cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
urban-renew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: urban-renews
form: urban-renewing
form: urban-renewed
form: urban-renewed
form: urban renew
Etymology: Back-formation from urban renewal.
Senses: glosses: To carry out urban renewal; to redevelop an urban area.
examples: text: Nor, a decade later, when downtown elites—bankers, developers, and their allies—found it increasingly difficult to urban-renew racial minorities and ethnic white working-class families out of central city land, did they conspire to bring about a fiscal crisis.
ref: 1982, William K. Tabb, The Long Default: New York City and the Urban Fiscal Crisis, →ISBN, page 12:
text: In 1988 the City announced that the Lefrak Organization - a major national developer - would build on the Seward Park site where, in 1967, 1.800 poor people, mostly African-American and Latino, were displaced when their homes were urban renewed.
ref: 1996, Neil Smith, The New Urban Frontier: Gentrification and the Revanchist City, →ISBN, page 25:
text: & the tide which is being urban-renewed / at bedok^([sic]) must go on its own tidy ways
ref: 2011, Jini Kim Watson, The New Asian City: Three-Dimensional Fictions of Space and Urban Form, →ISBN, page 197:
glosses: To make something or someone more urban in character; to urbanize.
examples: text: 2) A large scale of residential land use occurred in the urban land use 3) Tangshan city urban renewed very fast in the first decade, and then slowed down.
ref: 2013, Fuling Bian, Xiaohui Cui, Yichun Xie, Yixin Zeng, editors, Geo-Informatics in Resource Management and Sustainable Ecosystem, volume 2, →ISBN, page 96:
glosses: To undergo urban renewal; to be redeveloped.
raw_tags: of an urban area
urban-renews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of urban-renew
urban-renewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of urban-renew
urban-renewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urban-renewed
form: most urban-renewed
form: urban renewed
Senses: examples: text: The reutilization of former industrial sites for non-industrial uses is carried out in two different ways, which can be described as adaptive reuse and urban renewed.
ref: 2007, Kiril Stanilov, editor, The Post-Socialist City: Urban Form and Space Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe after Socialism, Springer Publishing, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: Having gone through the process of urban renewal.
urban-renewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of urban-renew
urban renew
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: urban renews
Senses: glosses: Synonym of urban renewal.
synonyms: word: urban renewal
urban renew
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: urban renews
form: urban renewing
form: urban renewed
form: urban renewed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of urban-renew.
urban renews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban renew
urban renews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of urban renew
urban renewing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of urban renew
urban renewed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more urban renewed
form: most urban renewed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of urban-renewed.
urban renewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of urban renew
Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
Senses: glosses: The official and legal name of the City of London, a local authority within Greater London.
Synonyms: the City
the City of London
the City of London Corporation
the Square Mile
City of London Corporation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the City of London Corporation
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: (all sometimes metonymically synonymous) the City, the City of London, the Corporation, the Square Mile, the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London
glosses: The municipal governing body of the City of London, a local authority within Greater London.
Yekkish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish יעקיש (yekish), equivalent to Yekke + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Yekkes
HOA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Horn of Africa.
HOA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HOAs
form: HOA's
Senses: examples: text: By asking the community to let Collin continue to live there before he turns 19, the HOA would “ignore one of the community’s most fundamental restrictions,” according to the letter from the association’s attorney.
ref: 2020 January 16, Scottie Andrew, “An orphaned teen is being forced out of his grandparents’ senior community because he’s too young”, in CNN:
text: What I deemed a welcoming community when I moved into it (despite its name), feels uncomfortably different to me after someone from my HOA posted on Nextdoor (which groups members into virtual neighborhoods based on their real addresses) about removing “plantation” from Haile Plantation as a consideration toward residents and visitors who are Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).
ref: 2020 August 1, Yelena Moroz Alpert, “What my Nextdoor neighbors don’t get about the word ‘plantation’”, in CNN:
text: “We wanted to build something that we’re really proud of — something away from the minted lawns of HOAs in suburbia, where they come to your porch and measure your plants,” Colt said.
ref: 2025 March 30, Scottie Andrew, quoting Colt, “Queer and trans homesteaders are conquering the social media frontier”, in CNN:
topics: business
real-estate
glosses: Initialism of homeowner association.
glosses: Initialism of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.
HOAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HOA
HOA's
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of HOA
homeowner association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeowner associations
form: homeowner's association
form: homeowners' association
form: HOA
Senses: topics: business
real-estate
glosses: A private association formed by a real estate developer for the purpose of marketing, managing, and selling homes and lots in a residential subdivision.
homeowner associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeowner association
homeowner's association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homeowner's associations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homeowner association.
homeowners' association
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: homeowners' associations
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of homeowner association.
homeowners' associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeowners' association
homeowner's associations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homeowner's association
exchange rate risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Currency risk.
foreign exchange risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Currency risk.
Synonyms: currency risk
FX risk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: Currency risk.
security printer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: security printers
Senses: glosses: A producer of printed documents or products which are physically protected against forgery, counterfeiting and alteration by security features.
Albuixech
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Town of the Horta Nord district, in the Valencian Community (Spain)
hachapuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hachapuris
Senses: examples: text: Another delicious Georgian dish was Hachapuri. This is a kind of flat bread with soft cheese and butter in the middle, more butter melted all over the top. There are different kinds of Hachapuri, reflecting the different areas, but all of it is absolutely fantastic. People eat it as a matter of course at almost every meal.
ref: 2014 February 25, Janice N. Mau, “‘Gamarjoba’, Georgia.’”, in Samovars and Shashlik: Gems of an Overseas Adventure, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN, page 120:
glosses: Alternative form of khachapuri.
hachapuris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hachapuri (alternative form of khachapuris).
hatchapuri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatchapuris
Senses: examples: text: On the breakfast table I can see the remains of: sturgeon, caviare (pink and black), blinies, cottage cheese and two other cheeses, buckwheat, hatchapuri—a bread cheese—and sour cream, hashi (stew), radishes and spring onions […]
ref: 1977, The New Review, volume 4, London: New Review Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 30:
text: After Varadzia had served Svobodova with sturgeon and the local delicacy, a hatchapuri—a sort of paratha stuffed with cheese—washed down with a glass of the Lomnja red wine, he sat down and took a pipe with the stranger.
ref: 1983, Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, volume 7, New York, N.Y.: Davis Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 128:
glosses: Alternative form of khachapuri.
hatchapuris
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hatchapuri (alternative form of khachapuris).
Dali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹlēʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).
Senses: examples: text: Wen Fang, who lives in Dali county in the northwest province of Shaanxi, made a name posting photos and videos of himself dressed in women’s fashion and strutting his stuff through his village.
ref: 2019 December 26, Alice Yan, “Meet the Chinese villager with supermodel looks”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2019, Society:
glosses: A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
Dali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹlēʹ
Forms: form: Tali
form: Ta-li
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).
Senses: examples: text: Away over in South-west China, in the Tali prefecture of Yunnan Province, there lies Chungtien County. Set amongst a tumbled mass of mountains rising to the snow line, it is not easily accessible.
ref: [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2:
text: Eight people entered an abandoned tin mine in the province’s Dali autonomous prefecture on Saturday night, and their excavation caused the mine to cave in,[…]
ref: 2008 March 3, Alfred Cang, “China tin mine collapse kills seven: report”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS:
glosses: A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
synonyms: Dalifornia
glosses: A city in Yunnan, China.
glosses: A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.
Related terms: Dalifornia
Dali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹlēʹ
Forms: form: Tali
form: Ta-li
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì).
Senses: glosses: A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.
Dali
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹlēʹ
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Dalí.
Derived terms: Daliesque
Volusia County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Florida, United States. County seat: DeLand.
unassignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From un- + assignment.
Senses: glosses: The process of unassigning.
unassign
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪn
Forms: form: unassigns
form: unassigning
form: unassigned
form: unassigned
Etymology: From un- + assign.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: reassign
;
deallocate
reallocate
glosses: To remove or undo the assignment of.
unassigns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unassign
unassigning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unassign
Volusia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in Volusia County, Florida, United States.
Derived terms: Volusia County
DeLand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Volusia County, Florida, United States. Named after Henry Addison DeLand.
Gaston County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aʊnti
Etymology: Named after William Gaston.
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Gastonia.
wikipedia: William Gaston
Gastonia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Gaston + -ia.
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Gaston County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Kaufman County, Texas, United States.
passivisability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From passivisable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of passivizability.
passivisabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of passivisability
back slang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: back slangs
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of backslang.
Berkeley County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Moncks Corner. Named after John and William Berkeley.
glosses: One of 55 counties in West Virginia, United States. County seat: Martinsburg. Believed to be named after Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt.
flatch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Senses: qualifier: costermongers
glosses: Half
Derived terms: english: half drunk
translation: half drunk
word: flatch-kennurd
english: half-crown
translation: half-crown
word: flatch-yenork
english: halfpenny
translation: halfpenny
word: flatch-yennep
flatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Forms: form: flatches
Etymology: Phonetic spelling of the backslang for half (with /tʃ/ substituted for the /h/).
Senses: examples: text: I have a rorty gal, also a knowing pal, / And merrily together we jog on, / I doesn't care a flatch, as long as I've a tach, / Some pannum for my chest, and a tog on.
ref: c. 1864, Alfred Peck Stevens, “The Chickaleary Cove”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 161:
qualifier: costermongers
glosses: A halfpenny.
qualifier: costermongers; crime; costermongers; crime
glosses: A counterfeit half-crown.
Synonyms: flatch-yennep
ha'penny
Christogramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Christogrammes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of Christogram.
Reeps
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reep
Skates
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Dirhams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dirham
Mouses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mouse
uncategorize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncategorizes
form: uncategorizing
form: uncategorized
form: uncategorized
Etymology: From un- + categorize.
Senses: glosses: To remove from a category; to decategorize.
uncategorizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of uncategorize
uncategorizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncategorize
Alphas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Alpha
Balsams
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Balsam
Bauplans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Bauplan
Betas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Beta
Dermatozoenwahns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dermatozoenwahn
Fraters
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Frater
requeue
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɹiːkjuː/
Forms: form: requeues
form: requeuing
form: requeued
form: requeued
Etymology: From re- + queue.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To add to a queue again.
requeues
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of requeue
requeuing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of requeue
requeued
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of requeue
Kappas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Kappa
Omikrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Omikron
Moncks Corner
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after landowner Thomas Monck.
Senses: glosses: A town, the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States.
Romanes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Romani, the language of the Gypsies
Romanes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
paregmena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paregmenon
Sachertorten
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From German Sachertorten.
Senses: glosses: plural of Sachertorte
the word is go
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Indicates that given plans or actions can proceed.
Derived terms: go
Related terms: the word go
Sojas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Soja
Monck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Moncks Corner
Stieglitzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stieglitz
Thetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Theta
woodflesh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From wood + flesh.
Senses: examples: text: Klausner stared in horror at the place where the blade of the axe had sunk into the woodflesh of the tree; then gently he took the axe handle, worked the blade loose and threw the thing to the ground.
ref: 1949, Roald Dahl, “The Sound Machine”, in Roald Dahl: The Complete Short Stories, volume 2, Random House, published 2012:
text: The sun burned; the heat was all, consumed all—even the whacks of a twenty-eight-ounce framing hammer swatting a sixteen-penny nail one time two times and three through the ridge board and into the peak end of a rafter, even the rippling buzz of an electric saw chewing through woodflesh, even they fell short of cutting through this insatiable heat.
ref: 1993, Dagoberto Gilb, “Down in the West Texas Town”, in The Magic of Blood, New York: Grove Press, page 189:
text: He cuts a five-foot stave from a poplar tree, peels off the bark, and spends an afternoon with a heated screwdriver burning into the white woodflesh the entire Morse and semaphore codes.
ref: 1997, J. M. Coetzee, chapter 3, in Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life, Penguin, page 14:
glosses: The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree, wood.
Zetas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Zeta
Martinsburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Martin + -s- + -burg.
* (Indiana): Founded in 1818 by Dr. Abner Martin.
Senses: glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
An unincorporated community in Washington County, Indiana.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A small city in Keokuk County, Iowa.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A small city in Audrain County, Missouri.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A ghost town in Ripley County, Missouri.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A small village in Dixon County, Nebraska.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A town in Lewis County, New York.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A village in Knox County, Ohio.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A borough of Blair County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: The name of several places in the United States of America:
A city, the county seat of Berkeley County, West Virginia.
parasorbic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From para- + sorbic acid.
Senses: glosses: A toxic compound found in rowan berries.
Basse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Basses
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from German Basse, a habitational surname.
* Borrowed from Danish Basse, a nickname meaning "wild boar".
* Borrowed from French Basse, from basse (“low; short”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Coshocton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 88 counties in Ohio, United States. County seat: Coshocton.
chumbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chumboxes
Etymology: From chum + box, suggesting the chumbuckets used in fishing, full of rancid bait.
Senses: examples: text: ctrl+f "chumbox" http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/22/5639892/how-weaponized-clickbait-took-over-the-web zero results :(
ref: 2014 April 22, Alene Vincent, “Alene Vincent on Twitter”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 26 May 2017:
text: This is a chumbox. It is a variation on the banner ad which takes the form of a grid of advertisements that sits at the bottom of a web page underneath the main content. It can be found on the sites of many leading publishers, including nymag.com, dailymail.co.uk, usatoday.com, and theawl.com (where it was “an experiment that has since ended.”)
ref: 2015 June 4, John Mahoney, “A Complete Taxonomy of Internet Chum”, in The Awl, archived from the original on 26 May 2017:
text: You know those bizarre ads at the bottom of a lot of web pages? “10 foods that will kill you,” “Creepy historical photos,” things like that? Here are a few that caught my eye lately: “Which presidential politician are you?” “Which actor are you?” or even “Which Kardashian are you?” Then you’re supposed to click and answer a few questions about yourself to find out. It’s called the “chumbox,”—click bait junk advertising that doesn’t deliver.
ref: 2016 October 12, John Stonestreet, “Beware the Chumbox”, in Break Point, archived from the original on 26 May 2017:
text: But to some news publishers, already fending off fake-news accusations and struggling to retain readers, chumbox ads have turned from annoying to toxic. The New Yorker stopped posting them in 2016.
ref: 2019 October 4, Tiffany Hsu, “You Will Be Shocked by This Article”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: business
marketing
glosses: A grid of clickbait advertisements on a webpage.
Coshocton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Coshocton County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms: Coshocton County
Felde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Feldes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Felde.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
OKR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: A the end of the OKR cycle, the OKRs are reviewed, and the achievements (hopefully) celebrated.
ref: 2022, Michael Kaufmann, Thomas Dohmke, Donovan Brown, Accelerate DevOps with GitHub, Packt, →ISBN, page 24:
topics: business
glosses: Alternative form of OKRs (“objectives and key results”).
OKR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OKRs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of optokinetic response.
El Paso County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Colorado Springs.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: El Paso.
Mohave County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 15 counties in Arizona, United States. County seat: Kingman.
Kingman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Mohave County, Arizona.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A town in Fountain County, Indiana.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A city, the county seat of Kingman County, Kansas.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unorganized territory in Penobscot County, Maine.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Renville County, Minnesota.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Ohio.
Derived terms: Kingman County
Kingman Reef
Furze
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Furzes
Etymology: Variant of Furse.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Grimme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Grimmes
Etymology: Borrowed from German Grimme.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Halse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Greatworth and Halse parish, West Northamptonshire district, Northamptonshire, previously in South Northamptonshire district (OS grid ref SP5640).
glosses: A village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district and Taunton Deane district before that (OS grid ref ST1428).
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Greatworth and Halse
Woodford Halse
Heape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Heapes
Etymology: Perhaps from Middle English hepe (“rosehip”), heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
brook alders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brook alder
Pueblo County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: Pueblo.
Mumme
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mummes
form: Mummey
Etymology: * As a German surname, from Mumme, a variant of Mumm, from the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”).
* As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Rocke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
bedukes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beduke
beduking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of beduke
beduked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of beduke
hyperobservant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hyperobservant
form: most hyperobservant
Etymology: From hyper- + observant. First used in the 1980s.
Senses: examples: text: And the next time you're out in public, start becoming hyperobservant; look at people's faces and apply the principles you've learned here.
ref: 1993, Dick Gautier, Drawing and Cartooning 1,001 Faces, G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 22:
text: Love, though, made Dudley hyperobservant.
ref: 1994, Erica Arbeel, Women Like Us, Ticknor and Fields, page 42:
text: When her best friend, Hope Weaves, moves away from Pineville, New Jersey, hyperobservant sixteen-year-old Jessica Darling is devastated.
ref: 2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press, →ISBN, page 373:
text: The hyperobservant of you may have noticed I recently posted asking questions about moving from plus.net to virgin media cable broadband.
ref: 2007, Ade <madge@poohfan.com>, uk.telecom.broadband (Usenet), retrieved 26 May 2017:
glosses: Extremely observant.
Related terms: hyperobservance
hyperobservance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + observance.
Senses: examples: text: Here, Paul is not assumed to have been a representative Jew, but (taking him at his word) is seen to have persecuted the early churches out of an extreme hyperobservance, having been “far more zealous for the traditions of my ancestors” than his peers (Gal. 1:13-14, emphasis added).
ref: 2014, Cynthia Briggs Kittredge, David A. Sánchez, Margaret Aymer, editors, Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament, Augsburg Fortress, →ISBN, page 371:
glosses: Extreme observance.
Related terms: hyperobservant
unpassivizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unpassivisability
Etymology: From un- + passivize + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being unpassivizable
passivizability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passivisability
Etymology: From passivizable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The ability to be passivized
Related terms: passivizable
unpassivizability
brown rices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brown rice
white rices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of white rice
urban renewals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of urban renewal
Melas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
UMPP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: UMPPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ultra mega power plant.
glosses: Initialism of ultra mega power project.
UMPPs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of UMPP
Oregon County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Oregon Territory.
Senses: glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Alton.
wikipedia: Oregon Territory
megajournal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megajournals
Etymology: From mega- + journal.
Senses: examples: text: Megajournals are defined as journals that are ‘designed to be much larger than a traditional journal by exercising low selectivity among accepted articles’, meaning that they do not reject articles for lack of novelty or significance as long as they are original and scientifically sound. In addition, they accept articles from more than one discipline, and they are Open Access, typically charging article processing charges (APCs).
ref: 2020, Christos Petrou, Guest Post – The Megajournal Lifecycle, in: The Scholarly Kitchen, May 7 2020
text: Earlier this year, I looked at the processing time of three megajournals and a prominent OA portfolio, sampling ~300 papers for each of them. Two of the megajournals took more than 200 days on average from submission to publication.
ref: 2020, Christos Petrou, Guest Post – MDPI’s Remarkable Growth, in: The Scholarly Kitchen, August 10 2020
topics: media
publishing
sciences
glosses: An online academic journal that focuses on publishing articles in large quantities and reduces the role of peer review in article acceptance.
megajournals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of megajournal
tabon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabons
Etymology: From Cebuano tabon.
Senses: glosses: The bird Megapodius cumingii, the Philippine megapode.
whitemanity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of white man + humanity. Coined in the early 20th century.
Senses: glosses: Humanity which excludes all people of color (and sometimes all women).
Siebens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Sieben
Stifter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stifters
Etymology: Borrowed from Austrian German Stifter.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
crime fighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crime fighter.
Davidson County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Both counties are named after William Lee Davidson.
Senses: glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Lexington.
glosses: One of 95 counties in Tennessee, United States. County seat: Nashville.
Related terms: Davison County
accentmark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accentmarks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of accent mark.
Black Hawk County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Black Hawk (Sauk leader).
Senses: glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Waterloo.
wikipedia: Black Hawk (Sauk leader)
Bremer County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Fredrika Bremer.
Senses: glosses: One of 99 counties in Iowa, United States. County seat: Waverly.
wikipedia: Fredrika Bremer
juxtarenal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From juxta- + renal.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Near the kidneys
curtain ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curtain rings
Senses: glosses: A ring for holding up a curtain.
curtain rings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of curtain ring
East Northamptonshire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former local government district in Northamptonshire, England, abolished on 1 April 2021 and merged into North Northamptonshire.
West Somerset
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From west + Somerset.
Senses: glosses: A former local government district of Somerset, England, merged with Taunton Deane on 1 April 2019 to form Somerset West and Taunton district.
Orangeburg County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 46 counties in South Carolina, United States. County seat: Orangeburg.
Orangeburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet and census-designated place in Rockland County, New York, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States. Named after William IV, Prince of Orange.
Bennington County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛn.ɪŋ.tən ˈkaʊn.ti/
rhymes: -aʊnti
Etymology: The county is named after merchant and colonial administrator Benning Wentworth (1696 - 1770).
Senses: glosses: One of 14 counties in Vermont, United States. Shire towns: Bennington and Manchester.
wikipedia: Benning Wentworth
Merced County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Merced River.
Senses: glosses: One of 58 counties in California, United States. County seat: Merced.
wikipedia: Merced River
unshakability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unshakable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality or state of being unshakable.
green-white-checkered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: green-white-checker
form: green-white-chequer
form: green-white-chequered
Etymology: From green + white + checkered.
From the colors of the status flags, a green flag (clear racing condition), a white flag (last lap flag / bell lap flag), and a (black-and-white) checkered flag (finish flag), used in combination.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a rule concerning how to end a motorsports race, which requires that the final two laps of a race must be raced under green flag conditions, so that any red flag or (yellow) caution flag condition on these two laps will extend the race, to allow for a racing finish.
knouter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knouters
Etymology: From knout + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Czar — "Have you fastened the alarm telling of the approach of strangers thirty miles away on each door?" Attendant — " Yes, blessed knouter.
ref: 1890, The Judge - Volume 18, page 334:
text: It is true that the first hour after the punishment was generally so full of suffering that the knouted was sometimes unjust to the knouter, but this feeling seldom out lasted the evening, and it was rare when it held out after the first glass of spirits that the operator drank to the health of his patient.
ref: 1895, Alexandre Dumas, La Marquise de Brinvilliers. Vaninka. La Constantin, page 111:
text: The hideous features of the knouter pleaded in favour of the young heroine, who, amid a scene of general enthusiasm, was acquitted without hesitation on the part of the jury.
ref: 1896, Henri Rochefort, Ernest W. Smith, The Adventures of My Life - Volume 2, page 190:
text: lvan once had the honour of serving as official knouter to the Great White Tsar, and he has his own ideas of sport.
ref: 1924, Richar Connell, The Most Dangerous Game:
glosses: One who wields a knout, especially a Russian official who uses it to administer punishment.
knouters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knouter
Blaine County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: All counties are named after James G. Blaine.
Senses: glosses: One of 44 counties in Idaho, United States. County seat: Hailey.
glosses: One of 56 counties in Montana, United States. County seat: Chinook.
glosses: One of 93 counties in Nebraska, United States. County seat: Brewster.
glosses: One of 77 counties in Oklahoma, United States. County seat: Watonga.
Watonga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Blaine County, Oklahoma, United States.
Peoria County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after the Peoria people.
Senses: glosses: One of 102 counties in Illinois, United States. County seat: Peoria.
wikipedia: Peoria people
Talbot County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Talbotton. Named after Matthew Talbot.
glosses: One of 23 counties in Maryland, United States. County seat: Easton. Named after Lady Grace Talbot.
Talbotton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Talbot + -ton, named after Matthew Talbot.
Senses: glosses: A small city, the county seat of Talbot County, Georgia, United States.
wikipedia: Matthew Talbot
Eaton County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after John Eaton.
Senses: glosses: One of 83 counties in Michigan, United States. County seat: Charlotte.
wikipedia: John Eaton (politician)
ad hom
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ad-hom
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ad hominem.
ad hom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ad homs
form: ad-hom
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of ad hominem.
Uzbekhistan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The purpose of this article is to introduce the reader, my own impressions on the musical changes taking place in Uzbekhistan, one of the Central Asian Republics of the Soviet Union.
ref: 1973, Journal of the Indian Musicological Society, page 13:
text: One of the most important facets of life in Uzbekhistan is Islam. In this regard, the official religious leadership has not become a viable political power and has given over issues of Islam to the state.
ref: 1992, ABN correspondence, page 26:
text: Nations especially affected included Azerbaijan, Belorussia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenia and Uzbekhistan.
ref: 1999, Panikos Panayi, Outsiders: History of European Minorities, page 72:
text: I’ve made many friends—from Uganda, Uzbekhistan, India, Ethiopia, Thailand, Iraq, Nigeria, Poland, China, Colombia and many other countries.
ref: 2010, William Zinsser, "Writing English as a Second Langage", The American Scholar Winter 2010, published December 1, 2009
text: A former striker with the Pakhtakor football team in his native Uzbekhistan, he is president of the Russian Soccer Foundation and takes a keen interest in Russian sports, often being seen at sporting events in the capital.
ref: 2011, Gordon Kerr, Fugitives: Dramatic Accounts of Life on the Run:
glosses: Misspelling of Uzbekistan.
feel no pain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: feels no pain
form: feeling no pain
form: felt no pain
form: felt no pain
Senses: examples: text: The evidence is undisputed that Scott Peterson and the other boys chipped in (pooled their money) to buy the beer, that they were all together drinking it, that they all "felt no pain".
ref: 1979 Feb. 21, Justice Lee, "Munford, Inc. v. Ira Peterson et al.," Supreme Court of Mississippi, 368 So. 2d 213 (1979), No. 50856 (retrieved 27 May 2017)
text: Pop came over with a number of his saloon cronies . . . . They were feeling no pain as usual, and all was high hilarity as my dad showed them proudly all around.
ref: 1997, John McCabe, Cagney, ch. 1 (reprinted in New York Times) (retrieved 27 May 2017)
glosses: To be intoxicated.
feeling no pain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel no pain
feeling no pain
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [H]e tossed back so many stiff highballs that he lost count. Feeling no pain, he proceeded to insult his host, lose control of his bladder, pass out on the floor, and was carried home.
ref: 1978 May 22, “Behavior: Drinking as a Way of Life”, in Time, retrieved 27 May 2017:
text: Hill, virtually teetotal and a non-smoker, had by this time availed himself of more than one glass of Schnapps and a chunky cigar, courtesy of Rothmans motorhome manager Karl-Heinz Zimmermann, and was feeling no pain.
ref: 1996 October 19, David Tremayne, “Invitation to world party”, in Independent, UK, retrieved 27 May 2017:
text: By the time I’d had a pint or two at a pub, I was feeling no pain.
ref: 2012 November 23, Ron Wadden, “Dear Diary: I feel like an Albertan in my blood”, in National Post, Canada, retrieved 27 May 2017:
glosses: Drunk.
Synonyms: drunk
calorie-conscious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more calorie-conscious
form: most calorie-conscious
Senses: glosses: aware of the calorie content of ones diet
lifestance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lifestances
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of life stance.
lifestances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifestance
digital distribution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The delivery or distribution of media content such as audio, video, software and video games digitally.
swearing-in
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swearings-in
form: swearing-ins
Senses: glosses: The administration of an oath
Related terms: swear in
Zauzou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Zauzou zau⁵⁵zou³³, apparently cognate to Lolo (“Yi people”) (see Loloish).
Senses: glosses: A Loloish language spoken by the Nu people in Yunnan, China.
Lamar County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II, except:
In Texas: Named after Mirabeau B. Lamar.
Senses: glosses: One of 67 counties in Alabama, United States. County seat: Vernon.
glosses: One of 159 counties in Georgia, United States. County seat: Barnesville.
glosses: One of 82 counties in Mississippi, United States. County seat: Purvis.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Paris.
Erythrae
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹɪˌθɹiː/
Forms: form: Erythræ
Etymology: From Latin Erythrae, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί (Eruthraí).
Senses: glosses: A town of Boeotia situated a little south of the Asopus
glosses: A town of Locris and port of Eupalium
glosses: A city of the Ionians
Derived terms: Erythraean
Barnesville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Barnes + -ville.
Senses: glosses: A ghost town in Marion County, Alabama, United States.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Georgia, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Bourbon County, Kansas, United States.
glosses: A small town in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States.
glosses: A city in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Clinton County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States.
glosses: A village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Schenectady
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /skəˈnɛkdədi/
Etymology: From Mohawk skahnéhtati (“beyond the pines”).
Senses: glosses: A city, the county seat of Schenectady County, New York, United States.
Derived terms: Schenectady County
Schenectady putter
Bossier Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Pierre Bossier.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Benton.
wikipedia: Pierre Bossier
Bossier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bossiers
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bossier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Bossier City
Bossier Parish
fox's sleep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ... he himself lay in a fox's sleep in a corner of the barn.
ref: 1833, Oliver Moore, The Staff Officer: Or, the Soldier of Fortune : a Tale of Real Life, page 184:
text: ...here and there lay one in a fox's sleep, as children call it, and too lazy to rise till his evening meal was ready; the Kafir dines at sunset.
ref: 1858, Harriet Ward, Hardy and Hunter. A Boy's Own Story, page 114:
glosses: Alternative form of fox sleep.
Calcasieu Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name Calcasieu comes from the Atakapan word, "quelqueshue" in a French transliteration, meaning "crying eagle." It was the name of an Atakapa chief, which French colonists applied to the local river, the Calcasieu River.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Lake Charles.
wikipedia: Calcasieu River
Lake Charles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /leɪk tʃɑrlz/
Senses: glosses: The name of many lakes and reservoirs, including:
A brackish lake on the Calcasieu River in Louisiana, United States.
glosses: The name of many lakes and reservoirs, including:
A city, the parish seat of Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, named after the lake.
Calcasieu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkælkəˌʃuː/
Etymology: See Calcasieu Parish.
Senses: glosses: A river in Louisiana, United States.
Derived terms: Calcasieu Parish
Caldwell Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after a local Caldwell family.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states.. Parish seat: Columbia.
Related terms: Caldwell County
Caldwell County
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of 120 counties in Kentucky, United States. County seat: Princeton. Named after John Caldwell.
glosses: One of 114 counties in Missouri, United States. County seat: Kingston. Also named after John Caldwell.
glosses: One of 100 counties in North Carolina, United States. County seat: Lenoir. Named after Joseph Caldwell.
glosses: One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Lockhart. Named after Matthew Caldwell.
Related terms: word: Caldwell Parish
Plaquemines Parish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name "plaquemines," in French Creole, was derived from the Atakapa word, piakimin, meaning the local fruit persimmon.
Senses: glosses: One of 64 parishes in Louisiana, United States, the equivalent of a county in other US states. The parish seat is in Pointe à la Hache.
Related terms: word: Plaquemine
word: plaqueminier
witdoeke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans wit (“white”) + doek (“cloth”), referring to the strips of white cloth members wore on their heads or arms.
Senses: examples: text: ‘They were shooting again yesterday. They were giving guns to the witdoeke and the witdoeke were shooting.’
ref: 1990, J. M. Coetzee, Age of Iron, London: Secker & Warburg, Part III, p. 83:
text: 1998, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Final Report, Volume 3, Chapter 5, Subsection 29,
After the witdoeke attacks of May and June 1986, thousands of refugees were forced to live in schools and churches. Refugees were arrested from these centres and tortured to make them confess to a range of public violence crimes. […] It is notable that few if any witdoeke were arrested or charged.
glosses: Members of conservative black vigilante groups in the South African provinces of the Cape and Orange Free State in the 1980s.