cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
-scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: Back-formation from skyscraper.
Senses: examples: text: farm + -scraper → farmscraper (“a high-rise building used for growing crops or raising livestock”)
text: skinny + -scraper → skinnyscraper (“an extremely tall and narrow building”)
text: sea + -scraper → seascraper (“a tall building built underwater”)
glosses: Denoting a type of tall building.
seascrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seascraper
cloudscrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cloudscraper
greener-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of green-eyed: more green-eyed
greenest-eyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of green-eyed: most green-eyed
spacescrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spacescraper
dedolomite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dedolomites
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Calcitized dolomite
coniceine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coniceines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A member of a class of poisonous alkaloids derived from poison hemlock.
coniceines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coniceine
V86-mode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of virtual 8086 mode.
country stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country stops
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rolling stop.
synonyms: word: rolling stop
country stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of country stop
motion of someone's ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I wanna be down in your South Seas
But I got this notion that the motion of your ocean
Means small craft advisory
ref: 1999, “The Bad Touch”, performed by Bloodhound Gang:
text: Phil loved fucking me in the ass and I always let him. Why? Because I loved every minute of it. I wish it could last forever. It was the swivel of his hips, the motion of his ocean, the places he reached, and the things he said as he reached them. In anticipation of the moment, I made sure I sucked his dick twice and drained him. I wanted him to last in this ass. He never disappointed.
ref: 2011, Anthony Fields, The Ultimate Sacrifice II: Love Is Pain:
glosses: The way someone moves during sex.
Related terms: it's not the size of the ship, it's the motion of the ocean
Californian stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Californian stops
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of California stop.
Californian stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Californian stop
Antelope Mesa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: meronyms: Akokavi
Awatovi
Tsakpahu
glosses: A mesa in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
Chakpahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tsakpahu
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Tsakpahu.
Senses: holonyms: Antelope Mesa
glosses: A village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
Tsakpahu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Tsakpahu.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Chakpahu.
Akokavi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi.
Senses: holonyms: Antelope Mesa
glosses: An ancient village in Arizona, United States.
Hemis
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”).
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Jemez.
Hemis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”).
Senses: glosses: Dated form of Jemez.
Dahinda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: In Illinois, from the name given to the bullfrog in Longfellow's The Song of Hiawatha.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Persifer Township, Knox County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A community in the Rural Municipality of Key West, No. 70, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Persifer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A township in Knox County, Illinois, United States.
ante-historic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ante-historic
form: most ante-historic
Etymology: From ante- + historic.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of prehistoric.
synonyms: word: prehistoric
Dallas City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after George Mifflin Dallas.
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Hancock County and Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
wikipedia: George Mifflin Dallas
horse ferries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of horse ferry
zoophagist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zoophagists
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zoophage.
synonyms: word: zoophage
zoophagists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zoophagist
first position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: second position
third position
fourth position
fifth position
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position with the heels together and the toes going outwards.
third position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: second position
first position
fourth position
fifth position
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position in which one foot is placed in front of the other so that the heel of the front foot is near the arch of the rear foot.
fourth position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: second position
third position
first position
fifth position
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position in which one foot is placed approximately a short distance in front of the other. The heels may be aligned ("open fourth position") or the heel of the front foot aligned with the toe of the back foot ("closed fourth position").
second position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: first position
third position
fourth position
fifth position
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position in which the feet point in opposite directions, with heels spaced a short distance apart.
fifth position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: coordinate_terms: second position
third position
fourth position
first position
qualifier: ballet
glosses: A position in which the feet form two parallel lines, with the heel of the front foot in contact with the big toe of the other, and the heel of the back foot in contact with the last toe of the front foot.
Earth Guardian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Earth Guardian
Senses: qualifier: Hopi culture
glosses: Synonym of Màasaw.
synonyms: word: Màasaw
Nethalp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Lorediakarkar
glosses: An East Santo language spoken on Espiritu Santo Island in Vanuatu.
Lorediakarkar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nethalp.
synonyms: word: Nethalp
shut one's head
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shuts one's head
form: shutting one's head
form: shut one's head
form: shut one's head
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shut one's face.
synonyms: word: shut one's face
pearl of great price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pearls of great price
Etymology: A reference to the Parable of the Pearl.
Senses: glosses: Anything very valuable.
wikipedia: Parable of the Pearl
pearls of great price
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pearl of great price
Chengcing Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chǔngʹchǐngʹ
Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 澄清湖 (literally “Chengcing lake”), from Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Chéngcing Hú.
Senses: examples: text: Climb the pagoda just inside the entrance to the resort area at Chengcing (Chengqing) Lake, on the city’s northeastern outskirts. There you will find views of the lake—a reservoir supplying the city with water—and surrounding well-tended and peaceful parklands.
ref: 2004, Phil Macdonald, “The South”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167:
text: “The central government finally signed off” on the National Indigenous Peoples’ Museum, reports Taiwan News, adding: “It will be built on 14 hectares near the north bank of Chengcing Lake, in Niaosong District.”
ref: 2022 September 14, Mark Footer, “Indian weddings in Thailand help offset missing Chinese tourist dollars, and can be had for a relative bargain, too”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2022, Opinion:
text: Chengcing Lake (澄清湖) in Kaohsiung is to be closed for a week after a man was killed by a falling tree in the park on Friday morning.
ref: 2024 April 26, Tsai Ching-hua, Hung Chen-hung, Kayleigh Madjar, “Kaohsiung park closed after tree kills pedestrian”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2024, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: A lake in Niaosong district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
wet and warm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Over by the piers a black sea of heads silhouette in the bright rectangle canopied by the upslung front of the tea stall. Cups of wet and warm at fourpence.
ref: 1964, quoted in 2014, Ian J. Finch, D. F. Bratchell, E. F. Candlin, General Studies: A First Handbook for Technical Students (page 148)
text: At least in a short while he'd be back in his warm office with a hot cup of tea. Or at least somebody else's office with a cup of wet and warm.
ref: 2015, Geraldine Evans, Asking For It (Rafferty & Llewellyn British Mysteries; 16), unnumbered page:
glosses: Tea (the drink).
Tuuwanasavi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Tuuwanasavi.
Senses: qualifier: Hopi religion
glosses: The geographical center of Earth.
Niaosong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Niaosung
Etymology: From Mandarin 鳥松 (Niǎosōng).
Senses: examples: text: Kaohsiung's Environmental Protection Bureau (EPB) said Friday that it will fine and pursue criminal charges against the renter of an industrial warehouse for allegedly ignoring demands to clean up an ethyl acrylate spill that spread an acrid odor over the city's Niaosong District the previous day.
ref: 2020 September 18, Hung Hsueh-kang, Hou Wen-ting, Matthew Mazzetta, “Kaohsiung authorities pledge firm response to chemical spill”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2020, Society:
glosses: A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
upsy-downsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: up and down
glosses: upside down
upsy-downsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: up and down
glosses: upside down
minusses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of minus
minusses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of minus
minussing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of minus
minussed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From minus + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of minus
bomberino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of high-jimmy-knacker.
synonyms: word: high-jimmy-knacker
Pontoosuc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and township in Hancock County, Illinois, United States.
wikipedia: + Township, Hancock County, Illinois
Pontoosuc
helmetting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of helmet
eye liner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye liners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eyeliner.
Jhuolan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cholan
form: Zhuolan
Etymology: From Mandarin 卓蘭 (Zhuólán) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhuólán.
Senses: examples: text: A community bus with cartoon paintings of a leopard cat is seen on Tuesday at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Miaoli County's Jhuolan Township.
ref: 2018 January 2, “Leopard cat bus”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2024, Photos of the Day:
text: As part of a program being carried out by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine to assess the prevalence of rabies among wild animal across Taiwan, two Formosan ferret-badgers were captured in Jhuolan Township (卓蘭) on Jan. 1 and Jan. 7, and a third was caught in Taian Township (泰安) on Jan. 18, the office said.
ref: 2023 March 11, Staff writer, with CNA, “Ferret-badgers confirmed to have had rabies virus”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, Taiwan News, page 2:
glosses: An urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
lawkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From law + keeping.
Senses: examples: text: “Secundra Bagh” operates as a historical trope in just this still-vital dialectical sense: for a frozen instant that it marks as such (recall the twitch of diachrony registered in the moving horse), this image puts into contact two apparently exclusive narratives—the stories of imperial lawkeeping and genocidal extermination, of a “Mutiny” and a “War for Independence,” of “our” peacekeeping and “their” unredeemed death—without enabling the matter to be settled into any (self-identical) thesis or meaning.
ref: 2016, Nathan K. Hensley, “[Introduction: Reading Endless War] Unburial Grounds”, in Forms of Empire: The Poetics of Victorian Sovereignty, Oxford, Oxon: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 30:
text: Marasi is always talking about things like that, he thought. How the lawkeeping of the future will be about statistics, not shotguns. He tried to imagine a world where murders were prevented by careful civic planning, and found himself unable to see it. People would always kill.
ref: 2016, Brandon Sanderson, Mistborn: The Bands of Mourning, New York, N.Y.: Tor, →ISBN, page 183:
text: The 176 verses of Psalm 119 celebrate the greatness and privilege of lawkeeping. “I delight in your commands because I love them,” the writer exults (verse 47). For such legalists as the Pharisees, however, the law wasn’t kept out of love for God or man, but out of greed and fear.
ref: 2017, Tompaul Wheeler, “To Kill a Mocking Son: Part 2”, in God Space: Daily Devotions for Teens; From All about Me to All about Thee, Hagerstown, Md.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, →ISBN, page 154:
glosses: The act of preserving the law.
Sípàapuni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Sípàapuni
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hopi Sípàapuni.
Senses: glosses: A geological formation of the Little Colorado River Gorge, Arizona, United States, from where the Hopi people emerged into the Fourth World.
Related terms: sipapu
Yàyniwpu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hopi Yàyniwpu.
Senses: glosses: A geological formation near the Valley of Mexico, Mexico, from where some Hopi clans emerged into the Fourth World.
Little Colorado River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Little Colorado River
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Little Colorado.
synonyms: word: Little Colorado
Derived terms: Little Colorado River Gorge
Jablon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jablons
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jabłoń, a habitational surname from any of the villages in Poland named after jabłoń (“apple tree”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Niaosung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 鳥松 /鸟松 (Niǎosōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Niao³-sung¹.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Niaosong.
Iznik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: İznik
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish ازنیق (İznik) and Turkish İznik, from Byzantine Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), named for Nicaea wife of Lysimachus, from Ancient Greek νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia: forming feminine names”). Doublet of Nice and Nicaea.
Senses: glosses: A town in Turkey.
wikipedia: Lysimachus
Nicaea of Macedon
Synonyms: Nicaea for historical names
Little Colorado River Gorge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: meronyms: Sípàapuni
glosses: A gorge in the Little Colorado, Arizona, United States, at its confluence with the Colorado River.
Related terms: Marble Canyon
Hosick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hosicks
Etymology: Variant of Hosack.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Hosicks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hosick
Jablons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jablon
Husson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hussons
Etymology: Borrowed from French Husson.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Havis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Havises
Etymology: Perhaps a variant spelling of Havers.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Havises
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Havis
Hussons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Husson
you can't outrun your fork
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Exercise is not enough to counteract an unhealthy diet.
Nauvoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently from Biblical Hebrew נָאווּ (nɔʔwu, “were beautiful”), taken from Isaiah 52:7.
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Walker County and Winston County, Alabama, named after Nauvoo, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A minor city in Hancock County, Illinois, named by Mormon Joseph Smith.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in York County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Dyer County, Tennessee.
Heinzman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heinzmans
Etymology: From German Heinzmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Devon pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of homity pie.
synonyms: word: homity pie
crankable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From crank + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be cranked.
Gubbinses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gubbins
Heinzmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Heinzman
Mackins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mackinses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Malloch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mallochs
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Mhalaich (“son of Ian of the bushy eyebrows”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Mallochs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Malloch
Mackinses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mackins
Wùutaqa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hopi Wùutaqa.
Senses: qualifier: Hopi culture
glosses: Synonym of Màasaw.
synonyms: word: Màasaw
Liddiard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Liddiards
Etymology: Variant of Lydiard, a habitational surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Liddiards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Liddiard
Lichtenwalner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lichtenwalners
Etymology: Variant of Lichtenwalter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Wyaconda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a Siouan name for God or Great Spirit.
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Clark County, Missouri, United States.
Llera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lleras
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Llera, a habitational surname from various places in Spain, from llera (“pebbly or stony area”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Lleras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Llera
Lichtenwalners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lichtenwalner
Mackleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mackley
Hisatsinom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the Hisatsinom
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hopi Hisatsinom. Literally Ancient People.
Senses: meronyms: Motisinom
Palatkwapi clans
glosses: The ancestors of the Hopi people.
Related terms: Hopisinom
Lydiard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lydiards
form: Liddiard
Etymology: Habitational surname from the villages of Lydiard Millicent and Lydiard Tregoze, both in the borough of Swindon. The placename was recorded as Lidgerd or Lidegærd in the Cartularium Saxonicum; the second part of this word coul derive from Welsh garth (“cliff; enclosure”).
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Welsh.
wikipedia: Cartularium Saxonicum
Lydiards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lydiard
Palatkwapi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Hopi Palatkwapi, from palat + kwap + pi. Translated as Red-walled city or Red Land of the South.
Senses: glosses: The mythical place of origin of the Palatkwapi clans.
Palatkwapi clans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Palatkwapi clans
Etymology: From Palatkwapi + clan.
Senses: holonyms: Hisatsinom
glosses: Ancestors of the Hopi people who migrated from Mesoamerica.
Related terms: Motisinom
South Gorin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Formerly Gorin, derived from the surname. Why the affix "South" was added is unknown; the post office retained the Gorin name until it closed in 2016.
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Scotland County, Missouri, United States.
Crab Nebula
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Crab Nebula
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus.
Hurdland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hurd + land, named after landowner John Hurd.
Senses: glosses: A minor city in Knox County, Missouri, United States.
backgammoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backgammoners
Etymology: From backgammon + -er.
Senses: examples: text: I strove to enlist the sympathies of the backgammoners and the crocheters, even the embroiderers, but in vain; I found with chagrin that I could not awaken one throb of interest in their unfeeling breasts, regarding my “geranium lady.”
ref: 1898 June, Caroline Ticknor, “The Geranium Lady”, in New England Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume XVIII, number 4, Boston, Mass.: Warren F. Kellogg, […], page 498, column 1:
text: The castle arkwright put in a chequered staircase certainly. It has only one square step, to be steady, yet notwithstumbling are they stalemating backgammoner supstairs by skips and trestles tiltop double corner.
ref: 1939 May 4, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake, London: Faber and Faber Limited, →OCLC; republished London: Faber & Faber Limited, 1960, →OCLC, part III, page 560:
text: A young intercontinental crowd injects a bit of life into old backgammoners.
ref: 1986, Sue Carpenter, edited by Lord Lichfield [i.e., Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield], Courvoisier’s Book of the Best, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, page 74, column 3:
text: Numbers are somewhat diminished at breakfast—Peter and Ellen have their own table, so do the backgammoners, Liz is attending a bar mitzvah in Jerusalem, and Dan and Davide are at a wedding in Wales, so we just have Georgie, Janet, Hanna, and Ronnie.
ref: 2012, Anthony Linick, “September, 2007”, in A Doggy Day in London Town (Life Among the Dog People of Paddington Rec; IV), Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 77:
glosses: A player of backgammon.
backgammoners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backgammoner
wets the shamrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wet the shamrock
wetting the shamrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wet the shamrock
wetted the shamrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wet the shamrock
eclectus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eclectuses
Senses: glosses: An eclectus parrot (Eclectus spp.).
Derived terms: Vosmaer's eclectus
root plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: root plants
form: root-plant
Senses: glosses: A plant or kind of plant that is used for its roots or tubers, sometimes distinguished from a tuber plant.
Rothville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Roth + -ville, named after local merchant John Roth.
Senses: glosses: A village in Chariton County, Missouri, United States.
mossberry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mossberries
Etymology: From moss + berry.
Senses: examples: text: Many kinds of wild fruit gave variety to our diet of fish and birds—red currants and gooseberries, red raspberries and black mossberries, high and low-bush cranberries, and, best of all, the northern blueberries, which grow profusely all over this part of the Yukon.
ref: 1942 May, William Hamilton Albee, Ruth Albee, “Family Afoot in Yukon Wilds: Two Young Children and Their Parents Live Off the Country in the Northwest Canada Wilderness Now To Be Traversed by the Alaska Highway”, in The National Geographic Magazine, volume LXXXI, number 5, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, page 613, columns 1–2:
text: Small black mossberries, indigenous to the Aleutian Islands, are a favorite of the Aleuts, but almost any wild berry will do, as well as garden variety currants, cooked and sweetened cranberries, and, in Alaska, any variety of tundra fruit.
ref: 1983, the Editors and Friends of ALASKA® magazine, “The Cook’s Tour”, in Cooking Alaskan, Anchorage, Ak.: Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, →ISBN, book one (From The Waters), page 73, column 2:
text: She saw a patch of mossberries, the shiny black berries nearly hidden in a tangle of heather, and stopped to pick them.
ref: 1990, Sue Harrison, Mother Earth Father Sky (Ivory Carver Trilogy; 1), New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, →ISBN, page 13:
synonyms: rockberry
glosses: Empetrum nigrum, a species of crowberry.
mossberries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mossberry
intertransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + transformation.
Senses: glosses: A change in form, nature or appearance between or across different things.
chopping stump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chopping stumps
Senses: glosses: A tall log used as a platform for splitting firewood with an axe.
Synonyms: chopping block
chopping log
splitting block
Deflatriots
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of deflate + Patriots.
Senses: examples: ref: 2015 January 21, Billy Gates, “New England Deflatriots? NFL finds Patriots deflated 11 balls in 'Deflategate' AFC title game: report”, in The Oregonian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The New England Patriots, in relation to the Deflategate scandal.
spectrasexual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕk′trə-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
ipa: /ˌspɛk.tɹəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌspɛk.tɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Forms: form: more spectrasexual
form: most spectrasexual
Etymology: From spectra + -sexual.
Senses: examples: text: Spectrasexual differs slightly from terms like pansexual and omnisexual, which also describe folks who can be attracted to various genders (more on that soon).
ref: 2023 February 16, Tianna Soto, “What Does It Mean to Be Spectrasexual?”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: polysexual
glosses: Attracted to multiple genders and sexes, but not all of them.
spectrasexual
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕk′trə-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
ipa: /ˌspɛk.tɹəˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
ipa: /ˌspɛk.tɹəˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/
rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl
rhymes: -ɛkʃuːəl
Forms: form: spectrasexuals
Etymology: From spectra + -sexual.
Senses: synonyms: polysexual
glosses: One who is spectrasexual.
Related terms: spectrasexuality
spectrasexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of spectrasexual
spectrasexuality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From spectrasexual + -ity.
Senses: examples: text: One of these newer terms, spectrasexuality, refers to people who have romantic, sexual, and/or emotional connections to many different sexual orientations, Allen says.
ref: 2023 February 16, Tianna Soto, “What Does It Mean to Be Spectrasexual?”, in Cosmopolitan:
synonyms: polysexuality
glosses: The state of being spectrasexual.
crayonista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crayonistas
Etymology: From crayon + -ista. Piecewise doublet of crayonist. First attested in 2013.
Senses: examples: text: In case you haven’t been closely following our site through the year, a crayonista is someone who proposes rail schemes and seems to base their plans on a map or even a diagram and a set of crayons that they play with.
ref: 2013, Pedantic of Purley, Word of the Year: Crayonista, London Reconnections
text: Bradford Crossrail is the Crayonista project that will never die.
ref: 2021, 61653 HTAFC, What is the purpose of Bradford to Leeds electrification?, Rail UK Forums
text: Crayonista is the term used locally (though not unique) for a government official who comes up with hair brained schemes often related to road changes with weird shaped and coloured designs.
ref: 2021, Unkel Kunkel, Beware the Crayonistas, my son, The Triumph Sports Six Club
glosses: Someone who creates plans of transport projects without concern for practicalities.
examples: text: Over the holiday, Matt Yglesias at Vox drew up a fantasy idea — crayonista — to reroute the Yellow and Red Lines through central DC.
ref: 2018, Dan Malouff, Why Matt Yglesias’ crayonista to fix Metro is mostly wrong, Greater Greater Washington
glosses: A plan created by such a person.
weenuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weenus
hexd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛksdiː/
/hɛkst/
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An electronic genre characterized by significantly distorted vocals, altered to be faster and higher-pitched, and with the heavily compressed and distorted production.
prompose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: promposes
form: promposing
form: promposed
form: promposed
Etymology: Blend of prom + propose, likely as a back-formation from promposal.
Senses: examples: text: We have no idea how to compete with that. Which was a real problem when our partner, Hudson’s Bay, asked us to come up with some cool and interesting ways to help students prompose.
ref: 2017 November 3, Kat Lourenco, “Six Awesome Ways To Prompose With These Hilarious Puns”, in Student Life Network:
glosses: To ask someone to prom using a promposal.
promposes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of prompose
promposing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of prompose
promposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of prompose
German pancakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of German pancake
Huancui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 環翠 /环翠.
Senses: examples: text: The food safety administration in Weihai’s Huancui district said it had sent samples of the cooking oil collected from the school for testing and was waiting for the results.
ref: 2018 November 10, Mandy Zuo, “Chinese school kitchen used filthy oil to cook children’s meals, parents say”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2018, People & Culture:
glosses: A district of Weihai, Shandong, China.
Rongcheng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 榮成 /荣成 (Róngchéng).
Senses: examples: text: China has launched a new high-temperature gas-cooled nuclear plant in the eastern coastal province of Shandong, the first to make use of 'pebble bed reactor' (PBR) technology developed by state-run China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
The first unit of the Shidaowan reactor project, built near the city of Rongcheng in collaboration with the energy group Huaneng and Beijing's Tsinghua University, has now been connected to the grid, CNNC said on Monday.
ref: 2021 December 20, David Stanway, “China puts pioneering 'pebble bed' nuclear reactor into operation”, in Kenneth Maxwell, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2021, Commodities:
glosses: A county-level city of Weihai, Shandong, China.
Wendeng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: wǔnʹdǔngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 文登 (Wéndēng).
Senses: examples: text: Aung Myat Min’s brother, who requested anonymity because he is still working in Wendeng district, told RFA that most factories in Weihai are working alongside the police and are likely holding about 300 Myanmar migrants who are being used as unpaid laborers.
ref: 2021 November 17, Eugene Whong, “China detains at least 400 Myanmar migrants for more than a year”, in Khin Maung Nyane, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2021:
glosses: A district of Weihai, Shandong, China.
paradoxes of saving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paradox of saving
Rushan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 乳山 (Rǔshān).
Senses: examples: text: An ongoing case in Rushan, Shandong province illustrates that no matter what potential benefit nuclear power might have in mitigating China’s energy demands (currently assumed but undemonstrated), the nuclear alternative makes no sense without public support. Construction has been held up due to citizen resistance.
ref: 2007 December 22, Yu Jie, “Answers from Yu Jie”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2023, China and the Environment:
glosses: A county-level city of Weihai, Shandong, China.
bellyscrapers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bellyscraper
Nuchiang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 怒江 (Nùjiāng) Wade–Giles romanization: Nu⁴-chiang¹.
Senses: examples: text: THE Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture has undergone great changes since its founding in 1954. This region, situated on the frontier in Yunnan Province, southwest China, is inhabited by 12 nationalities including the Lisu, Nu, Tibetan and Han.
ref: 1975 January 31, “A National Minority Area In Yunnan Province”, in Peking Review, number 5, →OCLC, page 22, column 2:
text: In an article concerning Yunnan, it pointed out that the efforts of the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Chou’s party committee had resulted in a doubling of minorities cadres since 1965, and that many of these persons had assumed the first and second positions in leadership squads at different levels.
ref: 1976, June Teufel Dreyer, China's Forty Millions: Minority Nationalities and National Integration in the People's Republic of China, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 242:
text: After the Communist takeover in 1949 and the formation of the People’s Republic of China, Han military and political officials were assigned to the Lisu, and the Nuchiang Lisu Autonomous Region was formed.
ref: 1998, James S. Olson, “Lisu”, in An Ethnohistorical Dictionary of China, Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 208:
glosses: Alternative form of Nujiang.
body-worn camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: body-worn cameras
Senses: glosses: Synonym of body camera.
synonyms: word: body camera
wearable camera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wearable cameras
Senses: glosses: Synonym of body camera.
synonyms: word: body camera
more plates, more dates
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A physique of a male that is well-developed is more attractive to the opposite sex.
curls for the girls
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: more plates, more dates
glosses: Well-developed biceps as a result of bicep curl exercises are attractive to the opposite sex.
bicep curl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bicep curls
Senses: topics: bodybuilding
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
weightlifting
hyponyms: preacher curl
glosses: A weight training exercise in which a person bends their arm towards their body at the elbow in order to increase strength in the upper arm.
bicep curls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicep curl
body-worn cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of body-worn camera
wearable cameras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wearable camera
North Woodbury
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Morrow County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A township in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Related terms: South Woodbury
hitting time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hitting times
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
synonyms: first hit time
qualifier: stochastic process
glosses: The first moment in time in which a given process "hits" a given subset of the state space.
first exit time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first exit times
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic process
glosses: From A, the first hit time for S \ A, the complement of A in S.
first passage times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first passage time
first hit time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first hit times
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hitting time.
synonyms: word: hitting time
first hit times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first hit time
hitting times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hitting time
loremistresses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of loremistress
first return time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first return times
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
qualifier: stochastic process
glosses: The first hit time for the singleton set {X₀(ω)}, which is usually a given deterministic element of the state space, such as the origin of the coordinate system.
first return times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first return time
first exit times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of first exit time
crank one's hog
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cranks one's hog
form: cranking one's hog
form: cranked one's hog
form: cranked one's hog
Senses: glosses: To masturbate by stimulating one's penis.
road pizza
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊdˌpiːt.sə/
Forms: form: road pizzas
Senses: glosses: roadkill
glosses: person injured in a car accident whose body is severely mutilated
road pizzas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road pizza
digital twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digital twins
Senses: topics: business
games
gaming
manufacturing
coordinate_terms: physical twin
glosses: A digital model of an intended or existing real-world physical product, system, or process (a physical twin); it serves as the effectively indistinguishable digital counterpart of it for practical purposes, such as simulation, computer-aided manufacturing, testing, monitoring, and maintenance.
Related terms: CAD/CAM
replica
simulacrum
solid model
digital twins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of digital twin
physical twin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: physical twins
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
coordinate_terms: digital twin
glosses: The physical counterpart to a digital twin; usually, the latter was created to model it.
Related terms: CAD/CAM
solid model
physical twins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of physical twin
solid model
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solid models
Senses: topics: business
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: computer model
glosses: A type of computer model (of a physical object) that is defined geometrically as consisting of virtual 3D solid shapes rather than as other geometric forms (such as lines and points alone, wireframes, pixels, or voxels).
Related terms: CAD/CAM
digital twin
solid models
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of solid model
schindery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: schinderies
Etymology: Probably from German Schinder (“person who renders animal carcasses”) + -ery (“place of”).
Senses: examples: text: It is the rendering establishment of Dr. E. L. Czarnieki, the City Fallmaster. It is better known to the daily newspaper reader as the schindery, a German term which like that of Dr. Czarnieki's office—Fallmaster—is unknown to Webster's unabridged. It is at the schindery where the carcasses picked up from the street are utilized for nearly one hundred and one purposes.
ref: 1881 February 23, “Beats Cremation”, in The Daily Post, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, page 4:
text: Previous to the outbreak at West Elizabeth the Board had, at the urgent request of Crosby Gray, Esq., the efficient and energetic health officer of Pittsburgh, made an investigation into the condition of certain bone-boiling establishments, known in the dialect of that region as "schinderies," which it was feared might pollute the Monongahela river, from which what is called South Pittsburgh draws its water supply.
ref: 1887, Benjamin Lee, “Note on an Epidemic of Typhoid Fever at South Pittsburgh”, in Pennsylvania State Board of Health, Second Annual Report of the State Board of Health and Vital Statistics of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Edwin K. Meyers, page 125:
synonyms: knacker's yard
knackery
glosses: A facility in which animal carcasses are rendered into useful by-products, such as hides, fertilizer, soap, etc.; a rendering plant.
schinderies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of schindery
South Liberty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Yadkin County, North Carolina, United States.
wikipedia: + Township, Yadkin County, North Carolina
baby jogger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby joggers
Etymology: Genericized trademark. From the brand Baby Jogger, originally created in 1983 or 1984 by Phil Baechler, who wanted to go jogging with his child while having to push them in a sturdy stroller.
Senses: examples: text: An ad for American Express in 1996 presents today's objects of desire—fax machine, gardening tools, ski gear, baby jogger, Yard-Man riding mower, gourmet gas range, telescope, paper shredder, Maalox-displayed on the lawn with power-couple James Carville and Mary Matalin, their baby, and two dogs.
ref: 1999, Beatriz Colomina, “The Lawn at War: 1941–1961”, in Georges Teyssot, editor, The American Lawn, Princeton Architectural Press, →ISBN, page 149:
text: YOUR GRANDMOTHER: Why not something useful like diapers. What kind of idiot buys a rattle?
YOUR GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW: I bought it.
YOUR GRANDMOTHER: Figures. Such a waste of money. I got her the Bugaboo baby jogger.
ref: 2007, Dina Koutas Poch, I Heart My In-Laws, Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN:
text: Baby joggers are the best thing to happen to strollers since strollers became collapsible. The fundamental difference between a jogger and a conventional stroller is the wheels. Joggers have three wheels—not four—with large, usually inflatable tires.
ref: 2010, Jennifer Aist, Babes in the Woods: Hiking, Camping & Boating with Babies & Young Children, Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 96:
text: Now I had two wonderful babies to take in my baby jogger around the neighborhood, to the Galleria, the zoo, and the Children's Museum. There's so much to see and do in our wonderful world. I wanted to share it all with them.
ref: 2013, ReShonda Tate Billingsley, The Motherhood Diaries, Strebor Books, →ISBN, page 159:
text: The National Shooting Center could have been mistaken for a city park. Dogs on leashes, men and women walking hand in hand. A silver-haired lady with osteoporosis pushed a baby jogger that had been modified to carry three shotguns, barrels pointing down.
ref: 2017, Coert Voorhees, On the Free, Lerner Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 221:
text: Make sure the little one has plenty of padding and warm clothes. A blanket is always a good idea as well. Not all trails are baby jogger-friendly. Look for smoother surfaces and always make sure the passenger is enjoying the ride. It is better to do shorter loops, just in case a quick return home is warranted.
ref: 2023, Adam W. Chase, Nancy Hobbs, Ultimate Guide to Trail Running, Falcon Guides, →ISBN, page 174:
glosses: A stroller/pushchair, especially one practical enough for running; a jogging stroller.
wikipedia: Associated Press
Baby Jogger
Heather Maclean (author)
Los Angeles Times
Thomas Nelson
Synonyms: english: shortening
translation: shortening
word: jogger
word: jogging stroller
word: running stroller
baby joggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of baby jogger
DVPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DVP
whataboutist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whataboutist
form: most whataboutist
Etymology: From what about + -ist, see whataboutism.
Senses: examples: text: Similarly, in response to being told off for the state of her room, one child’s whataboutist reply will be to say: “But what about my brother’s room? His is worse.”
ref: 2022 May 20, Benjamin Curtis, “Whataboutism: what it is and why it’s such a popular tactic in arguments”, in The Conversation:
glosses: Of or pertaining to whataboutism.
whataboutist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whataboutists
Etymology: From what about + -ist, see whataboutism.
Senses: examples: text: But for the charge to really stick they have three options, none of which whataboutists usually take the trouble to perform: condemn both Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump for meeting with dictators, praise both Mr. Obama and Mr. Trump, or show how the cases are in some significant way different so that Mr. Obama deserves praise while Mr. Trump does not.
ref: 2018 July 19, Ben Yagoda, “One Cheer for Whataboutism”, in The New York Times:
glosses: One who uses whataboutism.
whataboutists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whataboutist
jogging stroller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jogging strollers
Etymology: From jogging + stroller.
Senses: examples: text: Elaine Strang and Justine Neri of St. Petersburg have special company when they run – their babies. Using special heavy-duty jogging strollers that roll on bicycle wheels, the moms run while pushing their children in front of them.
ref: 1987 May 7, “Special strollers allow moms to run”, in St. Petersburg Times, page 4:
text: I'd like to reiterate the idea that the jogging stroller is usually your best friend when it comes to post-kid workouts. I travel a lot for work, so I spend less time with my twin boys […] than I'd like. As a result, I feel guilty. But with the stroller, I can hang with the kids and still get a pretty good workout.
ref: 2005 October 24, Daniel Beery, “Camps v. Trials”, in Rowing News, volume 12, number 8, The Independent Rowing News Inc., page 14:
text: Unlike Kara Goucher, who told ESPN that she never ran with a jogging stroller because training is her job, maximizing my performance is a luxury that I allow myself to seek out only in moderation—in the hours before the kids wake up, or on the weekends when Nick is home with them instead.
ref: 2022 October 22, Amanda Parrish Morgan, Stroller, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 101:
glosses: A stroller that is designed for jogging or running, usually with three large inflatable wheels, improved suspension, and a handbrake.
Synonyms: baby jogger
running stroller