cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Alaqagha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alakaga
Etymology: Borrowed from Uyghur ئالاقاغا (alaqagha).
Senses: examples: text: On 29 April 1996, a group of dozen armed men attacked the houses of Qavul Toqa, a member of the CPPCC National Committee and Deputy to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region People's Congress at Qunas village of Alaqagha Township in Kuqa County.
ref: 2007, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, “Ethnic Separatism in Xinjiang”, in China's Minorities: Ethnic-religious Separatism in Xinjiang, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 168:
text: In a recent example that demonstrates both of these tendencies, Radio Free Asia reported on 20 May that in Alaqagha township near Aksu, authorities had violently suppressed a protest against the detention of women and schoolgirls for wearing the hijab or headscarves, killing up to four protestors.
ref: 2014 May 23, Michael Clarke, “Why is Xinjiang violence escalating?”, in BBC, archived from the original on 23 May 2014:
text: A Washington Post team was turned away at the one of several checkpoints around Elishku, as army trucks rumbled past, and was subsequently detained for several hours by informers, police and Communist Party officials for reporting from villages in the surrounding district of Shache county; the following day, the team was again detained in Alaqagha in Kuqa county, and ultimately deported from the region from the nearest airport.
ref: 2014 September 19, Simon Denyer, “China's war on terror becomes all-out attack on Islam in Xinjiang”, in Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Sep 2014, World:
text: While the Chinese state and international media were probing into the nuts and the bolts of terrorist onslaught on innocent, mostly elderly, citizens of Urumqi, in the same week suppression of civil rights demonstrations by peaceful Uyghur protesters at Alaqagha township in Aksu prefecture's Kucha county went almost unnoticed.
ref: 2018, Debasish Chaudhuri, Xinjiang and the Chinese State: Violence in the Reform Era, Routledge, →ISBN, →OCLC:
text: Uighur Muslim women visit a market in Alaqagha in western China's Xinjiang province in July.
ref: 2020 June 18, “China expressed strong opposition over US' Uighur Human Rights bill”, in The New Indian Express, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2020:
glosses: A town in Kuqa, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
glosses: A village in Alaqagha, Kuqa, Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Synonyms: sense: from Mandarin Chinese
word: Alahage
shikishi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shikishi
Senses: glosses: A small card for drawing sketches, writing poetry, etc. on
Pataki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Patakis
Etymology: From Hungarian Pataki, from Patak.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hungarian.
Patak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Patak.
Senses: glosses: A village in Nograd, Northern Hungary, Hungary.
Ancaster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref SK9844).
glosses: A town in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Ancaster stone
Garcetti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Garcettis
Etymology: From Italian Garcetti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
abreneurin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of brain-derived neurotrophic factor.
podger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: podgers
Senses: examples: text: The podger is used for levering wedges and pins as required.
ref: 2017, Glenn Costin, Construction Skills:
glosses: A tool in the form of a short commonly-tapered metal rod, principally used to align holes in two items, so that a bolt, rod or other item can be inserted through them; sometimes incorporating a spanner at the larger end, to tighten nuts onto bolts.
neoimperial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neoimperial
form: most neoimperial
form: neo-imperial
Senses: examples: text: Without consideration of the colony character of Malaysia in terms of its consistent interculturation with imperial and neoimperial power, multiplicity can easily be mistheorised as representing Saidian Orientalism or expatriates—such theorisations can be drawn from superficial reinterpretations of Taiwan's Tenryuubito phenomenon in recent years and Japan's Datsu-A Ron statement during the Meiji period.
ref: 2017, Francis Chia-Hui Lin, Architectural Theorisations and Phenomena in Asia, page 194:
glosses: Synonym of neoimperialist.
synonyms: word: neoimperialist
neo-imperial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more neo-imperial
form: most neo-imperial
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neoimperial.
weelo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: weelos
Etymology: Imitative of its territorial call.
Senses: glosses: The bush stone-curlew, Burhinus grallarius.
Neith
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: n(ē)ĭth
ipa: /ˈniː.ɪθ/
rhymes: -ɪθ
Etymology: From Egyptian nt (n:t-R25).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The primeval goddess of war and creator deity.
glosses: A female given name from Egyptian.
Moreton on Lugg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO5045).
load bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: load banks
Senses: examples: text: Electric locomotives [...] Class 84: 84009 was taken on by the Derby RTC as a load bank locomotive in August 1978, [...]. It lasted in this role until December 1992 and was scrapped exactly three years later.
ref: 2020 July 1, Pip Dunn, “Department store”, in Rail, page 92:
topics: business
electrical
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A piece of electrical test equipment used to simulate an electrical load, to test an electric power source without connecting it to its normal operating load.
Related terms: loading bank
load banks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of load bank
set-down
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: set-downs
Etymology: Deverbal from set down.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of setdown.
set-downs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of set-down
Horsford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Horsfords
Etymology: From Old English hors (“horse”) + ford (“ford”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Broadland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG1916).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Hawkesworth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Hawksworth
pagoda-like
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pagoda-like
form: most pagoda-like
Etymology: From pagoda + -like.
Senses: examples: text: The new, pagoda-like signalbox at Hackney Downs.
ref: 1960 April, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 202, photo caption:
glosses: Alternative form of pagodalike.
hanson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hansons
Senses: examples: text: The hanson-cab has a seat behind for the driver.
ref: 1881, Edward Henry Knight, “Cab”, in Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary, page 418:
text: There are some hansons, no ’busses.
ref: 1901 July 19, “To Australia and Back”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 298:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hansom.
waterboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Afrikaans or English water + Afrikaans boom (“tree”)
Senses: examples: text: On nearing Bacchus Marsh the country becomes wooded, mostly with stunted swamp gums, which look very much like our waterboom, a valueless kind of tree.
ref: 1901 July 19, “To Australia and Back”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 10, page 299:
glosses: Syzygium cordatum, a tree typically growing out of wet ground.
Penshurst
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Sevenoaks district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ5243).
glosses: A suburb in southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Southern Grampians, Victoria, Australia.
Narrabeen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
glosses: A layer of sedimentary rocks formed in the Triassic, exposed near Narrabeen.
Port Sudan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and port in eastern Sudan.
Artemii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑɹˈteɪmi/
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Russian, equivalent to English Artemius.
mid-point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mid-points
Etymology: From mid- + point.
Senses: examples: text: The traction motors are connected in three parallel groups of two in series, and the mid-points of each pair of motors are connected together; the mid-point connection is used in conjunction with relays to form a device which is sensitive to wheelslip, thus leading to an improvement in adhesion.
ref: 1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 218:
text: Published on March 27 1963, and subsequently known as the 'Beeching report' after its infamous author, the document represents a mid-point in the evolution of Britain's railway network - from one ravaged by wartime neglect into the system we recognise today.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:
glosses: Alternative form of midpoint.
mid-points
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mid-point
over-illumination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + illumination.
Senses: examples: text: Borough President Marcus M. Marks of the Borough of Manhattan, who observed the demonstration, is at present having a study made on the question of over-illumination and believes that with a lesser quantity of light, the driver of the motor car will have a better vision of the road than with over-illumination.
ref: 1914, Automotive Industries, volume 30, page 1229:
text: He had referred to the danger of over-illumination when speaking on an earlier paper in the Congress, and he felt sure that the greater use of spectacles on the other side of the Atlantic was in some measure due to the intense illumination in factories and offices, from which we in this country had been saved to some extent by the greater prevalence of older methods of lighting.
ref: 1931, Gas World, volume 95, page 7:
text: Usually, in conventional office buildings, over-illumination tends to occur at the perimeter of the building, causing occupants in those areas to close blinds.
ref: 2010 June 30, Joana Carla Soares Gonçalves, Érica Mitie Umakoshi, “3: Towards an Environmental Approach”, in The Environmental Performance of Tall Buildings, Earthscan, →ISBN, page 199:
glosses: Alternative spelling of overillumination.
dynamic braking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The traction motors serve as generators when dynamic braking is used, the generated output being dissipated in fan-cooled resistance banks mounted in a removable roof section. The degree of dynamic braking is under the control of the driver.
ref: 1960 April, “English Electric diesels for the Sudan Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 218:
text: On the long, continuous downgrades of East Africa dynamic braking is of special value; the traction motors are used as generators and their energy output dissipated in force-ventilated banks of resistors. This facility enables a 700-ton trailing load, for example, to be brought down a 1 in 66 gradient at any selected speed between 14 and 25 m.p.h. without use of the air brakes.
ref: 1961 February, “New English Electric diesels for East Africa”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 90–91:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Braking by the use of an electric traction motor as a generator when slowing a vehicle such as an electric or diesel-electric locomotive.
Related terms: dynamic brake
Jewitchery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of Jew + witchery.
Senses: glosses: Jewish neopaganism
Related terms: Jewitch
set mine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: set mines
form: set mining
form: set mined
form: set mined
form: setmine
Senses: examples: text: It is most profitable to set mine when you and your opponents have deep stacks.
topics: card-games
poker
qualifier: Texas hold-em
glosses: To enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.
setmine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: setmines
form: setmining
form: setmined
form: setmined
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of set mine.
deep cuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deep cut
primacords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of primacord
Honkong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Hong Kong.
aborisha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aborisha
form: aborishas
Etymology: From Yoruba abọ̀rìṣà.
Senses: glosses: A devotee of the orishas; a practitioner of Yoruba religion.
conjurewoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjurewomen
Etymology: From conjure + -woman.
Senses: glosses: A woman believed to have supernatural healing powers, especially in African-American culture.
Coordinate terms: conjureman
conjureman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conjuremen
Etymology: From conjure + -man.
Senses: glosses: A man believed to have supernatural healing powers, especially in African-American culture.
Coordinate terms: conjurewoman
conjuremen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjureman
conjurewomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of conjurewoman
PPOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of PPO
gold size
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gold sizes
form: goldsize
Senses: examples: text: Whatsoever you would gild must be first drawn with a gold size.
ref: 1735, Dictionarium Polygraphicum, volume I:
text: Gold size […] is drying oil mixed with calcined red ochre.
ref: 1842, William Thomas Brande, A Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A size (or viscous wash) put down on a surface on which gold leaf is to be applied.
slushflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slushflow
sunglade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sunglades
Etymology: From sun + glade.
Senses: glosses: A glade in a forest with a lot of sunshine coming in.
examples: text: […] sometimes, also, the rising or setting sun produces a sunglade, like a river of molten gold, or rather of pure fire, flowing across the ocean toward the earth […]
ref: 1874, Jane Goodwin Austin, Moonfolk: A True Account of the Home of the Fairy Tales, page 14:
text: Moonglade and sunglade on ocean or lake have a haunting and suggestive beauty. The reflected lane of light supplies what the mind craves in a picture—a path that seems to lead to some place of unknown and longed-for happiness […]
ref: 1913, Advance, volume 98, page 232:
glosses: An area of sunlight on a body of water.
glosses: A sunbeam.
Related terms: moonglade
sunglades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sunglade
overcastness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From overcast + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of the weather being overcast.
overcompartmentalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overcompartmentalizes
form: overcompartmentalizing
form: overcompartmentalized
form: overcompartmentalized
Etymology: From over- + compartmentalize.
Senses: synonyms: overcategorize
overclassify
glosses: To compartmentalize more than is suitable or necessary.
Related terms: overcompartmentalization
overcompartmentalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From over- + compartmentalization.
Senses: examples: text: In short, although day-to-day working patterns were altered by the new WSEG/IDA relationship, many of the problems that might have been created by overcompartmentalization at the staff level were alleviated or avoided by pragmatic adjustments.
ref: 1979, John Ponturo, “Analytical Support for the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The WSEG Experience, 1948-1976”, in INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES - INTERNATIONAL AND SOCIAL STUDIES DIVISION:
text: Lowry and Carpenter (1985), commenting on the relationship of natural resources and regional planning, point out that by establishing jurisdictions roughly congruent to natural systems, regional planning and management can correct the imbalances and overcompartmentalization of prevailing sectoral interests and line ministries.
ref: 1988, Richard Perritt, Harry Schwarz, “RIVER BASIN PLANNING FOR REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT”, in The Africa Bureau - U.S. Agency for International Development, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2024:
glosses: excessive compartmentalization
Related terms: overcompartmentalize
overcompartmentalized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overcompartmentalize
overcompartmentalizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of overcompartmentalize
overcompartmentalizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of overcompartmentalize
Dervish state
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Somali Darawiish.
Senses: glosses: The Dhulbahante anti-colonial state established by the xarunta (haroun) that existed between 1895 C.E. and 1920 C.E. geographically corresponding with modern-day Khaatumo; the successor state to the treatyless Dhulbahante garadship founded in Dareema Caddo.
Imahara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Imaharas
form: Imabara
form: Imawara
Etymology: From Japanese Imahara (Imahara), from いまはら, from 今原.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Japanese.
nounification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From noun + -ification.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: nominalization.
wax lyrical
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: waxes lyrical
form: waxing lyrical
form: waxed lyrical
form: waxed lyrical
Senses: examples: text: Axe-grinding columnists and politicians are therefore disingenuous when they wax lyrical about the quality of the meals served on the Continent by the International Wagons-Lits Company (and in France, though not in Italy, I personally have not found the quality outstanding for the high price demanded) [...].
ref: 1960 March, G. Freeman Allen, “Europe's most luxurious express - the "Settebello"”, in Trains Illustrated, page 142:
glosses: To speak very enthusiastically about something.
état de langue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: état de langues
Etymology: Borrowed from French état de langue (“state of language”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: a form of a language at any given time, seen synchronically
Nisaea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nisaia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νίσαια (Nísaia).
Senses: glosses: a town in Megara at the mouth of the Saronic Gulf
shall we say
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Your son's behaviour at school has been, shall we say, "difficult".
glosses: Used to make a statement less offensive, by way of euphemism.
synonyms: shall I say
glosses: Used as a warning that the description may be imprecise.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shall, we, say.
shall I say
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Synonym of shall we say.
synonyms: word: shall we say
keep a tight rein on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps a tight rein on
form: keeping a tight rein on
form: kept a tight rein on
form: kept a tight rein on
Senses: examples: text: Class "8F" 2-8-0 No. 48501 keeps a tight rein on heavily loaded northbound hoppers as it descends the 1 in 90 gradient.
ref: 1960 April, J. P. Wilson, E. N. C. Haywood, “The route through the Peak - Derby to Manchester: Part Two”, in Trains Illustrated, page 226, photo caption:
glosses: To exercise strict control over; keep in check.
keeps a tight rein on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of keep a tight rein on
founder member
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: founder members
Senses: glosses: Synonym of founding member.
synonyms: word: founding member
beshert
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: besherts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bashert.
OPSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
glosses: Initialism of Office for Product Safety and Standards.
Hague Bar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in New Mills parish, High Peak district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SJ9885).
superimposings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superimposing
shop towel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shop towels
Senses: examples: text: Before you apply the lubricant, be sure the chain gets a good cleaning with a stiff bristle brush and a good rub down in clean rags or shop towels.
ref: 2008 May, Walneck's Classic Cycle Trader, page 101:
text: She'd come back from the hangar with Clint and some shop towels for Bendix's wound.
ref: 2013, John Sandrolini, One for Our Baby:
glosses: A strong paper towel.
shop towels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of shop towel
cheese food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: processed cheese
ghost character
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost characters
Senses: examples: text: Beside this detailed information which Hall provides about Matthew Gough, Shakespeare's Gough is a ghost character. There is, indeed, no way in which an audience could pick up who he is when he appears only to be killed immediately.
ref: 2003, Catherine M. S. Alexander, The Cambridge Shakespeare Library, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 231:
text: A ‘ghost’ character is one who is marked as present on stage, but given no lines to speak: many editors consider the inclusion of these characters to be an oversight on the part of the writer or printer, and so remove them from modern stage directions; […]
ref: 2010, David Coleman, John Webster, Renaissance Dramatist, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN, page 68:
text: Joseph A. Porter's discussion of the ‘ghost character’ of Valentine in Romeo and Juliet is also illuminating: Porter describes Valentine as a ‘symptom or by-product of Mercutio's transformation’ from rival lover (in Shakespeare's source) to friend […]
ref: 2014, Lena Cowen Orlin, Othello, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 277:
topics: broadcasting
drama
dramaturgy
entertainment
film
lifestyle
literature
media
publishing
television
theater
glosses: A character who is mentioned as appearing on stage, but does not do anything and seems to have no purpose.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Kanji of unknown origin that are included in the JIS X 0208 character set.
Swains Island
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Captain William L. Hudson of the USS Peacock saw the island in 1841, and claimed to have learned its location from a certain Captain Swain of Nantucket. The apostrophe in Swain's was later dropped.
Senses: glosses: An atoll in the Tokelau island chain.
pretextual stop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pretextual stops
Senses: glosses: The stopping by police of a motor vehicle in the case of a minor infringement of the law, in order to investigate other suspected criminal activity.
pretextual stops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pretextual stop
principal square root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -uːt
Forms: form: principal square roots
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The positive square root of a number; the positive number which, when squared, yields another number
Related terms: square root
principal root
postattentive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: After paying attention.
Related terms: preattentive
isarithmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: an isarithmic map
glosses: Using or relating to isolines (isarithms).
examples: text: an isarithmic network; isarithmic flow control
glosses: Keeping the number of packets in a network constant.
Broadstone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Poole in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, Dorset, England (OS grid ref SZ0095).
glosses: A hamlet in Boughton Malherbe parish, Maidstone borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ8647).
glosses: A hamlet in Munslow parish, southern Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO5489).
glosses: A hamlet in Trellech United community, Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO5003).
glosses: A locality near Gateside, North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3653).
glosses: An inner suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1535 (approx)).
cooler bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cooler bags
Senses: synonyms: cool bag
thermal bag
insulated bag
glosses: Insulated bag used to keep food items cool for a limited amount of time (for example on the way from a grocery store to one's house).
Related terms: freezer bag
diversity fatigue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We're now told that much of the media industry has come down with "diversity fatigue." Before this malady, the story goes, the American Society of Newspaper Editors was committed to racial diversity.
ref: 1998, Z Magazine, volume 11, numbers 1–6, page 8:
text: Many companies have also developed "diversity fatigue," says Watson. "Some one at the senior executive level thinks diversity is a great idea. There's this push — events, posters — that lasts for a year or two and then it goes by the wayside.
ref: 2006, Black Enterprise, volume 36, numbers 6–12, page 98:
text: Finally someone said, “Our organization is facing diversity fatigue.”
ref: 2013, Trevor Wilson, The Human Equity Advantage:
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The situation where a person or organization loses interest in diversity initiatives through repeated exposure or a lack of results.
Related terms: Black fatigue
dieversity
negro fatigue
Khe Sanh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /kɛːˈsaɪn/
/kɛːˈsɑːn/
/keɪˈsaɪn/
/keɪˈsɑːn/
Etymology: From Vietnamese Khe Sanh.
Senses: glosses: A township in Vietnam.
Tax Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tax Days
Senses: glosses: The day on which individual income tax returns are due to be submitted to the federal government, or within an individual state.
glosses: Ellipsis of Tax Freedom Day.
Tax Freedom Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tax Freedom Days
Senses: glosses: The first day of the year on which a nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to pay its taxes.
Related terms: Tax Day
Gateside
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4344)
glosses: A suburb of Barrhill, East Renfrewshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS4858).
glosses: A small village in Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1809).
glosses: A small village in North Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS3653).
Maryanne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maryannes
form: Mary-Anne
form: Mary Anne
Etymology: From Mary + Anne.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Synonyms: Mary-Ann
Mary Ann
Maryann
Mary-Anna
Mary Anna
Maryanna
Coordinate terms: Anna-Maria
Anna Maria
Annamaria
Anna-Marie
Anna Marie
Anna-Mary
Anna Mary
Anne-Maria
Anne Maria
Anne-Marie
Anne Marie
Annemarie
Anne-Mary
Anne Mary
Annemary
Ann-Mary
Ann Mary
Related terms: Maria-Anna
Maria Anna
Maria-Anne
Maria Anne
Maria-Ann
Maria Ann
Marie-Anna
Marie Anna
Marie-Anne
Marie Anne
Marie-Ann
Marie Ann
Marian
Mariana
Mariane
Mariann
Marianna
Marianne
Marion
Alito
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Alitos
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Alita
chemoarchitectures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemoarchitecture
uncrotchety
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncrotchety
form: most uncrotchety
Etymology: From un- + crotchety.
Senses: glosses: Not crotchety.
Kenmare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Kenmore.
Senses: glosses: A town in County Kerry, Ireland (Irish grid ref V9071).
glosses: A small city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States.
unangrily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more unangrily
form: most unangrily
Senses: glosses: Without feeling anger.
Linthwaite
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0914).
honour in the breach
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: honours in the breach
form: honouring in the breach
form: honoured in the breach
form: honoured in the breach
Senses: examples: text: By the beginning of February British Railways were admitting in public that in some parts of the system running to time had been honoured more in the breach than the observance during the winter.
ref: 1960 April, “Talking of Trains: The present difficulties”, in Trains Illustrated, page 193:
glosses: Alternative form of honor in the breach.
xeet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːt/
/ˈziːt/
Forms: form: xeets
Etymology: Blend of X + tweet. Originated from a July 2023 hoax claiming that tweets would be renamed as part of the site's rebrand from Twitter to X.
Senses: examples: text: One of the biggest questions on everyone’s minds since the change: what are we supposed to call a “tweet” now? Many users have guessed “xeet,” a variation on the original term “tweet.” Posts alleging to be screenshots of the Twitter help center page including the term “xeet” have even circulated on the platform, though notes beneath those tweets have marked them false and a quick visit to the official help page shows only the term “tweet” and no sign of “xeet.”
ref: [2023 July 25, Mary Walrath-Holdridge, “X’s and Xeets: What we know about Twitter’s rebrand, new logo so far”, in USA Today:
text: As of Wednesday, he [Greg Hwang] was tweeting (xeeting?) from @x1234567998765, including one tweet (xeet?) that read, “Alls well that ends well.”
ref: 2023 July 26, A.J. McDougall, “Elon Offers Twitter User Merch After Stealing His @X Handle”, in Daily Beast:
text: haha, great #xeet my friend, dattebayo!
ref: 2023 December 28, @sillyeralol, Twitter:
text: “This is my 88th xeet, Heil Hitler,” the account said, using a portmanteau to describe posting on X. The number 88 holds significance for neo-Nazis
ref: 2024 January 5, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy, quoting Alexander Katsnelson, “Ex-Gosar staffers have voiced racism, antisemitism and homophobia on social media”, in AZ Mirror:
text: Your oomf? Don't be silly. You're not oomfs. Not anymore. And examining Marcy's priv xeets, it's doubtful you ever were.
ref: 2024 April 11, @cringephibia, Twitter:
text: Erm future banger xeet? Follow me! Also!! Dont forget your click! arab.org/
ref: 2024 May 25, @SkibidiPeter_, Twitter:
coordinate_terms: xvideo
qualifier: Twitter
glosses: Alternative form of tweet.
xeet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːt/
/ˈziːt/
Forms: form: xeets
form: xeeting
form: xeeted
form: xeeted
Etymology: Blend of X + tweet. Originated from a July 2023 hoax claiming that tweets would be renamed as part of the site's rebrand from Twitter to X.
Senses: examples: text: As of Wednesday, he [Greg Hwang] was tweeting (xeeting?) from @x1234567998765, including one tweet (xeet?) that read, “Alls well that ends well.”
ref: 2023 July 26, A.J. McDougall, “Elon Offers Twitter User Merch After Stealing His @X Handle”, in Daily Beast:
text: Just got to my office (the bathroom) and ready to start xeeting
ref: 2023 August 23, @greg16676935420, Twitter:
text: She actually xeeted this.
ref: 2024 May 7, @DFallamhain, Twitter:
text: The whole idea behind these recipes is to put a new twist on classic tailgate food, and if you want to take it a step further, you should—just make sure to tweet (xeet?) me a photo of the result at @nolanbianchi.
ref: 2024 September 6, Nolan Biachi, “Tailgate recipes: Beefy Queso Animal Style Nachos”, in TCA Regional News, Chicago:
qualifier: Twitter
glosses: Alternative form of tweet.
Related terms: Xitter
Blantyre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Blantaidhr, from Cumbric *blain (“summit, end”) + *tir (“land”), comparable to Welsh blaen + tir.
Senses: glosses: A town and civil parish in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6857).
glosses: A city in Blantyre district, Southern Region, Malawi.
glosses: A district of the Southern Region, Malawi; in full, Blantyre District.
glosses: A rural locality in Scenic Rim Region, south-east Queensland, Australia.
Derived terms: Blantyre District
High Blantyre
Low Blantyre
BYP
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: byp.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bypass.
track-circuited
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From track circuit + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: In recent issues two replies have been given to correspondents concerning the function of the diamond-shaped enamelled white plates fixed to signalposts, which are to indicate to enginemen that the section of line is track-circuited, so that action under Rule 55 of the Rule Book is unnecessary.
ref: 1943 March and April, “Notes and News: White Diamonds on Signalposts”, in Railway Magazine, page 116:
text: Some 60 miles of single line (with long and short crossing loops at suitable intervals) will be continuously track-circuited and colour light-signalled under the control of one signalbox at Llandrindod Wells, enabling 18 existing signalboxes to be closed.
ref: 1960 April, “Talking of Trains: C.T.C. for Central Wales”, in Trains Illustrated, page 194:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Of a section of railway line, provided with track circuits.
Related terms: track-circuiting
byp.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: BYP
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bypass.
in a while, crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Modification of a lyric from the song See You Later, Alligator (1955), chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: synonyms: after a while, crocodile
glosses: Au revoir, see you soon.
wikipedia: See You Later, Alligator
after a while, crocodile
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: From the song See You Later, Alligator (1955), chosen for the rhyme.
Senses: synonyms: in a while, crocodile
glosses: Au revoir, see you soon.
wikipedia: See You Later, Alligator
Ackerly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ackerlys
Etymology: Variant of Ackerley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A city in Dawson County, Texas, United States.
Cynheidre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Llanelli Rural community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN4907).
St Brides
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Saint Brigid of Kildare.
Senses: glosses: A small coastal village in Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM8010).
glosses: Ellipsis of St Brides Wentlooge: a village in Wentlooge parish, in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST2982).
Derived terms: St Brides Bay
St Brides Wentlooge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Wentlooge parish, in the city of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST2982).
Llantarnam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A community and suburb of Cwmbran in Torfaen borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST3093).
anex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænɛks/
Forms: form: anexes
Senses: examples: text: A comprehensive range of China's products, from machine tools and computers to jade ornaments and fireworks, is displayed in the gray, 10-story block building in Central Canton and in two nearby anexes.
ref: 1971 May 5, “Chinese Lead Deals At Own Trade Fair”, in The Baltimore Sun, via Newspapers.com, page A2:
text: Social Serv. Ofcs., Court House Anex, Scranton
ref: 1975 May 18, Lackawana County Commissioners, “You've Got Our New Number (advertisement)”, in The Scranton Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pennsylvania, via Newspapers.com, page A-8:
glosses: Alternative spelling of annex.
anex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈænɛks/
Forms: form: anexes
Etymology: Blend of anion + exchange
Senses: examples: text: Further treatment of the type 50 syrup over the Cl⁻ form of a strong base anex resin elevated the attenuation index of the syrup over that for the original sugar.
ref: 1968 March 25, Karlheinz W. R. Schoenrock, “Observations on the Absorbancy of Sugar Solution”, in Journal of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologists, volume 15, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2021, page 390:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: catex
ionex
glosses: An ion exchange of an anion.
Synonyms: sense: ion exchange of an anion
word: anion exchange
Cotroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cotronis
Etymology: From Italian Cotroni.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Macrobian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Macrobian
form: most Macrobian
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, Ancient Roman writer.
Macrobian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Macrobians
Senses: glosses: A member of an ancient tribal kingdom positioned in the Horn of Africa, mentioned by Herodotus.
Sacheverellian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Sacheverellian
form: most Sacheverellian
Etymology: From Sacheverell + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Henry Sacheverell (1674–1724), English high-church Anglican clergyman.
Sacheverellian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Sacheverellians
Etymology: From Sacheverell + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Parson of our Parish is one of those modern High-Churchmen who carry the Doctrine of Passive Obedience higher than ever the Sacheverellians did ;
ref: 1737, "A Yeoman of Kent", “To the Author of the London Magazine”, in The London Magazine; Or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, page 60:
text: I do not find how his excellency can be justly censured for favouring none but high-church, high-flyers, termagants, laudists, sacheverellians, tip-top-gallon-men, jaocobites, tantivys, anti-hanoverians, friends to popery and the pretender and to arbitrary power, disobligers of England, breakers of DEPENDENCY, inflamers of quarrels between the two nations, public incendiaries, enemies to the king and kingdoms, haters of TRUE protestants, laurel-men, annists, complainers of the nation's poverty, ormondians, iconoclasts, anti-glorious-memorists, anti-revolutioners, white-rosalists, tenth-a-junians, and the like; when, by a fair state of the account, the balance, I conceive, seems to lie on the other side.
ref: 1784, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, page 256:
text: The new school were not only called Puseyites, but, after the old Nonjurors whom they resembled, Sacheverellians and Altitudinarians.
ref: 1899, Eugene Stock, The History of the Church Missionary Society:
text: He points out that there is not '... one Athieist, Deist, Sceptic, Unitarian, Quaker, or scarce one Dissenting Protestant punished', whereas '...the Beggarly, idle, and loose people of both Sexes are generally speaking all High Church, and zealous Sacheverellians'.
ref: 2006, Stephen Lalor, Matthew Tindal, Freethinker, page 85:
glosses: A supporter of Henry Sacheverell and his preaching.
Polish bed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polish beds
Etymology: The style originated in 18th-century Poland.
Senses: synonyms: polonaise
glosses: A kind of canopy bed draped with a baldacchin.
Polish beds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Polish bed
likenable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more likenable
form: most likenable
Etymology: From liken + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be likened (to something else); comparable.
trop rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Clipped compound of tropical rock.
tropical rock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: trop rock
glosses: A genre of popular music with elements of rock, reggae, country, folk, calypso, zydeco, and pop music, with themes and musical compositions inspired by a tropical island style.
drill and kill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A teaching technique in which students are repeatedly drilled on the same material. "Kill" refers to killing their motivation.
Related terms: plug and chug
rote learning
Moravec's paradox
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Articulated in the 1980s by Hans Moravec, among others.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Herculano-Houzel's research on the human brain reveals an unexpected insight that sheds light on Moravec's paradox: our ability to perceive and respond to our immediate environment actually demands a lot of brainpower.
ref: 2016, Hod Lipson, Melba Kurman, Driverless: Intelligent Cars and the Road Ahead, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 73:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
robotics
sciences
glosses: The observation that, contrary to traditional assumptions, reasoning (which is high-level in humans) requires very little computation, but sensorimotor skills (comparatively low-level in humans) require enormous computational resources.
wikipedia: Hans Moravec
graphy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: graphies
Etymology: From French graphie.
Senses: examples: text: The scribe of the Oxford M.S. of the Roland on several occasions employs a graphy ol or ul to spell the French developments of nepotem, nepotes; this graphy is not etymological […]
ref: 1939, Mildred Katharine Pope, Studies in French Language and Mediaeval Literature, page 221:
text: Since [ö] could be spelt eu, ue, oe (§§ 11.8, 12.2) these graphies were at times confused, thus peut or poet for puet.
ref: 1974, E. Einhorn, Old French: A Concise Handbook, page 13:
glosses: A particular spelling or written form, in the context of the French language.
hellride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hellrides
Etymology: From hell + ride.
Senses: examples: text: We indulged in a bit of casual lovemaking on my return from a hellride to a place where I obtained a sufficient quantity of rough diamonds to pay for the things I was going to need for my assault on Amber.
ref: 1978, Roger Zelazny, The Chronicles of Amber, page 171:
text: Which was when I reached into my pocket with my other hand – trusting Horse to keep me on his back, pretty much; but he'd done well so far, and this wasn't a hellride through the undiscovered landscape of his mind, just an amble up into the hills […]
ref: 2012, Ben Macallan, Pandaemonium:
text: Bestselling author Christopher McDougall enthusiastically praised Laura's novel by calling it "a hellride of a story". He remarks on the "courage", "adventure", and "charisma" of Louis […]
ref: 2014, G Whiz, Unbroken:
glosses: A hellish journey or experience.
hellrides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellride
terrain theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An obsolete theory of disease, proposing that a weak body attracts germs.
piggin bottoms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Spiced biscuits made in small tins.
lardy bread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of lardy cake.
synonyms: word: lardy cake
Stewkey Blue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stewkey Blues
Etymology: Variant of Stiffkey + blue from the bluish colour of the mud they inhabit.
Senses: glosses: An edible cockle (Cerastoderma edule) found in Stiffkey, Norfolk.
Stewkey Blues
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Stewkey Blue
brandy ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brandy balls
Senses: examples: text: And yet I discovered, when a frequently recurring fit of sickness had forced Job to keep a strict look-out, that this unprincipled old man was in the habit of enticing the boy to his rooms and there feeding him upon unlimited quantities of brandy-balls, and making him promise to say nothing about it.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: A traditional boiled sweet like a bullseye, flavoured with peppermint, cinnamon, etc.
brandy balls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brandy ball
Dunmow flitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dunmow flitches
Senses: glosses: A flitch of bacon awarded to a married couple who convince a local "jury" of bachelors and maidens that, for a year and a day, they have never wished themselves unwed, as part of a traditional four-yearly ritual at Great Dunmow, Essex, England.
Dunmow flitches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Dunmow flitch
Yeh-i-k'o
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 葉亦克 /叶亦克 (Yèyìkè), Wade–Giles romanization: Yeh⁴-i⁴-kʻo⁴.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Yeyike (Yeyik)
wikipedia: Defense Mapping Agency
unhijacked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + hijacked.
Senses: glosses: Not having been hijacked.
rehijack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rehijacks
form: rehijacking
form: rehijacked
form: rehijacked
Etymology: From re- + hijack.
Senses: glosses: To hijack again.
rehijacked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rehijack
rehijacks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rehijack
rehijacking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rehijack
veeblefetzers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veeblefetzer
Odrysian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Odrysian
form: most Odrysian
Senses: glosses: of or pertaining to the Odrysian kingdom (a.k.a. Kingdom of Thrace)
Odrysian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Odrysians
Senses: glosses: a person belonging to said kingdom
cool bag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cool bags
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cooler bag.
synonyms: word: cooler bag
armsfuls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of armful
glosses: plural of armsful
famly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: famlies
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of family.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of family.
famlies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of families.
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of families.
kullum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kullums
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coolung.
Laverton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Buckland parish, Tewkesbury district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0735).
glosses: A village and civil parish (with a grouped parish council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Harrogate borough (OS grid ref SE2273).
glosses: A small village in Lullington parish, Mendip district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST7753).
glosses: A suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A town and local government area (Shire of Laverton) in Western Australia.