Instead of the innocent-seeming group of white-clad supporting characters in “De Sueños,” the opening scene here gives us a more menacing and unrecognizable group dressed in black, masked and breastplated.
ref: 2008 March 6, Alastair Macaulay, “When Death (That Bowler-Hatted Gent) Comes Calling in Dreams”, in New York Times:
glosses: Wearing a breastplate.
buttonbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buttonbushes
Etymology: From button + bush.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
examples: text: The buttonbush shrub, which has little white flowers, feeds 18 species of butterflies and moths; and blueberry bushes, which support 288 species of moths and butterflies, thrive in big pots on a terrace.
ref: 2008 March 6, Anne Raver, “To Feed the Birds, First Feed the Bugs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of the genus Cephalanthus of flowering plants in the madder family.
Common buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)
glosses: Any of the genus Conocarpus of two species of tropical flowering plants; a mangrove.
Hyponyms: sense: Cephalanthus
word: common buttonbush
sense: Cephalanthus
word: Mexican buttonbush
trio sonatas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trio sonata
buttonbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buttonbush
departmentwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From department + -wide.
Senses: glosses: Throughout a department.
departmentwide
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From department + -wide.
Senses: examples: text: A plan to take back all so-called precinct parking permits from auxiliary officers first came to light in a Feb. 1 Police Department memo to all precincts. Mr. Browne said the action was in addition to a mandatory 20 percent reduction of placards departmentwide.
ref: 2008 March 6, Al Baker, “Auxiliary Police See Parking Permit Cut as an Insult”, in New York Times:
glosses: Throughout a department.
electrocharged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From electro- + charged.
Senses: examples: text: I pretended the brush of his knuckles against my knees wasn’t the kind of electrocharged intimacy I recall as a preamble to letters in Penthouse Forum.
ref: 2008 March 6, Cintra Wilson, “Part Hip-Hop, Part Haughty, All Decadent”, in New York Times:
glosses: Charged with electricity.
electroceramics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electroceramic
digraphia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪˈɡɹæ.fi.ə/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek διγραφία (digraphía), δι- (di-, “twice”) + -γραφία (-graphía, “writing”), modeled on diglossia.
Senses: glosses: The concurrent use of two scripts for the same spoken language.
Related terms: diglossia
Yomi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 黄泉 (yomi).
Senses: examples: text: After Izanagi returns to the earth, he rolls a boulder into the pass, making it impossible for anyone who has gone to Yomi to return. This story can be taken as a myth of the origin of death.
ref: 2017, Helen Hardacre, Shinto: A History, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: The Japanese underworld, whose exits are guarded by horrible creatures.
corsetmaking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From corset + making.
Senses: glosses: The manufacture of corsets.
corsetmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: corsetmakers
Etymology: From corset + maker.
Senses: glosses: A manufacturer of corsets.
Synonyms: corsetier
corsetmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of corsetmaker
whaleboned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From whalebone + -ed.
Senses: examples: a whaleboned corset
glosses: Reinforced with whalebone.
Ibsenian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːniən
Forms: form: more Ibsenian
form: most Ibsenian
Etymology: From Ibsen + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet.
Ibsenesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Ibsenesque
form: most Ibsenesque
Etymology: From Ibsen + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the style of Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906), 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet.
ibuprofens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ibuprofen
ibuprofens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ibuprofen
germophobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: germophobes
form: germaphobe
Etymology: From germ + -o- + -phobe.
Senses: examples: text: It features a pop-out hook so germophobes can avoid touching A.T.M. keypads, door handles and other public surfaces where undesirable microbes may lurk.
ref: 2008 March 6, Barnaby J. Feder, “New Device for Germophobes Runs Into Old Law”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who suffers from germophobia.
Related terms: germophobia
germophobic
germophobes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of germophobe
inspectional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inspection + -al.
Senses: examples: text: “A few of our observations touched on the same areas as F.D.A.’s inspectional findings,” said Ray Godlewski, vice president for quality at Baxter’s medication delivery business. Mr. Godlewski refused to be more specific because, he said, of a confidentiality agreement with Scientific Protein.
ref: 2008 March 6, Gardiner Harris, “Drug Tied to China Had Contaminant, F.D.A. Says”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to an inspection.
knavishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more knavishly
form: most knavishly
Etymology: From knavish + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Then he played hard to get, knavishly sidestepping the microphone.
ref: 2008 March 6, Nate Chinen, “A Night of ‘Warpaint,’ a New Set of Crowes”, in New York Times:
glosses: In a knavish manner.
outorganize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outorganizes
form: outorganizing
form: outorganized
form: outorganized
Etymology: From out- + organize.
Senses: examples: text: But in Ohio, he appeared outorganized.
ref: 2008 March 6, Michael Powell, “Lesson of Defeat: Obama Comes Out Punching”, in New York Times:
glosses: To organize oneself better than.
outorganizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outorganize
outorganizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outorganize
outorganized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outorganize
disaster waiting to happen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: disasters waiting to happen
Etymology: Attested 1940s, apparently modeled after accident waiting to happen.
Senses: glosses: Something potentially very dangerous or likely to fail.
disasters waiting to happen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of disaster waiting to happen
weird number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weird numbers
Senses: topics: mathematics
number-theory
sciences
glosses: A natural number that is abundant but not semiperfect; one for which the sum of the proper divisors (including 1 but not itself) is greater than the number, but no subset of those divisors sums to the number itself.
weird numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weird number
oversedations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oversedation
oversedate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oversedates
form: oversedating
form: oversedated
form: oversedated
Etymology: From over- + sedate.
Senses: examples: text: But the practice has drawn mounting criticism from doctors and dentists who say it poses a dangerous risk of patients being oversedated by dentists who often have completed only a 24-hour training course and are not equipped to safely monitor the drugs.
ref: 2008 March 6, Sarah Kershaw, “My Root Canal? It’s a Blur”, in New York Times:
glosses: To sedate excessively.
Related terms: oversedation
oversedates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oversedate
oversedating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of oversedate
oversedated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oversedate
precollection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: precollections
Etymology: From pre- + collection.
Senses: examples: text: “The demands on everyone are constantly growing,” Mr. Gaubert said, referring not just to the twice-yearly ready-to-wear collections, but also to the couture presentations some labels produce, as well as precollections and resort collections and — ka-ching!
ref: 2008 March 6, Guy Trebay, “Fashion Sees Its Shadow”, in New York Times:
glosses: A fashion collection made available shortly before the usual season for such garments.
precollections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of precollection
reflower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reflowers
form: reflowering
form: reflowered
form: reflowered
Etymology: From re- + flower.
Senses: examples: text: A few iconoclasts insist that bulbs can reflower, and you may be proving them right, but it is more likely that you started with at least two bulbs similar in size.
ref: 2008 March 6, Leslie Land, “A Lily to Look Up To”, in New York Times:
glosses: To flower again or anew.
reflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reflower
reflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reflower
reflowering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reflowerings
Senses: glosses: The process of flowering again.
reflowered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reflower
reblossom
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reblossoms
form: reblossoming
form: reblossomed
form: reblossomed
Etymology: From re- + blossom.
Senses: glosses: To blossom again or anew.
reblossomed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reblossom
reblossoming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reblossom
reblossoms
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reblossom
resprayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of respraying
sprayings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spraying
exertional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From exertion + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The San Francisco Giants left-hander Noah Lowry needs surgery to correct exertional compartment syndrome, which according to mayoclinic.com causes pain, swelling and sometimes disability in affected muscles of the legs or arms.
ref: 2008 March 7, Agence France-Presse, “Bonds’s 756th Home Run Ball Could Soon Reach the Hall of Fame”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to exertion.
Derived terms: exertionally
nonexertional
postexertional
hocketed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hocketed
form: most hocketed
Etymology: From hocket + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: His “Frontline” had a ping-ponging, hocketed section for the band’s four horns at the beginning and end.
ref: 2008 March 7, Ben Ratliff, “Giving an Unpredictable Force His Due”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Employing hockets.