cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
open-topped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The Wards are open-topped, with skyscrapers rising from the superstructure. Towers are sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere envelope is only maintained to a height of about seven meters. The atmosphere is contained by the centrifugal force of rotation and a "membrane" of dense, colorless sulphur hexafluoride gas, held in place by carefully managed mass effect fields.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel Station: Wards Codex entry:
text: "Like many other large resorts, the town operated electric tramways, with open-topped cars. The journey down the steep incline to the harbour must have been exhilarating at times, testing the brakes on the vehicles to the limit."
ref: 2021 September 8, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Electric tramways at the heart of our seaside story”, in RAIL, number 939, page 59:
glosses: Synonym of open-top.
synonyms: word: open-top
raw_tags: of a vehicle
Related terms: open-topper
Selimovics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Selimovic
Subas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Suba
Abramos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abramo
He'nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 河南 (Hénán) incorrectly as Hé'nán.
Senses: examples: text: During the Jin Dynasty, a woodcutter by the name of Wang Qiao lived at the foot of a mountain in Xin’an County of He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan]).
ref: 2001, “The Legend of Mt Lanke”, in 韩玉 [Y N Han], transl., edited by 李小香 [Li Xiaoxiang], 中华文化的故事 [Origins of Chinese Culture], Asiapac Books, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 145:
english: Origins of Chinese Culture
translation: Origins of Chinese Culture
text: In order to meet the requirements of the domestic market, the National Planning Committee has approved the setting up of a PA 11 unit in Shanxi using the technology of North China Technological College, and the setting up of a PA1212 unit in Zhengzhou, He’nan^([sic – meaning Henan]).
ref: 2003, “The Engineering Plastics Industry”, in Jonathan Reuvid, Li Yong, editors, Doing Business with China, 4th edition, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 315–316:
text: As early as 2002, the People's Court of Zhongyuan District in Zhengzhou, He'nan^([sic – meaning Henan]) Province, a court at the basic level, issued Several Provisions on the Application of the Precedent Decisions Mechanism (Guanyu Shixing Xianli Panjue Zhidu de Ruogan Guiding), under which the adjudication committee of the court selected and issued precedent decisions.
ref: 2012, Zhenbao Jin, “From a Supplementary Legislator to a Legitimate Judicial Lawmaker—On the Role of the Supreme People's Court in Developing the Law in Mainland China”, in Lei Chen, C.H. (Remco) van Rhee, editors, Towards a Chinese Civil Code: Comparative and Historical Perspectives, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, →ISBN, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 48:
text: As a student of Confucius, in 518 BCE, Nan'gong^([sic – meaning Nangong]) Jingshu asked Duke Zhao of Lu for permission to take a trip with Confucius to Luoyi 洛邑 (the present day Luoyang of He'nan^([sic – meaning Henan]) province), the then capital city of the Zhou Dynasty.
ref: 2013, Yong Huang, “The life of Confucius: "A homeless dog?"”, in Confucius: A Guide for the Perplexed, Bloomsbury, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 7–8:
glosses: Misspelling of Henan.
wikipedia: Yale University Press
McAdory
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McAdorys
Etymology: Anglicized form of Northern Irish Mac an Deoraidh (“son of the stranger”), from Old Irish déorad (“stranger, outlaw”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Osier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Osiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Osier, from the noun osier (“willow tree”). Also altered from Auger and Ager. Compare Losier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Osiers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Osier
McAdorys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McAdory
Hu'nan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Li Xiaoxiang 李小香 was born in 1946. After graduating from Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]) Normal University in 1969, she taught Chinese language and literature in a high school.
ref: 2001, “The Legend of Mt Lanke”, in 韩玉 [Y N Han], transl., edited by 李小香 [Li Xiaoxiang], 中华文化的故事 [Origins of Chinese Culture], Asiapac Books, published 2005, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page https://archive.org/details/originsofchinese0000unse_e8s8/page/n6/:
english: Origins of Chinese Culture
translation: Origins of Chinese Culture
text: Here is what seems an illustration of this from 1851. It comes from Tongdao,⁵⁶ which is in the south of Hu'nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]) province.
ref: 2004, Mark Elvin, Retreat of the Elephants: An Environmental History of China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 56:
text: The textiles of the Western Han unearthed at Mawangdui in Changsha, Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]), have many different varieties and the workmanship is of great exquisiteness, representing the high standard of the textile technology of that time.
ref: 2006, 杭间 [Hang Jian], 郭秋惠 [Guo Qiuhui], translated by 朱攸若 [Zhu Youruo] and 宋佩铭 [Song Peiming], Chinese Arts & Crafts (Cultural China Series), Beijing: China Intercontinental Press (五洲传播出版社), published 2008, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 20:
english: Song Peiming
translation: Song Peiming
text: Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry Co., Ltd. :[…]
* Says its Hubei-based cosmetics unit will invest 25.5 million yuan to set up a 51-percent-owned cosmetics JV in Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan])
ref: 2016 November 24, “BRIEF-Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry units to set up five JVs”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2023, CONSUMER PRODUCTS & RETAIL NEWS:
text: Adults of Dong in Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]) have thick subcutaneous fat, underdeveloped skeletal and muscular systems, and medium linearity. The somatotype of Dong adults in Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]) is close to that of Jiangsu Han, Fujian Han and Liaoning Han.
ref: 2021, 张惠娟 [Zhang Hui-juan], 王奕茗 [Wang Yi-ming], 廖伟程 [Liao Wei-cheng], 陈希雯 [Chen Xi-wen], 覃大保 [Qin Da-bao], 黄大元 [Huang Da-yuan], “Somatotype characteristics of Dong nationality adults in Hu’nan^([sic – meaning Hunan]) Province (湖南侗族成人的Heath-Carter体型特征)”, in 解剖学报 [Acta Anatomica Sinica], volume 52, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2021:
english: Acta Anatomica Sinica
translation: Acta Anatomica Sinica
glosses: Misspelling of Hunan.
wikipedia: Yale University Press
send a boy to do a man's job
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sends a boy to do a man's job
form: sending a boy to do a man's job
form: sent a boy to do a man's job
form: sent a boy to do a man's job
Senses: examples: text: “Guess it was too much to expect a bunch of corporate-payroll little girls to do a woman’s job.”
ref: [2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 4, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: To send an inexperienced person to do something they are not qualified for.
jumped on the bandwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump on the bandwagon
jumps on the bandwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump on the bandwagon
jumping on the bandwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump on the bandwagon
brandwagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandwagons
Etymology: Blend of brand + bandwagon; see jump on the bandwagon.
Senses: examples: text: Because they don't want their (stupid, chicken, technophobic) competitors to wake up and get on the bandwagon, or should I say, brandwagon […]
ref: 2011, Jeffrey H. Gitomer, Social Boom!, page 67:
text: Through online relationships, current loyal customers can possibly persuade new customers to jump on the brandwagon.
ref: 2013, Barbara E. Kahn, Global Brand Power: Leveraging Branding for Long-Term Growth, page 17:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A trend or craze relating to a marketed brand.
brandwagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brandwagon
lap desk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lap desks
Senses: glosses: A lightweight portable surface placed on a seated person's lap and used like a desk, for writing documents, working on a laptop, etc.
lap desks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lap desk
ear drop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear drops
form: eardrop
form: ear-drop
Etymology: From ear + drop.
Senses: examples: text: Place one ear drop into the left ear twice a day.
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: A topical liquid medication administered to the ear, usually into the ear canal one drop at a time with a dropper.
Murderapolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Murderopolis
Etymology: Blend of murder + Minneapolis, with reference to its crimewave of the 1990s, during which many homicides were recorded.
Senses: glosses: Derogatory name for Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Murderopolis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Murderapolis.
sexspionage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sexpionage.
clip the church
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clips the church
form: clipping the church
form: clipped the church
form: clipped the church
Etymology: From Old English clyppan (“to hug, to clasp”).
Senses: examples: text: In its revived form at Edgmond it constitutes part of the annual “feast” of the parish schools. The charity children clipped the church in Birmingham.
ref: 2015, Felicity Trotman, A Year in the Life of Victorian Britain:
glosses: To hold hands in an outward-facing ring around a church, an ancient English custom traditionally observed by local communities on Easter Monday, Shrove Tuesday, or the church's saint's day.
manushya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manushyas
Senses: examples: text: According to Dr. Raman, there are three ganas or temperaments of nature: Deva (divine), Manushya (human), and Rakshasa (demon). Each of the nakshatras has one of these gana qualities. The Devas represent a spiritual and charitable nature with goodness of character. The Manushyas are more of the world and represent a mixture of positive and negative qualities. The Rakshasas suggest dominance, self-will, and the potential for violence.
ref: 1999, Dennis M. Harness, David Frawley, The Nakshatras: The Lunar Mansions of Vedic Astrology, Twin Lakes, Wisconsin: Lotus Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →ISBN:
text: The devas were the learned who were inclined to the enjoyment of worldly pleasures, manushyas were the wealthy whose wealth had made them self-centred; and asuras were possessed of base qualities and generally cruel to other beings. They stood for gods, human beings and devils, all children of Prajapati.
ref: 1986, The Ecumenical Review: Volume 38, Switzerland: World Council of Churches, page 75:
text: The Manushyas (Men) and the Manus are here equivalent to the Chaldæan Adam—this term not meaning at all the first man, as with the Jews, or one solitary individual, but Mankind collectively, as with the Chaldæans and Assyrians.
ref: 2018, Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, Charles River Editors, →ISBN, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of manusya (“man, human being”).
manushyas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manushya
SEH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of structured exception handling.
SEH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Initialism of St Edmund Hall, Oxford.
tears off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tear off
torn off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of tear off
tore off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of tear off
tear-off
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tear-offs
form: tearoff
Etymology: Deverbal from tear off.
Senses: examples: text: My visor was covered in mud, and I had used up all the tear-offs.
glosses: A strip or sheet of paper, plastic film, etc., that is designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.
examples: text: Tear-offs are rarely found in modern interfaces, though, so typically you'll want to disable the tear-off feature by default.
ref: 2009, John K. Ousterhout, Ken Jones, Tcl and the Tk Toolkit:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pull-down menu that can be detached from its parent menu bar and dragged around the screen.
examples: text: This makes tearoffs especially risky for objects that may be accessed remotely. Given all of the potential pitfalls of tearoffs, a logical question might be, "when are tearoffs appropriate?" There is no absolute answer; […]
ref: 1998, Don Box, Essential COM, page 183:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A COM (Component Object Model) interface that is instantiated only when explicitly requested.
Related terms: breakoff
teardown
tearout
tear-off
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from tear off.
Senses: examples: a tear-off strip, a tear-off protector
glosses: Designed to be removed by tearing or pulling off.
tear-offs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tear-off
COMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of COM
drum fills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of drum fill
GEDCOM
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛdkɒm/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: genealogy
glosses: Acronym of genealogical data communication, an open specification for exchanging genealogical data between different software packages.
tearoff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tearoffs
Etymology: Deverbal from tear off.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tear-off.
tearoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tearoff
Pendergastism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a political machine with characteristics similar to that run by Tom Pendergast
E'zhou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of Ezhou.
eco hotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eco hotels
Senses: topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
synonyms: green hotel
glosses: An environmentally sustainable hotel or accommodation that has made important environmental improvements to its structure in order to minimize its impact on the natural environment.
green hotel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: green hotels
Senses: glosses: Synonym of eco hotel.
synonyms: word: eco hotel
Cooden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A western suburb of Bexhill, Rother district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ7107).
Bexhill-on-Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Bexhill, East Sussex.
synonyms: word: Bexhill
word: East Sussex
glosses: A civil parish with a town council in Rother district, East Sussex, England, formed on 1 April 2021.
covidless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Without COVID-19
cross-court
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crosscourt.
dam failure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dam failures
Senses: synonyms: damburst
hypernyms: breach
glosses: The situation where water breaks through a dam that is supposed to hold it back.
dam break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dam breaks
Etymology: From dam + break.
Senses: glosses: dam failure
dambreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dambreaks
Etymology: From dam + break.
Senses: glosses: dam failure
lights up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of light up the tote
lighting up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of light up the tote
lit up the tote
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of light up the tote
velveteened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From velveteen + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Dressed in velveteen.
earthworked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From earthwork + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having one or more earthworks.
bingy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɪŋ.i/
Forms: form: more bingy
form: most bingy
Etymology: Compare dialectal bing (“of milk, etc: to curdle, to sour”) and perhaps bing (noun), used of various vessels for grain, wine, milk, etc.
Senses: examples: text: By now the milk is bingy; I turn sulky with no butter for my bread.
ref: 2005, The Iowa Review, volume 35, page 147:
coordinate_terms: sour
glosses: Of milk or butter: ropy; having gone bad or soured.
Dirty Half Hundred
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Dirty Half Hundred
Etymology: On account of their tattered and soiled appearance during the Peninsular War.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The 50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot.
two thousand and late
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more two thousand and late
form: most two thousand and late
form: 2000 and late
Etymology: From 2000s (the decade) + late (to sound like eight), as in the year 2008. First known use in 2009 in the song "Boom Boom Pow" by The Black Eyed Peas.
Senses: examples: text: I'm so three thousand and eight / You so two thousand and late
ref: 2009, The Black Eyed Peas, Boom Boom Pow:
text: 'Glasses are so two thousand and late,' he says. 'Is it a deal-breaker?' I ask. 'No, but would you do it as a favour to me?' I couldn't help but be affected by the passion in his voice, so albeit reluctantly I booked an appointment with ...
ref: 2010, Harry Hill, Livin' the Dreem: A Year in My Life, Faber & Faber, →ISBN, page 124:
text: Landlines are like e-mail: so two thousand and late.
ref: 2013, Chris Grabenstein, Free Fall, Open Road Media, →ISBN:
glosses: Dated; passé; out of style.
wikipedia: Boom Boom Pow
The Black Eyed Peas
stops the presses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of stop the presses
stopping the presses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stop the presses
stopped the presses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop the presses
fails fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fail fast
nature lover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nature lovers
form: nature-lover
Etymology: Compound of nature + lover.
Senses: examples: text: But though you may be certain that your religion or political party or sport is the best, you will usually admit that there are many people who do not agree with you and that they are entitled to their opinion. This is not true in the case of the nature lover. To the militant nature lover (and every nature lover I ever met was militant in his love of nature) one is either a nature lover or one is unenlightened; there is no other alternative.
ref: 1944, Leonard Dubkin, “Enter Pauline”, in The Murmur of Wings, Whittlesey House, →OCLC, page 139:
text: In spite of the eminently successful fiction that she wrote, if Gene Stratton Porter is to occupy any permanent place in the history of American letters, that place will no doubt be established by her work as a nature lover and a nature writer and photographer.
ref: 1980, Bertrand F. Richards, “Preface”, in Gene Stratton Porter, Twayne Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9:
text: "In nature, lightning strikes occasionally cause small, localized fires that burn away the underbrush. The policy has been to put out those fires. So now there's plenty of underbrush, which is the perfect fuel for massive destruction. Hundreds and thousands of acres have been destroyed, lives lost, because we didn’t trust nature to do its job."
Actually, the policy began with nature lover Teddy Roosevelt.
ref: 2015, Lisa Lutz, “2000 Old Forge, New York”, in How to Start a Fire (Fiction), Mariner Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 74:
text: This house in McLean, Va., has just about everything a nature lover desires: soothing sounds of the Potomac River, a sylvan setting with countless species of birds and other wildlife, access to hiking, fishing and canoeing — and all within a half-hour of downtown Washington and minutes from the Beltway and George Washington Parkway.
ref: 2021 November 12, Kathy Orton, “Nature lovers house in McLean, Va., for sale for $7 million”, in Washington Post:
glosses: A person who has an intense interest in the natural world, especially one who frequents natural places for enjoyment and recreation.
failing fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fail fast
failed fast
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fail fast
Drumshanbo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in County Leitrim, Ireland.
Ballinamore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small town in County Leitrim, Ireland.
peckawood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpɛkəwʊd/
Forms: form: peckawoods
Etymology: From its non-rhotic pronunciation.
Senses: examples: text: For example we have words like ofay, pink, fade, space, Mr. Charlie, cracker, peckawood, hoojah, and so on—nice words and bitter.
ref: [1929, Claude McKay, Banjo, published 1957, →ISBN, page 217:
text: That was funny, because I know that peckawood didn't know what a cur was.
ref: 1980, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Fraser, Dizzy: To Be or Not to Bop, →ISBN, page 179:
text: All she heard about wuz how dey'd be kickin' a nigguh's ass ... an' dey kicked a many nigguh's ass baw, ... peckawoods, too!
ref: 1997, Steven Chennault, “Bo' An' Nem Wuz Bad!”, in "Re'lize Whut Ahm Talkin' 'Bout?", →ISBN, page 37:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of peckerwood (“white person”).
Arigna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Roscommon, Ireland.
peckawoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of peckawood
hoogies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hoogie
Seppala Siberian Sleddog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Seppala Siberian Sleddogs
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A rare working dog breed, developed for the purpose of pulling a sled in cold climates.
sled-dog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sled-dogs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sled dog.
sled-dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sled-dog
Seppala Siberian Sleddogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Seppala Siberian Sleddog
Dromod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Leitrim, Ireland.
Lupo Italiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lupo Italianos
Etymology: From Italian lupo italiano (“Italian wolf”).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A large dog breed from Italy allegedly produced by crossing a female Italian wolf and a male German Shepherd.
Lupo Italianos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Lupo Italiano
Italian wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Italian wolves
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A subspecies of gray wolf native to the Italian Peninsula.
Synonyms: sense: canine
word: Apennine wolf
Italian wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Italian wolf
Lingao
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: lǐnʹgouʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨高／临高 (Língāo).
Senses: examples: text: Linkao County has reaped a great bumper harvest of early-rice with total production 30 percent more than last year. The county has set a fine example for Hainan in developing grain production. Its experiences show that "it is completely possible for agriculture in Hainan to take a great leap forward."
ref: [1970 July 15 [1970 July 11], “Linkao County Bumper Harvest”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 136, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Haikow Hainan Island Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Communist China: Central-South Region, page D 6:
text: Subsequently, "all Hainan Island was swept by a wave of discrimination, attack, insult and threat against outside cadres [with the result that] everybody was plunged into a state of panic." This came to a climax in December 1956 with a "miniature Hungarian incident" in Linkao county.
ref: [1979, Frederick C. Teiwes, Politics & Purges in China: Rectification and the Decline of Party Norms, 1950-1965, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 370:
text: Wang Haibian was among the first few people in Maniao, a fishing community in Lingao County of Hainan Province, south China, to get hooked on drugs in the mid-1990s.
ref: 2020 November 27, Li Nan, “Beijing Review: How an addict conquered both his addiction and poverty”, in AP News, PR Newswire, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2023:
glosses: A county of Hainan, China.
Alaskan tundra wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Alaskan tundra wolves
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A North American subspecies of gray wolf native to the barren grounds of the Arctic coastal tundra region.
Shoesmith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Shoesmiths
form: Shucksmith
Etymology: From shoesmith, an occupational surname for a blacksmith who either specialized in shoeing horses or in making and fitting iron blades known as shoes.
Senses: glosses: A surname originating as an occupation.
Great Plains wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Great Plains wolves
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: An extinct subspecies of gray wolf that once extended throughout the Great Plains.
Great Plains wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Great Plains wolf
Alaskan tundra wolves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alaskan tundra wolf
Apennine wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Apennine wolves
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Italian wolf.
synonyms: word: Italian wolf
give it mouth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives it mouth
form: giving it mouth
form: gave it mouth
form: given it mouth
Senses: examples: text: "Tell us your name!" said the man. "Quick!" / "Pip, sir." / "Once more," said the man, staring at me. "Give it mouth!"
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter I, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 4:
glosses: Speak loudly; speak up.
knuller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knullers
form: kneller
Etymology: Alteration of knoller (“one who rings a bell”), from the practice of chimney sweeps going door to door, ringing on doorbells.
Senses: glosses: A chimney sweep who solicited work by ringing a bell.
Related terms: knell
knullers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knuller
red point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red points
form: red-point
Senses: glosses: A colourpoint cat with red markings.
blue point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue points
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of bluepoint.
red points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red point
blue points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blue point
sit well
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: Confessedly, the news didn't sit well with me"
glosses: To agree or be pleased (with something).
Mekong Bobtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mekong Bobtails
Senses: glosses: A breed of cat named after the Mekong River, developed as a breed in Russia.
Mekong River
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mekong.
synonyms: word: Mekong
Mekong Bobtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mekong Bobtail
crossmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossman
chivey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chiveys
form: chiveying
form: chiveyed
form: chiveyed
Senses: examples: text: We played the same game at hewery place we passed through, till at last the poor devil got so hunmercifully guyed and chiveyed that he war obligated to cry for quarter […]
ref: 1846, Charles Selby, Maximums and Speciments of William Muggins, page 143:
text: Cat and dog returned chiveying a big goat. Goat went for me and the blanket. Upset everything.
ref: 1893, Sir Francis Cowley Burnand, The Real Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, page 144:
glosses: Archaic form of chivvy.
chiveys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of chivey
chiveying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chivey
chiveyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of chivey
choked off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of choke off
chokes off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of choke off
choking off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of choke off
all the go
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of all the rage (“very fashionable and popular”).
synonyms: word: all the rage
extra: very fashionable and popular
Wetwang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From either Old Norse vaett-vangr (“field for the trial of a legal action”) or Old English wet (“wet”) + Old English wang (“field”), as compared to the nearby dry field at Driffield
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE9359).
grub and bub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Note that bub ordinarily referred only to alcoholic drinks; in this phrase it is more general.
Senses: glosses: Food and drink of any kind.
multee kertever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italian molto cattivo.
Senses: examples: text: That'll be multee kertever to start the weddin' on.
ref: 1897, Pick-me-up, volume 17, page 44:
text: Well my flying sawney hunter, I think I twigged you on the scaldrum dodge once, and just before that, you were reported to me as being scammered with some multee kertever flue fakers in a flatty ken.
ref: 1982, Sue Fabian, Mr. Punch Down Under, page 40:
glosses: Very bad.
corynanthine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in plants of the genera Rauvolfia and Corynanthe (syn. Pausinystalia).
spegatrine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An adrenergic receptor antagonist isolated from Rauvolfia verticillata.
crisitunity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crisitunities
Etymology: Blend of crisis + opportunity; introduced as a gag in the animated television series The Simpsons (season 6, episode 11, "Fear of Flying", first broadcast on 18 December 1994):
* LISA: Look on the bright side, Dad. Did you know that the Chinese use the same word for "crisis" as they do for "opportunity"?
* HOMER: Yes. "Crisitunity"! You're right.
Senses: examples: text: Would it help to say that we misunderestimated the effects of Frankenfood and mutagenic smog, to speculate that amid all our infornography and anticipointment, some crisitunity slumbered unnoticed in a roadside motel?
ref: 2010, Nick Lantz, The Lightning That Strikes the Neighbors’ House, page 25:
text: Communicate the “crisitunity.” Originally coined by Homer Simpson, a “crisitunity” is the moment when crisis meets opportunity—and it has a slightly better ring than “opporisis.” Regardless of the word choice, the principle is straightforward: by communicating a time-sensitive problem your organization faces, along with how your online community can help solve the problem, people will be motivated to act.
ref: 2011, Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Nonprofit Management 101, page 267:
text: On lost crisitunities, vanishing post-Soviet and decolonization of thinking, being and perception.
ref: 2017, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo of Zimbabwe: Politics, Power, and Memory, page 147:
text: In addition to the challenges of Chinese lending raised above, the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) presents another possibility for crisitunity (crisis-opportunity) in Africa.
ref: 2021, Gorden Moyo, African Agency, Finance and Developmental States, page 116:
glosses: A crisis from which some good may come, and which may therefore be perceived as an opportunity.
Related terms: never waste a crisis
crisitunities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crisitunity
enterpriseless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more enterpriseless
form: most enterpriseless
Etymology: From enterprise + -less.
Senses: examples: text: A young married man of the tribe, who, weary of the enterpriseless life led at Jubbulpoor, had joined a colony now in Bundelkund, with the fullest intention of never following the habits of his connections at Jubbulpoor […]
ref: 1861, India. Foreign, Political Department, Report on the Affairs of Khelat, from 1857-1860, page 23:
glosses: Devoid of enterprise.
overpositive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overpositive
form: most overpositive
Etymology: From over- + positive.
Senses: glosses: Excessively positive.
Synonyms: overoptimistic
overreplete
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overreplete
form: most overreplete
Etymology: From over- + replete.
Senses: glosses: Excessively replete.
oversaucy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversaucy
form: most oversaucy
Etymology: From over- + saucy.
Senses: glosses: Excessively saucy.
overservile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overservile
form: most overservile
Etymology: From over- + servile.
Senses: glosses: Excessively servile.
oversententious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversententious
form: most oversententious
Etymology: From over- + sententious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively sententious.
Fordata
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An Austronesian language spoken in the Tanimbar Islands of the Moluccas, closely related to Kei.
Kiang-su
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jiangsu.
overslavish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overslavish
form: most overslavish
Etymology: From over- + slavish.
Senses: glosses: Excessively slavish.
Derived terms: overslavishly
overstout
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstout
form: most overstout
Etymology: From over- + stout.
Senses: glosses: Excessively stout.
oversteady
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversteady
form: most oversteady
Etymology: From over- + steady.
Senses: glosses: Excessively steady.
overstale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstale
form: most overstale
Etymology: From over- + stale.
Senses: glosses: Excessively stale.
overstaid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overstay
goes on record
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of go on record
going on record
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of go on record
went on record
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of go on record
gone on record
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of go on record
overstrident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overstrident
form: most overstrident
Etymology: From over- + strident.
Senses: glosses: Excessively strident.
oversystematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more oversystematic
form: most oversystematic
Etymology: From over- + systematic.
Senses: glosses: Excessively systematic.
overtenacious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overtenacious
form: most overtenacious
Etymology: From over- + tenacious.
Senses: glosses: Excessively tenacious.
overthrifty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overthrifty
form: most overthrifty
Etymology: From over- + thrifty.
Senses: glosses: Excessively thrifty.
overtimorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more overtimorous
form: most overtimorous
Etymology: From over- + timorous.
Senses: glosses: Excessively timorous.
overpowerable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From overpower + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be overpowered.
base legs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of base leg
ovologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ovologists
Senses: glosses: One who studies ovology.
ovological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to ovology.
ovologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ovologist
ozokerit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozokerits
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of ozocerite.
ozokerits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ozokerit
on instruments
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: We were on instruments for the descent through the clouds.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (Flying) by reference to one's flight instruments, rather than by visual contact with the ground.
exoticalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From exotical + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of exoticness.
synonyms: word: exoticness
flight nurses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flight nurse
Gleadless
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A southern suburb of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK3883).
Derived terms: Gleadless Townend
sinusectomies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sinusectomy
Brooklyn Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place in Anne Arundel County, outside Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.
smell blindness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of anosmia.
synonyms: word: anosmia
Related terms: nose blindness
puts it past
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of put it past
putting it past
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of put it past
eats the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of eat the baby
eating the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of eat the baby
ate the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of eat the baby
eaten the baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of eat the baby
hard as the nether millstone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: A reference to a Biblical passage, Job 41:24.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very callous or hardhearted.
too much water drowned the miller
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: One may have too much of a good thing.
globulitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more globulitic
form: most globulitic
Etymology: From globulite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or containing, the mineral globulite.
Southern Mongolia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌðən mɒŋˈɡəʊli.ə/
ipa: /ˈsʌðɚn mɑːŋˈɡoʊli.ə/
Etymology: From southern + Mongolia.
Senses: examples: text: LIBERATION CAMPAIGN IN SOUTHERN MONGOLIA BY NORTHERN MONGOLIA IN 1913
After concluding the Russo-Mongolian agreement on 5 November 1912 and the Mongolian-Tibetan agreement on 29 December 1912 (see Appendix pp. ) the Mongolian government felt the time was right for Khalkh to take military action to liberate Southern Mongolia and thus establish a united Greater Mongolia.[...]The following day, the government decided to send five columns of soldiers to places in Southern Mongolia- Chuulalt Khaalga (Kalgan), Bat Khaalga ([Pailingmiao], about 100 miles north west of Khökh Khot), Bugat ([Paotou], about 90 miles west of Khökh Khot) Doloon-noor and Khökh Khot.
ref: 1989, Urgunge Onon, Derrick Pritchatt, Asia's First Modern Revolution: Mongolia Proclaims Its Independence in 1911, E.J. Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 19–20:
text: In the mid-1980s, Southern Mongolia (Inner Mongolia) was still at the early stage of opening its door to Westerners. In Huhhot, the capital of Southern Mongolia, there were only a handful of Westerners visiting, teaching English, or studying at the various colleges, and only for limited periods of time.
ref: 2016, Centering the Local: A Festschrift for Dr. Charles Kevin Stuart on the Occasion of his Sixtieth Birthday, →ISSN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 296:
text: The Manchu (Qing) emperor Kang Xi accepted the Mongols' oath of allegiance at Dolonnor (Duolon) in 1691. Subsequently, southern Mongolia became known as "inner" Mongolia and northern Mongolia as "outer" Mongolia.
ref: 2017, Alan J. K. Sanders, Historical Dictionary of Mongolia, 4th edition, volume I, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 11:
text: Bayiwar was born in Uushin Banner, Ordos, western Southern Mongolia Ordos (Ih-zuu League) in 1938. She is the mother of the author of this book. She was a herder who believed in socialism, became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and lived through the Cultural Revolution.
ref: 2017, Yang Haiying, translated by Enghebatu Togochog, Genocide on the Mongolian Steppe: First-Hand Accounts of Genocide in Southern Mongolia during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, volume 1, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL:
glosses: Synonym of Inner Mongolia.
synonyms: word: Inner Mongolia
Blinken
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Blinkens
Etymology: Variant of Ukrainian Блінкін (Blinkin), a Jewish surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
Glabs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Glab
Hladki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hladkis
Etymology: From a Slavic language, e.g. Belarusian гладкі (hladki), Upper Sorbian hładki, Czech hladký, Slovak hladký, or Ukrainian гладкий (hladkyj), all from Proto-Slavic *gladъkъ (“smooth”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from the Slavic languages.
pincushion distortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
graphic-design
synonyms: pincushioning
coordinate_terms: barrel distortion
glosses: In graphic arts, the effect whereby the image of a straight line appears to be pinched convexly toward the axis.
barrel distortion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arts
graphic-design
synonyms: barreling
coordinate_terms: pincushion distortion
glosses: In graphic arts, the effect whereby an image bulges outwards at the sides.
sweat box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat boxes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sweatbox.
hyperoctahedra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperoctahedron
humanewashing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From humane + -wash + -ing, following the established pattern of greenwashing, pinkwashing, purplewashing, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewashing as "slapping a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance").
Senses: examples: text: Now, a new report from the anti-factory farming group Farm Forward seeks to outline the differences between independent and industry animal welfare labels and expose what it calls “humanewashing” among both types of groups. Like the now widely recognized practice of “greenwashing,” Farm Forward says that companies use humanewashing to deceive consumers who care about animal rights, leading them to believe animals were raised according to their expectations of humane treatment even when they were not.
ref: 2021 January 19, Lisa Held, “Are Some Animal Welfare Labels 'Humanewashing'?”, in Civil Eats, retrieved 13 Sep 2021:
qualifier: gerund counterpart to; and coeval with; the present participial verb form; gerund counterpart to; and coeval with; the present participial verb form
glosses: The humaneness (animal welfare) analogue of greenwashing.
humanewashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From humane + -wash + -ing, following the established pattern of greenwashing, pinkwashing, purplewashing, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewashing as "slapping a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance").
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of humanewash
humanewash
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: humanewashes
form: humanewashing
form: humanewashed
form: humanewashed
Etymology: From humane + wash, following the established pattern of greenwash, pinkwash, and similar forms (which came ultimately from the figurative-extension sense of whitewash as "to slap a paintjob over the truth to hide it and to give a specious nice appearance"); this form also rhymes with brainwash, as does sustainwash.
Senses: examples: text: Now, a new report from the anti-factory farming group Farm Forward seeks to outline the differences between independent and industry animal welfare labels and expose what it calls “humanewashing” among both types of groups. Like the now widely recognized practice of “greenwashing,” Farm Forward says that companies use humanewashing to deceive consumers who care about animal rights, leading them to believe animals were raised according to their expectations of humane treatment even when they were not.
ref: 2021 January 19, Lisa Held, “Are Some Animal Welfare Labels 'Humanewashing'?”, in Civil Eats, retrieved 13 Sep 2021:
coordinate_terms: bluewash#Verb
redwash#Verb
brownwash#Verb
whitewash#Verb
greenwash#Verb
;
sustainwash
glosses: To engage in the humaneness (animal welfare) analogue of greenwashing.
Related terms: sportswash
humanewashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of humanewash
humanewashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of humanewash