cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
summer holiday
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: summer holidays
Senses: synonyms: word: summer holidays
word: summer vacation
coordinate_terms: winter holiday
glosses: A school break in summer between school years and the break in the school academic year.
glosses: A vacation taken during the summer.
examples: text: Trips to Malta have not always been a summer holiday for Southgate's England - a World Cup qualifier here in 2017 saw them fail to score until the 53rd minute before three late strikes put some undeserved gloss on that 4-0 scoreline.
ref: 2023 June 17, Emma Smith, “Malta 0-4 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: An easy and pleasant experience.
summer holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of summer holiday
summer holidays
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: word: summer vacation
glosses: Alternative form of summer holiday.
Oakamoor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0544).
long vacation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long vacations
form: Long Vacation
Etymology: long + vacation.
Senses: glosses: The university break between the end of one academic year in June and the start of the next in October.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see long, vacation.
Derived terms: long vac
Long Vacation term
long vacations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long vacation
Long Vacation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Long Vacations
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of long vacation.
long vac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: long vacs
form: Long Vac
Senses: qualifier: Oxbridge slang
glosses: Clipping of long vacation.
Long Vac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Long Vacs
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of long vac; clipping of Long Vacation.
Long Vacations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Vacation
long vacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long vac
Long Vacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Vac
Cauldon Lowe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: "Lowe" is from Old English hlaw (“burial mound”). See more at Cauldon.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Cotton parish and Waterhouses parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0748).
gueltas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guelta
Long Vacation term
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Long Vacation terms
Etymology: Long Vacation + term.
Senses: examples: (Oxford)
(Cambridge)
coordinate_terms: Michaelmas term
Hilary term
Trinity term
Michaelmas term
Lent term
Easter term
glosses: A fourth, supplemental academic term of the universities of Oxford and Cambridge during the long vacation, containing no routine undergraduate teaching.
Derived terms: Long Vac term
coloured revolution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coloured revolutions
Senses: glosses: Synonym of colour revolution.
synonyms: word: colour revolution
coloured revolutions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coloured revolution
Long Vacation terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Vacation term
Long Vac term
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Long Vac terms
Senses: qualifier: Oxbridge slang
glosses: Contraction of Long Vacation term.
Long Vac terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Long Vac term
buntlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Our pretty Ann wears fine main buntlings no less, and will you take notice of the fineness of the lace! I have nothing better myself. What do you say, Roger, shall we take this along and let it flutter from our masthead?"
ref: 1947, Thomas B. Costain, textsFor my great folly, page 25:
text: On deck, for practice, Tom and his messmates, the foc'slmen, had taught Cotterell with a bit of canvas to hand the leech of sails, "like lifting a girl's buntlings", then to reef them to the boatswain's or his mate's orders.
ref: 2008, Tom Bowling, The antigallican, large print edition, page 92:
qualifier: cant
glosses: Petticoats.
buntlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of buntling
Wemotaci
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weymontachingue
form: Weymontachie
form: Weymontachi
form: Wemotachi
form: Wemotachie
Etymology: From Atikamekw Wemotaci. The spelling Wemotaci was adopted in 1997, mirroring the Atikamekw standardization of spelling.
Senses: glosses: An Indian reserve of the Atikamekw in La Tuque, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada.
Synonyms: sense: Indian reserve
word: Indian Reserve No. 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Wemotaci 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Wemotaci Indian Reserve No. 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Weymontachie 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Weymontachie Indian Reserve No. 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Weymontachingue 23
sense: Indian reserve
word: Weymontachingue Indian Reserve No. 23
decomplexes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of decomplex
noughth week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noughth weeks
form: 0th week
Etymology: noughth + week
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: The week before the first week of an academic term, when many undergraduates arrive from home.
noughth weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of noughth week
0th week
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 0th weeks
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Alternative form of noughth week.
0th weeks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of 0th week
chaps.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chap.
Invasion Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the fact that Australia Day, which commemorated the beginning British colonization, also marks the invasion and oppression against Aboriginals.
Senses: qualifier: typically in Aboriginal use
glosses: Australia Day.
herselfe
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Senses: examples: text: […]then to raze the Caſtle, and to build a ſumptuous monument for her ſiſter, and a moſt ſumptuous for herſelfe, and the himſelfe to die vpon her tombe.
ref: 1598, Philip Sidney, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia, London: […] William Ponsonbie, page 314:
text: Antonius the Roman, after hee was ouer come of his enimy, for three daies ſpace ſate ſolitary in the fore part of the ſhippe abſtaining from all company, euen of Cleopatra herſelfe, and afterwards for very ſhame, butchered himſelfe[…]
ref: 1632, The Anatomy of Melancholy: What It Is with all the Kinds Causes Symptomes Prognostickes & Seuerall Cures of It, Oxford: […] Henry Cripps, page 99:
text: For Babylon hath glorified herſelfe] That is, hath uſurped and taken the ſame unto her by wicked devices, with all deceitfullnes of unrighteouſnes: And therefore the Lord who is an enemy to pride, will juſtly caſt her downe by how much ſhee hath exalted herſelfe: according to that ſaying, Whoſoever exalteth himſelfe ſhall be abaſed.
ref: 1644, Elias Arnold, transl., A Commentary upon the Divine Revelation of the Apostle and Evangelist Iohn, Amsterdam: […] C. P., translation of original by David Pareus, page 463:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of herself.
Schermer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Schermers
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch and North German Schermer, from schermer (“fencer”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cauldon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old English cælf or celf + dūn (“hill where calves graze”), recorded as Celfdun in 1002, and Caldone by 1086 (DB).
Senses: glosses: A small village in Waterhouses parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK0749).
Derived terms: Cauldon Lowe
countesse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: countesses
Senses: examples: text: There were then alſo preſent (to honor the Infanta) the Counteſſe of Mansfeldt, daughter to the Earle of Egmond, the Counteſſe of Aremberghe, the Marqueſſe of Berghen, the Counteſſe of Egmont, the Counteſſes of Barlaimont, Lalaine, Solue, Boſſu, Fontenay, Berghe, Bye, Eſſingen, Freſſin and Bruay, the Counteſſe of Saint Aldegonde, the Counteſſe of Baſſigny, and the Counteſſe of Maleſpina.
ref: 1608, Ed[ward] Grimeston, A Generall Historie of the Netherlands, London: […] A. Islip and G. Eld, page 1345:
text: Queene Mary had her education for ſome yeares vnder Margaret Counteſſe of Salisbury the Mother of Poole (who was then a childe) and that by Queene Catharines meanes, who intended (as it was thought) to marry her Daughter the Lady Mary to one of the Counteſſes Sonnes,[…]
ref: 1630, Morgan Godwyn, Annales of England. Containing the Reignes of Henry the Eighth. Edward the Sixt. Queene Mary., London: […] A. Islip, and W. Stansby, page 304:
text: Beſides, this is a Counteſſe; and when your Counteſſes are Waiting-women, ’tis either to Queens or Empreſſes, who in their houſes are moſt abſolute, and are ſerved by other Wayting-women.
ref: 1652, The History of the Valorous and VVitty-Knight-Errant, Don-Quixote, of the Mancha, London: […] Richard Hodgkinsonne, for Andrew Crooke, page 204:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of countess.
f-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
glosses: functional
Derived terms: fMRI
fNIRS
fPET
Wormerland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Wormerland.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
F−
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of F minus.
fPET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fPETs
Etymology: From f- + PET.
Senses: topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fPET scanning
hypernyms: word: PET
alt: positron emission tomography
word: radiography
word: PET scanning
glosses: Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomography.
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fPET scanner
fPET machine
hypernyms: word: PET
alt: positron emission tomograph
word: radiograph
word: PET scanner
word: PET machine
glosses: Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomogram A scan using functional positron emission tomography.
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: fPET scan
hypernyms: word: PET
alt: positron emission tomogram
word: radiogram
word: PET scan
glosses: Abbreviation of functional positron emission tomograph A device used to make functional positron emission tomograms.
Synonyms: functional PET
Related terms: fluoroscopy
Sebulshik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Sebeolsik.
fCT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fCTs
Etymology: From f- + CT.
Senses: topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: word: fCT scanning
word: fCAT scanning
word: fCAT
alt: functional computer-aided tomography/functional computed axial tomography
hypernyms: word: CT
alt: computed tomography
word: radiography
word: CT scanning
word: CAT scanning
word: CAT
alt: computer-aided tomography/computed axial tomography
glosses: Initialism of functional computed tomography.
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: word: fCT scanner
word: fCT machine
word: fCAT scanner
word: fCAT machine
word: fCAT
alt: functional computer-aided tomograph/functional computed axial tomograph
hypernyms: word: CT
alt: computed tomograph
word: radiograph
word: CT scanner
word: CT machine
word: CAT scanner
word: CAT machine
word: CAT
alt: computer-aided tomograph/computed axial tomograph
glosses: Initialism of functional computed tomogram (“a scan using functional computed tomography”).
topics: medicine
radiology
sciences
synonyms: word: fCT scan
word: fCAT scan
word: fCAT
alt: functional computer-aided tomogram/functional computed axial tomogram
hypernyms: word: CT
alt: computed tomogram
word: radiogram
word: CT scan
word: CAT scan
word: CAT
alt: computer-aided tomogram/computed axial tomogram
glosses: Initialism of functional computed tomograph (“a device used to make functional computed tomograms”).
Synonyms: functional CAT
functional CT
Related terms: fluoroscopy
Corpuscle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Corpuscles
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: A member of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: A member of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Corpuscles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Corpuscle
All Souls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of All Souls College, Oxford.
Balliol
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Balliol College, Oxford.
Brasenose
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Christ Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: X Church
form: Xt. Church
Senses: examples: text: ... Mr. Urry came to me, and brought a Sketch that one Mr. Foord of Xt. Church had drawn.
ref: 1712 February 2, Thomas Hearne, “A Discourse Concerning the Stunsfield Tessellated Pavement”, in Remarks and Collections, volume III, page 397:
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Christ Church, Oxford.
glosses: A parish in Barbados.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Lancaster County, Virginia, United States.
Green Templeton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Green Templeton College, Oxford.
Harris Manchester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
Stepak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stepaks
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Stępak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
LMH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Initialism of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
fire pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire poles
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of firepole.
Linacre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Linacre College, Oxford.
glosses: A council ward in Bootle, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England.
Nuffield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Nuffield College, Oxford.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: nuffieldite
Oriel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Oriel College, Oxford.
Derived terms: Toriel
Queen's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of the Queen's College, Oxford.
glosses: Ellipsis of Queen's University, Kingston.
Related terms: Crown's
Her Majesty's
His Majesty's
King's
St Antony's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Antony's College, Oxford.
St Catherine's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
Derived terms: St Catz
St Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: It apparently refers to the Holy Cross as a saint. Compare with St. Croix and Sainte-Croix.
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Cross College, Oxford.
glosses: A southern suburb of Winchester, Winchester district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU4728).
couturiere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: couturieres
Senses: examples: text: The couturiere was most exacting with her tape while she kept up a steady flow of compliments concerning Juliana’s trim waist, full bosom, and long line of leg for one as petite as she.
ref: 1989, Elaine Sima, Sherrill Bodine, The Rake’s Redemption, Diversion Books, published 2013, →ISBN:
text: A couturiere wearing a competitor’s gown was like a brewer drinking the ale made in another distillery, an act of betrayal.
ref: 1999, Janet Kendall, Hunter of My Heart, Harlequin, →ISBN, pages 143–144:
text: Madame du Sey announced that they were not to see a couturier, but a couturiere!
ref: 2008, Mary Selvick, Lacey, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 161:
text: She’s bringing in a couturiere from Paris to design our gowns.
ref: 2010, Janet Quin-Harkin, Royal Blood, Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN:
text: As the couturiere pricked the needle into her upper thigh, she murmured, “This little puzzle could make the evening much, much more fun than I anticipated.”
ref: 2017, Susan Elia MacNeal, The Paris Spy: A Maggie Hope Mystery, Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 70:
text: Elsa Schiaparelli was another case of a couturiere with a transatlantic life who ended up spending most of the war in New York, leaving her Paris firm in the hands of trusted managers. Similarly, Bruyère, another well-esteemed Paris couturiere, resettled in New York for the war.
ref: 2021, Véronique Pouillard, Paris to New York: The Transatlantic Fashion Industry in the Twentieth Century, Harvard University Press, page 127:
glosses: Alternative form of couturière.
couturieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of couturiere
St Hilda's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Hilda's College, Oxford.
St Hugh's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Hugh's College, Oxford.
St John's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A northern suburb of Sevenoaks, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ5256).
glosses: A place in England:
A small settlement in Laughton en le Morthen parish and Dinnington St John's parish, Rotherham borough, South Yorkshire (OS grid ref SK5287).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburban hamlet south of Redhill, Reigate and Banstead borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ2749).
glosses: A place in England:
A western suburb of Woking, Surrey (OS grid ref SU9857).
glosses: A place in England:
A western suburb of Worcester, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO8354).
glosses: A small village in the sheading of Glenfaba, Isle of Man (OS grid ref SC2781).
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of St John's College, Cambridge.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St John's College, Oxford.
qualifier: Durham University
glosses: Ellipsis of St John's College, Durham.
Derived terms: Dinnington St John's
Univ
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈjunɪv/
Senses: examples: text: Univ is generally held to have been founded in 1249, making it credibly the oldest of the college foundations […]
ref: 2018, Tim Richardson, Oxford College Gardens, page 269:
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of University College, Oxford
Regent's Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of Regent's Park College, Oxford.
glosses: A park in Camden borough and Westminster borough, London, England.
St Benet's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Benet's Hall, Oxford.
Benet's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St Benet's, referring to St Benet's Hall, Oxford.
Christ's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Christ's College, Cambridge.
King's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of King's College, Cambridge.
glosses: Ellipsis of King's College London.
Related terms: Crown's
Her Majesty's
His Majesty's
KCL
Queen's
Lucy Cavendish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge.
wikipedia: Lucy Cavendish
Murray Edwards
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Peterhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Queens'
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Queens' College, Cambridge.
Sidney Sussex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.
St Catharine's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
Derived terms: St Catz
St Edmund's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Ellipsis of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
King's College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: King's College, Cambridge.
glosses: King's College, London.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Oriel College, Oxford.
King's Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Oriel College, Oxford.
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: King's Hall, Cambridge.
Parks College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Reuben College, Oxford.
University Parks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford City
glosses: Ellipsis of Oxford University Parks.
universal design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The design of things to make them accessible to all, regardless of any disability.
Hypernyms: design
Hyponyms: universal design for instruction
Stapeldon Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Exeter College, Oxford.
Magdalen Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Hertford College, Oxford.
Linacre House
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Linacre College, Oxford.
St Anne's Society
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of St Anne's College, Oxford.
St Catherine's Society
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
St Catharine's Club
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
St Peter's Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of St Peter's College, Oxford.
Somerville Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Somerville College, Oxford.
STX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /snt kɹɒs/
ipa: /snt kɹɔs/
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Pseudo-acronym of St Cross, i.e. St Cross College, Oxford.
Iffley College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iffley Hall
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Wolfson College, Oxford.
Gloucester Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Worcester College, Oxford.
Hertford College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Hertford College, Oxford, founded as Magdalen Hall in 1490 and incorporated as Hertford College in 1874.
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: A different college of the same name, founded as Hart Hall in the 1280s and dissolved in 1816.
Hart Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Hertford College, Oxford, dissolved in 1816; not to be confused with the extant college of the same name.
Anne's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Ellipsis of St Anne's, referring to St Anne's College, Oxford.
Antony's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St Antony's, referring to St Antony's College, Oxford.
Hilda's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St Hilda's, referring to St Hilda's College, Oxford.
Hugh's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St Hugh's, referring to St Hugh's College, Oxford.
John's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Cambridge.
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St John's, referring to St John's College, Oxford.
Peter's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Clipping of St Peter's, referring to St Peter's College, Oxford.
Gloucester College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Former name of Worcester College, Oxford.
God's House
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Nawrath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nawraths
form: Navrat
form: Navrath
form: Nawrat
Etymology: Borrowed from German Nawrath, Germanized form of Czech Návrat, from Czech návrat (“return”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
University Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Clare College, Cambridge.
Clare Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Clare Hall, Cambridge, founded in 1966.
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Clare College, Cambridge from 1338 to 1856.
St Benet's College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Benedict College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Bene't College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.
Bene't
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Contraction of Benedict.
Navrot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Navrots
Etymology: From Polish Nawrot.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Fitzwilliam Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
Fitzwilliam House
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
College for Women
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Girton College, Cambridge.
Gonville Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
Buckingham College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Magdalene College, Cambridge.
New Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
neck plate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neck plates
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of neckplate (“gorget, neck armor; guitar part; tracheostomy device part”).
neck plates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of neck plate
Marie Valence Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
wikipedia: Marie de St Pol
Pembroke Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Pembroke College, Cambridge.
Peterhouse College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Peterhouse, Cambridge.
acketon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acketons
Senses: examples: text: The pay of the other soldiers was, as is said above, the same as in the preceding reign, except that the foot foldiers, armed with acketons and bacinetts, received 3d. each per diem; and those unarmed, stiled naked footmen ...
ref: 1801, Francis Grose, Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army: From the Conquest to the Present Time, page 277:
text: and certain lames of the pauldrons and tasses. The armour was generally more or less lined throughout, and in the place of the gambesons, acketons, etc., of the earlier Middle Ages, we have the arming-doublet […]
ref: 2002, Francis Michael Kelly, Randolph Schwabe, A Short History of Costume & Armour, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: Alternative form of aketon.
acketons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acketon
Katharine Hall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
St Edmund's House
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.
Michaelhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Michaelhouse, Cambridge.
University College
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: University College, Oxford.
qualifier: Cambridge University
glosses: Former name of Wolfson College, Cambridge.
multilingualness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From multilingual + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: In the beginning of his book he describes the multilingualness of his home in an interesting way. The family spoke German and Russian at home, he learnt Swedish at school and Finnish at work.
ref: 1993, LEIF: Life and Education in Finland, Society for Culture and Education, page 49:
text: He laughed easily, so blasé about his French wife and multilingualness.
ref: 2010 January 18, Carol Plum-Ucci, Streams of Babel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 189:
text: The persistent metaphorization or seeming cacophony conflated with African languages on the silver screen only serves to further iterate commonsensical notions of African multilingualness as valueless—as lacking in linguistic capital.
ref: 2014, Elizabeth C. Zsig, One Tlale Boyer, Ruth Kramer, Languages in Africa: Multilingualism, Language Policy, and Education, Georgetown University Press, →ISBN, page 172:
synonyms: multilingualism
polylingualism
glosses: The state or quality of being multilingual.
Greyfriars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: plural of Greyfriar
Greyfriars
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: As a common British placename, typically derived from having been the site of a Franciscan friary prior to the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Synonym of Franciscans: the Order of the Friars Minor.
synonyms: word: Franciscans
extra: the Order of the Friars Minor
glosses: Any of various other towns and villages in the United Kingdom.
qualifier: Oxford City
glosses: Greyfriars, Oxford.
sub-fuscs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-fusc
sub fusc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub fuscs
Etymology: Latin subfuscus (“dark brown”).
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Uncommon form of subfusc.
sub fuscs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub fusc
scholar's gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scholar's gowns
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: A prestigious gown worn as part of subfusc by an undergraduate who achieved a first in prelims, as well as certain choral scholars and organ scholars.
hand mixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand mixers
form: handmixer
Senses: coordinate_terms: stand mixer
immersion blender
glosses: A hand-held mixer typically used as kitchen implement.
scholar's gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholar's gown
hand mixers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand mixer
commoner's gown
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: commoner's gowns
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: A gown worn as part of subfusc by any undergraduate who has not been awarded a scholar's gown.
commoner's gowns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of commoner's gown
choral scholar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: choral scholars
Senses: coordinate_terms: organ scholar
glosses: A student at a university, school or church who receives a stipend or scholarship for singing in that institution's choir.
Synonyms: english: certain Oxford University colleges
translation: certain Oxford University colleges
word: academical clerk
Related terms: lay clerk
choral scholars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of choral scholar
organ scholar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organ scholars
Senses: coordinate_terms: choral scholar
glosses: A student at a university, school or church who receives a stipend or scholarship for being an assistant organist at that institution.
organ scholars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of organ scholar
formal hall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formal halls
Etymology: From formal + hall.
Senses: glosses: A formal meal held in a college hall, generally with a grace, waiting staff and a set menu with multiple courses; usually held once or twice per week.
Derived terms: formal
formal halls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formal hall
waiting staff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: waiting staffs
form: waitstaff
form: wait staff
Etymology: From waiting + staff.
Senses: glosses: Collectively, staff employed to wait at tables in a restaurant.
Related terms: waiter
waitress
server
wait staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of wait staff
waiting staffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of waiting staff
Oostzaan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Oostzaan.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
IATF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Automotive Task Force.
Derived terms: IATF-EID
Toriel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Tory + Oriel.
Senses: topics: government
politics
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Oriel College, Oxford.
OUCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈaʊkə/
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Acronym of Oxford University Conservative Association.
OUCA
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aʊkɑː/
ipa: [aʊ↗︎ˈˈkɑːː]
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Used by members of OUCA as a celebratory or rallying expression of approval for the association and/or wider Conservative values.
Zaanstad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Zaanstad.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of North Holland, Netherlands.
Port and Policy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Port and Policies
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: The weekly meeting of the Oxford University Conservative Association.
Derived terms: P&P
Port and Policies
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Port and Policy
P&Ps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of P&P
frozen peaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Humorous alteration of freeze peach.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of freeze peach.
tits out for the lads
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: get your tits out for the lads
Senses: glosses: A chant, usually by a group of men to one or more women, demanding that they expose their breasts.
pedalboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The activity of travelling on a pedalboard
get your tits out for the lads
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tits out for the lads.
spannered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spannered
form: most spannered
Senses: examples: text: Several more whiskies later, with them all now wearing matching watches, the old guys felt spannered
ref: 2018, Kathryn Austwick, The Gobs: Return of the Wrinkled Rockers:
text: Drugs at the label was still a huge thing, but they weren’t being done in the office any more because they were trying to protect me and it would been torture to see everyone walking around spannered.
ref: 2021 March 20, David Owens, “The lunatic drug addict who released some of the greatest records of all time”, in Wales Online:
glosses: heavily intoxicated
Related terms: drunk
afelia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Greek αφέλια (afélia).
Senses: examples: text: The menu ticks off plenty of Greek and Cypriot classics, from mezze platters groaning with dolmathes, falafel, houmous and melintzanosalata to more localised specialities such as afelia, a pork shoulder stew simmered with red wine, crushed coriander seeds, cumin and cinnamon, and served with cracked wheat pilaf.
ref: 2020 February 16, Emily Heward, “The A to Z of restaurants from around the world in Manchester”, in Manchester Evening News:
glosses: A Cypriot dish consisting of pork marinated and cooked in red wine with coarsely crushed coriander seed
bakewell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bakewells
Senses: examples: text: Good, well presented food includes […] puddings such as bread and butter pudding with apricot sauce and raspberry bakewell with pistachio ice-cream.
ref: 2014, “Old Hall”, in Alisdair Aird, Fiona Stapley, editors, The Good Pub Guide 2015, London: Ebury Press, →ISBN, pages 479–480:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Bakewell.
bamieh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bamiehs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bamia.
bibimbab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bibimbabs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bibimbap.
coldstore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coldstores
Senses: examples: text: Its online shop is stocked with all its latest seasonal beers, delivered directly from its 3C coldstore for optimum freshness.
ref: 2020 October 30, Emily Heward, “Greater Manchester breweries and craft beer bars offering lockdown deliveries”, in Manchester Evening News:
glosses: A storage facility where products are kept at a cold temperature
curryhouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curryhouses
Senses: examples: text: 'This Charming Naan': Superfan opens curryhouse where the dishes pay tribute to The Smiths
ref: 2021 January 17, Jessica Sansome, “'This Charming Naan': Superfan opens curryhouse where the dishes pay tribute to The Smiths”, in Manchester Evening News:
glosses: Alternative spelling of curry house.
dolmathe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolmathes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dolma.
khorovadz
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The warm, comforting, meaty smell of khorovadz drifted into the café from a stall on the pavement; the quiet mutters that had till then passed for conversation in the café began to buzz with passion and interest.
ref: 2016, Rask Balavoine, “Ararat”, in John Wilks, editor, ABCtales 2008 Omnibus, page 114:
glosses: Armenian barbecue.
Hexhamshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle English Hexhamschire; equivalent to Hexham + -shire.
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in Northumberland, England, to the south of Hexham.
glosses: A county palatine centred on Hexham and covering a considerably larger area, incorporated into Northumberland in 1572.
hasnae
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hasn't.
railbridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railbridges
Senses: glosses: A bridge for railway transport
wondersave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wondersaves
Senses: examples: text: You can hear Allan McGregor attempt to persuade the referee that he never made a wondersave from Leigh Griffiths' first half effort, and you can also hear him give his defenders an earful.
ref: 2021 January 4, Mark McDougall, “Unique Rangers vs Celtic insight given by SPFL highlights package as every word caught on camera”, in Glasgow Live:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A first-rate save; an exceptional save
struggly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more struggly
form: most struggly
Etymology: From struggle + -y.
Senses: glosses: Involving a struggle; involving hard work.
outhalf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outhalves
Senses: examples: text: DAVID HUMPHREYS, who played very well for Ireland A against Scotland a fortnight ago, gets another chance to impress the national selectors when he plays for Ulster at outhalf against New South Wales at Ravenhill next Tuesday night.
ref: 2021 January 5, “Ulster's finest get chance to impress”, in The Irish Times:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
rugby
sports
glosses: fly-half
evilish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The girl’s cousin Yasin invited a ‘pir’ to the house for performing amal to eliminate influence of evilish powers.
ref: 2019 March 15, “‘Pir’ invited to eliminate ‘evil powers’ robs family of its belongings in Muzaffargarh”, in Express Tribune:
glosses: somewhat evil
sconcings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sconcing
Dame's Delight
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: coordinate_terms: Parson's Pleasure
qualifier: Oxford City
glosses: A secluded area in Oxford University Parks adjacent to the River Cherwell, used for female (clothed) bathing; closed in 1970.
crewdate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crewdates
Etymology: From (rowing) crew + date.
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: A social meal at a restaurant between two university societies, traditionally rowing crews, usually involving drinking and banter; commonly associated with sconcing and pennying; equivalent to a swap at Cambridge University.
crewdates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crewdate
crew date
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crew dates
Senses: qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Alternative form of crewdate.
crew dates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crew date
Stepaks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stepak
Nawraths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nawrath
Navrots
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Navrot
Fester
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Festers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Fester.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Fawbush
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fawbushes
Etymology: Much altered form of Forbes.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Fawbushes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fawbush
Festers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fester
quatre-quart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatre-quarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quatre quart.
Ferretiz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ferretizes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ferretiz. This surname is predominantly found in Mexico.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
leobo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Tswana leobo.
Senses: glosses: A type of thatched shelter, often part of a kgotla.
Estrin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Estrins
Etymology: Metronymic surname from the Yiddish female given name אסתּר (ester, “Esther”)
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish.
quatre quarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatre quarts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of quatre quart.
quatre quarts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quatre quart
quatre quart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quatre quarts
Etymology: From French quatre-quarts, from quatre+quart. Literally, “4 quarters”.
Senses: glosses: French pound cake
Hypernyms: cake
pound cake
Fairalls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fairall
Ferretizes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ferretiz
Estrins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Estrin
Gradney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gradneys
Etymology: Unknown.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Gradneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gradney
foodtruck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foodtrucks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of food truck.
Heidrich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heidrichs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Heidrich.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Heidrichs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Heidrich
Guzzettas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Guzzetta
Haugan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Haugans
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Haugan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Mineral County, Montana, United States.
Horr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horrs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Hörr.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Haseltines
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haseltine
Haugans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Haugan
Horrs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Horr
formal swap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formal swaps
Etymology: From formal (hall) + swap.
Senses: qualifier: Cambridge University slang
glosses: A social meal between two university societies (a swap) held at a formal hall; generally less associated with drinking games and rowdy behaviour.
formal swaps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of formal swap
Khin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Khins
Etymology: Borrowed from Burmese ခင် (hkang).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Burmese.
Kunzman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kunzmans
Etymology: Variant of Kunzmann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Kaszubas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kaszuba
Khins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Khin
Kunzmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kunzman