cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
antisnore
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + snore.
Senses: glosses: Preventing snoring.
Kopite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kopites
Etymology: From kop + -ite. In 1906, the banked stand at one end of the team's ground was formally named after Spion Kop, a hill in KwaZulu-Natal where many Liverpudlians were killed in the Second Boer War.
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A fan of the English football team Liverpool F.C..
A fan of Liverpool F.C. who exhibits loutish behaviour, football hooliganism, or poor sportsmanship.
Synonyms: Red
Kopites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kopite
standardlike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more standardlike
form: most standardlike
form: standard-like
Etymology: From standard + -like.
Senses: examples: text: (While the steps the offeree may have taken when an offeror has breached the more standardlike good faith bargaining duty may be classified as partial performance under certain interpretations of a course of conduct needed to perform, [...]
ref: 1987, Mark Kelman, A Guide to Critical Legal Studies - Page 19:
text: Casey reworked the rule-oriented Roe opinion into a standardlike undue burden test.
ref: 2008, Daniel A. Farber, Suzanna Sherry, Judgment Calls: Principle and Politics in Constitutional Law:
text: This pragmatic mode of government in turn required a rejection of law in favor of policy, where the latter could be either rule-like or standardlike but was undertaken in light of the totality of the circumstances.
ref: 2009, Austin Sarat, Lawrence Douglas, Martha Umphrey, The Place of Law - Page 57:
text: In other words: the orders of acquisition can be derived from the moment of the first standardlike and non-formulaic appearance of a pronoun.
ref: 2013, Peter Broeder, Talking About People; A Multip - Page 73:
glosses: Like, conforming to, or resembling a rule or standard; more or less regular.
Related terms: standardish
employabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of employability
unforce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unforces
Etymology: From un- (“lack or absence of”) + force.
Senses: examples: text: Force and unforce — the carrying along with of withdrawal.
ref: 1995, Martin Heidegger, Aristotle's Metaphysics [theta] 1-3:
text: The steretic alteration of force into unforce is accordingly of a different kind from, say, the turn from movement toward rest, not only because force and movement are different according to their particular content but because the proper possessive character of force is more inwardly bound up with loss and withdrawal.
ref: 2012, Juan-Manuel Garrido, On Time, Being, and Hunger:
text: Nietzsche's approach to language as the medium of such forces (and unforces), and his interrogation of the connection ... is also accompanied by an unforce that must be felt in Kant's writing even as it remains (perhaps aptly) unstressed.
ref: 2014, Kevin McLaughlin, Poetic Force: Poetry After Kant:
glosses: The lack or absence of force; forcelessness.
forcelessness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From forceless + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state, condition, or quality of being forceless; lack or absence of force.
Synonyms: unforce
unforces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of unforce
carucas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of caruca
in favour of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: With financial losses emerging in 1957, the BTC abandoned the diesel pilot scheme in favour of wholesale orders for untried designs.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
glosses: Alternative spelling of in favor of.
yard of land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yards of land
Senses: examples: text: You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.
ref: a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, section 57:
glosses: Alternative form of yardland.
yards of land
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yard of land
strengthfully
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more strengthfully
form: most strengthfully
Etymology: From Middle English strengthfully, equivalent to strengthful + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The perfection of physical form and power is fashioned by the soul strengthfully temperate, masterful of the forces of the body. The fulness of mental life is developed only by the soul strengthfully resolute and patient, heroic in endurance.
ref: 1880, Richard Heber Newton, Womanhood: Lectures on a Woman's Work in the World - Page 303:
text: He must call her so no longer — but must go back forthwith to Paris, and in succouring others seek to forget himself — while she — God help her — she must strive to bear her solitary burden strengthfully.
ref: 1883, Edmund Hodgson Yates, Tinsley's magazine, conducted by E. Yates - Page 687:
glosses: In a strengthful or strong manner; with strength.
oxgate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxgates
Etymology: From ox + gate (“way”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxgang.
synonyms: word: oxgang
oxgates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxgate
oxengate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxengates
Etymology: From oxen + gate (“way”).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of oxgang.
synonyms: word: oxgang
oxengates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oxengate
silver carps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of silver carp
Malabar flying frogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malabar flying frog
Malayan night herons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Malayan night heron
mare's-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mare's-tail
mares'-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mare's-tail
ochdamhs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ochdamh
autoallergy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autoallergies
Etymology: From auto- + allergy.
Senses: glosses: autoimmunity
Butten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A commune of Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France.
Yangtze dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yangtze dolphins
Senses: glosses: A baiji.
Yangtze River dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Yangtze River dolphins
Senses: glosses: The baiji.
Chinese river dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese river dolphins
Senses: glosses: A baiji.
whitefin dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitefin dolphins
Senses: glosses: Synonym of baiji.
synonyms: word: baiji
Chinese white dolphin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chinese white dolphins
Senses: glosses: A baiji (†Lipotes vexillifer).
glosses: A subspecies of the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis), of the Pearl River Delta, which become whitish pink coloured as they age.
Yangtze dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yangtze dolphin
whitefin dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whitefin dolphin
Chinese white dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese white dolphin
Chinese river dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Chinese river dolphin
whitefin
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From white + fin.
Senses: glosses: Having a fin that is white in colour.
Derived terms: whitefin dolphin
whitefin shark
Yangtze River dolphins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Yangtze River dolphin
Gangs of Four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gang of Four
beer mats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beer mat
ooh, matron
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A catchphrase of Kenneth Williams' characters in the Carry On film series, said in response to comments from Hattie Jacques' hospital matron characters.
Senses: examples: text: And, finally, here we have our groovy little DataSet, just ready to be pumped silly with information. Ooh, matron!
ref: 2002, Karl Moore, Karl Moore's Visual Basic .NET: The Tutorials, Apress, →ISBN, page 175:
text: 'God, you've got a big head.'
'It's not the only big thing I've got.'
'Ooh, matron,' she giggled and then there was silence for a while until she gasped, 'Please don't stop.'
ref: 2012, Julia Llewellyn, Ten Minutes to Fall in Love, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
text: Once Tukaal had confirmed that all was well, we made our way out towards the perimeter fence and, following a quick flash of his Multi-Tool (ooh, Matron), scrambled through the hole he'd cut in the fence.
ref: 2013, Andy Ritchie, The Book That THEY Do Not Want You To Read: Part 2, Autharium, →ISBN:
glosses: Highlights a statement which contains a double entendre or appears sexually forward.
Synonyms: sense: Highlighting a double entendre
word: fnar
sense: Highlighting a double entendre
word: oo-er
sense: Highlighting a double entendre
word: as the actress said to the bishop
sense: Highlighting a double entendre
word: nudge nudge, wink wink
sense: Highlighting a double entendre
word: that's what she said
unmarked car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unmarked cars
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: A police car that has no markings to distinguish it from a civilian car.
autoclasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + -clasis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: destruction of tissue due to internal (or immunological) processes
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: spontaneous rupture of crystals within a rock (due, especially, to sudden cooling)
stone papers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stone paper
auto-directional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From auto- + directional.
Senses: glosses: Able to automatically maintain a preset direction
extraimperial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From extra- + imperial; compare extranational and extraterritorial.
Senses: examples: extranational and extraimperial territories; extraimperial commerce
glosses: Located, or directed towards states with are located, outside the territory of an empire.
autogravitation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + gravitation.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The gravitational effect that a system exerts on itself
autolatric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From autolatry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Relating to autolatry
standard-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more standard-like
form: most standard-like
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of standardlike.
gossip mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gossip mill
gossip-mill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gossip-mills
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of gossip mill.
company car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: company cars
Senses: glosses: A car, provided by an employer, that an employee may use on company business and personal use.
glosses: Any car owned by or leased to a company.
Synonyms: sense: car for business and personal use
word: take-home vehicle
Nicaean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /naɪˈsi.ən/
Etymology: From Nicaea + -an.
Senses: synonyms: Nicene
glosses: Of or relating to Nicaea.
glosses: Of or relating to the Empire of Nicaea, a medieval polity centred on the city.
Nicaean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /naɪˈsi.ən/
Forms: form: Nicaeans
Etymology: From Nicaea + -an.
Senses: glosses: A person from Nicaea or the Empire of Nicaea.
synonyms: Nicene
Nicenist
glosses: A person who supports the Nicene Creed.
Rhinish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Rhinish
form: most Rhinish
Etymology: From Rhine + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rhenish.
Nicaeans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nicaean
Nicenes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Nicene
Lothringian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Lothringia, from German Lothringen. Compare Lorraine, Lorrainian.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Lothringia (Lorraine), especially when it is considered a German rather than a French area.
Synonyms: Lorrainian
Lothringian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lothringians
Etymology: From Lothringia, from German Lothringen. Compare Lorraine, Lorrainian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lothringia (Lorraine).
Synonyms: Lorrainian
Lorrainer
Lothringia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lotharingia, named for Lothair II, who ruled it. Compare Lorraine, German Lothringen.
Senses: glosses: Lorraine, especially in German rather than French contexts.
wikipedia: Lothair II
Related terms: Lothringian
Lorrainer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lorrainers
Etymology: From Lorraine + -er.
Senses: synonyms: Lorrainian
Lothringian
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
Derived terms: Alsace-Lorrainer
Lorrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Lorrainians
Etymology: From Lorraine + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
Synonyms: Lorrainer
Lothringian
Lorrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Lorrainian
form: most Lorrainian
Etymology: From Lorraine + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of, from or relating to Lorraine (now part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France).
Lorrainian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Lorraine + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Only Lorrainian and Low Hessian, of all the Rhine Franconian area, remained unaffected by diphthongization.
ref: 1983, Anneliese Sartori Stein, Contrastive grammar and exercises English-German, page 48:
holonyms: Rhine Franconian
glosses: The Rhine Franconian (and hence West Central German, Central German, High German) dialect spoken in Lorraine; Lorraine Franconian.
glosses: The French dialect spoken in Lorraine.
Synonyms: word: Lothringian
word: Lorraine Franconian
Frankia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.ki.ə/
Etymology: By surface analysis, Frank + -ia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Francia (historical region of the Franks)
Derived terms: Frankian
Francian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.si.ən/
Forms: form: Frankian
Etymology: From Francia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: […] the Francian state.
ref: 2019, Jozef Borovský, Chrysalis: Metamorphosis of Odium, page 134:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Francia.
Francian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.si.ən/
Forms: form: Francians
form: Frankian
Etymology: From Francia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Francia.
Francian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.si.ən/
Etymology: From France + -ian.
Senses: synonyms: Francien
glosses: Francian-dialect; of or pertaining to the dialect of the langue d'oïl which developed in Île-de-France and Orléanais.
examples: text: But it is to be hoped in view of [Anatole] France's qualities and influence, that something like an impartial evaluation of the man may ultimately be achieved. […] Mr. Dargan has "checked and verified with admirable patience every item of Francian lore," Mr. Michaud said[…]
ref: 1945, Marjorie Rickard McEwen, Anatole France in the United States:
text: From then on, Mr. Jefferson traces [Anatole] France's gradual political involvement, and in particular his fortunes with socialism […] Because, just before the War, Francian doctrines were at odds with a rising tide of nationalism, France's literary reputation began to suffer.
ref: 1967, L'Esprit Créateur, volumes 7-8, page 210:
text: The power of the parodist was native to the Francian genius and was almost always implemented for reasons that […] finds support for its pejorative appraisal in France's lack of originality, […]
ref: 1970, Paul Philip Cloutier, A Bergsonian Analysis of the Humor of Anatole France:
glosses: Of or pertaining to Anatole France.
Francian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɑːn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.sɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæn.si.ən/
Etymology: From France + -ian.
Senses: head_nr: 2
synonyms: Francien
glosses: The dialect of the langue d'oïl which developed in Île-de-France and Orléanais.
Frankian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.ki.ən/
Etymology: From Frankia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: The Frankian Empire, as the Successor of the West Roman Empire, […]
ref: 1951, Alexander Herzfeld, The Controversial Loyalty Oath: A Historical Interpretation, page 15:
glosses: Alternative form of Francian.
Frankian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.ki.ən/
Forms: form: Frankians
Etymology: From Frankia + -an.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Francian.
Frankian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.kɪ.ən/
ipa: /ˈfɹæŋ.ki.ən/
Etymology: From Frank + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Anne Frank (1929–1945), German-Dutch diarist of Jewish heritage.
Tyrolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
Tyrolian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tyrolians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
Tirolian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
Tirolian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tirolians
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
Tirolean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
Tirolean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tiroleans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolean.
mismove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈmuːv/
ipa: /ˈmɪsmuːv/
Forms: form: mismoves
form: mismoving
form: mismoved
form: mismoved
form: mismave
Etymology: From mis- + move.
Senses: examples: text: Good morra, Willie," says he, with the same old vicious smile. "Good morra and good luck," says Willie, as little as ever mismoved, "won't ye sit down and have a pick of dinner with us?"
ref: 1904, Seumas MacManus, In Chimney Corners: Merry Tales of Irish Folk Lore:
text: I screamed out a concession and the kids, disgruntled, wandered back to their own games. Then I asked to watch Marty play Brian. During this match, too, Marty mismoved the kings. Brian didn't seem to notice. I sent them both to the nurse.
ref: 1971, Steven Daniels, How 2 Gerbils, 20 Goldfish, 200 Games, 2000 Books, and I Taught Them How to Read:
text: She could card silks accurately, and even pick up with the needle's eye the fine end in the broken cocoon, and wind it ofl and reel it with a hand that never wavered or mismoved.”
ref: 2013, Gertrude Whiting, Old-Time Tools & Toys of Needlework:
glosses: To move wrongly, incorrectly, or in error.
synonyms: dismay
glosses: To disturb; trouble; to disconcert; alarm; flurry.
mismove
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪsˈmuːv/
ipa: /ˈmɪsmuːv/
Forms: form: mismoves
form: mismave
Etymology: From mis- + move.
Senses: examples: text: If he was at fault at all, it must have been some unconscious misjudgment, mistake, or mismove in manipulating the brake or in applying the reverse current, not disclosed by the evidence. Such misjudgment, mismove, or mistake [...]
ref: 1896, The Northwestern Reporter:
text: Yet as I read what took place there, I had the feeling something very important was going on, that perhaps if Christ had made the slightest mismove, it might have been all up for humanity.
ref: 1999, June Strong, Project Sunlight:
text: The only drawback, the only mismove that has been made by Gilmore on this campaigne was the false + fatal one of attacking by Storm the hell-hole “Wagner” on the night of July 18/63.
ref: 2009, Neal E. Wixson, Echoes from the Boys of Company H:
glosses: A wrong move.
Tirolese
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Tyrolese.
wemistikoshiw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wemistikoshiw
Etymology: From Cree, literally "he has a wooden boat", from ᒥᐢᑎᑯᓯ (mistikosi)/mistikosi (“wooden boat”).
Senses: examples: text: We are crying, looking at one another. A small group of wemistikoshiw gathers and stares at us.
ref: 2005, Joseph Boyden, Three Day Road, Penguin, published 2008, page 6:
text: Sister Wesley said we needed the building to protect us from other wemistikoshiw men who live a long way away, who are called the Soviets.
ref: 2014, Edmund Metatawabin, Up Ghost River:
glosses: Among the Cree, a non-Native American person; a white man.
Moldavan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
Moldavan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
Moldavan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Moldavans
Senses: glosses: Uncommon form of Moldovan.
Donetsk People's Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Donetsk People's Republic
Etymology: Calque of Russian Доне́цкая Наро́дная Респу́блика (Donéckaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Донецька народна республіка (Donecʹka narodna respublika).
Senses: examples: text: Ukraine appears to be heading towards another crisis. Protests in the eastern cities of Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk have turned violent and pro-Russian protesters occupied government buildings, calling for a referendum on independence. In Donetsk, in an eerie echo of events in Crimea, separatists went one step further and have now proclaimed their own independent Donetsk People’s Republic and asked Russia for support.
ref: 2014 April 7, Stefan Wolff, Tatyana Malyarenko, “Ukraine veers closer to collapse as activists in Donetsk proclaim ‘people’s republic’”, in The Conversation:
text: Meanwhile, members of parliament in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine passed a resolution on Friday saying the territory was the legitimate successor to the Donetsk–Krivoy Rog Republic, a short-lived independent territory founded in 1918 by a close associate of Joseph Stalin.
ref: 2015 February 7, Tom Parfitt, “Ukraine crisis: No breakthrough in talks between Hollande, Merkel and Putin”, in The Daily Telegraph:
text: The Defense Ministry of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic will guarantee the safety of the Malaysian criminologists scheduled to work at the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 crash site.
ref: 2015 April 10th, Interfax-Ukraine, “Russian-supported militants guarantee safety of Malaysian criminologists at Boeing crash site” in the Kyiv Post
glosses: A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on 7 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.
Synonyms: DPR
Hypernyms: Donbas
Donbass
Donets
Coordinate terms: LPR
Luhansk People's Republic
Derived terms: DPR
Related terms: Belgorod
Crimea
Novorossiya
Luhansk People's Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ʌblɪk
Forms: form: the Luhansk People's Republic
form: Lugansk People's Republic
Etymology: Calque of Russian Луга́нская Наро́дная Респу́блика (Lugánskaja Naródnaja Respúblika) and/or Ukrainian Луганська народна республіка (Luhansʹka narodna respublika).
Senses: examples: text: On April 27, pro-Russia separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk declared the establishment of a “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Gathered outside the seized regional headquarters of the Ukrainian Security Service, protesters said they would ask Russia to send troops to the Ukrainian region if the Kyiv authorities took “aggressive actions” against the separatists.
ref: 2014 April 28, “Separatists Declare ‘People’s Republic’ In Ukraine’s Luhansk”, in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
text: The people who have taken over the building of the Ukrainian Security Service’s department in Luhansk region have announced the creation of the Luhansk People’s Republic and decided to conduct the regional-wide referendum putting for a vote a question: “Do you uphold the act on proclamation of the state independence of ‘Luhansk People’s Republic?’”
ref: 2014 April 28, “Parliament to consider possibility of all-Ukrainian referendum on April 29 - justice minister”, in Interfax-Ukraine:
text: In September 2014, an admittedly small and imperfect poll by the Democratic Initiatives Foundation named after Ilko Kucheriv and the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology found that 42 percent of Donbas residents wanted to stay in Ukraine but with more autonomy from Kyiv and 7 percent wanted to stay in Ukraine with no changes, while 26 percent wanted the Donetsk People’s Republic or the Luhansk People’s Republic to be independent and 16 percent wanted to join Russia — that is, 49 percent were for Ukraine and 42 percent for Russia.
ref: 2015 April 30th, Anders Åslund, Ukraine: What Went Wrong and How to Fix It, Washington, D.C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics, chapter ii: “Why Ukraine Can and Should Opt for Radical Reforms Now”, § 1: ‘What Are Putin’s Intentions?’, pages 18–19
glosses: A Russian-backed, partially-recognized secessionist state proclaimed in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, on 27 April 2014. It was later unilaterally annexed by Russia on 30 September 2022.
Synonyms: LPR
Hypernyms: Donbas
Donbass
Donets
Coordinate terms: Donetsk People's Republic
DPR
Derived terms: LPR
Related terms: Belgorod
Crimea
Novorossiya
European bitterling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: European bitterlings
Senses: glosses: A fish of species Rhodeus amarus, originating in Europe, ranging from the Rhone River basin in France to the Neva River in Russia.
Synonyms: sense: Rhodeus amarus
word: bitterling
Chiaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chiauses
Senses: examples: text: The greater part of the Chiaus's do the Duty of Serjeants
ref: 1741, John F. Stanford, quoting John Ozell, translator, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, edited by Charles A. M. Fennell, A Voyage into the Levant: perform'd by command of the late French King, volume 2, quoted in "chiaus, chaus(e), chouse, chaoush", The Stanford dictionary of anglicised words and phrases, Cambridge: Cambridge, University Press, published 1892, →OCLC, page 238:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of chiaus.
Tanakhic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Tanakh + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the Tanakh.
color inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colors inside the lines
form: coloring inside the lines
form: colored inside the lines
form: colored inside the lines
Etymology: A reference to children's coloring books, which contain line drawings to be colored in.
Senses: examples: text: Too many don'ts had crimped their creativity and blocked out the wealth of dos. I admire the high standards embraced by my Christian students, but my heart also aches for those who have been raised to simply color inside the lines.
ref: 2008, Craig Detweiler, A Purple State of Mind, →ISBN, page 55:
text: You see, she had already learned to color inside the lines, that is, be as quiet as she could and try to become invisible to simply blend into the wall until it was safe to come out.
ref: 2006, Jane Johnson, Every Kick Ain't Down II, →ISBN, page 171:
text: They told us to stay on the trail, but of course Bart never liked to color inside the lines.
ref: 2009, Susan Meissner, White Picket Fences: A Novel, →ISBN, page 107:
glosses: To behave conventionally, to follow the rules.
colors inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of color inside the lines
coloring inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of color inside the lines
colored inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of color inside the lines
wellfield
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wellfields
Etymology: From well + field.
Senses: glosses: A group of wells in an underground reservoir or aquifer.
wellfields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wellfield
chuckwaggon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chuckwaggons
Senses: glosses: Rare form of chuckwagon.
Trinbagonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɹɪ.bəˈɡəʊ.ni.ən/
ipa: /ˌtɹɪ.bəˈɡoʊ.ni.ən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Trinbagonians
Etymology: Blend of Trinidadian + Tobagonian
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Trinidad and Tobago.
Trinbagonians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Trinbagonian
colour inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colours inside the lines
form: colouring inside the lines
form: coloured inside the lines
form: coloured inside the lines
Senses: examples: text: I guess maybe it's because Al is more of a think inside the box type of guy. For Al you had to colour inside the lines. Different was too much for him but still that was uncalled for even for him.
ref: 2012, Timothy Parrant, Mary's Never War, →ISBN:
text: “How will we be insured against being arrested?” Francine was clearly not finished with this topic. “You know that I don't always colour inside the lines.
ref: 2013, Estelle Ryan, The Dante Connection (Book 2): A Genevieve Lenard Novel:
text: In all of these cases, the explicit goal is to ensure that children and teenagers will colour inside the lines, that their behaviour will stay within boundaries set by parents, educators, regulators, policy makers and/or technology developers.
ref: 2014, Simone van der Hof, Bibi van den Berg, Bart Schermer, Minding Minors Wandering the Web: Regulating Online Child Safety:
glosses: Alternative form of color inside the lines.
colours inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colour inside the lines
colouring inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colour inside the lines
coloured inside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colour inside the lines
color outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: colors outside the lines
form: coloring outside the lines
form: colored outside the lines
form: colored outside the lines
Etymology: A reference to children's coloring books, which contain line drawings to be colored in.
Senses: examples: text: As one American problem-solving court judge put it: “We are the judges who get to color outside the lines.”
ref: 2009, James L. Nolan Jr, Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing: The International Problem-Solving Court Movement:
text: It comes from the fact that skaters are more likely, as you say, to color outside the lines, and that inclination frightens and confuses most people and institutions.
ref: 2007, Bret Anthony Johnston, Corpus Christi: Stories:
text: For most of my life, I've watched my mother resist the urge to color outside the lines. Not because she didn't want to do it, but because some part of her wasn't free enough.
ref: 2008, Matthew Paul Turner, Churched: One Kid's Journey Toward God Despite a Holy Mess:
glosses: To behave in creative or unconventional ways, to break the rules.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see color, outside, lines.
colors outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of color outside the lines
coloring outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of color outside the lines
colored outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of color outside the lines
colour outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪnz
Forms: form: colours outside the lines
form: colouring outside the lines
form: coloured outside the lines
form: coloured outside the lines
Senses: examples: text: Now individuals and teams need to be willing to colour outside the lines and not work only from inside a box, a silo, a discipline, and so on.
ref: 2008, Tony Ghaye, Developing the Reflective Healthcare Team, →ISBN, page 89:
text: At Southwest we don't want clones – everyone is expected to colour outside the lines.
ref: 2007, John Thompson, Bill Bolton, Entrepreneurs, →ISBN, page 185:
text: Perhaps she should colour outside the lines more often. Not that icecream was much of a step over the lines.
ref: 2015, Shona Husk, Out Of Rhythm, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of color outside the lines.
colours outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of colour outside the lines
colouring outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of colour outside the lines
coloured outside the lines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of colour outside the lines
self-presentation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-presentations
Etymology: From self- + presentation.
Senses: glosses: The act of introducing oneself, stating name, titles, qualifications etc.
liquid sunshine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "He has found that the rays do not penetrate fluorescent fluids, or liquid sunshine as they are sometimes called.
ref: 1904, The Medical Standard - Volume 27, page 339:
text: In the meantime save that thirst to quench it in LIQUID SUNSHINE.
ref: 1919, The Northwestern Druggist: A Progressive Journal for Retail Druggists, Volume 27, page 145:
text: Five glasses a day of what was known as liquid sunshine would 'increase your income by keeping you and your family fit.
ref: 2010, Rose Shapiro, Suckers: How Alternative Medicine Makes Fools of Us All, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: A beverage that is fluorescent or irradiated, believed to have medicinal properties.
examples: text: He left a bad taste in my mind, let me have another good gulp of this liquid sunshine here with my bird's wing.
ref: 1990, Thomas Mann, Lotte in Weimar: The Beloved Returns, →ISBN, page 351:
text: The wine was worthy to be celebrated in classic verse; none so good is, I am sure, made elsewhere in Syria ; it was liquid sunshine; and as it was manufactured by the monks, it gave us a new respect for their fastidious taste.
ref: 2002, Charles Dudley Warner, In the Levant - Volume 1, →ISBN, pages 199–200:
text: Even if it was liquid sunshine it would've tasted like piss, the situation I'm in.
ref: 2007, Torsten Krol, Callisto, →ISBN, page 314:
glosses: An alcoholic beverage that is particularly smooth and tasty.
examples: text: So it was out and away to the road, place the call, punch a bunch of buttons ("To transfer funds, Press 9") in the liquid sunshine, while adjusting an umbrella to improve reception.
ref: 2008, Lynne Farr, Off the Grid Without a Paddle, →ISBN, page 39:
text: I'm in my tent on the shores of the beautiful Pacific, listening to the plentiful supply of liquid sunshine coming down.
ref: 2009, Frederick E. LaCroix, The Sky Rained Heroes: A Journey from War to Remembrance, →ISBN, page 205:
text: “You certainly would," Amber said, “if the builder hadn't taken our liquid sunshine into account." She pushed a switch on the outside wall. A clear plastic building began to unfold onto the arbor's structure.
ref: 2010, Stephen Arterburn, Mike Moscoe, The Forsaken, →ISBN, page 91:
glosses: Rain.
cash grab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cash grabs
form: cashgrab
form: cash-grab
Senses: examples: text: Considering some of the other offers that were made, allowing this one piece of merchandise was by no means a cash grab; this was merely Watterson putting a toe in the water.
ref: 2009, Nevin Martell, Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson, →ISBN, page 128:
glosses: A product designed primarily or solely with the intent of generating profits or money.
examples: text: Registered in the OED as 'a tax intended to discourage the emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, esp. one levied on the burning of fossil fuels', in some of our blog discussions carbon tax is repeatedly referred to as a cash grab.
ref: 2012, Jason Hughes, SAGE Internet Research Methods, →ISBN, page 224:
text: But this governance exercise quickly degenerated into a cash grab exercise (fundamentally corrupting the original purposes), when deficit and debt reduction became the categorical imperative.
ref: 2010, Ruth Hubbard, Gilles Paquet, The Black Hole of Public Administration, →ISBN, page 294:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Legislation that serves primarily the purpose of generating revenue.
examples: text: They went out on a cash grab today, got a couple hundred grand, but they say they've turned the courier around, go intel there's a big money stash out there."
ref: 2013, Lee Lamothe, Ray Tate and Djuna Brown Mysteries 3-Book Bundle: Free Form Jazz/Picasso Blues/Presto Variations, →ISBN, page 294:
text: What could be more cynical than a cash grab wrapped up in “never again?”
ref: 2025 January 28, “The Fall of Goma”, in Council on Foreign Relations:
glosses: An activity engaged in with the intention of making money quickly.
examples: text: If you are sustainably harvesting, you should be able to sustain the income that comes from harvesting instead of getting a larger cash grab now, and then forgoing future income.
ref: 2013, Brett Wills, Green Intentions: Creating a Green Value Stream to Compete, →ISBN, page 2011:
glosses: The money generated by a cash grab.
examples: text: The culminating funtivity is a cash grab on a Twister-like mat between two people, in which they stuff as much money into their various pockets, shirt fronts, and orifices as humanly possible.
ref: 2010, Matt Labash, Fly Fishing with Darth Vader: And Other Adventures with Evangelical Wrestlers, Political Hitmen, and Jewish Cowboys, →ISBN, page 275:
glosses: A game in which players attempt to grab as much money as possible.
Related terms: quick buck
foot rests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot rest
autoctisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: A neologism based on the Ancient Greek roots αὐτός (autós, “self”) + κτῐ́σῐς (ktĭ́sĭs, “creation”), introduced by Giovanni Gentile.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: The “pure act” of self-creation through being conscious of oneself.
wikipedia: Giovanni Gentile
EFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EFCs
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of electric flower car.
EFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Everton Football Club.
EFCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of EFC
electric flower car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric flower cars
Senses: glosses: a type of road truck (lorry) or bus (motorcoach), on which performers perform on an elevated stage, with the body of the vehicle festooned with lights, in a funeral procession.
raw_tags: in Taiwan
Synonyms: word: EFC
Related terms: flower car
electric flower cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of electric flower car
flower car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flower cars
Senses: glosses: a vehicle used to carry funerary paraphernalia honoring the dead, especially floral wreaths, in a funeral procession
Derived terms: electric flower car
flower cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flower car
land surveyor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: land surveyors
form: land-surveyor
form: landsurveyor
Senses: glosses: a landing-surveyor (a customs official appointing and overseeing landwaiters)
glosses: a professional who measures land, delineates property boundaries, etc.
autovaccination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: autovaccinations
Etymology: From auto- + vaccination.
Senses: glosses: vaccination by means of an autovaccine
auxologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxologists
Etymology: From auxo- + -logist.
Senses: glosses: A student or practitioner of auxology
auxopathy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auxopathies
Etymology: From auxo- + -pathy.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any disease that affects growth
comaraderie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of camaraderie.
black aurora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black auroras
form: black aurorae
Senses: glosses: A structure that is embedded in a uniformly bright aurora, where its optical emission is significantly reduced, presenting as either patches or arcs that mainly drift eastwards.
black auroras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black aurora Alternative form of black aurorae.
black aurorae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of black aurora Alternative form of black auroras.
best-by date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best-by dates
Senses: coordinate_terms: sell-by date
use-by date
expiration date
expiry date
issue date
glosses: Synonym of best before date.
synonyms: word: best before date
best-before date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: best-before dates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of best before date.
Ahura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”). Doublet of Asura.
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Title of the three members of the ahuric triad – Ahura Mazda, Ahura Mithra, and Ahura Berezant Apam Napat – that regulate (or, in the case of Mazda, create) the physical and moral order (asha).
wikipedia: Ahura
ahura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ahuras
Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬀𐬵𐬎𐬭𐬀 (ahura, “lord”).
Senses: topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A member of the ahuric triad.
wikipedia: ahura
Derived terms: english: having the qualities of an ahura
translation: having the qualities of an ahura
word: ahuric
Related terms: Ahura
Friday the 13th
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iːnθ
Forms: form: Fridays the 13th
Senses: examples: text: For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
ref: 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020:
glosses: Alternative spelling of Friday the thirteenth.
refuge islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refuge island
pedestrian island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestrian islands
Senses: glosses: A refuge island.
pedestrian refuge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pedestrian refuges
Senses: glosses: A refuge island.
pedestrian islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedestrian island
pedestrian refuges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pedestrian refuge
advocative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From advocate + -ive.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Related to advocation
peace talks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A series of formal discussions between two or more nation-states or groups of people held to resolve existing conflict between them.
esquites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: esquites
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish esquites, plural of esquite (“toasted corn”), from Nahuatl īzquitl
Senses: glosses: A Mexican snack or antojito made from white corn kernels that have been boiled and softened in water, which typically contains salt and epazote.
auflauf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: auflaufs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Auflauf.
Senses: examples: text: […] add half a pint of cream, four tablespoonfuls of flour, some finely cut almonds, and some lemon-peel grated, or a piece of vanilla pounded[,] with sugar enough to sweeten the auflauf.
ref: 1873, German National Cookery for English Kitchens, page 208:
glosses: A German soufflé or other (often layered) baked dish.
secularistically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more secularistically
form: most secularistically
Etymology: From secularistic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a secularistic manner
chiaush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chä.o͞oshʹ
ipa: /t͡ʃəˈuʃ/
Etymology: * See chiaus
Senses: examples: text: The petitioners ſpeak for themſelves or request the aſſiſtance of a chiauſh; for neither pleaders nor attornies are admitted.
ref: 1797, William Fordyce Mavor, Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of Columbus to the present period, volume 11, London: E. Newberry, →OCLC, page 76:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of chiaus .
Lieg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Nephthys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛfθɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέφθυς (Néphthus), from Egyptian nbt-ḥwt, O9 t:H8
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An ancient Egyptian goddess, the wife of Set and sister of Isis, Osiris, and Set, worshiped as a protective goddess and nurse of the pharaoh and associated with funerary rites and the transition from life to death.
off and running
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: An allusion to the beginning of a footrace or horse race, when competitors rush forth out of the starting blocks or gate.
Senses: examples: text: But both newspapers made the same point. . . . And so the story was off and running.
ref: 2000 July 24, Felicity Barringer, “Running on Adrenaline And Ideology at The Post”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Apr 2015:
text: The train won't budge, but the film that this scene opens, the Kafkaesque Romanian comedy "California Dreamin'," is off and running.
ref: 2007 October 27, Jessica Au, “When Movies Follow The Storm”, in Newsweek, retrieved 16 Apr 2015:
text: [T]he recovery seems to have entered a new stage in recent months. “We’re finally off and running,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.
ref: 2014 December 14, Jay Fitzgerald, “Economic recovery starts gaining steam”, in Boston Globe, retrieved 16 Apr 2015:
glosses: Launched or launching vigorously into a course of action.
Related terms: off to the races
gaws
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of gaw