cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ironised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ironise
Atlantic provinces
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Atlantic Canada
glosses: A geographic region of Canada consisting of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Hyponyms: Maritime provinces
Maritimes
Related terms: Eastern provinces
Prairie provinces
Western provinces
Atlantic Canada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Atlantic provinces: A geographic region of Canada consisting of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
synonyms: word: Atlantic provinces
extra: A geographic region of Canada consisting of the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador
Hyponyms: Maritime provinces
Maritimes
Related terms: Western Canada
Central Canada
Eastern Canada
Northern Canada
nannying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of nanny
nannying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The subject is nannying. The test of whether a regulation is nannying depends on the above condition. For example, seatbelts & helmets are nannying; 30mph residential speed limits are not nannying (though some people consider this is).
ref: 2005 August 28, DavidR, “Re: the nanny state”, in uk.rec.driving (Usenet):
text: On the other hand, there is far too much nannying nowadays, and probably the widespread use of anti-bacterial wipes for the kitchen, baby's highchair and everywhere else in the home is helping to spread MRSA and C-difficile in hospitals
ref: 2007 May 23, Devon Mark, “Out-of-date food in UK supermarkets”, in uk.legal (Usenet):
glosses: Behaving with an excess of protective concern.
nannied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of nanny
nanny states
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanny state
sinuousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinuousnesses
Etymology: From sinuous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being sinuous.
subverter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Forms: form: subverters
Etymology: From subvert + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who subverts.
subverters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subverter
thunderingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more thunderingly
form: most thunderingly
Etymology: From thundering + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The male announcer eventually came back on stage to say that there would be a brief pause as the votes were counted and introduced another display of Mandi Steele video footage with thunderingly loud, dramatic music.
ref: 2003, Ed Howdershelt, An Encounter in Atlanta, page 54:
glosses: In a thundering way; with great noise or fury.
examples: text: The three younger brothers had from childhood upwards always ridden such thunderingly good flesh, and drunk such thunderingly good claret, that they imagined themselves great swells accordingly […]
ref: 1864, Alfred Austin, An Artist's Proof, volume 1, page 83:
text: At its most basic, this is thunderingly enjoyable Victorian melodrama. But as always in Sondheim, there is a marvellous intelligence and wit at work.
ref: 1993, Theatre Record, volume 13, numbers 10-19, page 607:
glosses: Extremely; marvellously.
uncomplicatedness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From uncomplicated + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: Even Mr Rahimi was won over by that, and Eamonn remembered how easy it was to be a social being, well-liked, surrounded by uncomplicatedness.
ref: 2017, Kamila Shamsie, Home Fire, Bloomsbury (2018), page 98:
glosses: The state or condition of being uncomplicated.
Synonyms: simplicity
unconsoled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + consoled.
Senses: glosses: Not consoled.
ungranted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + granted.
Senses: glosses: Not granted.
weepily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more weepily
form: most weepily
Etymology: From weepy + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a weepy manner.
unscarred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scarred.
Senses: glosses: Not scarred.
colposcopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colposcope
colposcopies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of colposcopy
kylikes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪlɪkiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of kylix
kylixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪlɪksəz/
Senses: glosses: plural of kylix
wusses out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wuss out
wussing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wuss out
wussed out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wuss out
creampuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of creampuff
pissaladière
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪsaladˈjɛː/
ipa: /ˌpisɑlɑdˈjɛɹ/
rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)
Forms: form: pissaladières
form: pissaladiere
Etymology: Borrowed from French pissaladière, in turn borrowed from Niçard Provençal pissaladiera, from pissalat (an anchovy-based condiment), from peis salat (“salted fish”), suffixed with -iera.
Senses: examples: text: “You never ate pissaladière, did you? It’s just as good as pizza, you’ll see. Some people like it even better.”
ref: 1980, Robert Beauvais, translated by Harold J. Salemson, The Half Jew, New York, N.Y.: Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 23:
glosses: A pie from southern France, similar to pizza, without tomatoes or cheese, usually topped with onions, anchovies and black olives.
unassertively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unassertively
form: most unassertively
Etymology: From unassertive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an unassertive way.
silver surfers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silver surfer
plasticky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more plasticky
form: most plasticky
Etymology: From plastic + -y.
Senses: examples: text: She had awoken two hours later in the cabbagey-plasticky fug of her tent feeling deadly certain that she had failed somehow, that he had been expecting something to happen between them, and now it wouldn't happen—or couldn't happen—because she was no longer on her own.
ref: 2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 201:
glosses: Resembling plastic, especially in the sense of being cheap and lightweight.
scrumptiousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scrumptious + -ness.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: deliciousness, scrumdiddlyumptiousness, hyperpalatability
glosses: The state or condition of being scrumptious.
yumminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yummy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being yummy.
scrumminess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From scrummy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being scrummy.
yuckiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yucky + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.[…]But out of sight is out of mind. And that, together with the inherent yuckiness of the subject, means that many old sewers have been neglected and are in dire need of repair.
ref: 2014 June 14, “It's a gas”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8891:
glosses: The state or condition of being yucky.
ickiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ickinesses
Etymology: From icky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being icky.
examples: text: Then Sara opened up her teapot to remove the tea bag and gasped, “There is an ickiness in here!” and of course Leroy got all excited and peered in at what first seemed to be a small brain.
ref: 1988, California - Volume 13, Issues 5-8, page 47:
text: If I could pull your mind away from ickinesses—sorry, I don't really like talking about this stuff. . .
ref: 2008, Shula Klinger, The Kingdom of Strange, page 112:
text: I had much more vivid horrors than Lovecraft's nameless ickinesses to write about now.
ref: 2009, David Drake, The Complete Hammer's Slammers:
glosses: Something that is icky.
GTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Global Telecommunications System, a worldwide network for the transmission of meteorological data from weather stations, satellites and numerical weather prediction centres.
glosses: Initialism of General Theological Seminary.
glosses: Initialism of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
glosses: Initialism of Great Trigonometric Survey.
glosses: Initialism of green tobacco sickness.
glosses: Initialism of Greenwich Time Signal.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
professional-wrestling
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: Initialism of Go 2 Sleep.
GTS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of geologic timescale.
examples: ref: 1997, Wilfred D. DeVoe, “Addresses of GTS & Tall Woman sites”, in alt.sex.fetish.size (Usenet):
text: INTERNET SEARCH KEYWORDS: GTS, macro, giantess, crush, trample. WHAT IT IS: A sexual fantasy of being tiny and at the mercy of a gigantic human.
ref: 1999, Katharine Gates, Deviant Desires: Incredibly Strange Sex:
text: Technically the erotic obsession with such large women is labeled "macrophilia," but it is more commonly referred to as simply "GTS," short for giantess.
ref: 2006, Dominique Mainon, James Ursini, Modern Amazons: Warrior Women on Screen:
glosses: Abbreviation of giantess (as a paraphilia).
yukkiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From yukky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being yukky.
wankiness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wanky + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of being wanky.
jumpstyle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jump + style.
Senses: glosses: A European genre of frenetic electronic music accompanied by a jumping dance.
exercices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of exercice
billard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: billards
form: billet
form: billit
Senses: glosses: A coalfish, especially a young one.
fléchettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fléchette
fléchette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fléchettes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flechette.
chollas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cholla
dry-run
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry-runs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dry run.
dry-runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry-run
dry runs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dry run
illegal number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: illegal numbers
Senses: topics: law
glosses: a number that represents information which is illegal to possess, utter or propagate. Any information that can be represented in binary format is, ipso facto, representable as a number, and therefore if the information itself is illegal in some way, the pure number itself may be called illegal.
Related terms: illegal prime
jivanmukti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jivanmuktis
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit जीवन्मुक्ति (jīvanmukti, “emancipation while still alive”).
Senses: glosses: In Hinduism, the process of achieving complete self-realisation, attaining moksha during one's own life.
glosses: Alternative form of jivanmukta.
Related terms: bodhi
enlightenment
jivanmuktas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jivanmukta
virgin birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: virgin births
form: Virgin Birth
form: Virgin birth
Etymology: From virgin + birth.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A birth (or vegetal reproduction) after spontaneous, unfertilized gamete-development in a virginal mother, parthenogenesis.
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
examples: text: At the moment then when Sirius, the star from the East, by coming to the Meridian at midnight signalled the Sun's new birth, the Virgin was seen just rising on the Eastern sky - the horizon line passing through her centre. And many people think that this astronomical fact is the explanation of the very widespread legend of the Virgin-birth.
ref: 1920, Edward Carpenter, Pagan and Christian Creeds, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., published 1921, page 31:
topics: Christianity
lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: (often capitalized and used absolutely: the Virgin Birth) The miraculous birth of Christ from the Virgin Mary.
Any similar birth of a deity.
examples: text: Many religions and traditions have myths about a virgin birth.
text: Oh, you never let the cat out? Then I suppose those kittens were a virgin birth.
glosses: Childbirth in which the offspring is said to have been conceived without sexual intercourse.
glosses: Childbirth in which the mother conceived the child through artificial insemination.
ecomigration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecomigrations
form: eco-migration
Etymology: From eco- + migration.
Senses: glosses: The migration of populations for economic or ecological reasons, often as a result of the deterioration of land quality or a shortage of water.
Related terms: ecomigrant
somewhen
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From some + when.
Senses: examples: text: Out of the drift of facts, whereby you learn / What some was, somewhere, somewhen, somewhy?
ref: 1864, Robert Browning, “Mr. Sludge, "The Medium"”, in Wikisource, line 505, retrieved 18 Jan 2012:
text: Yes, though nobody else should reproach me if we should stay together, yet somewhen, years hence, ...
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXXVI, in Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman (Fiction):
text: An event is a particular thing that happens somewhere and somewhen.
ref: 2002, Marc Lange, “What Is Spatiotemporal Locality?”, in An Introduction to the Philosophy of Physics: Locality, Fields, Energy, and Mass (Science / Philosophy), Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 4:
text: … things always exist or occur somewhen as well. They exist or occur whenever — at whatever times-when — they in fact exist or occur, and not somewhen else.
ref: 2008, Michael F. Wagner, “Chapter One”, in The Enigmatic Reality of Time (Science / Physics), Brill, →ISBN, page 26:
text: Somewhen, curling through the intricacies of tau, John/Johan still lived. Somewhen on this very planet he lived, …
ref: 2009, Marta Randall, “Secret Rider”, in Robert Silverberg, editor, Trips in Time: Time Travel Tales (Collection of Short Stories) (SciFi), Wildside Press, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: at some time; indefinitely; some time or other, sometime
Synonyms: at some point
somewhere along the line
sometime
Related terms: elsewhen
gentleman and scholar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gentlemen and scholars
Senses: examples: text: "You're a real prince. You're a gentleman and a scholar, kid," I said.
ref: 1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 62:
text: BBC America recently ran a documentary called “Paparazzi” that also disabused viewers of any lingering impression that gossip rags are run by gentlemen and scholars.
ref: 2007 January 2, Alessandra Stanley, “Exposed: Celebrities, Tabloids and Sleaze!”, in New York Times:
text: His locked, letter’d braw brass collar shew’d him the gentleman an’ scholar.
ref: 1786, Robert Burns, The Twa Dogs:
glosses: Alternative form of scholar and gentleman.
scholar and gentleman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholars and gentlemen
form: a scholar and a gentleman
form: a gentleman and a scholar
form: gentleman and scholar
Senses: examples: text: Thank you so much for your help. You're a scholar and a gentleman.
text: He goes directly to the Mayor, tels him he was a Scholler and a Gentleman
ref: 1607, George Peele, Merrie Conceited Jests:
glosses: An admirable, intelligent person (usually a man).
Christology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɪˈstɒləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: Christologies
Etymology: From Christ + -ology.
Senses: glosses: A field of study within Christian theology which is concerned with the nature of Jesus Christ, particularly with how the divine and human are related in his person.
glosses: A particular theory or viewpoint within the field of Christology, e.g. Chalcedonian Christology, Arian Christology, etc.
Related terms: Jesusology
cmon
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: examples: text: Cmon cmon baby!
glosses: Alternative spelling of c'mon.
Hellenismos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἐλληνισμός (Ellēnismós, “imitation of the Greeks”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Hellenism.
synonyms: word: Hellenism
abasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈbeɪ.sɪk/
Etymology: From abasia + -ic (“having the nature of”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
raw_tags: of a site in a DNA molecule
abasic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈbeɪ.sɪk/
Etymology: From a- + basic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
genetics
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Missing a nucleotide base
Derived terms: abasically
cogongrass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogongrasses
Etymology: From cogon + grass.
Senses: examples: text: It also includes $208,000 to control a weed known as cogongrass in Mississippi; $1.2 million to control cormorants in Michigan, Mississippi, New York and Vermont; $1 million to control Mormon crickets in Utah; and $162,000 to control rodents in Hawaii.
ref: 2009 February 26, Robert Pear, “House Passes Spending Bill, and Critics Are Quick to Point Out Pork”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of cogon grass; cogon.
antisymmetrizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisymmetrizers
form: antisymmetriser
Etymology: From antisymmetrize + -er.
Senses: topics: mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
sciences
glosses: A linear operator that makes a wave function of N identical fermions antisymmetric under the exchange of the coordinates of any pair of fermions.
carpetlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carpetlike
form: most carpetlike
form: carpet-like
Etymology: From carpet + -like.
Senses: glosses: Having the characteristics of a carpet
castoreum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castoreums
form: castorea
form: castorium
Etymology: From Latin castoreum, from Ancient Greek καστόριον (kastórion).
Senses: examples: text: One of the substances tried was castoreum.[…]If I were to judge from my own experience, I would say castoreum has very little therapeutic power, for I have not seen much benefit from its employment in those cases to which this remedy is said to be adapted.
ref: 1835 November 28, Jon Pereira, “Lectures on Materia Medica, or Pharmacology, and General Therapeutics: Lecture IX: On Castoreum”, in London Medical Gazette, volume 17, page 299:
text: While the role of castoreum as a means of territorial advertisement has been extensively investigated and supported, the possibility of coding for sex information has not yet been excluded.
ref: 1999, L. Sun, D. Müller-Schwarze, “Chemical Signals in the Beaver: One Species, Two Secretions, Many Functions?”, in Robert E. Johnston, Dietland Müller-Schwarze, Peter W. Sorenson, editors, Advances in Chemical Signals in Vertebrates, page 284:
text: Synthetic castoreums are now available, and can be as good as the natural fragrant^([sic]).
ref: 2004, Christian V. Stevens, Roland Verhé, Renewable Bioresources: Scope and Modification for Non-Food Applications, page 257:
text: Real oud is complex material, with honey, tobacco, leaf, minty-fresh and castoreum animalic notes all mixed together.
ref: 2010, Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez, “M7”, in Perfumes: The A–Z Guide, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 233:
synonyms: castor
glosses: The bitter exudate of the castor sacs of mature beavers, used as a scent mark, and as a tincture in some perfumes.
synonyms: beaver
castor
glosses: A hat made from beaver fur.
Related terms: english: genus of Mesophelliaceae
translation: genus of Mesophelliaceae
word: Castoreum
cottontop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cottontops
Etymology: From cotton + top.
Senses: glosses: An arboreal, diurnal New World tamarin, Saguinus oedipus.
synonyms: Q-tips
cottonseed
cottonweed
glosses: A plant of species Micropus californicus.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Saguinus oedipus
word: cottontop tamarin
paramukta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paramuktas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit परमुक्त (para-mukti, “supremely free”).
Senses: glosses: jivanmukta
glosses: supremely liberated being; being liberated beyond the state of a jivanmukta
moon bear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moon bears
form: moonbear
Etymology: From moon + bear, so named for the crescent shaped blaze upon its breast.
Senses: glosses: The Asian black bear, Ursus thibetanus.
cogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogons
Etymology: From Spanish cogón, from Tagalog kugon and Cebuano kugon.
Senses: glosses: Any of several perennial rhizomatous grasses of genus Imperata, especially Imperata cylindrica.
Synonyms: word: cogon grass
word: cogongrass
word: illuk
word: satintail
word: cotton wool grass
word: silver spike
word: speargrass
word: blady grass
cogons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogon
cogongrasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogongrass; alternative spelling of cogon grasses.
Synonyms: cogons
cogon grass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cogon grasses
form: cogongrass
Senses: glosses: Cogon.
cogon grasses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cogon grass
investable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more investable
form: most investable
form: investible
Etymology: From invest + -able.
Senses: examples: text: So when Prince & Associates, a market research firm in Redding, Conn., polled people with more than $1 million in investable assets, it wasn’t any great surprise that 81 percent intended to take money out of the hands of their financial advisers.
ref: 2009 February 26, Ron Lieber, “Rules for the New Reality”, in New York Times:
topics: business
finance
glosses: Able to be invested; ready for investment; liquid.
Derived terms: uninvestable
flaske
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaskes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of flask.
flasker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flaskers
Etymology: From flask + -er.
Senses: glosses: A whisky smuggler.
comfrey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.fɹi/
Forms: form: comfreys
form: comphrey
form: cumfrey
Etymology: From Middle English cumfiria, from Latin (herba) cōnfirma in Pseudo-Apuleius, also called cōnsolida, cōnserva, cōnferva, from conferveo (“to boil together”); from the use of the plant in tea to aid in healing bones.
Senses: examples: text: It thrives on compost and natural fertilizers brewed from comfrey or seaweed and uses only rain, natural groundwater or wastewater purified through a system of reed beds.
ref: 2007 April 25, Kim Severson, “Farmer, Cookie Maker, Ecologist and, Yes, the Future King”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).
wikipedia: Pseudo-Apuleius
Derived terms: Quaker comfrey
Russian comfrey
nonwriting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + writing.
Senses: examples: text: Because most series have nonwriting producers on their staffs, those decisions will not lead to an immediate halt in production of most prime-time dramas.
ref: 2007 November 7, Edward Wyatt, “Some Television Writer-Producers Side With Guild”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not writing, or unrelated to writing
nonthrowing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + throwing.
Senses: examples: text: The 30-year-old Pennington spent much of the winter and spring in the trainer’s room having his shoulder treated while he pored over the playbook with his good (nonthrowing) arm.
ref: 2007 January 5, Karen Crouse, “Comeback Player Award Validates Pennington”, in New York Times:
glosses: Not throwing, or not involved in the act of throwing
backloaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of backload
superwealthy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From super- + wealthy.
Senses: examples: text: The catch is that you have to be invested in order to gnaw on it. The superwealthy will do fine buying and selling things. But many wage slaves just don't have the cash.
ref: 1997 August 4, Daniel Kadlec, “The Tax Bill: Money In Motion”, in CNN:
text: So in the spring of 2002 Gallagher wrote his first check for $20,000 to cover the annual cost of belonging to a group that now operates 14 support circles for the superwealthy.
ref: 2007 October 14, Gary Rivlin, “Where Everyone Knows Your Portfolio”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Very wealthy.
metallics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metallic
backload
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backloads
form: back load
Etymology: From back + load.
Senses: glosses: A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.
Related terms: word: backloading
backload
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backloads
form: backloading
form: backloaded
form: backloaded
Etymology: From back + load.
Senses: examples: text: For a grant this size, you would expect either that the vesting occurs over a considerably longer period or is backloaded.
ref: 2007 October 17, Geraldine Fabrikant, “New Contract for Moonves Links Pay to CBS’s Results”, in New York Times:
glosses: To load toward the back, or towards the end of a period.
topics: transport
glosses: To load (cargo, shipment, etc.) after unloading has been completed.
examples: text: Not only will repair and recovery be vital, but also the backloading of equipment casualties to farther rearward, better protected, and more specialized maintenance facilities.
ref: 1993, Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, International Military and Defense Encyclopedia: M-O, page 1601:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: To transport further toward the rear of the theater of war.
glosses: To fill a syringe with solution from the plunger end of the barrel.
backloads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backload
backloads
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of backload
phrenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phreneses
Etymology: From Latin phrenesis, from Ancient Greek *φρένησις (*phrénēsis), a later equivalent of φρενῖτις (phrenîtis, “inflammation of the brain”). Doublet of frenzy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: phrenitis
glosses: madness, frenzy
frogfish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frogfishes
form: frogfish
Etymology: From frog + fish.
Senses: glosses: Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
examples: 2016 October 22, Frogfish turns ghostly white to match a bleached coral, New Scientist, Issue 3096, page 15,
Warty frogfish are sedentary seafloor dwellers that can change colour over a few weeks. […] Since the warm waters off the Maldives abound in vibrantly coloured corals, the frogfish there typically sport matching orange or pinkish hues, says Gabriel Grimsditch of the International Union for Conservation of Nature Maldives in Malé.
glosses: Any of the benthic ray-finned fish of the family Batrachoididae (the sole family of order Batrachoidiformes), which are ambush predators and have a toad-like appearance.
glosses: Any fish of genus Lophius.
Synonyms: sense: fish of family Antennariidae
word: antennariid
sense: fish of family Batrachoididae
word: batrachoidid
sense: fish of family Batrachoididae
word: toadfish
Derived terms: psychedelic frogfish
Related terms: toadfish
phrenitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹəˈnʌɪtɪs/
ipa: /fɹəˈnaɪtəs/
ipa: [fɹəˈnaɪɾəs]
Forms: form: phrenitides
Etymology: From Latin phrenītis, from Ancient Greek φρενῖτις (phrenîtis), from φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”).
Senses: examples: Phrenitis, which the Greeks derive from the word φρήν, is a disease of the mind, with a continual madness or dotage […].
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: cephalitis
glosses: Madness, especially as caused by inflammation of the brain; encephalitis, encephalomeningitis, or meningitis.
Erzyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Erzya
tribalists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tribalist
tribalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tribalists
Etymology: From tribal + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: ‘Yes but your grandfather was a tribalist. That was the only reason he refused to let me and your father marry. Tribalism is what is holding Nigeria back. You must never judge someone based on their tribe.’
ref: 2012, Chibundu Onuzo, The Spider King’s Daughter, Faber and Faber (2013), page 114:
glosses: A person who identifies with, or has loyalty to, a tribe or similar group.
Related terms: tribalism
tribalistic
ungovernability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ungovernable + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: The concern about ungovernability in the United States often takes the form of complaints about “single-issue” politics and the limited influence and discipline of American political parties.
ref: 1982, Mancur Olson, The Rise and Decline of Nations, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 8:
antonyms: governability
glosses: The condition of being ungovernable.
waffly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: wafflier
form: waffliest
form: waffley
Etymology: From waffle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Characterized by the presence of waffle (vague speech).
examples: text: Waffle Houses were great favorites of Amos’s, who, as a Yankee, had grown up deprived of their waffly goodness and six-way hash browns.
ref: 2000, Lelia Kelly, False Witness, New York, N.Y.: Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp., →ISBN, page 223:
text: The syrup will nestle into the pockets of the waffle, resulting in pure waffly goodness.
ref: 2011 September 4, Alana Folen, “Winning me over with waffles”, in Dining Out (Honolulu Star-Advertiser), Honolulu, Haw., via Issuu or Newspapers.com, page 2, column 3:
text: So if you happen to be exploring the many stores at Mall Bali Galeria and suddenly have that untamed urge for a lick of gelato or slice of waffly goodness, you’ll be glad to know that a Flapjaks is ready to serve your stomach’s every desire.
ref: 2011 December 24, The Beat, number 275, Bali: PT Kubu Dua Media, →ISSN, page 118, column 2:
text: By the time the chip has turned to mush in your mouth, you're left with that traditional chip flavor, but a waffly taste still lingers.
ref: 2013 February 12, Kim Bhasin, “We Tasted Lay's Crazy New 'Chicken & Waffles' Potato Chips — Here's The Verdict”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y., archived from the original on 15 Feb 2013:
text: Birmingham street food vendors serve delicious Belgian waffles all over Brum and the UK! They recently served up the waffly goodness at Kings Heath Dining Club in York Road.
ref: 2016 March 18, Sanjeeta Bains, “National Waffle Day is coming - here are the best places to get one in Birmingham”, in Birmingham Mail, Birmingham, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2016:
text: So don’t feel depresso when you finish your espresso because waffly goodness awaits.
ref: 2019 February, “Archived copy”, in Jetstar Magazine, Pyrmont, N.S.W.: […] [F]or Jetstar Airways by Medium Rare Content Agency, →ISSN, archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023, page 094:
text: Enjoy waffles? Who doesn’t! There’s plenty of waffly goodness out there and we’ve found the Gold Coast’s five best waffles for you to tuck into.
ref: 2019 March 20, Amber Macpherson, Chantay Logan, “Five of the best: The Gold Coast’s five best waffles”, in Gold Coast Bulletin, Southport, Qld., archived from the original on 08 Nov 2023:
glosses: Alternative form of waffley.
cyclopropenium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyclopropeniums
Etymology: From cyclopropene + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cation derived from a cyclopropene
cyclopropeniums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cyclopropenium
adamantanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adamantane
mueslis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of muesli
wafflier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of waffly: more waffly
waffliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of waffly: most waffly
readminister
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: readministers
form: readministering
form: readministered
form: readministered
Etymology: From re- + administer.
Senses: examples: text: But Baptists would readminister the rite to every one who had received it on false pretences, or to whom it had been involuntarily administered.
ref: 1861, The Christian Review:
text: Readminister the MMPI-2 when the patient is less confused.
ref: 2008, Richard Rogers, Clinical Assessment of Malingering and Deception:
glosses: to administer again
Related terms: readministration
readministered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of readminister
readministers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of readminister
readministering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of readminister
synaptojanin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synaptojanins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein involved in vesicle uncoating in neurons.
synaptojanins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synaptojanin
synapsin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: synapsins
Etymology: From synapse + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a family of proteins implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses
Derived terms: antisynapsin
synapsins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of synapsin
antisymmetrizers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisymmetrizer
antisymmetriser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antisymmetrisers
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antisymmetrizer.
antisymmetrisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antisymmetriser
cottontops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cottontop
uninjected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + injected.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Not having received an injection.
examples: the uninjected material
glosses: Not having been given as an injection.
Asimovian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Asimovian
form: most Asimovian
Etymology: From Asimov + -ian.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: Of or pertaining to Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) or his writings, especially science fiction.
Gothically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Gothically
form: most Gothically
Etymology: From Gothic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Gothic way.
gothically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more gothically
form: most gothically
Etymology: From gothic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a gothic way.
lifecycles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifecycle
ticket-holders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticketholders
Senses: glosses: plural of ticket-holder
ticketholder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticketholders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ticket-holder.
ticketholders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ticketholder
unsterilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sterilized.
Senses: glosses: Not sterilized.
unsterilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + sterilised.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unsterilized.
ready-mades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ready-made
readymade
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more readymade
form: most readymade
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ready-made.
readymade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: readymades
Senses: examples: text: Marcel Duchamp's urinal and readymades seemed in the beginning to be insider jokes or jokelike paradoxes meant to awaken people from their aesthetic slumbers.
ref: 2009, Ben-Ami Scharfstein, Art without borders: a philosophical exploration of art and humanity:
glosses: Alternative form of ready-made.
readymades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of readymade
winkingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more winkingly
form: most winkingly
Etymology: From winking + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: While the contestants grind away under the clock at their Victoria sponges and poached pear puddings in an idyllic Somerset setting, hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins inquire winkingly about the erectness of a biscuit or the appropriate length for a profiterole.
ref: 2015 February 26, Sophie Gilbert, “Soggy Bottoms and 'Sex Box': The Saucy State of TV's British Imports”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: In a winking way; with a wink.
sit-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sit-down
sitdown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sitdowns
Etymology: Deverbal from sit down.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sit-down.
sitdowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sitdown
unshowered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + showered.
Senses: examples: text: I woke late and hurried to work unshowered.
glosses: Not showered; not having taken a shower.
examples: text: Nor is Osiris seen
In Memphian grove or green,
Trampling the unshowered grass with lowings loud.
ref: 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
glosses: Not watered by showers.
unscrutinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + scrutinized.
Senses: glosses: Not having been scrutinized.
unscrutinised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unscrutinized.
sinkings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinking
untelevised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + televised.
Senses: glosses: Not televised; not shown on television.
structureless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more structureless
form: most structureless
Etymology: From structure + -less.
Senses: glosses: Lacking structure.
examples: text: The highest discrepancy rates occur for two structureless land uses : paved parking lots ( question 14 ) and urban vacant lots ( question 19 ) .
ref: 1979, John E. Bala, Audit of the Baseline Neighborhood Survey in Site II:
glosses: Lacking structures, edifices.
alcopops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alcopop
blackmarked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blackmark
blackmark
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blackmarks
form: blackmarking
form: blackmarked
form: blackmarked
Etymology: From black mark.
Senses: glosses: To put a black mark against.
machiavellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more machiavellian
form: most machiavellian
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Machiavellian.
mahurat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈhuːɹət/
Forms: form: mahurats
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: ‘The mahurat, Your Highness, is at nine seventeen in the morning.’
ref: 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 265:
glosses: A time or moment considered lucky for beginning some project; an inauguration, now especially the start of a film production.
motion pictures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motion picture
mahzor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mahzors
form: mahzorim
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of machzor.
call-by-value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call by value
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: pass-by-value
antonyms: call-by-reference
glosses: An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and the result is passed into the function.
Related terms: call-by-future
call-by-name
call-by-need
call by sharing
mahzors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mahzor
mahzorim
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mahzor
call-by-reference
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call by reference
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: pass-by-reference
antonyms: call-by-value
glosses: An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated first, and a pointer to the result is passed to the function.
Related terms: call-by-future
call-by-name
call-by-need
call by sharing
call-by-name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call by name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: pass-by-name
glosses: An evaluation strategy whereby an argument to a function is evaluated each time its value is used in the function, and is not evaluated at all if its value is never used.
Related terms: call-by-value
call-by-reference
call-by-need
call-by-future
maiasaur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiasaurs
Senses: glosses: Any of the species of herbivorous duck-billed dinosaurs in the genus Maiasaura.
maiasaurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of maiasaur
call-by-need
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call by need
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: pass-by-need
glosses: An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated the first time they are used in that function.
Related terms: call-by-value
call-by-reference
call-by-name
call-by-future
maieutic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /meɪˈjuːtɪk/
Forms: form: more maieutic
form: most maieutic
form: maieutical
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”). The rhetorical sense comes from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates likens his procedure to that of a midwife.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or related to the Socratic method.
glosses: Obstetric: of or related to childbirth.
Related terms: maieutics
maieutic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /meɪˈjuːtɪk/
Forms: form: maieutical
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μαιευτικός (maieutikós, “obstetric”). The rhetorical sense comes from a passage in Plato's Theaetetus where Socrates likens his procedure to that of a midwife.
Senses: glosses: Midwifery.
maieutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more maieutical
form: most maieutical
Etymology: From maieutic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of maieutic.
Derived terms: maieutically
call-by-future
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call by future
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: pass-by-future
glosses: An evaluation strategy in which the arguments to a function are evaluated concurrently with the function body.
Related terms: call-by-value
call-by-reference
call-by-name
call-by-need
mailboat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailboats
Etymology: From mail + boat.
Senses: examples: text: Stephen stood up and went over to the parapet. Leaning on it he looked down on the water and on the mailboat clearing the harbourmouth of Kingstown.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: […] the news and propaganda in imperialistic papers imported once a month by the mail-boat from the South lacked power because it lacked continuity and was stale.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VIII, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 120:
text: This train has to await the arrival at Kingsbridge of a train from Dun Laoghaire pier which leaves the latter on arrival of the mailboat from Holyhead.
ref: 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Timetable Alterations, G.S.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 55:
glosses: A boat used to transport mail.
mailboats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mailboat
maillechort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maillechorts
Etymology: From French maillechort.
Senses: glosses: Nickel silver.
argue out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: argues out
form: arguing out
form: argued out
form: argued out
Senses: examples: text: They also said the question of whether the anti-terrorism act did conflict with the convention, to be incorporated into British law on October 2, 2000, was for the prosecution and defence to argue out in court.
ref: 1999 October 29, Richard Norton-Taylor, “Rights act 'to shake up legal system'”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.
mailo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mailos
Etymology: From mile. These areas were originally divided up by square miles.
Senses: glosses: In Uganda, a land tenure system similar to freehold, in which political nobles were accredited land at the start of the 20th century, and passed it on hereditarily, without possibility of the ownership being contested.
one-window
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Why could Alberta Registries not have delivered one-window shopping, better hours and better locations, and nonbureaucratic service directly, using public servants?
ref: 1995, Trevor Harrison with Gordon Laxer, The Trojan Horse: Alberta and the Future of Canada, page 107:
text: At a local microlevel 'one-stop' or 'one-window' service delivery arrangements have proved popular.
ref: 2004, Christopher Pollitt with Geert Bouckaert, Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis, page 85:
topics: management
glosses: Describing a service operation at which all of a customer's needs may be satisfied by a single server, without waiting in a second queue.
Related terms: one-stop