cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
underruffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of underruff
speechlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speechlike
form: most speechlike
Etymology: From speech + -like.
Senses: examples: a speechlike frequency
glosses: Resembling natural human speech
unharmonized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unharmonised
Etymology: From un- + harmonized.
Senses: examples: text: an unharmonized melody
text: For example, I hear a "forward" reference to the quartets of Bartok and Shostakovitch (and perhaps more generally to a kind of imprecise "Central European nationalism/folkism”) in the bare and unharmonized motif in the viola and cello, imitated by the first and second violins, at bars 92–94 of the movement.
ref: 2005, Eric Clarke, Ways of Listening, page 172:
glosses: Not harmonized
unharmonized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unharmonised
Etymology: From un- + harmonized.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unharmonize
postrace
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + race.
Senses: examples: text: the postrace party
text: But for months postrace testing could not find the substance, a painkiller far more powerful than morphine.
ref: 2012 June 19, Walt Bogdanich and Rebecca R. Ruiz, “Latest Illegal Drug for Racehorses: ‘Frog Juice’”, NYTimes.com
glosses: Following a race
prebankruptcy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: pre-bankruptcy
Etymology: From pre- + bankruptcy.
Senses: examples: text: There are strict laws against fraudulent prebankruptcy transfers.
glosses: Preceding a bankruptcy.
semiautonomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: semi-autonomous
Etymology: From semi- + autonomous.
Senses: examples: text: Hong Kong is a semiautonomous region of China.
text: And they plan to introduce even more advanced semiautonomous capabilities in the coming months.
ref: 2015 February 4, Aaron M. Kessler and Bill Vlasic, “Semiautonomous Driving Arrives, Feature by Feature”, in The New York Times:
text: The authorities in New Caledonia, a semiautonomous French territory in the South Pacific, put a curfew in place on Tuesday and banned all public gatherings after protests over a proposed constitutional change turned violent overnight.
ref: 2024 May 14, Yan Zhuang, “Curfew Imposed Amid Protests in Pacific Territory of New Caledonia”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Partially, but not fully, autonomous.
Derived terms: semiautonomously
Related terms: semiautonomy
gunslinging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From gun + slinging.
Senses: examples: text: So, every time he returned, convinced that he was still his old gunslinging self.
ref: 2008 December 25, Joshua Robinson, “Present on the Line, Favre Ponders His Jets Future”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Having a dueling or Wild West character; wild and tough.
glosses: Carrying a gun as a weapon.
Related terms: gunslinger
platforming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From platform + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: This game has a lot of platforming, as well as the occasional puzzle.
topics: video-games
glosses: The video game activity of jumping from one platform to another.
examples: text: Advantage has been taken of the rationalised platforming to produce a new-style departure sheet for the West Side of Liverpool Street.
ref: 1961 January, “The North-East London electrification of the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 21:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The platforms at a railway station.
platforming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From platform + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of platform
luh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lə/
rhymes: -ə
homophone: le
Senses: examples: text: Muddah collapsed beneath me, laying flat on her stomach. I laid down halfway on top of her and pulled her close to me. "I luh you, Carmiesha," I said, slobber dripping from my mouth.
ref: 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 285:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of love, representing African-American Vernacular English
luh
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /lə/
rhymes: -ə
homophone: le
Senses: examples: text: luh calm fit
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of little, representing African-American Vernacular English
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of li'l, representing African-American Vernacular English
overmatched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: overmacht
Etymology: From over- + matched.
Senses: examples: text: Our team was completely overmatched; we lost 10-0.
glosses: Outclassed; unable to compete
overmatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmacht
Etymology: From over- + matched.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmatch
overmatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overmatch
overmatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmatch
overmatching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmatch
overmatching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overmatchings
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Matching for an apparent mediator that actually is a result of the exposure.
overinvestment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overinvestments
Etymology: From over- + investment.
Senses: examples: text: Due to our overinvestment in financial stocks, we will be unable to pay the heating bill this year.
text: In his 2010 special, Do Nothing: Live, he describes his overinvestment in an upcoming date, convincing himself as much as the audience: "Sex can just be fun. It can just be fun. It can just be fun. No one ever says, 'Oh, you're playing all that tennis; where's it leading?'"
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 224:
glosses: Excessive investment, especially in one particular area
nonbank
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + bank.
Senses: examples: text: Many mortgages originate with nonbank lenders.
text: CFPB also went after a Chicago-based nonbank mortgage firm, Townstone Financial, for supposed discrimination and to effectively censor the owner’s speech.
ref: 2025 February 10, CRA Staff, “Primer: The CFPB Should Be Shut Down”, in Center for Renewing America:
glosses: Not a bank
nonbank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonbanks
Etymology: From non- + bank.
Senses: examples: text: Loan-making standards need to be subject to regulatory scrutiny, both at banks and nonbanks.
ref: 2007 September 30, “Things Go Better With Rules”, in The New York Times:
glosses: An institution, especially a financial institution, which is not a bank
noncore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + core.
Senses: examples: text: The company will have to sell its noncore assets.
text: On Thursday, Robert A. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, put the sale of the company’s “noncore” channels, including ABC and FX, on the table.
ref: 2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Not core.
nonbanking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + banking.
Senses: examples: text: The nonbanking activities of banks are strictly regulated.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Outside of banking
Related terms: nonbank
nonfootball
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + football.
Senses: examples: text: Our college seldom honors nonfootball athletes.
glosses: Not football
message broker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: message brokers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An intermediary program that translates a message from the formal messaging protocol of the sender to the formal messaging protocol of the receiver in a telecommunication network where programs communicate by exchanging formally-defined messages.
plasmaphereses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plasmapheresis
A to Z
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: A to Zs
form: a to z
Senses: examples: text: I always keep a small set of A to Zs in the car.
glosses: Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas.
examples: text: They arrived laden with government reports, books, and assorted papers on the A to Z of welfare […]
ref: 1994, Theresa Funiciello, Tyranny of Kindness, →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: All facts related to a subject
examples: The A to Z of Typesetting
glosses: An encyclopedic or comprehensive guide.
raw_tags: in titles
A to Z
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: a to z
Senses: examples: text: The listings run A to Z.
glosses: Alphabetical order; lexical order.
glosses: From beginning to the end.
glosses: Over the entirety; completely.
Synonyms: alpha to omega
aardvark to zymurgy
clemencies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clemency
négligé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: négligés
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of négligée.
'sall good
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: /sɔːl ˈɡʊd/
Senses: glosses: Contraction of it's all good.
tachograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtækəɡɹæf/
/ˈtækəɡɹɑːf/
Forms: form: tachographs
Etymology: From tacho- + -graph.
Senses: synonyms: tacho
hypernyms: black box
glosses: A device that records the distance and time traveled by a vehicle (especially a truck or coach), used to check the drivers' working time.
Derived terms: pneumotachograph
Related terms: tach
tachometer
tachygraphy
tachographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tachograph
tachometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tachy- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The use of a tachometer
tackily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more tackily
form: most tackily
Etymology: From tacky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It drummed tackily to gather my attention, coughed, spat, cleared its throat, and, on the eve of that portentous communication, retired up stage as a multitude whispering.
ref: 1904, Rudyard Kipling, “Their Lawful Occasions”, in Traffics and Discoveries, page 118:
text: They lived comfortably if tackily in big, plain houses, and were too much like us in town to interest me.
ref: 1966, Antioch review, volume 25, page 260:
text: Ceviche is inoffensive but not great, tackily served in a carved-out pineapple, and even more tackily served with those same smoky crab claws.
ref: 2007, Robin S. Goldstein, Fearless Critic Houston Restaurant Guide: Brutally Honest Undercover Chefs and Food Writers Rate More Than 400 Places to Eat, page 102:
glosses: In a tacky manner.
Tadzhik
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tajik.
Tadzhik
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tadzhiks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tajik.
Tadzhik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The archeological office of the Sinkiang Uighur Autonomous Region museum discovered a large number of ancient tombs in Tashihkuerhkan Tadzhik Autonomous County.
ref: 1977 November 25 [1977 November 20], “Sinkiang Archeological Find Refutes Soviet Distortion of History”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 227, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Urumchi Sinkiang Regional Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, page M 2:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Tajik.
Tadzhiks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Tadzhik
Tadzhikistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tajikistan: A country in Central Asia
Related terms: Tadzhik
duck stamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: duck stamps
Senses: glosses: An adhesive stamp or an electronic equivalent sold by the US Federal and various state governments as proof of payment for a duck-hunting licence, with the proceeds used for conservation programs.
duck stamps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duck stamp
zooplasties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zooplasty
zigging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zig
zigged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of zig
zingier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of zingy: more zingy
zingiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of zingy: most zingy
reauthorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reauthorization
razorblades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razorblade
takehome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: takehomes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of take-home.
ramrodding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ramrod
ravagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ravager
rappelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rappel
rappelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A system used to descend heights with a rope.
take-home
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: take-homes
form: takehome
Senses: glosses: Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting.
An examination or assignment to be completed outside the classroom.
glosses: Anything that one is given to bring home from an institutional setting.
A supply of methadone that someone under treatment is allowed to take home instead of coming in to a treatment center every day.
glosses: Take-home pay.
take-home
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: takehome
Senses: examples: text: Get creative with fun children's take-home craft activities.
glosses: That may be taken home; designed or made to be taken home.
rappelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rappel
take-homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of take-home
Ralstonism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Everett Ralston, pseudonym of founder Webster Edgerly (1852-1926), + -ism
Senses: glosses: A minor social movement in the USA in the nineteenth century, promoting white superiority, a diet and exercise regime, and the supposed ability to develop control over the minds of others.
rapidities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapidity
rattlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rattly: more rattly
rancours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rancour
rattliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of rattly: most rattly
randomizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of randomization
randomisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: randomisations
Etymology: From random + -isation.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of randomization.
randomisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of randomisation
reacquires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reacquire
reacquiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reacquire
reacquired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reacquire
recapitalisations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of recapitalisation
redeals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redeal
redealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redeal
redealt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛlt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redeal
redescribes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redescribe
redescribing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of redescribe
redescribed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of redescribe
redyes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of redye
rednesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of redness
reemits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reemit
reemitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reemit
reemitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reemit
reengages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reengage
reengaging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reengage
reengaged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reengage
A team
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ ˌtiːm/
rhymes: -iːm
Forms: form: A teams
form: A-team
Etymology: From the letter "A" (indicating the highest rank or quality) + "team".
Senses: examples: text: The A team are playing away this Saturday.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The best of a set of teams in a single club.
examples: text: It looks like the A team are on duty tonight - I've never seen the hall cleared so quickly!
glosses: A group or team which performs its work most effectively; a very good team.
examples: text: He was then selected for the South African A team before making his international debut.
text: NSW all-rounder Moises Henriques has been named captain of the Australia A team to play England in Hobart next week.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: A country's reserve team or development squad, comprising the best players not selected in the national team.
Synonyms: Top team
first team
varsity team
Hypernyms: Team
Hyponyms: A-teamer
Derived terms: A teamer
Related terms: A-list
B-list
xenocides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of xenocide
violeter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of violet: more violet
violetest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of violet: most violet
vitrifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vitrify
vitrifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vitrify
voiceovers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voiceover
virilizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virilization
masculinization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: masculinizations
form: masculization
Etymology: From masculinize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: A pseudohermaphroditic infant female rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) showing masculinization of the external genitalia as a result of exposure to testosterone propionate during foetal development.
ref: 2012, Alan F. Dixson, Primate Sexuality:
synonyms: virilization
antonyms: feminization
glosses: The act of rendering someone or something masculine.
Derived terms: demasculinization
remasculinization
undermasculinization
vilifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vilification
vermins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vermin
velophiles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velophile
venuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venus
urbanities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urbanity
vapider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of vapid: more vapid
vapidest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of vapid: most vapid
unwires
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unwire
unwiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unwire
unwired
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + wired.
Senses: glosses: Not wired.
examples: text: Clarke said that this 'total cost' approach should be used across unwired routes in combination with route profit and loss figures from the Great British Railways Transition Team, to give a more rounded picture of costs and benefits.
ref: 2024 May 1, Philip Haigh, “Network News: RIA argues for battery electrics to replace diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 1008, page 10:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Of an unelectrified line or route, without overhead wiring to supply current to electric trains via pantographs.
unwired
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unwire
universalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of universalise
universalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of universalise
universalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of universalise
universalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalises
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of universalize
universalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalising
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of universalize
universalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: universalised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of universalize
unluckier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of unlucky: more unlucky
unluckiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I noted with interest the reference to the Garratt locomotives in the article on the Djibouti-Addis Ababa Railway in your October issue, for these belong to what is surely one of the unluckiest classes ever built.
ref: 1955 December, P. M. Kalla-Bishop, “Letters to the Editor: Italian-Built Garratts in Africa”, in Railway Magazine, page 873:
glosses: superlative form of unlucky: most unlucky
nonfactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfactors
form: non-factor
Etymology: From non- + factor.
Senses: examples: text: Arizona's bench continued to be a nonfactor in many games this season.
ref: 2008 December 22, Steve Rivera, “Wildcats need bench to become a factor”, in Tucson Citizen:
text: [Bill] Clinton’s presidential ascension began at the 1992 Iowa caucuses, where he was a nonfactor who received 2.81 percent of the vote.
ref: 2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
glosses: Something (or someone) that is not a factor, or does not play a significant role.
nonfactors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonfactor
sacaton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsækəˌtəʊn/
Forms: form: sacatons
form: zacaton
Etymology: From Spanish zacatón.
Senses: glosses: A tufted perennial grass, Sporobolus airoides, grown in the southwestern United States and Mexico and used for hay and pasture in dry alkaline areas.
noneconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-economic
Etymology: From non- + economic.
Senses: examples: text: noneconomic damages
text: noneconomic activities
glosses: Not of an economic nature.
nonconference
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + conference.
Senses: examples: text: a nonconference game
text: And Stanford has played Baylor and Rutgers during the nonconference schedule.
ref: 2008 December 21, “Top-10 Spot Is Not Quite So Lofty”, in The New York Times:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Not within an athletic conference
sanity checks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sanity check
Christianises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Christianise
Christianising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Christianise
Christianised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Christianise
Christianizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Christianize
Christianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Christianize
Christianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Christianize
dead balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dead ball
deauthorise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deauthorises
form: deauthorising
form: deauthorised
form: deauthorised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deauthorize.
deauthorises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deauthorise
deauthorising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deauthorise
deauthorised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deauthorise
postinvasion
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From post- + invasion.
Senses: examples: text: the postinvasion period
text: So there was no post-invasion plan worth its name, to stop looting or a gathering insurgency.
ref: 2006 July 6, Roger Cohen, “Rumsfeld Is Correct - the Truth Will Get Out”, in The New York Times:
text: During the thunder runs, they had been aggressors. They had closed on the enemy and killed him. But during their summer in Falloujah in 2003, they had been confronted with the new, postinvasion reality: They were no longer on the attack[…]
ref: 2007 December 1, David Zucchino, Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, →ISBN, page 326:
glosses: Following an invasion.
premade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From pre- + made.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of premake
premade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + made.
Senses: glosses: made in advance; foremade
reaccentuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reaccentuate
premake
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: premakes
form: premaking
form: premade
form: premade
Etymology: From pre- + make. Sense of "prequel to a remake" patterned after remake.
Senses: examples: text: Strategies and policies help managers plan by guiding operating decisions and often premaking them.
ref: 1986, Harold Koontz et al., Essentials of Management, →ISBN, page 119:
glosses: To make in advance; foremake
premake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: premakes
Etymology: From pre- + make. Sense of "prequel to a remake" patterned after remake.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: A prequel to a remake
premakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of premake
premaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of premake
reaccentuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reaccentuates
form: reaccentuating
form: reaccentuated
form: reaccentuated
Etymology: From re- + accentuate.
Senses: examples: text: This contractual approach reaccentuated the element of consent in monogamy, which had always been central to its prominence as a public institution.
ref: 2002, Nancy F. Kott, Public Vows, →ISBN, page 209:
glosses: To accentuate again; to place renewed emphasis on
Derived terms: reaccentuation
Related terms: accentuate
deaccentuate
reaccentuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of reaccentuate
reaccentuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reaccentuate
reconditioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reconditioner
reconditioner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconditioners
Etymology: From recondition + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Fifty-five dealers and reconditioners of used metal beds, bedsprings and folding cots signed representations yesterday that their legal maximum prices for these products were those set forth in a schedule drawn up by the Office of Price Administration after consultation with the industry.
ref: 1942 November 5, “Agree to OPA Prices on Used Metal Beds”, in The New York Times, page 45:
glosses: One who reconditions or refurbishes used products
refind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈfaɪnd/
Forms: form: refinds
form: refinding
form: refound
form: refound
Etymology: From re- + find.
Senses: examples: text: Cardan, in his fifth book of Wisdom, gives an instance in a smith of Milan, a fellow-citizen of his, one Galeus de Rubeis, that being commended for refinding of an instrument of Archimedes, for joy ran mad.
ref: , vol.1, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.300
text: I used to get your paper back in the early '80s but then you burned down and I lost touch with you. Just refound your address!
ref: 1987 December 20, Roland Dube, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 14:
text: Clark now sees an opportunity to help Republicans refind their soul and message.
ref: 2008 November 22, Brian A. Howey, “The Obama 'Landslide' Impact”, in Howey Politics Indiana:
glosses: To find something again.
Synonyms: rediscover
refinding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refind
refound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Inflected form
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refind
refound
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: refounds
form: refounding
form: refounded
form: refounded
Etymology: From re- + found.
Senses: glosses: To found again; to reestablish.
examples: text: Antient bells refounded
ref: 1782, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington:
glosses: To found or cast anew.
refinds
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refind
saccate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /'sækeɪt/
Forms: form: more saccate
form: most saccate
Senses: glosses: Shaped like a pouch or sac.
glosses: Having a pouch or sac.
glosses: Enclosed in a sac.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Of a pollen grain: having one or more sacci.
cherishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cherish
captcha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: captchas
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of CAPTCHA.
captchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of captcha
re-attaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of re-attach
yella
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Did the Great Gonzales really turn yella and head fer the hills like a dog?
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Glitzville:
text: Say there, old Bubs! I need three cans of yella paint, and one pair of cool shades.
ref: 2005 August 15, Michael Chapman; Matthew Chapman, “Cool Things”, in Homestar Runner, spoken by Homestar Runner (Matthew Chapman):
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of yellow.
picaresquely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more picaresquely
form: most picaresquely
Etymology: From picaresque + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: An insatiable traveller, he wrote picaresquely of strange places and stranger men.
ref: 1969, Eric Partridge, Journey to the Edge of Morning, page 15:
glosses: In a picaresque manner
Related terms: picaresqueness
zestily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more zestily
form: most zestily
Etymology: From zesty + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The band played zestily.
glosses: In a zesty manner; with zest
Related terms: zestiness
snakewood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snakewoods
Etymology: From snake + wood.
Senses: glosses: Brosimum guianense (family Rosaceae), an Amazonian tree having hard, speckled wood that resembles snakeskin; used in musical instruments.
glosses: Acacia xiphophylla and Acacia intorta (family Fabaceae), trees with curving, snake-like limbs, antive to Australia.
glosses: Any of various North American shrubs of the genus Colubrina (family Rhamnaceae), often specifically Colubrina texensis.
glosses: Any of the shrubs of the Americas in genus Condalia (family Rhamnaceae).
Synonyms: sense: Colubrina spp.
word: nakedwood
sense: Colubrina spp.
word: greenheart
sense: Colubrina spp.
word: hog plum
sense: Condalia spp.
word: bluewood
sense: Condalia spp.
word: purple haw
sense: Condalia spp.
word: logwood
snowmelt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsnoʊˌmɛlt/
Forms: form: snowmelts
form: snow melt
Etymology: From snow + melt.
Senses: examples: text: The snowmelt causes the river to flood.
text: Outside, a wind from the south had picked up, a thawing wind that quickened the patter of snowmelt on the back patio.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
text: Los Angeles would still be a piddling little town in a desert if it weren’t for Sierra snowmelt and city officials crafty enough to snooker eastern California farmers out of their water rights.
ref: 2023 August 6, Daniel Duane, “It’s August. Californians Are Still Skiing. Don’t Ask.”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Runoff from melting snow.
Related terms: word: thaw
stableboy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stableboys
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stable boy.
defibrillators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of defibrillator
tukuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tukul
midcentury
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: mid-century
Etymology: From mid- + century.
Senses: examples: text: midcentury modern
text: This midcentury masterpiece was overlooked at the time it was created.
text: Get a whiff of the models that served our grandfathers well: They now combine the must of a midcentury hatbox with the musk of 21st-­century body spray.
ref: 2015 November 24, Troy Patterson, “The Winter Hat Trick”, in The New York Times Magazine, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2019:
glosses: Occurring around the middle of the century.
lifejackets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifejacket
piragua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piraguas
Etymology: From Puerto Rican Spanish piragua, from pirámide (“pyramid”) + agua (“water”).
Senses: glosses: A Puerto Rican frozen dessert, shaped like a pyramid, made of shaved ice and covered with fruit-flavored syrup.
piragua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: piraguas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of periagua (“type of boat”).
piraguas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of piragua
scungilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scungillis
form: scungilli
form: scungile
form: scungille
form: scungili
Etymology: Adaptation of Neapolitan sconciglio.
Senses: glosses: Whelk, especially when prepared as food.
tukul
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tukuls
Senses: examples: text: The women were sitting in groups in front of their tukuls.
ref: 1987, Tudor Parfitt, The Thirteenth Gate: Travels Among the Lost Tribes of Israel, page 136:
qualifier: often italicized
glosses: A cone-shaped mud hut, usually with a thatched roof, found in eastern and northeastern Africa
unjuicy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + juicy.
Senses: examples: text: While from unjuicy Limbs without a Root / New Buds devis'd, and leafy Branches shoot.
ref: 1715, Richard Blackmore, Creation: A Philosophical Poem, page 223:
text: A disappointingly unjuicy drama about baseball’s steroids scandal by Itamar Moses.
ref: 2008 December 26, Charles Isherwood, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not juicy (in various senses).
restaurateuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From restaurateur + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: It is entertainment of kind, and in Houston it is the safe and sane way to restaurateuring success.
ref: 1951, George Fuermann, Houston: Land of the Big Rich, page 187:
glosses: The craft of operating restaurants
antifolk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of anti-folk.
reliables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reliable
smirky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɜː(ɹ)ki/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ki
Forms: form: smirkier
form: smirkiest
Etymology: From smirk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: He introduced himself, smiling a smirky smile borrowed from the courtiers of the stage, […]
ref: 1880, Mark Twain, A Tramp Abroad, Part 6:
glosses: Smirking, or as if smirking
synonyms: smirk
glosses: Smart; spruce.
Derived terms: smirkily
smirkiness
smirkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of smirky: more smirky
smirkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of smirky: most smirky
slipcased
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From slipcase + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The volume is also available in a slipcased gift edition.
glosses: Furnished with or in a slipcase
raw_tags: of a book
shoegaze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːˌɡeɪz/
ipa: /ˈʃuˌɡeɪz/
Etymology: From shoe + gaze, see shoegazing.
Senses: examples: text: Historically, it is filed by music critics under the shoegaze genre. I suppose this is because the band used a lot of the same guitar tones as shoegaze outfits from the same time, but it was really a bit too psychedelic to fit the genre.
ref: 2011, Courtney E. Smith, Record Collecting for Girls: Unleashing Your Inner Music Nerd, One Album at a Time, page 144:
text: Most of the releases from the Boo Radleys during their shoegaze phase feature just such a baroque, as do Killing Time by Bleach (1992; with a prawn) and ... x, y and z by Moose (1992; with a sunflower).[…]In the same way that the image of the sheep is common for EDM releases at this time, the cat comes to typify shoegaze.
ref: 2013, Benjamin Halligan, “3: Shoegaze as the Third Wave: Affective Psychedelic Noise, 1965-91”, in Michael Goddard, Benjamin Halligan, Nicola Spelman, editors, Resonances: Noise and Contemporary Music, page 58:
text: The shoegaze influence in the early Oasis sound is just as pronounced as the debt to the grunge of Nevermind. Although they were viewed as something of an anomaly within the shoegaze label Creation, Oasis were nevertheless a neo-psychedelic rock band with a taste for distorted guitars and classic sixties pop, so in fact they fitted in pretty well with the Creation house style.
ref: 2014, Alex Niven, Oasis' Definitely Maybe, page 44:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Synonym of shoegazing.
synonyms: word: shoegazing
Derived terms: -gaze
blackgaze
dreamgaze
metalgaze
shitgaze
shoegaze
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃuːˌɡeɪz/
ipa: /ˈʃuˌɡeɪz/
Forms: form: shoegazes
form: shoegazing
form: shoegazed
form: shoegazed
Etymology: From shoe + gaze, see shoegazing.
Senses: examples: text: Ever the pedestrian, Jason shoegazes to the side of his rhythm section, his body limp against a guitar and greased locks flowing down over his arched brow.
ref: 2004, Erik Morse, Spacemen 3 and the Birth of Spiritualized, →ISBN, page 86:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To perform in the shoegazing style.
shoegazed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shoegaze
shoegazes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shoegaze
oompah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oompahs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oom-pah.
oompah
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oompahs
form: oompahing
form: oompahed
form: oompahed
Senses: examples: text: ...the house filled with the sounds of Mario Lanza, or oompahing tubas […]
ref: 2005, Jeannette Walls, The glass castle:
text: Beer foamed; champagne bottles stood at attention in silver buckets; military brass oompahed over the hill and the summer air grew heavy with jubilation […]
ref: 1995, Simon Schama, Landscape and memory:
glosses: To produce an oom-pah sound.
portentousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From portentous + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Despite the portentousness of its title, La France remains a close and intimate work that sustains its singularity to the end.
ref: 2008 July 8, Fernando F. Croce, “La France”, in Slant Magazine:
glosses: The quality of being portentous
Related terms: portentous
portentously
overearnest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From over- + earnest.
Senses: examples: an overearnest college student
glosses: Excessively earnest
Derived terms: overearnestly
overearnestness
praxinoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: praxinoscopes
Senses: glosses: An animation device invented in 1877 and used in early image projection. It consisted of a series of pictures and an arrangement of mirrors in a horizontally rotating box.
praxinoscopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of praxinoscope
minibonds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minibond
minibond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minibonds
Etymology: From mini- + bond. The sense "credit-linked note" derives from the brand name Minibond, under which these were marketed by Lehman Brothers prior to the fall of 2008.
Senses: examples: text: The Hong Kong Association of Banks confirmed that the association has stopped buying back Lehman Brothers' minibonds as the legal risk keeps increasing.
ref: 2008 December 5, “HKAB stops minibond buybacks”, in Hong Kong Standard:
topics: business
finance
qualifier: chiefly East Asia
glosses: A credit-linked note.
examples: text: Failing that, consideration would have to be given this fall to a minibond to address short term needs.
ref: 2000 July 7, Barry M. Siegel, “New School Board Members Upbeat”, in Port Washington News, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2009:
topics: business
finance
glosses: A relatively small bond issue.
inbounded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inbound
time signatures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of time signature
Christmas box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christmas boxes
Senses: examples: text: You have no idea how poor the court is; nobody is rich, except Mazarin and l'Abbé Fouquet. I am half tempted to cry with Madame Thurine, 'How happy are our servants! they, at least, get Christmas boxes.'
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC:
glosses: A bonus or gift given by an employer to an employee, by a master/mistress to his/her servants, or by a householder to delivery persons at Christmas time, traditionally on Boxing Day.
Hyponyms: Christmas allowance
Christmas bonus
Christmas money
intradivision
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + division.
Senses: examples: text: The team will face off against their intradivision rivals next week.
text: New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will have an intradivion matchup this weekend, as they are members of the same division, American League East
glosses: Within a division.
inbounding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inbound
graphicness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From graphic + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The sheer graphicness of the violence is shocking.
glosses: The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness
Related terms: graphic
graphically
fictionalizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fictionalizers
form: fictionaliser
Etymology: From fictionalize + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Kate is a fantasizer, a fictionalizer, a screenwriter by profession.
ref: 1981, Maurice Charney, Sexual Fiction, →ISBN, pages 140–141:
glosses: One who fictionalizes
Related terms: fictionalize
fictionalization
fictionalizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fictionalizer
frontcourt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frontcourts
form: front-court
Etymology: From front + court.
Senses: examples: text: Kelly passes to Mahoney in the frontcourt.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
antonyms: backcourt
coordinate_terms: midcourt
glosses: The half of the court where a team's offensive basket is located.
examples: text: The team's frontcourt has not been performing this season.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The center and forwards of a team.
Related terms: forecourt
mefloquine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛf.lə.kwiːn/
ipa: /ˈmɛf.lək.wɪn/
ipa: /ˈmɛf.lək.wɪn/
Etymology: From me(thyl) (“quinoline derivative”) + fl(uor)o- + -quine.
Senses: examples: text: The same year the UN banned mefloquine for peacekeeping troops in Cambodia because of concern about the drug's "neuropsychiatric side effects… in military personnel".
ref: 2002 October 24, Mark Honigsbaum, “'It's not a benign drug—it has ruined my life'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: I take thalazole to control the stools, mefloquine for the malaria.
ref: 2007, Teju Cole, Every Day is for the Thief, Faber & Faber (2015), page 154:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: Lariam
glosses: An antimalarial drug C₁₇H₁₆F₆N₂O similar to quinine that consists of a fluorinated derivative of quinoline and is used in the form of its hydrochloride for the prevention and treatment of malaria.
midpursuit
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: mid-pursuit
Etymology: From mid- + pursuit.
Senses: examples: text: He stopped midpursuit and turned around.
qualifier: also often "in midpursuit"
glosses: While pursuing
voltameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voltameters
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the quantity of electric charge.
Related terms: voltmeter
voltameters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voltameter
graffitied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more graffitied
form: most graffitied
Senses: glosses: Covered in graffiti
Derived terms: ungraffitied
graffitied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of graffiti
graffitis
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of graffiti
graffitiing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of graffiti
tagmeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tagmemes
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The smallest functional element in the grammatical structure of a sentence.
Derived terms: syntagmeme
Related terms: tagmemic
tagmemics