cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pittites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pittite
pittite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pittites
Etymology: From pit + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A spectator in the pit of a theatre
unephemeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unephemeral
form: most unephemeral
Etymology: From un- + ephemeral.
Senses: glosses: Not ephemeral; lasting for a reasonable time.
warrandice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: warrandices
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: A form of warranty in which a person conveying property is held liable for any outstanding claims on the property.
cursitor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cursitors
form: cursetor
Etymology: From Latin runner; in the legal sense, from Latin cursitor, from the words de cursu, applied in the statute to ordinary writs.
Senses: glosses: A courier or runner.
examples: text: When actions are brought in the Courts of King's Bench or Common Pleas, founded upon original writs issuing out of the Courts of Chancery (which writs, as stated in the Report of the 9th of April 1816, it is the duty of the Cursitors to make out) it has been the practice in certain cases for the Filacers of the Courts of King's Bench and Common Pleas respectively, to receive from the Suitors the King's fines (if any) and also the fees payable to the Cursitors in respect of such original writs, and afterwards to account to the Cursitors for the fines and fees so received.
ref: 1817 December 20, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, “Second Report of the Commissioners for Examining into the Duties, Salaries and Emoluments, of the Officers, Clerks and Ministers, of the Several Courts of Justice, in England, Wales, and Berwick-upon-Tweed;—as to the Court of Chancery”, in Reports from Committees: Fever; Ireland; Courts of Justice: Session 27 January – 10 June, 1818, volume VII, [London]: [s.n.], published 6 April 1818, →OCLC, page 172:
topics: law
glosses: A clerk in the Court of Chancery whose business is to make out original writs.
aquatinta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aquatintas
Senses: topics: art
arts
glosses: aquatint
travertinous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more travertinous
form: most travertinous
Etymology: From travertine + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Resembling the travertine stone used in Italy
syenitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sienitic
Etymology: From syenite + -ic, from Syene, where Synetic stone was found.
Senses: examples: syenitic granite
glosses: Pertaining to, resembling or containing syenite.
syenite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪənaɪt/
Forms: form: syenites
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Syēnītēs, from Syēnē (“Aswan”), because it was anciently quarried there.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Granite.
examples: text: The temple, of which some massive hewn blocks and a fine column of Syenite granite still mark the site, occupied a terrace facing the source of the river and commanding a magnificent prospect.
ref: 1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, page 15:
text: Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
ref: 1954, J. C. Olson, D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernadino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 261, page 22:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An igneous rock composed of feldspar and hornblende.
Derived terms: nepheline syenite
siren song
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siren songs
form: Siren song
form: Siren's song
form: siren's song
form: sirensong
Etymology: From the songs of the sirens in Greek mythology, whose bewitching song lured mariners to their doom.
Senses: examples: text: Romance never sang to him her siren song, and Adventure had never shouted in his sluggish blood.
ref: 1914, Jack London, “The Sea Farmer”, in The Strength of the Strong:
text: Said World Bank president Robert Zoellick: "Leaders must not heed the siren song of protectionist fixes. Economic isolationism can lead to a negative spiral of events."
ref: 2009 March 26, Michael Elliott, “Global Trade: The Road to Ruin”, in Time:
text: They found Xinyi Du at the apex of the DUAL Core, a massive quantum computer which plunged away below them where a series of catwalks and maintenance accesses buzzed with drones and shone with dozens of blinking indicators. It was spinning; Wettle had never understood what practical reason a computer might have to spin, but perhaps it wasn't practical at all. Most of the Foundation's best scientists succumbed to some extent to the siren song of the rule of cool.
ref: 2024 September 8, HarryBlank, “Nothing Happens”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2024:
text: Can center-ground politicians, who have long dominated democratic governments, find a way to quiet the siren song of angry, antiestablishment nationalism? And will America’s maestro of the siren song, President Donald Trump, prove a powerful inspiration, or a cautionary tale, for voters in other democracies?
ref: 2025 May 8, Ned Temko, “Centrists’ only weapon against the far right: Good government”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: An enticing but dangerous appeal, especially a misleading one.
Synonyms: allure
enticement
siren call
temptation
Related terms: clarion call
bedell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bedells
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of beadle; still in use for ceremonial officials at certain universities.
bibliopegia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bibliopegy
keitai
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keitais
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 携帯.
Senses: glosses: A mobile phone or smartphone.
valet-de-chambre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: valets-de-chambre
form: valet de chambre
Etymology: Borrowed from French valet de chambre.
Senses: glosses: The personal servant of a monarch.
glosses: A valet.
khedive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈdiːv/
rhymes: -iːv
Forms: form: khedives
Etymology: From French khédive, from Ottoman Turkish خدیو (ḫediv, ḫıdiv), from Persian خدیو (xadêw, xedêw, “lord, master, king”), from Bactrian χοαδηο (khoadēo, “lord”).
Senses: glosses: The title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
Derived terms: khediva
khedival
khedivate
khedivial
amts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amt
christy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: christies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of christie.
christie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Forms: form: christies
Etymology: Named after the city of Kristiania (now Oslo) in Norway.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
skiing
sports
glosses: A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.
Synonyms: christiania
tokonomas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tokonoma
kitchenful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kitchenfuls
form: kitchensful
Etymology: From kitchen + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Good-bye to kitchensful of slapping clothes in rainy weather
ref: 1953 January 27, “Say good-bye to all this… with a clothes dryer”, in The Bastrop Daily Enterprise, volume LI, number 98, Bastrop, La., section two, page four:
text: Now through May 14th — 50 Electric Appliances (5 kitchensful) will be given away.
ref: 1966 April 11, “Register for a kitchenful of Electric Appliances”, in The Minneapolis Star, volume LXXXVIII, number 117, page 11A:
text: Kitchensful of Data / It is headed by Dr. Roe L. Johns, an energetic, 70‐year old professor at the University of Florida, and it operates from four small rented apartments where mounds of research data that will eventually affect the lives of millions of pupils are stacked on kitchen shelves and tables.
ref: 1971 January 11, Andrew H. Malcolm, “Shift of Tax Burden Sought”, in The New York Times, page 67:
text: There are a couple of kitchensful of people who have gone out and bought Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the two volume set which Mrs. Child co-authored, and thereupon pronounced themselves ready and able to master the most monumental mousse.
ref: 1975 October 19, Rod Cockshutt, “Bein’ In the Kitchen With Julia: It’s Child’s Play”, in The News and Observer, volume CCXX, number 111, Raleigh, N.C., section IV, page 6:
text: Choosing among kitchensful of freeze-dried foods for convenience, toxicity and, above all, nutritional value.
ref: 1997, Colin Fletcher, “Sources”, in River: One Man’s Journey Down the Colorado, Source to Sea, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 11:
glosses: As much as a kitchen will hold or produce.
kitchenfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kitchenful
homeful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more homeful
form: most homeful
Etymology: From home + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Let them stand in groups or groves, with walks and drives convenient to the house. A house planted like this has a homeful atmosphere, that will keep the young folks at home, and establish attachments that will not be easily broken.
ref: 1905, Edward Payson Powell, The orchard and fruit garden:
glosses: Homely; cosy.
examples: text: Without a meaningful place to live, the homeless are less involved and certainly less committed than the homeful and the victimizers.
ref: 1991, Gregg Barak, Gimme shelter: a social history of homelessness in contemporary America:
glosses: Having a place to live; not homeless.
Derived terms: homefulness
homeful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homefuls
form: homesful
Etymology: From home + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: A homeful of music - total remote control access from any room - wireless installation - complete compatibility. These are just a few of the exciting features of the Steremote high fidelity remote control system.
ref: 1981, Harry Vernon Anderson, Interior design: Volume 52:
glosses: As much as a home can hold.
pietist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pietists
form: Pietist
Etymology: From piety + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: What a commentary on our professional piety as a people and our pretence to morality as a city, when there can exist and flourish in our midst, right under the noses of priest, person, police and platitudinising pietist such a RED-HOT HELL HOLE as the specimen one into whose sultry recesses the scribes had made their way by means of a little mild deception.
ref: 1903 February 8, The Truth, Sydney, page 3, column 4:
glosses: A supporter of pietism.
Derived terms: pietistic
pietists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pietist
cell group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cell groups
Senses: glosses: A Christian religious group that meets to study the Bible, usually in a member's home.
Synonyms: homegroup
pietàs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pietà
cell groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cell group
supposers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supposer
apodeme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apodemes
Senses: examples: text: The muscles are attached either directly to internal protrusions of its external skeleton, called apodemes, or indirectly, by filaments attached to the connection points.
ref: 2007 November 20, C. Claiborne Ray, “Ant Power”, in New York Times:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
zootomy
glosses: An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles.
Derived terms: apodemal
apodemic
apodemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apodeme
arthropodae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of arthropod
blasphemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blasphemists
Etymology: From blasphemy + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Nergal remains a devoted blasphemist.
ref: 2007 November 20, Kelefa Sanneh, “Bringing Chaos to This Part of Universe”, in New York Times:
glosses: A blasphemer.
blasphemists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blasphemist
Kanteans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kantean
lefse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛfsə/
Forms: form: lefses
form: lefsa
Etymology: From Norwegian lefse.
Senses: examples: text: We treasure the heritage more here than they do in Norway itself, said Audrey Amundson of Starbuck, Minn., which sealed its place in history in 1983 by cooking what residents insist was the world's biggest lefse, a Norwegian flatbread made of potatoes, cream and flour.
ref: 2007 November 20, Monica Davey, “For Children of Norway, a Rift With the Mother Country”, in New York Times:
glosses: A traditional soft Norwegian flatbread made from potato, flour, and milk or cream (or sometimes lard) and cooked on a griddle.
rapakivis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapakivi
rapacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rapacity
mottis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motti
milliunit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milliunits
Etymology: From milli- + unit.
Senses: examples: text: In addition to having a relative with Type 1, people in that subgroup had insulin autoantibody levels equal to or greater than 80 milliunits per milliliter.
ref: 2007 November 20, Aliyah Baruchin, “Twins on a Medical Odyssey After a Diagnosis of Diabetes”, in New York Times:
glosses: A thousandth of a unit.
milliunits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliunit
misfirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misfiring
misfilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of misfiling
marbelize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: marbelizes
form: marbelizing
form: marbelized
form: marbelized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of marbleize.
marbelizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marbelize
marbelizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marbelize
marbelized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marbelize
microlearning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + learning.
Senses: glosses: Learning in relatively small units and through short activities.
Related terms: microlesson
metapelites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metapelite
metaorders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaorder
metaperiodates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaperiodate
microsession
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microsessions
Etymology: From micro- + session.
Senses: examples: text: But fearing that President Bush would again use a Congressional recess to install disputed executive branch appointees without Senate confirmation, Democrats convened the Senate for the first of four microsessions to be held during the holiday break, precisely to thwart such an end run.
ref: 2007 November 21, Carl Hulse, “Democrats Move to Block Bush Appointments”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very short session.
microsessions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microsession
overmike
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmikes
form: overmiking
form: overmiked
form: overmiked
Etymology: From over- + mike.
Senses: examples: text: If the recording is misequalized, overmike, or poorly reverbed, the C/II will expose these faults.
ref: 1988, High Fidelity - Volume 38, Issue 2, page 28:
text: No, they don't sing, but on the plus side that means they're not overmiked either.
ref: 2007 November 21, Charles Isherwood, “Broadway Is Mostly Dark, but Oh, All the Other Places to Go”, in New York Times:
glosses: To make too loud by means of a poorly positioned microphone.
overmiking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmike
overmiked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmike
overmilk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overmilks
form: overmilking
form: overmilked
form: overmilked
Etymology: From over- + milk.
Senses: glosses: To milk (a cow or other animal) too much.
glosses: To exploit too much
overmilking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overmilk
overmilks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overmilk
overmilked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overmilk
woodsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From woodsman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: For me, it isn't so much about the actual hunting as much as the woodsmanship and skills that come into play at every stage of a hunt.
ref: 2007 November 21, Pete Bodo, “The Art of Hunting Deer the Old-Fashioned Way”, in New York Times:
glosses: The skills of a woodsman.
bezazz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Her 1962 guide to being happily unmarried was actually for anyone in search of taste and bezazz and verve and elegance.
ref: 2007 November 22, Jancee Dunn, “With the grace of Liberace go I”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Mar 2018:
text: I don't think bezazz was the particular specialty of my mother … That's right cement and gravel, Chicago. Nice girl I'm told … but more in the line of barns than bezazz. Of course I never really knew her.
ref: 2013, Tony Lee Moral, “Writing”, in Hitchcock and the Making of Marnie, Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of pizzazz.
nocino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Italian
Senses: examples: text: Ask Ms. Paolantonio's cousin Giuseppina Paolantonio, who appears to be in her late 70s, how to make nocino, the walnut liqueur that is popular here, and the recipe begins: On June 24th, pick the walnuts.
ref: 2007 November 22, Joyce Wadler, “The Journey Home: Making a New Life in the Old Country”, in New York Times:
glosses: A sticky Italian liqueur made from unripe green walnuts steeped in spirit.
predisaster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + disaster.
Senses: examples: text: Under the Stafford Act, the agency said, facilities cannot be improved with federal money, only restored to their predisaster condition.
ref: 2007 November 22, The Associated Press, “Aquarium Wins FEMA Pay for Fishing Trips”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before a disaster.
downtick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: downticks
Etymology: From down + tick.
Senses: examples: text: There had been a downtick in April's enthusiasm for schoolwork — a sprinkling of Bs on her report card.
ref: 2010, Keith Lee Morris, Call it What You Want, page 53:
glosses: A small decrease or downward change in something that has been steady or rising.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A stock market transaction or quote at a price below a preceding one.
downticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of downtick
miniaturistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more miniaturistic
form: most miniaturistic
Etymology: From miniature + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: They combine expansive formats and miniaturistic detail, as in Elvis Road, a panoramic, bird's-eye view of a busy city street delineated with sharp pencils on a single page measuring 1 by 30 feet.
ref: 2007 November 23, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
glosses: Employing or suggesting miniaturism; small and detailed.
subprogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subprogrammes
Etymology: From sub- + programme.
Senses: glosses: A programme (planned sequence of events) making up part of a larger programme.
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: subprogram
subprogrammes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subprogramme
subproducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subproduct
dog watches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dog watch
submanager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: submanagers
Etymology: From sub- + manager.
Senses: examples: text: She went on to work for Boeing in Seattle designing undercarriage hydraulics and fell in love with the jet blade shop's submanager. She became pregnant. He persuaded her to return to Crete.
ref: 2004, Rory MacLean, Falling for Icarus: a journey among the Cretans:
glosses: A manager who is subordinate to another manager.
submanagers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of submanager
Schiphol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Dutch Schiphol.
Senses: glosses: An international airport in North Holland, Netherlands, serving the city of Amsterdam, and the main international airport of the Netherlands.
perdured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perdure
perduring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈdjʊəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈdjɔːɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈdʒʊəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈdʒɔːɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pɚˈdʊəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /pɚˈdɝɪŋ/
rhymes: -ʊəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perdure
perdurantist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perdurantists
Senses: glosses: A subscriber to the philosophy of perdurantism.
endurantist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: endurantists
Etymology: From endurant + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A subscriber to the philosophy of endurantism.
perdurantists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perdurantist
endurantists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of endurantist
underneathness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From underneath + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: While seeing at last beneath the surface of things, he sees that underneathness is not so much a system as a unity. He does glimpse the system: what he sees is the trace of a process, and that process is a system at work.
ref: 2000, Richard J. Schneider, Thoreau's sense of place: essays in American environmental writing, page 159:
glosses: The quality of being underneath.
examples: text: A house’s underneathness is crushing—weight of sleep pressing from the flats above, little lumps of coal releasing miniature avalanches which rattle down the black pile, furnace grimly dead, asbestos-covered arms prying into every corner.
ref: 1944, Emily Carr, “Basement”, in The House of All Sorts:
text: 1973, Edward Wellen, “Chalk Talk,” The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1973, p. 52, reprinted in The 21st Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: 25 Stories by Edward Weller, Wildside Press, 2015,
But below the surface are the reelings and writhings that make the floor of a Freudian jungle a lively place. Dr. Chomsky calls this underneathness, this grimmer grammar, the ‘deep structure.’
glosses: A space (literal or figurative) that is underneath.
underminings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of undermining
antieconomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antieconomic
form: most antieconomic
Etymology: From anti- + economic.
Senses: examples: text: The consumer group UFC Que Choisir said in a statement that the deal was very tough, potentially destructive of freedom, antieconomic and against digital history.
ref: 2007 November 24, Reuters, “French Pact Aims to Fight Unauthorized Downloading”, in New York Times:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Opposing or working against the economy.
antidrugs
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more antidrugs
form: most antidrugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of antidrug.
unfreeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + freeable.
Senses: glosses: Impossible to free.
teeterboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teeterboarders
Etymology: From teeterboard + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Aside from a backstage staff of 100, the cast of 48 includes 16 puppeteers, contortionists, teeterboarders, acrobats, jugglers, skateboarders and in-line skaters — not to mention the 100 million paper snowflakes that are expected to fall during the show's 10-week run.
ref: 2007 November 24, Glenn Collins, “The Circus Is in Town. All Over It, in Fact, in Six Troupes.”, in New York Times:
glosses: An acrobat who performs using a teeterboard.
teeterboarders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teeterboarder
unbereft
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bereft.
Senses: glosses: Not bereft.
unbereaved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + bereaved.
Senses: glosses: Not bereaved.
apocalyptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of apocalyptic
charismas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of charisma
curlyhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curlyheads
Etymology: From curly + head.
Senses: examples: text: The curlyhead was laughing politely and robustly.
ref: 1930, Fitzhugh Buckner, Hooper dooper!:
text: I would say that thank goodness there was no danger of any curlyheads in Madam and the Master's family.
ref: 1996, Phyllis Shand Allfrey, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, The orchid house, page 6:
glosses: A person with curly hair.
curlyheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curlyhead
curly quotes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curly quote
decklid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decklids
Etymology: From deck + lid.
Senses: examples: text: For maximum corrosion resistance, the company builds its doors, hoods and decklids of galvanized steel.
ref: 2007 November 25, Don Sherman, “Rust-Free Reality: Creating an All-New Classic”, in New York Times:
glosses: An auto body panel that is the cover over the trunk (boot) of a motor vehicle.
Synonyms: trunklid
Coordinate terms: word: bonnet
english: the cover over the engine bay
translation: the cover over the engine bay
word: hood
english: likewise covering the trunk, but inside the cabin
translation: likewise covering the trunk, but inside the cabin
word: parcel shelf
decklids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of decklid
dermatopathologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dermatopathologists
Etymology: From dermato- + pathologist.
Senses: examples: text: Her mother is a dermatopathologist in private practice in Tampa.
ref: 2007 November 25, “Jody Beck, Ross-Alan Tisdale”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who practises dermatopathology.
dermatopathologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dermatopathologist
fuddyduddy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuddyduddies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fuddy-duddy.
fuddyduddies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuddyduddy
microdistilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From micro- + distilling.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Fox's sales are driven mostly by word-of-mouth locally, and beyond the state through a network of microdistilling aficionados.
ref: 2007 November 25, Susan Saulny, “Farmyard Stills Quench a Thirst for Local Spirits”, in New York Times:
glosses: Small-scale distillery of alcohol.
midspeech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From mid- + speech.
Senses: examples: text: He halted in midspeech as he noticed a curious figure hurrying towards us.
glosses: A point in time during a speech, or while one is speaking.
insend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: insends
form: insending
form: insent
form: insent
Etymology: From Middle English insenden, from Old English insendan (“to send in, put in”), equivalent to in- + send. Cognate with Dutch inzenden (“to send in, put in”), German einsenden (“to send in, submit”).
Senses: examples: text: Not any man soothly insends, setteth, (doeth) cloth of neat's felt, new fleece, and foot cloth, […]
ref: 1807, Samuel Henshall, The first number of the Etymological organic reasoner:
glosses: To send in.
minidocumentary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minidocumentaries
Etymology: From mini- + documentary.
Senses: examples: text: One of the latest developments, he noted, was the use of video. Mr. Romney's campaign has enlisted an Emmy-winning producer to create minidocumentaries of Mr. Romney's appearances on the campaign trail, which are posted on Mitt TV on the campaign's Web site.
ref: 2007 November 25, Julie Bosman, “When Campaigning Strays Off Script”, in New York Times:
glosses: A short documentary.
minidocumentaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minidocumentary
neological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The Oxford English Dictionary's neological sleuths found a 1990 Canadian use suggesting an intense put-down, and the subsequent popularization as the name of a TV show starting in 1999 that presents the grunts and groans of fearsome wrestlers.
ref: 2007 November 25, William Safire, “Gotcha!”, in New York Times:
glosses: Of or pertaining to neology.
Derived terms: neologically
nonparticipatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + participatory.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: nonparticipating, nonparticipative
glosses: Not participatory.
Related terms: nonparticipant
nonparticipation
overfeeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overfeeders
Etymology: From over- + feeder or overfeed + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The only way to handle habitual overfeeders is to identify them, befriend them and urge them to stop.
ref: 2007 November 25, Andrew D. Blechman, “Pigeon Paranoia”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who feeds too much.
overfeeders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of overfeeder
rehirings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehiring
robatayaki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 炉端焼き (literally “fireside cooking”).
Senses: examples: text: Robata is modeled after the casual robatayaki pubs in Japan, where people go to enjoy a few meat skewers with sake or beer.
ref: 2007 November 25, Samantha Bonar, “A Touch of Tokyo, but Very California”, in New York Times:
text: Zennström chooses to lunch at Roka, a Japanese robatayaki restaurant that promises to “wrap each diner in a cocoon of warmth, welcome and hospitality”, for both nostalgic and pragmatic reasons.
ref: 2023 September 23, John Thornill, “Let's break the Silicon Valley monopoly”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: A technique in Japanese cuisine where food is grilled over charcoal in front of the customer.
Related terms: robata
agrotechnology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agrotechnologies
Etymology: From agro- + technology.
Senses: examples: text: He majored in agrotechnology.
text: They use recently developed agrotechnologies.
text: Mr. Koster, an economist who works for the university's agrotechnology and food sciences group, said he hoped that the findings would help policy makers, health experts and food executives who wanted to understand and influence eating habits.
ref: 2007 November 26, Marlise Simons, “In the Netherlands, Eat, Drink and Be Monitored”, in New York Times:
related: word: agritechnology
synonyms: agrotech
glosses: The application of modern technology to agriculture; the result of that activity.
Related terms: agribusiness
agrobusiness
agrichemical
agrochemical
agriscience
agroscience
agriscientific
agroscientific
agriscientist
agroscientist
agritechnological
agrotechnological
biotechnology
agrotechnologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of agrotechnology
maestrolike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maestrolike
form: most maestrolike
Etymology: From maestro + -like.
Senses: examples: text: He had a maestrolike performance, directing an offense that ran for 517 yards.
ref: 2007 November 26, Pete Thamel, “Conference Title Game Seen as an Obstacle”, in New York Times:
glosses: Like a maestro; masterly, expert.
sycophantism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sycophantisms
Etymology: From sycophant + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Sycophantic behaviour.
Synonyms: lapdoggery
unquirky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unquirky
form: most unquirky
Etymology: From un- + quirky.
Senses: examples: text: And Ms. Sparks, winner of the sixth season of American Idol, had the opposite problem: She needed to figure out how to make the most of her smooth, unquirky voice and her wholesome reputation.
ref: 2007 November 26, The New York Times, “New CDs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not quirky.
flyhawk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flyhawks
Etymology: From fly + hawk.
Senses: examples: text: Two flyhawks like Hunter and Matthews would be running into each other all the time, probably leaping against the wall simultaneously.
ref: 2007 November 27, Murray Chass, “Stockpiling Center Fielders, but at What Cost?”, in New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A skilled outfielder.
flyhawks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flyhawk
precertify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: precertifies
form: precertifying
form: precertified
form: precertified
Etymology: From pre- + certify.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. Potter said that if the judge found that eBay had the same duty as flea markets and traditional retail stores to not sell counterfeit products, eBay will likely have to either stop auctioning famous luxury products or radically alter the way it does business so that it can precertify the authenticity of those products.
ref: 2007 November 27, Katie Hafner, “Tiffany and eBay in Fight Over Fakes”, in New York Times:
glosses: To certify in advance.
Related terms: precertification
predemocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + democratic.
Senses: examples: text: Gordon Wood has pointed out that the founders belonged to a post-aristocratic, predemocratic age that nurtured the emergence of a self-conscious and unembarrassed political elite.
ref: 2007 November 27, Michiko Kakutani, “The Timing, Luck and Lust Behind the Forming of That More Perfect Union”, in New York Times:
glosses: Before democracy.
precertified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of precertify
precertifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of precertify
precertifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of precertify
inbring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: inbrings
form: inbringing
form: inbrought
form: inbrought
form: imbring
Etymology: From Middle English inbringen, from Old English inbringan (“to bring in, bring to, present”), equivalent to in- + bring. Cognate with Scots inbring (“to inbring, import”), Dutch inbrengen (“to bring in”), German einbringen (“to introduce, bring in”), Swedish inbringa (“to bring in, fetch”).
Senses: examples: text: Jesus Christ does not so much impart life as He inbrings life.
ref: 1897, James Henry McConkey, The three-fold secret of the Holy Spirit:
glosses: To bring in; introduce; present; usher in; adduce; induce; cause to come in.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: To bring in by legal authority; produce in court; confiscate (the goods of a condemned criminal).
Derived terms: inbrought
imbring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: imbrings
form: imbringing
form: imbrought
form: imbrought
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inbring.
gustnado
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gustnados
form: gustnadoes
Etymology: Blend of gust front + tornado
Senses: glosses: A type of short-lived, low-level rotating cloud that can form in a severe thunderstorm.
free vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: free votes
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: In a Westminster parliamentary system and other democratic systems, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are permitted by their respective political parties to vote as they individually see fit, without direction from their political leaders.
Synonyms: conscience vote
Hypernyms: vote
whipped vote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whipped votes
Senses: examples: text: Any minister who failed to support it in a whipped vote would be expected to resign.
ref: 2008 March 24, “PM Under Fire Over Hybrid Embryo Row”, in Sky News, UK, retrieved 31 May 2011:
text: Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has called for a whipped vote, and the party says all 77 Liberals will vote to kill the bill.
ref: 2010 September 13, “Pro-gun registry side gains another NDP vote”, in CBC News, Canada, retrieved 31 May 2011:
text: The lowest part of her political career was following the Liberal government's whipped vote to limit compensation to hepatitis C victims in 1998.
ref: 2011 May 2, Kate Malloy, “Advice from a veteran politico”, in Hill Times, Canada, retrieved 31 May 2011:
topics: government
politics
glosses: In the Westminster parliamentary system, a vote by members of a legislative body in which the members are strictly required to vote as directed by the leadership of their political party.
Related terms: party whip
party whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party whips
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Within a legislative body, a member appointed by a political party and given the authority to ensure that all members of that party participate in voting and vote strictly as directed by the party in all votes where adherence to a party line is required.
Related terms: whipped vote
mingier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of mingy: more mingy
mingiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of mingy: most mingy
major-generals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of major-general
archabbeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of archabbey
ASATs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ASAT
avialans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of avialan
bafilomycins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bafilomycin
puckle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puckles
Etymology: From Middle English *poukel, *pukel, from Old English pūcel (“a goblin, demon, a mischievous spirit”), diminutive of pūca (“demon, goblin, imp”), equivalent to puck + -le. Cognate with Danish pokker (“devil, deuce”). More at puck.
Senses: glosses: The devil; Satan.
glosses: A fairy; elf; sprite.
Related terms: puck
vegetable lambs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vegetable lamb
demency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin dēmentia, from dēmens (“out of one's mind”).
Senses: examples: text: no direct access could be obtained to the banned, or burned, books of the three cosmologists, Xertigny, Yates and Zotov (pen names), who had recklessly started the whole business half a century earlier, causing, and endorsing, panic, demency and execrable romanchiks.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 263:
glosses: Madness; dementia.
mollitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒlɪtjuːd/
Etymology: From Latin mollitūdō, from mollis (“soft”).
Senses: examples: text: I have frequented bordels since my sixteenth year, but […] nothing about them pre-announced the luxury and mollitude of my first Villa Venus.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2001, page 274:
glosses: Softness; luxuriousness.
Hiren
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hirens
Etymology: From the name of a character in George Peele's The Turkish Mahamet and Hyrin the fair Greek; originally a version of the name Irene.
Senses: examples: text: Pistol. Haue we not Hiren here? / Host. On my word Captaine there's none such here.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
text: What a number of these Sirens, Hirens, Cockatrices, Courtezans, in plaine English, Harlots, swimme amongst vs!
ref: 1615, Thomas Adams, Sprituall Navigator:
text: I summoned all the twenty hirens of the house (including the sweet-lipped, glossy chinned darling) into my resurrected presence.
ref: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 275:
glosses: A seductive woman; a courtesan.
wikipedia: George Peele
dust off a batter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: dusts off a batter
form: dusting off a batter
form: dusted off a batter
form: dusted off a batter
Etymology: From the concept that a pitch thrown very close to a batter will remove some dust or dirt from the batter's uniform either by brushing against it or causing a breeze very close to it, or alternatively by the batter jumping away from the pitch to avoid being hit.
Senses: examples: text: That pitcher doesn't like the hitters too close to the plate so every once in a while he'll dust off a batter.
text: He never attempted to dust off a batter; and his control was so great that no hitter was ever afraid to stand right up to the plate and look Matty's fast ball right in the eye.
ref: 1947, Robert Smith, Baseball: a historical narrative of the game, the men who have played it, and its place in American life, page 206:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.
Sixth Commandment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: sixth commandment
Senses: examples: text: Long before, in the great controversy over smallpox inoculation, he was said to have been an anticlerical heretic who violated the Sixth Commandment and deserved to be stuck in the pillory; [...]
ref: 1968, Bernard Bailyn, The origins of American politics, reprint edition, Knopf, page 60:
text: "And you're not going to kill anybody?"
"Hay, this is your dad," I said, a little hurt. "Sixth commandment, remember?" It didn't mention anything about near-killing.
ref: 2011, Mitchell Creepo, Heaven is a Deal, eBookIt.com, →ISBN, page 22:
glosses: The Commandment that states that killing a human being is a sin; commonly recited as "You shall not murder", "You shall not kill" or "Thou shalt not kill".
fly like a rock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flies like a rock
form: flying like a rock
form: flew like a rock
form: flown like a rock
Senses: examples: text: If the wings aren't big enough, your paper airplane will fly like a rock.
text: When students have compared the wing areas and weights by squaring and cubing the linear ratios, they correctly predict the large one will fly "like a rock"...
ref: 1970, American Association of Physics Teachers, The Physics Teacher, volumes 8–9, page 541:
qualifier: simile
glosses: to travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic lift
broaden someone's horizons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: broadens someone's horizons
form: broadening someone's horizons
form: broadened someone's horizons
form: broadened someone's horizons
Senses: examples: text: He broadened his horizons by finally trying Vietnamese cuisine.
text: Travel broadens a person's horizons.
glosses: To increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.
Related terms: the world
anti-Semitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more anti-Semitically
form: most anti-Semitically
Etymology: From anti-Semitic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In an anti-Semitic manner.
jockey for position
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: jockeys for position
form: jockeying for position
form: jockeyed for position
form: jockeyed for position
Senses: glosses: To try to get one's horse into a better position during a horse race.
glosses: To try to come out ahead in a competition for something specific or put oneself in a more favourable position generally.
him/herself
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: themselves
Senses: examples: text: Johannes de Moor has argued convincingly that the Priestly writer assumed the first human being was androgynous, both male and female, like God him/herself.
ref: 2003, Hennie J. Marsman, Women in Ugarit and Israel: their social and religious position in the context of the ancient Near East, BRILL, page 227
glosses: Himself or herself; singular of themselves, used as a reflexive and gender-neutral reference to the third-person singular.
Bed-Stuy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Shortening.
Senses: glosses: Bedford–Stuyvesant, a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York, United States.
tile tracking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: Scrabble
board-games
games
glosses: The act of keeping track of which letters have been played, usually by crossing them off a printed list.
Related terms: card counting
Lake poet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lake poets
Senses: synonyms: Laker
Lakist
glosses: Any of a group of Romantic poets who lived and worked in the English Lake District at the turn of the 19th century.
Related terms: Lake school
lakish
filter up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: filters up
form: filtering up
form: filtered up
form: filtered up
Senses: examples: text: There are some brilliant new approaches being created at grass-roots level, but it is taking a long time for them to filter up to the larger institutions.
glosses: Of information, knowledge or practice; to move slowly up to other levels of an organisation, or population.
unhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhouses
form: unhousing
form: unhoused
form: unhoused
Etymology: From un- + house.
Senses: examples: text: When a rock band began to unhouse its instruments on a riser beneath the bell tower, […]
ref: 2007, Tony Cohan, Mexican Days: Journeys Into the Heart of Mexico, page 109:
glosses: To displace one from one's housing or shelter.
glosses: To take a house away from.
unhousing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unhouse
filters up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of filter up
unhouses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unhouse
filtering up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of filter up
filtered up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of filter up