cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Yankunytjatjara
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: Jangkundjara
form: Yankuntjatjarra
Etymology: From Yankunytjatjara Yankunytjatjara, from yankunytja + tjara, literally 'having (the word) "yankunytja" (as opposed to the word pitjantja)'.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Yankunytjatjara people, culture, or language.
Related terms: Ngaanyatjarra
Ngaatjatjarra
Pitjantjatjara
Bielefeld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bielefelds
Etymology: Borrowed from German Bielefeld.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
Duisburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuːsbɜːɡ/
enpr: dyo͞osʹbûrg
ipa: /ˈd(j)uːsbɝɡ/
ipa: /ˈd(j)uːzbɝɡ/
enpr: d(y)o͞osʹbûrg
enpr: d(y)o͞ozʹbûrg
Etymology: From German Duisburg.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hagen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːɡən/
Etymology: From German Hagen.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Hagen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːɡən/
Etymology: Compare Old English Hagena, Medieval Latin Hagano.
Senses: glosses: A Burgundian hero of Germanic legend.
Related terms: Hagen axe
Krefeld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, north-west of Düsseldorf.
Mönchengladbach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Münster
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Münster.
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
glosses: The prince-bishopric based in that city
Oberhausen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Bremerhaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A black car […] ferried them north under low grey skies, through the pretty red-brick districts of Bremerhaven proper to the place that everyone in the shipping industry was actually talking about when they said the name of that city: a massive terminal between the city and the sea, not quite in Germany but not quite anywhere else, one of those liminal spaces that have proliferated on this earth.
ref: 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 254:
glosses: A city and seaport in Bremen, Germany.
independent city
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: independent cities
Senses: qualifier: urban studies
glosses: A city that does not form part of another general-purpose local government entity.
Coordinate terms: city
city-state
county-level city
county-level municipality
federal city
federal municipality
micronation
municipality
prefecture-level city
prefecture-level municipality
province-level city
province-level municipality
regional municipality
state-level city
state-level municipality
town
township
unitary authority
Bamberg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An independent town in the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of the Upper Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Bamberg, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
glosses: A city, the county seat of Bamberg County, South Carolina, United States.
Bayreuth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪɹɔɪt/
Senses: glosses: An independent town in Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of Bavaria, Germany, surrounding but not including the town of Bayreuth, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Coburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent town in Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A city in Lane County, Oregon, United States.
Coburg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Coburgs
Senses: glosses: A thin single-twilled worsted fabric with cotton or silk.
glosses: A traditional round crusty loaf of bread with cross-shaped cuts on top.
Related terms: Cobourg
Fürth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of the Middle Franconia region, Bavaria. Seat: Zirndorf.
Kempten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Kempten, from Middle High German Kemptun, from Medieval Latin Campidona, Latin Campodūnum, from Gaulish Καμβοδουνον (Kambodounon), from Proto-Celtic *kambos (“crooked”) + *dūnom (“fortress”).
Senses: glosses: An independent town in Allgäu, Swabia region, Bavaria, Germany.
Landshut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent town, the administrative seat of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Landshut, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Passau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Passau. Doublet of Batavia and Betawi.
Senses: glosses: An independent town in the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, Germany, on the confluence of Inn and Ilz into Danube.
glosses: A rural district of the Lower Bavaria region, Bavaria, partially surrounding but not including the town of Passau, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Schweinfurt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent town in Bavaria, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria, surrounding but not including the town of Schweinfurt, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Cottbus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑtbʌs/
ipa: /ˈkɒtbʌs/
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Brandenburg, Germany.
Frankfurt an der Oder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Brandenburg, in eastern Germany, on the Oder River.
Brandenburg an der Havel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Brandenburg an der Havel.
Senses: glosses: A town in Brandenburg, Germany.
Darmstadt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Darmstadt.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Hesse, Germany; the administrative seat of Darmstadt-Dieburg district, Hesse.
glosses: A town mostly in Scott Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States.
Derived terms: darmstadtate
darmstadtium
Kassel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Cassel
Etymology: From German Kassel, which see.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in northern Hesse, central Germany.
glosses: A rural district of Hesse, Germany.
Derived terms: Kassel brown
Kassel earth
Frankfurt am Main
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkfɜː(ɹ)t æm ˈmaɪn/
Forms: form: Frankfurt-am-Main
Etymology: From German Frankfurt am Main (literally “Frankfurt on the Main”).
Senses: glosses: The largest city in Hesse, Germany, situated on the Main River.
Synonyms: word: Frankfurt
english: older
translation: older
word: Frankfort-on-Main
Zwickau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: non-naturalized pronunciation
ipa: /ˈtsvɪkaʊ/
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany.
Chemnitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmnɪts/
Etymology: Borrowed from German Chemnitz.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Saxony, Germany.
Synonyms: alt: former name of Chemnitz in GDR times
word: Karl-Marx-Stadt)
Görlitz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Görlitz.
Senses: glosses: A town and rural district of Saxony, Germany.
Bayonne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From French Bayonne. The first element of the name is variously said to be Basque or Latin; the second element is Basque on (“good”). More at Bayonne. Also compare Latin baia.
Senses: glosses: A city and commune in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France.
glosses: A city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
Derived terms: bayonet
Bayonne ham
Hoyerswerda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Saxony, Germany.
property tax
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: property taxes
Senses: glosses: A tax, usually ad valorem, charged on the value of a property.
Synonyms: word: council tax
word: personal property tax
word: rates
word: real estate tax
Emden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Emden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Emdens
form: Embden
Senses: glosses: A German breed of domestic goose.
Bayonne ham
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bayonne hams
Senses: examples: text: In reality, true nature is as difficult to be met with in authors, as the Bayonne ham, or Bologna sausage, is to be found in the shops.
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
glosses: An air-dried salted ham that takes its name from the French city of Bayonne.
Göttingen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goettingen
Etymology: From German.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany.
Oldenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Oldenburg. Related to Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldeburgh and Oldbury.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A former grand duchy in the area.
glosses: A town in Ray Township, Franklin County, Indiana.
Oldenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Oldenburgs
Etymology: From German Oldenburg. Related to Aldborough, Aldbrough, Aldeburgh and Oldbury.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Oldenburger (“breed of horse”).
synonyms: word: Oldenburger
extra: breed of horse
Osnabrück
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Osnabrück, from Old Saxon Osnabrugga (literally “bridge of the Osna”), an old name for the river Hase. Doublet of osnaburg.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
glosses: A rural district of Lower Saxony, Germany, partially surrounding but not including the city of Osnabrück, which nevertheless serves as its administrative seat.
Salzgitter
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Wilhelmshaven
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Wilhelmshaven.
Senses: glosses: An independent town and port in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Trier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪɹ/
ipa: /tɹɪə/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Triers
form: Triers
Etymology: From German Trier, from Latin Treverorum. Ultimately from the Roman name of the settlement, Augusta Trēverōrum, taken from the Gaulish name of a local tribe of Gauls. Compare also the French name for the city, Trèves.
Senses: glosses: A city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
Synonyms: word: Treves
Derived terms: New Trier
Koblenz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, at the confluence of the Rhine and Moselle Rivers.
glosses: A town and municipality in Zurzach district, Aargau canton, Switzerland, just across the Rhine from Germany.
Speyer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Speyers
form: Spires
Etymology: Borrowed from German Speyer.
Senses: glosses: An independent town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
glosses: A habitational surname from German.
Related terms: Shapiro
Flensburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Danish Flensborg, from Old Norse flói (“gulf, marsh”) + Old Norse nes (“point”) + borg. See Flensborg.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Derived terms: Schleswig-Flensburg
Neubrandenburg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city, the administrative seat of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Schwerin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Swerin
Etymology: From German.
Senses: glosses: An independent city, the state capital of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Stralsund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Wismar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.
Eisenach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town, the administrative seat of Wartburgkreis district, Thuringia, Germany.
pâté de foie gras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pâtés de foie gras
Etymology: Borrowed from French pâté de foie gras.
Senses: glosses: A pâté of fat goose liver; the lowest-grade preparation of foie gras.
Related terms: mousse de foie gras
parfait de foie gras
Gera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from German Gera.
Senses: glosses: An independent city in Thuringia, Germany.
Gera
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Geras
Etymology: Various origins:
* Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੇੜਾ (geṛā).
* Borrowed from Hungarian Gera or Géra.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
pâtés de foie gras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pâté de foie gras
serverlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: serverlets
Etymology: From server + -let.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A servlet
bicyclettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bicyclette
llyn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: llyns
Etymology: From Welsh llyn.
Senses: examples: text: To enumerate all the llyns of Wales would take pages, but except Bala, there is scarcely one freshwater lake which is a main factor in any landscape of which it forms part.
ref: 1884, Mountford John B. Baddeley, C. S. Ward, North Wales (part 1, page xi)
glosses: An upland lake in Wales.
soucoupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soucoupes
Etymology: From French soucoupe, ellipsis of soucoupe plongeante (“diving saucer”).
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Francis P. Shepard, Professor of Submarine Geology, who has been studying the canyons from the surface for thirty years, remarked: “I learned more in my three dives in the soucoupe.”
ref: 1964, Westways, volume 56, Automobile Club of Southern California, page 21, column 2:
text: In the meantime suspended underwater cameras and deep submersibles, both the bathyscaphs ‘Trieste’ and ‘Archimede’ and the soucoupe of Cousteau have been employed extensively in attempts to identify various scattering layers.
ref: 1965, Oceanus, volume 12, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution:
text: The soucoupes are easily manageable and movable. Their crews can stop them anywhere and even collect samples from the sea floor. The soucoupe uses two water jets to move horizontally.
ref: 1984, Zdeněk Kukal, Atlantis in the Light of Modern Research, Elsevier Science Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 48:
text: An excellent TV movie was made, including a visit to the wreck in his underwater soucoupe. A passenger in the soucoupe was Sheila MacBeth Mitchell of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was an 18-year-old nurse aboard the Britannic at the time of its sinking.
ref: 1986, Harold E. Edgerton, Sonar Images, Prentice-Hall, →ISBN, page 54:
text: The 1950’s also saw the development of underwater systems by Jacques-Yves Cousteau, including his soucoupe (diving saucer), Denice,^([sic]) which was one of the first shallow-diving submersibles to be used in the United States during the mid-1960’s (Fig. 9). The soucoupe could take two people to depths of 300 m (1000 ft).
ref: 1990, Submersible Vehicle Systems Design, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, →ISBN, page 54, column 2:
glosses: A type of small submarine designed to hold two people.
ngangkari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ngangkaris
Senses: glosses: A traditional healer, in certain Aboriginal groups.
nyaa
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From the Japanese onomatopoeia にゃあ (nyā).
Senses: synonyms: nya
nyan
nyao
glosses: The cry of a cat; meow, miaow.
police procedural
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: police procedurals
Senses: examples: text: But sometimes, what a devoted crime reader wants isn’t anything too fancy. Sometimes, what we want is a good, solid police procedural, preferably set somewhere interesting, preferably with a troubled, renegade investigator who refuses to listen when their boss tells them to leave an avenue of investigation alone.
ref: 2017 October 3, Alison Flood, “A Patient Fury by Sarah Ward review – classic police procedural”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: Seeming “real” has been the aim since the earliest police procedurals, which began a long tradition of Hollywood productions acting as a mouthpiece for police departments.
ref: 2021 April 24, Adrian Horton, “‘The uprisings opened up the door’: the TV cop shows confronting a harmful legacy”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A subgenre of crime fiction which portrays the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. Unlike in other types of crime fiction, the perpetrator may be known at the outset of the story.
Related terms: whodunit
whodunnit
lanate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lanate
form: most lanate
Etymology: First attested in 1760; borrowed from Latin lānātus (“woolly”), from lāna, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.
Derived terms: sublanate
stand for
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: stands for
form: standing for
form: stood for
form: stood for
Senses: examples: text: The abbreviation CIA stands for "Central Intelligence Agency".
text: Some teachers festoon every spare inch of wall with vocabulary choices or maths techniques to use, which look great at first, but to some children might appear quite daunting. You'll probably see unfamiliar acronyms such as Walt (We Are Learning To). Be sure to ask what they stand for and how they are used in practice.
ref: 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
text: whether these names do not some of them sometimes stand for the same thing
ref: 1693, [John Locke], “§134”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To mean; to symbolize; to represent.
examples: text: Oh Lord, I'm still not sure what I stand for, oh-oh
(Oh-ooh-woah) what do I stand for?
(Oh-ooh-woah) what do I stand for?
Most nights, I don't know anymore
ref: 2012, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, in Some Nights), performed by fun.:
glosses: To advocate; to support.
examples: text: We won't stand for that type of behaviour.
glosses: To tolerate.
alphabetisms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of alphabetism
northern red-backed vole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: northern red-backed voles
Senses: glosses: A species of vole, Myodes rutilus, former genus names Clethrionomys and Evotomys.
Franquist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Franquist
form: most Franquist
Etymology: From Spanish franquista.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or associated with, the regime and policies of Francisco Franco in Spain (1939–75).
glosses: Pertaining to right-wing political parties or politicians in Spain.
Synonyms: Francoist
Franquist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Franquists
Etymology: From Spanish franquista.
Senses: glosses: A supporter of Francisco Franco.
Synonyms: Falangist
wring out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: wrings out
form: wringing out
form: wrung out
form: wrung out
Senses: glosses: To squeeze (wet clothing or cloth), either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.
examples: text: I couldn't help it. I had to tell him. He wrung it out of me.
text: They wrung an extra $500 out of us for the transfer fees.
glosses: To force someone to give (something), usually truth, or money.
examples: text: Another difficulty has been that autopilots are designed for ordinary flying. They can't "wring out" a plane, being limited to about 45° in bank and pitch. Aerobatics are an impossibility.
ref: 1951, Popular Science, March issue, page 46:
text: Others listening to the conversation felt the same as I did, especially after having seen a local pilot really "wring" out the airplane at their local air show two weeks earlier.
ref: 1983, Flying Magazine, June issue, page 94:
text: I had no conception of what it meant to ”wring out" an airplane until I rode with that magnificent man, and I can't remember his name. After he had scorched the paint off that AT-6, he very quietly said, ”Okay, take her back to the field."
ref: 2012, Howard Brown, When I Get To Heaven, page 39:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To push (an aircraft) to its performance limits; to push the envelope.
Derived terms: wring out one's sock
military police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A unit of a military organization whose duty is to police the organization. They are in charge of law enforcement on military property, and of military personnel.
Synonyms: police officer
Derived terms: military policeman
mounted police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊntɪd pəˈliːs/
Senses: glosses: A unit of the civil police who are specifically trained to serve duty on horseback. Their duties can be ceremonial, or often for crowd control, and to police areas of difficult access or wilderness areas.
wikipedia: mounted police
Derived terms: word: mountie
word: Mountie
word: Mounties
alt: NWMP
word: North-West Canadian Mounted Police
alt: RCMP
word: Royal Canadian Mounted Police
riot police
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: anti-riot police
riot squad
anti-riot squad
glosses: A unit of the police specifically trained to deal with rioting crowds. They use special equipment for personal defense as well as for crowd control and dispersal.
Derived terms: riot police officer
shore patrol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A special unit of the military police of the U.S. navy or the Royal Navy whose duties are to police the seamen while they are on shore leave.
shore leave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shore leaves
Senses: topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Free time given to sailors of the military navy when they are off duty and allowed to disembark and spend time on land.
adoptability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From adopt + -ability.
Senses: glosses: The property of being adoptable.
adorability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adorabilities
Etymology: From adorable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The quality of being adorable; adorableness.
mendable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mendable
form: most mendable
Etymology: From mend + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be mended.
Synonyms: sense: able to be mended
word: fixable
sense: able to be mended
word: repairable
sense: able to be mended
word: rectifiable
Derived terms: unmendable
adoze
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈdoʊz/
Etymology: From a- + doze.
Senses: glosses: Dozing, napping, asleep.
adoze
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /əˈdoʊz/
Etymology: From a- + doze.
Senses: examples: text: He lay adoze, rousing only when someone came too close.
glosses: Dozing, napping, asleep.
afrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afrits
Senses: examples: text: 1902, Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly that Stamped, in Just So Stories, reprinted in 2004, The Complete Children's Short Stories, page 366,
Of course if he had chosen to turn his ring on his finger and call up the Djinns and the Afrits they would have magicked all those nine hundred and ninety-nine quarrelsome wives into white mules of the desert or greyhounds or pomegranate seeds; […] .
text: The spirits they work with are called "Afrits", and they employ the agency of the Evil Eye.
ref: 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 196:
glosses: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
afrits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afrit
afreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: afreets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
afreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of afreet
ifrit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈfɹiːt/
note: nonstandard, spelling pronunciation
ipa: /ˈɪf.ɹɪt/
Forms: form: ifrits
form: 'ifrit
form: ʿifrīt
form: 'ifriit
form: ʿefrīt
form: ʿefrēt
form: 'afreet
form: 'afret
form: 'afreit
form: 'afrit
form: 'afriit
form: 'efreet
form: 'efret
form: efreit
form: 'efriit
form: 'efrit
form: 'ifreet
form: 'ifret
form: 'ifreit
form: afreet
form: afret
form: afreit
form: afrit
form: afriit
form: efreet
form: efret
form: efreit
form: efriet
form: efrit
form: efriit
form: éfrit
form: ifreet
form: ifret
form: ifreit
form: ifriet
form: ifrite
form: ifriite
Etymology: From Arabic عِفْرِيت (ʕifrīt).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an.
examples: text: Then she flew firmament-wards to circle it, as was her custom, and met an Ifrit on the wing who saluted her and she said to him, "Whence comest thou?"
ref: 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXI, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 211:
text: “In that stone, Paguta has contained a powerful ifrit, but it can only be summoned once every hundred years.”
ref: 2016 July 11, Kyle More, “TripTank 2025” (9:02 from the start), in TripTank, season 2, episode 14, spoken by Clarine (Lauren Lapkus):
qualifier: Arab mythology
glosses: A demon, evil spirit, often associated with the underworld.
glosses: A species of passerine bird endemic to New Guinea, in full the blue-capped ifrit.
ifrits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ifrit
Portier
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Portiers
Etymology: From French Portier.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French, equivalent to English Porter.
trekking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trek
trekking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trekkings
Senses: glosses: Walking in the countryside for pleasure or sport, usually for a longer period of time than for hiking.
Derived terms: pony-trekking
trekking pole
efreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: efreets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
efreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of efreet
ifreet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ifreets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ifrit.
ifreets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ifreet
suck in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks in
form: sucking in
form: sucked in
form: sucked in
Senses: examples: text: This is the component of the vacuum cleaner that sucks in dust.
text: I sucked in my belly, hoping to hide the extra weight I had put on over the holidays.
glosses: To draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, in.
examples: text: I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked in.
glosses: To cause (someone) to become slowly more and more involved in some business or situation that may not be to their advantage.
Synonyms: sense: cause someone to become involved in a situation:
word: draw into
word: draw in
word: rope in
word: rope into
word: suck into
djinni
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: djinnis
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of djinn.
suck into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sucks into
form: sucking into
form: sucked into
form: sucked into
Senses: examples: text: I really didn't want to be on the committee, but somehow I got sucked into it.
glosses: To cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
Synonyms: draw into
draw in
suck in
lickspittles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lickspittle
burgages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of burgage
adecticous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From a- + decticous.
Senses: glosses: Having no mandibles
raw_tags: of a pupa
gay pride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Possibly modelled on black pride.
Senses: examples: text: Gay Pride, for all its need to show off, did not alienate old-liners of the homophile movement, nor uncommitted young and middle-aged gays, nor even old and/or closety homosexuals.
ref: 1971, Donn Teal, The gay militants, page 85:
glosses: A feeling of pride in one's homosexuality; embrace of a positive gay identity and rejection of shame imposed by homophobia.
examples: text: My first gay pride was in 1998 and I've been to every one since.
glosses: A pride festival or pride parade.
Related terms: black pride
white pride
Asian pride
pride parade
made in China
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: Manufactured in the People's Republic of China.
examples: text: Many of the shops filled with cheap made-in-China junk aren't worth a visit, but browse through the center and you may find some worthwhile souvenirs and gifts.
ref: 2005, Sharon Hamblin, Adventure Guide Maui, page 213:
text: At least some of the plastic made-in-China junk was recyclable.
ref: 2009, Robyn Harding, Mom, Will This Chicken Give Me Man Boobs?, page 161:
text: They would mob you, insisting that you buy this or that, when all they sell is junk made in China.
ref: 2014, Tim Tingle, A Head in Egypt:
text: The moccasins were a work of art. Fleece lined, the dark hide exterior was adorned with intricate beading by a truly skilled artisan. He felt guilty about knocking her store as a repository for cheap crap made in China.
ref: 2016, Debra Salonen, Black Hills Native Son:
text: “What is this—plastic? Cheap crap made in China?” “No, no, no. It's handmade. I made it. It's made of glass, in a torch, you see. I melt glass and then I add colors and clear glass in layers to make a design, and—”
ref: 2016, Janice Peacock, High Strung:
text: Not the usual 'made in China' junk you pinch from shipping containers.
ref: 2017, Rusty Barnes, Ridgerunner:
glosses: Cheaply manufactured; of poor or low quality, (especially) if made in East Asia.
Synonyms: word: MIC
Related terms: made in Japan
dead soldier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead soldiers
Senses: examples: text: Another Dead Soldier! (Lays the bottle gently on its side.)
ref: 1968 — Flesh And Blood By William Handley (1968) p.15
text: We knocked another couple back / The dead soldiers lined up on the table
ref: 1999, Elliott Smith, “Baby Britain”, in XO:
text: When my mother drinks beer, she peeks in the bottle to make sure it's a dead soldier.
ref: 2000 — Thus Spake the Corpse: An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998 By Andrei Codrescu, Laura Rosenthal (2000) p. 344
text: By the time the pint was a dead soldier, Decker had the man's life story.
ref: 2002 — Thread of the Spider By Val Davis (2002) p. 117
glosses: An empty container, usually a bottle or can which contained an alcoholic beverage.
Related terms: dead marine
interring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: intering
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of inter
interring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interrings
form: intering
Senses: examples: text: But we should not forget that such interrings were in the nature of bank deposits and were never secret to the members of the family. The elder of the family knew about the interred wealth and he passed on the information […]
ref: 1985, The Indian Historical Quarterly, volume 34, page 256:
glosses: A burial.
reinterred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reinter
reinter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɝ/
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɜː/
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɛr/
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtøː/
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈteː/
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɛː/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ɹiː.ɪnˈtɜː(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Forms: form: reinters
form: reinterring
form: reinterred
form: reinterred
Etymology: From re- + inter.
Senses: glosses: To bury again, in the same or another grave.
window cleaners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of window cleaner
age groups
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of age group
amphigony
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From amphi- + -gony.
Senses: glosses: sexual reproduction
Related terms: amphigonic
Mizrachi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mizrachis
form: Mizrahi
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מזרחי (mizrakhí, “eastern, easterner”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Hebrew. (Etymology 1)
Mizrachi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mizrachis
form: Mizrahi
Etymology: A notarikon (Hebrew abbreviation) of מרכז רוחני, merkaz ruhani – "spiritual centre")
Senses: glosses: Name of a several Jewish parties and movements (Etymology 2)
amphigonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From amphi- + -gonic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
simplifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simplifiers
Etymology: From simplify + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who simplifies.
stormier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stormy: more stormy
stormiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of stormy: most stormy
cloudiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cloudy: most cloudy
sail curve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sail curves
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A catenary-generated curve in the form of a cross-section of a sail filled by wind.
audism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːdɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈɔdɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈɑdɪzəm/
rhymes: -ɔːdɪzəm
Etymology: From audio + -ism, modelled after racism and sexism. Coined by American academic Tom Humphries in 1975.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: Discrimination against deaf people in favor of hearing people.
Related terms: audist
audistic
solid as a rock
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: We're not going to be able to break down this door: it's solid as a rock.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Extremely thick and heavy, so as to make it impossible to move.
examples: text: Stewart has been solid as a rock ever since becoming the new vice-chairman.
qualifier: simile
glosses: Very reliable and dependable
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: thick and heavy
word: rock solid
sense: reliable and dependable
word: rock solid
fit like a glove
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌv
Forms: form: fits like a glove
form: fitting like a glove
form: fit like a glove
form: fit like a glove
form: fitted like a glove
form: fitted like a glove
Senses: examples: text: This dress fits like a glove! How did you know my size?
qualifier: simile
glosses: To be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.
Related terms: suit down to the ground
have a fit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a fit
form: having a fit
form: had a fit
form: had a fit
Senses: examples: text: She needs to keep her sugar level low or she'll have a fit.
glosses: To experience an epileptic seizure.
examples: text: She'll have a fit when she finds out a younger woman got the job she was hoping for.
glosses: To become suddenly enraged.
eppy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eppies
Etymology: Diminutive epileptic + -y.
Senses: glosses: An epileptic shock.
glosses: A tantrum or outburst.
hoody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hoodies
Etymology: From hood + -y.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hoodie.
glosses: The hooded crow.
glosses: The hooded gull.
hoody
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: hoodier
form: hoodiest
Etymology: From hood + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Apparently the nearest ice cream spot was a mile or two down the streets of a fragile neighborhood with dilapidated homes, some sprayed with graffiti. It was the hoodiest hood I'd ever seen selling ice cream, definitely not a place for snobs.
ref: 2014, Kevin Adams, The Extravagant Fool:
text: Obviously, the bigger the star, the more likely they jettisoned their hoodiest friends and separated themselves from any possible criminality.
ref: 2011, Nelson George, The Plot Against Hip Hop, page 59:
glosses: Characteristic of inner-city life, especially that of crime-ridden ghettos.
bunny-hop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bunny-hops
form: bunny-hopping
form: bunny-hopped
form: bunny-hopped
Senses: examples: text: The stunt cyclist bunny-hopped onto the table.
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To make a jump where both wheels leave the ground
examples: text: He [...] bunny-hopped the car straight over a man who was trying to clamber onto the hood over the crash bar.
ref: 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 139:
glosses: To cause a car or truck to move forward jerkily by incorrect use of the clutch.
skatepark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skateparks
form: skate park
Etymology: From skate + park.
Senses: glosses: A recreational area designed for skateboarders.
postero-lateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of posterolateral.
posterolateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætəɹəl
Etymology: From postero- + lateral.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Situated on the side and toward the posterior aspect.
Derived terms: posterolaterally
posterolateral tract
ventroposterolateral
abat-vent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑˌbɑˈvɑ̃/
Forms: form: abat-vents
Etymology: Borrowed from French abat-vent, from abattre (“to throw down”) + vent (“wind”), from Latin ventus.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: Louvres or strips of wood or metal used as windbreaks that allow light and air in, often seen in belfries.
glosses: A sloping roof.
glosses: A roof extension supported by outriggers extended from the building facade at the roof line.
glosses: A metal chimney cap.
BION
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of believe it or not.
calendar year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calendar years
Etymology: From calendar + year.
Senses: hypernyms: year
coordinate_terms: fiscal year
academic year
glosses: The length of time between the beginning and end of a year as marked on a calendar, such as from 0:00 January 1 to 24:00 December 31 in the Gregorian calendar.
biocenosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biocenoses
form: biocoenosis
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: a group of interacting animals and/or plants that form a particular ecosystem
Related terms: agrocenosis
biocenotic
phytocenosis
zoocenosis
buprestid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: buprestids
Etymology: From translingual Buprestidae.
Senses: examples: text: Other species are recognized pests, and various buprestids attack either living or dead trees.
ref: 2009, T. R. New, Beetles in Conservation, page 189:
text: The buprestid Capnodis tenebrionis L. is a major root pest of cherries and other stone fruits in semiarid areas of southern Europe, around the Mediterranean, and Asia Minor.
ref: 2010, Helmut Riedl, Jesus Avilla, “Cherry Insects: Ecology and Control”, in David Pimentel, editor, Encyclopedia of Pest Management, volume 2, page 79:
text: An example is the golden buprestid (Buprestis aurulenta), a brilliant copper-colored beetle that bores into living pines, firs, Douglas-fir, spruces, and other conifers in the western mountains. Its pest rating is high.
ref: 2011, E. C. Pielou, The World of Northern Evergreens, 2nd edition, page 97:
glosses: Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
Synonyms: sense: any species of Buprestidae
word: jewel beetle
somatometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From somato- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of the dimensions of the human body, especially while keeping the soft tissues intact
Related terms: somatometric
somatometrics
cecidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cecidia
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κηκίδιον (kēkídion, “ink-gall”), from κηκίς (kēkís).
Senses: glosses: A gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc
Derived terms: bacteriocecidium
mycocecidium
phytoptocecidium
zoocecidium
oh noes
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From oh no + -es (hypocoristic suffix).
Senses: examples: text: And Job wuz liek “Oh noes! Wut if cookies were sin? Gota prai, jus in caes.”
ref: 2010, Martin Grondin, “Teh Story ov Job”, in LOLcat Bible: In Teh Beginnin Ceiling Cat Maded Teh Skiez An Da Urfs N Stuffs, Ulysses Press, →ISBN, page 60:
text: He shakes his head. ‘It's a present. Now calm down, it's time for work. Boardroom, Alastair and Amy.’
 Oh, noes! It's the last Monday of the month, so it's our financial review. Where's my Nexium?
ref: 2017, Marian Keyes, The Break, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: oh no
Related terms: lolz
oh noes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From oh no + -es (plural suffix).
Senses: examples: text: And a sudden chorus of “Oh noes,” uttered ironically by the other boys, brought Aunt Belle on the tapis, with a stern admonition to be quiet.
ref: 1884, Rosa Nouchette Carey, Robert Ord's Atonement, page 216:
glosses: plural of oh no
chinone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkɪnəʊn/
/ˈkaɪnəʊn/
Forms: form: chinones
Etymology: From a Latinised form of Spanish quinina (“quinine”), + -one.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Dated form of quinone.
clipeus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clipei
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clipeus.
Senses: glosses: A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
topics: architecture
glosses: An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.
building block
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: building blocks
Senses: glosses: A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
glosses: A component that is part of a larger construction, such as a brick or a stone.
A block made of wood or plastic that is used as a children's toy and can be stacked or joined to form a larger structure.
examples: text: Words are the building blocks of a language.
text: Cells are the building blocks of life.
text: If you thought leveraged debt was bad when the Glazers did it with Manchester United, it’s possible you’ll find it even worse when water firms are holding you to a 40% bill hike if you simply want one of the essential building blocks of human life to come out of your tap.
ref: 2023 June 30, Marina Hyde, “The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A component that is part of a larger system.
Related terms: stepping stone
stumbling block
swear like a trooper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: swears like a trooper
form: swearing like a trooper
form: swore like a trooper
form: sworn like a trooper
Senses: synonyms: curse like a trooper
swear like a pagan
curse like a pagan
swear like a sailor
curse like a sailor
swear like a cutter
qualifier: simile
glosses: To swear a lot; to utter many swear words.
read like a book
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reads like a book
form: reading like a book
form: read like a book
form: read like a book
form: read like an open book
Senses: examples: text: I love playing poker against Maria because I can read her like a book.
qualifier: simile
glosses: To be able to discern someone's thoughts from their body language or other behavior, especially in great detail and with little effort.
Related terms: know like a book
wildling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wildlings
Etymology: From wild + -ling (“descendant”); cognate with Dutch (not synonymous) wildeling.
Senses: glosses: A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant.
glosses: A wild animal.
Synonyms: sense: animal
word: beast
Related terms: wilderness
seedling
raineth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: rain + -eth
Senses: examples: text: For the rain it raineth every day.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rain
renewest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: renew + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of renew
repliest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: reply + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of reply
reposeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: repose + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of repose
resolveth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: resolve + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of resolve
returnest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: return + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of return
ridest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of ride
searcheth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: search + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of search
shallowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of shallow: most shallow
shamest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: shame + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of shame
showest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shewest
Etymology: show + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of show
singeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of sing
singeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of singe
slayeth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: slay + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slay
slewest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: slew + -est
Senses: examples: text: 'Rise, Ayesha,' he said sadly; 'well thou knowest that I cannot strike thee, no, not even for the sake of her whom thou slewest but last night.'
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: second-person singular simple past indicative of slay
smilest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: smile + -est.
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of smile
snarleth
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: snarl + -eth
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snarl
soonest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of soon: most soon