cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
refictionalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of refictionalize
refictionalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of refictionalize
refictionalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of refictionalize
East Lansing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
East Moline
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States.
East Peoria
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States.
Swiftism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Swift + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: I've already had one guy try to convert me to swiftism
ref: 2023 August 2, Reddit:
topics: lifestyle
glosses: The fandom around American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift.
East Stroudsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, United States.
East Orange
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
East Hartford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in the Capitol Planning Region, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States.
Farmington Hills
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan.
Er Rif
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Rif (“mountains in Morocco”).
Gran Paradiso
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mountain in the Graian Alps in Italy, located between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions.
aqiqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 'aqiqah
form: aqeeqah
form: aqeeqa
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَقِيقَة (ʕaqīqa).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The sacrifice of an animal after childbirth.
'aqiqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aqiqah.
Duncanville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Crawford County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city in southwestern Dallas County, Texas.
aqeeqah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of aqiqah.
Dolton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Tiffany Henyard’s tumultuous tenure as mayor of south suburban Dolton is coming to an end, and voters were very clear about ousting her.
ref: 2025 February 25, Gabriel Castillo, Jenna Barnes, Ben Bradley, Michael Johnson, Erik Runge, “Defeated in Dolton: Trustee Jason House beats incumbent Mayor Tiffany Henyard by landslide in primary”, in WGN-TV, archived from the original on 27 Feb 2025:
glosses: A village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
glosses: A small town in Turner County, South Dakota, United States.
glosses: A village and civil parish in Torridge district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5712).
glosses: A surname.
Wounded Knee
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A census-designated place on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota, United States.
Winter Park
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Orange County, Florida, United States.
glosses: A home rule municipality in Grand County, Colorado, United States.
Vitim
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A major tributary of the Lena river in Russia.
breathing cave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: breathing caves
Senses: glosses: A kind of cave that has air flowing in or out because of atmospheric pressure gradients between the inside and outside.
breathing caves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of breathing cave
Wateree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Native American tribe inhabiting the interior of the present-day Carolinas.
WSMR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of White Sands Missile Range.
Tlalnepantla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A large city and municipality of the State of Mexico, Mexico.
hammockless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hammock + -less.
Senses: glosses: Without a hammock.
C&D Canal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the C&D Canal
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
Messinia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Messenia.
Messinians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Messinian
Mottama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Muttama
Senses: synonyms: word: Martaban
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar.
Muttama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mottama.
Makhanda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Xhosa warrior and prophet Makhanda ka Nxele.
Senses: synonyms: word: Grahamstown
english: former name
translation: former name
glosses: A town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Comodoro Rivadavia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /koʊməˈdoʊɹoʊ ɹivəˈdɑvjə/
ipa: /-viː.ə/
Senses: synonyms: Comodoro
glosses: A city in the Patagonian province of Chubut in southern Argentina, located on the San Jorge Gulf.
Comodoro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Ellipsis of Comodoro Rivadavia.
UBE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of unsolicited bulk email.
print wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: print wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of printwheel.
print-wheel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: print-wheels
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of printwheel.
print-wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of print-wheel
print wheels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of print wheel
Zuppinger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Zuppinger wheel
satisfactual
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more satisfactual
form: most satisfactual
Etymology: Uncertain; apparently from satisfaction + -ual. Now chiefly associated with the 1946 song "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah" (see quotation below).
Senses: examples: text: Bill will return to Washington and report the action of his "high j'int," and that will be all "satisfactual" for the common "good of the country."
ref: 1877 March 9, Montgomery Daily Advertiser, volume 13 (new series), number 144, Montgomery, A.L.: [s.n.], page 3, column 2:
text: But on account er me an' Sis, I'm willin' to extracise my bes' judgment. It mayn't be satisfactual, but me and Sis is mighty long-headed when we pulls tergether.
ref: 1883 June, Joel Chandler Harris, “At Teague Poteet's: A Sketch of the Hog Mountain Range, in Two Parts: Part II”, in The Century Magazine, volume XXVI, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Century Company, page 186, column 1:
text: "Hamner is tew narrer-c'ntracted an' peniverous tu be very satisfactual tu his patrings," Solon Briggs remarked. "He is a very parsinumerous man."
ref: 1887, Rowland E[vans] Robinson, Uncle Lisha's Shop: Life in a Corner of Yankeeland, New York, N.Y.: Forest and Stream Publishing Co., page 60:
text: J. P. Jorgensen's Auction Sale Wednesday, is reported as being very satisfactual in every respect.
ref: 1911 November 10, “More Personals”, in The Gustine Standard, volume 2, number 45, Gustine, C.A.: [s.n.], page 4, column 4:
text: Mister blue bird's on my shoulder / It's the truth / It's actual / Everything is satisfactual
ref: 1946 November 12, “Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah”, Ray Gilbert (lyrics), Allie Wrubel (music)performed by James Baskett, from Song of the South:
text: So my first experience was masturbation, intentional and experimental, which proved quite shocking and satisfactual. I had no particular regrets excepting slight religious guiltiness.
ref: 1963, Glen A. Brackbill, Yvonne Brackbill, anonymous quotee, “Some Reactions to First Remembered Sexual Climax”, in Manfred F. DeMartino, editor, Sexual Behavior and Personality Characteristics, New York, N.Y.: The Citadel Press, page 233:
text: Everything was "satisfactual" to Dutch, even when Emma was a "sourpuss." He treated her deferentially, sometimes saying, "Here's the Boss," or "Momma, you're the one with the purse strings."
ref: 1991, Beach Leighton, Mr. Dutch: The Arkansas Traveler, Champaign, I.L.: Sagamore Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 26:
text: They found that seeing more birds in the afternoon was associated with lower levels of anxiety, stress and depression. [Daniel] Cox says that the researchers "did not find a relationship with richness," meaning that it didn't really matter how many bird species there were, but how many individual birds participants saw. In other words, a group of bluebirds on your shoulder might just make you feel more "satisfactual" than one or none.
ref: 2017 March 6, Kate Kershner, “A Dose of Nature Could Improve Mental Health for City Dwellers”, in HowStuffWorks, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2017:
glosses: Causing someone to feel satisfied; satisfactory.
wikipedia: Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah
Derived terms: satisfactually
SDPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SDP
integrally closed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: commutative algebra
glosses: Equal to its own integral closure in its field of fractions; equivalently, containing all integral elements of its field of fractions.
raw_tags: of an integral domain
ring ousels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ring ousel
strawberry roans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of strawberry roan
root-rockers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of root-rocker
sand-rolls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sand-roll
calm and collected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calm and collected
form: most calm and collected
Senses: examples: text: Second-year Niners quarterback Brock Purdy looked calm and collected in the pocket and was 23-of-38 for 255 yards and one touchdown.
ref: 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:
glosses: Cool-headed; unflutterable; composed.
play-calling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But some bad breaks, good defense from the Chiefs and conservative play-calling meant the 49ers offense stalled and Kansas City was able to rally.
ref: 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com:
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Alternative form of playcalling.
blinchiky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blinchiki
Etymology: From Russian бли́нчики (blínčiki).
Senses: glosses: plural of blinchik
Sanliurfa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Turkish Şanlıurfa, from şanlı (“glorious”) + Urfa in reference to its resistance to French and British invasions during the First World War.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey.
synonyms: word: Urfa
extra: a city in southeastern Turkey
glosses: A province of Turkey around Urfa.
coffeespoonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coffeespoonfuls
form: coffeespoonsful
Etymology: From coffeespoon + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: Potion against Gangrenous Thrush: two drachms of almond soap, dissolved in two ounces of mint-water, and two ounces of fennel-water, to which is added, half an ounce of syrup of marsh-mallow, and two drachms of carbonate of magnesia, triturated together in a marble mortar. Mode of exhibition: by coffeespoonsful during the day.
ref: 1844 October 19, M. Foy, anonymous translator, “A Select Practical Formulary, […]”, in The Medical Times: A Journal of English and Foreign Medicine, and Miscellany of Medical Affairs, volume XI, London: J. Angerstein Carfrae, […], published 1845, page 68, columns 2–3:
text: In the Autumn of 1952, Dr. Walter Strathmeyer (Regensburg) created a considerable sensation with his “Paravita.” This researcher, who was born in 1900, demonstrated that it was possible to survive on a daily dose of 20 g. of the sweet brown fluid for weeks or even months! Two coffeespoonsful were taken morning, noon and night, and the calorie intake was only 20!
ref: 1992, Willy Schrödter, translated by Transcript, Ltd., “The Elixir of Life”, in A Rosicrucian Notebook: The Secret Sciences Used by Members of the Order, York Beach, Me.: Samuel Weiser, Inc., →ISBN, page 155:
text: Place coffeespoonfuls of the spinach mixture along one long edge of the dough, leaving about a finger’s width between them.
ref: 1999, Thane Prince, “[Pasta and Rice] Ricotta and Spinach Ravioli with Tomato, Cream and Basil Sauce”, in Thane Prince’s Simply Good Food: 300 Recipes to Tempt You into the Kitchen, London: Headline Book Publishing, →ISBN, page 176:
glosses: The amount that a coffee spoon will hold.
coffeespoonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffeespoonful
coffeespoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coffeespoonful
kolerogas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of koleroga
Haotang
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: houʹtängʹ
Etymology: From Mandarin 郝堂 (Hǎotáng).
Senses: examples: text: Located in Pingqiao District of Xinyang, Henan Province, Haotang Village was ordinary and underdeveloped. In recent decades, many villagers had gone out to make a living because farming in the village could bring them only meager income.[…]In 2009, Li Changping, director of the Institute of China New Rural Planning and Design, who had long been devoted to the three major issues of the countryside, namely, agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and Sun Jun, the advocator and organizer of Beijing Green Cross, began their sustainable development and construction experiment in Haotang Village.
ref: 2017, Zhang Xiaode [张孝德], Ye Peihong [叶培红], “Haotang Village: Keep the Original Flavor Of the Village”, in Zhou Gang [周钢], transl., Dreams in Rural China [有根的中国梦], 1st edition, Beijing: New World Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 291:
english: 有根的中国梦
translation: 有根的中国梦
text: Haotang village, under the jurisdiction of Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, China, has an area of approximately 20 square kilometres and a population of about 2300. Haotang lacks tourism resources and an industrial base for the development of secondary and tertiary activities and has in recent years slid into a rural recession.
ref: 2019, Yanheng Lu, Junxi Qian, “Towards a material approach in rural geography: Architectural experiments in China’s rural renaissance and reconstruction movements”, in Geoforum, volume 116, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: Located in the suburbs of southeastern Pingqiao District, Xinyang City, Henan Province, Haotang Village has an area of 20.7 km2 and jurisdiction over 18 village groups and 2,385 people. The green village construction community of Haotang Village is[…]
ref: 2021, Xiaoming Wang, Hong Hua, Green Village and Town Construction in China, Beijing: Science Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 106:
glosses: A residential community in Wulidian, Pingqiao district, Xinyang, Henan, China, formerly a village.
Tinicum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
quitrenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quitrenters
form: quit-renter
Etymology: From quitrent + -er.
Senses: examples: text: According to the proposals that Deputy Governor Lawrie drew up for the Scots, any tenant who was willing to transport himself to East Jersey would be granted both land and stock for fourteen years, paying half of the increase on the stock to the proprietors during the second half of that term. As an inducement to attract settlers, the proprietors promised to grant the land outright to the tenant at the end of the fourteen years, subject only to the payment of an annual quitrenter. By offering such incentives, the proprietors created a social position, the quitrenter, that did not exist in Northeastern Scotland. Nonetheless, the creation of quitrenters would require fourteen years’ residence in the colony and thus posed no immediate threat to the proprietary plan.
ref: 2014, Ned C. Landsman, Scotland and Its First American Colony, 1683-1765, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 111:
glosses: One who possesses land in return for the payment of a quitrent.
quit-renter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quit-renters
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of quitrenter.
quitrenters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quitrenter
quit-renters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quit-renter
demitasseful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: demitassefuls
Etymology: From demitasse + -ful.
Senses: examples: text: AIRPLANE DESIGNER IGOR SIKORSKY IS ONE OF AMERICA’S GREATEST COFFEE FANS. HE DRINKS IT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY BUT ONLY IN TINY DEMI-TASSE-FULS.
ref: 1941 February 19, Edwin Cox, “Private Lives”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume 57, number 237, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Pittsburgh Press Co., page thirty-six:
text: Delectable summer drinks can be made with Medaglia d’Oro espresso coffee. One demitasseful combines deliciously with ginger ale in a tall, ice-filled glass.
ref: 1959, “Bonwit Teller”, in Town & Country, volume 113, page 106:
text: Allow it to burn a minute, then pour in 5 demitassefuls double-strength black coffee, ladle into demitasses for drinking.
ref: 1973, Henry McNulty, “The bold approach to sherry drinking”, in House & Garden, volume 144, page 140, columns 3–4:
text: Drawn to the Umido Di Pesce, an Italian version of Bouillabaisse, low-fat seafood coup, I followed my friend John’s suggestion and asked for a preliminary taste, startling the waiter, who nevertheless complied with a demitasseful.
ref: 1994 May 12, S. Morton Zweig, “[Dining à la Heart: Jillian’s is naughty — and nice — to diet conscious] The Doctor orders…”, in The Desert Sun, Palm Springs, Calif., page D2, column 3:
text: The next morning, I noticed she dumped a demitasseful of sel de mer into that day’s broth just as she lit the flame.
ref: 2002, Judy Rodgers, “Stocks & the Sauces They Make Possible”, in The Zuni Cafe Cookbook: A Compendium of Recipes & Cooking Lessons from San Francisco’s Beloved Restaurant, New York, N.Y.: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 54:
text: “What’s cooking?” she asked. / Lifting a lid, he revealed tiny braising limbs. “Haunch of Thumper,” he said. “With papardelle and cavalo nero—this black Tuscan cabbage. But first fava bean and parsley soup—just a demitasseful, with foamed milk.[…]”
ref: 2003, Michelle Huneven, Jamesland, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 290:
text: It’s late. So late you have lost track of the hour. You have dined extravagantly, tasted coffee that costs $50 for half a demitasseful (after all, it comes from the rear end of an Indonesian marsupial).
ref: 2005 November 6, Lydia Martin, “Casa Conspicuous: Camera-happy tourists still strike poses on the steps of Versace’s South Beach mansion. For $40,000, you can pose inside.”, in Shelley Acoca, editor, The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., page 1M:
glosses: The amount that a demitasse will hold.
demitassefuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of demitasseful
Swatara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Macville Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.
Macville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota, United States.
servingspoonful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servingspoonfuls
form: servingspoonsful
Senses: examples: text: Divide into heaping servingspoonfuls and mold into the desired shape. […] Mix with the rice and egg and form into patties, using a heaping servingspoonful for each.
ref: 1946, Gayelord Hauser, The Gayelord Hauser Cook Book: Good Food, Good Health, Good Looks, New York, N.Y.: Capricorn Books, published 1963, pages 130 and 177:
text: Put 1 large servingspoonful of the batter into the pan; […]
ref: 1955, René Black, The René Black Cookbook: Cuisine Versus Cooking, New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →LCCN, page 162:
text: Mix with the rice and egg and form into patties, using a heaping servingspoonful for each.
ref: 1955 April 26, “Rice Favored In Hamburgers”, in Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, volume 56, number 84, Pittsburgh, Pa., page 21, column 3:
text: One servingspoonful of spaetzle is like the opening measures of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Any man who walks out early on either proves he doesn’t understand the genre—and he misses the repose of the end.
ref: 1969, Robert Farrar Capon, “And She Took Flour . . .”, in The Supper of the Lamb: A Culinary Reflection, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., →LCCN, page 114:
text: Drop by servingspoonsful into skillet and fry in oil, turning once.
ref: 1976 August 8, “Sing along to a vegetable medley!”, in The Argus, 125th year, number 268, Rock Island, Ill., page 18, column 1:
text: Transfer the dough to a pastry sleeve fitted with a ¾-inch round tip, and squeeze out approximately 8 mounds, about 3 inches in diameter; or form mounds with heaping servingspoonfuls of dough.
ref: 1986, Malabar Hornblower, Do-Ahead Dining: Cooking for Company with Do-Ahead Recipes and Menus, Chester, Conn.: The Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 299:
text: “Have some of this macaroni salad,” Eric’s sister Debbie was saying as she plopped a heaping servingspoonful onto his plate.
ref: 2004, Maureen Child, “Lost in Sensation”, in Love—from His Point of View!, Richmond, Surrey: Harlequin Mills & Boon Limited, published 2009, →ISBN, chapter 2:
glosses: Rare form of serving spoonful.
servingspoonfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servingspoonful
servingspoonsful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of servingspoonful
consumer brand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consumer brands
Senses: topics: business
marketing
glosses: A brand that targets consumers rather than businesses.
the organ-grinder, not the monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And really it is the organ-grinder, not the monkey, who should be shot.
ref: 1981, New Society: The Social Science Weekly, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 240, column 3:
text: Every submission stated that the Bill is not needed, yet the Minister has the temerity to come into the House and try to justify it. We wanted to hear from the organ-grinder, not the monkey. We heard today from both of them, and they both had the same message.
ref: 1986 June 5, John Banks, “Local Government Amendment Bill (No. 2): Report of Internal Affairs and Local Government Committee”, in Parliamentary Debates (Hansard): Second Session, Forty-first Parliament (House of Representatives), volume 471, Wellington: V. R. Ward, government printer, →OCLC, page 1968:
text: The more a minister allowed the details of a bill to reflect compromises between the various interests, the more work could be left to officials. But if a bill were controversial, while civil servants could prepare the ground and clarify the issues, the interests opposed, as Aneurin Bevan put it, expected to see the minister, the organ-grinder, not the monkey.
ref: 2005, Christopher Foster, “Laws that Work”, in British Government in Crisis: or The Third English Revolution, Oxford, Oxfordshire; Portland, Or.: Hart Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (The Old Regime), page 48:
glosses: Alternative form of the organ grinder, not the monkey.
the organ grinders, not the monkeys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of the organ grinder, not the monkey
nabobhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From nabob + -hood.
Senses: glosses: The quality or condition of a nabob.
Related terms: nabobship
self-bow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-bows
Senses: examples: text: With reſpect to a bow being made round, we muſt recollect, that [Roger] Aſcham ſpeaks of a ſelf'''-bow; which, it ſeems, was made round as well as the back as in the belly: but back'd-bows have almoſt always a flat back, to prevent their caſting.
ref: 1801, T[homas] Roberts, “Of the Bow”, in The English Bowman, or Tracts on Archery; […], London: […] [F]or the author, by C. Roworth, […]; [s]old by Mr. [Thomas] Edgerton, […]; [a]lso by Mr. Waring, […], →OCLC, section III (Of Proving the Bow), page 141:
text: I once made a beautiful self-bow from a large branch of yew, which was amputated, after two valuable coach-horses had been poisoned by feeding on its leaves.
ref: 1840, George Agar Hansard, “Section VIII. Of Yew Trees, Yew Bows, &c. &c.”, in The Book of Archery, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, […], →OCLC, footnote *, page 350:
text: The self-bow is the real old Engish weapon; the one with which the many mighty deeds that rendered this country renowned in times gone by were performed; […] Of the woods for self-bows, Yew beyond all question carries off the palm; other woods have been, and still are, in use, such as lance, Cocus, Washaba, Rose, Snake, and some others; but they may be summarily dismissed with the remark, that self-bows made of these woods are all, without exception radically bad, being heavy in hand, apt to jar, comparatively dull in cast, and very liable to chrysal and break, and that no archer should use them so long as a self-yew or a good backed-bow is within his reach.
ref: 1856, Horace A[lfred] Ford, “Of the Bow”, in Archery: Its Theory and Practice, London: J. Buchanan, […]; Cheltenham, Gloucestershire: H[enry] Davies, […], →OCLC, page 14:
glosses: Alternative form of selfbow.
self-bows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-bow (alternative form of selfbows)
watt-seconds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of watt-second
seed-birds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seed-bird
palo santos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palos santos
Senses: glosses: plural of palo santo
palos santos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palo santo
palusamis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of palusami
pangnostics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pangnostic
panoramagrams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of panoramagram
parabanates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabanate
parabaptists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabaptist
parabolizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parabolization
paracaseinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracaseinate
paraclausithyrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraclausithyron
paracopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracope
paracysts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paracyst
parafronts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parafront
parajutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parajute
paralactates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paralactate
sarcolactates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sarcolactate
paramuktis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paramukti
paraortygids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraortygid
paraquels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paraquel
semicontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From semi- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: Never mind the semicontroversial "Stop Snitching" T-shirts, where the threatening command not to talk to the police is inscribed within a red octagon.
ref: 2005 October 13, Kelefa Sanneh, “Cracking the Code in Hip-Hop”, in The New York Times:
text: He thinks like a politician, and he thinks like a lawyer. So the governor in particular is very careful about parsing his words, especially if we’re talking about a political issue that’s being negotiated in the Legislature, talking about things connected to Bridgegate, things that are semicontroversial.
ref: 2015 January 26, Michael Barbaro, “A Radio Host’s Strategy for Christie: Let Him Rant”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: quasicontroversial
glosses: Causing some controversy, but not enough to be considered controversial.
road service
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: road services
Senses: examples: text: Unfortunately, even in the palmiest days of the old Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith Railway Company, passengers were few and far between at Troutbeck, and since the advent of the motor bus road services they are rarer than ever, and never likely to increase.
ref: 1951 October, “Notes and News: The Harmonium at Troutbeck”, in Railway Magazine, page 709:
topics: transport
glosses: A service provided by a vehicle, such as a bus, along roads, as opposed to a rail service, a service by train.
expresswaylike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more expresswaylike
form: most expresswaylike
Etymology: From expressway + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The sleek QLine, which seems sure to be extended beyond its initial length of 3.3 miles, could not be more different from Detroit’s People Mover, the elevated and automated light rail that opened in 1987 and is raised on expresswaylike stilts.
ref: 2017 April 15, Blair Kamin, “Detroit’s downtown revival is real, but road to recovery remains long”, in Chicago Tribune:
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of an expressway.
road services
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of road service
milk bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk breads
Senses: glosses: A Japanese kind of soft white bread made with milk.
milk breads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of milk bread
ultracontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ultra- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: I can hear the newscaster saying: "The ultracontroversial U.S. stamp honoring the recording techniques of Linda Ronstadt's no-firstuse album."
ref: 1983 February 1, William Safire, “On Language”, in The New York Times:
text: In his ultracontroversial book, which will be banned and burned in many quarters, BestSellingAuthorTVHostPresidentialCandidateColumnist [sic] Buchanan contends that the U.S. will be a Third World nation by the year 2050.
ref: 2002 February 1, Matt Drudge, “BUCHANAN DECLARES: DEATH OF THE WEST”, in The Drudge Report:
text: Thursday marks the second anniversary of the passage and signing of the SAFE Act, the ultracontroversial gun control legislation that was a progressive hallmark of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's first term but was viewed with disdain by a large chunk of New Yorkers, especially upstaters.
ref: 2015 November 1, Matthew Hamilton, “Gun law survives another year”, in Times Union:
synonyms: supercontroversial
glosses: Highly controversial.
deformalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: deformalises
form: deformalising
form: deformalised
form: deformalised
Etymology: From de- + formalise.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of deformalize.
deformalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of deformalise
deformalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of deformalise
deformalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of deformalise
informalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of informalization
deformalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deformalizations
Etymology: From deformalize + -ation.
Senses: glosses: The process or the result of deformalizing.
deformalizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deformalization
Lundi Gras
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A relatively recently popularized name for a series of Shrove Monday events taking place during Mardi Gras.
times it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of time it out
timing it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of time it out
timed it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of time it out
over-timed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of over-time
over-timing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of over-time
over-times
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of over-time
thyreoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thyroid.
quasicontroversial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From quasi- + controversial.
Senses: examples: text: Despite Kid’s quasicontroversial nature, Deighan isn’t worried about any shenanigans.
ref: 2007 December 4, Ted Alvarez, “Kid Rock brings rock-rap-county mash-up to Vail”, in The Aspen Times:
glosses: Synonym of semicontroversial.
synonyms: word: semicontroversial
acquisition feeding time
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: agriculture
biology
botany
business
lifestyle
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
glosses: The amount of time required for a successful acquisition of a virus by its vector for subsequent transmission, in which it then becomes viruliferous.
acquisition times
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acquisition time
super-Neptune
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-Neptunes
Etymology: From super- + Neptune.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: sub-Saturn
glosses: An exoplanet with more mass than Neptune (around 17 M_E) but with less mass than Saturn (around 95 M_E).
super-Neptunes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super-Neptune
super-puff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: super-puffs
Etymology: From super- + puff.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An exoplanet with greater diameter than Neptune with a mass only a few times that of Earth, giving it a very low density.
super-puffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of super-puff
sub-Saturn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sub-Saturns
Etymology: From sub- + Saturn.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of super-Neptune.
synonyms: word: super-Neptune
sub-Saturns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sub-Saturn
Pugachyov
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝ogəchŏfʹ
ipa: /pʊɡəˈtʃɒf/
Etymology: From Russian Пугачёв (Pugačóv). Named after ataman Pugachev.
Senses: synonyms: Mechetnaya
Nikolayevsk
Pugachyovsky Raion
glosses: A city of oblast significance, the administrative centre of Pugachyov urban settlement and Pugachyov Raion, in Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, founded as a sloboda in 1764.
A raion of Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, established in 1928.
synonyms: Mechetnaya
Nikolayevsk
glosses: A city of oblast significance, the administrative centre of Pugachyov urban settlement and Pugachyov Raion, in Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, founded as a sloboda in 1764.
An urban settlement of Pugachyov Raion, Saratov Oblast, Volga Federal District, Russia, established in 2004.
Meronyms: sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Davydovka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Klintsovka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Krasnaya Rechka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Nadezhdinka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Preobrazhenka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Rakhmanovka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Staraya Porubyozhka
sense: constitutive administrative divisions of the raion
english: rural settlement
translation: rural settlement
word: Zavolzhsky
sense: constitutive settlements of the urban settlement
english: settlement, suburb
translation: settlement, suburb
word: Pugachyovsky
advance copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: advance copies
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A copy of a new book or magazine by a publisher which is distributed to a bookseller, library, or others, before the publication is printed for mass distribution.
Cliffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cliffies
Senses: glosses: A student or alumna of Radcliffe College.
mass distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mass distributions
Senses: glosses: The distribution of goods or products in bulk.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The spatial distribution of mass within a solid body.
Republic of Bashkortostan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Bashkortostan
Senses: glosses: The official name of Bashkortostan (or Bashkiria)
mass distributions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mass distribution
Udmurt Republic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Udmurt Republic
Senses: glosses: The official name of Udmurtia
advance copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of advance copy
Republic of Mordovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Republic of Mordovia
Senses: glosses: The official name of Mordovia (or Mordvinia)
Tudweiliog
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh with various theories on the name's origin; see Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A village and community on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH2336).
backup copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backup copies
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A duplicate instance of an application, datafile, server or system created as a means to restore the original data in case it is deleted, corrupted or lost.
backup copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of backup copy
certified copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: certified copies
Senses: topics: business
finance
law
synonyms: true copy
glosses: A copy, often a photocopy, of a primary document containing an endorsement or certificate confirming it is a true copy of the primary document.
certified copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of certified copy
conformed copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conformed copies
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An exact copy of a document filed with a court.
conformed copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conformed copy
office copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: office copies
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A copy of a letter or other document kept in a file by a company or organization.
office copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of office copy
Cherchell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Cherchell, from Arabic شرشال (Shershel), ultimately from Latin Caesarea. Doublet of Kayseri and Caesarea.
Senses: glosses: A city in Tipaza, Algeria.
glosses: A district of Tipaza, Algeria around the city.
Synonyms: word: Caesarea
word: Caesarea Mauretaniae
word: Caesarea in Mauretania
word: Iol
word: Jol
word: Iol Caesarea
word: Caesarea Iol
Roevember
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Roe + November. From Roe v. Wade, an overturned Supreme Court case that protected abortion, and November, when elections in the United States typically take place.
Senses: examples: text: Will Roevember become a reality? According to reproductive-rights leaders and political analysts, the answer is not as tidy or triumphant as the catchphrase.
ref: 2022 October 28, Michelle Ruiz, “Is Roevember Really Coming?”, in Vogue:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The 2022 United States elections, in relation to abortion.
wikipedia: Roe v. Wade
presentation copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presentation copies
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A copy of a book that has been presented, usually by the author or an entity associated with the book's production, to another individual.
presentation copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of presentation copy
Cormoș
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
bossness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From boss + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or condition of a boss.
promotional copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: promotional copies
Senses: topics: business
entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An audio or video recording distributed free of charge, usually in order to promote a recording that will soon be commercially available.
topics: media
publishing
glosses: Any type of writing designed to persuade a reader to take a specific action.
promotional copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of promotional copy
review copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: review copies
Senses: topics: media
publishing
glosses: A copy of a book or publication delivered to journals or newspapers in order for it to be reviewed.
review copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of review copy
scaled copy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scaled copies
Senses: topics: arts
design
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A copy of a figure in which every length in the original is multiplied by the same scale factor.
scaled copies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scaled copy
blind carbon copying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of blind carbon copy
blind carbon copied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blind carbon copy
blind-copies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blind-copy
blind-copying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of blind-copy
blind-copied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of blind-copy
Llanwnda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH4758).
glosses: A village in Pencaer community, north Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9339).
journeyman's piece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: journeyman's pieces
form: journeymen's pieces
Etymology: Likely a calque of German Gesellenstück. Much use seems to be in reference to Germany or continental Europe.
Senses: glosses: A work that someone produces in order to prove that they have completed their apprenticeship in a craft.
glosses: An action or achievement by which someone proves their competency.
Related terms: masterpiece
masterstick
sodium ethylmercurithiosalicylate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of thiomersal.
synonyms: word: thiomersal
Pencaer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Welsh pen + caer, probably the fort or fortress on the head or headland. The north-west of the community is named Pen Caer, and Strumble Head is named Pen-Caer in Welsh.
Senses: glosses: A community (civil parish) on the coast of north Pembrokeshire, Wales.
wikipedia: Strumble Head
Turing function
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turing functions
Senses: examples: text: whereas the scanner is little more than a decoding device that accesses memory entries, the automaton is a Turing function which literally describes its own structure to itself and assigns probabilities to possible recognition states based on this self-referential relation.
ref: 2012, H.R. Otto, J. Tuedio, Perspectives on Mind, page 168:
glosses: Synonym of Turing computable function.
synonyms: word: Turing computable function
examples: text: It is straightforward to translate a recursive definition into a Turing function.
ref: 2012, Peter Grogono, Programming with Turing and Object Oriented Turing, page 149:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Turing, function. A function written in Turing (the programming language).
Turing functions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Turing function
pure sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Exceptional or amazing.
Old
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Olds
form: Olde
form: Wold
Etymology: * In Northamptonshire, recorded as Walda in 1086 (DB), becoming Wolde in the 14th century, and later Old. From Old English or Old Saxon wald.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP7873).
Oldses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Olds
ash-holes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ash-hole
folkdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From folk + -dom, a calque of German Volkstum. In German, only sense 2 is associated with Nazism.
Senses: examples: text: „Volkstum“ lässt sich nicht auf eine Nation von mehreren Dutzend Millionen anwenden, „Volkstum“ ist ein vorwiegend landschaftlich begrenzter Begriff, durchsetzt von bäuerlichen Erinnerungen. Es gibt kein „deutsches Volkstum“, wohl aber eines der deutschen Stämme, wohl ein thüringisches, rheinisches oder bayrisches. Es gibt kein britisches, französisches oder spanisches „Volkstum“, wohl aber eines von Schottland, von der Normandie oder von Viscaya.
ref: 1932, Carl von Ossietzky, “Anti-Semites”, in Anton Kaes et al., editor, The Weimar Republic Sourcebook, University of California, published 1995, page 279:
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: character of a people, folklore, that which defines a people’s original nature and culture (or an individual's tie to it)
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: matters to do with German minorities outside the Reich as well as Germanization and colonization (cf. blood and soil)