cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Bridgetown
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒˌtaʊn/
Etymology: From bridge + town or Bridge + town
* (Barbados): From being named after Tobias Bridge, and a former name, Indian Bridge, which in turn was named for a native bridge over the river Careenage in Bridgetown.
Senses: synonyms: Indian Bridge
The Town of Saint Michael
Town of Saint Michael
Saint Michael
The Town
Town
The City
City
glosses: The capital city of Barbados in Saint Michael parish.
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Werrington parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX3489).
glosses: A place in England:
A suburb of Totnes, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8160).
glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Exton parish, Somerset (OS grid ref SS9233).
glosses: A place in Ireland:
A village in eastern County Clare (Irish grid ref R 6468).
glosses: A place in Ireland:
A locality south of Donegal, County Donegal (Irish grid ref G 9271; appears on Irish maps)
glosses: A place in Ireland:
A village in southern County Wexford (Irish grid ref S 9909)
glosses: A town in the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes, South West region, Western Australia.
glosses: A community in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A census-designated place in Green Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
Derived terms: Bridgetown-Greenbushes
City of Bridgetown
Greater Bridgetown
Greater Bridgetown Area
Port of Bridgetown
Related terms: Bridgerton
Bridgertown
Bridgeton
Bridgton
Bridgtown
Belmopan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Belize + Mopan. Both are names of rivers.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Belize.
Porto-Novo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The official capital of Benin; the de-facto capital is Cotonou.
Related terms: Cotonou
Cotonou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The de facto capital of Benin.
Related terms: Porto-Novo
Gaborone
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɡæbəˈɹəʊni/
Etymology: Named after chief Gaborone. The name itself apparently derives from Tswana [Term?] (“it does not fit badly”), from the verb rona (“to be unsuitable”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Botswana.
wikipedia: Kgosi Gaborone
Derived terms: Gaboronian
recovering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.
Senses: examples: a recovering drug addict
glosses: present participle and gerund of recover
recovering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recoverings
Etymology: From Middle English recoveryng; equivalent to recover + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Fables have their own time island entertainments or fragments of embodied life refractions light and dark recoverings of race and memory passionate elusive by-blows of a richer being.
ref: 2004, Donald Smith, A Long Stride Shortens the Road: Poems of Scotland:
glosses: The process or the instance of recovery.
starts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of start
starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of start
Derived terms: fits and starts
fits and starts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Progress in this project has come in fits and starts.
text: We act by fits and starts, like drowning men,
But just peep up, and then pop down again.
ref: 1681, John Dryden, Epilogue for ‘The King's House’, lines 1–2:
text: T'other day as Apollo sat pitching his darts, / Through the clouds of November, by fits and by starts, / He began to consider how long it had been, / Since the bards of Old England a session had seen.
ref: 1811 December, [Leigh Hunt], “Art. X.—The Feast of the Poets.”, in [Leigh Hunt], editor, The Reflector, […], volume II, number IV, London: […] John Hunt, […] sold by J. Carpenter, […], →OCLC, page 314:
text: I spent the night in fits and starts, getting up and lying down full twenty times, and dreaming the same dream over and over again.
ref: 1841, Charles Dickens, chapter 2, in Master Humphrey's Clock:
text: It is a stammered, sleazy chronicle, told by fits and starts in bits and pieces, and constantly interrupted by the director and actors.
ref: 1955 December 26, “Old Play in Manhattan”, in Time:
text: 2007, "Australian Premier vows troops pullout," Gulf Daily News (Bahrain), 22 Dec.,
Paying for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in fits and starts undermines US military planning and risks the gains made by US troops.
glosses: Activity which is intermittent, variable in intensity, and prolonged by interruptions.
Brasília
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /bɹəˈziːli.ə/
Forms: form: Brasilia
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Brasília.
Senses: glosses: A municipality, the capital city of Brazil; the capital of Distrito Federal, Brazil.
Ouagadougou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɑːɡəˈduːɡuː/
rhymes: -uːɡu
Etymology: From French Ouagadougou, from a local name such as Moore Waogdgo and Farefare Wɔgdɔgɔ.
Senses: examples: text: Perhaps he was there right now, in Ouagadougou, taking a last detour to revisit friends before passing on to eternity, wherever that is.
ref: 2010, Helon Habila, Oil on Water, AudioGO (2011), page 250:
glosses: The capital city of Burkina Faso.
Bujumbura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbuːdʒəmˈbʊəɹə/
ipa: /ˌbuːd͡ʒəmˈbʊɹə/
Senses: glosses: The largest city, and former capital, of Burundi.
Yaoundé
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /jɑːˈʊndeɪ/
ipa: /jɑːˈuːndeɪ/
ipa: /ˌjɑːʊnˈdeɪ/
Forms: form: Yaounde
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Cameroon.
Praia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: From Portuguese praia (“beach”).
Named after Praia de Santa Maria which is now Praia da Gamboa
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Cape Verde.
glosses: A municipality of Cape Verde.
Related terms: praiense
Bangui
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːŋˈɡiː/
ipa: /ˈbɑːŋɡi/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: French Oubangui. Named after its location on the northern bank of the Ubangi River; the Ubangi itself was named from the Bangi word for the "rapids" located beside the settlement.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the Central African Republic.
examples: Meronyms: Abaca, Bacsil, Banban, Baruyen, Dadaor, Lanao, Malasin, Manayon, Masikil, Nagbalagan, Payac, San Lorenzo, Taguiporo, Utol — barangays of Bangui
glosses: A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
CAR
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Decades of conflict in CAR mirror the instability in other fragile African states where reliance on Russia’s military offerings has become increasingly prevalent, amid an aggressive push by Moscow to lessen Western influence on the continent.
ref: 2025 January 18, Nimi Princewill, “Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want?”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Central African Republic.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of Carolina (North Carolina or South Carolina, states in the United States of America)
glosses: Initialism of Cordillera Administrative Region.
CAR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CARs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of carnitine.
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of chimeric antigen receptor.
Related terms: sense: carnitine
english: acetyl-L-carnitine
translation: acetyl-L-carnitine
word: ALC
sense: carnitine
english: acetyl-L-carnitine
translation: acetyl-L-carnitine
word: ALCAR
sense: carnitine
english: D-acetylcarnitine
translation: D-acetylcarnitine
word: DAC
sense: carnitine
english: DL-carnitine
translation: DL-carnitine
word: DLC
sense: carnitine
english: L-acetylcarnitine
translation: L-acetylcarnitine
word: LAC
N'Djamena
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ən.dʒɑːˈmeɪ.nɑː/
rhymes: -eɪnɑː
Etymology: Borrowed from French N'Djaména, from the Arabic name of a nearby village نِجَامِينَا (nijāmīnā, “place of rest”). Renamed from Fort-Lamy on 6 April 1973 by President François Tombalbaye, as part of his authenticité program of Africanization.
Senses: synonyms: Fort-Lamy
glosses: The capital city of Chad.
wikipedia: François Tombalbaye
Moroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹəʊni/
ipa: /məˈɹɑni/
Etymology: From French Moroni, from Ngazidja Comorian Mroni, from mroni (“at the river”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the Comoros.
Moroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹəʊni/
ipa: /məˈɹɑni/
ipa: /məˈɹəʊnaɪ/
ipa: /məˈɹoʊnaɪ/
ipa: /məˈɹəʊni/
ipa: /məˈɹɑni/
Etymology: Possibly equivalent to Etymology 1 through Joseph Smith hearing of the Comorian city and transferring the name to the angel. Alternatively equivalent to Moron + ־י, the former being a place name in the Book of Mormon and the latter being a Hebrew attributive suffix.
Senses: glosses: A small city in central Utah.
glosses: The last book in the Book of Mormon.
glosses: One of two prophets and military and spiritual leaders of the Nephites, the latter of whom became the author of one of the books in the Book of Mormon.
Moroni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɹəʊni/
ipa: /məˈɹɑni/
ipa: /məˈɹəʊnaɪ/
ipa: /məˈɹoʊnaɪ/
Forms: form: Moronis
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Moroni.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Brazzaville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɑːzəvɪl/
ipa: /ˈbɹæzəvɪl/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Brazzaville, from Brazza + ville (“city”). Named after Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852–1905), who officially founded the settlement in 1880.
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city in the Republic of the Congo.
wikipedia: Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza
Derived terms: Brazzavillian
Kinshasa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑːsə
ipa: /kɪnˈʃɑːsə/
Forms: form: Kin
Etymology: From Kongo [Term?] (“the salt market”).
Senses: glosses: The capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), in the western part of the country on the Congo River.
Synonyms: word: Leopoldville
Yamoussoukro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌjæmuˈsuːkɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌjɑːmuˈsuːkɹoʊ/
Senses: glosses: the official and administrative capital of Ivory Coast.
Abidjan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb.ɪˈd͡ʒɑn/
ipa: /ˌæb.əˈd͡ʒɑn/
ipa: /ˈæb.əˌd͡ʒɑn/
Etymology: From the Ebrié expression min-chan m'bidjan (literally “I just cut the leaves”).
Senses: glosses: The de facto capital and largest city of Ivory Coast.
Derived terms: Abidjani
Abidjanian
Djibouti City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The city of Djibouti, the capital of the Republic of Djibouti.
Roseau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəʊˈzəʊ/
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊ
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Dominica.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.
glosses: A town in Saint Lucia.
Derived terms: Roseau County
Malabo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Equatorial Guinea is one of Africa’s smallest countries, with just over 850,000 residents. Bata is one of the country’s two cities with populations of more than 30,000, the other being the island-based capital Malabo.
ref: 2021 March 7, Marlon Sorto, Hira Humayun and Susannah Cullinane, “Equatorial Guinea blasts kill more than 12, injure hundreds”, in CNN:
glosses: The capital city of Equatorial Guinea.
Asmara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æsˈmɑːɹə/
Etymology: From Tigrinya ኣስመራ (ʾasmära).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Eritrea.
Suva
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuːvə/
rhymes: -uːvə
Etymology: Borrowed from Fijian Suva, from suva (“mound”), from Proto-Central Eastern Oceanic *supa.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Fiji.
Libreville
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Libreville (literally “free town”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Gabon.
Banjul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: I gathered she had a love problem – a young policeman in Banjul whom she rarely saw – and a big plan […] for a family gathering, to which the policeman would be invited.
ref: 2016, Zadie Smith, Swing Time, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 219:
glosses: The capital city of the Gambia.
St. George's
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈseɪnt ˈdʒɔɹdʒɪz/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒɪz
homophone: St Georges
homophone: St. Georges
Etymology: The town in Newfoundland is named for its close proximity to Cape St. George and St. George's Bay.
The civil parish of Prince Edward Island is named after Saint George (died 303). Coined by British-Dutch surveyor Samuel Holland.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Grenada.
glosses: A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A civil parish of Kings County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
glosses: A town in Bermuda.
Derived terms: St. George's Day
St. George's Cross
steroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of steroid
Derived terms: on steroids
Conakry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒnəˈkɹiː/
ipa: /ˈkɑːnəkɹiː/
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Guinea.
Bissau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈsaʊ/
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Guinea-Bissau.
Related terms: Bissau-Guinean
Yaren
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district, the largest town and de facto capital of Nauru. Nauru has no official capital but Yaren houses the government offices.
Astana
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əsˈtɑːnə/
ipa: /æsˈtɑːnə/
Etymology: Borrowed from Kazakh Астана (Astana), meaning capital, from Classical Persian آستانه (āstāna).
Senses: examples: text: At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU.
ref: 2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023:
glosses: The capital city of Kazakhstan.
Synonyms: english: the settlement founded in 1830
translation: the settlement founded in 1830
word: Akmoly
english: the settlement founded in 1830
translation: the settlement founded in 1830
word: Akmolinsky prikaz
alt: town status, 1832–
word: Akmolinsk
word: Tselinograd (1961–)
word: Akmola (1992–1998; capital since 1997)
word: Aqmola
word: Nur-Sultan (2019–2022)
Aquitaine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækwɪteɪn/
ipa: /ˌækwɪˈteɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: Borrowed from French Aquitaine, from Latin Aquitania, from aqua (“water”) + -ania (suffix forming place names) and distinguishing the intended area of Gaul. Doublet of Aquitania and Guyenne.
Senses: glosses: A former duchy in the kingdom of France, long held by the kings of England.
glosses: A former province of the kingdom of France.
glosses: A former administrative region of France, now part of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
glosses: Synonym of Aquitania.
synonyms: word: Aquitania
glosses: Ellipsis of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Synonyms: english: sometimes distinguished as southern Aquitaine
translation: sometimes distinguished as southern Aquitaine
word: Gascony
english: sometimes distinguished as northern Aquitaine
translation: sometimes distinguished as northern Aquitaine
word: Guyenne
word: Aquitania
Derived terms: Aquitainian
Related terms: Aquitanian
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Auvergne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /əʊˈvɜː(ɹ)n/
Etymology: From French Auvergne.
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region and historical province of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Derived terms: Auvergne bear
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergnese
Auvergnian
Bourgogne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Bourgogne. Doublet of Burgundy and burgundy.
Senses: glosses: Burgundy: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Related terms: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Champagne-Ardenne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former region of France.
Franche-Comté
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
Rhône-Alpes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region of France, since 2016 part of the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of France.
Related terms: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse
Poitou-Charentes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpwɑːtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/
ipa: /ˌpwʌtuː ʃaˈɹɒnt/
enpr: pwä'to͞o shă-rŏntʹ
enpr: pwŭt'o͞o shă-rŏntʹ
ipa: /pwɑˌtu ʃɑˈɹɑnt/
enpr: pwä-to͞o' shä-räntʹ
rhymes: -ɒnt
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Poitou-Charentes, after the historical regions of Poitou and Charente.
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region of France; since 2016 part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Capital: Poitiers.
Pays de la Loire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Pays de la Loire.
Senses: glosses: An administrative region of France, near Brittany.
Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region of France, made up of the two departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
Midi-Pyrénées
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Occitania.
Lorraine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləˈɹeɪn/
ipa: /lɔˈɹeɪn/
rhymes: -eɪn
Etymology: Borrowed from French Lorraine, from Old French Loherraine, from Latin Lotharingia, Lothringia (ultimately named for Lothair II, who ruled it); compare Lotharingia, German Lothringen.
Senses: glosses: A cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
glosses: A female given name transferred from the place name, associated with Laura by folk etymology.
glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: Lothringia
Derived terms: Lorraine cross
Lorrainian
Lorrainer
Related terms: Alsace-Lorraine
quiche lorraine
Limousin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/
/ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Forms: form: Limousine
Etymology: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Senses: glosses: A geographic region and former administrative region of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
glosses: A dialect of the Occitan language.
Derived terms: limousin
limousine
Related terms: Limoges
Limousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌlɪməˈzɪn/
/ˌlɪməˈziːn/
Forms: form: Limousins
form: Limousine
Etymology: Borrowed from French Limousin, from Latin Lemovicinus, adjective form of Lemovices, name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.
Senses: glosses: One of a breed of cattle from this region.
Languedoc-Roussillon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region of France, made up of Languedoc and Roussillon; in 2016, it became part of the administrative region of Occitania.
Île-de-France
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An administrative region in north-central France, including Paris.
glosses: A domestic sheep breed originally from the region.
Picardy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Picardie.
Senses: glosses: A former administrative region and historical province of France; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Hauts-de-France region.
Derived terms: Picardian
Picardy Spaniel
Picardy sweat
Picardy sweating sickness
Related terms: Picard
carbane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A proposed systematic name for methane.
ozone hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozone holes
Senses: examples: text: Callis says that the ozone hole now developing over the Antarctic is as deep as last year's hole, but seems to cover a smaller area.
ref: 1986 November 6, “Air chemists braced for battle over ozone hole”, in New Scientist, page 22:
text: When [Richard] Stolarski double-checked, he found that the depleted region covered all of Antarctica—and the “ozone hole” was born. It wasn't an instrument error. It was a real phenomenon.
ref: 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 4, in Merchants of Doubt:
glosses: A region of the stratosphere over Antarctica (and a smaller one over the Arctic) that is depleted of ozone in the local spring.
Related terms: ODS
ozonide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozonides
Etymology: From ozone + -ide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the univalent anion, O₃⁻, derived from ozone
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any dark red salt of this anion and a metal
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a number of explosive organic compounds containing a -O-O-O- group
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of a class of heterocycles, containing two carbon atoms (in positions 3 and 5) and three oxygen atoms (in positions 1, 2 and 4) produced by the reaction of ozone with a carbon to carbon double bond; the 1,2,4-trioxolanes
trioxolane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trioxolanes
Etymology: From tri- + oxolane?
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A five-membered, saturated heterocycle, containing two carbon atoms and three oxygen atoms; any derivative of this compound
Synonyms: molozonide
sleep like a baby
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sleeps like a baby
form: sleeping like a baby
form: slept like a baby
form: slept like a baby
Etymology: Compare French dormir comme un bébé.
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: To sleep very well, especially peacefully.
Synonyms: sleep like a log
octillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From octillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number octillion.
octillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octillionths
Etymology: From octillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the octillionth position.
glosses: One of an octillion equal parts of a whole.
nonillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From nonillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number nonillion.
nonillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonillionths
Etymology: From nonillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the nonillionth position.
examples: text: As an illustration, suppose the number of fixed stars, visible in our best telescopes, to amount to one hundred millions, exclusive of their attendant planets and satellites, and that the Almighty had created as great a number of systems as above stated, in every second of time, during a nonillion of years, they would still be very far short of occupying one nonillionth part of infinite space, admitting them all to be placed at the same distance from each other as the fixed stars!
ref: 1837, James Utting, “Of a conjunction of the Sun, Moon, planets, and satellites”, in The Mechanics Magazine, volume 26, page 381:
glosses: One of a nonillion equal parts of a whole.
decillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From decillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal form of the number decillion
decillionth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: decillionths
Etymology: From decillion + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: glosses: The person or thing in the decillionth position.
glosses: One of a decillion equal parts of a whole.
trepidatiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more trepidatiously
form: most trepidatiously
Etymology: From trepidatious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a trepidatious manner; with trepidation
trepidatious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trepidatious
form: most trepidatious
Etymology: From, or as if, trepidate + -ious; see trepidation for more.
Senses: examples: text: He looks a little trepidatious too, and we both laugh awkwardly as he nears me.
ref: 2020, Sophie Kinsella, Love Your Life, Dial Press, →ISBN:
text: Factor in Grammer’s outspoken Trumpism, which complicates the legacy of his defining role, and fans may be forgiven for feeling trepidatious.
ref: 2023 February 27, Elle Hunt, “‘Don’t make Frasier best friends with Elon Musk!’ Writers and comics offer their reboot tips”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: In a state of trepidation; fearful.
Derived terms: trepidatiously
trepidatiousness
Pape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: Papes
Etymology: Shortened from Papist.
Senses: examples: text: If it was just Papes, if they were going to fight ye, ye would just fight them back.
ref: 2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 54:
glosses: A Roman Catholic; a Papist.
Pape
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /peɪp/
rhymes: -eɪp
Forms: form: Papes
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename.
An unincorporated community in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States, named after Gideon Pape.
glosses: A placename.
A village in Bijelo Polje municipality, Montenegro.
graphesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From graph- + -esthesia.
Senses: glosses: The ability to recognise writing on the skin purely by the sensation of touch.
Derived terms: agraphesthesia
Catie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Caty
form: Katie
form: Katy
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Catherine or Caitlin.
Cate
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Prosopochrysa lemannae is a tiny soldier fly from Judbarra National Park in the Northern Territory. It was named in honour of his colleague Cate Lemann, by Bry the Fly Guy (aka Dr Bryan Lessard), an entomologist at our insect collection.
ref: 2019 July 1, “A Game of Flies: naming 230 new species”, in CSIRO:
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
whoopee do
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: As far as my other extracurricular activities, I was elected vice president of the school's chess club. (Whoopee do.)
ref: 2009, Rich Browne, I remember..., →ISBN, page 61:
glosses: Alternative form of whoop-de-doo.
whoopee do
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoopee dos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
Commotion
examples: text: As our relationship grew, we spent more and more time with each other and on his payday, the first of each month, he paid for a movie, purchased popcorn and bought the hamburger that completed our eventing. That was his big “whoopee do” for the month.
ref: 2014, Patricia Burns, Life As We Lived It, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
Event marked by excitement
Synonyms: sense: when used sarcastically
word: so what
sense: when used sarcastically
word: whatever
word: yippee
sense: commotion
word: fuss
sense: commotion
word: buzz
whoopee-do
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Whoopee-do, man. Congrats! That basically just described an Iguana.
ref: 2012, Jonathan Logan Donovan, Husk: A Tale of Human Hunger, →ISBN, page 161:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
whoopee-do
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whoopee-dos
Senses: examples: text: “Yeah, but what's the big whoopee-do about that?”
ref: 1991, Sue Grafton -, G is for Gumshoe, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
Commotion
examples: text: Warming up with a Streak for God, they hit every Sunday service possible, from Bob Condum's evangelical whoopee-do (nailed by a girl with beautiful waist-length strawberry hair who galloped through the noxious tent just as two dozen of Bob's peroxide blond minrobed Saviourettes were garnisheeing the weekly paychecks of a hundred destitute Pueblo natives), to the Episcopal church, where Father Dagwood Whipple was so flustered by the bearded grasshopper thundering through his service rattling a tambourine that he tripped on his robe, tumbled against the lectern, opening a thirteen-stitch forehead gash, and dropped his twelve-pound Bible into the front pew, squarely atop a wealthy parish benefactor's purple noggin.
ref: 2013, John Nichols, The Nirvana Blues: A Novel, →ISBN, page 10:
glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
Event marked by excitement
whoopee-do
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more whoopee-do
form: most whoopee-do
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo.
contorno
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contorni
Etymology: From Italian contorno.
Senses: examples: text: […] the parts within the contorno are drawn by the incisions of the graver […]
ref: 1798, James Barry, Observations on different works of art in France and Italy:
topics: art
arts
glosses: contour; outline
glosses: A side dish, typically of vegetables.
raw_tags: in Italian cuisine
naoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of naos
passivate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: passivates
form: passivating
form: passivated
form: passivated
Etymology: From passive + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To reduce the chemical reactivity of (a surface) by applying a coating.
Derived terms: passivation
blogoholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blogoholics
Etymology: From blog + -oholic.
Senses: glosses: A keen blogger.
Synonyms: blogophile
confectionary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.
Senses: examples: confectionary wares
glosses: Relating to, or of the nature of confections or their production.
examples: text: Thy morning bounties ere I left my home, / The biscuit, or confectionary plum;
ref: 1798, William Cowper, On Receipt of My Mother's Picture, line 60:
glosses: Prepared as a confection.
confectionary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confectionaries
Etymology: From Late Latin cōnfectiōnārius (“one who prepares things by means of ingredients”), from Latin cōnfectiō (“preparing, producing”). See confection.
Senses: examples: text: After the dishes of meat were removed, a dessert of Arabian fruits, confectionaries and sweetmeats was served: among the latter was the date bread.
ref: 1787, Miss Tully, “February 10, 1787”, in Letters Written During a Ten Years' Residence at the Court of Tripoli, published 1819, page 285:
glosses: A candy, sweetmeat; a confection.
glosses: A place where confections are manufactured, stored; a confectory.
examples: text: They stopped at a confectionary where Blanche experienced her first ice cream.
ref: 1986, Penny Hayes, The Long Trail, →ISBN, page 184:
glosses: Dated form of confectionery (“a confectioner's shop”).
examples: He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. -- 1 Samuel viii. 13.
glosses: One who makes confections; a confectioner.
examples: text: Maigre Dishes, dishes used by Roman Catholics on the days when the Church forbids flesh-meats; comprehending fish and vegetable pies and soups, puddings, fruit-pies, egg-dishes, omelets, fritters, macaroni, all preparations of fish, cheese-dishes, fish-sausages, and all creams, jellies, and confectionary, also dressed vegetables, pickles, and preserves.
ref: 1827, Margaret Dods [pseudonym; Christian Isobel Johnstone], The Cook and Housewife’s Manual; Containing the Most Approved Modern Receipts for Making Soups, Gravies, Sauces, Ragouts, and All Made-Dishes; […]. The Second Edition; […], Edinburgh: […] Oliver and Boyd, and Bell and Bradfute; Geo. B. Whittaker, London; and Robertson and Atkinson, Glasgow, page 11:
glosses: Archaic form of confectionery (“candy, sweets, taken collectively”).
Related terms: confect
confection
confectionery
confectioner
humdinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /hʌmˈdɪŋ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: humdingers
Etymology: US origin, perhaps a blend of hummer (“something that moves fast”) + dinger (“something outstanding”). First attested in a newspaper article in the Daily Enterprise of June 4, 1883, at Livingston, Montana.
Senses: examples: text: Most of the questions were pretty easy, but that last one was a humdinger.
text: “—immense. I'm a real, slam-bang, honest-to-goodness, three-fisted humdinger. I'm a bona fide supraman.” “Superman?” Clevinger cried. “Superman?” “Supraman,” Yossarian corrected.
ref: 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22, London: Vintage Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 22:
text: “I’ve seen some humdingers, but never any ordinance like this,” said Mark Hayes, general counsel for the Arkansas Municipal League, an organization for towns and cities.
ref: 2011 July 19, Robbie Brown, “Arkansas Town Draws a Line on Clubs”, in New York Times:
glosses: Something that is particularly outstanding, unusual, or exceptional.
priorities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of priority
priorities
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: priorities
Senses: examples: text: The house was on fire, but Alex still insisted to complete that game before evacuating. Priorities.
text: So you decided to buy a fancy teacup instead of paying rent? Well, I mean... priorities.
glosses: An expression, chiefly unfriendly, remarking disagreement with someone else's order of priorities; that someone takes the wrong action compared to something else, or in the wrong order. Get your priorities straight.
postcode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
ipa: /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/
Forms: form: postcodes
Etymology: From post + code.
Senses: examples: text: The Environment Agency says it is mainly the most deprived postcodes that are the most flood-prone.
ref: 2007 July 3, Polly Toynbee, “If Chelsea were under water, it would be taken seriously”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
glosses: A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.
The region denoted by such a sequence.
glosses: A four-digit number added to a postal address to sort and deliver mail.
Derived terms: postcode lottery
postcode war
Related terms: word: postal code
english: for US addresses
translation: for US addresses
word: zip code
postcode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpəʊs(t)kəʊd/
ipa: /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌkoʊd/
Forms: form: postcodes
form: postcoding
form: postcoded
form: postcoded
Etymology: From post + code.
Senses: glosses: To give a postcode to; to mark with a postcode.
irrevocably
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈɹɛ.və.kə.bli/
ipa: /ɪ.ɹɪˈvəʊ.kə.bli/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɛ.və.kə.bli/
ipa: /ɪ.ɹəˈvoʊ.kə.bli/
ipa: /ɪ.ɹiˈvoʊ.kə.bli/
Forms: form: more irrevocably
form: most irrevocably
form: irrevokably
Etymology: From irrevocable + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Two distinct cases must be noted: (1) rights of the beneficiary who has been named revocably, that is, with the insured retaining the right to change the beneficiary designation; and (2) rights of the beneficiary who has been named irrevocably by the insured.
ref: 1952, Robert Irwin Mehr, Emerson Cammack, Principles of Insurance:
synonyms: irreversibly
indelibly
irrepealably
glosses: In an irrevocable manner; in a manner which prevents the ability to be reverted, repealed, or undone.
supertall
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more supertall
form: most supertall
Etymology: From super- + tall.
Senses: glosses: Extremely tall.
examples: text: Like other supertall towers, 432 Park relies on the counterweight system to address the forces of wind and reduce the feeling of swaying for residents. But unlike many other supertall towers that are tiered or taper toward the top, 432 Park is rectangular, making it less aerodynamic.
ref: 2025 October 19, “A Tower on Billionaires’ Row Is Full of Cracks. Who’s to Blame?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: architecture
glosses: Exceeding 984 feet (300 metres) in height.
raw_tags: of a building
supertall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supertalls
Etymology: From super- + tall.
Senses: examples: text: As the show suggests, the center of gravity today has shifted from North America and Europe to Asia and the Middle East, where supertalls are rising at a frenetic pace.
ref: 2008 June 15, Amy Cortese, “Scraping the Sky, and Then Some”, in New York Times:
glosses: A very tall building.
topics: architecture
glosses: A building between 300m and 600m tall, approximately 1000ft to 2000ft tall. A tall building taller than a plain tall but shorter than a megatall.
Hypernyms: skyscraper
Coordinate terms: highrise
high-rise
high rise
low-rise
low rise
lowrise
midrise
mid-rise
mid rise
skyscraper
Related terms: megatall
plain tall
tall
Crohn's disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after American gastroenterologist Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884–1983), who described patients with the condition in 1932.
Senses: examples: text: Inexplicably the prevalence of Crohn's disease seems to be increasing in some parts of the world and declining in others.
ref: 1989, R. A. Cawson et al., Pathology: The mechanisms of disease, Mosby, page 333:
text: Other systemic disorders associated with Crohn's disease include gallstones, kidney stones, osteoporosis, liver disorders, vascular problems, and psychiatric disorders.
ref: 1993, Dorothy Beckley Doughty, Debra Broadwell Jackson, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Part 732, Mosby, page 108:
text: Patients with Crohn's disease can develop zinc deficiency and subsequent acrodermatitis enteropathica (Chapter 6).
ref: 2001, Bruce R. Smoller, Thomas D. Horn, Dermatopathology in Systemic Disease, Oxford University Press, page 65:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Crohn’s regional enteritis, a chronic inflammatory disease that can involve any part of the digestive tract from the mouth to the anus.
Related terms: IBS
irritable bowel syndrome
chinchin
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: chinchin!
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chin-chin.
chin chin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chin chins
Senses: glosses: a small Nigerian cookie-like snack made from fried wheat flour dough containing eggs and sometimes also cowpeas
chin chin
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of chin-chin.
Related terms: cin cin
cincin
CEDIA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Custom Electronic Design and Installation Association.
Queen Anne's Bounty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Queen Anne.
Senses: glosses: A fund, set up in the early 18th century, to financially assist the poor members of the clergy.
metatartaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From meta- + tartaric acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a polymeric lactone of variable composition obtained by heating tartaric acid; used to prevent precipitation in wine
Synonyms: E353 when used as an emulsifier
ANZAC Day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Anzac Day.
Maoist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Maoist
form: most Maoist
Etymology: From Mao + -ist.
Senses: glosses: of, related to, or advocating Maoism
Derived terms: Maoist Standard English
Maoist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maoists
Etymology: From Mao + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: After Richard Nixon's visit to Peiping in 1972 and the establishment of "liaison offices" in Washington and Peiping, the Maoists have been stepping up their infiltration and subversive activities in the United States, the sources pointed out.
ref: 1975 August 3, “Peiping increasing aid to Red insurgents”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 30, Taipei, page 1:
glosses: one who advocates Maoism
Derived terms: Marxist-Leninist-Maoist
neo-Maoist
Graves
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A region close to Bordeaux in south-western France.
glosses: The dry white wine produced in this region.
glosses: An English surname from Middle English derived from Grave.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Terrell County, Georgia, United States, derived from the surname.
Derived terms: Graves County
Graves' disease
Gravesian
aluminium hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminum hydride
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: AlH, formed when aluminium is heated at 1500°C in an atmosphere of hydrogen.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: (AlH₃)ₙ, can be prepared in ether solution by the reaction of aluminium chloride and lithium hydride; it is used to manufacture lithium aluminium hydride.
Synonyms: alumane - AlH3
Clement
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklɛmənt/
rhymes: -ɛmənt
Forms: form: Clements
Etymology: From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.
Senses: examples: text: And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
ref: Philippians 4:3
glosses: A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A placename
A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A placename
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.
Derived terms: St Clement
St. Clements
Terrington St Clement
Related terms: Clem
Clementine
aluminum hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of aluminium hydride.
lithium aluminium hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LAH
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: LiAlH₄, a powerful reducing agent with many applications in organic chemistry; contains the aluminohydride anion AlH₄⁻.
Synonyms: lithal
lithium aluminohydride
LAH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of lithium aluminium hydride.
glosses: Initialism of licentiate of the Apothecaries' Hall
holy shit
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhəʊli ˈʃɪt/
ipa: /ˌhoʊli ˈʃɪt/
Forms: form: holy shit !
Etymology: From holy and shit.
Senses: examples: text: Holy shit, that car just exploded!
glosses: Expression of terror, awe, surprise, astonishment, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
Synonyms: wow
lithium aluminohydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The compound lithium aluminium hydride.
aluminohydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminohydrides
Etymology: From alumino- + hydride.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent anion, AlH₄⁻, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.
Derived terms: lithium aluminohydride
lithium hydride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: LiH, a gray solid that reacts violently with water, and can ignite spontaneously in air; it has a number of industrial applications, and is used in the manufacture of lithium aluminium hydride.
aluminium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: AlCl, only exists in the gas phase when AlCl₃ is heated with aluminium.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: AlCl₃, the aluminium salt of hydrochloric acid; forms the covalent dimer Al₂Cl₆ when melted; it has very many industrial applications, including that of a catalyst in Friedel-Crafts reactions.
clapmatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈklæpmæt͡ʃ/
Forms: form: clapmatches
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch klapmuts (“hooded seal, hat with ear-flaps”).
Senses: glosses: A hooded seal.
glosses: A female seal.
Related terms: clockmutch
hooded seal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhʊdɪd siːl/
Forms: form: hooded seals
Senses: glosses: An arctic seal, Cystophora cristata, notable for the fleshy bulge on its forehead and nose.
Synonyms: clapmatch
reserved word
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reserved words
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A string of characters that is a verb, command, or other part of a programming language, and therefore cannot be used as the name of a variable, constant, function, or procedure.
JavaScript
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʒɑː.və.skɹɪpt/
Forms: form: Javascript
form: javascript
Etymology: From Java (“a programming language”) + script, although the language is not closely related to Java and was originally to be called LiveScript.
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A scripting programming language most commonly used to add interactive features to webpages.
Synonyms: word: JS
word: LiveScript
word: Mocha
Hypernyms: scripting language
Derived terms: Ajax
JavaScripted
JavaScripter
JavaScripting
JS
JScript
JSON
TypeScript
WinJS