cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
figurizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of figurize
figurizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of figurize
finetop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From fine + top.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of redtop (“the grass Agrostis vulgaris”).
synonyms: word: redtop
extra: the grass Agrostis vulgaris
subtier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: subtiers
Etymology: From sub- + tier.
Senses: glosses: A secondary or subsidiary tier.
subtiers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subtier
fire safety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firesafety
Senses: hypernyms: health and safety
;
safety
glosses: Practices intended to prevent fires and reduce the destruction they cause.
Related terms: firefighter
firefighting
fireproof
fire-resistant
firesafe
flame-retardant
refractory
firesafety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The model provides a tool for assessing the expected risks associated with building fires. Exhibit 2 identifies five possible measures for describing various aspects of firesafety.
ref: 1979, NBS Special Publication, numbers 552-554, page 20:
text: The non-profit association for firesafety, the NFPA was founded in 1896 and has more than 32,500 members worldwide.
ref: 1986, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology, Prevention of Residential Fire Fatalities: Hearing..., page 184:
glosses: Alternative form of fire safety.
firefall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: firefalls
Etymology: From fire + fall, modelled on waterfall.
Senses: glosses: A summertime event held in Yosemite National Park from 1872 to 1968, in which burning hot embers were spilled from the top of Glacier Point to the valley below, giving the appearance of a glowing waterfall.
glosses: The phenomenon whereby Horsetail Fall, a seasonal waterfall in Yosemite National Park, is illuminated by the sunset so that it glows orange-red.
firefalls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of firefall
Fiote
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fiot
Senses: glosses: The local vernacular spoken by black people in Cabinda.
Haos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hao
can't be fucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: can't be fucked
form: couldn't be fucked
Senses: glosses: Synonym of can't be bothered.
synonyms: word: can't be bothered
couldn't be bothered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can't be bothered
couldn't be fucked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of can't be fucked
fire pits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire pit
Firetop
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From fire + top.
Senses: glosses: Nickname for a person with red hair.
Related terms: carrot top
calling to the bar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of call to the bar
fittily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fittily
form: most fittily
Senses: glosses: neatly; cleverly
Fittipaldis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fittipaldi
five-bar swordtail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: five-bar swordtails
Senses: glosses: An Asian papilionid butterfly, of species Graphium antiphates, having five short black bands on the forewing.
five-bar swordtails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of five-bar swordtail
Fischer's lovebird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fischer's lovebirds
Etymology: Named after German explorer Gustav Fischer.
Senses: glosses: The small parrot Agapornis fischeri.
wikipedia: Gustav Fischer
Fischer's lovebirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fischer's lovebird
deltal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Lacustrine deposits of clay, and more rarely sand and alluvial sediments of clay, sand, and gravel, complete the recent deposits. A considerable deltal island has formed at the mouth of Horn river where it enters Fawn and Mink[…]
ref: 1922, Geological Survey of Canada, Summary Report of the Geological Survey, Department of Mines for the Calendar Year ..., page 55:
text: […] filled with alluvial deposits which finally rose above sea level except at the mouths of the valleys where wave action has been sufficiently strong to carry the sediment seaward and thus prevent the accumulation of deltal deposits.
ref: 1925, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin, page 38:
text: Inevitably, as deltal and alluvial deposits encroached upon the basins, the lakes pour […]
ref: 1969, Wallace R. Hansen, The Geologic Story of the Uinta Mountains, page 104:
glosses: Pertaining to or deposited by a (river) delta.
Gouldstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
flashpan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flashpans
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of flash pan.
flashpans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flashpan
flash pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flash pans
form: flashpan
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
synonyms: priming pan
glosses: A small receptacle for priming powder, found next to the touch hole on muzzleloading guns.
flash pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flash pan
priming pan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: priming pans
Senses: glosses: Synonym of flash pan.
synonyms: word: flash pan
priming pans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priming pan
flameflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flameflowers
Etymology: From flame + flower.
Senses: glosses: Any of various herbaceous succulent plants of the genus Talinum.
flameflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flameflower
flakage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From flake + -age.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: The presence of flaking in an artifact.
flannelbush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: flannelbushes
Etymology: From flannel + bush.
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Fremontodendron of shrubs.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Fremontodendron californicum
word: California flannelbush
taxonomic: Fremontodendron mexicanum
word: Mexican flannerbush
flannelbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flannelbush
fleuretty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of floretty.
floretty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fleurettée
form: fleuretty
form: florettée
Senses: topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Decorated (finished at the ends) with fleurs-de-lis, which (unlike a cross flory) are attached in their entirety to the arms of the couped cross, rather than the arms developing into that shape.
raw_tags: of a cross
Related terms: counterflory
flory
flatnose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flat + nose.
Senses: examples: the flatnose catshark
the flatnose xenocongrid eel
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Designating various organisms that have a flat nose.
Derived terms: flatnose catshark
floatmaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floatmakers
Etymology: From float + maker.
Senses: examples: text: I spoke of my interest in seeing what those masters of the floatmaker's art at Macy's might come up with as a 300-square-foot depiction of a plate of spaghetti carbonara.
ref: 1984, Calvin Trillin, Third Helpings, page 8:
text: "So you think Upstart will replace Ullo as their go-to floatmaker?"
ref: 2014, Liz Talley, His Forever Girl, page 243:
glosses: A builder of floats (decorated trailers or vehicles for display in a parade or pageant).
floatmakers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floatmaker
floodboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floodboards
Etymology: From flood + board.
Senses: glosses: A waterproof board placed over an opening, such as a door or window, to prevent floodwater from entering.
floodboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floodboard
florigraphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of floriography.
floriographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floriographers
Senses: glosses: One who studies floriography.
floriographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to floriography.
floriographers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floriographer
fluorans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fluoran
flutterations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flutteration
deepfaking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of deepfake
deepfaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deepfake
focaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: focaloids
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A shell bounded by two concentric, confocal ellipses (in two dimensions) or ellipsoids (in three dimensions).
focaloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of focaloid
Fólkvang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Fólkvangr.
foosterer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foosterers
Etymology: From fooster + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who foosters.
foosterers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foosterer
foostherer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foostherers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foosterer.
foostherers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foostherer
foot balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of foot ball
Central Frontenac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Frontenac County, eastern Ontario, Canada.
footstick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footsticks
Etymology: From foot + stick.
Senses: examples: text: Every time, the bricklayers have to use their footstick to check whether the right height has been reached.
ref: 2008, Marja van den Heuvel-Panhuizen, Kees Buys, Young Children Learn Measurement and Geometry, page 74:
coordinate_terms: yardstick
glosses: A measuring rod that is one foot long.
examples: text: The wee man crossed the footstick to where Johnny was and took him back over to his side.
ref: 2017, Steve Lally, Monaghan Folk Tales:
glosses: A piece of wood serving as a simple bridge over water.
examples: text: The footsticks may be a trifle shorter than the width of two pages and the gutter; for as there should always be a line of quadrats, or a reglet cut to measure, at the foot of each page, the footstick may be a pica shorter without danger, on this account, of any thing falling out, when the form is lifted and it thus prevents the side and foot sticks from binding when locked up.
ref: 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330:
text: Neither the sidestick nor the footstick should project beyond the other, as it will prevent the quoins from passing, and in unlocking will give a great deal of trouble.
ref: 1863, H. Morgan, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Printing, page 53:
text: In using common footsticks and sidesticks, however, the broad part of the sidestick would be at the top left-hand corner of the left side section of the forme, and the broad part of the footstick at the lower right-hand corner.
ref: 1884, John Southward, Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography, page 138:
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: A sloped or beveled piece of wood or metal placed against the foot of a page that is being typeset, and locked in place by quoins.
footsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footstick
doomsday cult
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doomsday cults
Etymology: Coined by American sociologist John Lofland in 1966 in his book Doomsday Cult: A Study of Conversion, Proselytization, and Maintenance of Faith
Senses: glosses: A cult that believes in apocalypticism and millenarianism.
examples: text: This raised doubts about their competence and, indeed, their connection to reality; it’s never good when economists at major banks declare that a country’s ruling party has become a doomsday cult.
ref: 2022 October 3, Paul Krugman, “How Liz Truss Did So Much Damage in So Few Days”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: a group that has lost touch with reality.
forepreparation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forepreparations
Etymology: From fore- + preparation.
Senses: examples: text: […] having much aduantage both in number, valure, and forepreparation […]
ref: 1598, Philip Sidney, The countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, page 211:
glosses: Something done in advance, to make ready; preparation.
forepreparations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forepreparation
doomsday cults
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doomsday cult
devaluational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to devaluation.
devaluationary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to devaluation.
Frontenac County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɑn.tə.næk ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after Louis de Buade de Frontenac, whose name comes from the Gallo-Roman name Frontinus + -acum.
Senses: glosses: A county in eastern Ontario, Canada.
Related terms: Central Frontenac
Frenchwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From French + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: […] and in the sixth line “Re” must be pronounced Frenchwise, as if it were “Er.”
ref: 1866, Edward Deacon Girdlestone, Memory Helped, page 11:
text: But toward the end of the evening, when we all began kissing one another on both cheeks, Frenchwise, bidding Lucien a last farewell, a sailor started singing the “Internationale.”
ref: 1937, Claude McKay, edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett, A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, published 2007, page 200:
glosses: In the French manner or style.
freshmanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more freshmanic
form: most freshmanic
Etymology: From freshman + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: There is one Freshman who gathers in himself all the little peculiar Freshmanic idiosyncracies to a surprising extent.
ref: 1871, Sophomore: Williams College, page 18:
text: What kind of freshmanic drivel do you call that?
ref: 1911, The Smith College Monthly, volume 19, page 562:
synonyms: freshmanly
glosses: Characteristic of a freshman.
freetrader
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: freetraders
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of free trader.
freetraders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of freetrader
Furfooz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after the village of Furfooz, Wallonia, where a prehistoric lower jaw was discovered in 1866.
Senses: glosses: The first anatomically modern humans of the European Upper Palaeolithic, alongside the Cro-Magnon and Grimaldi Man.
consumer units
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of consumer unit
fuseboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fuseboards
Etymology: From fuse + board.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fusebox.
synonyms: word: fusebox
fuseboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fuseboard
supermillionaire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supermillionaires
Etymology: From super- + millionaire.
Senses: glosses: A person who has many times more than one million units of the local currency, but who is not a billionaire.
Related terms: megamillion
megamillionaire
multimillion
multimillionaire
billion
billionaire
paredros
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek πάρεδρος (páredros).
Senses: glosses: An assistant or servant of a god.
food poisonings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of food poisoning
piggers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pigger
marcopolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: marcopolos
Senses: topics: games
glosses: Alternative form of Marco Polo.
Bickertonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bickertonites
Etymology: From Bickerton + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A member of the Church of Jesus Christ founded in 1862 in Pennsylvania.
Bickertonites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bickertonite
long-term Covid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long Covid.
synonyms: word: long Covid
long-haul COVID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long Covid.
synonyms: word: long Covid
ongoing covid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long Covid.
synonyms: word: long Covid
post-COVID-19 syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long COVID.
synonyms: word: long COVID
post Covid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long Covid.
synonyms: word: long Covid
chronic Covid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long Covid.
synonyms: word: long Covid
long-tail Covid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of long COVID.
synonyms: word: long COVID
mopedists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mopedist
pseudo-democracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pseudo-democracies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pseudodemocracy.
dick-sucking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dicksucking.
Bahous
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bahouses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Grand Turk Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænd ˈtɜː(ɹ)k ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology: The island is named for the presence of Turk's cap cactus (Melocactus intortus).
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
wikipedia: Melocactus intortus
payload specialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: payload specialists
Etymology: From payload + specialist.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an astronaut selected and trained for specific space flights, usually responsible for handling complex equipment onboard and conducting experiments and researches
payload specialists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of payload specialist
North Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɔːθ ˈkeɪ.kəs/
rhymes: -eɪkəs
Etymology: Derived from the Taíno words *kaya (“island”) and *hiko (“string”). The element north was added to indicate the island's position within the Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Middle Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪ.dəl ˈkeɪ.kəs/
rhymes: -eɪkəs
Etymology: Derived from the Taíno words cayo (“island”) and hico (“string”). The element middle was added to indicate the island's position within the Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
South Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaʊθ ˈkeɪ.kəs/
rhymes: -eɪkəs
Etymology: Derived from the Taíno words cayo (“island”) and hico (“string”). The element south was added to indicate the island's position within the Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
East Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːst ˈkeɪ.kəs/
rhymes: -eɪkəs
Etymology: Derived from the Taíno words cayo (“island”) and hico (“string”). The element east was added to indicate the island's position within the Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
West Caicos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛst ˈkeɪ.kəs/
rhymes: -eɪkəs
Etymology: Derived from the Taíno words cayo (“island”) and hico (“string”). The element west was added to indicate the island's position within the Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Pine Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaɪn ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named after a small forest of Caicos pine (“Pinus caribaea var. bahamensis”) trees present on the island.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Water Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɔː.tə ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Parrot Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæɹ.ət ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The name derives from a (deliberate or gradual) change of the older name Pirate Cay.
Senses: synonyms: word: Pirate Cay
english: ''historical''
translation: ''historical''
glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Fort George Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːt ˈdʒɔː(ɹ)dʒ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named after a former fort, named in turn after Saint George (d. 303).
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
wikipedia: Saint George
Dellis Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛl.ɪs ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named after skin diver and entrepreneur John Dellis, who attempted to establish a sponging industry in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Osifchok
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Osifchoks
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Xtina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From X as a stand-in for Ancient Greek Χ (Kh) as an initial representing Χριστος (Khristos, “Christ”). Popularized by Christina Aguilera.
Senses: examples: text: Vocalist/keyboardist Mackey has been performing live with Thrill Kill Kult since 1996, and vocalist Xtina X (a.k.a. Christina Petro, and Mackey’s wife) is a former Busch Gardens belly dancer who toured with U2 as a featured stage extra for part of their 1992 tour.
ref: 2000 December 21, Michael Canning, “Christmas for the naughty”, in St. Petersburg Times, volume 117, number 150, page 4t:
text: Also many thanks to Christina “Xtina” Richardson, […]
ref: 2004, Sarah Grace McCandless, “Acknowledgments”, in Grosse Pointe Girl: Tales from a Suburban Adolescence, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, →ISBN:
text: […] contact the ARI administrator, Christina Waters, Ph.D., at xtina@[…].edu […]
ref: 2008, General Catalog, University of California, Santa Cruz, page 57:
text: Christina Martin and Parker Lennon post fitness photos to the account @Xtina_M_Martin.
ref: 2017 October 14, “Parker Lennon and Christina Martin, Both 31, Temple Terrace”, in Tampa Bay Times, volume 134, number 82, section “Personal Best”, page 9:
text: […] Christina Warren, or Xtina […]
ref: 2020, Jill Sanders, The Calling (The Entangled Series), Grayton Press, →ISBN:
text: Christina Catherine Martinez […] @xtina_catherine
ref: 2021 December 4, “Contributors”, in Los Angeles Times, section “Image”, page 20:
glosses: Abbreviation of Christina.
wikipedia: Christina Aguilera
papingoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papingo
papingos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of papingo
room for maneuver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: room to maneuver
Senses: examples: text: “He doesn’t have much room for maneuver,” said Sam Hill, a fixed-income fund manager at Threadneedle in London. “On the one hand he wants to loosen fiscal policy, but on the other hand he’s already in a massive hole, and if he does anything to make that worse the market will react very negatively.”
ref: 2009 April 21, Julia Werdigier, “Little Room to Maneuver on Budget for Britain”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: To this end, Obama and Romney will need to lift the impediments to growth and job creation. Here again – in areas like housing, the labor market, credit intermediation, and infrastructure – there is less room for maneuver than most politicians would like us to believe.
ref: 2012 August 2, Mohamed el-Erian, “Winner of US election will have limited economic options”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Synonym of wiggle room.
synonyms: word: wiggle room
Hebrew character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hebrew characters
Senses: glosses: Orthosia gothica, a noctuid moth having distinctive black wing markings that resemble the Hebrew letter nun (נ).
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Hebrew, character.
Related terms: english: Xestia c-nigrum
translation: Xestia c-nigrum
word: setaceous Hebrew character
Hebrew characters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Hebrew character
Gen Z-er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen Z-ers
Senses: examples: text: And they responded to her character, the even-keeled sous-chef Sydney Adamu, a kind of stand-in for every unflappable Gen Z-er who suspects that they might have a better idea of how to run a workplace than their chaotic boss.
ref: 2022 August 30, Sandra E. Garcia, “Ayo Edebiri and Her Dog Gromit Go to the Bookstore”, in The New York Times:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Zer.
Gen Z'er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen Z'ers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Zer.
Little Ambergris Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪtl̩ ˈæm.bə.ɡɹɪs ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for the presence of ambergris on its shores. The element little was added to distinguish the island from Big Ambergris Cay.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Big Ambergris Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡ ˈæm.bɚ.ɡɹɪs ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for the presence of ambergris on its shores. The element big was added to distinguish the island from Little Ambergris Cay.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Gen X-er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen X-ers
Senses: examples: text: DeSantis is surely not the first elected official who told friends from his youth he would be president one day — the son of a Nielsen-rating box installer and a nurse outside Tampa, imagining a path to high prominence through politics. But he might be the only Gen X-er who paired such ambitions with impressions of a disgraced forebear.
ref: 2022 September 13, Matt Flegenheimer, “Is Ron DeSantis the Future of the Republican Party?”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Xer.
Cotton Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒt.n̩ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island was formerly used to grow Sea Island cotton (“Gossypium barbadense”).
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
French Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: Apparently named after the presence of either infamous French pirate François l'Olonnais (around 1630 - around 1669) or that of a French naval engineer who investigated whether the island was fit to host a lighthouse.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
wikipedia: François l'Olonnais
Long Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒŋ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for its elongated shape.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Gibbs Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪbz ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is possibly named after Grand Turk resident George Judson Gibbs.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Mangrove Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæŋ.ɡɹəʊv ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island in the Bahamas is named for the presence of mangrove trees on the island.
The island in the Turks and Caicos Islands is named for the presence of red mangrove (“Rhizophora mangle”) trees.
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Bahamas.
glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Generation Zer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Generation Zers
form: Generation Zedder
Etymology: From Generation Z + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The other day, Jann Wenner was talking about his generation. To him, the common notion that millennials and generation Zers have beefs with baby boomers like him – from their assumptions about the primacy of their music to their culpability in climate change – doesn’t fly.
ref: 2022 September 16, Jim Farber, “Jann Wenner on Rolling Stone: ‘Some reviews were just insufferably nasty’”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: Generation Z
Gen Z
Gen-Zer
Z
Zer
zoomer
glosses: A member of Generation Z.
policy rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: policy rates
Senses: examples: “What is the Central Bank policy rate?”, in IMF, (Can we date this quote?): “The central bank policy rate (CBPR) is the rate that is used by central bank to implement or signal its monetary policy stance.”
“The policy rate”, in Norges Bank, (Can we date this quote?): “The policy rate is Norges Bank's main instrument for stabilising inflation and developments in the Norwegian economy.”
glosses: An interest rate set by a central bank to conduct monetary policy (often implemented as the bank's discount rate/bank rate or its repurchase agreement rate)
Synonyms: policy interest rate
key interest rate
key rate
Related terms: bank rate
target overnight rate
discount rate
Joe Grant Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊ ˈɡɹɑːnt ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Dragon Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɹæ.ɡən ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named after a rock formation shaped vaguely like a dragon.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Plandon Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈplæn.dən ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Big Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪɡ ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for its size.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Round Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹaʊnd ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named for its rounded shape.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Hope Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhəʊp ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Silly Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪ.li ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: Scilly Cay
Etymology: The island is named after Irish entrepreneur George Silly.
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
preheminence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: no forreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate, spiritual or temporal, shall at any time after the last day of this session of Parliament use, enjoy, or exercise any manner of power, jurisdiction, superiority, authority, preheminence, or priviledge spiritual or ecclesiasticall within this realm
ref: 1560, Act of Supremacy (Ireland)
glosses: Rare spelling of preeminence.
McCartney Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məkˈkɑːt.niː ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: The island is named after the first Chief Minister of the Turks and Caicos Islands, James Alexander George Smith McCartney (1945 - 1980).
Senses: glosses: An island of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
wikipedia: James Alexander George Smith McCartney
policy interest rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: policy interest rates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of policy rate.
synonyms: word: policy rate
key interest rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key interest rates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of policy rate.
synonyms: word: policy rate
key rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: key rates
Senses: glosses: Synonym of policy rate.
synonyms: word: policy rate
13er
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 13ers
Senses: examples: text: The bare and grassy Elk Mountain 12er stands to the north, contrasted by ragged 13ers to the east rising above Mayflower Gulch, an impressive lineup including Crystal, Atlantic and Pacific Peaks, Fletcher Mountain and Drift Peak.
ref: 2022 August 2, Joe LaFleur, “CT Series: Kokomo Pass area delivers on alpine expanses with bonus fall colors”, in Pikes Peak Courier:
glosses: Alternative form of thirteener (“mountain with an elevation of at least 13,000 feet”).
examples: text: Yet the worst aspect of this “bust” nomer, and why 13ers resent it, is how it plants today's 25-year-olds squarely where they don't want to be: in the shadow of the “boom[.]”
ref: 1991, William Strauss, Neil Howe, Generations, Quill, →ISBN, page 324:
glosses: Alternative form of thirteener (“Gen-Xer”).
13ers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 13er
Gen Zedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gen Zedder
Gen-Zedder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gen-Zedders
Senses: examples: text: Gen-Zedders spend a phenomenal amount of time online, but they’re also very aware of when they’re being advertised to and have shorter attention spans than fish.
ref: 2018 April 30, Nina Cresswell, “How Universal Orlando nailed Gen Z appeal by giving teen influencers full creative freedom”, in Influencer Update, Steel Media Ltd:
text: As a teen, I remember going to 70s-themed discos in outrageous flared trousers bought from charity shops and feeling that it was a distant historical era. But now I realise there’s a pile of Gen-Zedders who feel the same way about the 90s and are no doubt making fun of my music taste and long-ago penchant for combat trousers, friendship bracelets and straightening my hair to within an inch of its life like the Appleton sisters did.
ref: 2020 March 1, Elizabeth Day, “Oh my God… I’m retro!”, in You:
text: However, what Gen-Zedders also need to do is question the culture that demands they work 24/7 and monetise everything they do […]
ref: 2021 April 10, Julia Llewellyn Smith, “Grace Beverley, the 24-year-old CEO who says Gen Z faces burn-out”, in The Times:
text: It would be interesting to understand what organisations – facing disruption of their markets via new entrants or incumbents’ enhanced new capabilities – are doing, or have done, to transform from babyboomer capabilities to the millennial and gen-zedders are planning.
ref: 2021 May 7, Naleen Nageshwar, “Competing for customer relationships”, in The Fiji Times:
text: (I'm showing my age there – the Gen-Zedders are consuming it through streaming these days, which has kept the debate alive.)
ref: 2021 May 28, Tom Fordy, “What the easily offended don't get about Friends – it was once the most progressive show on TV”, in The Telegraph:
text: In an interview for The Times, social media influencer, Grace Beverley, also known as GraceFit, discusses "burnout", stating that Gen-Zedders need to “question the culture that demands they work 24/7 and monetise everything they do — and take a break.
ref: 2021 June 17, Kirsten Murray, “The Toxic Productivity Echo Chamber”, in Nouse, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022:
text: A favourite of Gen-Zedders and ultra-hip lefties across the capital, New Balance has eschewed its reputation as a tried and true dad brand, ushering in a new era of ugly-chic dressing.
ref: 2022 May 16, Ellie Goodman, “Fresh kicks: The best white trainers for men”, in Luxury London:
text: Number one: nauseatingly young Gen-Zedder called Jayden who looked like he was one step away from asking me what I did in the war.
ref: 2022 June 30, Mary Jayne Baker, The 24 Hour Dating Agency, Head of Zeus Ltd, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, →ISBN:
text: Twenty years on from the original series, there’s a new, diverse class of Gen-Zedders at Hartley High, accurately reflecting the lives of Aussie teenagers today.
ref: 2022 September 29, Laura Morgan, “Meet the Heartbreak High cast: Who’s who in the Netflix reboot”, in What to Watch, Future plc:
glosses: Alternative form of Gen-Zer.
Gen-Zedders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gen-Zedder
Stoke Albany
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Kettering district (OS grid ref SP8087).
shuffling off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of shuffle off
shuffled off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shuffle off
shuffles off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of shuffle off
political entity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political entities
Senses: examples: text: The proceedings of the congress of Vienna proved how little the common good weighed unless reinforced by particular interests; but the conception of “Europe” as a political entity none the less survived.
ref: S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Diplomacy
text: Since the union with Italy, Tuscany has ceased to constitute a separate political entity, although the people still preserve definite regional characteristics.
ref: S:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Tuscany
text: A new definition is inserted at s. 4–political entity–meaning a registered political party, a state branch or a registered political party, a candidate in an election or by-election, or a member of a group.
ref: (mention only) 4. New provisions, aph.gov.auhttps://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Electoral_Matters/proposedamendmentsbill/Second_advisory_report/section?id=committees%2Freportjnt%2F024221%2F26617#footnote20ref
text: Below are frequently asked questions about political entities (candidates, parties, third parties, etc).
ref: FAQs on Political Entities, elections.ca
text: The state is primarily a political entity, characterized by territoriality and stability in government. That is, a state has territory, and exercises effective government in that territory over the population, all or most of whom are citizens of the state.
ref: Neil MacCormick, Questioning Sovereignty: Law, State, and Nation in the European Commonwealth
text: A municipality is a corporate and political entity organized by the residents of the area to operate within a prescribed geographic area for the purpose of providing public services.
ref: What is Municipal Government?, mdmunicipal.orghttps://web.archive.org/web/20221004133915/https://www.mdmunicipal.org/413/What-is-Municipal-Government
text: Scholars and politicians have struggled to define this political entity, consisting of member states that pool their sovereignty at the European level, yet retain distinct identities as independent states. The EU cannot be described simply as cooperation between independent national governments, like the United Nations. Nor can it be depicted as a federal state, like the United States.
ref: Europe as a Political Entityhttps://europe.unc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/314/2016/11/Brief_Europe_Political_Entity_2006.pdf
text: Securities registered in the name of, or assigned to, a State, county, city, town, village, school district or other political entity, public body or corporation, may be assigned by a duly authorized officer, supported by evidence of his authority.
ref: 31 CFR § 306.88 - Political entities and public corporations. | CFR | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
glosses: A polity; A territory whose boundaries are set by a political authority, especially one with its own governing organization.
Related terms: political unit
show-stopping
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more show-stopping
form: most show-stopping
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of showstopping.
Related terms: show-stoppingly
hardlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hardlinks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of hard link.
softlink
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: softlinks
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of soft link.
hardlinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hardlink
softlinks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of softlink
Generation Zed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Generation Zeds
Senses: examples: text: There is no pendulum of change to swing us back to the ‘good old days’ – the direction of these shifts will continue. Indeed, have a quick look at the Generation Zeds. They are born to parents who are a decade older than the Boomers were when they began families, there are half as many of them per household compared to 50 years ago, and so they are being even more scheduled, protected and materially endowed than the Y-ers.
ref: 2009/2011, Mark McCrindle, Emily Wolfinger, “[Motivating and communicating] Training and communicating”, in The ABC of XYZ: Understanding the Global Generations, University of New South Wales Press, →ISBN, page 163:
text: Uber might be cool, but it might take a little while to show up in rural Nebraska every time a kid needs to go someplace, and while Tesla might also be cool, it's unlikely to be a Generation Zed's or a millennial's first set of wheels.
ref: 2017 April 4, Autoweek editors, “Google: Teens prefer being lit/woke to 'automative' things”, in Autoweek, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022:
text: As she explained to the bank’s ‘relationship manager’: ‘People expect choice. Your Millennials and Generation Zeds, they’re used to picking from everything in the world and having it today. Fancy a turmeric latte and a cronut? Get it Deliveroo’d.’
ref: 2019, Keri Davies, The Archers Year Of Food and Farming: A Celebration of Ambridge’s Most Delicious Produce, from the Fields to the Kitchens, with a Side Order of Gossip, Seven Dials, →ISBN:
text: ‘You’re right and maybe we are an outcome of the serious crap our families wanted to get away from. Explains why we Generation Zeds, take the next step into a happier, projected future!’
ref: 2023, Edward Groughan, The Desert’s Daughters, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative form of Generation Z.
Generation Zs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Generation Z
zombie fires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of zombie fire
windsprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: windsprints
Senses: examples: text: Afterward I raced him up and down two of the aisles and even got him giggling a little. […] After the windsprints we sat down with Amanda and Hattie Turman and drank Gatorade from paper cups and I told him I was going over to the drugstore with a few other people.
ref: 1980, Stephen King, The Mist, Viking Press:
glosses: Alternative form of wind sprint.
windsprints
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of windsprint
White Dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque from Chinese 白犬
Senses: examples: text: The steamer Fu-yew, Captain Croad, left Hongkong on the 26th ulto. at 11:30 a.m. Arrived at Shanghai on the 31st. Had thick foggy weather from Hongkong to the White Dogs ; thence to Namki, strong N.E. and lightning.
ref: 1875 April 1, “Clippings”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XIV, number 412, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 317, column 2:
text: Peiping radio said a U.S. Navy aircraft violated Chinese Communist air space over Pingtan and White Dog islands off the coastal province of Fukien Sunday and added that a Red foreign ministry spokesman was "authorized to issue its 58th serious warning against the intrusion."
ref: 1959 July 20, “U.S. Plane Accused Of Air Violation”, in The Cumberland News, volume 21, number 239, Cumberland, Maryland, sourced from Tokyo (AP), page 1, column 8:
glosses: Former name of Juguang.
Uplinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Uplingers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Üplinger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Bernharts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bernhart
Uplingers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Uplinger
Generation Alphas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Generation Alpha
sub-range
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-ranges
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of subrange.
sub-ranges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-range
Beukema
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Beukemas
Etymology: Borrowed from West Frisian Beukema.
Senses: glosses: A surname from West Frisian.
goldangit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of goddammit.
Biroses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Biros
Beukemas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Beukema
Bohnenkamp
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bohnenkamps
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bohnenkamp.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Boquet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Boquets
Etymology: Borrowed from French Boquet.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Boquets
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Boquet
Bohnenkamps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bohnenkamp
Gen Alphas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Gen Alpha
Abuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abuans
Etymology: Borrowed from Ilocano Abuan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ilocano.
Bartleses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bartles
Abuans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abuan
Abedi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abedis
Etymology: Borrowed from Persian عابدی.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Persian.
Angerer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Angerers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Angerer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Grand Cay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænd ˈkiː/
rhymes: -iː
Senses: glosses: An island and district of the Bahamas.
Angerers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Angerer
Abedis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Abedi
Negro-American
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Negro-Americans
Senses: examples: text: The English-speaking inspector smiled and asked me whether I was a Communist. I said that I was a poet and a great admirer of Victor Hugo. He said, “Well, I wouldn't wonder if a Negro-American had advanced ideas.”
ref: 1937, Claude McKay, edited by Gene Andrew Jarrett, A Long Way from Home, New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, published 2007, page 200:
synonyms: word: African-American
word: BIPOC
word: BME
word: colored
word: colored person
word: minority
raw_tags: in white majority countries
word: nonwhite
word: person of color
glosses: A black American.
Alsbrooks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alsbrookses
Etymology: Variant of Allsebrook.
Senses: glosses: A surname.