cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
worth while
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more worth while
form: most worth while
Senses: examples: text: About 6 ft. from the ground is fastened "the joug," an iron collar in the wall, used to confine prisoners before it was thought worth while to build prisons or cages for them.
ref: 1873, John Murray (publishers.), Handbook for travellers in Scotland (page 261)
text: Some day it may seem worth while to take up the story of the younger ones again and see what sort of men and women they turned out to be; […]
ref: 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “Conclusion”, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page [275]:
text: Strictly applicable only to actions: "Is it worth while to telegraph?" ... The use of worth while before a noun ("a worth while story") is indefensible.
ref: 1918, William Strunk, Jr., The Elements of Style:
text: When Mr. Charles Hopkins was General Manager of the SR he expressed to us the view that it would be worth while in the cause of regular and reliable operation to reduce the number of trains passing through such bottlenecks as Borough Market Junction on the South Eastern Division.
ref: 1964 December, “Southern raises capacity of Borough Market Junction”, in Modern Railways, page 416:
text: Adrian thought it worth while trying out his new slang.
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section III, page 26:
glosses: Dated spelling of worthwhile.
unpot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unpots
form: unpotting
form: unpotted
form: unpotted
Etymology: From un- + pot.
Senses: examples: text: When the stems fall off, unpot the tubers and let them sit in the open air for a few days, then wrap them individually in newspaper and store them in a room that stays between 40 to 50 degrees.
ref: 2009 March 19, Anne Raver, “A Burst of Begonias to Satisfy a Yen”, in New York Times:
glosses: To remove from a pot.
unpotted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unpot
unpotted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒtɪd
Senses: examples: text: Sent while dormant, these plants arrive unpotted, with a small ball of soil or some moisture-retaining material around the roots.
ref: 1997, Roger Holmes, Taylor's guide to ornamental grasses:
glosses: Not placed in a pot.
sidearming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sidearm
sidearmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sidearm
sidearmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidearmers
Etymology: From sidearm + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Like other sidearmers, O’Day found salvation out of desperation.
ref: 2009 March 19, Ben rShpigel, “Medicine’s Loss Could Be the Mets’ Gain”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who throws with arm roughly parallel to the ground.
sidearmers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sidearmer
trigemini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹaɪˈd͡ʒɛm.əˌnaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of trigeminus
low-life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: low-lives
form: low-lifes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of lowlife.
low-lives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-life
subendothelial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subendothelial
form: most subendothelial
Etymology: From sub- + endothelial.
Senses: glosses: Beneath the endothelial layer
Related terms: subendothelium
subepithelium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subepithelia
Etymology: From sub- + epithelium.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The layer immediately under the epithelium
Related terms: subepithelial
suberin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suberins
Etymology: From suber + -in. From the French subérine.
Senses: glosses: A waxy material found in the cell walls of cork and similar plants
subgenomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subgenome
subgenome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subgenomes
Etymology: From sub- + genome.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A subset of a genome, especially one that has a specific function
Related terms: subgenomic
subgenomics
subgenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + genomic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to a subgenome or to subgenomics
subhorizontal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more subhorizontal
form: most subhorizontal
Etymology: From sub- + horizontal.
Senses: glosses: Not quite horizontal in position or orientation.
examples: text: Swaley cross-stratification is interpreted from thick units of subhorizontal bedding associated with marine fossils.
ref: 1983, U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin - Page A-12:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a subhorizon.
sublinearity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublinearities
Etymology: From sub- + linear + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being sublinear.
sublinearly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sublinearly
form: most sublinearly
Etymology: From sublinear + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a sublinear manner
submillisecond
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sub-millisecond
Etymology: From sub- + millisecond.
Senses: glosses: Lasting less than a millisecond
submittals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submittal
submittals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: drawings, data, samples etc. to be submitted for inspection and evaluation prior to inclusion in a project
submoieties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submoiety
submoiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submoieties
Etymology: From sub- + moiety.
Senses: glosses: A subset of a moiety
subnetworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subnetwork
subnetwork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnetworks
form: sub-network
Etymology: From sub- + network.
Senses: glosses: A subsection of a network.
subnitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subnitrides
Etymology: From sub- + nitride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any nitride containing a smaller proportion of nitrogen than a related compound
Derived terms: carbon subnitride
carbon subnitride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound NC-C≡C-CN; dicyanoacetylene
wikipedia: carbon subnitride
suboxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + oxic.
Senses: glosses: Describing a zone of water, between the oxic and anoxic zones, in which the concentration of oxygen (and sulfur) is very low
composite board insulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A rigid board insulation generally composed of perlite or wood fiberboard factory bonded to polyisocyanurate or polystyrene.
subpallium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpallia
Etymology: From sub- + pallium.
Senses: examples: text: The pallium (and especially the archipallium) are more sensitive to the absence of olfactory morphogenetic influences than the subpallium.
ref: 1976, P. Clairambault, “33: Development of the Prosencephalon”, in R. Llinás, W. Precht, editors, Frog Neurobiology, Springer, page 941:
text: 2017, C. Watson, A. Mitchelle, L. Puelles, 2.02: A New Mammalian Brain Ontology Based on Developmental Gene Expression, Georg F. Striedter (volume editor), Jon H. Kaas (editor-in-chief), Evolution of Nervous Systems, Volume 1, 2nd Edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 60,
The pallium is initially separated from the subpallium on account of its differential molecular identity, which causes pallial neurons to the glutamatergic as a rule, whereas subpallial neurons are GABAergic in various peptidergic flavors, depending on the precise origins (Stühmer et al.,2002).
text: Channeling of TCAs^([thalamocortical axons]) into the subpallium also relies on early axonal projections between the prethalamus and the subpallium (Feng et al., 2016).
ref: 2020, Franck Bielle, Sonia Garel, “20: Neuronal migration of guidepost cells”, in Bin Chen, Kenneth Y. Kwan, editors, Cellular Migration and Formation of Axons and Dendrites, 2nd edition, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 445:
topics: anatomy
biology
medicine
natural-sciences
neuroanatomy
neurobiology
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: A layer of the cerebrum below the pallium.
Derived terms: subpallial
Related terms: archipallium
hyperpallium
mesopallium
nidopallium
pallium
subpanel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subpanels
Etymology: From sub- + panel.
Senses: glosses: A subsection of a panel
subpanels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subpanel
fatherlessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fatherless + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Speaking about the epidemic of fatherlessness in black families, Mr. Cosby imagined a young fatherless child thinking: “Somewhere in my life a person called my father has not shown up, and I feel very sad about this because I don’t know if I’m ugly — I don’t know what the reason is.”
ref: 2007 October 16, Bob Herbert, “Tough, Sad and Smart”, in New York Times:
text: Obama did not respond to his fatherlessness or his racial predicament with anger and rage, but as questions for investigation, conversation and synthesis.
ref: 2007 December 18, David Brooks, “The Obama-Clinton Issue”, in New York Times:
text: His themes have also been sounded by the comedian Bill Cosby, who has stirred debate among black Americans by bluntly speaking about an epidemic of fatherlessness in African-American families while suggesting that some blacks use racism as a crutch to explain the lack of economic progress.
ref: 2008 June 16, Julie Bosman, “Obama Calls for More Responsibility From Black Fathers”, in New York Times:
glosses: The state or quality of being fatherless (not having a (living) father).
Hypernyms: parentlessness
Coordinate terms: motherlessness
compressive strength
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compressive strengths
Senses: glosses: The property of a material that relates to its ability to resist compression loads.
Coordinate terms: english: tensile strength
translation: tensile strength
word: ultimate tensile strength
thermal conductance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermal conductances
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A measure of the ability of a particular body or assembly to conduct heat.
Related terms: thermal conductivity
control joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: control joints
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A groove which is formed, sawn, or tooled in a concrete or masonry structure to regulate the location and amount of cracking and separation resulting from the dimensional change of different parts of the structure, thereby avoiding the development of high stresses.
Coordinate terms: expansion joint
subheadline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subheadlines
Etymology: From sub- + headline.
Senses: examples: text: The March 5, 1978 issue of National Reader […] contained an exciting front page headline — "Most Major Hollywood Stars Are Gay or Bisexual!!!!" Splashed on the cover are photos of Rock Hudson, Shaun and David Cassidy, […] and, last but not least, Lily Tomlin. In the top right hand corner is the subheadline — "Finally Shocking Truth Can Be Told!"
ref: 1978 April 8, Eric Rogers, “Speaking Out”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
topics: journalism
media
synonyms: deck
tagline
hypernyms: headline
coordinate_terms: strapline
glosses: A smaller, secondary headline that usually elaborates on the main headline above it.
Hypernyms: subhead
subheading
subheadlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subheadline
transcriptionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transcriptionists
Etymology: From transcription + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who transcribes.
glosses: A writer of transcripts.
Synonyms: transcriber
transcriptionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of transcriptionist
corded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From cord + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Fitted with a cord.
examples: the hard, corded upper arms of a bodybuilder
glosses: Having the appearance of cords or furrows.
examples: text: CORDED : Bound round with cord, - as, a Bale gules, corded or.
ref: 1893, John Edwin Cussans, Handbook of Heraldry: With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient Mss., Rules for the Appointment of Liveries, &c, page 128:
text: Sable, two bars argent, corded or wreathed gules - WAYE, Devonshire, confirmed 1574.
ref: 1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 132:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Wound about with a cord or cords of a specified tincture.
glosses: Of wood: piled in cords.
Synonyms: sense: having a cord
word: wired
corded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From cord + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cord
nonpolitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From non- + politically.
Senses: glosses: In a nonpolitical manner.
skirtlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more skirtlike
form: most skirtlike
Etymology: From skirt + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a skirt.
registerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From register + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, the coloring and shading does not qualify the Work as copyrightable. Although “an original combination or arrangement of colors” can result in a registerable work, mere coloring or variations thereof are not sufficient for copyright protection.
ref: 2018 August 21, U.S. Copyright Office Review Board, “Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Vodafone Speechmark”, in United States Copyright Office, page 5:
topics: law
glosses: That can be registered (as of a trademark).
registerability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From register + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being registerable.
unhedged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hedged.
Senses: examples: text: After splashing mile after mile along straight, unhedged roads, between stretches of sodden heather […]
ref: 1890, Rudyard Kipling, The Mark of the Beast:
text: An Engliand still unhedged, with great forests alive with game, and wide marshes thick with wild-fowl.
ref: 1951, Josephine Tey, The Daughter of Time, page 38:
glosses: Without a hedge.
examples: text: A hedge fund is supposed to hedge against market movements by unhedged instruments.
ref: 2007 August 26, Ben Stein, “Avoid the Craziness and No One Gets Hurt”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Not hedged; not offset or counterbalanced.
unhedged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhedge
counter batten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counter battens
form: counterbatten
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: vertical wood strips installed on sloped roofs over which horizontal battens are secured. The primary roof covering is attached or secured to these horizontal battens.
cough syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cough syrups
Senses: glosses: A liquid used to ease a sore throat and possibly suppress excess coughing.
Derived terms: cough-syrupy
cough syrups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cough syrup
publicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: publickness
Etymology: From public + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: “The publicness of the public library is an increasingly rare commodity. It becomes harder all the time to think of places that welcome everyone and don't charge any money for that warm embrace. The commitment to inclusion is so powerful that many decisions about the library hinge on whether or not a particular choice would cause a subset of the public to feel uninvited.”
ref: 2018, Susan Orlean, chapter 6, in The Library Book:
glosses: The quality or state of being public.
counterflashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From counter- + flashing.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
privateness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: privatenesses
Etymology: From private + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Their [studies'] chiefe vſe for paſtime is in priuateneſſe and retyring: […]
ref: 1598, Fran[cis] Bacon, “Of Studies”, in Essaies. […], London: […] Iohn VVindet for Humfrey Hooper […], →OCLC, folio [0], verso:
antonyms: publicness
glosses: The quality or state of being private.
requalification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: requalifications
Etymology: From re- + qualification.
Senses: glosses: The act of qualifying again
requalifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of requalification
cover board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cover boards
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: An insulation board used over closed cell plastic insulation (e.g., polyisocyanurate) to prevent blistering when used in conjunction with hot bituminous membranes.
spreadably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more spreadably
form: most spreadably
Etymology: From spreadable + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a spreadable way.
scoopable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scoop + -able.
Senses: examples: scoopable ice cream
scoopable cat litter
glosses: That can be scooped.
lastingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɑːstɪŋnɪs/
ipa: /ˈlæstɪŋnɪs/
Etymology: From lasting + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The lightes, doores and staires, rather directed to the use of the guest, then to the eye of the Artificer: and yet as the one cheefly heeded, so the other not neglected; each place handsome without curiositie, and homely without lothsomnes: not so daintie as not to be trode on, nor yet slubberd up with good felowshippe: all more lasting then beautifull, but that the consideration of the exceeding lastingnesse made the eye beleeve it was exceeding beautifull.
ref: c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
text: Now lastingnesse [translating durée] is not an accession unto wisdome.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: The intercession of Christ, and the lastingness of it, is a sure token of the salvation of them that come unto God by him.
ref: 1692, John Bunyan, “Christ a Complete Saviour”, in George Offor, editor, Little Books by John Bunyan, published 1873, page 121:
text: The Paradise Plums had dwindled substantially. So had the Mintips, a mint sweet with the elasticity and lastingness of rubber.
ref: 1961, V[idiadhar] S[urajprasad] Naipaul, chapter 4, in A House for Mr Biswas, Part One, Vintage International, published 2001:
text: There are any number of components that can contribute to a noteworthy verse. From the style to the substance, from the writing to the delivery, a lot is at play to create a lasting verse and its performance. That, that lastingness, that memorability (“quotability” is the word often used), that’s probably the best barometer. Can an artist write a rhyme, and recite in a way, that everyone will always remember?
ref: 2013 February 23, Adam Fleischer, “The 13 Best Rap Verses of 2013”, in Complex, archived from the original on 06 May 2017:
glosses: The property of lasting; duration, permanence.
Synonyms: word: abidingness
word: protractedness
word: permanence
word: durativeness
word: enduringness
word: lastingness
word: lengthiness
word: longness
word: longsomeness
Hyponyms: word: permanence
Related terms: word: long-lastingness
word: lasting
word: lastingly
laryngoscopy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laryngoscopies
Etymology: From laryngo- + -scopy.
Senses: glosses: The examination of the throat using a laryngoscope.
Derived terms: autolaryngoscopy
laryngoscopic
laryngoscopical
microlaryngoscopy
nasolaryngoscopy
videolaryngoscopy
laryngoscopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laryngoscopy
namespacing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of namespace
namespaced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of namespace
Geri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening; compare Jerry from Gerald.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine, also used as a formal given name.
Gerri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Geraldine, also used as a formal given name.
brake pedal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brake pedals
Senses: glosses: the pedal in a vehicle, usually a car, which operates the brakes
Related terms: foot brake
Jeri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Teleplay by Kenneth Biller and Jeri Taylor.
ref: 1999, Michael Okuda, Denise Okuda, The Star Trek encyclopedia:
text: Jeri Ellsworth invented the C-One, a single board computer that is not an emulator, but a reimplementation of the original C64 hardware.
ref: 2011, Chris Kohler, Retro Gaming Hacks, page 258:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine or Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
Jerri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Geraldine and Jerilyn, also used as a formal given name.
interlocutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interlocution
lacemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacemakers
Etymology: From lace + maker.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes lace.
lacemakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacemaker
lateral area
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lateral areas
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The sum of the areas of the lateral (vertical) faces of a cylinder, cone, frustum, or the like.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A particular part of the medulla oblongata.
landgravine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landgravines
Etymology: From German Landgräfin, equivalent to landgrave + -ine.
Senses: glosses: The wife of a landgrave, or a woman who rules over a landgraviate.
landgravines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of landgravine
lateral areas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lateral area
dampproofing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of damp proofing.
confrontationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: -eɪʃənəli
Forms: form: more confrontationally
form: most confrontationally
Etymology: From confrontational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a confrontational way.
boost
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /buːst/
ipa: /bʉst/
rhymes: -uːst
Forms: form: boosts
Etymology: Unknown. The verb is first recorded 1815; the noun, 1825. Compare Scots boost (“to move; drive off; shoo away”), bost, boast (“to threaten; scold”), Middle English boosten, bosten (“to threaten”). Possible doublet of boast.
Senses: glosses: A push from behind or below, as to one who is endeavoring to climb.
examples: text: The controversy gave a boost to the author's sales.
glosses: Something that helps, or adds power or effectiveness; assistance.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A coordinate transformation that changes velocity.
topics: automotive
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: A positive intake manifold pressure in cars with turbochargers or superchargers.
Derived terms: booster
boosterism
boostglide
boost pad
damage boost
deboost
egoboo
egoboost
elo boost
megaboost
postboost
preboost
reboost
underboost
gak
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: găk
ipa: /ɡæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: gac
homophone: gack
Senses: examples: text: proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.
ref: 2002, 93 Percent Wise, “the NT then and now”, in alt.messianic (Usenet):
text: Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.
ref: 2009 March 19, Joel Rubinoff, “It's not a dream: They're back”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: Alternative form of gack (“expression of disgust or disapproval”).
examples: text: Gak. She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.
ref: 2008, Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack:
glosses: Alternative form of gack (“expression of trepidation”).
gak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: găk
ipa: /ɡæk/
rhymes: -æk
homophone: gac
homophone: gack
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gack (“crystal meth”).
glosses: Alternative form of gack (“powder cocaine”).
messianically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more messianically
form: most messianically
Etymology: From messianic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a messianic way.
wimpiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wimpy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being wimpy.
Synonyms: cowardice
puniness
Harper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɑɹpɚ/
Etymology: From Middle English Harpere.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation for a player of the harp.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ogle County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Harper County, Kansas, named after Sgt. Marion Harper.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Logan County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Malheur County, Oregon.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Gillespie County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Carbon County and Duchesne County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Southworth census-designated place, Kitsap County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Albany County, Wyoming.
glosses: A rural community of Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A town in Maryland County, Liberia, named after Robert Goodloe Harper.
Derived terms: Harper County
Harperian
Harpers Ferry
Harper Woods
thrombo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: enpr: thrŏmbō
ipa: /θɹɒmbəʊ-/
Forms: form: thromb-
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Greek the Ancient Greek θρόμβος (thrómbos, “lump”, “piece”, “blood clot”, “milk curd”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pathology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: thrombus
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Coordinate terms: embolo-
immunohematology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: immunohaematology
Etymology: From immuno- + hematology.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The study of the relationships between disorders of the blood and the immune system
master bedrooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of master bedroom
guest rooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest room
Hereward
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹəwə(ɹ)d/
/ˈhɛɹɪwə(ɹ)d/
Etymology: Borrowed from Old English Hereweard, a compound of here (“army”) + weard (“guard”). Doublet of Harvard and Harward.
Senses: examples: text: Look at me, dread me! I am the Hereward. [Footnote: “Guardian of the army”]
ref: 1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 94:
glosses: A male given name from Old English of mostly historical use.
Related terms: Harvard
overregulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overregulations
Etymology: From over- + regulation.
Senses: examples: text: It was a lesson in how, despite its vaunted industrial sector, the German economy suffers from some of the same overregulation and sclerosis usually associated with much more troubled European countries.
ref: 2012 February 22, Jack Ewing, “In Germany, a Limp Domestic Economy Stifled by Regulation”, in The New York Times:
hypernyms: regulation
coordinate_terms: deregulation
underregulation
glosses: Excessive regulation: too many rules, especially misguidedly conceived ones.
Related terms: deregulated
overregulate
overregulated
unregulated
dead load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead loads
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: The weight of a structure itself, including the weight of fixtures or equipment permanently attached to it.
singspiel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: singspiels
Etymology: Borrowed from German Singspiel.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An early German form of opera consisting of spoken dialogue interspersed with song.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An opera in this style.
autostradas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of autostrada
degree day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degree days
Senses: glosses: A measure of heating or cooling, computed as the integral of a function of time that generally varies with temperature.
glosses: A unit used in estimating the fuel consumption for a building; equal to the number of degrees that the mean temperature, for a 24-hour day, is below the base temperature, often 65F.
Derived terms: cooling degree day
heating degree day
in two minds
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: On the contrary, when a man is said to be in two minds, the phrase is a mere gentle expression for his having no mind whatever.
ref: 1840, “Maxims and Maxim-mongers”, in Theodore Hook, editor, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, London: Henry Colburn:
text: Heisenberg was uncertain whether he could make it, while Born said he would probably be there. Schrödinger, of course, as usual, was in two minds about whether he could be there or not.
ref: 1989 October 14, “Feedback”, in New Scientist, volume 124, number 1686, →ISSN, page 66:
text: Next day, the pilots were in two minds as to whether they should continue the journey.
ref: 2013, Bear Grylls, True Grit: the Epic True Stories of Heroism and Survival That Have Shaped My Life, →ISBN, page 7:
text: [T]he goalkeeper, Dimitrios Konstantopoulos, also seemed to be caught in two minds.
ref: 2015 May 25, Daniel Taylor, “Norwich reach Premier League after early blitz sees off Middlesbrough”, in The Guardian (London):
text: He writes: “You were in two minds about it, like you have always been in two minds about the EU. I wish you had stuck to that attitude – it served you well and it kept all of us in better shape.
ref: 2019 December 26, Daniel Boffey, quoting Frans Timmermans, “Post-Brexit UK always welcome back in EU, says Timmermans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative form of of two minds.
unconfrontational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconfrontational
form: most unconfrontational
Etymology: From un- + confrontational.
Senses: glosses: Not confrontational.
unconfrontationally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unconfrontationally
form: most unconfrontationally
Etymology: From unconfrontational + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unconfrontational way.
dimensional shingle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimensional shingles
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A shingle that is textured, overlayed, or laminated and designed to produce a three-dimensional effect.
dimensional stability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dimensional stabilities
Senses: glosses: The degree to which a material maintains its original dimensions when subjected to changes in temperature and humidity.
double coverage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: Application of asphalt, slate, or wood roofing such that the lapped portion is at least two inches wider than the exposed portion, resulting in two layers of roofing material over the deck.
drip edge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: drip edges
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: A metal flashing or other overhanging component with an outward projecting lower edge, intended to control the direction of dripping water and help protect underlying building components.
dry film thickness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry film thicknesses
Senses: synonyms: DFT
glosses: The thickness, expressed in mils, of an applied and cured coating or mastic.
dynamic load
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dynamic loads
Senses: glosses: Any load which is nonstatic, such as a wind load or moving live load.
end lap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: end laps
Senses: glosses: The distance of overlap where only ply, pane or piece extends beyond the end of the immediately adjacent underlying ply, panel or piece.
equiviscous temperature
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equiviscous temperatures
Senses: glosses: The temperature at which a bitumen attains the proper viscosity for built-up membrane application.
expansion joint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion joints
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: A structural separation between two building elements that allows free movement between the elements without damage to the system.
Coordinate terms: control joint
feathering strips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of feathering strip
unitalicized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + italicized.
Senses: glosses: Not italicized.
unitalicised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + italicised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unitalicized.
Estrangelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Estrangela
Etymology: From Turoyo ܐܶܣܛܪܰܢܓܶܠܳܐ (esṭrangelo), from Classical Syriac ܐܣܛܪܢܓܠܐ (ʾesṭrangēlā), from Ancient Greek στρογγύλος (strongúlos, “rounded”). Doublet of strongyle.
Senses: glosses: The oldest and classical form of Syriac script.
egolessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more egolessly
form: most egolessly
Etymology: From egoless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an egoless way; without ego.
leglessly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more leglessly
form: most leglessly
Etymology: From legless + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a legless way: without legs.
glosses: In a legless way: drunkenly.
dangerless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From danger + -less.
Senses: examples: text: In the face of danger the heart is roused, and in the exaltation of determination forgets its pain; it is the long monotony of dangerless days that tries the spirit hardest.
ref: 1881, Constance Fenimore Woolson, Anne: A Novel:
text: But now that you, fair lord, are dangerless, The sons of Baba shall their rigour show, And prove it was not baseness did oppress Our hearts so long, but honour kept them low.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth Cary, Karen Britland, The Tragedy of Mariam, page 38:
text: The emotional experiences provided by art are dangerless because of our knowledge that the exciting and as such essentially soul-stirring events and images of life which art expresses are not real, but only imitations of real events and phenomena.
ref: 2019, Eino Railo, The Haunted Castle:
synonyms: riskfree
safe
glosses: Without danger.
Derived terms: dangerlessness
riskfree
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: risk-free
Etymology: From risk + -free.
Senses: glosses: Free from risk; safe.
raw_tags: in finance
Synonyms: dangerless
safe
vanguardist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanguardists
Etymology: From vanguard + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A proponent of vanguardism.
vanguardists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vanguardist
vanguardism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanguardisms
Etymology: From vanguard + -ism.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: The strategy whereby an organization (usually a vanguard party) attempts to place itself at the centre of a revolutionary movement and steer it in a direction consistent with its ideology.
sandboxing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sandbox
sandboxed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sandbox
glasslike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more glasslike
form: most glasslike
Etymology: From glass + -like.
Senses: glosses: Resembling glass.
Synonyms: glassen
glassy
vitreous
shirtmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shirtmakers
Etymology: From shirt + maker.
Senses: glosses: A person who makes shirts.
shirtmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shirtmaker
multicamera
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From multi- + camera.
Senses: glosses: Involving or relating to more than one camera.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Involving or relating to more than one camera.
Filmed using multiple cameras and camera angles concurrently, often used when filming in front of a live audience.
nonimmigrant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonimmigrants
Etymology: From non- + immigrant.
Senses: examples: text: 14 June 2018, 115th Congress 2D session
Beginning on the date that is 5 years after an alien becomes a contingent nonimmigrant, if that alien retains status as a contingent nonimmigrant, then in applying section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255(a)) to the alien - (1) such alien shall be deemed to have been inspected and admitted into the United States
text: The administration’s actions, White wrote, “uniformly wreaked havoc not only on the lives of Plaintiffs here but on similarly situated F-1 nonimmigrants across the United States and continues do so.”
ref: 2025 May 22, Devan Cole, “Federal judge blocks Trump administration from ending legal status for foreign students attending US schools”, in CNN:
text: The State Department has required visa applicants to provide social media identifiers on immigrant and nonimmigrant visa application forms since 2019, a spokesperson said.
ref: 2025 May 27, Jennifer Hansler, “State Department orders embassies to pause new student visa appointments as it moves to expand social media vetting”, in CNN:
glosses: A person who is not an immigrant.
nonimmigrants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonimmigrant
lifeguarded
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From lifeguard + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Supervised by a lifeguard.
lifeguarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From lifeguard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The occupation of a lifeguard.
interjector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interjectors
Etymology: From interject + -or.
Senses: glosses: One who interjects.
sapphically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sapphically
form: most sapphically
Etymology: From Sapphic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Sapphic way.
Michelangelesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmaɪkəlænd͡ʒəˈlɛsk/
enpr: mī'kl-ăn-jə-lĕskʹ
rhymes: -ɛsk
Forms: form: more Michelangelesque
form: most Michelangelesque
form: Michelangeloesque
Etymology: From Michelangelo + -esque.
Senses: examples: text: The lady in question, at all events, with her slightly Michaelangelesque squareness, her eyes of other days, her full lips, her long neck, her recorded jewels, her brocaded and wasted reds, was a very great personage—only unaccompanied by a joy. And she was dead, dead, dead.
ref: 1902 August 21, Henry James, chapter XI, in The Wings of the Dove, volume I, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, book fifth, page 242:
glosses: Resembling or relating to the works of the artist Michelangelo (1475–1564).
interjectors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interjector
brake pedals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brake pedal
tubularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tubular + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a tubular way.
end laps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of end lap
dynamic loads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dynamic load
drip edges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drip edge
singspiels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of singspiel
granularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more granularly
form: most granularly
Etymology: From granular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: We have been able to tell the story of gun violence more granularly with data from the Gun Violence Archive — neighborhood by neighborhood, instead of city by city.
ref: 2024 May 15, Robert Gebeloff, “Mapping Gun Violence”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a granular way.
grainily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more grainily
form: most grainily
Etymology: From grainy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a grainy way.
brainily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more brainily
form: most brainily
Etymology: From brainy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a brainy way.
unfreckled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + freckled.
Senses: glosses: Not freckled; without freckles.
unspeckled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + speckled.
Senses: glosses: Not speckled; without speckles.
supermorbidly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more supermorbidly
form: most supermorbidly
Etymology: From supermorbid + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a supermorbid way.
supermorbid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supermorbid
form: most supermorbid
Etymology: From super- + morbid.
Senses: examples: text: In this case of supermorbid obesity, the patient was unable to get out of bed.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Severely morbid.
goggle boxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of goggle box
gogglebox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goggleboxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of goggle box.
goggleboxes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gogglebox
herstorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more herstorical
form: most herstorical
Senses: examples: text: The essays discuss the ways in which the struggles against racism and sexism have come together or the times they have worked in isolation. They are well researched and reflect herstorical conditions of America's past, so often left out of history.
ref: 1982 December 4, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “A Legacy of Oppression”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 9:
topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to herstory.
Synonyms: herstoric
herstorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more herstorically
form: most herstorically
Senses: topics: feminism
government
human-sciences
ideology
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: In a herstoric or herstorical way.
Synonyms: historically
pecker snot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Semen.
hack-and-slash
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hack and slash
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Having a focus on violent combat rather than strategy.
examples: text: "Oh yes, I meant it as a compliment." Olin tapped the books. "I expect to finish these... but for the writing. It's the writing I like. I was surprised to find myself laughing at your quite unsupernatural adventures in Gartsby Castle, and I was surprised to find you as good as you are. As subtle as you are. I expected more hack and slash."
ref: 1999, Stephen King, 1408:
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Shallowly devoted to the gory details.
Derived terms: hack-and-slasher
Related terms: murderhobo
milk chocolates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk chocolate
dialectally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more dialectally
form: most dialectally
Etymology: From dialectal + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: [...] (though dialectally e.g. in Northern British English while is used like until in (71), so that ‘Iʼll wait while tomorrow afternoonʼ means ‘Iʼll wait until tomorrow afternoonʼ).
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 136:
glosses: In a dialectal way.
Derived terms: bidialectally
interdialectally
intradialectally
monodialectally
dialectless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From dialect + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a dialect; speaking the neutral form of a language.
glosses: Without dialects; not divided into separate dialects.
adialectal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + dialectal.
Senses: glosses: Not dialectal.
Related terms: dialectless
evangelies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evangely
desexualise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desexualises
form: desexualising
form: desexualised
form: desexualised
Etymology: From de- + sexualise.
Senses: examples: text: Her pregnancy was obvious, but this did not desexualise her in his eyes; she was a very beautiful woman, wearing a large green silk salwar kameez that brought out the fairness of her skin and the darkness of her hair.
ref: 2023, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, pages 295-296:
glosses: Alternative spelling of desexualize.
desexualisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desexualisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of desexualization.