cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
autoflush
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: autoflushes
form: autoflushing
form: autoflushed
form: autoflushed
Etymology: From auto- + flush.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To flush (a buffer) automatically.
Nitro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from nitrocellulose, referring to local gunpowder manufacture.
Senses: glosses: A city in West Virginia.
Lamesa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈmisə/
rhymes: -iːsə
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States.
Globe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.
package manager
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: package managers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
synonyms: package management system
glosses: A computer program responsible for installing, updating and configuring other software, maintaining an index of installed programs and resolving their dependencies.
Bernese Alps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A group of mountain ranges in the western part of the Alps, in Switzerland.
dop kit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dop kits
Senses: examples: text: […] bellhops incapable of carrying anything heavier than a dop kit.
ref: 2009 January, Harper's Magazine, page 63:
glosses: Alternative form of Dopp kit.
Thun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Tuno, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortified town”), named before it fell to Rome.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Bern canton, Switzerland.
glosses: An Alpine lake, which took its name from the city of Thun, on its northern shore: see Lake Thun.
Derived terms: sense: lake
word: Lake Thun
motherfecker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: motherfeckers
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of motherfucker.
Lake Thun
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A lake in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, which takes its name from the town of Thun.
Synonyms: english: from German
translation: from German
word: Thunersee
word: Thuner See
Shatt al-Arab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌʃæt æl ˈæɹ.əb/
Forms: form: Shatt-al-Arab
Etymology: From Arabic شَطّ اَلْعَرَب (šaṭṭ al-ʕarab, literally “stream of the Arabs”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Southwest Iraq, formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris; the southern end of the river constitutes the border between Iraq and Iran down to the mouth of the river as it discharges into the Persian Gulf.
Synonyms: english: from Persian
translation: from Persian
word: Arvand Rud
Shatt-al-Arab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Shatt al-Arab.
Fallon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfælən/
rhymes: -ælən
Forms: form: Fallons
form: Falin
form: O'Fallon
Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Fallamhain (“descendant of Fallamhan”), a personal name related to follúnaitheoir (“ruler, governor”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A placename from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Marin County, California, United States.
glosses: A placename from the surname:
A census-designated place in Prairie County, Montana, United States.
glosses: A placename from the surname:
A city, the county seat of Churchill County, Nevada, United States.
glosses: A placename from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Morton County, North Dakota, United States.
glosses: A placename from the surname:
An unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Oklahoma, United States.
Derived terms: Fallon County
Fallon Station
Ust-Abakanskoye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Russian Усть-Абаканское (Ustʹ-Abakanskoje).
Senses: glosses: Former name of Abakan (1823–1931).
Abbay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Amharic ዐባይ (ʿabbay).
Senses: glosses: The name of the upper reaches of the Blue Nile in Ethiopia.
Abastumani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian აბასთუმანი (abastumani).
Senses: glosses: A small town and climatic spa in the Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia.
Cote d'Ivoire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Côte d'Ivoire.
Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Senses: glosses: an autonomous republic of the Soviet Union within the Georgian SSR
Synonyms: Abkhaz ASSR
velar pinch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: velar pinches
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: The "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and after velar stops.
velar pinches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of velar pinch
dehydrosugars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dehydrosugar
duroquinols
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of duroquinol
fugutoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: tetrodotoxin
fire-bellied toad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire-bellied toads
form: firebellied toad
Etymology: From the bright red- or yellow-and-black patterns on the toads' ventral regions.
Senses: glosses: Any toad of the genus Bombina.
wikipedia: fire-bellied toad
Synonyms: firebelly toad
thumbsucking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From thumb + sucking.
Senses: examples: text: Thumbsucking may be used by children to console themselves.
glosses: The act of sucking one's thumb.
fingersucking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From finger + sucking.
Senses: glosses: The act of sucking one's fingers.
Related terms: thumbsucking
hydroxysteroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hydroxysteroid
beat the system
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: beats the system
form: beating the system
form: beat the system
form: beaten the system
Senses: glosses: To circumvent rules, regulations, or conventions, usually by finding loopholes.
Related terms: David-and-Goliath
if you can't beat them, join them
you can't fight City Hall
beats the system
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beat the system
beating the system
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beat the system
beaten the system
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of beat the system
Moose Javian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Moose Javian
form: most Moose Javian
Etymology: From Moose Jaw + -v- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Because the name is so peculiar to non-Moose Javian ears, all kinds of stories about its origin have circulated.
ref: 1997, William R. Barry, People Places: Saskatchewan and Its Names, Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, →ISBN, page 46:
text: (To a small extant, the paper competes with the Regina Leader-Post, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and the National Post, but only the Times-Herald covers the fine detail of Moose Javian life.)
ref: 2006, Nick Russell, Morals and the Media, 2nd Edition: Ethics in Canadian Journalism, UBC Press, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Still others claimed that the unusual Moose Javian culture — its history as “Little Chicago,” a sin city, a raucous industrial town in the agricultural heartland — produced this edgy new “urban” literature.
ref: 2013, Ken Mitchell, “The New Generation: The '70s Remembered”, in David Carpenter, editor, The Literary History of Saskatchewan, Volume 1, Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 185:
glosses: Of, from or relating to the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Moose Javian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moose Javians
Etymology: From Moose Jaw + -v- + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: During the last week in June each year a tradition known locally as "sidewalk days" brings this diverse population of Moose Javians together for three days of outdoor shopping on Main Street.
ref: 1987, Don McLean, Fifty Historical Vignettes: Views of the Common People, Gabriel Dumont Institute, →ISBN, page 198:
text: Key Wong, a born-and-raised Moose Javian, recalls his father arrived in Moose Jaw in 1905 as a thirteen-year-old.
ref: 2001, John Larsen, Maurice Richard Libby, Moose Jaw: People, Places, History, Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 31:
text: I also lingered in the poetry section of the Moose Jaw Public Library where I discovered and delighted in Dante, Yeats, Eliot, Frost, Auden and Wallace Stevens. […] What was a muddle-headed sixteen-year-old Moose Javian to make of "The Idea of Order at Key West" or "The Wasteland"?
ref: 2008, Gary Hyland, Love of Mirrors, Coteau Books, →ISBN, page 225:
glosses: A native or inhabitant of the city of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Moose Javians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moose Javian
social programming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process by which the ideas, concepts and beliefs of the society in which we live are ingrained into our psyche. The process is usually by authoritative decree or by assimilation.
glosses: The ideas, concepts and beliefs of our social environment that become ingrained in our psyche.
gothabillies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gothabilly
undon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of udon (“Japanese wheat noodle”).
Vangroovy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Vancouver + groovy.
Senses: examples: text: Because "Vangroovy" is the most stereotyped city in Canada, I felt what I as a newcomer needed to do: ditch the power suits, eat organic, exercise a lot and be laid back all the time.
ref: 2002 August 30, Laura Madokoro, “Super, natural Vancouver, B.C.”, in Globe and Mail:
text: Here we are in a beautiful Calgary garden. The groovy newlywed young engineer who designed and installed the very Vancouver garden spent his childhood in Richmond. He offers me a veggie burger and with a straight face says, “What’s it like in Vangroovy these days?”
ref: 2009 November 21, Tom Graff, “Vangroovy Vancouver”, in Vancouver Observer:
text: Recipes and photographs are nothing short of gorgeous and if you’ve got friends in Vangroovy (and who doesn’t), this book will delight them to no end.
ref: 2013 December 11, Liane Faulder, “Nothing beats a gorgeous cookbook to tantalize the taste buds”, in Edmonton Journal:
glosses: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
job master
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job masters
form: jobmaster
form: job-master
Senses: coordinate_terms: jobmistress
glosses: A keeper of a livery stable who lets (rents) out horses and carriages by the week or month.
jobmaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jobmasters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of job master.
Mofftiss
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Moffat + Gatiss.
Senses: examples: text: Rathbone was a perfect Holmes. Unfortunately, those films were ruined for me by Nigle Bruce's Watson, who started a tradition of 'stupid Watson' that made some people think the original character was like that. Thank Mofftiss they didn't go that way for Sherlock.
ref: 2012 January 12, Diane L., “Re: Wales Today Poll on Best Ever Sherlock Holmes”, in rec.arts.drwho (Usenet):
text: Mofftiss created masterpiece reinvention of the classic Conan-Doyle sleuth Sherlock Holmes got twisted into the hideous 'Elementary,' […]
ref: 2013, Nick Carter, "Remade in America", 1624, Issue 1, Spring 2013, page 6
text: On Amazon, shoppers can already pre-order the complete third season on DVD — even though the episodes haven’t been screened yet and all that has been keeping Sherlock obsessives sane is a few snippets in a BBC teaser trailer. The site is also allowing customer reviews, so fans have piled in to give their fictitious accounts. So, er, fake spoiler alert!
[…]
Another reviewer agreed with that judgment — but for rather different reasons: “This should at least be an 18,” writes someone passing themselves off as David Tennant. “Mofftiss made Johnlock a reality, and almost every scene involved rampant gay sex. I loved it, but I’m not sure it’s suitable for the little ones.”
ref: 2013 September 9, Rosamund Urwin, “Cumberfiction: the Sherlock fans 'reviewing' the new series before they've seen it”, in London Evening Standard:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The creative duo of screenwriters Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.
marine snow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American naturalist William Beebe.
Senses: examples: text: Marine snow contains sufficient energy and nutrients to sustain large numbers of marine organisms in the aphotic zone. Unconsumed marine snow eventually sinks to the bottom where it becomes incorporated into the layer of muddy ooze that forms a thick blanket over much of the seafloor.
ref: 2022, Michael Kent, The Marine Environment and Biodiversity, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 24:
text: As long as there has been marine life, there has been marine snow—a ceaseless drizzle of death and waste sinking from the surface into the depths of the sea. […] Although the term may suggest wintry whites, marine snow is mostly brownish or grayish, comprising mostly dead things.
ref: 2022 April 3, Sabrina Imbler, “In the ocean, it's snowing microplastics”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022:
synonyms: ocean dandruff
snow
qualifier: marine biology
glosses: Sinking organic detritus in the ocean.
Tchaikovski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tchaikowsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tschaikovsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tschaikowsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tschaikowski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Tschaikovski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Chaikovski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Chaikovsky
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Chajkovskij
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tchaikovsky.
Streck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the German surname, variant of Strecker.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Abkhaz ASSR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Abkhaz ASSR
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
synonyms: word: Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics
Senses: qualifier: Soviet Union
glosses: a type of administrative unit created for certain nations, which had a status lower than the union republics of the Soviet Union, but higher than the autonomous oblasts and the autonomous okrugs
Synonyms: ASSR
Derived terms: Abkhaz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Adjarian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Buryat Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Chechen–Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Dagestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Kalmyk Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Karakalpak Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Karelian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Kazak Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic
Komi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Mari Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Mordovian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Mountain Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Tatar Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Turkestan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Tuvan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Udmurt Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
gallu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallu
form: gallus
form: galla
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Akkadian 𒋼𒇲 (gallûm, “gallu”).
Senses: glosses: A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.
wikipedia: gallu
gorru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gorrus
Etymology: From Telugu గొర్రు (gorru).
Senses: examples: text: The seed is then either sown broadcast and ploughed in twice, or else it is drilled in with the gorru and covered up and levelled with the guntaka.
ref: 1891, Sir George Watt, Linum to Oyster, page 579:
text: This is almost always done with a most ingenious drill, called in Telugu a gorru, and hardly ever by sowing broad-cast. The gorru has either three teeth or six. Three is the usual number.
ref: 1905, W. Francis, Anantapur, page 44:
text: Part of one field was sown with the gorru by the 25th, but the remainder of this field and all the others were sown only after November 1st, because the almost daily rain made the land unworkable.
ref: 1908, Madras (India : Presidency). Dept. of Agriculture, Report on the Operations of the Dept. of Agriculture, Madras Presidency, page 23
text: A team consists of one air with three-tined gorru, tines 10 inches apart, one pair with guntaka, two drivers and one or two women (if mixed crop) and they will drill 2½ acres a day, working the guntaka before and after the drilling.
ref: 1916, Agricultural College (Coimbatore, India), A Note-book of Agricultureal Facts and Figures, page 35:
text: Gorrus or indigenous seed drills, with one and two seed hoppers, and akkadi tied to the second tine of the drill on the right. There are different sizes of gorrus suitable for sowing different crops.
ref: 1960, V. T. Subbiah Mudaliar, South Indian Field Crops: By V.T.Subbiah Mudaliar:
text: Nitrogen and P205 are to be applied in gorru lines and covered before sowing.
ref: 1973, Farm and Factory - Volume 8, page 34:
text: Bullock drawn hoes are worked to remove weeds in those fields where the crops are sown with Gorru.
ref: 1979, Andhra Pradesh (India), Bh Sivasankaranarayana, M. V. Rajagopal, Andhra Pradesh District Gazetteers: Visakapatnam, page 66:
glosses: A traditional seed drill.
ASSR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ASSRs
Senses: qualifier: Soviet Union
glosses: Initialism of Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic.
Related terms: sense: Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
word: SSR
sense: Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
word: USSR
surrendres
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of surrendre
herpe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: herpie
Forms: form: herpes
Etymology: Back-formation from herpes.
Senses: examples: text: I'll never understand the psychological make up of several people who come back from time to time when it is obvious that their rhetoric isn't wanted. Yet, they come back like a Herpe monthly.
Trolls = Herpes. I think that's fitting.
ref: 2001 July 14, cultcuts, “They're Playing with Fire........................”, in alt.horror (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022:
text: >The little 'blister/herpes' deal you're referring to is called a break-out. I'm sure you've had one before.
Actually no, I've never had a herpe before.
ref: 2002 November 10, Tara, “Zac Hanson in a Speedo with naked toes”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022:
text: >I got around...
Heh. Like a herpe?
ref: 2004 April 1, Jerry K., “Cypress”, in rec.skydiving (Usenet), retrieved 18 May 2022:
glosses: A herpes infection.
Gudauta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A resort town in Georgia, Abkhazia.
Pitsunda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πιτυοῦς, genitive of πίτυς ("pine"), ultimately translation of Georgian toponym ბიჭვინთა (from Georgian ფიჭვი, also meaning "pine") due to abundance of pines in the region.
Senses: glosses: A town in Abkhazia.
dropleton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dropletons
Etymology: From droplet + -on.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A quasiparticle, in the form of a quantum droplet of electrons and holes within a semiconductor, that shows some behaviour typical of a liquid
New Athos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Abkhazia.
Elar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Former name of Abovyan.
Palestinianize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Palestinianizes
form: Palestinianizing
form: Palestinianized
form: Palestinianized
form: Palestinianise
Etymology: From Palestinian + -ize.
Senses: glosses: To make Palestinian; to convert to the culture or style of Palestine.
Derived terms: Palestinianization
Palestinianizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Palestinianize
Palestinianized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Palestinianize
Abruzzi Apennines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: the part of the Apennines that contain its highest peaks and most rugged terrain; located in Abruzzo, Molise (formerly part of Abruzzo) and southeastern Lazio
Palestinianisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Palestinianization
Etymology: From Palestinianise + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process of Palestinianising.
Palestinianise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Palestinianises
form: Palestinianising
form: Palestinianised
form: Palestinianised
Etymology: From Palestinian + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Palestinianize.
Derived terms: de-Palestinianise
Palestinianisation
Palestinianising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of Palestinianise
Palestinianised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of Palestinianise
Abqaiq
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic بِقَيْق (biqayq).
Senses: glosses: A Saudi Aramco gated community and oil-processing facilities located in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.
Ras Tanura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ra's Tannūrah
form: Ra's Tannurah
Senses: glosses: A city in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.
alcohol poisoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alcohol poisonings
Senses: coordinate_terms: word: alcohol intoxication
word: drunkenness
word: inebriation
word: ;
english: other poisonings from usually nondeadly substances
translation: other poisonings from usually nondeadly substances
word: water poisoning
word: food poisoning
glosses: A high blood level of alcohol, toxic enough to injure or kill a person.
Agana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ə-gäʹnyə
Forms: form: Agaña
Senses: glosses: Former name of Hagåtña.
alcohol intoxication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Alcohol intoxication or drunkenness is characterized by impaired coordination, motor skills, and judgment; slurring of speech […]. Intoxication depends on many factors, including what is drunk, and the person's weight,
ref: 1998, Health in the New Millennium: The Smart Electronic Edition, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: alcohol poisoning
glosses: Synonym of drunkenness.
synonyms: word: drunkenness
Agarak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Armenian Ագարակ (Agarak).
Senses: glosses: A town in Syunik, Armenia.
Aginskoye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An urban-type settlement in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia, on the river Aga.
Related terms: Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
urban-type settlement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban-type settlements
Etymology: Calque of Russian посёлок городско́го ти́па (posjólok gorodskóvo típa).
Senses: glosses: an official designation for a semi-urban settlement (or a former town) in the Soviet Union, Poland (formerly), Bulgaria (formerly) and in 10 post-Soviet republics—Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
auction house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auction houses
Senses: glosses: A company that runs auctions.
glosses: A building in which auctions are conducted.
Hypernyms: house
meeting house
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: meeting houses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of meetinghouse.
autonomous okrug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autonomous okrugs
form: autonomous okruga
Senses: examples: text: The largest Republic by far, the RSFSR, thus contains within its boundaries no less than sixteen Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, five Autonomous oblasti (Regions) and ten Autonomous okruga (Districts), while the other SSRs include four additional A SSRs and five further Autonomous Regions.
ref: 1984, Peter Worsley, “Pluralism: Internationalism and Multinationalism”, in The Three Worlds: Culture and World Development, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, →ISBN, section IV (Ethnicity and Nationalism), page 271:
text: The soviet network in 1985 was made up of the USSR Supreme Soviet, fifteen supreme soviets of the union republics, twenty supreme soviets of autonomous republics, 129 krai and oblast soviets, eight soviets of autonomous oblasti, ten soviets of autonomous okruga, 3,113 raion, 2,137 city, 645 town-raion, 3,828 urban-type settlements and 42,176 village Soviets, a total of 52,074 soviets of people’s deputies.
ref: 1989, Richard Sakwa, “Local soviets and administration”, in Soviet Politics: An Introduction, London; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, chapter 8 (Local politics and participation), page 152:
text: The 1993 constitution established a complex system of government for Russia as a federation. This federation is currently made up of 46 oblasti (regions), 21 semiautonomous respubliki (republics), nine kraya (territories), four autonomous okruga (districts), one autonomous region (the Jewish Autonomous Oblast) and the federal cities of Moscow and St Petersburg.
ref: 2012 March, Simon Richmond et al., “History: The Putin Years”, in Russia, 6th edition, Footscray, Vic.; Oakland, Calif.; London: Lonely Planet Publications, →ISBN, page 654:
glosses: In the Soviet Union and Russia, a territorial and administrative division of a krai or oblast, which grants a degree of administrative autonomy to an ethnic minority, usually located in large, remote areas with sparse populations.
Synonyms: AO
Derived terms: Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug
Evenk Autonomous Okrug
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug
Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug
Koryak Autonomous Okrug
Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Taymyr Autonomous Okrug
Ust-Orda Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: an autonomous okrug of the Soviet Union and Russia with a center at Aginskoye; now part of Agin-Buryat Okrug
wikipedia: Agin-Buryat Autonomous Okrug
Transbaikal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Trans-Baikal
form: Transbaikalia
Etymology: From trans + Baikal. Calque of Russian Забайка́лье (Zabajkálʹje, literally “beyond the Baikal”).
Senses: synonyms: Dauria
glosses: A mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia.
Trans-Baikal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Transbaikal.
Transbaikalia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Transbaikal.
unparameterizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + parameterizable.
Senses: glosses: Not parameterizable.
nonparameterizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + parameterizable.
Senses: glosses: Not parameterizable.
maudlinness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From maudlin + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being maudlin.
skatewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From skate + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing to be worn while skateboarding.
surfwear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From surf + -wear.
Senses: glosses: Clothing to be worn while surfing.
multimethodologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From multimethodological + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Using more than one methodology, especially both qualitative and quantitative.
Muslimists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Muslimist
black ibis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pseudibis papillosa, an ibis found in parts of the Indian Subcontinent.
China hand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: China hands
Senses: glosses: A 19th-century, non-Chinese merchant in the treaty ports of China.
glosses: Anyone with expert knowledge of the language, culture, and people of China.
carry through
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: carries through
form: carrying through
form: carried through
form: carried through
Senses: examples: text: An agreeable sense of victory and the afterglow of the flash carried Emily through the afternoon in spite of the fact that Miss Brownell ridiculed her for her mistakes in spelling.
ref: 1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 8”, in Emily of New Moon:
text: He was clearly dealing with extremely small quantities, and considering the clumsy structure of telescopes then in use, it is surprising he managed to carry through the procedure at all. Nevertheless, he obtained a remarkably good value […]
ref: 2006, Michael Bodin, Primer of Relativity: A Student's Introduction, page 66:
glosses: To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.
examples: text: The officers carried through despite the difficult conditions.
glosses: To persist or continue
Related terms: carry off
carry out
mitgehen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German mitgehen.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: An extreme form of mitmachen, where very slight pressure exerted on a body will cause a movement in any direction.
full forward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: full forwards
Senses: glosses: A player in Australian rules football and Gaelic football with a focus on kicking goals.
photocollage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocollages
Etymology: From photo- + collage.
Senses: glosses: A form of collage made by assembling photographs.
photocollages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photocollage
femmage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: femmages
Etymology: Coined by Miriam Schapiro and Melissa Meyer in the 1970s.
Senses: glosses: Any artwork created by women by assembling objects, as by collage, photomontage, etc.
Related terms: femmagist
femmages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of femmage
fuck-you finger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuck-you fingers
Senses: examples: text: Richmond smirked, jerked his head in mock laughter, and gave Grady the fuck-you finger of his right hand.
ref: 2002, William Banks, A Love So Fine, page 113:
text: Her whole body was the fuck-you finger; her whole life was the fuck-you finger. Every syllable uttered from her lips was dripping with an overbearing air of superiority.
ref: 2013, Brother Tom (Thomas Paonessa), The Angel and the Rowboat, page 321:
glosses: The middle finger when raised in an obscene gesture.
postdatings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of postdating
interdating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From inter- + dating.
Senses: examples: text: The community held conflicting attitudes toward interdating and intermarriage. The prohibitions were stronger for girls than they were for boys, whom many parents assumed were less controllable.
ref: 2007, Leonard Rogoff, Homelands:
glosses: dating (romantic courtship) between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups
Related terms: intermarriage
Sparks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Sparkes
Senses: examples: text: Jackson Sparks and his brother, Tucker, were both struck.
ref: 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Cook County, Georgia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Doniphan County, Kansas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Estill County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Washoe County, Nevada.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Lincoln County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Bell County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in El Paso County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A ghost town in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
interdashed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of interdash
interdashing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of interdash
moonballing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of moonball
moonballed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of moonball
saddletank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saddletanks
form: saddle tank
Etymology: From saddle + tank.
Senses: examples: text: The smart little locomotives, mostly 0-6-0 saddletanks, which are always busy shunting traffic amongst the vast dockside warehouses, belong to the Manchester Ship Canal Railway, a line of considerable importance.
ref: 1959 October, Norman Jones, “The Manchester Ship Canal Railway”, in Trains Illustrated, page 488:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A style of tank locomotive in which the water tank sits on top of the boiler like a saddle.
topics: architecture
government
military
naval
navy
politics
war
glosses: An early style of ballast tank submarine in which the tank sits on top like a saddle.
saddletanks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddletank
bravoed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of bravo
hamletted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hamlet + -ed.
Senses: examples: a hamletted rural district
glosses: Whose population lives in hamlets.
barangays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barangay
in all probability
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: If you take any two Manchester manufacturers, or two Birmingham manufacturers, you will find that there is that jealousy between them that if one knew that another had looked at the thing and paid no attention to it, in all probability he would not be induced to look at it.
ref: 1851, House of Commons, Reports from the committees, volume 12, Great Britain, page 48:
synonyms: in all likelihood
glosses: Very probably; almost certainly.
investigative journalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A form of journalism in which the reporter deeply investigates a single topic of interest, often involving crime or corruption.
Derived terms: investigative journalist
intermodally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From intermodal + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a way that uses or relates to more than one mode of transport.
intermodalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From intermodal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The use of more than one mode of transport.
ingendre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ingendres
form: ingendring
form: ingendred
form: ingendred
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of engender.
unlickable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ʌnˈlɪkəbl̩/
Forms: form: more unlickable
form: most unlickable
Etymology: From un- + lickable. By surface analysis, un- + lick + -able.
Senses: glosses: Incapable of, or unsuitable for, being licked.
examples: text: We have tried to lick this problem although I think in a way it is unlickable through a variety of devices.
ref: 1963, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty, Nation's Manpower Revolution, volumes 7-9, page 2585:
glosses: That cannot be defeated or overcome.
mashgiachs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mashgiach
trefs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tref
vugginess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vuggy + -ness.
Senses: glosses: Quality of being vuggy.
jum'ah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jumu'ah.
and all this
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: She likes punk rock, screamo, death metal and all this.
glosses: Used at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.
Synonyms: and all that
et cetera
and so on and so forth
and that
Jayoncé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Jay + Beyoncé.
Senses: examples: text: There are power couples like Jayoncé, Russell and Kimora, Will and Jada.
ref: 2007 March, “V Mix: Searchin' For A Real Love”, in Vibe, page 139:
text: Throughout their six-year, PDA-shy run, Jayoncé refused to confirm (except in verse) what we all knew–the two are crazy in love.
ref: 2008 June, “V Mix: Diamond, Duets–And Denial”, in Vibe, page 53:
text: “Imagine how much Obama's approval rating would skyrocket if he and Michelle came out and reenacted Jayoncé's 'Drunk In Love' performance,” tweeted @jwoodham, […]
ref: 2014, Caitlin Looney, "State of the Union becomes #StateOfAwful", The Columbia Chronicle (Columbia College, Chicago), Volume 49, Issue 17, 3 February 2014, page 35
glosses: The couple consisting of celebrities of Jay-Z and Beyoncé.
catfoods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of catfood
Phatnic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Phatnitic
philanthropreneur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˌlæn.θɹə.pɹəˈnɜː/
ipa: /fɪˌlæn.θɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/
ipa: /fɪˌlæn.θɹə.pɹəˈnʊɚ/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: philanthropreneurs
Etymology: Blend of philanthropist + entrepreneur
Senses: glosses: An entrepreneurial philanthropist; one who invests money in charitable causes.
philanthropreneurs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of philanthropreneur
photomarathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photomarathons
Etymology: From photo + marathon.
Senses: glosses: A photography competition in which participants must take a series of photographs of predetermined subjects in a limited time period.
photomarathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of photomarathon
photomapping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of photomap
photomapped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photomap
plantibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plantibodies
Etymology: Blend of plant + antibody. Originally a trademark.
Senses: glosses: An antibody produced by plants that have been genetically engineered with animal DNA.
plantibodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plantibody
psychache
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From psych + ache, coined by Edwin Shneidman.
Senses: glosses: psychological pain
wikipedia: Edwin Shneidman
previvor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: previvors
Etymology: Blend of pre- + survivor?
Senses: glosses: An unaffected carrier of cancer, who has not been diagnosed with it but has survived the predisposition, or higher risk, due to certain genetic mutations.
previvors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of previvor
picritic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more picritic
form: most picritic
Etymology: From picrite + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or composed of, picrite.
punditariat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: pundits collectively
Synonyms: commentariat
metatuff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metatuffs
Etymology: From meta- + tuff.
Senses: glosses: metamorphosed tuff
metatuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metatuff
metasandstones
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metasandstone
polyattentiveness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + attentive + -ness, coined by John Cage.
Senses: glosses: The condition of paying attention to several things at once.
wikipedia: John Cage
Related terms: polyattentive
predictionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: predictionaries
Etymology: From pre- + dictionary.
Senses: glosses: A simplified dictionary intended for use by children.
predictionaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predictionary
monster of the week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monsters of the week
Senses: examples: text: The appearance and abilities of the creatures can be changed from story to story to create the standard “monster of the week” that is found in popular magical girl, sentai manga and anime.
ref: 2005, David Okum, Manga Monster Madness, page 66:
text: He felt it [The X-Files] should've been more like The Fugitive, with Kolchak chasing the undead, as opposed to the 'monster of the week' format.
ref: 2008, Michael Karol, The ABC Movie of the Week Companion:
synonyms: villain of the week
glosses: Any of the antagonists that briefly appear in episodic forms of fiction, especially television series.
polyfidelity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From poly- + fidelity.
Senses: glosses: A form of polyamory where all members are considered equal partners and agree to be sexually active only with other members of the group.
paraeducator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paraeducators
Etymology: From para- + educator.
Senses: glosses: A paraprofessional educator; a teacher's assistant responsible for helping students in the classroom.
paraeducators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraeducator
petrobolos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petroboloi
Etymology: Ancient Greek
Senses: glosses: A kind of catapult of Ancient Greece, used for hurling stones.
petroboloi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrobolos
siderophage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: siderophages
Etymology: From sidero- + -phage.
Senses: glosses: A macrophage that has absorbed iron-containing particles, occurring in victims of certain kinds of heart attacks.
Related terms: hemosiderin
hemosiderophage
siderophagic
siderophagous
siderophages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of siderophage
pogonips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pogonip
betathromboglobulin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From beta + thromboglobulin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein stored in platelets that stimulates mitogenesis, extracellular matrix synthesis, glucose metabolism, and plasminogen activator synthesis in human fibroblasts.
thyromental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Etymology: From thyro- + mental.
Senses: examples: thyromental distance
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to the thyroid cartilage and the chin.
totara
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: totaras
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori tōtara, from Proto-Polynesian *tara (“barb, prong”), from Proto-Oceanic *tala, referring to its mature leaves which resemble spines of the spot-fin porcupinefish (Diodon hystrix).
Senses: glosses: Podocarpus totara, a podocarp tree endemic to New Zealand.
glosses: Other species of genus Podocarpus.
totaras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of totara
threasury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threasuries
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of treasury.
threasure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threasures
Senses: examples: text: Great threasure sithence we did finde
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of treasure.
trogocytosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A process whereby lymphocytes conjugated to antigen-presenting cells extract surface molecules from these cells and express them on their own surface
Related terms: trogocytic
trogocytose
wage theft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The illegal withholding of wages or denial of benefits that are rightfully owed to an employee.
Volhynia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Volynia
form: Wolhynia
Etymology: From Latin Volhynia.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region of Eastern Europe, now divided between southeastern Poland, northwestern Ukraine, and southwestern Belarus.
Synonyms: Lodomeria
Volyn
Derived terms: Volhynian
volhynite
ectropies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ectropy