cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Tan-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 儋州 (Dānzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: Tan-êrh, now Tan-chou (West Hainan), may well represent the Sandar, or Zandar, or Sender of the Arabs;[…]
ref: 1909, G. E. Gerini, Researches on Ptolemy's Geography of Eastern Asia (Further India and Indo-Malay Archipelago) (Asiatic Society Monographs), number 1, London: Royal Geographical Society, →OCLC, page 250:
text: The year before, the poet had been ordered to leave Hui-chou, where he had just settled down in his new house, and proceed to Tan-chou on the west side of Hainan Island in the South China Sea.
ref: 1965, Burton Watson, transl., Su Tung-p'o: Selections from a Sung Dynasty Poet, University of Columbia Press, →OCLC, page 130:
text: He left his remaining family in Hui-chou and proceeded to Tan-chou in Hai-nan accompanied only by his son Su Kuo.
ref: 1994, Beata Grant, Mount Lu Revisited, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
glosses: Alternative form of Danzhou.
inferior petrosal sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferior petrosal sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: superior petrosal sinus
glosses: The larger of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated inferiorly in a sulcus on each side formed by the junction of the petrous portion of the temporal bone and the basilar portion of the occipital bone and that extends from the posterior inferior end of the cavernous sinus through the jugular foramen to join the internal jugular vein of the same side.
Related terms: sigmoid sinus
petrosal sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: petrosal sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
meronyms: inferior petrosal sinus
superior petrosal sinus
glosses: Either of two venous sinuses on each side of the base of the brain.
superior petrosal sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior petrosal sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: inferior petrosal sinus
glosses: The smaller of the two petrosal sinuses that is situated superiorly and connects the cavernous and transverse sinuses of the same side.
Tan-chiang-k'ou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 丹江口 (Dānjiāngkǒu) Wade–Giles romanization: Tan¹-chiang¹-kʻou³.
Senses: examples: text: Planned also is a canal from Ching-chou on the Yellow River to Tan-chiang-k'ou on the upper Han River, linking the Yellow River with the Han River and the Yangtze.
ref: 1958, Water Resource Programs of the United States, Russia, and (Red) China, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 219:
text: The 105 meter dam on the Hsin-an Chiang, the 110 meter dam at Tan-chiang-k'ou, the 140 meter dam at Liu-chia-hsia and the 165 meter cross-river-channel dam of the Pai Shan hydro-electric power plant are all open-slot gravity dams.
ref: 1960 March 30, Water Conservancy in Communist China During the Last Decade, →OCLC, page 3:
text: The completion of the enormous Tan-chiang-k'ou Reservoir on the Han River was announced in the spring of 1974.
ref: 1979, Charles Greer, Water Management in the Yellow River Basin of China, University of Texas Press, published 2012, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 60:
glosses: Alternative form of Danjiangkou.
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
Dundas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dundases
Etymology: The Scottish name is from Scottish Gaelic, from Old Irish dùn (“fort”) + deas (“south”), perhaps via Dundas Castle, while the places in Canada are named after Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, a Scottish politician.
Senses: glosses: A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A placename:
A district and former town in Hamilton, Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Rice County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Vinton County, Ohio.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lunenburg County, Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Woodville, Calumet County, Wisconsin.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A suburb of Sydney, in the City of Parramatta, New South Wales.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A rural locality in the Somerset Region of Queensland.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A historical mining locality near Zeehan, western Tasmania, where dundasite was discovered.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
An abandoned town in Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
glosses: A placename:
A number of places in Australia:
A local government area, Shire of Dundas, in the same region of Western Australia.
Derived terms: dundasite
North Dundas
Port Dundas
South Dundas
United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
inferior sagittal sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inferior sagittal sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: superior sagittal sinus
glosses: One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater lying in the posterior two thirds of the concave free inferior margin of the falx cerebri and ending posteriorly by joining the great cerebral vein to form the straight sinus.
kirkland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirklands
Etymology: From kirk + land.
Senses: glosses: Land owned by the church.
Related terms: kirkland warbler
kirklands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kirkland
kirkless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: churchless
kirkwarden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirkwardens
Senses: glosses: churchwarden
kirkwardens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kirkwarden
British Isles and Ireland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The archipelago in the North Atlantic comprising Great Britain, Ireland and surrounding islands.
red-collared widowbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red-collared widowbirds
Senses: glosses: An African species of widowbird, Euplectes ardens.
renaissancist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: renaissancists
Senses: glosses: A scholar who specializes in the study of the Renaissance period.
glosses: A Renaissance man.
renaissancists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renaissancist
woop woop
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: Perhaps derived from whoopee or whoot.
Senses: synonyms: word: aah
word: alright
word: 'ave it
word: aww yeah
word: boo-ya
word: booyah
word: cowabunga
word: get in
word: hoo
word: hoorah
word: hooray
word: hurrah
word: hurray
word: huzzah
word: oh yeah
word: OMG
word: result
word: w00t
word: wahoo
word: whee
word: woo hoo
word: woop woop
word: whoo
word: whoop-de-doo
word: whoopee
word: woohoo
word: yahoo
word: yay
word: yeah
word: yeehaw
word: yes
word: yippee
word: you beauty
word: wacko
word: zip-a-dee-doo-dah
glosses: Used to express joy, particularly that felt during success or victory.
dough scraper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dough scrapers
Senses: glosses: A rubber or metal implement used to scrape food, such as dough, off a countertop, out of a bowl, etc.
kirombo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kirombos
Senses: glosses: Synonym of cuckoo-roller (“Leptosomus discolor”).
synonyms: word: cuckoo-roller
extra: Leptosomus discolor
cuckoo-roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuckoo-rollers
Senses: glosses: A bird, of the species Leptosomus discolor of the order Leptosomiformes, native to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands.
kitchenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From kitchen + -ary.
Senses: glosses: Relating to a kitchen; culinary
bogie bolster wagon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bogie bolster wagons
Senses: topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A long flat wagon mounted on two four-wheel bogies, with transverse baulks of timber (bolsters) placed at intervals on the wagon's bed to carry the load.
Related terms: bolster wagon
bogie bolster wagons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bogie bolster wagon
Dundases
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Dundas
Houlahans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Houlahan
Reesman
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Reesmans
Etymology: Variant of German Riesemann.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Raineri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Raineris
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Raineri.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Raineris
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Raineri
Reesmans
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Reesman
Belturbet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in County Cavan, Ireland.
Portocarrero
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Portocarreros
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Portocarrero. This surname is mostly found in Peru.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Nisly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Nislys
Etymology: Variant of Nissley.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Nislys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Nisly
Portocarreros
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Portocarrero
Ballyhaise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in County Cavan, Ireland (Irish grid ref H 4411).
Porritts
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Porritt
Campea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Campeas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Campea.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Orndoff
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Orndoffs
Etymology: Variant of Orndorff.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, US.
Okonski
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Okonskis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Okoński.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Okonskis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Okonski
Corbasca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Corbasca.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Bacău County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Corbasca, Bacău County, Romania.
Orndoffs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Orndoff
Cuzdrioara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Cuzdrioara.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Cluj County, Romania.
Diculești
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Diculești.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Vâlcea County, Romania.
Mow
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mows
Etymology: Various origins:
* A variant of the surname Mao.
* A variant of the surnames Mowe or Maw.
* A Scottish habitational surname, from a place in the parish of Morebattle.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Turnu Ruieni
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Turnu Ruieni.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
Mulugeta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mulugetas
Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ሙሉጌታ (mulugeta).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Amharic.
Mulugetas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mulugeta
Mows
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mow
Mondas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Monda
Mierzwas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Mierzwa
Monnig
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Monnigs
Etymology: Borrowed from German Mönnig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Loker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lokers
Etymology: Variant of Luker.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A small village in Heuvelland, West Flanders, Belgium.
Lokers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Loker
Monnigs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Monnig
Campeas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Campea
McBeath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McBeaths
Etymology: Variant of McBeth.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Voltaires
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Voltaire
McBeaths
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McBeath
Corbița
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Corbița.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Vrancea County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Corbița, Vrancea County, Romania.
Gradiștea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Gradiștea.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Brăila County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Boldești-Gradiștea, Prahova County, Romania.
Mărișelu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Mărișelu.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Mărișelu, Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
Sibișel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river and multiple villages in Romania.
Sighiștel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A river in Romania.
falx cerebri
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfælks ˈsɛɹ.əˌbɹaɪ/
Forms: form: falces cerebrorum
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin falx cerebrī (“the sickle of the brain”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The larger of the two folds of dura mater separating the hemispheres of the brain that lies between the cerebral hemispheres and contains the sagittal sinuses.
Related terms: falx cerebelli
falces cerebrorum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfælˌsiz ˌsɛɹ.əˈbɹɔɹ.əm/
Senses: glosses: plural of falx cerebri
brown shower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brown showers
Senses: topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
coordinate_terms: golden shower
Roman shower
glosses: The act of a person defecating on another, usually for sexual stimulation of one or both persons.
refreshment car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refreshment cars
Senses: examples: text: Five trains only in each direction between Euston and Wolverhampton now incorporate refreshment cars in their formations, as compared with no fewer than thirteen over the shorter distance between Liverpool Street and Norwich.
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Fewer meals on wheels?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: A vehicle included in a train, in which refreshments (food and drink) are provided to passengers.
Related terms: buffet car
dining car
restaurant car
great cerebral vein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: great cerebral veins
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: deep cerebral vein
deep middle cerebral vein
inferior cerebral vein
internal cerebral vein
superficial cerebral vein
superficial middle cerebral vein
superior cerebral vein
glosses: A broad unpaired vein formed by the junction of internal cerebral veins and uniting with the inferior sagittal sinus to form the straight sinus.
refreshment cars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of refreshment car
superior sagittal sinus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superior sagittal sinuses
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: inferior sagittal sinus
glosses: One of two venous sinuses of the dura mater passing backward in the convex attached superior margin of the falx cerebri and ending at the internal occipital protuberance by fusion with the transverse sinus.
frayable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frayable
form: most frayable
Senses: glosses: That can fray or be frayed
day return
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: day returns
Senses: examples: text: Special cheap day return facilities have been introduced to popularise the railbuses.
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Railbuses on the W.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
topics: lifestyle
tourism
transport
travel
glosses: A reduced-price fare and ticket for a journey on public transport out and back in one day.
Related terms: return ticket
day returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of day return
inemulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more inemulous
form: most inemulous
Etymology: From in- + emulous.
Senses: examples: text: He treads, inemulous of fame or wealth, / Profuse of toil, and prodigal of health […].
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 80:
glosses: Not emulous; not envious or desirous of.
Dymock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Dymocks
Etymology: From either Welsh ty (“house”) or din (“stronghold, fortress”) + moch (“swine; pigsty”).
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish in Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6931).
glosses: A habitational surname from Welsh.
take the knee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the knee
form: taking the knee
form: took the knee
form: taken the knee
Senses: examples: text: “This is why we take the knee,” David Lammy, a Labour Party member of Parliament who is Black, said on Twitter. “Praying for a better future — worthy of the values, beauty and respect exemplified by every single England player.”
ref: 2021 July 12, Mark Landler, quoting David Lammy, “After Defeat, England’s Black Soccer Players Face a Racist Outburst”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: In a match which contained several flashpoints in the crowd, including loud jeering when England's players took the knee before kick-off, objects being thrown and racist chanting, they came through a mediocre first half to take total control after the break and run out easy winners.
ref: 2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of take a knee.
Murrietas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Murrieta
track-circuiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From track circuit + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Other signalling modernisation works cover the provision of track circuiting and colour-light signalling in a large number of localities, where the existing signalling systems are inadequate to deal efficiently with the higher speeds and frequency of the future services.
ref: 1957 January 24, “Modernisation Plan Progress”, in Railway Magazine, page 16:
text: [...] full track-circuiting throughout the area is to be carried over the Royal Albert Bridge so that the employment of single-line tokens over this single-line section can be abandoned.
ref: 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Modernisation at Plymouth”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The provision of track circuits.
Related terms: track-circuited
restressable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more restressable
form: most restressable
Etymology: From re- + stressable.
Senses: topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Capable of being stressed again.
princess wand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: princess wands
Senses: examples: text: I'm so fuckin jelly. One shot and I'm still sawing logs. I get like what I call dry orgasms where like my whole body tenses up starting at my princess wand then releases. Like am I doing it wrong or do y'all get more than one sticky orgasm?
ref: 2023 May 20, SuzuranLily1, “Comment on 'To all girls without a magic wand GET ONE'”, in r/MtF, Reddit, retrieved 24 Dec 2023:
synonyms: word: clit
word: clitoris
word: girlcock
word: girldick
word: gock
word: hen
word: ladybits
word: ladyparts
word: ladystick
word: princess wand
word: shenis
word: strapless
word: strap-off
qualifier: transgender slang
glosses: A trans woman's penis.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see princess, wand: a wand used or meant to be used by a princess.
crank pin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crank pins
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of crankpin.
fully-fitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fully fitted
Senses: examples: text: They will be called upon to deal with freight trains of up to 900 tons over gradients considerably steeper than those of the Central Section—for example, the frequent stretches of 1 in 100 between Victoria and the Medway towns—and their running to fast schedules will include the haulage of the "Night Ferry", which may load up to as much as 700 tons, and fully-fitted trains of 30 or more heavy Continental train ferry wagons.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 123:
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: Usually of a freight train, having all brakes connected to the brake pipe running throughout the train, thus being under the control of the train driver.
Related terms: continuous-braked
sportsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sportsy
form: most sportsy
Etymology: From sports + -y.
Senses: examples: The content of his channel is rather sportsy.
glosses: Relating to or characteristic of sports.
glosses: Suitable as sportswear; sportswear-like.
raw_tags: of clothing
Related terms: sports-related
sporty
Polly want a cracker
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Unknown, first attested in The John-Donkey (1848 July 29, page 47), popularized by the National Biscuit Company with the slogan “Polly wants a cracker?”
Senses: glosses: A line stereotypically repeated by parrots that have been trained to talk.
ambassadonor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ambassadonors
Etymology: Blend of ambassador + donor
Senses: examples: text: Earlier this year, three of Obama’s "ambassadonor" picks raised eyebrows in their confirmation hearing testimony.
ref: 2014 May 8, “These are the 'essential skills' needed to be an Obama ambassadonor”, in Yahoo! News:
text: Stumbles by other "ambassadonors" have played into a Republican narrative that the administration has been giving too many plum assignments to financial contributors.
ref: 2014 December 13, Paul Richter, “Obama donor George Tsunis ends his nomination as Norway ambassador”, in Los Angeles Times:
text: "Jane Hartley is more talented and much more prepared than most of President Obama's 'ambassadonors'," Hendershott said.
ref: 2015 January 13, James Warren, Dareh Gregorian, “U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley is big fundraiser for President Obama”, in New York Post:
text: During the campaign, Biden refused to rule out embracing the tradition of naming what I've called "ambassadonors," but promised in December 2019 "nobody, in fact, will be appointed by me based on anything they contributed."
ref: 2021 July 12, Olivier Knox, “The Daily 202: Biden nominates 'ambassadonor' to France”, in The Washington Post:
glosses: Someone selected as an ambassador based at least in part upon their history of political donations or contributions.
Andrid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Andrid.
Senses: glosses: A commune and village in Satu Mare County, Romania.
Borod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Borod.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Bihor County, Romania.
Ciugud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Ciugud.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Alba County, Romania.
Corund
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Corund.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Harghita County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Corund, Harghita County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Bogdand, Satu Mare County, Romania.
Gurasada
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Gurasada.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.
glosses: A village in Gurasada, Hunedoara County, Romania.
Hodod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Hodod.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
Iclod
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Iclod.
Senses: glosses: A village in Sâncel, Alba County, Romania.
glosses: A village and commune of Cluj County, Romania.
Poienarii Burchii
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Poienarii Burchii.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Prahova County, Romania.
Sasca Montană
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Sasca Montană.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Caraș-Severin County, Romania.
Tileagd
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Tileagd.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Bihor County, Romania.
Turulung
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Romanian Turulung.
Senses: glosses: A village and commune of Satu Mare County, Romania.
Întregalde
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Romanian Întregalde.
Senses: glosses: A commune of Alba County, Romania.
neo-rich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From neo- + rich.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of nouveau riche.
synonyms: word: nouveau riche
DoSs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DoS
DoSes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of DoS
DoSes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of DoS
DoSing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of DoS
DoSed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of DoS
wig and falsies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: An allusion to cross-dressing.
Senses: examples: text: Don't put a fake wig and falsies on your advertised product.
ref: 1953, Harvey Whipple, Concrete, volume 61, page 39:
text: I am a consummate, dyed-in-the-wool, classic Eudora fan, and Mozilla Thunderbird - or for that matter any three-pane user interface email client dating back to Claris Emailer - is simply not my cup of tea, so dressing T-bird up in a Eudora wig and falsies is not going to cut it for me, or a lot of other Eudora aficionados.
ref: 2008 April 21, Charles Moore, “Odysseus Cometh: The Real Successor to Eudora”, in Low End Mac, archived from the original on 12 Jul 2021:
glosses: An attempt to make something look like something else without significantly altering its core functionality.
supercannon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /suːpəɹˈkæn.ən/
Forms: form: supercannons
Etymology: From super- + cannon.
Senses: examples: text: The introduction of the submarine, the aeroplane, and the dirigible, made possible by the invention of the internal-combustion engine, the use of the wireless telegraph and telephone, and the employment of lethal gases, of supercannon and possibly of aerial torpedoes make obsolete many rules formerly observed but now ignored.
ref: 1919, Robert Lansing, Some Legal Questions of the Peace Conference, Government Print Off, page 10:
text: Six or seven battleships, even if in good fighting trim, are little in, themselves, but they may become much if they can ever be assured of striking in co-operation with the adequate and well-trained coastal flotillas and supercannon batteries, if when moving across the Western Mediterranean, at all times spanned by wireless and aerial transport communications, the admiral-in-chief can feel, at a safe distance across his van as well as abeam and in the rear, a double and imperviable screen of weatherly and reliable aerial and submarine satellites, guarding against all possibilities of surprise, and giving time for tactical maneuvers and for his heavy guns to pound with some effect on an incoming enemy.
ref: 1921, United States Naval Institute Proceedings 1921-11: Volume 47, Isssue11, United States Naval Institute, pages 1797–1798:
text: Teutonic autocratic Steel-City, built around a factory for supercannons by evil scientist boss, is foiled by our hero and vaguely balanced by the rosewater suburbanite colony of France-Ville.
ref: 1983, Darko Ronald Suvin, Victorian Science Fiction in the UK: The Discourses of Knowledge and Power, G.K. Hall, →ISBN, page 21:
glosses: Synonym of supergun.
synonyms: word: supergun
supercannons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of supercannon
hyperbolide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperbolides
Etymology: From hyper- + bolide.
Senses: examples: text: It is shown, in conclusion, that with the Cassegrain telescope the best definition is obtainable when the form of the primary mirror is a paraboloide, and that of the secondary a hyperbolide; that deviations from these forms in the two surfaces when acting in combination, will generally tend to compensate each other, and will be entirely neutralized when the amount of error in the convex mirror is double that of the concave mirror.
ref: 1898, ANZAAS (Association), Report of the Seventh Meeting of the Astralasian Association for the Advancement of Science, Held at Sydney, 1898, The Association, page 267:
text: 2013 April 1, Richard Miles, "2013 February 15: the day of the asteroids!," at thefreelibrary.com
This 'hyperbolide' may have been the most energetic such event known since that 1908 explosion, the latter having devastated more than two thousand square kilometres of Siberian forest.
text: 2004 May 4, "Could a nuke make Yellowstone Caldera erupt?), " at ask.metafilter.com
When I was a geology student in Bozeman there was a good deal of talk about setting off the Yellowstone hotspot by pumping beer (undergrads!) into the substrate resulting in an increase in pore pressure and a corresponding increase in seismic activity. Good times. Also, Alt and Hyndeman, IIRC, at UM--Missoula did some work on hyperbolide impact volcanism or terrestrial maria.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Synonym of superbolide.
synonyms: word: superbolide
hyperbolides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperbolide
superphenomenality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superphenomenalities
Etymology: From superphenomenal + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The state or property of being superphenomenal.
superphenomenalities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of superphenomenality
superexplosively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more superexplosively
form: most superexplosively
Etymology: From super- + explosive.
Senses: glosses: In a superexplosive manner.
hypervolcanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From hypervolcanic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a hypervolcanic manner.
giant green slantface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: giant green slantfaces
Senses: glosses: A species of grasshopper, Acrida conica, of Australia and New Guinea, the head of which has a long flat slanting surface below.
slantface
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slantfaces
Etymology: From slant + face.
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of various orthopterans having heads with a long flat sloping underside.
Derived terms: giant green slantface
slantfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slantface
giant green slantfaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of giant green slantface
supervolcanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From supervolcanic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: In a supervolcanic manner.
Teng-feng
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 登封 (Dēngfēng), Wade–Giles romanization: Têng¹-fêng¹.
Senses: examples: text: It is due to the efforts of CHAVANNES that the illustrations of the pillars belonging to the sepulchre of Wu are now made accessible, in his monumental work "Mission archéologique dans la Chine septentrionale" (two volumes, Paris, 1909); he has discovered further three other pairs of similar pillars in the district of Têng-fêng in Honan Province, dated A.D. 118, 123, and the third probably 123, respectively.
ref: [1911, Berthold Laufer, Chinese Grave-Sculptures of the Han Period, →OCLC, page 2:
text: There are also five stones on the famous Sung Mountain in Têng-fêng, Ho-nan province, which I have had no opportunity to examine either by visiting the site or by seeing rubbings.
ref: [1919, John C. Ferguson, Outlines of Chinese Art, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 87:
text: Ying-yang county lies 70 li southwest of the modern Teng-feng county, Honan.
ref: 1988, Robin D. S. Yates, “Selected Translations”, in Washing Silk: The Life and Selected Poetry of Wei Chuang (834?-910), Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 100:
text: In contrast, the perceived continuity of cultures from Lungshan to Erh-li-t'ou at Teng-feng and Yu-chou on the upper reaches of the Ying River have caused the area to be proposed as a possible western origination point for Hsia culture.
ref: 2011, Ralph D. Sawyer, Ancient Chinese Warfare, Basic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
glosses: Alternative form of Dengfeng.
Ch'u-chou
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Mandarin 滁州 (Chúzhōu), Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻu²-chou¹.
Senses: examples: text: In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou.
ref: 1976, Jonathan Chaves, “Life”, in Mei Yao-chʻen and the Development of Early Sung Poetry, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 24:
text: Han Lin-erh fled into the camp of his nominal subordinate Chu Yüan-chang, under whose patronage he retained his imperial pretensions at Ch'u-chou, an important city in east central Anhwei, until his death in 1366.
ref: 1978, Charles O. Hucker, “The Transition from Yüan to Ming”, in The Ming Dynasty, its Origins and Evolving Institutions, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 13:
text: The Ch’u-chou exile began what was to be a long nine-year absence from the Court. Ch’u-chou was not as distant as Yi-ling had been, but it was even more isolated. Located some forty miles northwest of Nanking and the Yangtze, it was not, as Ou-yang Hsiu said, a place travelers passed through.
ref: 1984, Ronald C. Egan, “Introduction”, in The Literary Works of Ou-yang Hsiu (1007-72), Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 7:
glosses: Alternative form of Chuzhou.
Bronté
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
paleogeologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paleogeologists
Etymology: From paleo- + geologist.
Senses: glosses: A person in the field of paleogeology.
paleogeologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paleogeologist
concertless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I wanted principally was a pervading and prevailing principle , whereby the whole fabric of my mind might hold together, and work together; instead of standing as it was now, disjointed and out of sorts, feeble, concertless, and ineffective
ref: 1837, Capel Lofft, Self-formation: Or, The History of an Individual Mind:
glosses: without agreement
examples: text: After months of giddy motion, when audiences provided every stimulus he needed, the concertless days stretched ahead with terrible tedium. There was nothing to do but put on expensive clothes, go to superb restaurants, eat fabulous food,[…]
ref: 2019, Philip Norman, Sir Elton:
glosses: without musical concerts
pall-mall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pall mall.
tent pegging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of a variety of horse-mounted sports involving hitting ground-based targets with a pointed weapon
kiss in the ring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A variety of duck, duck, goose, in which a successful catcher can claim a kiss (in the middle of the ring of players) from the picker.
mumblety-peg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of mumbletypeg.
bridge whist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: straight bridge
glosses: A variety of whist with the additional rules that the players would take turns as dummy and that the trump suit would be deliberately chosen (including the option not to have one) on each deal rather than random
straight bridge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: bridge whist
playful as a kitten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: Very playful
nautch-girl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nautch-girls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of nautch girl.
fox trot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fox trots
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of foxtrot.
innocent as a lamb
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: qualifier: simile
glosses: very innocent
kojic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Active compounds included 2-hydroxy-derivatives of benzoic acid and benzaldehyde, 3-hydroxygamma-pyrones (kojic and meconic acids, but not chelidonic acid), […]
ref: 1957, American Society for Microbiology, Bacteriological Proceedings:
text: It was postulated that both kojic and comenic acids could form tautomer forms [...] which was not possible for maltol.
ref: 1970, Samuel J. Ajl, Microbial Toxins: Fungal toxins:
text: This conclusion is confirmed by the conversion of both kojic and comenic acids (XVIII) into the same methyldihydroxypyridine (XIX).
ref: 2009, F. F. Nord, Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 577:
text: […] arbutin is believed to be less potent than kojic and azelaic acid.
ref: 2014, Zein E. Obagi, The Art of Skin Health Restoration and Rejuvenation, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 63:
glosses: Only used in kojic acid
Derived terms: chlorokojic
kojate
mormin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Morus lhou Koidz contains group of flavones from which kuwanon A and C (IC50 $3–6 mM) are the most interesting; other studied flavones (norartocarpetin, morusin, cyclomorusin, morusinol, neocyclomorusin, and mormin) are not very [interesting].
ref: 2014, Studies in Natural Products Chemistry, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 169:
glosses: A flavone, C₂₅H₂₄O₈, found in e.g. certain Morus species.
system administrator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: system administrators
Senses: synonyms: sysadmin
glosses: A person whose job is to maintain computer or network systems.
Related terms: bastard operator from hell
achatinoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: achatinoids
Senses: glosses: Any snail or slug of the superfamily Achatinoidea
achatinoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of achatinoid
autotolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From auto- + tolerance.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: immunological tolerance of ones own tissue
Related terms: autoimmunity
axiation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The development of an axis (and subsequent polarity) in an embryo
chronomodulation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronomodulations
Etymology: From chrono- + modulation.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The modulation of a circadian rhythm
clinotype
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinotypes
Senses: glosses: A clinical phenotype
clinotypes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clinotype
coevaluate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: coevaluates
form: coevaluating
form: coevaluated
form: coevaluated
Etymology: From co- + evaluate.
Senses: glosses: To simultaneously evaluate two or more (related) things
delftibactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: delftibactins
Senses: glosses: A peptide siderophore, present in bacteria of the genus Delftia, that can detoxify gold
equibactin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A veterinary mixture of trimethoprim and sulfadiazine used to treat infections in horses
hyperauthor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperauthors
Etymology: From hyper- + author.
Senses: glosses: An author of hyperfiction
Related terms: hyperauthorship
hyperauthors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperauthor
hyperauthorship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From hyper- + authorship.
Senses: glosses: The authorship of hyperfiction.
iliolumboaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: iliolumbar and aortic
inotuzumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A monoclonal antibody used to treat some cancers
Derived terms: inotuzumab ozogamicin
lumboaortic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: lumbar and aortic
mesopubic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From meso- + pubic.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having the pubis bone centrally / medially located
metascientist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metascientists
Etymology: From meta- + scientist.
Senses: glosses: A scientist whose speciality is metascience
metascientists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metascientist
methylsilane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: methylsilanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic silane that has a methyl group directly bonded to a silicon atom, but especially the simplest silane CH₃-SiH₃
stage play
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stage plays
Senses: examples: text: A section will suddenly become a stage play, a comic-strip-style cartoon, a chat-show anecdote, or a lecture delivered in glorious style by Tilda Swinton in a shocking orange dress and a wig to match
ref: 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of stageplay.
monocarbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monocarbonyls
Etymology: From mono- + carbonyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has a single carbonyl group
monocarbonyls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of monocarbonyl
prezygomatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ætɪk
Etymology: From pre- + zygomatic.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Located in front of the zygoma
heart-wrenchingly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heart-wrenchingly
form: most heart-wrenchingly
Senses: examples: text: There were moments when I doubted whether it was worth all the effort – whether it was crazy of Anderson to toil so obsessively over three breezy, cheeky vignettes which are neither sidesplittingly hilarious nor heart-wrenchingly insightful.
ref: 2021 July 12, Nicholas Barber, “The French Dispatch: Four stars for Wes Anderson's latest”, in BBC:
glosses: Alternative form of heartwrenchingly.
proteometabolomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: proteomic and metabolomic
sericigenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sericogenic
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: That produces silk
subspheroids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of subspheroid
communication cord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communication cords
Senses: examples: text: Although the pyrotechnics should be slightly dimmed as the shoes become run in, one feels that they may still be strong enough to tempt some nervous passengers in the leading coach of a boat train to reach for the communication cord.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
glosses: Synonym of emergency cord.
synonyms: word: emergency cord
communication cords
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of communication cord
tragopogon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tragopogons
Etymology: From Latin tragopōgōn, from Koine Greek τραγοπώγων (tragopṓgōn), from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “male goat”).
Senses: examples: text: In our climates many flowers, as tragopogon, and hibiscus, close their flowers before the hottest part of the day comes on […].
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 135:
glosses: Either of two goat's-beards (Tragopogon pratensis (meadow salsify) or Tragopogon porrifolius (common salsify); or (in later use) any other member of the genus Tragopogon.
glow fly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glow flies
Senses: examples: text: So shines the glow-fly, when the sun retires, / And gems the night-air with phosphoric fires […].
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 137:
glosses: The firefly.
soak away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: soaks away
form: soaking away
form: soaked away
form: soaked away
Senses: examples: text: Gaps between paving slabs allow rainwater to soak away.
glosses: To soak into the ground.
Related terms: soakaway
Maalouf
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maaloufs
form: Malouf
form: Maloof
form: Maluf
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic معلوف (maʕlūf). This surname is mostly found in Lebanon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Arabic.
Polandish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Polandish
form: most Polandish
Etymology: From Poland + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: So, cavern'd round in vast Polandish mines, / With crystal walls a gorgeous city shines […].
ref: 1789, Erasmus Darwin, The Loves of the Plants, J. Johnson, page 157:
glosses: Polish.
Lembergs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Lemberg
Maaloufs
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Maalouf
Kulaga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kulagas
Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Кулага (Kulaha).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Ukrainian.
Kulagas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kulaga
Krumholzes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Krumholz
Kawecki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kaweckis
Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Kawecki or Kawęcki.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Polish.
Killingbeck
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Killingbecks
Etymology: Habitational surname from a place near Leeds, most probably named with the Old Norse personal name Killing + bekkr (“brook, creek”).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Old Norse.
Killingbecks
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Killingbeck
Kaweckis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Kawecki
Kleis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kleises
Etymology: Borrowed from German Kleis.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
effectomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of effectome
effectomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to an effectome
glosses: Relating to effectomics
effectomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The science of effectomes
Related terms: effectomic