cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Ku-shan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 鼓山 (Gǔshān) Wade–Giles romanization: Ku³-shan¹.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, Ku-shan precinct is noted as the fishing area, and all the transportation businesses and companies are located in this precinct.
ref: 1975, Chien-chung Yin, MIGRATION AND VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS IN RURAL AND URBAN TAIWAN: A STUDY OF GROUP ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES IN SOCIAL CHANGE, University of Hawaiʻi, →OCLC, page 53:
text: In order to keep the 10 fishing ports in Kaohsiung in good condition and perfect order, the government has set up 4 administrative branch offices in Chien-chen, Chung-chou, Ku-shan, and Sheau-kang .
ref: 1995, Fu-shan Liu, Building a Farmers' Organization's System in a Developing Country: The Taiwan Experience, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 126:
text: On December 9, the editorial board of this journal had conflicts with the police in Ku-shan, Kaohsiung. Two of the non-KMT people were arrested and then released. This was called the Ku-shan Incident.
ref: 2009, 陳雅湞 [Ya-chen Chen], editor, Women in Taiwan: Sociocultural Perspectives, University of Indianapolis Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 20:
english: Ya-chen Chen
translation: Ya-chen Chen
glosses: Alternative form of Gushan, Kaohsiung.
turquoisish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turquoisish
form: most turquoisish
Etymology: From turquoise + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: The company that watched a formation of from one to three dozen turquoisish lights sweep the
ref: 1976, Paris Flammonde, UFO Exist!, page 268:
glosses: Characteristic of or resembling turquoise.
Kilcoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland in County Cork, Ireland.
turquoiselike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more turquoiselike
form: most turquoiselike
Etymology: From turquoise + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The color of the roofs was purplelike, and the remaining part of the castle was a very pretty turquoiselike color.
ref: 2015, Sarah Seoh, Jesus Christ, Who Is, Who Was, and Who Is to Come!: Hell and Heaven Testimony:
glosses: Similar to or resembling turquoise.
turquoised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Should any turquoised belle feel disappointed at learning the low market price of her blue finger-ornaments...
ref: 1856, Fraser's Magazine, page 424:
glosses: Decorated or adorned with turquoise.
Church Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The outlook now assumes more of a moorland character and Church Cross station stands in open country.
ref: 1940 May, H. Fayle, W. A. Camwell, “Round Roaring Water Bay: The Schull & Skibbereen Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 260, 262:
glosses: A small village in west County Cork, Ireland.
Fayle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fayles
Etymology: * As a Manx surname, reduced variant of McPhail.
* As an English, Scottish and Irish surname, variant of Fail.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
subimperforate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + imperforate.
Senses: glosses: Nearly imperforate.
uninstinctive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + instinctive.
Senses: examples: text: The pitch of perfection is the human head, free of the fire of joy and of sorrow; neither haughty nor bowed down beneath the arch of the blue sky, so still the gaze that it leaves on the uninstinctive horses, on the tree of no natural growth.
ref: 2020, Francisco Brines, Of Purest Blue: Poems, page 53:
glosses: Not instinctive or lacking instinct.
bitter cold
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: bitterly cold
Etymology: Coined by William Shakespeare in 1602 in "Hamlet," act 1, scene 1:
: For this relief much thanks. 'Tis bitter cold,
: And I am sick at heart.
Senses: glosses: Very cold and unpleasant. (of an environment)
more honored in the breach
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Coined by William Shakespeare in 1602 in "Hamlet," act 1, scene 4:
: But to my mind, though I am native here
: And to the manner born, it is a custom
: More honored in the breach than the observance.
Senses: glosses: Justifiably violated; endowing greater moral standing to those who disobey. (of a rule, custom, etc.)
glosses: Frequently or usually broken in practice, with obedience being the exception. (of a rule, custom, etc.)
Related terms: exception that proves the rule
honor in the breach
to the manner born
whips the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of whip the cat
whipping the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whip the cat
whipped the cat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of whip the cat
extinctively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more extinctively
form: most extinctively
Etymology: From extinctive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: A study of the experiments which have been made to determine the composition of atmospheres, which act extinctively upon flame, shows that in many cases the atmosphere under examination was in contact with water.
ref: 1894, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, page 2:
glosses: In an extinctive manner.
Asimov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Asimovs
form: Asimoff
form: Azimov
form: Osimov
form: Ozimkov
form: Ozimov
form: Asimova
form: Azimova
form: Osimova
form: Ozimkova
form: Ozimova
Etymology: From Russian Ази́мов (Azímov).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Asimovian
Scalzi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Scalzis
form: de Scalzi
form: De Scalzi
form: deScalzi
form: DeScalzi
form: Descalzi
form: di Scalzi
form: Di Scalzi
form: diScalzi
form: DiScalzi
form: Discalzi
form: da Scalzi
form: Da Scalzi
form: daScalzi
form: DaScalzi
form: Dascalzi
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Scalzi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Onrait
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Onraits
Senses: glosses: A surname.
adRP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of autosomal dominant retinitis pigmentosa.
outfames
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of outfame
outfaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of outfame
outfamed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of outfame
narrowable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more narrowable
form: most narrowable
Etymology: From narrow + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be narrowed.
swears like a trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of swear like a trooper
swearing like a trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of swear like a trooper
swore like a trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past of swear like a trooper
sworn like a trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of swear like a trooper
bematist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bematists
Etymology: * From the Greek βηματισταί (bēmatistaí), meaning "step measurer".
Senses: glosses: In ancient Greece and Egypt, a person who was able to pace out long distances with great accuracy.
bematists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bematist
Allan Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hill range in the Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
pace out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paces out
form: pacing out
form: paced out
form: paced out
Senses: glosses: To make a measurement by counting the number of equally spaced steps.
paces out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pace out
pacing out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pace out
paced out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pace out
golf pro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golf pros
Senses: glosses: A professional golfer who works as a golf instructor at a golf course, the resident golfing expert for the golf club.
Hypernyms: golfer
instructor
teacher
Coordinate terms: caddie
golf caddie
golfing caddie
tennis pro
Related terms: pro shop
pro tip
habitable epoch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: An era of a Big Bang based universe with the physical laws of our Universe, where the cosmic microwave background is energetic enough to heat water into a liquid state, making all bodies beyond the inner limit of the habitable zone possible in hosting liquid water regardless of the amount of insolation provided by the local star.
Coordinate terms: Black Hole Era
black hole era
Dark Era
dark era
Decoupling
decoupling
decoupling epoch
Decoupling Epoch
Degenerate Era
degenerate era
heat death
Heat Death
Inflation
inflation
Inflationary Epoch
inflationary epoch
Planck Epoch
Planck epoch
primordial era
Primordial Era
radiation epoch
Radiation Epoch
recombination
Recombination
recombination epoch
Recombination Epoch
reionization
Reionization
reionization epoch
Reionization Epoch
stelliferous era
Stelliferous Era
Felnac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Felnac.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Arad County, Romania.
Giulvăz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Giulvăz.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Timiș County, Romania.
footrunner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: footrunners
Etymology: From foot + runner.
Senses: glosses: A person who runs on foot:
An athlete who takes part in a footrace.
glosses: A person who runs on foot:
A person employed to run messages.
footrunners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of footrunner
Orțișoara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Orțișoara.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Timiș County, Romania.
Pișchia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Pișchia.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Timiș County, Romania.
Delta strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delta strain
form: Delta Strain
form: δ strain
form: δ-strain
form: Δ strain
form: Δ-strain
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Delta variant.
synonyms: word: Delta variant
delta strain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Delta strain
form: Delta Strain
form: δ strain
form: δ-strain
form: Δ strain
form: Δ-strain
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Delta strain.
Lewis Cliff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Richard E. Lewis, U.S. Navy Aviation Electronics Technician.
Senses: glosses: A cliff in Walcott Névé, Buckley Island, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica.
LAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of load, assemble, pack (“munitions operations”).
LaPaz Icefield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An icefield in Pecora Escarpment, Transantarctic Mountains, Eastern Antarctica, Antarctica.
Carfrae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Probably from Cumbric *cayr (“fort”) + Cumbric *bre (“height”).
Senses: glosses: A castle in Lauder parish, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, formerly in Berwickshire.
glosses: A surname.
Fishenden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Fishendens
Etymology: Variant of Fessenden.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
front and centre
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, is putting climate change front and centre in a speech committing his party to cooperating with Labor and turfing out a government that “don’t deserve to govern”.
ref: 2018 September 2, Richard Parkin, “Morning mail: Greens put climate change front and centre”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Alternative spelling of front and center.
ARPPU
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Lifetime ARPPU is a bit more instructive with respect to the entire user base than is lifetime ARPU because the number of paying users in any freemium system will necessary be far lower than the number of total users, rendering ARPPU a more contextualized metric.
ref: 2013, Eric Benjamin Seufert, Freemium Economics: Leveraging Analytics and User Segmentation to Drive Revenue, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 95:
coordinate_terms: ARPU
glosses: Initialism of average revenue per paying user.
Elephant Moraine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A moraine in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Clondalkin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburban town in South Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 0731).
Pecora Escarpment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An escarpment in the Pensacola Mountains, Queen Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.
Fayles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fayle
Werbers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Werber
Scalzis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Scalzi
Fishendens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Fishenden
Chandrayanas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Chandrayana
Clonkeen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland in County Cavan, Ireland.
glosses: A townland in County Laois, Ireland.
glosses: A townland in Street parish, County Westmeath, Ireland.
glosses: A townland in Noughaval parish, County Westmeath.
Disharoon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Disharoons
Etymology: Americanized form of an unidentified French surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Disharoons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Disharoon
Erbeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Erbes
Dietze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dietzes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dietze.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: dietzeite
Dornfeld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dornfelds
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dornfeld.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Dornfelds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dornfeld
Dufner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dufners
Etymology: Borrowed from German Dufner.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Drummonds
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Drummondses
Etymology: Patronymic form of Drummond.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Drummondses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Drummonds
Dufners
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dufner
Lisduff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland in Rathdowney parish, County Laois, Ireland.
Dephillips
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dephillipses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Demus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Demuses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Demus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Demuses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Demus
Dephillipses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dephillips
Templemore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in County Tipperary, Ireland (Irish grid ref S 1171).
Croson
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Crosons
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Crossan.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Cormican
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cormicans
Etymology: Hypocoristic form of Cormac.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Cormicans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cormican
Crosons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Croson
Consolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Consolos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Consolo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Cocca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Coccas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Cocca.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Coccas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cocca
Consolos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Consolo
McNutt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McNutts
form: MacNutt
form: McNatt
form: McNett
form: McNitt
Etymology: * As an Irish and Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized form of Mac Nuadhat (“son of Nuadha”), the name of ancient Celtic god whose whose name is of unclear origin; see Núadu.
* Also as a Scottish surname, variant of McNaughton.
Senses: glosses: A surname
glosses: An unincorporated community in Leflore County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Braxton County, West Virginia, United States.
correl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of correlation.
Goold's Cross
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A locality in County Tipperary, Ireland, which at one time had a railway station (Irish grid ref S 0248).
McNutts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McNutt
Keeneyville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Keeney + -ville.
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
for the rest
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: as for the rest
Senses: glosses: As far as the rest is concerned.
predisabled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + disabled.
Senses: examples: text: The State apparatus needs, at its summit as at its base, predisabled people, preexisting amputees, the stillborn, the congenitally infirm, the one-eyed and one-armed. Thus there is a tempting three-part hypothesis: the war machine is […]
ref: 2004, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, EPZ Thousand Plateaus, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 470:
text: Frailty, a characteristic typically ascribed to a subset of older adults, has been described as “a predisabled' state.” […] A key distinction is that it is possible to be frail without specific diagnosed disabilities.
ref: 2019, James M. Shultz, PhD, MS, Lisa Sullivan, PhD, MA, Sandro Galea, MD, MPH, DrPH, Public Health: An Introduction to the Science and Practice of Population Health, Springer Publishing Company, page 271
text: In a cure-driven future, Kafer explains, those with acquired disabilities often see themselves (and are seen by others) through a dual identity—the predisabled self and the postdisabled self. Like all binaric identity categories, the first half […]
ref: 2021, Jan Doolittle Wilson, Becoming Disabled: Forging a Disability View of the World, Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: Not yet disabled; prior to being disabled.
accentism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From accent + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Discrimination on the grounds of a person's accent.
childproofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: childproofers
Etymology: From childproof + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who childproofs.
childproofers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of childproofer
Emileigh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Emily.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
lookees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lookee
fire appliance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire appliances
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fire engine (“vehicle used by firefighters”).
synonyms: word: fire engine
extra: vehicle used by firefighters
fire appliances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fire appliance
cutting contest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cutting contests
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A musical contest between pianists in the stride jazz genre.
cutting contests
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cutting contest
hyperactive battlefields
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperactive battlefield
faerydom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fairydom.
faeriedom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fairydom.
balloon buster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: balloon busters
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A pilot known for destroying enemy observation balloons.
observation balloons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of observation balloon
balloon busters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of balloon buster
BBIPOC
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Adaptation of BIPOC.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of black, brown, indigenous, and (other) people of color.
Bâsca Chiojdului
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and river in Buzău, Romania.
fagless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fagless
form: most fagless
Etymology: From fag + -less.
Senses: examples: text: She gave him the whole cigarette and he swaggered back to the group, flaunting his trophy to the fagless.
ref: 2009, Raphael Selbourne, Beauty:
glosses: Without a cigarette.
examples: text: fagless toil; a fagless worker
text: That is he who, true and fagless, / Toiled for Scotland's weal and fame, / Where the name of good Lord Douglas / Still stirs up the patriot's flame.
ref: 1883, Dugald Ferguson, Castle Gay, and Other Poems, page 30:
glosses: That does not fag or tire; untiring.
Delești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Delești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Vaslui County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Delești, Vaslui County, Romania.
fibre cements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fibre cement
Dimăcheni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dimăcheni.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Botoșani County, Romania.
Dolhasca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Dolhasca.
Senses: glosses: A town in Suceava County, Romania.
ultrahydrophobicity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The quality of being ultrahydrophobic.
ultrahydrophobic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ultrahydrophobic
form: most ultrahydrophobic
Etymology: From ultra- + hydrophobic.
Senses: glosses: superhydrophobic
Durnești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Durnești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Botoșani County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Durnești, Botoșani County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Santa Mare, Botoșani County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Ungureni, Botoșani County, Romania.
Dângeni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dângeni.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Botoșani County, Romania.
UKVI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: visas
glosses: Initialism of UK Visas and Immigration.
Dămuc
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Dămuc.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Neamț County, Romania.
LFD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Forms: form: LFDs
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of lateral flow device.
Related terms: LFT
LFDs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of LFD
SELT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SELTs
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Acronym of secure English language test, one taken under special conditions to prevent cheating.
related: word: SELENOT
qualifier: molecular biology
glosses: Abbreviation of selenoprotein T.
SELTs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SELT
Cassie equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Cassie equation
Etymology: Named after A. B. D. Cassie.
Senses: glosses: An equation describing the effective contact angle for a liquid on a chemically heterogeneous surface.
Related terms: Cassie-Baxter equation
Cassie-Baxter state
Cassie's law
japalang
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more japalang
form: most japalang
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chapalang.
paremiography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paroemiography
form: parœmiography
Etymology: From paremia + -o- + -graphy.
Senses: examples: text: […] with Gyula Paczolay's magisterial collection of European Proverbs in 55 languages (1997) being the magnum opus of modern comparative paremiography.
ref: 2008, Wolfgang Mieder, Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 233:
glosses: The collecting of proverbs.
Related terms: paremiographer
paremiology
paremiographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to paremiography.
spit and polish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: They could use a bit of spit and polish around here. The place is filthy.
glosses: The application of (possibly rough and ready) cleaning techniques.
icterohematuria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From ictero- + hematuria.
Senses: glosses: A form of infectious jaundice in sheep caused by the parasite Babesia ovis.
spread oneself too thin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: spreads oneself too thin
form: spreading oneself too thin
form: spread oneself too thin
form: spread oneself too thin
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spread oneself thin.
take on trust
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes on trust
form: taking on trust
form: took on trust
form: taken on trust
Senses: synonyms: take at face value
take on faith
take to the bank
glosses: To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.
tea tree oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea tree oils
Senses: examples: text: Promoted as a potent antibacterial agent, tea tree oil is said to be useful for treating everything from arthritis and acne to warts and varicose veins.
ref: 1995 October, Steven Foster, “Why the To-Do about Tea Tree?”, in Vegetarian Times, →ISSN, page 98:
synonyms: melaleuca oil
hypernyms: vegetable oil
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glosses: An essential oil derived from the leaves of the tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia.
subdeflected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + deflected.
Senses: examples: text: Covered perforate, brownish yellow, with three chestnut bands, striate, somewhat solid; whorls 41, flattened, the last subdeflected' in front; peristome labiate, expanded above, reflected below.
ref: 1888, George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology: Structural and Systematic. With Illustrations of the Species. First series, page 112:
text: Dorsal ridge present specimens are somewhat more ovate (i.e. less subdeflected toward hinge above muscle spot.
ref: 1950, Geological Survey of Canada, Bulletin - Geological Survey of Canada:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Partially or imperfectly deflected.
tubercularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From tubercular + -ly.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: In a tubercular (tuberculate) manner.
Kilbarry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Various townlands in Ireland, including
glosses: Various townlands in Ireland, including:
A townland in St Anne's Shandon parish, Cork, County Cork (Irish grid ref W 6774).
Bromleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bromley
Yaghoubians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yaghoubian
Yacoubians
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Yacoubian
Rathpeacon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A townland near Cork in Whitechurch parish, County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 6575).
preforcing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + forcing.
Senses: examples: text: After the preforcing period, all plants were moved to a 60° F (night temperature) greenhouse for forcing.
ref: 1960, American Society for Horticultural Science, Proceedings, volume 76, page 644:
text: This preforcing period allows initial elongation of roots and shoots.
ref: 2012, Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo, Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable Production, page 307:
text: A preforcing treatment with 15% bleach solution hastened bud break and promoted shoot elongation...
ref: 2014, Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, page 320:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: Treatment of a plant in preparation to force it to undergo a certain stage of development earlier than normal.
precosmogonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From pre- + cosmogonic.
Senses: topics: astronomy
cosmology
natural-sciences
glosses: occurring or existing before the creation of the universe
acne conglobata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From acne + Latin conglobata.
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: An uncommon and unusually severe form of acne characterized by burrowing and interconnecting abscesses and irregular scars.
Rathduff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A number of townlands in Ireland, including
glosses: A number of townlands in Ireland, including:
A townland in Grenagh parish, County Cork (Irish grid ref W 5984).
do one's worst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's worst
form: doing one's worst
form: did one's worst
form: done one's worst
Senses: examples: text: “Thumbs!” ordered Mr Big. “Do your worst with the boy!” Frank looked on in terror as the man bent back his humongous Thumbs, ready to cause damage. The henchman pressed them hard into the boy’s ears. Frank felt like his brain was going to burst. “ARGH!” he screamed.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: inflict the worst possible damage one can
Related terms: do one's best
Tola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tolas
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Borrowed from Italian Tola, a surname of Sardinian origin.
* Borrowed from Amharic ቶላ (tola).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Grenagh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in County Cork, Ireland.
apocrinitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From apocrine + -itis.
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: The formation of abscesses in the sweat glands.
cable theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: mathematics
medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The use of mathematical models to calculate the electric current and accompanying voltage along passive neurites, particularly the dendrites that receive synaptic inputs at different sites and times.
Erbiceni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Erbiceni.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
Focșani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Focșani.
Senses: glosses: A city in Vrancea County, Romania.
Fălciu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Fălciu.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Vaslui County, Romania.
Lumina
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lumina.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Constanța County, Romania.
Lucid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lucids
Etymology: Perhaps a variant of Lucey.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Clavius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Christopher Clavius, Latinization of a German name, from Latin clavis (literally “key”).
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Clavius Crater.
wikipedia: Christopher Clavius
Clavius Crater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Clavius + crater. Named after 16th-century Jesuit monk astronomer Christopher Clavius.
Senses: glosses: A crater on the Moon.
wikipedia: en:Christopher Clavius
Oppenheimer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/
Forms: form: Oppenheimers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Oppenheimer.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Barbenheimer
Oppenheimerian
Related terms: Oppenheim
von Oppenheim
Oppenheimer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒpənˌhaɪmər/
Forms: form: Oppenheimers
Etymology: From Oppenheim + -er.
Senses: glosses: A denizen of Oppenheim.
Tappenden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tappendens
Etymology: Habitational surname from a now lost place, from the Old English personal name *Tubba + dene (“valley”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old English.
pyoderma fistulans sinifica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dermatology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A distinct chronic infectious disease in which epithelialized tracts form within the subdermal fatty tissue.
Oppenheim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Oppenheims
Etymology: From German Oppenheim.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
glosses: A town in Mainz-Bingen district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Derived terms: Oppenheimer
Related terms: Oppenheimer
von Oppenheim
Kueichou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: During this time, an enlarged conference of the Politburo at Tsunyi in Kueichou had appointed Mao chairman of the Military Commission of the CC in January 1935, and since the Party at that time was basically identical with the Red Army, Mao had actually become the leader of the Communist movement in China.
ref: 1985, Jürgen Domes, The Government and Politics of the PRC: A Time of Transition, Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 66:
text: ONCE I MADE IT back to Sanchiang, the most natural route would have been to continue west into the province of Kueichou. Unfortunately, a range of mountains made travel between Kuanghsi and Kueichou just about impossible.
ref: 2015, Bill Porter, “Chenyuan [鎮遠]”, in South of the Clouds: Travels in Southwest China, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 53:
english: 鎮遠
translation: 鎮遠
glosses: Alternative form of Guizhou.
Fordtown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ford + town and ford + town.
* (Detroit, Michigan): From the original base of the Ford Motor Company's large factories, and its dominance of the early automobile industry.
Senses: synonyms: Motown
Motor City
Detroit
glosses: Nickname for Detroit: the largest city in Michigan, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Sullivan County, Tennessee, United States.
Related terms: Ford
ford
Fordburg
Fordburgh
Fordland
Fordlândia
Fordlandia
Fordsburg
Fordsburgh
Fordsland
Fordston
Fordstown
Fordsville
Fordton
Fordville
town
Gherăești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Gherăești.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Neamț County, Romania.
Golești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Golești.
Senses: glosses: A village in Bălilești, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Ștefănești, Argeș County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
glosses: A commune of Vrancea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Golești, Vrancea County, Romania.
Related terms: Schitu Golești
Gorbănești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Gorbănești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Botoșani County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Gorbănești, Botoșani County, Romania.
Grănicești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Grănicești.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Suceava County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Grănicești, Suceava County, Romania.
Fordlandia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ford + land + -ia,
from being founded by the Ford Motor Company.
Senses: glosses: A former plantation in Para, Brazil. A failed colony to farm rubber established by the Ford Motor Company
glosses: A district of Aveiro, Pará, Brazil.
Drăghiceni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Drăghiceni.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Olt County, Romania.
Hudești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Hudești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Botoșani County, Romania.
Millvale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A settlement near Bessbrook, County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
glosses: A borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A community in Lot 21, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
do one's sums
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's sums
form: doing one's sums
form: did one's sums
form: done one's sums
Senses: glosses: To figure out whether one can afford to pay for something.
do one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's stuff
form: doing one's stuff
form: did one's stuff
form: done one's stuff
Senses: glosses: Synonym of do one's thing.
synonyms: word: do one's thing
Related terms: show one's stuff
strut one's stuff
know one's stuff
show one's stuff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shows one's stuff
form: showing one's stuff
form: showed one's stuff
form: shown one's stuff
Senses: glosses: To show what one is capable of.
Related terms: do one's stuff
strut one's stuff
sweat-cloth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sweat-cloths
Senses: glosses: A canvas cloth placed under a horse’s saddle.
examples: text: A Nicholas Creerly, has, in a Bucks county (Penn.) paper, in the uſual way, warned the public not to truſt his wife on his account, charging her with having deſtroyed his property, &c. His wife, in reply to this notice, ſays: “That he need not have taken this pains, as no perſon where he is known, will truſt her to the amount of a ſingle cent on his account, and as for bed and board, he never had any for her—and aſks how ſhe could deſtroy his property, when he never had any, except three dice, a sweat-cloth, and a rum bottle.”
ref: 1810 (February 14), “American Intelligence”, Maryland Gazette, page 3
text: What is a race-course but a convention of gambling hells out of doors, where, in a wider net, more of the weak and the vain are caught at the faro-bank or sweat-cloth, or induced in the excitement to bet on the horses?
ref: 1864 (March), “Games of Chance as an Amusement”, The Ladies’ Repository, pages 252–258
glosses: A gambling game played with three dice and a staking-layout drawn on a sweat-cloth, or the equipment for this game.
Synonyms: chuck-a-luck
birdcage
Related terms: crown and anchor
crown and anchor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Edward Harrison, who was arrested by Detective Potter for playing the crown and anchor game, was sentenced to four days’ imprisonment.
ref: 1882 (November 1), “Public Business”, The Herald, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, page 2
text: The houseman’s, “Come on my lucky lads, who says another card?” and the Crown and Anchor boardman’s “Back them up, my beauties, where you like and where you fancy.”
ref: 1900 (June 26), “Trooper Milverton Ford’s Escape”, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, Australia, page 3
glosses: A game of chance popular with soldiers in the late 19th and early 20th century, in which players bet on combinations of three dice. It is equivalent to chuck-a-luck.
Related terms: birdcage
chuck-a-luck
toodlum buck
sweat-cloth
dandarabilla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of inland taipan.
synonyms: word: inland taipan
nanotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Contraction of nanorobotic.
Senses: examples: text: ... technology fusion as well as highly-sophisticated assembly know-how (e.g., semi-conductors and flexible manufacturing), nanotic micro-processing technologies such as electric devices and non-organic advanced materials ...
ref: 1996, OECD, Macroeconomic Policies and Structural Reform, OECD Publishing, page 293
text: If he hadn't been here, I might have tried to do it myself, but even with nanotic forceps I would have done more harm than good."
ref: 1999, Stephen L. Burns, Flesh and Silver, ROC Hardcover, →ISBN:
text: Nanobodies: Synthetically produced nanotic machinery.
ref: 2008, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction:
glosses: nanorobotic
Sony pony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sony ponies
Etymology: A rhyming reduplication of Sony.
Senses: topics: video-games
synonyms: pony
glosses: A slavish supporter of Sony's video games or consoles; a Sony fanboy.
glosses: A slavish supporter of anything related to Sony, including any Sony devices, in general.
Coordinate terms: Nintendrone
Xbot
reparasitizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reparasitization
skinnery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈskɪnəɹi/
Etymology: From Middle English skynnery; equivalent to skin + -ery.
Senses: examples: text: Formerly a ſkinnery was carried on in Berwick with conſiderable ſucceſs, but nothing of the kind has been attempted in it for ſome time paſt*.
ref: 1799, John Fuller, The Hiſtory of Berwick Upon Tweed […] , page 377:
text: Average length of 55 individuals measured in a skinnery in the same area was 140 cm (Erdelen et al. 1997).
ref: 2004 September 21, Erick Pianka, Dennis King, editors, Varanoid Lizards of the World, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 248:
text: No longer do mills hum by the waterside; no longer does the skinnery and tannery float its stench across the valley; no longer does the playground ring with the cries of school children; and the last shop is gone.
ref: 2014 March 3, Hamish Coghill, Lost Edinburgh: Edinburgh's Lost Architectural Heritage, Birlinn, →ISBN, page 152:
glosses: The workplace of a skinner.
White Sands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From white + sand.
* (New Mexico): From the color of the sand, actually gypsum crystals, instead of feldspathic sand.
Senses: glosses: A desert in Tularosa Basin, New Mexico, United States, composed of white gypsum sand.
Related terms: word: sand
word: white
english: silica
translation: silica
word: white sand
Stephenie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Stephanie.
Muroc Dry Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Muroc + dry lake. From Muroc Field, former name of the U.S. Air Force base Edwards AFB, on whose grounds the lakebed is located.
Senses: synonyms: word: Muroc Lake
word: Rogers Lake
word: Rogers Dry Lake
word: Rodriguez Dry Lake
word: Rodriguez Lake
word: Rogers Dry Lake
extra: A dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert
glosses: Synonym of Rogers Dry Lake; A dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert.
Rogers Dry Lake
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Roger + dry lake. From Spanish Rodríguez (“Roger”), the Spanish name of the dry lake.
Senses: synonyms: Rogers Lake
Muroc Lake
Muroc Dry Lake
Rodriguez Dry Lake
Rodriguez Lake
glosses: A dry lake bed and endorheic desert salt pan in Kern County, California, United States in the Mojave Desert.
laws of war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of law of war
personal columns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of personal column
grudgy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʌdʒi
Forms: form: grudgier
form: grudgiest
Etymology: From grudge + -y.
Senses: glosses: Tending to hold a grudge, or to have grudges; grudging.
grudgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of grudgy: more grudgy
grudgiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of grudgy: most grudgy
Bellegarde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bellegardes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bellegarde. The surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Gard department, Occitania, France.
glosses: A settlement in Saskatchewan, Canada.
glosses: A habitational surname from French.
Derived terms: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
mudhook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mudhooks
Etymology: From mud + hook.
Senses: examples: text: These are marked with the four aces and a crown and anchor—the latter usually referred to as "The Old Mud-hook".
ref: 1901 (August 21), “Gambling on Transports”, London Daily News, page: 8
glosses: An anchor, as used in the game of crown and anchor.
biontic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The complete and accurate repetition of phyletic by biontic development is obliterated and abbreviated by secondary contraction, as ontogeny strikes out for itself an ever straighter course; accordingly, the repetition is the more complete the longer the series of young stages successively passed through.
ref: 1988, Keith Stewart Thomson, Morphogenesis and Evolution, page 20:
text: There is no need to clutter the literature with more long Germanic compounds: suffice it to say that referring to the organism/habitat relationship as biontic, philic or xenic summarises the above arguments succinctly.
ref: 2000, R. L. Kitching, Food Webs and Container Habitats, page 44:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Relating to an individual organism.
glosses: Biological.
examples: text: Soil contains biontic and abiontic lipids.
ref: 1993, M. J. Baker, Grasslands for Our World, page 508:
glosses: Misspelling of biotic.
conterraneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From con- + terraneous.
Senses: examples: text: Hence it appears that the Territory of Feara Ceall was conterraneous with Geshill in Offaly in Leinster […]
ref: 1933, Letters Containing Information Relative to the Antiquities of the Counties [of Ireland: King's county, page 93:
glosses: Of the same earth or world.
weighing-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weighing-ins
Senses: glosses: The act or process of undergoing a weigh-in, as before a boxing match or after a horserace.
weighing-ins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weighing-in
supersuperlatively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of super-superlatively.
travel bubble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: travel bubbles
Senses: synonyms: bubble
glosses: An arrangement between two (or more) countries, states, or other administrative regions, that allows free travel of residents between them while otherwise keeping their borders closed to travellers from outside the bubble.
travel bubbles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of travel bubble
Ipatele
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ipatele.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Iași County, Romania.
Jorăști
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Jorăști.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Galați County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Vânători, Vrancea County, Romania.
Lețcani
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Lețcani.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
Mădârjac
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Mădârjac.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Iași County, Romania.
idleheads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of idlehead
gull-billed terns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gull-billed tern
Lucids
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lucid
John crow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: John crows
Senses: glosses: turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
Luceys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lucey
Tappendens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tappenden