cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
gibbeting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gibbetting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gibbet
gibbeting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gibbetings
form: gibbetting
Senses: examples: gibbetings and executions
glosses: The act by which somebody is gibbeted.
gibbetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gibbeting
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of gibbet
gibbetting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gibbettings
form: gibbeting
Senses: examples: gibbettings and executions
glosses: The act by which somebody is gibbeted.
gibbeted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gibbetted
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gibbet
gibbetted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gibbeted
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of gibbet
gruffer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of gruff: more gruff
gruffest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of gruff: most gruff
football tennis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sport played with a ball over a net on a tennis-like court, with the ball similar to the football one, and the net to the tennis one.
Procrustes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Προκρούστης (Prokroústēs).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A celebrated legendary highwayman of Attica, who tied his victims upon an iron bed, and, as the case required, either stretched or cut off their legs to adapt them to its length.
Derived terms: procrustean
Procrustes analysis
Procrustes problem
Procrustes superimposition
Related terms: Procrustean assignment
procrustean bed
sundowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sundown
sundowns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sundown
Pooterish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pooterish
form: most Pooterish
Etymology: From the name of the character Charles Pooter in George and Weedon Grossmith's 1892 novel The Diary of a Nobody.
Senses: examples: text: The volume begins, though, with Byron being petty and Pooterish — if it is possible for such a non-family man to be Pooterish.
ref: 1980, The Listener - Volume 103, page 378:
text: The vegetative eugenics practised in mild-mannered cul-de-sacs, the extreme prejudice of poisoning some blameless green thing while feeding another, are symptoms of Pooterish yearning for a fascist order (p. 161).
ref: 2008, Chris Rojek, Brit-Myth: Who Do the British Think They Are?, →ISBN:
text: That said, it produces a great comic creation in Alan Dixon (Richard Kane), a splendidly Pooterish middle-aged clerk, fixated with unctuous reverence on the activities of British royalty and the aristocracy, including one or two of the firm's clients.
ref: 2013, Tony Whitehead, Mike Leigh, →ISBN, page 43:
glosses: Characteristic of the character Charles Pooter; of modest social status, especially when having pretensions of greater significance and status.
wikipedia: Charles Pooter
nonfeasance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonfeasances
Etymology: From non- + feasance.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The intentional failure to perform an official duty or legal requirement.
topics: law
glosses: The lack of liability associated with the failure to act.
Related terms: misfeasance
Shuadit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Zosa Szajkowski, who believed it to be derived from Hebrew יְהוּדִית (y'hudít, “Jewish [language]”), although this has shown to be spurious. The word that he based it on was in fact from Old Occitan chuadit, a manuscript variant of chuadi in a poem written by a non-Jew, and is of unclear meaning.
Senses: glosses: An extinct Hebrew-script variant of Provençal used by Jews in France, also called Judeo-Provençal or Judeo-Comtadine.
cloud cover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: The percentage or fraction of the sky obscured by clouds.
Related terms: cloud ceiling
cloudiness
octa
overcast
Bydgoszcz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: ch
enpr: bĭd′gôsh
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡɔʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡɒʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡɑʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbəd.ɡoːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
ipa: /ˈbɪɖ.ɡɔːʃ(t͡ʃ)/
rhymes: -ɪdɡɔːʃ
rhymes: -ɪdɡɔːʃtʃ
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Bydgoszcz.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Related terms: Bromberg
Katowice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkatəˈviːtsə/
enpr: kăt'ə-vētʹsə
ipa: /ˌkɑtəˈvitsə/
enpr: kä'tə-vētʹsə
Etymology: Polish Katowice.
Senses: examples: text: Any English traveller approaching Katowice will be strongly reminded of Lancashire.
ref: 1848, The New Central European Observer, volume 2, page 117:
text: Trains from Warsaw to Vienna now go by the shorter route from Warsaw to Katowice instead of via Cracow.
ref: 1922, United States Department of Commerce, Commerce Reports, volume 3, page 47:
text: On visiting Katowice in southwest Poland, Jeremy Melvin met up with Archistudio, the architects of a substantial new judicial precinct that is due for completion in 2008.
ref: 2006, Valentina Croci, The New Europe, volume 76, page 104:
glosses: A city in southern Poland; the capital of Silesian Voivodeship.
Gdynia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdɪniə/
Senses: glosses: A city and port in northern Poland.
Częstochowa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌt͡ʃɛnstəˈkəʊvə/
enpr: chĕn'stə-kōʹvə
rhymes: -əʊvə
Forms: form: Czestochowa
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Częstochowa.
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Poland, on the Warta river, with 240,027 inhabitants as of June 2009.
Radom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in central Poland.
Toruń
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɒrʊnjə/
ipa: /ˈtɔːruːn(jə)/
ipa: /ˈtoʊruːn/
Etymology: From Polish Toruń, from Medieval Latin Thorun.
Senses: glosses: A city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland.
Kielce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Polish Kielce
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Holy Cross Voivodeship, in central Poland.
Kielce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kielces
Etymology: Variant of Kelcie
Senses: glosses: A unisex given name, variant of Kelsey
Kielce
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kielces
Senses: glosses: A surname
cock-and-bull stories
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cock-and-bull story
Gliwice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in southern Poland.
Zabrze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: zäbˈzhā
ipa: /ˈzɑːbʒeɪ/
Senses: glosses: A city in Silesia, southern Poland.
Olsztyn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒlʃtɪn/
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Olsztyn, from German Allenstein.
Senses: glosses: A city in northeastern Poland, the capital city of the Warmian-Masurian voivodeship.
Bielsko-Biała
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Bielsko-Biała.
Senses: glosses: A city in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Rzeszów
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈʒɛʃuːf/
Etymology: From Polish Rzeszów.
Senses: glosses: A city in southeastern Poland.
bring to mind
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings to mind
form: bringing to mind
form: brought to mind
form: brought to mind
Senses: synonyms: call to mind
glosses: To cause to recall; to evoke a memory or thought.
Related terms: come to mind
leap to mind
put someone in mind of
remind
spring to mind
top of mind
front of mind
a great deal
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: We had a great deal more money after winning the lottery.
glosses: Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
Synonyms: a good deal
Related terms: english: for noun senses
translation: for noun senses
word: great deal
popular assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: popular assemblies
Senses: glosses: A localized citizen gathering to address issues of importance to the community.
Kentucky coffeetree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kentucky coffeetrees
form: Kentucky coffee-tree
form: Kentucky coffee tree
Senses: synonyms: chicot
glosses: A widely-dispersed but rare tree, of species Gymnocladus dioicus, native to the midwest of North America.
purple dye murex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A medium-sized predatory sea snail of species Haustellum brandaris, which secrets a substance that can be used to make a long-lasting purple dye- Tyrian purple.
Synonyms: spiny dye murex
copper beech
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copper beeches
Senses: glosses: A tall type of beech, Fagus sylvatica atropurpurea, with smooth bark and reddish-brown to purple leaves.
unproblematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unproblematic
form: most unproblematic
form: unproblematical
Etymology: From un- + problematic.
Senses: examples: text: Love for a balanced, harmonious, self-sufficient and unproblematic existence is the root of Greek art.
ref: 1933, Gustav Mueller, “Concerning Platonic Esthetics”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 30, number 13, page 338:
text: Peace, security, the untroubled enjoyment of unproblematic Nature: such is the main motif of Constable's work.
ref: 1983 April 25, Robert Hughes, “The Wordsworth of Landscape”, in Time:
glosses: Not problematic (presenting problems) or not controversial.
Related terms: uncontroversial
little penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of little penguin
erect-crested penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erect-crested penguin
crested penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crested penguin
macaroni penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of macaroni penguin
royal penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of royal penguin
rockhopper penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rockhopper penguin
white-flippered penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white-flippered penguin
Snares penguins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Snares penguin
Concord grape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Concord grapes
Etymology: Named after the town of Concord, Massachusetts.
Senses: examples: text: The current flavors, are, left to right, ginger and kaffir lime; hibiscus and rhubarb; cola with a base of kukicha, a kind of Japanese tea made from twigs and stalks; and Concord grape and thyme.
ref: 2008 June 4, Florence Fabricant, “Homemade Sodas Dressed for a Night Out”, in New York Times:
glosses: A cultivar of grapes from the species Vitis labrusca.
Synonyms: Concord
concord
upsurges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of upsurge
upsurges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of upsurge
unwisdoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unwisdom
urban sprawls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban sprawl
urban plannings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban planning
unveilings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unveiling
unveracities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unveracity
unsalables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unsalable
unlikelihoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unlikelihood
uninitiates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uninitiate
unhealths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unhealth
upsurging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of upsurge
upsurging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: upsurgings
Senses: examples: text: We shall acquire a new viewpoint; a new and different psychology will be formed within us; a new power will begin to surprise us by its upsurgings and its outgoings.
ref: 2008, A. W. Tozer, The Pursuit of God, page 90:
glosses: That which surges upward.
unimpressibilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unimpressibility
tureens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tureen
upsurged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of upsurge
toughras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toughra
tubings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tubing
unrobes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unrobe
unrobed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unrobe
unrobed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Word of mouth alerted the crowd that the police had escorted 30 unrobed Klan members directly to Layette Park to avoid confrontation.
ref: 1982 December 18, David France, “Protests Drive Klan Rally Out Of Washington”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 1:
glosses: Not robed.
Synonyms: ungowned
tsotsis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsotsi
unrobing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unrobe
tschermakites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tschermakite
tscheffkinites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tscheffkinite
tsaritsas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tsaritsa
troths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of troth
tropologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropology
tropias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tropia
Swazi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Swazis
form: Swazi
form: Sarawat
form: Swati
Etymology: From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
Senses: examples: text: Going global would also help them live off their passion. Mzimandze expresses her optimism, explaining that “as Swazis we’re working on developing this Swazi pop sound.”
ref: 2017 January 11, “Why music celebrities in Swaziland have day jobs”, in CNN:
glosses: A person from Swaziland/Eswatini or of Swazi/Swati descent originally migrating from Central Africa.
Swazi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sarawat
form: Swati
Etymology: From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
Senses: glosses: A Bantu language primarily spoken in Swaziland/Eswatini and the South African regions adjacent to it.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Swazi terms
Swazi
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Sarawat
form: Swati
Etymology: From Zulu iSwazi, after the name of an early chief, Mswati. The alternative forms come from Swazi liSwati.
Senses: glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Swaziland/Eswatini, the Swazi people or the Swazi language.
Synonyms: Eswatinian
velcro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He could have set his sights on velcro or toilet paper.
ref: 2007 October 19, Rivka Weinberg, “Identifying and Dissolving the Non-Identity Problem”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 137, number 1, →DOI:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Velcro.
Derived terms: velcro plant
velcro
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: velcros
form: velcroing
form: velcroed
form: velcroed
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Velcro.
versifications
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of versification
vivacities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vivacity
villosities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of villosity
vernalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vernalization
veneys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veney
venews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venew
vauntings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vaunting
vacheries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vachery
v-chips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of v-chip
kitteh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kittehs
Etymology: Lolcat corruption of kitty, equivalent to kit + -eh.
Senses: examples: text: You shud wership Ceiling Cat, teh God Kitteh ov Daniel.
ref: 2010, Martin Grondin, LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Kittehs. ¶ Doggos. ¶ Domesticated danger noodles. ¶ The Internet belongs to your pets. Let's just admit that.
ref: 2020, Tee Morris, “The Part of Tens: Top Ten Ideas for Channel Topics”, in Discord for Dummies, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, page 249:
text: Now our social media feeds are full of heckin’ good doggos and puppers, cute kittehs and cattos.
ref: 2019 March 24, Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, “When bad pets happen to good people”, in Boston Sunday Globe, volume 295, number 83, page K4:
glosses: A cat, chiefly in a lolcat-type picture.
thickenings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thickening
tricentennials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricentennial
tricultures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triculture
tricolours
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tricolour
trickeries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trickery
trestleworks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trestlework
translatorships
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of translatorship
trials and errors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trial and error
theorizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theorization
theophilosophies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of theophilosophy
thematologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thematology
tercentenaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tercentenary
milliskins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milliskin
rehypothecations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rehypothecation
party schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of party school
mistells
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mistell
mistells
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mistell
fusionists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fusionist
bum steers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bum steer
terminal velocities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of terminal velocity
tetrodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tetrode
telegraphies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of telegraphy
alkalimetries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alkalimetry
sinusotomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinusotomy
isografts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isograft
wovens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of woven
painteries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paintery
quinternions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quinternion
technopolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of technopoly
tarmacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tarmac
keypals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of keypal
knifepoints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knifepoint
inhalants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inhalant
intensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intension
interrogatives
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interrogative
intravolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of intravolution
itemizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of itemize
itemizing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: itemizings
Senses: examples: text: Now alive as he was to all these searching argumentative itemizings of the minutest known facts any way bearing upon the subject; and yet, at the same time, persuaded, strong as death, that in spite of them, Isabel was indeed his sister; how could Pierre […] fail to acknowledge the existence of that all-controlling and all-permeating wonderfulness […] denominated The Finger of God?
ref: 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities:
glosses: The process by which something is itemized.
itemises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of itemise
itemised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of itemise
isometries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of isometry
immunizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of immunize
immunized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of immunize
immovables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of immovable
ill-gotten gains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Perhaps extracted from ill-gotten gains never prosper.
Senses: examples: text: Was it her fault if she did not possess those sycophantic arts which her hypocritical nephew, Pitt Crawley, practised? She wished him all the happiness which he merited out of his ill-gotten gains.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter XXXIX, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
text: Secondly, the highly reprehensible course pursued by the Free Church of Scotland, in soliciting, receiving, and retaining money in its sustentation fund for supporting the gospel in Scotland, which was evidently the ill-gotten gain of slaveholders and slave-traders.
ref: 1855, Frederick Douglass, “Life as a Freeman”, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part II (Life as a Freeman), page 380:
text: By the bright bow of Heaven, I will have their ill-gotten gains from them, even though I hang for it as high as e'er a forest tree in Sherwood!
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, “Robin Hood and Will Scarlet”, in The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
text: The exclusion from his clubs would mean ruin to Moran, who lived by his ill-gotten card gains.
ref: 1903 September 26, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905, →OCLC:
text: How, exactly, does a lawyer come to legally give away ill-gotten gains on behalf of an international company that does not want to be named and surely does not want to face prosecution for what one division did?
ref: 2015 February 6, Paul Sullivan, “Finding the ‘Right’ Way to Dispose of Ill-Gotten Gains”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: dirty money
glosses: Money or other property acquired dishonestly.
Related terms: filthy lucre
idealizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of idealize
infoldings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of infolding
innyards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of innyard
ironweeds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ironweed
Israelitesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Israelitess
Southern Ndebele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of South Africa.
Northern Ndebele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An African language belonging to the Nguni group of Bantu languages, and spoken by the Ndebele or Matabele people of Zimbabwe.
toadfishes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of toadfish
tomatos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of tomatoes.
tomatos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tomato
topgallants
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of topgallant
thyselves
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Etymology: From thy + -selves, apparently by analogy with yourselves.
Senses: examples: text: Therefore I call unto thee, repent before me. Humble thyselves. Humble thyselves before me that I may forgive thy sin.
ref: a. 1982, Bobbi Morris (?), quoted in Steven M. Tipton, Getting Saved from the Sixties: Moral Meaning in Conversion and Cultural Change, University of California Press (1982), page 52
text: 1993, Edward James Blakely and Sumner M. Sharp, Planners, Heal Thyselves: Planning Education, Educators, and Practitioners in the Next Century, University of California, Berkeley, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning.
[see title]
text: Know Thyselves
ref: 1999, Tom Hirschfeld, Business Dad: How Good Businessmen Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa), Little, Brown and Company, published 2000, →ISBN, page 62:
synonyms: thineselves
qualifier: pseudo-archaic
glosses: Yourselves; a plural of the archaic pronoun thyself.
Nyanja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Chichewa Chinyanja (“Chichewa (language)”).
Senses: examples: text: He laughed. Her Nyanja wasnʼt bad. ‘You were born here?’
ref: 2019, Namwali Serpell, The Old Drift, Hogarth, page 405:
glosses: The Chichewa language.
timeframes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timeframe
timecards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of timecard
tradeposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tradepost
treenails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treenail
trefoils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trefoil
trierarchs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trierarch
triglyphs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triglyph
triodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of triode
treehoppers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treehopper
treecreepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treecreeper
trichomonads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trichomonad
Ganda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Luganda Omuganda (“Ganda”).
Senses: glosses: The Luganda language.
Ganda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gandas
form: Ganda
Etymology: From Luganda Omuganda (“Ganda”).
Senses: examples: text: Now Kirabo understood why the Ganda considered the selling of family land an abomination. But then again, after Amin’s regime, which had left the Ganda desperately impoverished, things were changing.
ref: 2020, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, The First Woman, Oneworld Publications, page 394:
synonyms: word: Baganda
word: Waganda
glosses: A member of the ethnic group of Uganda who speak the Luganda language.
Related terms: Buganda
Luba-Katanga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mostly in the south-east.
Synonyms: Kiluba
Kuanyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Kwanyama.
Central Khmer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Khmer language.
Limburgan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Limburg + -an.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Limburgish.
synonyms: word: Limburgish
Avaric
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Avar + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Avar
Uighur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Uyghur.
Uighur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Uighurs
form: Uighur
Senses: examples: text: The tiny Uighur settlement of Tongguzbasti, 170km (102 miles) north of Keriya beside the rapidly diminishing Keriya Dariya, must rank as one of the most remote places in Xinjiang. It is said to stand on the ruins of the lost city of Keladun, and artefacts dating from the Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 222) have been found here. Today about 100 families of Keriya Uighur live here in almost complete isolation.
ref: 2008, The Silk Road (Insight Guides), 1st edition, Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 181:
text: These days Yarkant is a market town for low-income Uighurs, Islamic farmers and herders who have lived here for more than a millennium, and a strategic base for China's domestic security forces. With some of the lowest annual incomes in China, these ethnic-minority farmers and herders scratch out a living based on the trickle of moisture that flows from the Kunlun mountain range to the near south.
ref: 2009, Gordon Laird, The Price of a Bargain, McClelland & Stewart, →ISBN, page 195:
text: Chinese authorities continue to deny the abuse of Uighurs and other minorities, asserting that the camps are actually voluntary reeducation programs against extremism. Independent reporting suggests, however, that over the past three years, authorities have sent as many as 1.8 million people to prisons and internment camps in Xinjiang.
ref: 2020 August 7, Sophie Stuber, “Video of Uighur handcuffed to bed in quarantine centre refocuses attention on Chinese persecution”, in France 24, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2020:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Uyghur.
Uighur
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [...]based on the Uighur alphabet, is still in use among the Mongols today.
ref: 1948, Henry A. Wallace, Andrew Jacob Steiger, Soviet Asia Mission, →OCLC, →OL, pages 163–164:
text: In 507 a Chinese family, the Ch'iu, replaced the Juan-juan dynasty as rulers in Turfan; and under them the aristocracy adopted Chinese customs; and the form of Buddhism was entirely Chinese. In 640 direct Chinese rule was extended here, and even the Uighur Turkish conquest did not end this Chinese character in the eighth century.
ref: 1959, Basil Gray, Buddhist Cave Paintings at Tun-huang, University of Chicago Press, page 19:
text: An Uighur boy steps forward, carrying an instrument, a rahab. He sings a ballad: “We follow Chairman Mao.”
ref: 1979, Jan Myrdal, translated by Ann Hening, The Silk Road: A Journey from the High Pamirs and Ili through Sinkiang and Kansu, New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 160:
text: By the sword or by diplomacy, through terror or persuasion, Temüjin had subdued or enslaved a hundred peoples. Merkid, Xixia, Naiman, Kirghiz, Tatar, Georgian, Chinese, Khitan, Uighur, Bulgar, Persian - all, shamanist, Moslem, Buddhist or Nestorian Christian, all trembled at the mere mention of his name.
ref: 1990, Michel Hoang, translated by Ingrid Cranfield, Genghis Khan, Saqi Books, →ISBN, page 20:
text: The beer festival happened in a village in Niya County in the deep south of Xinjiang, which is overwhelmingly populated by the Muslim Uighur people who call Xinjiang home. Muslims are not meant to consume alcohol, according to the Koran.
ref: 2015 June 22, Ben Blanchard, “Exiles angered as China holds beer festival in Muslim county”, in Paul Tait, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2019, Emerging Markets:
text: The Chinese government has reportedly detained more than a million Muslims in reeducation camps. Most of the people who have been arbitrarily detained are Uighur, a predominantly Turkic-speaking ethnic group primarily from China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang.
ref: 2019, Lindsay Maizland, “China’s Repression of Uighurs in Xinjiang”, in Council on Foreign Relations:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Uyghur.
Hiri Motu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Police Motu
glosses: An official language of Papua New Guinea. It is a pidgin based primarily on Motu.
Related terms: Motu
Herero
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hɛˈrɛəroʊ/
Forms: form: Hereros
form: Herero
form: OvaHerero
Senses: glosses: A member of a people belonging to the Bantu group, with about 240,000 members today mostly in Namibia, Angola, and Botswana.
Herero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /hɛˈrɛəroʊ/
Senses: glosses: The language of the Herero people.
Sichuan Yi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nuosu.
synonyms: word: Nuosu
clear ice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: black ice
break points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of break point
asks for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ask for
answers back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of answer back
asking for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ask for
asked for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ask for
answering back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of answer back
answered back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of answer back
brings about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring about
bringing about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring about
breaks out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break out
breaking out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break out
broke out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break out
broken out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break out
breaks off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break off
breaking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break off
broke off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break off
broke off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more broke off
form: most broke off
Etymology: From broken off, implying that a piece of the pie has been "broken off" for you.
Senses: glosses: Well-to-do, rich, wealthy
Synonyms: paid
broken off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break off
breaks into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break into
breaking into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break into
broken into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break into
breaks in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of break in
breaking in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of break in
broke in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of break in
broken in
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more broken in
form: most broken in
Senses: examples: text: The engine should be well broken in before its heavy working life begins.
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: run in
glosses: (sometimes comparative) Having been broken in to seat the parts.
broken in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of break in
answers for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of answer for
answering for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of answer for
answered for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of answer for
brings upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring upon
bringing upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring upon
brought upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bring upon
brings owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring owls to Athens
bringing owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring owls to Athens
brought owls to Athens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring owls to Athens
brings up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring up
bringing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring up
brought up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring up
brings out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring out
bringing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring out
brought out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring out
brings off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring off
bringing off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring off
brought off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring off
brings back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bring back
bringing back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bring back
brought back
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bring back
Jews down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of Jew down
Jewing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Jew down
Jewed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Jew down
jewing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jew down
jews down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jew down
jewed down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jew down
joins up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of join up
joining up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of join up
joined up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more joined up
form: most joined up
form: joined-up
Senses: examples: text: Yesterday, the class started to learn joined-up writing.
qualifier: handwriting
glosses: cursive
glosses: coherent
examples: text: The government do not have a joined-up policy on education.
text: Sadly, we need joined-up thinking and action from government - one thing that's been in short supply.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:
topics: government
politics
glosses: coordinated across government departments
joined up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joined-up
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of join up
bats away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bat away
batting away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bat away
batted away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bat away
backs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of back up
backing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of back up
backed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of back up
bears out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear out
bearing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear out
bore out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bores out
form: boring out
form: bored out
form: bored out
Senses: examples: text: I'd like to have the cylinders of my old car bored out.
glosses: To form or enlarge by boring.
bore out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bear out
bears down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear down
bearing down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear down
bore down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bear down
borne down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bear down
barges in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of barge in
barging in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of barge in
barged in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barge in
bears up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bear up
bearing up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bear up
bore up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of bear up
borne up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of bear up
beats down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat down
beating down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat down
beaten down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat down
beats up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat up
beating up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat up
believes in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of believe in
believing in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of believe in
believed in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of believe in
bucks for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buck for
bucking for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buck for
bucked for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buck for
buggers off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bugger off
buggering off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bugger off
buggered off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bugger off
buoys up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of buoy up
buoying up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of buoy up
buoyed up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of buoy up
burns down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn down
burning down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of burn down
burned out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: burnt out
Senses: glosses: simple past of burn out
burnt down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of burn down
buttons up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of button up
buttoning up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of button up
buttoned up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of button up
buttoned up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more buttoned up
form: most buttoned up
Senses: examples: text: You and the flyboys have everything buttoned up, and I feel like grabbing some air and taking a stroll.
ref: 2007, Julian Hudson, Black Alert at Gonzo Station, →ISBN, page 415:
glosses: Alternative form of buttoned-up.
butts in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butt in
butting in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of butt in
butted in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of butt in
bosses around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boss around
bossing around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boss around
bossed around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boss around
bosses about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of boss about
bossing about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of boss about
bossed about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of boss about
butters up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butter up
buttering up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of butter up
buttered up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of butter up
bigs up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of big up
bigging up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of big up