cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
homunculus argument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: homunculus arguments
Etymology: In reference to a fallacy of this kind relating to the theory of vision. If one explains that light forms an image on the retinas and something in the brain observes these images, then the same question arises: how does this observation occur?
Senses: hypernyms: argument
glosses: An informal fallacy whereby a concept is explained in terms of the concept itself, recursively.
homunculus arguments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homunculus argument
uncheeseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncheeseable
form: most uncheeseable
Etymology: From un- + cheeseable.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of uncheesable.
unpleaseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unpleaseable
form: most unpleaseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of unpleasable.
pleaseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pleaseable
form: most pleaseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of pleasable.
teaseable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more teaseable
form: most teaseable
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of teasable.
grammatistic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Grammar.
grammatistical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more grammatistical
form: most grammatistical
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to grammatists.
metaproblem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metaproblems
Etymology: From meta- + problem.
Senses: glosses: A problem regarding other problems.
metaproblems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metaproblem
metaproblematic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meta- + problematic.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to metaproblems.
Daubert motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Daubert motions
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A special motion in limine raised before or during trial, to exclude the presentation of unqualified evidence to the jury.
Related terms: Daubert standard
Daubert trilogy
Daubert motions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Daubert motion
front curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: front curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
synonyms: act curtain
house curtain
front-of-house curtain
grand drape
main curtain
main drape
proscenium curtain
main rag
glosses: The curtain or curtains at the very front of the stage, separating it from the house.
front curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of front curtain
act curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: act curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
house curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
grand drape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪp
Forms: form: grand drapes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
main curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
main drape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main drapes
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
proscenium curtain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proscenium curtains
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
main rag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: main rags
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
theater
glosses: Synonym of front curtain.
synonyms: word: front curtain
act curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of act curtain
house curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of house curtain
grand drapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grand drape
main curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main curtain
main drapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main drape
proscenium curtains
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proscenium curtain
main rags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of main rag
full motion videos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full motion video
full-motion videos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full-motion video
knuckleboom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: knucklebooms
Etymology: From knuckle + boom.
Senses: glosses: A compact crane whose boom articulates near the middle.
knucklebooms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of knuckleboom
JSONP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of JavaScript Object Notation with Padding, a technique for requesting data in JSON format by loading an HTML script element.
evasive action
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evasive actions
Senses: examples: text: The attack also afforded Helena to a front-seat view of literal air-to-air melee combat, as one Wildcat pilot of the Cactus Air Force, who was swooping in to help break up the attack, found himself out of machine-gun ammo; instead, he dropped his landing gear, positioned himself above the nearest bomber, and begun beating it to death, in midair, using his landing gear as clubs. After a bit of evasive action that the fighter easily kept up with, the repeated slamming broke something important, and the bomber spiralled down into the sea.
ref: 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 5:50 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 17 Oct 2022:
glosses: Physical movement performed in order to avoid a collision with something (such as a vehicle or missile).
Synonyms: dodge
evasive actions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evasive action
red terror
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red terrors
Etymology: Red is the traditional color of left-wing movements, especially the communist movement.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Coordinated violence committed by communists, socialists, or other left-wing groups against (actual or perceived) class enemies.
red terrors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of red terror
Red Terror
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
history
human-sciences
politics
sciences
glosses: Any one of several specific red terrors in history.
infloodings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of inflooding
West Bay
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A coastal settlement and harbour in Bridport parish, west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY4690).
glosses: A bay off the Isle of Portland, Dorset (OS grid ref SY6772).
glosses: A bay at Gourock, Inverclyde council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS2377).
glosses: A bay in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
glosses: A rural community of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
glosses: A community in the Municipality of the County of Inverness, Nova Scotia.
glosses: An inlet in Galveston County and Brazoria County, Texas, United States.
glosses: A residential area on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands.
glosses: A built-up area of Doha, Qatar.
metric inch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metric inches
Etymology: From being measured in SI metric measurement (2.5 cm), as a value similar to the size of a US/UK Imperial Standard International Inch (2.54 cm), used in some measurements.
Senses: glosses: A unit measure equivalent to 2.5 centimeters or 25 millimetres; 1/12 of a metric foot (“30 cm”)
Coordinate terms: metric acre
metric foot
metric mile
metric yard
Related terms: American inch
British inch
decimal inch
English inch
fractional inch
French inch
Imperial inch
international inch
Paris inch
standard inch
traditional inch
Vienna inch
medieval synthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The social and cultural movement imposed by the medieval Christian church, which combined the scientific ideas of Aristotle, Ptolemy, and Galen, with the doctrines of Christianity.
Grand Cayman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹænd ˈkeɪ.mən/
rhymes: -eɪmən
Etymology: The name of the island is derived from caiman (“species of alligatorid”). The element grand was added to distinguish the island from its neighbours in the Cayman Islands.
Senses: glosses: An island, the largest of the three Cayman Islands.
Derived terms: Grand Cayman thrush
6/6
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the metrication of 20/20, where 20 ft is replaced by 6 m in the eye test.
Senses: qualifier: vision
glosses: Synonym of 20/20.
synonyms: word: 20/20
joins the choir invisible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of join the choir invisible
joining the choir invisible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of join the choir invisible
joined the choir invisible
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of join the choir invisible
preighter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preighters
Etymology: Blend of passenger + freighter
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A freighter converted from a passenger aircraft.
preighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of preighter
sportish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sportish
form: most sportish
Etymology: From sport + -ish and/or sporty + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Somewhat sporty.
spirit-filled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spirit-filled
form: most spirit-filled
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: controlled or directed by the Holy Spirit
Idia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈidi̯a/
Etymology: From Ido Idia (from Ido + -ia (“country”)).
Senses: glosses: A notional land of Ido speakers.
glosses: The entire community of Idists (Ido speakers)
close combat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: violent physical confrontation between two or more opponents at short range
Cuppett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkʌpɪt/
Forms: form: Cuppetts
Etymology: Alteration of the surname Coppett, from Middle English coppet, copped (literally “peaked, headed”), an adjective which also had the secondary meaning of "haughty". Thence, a nickname for a haughty person.
Middle English copped is a derivative of Middle English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), a word inherited from Old English copp (“top, summit, round head”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“crown of the head, hilltop, orb, bowl”).
Senses: glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname.
dry blower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dry blowers
Etymology: From being a machine that does not need water to produce concentrate, and uses air flow instead.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A machine that uses an air blower to blow away light fines to concentrate heavy fines and larger bits, from pay dirt. This concentrate can then go through further refinement.
Coordinate terms: air knife
ball mill
blower
centrifugal concentrator
shaker
sluice box
trommel
wash plant
bondedly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more bondedly
form: most bondedly
Etymology: From bonded + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: As they passed me they caught other's eye and so each smiled engagingly—chummily, congenially as well as bondedly— that I smiled, myself, in what I felt to be a corresponding sort of way.
ref: 2013, Roy Blount, Jr., Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story:
glosses: In a bonded manner; in a way that evinces the presence or existence of a bond.
I know, right
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: [aɪ˧ ˈnəʊ˨˩ | ˈɹaɪt˦˥]
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: you're telling me
related: word: IKR
coordinate_terms: tell me about it
you said it
amen#Interjection
qualifier: rhetorical
glosses: Indicates strong agreement and sympathy with a preceding statement.
Related terms: I know that's right
machmeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: machmeters
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Machmeter.
spey
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: speys
form: speying
form: speyed
form: speyed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of spay.
airspeedometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: airspeedometers
Etymology: By surface analysis, airspeed + -ometer.
Senses: hypernyms: speedometer
glosses: Synonym of airspeed indicator.
synonyms: word: airspeed indicator
aortoesophageal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From aorto- + esophageal.
Senses: glosses: Relating to the aorta and the esophagus
aristonectine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aristonectines
Senses: glosses: Any plesiosaur of the clade Aristonectinae
aristonectines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aristonectine
biogeocycling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
geography
geology
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The action of a biogeocycle
elasmosaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elasmosaurines
Senses: glosses: An elasmosaurid of the subfamily Elasmosaurinae
elasmosaurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elasmosaurine
formalinize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: formalinizes
form: formalinizing
form: formalinized
form: formalinized
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of formalinise.
formalinized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of formalinize
formalinized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of formalinised.
hegetotheriine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hegetotheriines
Senses: glosses: Any extinct mammal of the subfamily †Hegetotherinae
hegetotheriines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hegetotheriine
inflammophilic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inflammo- + -philic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Associated with (as if attracted to) inflammation
interathere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interatheres
Senses: glosses: Synonym of interatheriid.
synonyms: word: interatheriid
interatheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of interathere
intraorganisational
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of intraorganizational.
mesothere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesotheres
Senses: glosses: Any extinct notoungulate of the genus †Mesotherium
mesotheres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesothere
mesotrophication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Conversion to a mesotrophic form
mesozooplanktons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesozooplankton
microzooplanktons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microzooplankton
pharyngoesophagoscope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharyngoesophagoscopes
Senses: glosses: An esophagoscope that may also be used to examine the pharynx
Related terms: pharyngoesophagoscopy
Hangi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A barangay of Las Navas, Northern Samar, Philippines.
precommissioning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pre- + commissioning.
Senses: glosses: All the checks carried out before something is commissioned
rhinocleisis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhinocleises
Senses: glosses: Synonym of rhinostenosis.
synonyms: word: rhinostenosis
rhinostenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rhinostenoses
Etymology: From rhino- + stenosis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: nasal stenosis
rhinocnesmus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: rhinitis or other itchy condition of the nose
autofills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of autofill
autofilled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of autofill
autofilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of autofill
Cuppetts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Cuppett
Steuber
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Steubers
Etymology: Borrowed from German Steuber.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Stordahl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Stordahls
Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Stordahl.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Norwegian.
Stordahls
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Stordahl
Steubers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Steuber
Tomsic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tomsics
Etymology: Borrowed from Slovene Tomšič.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Slovene.
Ruegsegger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ruegseggers
Etymology: Borrowed from Swiss German Rüegsegger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Ruegseggers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ruegsegger
Tomsics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tomsic
Benett
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Benetts
Etymology: Variant of Bennett.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Tuccillo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tuccillos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Tuccillo.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Xi Hu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiː ˈhuː/
enpr: shēʹ ho͞oʹ
Forms: form: Hsi Hu
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 西湖 (Xī Hú).
Senses: examples: text: Beyond the park, there are many other tranquil spots to visit in Hiroshima: the magnificent Shukkei-en Garden, designed after the gardens on Hsi-hu (West Lake) in Hangchow, China, or the World Peace Memorial Cathedral, one of the largest Roman Catholic Churches in Asia.
ref: [1991 March 3, Mary Morris, “Hiroshima: Peace Enshrined”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2009, Magazine:
text: The modern city is not of much interest in itself, but Xi Hu — the lake around which Hangzhou curls — and its shores still offer wonderful Chinese vistas of trees, hills, flowers, old causeways over the lake, fishing boats, pavilions and pagodas.
ref: 2011 March, Simon Lewis, The Rough Guide to Shanghai (Rough Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 156:
glosses: Synonym of West Lake.
synonyms: word: West Lake
Aylings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Ayling
Benetts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Benett
Tuccillos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tuccillo
Varin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Varins
Etymology: Borrowed from French Varin.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Varins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Varin
Turs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Tur
Vanderkooi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vanderkoois
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch van der Kooi.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Dutch.
Venugopal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Venugopals
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam വേണുഗോപാൽ (vēṇugōpāl).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Malayalam.
Venugopals
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Venugopal
Vanderkoois
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Vanderkooi
Windish
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Windishes
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Windisch.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Voge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Voges
Etymology: Borrowed from German Vöge.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Voges
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Voge
Windishes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Windish
Wulumuchi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin for 烏魯木齊／乌鲁木齐 (Wūlǔmùqí) Wade-Giles romanization: Wu¹-lu³-mu⁴-chʻi².
Senses: examples: text: The Trans-Mongolian connects at Chining with a Chinese railway that has been built, at the date of this writing, in a westerly direction as far as Wulumuchi (or Urumchi), capital of the Chinese province of Sinkiang.
ref: 1965, Harmon Tupper, To the Great Ocean, Little, Brown & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 432–433:
text: Remotest Land. There is an unpinpointed spot in the Dzoosotoyn Elisen (desert), northern Sinkiang, China, that is more than 1,500 miles from the open sea in any direction. The nearest large town to this point is Wulumuchi (Urumchi) to its south.
ref: 1979, Norris McWhirter, editor, Guinness Book of World Records, Bantam Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 137:
text: Construction of this expressway, linking Lanzhou with Wulumuchi, has continued further west as part of the central government’s attempt to equalize the balance of economic development between the prosperous east and the less developed western interior.
ref: 2008, William Lindesay, The Great Wall Revisited: From the Jade Gate to Old Dragon's Head, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 112:
glosses: Alternative form of Wulumuqi (Ürümqi)
McFeely
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McFeelys
form: McFeeley
Etymology: Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fithcheallaigh (“son of the chess player”), from fithcheallach (“chess player”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Menos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Meno
McFeelys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McFeely
Keston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kestons
Etymology: From an unclear first element + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).
Senses: glosses: A village in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ415645).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Kestons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Keston
Alverstoke
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A suburb of Gosport, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SZ6099).
Col
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Colin.
trysteth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tryst
unperiled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of unperilled.
Ti-hua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 迪化 (Díhuà) Wade–Giles romanization: Ti²-hua⁴.
Senses: examples: text: SEPTEMBER 10 Conference with Madame. She went in to Ti Hua ³⁵ and did the dickering with the Sinkiang governor. Got him back in the fold. [He] hadn't been out of his yamen [courtyard] in six years. Heavily guarded. All [his] servants wear two guns. Suspicious of poison, examines wine corks before drinking, looks melons all over to see if they've been needled. Ti Hua a dump. "Looks like a bedraggled old tart," says Madame.
ref: [1948, Joseph Stilwell, edited by Theodore H. White, The Stilwell Papers, Schocken Books, published 1972, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 146:
text: In general, the north-south contraction was greater than the east-west, and, whereas time-distance between Peking and Canton had been reduced by 96 per cent, the contraction between Peking and Ti-hua in Hsin-chiang was only 84 per cent.
ref: 1970, Joseph B. R. Whitney, China: Area, Administration, and Nation Building, Department of Geography, University of Chicago, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 47:
text: The leaders of the Tung-kan rebellion built an ‘Imperial City’ outside the south gate of Ti-hua in 1868, so that three cities existed concurrently adjacent to one other [38].
ref: 1974, D. J. Dwyer, editor, China Now: an Introductory Survey with Readings, Longman, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 278:
text: Chang succeeded, but this caused Chin to fear Chang as too ambitious, and thus Chin ordered Chang to retreat to Ti-hua.³⁵ One of Chin's most serious problems was his inability to trust his own generals. Therefore, he was usually unable to capitalize on their infrequent military victories. For example, after Chang Pei-yuan had returned to Ti-hua, Khodja Niaz quickly counterattacked and routed Chin's remaining forces at Hami, which now were under the command of General Li Hai-ju.
ref: 1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 76–77:
glosses: Alternative form of Dihua (Ürümqi)
BGMs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BGM
T'un-hsi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 屯溪 (Túnxī) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻun²-hsi¹.
Senses: examples: text: […]T’un-hsi in Anhwei,⁴² Ch’i-ch’un⁴³ and Chiang-ling⁴⁴ in Hupei, and Kuang-han in Szechwan;⁴⁵ that is, throughout the Yangtze Valley. The glazed pottery from T’un-hsi is so similar to that at Chang-chia-p’o in technique of manufacture and mineral composition that scholars are convinced the Chang-chia-p’o pottery was imported from the south.⁴⁶
ref: 1976, Kwang-chih Chang, The Archaeology of Ancient China, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 271:
text: The lei of Pl. 49b, also excavated in Shensi, comes from the same atelier. A yu from T‘un-hsi in Anhui confirms the Western Chou date of the chih in Pl. 38 (Burlington House Catalogue 1973, no. 97).
ref: 1977, William Watson, “Preface to Second Edition”, in Ancient Chinese Bronzes (The Arts of the East), 2nd edition, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 17:
text: What Loehr called the Middle Western Chou is the probable starting point, that is, during the mid-eleventh century B.C.⁵⁸ when a breakdown in the old order of Phase I can be documented. For instance, a yu found at T'un-hsi, Anhui, (Plate 19) is decorated with intertwining birds both on the belly and lid and exemplifies this conversion.
ref: 1979, Katheryn McAllister Linduff, Tradition, Phase and Style of Shang and Chou Bronze Vessels, Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 93:
glosses: Alternative form of Tunxi.
styxosaurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: styxosaurines
Senses: glosses: Any plesiosaur of the genus Styxosaurus
styxosaurines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of styxosaurine
supervized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of supervize
811
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 8-1-1
Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain non-emergency governmental services.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: The telephonic service for accessing some government services, depending on the jurisdiction.
Coordinate terms: *67
*69
311
411
911
8-1-1
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: Alternative form of 811.
311
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: 3-1-1
Etymology: Based on the telephone number used in North America to obtain local governmental services.
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: The telephonic service for accessing some local government services, depending on the jurisdiction.
Coordinate terms: *67
*69
411
811
911
ᵺ
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lexicography
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Used in some American dictionaries for the sound /ð/, contrasting with ⟨th⟩ for /θ/.
Related terms: d͟h
loafs around
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loaf around
loafs about
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of loaf about
shantih
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: [lines 431–432, page 49] Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. / Shantih shantih shantih […] [page 64, note 433] Shantih. Repeated as here, a formal ending to a Upanishad. "The Peace which passeth understanding" is a feeble translation of the content of this word.
ref: 1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part V. What the Thunder Said.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, pages 49 and 64:
glosses: Alternative spelling of shanti.
shantih
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of shanti.
international phonetic alphabet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of International Phonetic Alphabet.
Hortons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Horton
true bearing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: true bearings
Senses: qualifier: navigation
glosses: Direction relative to true north, typically as contrasted with magnetic bearing.
Ivinghoe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Old English personal name Ifa + -ing (“belonging to”) + hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP946162).
Hoptons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hopton
Carsington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK250034).
Knettishall
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in West Suffolk district, Suffolk, England.
Holtons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Holton
Patcham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A northern suburb in the City of Brighton and Hove district, East Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3008).
Ebute Metta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Yoruba èbúté mẹ́ta (literally “Three harbors”).
Senses: glosses: A neighbourhood in Lagos Mainland, Lagos, Nigeria.
big fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Nevertheless, First looks set to become a big fish in this marginal pond.
ref: 2024 December 27, Philip Haigh, “FirstGroup advances its plans for open access expansion”, in RAIL, number 1025, page 49:
glosses: An important person.
Related terms: big fish in a small pond
Wiliideh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dogrib Wıı̀lıı̀deh.
Senses: glosses: The dialect of Dogrib spoken in the Yellowknives Dene First Nation.
next store
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: I knew my brother John lived upstairs with my aunt, uncle, and cousin. […] I knew my three older sisters Maura, Miara, and Gina lived next store with my other aunt and family.
ref: 2011, Damijan Tuscana, Along the Way:
glosses: Eggcorn of next door.
Palestinological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Palestinology.
homogeneous coordinates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homogeneous coordinate
Fermat curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Fermat curves
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1607-1665).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The algebraic curve in the complex projective plane defined in homogeneous coordinates (X:Y:Z) by the Fermat equation.
wikipedia: Pierre de Fermat
Fermat curves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Fermat curve
Fermat equation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fermat equation
Etymology: Named after French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1607-1665).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The equation Xⁿ+Yⁿ=Zⁿ, which defines a Fermat curve.
wikipedia: Pierre de Fermat
communis opinio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin [Term?] (“common opinion”).
Senses: glosses: The prevailing doctrine or generally accepted view; consensus.
bee hotels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bee hotel
Talibanism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Taliban + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Support for the Taliban.
Deobandism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Deobandi + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The Deobandi movement in Islam.
Deobandist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Deobandists
Etymology: From Deobandi + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A member or supporter of the Deobandi movement in Islam.
Deobandists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Deobandist
jackassism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From jackass + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Foolish behaviour; stupidity.
Jacobitishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Jacobitishly
form: most Jacobitishly
Etymology: From Jacobitish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a Jacobitish manner.
Jacobitically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more Jacobitically
form: most Jacobitically
Etymology: From Jacobitic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a Jacobitic manner.
Kharduri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Harduri
form: Charduri
Senses: glosses: A group of formerly seminomadic Tajiks of unknown origin.
Harduri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kharduri.
Charduri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Kharduri.
seminomadically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From seminomadic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a seminomadic manner.
jacuaru
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jacuarus
Senses: glosses: Synonym of tegu (“South American lizard”).
synonyms: word: tegu
extra: South American lizard
tejus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teju
jacuarus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jacuaru
jagrata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A Hindu ritual consisting of an all-night vigil with singing and dancing, held in honour of a deity.
Crabbean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Crabbean
form: most Crabbean
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to George Crabbe (1754–1832), English poet.
Japanization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Japanizations
Senses: synonyms: Japanification
glosses: The process or result of making or becoming Japanese.
synonyms: Japanification
qualifier: economy
glosses: Persistent stagnation and deflation.
Japanizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Japanization
jaquima
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jaquimas
Etymology: From Spanish jáquima.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of hackamore (“type of bridle”).
synonyms: word: hackamore
extra: type of bridle
jaquimas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jaquima
Jaquesian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jaquesian
form: most Jaquesian
Etymology: From Jaques + -ian.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to Elliott Jaques (1917–2003), Canadian psychoanalyst, social scientist and management consultant.
jateorhizine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An alkaloid found in Jateorhiza.
jaundice root
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The plant goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis).
Jackye
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
jailish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jailish
form: most jailish
Etymology: From jail + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: March 9 1788, Anna Seward, a letter
[…] the jailish gloom of Venetian blinds […]
text: 751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
[…] a certain want of decorum, a squalor of sentiment, a sort of jailish cast, contracted in the course of confinement, which disgusted the delicacy of our hero's observation.
glosses: Resembling or characteristic of prison.
Jenine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Jebusitical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of Jebusitic.
Jebusitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jebusitic.
synonyms: word: Jebusitic
sherry vinegar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sherry vinegars
Senses: glosses: wine vinegar made from sherry
sherry vinegars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sherry vinegar
Jemez
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.mɛz/
ipa: /ˈhɛ.mɛz/
rhymes: -eɪmɛz
rhymes: -ɛmɛz
Forms: form: Hemis
form: Hemish
Etymology: From Spanish Jémez, from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”)
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Jemez people, language, or culture.
Derived terms: Jemez Mountains
Jemez Pueblo
Jemez Springs
Jemez
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈheɪ.mɛz/
ipa: /ˈhɛ.mɛz/
rhymes: -eɪmɛz
rhymes: -ɛmɛz
Forms: form: Hemis
form: Hemish
Etymology: From Spanish Jémez, from Jemez hį́·mį́š (“people”)
Senses: glosses: An indigenous Pueblo people of New Mexico.
synonyms: Towa
hypernyms: Tanoan
glosses: A Tanoan language spoken by the Jemez people.
glosses: The Jemez Mountains, a small mountain range in New Mexico.
Related terms: word: Acoma
word: Cochiti
word: Isleta
word: Laguna
word: Nambé
english: San Juan
translation: San Juan
word: Ohkay Owingeh
word: Picuris
word: Pojoaque
word: Sandia
word: San Felipe
word: San Ildefonso
word: Santa Ana
word: Santa Clara
english: Kewa
translation: Kewa
word: Santo Domingo
word: Taos
word: Tesuque
word: Zia
word: Zuni
word: Pueblo
word: Puebloan
Towa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtəʊ.(w)ə/
ipa: /ˈtoʊ.(w)ə/
rhymes: -əʊə
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Jemez (“Tanoan language”).
synonyms: word: Jemez
extra: Tanoan language
jestmonger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jestmongers
Etymology: From jest + monger.
Senses: glosses: One who tells jests; a joker.
jestmongers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jestmonger
Jesuitish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Jesuitish
form: most Jesuitish
Etymology: From Jesuit + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Jesuitic
inculcateth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of inculcate
Jewling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Jewlings
Etymology: From Jew + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: […] while it is our frivolity, our rottenness and our vices, inculcated by us and copied from us, that these Hebraiculi, these degenerate Jewlings, are practising for the sake of our pleasure or their own profit.
ref: 1895, Anatole Leroy-Beaulieu, Israel Among the Nations: A Study of the Jews and Antisemitism, page 270:
text: Predominantly young Jewlings come from Russia and Eastern Europe, working to secure “professional” careers as teachers, social workers, lawyers, accountants […]
ref: 2011, Charley Rosen, The House of Moses All-Stars:
glosses: A young or petty Jew.
Jewlings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Jewling
Jinnestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Djinnestan
Senses: examples: text: Jinnestan was the common appellation of the whole of this ideal region.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 28:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The mythical realm of the jinn.
Djinnestan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jinnestan.
jitneyman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jitneymen
Etymology: From jitney + -man.
Senses: glosses: The driver of a jitney.
jitneymen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jitneyman
joiningly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From joining + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The drinks were in them dissolvingly, joiningly, now: […]
ref: 1952, Ernest Buckler, The Mountain and the Valley, page 307:
glosses: So as to join or unite.
jointy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more jointy
form: most jointy
Etymology: From joint + -y.
Senses: examples: text: I rolled myself into a jointy ball and wept until I fell into a recurring dream in which the parapets of Harristown Bridge rolled open to devour me […]
ref: 2014, Michelle Lovric, The True and Splendid History of the Harristown Sisters:
glosses: Having joints; jointed.
examples: a jointy rock; jointy slate
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Of the nature of a geologic joint.
jojutsu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 杖術 (jōjutsu).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of jodo (“Japanese martial art using a short staff”).
synonyms: word: jodo
extra: Japanese martial art using a short staff
Nyam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Nyambolo
glosses: An Afro-Asiatic language of Nigeria.
Nyambolo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Nyam (“language”).
synonyms: word: Nyam
extra: language
jufti knot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jufti knots
Senses: topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A kind of knot in an Oriental rug, formed over four warps.
jufti knots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jufti knot
City of Churches
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Nickname for Adelaide: the capital and largest city of South Australia, Australia.
JIFs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of JIF
judiciable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more judiciable
form: most judiciable
Senses: examples: text: Some political questions are not judiciable.
glosses: Able to be resolved within the judicial system.
retoxify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: retoxifies
form: retoxifying
form: retoxified
form: retoxified
Etymology: From re- + toxify.
Senses: examples: text: To retoxify, add stimulants (caffeine and sugar), fried foods (chips) and rancid cooking oils, refined and chemically-treated foods, and eat unconsciously.
ref: 2012, Bruce Burger, Esoteric Anatomy: The Body as Consciousness, page 351:
glosses: To add foreign and harmful substances to something again.
retoxifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of retoxify
retoxifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of retoxify
retoxified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of retoxify
diameterwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From diameter + -wise.
Senses: glosses: Across the diameter.
jugglement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugglements
Etymology: From juggle + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: For there has been no little collusion and jugglement upon these falsities […]
ref: 1821, Thomas Cormouls, The First Stroke of the Axe at the Baleful Tree of False Knowledge, & Its Main Root Severed; Or, an Analysis by Experiments and Natural Facts, of True Gravity, and Its Real Phenomena & Cause Developed, Etc, page vi:
glosses: jugglery; trickery or deception
jugglements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jugglement
Julyflower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Julyflowers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of July-flower.
Julyflowers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Julyflower
kidfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kidfluencers
Etymology: Blend of kid + influencer, equivalent to kid + -fluencer.
Senses: examples: text: In December, a 9-year-old kidfluencer known as Txunamy shared a photo on Instagram and asked her more than two million followers to comment on it and share their ages.
ref: 2019 January 3, Sapna Maheshwari, “Online and Earnings Thousands, at Age 4: Meet the Kidfluencers”, in The New York Times:
text: Putting aside the obvious questions regarding infant privacy, just who exactly are these kidfluencers supposed to be kidfluencing?
ref: 2019 January 3, Jack Morse, “So it's come to this: An unborn baby 'kidfluencer' has 112,000 Instagram followers”, in Mashable:
text: As a result, most “Kidfluencers” parents manage their accounts in order to sustain their online presence.
ref: 2021 February 23, Vanessa Cezarita Cordeiro, ““Kidfluencers” and Social Media: The Evolution of Child Exploitation in the Digital Age”, in Humanium:
text: Even though only a small number of kidfluencers are this successful, the prospect of earning a steady income has attracted many families to participate in the trend.
ref: 2022 September 6, “What are 'kidfluencers'?”, in INHOPE:
topics: business
marketing
qualifier: social media
glosses: A child who is an influencer.
Related terms: kidfluencing
kidfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kidfluencer
finfluencer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪnflu.ənsə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: finfluencers
Etymology: Blend of financial + influencer
Senses: topics: business
marketing
qualifier: social media
glosses: An influencer who gives advice on financial investments.
finfluencers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of finfluencer
Jumma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Jumu'ah.
macrocarpol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of longiborneol.
synonyms: word: longiborneol
juniperol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of longiborneol.
synonyms: word: longiborneol
kuromatsuol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of longiborneol.
synonyms: word: longiborneol
junkboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junkboards
Etymology: From junk + board.
Senses: glosses: A kind of heavy millboard.
junkboards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkboard
junkerish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more junkerish
form: most junkerish
Etymology: From junker + -ish.
Senses: glosses: Characteristic of the aristocratic party in Prussia.
Related terms: junkerism
Jur
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in western South Sudan.
glosses: A language spoken by the Luwo people of the Bahr el Ghazal region in South Sudan.
Pineroesque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Pineroesque
form: most Pineroesque
Etymology: From Pinero + -esque.
Senses: glosses: Reminiscent of the works of Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (1855–1934), English actor and dramatist.
jurupaite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: magnesium-bearing xonotlite