cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Zhili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jûʹlēʹ
Forms: form: Chihli
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 直隸 /直隶 (Zhílì).
Senses: examples: text: The effort to redeem Baoding has echoes in the past. It was once the capital of Zhili Province, made up of today’s Hebei Province and Tianjin.
ref: 2015 October 1, Ian Johnson, “China’s Supercity Policy Keeps Ex-Provincial Capital Waiting for Revival”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2015, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A former administrative region of China, later reformed into Hebei province.
Zhao'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: jouʹänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 詔安 /诏安 (Zhào'ān).
Senses: glosses: A county of Zhangzhou, Fujian, China.
Yongsan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Korean 용산(龍山) (Yongsan)
Senses: examples: text: Of the 23 criminal suspects that Mr. Son’s team asked prosecutors to indict, the highest-ranking official was Kim Kwang-ho, the chief of the Seoul Metropolitan Police. Only six officials have been arrested so far, including Lee Im-jae, the former chief of police in the Yongsan district, which includes Itaewon, and Park Hee-young, the head of the government’s Yongsan district office.
ref: 2023 January 13, Choe Sang-Hun, “Officials Blame Negligence for Deadly Seoul Crowd Crush”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2023, Asia Pacific:
glosses: A district of Seoul, South Korea.
facial discrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The act or habit of treating a person unfairly because of their physical appearance.
Yamatotakada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
self discrimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of self-discrimination.
kiloannum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kiloannums
Etymology: kilo- + annum.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of kiloyear (“a thousand years”).
synonyms: word: kiloyear
extra: a thousand years
kiloannums
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kiloannum
asylum-seeker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: asylum-seekers
Senses: examples: text: As of today, 18 Cuban asylum-seekers remained inside the Spanish Embassy, four were at an Italian diplomatic residence and three were inside the Swiss Embassy.
ref: 1990 July 25, Howard W. French, “ASYLUM-SEEKERS STRAIN CUBA'S TIES”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:
text: “We know that we didn’t come here legally, but we didn’t have a way to do it legally,” said Sandra, an asylum-seeker who crossed the border with her son, Justin, and her husband.
ref: 2024 March 16, Hamid Aleaziz, “Ankle Monitors and Curfews: Inside Biden’s New Tracking System for Migrant Families”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 20 Mar 2024:
glosses: Alternative spelling of asylum seeker.
asylum-seekers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of asylum-seeker
felt cute, might delete later
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Used to indicate that one has taken a selfie while feeling joyful or attractive, but one may remove that image from social media at a future date.
SAing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SA
SA-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of SA
SAed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of SA
St Juliot
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Derived from Saint Julitta (Cornwall)
Senses: glosses: A civil parish east of Boscastle, north-east Cornwall, England.
wikipedia: Julitta (Cornwall)
Bosherston
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, south Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9694).
cryopeg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryopegs
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A layer of unfrozen ground that is perennially cryotic.
cryotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of a temperature, that is subzero.
cryopegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cryopeg
girl's girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: girl's girls
form: girls' girl
Etymology: Defined as opposite to pick-me girl.
Senses: examples: text: When we spoke about the female who isn’t a girl’s girl we described someone who looks you up and down to judge you on your appearance, or someone who puts down everything you say with a competitive sting.
ref: 2018, Lily Pebbles, The F Word: A Personal Exploration of Modern Female Friendship, United Kingdom: Hodder & Stoughton:
text: It is important for me to be known as a girl's girl because a lot of times the industry tries to paint it like women don't support each other...that girls can't be in the same field without being competitive and catty. […] But me, I love all the girls and I want everybody to know I don't believe in that.
ref: 2021 June 30, Megan Thee Stallion, “'Girl's Girl' Megan Thee Stallion Talks Supporting Women, Summer Jams and Her New Collab with Cash App”, in Sarah Michaud, Vanessa Etienne, editors, People, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2024:
text: She’s also quick to note that these designations are not for life. A caterpillar of a pick-me can spread its wings, shake off the patriarchy, and morph into a beautiful girl’s girl butterfly. In fact, that’s the goal.
ref: 2024 April 12, Stephanie McNeal, “Are You Woman Enough to Be a Girl’s Girl?”, in Glamour, archived from the original on 15 Apr 2024:
text: Mi respeto a las [putas], I'm a girl's girl
ref: 2025, BB Trickz, Not a Pretty Girl:
english: I respect the [bitches], I'm a girl's girl
translation: I respect the [bitches], I'm a girl's girl
qualifier: strictly
glosses: A woman who supports, uplifts and stands up for other women.
examples: text: I’ve always had a lot of male friends – I am more of a boy’s girl than a girl’s girl.
ref: 2023 May 14, Camilla Freeman-Topper, “‘I am more of a boy’s girl than a girl’s girl’: Camilla Freeman-Topper”, in Jane Rocca, editor, The Sydney Morning Herald, archived from the original on 14 May 2023:
glosses: A woman whose social circle comprises mostly women.
Army of Northern Virginia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Army of Northern Virginia
Senses: glosses: The main Confederate army in the Eastern Theater in the American Civil War; it was headed by Robert E. Lee during most of its existence.
wikipedia: Army of Northern Virginia
Eastern Theater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Eastern Theater
Senses: glosses: In the American Civil War, the eastern area of operations; roughly speaking, in and near Virginia.
wikipedia: Eastern theater of the American Civil War
Coordinate terms: Western Theater
WNGMI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: antonyms: GMI
WAGMI
WAGMIB
WGMI
YGMI
coordinate_terms: NGMI
glosses: Abbreviation of we're not gonna make it.
ANV
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Army of Northern Virginia.
Western Theater
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Western Theater
Senses: glosses: In the American Civil War, the western area of operations. The biggest battle fought in this region was Chickamauga.
wikipedia: Western theater of the American Civil War
Coordinate terms: Eastern Theater
Kirby Smithdom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Kirby Smith + -dom, after Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith.
Senses: glosses: In the American Civil War, the Trans-Mississippi Department, consisting, roughly, of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
wikipedia: Edmund Kirby Smith
Yamatokōriyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Xinxing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹshǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新星 (Xīnxīng).
Senses: glosses: A county-level city of the Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Xinxing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: shǐnʹshǐngʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新興 /新兴 (Xīnxīng).
Senses: glosses: A district of Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China.
glosses: A county of Yunfu, Guangdong, China.
glosses: Alternative form of Sinsing.
Vlad the Impaler
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Calque of Romanian Vlad Țepeș.
Senses: glosses: A Romanian (Wallachian) prince (c. 1431 – c. 1476), who was known for impaling people.
wikipedia: Vlad the Impaler
Ulanqab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
Thaipusam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil தைப்பூசம் (taippūcam).
Senses: glosses: A Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon of the Tamil month of Thai.
Tsuyama
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Tsukuba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Songyuan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China.
Shuangliu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
Panjin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 盤錦 /盘锦 (Pánjǐn).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, China.
Mihara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.
Maniwa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Okayama Prefecture, Japan.
Laibin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 來賓 /来宾 (Láibīn).
Senses: glosses: A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Kitakyūshū
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Kashima
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
fragile masculinity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Anxiety felt by men who feel they do not meet cultural standards of manhood
Related terms: Miss Girl
CRQC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CRQCs
Senses: examples: text: It's almost like the NSA is dropping a not-so-subtle hint, though why it would is debatable. If it has a CRQC, or is on the path to one, it might want to warn allies, vendors, and citizens to think about using quantum-resistant technologies in case bad people develop a CRQC too. But why would the spies tip their hand so? It's all very curious.
ref: 2021 September 1, Gareth Corfield, “NSA: We 'don't know when or even if' a quantum computer will ever be able to break today's public-key encryption”, in The Register, archived from the original on 18 May 2024:
topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of cryptographically relevant quantum computer; a quantum computer powerful enough to break modern cryptography (e.g., using Shor's algorithm to break RSA or Ed25519).
CRQCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CRQC
Ed25519
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
cryptography
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An algorithm, based on the properties of elliptic curves, used to securely create digital signatures.
renoting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of renote
renoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of renote
hatafat dam brit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hatafat dam brits
form: hatafat dam bris
Etymology: From Hebrew הַטָּפַת דַּם בְּרִית.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An alternative to brit milah preformed for those who are born without foreskin or who convert after previously having been circumcised for an unrelated purpose, in which a droplet of blood is extracted from the penis using a knife or needle.
Synonyms: hatafat dam bris
no good ass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no good asses
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of no-good ass.
no good asses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of no good ass
CARB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in California; producers that don't meet established benchmarks buy credits from those that do. This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector."
ref: 2024 November 8, Luz Pena, “California's gas prices could have major increase with passing of new fuel standards”, in ABC7 News:
glosses: Acronym of California Air Resources Board.
Manipravalam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A mixed language of Tamil and Sanskrit used in literature.
LCFS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In a press release, CARB expanded on their decision. "The LCFS reduces air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by setting a declining carbon intensity target for transportation fuels used in California; producers that don't meet established benchmarks buy credits from those that do. This system has generated $4 billion in annual private sector investment toward a cleaner transportation sector."
ref: 2024 November 8, Luz Pena, “California's gas prices could have major increase with passing of new fuel standards”, in ABC7 News:
glosses: Initialism of low-carbon fuel standard.
disorchestrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disorchestrated
form: most disorchestrated
Etymology: From dis- + orchestrated.
Senses: examples: text: There were times, during the first two years of the Biden presidency, when I came close to forgetting about it all: the taunts and the provocations; the incitements and the resentments; the disorchestrated reasoning; the verbal incontinence; the press conferences fueled by megalomania, vengeance, and a soupçon of hydroxychloroquine.
ref: 2023 December 8, Jennifer Senior, “What Will Happen to the American Psyche If Trump Is Reelected?”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: Not orchestrated.
East Hanningfield
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Chelmsford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7701).
Related terms: South Hanningfield
West Hanningfield
Lipscombe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Lipscomb
Ambalavasi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ambalavasis
Etymology: Borrowed from Malayalam അമ്പലവാസി (ampalavāsi).
Senses: glosses: A group of castes among Hindus in Kerala, India.
coffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of coff
Castle Acre
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF8115).
Related terms: South Acre
West Acre
Köktürk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Köktürks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Göktürk.
Kök Türük
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Kök Türüks
form: Kök Türük
Etymology: Borrowed from Old Turkic [Term?].
Senses: examples: text: […] Kök Türük pastoralists […]
ref: 1998, Joseph Ginat, editor, Changing Nomads in a Changing World, page 251:
text: While they were the royal lineage of the Kök Türük, they were equally the royal lineage of the Basmil, the On Ok and other confederations of the region in the early Middle Ages.
ref: 1999, Korkut A. Ertürk, Rethinking Central Asia: Non-Eurocentric Studies in History, page 98:
text: […] Kök Türük (Old Turkic) terminology from the Orkhon Inscriptions […]
ref: 2003, Rita Liljestrom, Autonomy and Dependence in the Family:
glosses: Alternative form of Göktürk.
Maripipi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Biliran, Philippines.
Black Khitans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Black Khitan
Chew Magna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the River Chew, with affix from Latin magna.
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST5763).
wikipedia: River Chew
Related terms: Chew Stoke
Numberwang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: numberwang
Etymology: number + wang, from a 2006 That Mitchell and Webb Look comedy sketch about a nonsensical game show in which contestants shout random numbers and the host replies "That's Numberwang!"
Senses: examples: text: Out of the window went the idea that perhaps children are humans with emotions and background and psyche and dream, and instead in rushed labelling and tracking and spreadsheets and monitoring and failure and rapid progress and interventions and scores and you-can-but-you-over-there-can't, and here's a test and here's another one and, oh, here's another one, and all the time in this great big educational Numberwang comes one thing, sneaking in inside the Trojan Horse of accountability: FEAR.
ref: 2020 February 24, Greg Bottrill, School and the Magic of Children, SAGE, →ISBN, page 54:
text: Only English (180) and French (55) players have won more than their 29 titles, with more Brazilian players (16) having won the Premier League than Irish (five), Welsh (four), Scottish (four) and Northern Irish (two) put together. That's numberwang!
ref: 2021 April 5, David Broome, Little Fella, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:
text: But there is a partial antidote to this numberwang, and it's context, which locates numbers in our world, the human world. Quite simply, it's what brings them to life, and once they are alive and less abstract, we can make better sense of them.
ref: 2023 August 17, Michael Blastland, Thinking in Pictures: Adventures in Trying to be Smart, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
text: When viewed through a severely skeptical monocle it can look like occult numberwang. At that time, gematria appeared to me to be little more than a form of numerology.
ref: 2023 November 28, Bethsheba Ashe, Behold!: The Art and Practice of Gematria, Aeon Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A situation involving a bewildering succession of numbers.
examples: text: Digital Radio Working Group: It must be Numberwang !
ref: 2010 September 1, Grant Goddard, DAB Digital Radio: Licensed To Fail, Radio Books, →ISBN, page 4:
text: So, as you consider the four million must-read insight pieces that come across your desk tomorrow (again perhaps a slight numberwang), consider whether their insights would last as long as Vitruvius or Ehrenberg's advice.
ref: 2020 January 4, Karen Nelson-Field, The Attention Economy and How Media Works: Simple Truths for Marketers, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 26:
text: At a time when the prison population was at an all-time high of over 85,000, a new operational structure was imposed – with the full endorsement of the biggest union, the Prison Officers' Association (POA) – that divested frontline supervisors of managerial responsibility, made them essentially mobile across prison establishments instead of being tied to a wing and provided a voluntary exit package for experienced staff. That's Numberwang!
ref: 2024 April 11, Ian Acheson, Screwed: Britain's Prison Crisis and How to Escape It, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: The manipulation of statistics.
Cruellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Cruella
Wendens Ambo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently two villages originally, Wenden Magna and Wenden Parva. The affix is from Latin ambo (“both”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Uttlesford district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL5136).
muta-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From mutation, itself from Latin mūtātiō, by analogy with other Graeco-Latin prefixes.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
human-sciences
linguistics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to mutation.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to modification.
mutagenizations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mutagenization
mutarotates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mutarotate
Great Amwell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire district, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL3612).
wikipedia: Little Amwell
Felbrigg
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG2039).
call it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calls it
form: calling it
form: called it
form: called it
Senses: examples: text: Right, I'm going to call it, that's enough for me.
ref: 2004 March 15, Ian Chode, Urban Dictionary:
text: I'm going to call it. See you all tomorrow ✌🏻💙👋🏻
ref: 2024 October 24, 🗽𝕻𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖎𝖈𝖐 𝕯𝖚𝖑𝖐𝖆🗽, Twitter:
text: Yeah I think I’m gunna call it, see you guys on Friday
ref: 2024 October 24, DameAflame 🤟🏽, Twitter:
glosses: To call it a day
examples: text: I'm going to call it now. If DMB
ref: 2024 April 16, Reddit:
text: Gonna call it now. Tyler is gonna be singing in the next album.
ref: 2024 May 25, AnythingWorkz, Reddit:
text: I call it now - I think Joel would be a great father
ref: 2024 November 9, Shaenyra, Reddit:
glosses: To predict
Bowmore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village on Loch Indaal, Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR3159).
glosses: A census-designated place in Hoke County, North Carolina, United States.
neather
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of nether.
numberwang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Numberwang.
reward systems
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of reward system
mesocorticolimbic circuit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesocorticolimbic circuits
Senses: glosses: Synonym of reward system.
synonyms: word: reward system
mesocorticolimbic circuits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mesocorticolimbic circuit
extended amygdala
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A macrostructure in the brain involved with reward cognition.
insular cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insular cortices
Senses: glosses: Synonym of insula.
synonyms: word: insula
insular cortices
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of insular cortex
Port Ellen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Apparently previously named Port Ellinor, after Eleanor, wife of the town's founder.
Senses: glosses: A small town on the south coast of Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NR3645).
billowous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more billowous
form: most billowous
Etymology: From billow + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of billowy.
synonyms: word: billowy
Loch Indaal
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea loch on the coast of Islay, Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
Upside Down
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Coined by Stranger Things.
Senses: examples: text: This Upside Down economy was the product
ref: 2019 August 13, Greg Rosalsky, “Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?”, in npr:
text: It is in the upside down where we can find many opportunities to grow and learn.
ref: 2022 September 24, Scott R. Sheehan, “The President’s Prose: Inside, Outside, Upside Down”, in Music Educators Journal, volume 109, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 7–10:
text: it asks courts to step into the reality educators face: the reality of teaching in the upside down.
ref: 2023 January 24, Tess Bissell, “Teaching in the Upside Down: What Anti–Critical Race Theory Laws Tell Us About the First Amendment”, in Stanford Law Review, volume 75, page 212:
glosses: A dark and horrifying reality where the rules are different
Bradbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Ballidon and Bradbourne Parish Council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2052).
Ballidon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish (served by Ballidon and Bradbourne Parish Council) in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2054).
Clunie Water
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A tributary of the River Dee, Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland.
Kamikita
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Kaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan.
glosses: A former province of Japan.
Itoigawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Niigata Prefecture, Japan.
Inazawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
Hitachiōta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Ginowan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Futtsu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Chiba Prefecture, Japan.
snow-crete
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The house was newly built. It was of snow-crete, heavily curved, with a big expanse of window.
ref: 1976, Agatha Christie, Sleeping Murder, chapter 21, II:
glosses: A bright white Portland cement used in decorative cast concrete, in mortar for bricks, etc.
Related terms: snowcrete
Towton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Towton, Grimston and Kirkby Wharfe with North Milford Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Selby district (OS grid ref SE4839).
Zeldin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Middle High German sælde (“blessed, fortunate, happiness”).
Senses: examples: text: She was joined at the New York City fete by fellow Trump throne-sniffer Lee Zeldin […]
ref: 2021 September 24, Tom Gogola, “Republican Representative Lauren Boebert Goes Full Blunderbuss”, in The Nation, retrieved 01 Jun 2022:
glosses: A surname from Yiddish, of Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
Speeches from the Throne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Speech from the Throne
speeches from the throne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of speech from the throne
throne speeches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of throne speech
expansion set
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: expansion sets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of expansion pack.
synonyms: word: expansion pack
expansion sets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of expansion set
the Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Wall Street.
synonyms: word: Wall Street
Streete
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Street (“a village in County Westmeath, Ireland”).
synonyms: word: Street
extra: a village in County Westmeath, Ireland
SVOs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of SVO
ear level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ear levels
Senses: examples: text: There are speakers on the wall at ear level.
glosses: A level at the height of one's ears.
DW-MRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Synonym of DWI (“diffusion-weighted imaging”).
synonyms: word: DWI
extra: diffusion-weighted imaging
Fukagawa
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district of Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan.
Fuchū
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
Dawu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹwo͞oʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大悟 (Dàwù).
Senses: glosses: A county of Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
Dabu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: däʹbo͞oʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization for Mandarin 大埔 (Dàbù).
Senses: glosses: A county of Meizhou, Guangdong, China.
lovewise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From love + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Life is worth the living since you made it plain to see that lovewise you're perfect for me.
ref: 1970 January 24, Joyce Elbert, The Crazy Ladies, Signet Books, page 264:
text: Barb finally said, “Did he ever tell you that he thought you and I would make a better twosome, lovewise, than he and I?”
ref: 1984, Dan Jenkins, Semi-tough, New York: Atheneum, page 250:
text: It shamed Maylou that she hadn’t done better lovewise for her mama.
ref: 1991, Eliza Clark, chapter 15, in Miss You Like Crazy, Toronto: Coach House Press, page 193:
text: Things weren't going too well for George either, lovewise. So it took only a few letters to rekindle their longing to see each other again, to sleep together, to appease each other's need, even if only for a few days.
ref: 1993 [1988], Benoîte Groult, “Disney World” (chapter 7), in Mo Teitelbaum, transl., Salt on Our Skin, Penguin Books, page 121:
glosses: In terms of love; when it comes to love.
enhort
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: enhorts
form: enhorting
form: enhorted
form: enhorted
Etymology: Early uses are a survival of Middle English enhorten, from Old French enorter, from Latin inhortor. The verb fell out of use during the 19th century and was formed anew in the last few decades of the 20th century as a blend of enjoin + exhort or a similar formation.
Senses: examples: text: I have nothing more to add at present, but once more to enhort You, not to mind the barkings of Your envious contrymen.
ref: 1795, Johann David Michaelis, Literarischer Briefwechsel - Volume 2, page 334:
text: which enhorts and commands them to invoke impartially the criminal laws within the bounds of full enforcement.
ref: 1974, Educational and Community Consultants Associates, The Journal of Afro-American Issues, volume 2, page 102:
text: They enhorted them to make trial of the Gospel since they would find their account in so doing.
ref: 1977, Sebastian Karotemprel, God and Secular Man, A Study of Newman's Approach to the Problem of God and Its Implications for Secular Man, page 79:
text: But they were set apart from the congregation, and Paul is pictured as devoting his last visit not to enhorting the whole church but to caucusing with its leadership.
ref: 1984, American Baptist Quarterly, volume 3, page 136:
text: His followers are not members of a sect or cult, but people of all walks of life, cultural backgrounds and religions, for Baba enhorts us to seek the underlying unity and divinity in ourselves, in others and in our lives.
ref: 1998, Satya Pal Ruhela, How to Receive Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Grace, page 24:
text: It is of such great effect and virtue, moreover, Saint John in his Apocalypse enhorts us to buy braised gold in order to be rich.
ref: 2019, Roy Osborne, Renaissance Colour Symbolism, page 23:
synonyms: exhort
glosses: To encourage, to insist upon.
Derived terms: enhortment
enhorts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of enhort
enhorting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of enhort
enhorted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enhort
Atsugi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Arida
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.
East Garton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, which includes the village of Garton.
Akō
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and district of Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
vervain hummingbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vervain hummingbirds
Etymology: vervain + hummingbird
Senses: glosses: Mellisuga minima, a species of hummingbird found in the Caribbean.
Bramshaw
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village and large civil parish in New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2615).
Fritham
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A small village in Bramshaw parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2314).
positional voting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A ranked voting electoral system in which the options or candidates receive points based on their rank position on each ballot.
Schulze method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A type of single winner ranked-choice voting rule.
Copeland's method
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A ranked choice voting system based on counting each candidate's pairwise wins and losses.
fluid-S
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: split-S
glosses: A grammatical system in which the grammatical subject (s) is marked with either an agentive or patientive case.
split-Ses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of split-S
shot-on-video
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: word: SOV
glosses: Of a film, shot using camcorders and consumer-grade equipment.
razor blading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of razor blade
razor bladed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It was like I closed and a razor bladed whip lashed into my chest.
ref: 2009, John Davidson, The Unstoppable You, page 46:
text: One had red eyes and sharp pointed teeth and the other had a combination of magenta and yellow eyes with razor bladed teeth, they were about 6 or 7 foot tall and made Ian feel small.
ref: 2019, Nahdiya Nixon, Maggie Heart: Immortal Realms, page 128:
text: The image in my mind, is of true hip-hip taking a slide down a razor bladed, slippery slope. By the time it reaches the bottom, it has bled out.
ref: 2023, Bryan Hollomon Williams, Hollomon Speaks: Thinking Through 2020 & 2021:
glosses: Alternative form of razor-bladed.
razor bladed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of razor blade
cam rip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cam rips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camrip.
cam rip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cam rips
form: cam ripping
form: cam ripped
form: cam ripped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camrip.
cam-rip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cam-rips
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camrip.
cam-rip
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cam-rips
form: cam-ripping
form: cam-ripped
form: cam-ripped
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of camrip.
DLCs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DLC
generic epithet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: generic epithets
Senses: glosses: Synonym of genus name.
synonyms: word: genus name
generic epithets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of generic epithet
razor-blade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: razor-blades
form: razor-blading
form: razor-bladed
form: razor-bladed
form: razorblade
form: razor blade
Senses: examples: text: Of course, my friend razor-bladed the offending page from all her own copies, but whenever she read in the schools, some kid always wanted to know, ' Where's that little green man it says in the front?"
ref: 2010, Susan Ioannou, Holding True: Essays on Being a Writer, page 130:
text: "Never mind," Nishimura Blaine said as he razor-bladed the box open.
ref: 2011, R. Zamora Linmark, Leche, page 96710:
text: I saw pages from a book carefully razor-bladed out with an X-Acto knife and painted to show scenes of children playing in a field.
ref: 2013, Jason Merkoski, Burning the Page:
text: Warren razor-bladed the coke into fine lines on the glass-topped coffee table, snorting it up ferociously through a rolled up fifty pound note, as though by doing so it would hit him harder and deeper and maybe take away some of the edge of his anger, which, even he knew, needed to be curbed.
ref: 2014, Nick Oldham, Vendetta: Judge, Jury, Executioner.:
text: It's a nude, somewhat Cubistic in feel, and memorable primarily for its savage treatment: In an effort to show formal dynamics, Hofmann (one presumes) razor-bladed a section in the center to elevate the torso; poor draftsmanship by the student, it seems, caused the hips to be too low.
ref: 2017, Sascha Feinstein, Wreckage: My Father’s Legacy of Art & Junk, page 104:
text: To occupy any spare moments left us, in the course of our four weeks' 'basic' we had to razor-blade all the varnish off these chairs.
ref: 2021, Raymond Horricks, Military Mayhem:
glosses: To cut or scrape with a razor blade or something similar.
examples: text: A sigh slipped between her teeth as she razor-bladed each syllable with her tongue.
ref: 2018, Ray Hudson, Ivory and Paper: Adventures In and Out of Time, page 17:
glosses: To do something with extreme precision.
razor-blade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: razor-blades
form: razorblade
form: razor blade
Senses: examples: text: As a new article of manufacture, a detachable razor-blade of such thinness and flexibility as to require external support to give rigidity to its cutting edge.
ref: 1926, Gillette Company, The Gillette Blade, page 114:
text: A further object of the invention is to provide a self-honing safety razor in which the razor-blade may be readily reversed to grind both sides of the blade.
ref: 1927, New Zealand Patent Office Journal - Volume 15, page 188:
text: In the 'package' of the prices for razor-blades arrayed between the price of one pen and the price of two pens, all prices lying in between those two extremes remain undefined or inexistent.
ref: 2012, Claude Gnos, Sergio Rossi, Modern Monetary Macroeconomics, page 32:
glosses: Alternative form of razor blade.
razor-blades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of razor-blade
razor-blades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of razor-blade
razor-blading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of razor-blade
razor-bladed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Marion Simms employs a pair of strong curved scissors, by which the cervix is cut through on each side up to its junction with the vagina, and the canal above this point is then incised on each side by a small razor-bladed knife (see Fig . 52) with a blunt point , to the extent required, the result being that an incision having a pyramidal shape, and widest below, is produced.
ref: 1868, Graily Hewitt, The Diagnosis, Pathology and Treatment of Diseases of Women, page 467:
text: Above them, another razor-bladed pendulum detached from its hooks, swinging down in a wide arc.
ref: 2022, C. L.. Herman, Amanda Foody, All of Our Demise: The epic conclusion to All of Us Villains:
text: Rather than darts, large razor-bladed discuses flew towards Dresdan.
ref: 2023, Seth Pen, Stephen Lundy, Legend of the Samurai: Summoning, page 126:
glosses: Equipped with a razor-sharp blade.
examples: text: There was a long pause, and then Shay's razor-bladed laugh came through the network, running an icy finger down Tally's spine.
ref: 2011, Scott Westerfeld, Specials, page 22:
text: They were too full of the razor-bladed cough that had been trying to take hold of him ever since his scuffle.
ref: 2013, Jason Mott, The Returned, page 323:
text: Cedric's aura had become a hurricane of razor-bladed emotions, whipping around him, lancing Zoti with pain and regret and fear.
ref: 2019, J.S. Morin, M.A. Larkin, Stellar Rampage: Mission 10:
text: Aria spun through them, slicing them like the razor-bladed winds of a tornado.
ref: 2021, Kydd Wycked, King of Kings, Cruel Genesis: Part 1: Existence to Extinction:
glosses: Cutting; causing sharp pain.
examples: text: Of course there are stories, just like there are stories of razor-bladed apples being given out on Halloween — be leery of the ways sub-urban legends reprimand and warn.
ref: 2004, Recipes for Disaster, page 223:
text: By the time I read Cline's interview, the legend of razor-bladed Vietnamese vaginas had been dispelled for me, but there was a time when I believed it to be true.
ref: 2010, Jerry Lembcke, Hanoi Jane: War, Sex, & Fantasies of Betrayal, page 99:
text: Social scientists measured the public's risk assessments, and those issues that received more coverage routinely rated higher fear factors than stories covered less in the media—despite occurring much less frequently or, in the case of razor-bladed candy, not at all.
ref: 2011, Allison Cerra, Christina James, Identity Shift, page 76:
glosses: Having a razor blade attached or inserted.
razor-bladed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of razor-blade
Nomansland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See no man's land
Senses: glosses: A place in England:
A hamlet in Thelbridge parish and Cruwys Morchard parish, Mid Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS8313).
glosses: A place in England:
A common and common land in Wheathampstead parish and Sandridge parish, St Albans district, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1712).
glosses: A place in England:
A village in Landford parish, Wiltshire, on the border with Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2517).
razorblading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of razorblade
razorbladed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The elfin bodyguard stared for a moment with those cool eyes through the silver tinted razorbladed glasses before proficiently shifting his right hand toward the earphone comm.
ref: 2003, J. R. Urie, Assassin's Vendetta, page 14:
text: Saliva trickles from the lisp of a 12-fingered manchild tugging a kite in Aranguez savannah with a razorbladed tail to cut and send other kites over the Samaan trees then run home watch: Electric Company, Love American Style, Carnabas Bollins and Puffin' Stuff, Voyage to the bottom of the sea—they had no broughtupsy; would suck pus an hit big man mad bullpistle then rub stinging nettle on dey prick, hunt snakes and whip lizards in half against orange trees with masonry twine.
ref: 2014, Sheree R. Thomas, Dark Matter:
text: "Hi, it's nice to see you again too, Jada," Lila Patterson said with an arch of a razorbladed eyebrow.
ref: 2022, Jamie Wesley, Fake It Till You Bake It: A Novel:
glosses: Alternative spelling of razor-bladed.
razorbladed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of razorblade
poophole loophole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: poophole loopholes
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: The idea that a woman can remain a virgin by engaging in anal rather than vaginal sex.
Hypernyms: saddleback
Landford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in south-east Wiltshire, England, the parish borders onto Hampshire (OS grid ref SU2519).
earnables
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of earnable
Newscum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Blend of Newsom + scum. Popularized by Donald Trump in 2024 but earlier uses exist.
Senses: examples: text: FUNNY. . .I thought this was a Gavin Newscum cartoon for California.
=^.^=
ref: 2023 June 2, Debra Lee, Twitter:
text: “Governor Gavin Newscum is trying to KILL our Nation’s beautiful California,” Trump said Friday in a post on Truth Social, using his derisive nickname for the governor.
ref: 2024 November 8, Dustin Gardiner, “Gavin Newsom’s quest to ‘Trump-proof’ California enrages incoming president”, in POLITICO:
text: Governor Gavin Newscum refused to sign the water restoration declaration put before him that would have allowed millions of gallons of water, from excess rain and snow melt from the North, to flow daily into many parts of California, including the areas that are currently burning in a virtually apocalyptic way.
ref: 2025 January 8, Donald Trump, Truth Social:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Gavin Newsom, governor of California.
wikipedia: Donald Trump
takzir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic تَعْزِير (taʕzīr). Doublet of tazir.
Senses: qualifier: Islamic law
glosses: Alternative form of tazir.
Welles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named after Well, Lincolnshire, from Old English wielle (“fountain, spring”). Cognate with English well.
Senses: glosses: A locational surname
wikipedia: Well, Lincolnshire
hundge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌndʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: hundge
form: hunge
Senses: examples: text: Twelve hundred dollarydoos? Twelve hundge?!
ref: 2020 May, “The coolest looking FLAC player” (0:27 from the start), in DankPods, season 1, spoken by Wade Nixon:
glosses: A hundred of some unit of currency, typically Australian dollars.
Related terms: grand
amortisement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amortisements
Etymology: From amortise + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: For example, upon the basis of its present operations, the annual charge of the Preussiche-Hypotheken-Actien-Bank for a loan of $1000, payable in fifty-seven years, would be 4½ per cent. or $45 per annum—interest being calculated at the rate of 4 per cent. and the annual installment or amortisement at ½ per cent.
ref: 1898 September, Oren Taft, Jr., “Land Credit”, in The Journal of Political Economy, volume 6, number 4, page 477:
text: It is estimated that, including amortisement, the expense would come to about 3.60f. per ton.
ref: 1898, William Henry Maxwell, The Removal and Disposal of Town Refuse, page 313:
text: A further concession which should be of great assistance in the financing of certain of the newer mining concerns is the reduction of the amortisement period for mines outside the Man Reef area from ten years to five, a concession of particular advantage to Western Holdings and similar enterprises.
ref: 1940, The Statist: A Journal of Practical Finance and Trade, page 218:
glosses: Synonym of amortization.
synonyms: word: amortization
amortisement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: amortisements
Senses: examples: text: It is easy to see, however, that the straight arch was constructed first, and that its keystone had an amortisement to which the second diagonal was to be attached. But the unskillful builders placed this amortisement not quite true, not precisely in the direction of the springing of the second diagonal.
ref: 1911, Arthur Kingsley Porter, The Construction of Lombard and Gothic Vaults, page 13:
text: On top, as amortisement, a fleuron or a cross is formed.
ref: 1925, The Jewelers' Circular - Volume 90, page 57:
text: The roof forms an eight-sided pyramid composed of 24 trapezoidal marble slabs, their surfaces cut in relief to give the impression of tiles, and surmounted by a circular amortisement which serves as keystone.
ref: 1962, Robert Boulanger, Athènes, Corinthe, Mycènes, Delphes, page 146:
topics: architecture
glosses: A decorative element that appears at the top of a roof, gable, arch, buttress, or other structure that comes to a peak.
amortisements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of amortisement