cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Xiji
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shēʹjēʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西吉.
Senses: examples: text: Huo Kui-hua, a Hui woman from Hsi-chi Hsien, accused Ma at the meeting and said that during the “April 2” revolt Ma Chen-wu’s bandit followers in Hsi-chi Hsien forced her father to join them. Because her father refused to comply, these bandits first cut off his legs and then burned him to death.
ref: [1972, Donald E. MacInnis, “Religion and Feudalism”, in Religious Policy and Practice in Communist China: A Documentary History, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 170:
text: Muslim villagers here in southern Ningxia, known as the Hui Autonomous Region, say that no official from the Xiji County government, 20 miles away, has ever hiked into this desperately poor hamlet to offer assistance to the peasants, most of whom cannot afford to send their children to school and for whom medical care is nonexistent.
ref: 1996 October 26, Patrick E. Tyler, “In China's Outlands, Poorest Grow Poorer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, World:
text: In Xiji County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, boarding school students ate nothing but potato noodles. They were found to have vitamin C, calcium and iron deficiencies.
ref: 2011 April 1, Annie Wei, “Microbloggers bring rural students a free lunch”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 3, column 2:
text: A monitor shows the vital signs of a victim who was injured during a stampede at a mosque, in a hospital in Xiji county of Guyuan, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region January 5, 2014 in this picture released by Chinese official Xinhua News Agency.
ref: 2014 January 5, Jonathan Standing, “Stampede at China religious event kills 14: state media”, in Michael Perry, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2022, Emerging Markets:
glosses: A county of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
Yuanzhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: yüǎnʹjōʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 原州 (Yuánzhōu).
Senses: examples: text: Yuanzhou District of Ningxia Province
At the onset, it should be clarified that upon the start of the Tsinghua Education-to-Aid-the-Poor Project, Yuanzhou district was far more advanced than Huade County in the area of distance education. Since 2000, Yuanzhou district has been involved in two national projects—"Applying Information Technology in Education" and "Modern Distance Education in Rural Areas"—both of which are funded by the Chinese government in partnership with certain international organizations.
ref: 2008 April, Richard C. Larson, M. Elizabeth Murray, “Distance Learning as a Tool for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development: A Focus on China and Mexico”, in Journal of Science Education and Technology, volume 17, number 2, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 182, column 2:
text: Ma, 52, has served as secretary of the Yinchuan Youth League Committee, head of the general office of the Ningxia Hui autonomous region Youth League and deputy party secretary of Guyuan county.
He was promoted to deputy party secretary of Yuanzhou district of Guyuan city in 2002 and in 2006 became deputy head of the forestry administration.
ref: 2012 December 17, Pinghui Zhuang, “Ningxia Hui official faces corruption inquiry”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2012:
glosses: A district of Guyuan, Ningxia autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: word: Guyuan
word: Kuyuan
meme magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meme + magic.
Senses: examples: text: The site confirms that in 2016, ‘moderator TehDonald [sic] of the /r/the_donald subreddit submitted a post promoting … Nimble America, remarking that the community had “proven that shitposting is powerful and meme magic is real.” Meanwhile, Redditor NimbleRichMan [i.e., Luckey] submitted a /r/the_donald post asking for help defeating Hillary Clinton by donating to Nimble America’.
ref: 2017 June 19, T. J. Coles, President Trump, Inc.: How Big Business and Neoliberalism Empower Populism and the Far-right, Clairview Books, →ISBN, page 88:
text: As activists interested in generating a wedge between American Muslims and the LGBT community argued, “meme magic is real boys, so spread this meme. Drive this wedge” (Lyons 2017). The implication of this was that support for Trump did not mean liking the guy; it meant supporting his candidacy through extreme online versions of his campaign rhetoric and performance.
ref: 2018 December 11, Julie A. Webber, The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 307:
text: Meme magic—the half-joking idea that Donald Trump could be “memed” into victory through judicious 4chan shitposting—became part of the site's rhetorical landscape. Due to the valiant efforts of brave shitposters, the “God-Emperor,” as Trump was frequently known on the site, would be propelled to the White House, where he would quench his thirst with an endless supply of liberal tears.
ref: 2020 June 16, Tara Isabella Burton, Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
text: Weirdness also refers to the way in which the group members' self-perception as a coherent entity is connected to a quasi-religious experience of their individual identities being subsumed by something greater than themselves – a particularly common sentiment among 4chan anons, for instance, expressed by mythologizing their collective efforts as 'meme magic'.
ref: 2021 July 29, Melody Devries, Judith Bessant, Rob Watts, Rise of the Far Right: Technologies of Recruitment and Mobilization, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 176:
text: One of the first comments, which quickly became the top voted comment on the thread, simply said “meme magic”, linking to a post on 4chan that, three weeks earlier, combined a series of memes to tell a story about how Trump arrested Hillary Clinton.
ref: 2022 July 18, Paul Dawson, Maria Mäkelä, The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN:
glosses: The (supposedly supernatural) power of Internet memes to have a meaningful impact on the real world when used en masse in a targeted way.
multi-masted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: multimasted
Etymology: From multi- + masted.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Having multiple masts.
CTT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
glosses: Initialism of capital transfer tax.
protein isolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: protein isolates
Senses: glosses: A form of protein powder that is processed to remove the carbohydrates and fat.
outpsyche
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: outpsyches
form: outpsyching
form: outpsyched
form: outpsyched
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of outpsych.
outpsyches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outpsyche
outpsychs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outpsych
outpsyching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outpsych
glosses: present participle and gerund of outpsyche
outpsyched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outpsych
glosses: simple past and past participle of outpsyche
Mandobo Bawah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A Papuan language spoken on the Lower Mandobo River.
Related terms: Mandobo Atas
renably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more renably
form: most renably
Senses: glosses: In a renable manner or fashion.
Saxman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Saxmans
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
A minor city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Rice County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A placename, from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States.
Sarmas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sarma
Saxmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Saxman
Rosebrook
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rosebrooks
Etymology: Americanized form of German Rosebrock or Rosenbach.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Sneeringer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sneeringers
Etymology: Of Dutch origin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Shentons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Shenton
Rosebrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rosebrook
Sneeringers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sneeringer
Silerio
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Silerios
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Silerio; this surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Stoneback
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stonebacks
Etymology: Americanized form of German Steinbäck or Swedish Stenbäck.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Stonebacks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stoneback
Silerios
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Silerio
diagonal argument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: Cantor's diagonal argument
hypernyms: argument
glosses: A proof, developed by Georg Cantor, to show that the set of real numbers is uncountably infinite.
Torello
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Torellos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Torello or Catalan Torelló.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Torno
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tornos
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Torno, a metonymic occupational surname for a turner, from torno, older form of tornio (“lathe”).
* Borrowed from Spanish Torno, a habitational surname from the village of El Torno, in Extremadura.
* Altered spelling of a German or Polish habitational surname from the city of Tarnów, in Poland.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
wikipedia: El Torno
Tornos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Torno
Torellos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Torello
Mezger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mezgers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mezger, a variant of Metzger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Mezgers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mezger
Misiewiczes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Misiewicz
East Gwillimbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Gwillimbury is formed from Gwillim, the maiden name of Elizabeth Simcoe.
Senses: glosses: A town in the Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
wikipedia: Elizabeth Simcoe
Raudenbush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raudenbushes
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Raudenbusch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Raudenbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raudenbush
Michelins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Michelin
McNeilage
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNeilages
Etymology: Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Niallghuis (“son of Niallghus”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Plumsteads
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Plumstead
McNeilages
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNeilage
ICL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Imperial College London.
ICL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia.
topics: medicine
ophthalmology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of implantable collamer lens.
Yarmouths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yarmouth
Caisters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Caister
Schleswig-Flensburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A rural district of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Seat: Schleswig.
Seidels
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Seidel
Magic Circle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Magic Circle
Senses: glosses: A British organization dedicated to promoting and advancing the art of stage magic.
topics: law
glosses: Collectively, the five most prestigious London-headquartered multinational law firms: Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May.
freewil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of free will.
Free Will Baptist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Free Will Baptists
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A member of a General Baptist Christian denomination which believes in free grace, free salvation and free will.
Free Will Baptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Free Will Baptist
microassaulting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of microassault
microassaulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of microassault
flotate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: flotates
form: flotating
form: flotated
form: flotated
Etymology: Back-formation from flotation on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix). Equivalent to float + -ate.
Senses: examples: text: Clouds do not flotate, they stay.
ref: 1996 December 30, TMolina, “Why do clouds float??”, in sci.geo.meteorology (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
text: OK. But I think that dragging noises does not bother so much on motorcycles. It doesn't matter much wich ^([sic]) part flotates - as long as the brake pads doesn't touch the rotor when not braking..
ref: 1998 February 12, Brodkin Panu, “Disk brakes for tandems”, in rec.bicycles.tech (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
text: Course the funniest one sent to me was by one guy who crashed, and riccocheted all over the start finish secition of Spa, bouncing off the sky and flotating up in the air like he was caught up in some sort of invisible twister, before hitting the ground!
ref: 1998 December 19, Tucson Coyote, “Looking for spectacluar GPL crashes!”, in rec.autos.simulators (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
qualifier: nonstandard and non-native speakers' English
glosses: To float.
flotates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flotate
flotating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flotate
flotated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of flotate
flotating point
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The drawback is that it's kinda slow; a high bailout value (required to get the range) forces one to use the flotating point algorithm.
ref: 1991 June 25, David M. Read, “3D M sets in Fractint: the *real* solution”, in alt.fractals (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
text: MATHLIB has a problem if e.g. Sin() or, for what it seems, any other MATHLIB function is called repeatedly in a loop. In such cases a register is trashed (the one used for the loop variable) and the loop is terminated prematurely. However, if MATHLIB functions are called one at a time in the middle of the code it all works fine, and even after an huge amount of flotating point calculations (and I mean hours worth of it) the final results are identical to the Xtd DOS program's (also the speed is nearly identical).
ref: 1995 September 7, Bengt-Inge DalenbŠck, “TopSpeed-Borland-Windows-DLLs”, in comp.lang.modula2 (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
text: This makes Java (even with a native compiler) essentially useless for any flotating point applicatations, numerics, games, etc etc etc. Of course, this was last time I checked. Sun might have seen the light since then.
ref: 2000 September 2, Ian McCulloch, “Performance in comparison to Java”, in comp.lang.c++.moderated (Usenet), retrieved 05 Jun 2022:
qualifier: nonstandard and non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misconstruction of floating point.
spankermast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spankermasts
form: spanker-mast
Etymology: From spanker + mast.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The aftmost mast on a schooner.
Related terms: foremast
mainmast
jiggermast
mizzenmast
spankermasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spankermast
spanker-mast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spanker-masts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of spankermast.
spanker-masts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spanker-mast
nazariteship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nazariteship.
full-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fully rigged
form: fully-rigged
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Of a sailing ship, having at least three square-rigged masts, each mast being in at least three segments; having a ship rig sail plan.
fully rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Alternative form of full-rigged.
glosses: Well-equipped.
raw_tags: of equipment
fully-rigged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of fully rigged.
nazarite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nazarites
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nazarite.
nazarites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nazarite
middlemast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middlemasts
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The mast between the mainmast and mizzenmast on a ship having five or more masts.
middlemasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of middlemast
Middlemast
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Middlemasts
Etymology: Variant of Middlemass.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Middlemasts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Middlemast
Ho-ch'uan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 合川 (Héchuān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ho²-chʻuan¹.
Senses: examples: text: The youths and children of Ho-ch’uan county held a memorial service for Liu Wen-hsüeh, at which they resolved to study Liu Wen-hsüeh’s noble qualities of love for the Party, love for Chairman Mao, and love for Socialism, and determined to be good children of Chairman Mao.
ref: 1971, Charles Price Ridley, Paul H. B. Godwin, Dennis J. Doolin, “Selections from Volume 6 of the Readers”, in The Making of a Model Citizen in Communist China, Stanford, Cali.: Hoover Institution Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 299:
text: The Min-sheng Company (Min-sheng shih-yeh kung-ssu) operation was above all the creation of Lu Tso-fu, a native of Ho-ch’uan county north of Chungking.
ref: 1974, Robert A. Kapp, “Chungking as a Center of Warlord Power, 1926-1937”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 150:
text: After taking Ch’eng-tu in March 1258, his expedition was bogged down vainly attempting to take the strongly defended city of Ho-chou (modern Ho-ch’uan county, Szechwan) throughout the last half of 1258 and the first seven months of 1259.
ref: 1994, Morris Rossabi, “The reign of Khubilai khan”, in Herbert Franke, Denis Twitchett, editors, The Cambridge History of China, volume 6, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 421:
glosses: Alternative form of Hechuan.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Saint Clare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St Clare
form: St. Clare
form: Clare
form: Clair
form: Claire
form: Clara
form: Chiara
form: Saint Clair
form: St Clair
form: St. Clair
form: Saint Claire
form: St Claire
form: St. Claire
form: Saint Clara
form: St Clara
form: St. Clara
form: Saint Chiara
form: St Chiara
form: St. Chiara
form: Saint-Clare
form: St-Clare
form: St.-Clare
Etymology: A calque of Latin Sancta Clara (“holy Clara”), chiefly in reference to Italian Chiara Offreduccio, St. Clare of Assisi.
Senses: glosses: St Clare of Assisi (1194–1253).
glosses: Alternative form of Sinclair, a surname.
glosses: Alternative form of Sinclair, a male given name.
Related terms: Poor Clare
Poor Clares
Clarissan
Clarissian
Chiang-men
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 江門 /江门 (Jiāngmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Chiang¹-mên².
Senses: examples: text: Around 1825, however, prior to the main shift, the major ports in Kwangtung and Fukien from which trade was carried on with Siam (see Maps 2, 3, 4) were (1) Canton and Chiang-men in the Cantonese emigrant area,[…]
ref: 1957, G. William Skinner, Chinese Society in Thailand: An Analytical History, Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, →OCLC, pages 41–42:
text: Other large cities in the delta are Kongmoon (Chiang-men), in Hsin-hui district, with a population in 1953 of 85,000, and Shih-ch’i, seat of Hsiang-shan (now Chung-shan) district, with a population of 93,000.
ref: 1975, Edward J. M. Rhoads, China's Republican Revolution: The Case of Kwangtung, 1895–1913, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10:
text: Among the vessels, five junks of 3,000 piculs (400,000-567,000 lbs.) came from Chiang-men (Kiangmui) in Kwangtung, one of 5,000 piculs from Chang-lin, and two of 3,000 piculs each from Amoy.
ref: 1977, Sarasin Viraphol, “The Height of the Sino-Siamese Junk Trade in the Second and Third Bangkok Reigns, 1809–1833”, in Tribute and Profit: Sino-Siamese trade, 1652–1853, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 188:
glosses: Alternative form of Jiangmen.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
NHB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Though the CIA had dotted the country with relay servers, many of the agency's most important servers were situated on-site. Half of them were in the NHB, where my team was located; the other half were in the nearby OHB.
ref: 2020 [2019 September 17], Edward Snowden, Permanent Record (autobiography; paperback), Pan Books, →ISBN, page 125:
coordinate_terms: OHB
glosses: Initialism of New Headquarters Building: the new location of the headquarters of the CIA.
Ching-te-chen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 景德鎮 /景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn) Wade–Giles romanization: Ching³-tê²-chên⁴.
Senses: examples: text: In the subsequent Sung period, tomb figures seem to have been particularly popular in Kiangsi Province, often being made in high-fired porcelain produced at Ching-te-chen.
ref: 1996, Arts of the Sung and Yüan, Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 37:
text: This technique was first employed by kilns in North China, especially Ting-yao, from the late tenth century on and spread to the south around the end of the Northern Sung, when it was further developed in Ching-te-chen and Te-hua to maximize the speace inside the kiln for mass production.
ref: 2000, Billy K. L. So, Prosperity, Region, and Institutions in Maritime China: The South Fukien Pattern, 946-1368, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 360:
text: Chinese export porcelains dropped in quality in the early nineteenth century (Tindall 1975) and this, along with the rise in popularity of English white earth- enwares and the destruction of the major Chinese potteries at Ching-te-chen, led to a decline in the availability of Chinese porcelains in the western market by the 1850s (Weiss 1971:46).
ref: 2014, “Analysis of Historical Artifacts”, in Archaeological Laboratory Methods: An Introduction, 6th edition, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 185:
text: An expert confirmed that the blue and white porcelain fragments were of Late Ming origin, made in the great pottery center of Ching-te-Chen.
ref: [2015 April 10, Gary Kamiya, “What might have been when Europeans first met California Indians”, in San Francisco Chronicle, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2023, News:
glosses: Alternative form of Jingdezhen.
wikipedia: Encyclopædia Britannica
Jingdezhen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋ.də.d͡ʒən/
enpr: jǐngʹdǔʹjǔnʹ
Forms: form: Ching-te-chen
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 景德鎮 /景德镇 (Jǐngdézhèn).
Senses: examples: text: The Ming age is also deservedly famous for its ceramics. The well-known imperial potteries in Chingtechen (Kiangsi) were founded in 1369, and quickly became a major centre producing a beautiful translucent white ware.
ref: [1984, Witold Rodzinksi, “Mongol Rule and Ming Restoration”, in The Walled Kingdom: A History of China from 2000 BC to the Present, London: Fontana Paperbacks, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 162:
text: Now that tradition is being revived at the roots. Young people are moving to study in Jingdezhen, a river town in the southern Chinese province of Jiangxi.
ref: 2017 January 31, Edward Wong, “Ancient Porcelain Arts Thrive Again in a Chinese River Town”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2017, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China, known for porcelain.
homegate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: homegates
form: homegating
form: homegated
form: homegated
Etymology: Blend of home + tailgate
Senses: glosses: To tailgate (have a tailgate party) at home.
tea-length
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: business
clothing
fashion
lifestyle
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: Having a hemline that is below the knees and above the ankle.
raw_tags: of a dress
winter count
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: winter counts
Senses: glosses: A traditional record on hide produced by various Native American tribes.
autotransfusionist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autotransfusionists
Etymology: From autotransfusion + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An autotransfusion technician.
third-stringer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third-stringers
Etymology: From third string + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who is a third string.
adaptates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of adaptate
adaptating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of adaptate
adaptated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of adaptate
Warhammer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Warhammer, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian mediaeval fantasy world.
glosses: Warhammer 40,000, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian future Galaxy torn by war.
glosses: The two franchises together.
Coordinate terms: english: the Warhammer 40, 000 franchise and everything related to it
translation: the Warhammer 40, 000 franchise and everything related to it
word: 40k
english: Age of Sigmar, the successor for Warhammer Fantasy Battles
translation: Age of Sigmar, the successor for Warhammer Fantasy Battles
word: AoS
english: a demonic faction in both games
translation: a demonic faction in both games
word: Chaos
english: Games Workshop, the company that produces Warhammer merchandise
translation: Games Workshop, the company that produces Warhammer merchandise
word: GeeDubs
english: the ruler of one of the factions in Warhammer 40, 000
translation: the ruler of one of the factions in Warhammer 40, 000
word: God Emperor
english: conversion; using different pieces to create a new character or unit, also known as
translation: conversion; using different pieces to create a new character or unit, also known as
word: kitbashing
english: a reptilian warrior, one of the playable factions in Warhammer Fantasy
translation: a reptilian warrior, one of the playable factions in Warhammer Fantasy
word: lizardman
english: a piece representing a unit controlled by a player
translation: a piece representing a unit controlled by a player
word: mini
english: the miniature figurines and gaming equipment being an expensive obsession for many fans of the franchises
translation: the miniature figurines and gaming equipment being an expensive obsession for many fans of the franchises
word: plastic crack
english: a person who uses psychic powers in Warhammer 40, 000
translation: a person who uses psychic powers in Warhammer 40, 000
word: psyker
english: a monstrous warrior, one of the playable factions in both games
translation: a monstrous warrior, one of the playable factions in both games
word: orc
english: a superhuman soldier from one of the playable factions in Warhammer 40, 000
translation: a superhuman soldier from one of the playable factions in Warhammer 40, 000
word: space marine
Derived terms: sense: older editions of a Warhammer game
word: Oldhammer
sense: slang; perceived leftist influences in 2020's Warhammer
word: Wokehammer
MANPADs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of MANPAD
give one a yell
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives one a yell
form: giving one a yell
form: gave one a yell
form: given one a yell
Etymology: From yell.
Senses: examples: text: She will give him a yell when she's ready
glosses: To call out to someone.
privy parts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of private parts.
synonyms: word: private parts
venetian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: venetians
Senses: examples: text: Stewart has lately made two for the King of Tanjore's sons, which, it is said, will cost near 10,000 Rs. each. They are Mahanas... with venetians, etc., etc. Bedding and Pillows of velvet as the Lining.
ref: 1933 December, Evan Cotton, “A Famous Calcutta Firm (The Story of Steuart & Co.)”, in Bengal Past and Present, Vol. XLVI, Pt. II, No. 92, p. 70:
glosses: Ellipsis of Venetian blind or alternative letter-case form of Venetian.
venetians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of venetian
NIMBYish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of nimbyish.
40k
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɔːtiː keɪ/
ipa: [ˈfɔːtʰi kʰeɪ]
ipa: /ˈfɔɹti keɪ/
ipa: [ˈfɔɹɾi kʰeɪ]
rhymes: -eɪ
Etymology: From 40 + k. From 40,000, part of "Warhammer 40,000", referring to the future year where the game was set in.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Warhammer 40,000, a British tabletop military game set in a dystopian future Galaxy torn by war.
Related terms: Warhammer
tea cosey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea cosy.
egg-cosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg-cosy
egg cozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg cozy
egg-cozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of egg-cozy
Brackenburys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Brackenbury
trotcosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trotcosy
teacosy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea cosy.
teacosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teacosy
good thing
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: I was in a car crash the other day. Good thing I had insurance and nobody got hurt.
text: It’s a good thing you've come early: we're changing classrooms.
glosses: It is lucky (that)
lucidenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucidenate
lucibufagins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lucibufagin
L-spines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of L-spine
LSMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LSM
reentrain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reentrains
form: reentraining
form: reentrained
form: reentrained
Etymology: From re- + entrain.
Senses: glosses: To entrain again or differently
Derived terms: reentrainment
LRCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LRC
LRAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LRA
LQEs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LQE
LQAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LQA
LPNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LPN
LPFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LPF
loxodographs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loxodograph
low-socks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-sock
lowlines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lowline
low-hats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of low-hat
lovebots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lovebot
loudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loude
Loochooans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Loochooan
loopspaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loopspace
lorchels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lorchel
lophosteiforms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lophosteiform
lonestones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lonestone
lollopings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lolloping
LOHs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LOH
logranks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of logrank
loffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loff
loffs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loff
lock-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lock-down
LMRPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LMRP
LLLPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LLLP
lit-houses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lit-house
lithouses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lithouse
LISNs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LISN
liquidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liquidization
lipoyltransferases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoyltransferase
lipoxidations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoxidation
lipoinitiations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipoinitiation
liposecretins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liposecretin
lipotetradecapeptides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipotetradecapeptide
lipotransfections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipotransfection
ATN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of acute tubular necrosis.
final As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final A
final Bs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of final B
fire eatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire eating
fire systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire system
first causes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first cause
first declensions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first declension
first-person duals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first-person dual
FISs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FIS
fishfoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fishfood
fiumaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fiumara
bocaparvoviral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or infected with a bocaparvovirus
FKs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FK
FIXs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of FIX
flapper skates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flapper skate
flare nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flare nut
flat lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flat line
Aharonyan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aharonyans
form: Aharonian
Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Ահարոնյան (Aharonyan).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Aharonian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæhəˈɹəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌæhəˈɹoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Aharonians
Etymology: Variant of Aharonyan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Armenian.
Aharonians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aharonian
Aharonyans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Aharonian
Bostock Green
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A model estate village in Bostock parish, Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6769).
transhemizygous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From trans- + hemizygous.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Between hemizygous organisms
SKM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Sikkim: a state of India.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Shek Kip Mei in Hong Kong.
SUN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Sunny Bay in Hong Kong.
eggcosy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eggcosies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of egg cosy.
eggcosies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eggcosy
lipidizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lipidization
lineman splices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lineman splice
line-heights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of line-height
Limburgians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Limburgian
limacinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of limacinoid
likkers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of likker
lifties
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of liftie
lifecourses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifecourse
LIFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LIF
lichenates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lichenate
Licaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Licaner
LHXs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LHX
LIBs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LIB
lhbs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lhb
LGVs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LGV
LGs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LG
leukotrienases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukotrienase
leukoplasias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of leukoplasia
kaizos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kaizo
swear on a stack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swears on a stack
form: swearing on a stack
form: swore on a stack
form: sworn on a stack
Senses: examples: text: “And give it a damn good Hoover down as well. The dust particles you'll suck out her tear-away top will match the must from the back room over at Benny's and I've got a crowd of standing room only who'll swear on a stack that our only dirty deed went down over there.”
ref: 2003 September 24, Robert Bennett, The New Roman Empire, Virtualbookworm Publishing, →ISBN, page 121:
text: “Good enough for me, and I'm no snitch. You can come home with a necklace of Johnsons if that's what it takes to get what we need, and I'll swear on a stack that I didn't see a thing.”
ref: 2019 May 14, Ali Vali, Stormy Seas, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN, →OCLC:
glosses: Ellipsis of swear on a stack of Bibles.
hands-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Chris rallied the team with a "1, 2, 3, Go Tigers!" hands-in and they went on to win the match and the cup.
text: Have a seat. Great scene. I think this is going to work out. Hey, one last group thing. Everybody back on your feet. Stand up. Hands in. Come on. Hands in. (She sticks her hand out and tries to the best of her ability to do a “hands in” with the audience.)
ref: 2010, Joe Janes, 365 Sketches: One Comedy Sketch a Day for a Year, →ISBN, page 671:
text: I did a hands-in.
ref: 2011 July 17, “The Safe House”, in Curb Your Enthusiasm, season 8, episode 2, spoken by Marty Funkhouser (Bob Einstein):
text: At two routines til go time, Mandy Lockley assembles us into a circle and we do a hands-in. “Go, Puffins,” we whisper, without exclamation point, without joy
ref: 2019, Mariah MacCarthy, Squad, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, →ISBN, page 108:
text: Dad gives a little pep talk, then says, “On three … G-Beatz!” We all give a hands-in and the rest of the boys shout.
ref: 2021, Mae Respicio, How to Win a Slime War, Random House, →ISBN, page 94:
qualifier: college; school; amateur sports; college; school; amateur sports
glosses: A show of unity and usually optimism at the end of an informal huddle of players whereby the players simultaneously extend a hand horizontally towards the center of the circle and then raise their hands in the air with a short team chant.
Related terms: huddle
Poke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Pokes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Osika
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Osikas
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Osika and Czech Osika.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Osikas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Osika
Pokes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Poke
WAK
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WAKs
Senses: examples: text: The WAK works by sucking blood from a patient’s vein and pumping it through a membrane that consists of hollow, semi-permeable fibres a few microns across.
ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, archived from the original on 25 Jul 2020, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):
glosses: Initialism of wearable artificial kidney.
Pense
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Penses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Pense.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A town and rural municipality (Rural Municipality of Pense No. 160) in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada.
Penses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Pense
Petitjeans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Petitjean
Clarissian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Clarissa (“Poor Clare”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: For a commentary on the range of Clarissian criticism, see...
ref: 1986, Helen O. Molitor, “Modern Isms and the Lovejovian Universe”, in Man and Nature, volume 5, page 128:
text: Along with the charism of the Teresian Carmel, other cloistered orders exist in South Korea, namely the Carthusians, the Complative Missionary Fraternity, Dominicans, Clarissian sisters and the Cistercians.
ref: 2008 November 21, Theresa Kim, “Comtemplatives in Korea...”, in PIME AsiaNews:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Clarissan: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa.
synonyms: word: Clarissan
extra: Of or relating to the Order of Saint Clare; of or relating to someone named Clarissa
Clarissian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Clarissians
Etymology: From Clarissa (“Poor Clare”) + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: In 1260, the Clarissians moved to the convent of Santa Chiara in town; afterwards, the church became a Fransciscan friary...
ref: 1992, Samuel Kline Cohn, The Cult of Remembrance and the Black Death, page 322:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Poor Clare: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare.
synonyms: word: Poor Clare
extra: a nun of the Order of Saint Clare
water yams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water yam
water vascular systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water vascular system
water adders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of water adder
waste papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waste paper
warehouse stores
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warehouse store
wardrobe malfunctioners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wardrobe malfunctioner
ward rounds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ward round
wall-rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall-rocket
Wallis and Futuna Islanders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Wallis and Futuna Islander
wall rockets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wall rocket
Waldeyer's rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Waldeyer's ring
w/es
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w/e
W. O.s
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of W. O.
Kwasnik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kwasniks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kwaśnik.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Clarissas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Clarissa
Kwasniks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kwasnik
w*nks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of w*nk
w*nks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of w*nk
Kloosters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Klooster
voice glides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voice glide
v-lines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of v-line
vital effects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vital effect
virtual Fridays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of virtual Friday
violaceous euphonias
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of violaceous euphonia
viola pomposas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of viola pomposa
view bars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of view bar
video officials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video official
video doorphones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video doorphone
video CDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of video CD
Vice-Consuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vice-Consul
Vice Consuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Vice Consul
vetispiradiene synthases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vetispiradiene synthase
vestibulocochlear nerves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vestibulocochlear nerve
vesper martinis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesper martini
vesicovaginal fistulas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vesicovaginal fistula
vertical gardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertical garden
versioned object bases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of versioned object base