OpenLLM-France/wikimedia huggingface dataset:
# cloicheadh
## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* (Harris, Uist, Barra) IPA: /ˈkʰl̪ˠɔçəɣ/, (rarely) /ˈkʰl̪ˠaçəɣ/

### Noun

cloicheadh
* (Harris, Uist, Barra) genitive singular of clach; alternative form of cloiche

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
# Irregularia
## Translingual
### Etymology

Latin irrēgulāris (“irregular”) +‎ -ia (abstract suffix).

### Proper noun

Irregularia
* A taxonomic infraclass within the class Echinoidea – certain sea urchins.

#### Hypernyms

* (infraclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Deuterostomia – superphylum; Echinodermata – phylum; Echinozoa – subphylum; Echinoidea – class; Euechinoidea - subclass

#### Hyponyms

* (infraclass): Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida (sand dollars), Echinolampadoida, Holasteroida, Spatangoida (heart urchins) - orders

#### Coordinate terms

* (infraclass in Euechinoida): Carinacea, Acroechinoidea - infraclasses; Echinothurioida - order not placed in infraclass

### References

* Euechinoidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Irregularia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Irregularia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
# amhrain
## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* (Lewis) IPA: /ˈauɾaɲ/
* (Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈɛ̃ũɾaɲ/

### Noun

amhrain m
* inflection of amhran:
** genitive singular
** nominative plural

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
# ֆրի
## Armenian
### Etymology

Ellipsis of կարտոֆիլ ֆրի (kartofil fri).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /fɾi/, [fɾi]

### Noun

ֆրի • (fri)
* french fries
# nemophilous
## English
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek νέμος (némos) +‎ -philous.

### Adjective

nemophilous (comparative more nemophilous, superlative most nemophilous)
* (rare) Fond of forests.
** 1965, The New Yorker (volume 41, part 3, page 49)
    The general scenery is spellbinding, both underfoot as well as to the sides. To my joy and sheer wonder, your son Buddy has turned out to be utterly and thrillingly nemophilous!
** 2014, Neil Baker, Occultus Liber, page 36:For the thorns and briers need a good scouring, confessing, in words, allegiance to a nobler, nemophilous wolf.
# bhitheamaid
## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.əmɪtʲ/
* Hyphenation: bhi‧thea‧maid

### Verb

bhitheamaid
* Emphatic form of bhiomaid

### Verb

bhitheamaid
* Lenited form of bitheamaid.

### References

* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

### Further reading

* Colin Mark (2003) “bi”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 75
# ornithophilist
## English
### Etymology

From ornitho- +‎ -philist.

### Noun

ornithophilist (plural ornithophilists)
* A lover of birds; an ornithophile.
# -philism
## English
### Etymology

From -phile +‎ -ism.

### Suffix

-philism
* Synonym of -philia.

#### Related terms

* -philist

### References

* ↑ “-philism, comb. form”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
# chrysophilite
## English
### Etymology

From chryso- +‎ -philite.

### Noun

chrysophilite (plural chrysophilites)
* A lover of gold.
# আগা
## Bengali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغا (āğā), ultimately from Proto-Turkic *āka (“elder male; elder brother”). Doublet of অক্কা (okka).

### Pronunciation

* (Rarh) IPA: /aɡa/, [ˈaɡaˑ]
    Audio:(file)
* (Dhaka) IPA: /aɡa/, [ˈaɡaˑ]
    Audio:(file)

### Noun

আগা • (aga)
* sir, gentleman, lord

### References

* “আগা”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-English], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
* “আগা”, in Accessible Dictionary [Bengali-Bengali], Bangladesh: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA), 2018.
# nonferroan
## English
### Adjective

nonferroan (not comparable)
* Not ferroan.
# gastrophilite
## English
### Etymology

From gastro- +‎ -philite.

### Noun

gastrophilite (plural gastrophilites)
* One who loves good food.
# kaliophilite
## English
### Etymology

From Latin kalium +‎ -o- +‎ -philite.

### Noun

kaliophilite (countable and uncountable, plural kaliophilites)
* a rare mineral, a form of KAlSiO$_4$, found in volcanic rocks in parts of Italy

### References

* ↑ “kaliophilite, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

### Further reading

* David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Kaliophilite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
* “kaliophilite”, in Mindat.org‎, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.
# scorched-earth policy
## English
### Alternative forms

* scorched earth policy

### Etymology

See scorched earth.

### Noun

scorched-earth policy (plural scorched-earth policies)
* (military) A strategy that involves destroying buildings, crops, and other resources that could be useful to opponents.
** 1993 April 24, Donatella Lorch, “Eritreans Voting on Independence From Ethiopia”, in New York Times, retrieved 2 November 2013:The Ethiopian Army waged a scorched-earth policy with saturation bombings and destruction of Eritrea's infrastructure.
* (figuratively) An intentional course of action that is drastic or ruinous.
** 1997 May 3, Warren Hoge, “Blair Takes Charge, Vowing 'Practicable' Policies”, in New York Times, retrieved 2 November 2013:The scorched-earth policy that voters adopted toward the Tories left them with no seats in Scotland and Wales and greatly reduced numbers through the prosperous swath called Middle England.
** 2021 November 17, “Network News: National Highways refutes Dorset bridge removal allegations”, in RAIL, number 944, page 26:Group member Graeme Bickerdike said: "With its infilling and demolition programme currently paused, NH has adopted a scorched-earth policy of destroying habitats to ensure there are no ecological barriers to projects resuming quickly when government gives the green light.

#### Related terms

* scorched earth / scorched-earth
# zoophilite
## English
### Etymology

From zoo- +‎ -philite.

### Noun

zoophilite (plural zoophilites)
* (chiefly dated, rare) A person who is fond of animals.
    Synonym: zoophilist
** 1889, The Animal's Defender and Zoophilist, volume 8, page 70:At the end of some three-score years since the earliest was founded, the various Zoophilite Societies in the Kingdom — Societies for Prevention of Cruelty, Anti-vivisection Societies, and Homes for Horses and for Lost Dogs — may possibly possess, including legacies and subscriptions, some forty thousand a-year between them all.
** 1970, The Commonwealth Forestry Review, volumes 49-50, page 101:She is first and foremost a zoophilite and as such has no fear whatever of wild animals.

#### Related terms

* zoophilia
* zoophile
# punctatostriate
## English
### Adjective

punctatostriate (not comparable)
* Alternative form of striatopunctate
# Donnington and Muxton
## English
### Proper noun

Donnington and Muxton
* A civil parish in Telford and Wrekin borough, Shropshire, England, that includes the named places.

#### Usage notes

Created on 1 April 2015 from the civil parish of Lilleshall, Donnington and Muxton, which was named Lilleshall and Donnington until 1 December 2010. Lilleshall became a separate parish in 2015.

### References

* Parish map
* Telford & Wrekin Registration District
# plaintive
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English pleintif, plentyff, from French plaintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint. Doublet of plaintiff.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpleɪntɪv/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Adjective

plaintive (comparative more plaintive, superlative most plaintive)
* Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic.
    Synonyms: miserable, unhappy; see also Thesaurus:cheerless, Thesaurus:sad
    a typically plaintive song from Radiohead
    I can see by your plaintive smile something is wrong, so spill it.

#### Related terms

* plaint
* plaintiff

#### Further reading

* “plaintive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “plaintive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

plaintive
* feminine singular of plaintif
# prolinate
## English
### Etymology

From proline +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

### Noun

prolinate (plural prolinates)
* (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of proline
** 1997, Aldrichimica Acta, Vol. 30:Even though rhodium(II) prolinate derivatives are not effective at asymmetric cyclopropanation using the traditional diazoacetates as substrates, these catalysts give spectacular results with the vinyldiazomethane system.

### Anagrams

* prelation, rantipole
# propanoate
## English
### Etymology

From propanoic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

### Noun

propanoate (plural propanoates)
* (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of propanoic acid; propionate.

#### Derived terms

* dipropanoate
# a-null
## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

Modification of a-nunn, from Old Irish innonn, by analogy with a-nall and thall.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(ə)ˈn̪ˠuːl̪ˠ/
* (Lewis) IPA: /(ə)ˈn̪ˠɔ̃ʊ̃l̪ˠ/, (Bernera) [ˈn̪ˠʊul̪ˠ]

### Adverb

a-null
* there, thither, over, across

#### Usage notes

* Implies movement:
    thèid mi a-null a dh’Uibhist ― I'll go over to Uist
* For location, thall is used.

#### Synonyms

* (Argyll) a-nunn

#### Derived terms

* a-null thairis

#### See also

| Point of reference | Motion toward | Stationary position at | Motion from |
| above, up | suas | shuas | a-nuas |
| below, down | sìos | shìos | a-nìos |
| east | an ear, sear | an ear, sear | an ear, sear |
| west | an iar, siar | an iar, siar | an iar, siar |
| north | a tuath | a tuath | a tuath |
| south | a deas | a deas | a deas |
| over there | a-null, a-nunn | thall | a-nall, a-bhos |
| over here | a-nall, a-bhos | a-bhos | a-null, a-nunn |
| abroad | a-null thairis | thall thairis | a-nall thairis |
| inside | a-steach | a-staigh | — |
| outside | a-mach | a-muigh | — |

### References

* ↑ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
# Listeria
## Translingual
### Etymology

Named after British surgeon Joseph Lister (1827–1912) +‎ -ia (taxonomic suffix).

### Proper noun

Listeria f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Listeriaceae – the listeria bacteria, some species of which cause listeriosis.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order; Listeriaceae – family

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Listeria monocytogenes – type species; Listeria aquatica, Listeria booriae, Listeria costaricensis, Listeria cornellensis, Listeria fleischmannii, Listeria floridensis, Listeria goaensis, Listeria grandensis, Listeria grayii, Listeria innocua, Listeria ivanovii, Listeria marthii, Listeria newyorkensis, Listeria riparia, Listeria rocourtiae, Listeria seeligeri, Listeria thailandensis, Listeria valentina, Listeria weihenstephanensis, Listeria welshimeri – other species

### References

* Listeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Listeria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Listeria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Listeria at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
* Listeria in the Genome Taxonomy Database

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin.

### Noun

Listeria f (genitive Listeria, plural Listerien or Listeriae)
* (medicine) listeria

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Listeria” in Duden online
* “Listeria” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
# Calliostoma
## Translingual
### Etymology

Ancient Greek κᾰ́λλος (kállos, “beauty”) +‎ Ancient Greek στόμᾰ (stóma, “mouth”)

### Proper noun

Calliostoma n
* A taxonomic genus within the family Calliostomatidae – certain topshells.

#### Derived terms

* Calliostomatidae
* Calliostomatinae
* Neocalliostoma

### See also

* Calliostoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Calliostoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Calliostoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
# ଫଳ
## Odia
### Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀨𑀮 (phala), from Sanskrit फल (phala), borrowed from Proto-Dravidian *paẓam.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʰɔɭɔ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ଫଳ (phaḷa)
* fruit
* offspring
* result; consequence; effect
* gain; acquisition; benefit

### Further reading

* Praharaj, Gopala Chandra (1931—1940) “ଫଳ”, in Purnnacandra Odia Bhashakosha, Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press
# Lactobacillaceae
## Translingual
### Etymology

From Lactobacillus +‎ -aceae.

### Proper noun

Lactobacillaceae
* A taxonomic family within the order Lactobacillales – some of the lactic acid bacteria.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Posibacteria – subkingdom; Bacillota – phylum; Bacilli – class; Lactobacillales – order

#### Hyponyms

* (family): Lactobacillus, Paralactobacillus, Pediococcus (genera)

### References

* Lactobacillaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lactobacillaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Lactobacillaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Lactobacillaceae at List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature
# protactinate
## English
### Etymology

From protactinium +‎ -ate (derivative).

### Noun

protactinate (plural protactinates)
* (inorganic chemistry) Any oxyanion of protactinium; any salt containing such an anion.
# nohʼaash
## Navajo
### Verb

nohʼaash
* second-person duoplural imperfective of yíghááh
# Deltaproteobacteria
## Translingual
### Etymology

delta- +‎ Proteobacteria (“syn. of Pseudomonadota”)

### Proper noun

Deltaproteobacteria
* A taxonomic class within the phylum Pseudomonadota.

#### Hypernyms

* (class): Prokaryota – superkingdom; Bacteria – kingdom; Negibacteria – subkingdom; Pseudomonadota – phylum

#### Descendants

* English: deltaproteobacteria
* Estonian: deltaproteobakterid
* Russian: дельта-протеобактерии (delʹta-proteobakterii)
* Chinese: δ-變形菌綱／δ-变形菌纲

### References

* Deltaproteobacteria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Deltaproteobacteria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Deltaproteobacteria at the Tree of Life Web Project
* Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
# jí-
## Navajo
### Etymology

From ni- + ji-

### Prefix

jí-
* Marks a fourth person subject of a ni-imperfective verb
# dtortaobh
## Irish
### Noun

dtortaobh
* Eclipsed form of tortaobh.
# Tisbury
## English
### Etymology

From Old English personal name *Tyssi, genitive case *Tysses + byriġ, the dative case of burh (“fortified place”).

### Proper noun

Tisbury
* A village and civil parish in south-west Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9429).
* A suburb of Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand.
* A town on Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States.

### References

* ↑ Tibury parish map
* ↑ NZ Topo Map

### Further reading

* “East Tisbury and West Tisbury”, in Survey of English Place-Names, Nottingham University, n.d.

### Anagrams

* Rubyist
# girlth
## English
### Etymology

See girls.

### Noun

girlth
* Pronunciation spelling of girls, to indicate a speaker with a speech impediment such as a lisp.
** 1868, Sophie May, Dotty Dimple at Her Grandmother's‎:"Good girlth don't thay tho," said sweet little Charlie rather shocked.

### Verb

girlth
* Pronunciation spelling of girls, to indicate a speaker with a speech impediment such as a lisp.
# сӕр
## Ossetian
### Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *cŕ̥Hah, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćŕ̥Has, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱŕ̥h₂-os; see there for more.

### Noun

сӕр • (sær)
* (anatomy) head
    сӕры магъз ― særy maǧz ― brain
* roof
* lid, cover
* top, summit
* beginning
* occasion, cause, reason

#### Declension

Declension of сӕр
singular
plural
nominative
сӕр
сӕртӕ
genitive
сӕры
сӕрты
dative
сӕрӕн
сӕртӕн
allative
сӕрмӕ
сӕртӕм
ablative
сӕрӕй
сӕртӕй
inessive
сӕры
сӕрты
adessive
сӕрыл
сӕртыл
equative
сӕрау
сӕртау
comitative
сӕримӕ
сӕртимӕ :
# fbing
## English
### Verb

fbing
* present participle of fb
# турня
## Pannonian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak tureň, turňa, from Hungarian torony, ultimately from Latin turris. Compare Serbo-Croatian торањ／toranj, regionally турањ／turanj.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈturɲa]
* Rhymes: -urɲa
* Hyphenation: тур‧ня

### Noun

турня (turnja) f (diminutive турньочка)
* (architecture) tower
* bell tower
* turret (of a fort)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “турня”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк [Rusyn-Serbian Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
* Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “tower”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк [English-Rusyn Dictionary] (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 336
# Stillwater
## English
### Etymology

From still +‎ water.

### Proper noun

Stillwater
* A number of places in the United States:
** A city, the county seat of Washington County, Minnesota.
** A township in Washington County, Minnesota.
** A ghost town in Churchill County, Nevada.
** A township in Sussex County, New Jersey.
** A town and village therein, in Saratoga County, New York.
** A community of Westchester County, New York.
** A township in Bowman County, North Dakota.
** An unincorporated community in Rush Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
** A city, the county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma.
** A borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.
** An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
* A place in Canada:
** A neighbourhood in south-west Edmonton, Alberta.
** A community of St. Mary's district municipality, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
** A community of the Regional Municipality of West Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia.
* A coastal village north of Auckland, New Zealand.
* A settlement on the West Coast, New Zealand.

### See also

* Stillwater County

### References

* ↑ NZ Topo Map: Auckland
* ↑ NZ Topo Map: West Coast
# પવિત્રાત્મા
## Gujarati
### Alternative forms

* પવિત્ર આત્મા (pavitra ātmā)

### Etymology

From પવિત્ર (pavitra) +‎ આત્મા (ātmā).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Gujarati) IPA: /ˈpə.ʋit̪.ɾə.ɑt̪.mɑ/

### Noun

પવિત્રાત્મા • (pavitrātmā) n
* (Christianity) Holy Spirit
    પિતા પુત્ર અને પવિત્રાત્મા. ― pitā putra ane pavitrātmā. ― The father, the son and the Holy Spirit.
# Војдана
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɔjdana]

### Proper noun

Војдана • (Vojdana) f
* a female given name
# Танас
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtanas]

### Proper noun

Танас • (Tanas) m
* a male given name
# Добре
## Macedonian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɔbrɛ]

### Proper noun

Добре • (Dobre) m
* a male given name
# sheller
## English
### Etymology

From shell +‎ -er.

### Noun

sheller (plural shellers)
* One who, or that which, shells.
    Hyponym: cornsheller
    a corn sheller
    an oyster sheller
    a sunflower seed sheller

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* Hellers, hellers
# black Christmas
## English
### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

black Christmas (plural black Christmases)
* A Christmas Day or Christmas Eve in which there is no snowfall or ground covered with snow.
    Antonym: white Christmas
** 1882, William Carew Hazlitt, English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases: Collected from the Most Authentic Sources, Alphabetically Arranged, and Annotated, page 3:D. A black Christmas makes a fat churchyard. D. This is, in effect, the same as A green winter makes, &c., as a 'black Christmas is of course a Christmas without snow.
** 1917, The Journal of Electrical Workers and Operators, page 287:We didn't have any snow up here, that stayed until this year (1918) thus giving us a black Christmas, as they say, but the spirit was anything but black. Colored and white packages prevailed.
** 1928, John Van Schaick, Nature Cruisings to the Old Home Town and the Little Hill Farm:We supposed that we were going to have a black Christmas, but we had snow and cold weather. The week before a storm had swept across the country to the northeastward, which just missed Albany and Boston, but […]
** 2000, Robert Hendrickson, The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms, Infobase Publishing, →ISBN, page 345:“It was a black Christmas last year. It takes a white Christmas for a good crop year .” (Jesse Stuart, Beyond Dark Hills, 1938) (Snow adds nitrogen to the soil and is widely called “poor man's manure” because it fertilizes the soil, producing better crops.)
** 2017, Martin Edwards, Crimson Snow: Winter Mysteries, Sourcebooks, Inc., →ISBN:... the danger to her of travelling at that particular time of the year, the weather and the holiday crowds combined, Dorothy had written. Mrs. Fairlands turned sadly from the fireplace and walked slowly to the window. A black Christmas this year, the wireless report had [forecast].