cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
semicentenary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛˌmaɪˌsɛnˈtɛnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛˌmaɪˈsɛnəˌnɛri/
ipa: /ˌsɛˌmaɪˈsɛntəˌnɛri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmiˌsɛnˈtɛnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈsɛnəˌnɛri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmiˈsɛntəˌnɛri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtiːnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtiːnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtɛnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtɛnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsnˈtiːnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsənˈtiːnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsnˈtiːnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsənˈtiːnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsnˈtɛnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsənˈtɛnri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsnˈtɛnəri/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsənˈtɛnəri/
Forms: form: semicentenaries
Etymology: From semi- (“half”) + centenary (“100th anniversary”), q.v.
Senses: examples: text: The city celebrated its semicentenary last year.
glosses: Synonym of semicentennial: a 50th anniversary.
synonyms: word: semicentennial
extra: a 50th anniversary
Derived terms: semicentenarian
semicentenaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicentenary
semicentenarian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛˌmaɪˌsɛnəˈnɛriən/
ipa: /ˌsɛˌmaɪˌsɛntəˈnɛriən/
ipa: /ˌsɛmɪsɛntəˈnɛːrɪən/
Forms: form: semicentenarians
Etymology: From semicentenary (“50 year, 50th anniversary”) + -ian (“person”), equivalent to semi- (“half”) + centenarian (“100-year-old”), q.v.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of fiftysomething: A person celebrating a semicentenary; a person between 50 and 59 years old.
synonyms: word: fiftysomething
extra: A person celebrating a semicentenary; a person between 50 and 59 years old
semicentenarians
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of semicentenarian
fifty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiftysomething.
fifty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifty-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fiftysomething.
fifty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fifty-something
Bartindale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bartindales
Senses: glosses: A surname.
quintennials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of quintennial
pogo oscillation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pogo oscillations
Etymology: Pogo stick + oscillation; the pogo stick comparison being used to represent the longitudinal direction of the oscillation.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dangerous oscillation in the fuel or structure of a rocket along the long axis induced by a surge in thrust.
pogo oscillations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pogo oscillation
Port Melbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb and port in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, historically known as Sandridge.
capekino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: cape + kino, since superheroes stereotypically wear capes. Probably coined in contrast to capeshit, referencing superhero movies derogitarily.
Senses: examples: text: Joker is absolutely godtier capekino.
antonyms: capeshit
qualifier: 4chan slang
glosses: Superhero movies, especially those of high cinematic quality.
godtier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of god tier.
Qiqihaer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 齊齊哈爾／齐齐哈尔 (Qíqíhā'ěr), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Senses: examples: text: Farther west, the city of Qiqihaer—one of the oldest Chinese settlements in Manchuria—produces locomotives and rolling stock, heavy machine tools, mining and metallurgical equipment, and some steel.
ref: 1979, Frederic M. Kaplan, Julian M. Sobin, Stephen Andors, Encyclopedia of China Today, Eurasia Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: The case of a woman named Qu Hua from Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang, illustrates this possibility. She married a worker named Xu Baocheng in 1980, and they got along very well until she gave birth to a girl. Then Xu immediately began to beat Qu, and forced her and the baby to live in a small shack.
ref: 1988, Emily Honig, Gail Hershatter, “Divorce”, in Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980's, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 219:
text: From Daqing we took the train to the far north of China at Qiqihaer, described to me as a relatively small Chinese city of about six million people!
ref: 2013, Robert W. Cox, “The Emergence of China”, in Universal Foreigner: The Individual and the World, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 284:
text: Thousands of workers from the Tonghua Iron and Steel Group in Jilin province, Qiqihaer in Heilongjiang, Kaiping in Heibei, and Pingxiang in Jiangxi, demonstrated over unpaid wages, in protests that took place between the end of February and the middle of March
ref: 2016 March 30, Mimi Lau, “The school of hard rocks: how protests by China’s miners shine a light on an industry in decline”, in South China Morning Post:
text: In this study, a framework that combines ecological sensitivity and ecological risk as the end point of EV assessment was established, and was used to investigate the spatiotemporal characteristics and major environmental issues of EV in Qiqihaer City, northwest of the Songnen Plain
ref: 2021, Yijia Yanga, Ge Song, “Human disturbance changes based on spatiotemporal heterogeneity of regional ecological vulnerability: A case study of Qiqihaer city, northwestern Songnen Plain, China”, in Journal of Cleaner Production, volume 291, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative form of Qiqiha'er (Qiqihar)
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
paper anniversary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paper anniversaries
Senses: glosses: The 1st anniversary of some event, particularly a wedding.
Synonyms: anniversary
Hyponyms: english: wedding anniversary
translation: wedding anniversary
word: paper wedding
Coordinate terms: wooden anniversary (5th)
silver anniversary (25th)
ruby anniversary (40th)
golden anniversary (50th)
diamond anniversary (60th
75th)
platinum anniversary (70th)
paper anniversaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of paper anniversary
North Melbourne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
ninety-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ninetysomething.
ninety-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ninety-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ninetysomething.
ninety-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ninety-something
Martleys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Martley
fights like cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of fight like cats and dogs
fighting like cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of fight like cats and dogs
fought like cats and dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fight like cats and dogs
thirty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thirty-something
eighty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eightysomething.
eighty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eighty-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of eightysomething.
seventy-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seventysomething.
seventy-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seventy-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seventysomething.
sixty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sixtysomething.
sixty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixty-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of sixtysomething.
forty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fortysomething.
forty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forty-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fortysomething.
twenty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twentysomething.
twenty-something
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: twenty-somethings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of twentysomething.
eighty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eighty-something
seventy-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of seventy-something
sixty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sixty-something
forty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of forty-something
twenty-somethings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of twenty-something
Bartindales
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Bartindale
MacMahon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: MacMahons
Etymology: Variant spelling of McMahon.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Newtonists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Newtonist
newcomes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of newcome
hundred-something
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hundredsomething.
Bihta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in Patna district, Bihar, India.
Nishnaabe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Eastern Ojibwa/Ottawa Nishnaabe.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Anishinaabe.
causal link
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: causal links
Senses: synonyms: causal relationship
glosses: A relationship between two things in which one of them causes the other.
nonagenary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing 90”) either directly or via Middle French nonagénaire, from Latin nōnāgēnī (“90 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāgintā (“nine tens, 90”).
Senses: coordinate_terms: unary
binary
ternary
trinary
tetranary
quintenary
hexanary
septenary
octonary
nonary
decenary
vicenary
tricenary
quadragenary
quinquagenary
semicentenary
sexagenary
septuagenary
glosses: Of or related to the number ninety.
nonagenary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nonagenaries
Etymology: From Latin nōnāgēnārius (“containing 90”) either directly or via Middle French nonagénaire, from Latin nōnāgēnī (“90 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāgintā (“nine tens, 90”).
Senses: examples: text: As for Mars, as he is neerer to the Sunne, so feeleth he the Sunne beames by a quadrant aspect, to wit, ninetie degrees: wherupon that motion tooke the name, called the first and second Nonagenarie, from both risings.
ref: 1601, Pliny, translated by Philemon Holland, The Historie of the World, volume I, page 10:
topics: astrology
astronomy
human-sciences
mysticism
natural-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of square or quadrature, a rising at a 90 degree angle to the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun.
synonyms: word: square or quadrature
extra: a rising at a 90 degree angle to the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun
nonagenaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nonagenary
Kinrooi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kinrooi.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Limburg, Belgium.
Perai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Prai
Senses: glosses: An industrial town in Penang, Malaysia, on the mainland opposite the island of Penang.
Bukit Mertajam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Seberang Perai, Penang, Malaysia.
Tumpat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A district in Kelantan, Malaysia, on the border with Thailand.
Gancitano
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Gancitanos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Gancitano.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Gancitanos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Gancitano
scanathon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scanathons
Etymology: From scan + -athon.
Senses: examples: text: A Scanathon is an event the purpose of which is to preserve family photos by scanning them.
ref: 2017, “The Scanathon connection”, in The Forest Park Review:
text: The purpose of the scanathon was to test new archival tools for ‘digitisation on demand’ developed as part of the READ project (Recognition and Enrichment of Archival Documents), funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
ref: 2018, Eirini Goudarouli, “Testing new ‘digitisation on demand’ tools”, in The National Archives:
text: Recently, 56a have attempted to address this through “scanathon” events to digitize and preserve the collection online, as well as building relationships with more formal institutions such as the MayDay Rooms, who describe themselves as an “active repository, resource and safe haven for social movements, experimental and marginal cultures and their histories.”
ref: 2020, Samuel Burgum, “This City Is An Archive: Squatting History and Urban Authority”, in Journal of Urban History, page 7:
glosses: An event at which people digitize a large amount of archival material.
scanathons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scanathon
Maaseik
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Maaseik.
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Belgium.
Haerbin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of 哈爾濱／哈尔滨 (Hā'ěrbīn), without syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)).
Senses: examples: text: In 1896 the Tsarist government proposed extending the Trans-Siberian Railway across Manchuria with a supplementary line from Haerbin to Port Arthur.
ref: 1990, Harriet Sergeant, Shanghai: Collision Point of Cultures, 1918-1939, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 22:
text: Yabuli Ski Resort near Haerbin, a thriving northern city about 1,000 kilometres from Beijing, is another top ski resort in China.[...]
The closest airport to Yabuli is Mudanjiang, which can be reached by a one-and-a-half hour flight from Beijing. Or, you can choose to land in the larger airport in Haerbin for a sightseeing trip first.
ref: 2004 December 24, Arron Chang, Hester Xu, “Cold Mountain Pleasure”, in Beijing Today, number 186, →OCLC, page 16:
text: * China confirmed on Monday a new African swine fever outbreak in Heilongjiang province, the agriculture ministry said in a statement published on its website
* The new case, found on two pig farms in the city of Haerbin, the capital of the northeastern province, killed 269 of the animals, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said
ref: 2018 November 19, Hallie Gu, Dominique Patton, “China confirms new African swine fever outbreak in Heilongjiang province”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022, Consumer Products & Retail News:
glosses: Alternative form of Ha'erbin (Harbin)
wikipedia: Frederick A. Praeger
Pasir Mas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and district in Kelantan, Malaysia.
glosses: A subdistrict in Riau, Indonesia.
Bodrum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɹʊm/
Etymology: From Turkish Bodrum, from Ottoman Turkish بودروم (Bodrum), from Latin Petronium. Doublet of Petronium.
Senses: glosses: A port city in Muğla Province, in southwestern Turkey.
Synonyms: word: Halicarnassus
Sentul
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A township in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
glosses: A suburb of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Dilsen-Stokkem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city and municipality of Belgian Limburg, Belgium.
Broca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Brocas
Etymology: Borrowed from French or Spanish Broca.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Broca's aphasia
Broca's area
expressive aphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Broca's aphasia.
synonyms: word: Broca's aphasia
agrammatic aphasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Broca's aphasia.
synonyms: word: Broca's aphasia
Wuornos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Wuornoses
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Aberford
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village and civil parish (served by Aberford & District Parish Council) in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4337).
wikipedia: Lotherton cum Aberford
Parlington
Sturton Grange
Xinan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃiˈnæn/
ipa: /-nɑn/
enpr: shēʹnänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西南 (Xīnán).
Senses: glosses: A subdistrict of Sanshui district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
examples: text: A resident of Shangdaimei village, also near Shanwei city, said hundreds of villagers had marched to local government offices in Xinan township on Sunday to protest the sale of their farmland.[…]
An official who answered the phone at the Xinan township government confirmed the protest had taken place.
ref: 2011 December 19, Fung Yat-yiu, Wen Yuqing, Luisetta Mudie, “Villagers Defy Threat of Force”, in Luisetta Mudie, transl., Radio Free Asia, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015:
glosses: A town in Lufeng, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.
Qin'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪnˈɑn/
/-æn/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 秦安 (Qín'ān).
Senses: examples: text: Likewise, the magistrate of Ch’in-an county in Kansu thought it by no means unreasonable from the fiscal point of view to report in 1535 so disproportionate a population as one of 12,424 males and 6,099 females.
ref: [1959, Ping-ti Ho, “The Nature of Ming Population Data”, in Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page iv, 12:
text: In 1967, 17 bronzes of the Chin Dynasty¹ (221-207 B.C.) were excavated at Shangyuanchia, Chinan County.
ref: [1972, Hsin-wen Lan, “Finds from Kansu”, in 中国新出土文物 [New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution], Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 30:
english: New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution
translation: New Archaeological Finds in China: Discoveries During the Cultural Revolution
text: Linwei, eighty li southeast of Qin’an county in Gansu, was the administrative center of Lueyang commandery (Dushi fangyu jiyao 59/2596; Zang 1936:849.1, 1293.1).
ref: 1998, “Li Te [李特]”, in Great Perfection: Religion and Ethnicity in a Chinese Millennial Kingdom [大成], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 117:
english: 大成
translation: 大成
text: Dadiwan Site is located in the gentle hillsides on the south bank of Qingshui River in Qinan County, Tianshui City. The earliest site dates from 7,800 years ago, and the most recent site dates from 4,800 years ago.
ref: [2008, “Northwest China”, in Chen Xuejian, editor, Travel Around China, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 263, column 3:
glosses: A county of Tianshui, Gansu, in northwestern China.
Ji'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈdʒiˌɑn/
/-æn/
Forms: form: Chi-an
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉安 (Jí'ān).
Senses: examples: text: The core area of the Central Soviet in southern Kiangsi in 1932 and 1933 stretched from Ch’angt’ing (Tingchow) and Shanghang in western Fukien on the east to Hsinfeng, Kanhsien, and Wanan in the west of Kiangsi, and from the border of Kwangtung in the south to just below Chian and Nanchang in central Kiangsi.[…]
After the failure to take Wuhan or hold Changsha, the Party established a provincial soviet government following Mao’s occupation of Chian, Kiangsi, for several weeks in October, 1930.
ref: [1972, James Pinckney Harrison, “Growth of the Rural Soviets”, in The Long March to Power: A History of the Chinese Communist Party, 1921-72 (Praeger University Series), Praeger Publishers, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 198, 203:
text: ``I never saw shoes. Just straw sandals,″ said Xia, a thin and vigorous man of 78 who lives in a retirement home for revolutionaries in Ji’an, in Jiangxi province in southern China.
ref: 1999 September 26, Renee Schoof, “China Marks Communism Half Century”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 May 2022:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
zombie fire
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: zombie fires
Senses: examples: text: “Zombie fires” smouldering under the snowpack in Canada since last `winter have ignited as the weather heats up, contributing to an intense start to the wildfire season in large parts of Canada, scientists and fire experts say.
ref: 2025 June 7, “‘Zombie fires’ bring an early start to Canada's wildfire season”, in FT Weekend, Nikkei Asia, page 18:
synonyms: holdover fire
overwintering fire
glosses: A wildfire that burns underground throughout the winter and reemerges during the fire season.
Xian'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃiænˌɑn/
ipa: /ˈʃiɛnˌæn/
enpr: shyěnʹänʹ
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 咸安 (Xián'ān).
Senses: examples: text: The Financial Daily reported that the obsession began at a spring festival this year in Damu township, in the mountainous Xianan district, when a resident returned home for a holiday with her husband from Guangdong province, where the Hong Kong Mark Six draw can be seen on TV.
ref: [2001 August 16, Mark O'Neill, “Hubei punts on Mark Six imitation”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2024:
text: There are over 5,000 registered believers and 38 Christian gathering sites in Xian'an District. Amongst the sites are 7 downtown churches: Xian'an Central Church, Wenquan Grace Church, Dafan Chruch, Shuangquan Church, Hongqiao Church, Guanbu Church, and Shuangquan True Jesus Church.There are also churches and meeting places in the villages and towns of Xian'an District.
ref: 2017 April 19, Church of Xian'ning^([sic – meaning Xianning]), “Development and Characteristics of Christianity in Xian’an, Hubei”, in China Christian Daily, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2023:
text: In Tunliu County in Shanxi Province, authorities set out to collect blood samples from 36,000 men and boys, or roughly 26% of the county’s male population, while 40,000 samples were collected from the roughly 300,000 male residents in the Xian’an District of Xianning, Hubei Province.
ref: 2020 June 17, James Leibold, Emile Dirks, “Genomic surveillance: inside China’s DNA dragnet”, in Australian Strategic Policy Institute, archived from the original on 24 Jun 2020:
glosses: A district of Xianning, Hubei, China.
Dong'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɔŋˌæn/
ipa: /dɒŋ-/
ipa: /-ɑn/
enpr: do͝ongʹänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 東安／东安 (Dōng'ān).
Senses: examples: text: Dunyi Street in the Dong'an district of Mudanjiang, which is known for its special Russian-Chinese atmosphere, has been listed as a state-level tourism and leisure district, as reported by Dongbeiwan, a partner of TV BRICS.
ref: 2023 March 11, “Dongyi Street is listed as a state-level tourism and recreation district in the PRC”, in TV BRICS, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023:
glosses: A district of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China.
Ma'anshan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -æn
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 馬鞍山 /马鞍山 (Mǎ'ānshān).
Senses: examples: text: Holdings will invest in nine projects in the construction materials industry in Ma'anshan, Anhui province. Ma'anshan is a city rich in natural resources and investors have shown great interest in investing in construction materials and property projects in the city.
ref: 1993 August 27, “THURSDAY, AUGUST 26”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Jun 2021:
text: Oatly said in November it had opened its first production facility in Ma'anshan, China, just a few months after opening its first Asian factory in Singapore, signaling its margins would improve by bringing more production in-house.
ref: 2022 March 8, Praveen Paramasivam, “Oatly to emerge winner in 2022 plant-based peers' battle”, in Shinjini Ganguli, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Mar 2022, European Markets:
glosses: A prefecture-level city of Anhui, China.
Related terms: Ma On Shan
auto-fellatio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of autofellatio.
bad bitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad bitches
Etymology: A combination of bad (in the sense of "bold and daring") and bitch, similar to bad boy and bad girl. Alternatively, from bad attitude + bitch.
Senses: glosses: An independent, confident, and attractive woman, especially one that is also highly sought-after or irresistible.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bad, bitch.
tna'im
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tanaim
form: tenaim
form: tnaim
form: tnoyim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew תְּנָאִים, plural of תְּנַאי (“condition, term”).
Senses: examples: text: The tna'im contained guarantees of sufficient substance that the couple's future might now be seen as entirely settled.
ref: 2000 February 1, Jacob Katz, Tradition and Crisis: Jewish Society at the End of the Middle Ages, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 115:
text: Small-town rabbis, therefore, sometimes lived in conditions of poverty, despite their right to supplement their income with payments for drawing up tnaim (for engaged couples) and marriage contracts...
ref: 2000, Dov Levin, The Litvaks: A Short History of the Jews in Lithuania, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 59:
text: After the tna'im (nuptial agreement) is witnessed, the mothers of the bride and groom hold and break a plate, and the bridegroom shatters a glass at the end of the wedding ceremony.
ref: 2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 197:
glosses: An informal document containing the terms and expectations for a betrothed couple.
Tianjia'an
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: tyěnʹjyäʹänʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 田家庵 (Tiánjiā'ān).
Senses: examples: text: It is located in the western suburb of Tianjiaan, Huainnan^([sic – meaning Huainan]) City, Anhui Province. Like a multi-colored band, it joins together the railroad and highway which cut across the north and south Huai regions.
ref: [1983 January 14 [1982 October 1], “First Dual-Purpose Bridge Over Huaihe Completed”, in China Report: Economic Affairs, number 300, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing GONGREN RIBAO p 1, →OCLC, Transportation, page 114:
text: Based on the initial data, we tried to forecast the 2005 EC development in various districts of Huai'nan^([sic – meaning Huainan]). Listed below is only the result of the forecast of EC development in Tianjia'an District.
ref: 2006, G. Jianquan, Fankun, T. Bingyong, B. Shi, Y. Jianzheng, “Forecast of the regional EC development through an ANN model with a feedback controller”, in Computational Finance and Its Applications II, WIT Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 233:
glosses: A district of Huainan, Anhui, China.
warshed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of warsh
warshes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of warsh
warshing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of warsh
castellated nut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: castellated nuts
Etymology: Physically descriptive via a metaphor; called thus because the slots in the nut — the castellations — have a fancied resemblance to the battlements of a castle.
Senses: glosses: A type of nut (internally threaded fastener) with castellations, typically to hold a retaining pin that is passed through a cross-drilled hole, such as a cotter pin.
Related terms: crenellation
castellated nuts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of castellated nut
cultural genocides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cultural genocide
xenofeminism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xeno- + feminism. Coined by the collective Laboria Cuboniks in their 2015 manifesto The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation.
Senses: examples: text: Even if they were to incorporate feminist perspectives, however, tensions remain between the desire to use technology for change, as in feminist posthumanism and xenofeminism, and the recognition of its embeddedness within both militarism and capitalism.
ref: 2018, Emily Jones, Sara Kendall, Yoriko Otomo, “Gender, War, and Technology: Peace and Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century”, in Australian Law Journal, volume 44, number 1, page 5:
text: Xenofeminism sees the rising wave of technocracy but instead of searching for a buoy, it wants to catch the surf.
ref: 2019, Bogna M. Konior, “Automate the Womb: Ecologies and Technologies of Reproduction”, in Parrhesia, number 31, page 232:
text: Rejecting the claim that science and technology are inherently masculine or patriarchal, Xenofeminism looks at attempts to repurpose technology to liberate women.
ref: 2019, Jordi Vallverdú, Sarah Boix, “Ectogenesis as the Dilution of Sex or the End of Females?”, in Janina Loh, Mark Coeckelbergh, editors, Feminist Philosophy of Technology, page 113:
glosses: A branch of feminism which rejects naturalism and posits the abolition of gender and/or gendered oppression through the posthumanist embrace of technology.
Related terms: xenofeminist
xenofeminist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more xenofeminist
form: most xenofeminist
Etymology: From xeno- + feminism.
Senses: examples: text: Highlighting how feminist theory and feminist posthumanism in particular has generally taken an antimilitarism stance, Jones notes that the xenofeminist manifesto is silent on the topic of militarism, and argues for reclaiming anti-militarism for the xenofeminist project, illustrating how that approach can be useful for critiquing the uses of autonomous weapons systems.
ref: 2018, Emily Jones, Sara Kendall, Yoriko Otomo, “Gender, War, and Technology: Peace and Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century”, in Australian Law Journal, volume 44, number 1, page 6:
text: Nature's waters are subverted to turn against its guests, complementing a xenofeminist commitment to an anti-naturalism that also entails dismantling nuclear domestic spaces.
ref: 2020, Jennifer Cooke, “Feminist Manuals and Manifestos in the Twenty-first Century”, in Jennifer Cooke, editor, The New Feminist Literary Studies, page 196:
text: The alternative, in this case, is the possibility that highly automated and autonomous technologies could be leveraged as the technomaterialist infrastructure of a postcapitalist, xenofeminist world.
ref: 2021, Christopher M. Cox, “Estranged World: Tenets of Xenofeminism and Tropes of Automated Alienation in Contemporary Alien Films”, in Nathan Rambukkana, editor, Intersectional Automations: Robotics, AI, Algorithms, and Equity, page 223:
glosses: Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to xenofeminism.
xenofeminist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: xenofeminists
Etymology: From xeno- + feminism.
Senses: examples: text: Rather, the xenofeminists note the need to politicise the techno. Technology, to the xenofeminists, is a tool for revolution: […]
ref: 2019, Emily Jones, "Feminist Technologies and Post-Capitalism: Defining and Reflecting Upon Xenofeminism", Feminist Review, Issue 123, Issue 1, page 128
text: These accelerationists, xenofeminists, and inhumanists take up Landian ideas and concepts in various ways, but there is minimal textual exegesis of Land’s own writings.
ref: 2019, Vincent Le, "Slave, Sister, Sexborg, Sphinx: Feminine Figurations in Nick Land's Philosophy", Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 2, Spring 2019
text: This impulse to simultaneously dismantle and build the world can also be found in the anti-naturalist work of xenofeminists and trans and queer activists—those who want to disrupt futurities that are based on heteronormative reproduction, […]
ref: 2020, Jilly Boyce Kay, Gender, Media and Voice: Communicative Injustice and Public Speech, pages 182–183:
glosses: A proponent of xenofeminism.
blawgosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of blawg + blogosphere.
Senses: examples: text: Right now large firms are underrepresented in the "blawgosphere."
ref: 2005, "Between Lawyers Roundtable: The Future of Legal Blogging", Law Practice Magazine, July/August 2005
text: While the number of judge-authored blawgs is less than the number of blawgs published by other members of the legal community, such as attorneys or law professors, they do have a presence in the blawgosphere that cannot be denied.
ref: 2009, Brian A. Craddock, “2009: A Blawg Odyssey: Exploring How the Legal Community Is Using Blogs and How Blogs are Changing the Legal Community”, in Mercer Law Review^(https://ursa.mercer.edu/bitstream/handle/10898/9195/62_60MercerLRev1353(2008).pdf?sequence=1), volume 60, number 4, page 1359:
text: Women are underrepresented throughout legal academia from the ranks of professors down to the “blawgosphere” of law professor blogging.
ref: 2021, Dara E. Purvis, “Legal Education as Hegemonic Masculinity”, in Villanova Law Review, volume 65, number 5, page 1145:
glosses: The totality of blawgs (law blogs); the community of blawgers.
tell its own story
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: No words can explain the way I'm missing you / Deny this emptiness, this hole that I'm inside / These tears, they tell their own story
ref: 2013, Sam Smith, Lay Me Down:
glosses: Alternative form of tell its own tale.
blawger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blawgers
Etymology: Blend of blawg + blogger.
Senses: examples: text: Attorneys are finding fans (and some fame) by posting legal commentary on the Internet. Here's a look at four such blawgers.
ref: 2003, ABA Journal, March 2003, page 2 (table of contents)
text: First, there is fear that the lack of accountability conferred by the cloak of anonymity will permit blawgers to make false or scurrilous claims.
ref: 2009, Judy M. Cornett, "The Ethics of Blawging: A Genre Analysis", Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Volume 41, Issue 1, Fall 2009, page 240
text: Intellectual property lawyers are perhaps the most enthusiastic blawgers.
ref: 2011, Peter Groves, A Dictionary of Intellectual Property Law, page 32:
glosses: A person who runs a blawg (law blog).
chimeric antigen receptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chimeric antigen receptors
Senses: examples: ref: 2014, Connie Duong, Generation of Novel Chimeric Antigen Receptors to Enhance the Specificity and Activity of T Cells for the Adoptive Immunotherapy for Cancer, University of Melbourne:
ref: 2020, Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi, Basics of Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) Immunotherapy, Elsevier (Academic Press):
ref: 2021, Stela Petkova, Targeting and Elimination of T Cell Subpopulations by Chimeric Antigen Receptor-modified T Cells, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: CAR
chimeric immunoreceptor
chimeric T cell receptor
artificial T cell receptor
glosses: A receptor protein engineered to give T cells the (new) ability to attach to a specific target protein.
Derived terms: CAR therapy
CAR T cell
chimeric antigen receptor T cell
chimeric antigen receptors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chimeric antigen receptor
CARs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of CAR
job offer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: job offers
Senses: glosses: An offer to give someone employment.
stock option
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock options
Senses: glosses: A right to buy stock shares in a particular company at a specified price within a specified time period.
stockkeeping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: stock control
Related terms: stockkeeper
stone-dead
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stone dead.
storm beach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm beaches
Senses: glosses: A beach affected by particularly fierce ocean waves, usually having a very long fetch.
storm glass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: storm glasses
Senses: glosses: an instrument previously used to predict weather. Consisting of a special liquid placed inside a sealed transparent glass, the state of crystallization within the liquid was believed to be connected to the weather.
investment consultant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: investment consultants
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A professional who provides information to investors about products, plans or other advice.
Parlington
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, served by Aberford & District Parish Council (OS grid ref SE4236).
cristospine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cristospines
Senses: glosses: A crest on the sternum of some pterosaurs
diterminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From di- + terminal.
Senses: glosses: At each of two ends, especially of an alkane
Maggi mee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Maggi mees
Etymology: From Maggi + mee (“noodles”).
Senses: synonyms: Maggi
glosses: Any type of instant noodles.
floodflow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floodflows
form: flood flow
Senses: glosses: The flow of a river in flood or of floodwater
floodflows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of floodflow
intracoastal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intra- + coastal.
Senses: glosses: Within or near a coast
Derived terms: intracoastally
jumped to conclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jump to conclusions
jumping to conclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jump to conclusions
jumps to conclusions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jump to conclusions
Bonjour
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Bonjours
Etymology: Borrowed from French Bonjour.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
MacMahons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of MacMahon
Brocas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Broca
face artist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: face artists
Senses: synonyms: fellator
glosses: Someone who performs oral sex.
Wuornoses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Wuornos
Melendes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Melendeses
Etymology: Variant of Melendez.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
Bocholt
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Jehle
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Jehles
Etymology: Borrowed from German Jehle.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Jehles
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Jehle
Melendeses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Melendes
cardinal vowel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal vowels
Etymology: The term was coined by the British phoneticians Daniel Jones in the early 20th century.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonetics
phonology
sciences
glosses: a vowel sound produced when the tongue is in an extreme position, either front or back, high or low.
wikipedia: Daniel Jones (phonetician)
Iodice
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Iodices
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Iodice.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
cardinal vowels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cardinal vowel
Halbrookses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Halbrooks
Iodices
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Iodice
Helfand
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Helfands
form: Gelfand
form: Gelfond
form: Helfant
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish העלפֿאַנד (helfand, “elephant”), a Jewish Ashkenazi surname.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Yiddish.
Hensarling
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Hensarlings
Etymology: Americanized spelling of German Henzerling.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Hensarlings
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Hensarling
Helfands
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Helfand
Goffney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Goffneys
Etymology: Variant of Gaffney.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
racks one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rack one's brain
racking one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rack one's brain
racked one's brain
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rack one's brain
racking one's brains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rack one's brains
racked one's brains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rack one's brains
racks one's brains
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of rack one's brains
Galyen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Galyens
Etymology: Unknown; compare Galyan, Galyean and Galyon.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Galyens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Galyen
Goffneys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Goffney
Chang'an Avenue
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: chängʹänʹ
Etymology: Partial calque from Mandarin 長安街／长安街 (Cháng'ān Jiē).
Senses: examples: text: The wall poster, put up on Changan Street in Peiping on March, declared that the Chinese Communist regime should actively promote democracy, especially the democratic system formulated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
ref: [1979 April 1, “Wallposter call”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 12, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 3:
text: I was a Communist Party member, and I was leading about 40 students from my college out of Tiananmen Square early on the morning of June 4. The crackdown was pretty much over.
Several girls were with us, and one was really scared. I told her not to worry, that I'd stay with her. But when we turned onto Changan Avenue, the army began shooting tear gas at us.
ref: [2001 February 4, Craig S. Smith, “Tiananmen's Shadow”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015, Section 6, page 52:
text: After the crackdown, an unarmed man briefly stopped a line of tanks on Chang’an Avenue. The scene, captured by foreign journalists, has become one the most powerful symbols of dissent in China. The man remains unidentified.
ref: 2015 September 3, Patrick Boehler, “China’s Military Parade Celebrates World War II Victory”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2023, World:
text: The SK Tower transaction is particularly significant, given the 35-storey office building’s prime location in the heart of Beijing’s central business district, right next to the Chang’an Avenue thoroughfare.
ref: 2021 June 9, “Chinese insurer Hexie snaps up US$1.4 billion Beijing tower from SK Group in largest office deal since onset of coronavirus pandemic”, in AP News, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2021:
text: Fu Yangen, a Beijing resident, gave a resounding "Yes!" when asked if she would like the party to stay in power for another 100 years.
"It has enabled us ordinary people to achieve happiness in our lives," said Fu, 27, as she posed for photos in front of large anniversary-themed flower arrangements along Changan Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare.
ref: [2021 June 30, “China's Communist Party to celebrate 100th birthday in show of pomp and power”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2021:
glosses: A street in Beijing, China, which runs past the Forbidden City, Zhongnanhai and other important locations.
Foell
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Foells
Etymology: Borrowed from German Föll.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Foells
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Foell
Callums
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Callum
succumbence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The act or process of succumbing.
Related terms: succumb
succumbent
Campau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Campaus
Etymology: Americanized spelling of French Campeau, itself a variant of Champeau.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Clasby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Clasbys
Etymology: Variant of Gillespie from Co. Galway, Ireland.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Clasbys
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Clasby
Campaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Campau
McCuin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: McCuins
Etymology: Variant of McQuinn.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
Rottinghaus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Rottinghauses
Etymology: Borrowed from German Rottinghaus.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
McCuins
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of McCuin
Rottinghauses
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: plural of Rottinghaus
Montefinise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Montefinises
Etymology: Probably an Americanized spelling of Italian Montefinese.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
Tienya
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Tienyas
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
grain entrapment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grain entrapments
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A condition in which a person is partially submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
grain engulfment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grain engulfments
Senses: topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
glosses: A condition in which a person is fully submerged in grain, most often in a silo or other grain storage structure.
Cherelus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Chereluses
Etymology: Probably of French origin; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Kelsea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Variant of Kelsey, presumably influenced by Chelsea.
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
combination sandwich
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combination sandwiches
Senses: glosses: A sandwich with a mixed filling, such as ham and cheese.
combination sandwiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of combination sandwich
parlor tricks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of parlor trick
G4P
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of gay for pay.
holy ravioli
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of holy kamoley.
synonyms: word: holy kamoley
Synonyms: wow
holy stromboli
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Synonym of holy kamoley.
synonyms: word: holy kamoley
Synonyms: wow
late fee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: late fees
Senses: hypernyms: fine
glosses: A fee charged by a library for the late return of an item